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Ken Travis is enjoying life in the Pacific Northwest, although he still has some New England withdrawal symptoms. In August he and Janice celebrated 65 years since they tied the knot in the Wesleyan chapel. They recently welcomed two additional great-granddaughters to the fold. 

Ed Porter sent along a picture of his latest acquisition, a 23-foot gaff-rigged yawl that even has some space below deck. He’s a regular sight sailing on Penobscot Bay in Maine. Ed hopes all our classmates had a fine summer.

For the past 31 years Jack Goodhue has written about 400 columns and feature-length articles for a business magazine. Those days are over, as he and the mag have agreed to call it quits. It was fun, but now he and Jane have more free time to enjoy life in Wilmington, North Carolina. They are another couple with great-grandchildren, living in Texas and California.

Jack also wrote to notify us of the death of Norm Miller this past July.  After his retirement from Tulane University, where he was a professor of Spanish arts, Norm moved to Tucson, Arizona. He served as a docent at the University of Arizona Museum of Art. Jack, Norm, and Trent Sorenson MA ’58 were the trio who absconded with the Douglas Cannon on a dark and dreary night just before our graduation. If you get back to Wesleyan, Jack’s scrapbook on the theft is in the Olin Library’s archives. 

I heard from Mark Feldman, who just recovered from a nasty bout of pneumonia. He’s thankful for that and grateful to the loving women in his life. Mark promises to let me know if he wins the lottery. 

Gordon Wilmot may have topped us all with four great-grandkids. He and Marilyn plan to celebrate their upcoming anniversary by flying to San Juan, Puerto Rico, and staying in a VRBO for a week. They’ll stop for another week in Key West, on their way back to Rhode Island. They go somewhere every November for their anniversary and again in March for their birthdays. 

We’ve had a few remote birthdays in our family. Our youngest grandchild, who now lives in Missouri, turned 8 in June. Halfway across the country is a long drive! Next time we’ll fly. Then in July our daughter and great-grandson had birthdays, two days apart. Hers ended in a zero. Naturally, we drove to Maryland for the occasion. 

Until next time, stay well. 

Bob 

Bob Smith | hhbobsmith@msn.com