Class Note 1959
John Payne has retired as chief of anesthesiology at Howard County General Hospital (HCGH), a member of John’s Hopkins Medicine. HCGH is a comprehensive acute-care medical center with 253 licensed beds. John now stays active with golf, tennis and regular exercise, plus active reading. Grace and he have been married 50 years and have four sons, all graduates of the University of Virginia.
David Britton traveled from Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, to attend the class luncheon at the Norwich Inn. He and wife Birdie jointly run the local Waterville newspaper, which David adds is “very small.” They live part time in Waterville Valley and Vieques, Puerto Rico. Each has won national age-group titles in ski racing and windsurfing so they maintain an active lifestyle.
The Middlesex County Bar Association presented last January the 2014 Edward Schoifet Family Law Award to Bill Brigiani to acknowledge his understanding of the law, professionalism, congeniality and mentorship, as exemplified by Edward Schoifet. Congratulations, Bill.
Barbara and Vic Brizel now reside most of the year in Palm Beach, Florida. Vic spent much of his youth residing between New York City and Palm Beach. Barbara is president of the Palm Beach Kiwanis. She and Vic are heavily involved in the Kiwanis Club lunches and activities.
Talk about retirement, Doug Adams is still running marathons and plans to run one out West this year. His last New York Marathon was only three years ago. More power to Doug! Judy and Doug continue to have houses in Connecticut and Oregon and circulate between the two residences.
Both Dick Bareuther and Peter Scott attended the 55th reunion—their first reunion ever! Dick first worked for Scott Paper Products in consumer sales and then at Avon Products for 26 years in sales management. He lived in Philadelphia, Nashville, New Orleans, New Jersey and Vermont. He retired just outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Betty and he have two sons and six grandchildren (three graduated from college; three in high school). Betty and Dick are travelers, with a number of trips to Europe and a trip to Provence, France, last June. They also are active in their church as deacon and in the women’s ministry. As for Peter, he completed a 26-year career in the Armored Division of the U.S. Army, retiring as a colonel. Thereafter, he was a general manager with FMC Corp.’s production division for self-propelled howitzers in Pennsylvania. He lives on a 26-acre farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and busies himself with church work at soup kitchens, homeless shelters and Habitat for Humanity. His wife, Anne, passed away in 2008 and would have enjoyed the 55th, as they were married in Hanover in 1958.
Jerry Scott’s recent trip included Bulgaria. His guide said that no Jews were executed in Bulgaria. “How about deportations?” asked Jerry. Nope, replied the guide. King Boris, the patriarch of Bulgaria, defied Hitler by convincing him that the Sephardic Jews were needed on construction projects. The communists did not want to give credit to the monarchy nor the church.
—Allan Munro, 675 Main St., New London, NH 03257; (603) 526-2176; amunro1@comcast.net
