Update 9-11-12

 

Hi,

 

Andy Murray just won his first major title.  I don't usually follow these things, but there was an article on him in The New York Times magazine in June, which mentioned that he's being coached by Ivan Lendl, and that got my attention.  Now, I can relax and forget it all.  In any case, it's certainly happier than thinking that this is 9-11 again.

 

Back to the newsletter, some contact information for Larry Coleman if you'd like to send condolences about his wife Peggy's death.

 

From:  Robin Feit Baker:  I saw Larry Coleman and his wife Margaret a few years ago, and I was surprised to read of her passing.  In any event, Larry didn't have an e-mail address then, but I can provide his home address, so we can send cards.  He was a policeman, and his phone number is unlisted, so I don't feel comfortable giving it out without his permission. 

    Hope all is well with everyone.

    Larry Coleman

    183 Locust Street

    Valley Stream, New York 11581

 

From Steve Zuckerman:  Sorry to read about the passing of Larry Coleman's wife.  The last time I saw Larry was back in 1974 or '75.  We shared a drink at a pre-Thanksgiving get-together in Valley Stream with some of the guys I worked with at the post office.  I worked with Larry's father for sixteen years at the post office.     

    Kevin Logan, who went to South and graduated after 1965, also worked with me, and he's friends with Larry.  I am sending you Kevin's e-mail address, and you may be able to reach Larry through him.  Kevin knows many of the people in the class of '65.

    Kevin Logan's e-mail address:  countrywave@aol.com

 

Unrelated, about that recent Los Angeles earthquake, from Betsy Fels Pottruck:  I usually sleep through all earthquakes, like Rich, and living in the Bay Area, we have them often enough.  But I was having a very decadent weekend at the Beverly Hills Hotel with a bunch of friends, and this earthquake woke me right up.  I really felt it.  I must have been sleeping directly above the epicenter.  Then I said, "Oh, well," and went right back to sleep.  That's it from here.

 

[Rich -- There was another small Beverly Hills jolt, probably an aftershock, a few days ago.  I slept through that one, too, and it was relatively early, just after midnight.  So I have a feeling the effects of the Beverly Hills quakes just aren't felt on this side of the mountains.]  ]

 

Some legal advice, from Robert Fiveson:  You didn't violate any copyright laws in running Brian Croce's Long Island Herald column about Valley Stream and Facebook.  I'm not a lawyer, but for three years, I did a television series out of the Library of Congress, which is home to the United States Copyright Office.  Under the Fair Use Doctrine. you did not undermine the commercial potential of the work to the author, you used it in an educational context, and you even cited the source, so you are completely within the law.  That office used to breath down my neck because I produced thirteen hours of documentary series using their visual assets under Fair Use and was drilled on the lines to color within. 

Irene Saunders wrote that she's still glowing after her son's wedding.

 

And this isn't exactly being mentioned directly, because that would be a breach of privacy.  But if you happen to be interested in 1950s and '60s model trains, you might want to write Allen Moss.  Again, indirectly, his e-mail address is on the class site, so I didn't give it to you.  That's also kind of a quiz, to see if you know how to get to the class site.

 

A social note from Los Angeles:  Billy Valentine's outdoor concert on Sunday night as a benefit for the Tree People organization based in the Santa Monica mountains, was terrific.  The 250-seat amphitheater was full, and I nearly didn't get in because two years ago, I don't think I made a reservation.  This was Billy's fifth benefit there, and he credited his partner, Amy Lieberman, for handing all the organization.  Indeed, when he said that from the stage, there was loud applause, and everyone seemed to know Amy.

    Billy was backed by a seven-piece group, also friends volunteering, on:  drums, keyboard, piano, bass, guitar, trumpet, and sax.  And there were three singing guests:  Billy's brother John, Barbara Morrison, and Christine Day.  If you're in Los Angeles next year this time, and Billy again sings in the park, try not to miss it.

 

[Rich -- Finally, as part of my retirement job, I've been reading Korean and Chinese student essays, and the following have made appearances:  the famous wizard Merlin Monroe; the entrepreneur Curnal Thunders, creator of KFC; the Austro-Korean psychiatrist Jing; the wall-climbing superhero Sperman; and the Wright Brother.  "Necessity is the mother of invention," also, somehow, got twisted into "Failures are my mother."  But that, of course, was before "The Rolling 20's."]

 

The South '65 e-mail addresses: reunionclass65 . blogspot . com

 

The South '65 photo site: picasaweb . google . com / SouthHS65

 

 

Rich