Class Note 1962
Issue
Sept - Oct 2016
Where did I leave off? My service as your first class secretary and writer of ’62 notes for DAM was rudely interrupted 50 years ago by the military draft and Vietnam. My thanks to all who have served so ably as secretary in the interim, with special thanks to our most recent scribe, Denny Barnes.
Joan and Richard Hannah this past January traveled to Cuba just as the United States started making the island more accessible for American tourists. Richard reports the country is struggling as a result both of its government’s tight grip on the economy as well as the effects of the U.S.-led trade boycott. He does recommend visiting there.
Dave Gundy is now retired from his New Hampshire orthopedic surgery practice but seems as busy as ever. In July he expects (as this is being written) to go skiing in Chile, followed by taking part with Gary Spiess in the Prouty bike race, a fundraiser for cancer research.
This summer Judy and John Wilkinson downsized and made the move to their new home on Ring’s Island, Salisbury, Massachusetts. Certainly lots of others can relate to their experience: “I thought the heavy lifting was over when the move was complete. Turns out there is a lot we have forgotten since our last move, 36 years ago. Especially difficult is having moved much more stuff than we can ever use in this much smaller house.”
For a special celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary Arja and president Alan Rapoport spent three weeks in Italy visiting some of their favorite places. They spent time in Venice, Negrar near Verona, Stresa on Lago Maggiore, Ravello in the Amalfi Coast and Rome, where they first met in 1965 in a Tavala Calda. (They were engaged the following year at our fifth class reunion. Al proposed at the top of the Bartlett Tower.)
They invited 42 friends and relatives from all over the world, including Finland, Brazil, London and Amsterdam. Thirty-seven of them said yes and attended, including 15 of Arja’s relatives from Finland. Three classmates attended, Elaine and Bernie Jacobs, Mela Behar and Roy Schoen and Mike Howard. There were two parties in Stresa and some continued southward. Al and Arja said it was one of the special events of their lifetimes.
Reminder: Our Hanover mini-reunion is September 30 to October 2 (not the same weekend as Homecoming). It’s always a great time to see old friends and make new ones among our classmates. To check out last-minute availability, contact Irwin Kramer or Mike Schaeffer. If you don’t know how, contact me and I’ll connect you.
Finally, I can make this ’62 column successful only if you join me in partnership. Let me know what you are doing that you’d like to share with your classmates. And please let me hear especially from those of you I don’t know very well or with whom I don’t have much contact.
—Paul Weinberg, 39 Abbott St., Beverly, MA 01915-5221; pweinmass@aol.com
Joan and Richard Hannah this past January traveled to Cuba just as the United States started making the island more accessible for American tourists. Richard reports the country is struggling as a result both of its government’s tight grip on the economy as well as the effects of the U.S.-led trade boycott. He does recommend visiting there.
Dave Gundy is now retired from his New Hampshire orthopedic surgery practice but seems as busy as ever. In July he expects (as this is being written) to go skiing in Chile, followed by taking part with Gary Spiess in the Prouty bike race, a fundraiser for cancer research.
This summer Judy and John Wilkinson downsized and made the move to their new home on Ring’s Island, Salisbury, Massachusetts. Certainly lots of others can relate to their experience: “I thought the heavy lifting was over when the move was complete. Turns out there is a lot we have forgotten since our last move, 36 years ago. Especially difficult is having moved much more stuff than we can ever use in this much smaller house.”
For a special celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary Arja and president Alan Rapoport spent three weeks in Italy visiting some of their favorite places. They spent time in Venice, Negrar near Verona, Stresa on Lago Maggiore, Ravello in the Amalfi Coast and Rome, where they first met in 1965 in a Tavala Calda. (They were engaged the following year at our fifth class reunion. Al proposed at the top of the Bartlett Tower.)
They invited 42 friends and relatives from all over the world, including Finland, Brazil, London and Amsterdam. Thirty-seven of them said yes and attended, including 15 of Arja’s relatives from Finland. Three classmates attended, Elaine and Bernie Jacobs, Mela Behar and Roy Schoen and Mike Howard. There were two parties in Stresa and some continued southward. Al and Arja said it was one of the special events of their lifetimes.
Reminder: Our Hanover mini-reunion is September 30 to October 2 (not the same weekend as Homecoming). It’s always a great time to see old friends and make new ones among our classmates. To check out last-minute availability, contact Irwin Kramer or Mike Schaeffer. If you don’t know how, contact me and I’ll connect you.
Finally, I can make this ’62 column successful only if you join me in partnership. Let me know what you are doing that you’d like to share with your classmates. And please let me hear especially from those of you I don’t know very well or with whom I don’t have much contact.
—Paul Weinberg, 39 Abbott St., Beverly, MA 01915-5221; pweinmass@aol.com