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Each man’s joy is joy to me
Each man’s grief is my own

— Joan Baez, “No Man Is an Island”

Then said a rich man, Speak to us of Giving.
And he answered:
You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

— Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

 

 

From a ceremony held at an LRY (Liberal Religious Youth) meeting in 1964, sixty years ago.

At the ceremony in my honor — I had served for a year as Chairman of the New England Regional Committee (NERC) — I was given two books with these dedications on the flyleaves.

The handwriting is that of either Ruth Wahtera or Sandi Mosher. They collaborated on choosing the books and passages to quote. The quotes are from the lyrics to the song “No Man Is an Island” and Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet.

Kind words. I feel — modesty aside — that they were true. They saw something in me; empathy, concern for others.

 

— posted by Roger W. Smith

   July 2024

The LRY folks I remember best

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People I remember well from my Liberal Religious Youth (LRY) days in the early 1960s include the following:

Phil Pierce, Pam (Corley) Pierce, Dick Ryan, Alison (Titus) Ryan, Ellie-Lou Rutledge, Steve Cooper, Cappy Pinderhughes, Rev. John M. Coffee, Jr., Al Houghton, Melissa McQuillan (President, Norfolk-Suffolk fed), David Klotzle, Paul Klotzle, Kate Hickler, Bunny Day (Star Island), Bob Day (ditto; Bunny’s brother), Ron Hildreth, Dick Barnaby (Star Island), Richard Derby, Bob Doolittle, Chuck Forrester (president of Continental LRY), Bill Sinkford (1964 Continental Conference; later President of the UUA), Ruth Wahtera, Dr. Peter A. Baldwin, Bruce Elwell, Carl Laws, Ruth (Levin) Elwell (from 1964 Continental Conference),  Rev. Dr. Carl Scovel, Rev. Jack Hammon, Dimity Hammon, Tom Linehan, Kathy Phair, Russ Weisman, Mrs. Eileen Day, Charlie McGlynn, Rev. Lawrence M. (Larry) Jaffa, Larkie Colebrooke, Paul Tinkham (Canton local youth group),, Rev. C. Leon Hopper, Jr., Rev. William R. (Bill) Moors, John Ertha, Dick Hood, Jim Bogle, Cal Mosher, Sandi (Mosher) Olivio, Brad Coady (Canton local group, Norfolk-Suffolk Fed), Linda Marsh, George Kaldro, Chris (Adler) Fernsler, Margaret Rich, Martha Chickering, Jane Uhrich, Rev. Elmer Stelley, Rev. William A. (Bill) DeWolfe, Kristin (Kris) Hanson, Stuart Hanson, John Fountain, William W. (Rusty) Park, Larry Ladd, Cindy Pratt, Lorna Laughland, Rev. Alexander (Scotty) Meek, Rev. Manuel R. (Dutch) Holland, “Moscow” Marx (from Star Island), Jon Palmer, Linda (Gulbrandsen) Goldsmith, Janice (Sanford) Brady, Ralph Sanford, Ted Roselund (Canton local youth group), Henry Cheetham (Star Island), Carole Smith (from 1964 Continental Conference), Norm Helverson, Jean Nichols, Lance Messinger, Herb Weeks, Jane Garside (Canton local group, Norfolk-Suffolk fed), Peter Robash, Chandler Newton, Wally Fletcher, Barry Crego (anti-nuke activist from Connecticut). Ruth Clarke (1964 Continental Conference, SRL), Rev. Orloff W. Miller (SRL), Randy Becker (SRL)

— posted by Roger W. Smith

   January 2016; updated July 2024