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has electrically shocked not only humans but also dairy cows. In this case, that finally will go to trial sometime in the near future, there are 110 persons in 28 families suing the electric utility company. This is just the south side of two blocks of Knob Hill Ave. The north side of Knob Hill Ave. has a school on the 800 block and a church on the 900 block. From what I’ ve discovered this is just the tip of the iceberg of the number of families and persons being electrically shocked in the LA area.

I tell you this because I know you fellow classmates, after working over 40 years, have developed callused hands and probably wouldn’ t be electrically shocked. However, I urge you to tell your family, that is your children, your grandchildren, and, if you’ re fortunate enough, your great-grandchildren, that if they are in a bathtub, shower, hot tub, swimming pool, or even a lake and they feel a tingle, or if in a swimming pool they feel fish biting them, yes, I’ ve had cases where someone was electrically shocked sufficiently that their muscles froze and they drowned, and the survivors told of fish biting them when in the swimming pool.

Back on June 8, 2012 Albert, Al, Alutius, C-2, Machine Shop, graciously made a 15-page copy of the“ Class of 1953 Profiles, 50th Anniversary, Friday, May 30, 2003” brochure for me as my copy is buried in a storage locker along with other mementos, instruments, and“ junk.” Al, I am extremely appreciative of you taking the time and expense of copying that class brochure.

Al, John Bubel, and myself, and a third person that I don’ t remember attended the class reunion this past June 3, 2017 at WCT. My desktop computer’ s solid-state chips gave up the fight and crashed along with my notes about Alumni Day. Windows 10 I recommend, however if you have an old Microsoft Office I do not recommend upgrading to office 2016 or 17 as the email app needs a lot of improvement.

This past spring, we lost Gino Maffei and Larry Wadsworth, who bios were in the spring addition of the Williamsonian. We now have 24 living graduates which is 44 percent of our class. If I do not hear from you, I will just have to bore you with my work. Yes, I hit the big 84 mark three days ago and I’ m afraid that this legal case, Topaz substation in Redondo Beach, Calif., may be my last as inquiries have dwindled. I’ m still writing technical papers and will be presenting a paper titled,“ The History of Grounding / Earthing in the United States” to a technical conference approximately 1,800 attendees in Calgary, Canada, in September. The paper has 11,000 words, 14

pages, plus about 40 PowerPoint slides. The data collected at the Topaz substation in June 2017 is 33,000 rows and has over 50 columns. I will be preparing approximately 60 Excel graphs showing in one set the current over each day of the three phases and another set showing the calculated man-made neutral current, the measured and the stray current.

DID YOU KNOW: The Restall Sports Center now has a solar panel array installed and operating on the roof. The only thing left to be installed to complete the Electrical Island Project is a wind turbine. All forms of power generation, except for nuclear, will be available on the WCT campus. The senior power plant students spend two weeks or so at a nuclear power plant during turnaround and graduate with nuclear experience.

Please write or call me so that I can relay your information to the rest of our class as I am sure they are as anxious to hear from you as I am.

Till the next issue C-75, 19W53

H. Ronald Richardson 178 Maple Ave. southampton, PA 18966-4202 215-355-2984 colorronr @ msn. com

Hello, Hello, Hello … That’ s the title of a famous Philly String Band tune. So … Hello again from Rep Ron. Today is Aug. 31, and summer is almost over. Let me start with Alumni Day back in June. I live about 35 miles from school and often go to see the“ Ole Campus.” That day, Don and Gloria Kemper, Bob Cramer, and I were the only folks to show up. I realize that we are all in our early 80s and it can be a challenge to be out and about.

This was evident earlier this month, when for the 28th time, we had our annual Summer Weekend at Dave Schrenk’ s mountain home. I thought about the eight classmates that had attended and are now gone. I chose to invite some other class reps so we could maybe enlarge the group. We started Friday with the Kempers, Frank and Pat Parsons, Alke and I and host Dave. Joining us on Saturday were Ken and Tina Cook, Al and Marie Grover, Will Eastlack 4W9, President Mike and Mary Nell Rounds, and Past President Paul and Cheryl Reid. Class Rep Dick and Marsha Dunlap 6W5 were there for the first time. Everyone knows how dedicated Dick is to the school. I’ ve actually known him since the summer of 1963, when he worked for me after his freshman year. I’ m very sure the Dunlaps will return next year. Mother

A good attendance and pleasant reminiscing made the Class of 5W4’ s annual Summer Weekend at Dave Schrenk’ s mountain home special. Some guests stayed the entire weekend and some just for a day, but all had a good time. Attending were Ken and Tina Cook, first-time visitors Dick and Marsha Dunlap 6W5, Will Eastlack 4W9, Al and Marie Grover, Don and Gloria Kemper, Frank and Pat Parsons, Alke and Ron Richardson, former president Paul and Cheryl Reid, and President Mike and Mary Nell Rounds.

Nature cooperated again and a special thank you to Frank and Pat for arranging for all the great food. There were extras for folks to take home. We will certainly hope to do another weekend next year on Aug. 3, 4, and 5.

I think everyone knows that the school chose to recognize Bruce Burrell back on Alumni Day, posthumously. Unfortunately, Gloria was involved with moving and was unable to attend Alumni Day. I suggested to the staff at school to maybe postpone the presentation until our October 10th lunch at Shady Maple. I realize this issue of the Williamsonian may arrive after October 10th, so emails and phone calls will announce the planned presentations to Gloria. This luncheon group from numerous classes is expanding nicely, so I hope we have a large turnout.

