Greetings! I know that by the time you’re reading this it should be more like “happy holidays.” Fall is hitting the Carolinas so things must be crisp in Hanover. Andy Gettinger has posted some Homecoming pictures of the bonfire on the night of October 21 on the class of 1976 Facebook page. I’m sure there will be news of the mini-reunion/class meeting following the football game at Judy and Tom ’74 Csatari’shouse. Andy also posted pictures of classmates, although he’s left it up to me to do my best to identify them. My apologies to those I don’t recognize and may leave out, but I believe there are pictures of Sandy Fitchet, David Spalding, Bill Sinclair, Steve Melikian, Rich Zimmerman, Willis J. Gnorf, Fred Fahonska, Noreen Quinn Fisher and Bob Fisher. Again, my apologies to those I left out, but you’ll need to go check out the Homecoming pictures as well as pictures from other events. The class is also taking advantage of technological advancements by placing the class newsletter on the Internet. Great work by Martha Hennessey for her continuing efforts on the newsletter. There are fewer excuses than ever for getting news to her via the link on the site.


I had an opportunity to visit with Jim Beattie at a Dana-Farber golf tournament fundraiser in memory of Mike Brigham ’77. Jim has said that between his work as a scout for the Toronto Blue Jays organization and Martha Beattie’sduties as VP of alumni affairs at the College, they’re constantly on the move. Earlier in the day I had a chance to visit with Greg Cronin,who is now working with Coldwell Banker in Newton Center, Massachusetts. Even though he’s working in real estate, he’s still heavily involved with his advertising business. He’s told me that he’ll put your logo on anything and his motto is “We Deliver the Goods.” Good luck to Greg.


I had a chance to visit with Todd Morris and his wife, Sue, in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (also the hometown of Charlie Potts), and got to play nine holes of golf with Todd before heading back to North Carolina. At the time Milwaukee was in the midst of Brewer Fever. David C. Clark is probably now in his glory that the Cardinals are in the World Series. By the time you read this we’ll know if he’s still excited or if he’s in the dumps based on how the series ends up. As for the Red Sox, if I may paraphrase the late, great Ulysses J. “Tony” Lupien, they appear to have “Drank themselves into a horse---- year!” not unlike a particular classmate back in 1975. 


As usual, send news. Bill Charters, Bob Piela, Dave Dobson, Don Colacchio, Mark Mullan—where are you? Grant Huber, Adrienne Mally, you promised you’d write! Anyway, I’ll try to work with what I can come up with and, if necessary, make up. Until next time, happy trails to you.


—Jay Josselyn, 106 Yukon Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27514; (919) 493-7814; jayjosselyn@hotmail.com