38 | LEHIGH ALUMNI BULLETIN | CLASS NOTES years and appreciate your efforts to continue helping our old folks to remember those days.” On a personal note, I have been asked to be a member of the Lehigh CDAT Community Advisory Board to support the new program at Lehigh that will develop products and systems to technically assist people with disabilities based on community-driven needs. ’56 Bill Burgin, 534 W. Beechtree Lane, Wayne, PA 19087, (610) 688-7374 (H); phbhoosier@gmail.com Reunion this year will be our 70th. We are not staging a separate reunion, but class president Arthur Anderman reports that we are invited to join alums at “Cheers to the Years” for 55+ year classes at a dinner during Reunion Weekend. For information, watch your mail and consult Lehigh Reunion and Alumni websites. Do you remember the year that the Lehigh-Lafayette game was postponed for a week? It was set for November 23, 1963, in the old Taylor Stadium at Lehigh. It was postponed after the death the day before of President John F. Kennedy. Lehigh won the delayed game, 15-8. This year’s contest, played in Easton on Nov. 22, completed a victorious season for the team, 12 wins, no losses, with a score of 42-32. Classmates, are you celebrating, traveling or attending sports or other events? Please send news to one of the addresses above. Have a good summer. ’57 Jim Watson, The Waterstone, 150 Bloomingdale Rd., Apt 532, White Plains, NY, 10605. 201-803-1307; jwatson@execsearchinc.net ’58 Bill Helfrich, 80 Southwick Drive, Orchard Park, NY 14127. (716) 662-7927 (H); bh7831@aol.com Guess what? We had our 60th wedding anniversary, so 89 is more than fine! What a game! Undefeated! Down to the last minute! Patriot League champs! Lafayette also played a great game. We held a game watch at Buffalo Sports Garden in Orchard Park with Steve Schaffer ’72 running the Leopards. Kaci (Holt) Nowaldy ’96 unfortunately could not run her first telecast, but Anne and I, and Eric Schell ’10 were there. Don Heidenburg ’57 ’58, our class clown, was in a nursing home, and Fred Batson ’50 was unable to make it to BSG. Joe Jablonski ’78 spent the game with his dad, as usual. I have a great picture of Marianne and Bill Bechtold and their family at the 2024 Lehigh-Lafayette game with both school flags flying. (See In Celebrations.) I got a short call from Betsy to get up to date on Bob Holcombe and say hello. One of Marianne Bux’s W’58 latest calls was to inform me of the death of former Lehigh President Alice Gast. I enjoyed her, especially at our 50th reunion dinner when she was handing out awards. She looked at her notes and asked 5-foot, 5-inch me what position I played on the basketball team—Tom Healy, our 6-foot-6 basketeer sitting in the front row roared with laughter! Got a call from Bob Mampe ’71 that he sighted a bluebird on Thanksgiving. I returned the call the next day to let him know their relatives were visiting our yard. We had our first snow the same day—only one inch. Remember the 84 inches 10 years ago on the same day? I’ll take this year. Welcome to the small world society! I received a phone call from Wes Wardell ’51 that he was headed north to Hamburg to attend his brother-in-law’s funeral. But his trip was only for the day. I talk to him often but have not met him. Nice try, we didn’t make it work this time either. Greekers to the Lehigh football team! ’59 Bob Teufel, 1 Stoklea Drive, Emmaus, PA 18049. (610) 967-2049 (H); (610) 393-0565 (C); rteufel@aol.com After two years of easy parking at Goodman and an easy walk to the stadium, we were back in Easton for Lehigh versus Lafayette. While the Leopards have been adding new buildings in recent years, their landlocked location seems to preclude adding new parking places. LU season holders were able to purchase a $40 parking pass to a jammed lot near the field. Dan Bayer and I found the last open spot. Dan is a celebrity, as this was his 83rd Rivalry game. A record not easily topped as his dad, a Lehigh alum, began taking him to games when Dan was six years old and the teams played each other twice during the war years. I have attended a mere 68. At the traditional presidents’ brunch before the game, we chatted with Bill Beattie, who mentioned he attends several games a year usually accompanied by several of his Lehigh grandchildren. Lafayette had a good team, and despite our unblemished season, it was a tough game. We did prevail, but the lead changed three times before we put it away in the fourth quarter. You must recall our freshman year when our only loss was the season opener at Cornell, and we were heavily favored against Lafayette. In a raging snowstorm, we were upset by the Leopards, 6-35, to finish the season 7-2. As we stumble along in age, I see fewer classmates at home games. The exception is Beall Fowler, whom I usually spot at every home game. Beall retired in Bethlehem after an honored career in Lehigh’s physics department. ’60 Williams E. Millsom, 67 Mystic Road, North Stonington, CT 06359, (860) 235-3618 (C); bill.millsom@gmail.com Hello, classmates. Harry McNally received the Distinguished Service Award from Chi Psi fraternity. He is the 188th recipient of this award and the sixth from the Lehigh chapter. The last one awarded to a Lehigh brother was in the 1960s. Bruce Davis wrote that he just returned from a Lewis and Clark–themed cruise on the Snake and Columbia Rivers with American Cruise Lines. He had not been to the Northwest since 1962 when he visited the World’s Fair, so scenery like the Cascade mountains and snow-capped Mount St. Helens and other shore excursions were a revelation to him. Bruce’s past travels have taken him to Vietnam, Labrador and Korea. Harry McNally attended a Lehigh-Lafayette football game party that was also attended by Betty Resch W’60, and Bob Voccola and his wife, Judy. Harry was hoping to get together with John Cunningham to watch some of the playoff games. Jack McCarthy and his wife, Diane, celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary this summer. They continue to live the good life in Florida. Craig Anderson was recently interviewed for “The VIP Podcast Show with Bobby Dee,” produced by Bobby Daday, who broadcast the Lehigh basketball games in the ’80s. ’61 Ken Weaver, 13 Coachman Drive, Egg Harbor Township, N.J 08234, kenweaver78@gmail.com, (609) 788-4897 (H) The “vintage” Theta Delts had their annual football weekend at the Yale game. Attending were Kitty and Al Richmond, Rudy Fleischacker, Jessica and I, Wil Hamp ’62, Jim Murchie ’62 and Harold Milton ’63. Lehigh won, 31-13, on their way to an undefeated regular season. Stopping by our tailgate were Paul Smith, Ed Watters, Fred Braun ’63, Jim Wilson, Harry McNally ’60 and Mike Semcheski ’62. The day before, we visited Jim Thorpe, which will be an option if you come back for reunion. We highly recommend it (take the trolley tour!). Our 65th reunion will be held June 11-14. We hope to see you there! And check out our class website: lehigh61.com. Paul Smith thought he retired but finds he just switched activities. He worked with the Senator McCormick team in 2024 and
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