In early August, I received a call from Terry Earll. He is coping with more medical problems. Recently, Frank, Don Kemper, and George Gillespie all had eye related operations, and Dave is dealing with a foot problem. Wayne Zimmerman and Bill Smigo missed the mountain weekend because of hospital visits. I hope some of the ailments will subside and permit guys to attend some Williamson events. While reading these notes … how about a little / big prayer for all the guys and their mates. I heard recently from George that he has sold his home in North Fort Myers and now lives with his son Jamie 9W3, in Palm Harbor, Fla. He gave up his duties at a car museum and now volunteers three days a week at a nearby special toy factory. I also spoke with Don Keen and he’ s fully retired now and sold the truck( not the tools). On Alumni Day, Bob Cramer told me he still plays a little tennis occasionally. I played tennis in high school, but my running days are over.

Before I close … here is another date to consider. The past few years we have met at Dave’ s in early December for cheesesteaks, hoagies, and pizza. We are planning to meet again this year on Tuesday, Dec. 12, at noon, in Newton, Pa. Dave says,“ make it an open invite to any alumnus.” If you would like to attend, call Rep Ron,( phone number above).

Here are some special upcoming dates to remember for our class and others: Oct. 10- Lunch @ Shady Maple; Oct. 14- Homecoming @ School; Dec. 12- Lunch @ Dave’ s; Feb. 8- Founder’ s Day @ School; April 10- possible Lunch @ School-( details later); June 2- Alumni Day; Aug. 3-4-5- Poconos-( all or any days);

Now I’ ll close with two more quotes that I like …“ Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, and Faith looks up,” by Ralph Waldo Emerson. And …“ Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others,” by Jack Kornfield.

Until the next issue … Take the meds and Keep Smiling!!

Rep Ron, COLORRON

ron Evans 1101 Hollow Road Norristown, PA 19403-4518 610-584-1694 dashund1 @ verizon. net

Some of this news may have already been published because I missed the last article or didn’ t receive the news early enough.

William Williamson died, but I don’ t know the exact date. Sarah Gaspero, who must work at Williamson, informed me by way of the Verizon Message Center. Bill and his wife Theresa were married for over 44 years.

Since my last article, I took a nasty fall at the firehouse on Feb. 3 of this year. I was in rehab for about four months due to a broken hand and other major problems. I was informed by three doctors that I will never drive again. Thank heaven for my wife, Betty. She and a lot of my friends are my wheels from now on and especially Dave Hahn. He will get me to Alumni Day weekend and especially Labor Day weekend. Enough for now. See you all on Alumni Day.

Ron Evans 5W5

richard McCormick 2301 Chestnut Tree Road Honey Brook, PA 19344 610-942-3584 glensherdick @ verizon. net

Alumni Day 2017, 5W6 attendees: Bowes, Brown, Clouser, Levis, Perkins, McCormick, and Ed Minnich.

Classmates present on Alumni Day met with a representative of the Office of Institutional Advancement concerning management of our 5W6 Memorial Fund. For many years the fund had been managed by Chuck Clouser until he recently decided to relinquish the responsibility. The fund was established many years ago, funded with contributions from classmates. When informed of the passing of a classmate, a contribution from the fund was sent to the school in remembrance of the deceased. You have, or should have, received my letter explaining our recent arrangement with the office concerning on-going management of the 5W6 Memorial Fund. If you did not receive this letter, please inform and I will provide you a copy.

I had a brief phone conversation with Bob and Linda Kessler before Alumni Day. Bob is doing well. He provides care for Linda who utilizes a wheelchair and depends upon Bob to meet her needs. Linda provided their e-address for our class-listing update. I emailed them current contact information for the class to enable Bob to maintain contact with classmates. They mentioned they had planned to attend Alumni Day this year. Upon their request, I provided information on campus wheelchair accessibility.

Soon after Alumni Day, I received an email from Bob indicating they had arrived on campus to participate in Alumni Day activities. They mentioned that they did not see any former classmates. As I always do when I arrive on campus, I check the sign-in board nearby the flag pole and sign-in. Before I leave campus( typically a 4-hour visit), I check the board again in the event I may have missed someone. I did not observe that Bob had signed-in at any time before I departed. I’ m sorry I missed you, Bob. What time did you arrive / sign-in? I was looking forward to catchingup. Bob’ s email noted that they enjoyed the day as their visit recalled many memories.

Bob Rutters suggests that as with most seniors“ social life for Sandy and I often will include medical visits.” Bob notes that he is doing fairly well, suggesting that“ one in the family has to be well in order to take care of oneself and their spouse. In our situation, it’ s Sandy with most of the health issues. We keep telling each other all we have to do is look down the street and we find there are many worse-off than we are. We have not been able to travel to Pennsylvania or anywhere else for three years, but we have plans to travel to Pennsylvania in September. If this works well, maybe an extended trip out west in late Spring, 2018. Time will tell.”

You may recall that Bob wrote for the class several years ago. He has occasionally offered me his encouragement, suggesting:“ I don’ t know how many of the class have any idea of the job, but having tried it for a short time, I can sure appreciate your effort and willingness to represent 5W6.” Bob, I sincerely thank you for your words of support and, on behalf of 5W6, for representing 5W6 in the past.

Homer informs he has at long last“ moved up to the senior tees” and is now shooting his age. I guess the par threes on his course were playing more like par fours prompting his decision. The aging golfer eventually succumbs to the realization that“ it ain’ t like it used to be!” If he now shoots his age, he has made the right decision and he’ s doing all right!

Jim Kerry has moved from Ocala, Fla., and is now living with his daughter in Levittown, Pa. Jim has been in treatment for lung issues and welcomes anyone to contact him at his new address: 51 Silverbell Rd., Levitown, PA 19056( 215) 378-2876.

Received email from Gene Moudy informing