Fran and Ted Biagini

Back in December I was invited to give a series of talks - as special "Humanities Lecturer" - at Friends' Central School on the Main Line, just outside Philadelphia. The school advertized this event widely, and put an ad in the Philadephia Inquirer, which reaches many people in Philly but also in South Jersey. There it was that Fran and Ted Biagini read about the event, saw their old Frost Valley friend Al Filreis described and photographed there, and decided to make the drive across the river to surprise him. Me, that is.

So after that talk these familiar folks approach me. And yes, there they were: Fran and Ted. Ted, now 80 years old (is that possible?!), and Fran, and two of their daughters (who also grew up at camp).

Ted was our Waterfront Director in the early 1970s and Fran was the nurse. They were recruited to Frost Valley either through John and Karen Giannotti or (and/or) through Chuck and Joy White. In any case, Karen was a nurse in those days, and so, from 1973 on, was Joy.

They all looked terrific! We had a nice time remembering camp in those years. And I urged them to visit us this coming summer.