Dick Paine
Paine45green@aol.com
Happy to report that my granddaughter, Hilary, who attended Middlesex School (under Kathy Giles) and Hamilton College (Phi Beta Kappa ’17) recently entered Tufts Medical School as a member of the class of 2023.
Hank Drayton reports: “About 30 years ago, looking for a way to plot stock prices, I bought my first computer. Knowing nothing about computers, I needed a place to learn. So, here in San Diego, I found an organization called the Seniors Computer Group. Their motto is ‘Seniors Helping Seniors.’ Fast-forward about 10 years and you will find me teaching there. Fast-forward to the present and I’ve found a whole new career for an 87-year-old retired engineer. The organization, a nonprofit, has about 100 members and meets every Saturday in a large auditorium at a retirement complex. There is individual instruction and presentations by members and/or invited guests. I’ve now become vice president for programs and have to come up with those presentations every week. Over the years, I have found that the best way to keep people’s interest during a technical presentation on computers is to record it ahead of time, using a program that makes a video of what’s happening on your computer screen. I’ve made about a hundred of these, and they are all available to the world on YouTube. The group’s webmaster recently had to give up that task for health reasons, so I found another task to keep me from boredom: www.scgsd.org. Life is good, but busy.”
Tatsuo Arima ’53 (l.), George Packard ’50 (third) and Minoru “Ben” Makihara ’50 (r.) donning SPS ties, with Foreign Minister Hon. Taro Kono.
Dick Paine ’50 with his granddaughter, Hilary.
(L. to r.) Ludmila Bidwell, Truman Bidwell ’52, Hillary Mackay ’84, and James Truman Bidwell Mackay at the Henley Women’s Regatta.
Fred Church
Church1955@gmail.com
Mark Cluett writes: “All of the Cluett clan spent another wonderful summer in Blue Hill, Maine. Our three daughters have their own houses, so we saw a lot of grandchildren coming and going. This was my 82nd summer here. During the past three years, Libbie and I have been on three marvelous expedition cruises – circumnavigation of The Bering Sea, circumnavigation of Japan’s largest island, and this year cruising Norway’s fjords and then up to Svalbard seeking polar bears. In 2020, we plan to circumnavigate the Black Sea. Alas, this year will be the last of the Cluett progeny leaving SPS; we will have had a daughter and three grandchildren as graduates. I have already responded to Steve Gurney’s inquiry about our next reunion in 2021, and I’m looking forward to it.”
Bill Prime writes: “Heading to Positano, Italy, this October to celebrate my birthday (back in April) with three children and three grandchildren. Positano must be my favorite place in the world since I have been there for four honeymoons – my mother’s third and three of my own. Next February, I will be skiing in Zermatt with Penny Pitou, who won two silver medals in the 1960 Olympics. Just happy to be alive at 85 after two operations for cancer and having father, mother, and sister die at 79.”
It’s been reported that Fergus Reid has retired after 25 years as chairman of the J.P. Morgan Mutual Fund Complex. However, he still remains a consultant to the Morgan Stanley Mutual Fund Complex. Fergus sent a salute to all his fellow classmates and hopes they’re all well and still standing.
David Sinkler
ddsinkler@comcast.net
Truman Bidwell writes: “Ludmila, my daughter Hillary Mackay ’84, and my oldest grandson, James Truman Bidwell Mackay, saw the SPS boat named for my wife in competition at the Henley Women’s Regatta. The girls in the boat won their division in a time which was just two seconds shy of the course record. I happily note that the Ludmila (the shell not my wife) is undefeated. I will confess this is undoubtedly attributable to Michael Spencer’s brilliant coaching and not my wife’s name on the shell, but we take a sliver of credit because we also cheer hard! Every crew I rowed on, including at SPS, went to Henley the year after I graduated; thus I had never been there and it was a great first visit. To Michael and all at SPS, but especially the girls in the boat, thanks for sharing the fun with us. We had a wonderful time with you all this year. The memories are priceless.”
