Summer 2023
Bill Erdman
(407) 644-0391
1171 Willa Vista Trail, Maitland, Fl.. 32751
Class web Site: seeoursite.org/lehigh
In March
Bob Arndt
wrote: Last August, I moved into a retirement facility (finally) here in
suburban Philly, in Audubon, PA. It is called Shannondell....a very big place
with 10 buildings and 1,300 residents. There are endless activities, pretty
good food, and touring entertainment groups coming thru in the evenings. About
the same time,
Bob Hoyt
also moved into a retirement place in Newtown Square, 20 miles away. I was
surprised when Burt Sutker '55 (also a resident here) contacted Lehigh to
get a list of all Lehigh grads presently living at Shannondell. Turns out there
are 8 of us (classes of '52 to '91). We had a grand dinner here on Feb 1, 2023,
complete with a picture of us which we sent on to the Alumni Bulletin. Jessi
McMullen said she would try to get it in the Spring Bulletin. Is it here?
I had another surprise when I attended the Lehigh-Fordham football game last
Fall. After the game took the bus ride back to the parking lot. Noticed a
fellow sitting across from me wearing our original brown 1952 dink. It turned
out to be
Steve Antilles.
He said he goes to most Lehigh home games and that he still works part-time in
one of the Chemistry Labs. I noticed Costco last week had a stack of new
electric bikes for only $500.00. Give them a try,
Bill. I would if I could.
Wow, only 236 words of news
received so far since December 1st – we are allocated 600 per issue. What can I
do with the 364 words left? 1) Plead with you guys to send more news? 2) Leave
it all blank? 3) Fill it with poetry? 4) Answer
Bob Arndt’s
question? 5) Bore you some more with what I’ve been up to? 6) Remind you of
how these bulletin articles are handled by the Alumni Office? 7)
Close?
1) Pleading doesn’t seem to work.
2)
3) No way!
4)
Bob, I’m afraid of those newfangled
machines – too fast, too easy and too boring.
5) Still riding. Did 2,502
miles last year and set a personal best last week of 42 miles one morning – I
won’t do that again – it about killed me! Otherwise Kay and I are still talking
together and caring for each other after 65 years. We have opted for In-Home
care and find it satisfactory for us. Question for all you guys – did you ever
think you would live to be over 90? I guess I never thought about it and now
that I are one, I can’t comprehend it. Ninety year-old guys are ancient! (don’t look up
the word “ancient”, you won’t like it).
6) Columns must be submitted to the
Alumni Office 3 times a year: April 1, August 1, December 1. So it takes about
4 months for your news to be printed after I submit it! Don’t tell the Alumni
Office that I cheat and publish the news on our website when I get it! -
www.seeoursite.org/lehigh.
7) I have
87 words left. Stay
healthy and write to me! 79!
Bill
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November 14, 2023
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