band, “Attraction,” highlighting two terrific singers, Tiri and Kay. In the fall of 1947, Alabamian Pete Eastwood showed his speed as a scat back on Hoxton Field. In the spring, he starred on the track in the low hurdles, 44-yard dash, and mile relay. Then in 1952, stars fell on Alabama when Pete, having graduated from the University of Alabama, married his ‘Bama classmate, the attractive Grace “Punky” Brooks. After military service, Pete, who had lived in Demopolis, Ala., and Punky settled in Birmingham. They are the parents of a son and three daughters. 1947-48 Head Monitor “Cap’n Jack” Clarkson, now The Honorable John E. Clarkson, and his charming and most knowledgeable wife, Kirk, came from their Norfolk residence for the Reunion. Kirk said that 1947-48 Senior Monitor Norris Broyles and his pretty wife, Shirley, would have been at the 65th but had previously accepted an invitation to the graduation of Shirley’s grandchild at Baltimore’s St. Paul’s School. The Clarksons were glad to see their grandson, Tucker Clarkson ’08, a 2007-08 Senior Monitor and Head Cheerleader, who was enjoying his Fifth Reunion. Henry Schacht, the 1948 basketball captain and the class’ best baseball pitcher came all the way from Vero Beach, Fla., where Henry owns Schacht Groves and has been growing premium Indian River citrus for over 55 years. Accompanying Henry was his winsome wife, Janet. Earlier in the year, Henry and Lockwood Rianhard welcomed Phil Hammond, Stuart Gilchrist ’47, and Eddie Pryor ’50 to the Vero Beach Yacht Club. A picture and report on this gathering should appear in a future issue. Merrill and Paul Barringer arrived from Hilton Head, S.C., not only for the Reunion, but also for the graduation of their granddaughter, Sarah Merrill Barringer ’13, who had been voted Most Improved Girls Tennis Player for the fall term and is now attending the University of North Carolina. Merrill Barringer is the sister of Ellen Underwood, Jason Eckford’s wife. The Eckfords live in Charlottesville.
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Joby and 1948 tennis captain Frank Meade could only attend the Reunion on Friday, but Frank brought news that Gus Middleton, now a widower, was planning to relocate from Jackson, Tenn., to Bishop Gadsden, the same premier Charleston senior community where Joby and Frank live. Frank continues to play tennis (often tournaments) and has become a good golfer. His son, Frank Jr., is a graduate of U.Va. and a Richmond banker, and his other son, Edmund, also is in Richmond and is an attorney. Frank’s terrific-looking daughter, Allison, is one of Boone, N.C.’s leading lawyers. Dick Cocke, who was the inspiration for our 60th Reunion was at the 65th with his appealing wife, Susan. They had lost their spouses and were sort of brought together by their daughters, who were best friends. Dick can claim to have graduated from The High School; The University, where he belonged to The Hall (St. Anthony); and The Law School. He jokes that under new frosh football coach Bus Male, he went out for the first practice but was gone by the second. A fine athlete, Dick started the 1947 EHS football season on the “B” team, caught the eye of backfield coach William Ravenel and was elevated to varsity. Doug Mackall ’49 had a date with Emily Hunter Slingluff, a Sweet Briar graduate like Merrill Barringer, Shirley Broyles, and Kirk Clarkson, who’s always a big help in supplying names. Judy and former EHS Trustee Ben Moore will be back in Alexandria next year when Ben’s grandson, Benjamin A. Moore IV ’14, gets his EHS diploma. Ben’s eyebrows have grown so full over the years that, it has been said, an airline attendant might suggest that they could be used as a flotation device. As for your humble scribe who’s been banging out these notes on a manual typewriter for over 40 years, I was rejected by Princeton in the spring of 1948. But since my grandfather and father had graduated there, I applied again after spending 1948-49 at The Hill School and was accepted. Following graduation in 1953 and two years in the Army’s field artillery, I returned to Atlanta. I’m
still computer-illiterate and stumble around in an old folk’s home with one good eye trying to avoid fellow residents who zip by in their electric carts. News from other Reunion classes: The prettiest spouse among the younger alumni was Sarah Campbell Goodman, wife of Scott Goodman ’78; mother of Campbell Goodman ’12, who is an engineering student at U.Va.; and daughter-in-law of Frank Goodman ’44, who Bus Male called the most versatile athlete he ever coached. In the fall of 1944, Frank was the freshman starting tailback for Virginia and led the Cavaliers to victory over the traditional season-ending rival the University of North Carolina. Frank was best man at Rufus Barkley’s wedding, and Jack Clarkson was a groomsman. Frank was the donor of Episcopal’s Goodman Squash Center, which is a prized addition to the School’s excellent athletic facilities. Frank and Rufus were members of U.Va.’s revered “7 Society”…Residential realtor deluxe R. Cotten Alston ’63, a Davidson man, whose photography of people and places at The High School has graced the pages of EHS mailings and calendars, had a lot to do with putting together the 154-page 50th Reunion book for his class. It resembles a coffee-table book and is a project all 50th Reunion classes could strive for. Cotten’s roots run Maroon. His father was Robert C. Alston ’35, uncles were Philip H. Alston ’29 and James L. Alston ’32, and one of Cotten and wife Valerie’s daughters is Honor Alston Thornton ’06.
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