Re: Sighting Sputnik First

[Bhavani <http://www.juno.com/~bhavaniowl>]

 > sputnik" is pronounced "spoootnik", i.e., a hard  "u". That's the Russian
 > way -- perhaps true to his heritage?

yeah- thanks- hope he says it the Russian way!!! Goin' back to his roots.
I don't know if I shared this e-mail response from Uncle Jim- if I did-
PARDON ME.

J:  Had you met Dick in 1957?  I remember the story  and his father's
coup, but I can't remember if  Dick was part of the the Point Beach crowd
at  that point.
 
B:  *Here?s the story: It appears that you may possibly never heard it. I
was in Mr. Malloy?s class in 1957 age 11.  Mr. Malloy was on a  leave of
absence for about a month (I think that I heard later he may have had a
breakdown).  Anyway- the substitute teacher was extremely interested in
science- as I recall- and took us on a class trip to Southern Connecticut
State College to visit the planetarium. He was eager to take us there
because of the observation of Sputnik in October.  I do remember speaking
to Professor asking questions- which was pretty unusual for shy me.
He didn?t however pat me on the head and say your are going to be my
future daughter in law and I certainly hope that you aren?t a Catholic!!!
 
Dick didn?t meet the Point Beach crowd until 1958- when I asked him.
We (Dick & I) didn?t meet until 1961.  Mom did her usual research 
regarding The Browns notifying me that they were Jewish and pointed out
that it would be a good idea not to get involved.  Obviously I did not
take her advice.