Holidays come and gone and hope you all enjoyed. Thank you, all of you who remembered me by cards and telephone. And here at the Jersey Shore, a foot and a half of snow. I imagine some of you will be off to warm places. I’ll be at Gasparilla Island, Florida, and hope to see the Buol Hinmans. Maybe I’ll even get to St. Barth’s for a few days. I got letters from Jim Shute and Welles Fendrich in late fall but couldn’t report in the mini-reunion article. Jim says he doesn’t care to come to fall minis and watch losing football, but thinks he’d come in the winter for skiing and hockey. Jim’s retired from the steel business and now is in Malvern, Pennsylvania. Welles has written another book. It’s They Did Not Stand Alone, and is a story about God and man’s role in the Battle of Britain. It can be ordered via the Internet via Amazon.com, Borders.com and BarnesandNoble.com. Got a letter from Harry Colmery. He’s in California. Laments some of the trustees’ handling of alumni matters. He is not alone in his thoughts but I’m supposed to be neutral, as a class officer. Neutral or not, I’m entitled to my opinion, and I strongly disagree with recent doings of the trustees, especially with their packing the board membership. I’ve received some calls and letters thanking me for my efforts as your secretary and treasurer. I appreciate that but I’m only doing it because I owe the College and my classmates for all they’ve done for me. Also, I don’t know that anyone else wants the jobs. Regards to all and my best wishes for 2010.


—James M. Coleman Jr., 578 Navesink River Road, Red Bank, NJ 07701; (732) 741-5079; jscmonmouth@aol.com