Dave and Barbara had a chance to visit with Bruce and ancy Hinkel recently. He also reported that Trubee Ricci has recently moved back to New Orleans. Got an interesting e- mail from George Brewer, which I include in its entirety. Sounds like an interesting book. Thought the class might be interested in the book l recently published, Key Largo Advenwres, available at Amazon.com, on Kindle, or at your book store. The 234- page soft cover book also includes a number of photographs. Here is the synopsis: Back in the sixties, the Florida Keys was a frontier, compared with the rest of Florida. The book is about the efforts I went through in order to start a marina. After searching South Florida waterfronts, 1 happened onto the settlement known as Key Largo. The town consisted of groups of trailers, a couple of churches, and 12 bars. A single road ran through town called U.S. I , which was the only way to get on or off the Keys. The book tells the escapades of tl1e various customers and employees, who were all colorful Keysee characters such as Doc, who was always wandering around in his undershorts, looking for the perfect Manllattan cocktail . Then there was Jackson, whose boat caught fire 10 miles off shore. He made the U.S. Coast Guard believe there had been a mutiny and a murder on board. The Coast Guard had to dispatch a IIO foot-Endurance Cutter out of Miami to assess the situation and make arrests. I and my Deep 6 Marina fell afoul of the U.S. Government. The lawsuit was between the Corps of Engineers on one hand, who mandated my water front be rip- rapped to stop further bank erosion. On the other hand, me Environmental Protection Agency said if I did rip- rap, it would kill sea grass and fish breeding in the areas and they would close down my operation.
Alumni ~und Goal: $80,000 Class Secretary: William J.
Goralski, 49 Blueberry Ln., Avon, CT 06001-4012 E-mail: william.goralski.1952@ trincoll.edu Reunion Tri-Chairs: Tom DePatie, John Hubbard, Phil Trowbridge SAVE THE DATES OF JUNE 10-12 FOR YOUR CLASS REUNION WEEKEND!
By the time the spring edition of the Trinity Reporter is printed in March 2012, your Reunion Committee will still be working diligently to bring together the formula for a successful class reunion: AtUlual Trinity Fund alumni giving + Personal pledge + Personal gift = CLASS GIFT Each member of the Class of '52 will have been contacted by one of our 12 class volunteers who has written a personal letter and followed up with a telephone call. His job was to ask you to attend the weekend reunion and give a monetary gift to the annual Trinity Fund. Also, those who wish to make a personal gift or personal pledge wiLl be contacted by one of the three members of the gift committee co-chairs. The classmates listed below make up the Class
Reunion Committee: Reunion Tri Chairs: Tom DePatie, John Hubbard, Phil Trowbridge Gifts Conllllittee: Tom Head, Red Ratcliffe, Dave Smith Committee Volunteers: Tony Angelastro, Charles Buffum, Tom DePatie, Bill Goralski, Tom Head, John Hubbard, John Miller, Red Ratcliffe, Dave Smith, George Smith, Edward Thomas, Phil Trowbridge, Bill Vibert, and Bob Whitbread
If you are unable to make the entire weekend, perhaps you would enjoy attending the reunion dinner on Saturday evening to meet your old friends and classmates. Finally, examples of personal gifts: assigning Trinity College as beneficiary to a life insurance policy, stocks, bonds, an armuity from Trinity College. (Written by Bill Goralski, secretary Sorry if I missed nan1es of late volun teers.) Tom Head's ralJy cry: "Let's get 6o for the 6oth! A note from Barrie Cliff: Bill , after being out of touch for over a year, tl1e USPS finally delivered the spring edition of the Reporter to our new address in NC. We left The Landings in Savarmall, GA, in April 2010 and built a new house in the mountains of western NC. We spent 13 glorious years in Savanna but in our 54 years had spent 47 of them within 25 miles of the Atlantic or Lake Michigan. So we tried tl1e mountains one recent summer and decided to move and build . This is the I 8th address in our marriage. While downsizing and building are interesting experiences, we're glad they are done. Bill Becker lives about 20 miles away, and earlier in the year we met Dick Couden at BiLl's house. I recently received the 6otl1 reunion notification and currently plan to attend , since our son and his wife live just outside of Amherst, where she is a