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your calendar now and block
out the weekend of May 30-
June 1, 2014. Come however
you are and as early as you
can. For Friday evening dinner,
we will be warmly embraced
at the home of Annie and Bob
Rettew , where (one authority
in the matter recently reported)
“beats the heart of the School.”
We, as a form, are truly privi-
leged among all to enjoy such
friendship and welcome nearly
any time we wish at SPS, and
this time will be truly special.
At the end of an invigorat-
ing Saturday that will swell the
heart with pride, we will as-
semble up-country and under
the tent at the venerable Colby
Hill Inn in Henniker for a leg-
endary bacchanal with a Yankee
flavor. Other entertainments
will include stories you’ve never
heard, re-meeting people you
never knew that well, and the
results of at least one contest.
Very special guests are signing
up as we speak. Make reserva-
tions now by calling 800-531-
0330.
To bring back the New Eng-
land experience of your youth,
we have commandeered all
rooms at the Colby Hill Inn
and two other nearby country
inns. First-come, first-served
for these special accommoda-
tions – creaky floors included
at no extra charge. Also, bring
your bathing suit in case the
heat draws you to the Colby
Hill swimming pool. Any pool
parties will be ad hoc affairs.
Finally, if you haven’t already,
you’ll want to stay in the know
by logging into the SPS 1969
website. Go ahead, blow your
mind with this multimedia time
capsule, designed exclusively
for form members and no one
else. All the news (going back
almost 50 years) will be there.
Visit www.sps1969.org. We can
say nomore. Questions? E-mail
your loyal form director. It’s
good to know you’ll be there.
Richard Lyon shares this
note: “A few weekends ago,
Joe Walker and I cruised from
Marion, Mass., to the Vineyard
for an overnight with David
LeBreton and his wife, Ann.
We had been trying to put this
visit together for at least two
years and finally found a date
that worked for everyone. I
am headed off to Charlottes-
ville, Va., tomorrow for a long
weekend. My wife, Remmi, and
I purchased a farm there in
2009 and have been working
on it ever since. Our plan is to
spend more time there over the
next few years. When there, we
frequently see Charlie Hickox
and his wife, Cheryl.”
1970
Tres Davidson
swdiii@gmail.com
Tres Davidson , Don Lippin-
cott , Guy Nouri , and Steve
Crandall report from Norfolk,
Conn., after attending a recent
Tom Rush concert at Infinity
Hall: “We had a great visit with
Tom after the show last night;
he’s psyched to return to SPS in
May 2015 to performat our 45th
reunion. Tom sharedmany fond
memories of growing up at SPS
and made reference to growing
up ‘at St. Paul’s in 18th-century
England’ during his stage show.
Lip’s 1965 SPS yearbook, con-
taining a special dedication by
the Sixth Form to Tom’s father
and mother, brought both a
smile to Tom’s face and a tear
to his eye.
In other important news, the
Form of 1970 was actively en-
gaged in the initial SPS Sparks
service activities in May and
September. On a beautiful
spring day in May, approxi-
mately 30 members of the SPS
community, including 10 mem-
bers of our form, converged in,
on, and along the banks of the
Pawcatuck River in Richmond,
R.I., for a river cleanup and
dam-building project. The day
was highlighted by a visit from
the form’s close Rhode Island
friend, U.S. Senator Sheldon
Whitehouse ’73, who spoke to
the group on the importance of
service in his life.
Recently, another 25 mem-
bers of the SPS community,
including eight members of our
form, gathered at Calf Pasture
Beach in Norwalk, Conn., for
another SPS Sparks Day of Ser-
vice and Sharing. This time the
volunteers traveled by kayak
and powerboat to Chimon and
Grassy Islands for a cleanup
of the island shores. For more
information and some great
photos and video from these
two events, please go to www
.spssparks.org/PastEvents.php.
The next SPS Sparks service
activities are being scheduled
during the School’s Thanksgiv-
ing vacation week of Novem-
ber 24 to December 1. The
hope is to encourage current
SPS students to serve together
with their parents and SPS
alumni. Please consider getting
together with some of your lo-
cal formmates and sparking a
day of service to stop hunger
in your local area.”
1971
Mark M. Wheeler
mwheeler14@nyc.rr.com
Rodney Place writes from
South Africa: “Forty years
(gulp), 26 (or is it 27?) countries,
and at least nine states of the
Union later (Texas still has the
right to secede and often does),
I seem to have come home to SA
with a vengeance, this time to
do something like help a young
South African generation dis-
cover the Motown in itself. I’m
happy to be doing something
that compels me to live many
more years, and I’m happy
anyway. I’m glad, as well, to
have bumped into some form-
mates in Europe more recently,
including our editor!”
Tom Shortall ’68 (l.) with Darrick
Harris ’79 and his daughter,
Dashiel, at a wedding in
Marrakech, Morocco. Shortall
has since lost the beard as an
anniversary present to his wife.
Form Director Tres Davidson ’70 and formmates (l. to r.) Guy
Nouri, Don Lippincott, and Steve Crandall recently met with friend
Tim Burke (far right) in Norfolk, Conn., to plan for Tom Rush’s
return to St. Paul’s for the form’s 45th Reunion in 2015.