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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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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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