Class Note 1960
Issue
September-October 2020
We have the following haikus from classmates. Ken Johansen: “Nineteen-sixty class/Reunion has been postponed/Will meet again soon.” Karl Mayer: “Sweet Fayerweather/Have a sip of beer today/And some old music.” Rick Hite: “I want to be where/Noisy crows critique the dawn/The day and the dusk.” Gene Kohn: “From DOC trip/Adventure in wide, wide world/You last one standing.” Duncan Mathewson: “Memories are alive/Life in the Upper Valley/Good times remembered.” Bill McClung: “Covid go away/Little Billy wants to play/Don’t come back some day.” Kevin O’Sullivan: “The Dartmouth magic/Lacked one vital element/Coeducation!” Jim Nolan: “Baker to Bema/Big Green memories linger/Thanks, Eleazer.” Jim Marlow: “The brush of the wind/Paints a thick coat of quiet/On the summer’s day.” Mike Heitner: “She and I marooned/Together in our cabin/Our reunion.”
Nick Muller says, “I am too prolix for five-seven-five syllables. One book out in March, The Rebel the Tory, two more underway.” Steve Gell says, “We’re hunkering down like most classmates. It’s amazing the way Zoom has taken on so much importance in our lives. We have linked up with friends unseen for years. Nearby neighbors, all younger than we are, have offered to pick up provisions for us. There seems to be a sense of kinship with fellow passengers trapped in the same lifeboat.” Jack Ford says, “On March 3, 2019, my wife, Lorna, died, overcome by her interstitial lung disease. On November 23, 2019, Jennifer, my firstborn, like her maternal grandmother and mother before her, died after an eight-year battle with metastatic breast cancer. Covid-19 is just another reminder that the only thing I can control is myself and listening to God in prayer!” Bill Gundy says, “Now that our world is topsy-turvy, we decided it was time to turn our own world upside down: We sold our condo of 17 years in Vero Beach, Florida, and are buying a unit in a retirement community in Westwood, Massachusetts. How’s that for keeping our feet firmly planted?” Dave Hambleton says, “Frankly we’re counting our blessings! It is wonderful to have time to catch up on so many things right here at home!” Jim Gallagher says, “We’re surviving the plague until it passes, part time at our lake house and the rest in Charlotte, North Carolina.”
—Sid Goldman, 78575 Avenida Ultimo, La Quinta, CA 92253; (305) 849-0475; sidgoldman@gmail.com
Nick Muller says, “I am too prolix for five-seven-five syllables. One book out in March, The Rebel the Tory, two more underway.” Steve Gell says, “We’re hunkering down like most classmates. It’s amazing the way Zoom has taken on so much importance in our lives. We have linked up with friends unseen for years. Nearby neighbors, all younger than we are, have offered to pick up provisions for us. There seems to be a sense of kinship with fellow passengers trapped in the same lifeboat.” Jack Ford says, “On March 3, 2019, my wife, Lorna, died, overcome by her interstitial lung disease. On November 23, 2019, Jennifer, my firstborn, like her maternal grandmother and mother before her, died after an eight-year battle with metastatic breast cancer. Covid-19 is just another reminder that the only thing I can control is myself and listening to God in prayer!” Bill Gundy says, “Now that our world is topsy-turvy, we decided it was time to turn our own world upside down: We sold our condo of 17 years in Vero Beach, Florida, and are buying a unit in a retirement community in Westwood, Massachusetts. How’s that for keeping our feet firmly planted?” Dave Hambleton says, “Frankly we’re counting our blessings! It is wonderful to have time to catch up on so many things right here at home!” Jim Gallagher says, “We’re surviving the plague until it passes, part time at our lake house and the rest in Charlotte, North Carolina.”
—Sid Goldman, 78575 Avenida Ultimo, La Quinta, CA 92253; (305) 849-0475; sidgoldman@gmail.com