It was an upbeat crowd that gathered at the Hanover Inn on September 19 to celebrate our 70th reunion. In order to get to this point, you have to have a lot of luck and a good dose of pluck, and both were on display. Twenty-one classmates and assorted spouses, friends and relatives enjoyed the renovated spaces of the inn and its excellent food. Burt and Esther Bickford, Fred and Trudy Daley, Penn Frost, Clint and Libby Gardner, Bill Hale, Jim Hardigg, Ben and Betty Jones, Harry and Mary Morse, Richard Meyer, Dave Scotford, Charlie Spallino and Barbara, Joe and Elizabeth Vancisin, and Budd Welsh were among the recurring reuners. They were joined by Jim Towsen and his Texas posse of family members, along with a sizeable number of West Coasters. Dick and Carol Ranger, Chuck and Sally Secor, Richard Sjostedt and daughter Nancy all came from California. Jack and Dianne Shearer made the trip from Colorado. Howard Price journeyed from Ontario, Canada, for the first time in years. Malcolm and Betty Smith and Peter and Myra Schaub from the New York area rounded out the gang. 


The class meeting was held at the end of the Saturday lunch. As soon as the official business was taken care of, the hot topic of having a mini-reunion in 2015 was brought up, and I am sure it will come as no surprise that it was a unanimous vote in favor of one more reunion: September 28. We will keep you posted. 


We have received notice of four deaths in the class: Wendell Harris Clark, Loren Dick Keys, Warren Fuller Kimball Jr. and Nikitas Constantin Manitsas, M.D. We extend our condolences to the families.


—Betty Munson, 23 Linscott Road N., York, ME 03909; elizmunson1944@gmail.com