Y's Men News -- Sunday, September 13, 2026 | | |
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- Travel Discussion Group Meeting Changed to Zoom
- Military History Discussion Group Hosts Author Tomorrow
- End of Summer Beach Bash This Tuesday at Compo
- Help Adult Children Financially? Thursday Speaker Answers
- Deadline This Friday to Register for Golf Outing
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Holocaust Memorial Dedicated at Fairfield University
- Y's Men Co-Sponsor LWV Debates on October 13
- Tickets on Sale for Y’s Men Holiday Party December 12
- Y's Men Wives to Meet Weekly at Library Cafe
- Dewey Loselle Recalls Escape from WTC on 9/11/2001
- Jazz Club Begins New Season Wednesday, September 23
- T&E Lists September and October Outings
- Van Canceled for Transport to American Classical Orchestra
- Submission Rules Announced for Photo Expo 26
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Tomorrow: Military History Discussion Group to Hear
Saigon Evacuee and West Point Graduate
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MyLinh Brewster Shattan will be the guest of the Military History Discussion Group tomorrow.
10:30 am. Monday, September 14.
Room 211, Saugatuck Congregational Church.
Note: Meeting moved from the usual first Monday because of Labor Day.
MyLinh Brewster Shattan, author of "Raising Athena," will share her remarkable journey from evacuation from Saigon in 1975 to graduation from West Point 12 years later.
Shattan was evacuated with her mother shortly before Saigon fell. Her father, State Department officer William Brewster, was a close aide to Ambassador Graham Martin and departed with the ambassador on the final helicopter from the U.S. Embassy.
Her book explores military service, women’s expanding opportunities in the armed forces, and the experience of watching her own daughter enter West Point. Shattan’s brother, husband, and three children are also West Point graduates.
Upcoming discussions
• October 5: Bruce Angeli — Battle of the Somme
• November 2: William O’Brien — Battle of Waterloo
• December 7: Pearl Harbor anniversary program; topic and leader to be announced
All are welcome.
For additional information, contact Y's Man Paul Rohan at pr68@cornell.edu.
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End of Summer/Hello Fall Beach Bash This Tuesday
Y's Men and their guests have been gathering at Compo Beach every Tuesday at about 5:00 pm. This week that get-together will be enhanced with an End of Summer/Hello Fall Beach Bash beginning at 4:30 pm in the usual meeting spot on Compo's South Beach.
Organizers are looking for an all hands operation with everyone bringing their own beverages, lots of finger food to share, and beach chairs. Cooler weather may call for a sweater, too.
Y's Man and Beach Master Jon Fox promises "a good time will be had by all, so be there!"
For additional information, contact Jon at dorothyfox783@gmail.com.
| | Can You, Should You, Help Your Adult Children Financially? Dennis Adler Provides Answers this Thursday | | |
Dennis Adler, CFP
Dennis Adler, CFP, will address the Y's Men this Thursday with a talk entitled "Can You, Should You, Help Your Adult Children Financially?" He will explore the financial and personal considerations of supporting adult children, including when help may be appropriate, how much support makes sense, and the potential impact on your own long-term financial security.
Dennis is a fee-only certified financial planner and advisor with more than 35 years of experience on Wall Street. His talk on Thursday covers many aspects of financial planning. He will focus on the generational differences in the approach to financial planning, why the wealth gap exists, and modeling the future of financial planning.
Y's Men Thursday morning meetings are in Hoskins Hall downstairs in the Saugatuck Congregational Church, 245 Post Road East in Westport. Coffee, donut, and bagel social hour begins at 9:00 am, business meeting at 10:00 am, speaker at 10:30 am. Come early and meet your fellow members. Guests are always welcome.
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Deadline This Friday to Register for Golf Outing
This Friday, September 18, is the deadline for registering for the 2026 Y's Men Fall Golf Outing that will be held on Tuesday, September 22 at the Longshore Golf Course. Register by email to Y's Man Bob Leng at leng_7@msn.com or by text to 978-289-0940.
The first tee time is at 11:10 am.
The entry fee is $90.00, covering the greens fee, cart rental, refreshments, and goodies at the 19th hole, which will be at the Black Duck.
Prizes are awarded to the lowest scoring team and to individual golfers for the longest drive, closest to the line and closest to the pin on two holes.
The Tourney’s format will be Scramble or Best Ball utilizing a team of three or four players.