Jim Hammond
Hamjam123@hotmail.com
Peter Paine writes: “This has been a busy summer with an equestrian bent. In June, I went on a riding safari in Botswana with our nephew, Jan Fritze, and our oldest granddaughter, Annelies Paine (daughter of Peter S. Paine III ’81). In July, Alex Paine ’87 joined me on a horse pack trip in Wyoming with his wife and two daughters. In September, Patty and I went out to Ely, Minn., to stay at Burntside Lodge and paddle a number of lakes in the Boundary Waters Wilderness Canoe Area.”
Arthur Platt shares this note: “I was so impressed with the recent Met Golf article on Pete Bostwick that I thought I’d share my thoughts on a new, up-and-coming tennis champ in the making. (Bostwick level to be determined?) He’s an eight-year-old neighbor, whose mother asked me to help out with his strokes. This request was made in April this year as he was taking up the sport. I’ve been giving him a lesson once a week ever since and his father hits with him every other day. He’s won all his tournaments since early July and is invited to the St. Louis 12 and under championship tournament this fall. Eight years old – pretty unbelievable! SPS ought to recruit this guy.”
Paul Phillips sends this update: “Sharon and I, along with our three kids and their spouses and two grandkids, had a very scenic and educational nine-day tour of Northern Ireland at the end of June, then enjoyed a beautiful central New York summer, got our minds refreshed with a week trip to the Chautauqua Institution in Western New York, and now we’re getting ready for bird-hunting season and hoping to see Peter Paine. We continue our efforts to raise money for a local museum and stage and for memorial funds at Albany Medical College and the Rheumatology Research Foundation. I will fully retire from my rheumatology career in 2020, meanwhile still doing two days a month at our Syracuse VA arthritis clinic.”
Jock McLane shares this September update: “I’ve had several pleasurable visits from Derick Nicholas recently in Evanston and Gloucester, Mass. In February, Derick, Nelson Aldrich, and I, with our partners and spouses, hope to visit Puerto Escondido in Mexico. These school ties last.”
Form of 1953 formmates Ned Baldwin, Jim Hammond, Michael Maude, and Nick Platt enjoyed lunch together in New York City in June. Michael came to New York from his home in Bath, England, and continued his trip across the United States, including a visit to Leslie and Rucky Barclay in Santa Fe, N.M.
Pete Bostwick ’53 was featured in Met Golf magazine.
Formmates from 1953 Nick Platt, Ned Baldwin, Jim Hammond, and Michael Maude had lunch at the Yale Club.
Alex Paine ’87 (l.) with father Peter Paine ’53, fishing in Wyoming.
Nat Howe
nathowejr@yahoo.com
David Wagstaff writes: “Still spending time in New Orleans and Montana. Suse and I are still vertical and enjoying our three children and five grandchildren.”
Ted Ward sends this September update: “Jerry Miller and I met for lunch at the SFO Hyatt Regency for the 18th consecutive year (our best estimate). Always fun and interesting. Dr. Miller is in great shape.”
Michael Harter shares that he is still retired – from Bethlehem Steel, EDS, and Air Products. His wife, Ellen, continues her painting in oils.
From Bob Webber: “We took our 1964 Autodynamics Formula V (as in VW) to the Mount Equinox Hill Climb again this year and, after solving a fuel issue on Saturday, posted my best-ever time of 5 minutes, 55 seconds, passing the six-minute time rubicon. At the awards banquet, I received the Malcolm Donaldson Award, given annually to the member who best exemplifies the vintage spirit during the Mount Equinox Hill Climb. In other news, my friend Mary Filippelli and I entered a new phase of an old relationship. As the song says, ‘And the world discovers...how to make two lovers of friends.’”
David Wagstaff ’55 in New Orleans.
Ted Ward ’55 (c.) met up with Frank ’55 and Lida Lloyd at their Yale reunion.
It was a swell September dinner for four “Maineiacs”by Casco Bay (l. to r.): Bob Knott ’57, Sandy Holloway ’57, Terry Mixter ’57, and David Hunt ’57.
