After Camp Gaw, we picked up Else and Janet, drove down Rte. 17 to E. Saddle River Rd. past Ho-Ho-Kus Hilton (the Pearsons’ old house) to Roslyn Rd. We met with Hank Henckler and his Mom, Muriel. Muriel is the last person of the old neighborhood still living on Roslyn.
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At Glen School, we toured the rooms, introduced ourselves to new people and hugged old friends. There were about 70 people and most were from the class of ’67. The non-class-of ’67 people included Lis, Harrison Knight, Jeanne Stanley-Brown, Muriel, Hank, Else, David Stanley-Brown, Janet, Margaret, Reed, Katie Knight, Cheryl DeGruchy, Mrs. DeGruchy, Kimmy Vukov, Ricky McDaniel, and the George McFall family.
Mr. McFall was our custodian and everyone adored him. He died a couple of years ago, so his family was there to accept an award of appreciation. As I chit-chatted with them, a son-in-law asked, “Are you Margaret Silvers? Peter’s sister?” “Yes,” I said. Maurice Willoughby and Peter went to Dublin together – talk about small degrees of separation! Maurice says hello, Peter!
Nightcaps at Smith Brothers, then home to bed. I thought I had woken early, but Reed was just returning from a visit to Camp Yaw Paw. He walked the two or so miles up to the camp area that he remembers as a kid, then ran down to get back for breakfast and a ride back north to Maine. It was a great trip.
Thank you to Rick Flannery for making this possible.
