50 | LEHIGH ALUMNI BULLETIN | CLASS NOTES president of Sigma Chi and captain of the tennis team, worked over three decades at Wheeling-Nisshin (retiring as president and COO) and had a second career in higher education. He was also on the board of the Boy Scouts of America and a great friend! Anne and I went to the memorial service for Sally Saunders, wife of classmate Dave Saunders and mother of Cheryl (Saunders) Butler ’87. Sally graduated from Cedar Crest with a few other of our classmates’ wives! Got a call from Bill Glose to go over to Allentown High’s 70th reunion. The 54 attendees had a ball. Dick Bohner ’68G and Lee Butz ’55 ’58H and wife Dolly were there, but Anne and I couldn’t make the ride. We also missed the Princeton game, which Bill scheduled the reunion around for us to attend both. A follow-up on former Lehigh Coach Pete Lembo, who took over as head coach at the University of Buffalo with only eight returnees. He ended the season with an 8-4 record and 6-2 Mid-Atlantic Conference. What a first season with a bowl game. The Lehigh-Lafayette telecast was a sort of reunion and a great game at BSG. Fred Batson ’50 (age 96), Don Heidenburg ’57 ’58 (age 94 and our class clown), myself (Bill Helfrich, age 88) and my wife Anne, along with Paul and Kaci Nowadly ’96, and Alex Baker ’20. Joe Jablonski ’78 took his dad to the game again for the second year in a row. Steve Schaffer of Lafayette was a great organizer at BSG. I got to talking with Fred about the fact that the Class of ’50 does not have a class column. I later called my friend Wes Wardell, who is class columnist for ’51, and asked him to include Fred. There are no columns below ’51. Marianne Bux called the previous week to cheer for the Bills to beat undefeated Kansas City, and it was a great win while her Steelers did their job. It is now snowstorm season. Over two feet of snow for the San Francisco game. Go Bills! The steel structure for the new stadium is almost finished. It is much taller than the current stadium, with costs up to $2.1 billion, but hopefully will be great for the Super Bowl Champions! Dave Setzer tells me that Lehigh Coach Cahill knows the inspirational value of our Centennial Song. At the end of each game the entire team and cheerleaders line up out of bounds facing the band in respectful attention. Keep them winning! Several months ago, I went into Gary’s Barber Shop to get a haircut, and he told me he was having a knee operation. I said that this “could be it?,” he said yes! Fifty-seven years— what memories of my favorite place in Orchard Park! Greekers to Dick Briggs, Jack Wright, Sally Saunders and Gary’s Barber Shop! ’59 Bob Teufel, 1 Stoklea Drive, Emmaus, PA 18049. (610) 967-2049 (H); (610) 393-0565 (C); rteufel@aol.com After suffering abuse from my Lafayette friends for the past few years, not only did we beat the dastardly Leopards but won the Patriot League playoff spot and edged Richmond in the first round of the FCS playoffs. If you were into sports betting, you would have won a bunch betting on our Mountain Hawks. Dan Bayer and I with our long-suffering spouses were once again invited to the President’s Brunch before the game, where Dan was recognized for attending his 83rd LU-LC game. I’m a piker with only 67 games. It helps living in the Lehigh Valley. Spotted in the game crowd were Bob Shabaker, Bill Beattie, Beall Fowler and Bob Bruns. Having the last two games at Goodman with ease of parking was a blessing rather than facing the crowded streets of Easton. Not looking forward to the next two years. And speaking of isn’t it a small Lehigh world: My daughter mentioned she had dinner with a woman who said her father went to Lehigh, was ’59 and in AFROTC. Turns out it was Bob Bruns, who was in my advanced AFROTC classes. Bob is retired in Bethlehem and attends home games as well as being a regular at Zoellner events. Sorry to say, but we are at the age when we attend more memorial services than weddings. Two of our most active class members, Gene Mercy and Don Talhelm, passed on recently. Don was not only a distinguished professor of electrical engineering at Lehigh, but also our informal class historian. His “Lehigh— Then and Now” submission to our class “59@50” 50th Reunion yearbook was brilliant. Gene had a successful career at Goldman and later with his own investment firm but continued his support of Lehigh as a trustee and donor. He and George Karr not only co-chaired our class gift but continued to work on class annual giving. Gene hosted a bunch of us for several years in the Goldman executive dining room, where, lubricated with vintage wine, we called classmates for contributions. While most of us have been retired for over 20 years, Roger Penske keeps working and winning, this time his third consecutive NASCAR championship. But I was most impressed that not only did his team win, but he was able to bend down, kiss the dirt track and bounce back up with no help. Now honestly, can you still do that? And remember: “Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your retirement home.” ’60 Williams E. Millsom, 67 Mystic Road, North Stonington, CT 06359, (860) 235-3618 (C); bill.millsom@gmail.com Hello classmates, this is the last column before our 65th Reunion. Class President John Daniel, assisted by Bob Bevan, Ira Friedman, Dave Eyer and Craig Anderson, has been working hard to ensure this reunion goes well. Our class will join the classes of ’65 and ’70 for dinner somewhere on campus. A member of the university will speak, and President Helble will stop by for a visit. There will be a Zoom before the dinner so class members who cannot attend will have a chance to catch up with others. As usual, most of the events will be organized by university staff. Full details were mailed out in March. Golf carts will be provided for those unable to walk the parade route, where our class will process as a unit. It was great to see the football team win the Patriot League Championship and the first playoff game against Richmond. Dave Eyer attended Princeton and Bucknell games, sitting in his usual seats in row 22. He did not see any other classmates, although some were there, including Ira Friedman and Harry McNally. I also assume Bob Voccola was there as he attends most home games. Ira Friedman went to the Colgate game as well as others. For the Lafayette game he tailgated with his wife, Linda, and daughter, Jodi ’86. He will be celebrating his 65th wedding anniversary next year as well as his 45th reunion at Harvard Business School. He is still very active in the business world. Craig Anderson was in the news last summer as the Chicago White Sox lost more games than the original New York Mets of which Craig was a member. He is one of seven living members of that team as his friend and old teammate Ed Kranepool died last year. Craig was quoted in many newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal. I recommend Googling them, as they are very interesting reading. Wighty Martindale wrote that he was in London with his family this summer and while there met a fellow English major, Ron Freeman, for lunch at the Reform Club. The Reform Club was founded in 1836 and
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