Class Note 1970
Our 50th reunion, like our spring term in 1970, is a bust. By now reunion refunds have arrived and hotel reservations have been canceled. Hicks Morgan and his team are retuning plans for our 51st reunion next summer.
Demie Duckworth reported that he and Meg had a Zoom cocktail with Dix Druce and his wife, Nancy. Dix reversed “snowbirding” by leaving Florida for permanent residence in Portland, Maine, from whence Nancy hails. Dix for numerous years spent many months of the year in Boothbay, Maine, where Demie and Meg have visited Nancy and Dix on their journeys north, including celebrating his 70th on an overnight cruise. Nancy is working on Dix to attend our “51st” next year and we hope she prevails. Demie has spoken to Doc Farnum, his roommate freshman and sophomore years. Doc was all set for our 50th as he missed graduation 50 years ago because he was spending his last term abroad. Demie and Meg are all hunkered down staying in Jupiter, Florida, for an extra month and maybe more until the N.Y.C. metro area improves. He has never walked so much and looks forward to really just sitting around without feeling guilty.
Scott Holland shares his experiences traveling during the Covid-19 pandemic. The year started out with his annual trip to Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Vietnam, and the Philippines. He flew Qatar Air to Manila in one of their Q-Suites, which is definitely the world’s best premium class and at an “affordable” price! Scott started in Saigon, then Hue and a few days at the beach there at a very nice resort. He had a bad cough, and when he returned to Saigon for the Tet, he went to a clinic for antibiotics. He headed on by bus to Phnom Penh for a few days, an easy trip, then on to the beach at Sihanoukville. The Chinese have taken over, and the beach was torn up—a disappointing visit as it was the focus of the trip. He was then back in Phnom Penh with obligatory hand sanitizer to enter his hotel and some buildings. Next was the flight to Manila, and things were heating up. His temperature was taken to enter the Philippines. When he flew to Cebu, his temperature was taken at check-in and written on his boarding pass. He stayed on a great beach on Bantayan before heading back to Manila with infrared screening at arrivals. The local news made it apparent that evacuation was in order. Scott was able to make an Emirates reservation online and departed two days before the Manila airport shut down along with the rest of the city. His trip ended two weeks earlier than planned. He entered Boston from Asia with no questions asked and no temperature check! Now he is back home in New Hampshire looking forward to our 51st.
Watch for dates and schedules for our 50th reunion replay with the class of 2020 sometime in June 2021.
—Gary Miller, 7 E. Hill Road, Canton, CT 06019; garettmiller@mac.com
