N O T E S I talked to June and Brooks Goldman in Bethany Beach, Del. June sounds great but is not driving; thankfully, Brooks is driving and both are walking their 15-year-old show dog. Anne and I hope to see them in July, where we may be having a family vacation in Rehoboth Beach, Del. We received a note and a beautiful family picture from Lukie and Jean-Claude Rousseaux at their annual Thanksgiving gathering in Chestertown, Md. All 12 of them and three dogs. We didn’t get to visit them in Sunset Beach, N.C., because our son was quarantining us for the third year fromWrightsville Beach. But it was a long, long year for them and all of us. Luckily, they all stayed healthy, except John, who received a pacemaker in October. They stayed busy with golf, pickleball and tennis. Hope COVID is over and we will see you next year. I have had many discussions during the NFL season, keeping up with the Bufalo Bills and questions about our next reunion, all with Bob Christie, Jack Hobby, Dick Briggs, Bruce Gilbert and Ed Delany. The biggest discussion was surrounding the 13 seconds that it took the Kansas City Chiefs to tie and win it in overtime and we never got the ball back. I think the Bills would have won and gone to the Super Bowl. New rules. Wait until next year. Bob Christie is thinking that this may be the fnal year for the summer cabin in Old Forge, N.Y. Too much work! They are downsizing near Muhlenberg College, where his son works and the grandchildren live. He is currently very occupied with their church in Long Island. Anne can sympathize after being on our pastor nominating committee for over a year before installing our new leader. Jack Hobby thinks the Patriots will not have a great season this year. The Bills are the cream of the crop, and they will be building a new stadium in Orchard Park by 2026 – only $1.4 billion. Jack will be in great shape for the Reunion, following a double hernia surgery and some new teeth implants. Dick Briggs is working with Stephanie Fisher in planning our 65th Reunion on June 8-11, 2023! Hope we all get there. Our Reunion will be a normal reunion with just our class, not the three combined classes like this year. Dick was also busy with grandchildren, spreading 25 bags of mulch after their yearly school sale. Bruce Gilbert said that Sandy is much better now that she is of medication. He visits her regularly. She seems safe and happy, giggles, knows some names, but still needs help. Winter was not bad. He never got the snowblower out once. He did think that he would run in the Senior Games at the Penn Relays this year. Good luck! I received an email from Ken Graves noting that he is also still running track events. He qualifed for Seniors inMassachusetts and Nationals in Orlando inMay 2022, but he didn’t want to fy during the pandemic. He will wait for the Nationals in 2024 inMinneapolis. He is great health-wise, playing tennis, hiking and doing some cycling. He and his wife, Sarah, moved into an independent, senior living community with their own cottage inWrentham, Mass., in August 2020. They got rid of three-quarters of their possessions, and in April 2021, Sarah moved into a nearby memory care assisted living facility—a tough decision! We wish you the best. Guess what Sally and Dave Saunders did? Got back to Florida this year for a family vacation. Sally’s legs are bothering her and she doesn’t drive, but Dave does get her to play bridge. Dave updated me that Ned Voss is still running fve miles per day! I got in touch with Bill Glose to recruit him to help with the Reunion. But I also found out that he had an attack similar to a stroke, but it wasn’t! It was a recurrence of an old ailment from 1958. He spent three days in Lehigh Valley Hospital and feels great, but doctors say to take it easy and not drive for six months. Good luck. Richard “Sky” Smith ’57 died onMarch 2 in his home at Pelican Bay, Fla. He was born on July 4 and nicknamed “Sky(rocket).” His obituary is unbelievable. His father founded Rigidized Metals in Bufalo in 1943. Sky took over for him, and Sky’s son, Rick, is running it now. I didn’t know that Sky loved to sing ribald songs and even recorded them! Rigidized Metals will hold a memorial service at noon July 4 at company headquarters. Lee Owens’ 2021 diary was a year of disappointment. Ensemble Theatre and Australian Chamber Orchestra, again gone for a year. Opera Australia, gone for Lynne. An anticipated trip to Patagonia and a cruise to Antarctica, gone. After one weekend into May, Willoughby Symphony Choir went into recess until Christmas. Lee has all the vaccinations and takes weekly golf walks. He has joined the old folks’ cataract parade, with both eyes done in November. Gary’s Barbershop is still in the dumps after the Bills’ 13-second loss. We must win the last game! Greekers to Craig Anderson, Sky Smith, Larry Walsky, Dean Boyce and Keith Rust. ’59Bob Teufel, 1 StokleaDrive, Emmaus, PA 18049. (610) 967-2049 (H); (610) 393-0565 (C); rteufel@aol.com For the frst time in 14 years, you will note a single contact name on top of this column. John Canova, my co-correspondent and friend, passed away inMarch, fnally succumbing after a courageous 23-year battle with lymphoma, acerbated by the after-efects of COVID. John lived in Boulder, Colo., and drove into Denver to have dinner with me this past October while I was in town for a board meeting. He was optimistic and chipper as ever and happily joined along with one of my colleagues who had worked at Time, Inc., the same time John was at Time-Life Books. Both decried the demise of print and swore it will be the end of an enlightened society. While at Lehigh, John was a member of Phi Gamma Delta, played varsity football, was a member of Class Cabinet, Brown Key Society and Arcadia Associates. After Lehigh, he served in the Marines, starting as he noted “as a 90-Day Wonder.” His frst job was with IBM in computer sales, but after completing a Columbia MBA, he decided publishing was far more fun and joined Time-Life Books. He and I would often meet at trade shows and conferences as I was with Rodale Press, and we shared advertising agencies and consultants. For several years in the early ’80s, we would trek into the Maine woods to fy fsh at The Megantic Club, often sharing a canoe and recalling Lehigh experiences while trying to hook trout and not each other. After retiring in 1998, he began consulting for Carfax but also became quite involved in community service in Fairfax County, Va., as an advocate for abused and neglected children, counselor for “at-risk” youth and mentor for adult prisoners in the county prison, a passion he continued when he moved to Boulder. John was fortunate to have met his wife, Ellen, while working in New York. They have three children living near them in Boulder and Denver along with a passel of grandchildren. He received the Lehigh Alumni 4 2 | L E H I G H B U L L E T I N
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