CLASS NOTES I apologize for that but haven’t felt that I had This year even the lakes were down so far as just beginning to regain use of that arm. It is anything exciting to report. Luckily Millie and to limit the productive fishing a bit. Doug & painful but I am left handed so it has to be done. I have been in remarkably good health, as have Warren were able to eliminate a wild dog that I gain a stiff upper lip by reminding myself this our children and their families. Our activities the neighbors had been complaining about. We nothing compared to what some of our BRs and still center around church, sailboat racing and had a fine time with a little red liquor and good their wives are going thru so I pray more for tennis (choir for Millie … 13 years now … she camaraderie. And to show you how far I have each one of them.” loves it). And we managed to get in several nice progressed I had a modern rifle in 6.5x55, a Cliff Crittsinger e-mailed the following trips in 2010, one to the East Coast for an AMA cell phone and a digital camera, which I forgot report, “Your Cadet New Market Legacy Award 50th reunion and visit with daughter Shelley’s to use. On Dec. 11, I invited our Canadian Committee met for the fourth time Feb. 26-27 family in Wilmington, another to North Caroexchange officer to go deer hunting. Our stand at VMI to continue its deliberations. Our efforts lina for a week at Holden Beach with the famcollapsed and threw me 12 feet to the ground, were enhanced by the presence of eight first ily, then two others for a Marine Corps aviators breaking my left arm in three places. I pulled classmen from the class of 2011. These eight reunion in Dallas, and to the Tailhook Reunion the bones straight and asked him to take me to young men were crucial in our development of in Reno where we had another mini-reunion the emergency room. It is now March and I am the selection process for this award – we could with a Navy squadron I was in for a not have done it without them. couple years back in 69 and 70! Mike Murphy said, “The Corps is “We have rented a home near Irindeed in good hands.” vington, VA, for a month this summer Cliff followed up in early May to introduce my kids and grandkids with the following, “Since its first to the Chesapeake Bay area. We are meeting in the spring of 2009, the looking forward to having all that committee has worked developing time to spend in Virginia, hoping to the award. At the meeting with see lots of BRs while there. Then Gen. Peay ’62 in the spring of heading to Holden Beach again for 2010, he expressed his concerns another family week in late July. to include the fact that there were “The only excitement of late is already too many awards being that my left leg finally quit working presented, that the recipient would properly (tore the cartilage during be selected by his and her Brother our Ring Figure party Nov. ’62 in Rats and not the Institute, and most Roanoke; fell over a chair while doof all, that it would conflict with ing the twist – with Tom Murtha’s VMI’s most prestigious award, Class of 1964: At the New Market Committee Meeting, mother!) a few months ago so I had to the New Market Medal. ConsidFebruary 2011, were members of the class and cadets give up tennis and then sailing. At that ering this, he provided specific from class of 2011, including Warren Budd; George Rappoint I was ready for a fix and as of six guidelines that would assist the port; King von Schilling; Cadet Erin Hawes; Cadet John weeks ago am the proud owner of a committee as it continued in its Manning, class President; Don Jones; Mike Murphy; nice shiny new knee! Rehab is going deliberations. Cadet Coleman Zwanzig; Cadet Jimmy Stevenson; Cadet well, I’m already much more mobile “In April of this year, after Ahmed Conteh; Cadet Matt Palmer; Cadet Dave Arthur; than I was before, and just have 2-3 numerous meetings and commuCadet Curt Herron; Tom Davis; Doug Walker; Bernie more weeks of PT to get the bend to nications with his staff, and much Hylton; and Cliff Crittsinger. at least 120 degrees. At that point, I’m free to get back to both tennis and sailing! I have to add that Millie has been a wonderful nurse/drill instructor all through the recovery and rehab. I have no doubt that’s why my progress has been so rapid!” King von Schilling wrote, “Yesterday I had a marvelous lunch with Bob Warren who was in the D.C. area on business. Bob does not look our age and attributes it to his diet and exercise program. Says he is not yet ready for retirement but he and Kathy are taking lots of small trips to practice for retirement. Sounds like a plan to me.” King sent a follow up e-mail in which he said, “ Last November, Doug Walker & I drove to Warren Budd’s hunting & fishing lodge for Class of 1964: Attending Ron Williams’ funeral in March 2011 were Joyce and Jim Brittingham; Nelson Trinkle; Bob Warren; Bill Garber; Warren Budd; Walt five days of outdoor activity. Courtney Budd Sykes; Carol Faye Butts, widow of Dick; King von Schilling; Ginny Williams; Bill came down and fed us so well for two days we and Dyan Crone; Tom Allen; Ed and Janice Seager; George Warren; Tom and were able to survive the other three on Warren’s Helen Davis; Bill Taylor; Hank Cronin; Dick Atkinson; and Paula Warren. cooking. This season wasn’t as successful as last one we only got one small doe and I got it.
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