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The Formnotes below reflect
information received through
April 2013. Please send news
and/or photos of yourself or
other alumni to include in these
pages. The address is Formnotes
Editor,
Alumni Horae,
St. Paul’s
School, 325Pleasant St., Concord,
N.H. 03301 or alumni@sps.edu.
Thank you.
1943
Norman S. Walker
walkerns@verizon.net
1948
Clarence H. King Jr.
crucero.clacky@gmail.com
Clacky King
summarizes a
story he saw in the Easton, Md.,
newspaper:
Porter Hopkins
was honored in January with
an Environmental Stewardship
Award from Dorchester Citi-
zens for Planned Growth. Porter
was one of the founders of the
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
and a former Maryland state
legislator. He helped to pass
Maryland’s first Wetlands Act,
which reduced wetlands loss by
90 percent in just a few years.
Congratulations, Porter!
1950
W. Dean Howells
hhi@ix.netcom.com
From
Dean Howells
: Your call
for formnotes ignited a storm of
enthusiasm from ’50. In an awe-
some display of vigor and vision,
the Form of 1950 reports:
Bob Monks
has issued an-
other tocsin, saying: “Those who
can, do; those who can’t, write.”
Hence, publication #13,
Citizens
Disunited
, available on Amazon
inmid-March. An easy read and
a bargain at $9.95. Critical com-
ments welcome, but what re-
ally helps is a posted review.
Hank Drayton
will be sing-
ing in the May 25, 2013, Sounds
of Aloha Show (for which he
also produced the flyer) in
honor of the
USS Missouri
(BB-63), which participated in
all wars fromWWII to Iraq (and
on which
Allen Holmes
and
DeanHowells
both served their
senior ROTC cruises). Hank
still runs a vacation rental on
Kauai and is hitting the gym
three times a week in prepara-
tion for the crew race at our
75th reunion.
Joe Ryan
has been trying to
reduce transportation costs of
getting inventory to retail with
the use of new lightweight “Ra-
piTran” vehicles designed by a
former neighbor. He and his
wife, Ginger, are selling their
house in Arizona to move back
East near their grandchildren.
Dwi ght Bar tho l omew
breezed by Portland, Ore., and
picked up Gard and
Dick Mc-
Kee
for lunch after a no-see of
nearly a decade.
Bill Faurot
will have a real
deal comeMayDay on two-and-
a-half acres with two bedrooms
and four baths in rural Arizona
at 6,300
’
altitude. Upon sale, he
and Janet will move to Idyllwild,
Calif., at 5,500
’
altitude (closer to
her children and grandchildren).
1952
Peter C. Stearns
pstearns@blissnet.com
Peter Stearns
writes: “My wife,
Dee, and I had quite a fall. . . .
When we returned to New York
City, our apartment was covered
in construction dust due to a
neighbor’s renovation, and we
spent two weeks in hotels until
the apartment was cleaned pro-
fessionally. . . . We moved back
in, but the dust kept covering the
furniture; so, we moved out
again. . . . Long story short, the
apartment had to be cleaned
professionally three times, and
we supported the hotel and
restaurant industry for three
months. Faced with this and
some other challenges, I devel-
oped some serious back pain. I
went to the doctors at NYU, but
they were unhelpful; so I signed
up for a physical at the Mayo
Clinic in Rochester, Minn. I spent
three days there (7 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
and what a great experience! I
was stunned by the level of care
and concern and the time spent
by each examining doctor or
nurse. . . . So if any of my aging
formmates have any health
problems, please considerMayo.
During these crisis times, we
were lucky enough to have sev-
eral breakfasts with Debbie
and
AsaDavis
, and
Peter Gates
took us on a tour of the Metro-
politan Museum, where he is a
docent, and a darned good one.
And, early in January, we had
dinner and laughs with Jennifer
and
Berto Nevin
, who, for the
moment, were living grandly on
the West Side overlooking the
Hudson.”
FORMNOTES
The Form of 1944 enjoyed dinner at the Knickerbocker Club in NYC on April 19.
