TOM JENSEN Sent us an article from his local EAST PENN CHRONICLE about his worldly travels.. We've heard about many of his trips (last issue his Antarctica sojourn)...but it is sort of interesting to hear it from someone else! The writer, Lisa Mitchell, of the newspaper was most generous, and gave him good coverage. Not all of it here, a sprinkling: "Emmaus resident Tom Jensen traverses the world at least once or twice a year, visiting such places as South America, Africa, Europe, and Antartica. His house is a museum of his travels. For the most part, he travels for fun, but in 1982 to 1985 he was assigned to work overseas in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia near the Red Sea as a utility electrical engineer consultant. He also works out every day at the YMCA and walks a couple miles a day... His favorite country he visited in the '80s is Ireland for its friendly pubs and the Dublin Doors, where each door of the row houses is a different color. Tom just returned from England, Scotland, and Wales in May. Tom and wife Mary marked their 53rd Anniversary June 24. They have two children and one grandchild."                         *     *     *     *     *     *     * "To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old" Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. *     *     *     *     *     *     * JACK FORBES came to Glenbard in the fall of 1943 from Proviso Township High. In 1944 he went into training at the U. of Michigan under the Army Specialized Reserve Program, and was in the Army until October 1946. He graduated from The University of Chicago, and then spent some time in Cuba. In 1956 he was in Puerto Rico as a volunteer at Castaner General Hospital as Lab., X-ray, and Blood Bank Tech. He soon married his first wife, Wilma Stern, the head nurse. She died in 1963, the day after Jack Kennedy. A year later, he married her friend, Marcelina Quiles. As a result they have 2 sons, 7 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren, with another on the way! Jack has become an expert on Puerto Rican culture since he finished his career at the University of PR in 1989 studying music, literature, and history. He has composed a clarinet concerto and a cantata, and has written a short novel. Jack advises all of us to learn Spanish. He says the rewards are great, like reading Don Quixote in the original language! Glad we found you JACK!! *     *     *     *     *     *     * We also heard from Monica ERGOFF, Tony's daughter, who discovered our Newsletter on the website, and our Fall 2000 issue when we asked "whatever happened to TONY ERGOFF?". Monica says her dad went into the Navy, and attended Purdue, like some of our other guys...Tony was good friends with JOHN MITCHELL (to whom we sent Monica's note). Her mom, also Toni, still lives in Glen Ellyn along with her brother Michael. TONY ERGOFF passed away in 1978. Monica says: "thank you...very, very nice newsletter!" THANK YOU, Monica (and thanks to our website!). *     *     *     *     *     *     * Fall Newsletter,Part 5 Fall Newsletter Front Page Newsletter Home Page