Bill de Haven
Bill_dehaven316@hotmail.com
Eliot “Boots” Coleman sent this note: “I got together with George Reath (who was up visiting) and Chris Raphael (who lives locally) the other day. Great memories and master stories. Interestingly, the three of us also went to Williams together.”
Robert Riker writes: “I have continued to enjoy traveling, and recently I joined a Viking excursion to parts of Vietnam and Cambodia. We started down in what used to be called Saigon (now called Ho Chi Minh City), and while there we visited some of the historic locations. I got to crawl through one of the tunnels used by the Vietcong during the war. We spent about a week cruising up the Mekong River, and crossed over the border into Cambodia. I think the highlight of the excursion was our visit to the Temple of Angkor Wat, dating back to the 12th century. We ended our trip with a visit to Hanoi, including a walk around the impressive Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. I’m already looking forward to my next excursion (to celebrate my upcoming 80th), a visit to 21 islands in the South Pacific.”
Philip Iglehart writes of four recent celebrations: He and Susan celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary (married 12/6/1958). He celebrated the first year of post-restoration operations and credit sales on the Bluefield Ranch Wetland Mitigation Bank in Okeechobee, Fla., after earning the credits from ACOE/EPA for completing 15 years of wetlands restoration work returning the 2,700 acres to it’s original state in the 1930s. He celebrated the ribbon cutting of a 280-unit apartment project on land adjacent to the National Security Agency near Washington, D.C. Lastly, he celebrated the good fortune of having two grandchildren working, two in college (Amherst and UNC-Wilmington), and two in high school.
David Hunt writes: “Jackie and I spent time in Maine this summer and had a wonderful dinner mid-June at Bob Knott’s club in Portland, along with his wife Caroline and Sandy Holloway. We met again in early September with Bob and Caroline, Sandy, and Terry Mixter at a restaurant in Yarmouth. Always interesting discussions with these folks.”
John Pearce reports that, after 50 years of architecture, which included 25 years in private practice and 20 years as the university architect for Duke, small changes were necessary. Last fall, John and Jane moved from N.Y.C. to Washington, D.C., to a townhouse with an elevator. Jane is a federal public defender. Sketching with ink continues as a pastime. Attending classes has stimulated a curiosity in pastels and watercolor painting. John tries to keep up with his four children and six grandchildren. Two lawyers are in the D.C. area – James Pearce ’98 is with the justice department while Liz Pearce Zoulias ’04 is a state of Maryland public defender. The youngest Pearce, Alexander ’06, teaches science and engineering to children as a manager for Play-Well Technologies. He lives in Chapel Hill, N.C., with Christina and newborn daughter Lilly. Sarah Pearce ’00 is married to Peter Noteboom ’00. She is a neonatal intensive care doctor in Portland, Ore. They have three children.
Allen Ayers
aayers3667@gmail.com
Guy Rutherfurd
rutherfurdguy@gmail.com
Phil Bradley writes: “Allen Mills hasn’t been back to SPS since graduation – and I last remembered him playing a mean piano during our Sixth Form performance of South Pacific – but I was able to visit him during a recent trip to L.A. He invited me to UC-Riverside, where he continues to work as a physics professor doing research and mentoring grad students. It was great seeing him, and he gave me a tour through his lab and took me to lunch.”
A note from Larry D’Oench: “Wife Nancy and I had a grand family reunion in Scotland. We rented a ‘castle’(google Glentruim to see our place) and 18 of our McDonald clan gathered for a week. Subsequent to that, we spent a few days on the Orkney mainland so I could see Scapa Flow of WWI and WWII fame, plus relish the pre-BC history and digs. The Scots foolishly drive on the wrong side of the road. To correct that I drove on the proper right side. They would politely move over, but then go back to the left side. Unbelievable. They just didn’t get it.”
