Class Note 1951
Issue
July-August 2021
This column marks the end of my tenth year as class secretary. I’m hoping for quite a few more! My 60 bimonthly columns have included news of 351 different classmates, most more than once. I am our ninth secretary, following in the footsteps of Dave Leslie, Loye Miller (twice), Russ Dilks, Dave Wiggins, Henry Nachman, Bill Boynton, Bill Brooks,and Peirce McKee.
Connecting with friends of 70 years is a joy! I tracked down Dick Miner in Salt Lake City, where he lives with his wife of 10 years, Anita, a deacon in the Episcopal Church. Dick’s first wife, Norma, died not long after they moved west. Dick’s singing days are over, compromised by the onset of COPD.
George Bissell sounds just as vigorous and “with it” as he did in 1951. He continues his lifelong fascination with the stock market, now as an avocation. After many years as chair of the trustees of Anatolia College in Thessaloniki, Greece, “Suds” has stepped down, but he is delighted that his daughter now serves on the board.
Dick Terry spent 40 years as a compensation specialist, mostly with Polaroid Corp. and then as a self-employed consultant. His current activities include helping to maintain Spy Pond, a lovely place near his home in Arlington, Massachusetts; singing in a 20-person chorale; and participating actively in a senior men’s discussion group and in his church. He and Patience are avid walkers and exercisers.
The secretary also writes obituaries of classmates who have died. During the last decade 215 obits have appeared in Charlie Russell’s Fifty-One Fables newsletter and on Al Brout’s class website. This month I report with sadness the recent deaths of Tom Barnett, Shirley Bogardus, Bob Closser, Bob Fox, Dave McDonough, Stuart Paley, and Dick Woolworth
Stay tuned for the latest news of plans for our last-hurrah 70th reunion in Hanover or via Zoom on September 10-12. Either way, reunion chair Henry Nachman is making mouth-watering plans! You won’t want to miss this special occasion.
—Pete Henderson, 450 Davis St., Evanston, IL 60201; (847) 905-0635; pandjhenderson@gmail.com
Connecting with friends of 70 years is a joy! I tracked down Dick Miner in Salt Lake City, where he lives with his wife of 10 years, Anita, a deacon in the Episcopal Church. Dick’s first wife, Norma, died not long after they moved west. Dick’s singing days are over, compromised by the onset of COPD.
George Bissell sounds just as vigorous and “with it” as he did in 1951. He continues his lifelong fascination with the stock market, now as an avocation. After many years as chair of the trustees of Anatolia College in Thessaloniki, Greece, “Suds” has stepped down, but he is delighted that his daughter now serves on the board.
Dick Terry spent 40 years as a compensation specialist, mostly with Polaroid Corp. and then as a self-employed consultant. His current activities include helping to maintain Spy Pond, a lovely place near his home in Arlington, Massachusetts; singing in a 20-person chorale; and participating actively in a senior men’s discussion group and in his church. He and Patience are avid walkers and exercisers.
The secretary also writes obituaries of classmates who have died. During the last decade 215 obits have appeared in Charlie Russell’s Fifty-One Fables newsletter and on Al Brout’s class website. This month I report with sadness the recent deaths of Tom Barnett, Shirley Bogardus, Bob Closser, Bob Fox, Dave McDonough, Stuart Paley, and Dick Woolworth
Stay tuned for the latest news of plans for our last-hurrah 70th reunion in Hanover or via Zoom on September 10-12. Either way, reunion chair Henry Nachman is making mouth-watering plans! You won’t want to miss this special occasion.
—Pete Henderson, 450 Davis St., Evanston, IL 60201; (847) 905-0635; pandjhenderson@gmail.com