Class Note 1955
Issue
March-April 2022
We write these notes well before the end-of-month deadline because we will be away with family in Wilmington, Delaware.
We lead with the happy news of which you should already be aware: The football team is co-Ivy League champs with Princeton. Beyond that, the ladies came through also and won the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association championship.
We caught up with Dick Barr in early November. He is happily working on his to-be-published photo album, gleaned from his voluminous collection of marvelous photos through the years. He also spends time reading and re-reading your contributions in his memory book of fellow classmates collected at our reunions. I had a delightful call with Dick Aberle, who had a difficult year with the passing of a son-in-law and serious back surgery, from which he continues in therapy and the use of his rollator to get around. However, some high spots were experienced also, in the achievements of his grandchildren in their academic pursuits in college and post-graduate studies. In addition, he attended a large family gathering for the interment of the ashes of cousin Gus Aberle in the family plot in Glenside, Pennsylvania.
On a personal note, Kathryn and I joyfully report the arrival in October of our first great-grandchild, a flicka, Hollie Brooke. We are proud of her parents, as you have been in similar circumstances, for their faithful optimism in bringing a new life into this world at this time.
I report also that we will have relocated back to Wilmington the end of January to be close to our children. Our new address will be communicated later when settled. For now, the information below will do.
John Braestrup is hard at work for the Dartmouth College Fund and has set a goal of 60-percent participation for us this year. You will be hearing from the assistant agents soon. Let’s all support John and the College in this effort.
Sadly, we report the passing of Gene Elsbree, Thornton “Tim” Jenkins II, Richard E. “Dick” Johnson, and Ralph Miller.
—Ken Lundstrom, 1101 Exchange Place, #1106, Durham, NC 27713; (919) 206-4639; kenlundstrom@yahoo.com
We lead with the happy news of which you should already be aware: The football team is co-Ivy League champs with Princeton. Beyond that, the ladies came through also and won the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association championship.
We caught up with Dick Barr in early November. He is happily working on his to-be-published photo album, gleaned from his voluminous collection of marvelous photos through the years. He also spends time reading and re-reading your contributions in his memory book of fellow classmates collected at our reunions. I had a delightful call with Dick Aberle, who had a difficult year with the passing of a son-in-law and serious back surgery, from which he continues in therapy and the use of his rollator to get around. However, some high spots were experienced also, in the achievements of his grandchildren in their academic pursuits in college and post-graduate studies. In addition, he attended a large family gathering for the interment of the ashes of cousin Gus Aberle in the family plot in Glenside, Pennsylvania.
On a personal note, Kathryn and I joyfully report the arrival in October of our first great-grandchild, a flicka, Hollie Brooke. We are proud of her parents, as you have been in similar circumstances, for their faithful optimism in bringing a new life into this world at this time.
I report also that we will have relocated back to Wilmington the end of January to be close to our children. Our new address will be communicated later when settled. For now, the information below will do.
John Braestrup is hard at work for the Dartmouth College Fund and has set a goal of 60-percent participation for us this year. You will be hearing from the assistant agents soon. Let’s all support John and the College in this effort.
Sadly, we report the passing of Gene Elsbree, Thornton “Tim” Jenkins II, Richard E. “Dick” Johnson, and Ralph Miller.
—Ken Lundstrom, 1101 Exchange Place, #1106, Durham, NC 27713; (919) 206-4639; kenlundstrom@yahoo.com