Jon Butler submits this note about Philip Auerbach: “It’s hard to keep track of Pony Auerbach. His peripatetic lifestyle has led him from a dig in Cape Cod to Ithaca, N.Y., to Illinois, to a chalet in Switzerland, to a remote Greek island, and, finally, back to his home on Boulevard Beausejour in Paris, where he grew up. He and Noelle were recently spotted at the house of his son, Jonathan Auerbach ’92, in Millbrook, N.Y. He was not lacking in comment on global politics, but appeared in good health and taking great pleasure in the adventures of his American offspring.”
From Allan Ayers: “Since Joanne has retired from traveling, I’m spending her vacation money as well as my own and getting to see all the places in the world that I couldn’t get to for work. Australia (where I dedicated ‘my rock’ back to the Anangu), Vietnam (where I couldn’t find the base where I was stationed), South America (fabulous fun), Africa, and coming up, Antarctica (my seventh continent). Then I’ll figure out how to fill in the blank spaces I’ve missed.”
Zandy Clark shares: “A private marker was placed by unknown ancestors on the site of my ancestor George McLaughlin’s cabin beside China Lake in Maine, but sank into soft ground. He has no grave marker, so I was determined to restore this illegible marker. As a cabin boy at age 11, he was marooned in Revere, Mass., when the crew mutinied and was left ashore. Sleeping with the horses he tended for the militia, he was drafted into the Indian Wars by the British about 1754, at 19 years of age, when he had saved enough money to return to Coleraine, Northern Ireland, but was ‘impressed’ instead. He served four years in Ohio and Maine, and was wounded three times at the final Battle of Quebec, where both generals died. He walked to the rear, where they removed a tomahawk from his shoulder blade and sewed up his stomach. They sailed in 24-foot shallops down to Cape Sable and around Nova Scotia to Georgetown, Maine, where they were sheltered for the winter in the meetinghouse. He married a young woman, Lois Sands, and had 10 children in this cabin from 1776 to 1804, when his oldest son started a huge house nearby in historic China Village, where he died in 1810 at 75 years of age.”
Allan Ayers ’58 snapped photos of the wildlife on a summer sojourn to Africa.
Zandy Clark ’58 oversaw the restoration of his ancestor George McLaughlin’s gravestone.
Allen Mills ’58 (l.) enjoyed a surprise visit from Phil Bradley ’58 in Los Angeles.
Ted Johnson ’59 racing at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut.
Sydney Waud
sydney.waud@compass.com
Ted Johnson checks in: “When I retired (at 74), I decided to go back to my roots and run some track days. One thing led to another and I now run track days at race tracks up and down the East Coast in a Shelby 350GT. My season starts in Savannah at Roebling Road in early March and ends at Daytona in early December. In between, I run at various well-known tracks, including Virginia International Raceway, New Jersey Motorsports Park, Pitt Race, Summit Point, Lime Rock, etc. So, what is a track day? My wife calls it racing. The organizers, with a careful eye toward their insurance companies, differ, saying it is non-competitive and, therefore, not racing. In a sense, both are right. Racing requires a race-equipped car and race-certified safety equipment. There are good reasons for this. Track days are open to road cars, usually with upgraded running gear but lacking some of the more intrusive safety gear that is necessary for formal racing. Put a full roll cage in a $300,000 Lamborghini or Ferrari and you lower its value by half. So, why don’t you need full safety equipment at a track day? The difference is competitive passing. When racing, the vast majority of major safety issues comes when two or more cars get together trying to pass each other. To many spectators, that’s the fun part. To someone who is driving a valuable street car, not so much. Track days include strict rules on passing. While there are procedural differences based on the experience of the drivers in different classes, the overriding rule is, if someone catches up to you, they are faster and you have to let them by. If you think you are faster, run them down and they will have to let you by. This eliminates the car to car contact situations – and the concomitant need for intrusive safety gear. Are you competing with the other participants? The organizers would say no. But I can assure you, everyone out there is trying their darnedest to catch the guy (or gal) in front of him and to prevent the guy (or gal) behind from catching him. We get a wide variety of cars running in these events, many of which are regular participants. Makes for fun times.”