AL VLEREBOME ’55: Al & Marty (Rhinehart ’57) just returned from a twoweek vacation in Alaska … a one-week land trip, followed by a return by ocean liner through Vancouver. The Tathams again enjoyed the Vlerebome’s wonderful hospitality in July for the annual Lancaster Music and Art Festival … the highlights included the Saturday night performance by the Lancaster Orchestra featuring the Manhattan Transfer … and of course […]

JACK CARMICHAEL ’59: In June Jack and his family visited Ken Rowley ’55 and his wife at their ranch near Santa Fe, N.M. Jack and Ken are lifelong friends and grew up as neighbors in Ravenswood, W.Va. jackbcarmi@yahoo.com

DEE SIMPSON ’54: The Simpsons are on the trip of the month club. We truly have been out of Tucson part of each month for 31 months in a row. We do enjoy it, however. We visit our son and his family 3-4 times a year in Ft. Collins, Colo., and our daughter and her family the same amount in St. Louis. Then more […]

JACK HAHN ’55: Jack writes from Albuquerque, N.M., and shares with us about his pride and joy, the “Sulphur Spring and Alum Creek Railroad,” which began operation in 1984 right in Jack’s own backyard! The original layout began on the Hahn’s patio, but has now spread to over 750 feet of track. 1997 saw an expansion to double mainline tracks thus allowing multiple trains to run […]

BOB NEFF ’53: Bob was recently elected Chairman, Board of Trustees, of Sinclair Community College which is located in Dayton, Ohio. Bob received his Fraternal Fifties recognition last April and is pictured elsewhere in this edition. Robertneff@earthlink.net

DAVE CROCKETT ’57: Dave & Patty (Nau) Crockett visited the Tathams and high school friends in Dayton in July, 2000 … Tom and Dave enjoyed the weekend of golf  (although as partners they were a “bust”) and visits over lunches and dinners … the Crocketts are enjoying the winters in Arizona and live in Littleton, Colorado, where Dave continues his work. We were saddened to learn that […]