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July-August 2021

For more than 30 years Bruce Crawford, Tom Towler, and I have been a seasonal triumvirate in Sarasota, Florida, getting together frequently. All our wives died, and our new partners continued our closeness.
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March-April 2021

I’m going into my 11th year as class secretary, which is more than twice as long as any of my predecessors. As the class ages, this job gets tougher. If you can, I need you guys to call or write to bring your classmates up to date.
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January-February 2021

Periodically, I get asked how many ’49ers are still around. As of last October, we had 107 on the College roster, 18 of whom had no interest in the class. Considering our bastardized make-up, that’s not surprising; here’s some background.
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July-August 2020

Richie Wolff checked in from his senior living residence in Portland, Oregon, to let me know his brother, John ’46, had died. Richie and Beth returned from Bali in December on probably their last international excursion.
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March-April 2020

Bob “Deke” Jackson checked in from Mt. Dora, Florida, regretting that he couldn’t travel to reunion. However, he and his wife, Nadine, are still “staying out of hospitals and nursing homes,” so he figures he’s ahead of the game.
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Jan-Feb 2020

Fourteen of us made it back to Hanover for our 70th reunion: Joel Berson, Mike Gish, Slade Gorton, Quent Kopp, Joe LeBlanc, Bob Rooke, Jim Smith, Tom Swartz, Ray Truncellito, Skip Ungar, Richie Wolff, Paul Woodberry, Jim Zafris, and
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Nov-Dec 2019

So you guys think you’re old? I received a letter and San Francisco Chronicle clipping from George Shimizu, class secretary for 1943 at a sprightly 99. “Former State Sen.
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