61Our 50th Reunion will be held June 9-12, 2011. Time creeps up on us rapidly and this premier event is now but a few months away. In my first class column following our 45th Reunion, I reported "Temperature 40 F - feels like 37!" With Global Warming, we should fare better for our upcoming event.
Continuing
the reunion planning process, Doug
Uhler, one of our reunion co-chairs sent a recap of the meeting held in
mid-October in
Scottsdale
,
AZ.
“Dick and Pat Tatlow hosted a cocktail party and dinner at their beautiful home at The
Boulders near Scottsdale, Arizona on Friday, October 15 It was great to spend time with friends and to
catch-up on new and old news. The following morning was spent
in a class meeting held at El Pedregal in The
Boulders Convention Center. Reunion Chairs Carol
Gittlin Franklin, Neil Goldberger and Doug Uhler discussed the
June
9-12, 2011
Reunion Planning Schedule. Our other Co-chair Pauline Degenfelder was
missed but excused as she and her husband Joe
had just returned from a
China
trip that included
a Yangtze River Cruise. Pauline has been very active with the planning. Others who are involved
with the planning are our Class President Marshall
Frank, Jay Treadwell and Rosanna Frank with Food, Pat Richards with Affinity, Jan Bidwell with Registration, Janet Ballantyne
with Marketing, Ed Goldman and Jon Greenleaf with the Yearbook, Lassie Tischler
Eicher
with our Questionnaire and Larry Wheeler
with our Website. We still need some volunteers to assist Pat Richards with the
various affinity groups and to help Jan Bidwell with registration. So if you
are willing to help us have a great reunion, please contact me, Doug Uhler at duhler@verizon.net. “
“After our reunion
discussion,
Marshall
held a class meeting. The afternoon was spent
by many with Golf at the Boulders, arranged by Dick Tatlow. A class dinner followed at the Tonto Bar
& Grill in Cave Creek on Saturday evening. Dinner was on the patio terrace
and we were visited by a herd of Javelinas.
The weekend ended with Sunday breakfast at the El Pedregal
Bakery. “
In early October Jack
Neafsey wrote, “Lastweek, Phil
and Jane Hodges, Pete
and Donna Whiskeman, Robin Bissell, and Warren and Beth Spcika joined us at our home on Cape Cod for golf, beach ,
lobster, fishing and fun. Good to all be
together. Next week, Oct. 4-8, nine ’61 Phi Gam’s, Pete Meinig, Ken
Blanchard, Robin Bissell, Dick Tatlow, Phil Hodges,
John Sobke, Warren Spicka, Pete Whiskeman and I
will journey to St, George Utah for our 11th annual Fall golf
outing. In years past, we have been to Pinehurst,
Pebble
Beach
,
Williamsburg
and
Myrtle Beach
to name a few. The golf gets worse, but
the stories get better because we al know “where all the bodies are buried.”
We’re looking forward to a great time!”
Two new
class news forms arrived from
Ithaca
shortly before deadline. Donald
Coleman writes from
Kansas City
that he is still piloting Angel
Flights for the Mid-America chapter and has been elected
President of the Riverside/Quindaro Bend Levee
District. He and wife Diane have moved
into a new home on
Weatherly
Lake
and are enjoying the new
location. Marlene Alpert Tein is still
residing in
Boca Raton
with husband Arnold. “Life at
Camp
Boca
is good. We enjoy time with
our children (one a Cornell grad.) and grandchildren who live in the
area. We keep busy with golf and water aerobics. Recently I saw Dale
Abrams Rakusin and she looked terrific!
During my ‘off ‘season I volunteer through AARP and prepare income taxes for
lower income families. At the same time, I still have a small private tax
practice.
Also,
Judy Rojas Bennett sent the
following. “Jim and I are both semi-retired, juggling three homes, one
in
Florida
and two in
New York
, Garden City and
Shelter
Island
. Both of us are playing lots of
golf, I still manage to get into the club championships but for the past
two years have lost in the 36 hole final to an opponent 53 years younger than I
and at least a foot taller too! Expect to see her on tour after her golf
scholarship to college is over. I am still waiting for our club to have a
senior’s event for the women! Jim '60, 63
LLB
is of counsel and still manages to go to his various
offices several times a week. We travel but have limited our forays to the US
as of now, just having returned from the Nat'l Parks out west, Zion, Bryce
canyon, Arches, Dead Horse Canyon (which is a sleeper but worth the detour).
Looking forward to reunion but let’s forget the number.”
In closing,
our class co-correspondent for the last 4 and ˝ years Joanna McCully,
is retiring. Joanna is resolving some
personal matters and is reluctantly giving up her responsibilities as class
columnist. Joanna and I have worked well
as a team starting with our 45th reunion. I will miss her but will still be encouraging
all of you to continue your input. Regards to all. Doug Fuss. dougout@attglobal.net