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New Year 1997 found me on a balcony of the Festival Hall at the City Center
in Vienna hearing both the loudspeakers outside and the ballroom orchestra
behind me playing the unofficial Austrian national anthem. On top of the
special concerts and events of both Christmas and New Years' in Vienna during
the coldest weather in 35 years, "The Blue Danube" has made a warm spot in my
soul. . . . Gerald Michaud, Waterville, Maine,
having enjoyed his work in operations planning at Keyes Fiber, has retired. He
now wants to live to be 100, see his grandchildren graduate from college and,
after 46 years already, still be married to Dolly. . . . Phil
March, Monroe, Conn., vice president, sales, List Services Corp., writes
that he has spent his career in advertising, publicity, public relations,
direct marketing and mailing lists. He now would like to "become a newspaper
columnist to unspin the spinners and observe the passing scene with a fresh
perspective." He also would like to take an extended sailing tour in a cruising
catamaran. . . . Donald Maheu, Downingtown, Pa., has
retired from Scott Paper Co. (now Kimberley-Clark) as engineer and money
manager. A career highlight was building and redesigning paper mills in Spain,
Mexico, Malaysia, Costa Rica, etc. Now he would like to "break 80 on the
links," tour northern New Mexico and study Indian cultures of the
Southwest. . . . John Linscott, Annandale, Va., is
an account manager (sales) of Safelite Auto glass. He has a jazz quartet, Two
and Two, that plays in the Washington, D.C., area. He would like to visit
Alaska. . . . Bill Burgess sent me a detailed
account of his 48-day, 18,484-mile trip to the South Pacific on a container
freighter! He was a Fulbright exchange teacher in Australia in 1957-58 and had
long hoped to return. I suggest contacting Bill if you are interested in
freighter travel. Thanks, Bill, for sending such an interesting
narrative. . . . Henry Fales, Orleans, Mass., says
he is primarily a caregiver to a 90 year old. He volunteers as "Mr Wizard" in a
classroom of 9 and 10 year olds and is involved with an amateur radio group
that monthly provides emergency communications for local nonprofit
organizations. . . . Fred Boyle, Springvale, Maine,
is a genealogist and has 30 years teaching experience in history, criminal
justice and social studies. A volunteer reader to first through third grade
children, he was seeking a third term on the Sanford school committee. He also
is a singer at North Parish Church. . . . Joan Cammann
McIntyre, Marblehead, Mass., works as both a paid and a volunteer swim
official and swim coach. She would like to become a better musician and learn
another language. . . . Nadeen "Skip" Finberg Liebeskind,
Corona, Ariz., is a part-time child care director. A highlight for her after
Colby was moving to Israel. Now she hopes to "travel, relax, be
well." . . . I quote from Sylvia Fredette Schurin,
Rockport, Mass.: "I remember YBLOC (of course Colby spelled backwards) and the
occasion when I, someone else and Audrey Bostwick stuffed the poor
creature in the back seat of Audrey's VW and drove him from the farm to Colby.
Can you imagine the unbelievable looks on observers' faces as we drove through
Waterville downtown." Will the "someone else" please identify herself! Are
there any more YBLOC stories?
Marty Burger '58 is co-chair of the business and professional
division of the United Jewish Appeal Campaign Cabinet.
Deep-Seated Success
Retirement is no big vacation for Philip Hussey '53. Last fall,
after giving up his chair as president and CEO of the Hussey Seating Company,
one of the leading suppliers of spectator seating in the world, he headed off
to the Far East--on business. [CONTINUE]
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