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Sadly, we report the death of Linda Byrd Johnson on August 1st of this year. Linda lived in Churchton, on the Maryland Western Shore, and much enjoyed her life there, which included gardening and watching water birds. One of us spoke with Linda earlier this summer, and she declared that she awaited the upcoming reunion with great anticipation, having missed the 55th year event because of circumstances that arose at the last minute. We in turn shall greatly miss her at the 60th.

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One of the downsides of having a reunion pending is that we learn, more often than not belatedly, of the passings of old classmates. We have been informed of two in recent weeks: Paul Longley, on May 5, 2015, and Carolyn Jarrett Roher, on July 8, 2016 (she was 75 y.o. at the time). Our sincere condolences to Paul's widow Leslie, and to Carolyn's widower and our classmate, Dick Roher. To those classmates for whom Paul and Carolyn had been close friends back at Northwood, and perhaps still were despite the passing years, we extend our sympathies as well.