CLASS NOTES on his health issues when we talked. Although he went as far away as Boston for the diagnostic services of a specialist, he is getting the treatment he needs close by in Wilmington, while maintaining a consulting arrangement with the specialist. So, his check-ups are only a half-hour away. He and Rachel enjoy their club on Figure Eight Island, NC. Rachel likes to cook, and they enjoy eating at home. The enervating nature of his treatments makes it good to be at home. Just now he is interested in the political goings on and in supporting conservative viewpoints. Matt Freidlander was enjoying his summer place at the Highlands in NC and has no particular health problems. His sport was golf which he gave up to accommodate knee replacements a couple of years ago. He and Jackie play a lot of bridge. Bob Barnes and I had a nice talk, and I also chatted with his friend, Michelle Edelmann. He has a friend, Leo, who comes to his residence for daily care, and Bob sounded quite content. Bob was interested in telling me about an amusing photograph of himself on horseback – I think he was facing backwards but couldn’t be sure if that was the direction he described. Evelyn Turner called in June to say that she had recently gotten back from her trip to Turkey and wanted to catch up with things. We gave her a report about the reunion which she had been very sorry to miss. Her daughter, Courtney, was nearing the end of her assignment in Turkey, so Evelyn chose to go there while she could. That precluded her going to the reunion. Courtney had gotten to know lots of people, and so, for Evelyn, it was a oncein-a-lifetime chance for Courtney to show her what it was like in that country. She was gone two weeks and had a great trip. Betty-Jane and I are able to go on as usual. For exercise, she water-walks in the heated pool in our spa three times a week. I try to swim in the outdoor pool there almost every day. My work at the Heritage Library Foundation keeps me very busy and very interested. Just now, I am lecturing whenever I can on the much overlooked story of Hilton Head Island in the Civil War. The invasion of the island in 1861 by the Union Army was the largest amphibious landing in military history up until WWII, with 13,000 troops coming 34
ashore in 500 assault-landing boats. Later, when the Army of the South was fully established, the population in Hilton Head in 1864 got up to about 57,000 people. While this history is mostly forgotten, with the Civil War Sesquicentennial Commemoration coming up in 2011-15, it is now a time to refresh those memories. Don’t forget to keep in touch. It is always a high point to get a phone call from one of you.
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details. Remember April 25-26. Ed Hensley’s phone number is 804/200-1342. I got garbage when I tried to call Jack Ayler and Bob Spear. Bob Maling and Charlotte Adler sent notes, so I know they haven’t changed their addresses. Thanks to all for your response to Annual Giving this year. “Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.” Keep the Spirit ’41
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Walter Richards
“Drive carefully. It is not only cars that can be recalled by their maker.” The “dog days of summer.” Not much doing here. Maybe I’m lazy. My computer won’t cooperate with me. I’m trying to get all of the addresses and phone numbers straight. I have had some discrepancies. If you haven’t been getting mail from the Institute, please let me know your correct address and phone number. Frank Kirby seems quite adjusted to his location at Harbor’s Edge. His phone number is 757/393-6192. Logistics will keep him from our 70th. Stuart Seaton is working with Carole Green to learn
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Charles P. Wilson
The news for ’42 this last quarter was the death of Clyde Hooker. I have written you about that, and his obituary appears in the Taps section of this Alumni Review. My most recent correspondence from a Brother was from George Rhea. His wife, Bunn, sent me an e-mail that George wanted to correspond with some of the Brothers. He is living in Nashville, TN, and apparently has been most (or all) of his life. Following VMI, he served with the 101st Airborne Division, then as an employee of the Tennessee Eastman
Class of 1942: On May 20, 1942, these U.S. Army soldiers, all class of ’42, were traveling from Fort Riley, Kansas, to Fort Monroe, Texas, to train as horse cavalry officers. From left: Harry Siebert, Jack Woodward, Willoughby Williams and Charlie Chewning.
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