People Here and There

by Jeanne Sutton

At the coffee hour on February 24, St. John's was happy to celebrate The Rev'd Lloyd Prator's twentieth year here as rector. The Rev'd Samuel Cross gave a tribute to his work in supporting us through our pains, sorrows, and successes. Two symbols of St. John's future growth attended, the Misses Ella DiMeo and Josephine Lorraine. It was discovered that both shared the same birth date, February l, 2008....Speaking of birthdays, David De Porte celebrated his on Easter Day. The next time Easter falls on his birthday will be in 250 years. Again we thank Father Prator for being with us. (He also preaches good sermons.)

Gerry Dilley spent the first two weeks of April in Egypt visiting his son Paul, who teaches New Testament, Greek and Coptic at a Presbyterian seminary in Cairo. Gerry also visited a number of Coptic sites where Paul is involved in restoration work. Next month Gerry will go to New Haven to see Paul receive his doctorate in Religion from Yale. He will be teaching Ancient History at Kansas State University beginning in September. Congratulations to Paul....Susan Harrigan and Peter Benjaminson will see their daughter, Anne and her husband, in Tajikistan and afterwards they will visit Uzbekistan and places along the silk road including Samarkand, Tamarlane, and Bukhara. Anne reported to her mother that the winter was very hard in terms of no heat or electricity....Barbara Hutchinson passed her exams. She and husband Bill celebrated their 25th anniversary in Rome. Congratulations!....Mary Lou Scott went to the British Virgin Islands where she will join her brother's college roommate and his wife on a sailing trip....The week after Easter Tim Boos will go to Virginia Beach....John Wulff left San Francisco on March l4 to see his sister in Brisbane, Australia. She will be receiving her dual citizenship....On April 5, Carol Quatrone willl be in New Jersey to celebrate the wedding of her oldest nephew.

Ross and Daisy Newman and their children, Nicholas and Audrey Rose, are moving to Zurich, Switzerland for an extended stay. We wish them well and look forward to their return.