Class Photo at the Lyre Tree – 2014

Thanks to Sue, here’s a photo of the class members who made the trip to Woodstock to celebrate the 50th anniversary year:

50 Class reunion photo at Woodstock in November:
You can probably identify us, (we look the same !!) but left to right using maiden names:  Will Manton, Carol McDearmid, Mary Pollock, Betsy Woodman, Joy Rice, Ted Chitambar, Larry Smith, Karen Anderson, Meherjee Cassinath, Esther Jantzen, and in front: Saroj Kapadia (staff) and Sue Turner.
And while I’m writing about Sue and class reunions, here are two class gatherings planned:
1.  Naples, Florida:  March 14-21, 2014.
2.  At Vivia’s in North Carolina on Lake Norman:  September 10-15, 2014.
Posted by:  Hank

Slide Collections

Some time ago I did a presentation at Doug & Ann Pickett’s retirement center’s armchair travel program about the trek to the Everest area.  I’m also putting together other collections of slides, many of India in the ‘50s and ‘60s.

For those of you who might like to see them, I’ve gotten two collections together and posted them to my “under construction” website:  http://hanklacy.me/devsite/default.html  To see the Everest collection click on the top thumbnail in the left column.  The thumbnail of the Taj will take you to slides of India, mostly in the early to mid-50s.  Don’t stray too far – eventually all the thumbnails and links across the top of the page will be linked to various collections but it’s all a work in progress.

Enjoy.

Mini-Reunion in Naples, FL... Sunset Cruise!

Click here for Laurie's pictures of a gorgeous sunset cruise in Naples, FL with some of our classmates who hang out there, their spouses, and Jim and Nelda Miller.

Gathering in Black Mountain

We had three GNIDers together in Black Mountain, NC at the memorial service for Doug Pickett:  Louisa, Dave Whetstone, and myself.  The fellow on the left is my brother Doug.  Dave and Debbie hosted me for four nights and it was nice to have some extended time with Hickory, NC’s finest, and to catch up with Louisa.

Sedona Reunion–Part III

Here’s a link to some great pictures taken by Laurie and Gia at the Sedona Reunion.  You can click on the slideshow to open the pictures in the GNID Picasa Web album.  Thanks, ladies!

Sedona Reunion—Part II

And here’s a picture of the entire group that made it to Sedona for this year’s reunion.  I’m promised yet more pictures, so stay tuned.  (By the way, doesn’t Ted look dapper with that stuff all over his face?)

Sedona Reunion–Part 1

Here’s a picture of the GNIDers attending the Sedona reunion with the exception of Marilee and her husband Dave, and Karen (Holden) and her friend John.  The absentees reportedly found better things to do than take jeeps up to the Sedona badlands – they were trying to track down the elusive Roadrunner.  I’m promised additional photos to post shortly.  Meanwhile I’m trying to hold my envy in check!

Hank & Elizabeth Lacy

Over the weekend of August 6, the entire Lacy family (5 kids, 10 grandkids, and 6 great grand kids) and their spouses & SOs (30 in all), gathered at my place in Hollywood, MD to scatter the mingled ashes of my parents into the Chesapeake Bay.  (Dad died in 2002 and Mom in 2009.)  My sister Jessie carried some of the ashes to Mussoorie last year and scattered them on the hillside above Doshisha where we lived for many years. 

 

Mom and Dad loved the water, and as many of you know lived on a boat for their last 5-6 years of their working life and well into retirement.  Bob & Betty Currie, who those who attended our reunion here last year will remember, provided the Andante and we cruised out to a quiet spot of the Patuxent River, just shy of the Bay.  My son Henry floated a box of ashes from the swimming platform of the Andante and other family members sprinkled ashes into the water.

A Final Farewell

Jessie’s daughter Miranda sprinkles ashes into the Patuxent.

 

 

 

 

My granddaughter Alice and brother Doug’s granddaughter Lacy meet for the first time.

 

 

 

We were particularly pleased that Brent, my youngest brother, was able to make the gathering.  Brent was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer that had metastasized to the liver in late February.  His tumors were too large (and on the liver too plentiful) to be operable.  But he has responded very well to various chemo therapies and has led an amazingly normal life since his diagnoses.  HIs latest CEA test (a measure of cancer in the body) had a 5.3 value – down from 200 earlier.  A normal, cancer-free body measures 5 or below, so the hope is that the tumors will soon be small enough to be surgically removed.

I am blessed by a close family and this weekend was an emotional high for all of us; a wonderful celebration of the lives of our parents and of each other, and a chance for my generation’s grandchildren to get acquainted.

Connie Wagner's Pictures of the Wagner's India Visit; October 17, 2010

Follow this link to see Connie's pictures of her and Waggie's trip to India.


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Doma and Momo

Remember our recent exchange of emails about Doma?  I've been going through more of my family photos and came across this the other day.  I don't have a date or location, but it must have been in the mid-1950s or so.  Handsome lady.

Placing Links to Picasa Photo Albums into this Blog

You can embed links to Picasa photo albums or create slide shows on a blog entry by cutting and pasting HTML code from the Picasa album -- easier than it sounds.  Go to your Picasa Web album and click on the "Link to this Album" on the right side of the window.  Then select either "Paste HTML to embed in website" or "Embed Slideshow."  If you select "Paste HTML to embed in website" highlight all of the text in the appropriate bar of code, right click on the highlighted text, and select "copy".  Then go to your editing window at the blog site, and click on the "Edit HTML" tab at the top right of the editing window.  Make sure your cursor is on a new line and press and hold the control key and press the "V" key.  That will paste the HTML text you copied from your Picasa album into your blog entry.  Now click on the "Compose" tab of the editing window.  Your album cover should appear and you can continue with your entry.

If you  selected "Embed Slideshow" (as I did for this post), you will get a small pop-up window with some code in a yellow box.  Select all of that code, right click on the highlighted text, and select "copy."  Then go to your blog editing window, click on the "Edit HTML" tab, make sure your cursor is on a new line, and paste the HTML text you copied into the editing window.  Then click on the "Compose" tab of the editing window and your album slide show should be there.

Problems?  Questions?  Email me at hanklacy@gmail.com or call me (240) 256-5092 and I can walk you through it.