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Had a note from Carl Lingertot . He and Shirley spent a few weeks in the North Georgia mountains during the summer . They also visited family and friends in Pennsylvania in the fall . Salmon fishing was a success in Alaska again this year . So far , Carl and Shirley have no definite plans for 2017 .

Sandy Mellor and Hanne are doing fine . They sold their RV , so they won ’ t be doing the southern PGA this winter . Sandy will be getting in touch with you guys and gals about another luncheon this coming summer ( around July 4th ) at Shady Maple . So try to clear your calendars for either the week before or the week after the 4th .

Joe Updegrove dropped me a line in December . He and Lane are doing well , with just a few aches and pains . Their frequent trips to Minnesota have stopped since the passing of Lane ’ s mother just after Thanksgiving and within one month of her 96th birthday . Their grandson is now on his own and doing well . Joe and Lane are undertaking a remodeling project at home . He says he is letting the professionals do the work , he will be looking over their shoulders ( that ’ s going to cost him another 20 percent ).

Pat and I had a nice visit with our son Ed and his family in Georgia over the holidays . In late October , we spent a week with our other son Jay and his family in California . Our oldest grandson is a senior and was the number one runner on the high school cross country team . Tristan has had some feelers from colleges about a scholarship to run CC . He also is on the varsity soccer and track teams . After visiting California we stopped in Vail , Colo ., for a week of R & R . It is a beautiful part of the country . Right now I am playing golf at the local golf club three times a week ( and loving it ). The weather has been great most days . We are planning a 9-day vacation in Hawaii ( Maui ) in late April . Should be fun . We are planning to be in Pennsylvania for 10 days during the July 4th celebration and plan to attend the Shady Maple luncheon . Looking forward to seeing everyone again .

That is it for now . Ed 5W7 Miller

Bill Wood 13437 Croft Dr . Largo , FL 33774 727-593-0194 bill5w8 @ hotmail . com

Bob Quay 2928 Wells Fargo Dr . Great Falls , MT 59404 406-788-0712 Cbq5w8nb @ msn . com

Hello Classmates ,

Andy Pitonyak is doing much better . He and Sandy took a trip to Colorado this past year . They also went down the East Coast hoping to spend a week , but were chased away by a pesky storm that was headed north .

Charley Bordner ( class president ) and wife Pat usually go to the Poconos in October and sometimes off to Massachusetts . Over his 40 years working at Quaker Oats , much of his time was spent in maintenance . For Charley , everyday then became interesting because there was always something different to do and intermingle

with different people . Along the way he learned many different skills such as pipe fitting , welding , lathe work , and masonry , etc .

Oh , by the way , he just realized that their dog now holds the mortgage to the house and allows he and Pat to live there !

Bob Adams and I spoke for quite a while about growing up in wonderful times , having nothing and not knowing it , then having the opportunity to go to Williamson . Also , after graduating , spending time with George Vanderslice water skiing and being pulled at 40 miles per hour at Virginia Beach .

Bob Quay went to New Mexico with his son for a visit . As you may remember , Bob was having some heart problems , so his son Bobby made an appointment for him at Baylor Hospital in Dallas , Texas . They found that one of his arteries was clogged causing some blood stoppage to his brain . They put in a stent . They also found that one of his heart valves had stopped working . On Jan . 16 they will go to Dallas and the next morning have another heart valve implanted with the same procedure as with a stent and leaving the failed valve in place . Bob will be in the hospital for three days after which they will be going to the “ OK Corral ,” then on home to Montana .

Jack Kavanaugh called to say he has moved into a senior retirement complex which isn ’ t far from his home in “ The Villages ” in Florida . The complex is only about two years old , has great amenities , and is very affordable . Since Jack lives alone , I think it was a great move .

Dan Courter just hired someone to remove the snow from his house roof after it had just snowed , rained , snowed again , then rained again . Although he is slowing down on his projects , he has managed to build built-ins for his grandson ’ s bedroom , a cherry desk , a cherry bedroom set , and for a friend , a pine and walnut paneled front door . Over a period of time , he has accumulated quite an array of woodworking tools . Dan ’ s house is on an island and all of the waterfront land ( like many places ) has become so valuable and taxable that the small homes that were there and left to family members have become unaffordable for them . Thus , they are being sold and very large and elaborate homes have taken their place . Along with that , driving south from NH is now a nightmare so traveling isn ’ t so much fun anymore .

Ken Staiger is still battling the deer in his yard . They especially like pansies . He said there used to be one or two . The other night he counted thirteen . That may have something to do with living close to the Blue Ridge Mountains . Kens wife Von is still battling cancer . The doctors have changed her medication three or four times and of course there are the side effectsm but Ken says she is tough and keeps on pushing herself . Prayers help .

Some of the guys have said when mentioning another classmate “ I should really give him a call ”. I have all of their Phone numbers and e-mail addresses . If you call , leave a message and I ’ ll call you back or I ’ ll pick up the phone .. If you call just one classmate you may be surprised to find how much they have to say and how much laughter will come from a phone visit .

Bill

Class Giving Participation

Please help make Williamson strong . Your class needs you to achieve 100 % participation . The deadline for this fiscal year is June 30 , 2017 .

This chart shows gifts ( not pledges ) received from July 1 , 2016 , to Dec . 31 , 2016 . ( Solicitable class members have active addresses and accept solicitations .)

Edward Hatchigian Jr . 15 Rose Ann Lane West Grove , PA 19390-8924 610-345-0975 610-864-8541 ( cell ) edleahhatch @ verizon . net

Greetings fellow indentured servants . Today is Jan . 14 , 2017 . Our last class notes were written back in the summer of 2016 . So , we have a lot of catching up to do . I wrote to each classmate that I have an EM listed for . I asked for any class news you could offer . I was very pleased to get a response EM back from eight classmates .

In no special order , Andy Keller writes he and Barb are doing good and taking life easy . Andy is recovering from a shoulder replacement and still doing some exercises to get full movement . He continues to be very much involved in his Masonic work and the Shriners .

Barb Smith mentioned Bill ’ s cataracts are so bad , he can hardly see to drive . He has surgery planned in two months . In the meantime , Barb has taken on the driving responsibilities . The good news is Bill had a recent PET Scan and his cancer mass is shrinking . The Smiths will continue their travels again , following Bills eye surgery .

Total 3,403 585 17 %

Glad to hear from Don Clapper . He wrote , We are doing fine and keeping busy . My brother and son and two grandsons were on a hunting trip to Kansas . The grandsons got six deer and we missed ours . Then my son-in-law went to AK , to install a kitchen I made as well as other work for a family in the church up there . I plan to go to Louisiana to restore homes damaged by disasters . A group of us have been going there for eight years every February . Carol is doing well , she is a care giver for three ladies . She has been doing that for 20 years . She makes quilts for all 48 of our grandchildren . I was hoping to look up Oates in AK , but he was three hours away . Our youngest daughter lives with us , but we have our separate quarters .

Bob Berwager wrote not a lot going on in , New Oxford , Pa . However , he reports they are both doing well . Bob called the Smiths over the holidays . The Berwager ’ s keep Frank Riley and all our other classmates in their prayers . Joe Neibert wrote he keeps in touch with Mummert , Hawk , and Rock McLaughlin , regularly . He reports he is recovering from Lumbar L1 to S1 decompression surgery , done in Dec . 2016 . He claims it was tougher than he had thought .