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attended a happy mini-reunion
on March 30 in West Palm
Beach. Bob traveled from Vero
Beach, Peter fromDelray Beach,
Renny from Palm Beach, John
from Maine, and David from
West Palm Beach.
James Eppes Jr.
writes: “Still
enjoying singing in Winchester
Arts Chorale and the Christ
Episcopal Church choir and one
reunion concert of Yale Russian
Chorus at Duke.”
1952
Peter C. Stearns
From
Pete Booth
: “Got a fourth
book out,
Aircraft Carrier Com-
mand (
).
Limited readership, of course,
but I’m surprised at its positive
reception. It’s on the bridge of
most of our carriers and in the
Navy schoolhouses. Reminder:
The door is always open down
here in peaceful Pensacola.”
Eric Cheney
reports: “This
time I didn’t get the long-
distance award for attending
reunion. Almost certainly,
HughMagee
did. And en route,
I witnessed #1 grandson gradu-
ate from Rochester Inst. of
Tech., gave a geology lecture at
Union College, and visited
brother
Kim ’53
in Vt. I’m still
at UW as a professor emeritus,
but probably taught my last
class in 2010. I’mdoing research
on the geology of ore deposits
(copper and rare earths), en-
ergy resources, and the geology
of Wash. My wife, Ingrid, and I
appear to be in reasonable
health. We planned geological
tours of Iceland in August and
of Turkey in October. The best-
kept secret about the Seattle
area is that this year it is with-
out tornadoes, drought, and
heat waves.”
1953
W. Wright Olney
1954
Edward P. Harding
Ed Harding
writes: “Peggy and
I have spent most of the sum-
mer in York Harbor, Maine,
where we have a family house.
Our children and grandchildren
spend a great deal of time with
us. It does not get a lot better
than this. I totally threw in the
commercial sponge about a year
ago, however took the time to
organize a pretty active life,
largely centered on nonprofit
organizations. When I contem-
plate the amount of time, en-
ergy, and dollars in this sector, I
am humbled by the extraordi-
nary scope of the volunteer
effort dedicated to making life,
if not better, at least less bad for
so many who need it. This is
truly a generous country, and I
wonder what kind of shape we
would be in if it were not for this
effort.”
September news from
Jim
Bowers
: “My good wife, Susie,
and I continue to work our 70-
acre farm in Wakefield, R.I. We
raise beef cattle with the help of
our 2,500-pound black angus
bull. He and his ladies bring our
herd to 15 or 20, depending on
the bull’s productivity and the
willingness of his ladies. We also
plant, harvest, cut, bale, and
stack about 4,500 bales of hay
in two cuttings. We use what we
need and sell the rest. We have
both round and square bales.
Besides the farm, we spend
ample time cutting about four
acres of grass and caring for
Susie’s several gardens, and
don’t forget the fencing, feeding
of the animals – including two
horses Susie drives throughout
the farm– cutting brush, clear-
ing the land of coyotes, and
caring for our home and sev-
eral outbuildings. It is a great
life which we would not trade
for anything. We travel yearly
either to the cruising rivers of
France and Germany or the
luxury of either land or vessels
in the Caribbean. But the best
fun of all is my monthly lunch
in Newport with
Sam Sylves-
ter
. We have a great time and
promise not to tell the same
stories two months in a row.”
Joel Reynolds
writes: “I have
been traveling quite a bit, spent
the summer split betweenNorth
Carolina (Topsail Island and
Brevard International Music
Festival) and Aspen (also re-
nowned Music Festival and In-
stitute). I find tremendous sol-
ace and focus in attending re-
hearsals and actually watching
the change and improvements
made by the student orchestras.
And, of course, the locales are
beautiful and stimulating. Hop-
ing to keep the old gray matter
somewhat functional. In Miami
Beach in October (via New Ca-
naan) for the opening concerts
of the New World Symphony.”
John McGinley
(jmcgoo@
post.harvard.edu ) shares: “My
wife, Julie, has decided to join a
retirement home. She sold out in
Westchester and bought in Ra-
leigh, N.C. Not me! Two years
later, she told me she hated the
South and Southerners. A re-
tirement home involves the
same people, day after day at the
dining room: boring! So she left
there and is among the missing.
I resumedmy friendshipwith the
folks I knew in the 70s in the
Hamptons and go out theremost
weekends. They were the best
years ofmy life. Still see Sandbar
Beach Club friends from those
days in the city. Continue towrite
market commentaries when I
think some important area is
being overlooked.”
FORMNOTES
Debbie and Asa Davis ’52 pic-
nicking in the hills of Jackson,
Wyoming.
Flix Kloman, John Lorenz, Mark Cluett, and Charlie Van Doren
from the Form of 1951 and Berto Nevin ’52 (l. to r.) at a luncheon
given by Ann Ashton and Charlie Van Doren in Castine, Maine.