professor at the college. This summer, we have had a great deal of pleasure from having our daughter, who teaches at a private school in Hong Kong, with us . My golfing has slowed down, but we are staying active with the new community, to the point where I was just elected to the board of governors of the HOA. All the best, Barrie. George E. Smith, author, has written and published a tl-Urd book. He writes the following on tl1e back cover: "America in the 189o's was a period of economic innovation and rapid industrialization. The country was transformed by Carnegie, Rockefeller, Gould and Morgan as railroads connected New York to California. Red Treasure, sequel to Gold, Silver and Guns, describes the development of a territory as it establishes Phoenix as its capital and as it strives to become a state. A major dam is built to store water and control flooding, copper mining begins to provide metal for electrification and railroads provide a necessary transportation infrastructure. Tombstone and Arizona silver is on the wane as Konrad Bruner, a German immigrant miner, decides to leave the comfort of Ribera to embark on the risky start- up of a mammoth copper deposit ... " To find if Konrad succeeds, purchase a copy of the book by calling George in Southbury, CT, at 203- 264-5598.
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Alumni ~und Goal: $45,000 Class Secretary: Stanley R.
McCandless, Jr., 3712 Rice Blvd., Houston, TX 77005-2824 E-mail: stanley.mccandless.1953@trincoll.edu Class Agents: Richard T. Lyford, Jr.; Joseph B. Wollenberger, Esq. It takes about three months to process your information. So tl~is deadline of Nov. 4, 20ll , will produce a Reporter about mid - February. So if you don't have e- mail, start to gather your records and call or write to me about what you have been doing, etc., before March 5, 2012. Stan McCandless, 713669 -1830 or 3712 Rice Blvd., Houston TX 77005. I try to send out a heads up e- mail prior to the deadline, but I have very few addresses that actually work or are current. Contact me at stanmaci@ sbcglobal.net. I just received a call from Dick Lyford who told me to report the following. He has received the Royal Order of the Gilded Clan1 with an Oak Leaf Cluster, for raising money for the University Club. Because this is a very high - brow publication I will not reveal how he characterized himself. Jim McAlpine wrote: I turned So in July 2011 and am in good health with modern medicine (quadruple bypass, bladder cancer and removal) and love of my four chiJdren and six grandchi.ldren. My wife Sally died in September of long term dementia (much sadness for all of us but enough is enough). Since my retirement from Grace Episcopal Church (1994) in ewton, Massachusetts, I am a gallery instructor at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and reach classes at Brandies adult program in early American history and Civil War- all very rewarding. 1 also have a partner- a longtime friend - and we have taken two Road Scholar trips on river boars in France and Holland. Give my regards to the others who, when playing golf always add, ''I'm glad to be on top of the grass and not under it." Jack Campbell wrote: Noiliing exciting to report on the trip side of things. I am now into my third year at Ohio State University as a Peace Corps coordinator and enjoying every minute of it. The satisfying aspect of it is that I have encouraged some 150 applicants to become Peace Corps volunteers. Hopefully this academic year will be better than ever. Bill Bernhard wrote: Just started working again as an Army flight surgeon for the Maryland Army National Guard , two days a week. One year of not working allowed me to catch up on things at home after six years of active duty in the Army. or bad for becoming Sr in Nov. Will plan on attending reunion 2013 Ron Rowland wrote: Spent the summer on Swan's Island as in the past 45 years. Most challenging problem was the increase in beavers in our stream and their "dams." They must be too crowded at the lake up-streams. A neighbor's pond has recently been invaded. Fish and Wildlife have no interest- possibly a bullet or two will reduce the nuisance. Had another CY which lasted five days. so am on the "path" to some type of pacemaker- lousy way to go. Flew to Kolkata in Oct. to visit son- with the consular service. Much like Mex OF 40 years ago- not impressed. Fortunately
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