Jack Cavanaugh,veteran sportswriter takes a look at the historic ’42 baseball season, how it was shaped and affected by the war and what, ultimately, it meant to America. Cavanaugh is the author of Giants Among Men and Tunney, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in biography.
Contact: W. Ball.
Bob Smith and Cecil Wade of the Internet Support Committee will use the first Member Meeting to demo the new SMA website and present how the new site can provide more timely and relevant information to the SMA membership. The talk will include information and discussion of how the SMA website will integrate with the DCA and Darien Library websites.
Contact: Bob Smith.
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The SMA/SMCNC (Senior Men’sClub of New Canaan) Golf Tournament was held under very hot conditions on June 20th at the Silvermine Golf Club. Unfortunately, SMCNC was victorious in the inaugural golf tournament between the two senior organizations.
The general consensus was that this was a most enjoyable competition with good camaraderie and should be continued on an annual basis. With the full participation of our best players, we are hopeful that we can achieve a different result next year and deliver the trophy to SMA.
Along with Bill Atkinson, I would like to express my appreciation to the following SMA members for braving the heat and participating on the SMA team:
• Alex Garnett
• Austin Schraff
• Bill Atkinson
• Bill Thomson
• Bob Baker
• Bob Harrel
• Chris Filmer
• Denny Devere
• Hal Simpson
• Jack Fitzgibbons
• Jeff Freeman
• Jim Manning
• Joe Holmes
• Kevin Monahan
• Michael Poler
• Peter Carnes
• Russ Peppet
• Tom Glover
• Tom Lauri
• Tom Lom
• Tom Reifenheiser
• Tony Kwedar
• Wally McCurdy
• Woody Woodworth
Special thanks to Peter Carnes, Russ Peppet and Bill Atkinson for stepping up on short notice to participate on the team.
Photos of the SMA/SMCNC Golf Tournament will be posted on the upgraded SMA web site by September.
A good summer to all.
Best regards,
Denny Devere
The first trip of the 2012/2013 season is an all-star Triple Play. We will tour the interior of the new Yankee Stadium, then to the New York Botanical Garden to see their recreation of Monet’s gardens in Giverny, and then on to lunch at LaPanetiere in Rye. Continue reading
On August 15 we picnicked together at Weed Beach. Sixty SMA’ers and their guests enjoyed a perfect afternoon. The weather was ideal-cool and bright, the food-abundant and delicious, and the fellowship-extremely congenial. Thank you to Scott Hutchason and Tom Braydon for organizing this event and to those who arrived early to move and set up the tables.
Taylor Strubinger will lead the next Happy Wanderers trip scheduled for June 14.
Taylor plans to walk north from 125th street, perhaps as far as the Cloisters. The Wanderers will depart on the train from the Darien Train Station at 8:28, and Noroton Heights Station at 8:31. Join them for an interesting walk.
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Our next trip is to Belmont Park Race Track on May 24th. While enjoying a delicious buffet luncheon, you will be able to bet on and watch the races from above. You can also visit the paddock area or watch your horse win close-up at the rail. Sign up soon as this is our most popular event. The cost is $68 pp.
On April 19th the SMA journeyed to Hartford, visiting the Wadsworth Atheneum and the Connecticut Governor’s residence. In between we enjoyed a filling family style lunch at Vito’s, a fine Italian restaurant in the center of Hartford serving food in the old world taste tradition.
The second walk in New York with the Happy Wanderers was on May 17. It featured a wander from City Hall Plaza, through Chinatown, through the Bowery, and uptown though a cross-section of Manhattan neighborhoods to Grand Central Terminal.
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