BRUCE Hoadley

Posted on: Apr 19, 2021 at 7:45 PM

I saw your long explanation about your connection to Betty Jane Van Mater. I don't know where it is on the web site, so I'll respond here. Did you know that Betty Jane and I were married? I am very familiar with Crescent Farm and Holmes VM. During the summer of 1961, I was at summer school at NC State and Betty Jane was living at Crescent Farm. Every weekend, I would drive up to NJ to see Betty Jane. We got married at the end of the summer of1961 right before we left for graduate school at UC Berkeley in California. I went to UC Berkeley, because my mother went to Swarthmore with Clark Kerr, the president of the University of California. After graduate school, I got a job at Bell Labs in Holmdel, NJ - not all that far from Crescent Farm.

Hey Bill, were you related to Betty Jane or did your father work at the NC State dairy farm, or what? Betty Jane and i had three children, who all now live in California. My two daughters live next to each other in Berkeley, CA and Betty Jane lives right across the street from them. So, I see Betty Jane frequently even though we got divorced in 1975. I have now been married to Julie Conger since 1995. From 1975 to 1995, I was a bachelor.

Hey Tom, did you.ever try out for the basketball team? You must have been pretty good. 

As a statistician I can tell you that Faye was a genius. Not only was she the smartest student in our class, but by a whopping margin. Based on average grade,  Faye was at the top, then a large gap, and then the rest of the students. 

Carol's husband, Jim Wood, was the president of the Sigma Chi fraternity at NC State, while I was also a Sigma Chi at NC State. In the Spring of 1960, Jim and I hitch-hiked to Florada for Spring break. On the way back, we stopped in Winter Park, Florida - Jim's home town. While we were touring Winter Park, Jim pointed out Rollings College. I perked up and remembered that Betty Jane Van Mater,  the daughter of my mothers best friend, went to Rolling College. So, we stopped by her sororoty house to say hello. A year and a half later, Betty Jane and I were married. 

When we were in the 8th grade, Lynn was the best basketball player on our 8th grade team. He was also tall for an 8th grader. But then Lynn stopped growing while the rest of us grew like weeds. By the time we were Seniors, Lynn was still a very good basketball player, and so were the rest of us.

Ed Spencer was a Sigma Chi fraternity brother of mine at NC State. He was training to be an Air Fore jet pilot when his fighter jet crashed. So, Ed gave his life to our beloved country. 

Bruce Hoadley

Posted on: Mar 04, 2021 at 9:00 AM

Hey Sandy, congratulations on reaching the big 82 - now 6 years beyond the average. Everyday we are blessed to have made into old age - more or less in tact. So what is your next project to bring you fame and fortune?

Hi Linda, Back in our basketball days, your big bad husband was called Ernest - not Jim. Jim Price just does not sound right. Anyway, happy birthday and say hello to Ernest for me.

Posted on: Feb 20, 2021 at 10:28 AM

Hi Harvey, I remember that you played in the band, but I can't remember what you played. Remind me and do you still play it. My granddaughter has been playing my flute for years. I am going to get it back and, as an experiment, see how long it will take me to play the flute again. I have not player in 62 years and I am always looking for a challenge. Anyway, see you around the website.

I just heard on the radio that the leading college basketball scorer of all time played basketball for Needham Broughton High School - Pete Maravich, who averaged 44 points per game in collet at LSU.

I am using Instagram to publish a photographic auto-biography - slowly over time. I add one photo a day. So far, I have posted 50 photos. Each photo has a long caption, which explains the photo.

For 37 years I wrote papers for a living at Bell Labs and FICO, so that is all that I know how to do. I have just written another general interest paper, which is available at;
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/b72k7wgeborsz6n/UzwU_i3Rpl ->
Politics -> Political Musings

Posted on: Nov 12, 2020 at 7:10 PM

Congratulations Sandy. That is a very impressive award - amazing energy. I always suspected that the Needham Broughton class of 1957 contained some very special people. Now that my vision is too poor to drive and my wife is about to have foot surgery, I should move to Winston Salem. Meanwhile, we have Instacart. Cheers from Yank in CA.

Posted on: Oct 21, 2020 at 1:33 PM

For those of you interested in politics, I have written a paper entitled, “30 Reasons to Vote Against Trump.” To access it, go to:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/b72k7wgeborsz6n/UzwU_i3Rpl
-> Politics -> Reasons Not Trump.pdf
If you don’t like Biden, consider the Dogpatch Dog-catcher.

Posted on: Jul 22, 2020 at 7:44 PM

Way to go Johanna - you made it to 41 or what? Things are hopping around here - 11 PWD puppies are about to be born. Julie is getting ready for an all nighter. Happy Birthday!

My Covid-19 project was to create a 4-hour movie, which covers the top hits from my photo and homemade movie collections. I also made a10 minute trailer, which is at
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/b72k7wgeborsz6n/UzwU_i3Rpl ->
Came With the Wind ->
Came With the Wind Trailer