Shame on grads, faculty for treatment of Card

To the editor:

Andrew Card was recently given an honorary degree at the University Of Massachusetts at Amherst. He was awarded this because of his service to the president and to our country. He was prevented from speaking by catcalls and heckling from the students and, worse, by some of the faculty.

Card is a local boy.

He is intelligent, successful and an all-around good guy. What a slap in the face to be booed, and by the faculty, no less. I am sure this is an example of how far left some have gone in the Democratic Party. Guilt by association. I think it is outrageous, demeaning and ignorant on the part of these people. Whatever happened to being polite? Anyway, these students and faculty should be exposed for what they are - snobs and bigots. And journalists should not let them get away with it.

George D. Weston, North Attleboro

Notebook was treated like it was the patient

To the editor:

Last month, I went to my doctor's for a check-up. After the preliminary nurse's questions were done, he came in, propped a notebook-like thing upon a shelf, and while gazing at this told me I was fine, just needed to lose some weight.

A few feet out the door of the office, I had a feeling I didn't like at all.

What happened? Zip! I saw the back of his head, he saw his notebook or whatever it was.

"Make an appointment in six months," he said.

Was I seen by the doctor?

I made the appointment, but I may not keep it. What's there to keep? John F. Doherty, Attleboro

Do you remember Attleboro recording studio?

To the editor:

I need the assistance of your readers.

Two record collectors, one in North Attleboro and the other from Pennsylvania, but attending a flea market in New Jersey, have turned up two copies of a record which appears to have been recorded in Attleboro. According to label information, it is Albie, AW100, Sound Services Recording Studios, Attleboro, MA. The two selections are, "There Must Be More To Love", and "I Wonder If She Knows." Both are written by Charles Farrow and are from Brown Brokers' 1939 Production, "Vanity Faire." This student group, started in 1935, is still active and has the mission to put on one original student-written production at Brown University every year. The music on the disks is performed by Al Jahns and His Music That Charms, with vocals by Bob Engles.

And now the questions that I hope some long-time Attleboro residents can answer: Where was the studio? How long was it in operation and who owned/ran it? Jahns went to Las Vegas, playing at least three engagements at the El Rancho in the early 1950s. Was he local? Did he make more recordings? Did Charles Farrow continue in the entertainment industry? Is he the same Charles Farrow who composed the lyrics for "Let's Say a Prayer (For Somebody's Boy)", written in 1942?

Ron L'Herault, North Attleboro