CLASS NOTES
Lastly, and for those who did not see his email, Jack Glenn will attend a Charlottesville Vietnam memorial service in April for cousin and EHS classmate, Erskine Wilde. Some investigation reveals that this monument, established in 1966, was one of the first in the country devoted to those who served in Vietnam. For any among our class who might visit, it is easily seen from along the Rt 250 by-pass. It is called the Dogwood Vietnam Memorial. Thanks to John for letting folks know.
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Linda and Will Pratt ’66 and Molly and Jenks Hobson ’66 at Ham House near London.
Phil Terrie (H) 607-319-4271 pterrie@bgsu.edu 55th Reunion: June 2021
Thanks to the classmates below who responded to my plea for news: Sam Dawson: “I have a new grandson. His name is Henry Jennings Dawson. He was born on September 30, 2017, was 21 inches, and weighed in at 8 lb, 14oz! Our youngest son, Patrick, wed a lovely young lady by the name of Megan this past May. And finally, I have made a change in the leadership at Camp Alleghany! I have elevated my daughter, Elizabeth, to be the Director as of January 1, 2018. I have not retired but will assume the title of Owner/Director Emeritus. This will give me more time to do other things associated with Alleghany.” Bruce Forrester: “Yes, that old shot putter, Bruce M. Forrester Jr, has had a wonderful “Hillary-Free” year with the glorious election of one Donald J. Trump (and that big tax cut doesn’t hurt either). Heck, I am even a small donor to the Donald. Now, I need to straighten out the local “establishment” Republicans to help them see the populist light. My son, BMF III, (all six foot nine of him) is a senior at The Ohio State University over in Columbus. A Russian major with a minor in Marketing. And the Brucester is a member of the OSU Rock Climbing Club. Also, I host a weekly Mad Scientist ‘Nerd Night’ at my place on Tuesday nights, sometimes called a ‘Dog Party.’ Featuring liquor in moderation and some tasty hors d’oeuvres: all the better to ply these engineers into setting mind to purpose in order the better to conjure up some of that elusive ‘Free Energy’ as in ‘Flying Saucer Motors.’” 52
Jack Sibley ’66 in his new tractor, which he hopes to learn how to operate.
Bill Harryman: “I am still alive and well. My wife Susan and I are living in The Villages, FL, in Sumter County. It is a very fast growing community, one of the fastest in the US. Florida is a great place to live compared to the last state that we lived in, Illinois. By now IL may have declared bankruptcy. Taxes are increasing and people are fleeing. Here in Florida we have had a growing economy and the budget has had a surplus. We are getting money back on our taxes. We are doing a lot of the usual retirement activities: golf, bicycling, travelling and a sport that you may not be familiar with, Pickleball. It’s a cross between badminton, tennis, and table tennis played with a solid paddle. Lots of fun. We traveled to Charleston, SC, this weekend to watch our daughter run in a 1/2 marathon. Very cold up there, but the food was great. We both liked Charleston. Our other children are all over the country, elder son in Austin, TX, daughter in NC near Ft. Bragg, and our youngest in Seattle, WA. His daughter is our only grandchild, but we have had her come down to visit for two months in the summer for the last two years. Since she is ten this year, she may be willing to visit again for a few years, until she decides that
Hillary Clinton; John Pinder ’66; daughter-inlaw Molly Buckie-Pinder, holding granddaughter Haddie; and son Ben Pinder, holding granddaughter Lily.
grandparents are fossils. Didn’t make it up for the 50th reunion. Would have liked to have been there. I’m not sure that I will make it up to EHS again, too much going on and travel is not that easy.” Bunky Henderson: “I have been able to catch up with Johnny Hooff ’67 whose son lives adjacent to our new house in Charleston. It has been great to catch up with both Johnny and Henry Smythe. A lot of good memories. And I must say our collective recall is not bad.” Jenks Hobson, “For Molly and me, retirement invites travel. In 2017 we enjoyed a Viking Cruises trip up the Danube from Budapest, a delightful experience of previously unexplored territory. We ended in Nuremberg and had a reunion with our two German exchange student ‘sons’ from the 1990s and their families. Then off to England for some time with Will Pratt and his wife Linda for the second year in a row. In October I had the pleasure of returning to perform a wedding for one of our ‘sons.’ For me, another part of retirement is continuing some bits of my long pastoral ministry. One bit is
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