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Jul - Aug 2017

John “Swede” Swenson sent a note from Chicago. His wife, Helen, passed on last year after 62 years of marriage.
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Sep - Oct 2017

Pictures of Tom “Smiley” Ruggles and his Singing Doughboys, all attired in authentic WW I uniforms, graced the front page of The Concord Journal in April, when they marched and sang for the last time in the Concord, Massachuse
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May - Jun 2017

I recently spoke with John Caldwell, who was featured in the January/February issue of the new UpCountry magazine.
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Sept - Oct 2016

No sooner had I told you about Tommy Ruggles’ 22nd leap year birthday than I am forced to tell you about the loss of Tommy’s beloved wife, Janot.
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Jul - Aug 2016

A long-standing assumption that Joel Leavitt, the current class tennis champion and golf enthusiast, is the youngest among us has been proved false. Tommy Ruggles has emerged as the holder of that title.
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May - June 2016

In June of 1950, when I was 23, the thought that 65 years later I might be reuning with some of the same men who were receiving diplomas from John Dickey would never have occurred.
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Mar - Apr 2016

It seemed like a good idea at the time—my decision to not send Christmas cards this year. After all, many of my friends had chosen not to do so—mostly to avoid a time-consuming task.

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Jan - Feb 2016

Investigative reporting and in-depth interviews were preempted by my recent hospital stay. Diagnoses of pneumonia and urinary tract infection and a general feeling of blah have resulted in a very short column this issue. I apologize.
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Nov - Dec 2015

A call from Nob Hovde reveals that he and most of his family are doing well: that he is reading prodigiously but that he sometimes wonders if, after 80-plus-plus years, he has left a significant footprint in the sands of time.
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Sept - Oct 2015

Do you remember 1955—the year of our fifth reunion? I do. Back on the Hanover Plain for the first time since graduation. Familiar-but-as-yet-unknown faces, new wives, old friends, still learning to fly in the outside world.
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Jul - Aug 2015

As I contemplated the approach of my 88th birthday following the death of my dear younger brother, David ’52, I thought, “It may be time for me to retire—to quit writing this column and to vegetate.” Then, fortunately, I read The Wall Street J