1963 50th Reunion
Classs Notes
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John Ritchie 7302 Durbin Terrace Bethesda, MD 20817-6127 301-564-1227 jhnritchie@yahoo.com
1964 William Ring 2118 Wilshire Boulevard, #336 Santa Monica, CA 90403 310-600-2015 mwmaverick@aol.com Donald Woodbridge 64 Depot Hill Road Amenia, NY 12501-5817 845-373-7035
1965 William Rigot PO Box 1038 Kennebunk, ME 04043 brkbunk@roadrunner.com For those PCD’ers who laced up skates to play for Coach Harry Rulon-Miller ’51, or put football pads on to compete as a member of the late Daniel J. Barren’s football team, you can appreciate the Spirit of Sport. You know hockey players walk on water from your days at Hobey “Saturday rules” from the wonderful fall afternoons spent at Palmer (Princeton) Stadium, back in the ’60s. I would like to share with my classmates two most recent memorable Saturdays I enjoyed this fall. (For some unknown reason, the lyrics of Piano Man come to mind, "It's nine o’clock on a Saturday, The regular crowd shuffles in, There’s an old man sitting next to me, Makin' love to his tonic and gin, He says, Son, can you play me a memory....") Fast forward to Saturday, November 10, 2012: A beautiful, crisp, sun-filled day which starts after a short drive from southern Maine, at the Andover Inn (MA). I am joined by best friend and youngest brother Kevin T. Walsh ’76, and we engage in pre-game conversation with players' parents, alumni, strangers, and a very few Exonians. I constantly have an eye out for former PCD'er and Phillipian Hugh Samson. After a sandwich and a few drinks we head down to Rabbit Pond to witness, as the story goes, the place where Humphrey Bogart threw a reluctant headmaster in for a swim. Once at Phelps Stadium, one feels the Spirit of Sport, amongst thousands of spectators hoping to meet up with Keith Hereford whom I’m told has Exeter connections. Incidentally, Phillips Academy led 9-7 late in the 3rd, only to lose 35-9 to undefeated Exeter in this 132d edition of a prep rivalry started in 1878. The second Saturday that shall be remembered was December 15 in the lovely town of Concord, MA. The Barber Memorial Hockey Tourney afforded me the pleasure of meeting Gabe Castagna’s ’14 mother, the Colton brothers’ (Rob ’13, Ross ’15) parents, and the loyal Gail & David Denise (Conrad ’13), to name a few. For those who couldn't make it, the real bonus was seeing and spending quality time with Mr. JOURNAL
Harry Rulon-Miller ’51. He accompanied the team and I am confident was an incentive to Coach Bertoli's team posting two Ws. This group of young men (PDS hockey) has represented the school well, is very talented, and is really fun to watch compete!! In closing, I did hear from Chris Bush after a short 45 years. He and wife Geraldine reside with family in the Bradenton, FL area. He wrote: "My news in a nutshell: graduated from Lafayette College in Easton, PA; married in Deer Isle, Maine in ’74; moved to France from ’77 to ’99; raised seven children; returned to Florida where currently very busy. Support the Florida Bolts Hockey. Enjoy the weather, pool, and family."
Margery Cuyler ’66 with son Tim Perkins (to left of Margery) and friends
P.S. Blizzard conditions are subsiding after 30 hours of snow. The last time this codger remembers seeing snow like this (3'+) was on my farm in Hunterdon County in 1996, when Governor Christie Todd Whitman declared a state of emergency. Time for X-country skis, and the John Deere. Next week, it is off to Pottstown, PA to cheer PDS hockey in the Hill School Tourney !
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1966 Deborah Hobler 1342 Rialto Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93105 805-682-4896 dvhobler@cox.net It's hard to believe that Margery Cuyler’s home, the historic Barracks, has been sold. Built in the late 17th century (1685) at 32 Edgehill Street, the Barracks’ original owner was Daniel Brinson, who sold the home to the Stockton family in 1686, (who lived there until 1708) when the property included 310 acres, a stone dwelling house, a Dutch barn, a stable for cattle, wagon house, cider house and other out buildings and gardens. The Barracks got its name for housing British soldiers who fought in the French and Indian war. Thomas Lawrence, the owner of the Barracks in 1783, hosted James Madison and Alexander Hamilton during the Continental Congress. By the time we members of the Class of ’66 started playing with Margery at her house (her father bought the home in 1946), when we were in elementary school, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and the warring soldiers were long gone, but with her incredibly vivid imagination, Margery helped us hear and see the ghosts who lived in the house. Margery reported that in early February she expects to close on her new house in Lawrenceville, and leave behind her 65 years of memories of the Barracks. She has offered her new place for our next reunion in 2016 (that date sounds scary
The Barracks, former home of Margery Cuyler ‘66 doesn't it?). We all wish her the best in her move to the territories. And we thank her for sharing her house with all of us over the years. Hope Rose Angier wrote that she came down to Princeton during the Christmas holidays to spend time with her sister Barbara Rose ’64, whose home resides on the old Hobler Woodacres Farm property. She mentioned that she had attended a memorial service in the building in which Mr. Barclay's ballroom dancing classes were held. Can someone tell me where this is? Who taught us dancing at the now Present Day Club at the corner of Edgehill and Stockton? Barb and Hope also attended a beautiful Christmas music concert at the Princeton Chapel. Even when it's COLD and snowing in Montana, Sarah Jaeger wrote that she loves hiking with her dogs, Ivy and Una. I asked how she tolerates the cold, and she said her secret was using toe warmers and applying multi-layers of clothing. Her term as the Board Chair of the Prickly Pear Land Trust, a local land trust, is coming to an end. The Trust was recently accredited by the National Land Trust governing organization, a big star for the only 15-year-old organization, which has been buying land adjacent to the city of Helena and donating these open spaces to the city. In May, Sarah spent three days in Columbus, Ohio to make a film. In December, Ceramic Arts Daily, part of the American Ceramic Society, published the results; a three-hour instructional DVD starring Sarah (trumpet blows) entitled, Throwing, Altering and Glazing for Beauty and Function. Congrats to you Ms. Jaeger! Though this DVD is apparently for ceramicists, I do believe I might buy this video to update my aging body. Any altering and glazing has to be an improvement! She also reported that Rick Ross ’68 is putting together a memorial event for George Packard at the PDS Reunions in May this year. All are