1940
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Subscribers:
As promised, here are some more photos taken by host Jack
Dibble at the Florida mini-reunion.
Photos #1-7
There was a meeting of the class officers on 21 March at
the Ft. Myer O Club. Present were Kermit Dyke, Fred White, Stew McKenney,
Bob Cassibry, George Mayo, Betty Parker, and Mel Rosen. Bob Cassibry
reported that the class administrative fund is in good shape with a balance
of $12,124.41 as of 28 February. There
was more discussion about a mini-reunion on a cruise before the proposed
reunion at the dedication of the WWII Memorial in 2004.
Bob Gildart ’37 reports that brother, Bill Gildart,
had a second heart surgery in January. Bill had a triple bypass and is
recovering nicely. Edith is doing well.
The publication people at ASSEMBLY write about the
success of their recent subscription solicitation including a new experimental
four-year subscription option. At my age, I don’t even buy green bananas, so
I’m not optimistic about how successful such an option would be for our class
and earlier classes. At any rate, please encourage classmates who do not
subscribe to ASSEMBLY to do so. The publication people also have several
thousand of the beautiful 2002 West Point Daybook and the 2001
Bicentennial Calendar with CD-ROM available at reduced prices.
Jeanne & Allan Crockett report via the class net that as
of 19 April, they will be traveling and out of the net until about the end of
May.
The DC contingent met at a class brunch at the Belle
Haven Country Club on 21 April. There were 35 in attendance. As usual, George
Mayo did a great job with the arrangements.
Eleanor Abbey passed to me this photo of her and Joe Donohue
taken at the reception at the Belle haven Country Club following Dick
Abbey’s funeral. Joe and Dick were classmates at prep school before West
Point. Joe is also the godfather of the Abbeys’ daughter, Mary Ann. Joe also
became the godfather of Dick Abbey when Dick converted to Catholicism at West
Point.
One of the problems in writing this column is that, as I
write it in the middle of April, this is for the July/August ASSEMBLY. Another
big problem is that it is in danger of becoming a report on the DC contingent
unless you outside of the DC area contribute items about yourselves and/or
others.
Taps. Rollie Hamelin died in Honolulu, HI, on 4 Nov 01. He was cremated. No other
information is available at this time.
Eleanor Burke White, wife of Fred White, died peacefully on 15
April at Fairfax, VA. She had Alzheimer’s disease. Eleanor had been a dental
hygienist before her marriage to Fred. She had been a Red Cross volunteer and
did volunteer work with St. Leo the Great Catholic Church in Fairfax City. She
and Fred had been married more than 60 years. Interment was at Arlington
National Cemetery on 1 May.
—Mel
1.
1940—Sally
& Mac Lemley.
2.
1940—Ruth
& Dale Epley.
3.
1940—Kim
Webster and Sarah Hoover.
4.
1940—Bev
Dibble and Harriet Davis.
5.
1940—Doris
& Luther Arnold and June Marsh.
6.
1940—Anne
Colacicco and Didi Gensel (Fred Yeager’s sister-in-law).
7.
1940—Marie
& Bill Lewis, Priscilla Case, and Fred Yeager.
8.
1940—Eleanor
Abbey and Joe Donohue at reception following Dick’s funeral.