Class Note 1955
Issue
September-October 2021
Events at the College are tending toward normal this month of June. Graduation was an in-person live event with guests on a limited basis. At this point, plans are being made for a full opening of the campus and “business as usual,” so to speak. All of which bodes well for our mini-reunion September 22-26, which will be about to take place in Hanover by the time you get this issue of the magazine. It is hard to reconcile that we write this at the beginning of summer with those months and potentials in mind, and it will be read in late August at the beginning of fall with that season in mind.
Don Charbonnier, Stonington, Connecticut, in a recent engaging phone call, described one of his prime retirement activities of clamming there on the coast. First of all is the clam rake, which he described in detail (not your ordinary garden variety), then it is the clams, in this case quahogs, that end up in his homemade chowder—about a dozen work nicely. A guided tutorial is available on request; waders optional depending on the time of year.
Norm Fine’s Blind Bombingcontinues to draw accolades. A review in Flightline, a quarterly magazine of the American Aviation Historical Society, stated, “A marvelous job of weaving the technological development of the microwave radar with its operational deployment and effectiveness in Europe during WW II.” Another review appeared in the summer edition of the Journal of Air Traffic Control, a slick nine-page-spread with numerous photos and color. All this and a podcast, too. Norm was interviewed by History Hit for its D-Day from the Air to commemorate the anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 1944.
Tom McGreevey, Aaron Simon, and this writer gathered for lunch to celebrate the reopening of dining spots here and shared good-old-days recollections. Aaron now lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, closer to a daughter and in a local golf community. Tempus fugit! Grab a close-by classmate and get together for a super time!
Sadly, we report the passing of Gus Aberle, Dick Blodgett, M. Jerome Picard, and John Wetzel.
—Ken Lundstrom, 1101 Exchange Place, #1106, Durham, NC 27713; (919) 206-4639; kenlundstrom@yahoo.com
Don Charbonnier, Stonington, Connecticut, in a recent engaging phone call, described one of his prime retirement activities of clamming there on the coast. First of all is the clam rake, which he described in detail (not your ordinary garden variety), then it is the clams, in this case quahogs, that end up in his homemade chowder—about a dozen work nicely. A guided tutorial is available on request; waders optional depending on the time of year.
Norm Fine’s Blind Bombingcontinues to draw accolades. A review in Flightline, a quarterly magazine of the American Aviation Historical Society, stated, “A marvelous job of weaving the technological development of the microwave radar with its operational deployment and effectiveness in Europe during WW II.” Another review appeared in the summer edition of the Journal of Air Traffic Control, a slick nine-page-spread with numerous photos and color. All this and a podcast, too. Norm was interviewed by History Hit for its D-Day from the Air to commemorate the anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 1944.
Tom McGreevey, Aaron Simon, and this writer gathered for lunch to celebrate the reopening of dining spots here and shared good-old-days recollections. Aaron now lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, closer to a daughter and in a local golf community. Tempus fugit! Grab a close-by classmate and get together for a super time!
Sadly, we report the passing of Gus Aberle, Dick Blodgett, M. Jerome Picard, and John Wetzel.
—Ken Lundstrom, 1101 Exchange Place, #1106, Durham, NC 27713; (919) 206-4639; kenlundstrom@yahoo.com