Class Note 1960
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November-December 2026
Class Note 1960. Bob Irvine keeps his sense of humor, writing: “I’ve deleted March from last year’s calendar after having cancer surgery on my inner ear, hospital-acquired pneumonia, and a stroke—in the same month—but I’m recovering! I have half my hearing in my half-ear, I’m no longer breathtaking, and I’ve completed speech and occupational therapy. Learning to walk, I started off with a walker named Johnny, and I now use a special cane named Razin. (My grandson calls it “Co.”) I can go for walks pushing a contraption that has four wheels, a folding seat, and brakes. It’s known as “Eleazar” … Wheelock. Wah-hoo-wah!”
Mel Small writes, “My wife, Sarajane Miller-Small, died in 2024 after 65 years of marriage. She was a brilliant psychiatric social worker. When I retired in 2010, I quit teaching and writing history and reviewing restaurants—no more nonfiction writing and reading after spending 50 years in the game and no more deadlines from newspapers. My tennis group insists on playing two-plus hours and I am the oldest by far. I play in La Jolla, California, in the winter for 90 minutes with older folks. I have had a serious relationship since last October with a woman I knew in high school. She is only 86. She lives in New York, and I am still in Michigan. We have seen each other five times since January, including a trip to our wondrous ‘up north’ in Michigan this summer.”
Ira Salafsky and his wife, Carolyn, were in Hanover along with her seven family members to attend granddaughter Anna’s graduation. Anna will be starting a job as an electrical engineer in Boston.
Barry Sibson and Priscilla are now residents of Wyoming but winter in Palm Desert, California. Barry has given up trout fishing and switched to golf.
Alan Shaver flew to Detroit to attend his Cranbrook School 70th reunion. He writes: “At this advanced age I do not plan to fly again. Daughter Laura lives in New Hampshire and occasionally climbs on the cliffs opposite the Skiway in Lyme Center. My health is good, Ellen’s mobility is diminishing—comes with the territory.”
—Sid Goldman, 78575 Avenida Ultimo, La Quinta, CA 92253; (305) 849-0475; sidgoldman@gmail.com
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Mel Small writes, “My wife, Sarajane Miller-Small, died in 2024 after 65 years of marriage. She was a brilliant psychiatric social worker. When I retired in 2010, I quit teaching and writing history and reviewing restaurants—no more nonfiction writing and reading after spending 50 years in the game and no more deadlines from newspapers. My tennis group insists on playing two-plus hours and I am the oldest by far. I play in La Jolla, California, in the winter for 90 minutes with older folks. I have had a serious relationship since last October with a woman I knew in high school. She is only 86. She lives in New York, and I am still in Michigan. We have seen each other five times since January, including a trip to our wondrous ‘up north’ in Michigan this summer.”
Ira Salafsky and his wife, Carolyn, were in Hanover along with her seven family members to attend granddaughter Anna’s graduation. Anna will be starting a job as an electrical engineer in Boston.
Barry Sibson and Priscilla are now residents of Wyoming but winter in Palm Desert, California. Barry has given up trout fishing and switched to golf.
Alan Shaver flew to Detroit to attend his Cranbrook School 70th reunion. He writes: “At this advanced age I do not plan to fly again. Daughter Laura lives in New Hampshire and occasionally climbs on the cliffs opposite the Skiway in Lyme Center. My health is good, Ellen’s mobility is diminishing—comes with the territory.”
—Sid Goldman, 78575 Avenida Ultimo, La Quinta, CA 92253; (305) 849-0475; sidgoldman@gmail.com