Great Friend

Just returned from a weekend visit at my friend's house in Leominster. Linda and I spent two days at the Starr's home on Stetson Street in Leominster. We both enjoyed our time with friends Don and Joyce. I have known Don Starr since our freshman year in college at Fitchburg State College (1965). I believe that in life we have very few true friends. I consider Don to be a true friend. Someone who would always be there no matter what is the circumstance. While reminising about our times together I was reminded about two times were Don put something over on me. Don was directing a

class play many years ago about Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates. During the winter I decided to go skating and as I pulled my skates out of the closet- Low and behold- someone had spray painted my skates "silver". While in college we both were taking a geography course with a very tough and demanding professor. Dr. Cox assigned each student to identify a country of their choice to do a research project. No two students could do the same country. When the class started Dr. Cox asked each student to identify their choice. Don had asked me what country I had chosen and I replied Paraguay. Dr. Cox got to Don and he replied that he would be doing Paraguay. I was sitting next to him and when Dr. Cox asked me I didn't have anything other than my choice had been taken. Dr. Cox was not pleased and Don was just looking at me with a smile. Forty-four years of friendship has seen

 many happy moments as well as some very difficult times. I know that my friend Don will always be an important part of my life and I thank him for all of the good times we have had together.