Click here for Outing rules and more information.
| | Holocaust Memorial Dedicated at Fairfield University | | |
Y's Man Paul Burger, founder and chairman of Shoah Memorial at Fairfield, Inc., speaks at the dedication last week of the sculpture (foreground) entitled She Wouldn't Take Off Her Boots.
Photo by E. Bruce Borner
Sen. Richard Blumenthal thanked Y’s Man Paul Burger for his chutzpah creating Fairfield County's first Holocaust memorial monument at its formal dedication last week on the Fairfield University campus. In his remarks, Paul told the gathered dignitaries he didn’t want the day to be remembered as “when we finished something…but as the day we began something.”
Many Y’s Men contributed their time and money to help Paul’s four-year-long project succeed including Dick Eisner, E. Bruce Borner, Jim Lape, Bill Kutik and Dick Kalt.
Fund-raising continues to maintain the sculpture “She Wouldn’t Take Off Her Boots” and its accompanying secondary-school curriculum on the Holocaust and genocide — designed to meet Connecticut's mandate to teach this history in public schools.
Everyone is invited to the Gala on Tuesday, October 13, 2026. Called L'dor V'dor — "From Generation to Generation: Forging the Living Chain of Holocaust Remembrance” -- it will be at Il Palio Restaurant in Shelton from 6:00 to 8:30 pm.
The program features multi-generational Holocaust survivors and prominent speakers. Only attendees can bid in the live auction, which includes important artwork and a custom piece by Memorial artist Victoria Milstein. Sponsorships are still available.
Tickets are available now. Click here not to miss out.
Written by Bill Kutik
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Y's Men Co-Sponsor LWV Debates on October 13
As in past years, the League of Women Voters of Westport is hosting debates among candidates for Westport’s State Representative and for Senator. The Y's Men will co-sponsor the event along with other town non-profits.
The debates will take place on Tuesday, October 13, at Westport Town Hall, 110 Myrtle Ave. from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. They are non-partisan and moderated by a trained moderator who is not a resident of Westport.
LWV's mission is to promote a well-informed citizenry through debates and to encourage all those who are eligible to vote.
Y's Men have been invited to submit questions for the candidates at lwvwestportct@yahoo.com
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Y's Men Wives to Meet Weekly at Library Cafe
With the Y's Men returning to the Saugatuck Congregational Church for Thursday morning meetings, Y's Men wives and significant others plan to continue to meet as they did during Social Hour at the Compo Beach pavilion.
Now they will meet at The Westport Library Cafe where they can socialize, or join others who may want to walk and talk.
As Compo did during the summer, the Library venue provides a place for wives to gather after driving their spouses to the Thursday meeting and waiting to pick them up after the meeting ends.
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Click here to purchase tickets. | Dewey Loselle Recalls Escape from WTC on 9/11/2001 | |
Y's Man Past President Dewey Loselle was the first speaker of the 2026-2027 Y's Men season in Hoskins Hall last Thursday with a stirring account of escaping from the World Trade Center's North Tower on 9/11/2001.
Photo by Ted Horowitz
Y's Men Past President Dewey Loselle has often asked himself "Why did I survive and others didn't?" He was at the World Trade Center on 9/11/2001 at 8:46 am on the 63rd floor of the North Tower.
He survived. And his stirring, eloquent, and, at times, heartbreaking presentation reminded us all of the horror of that day, the heroism of so many, and the need, even more so after 25 years, that we never forget this attack, and the truth of what happened.
Loselle, then a partner in a consulting firm with offices near the World Trade Center, had gone to the Port Authority for a morning meeting that had been rescheduled only days earlier. He described the thunderous impact, the building’s violent swaying, and the immediate decision to leave everything behind and head for the stairs.
In a vivid account of the descent, Loselle recalled the extremely narrow, crowded, smoky stairwells, the uncertainty over what had happened, and the courage of fellow evacuees and first responders. He spoke of encountering a man in a wheelchair and his companion, who later perished while awaiting help, as well as members of FDNY Rescue Company 1 climbing upward in full gear.
Loselle and his team eventually escaped into the chaos outside, where debris fell, people fled in every direction, and the collapsing towers sent a massive dust cloud through Lower Manhattan.
His presentation, given one day before the 25th anniversary of the attacks, was both an account of survival and a plea to preserve the memory of those killed.
To view Dewey's presentation, click here.
Written by Art Gang
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Jazz Club Begins New Season on Wednesday, September 23
The Jazz Club's first gathering of the new Y's Men year will be at noon on Wednesday, September 23, at VFW Post 399, 465 Riverside Avenue in Westport. Wives, significant others and special friends are again invited, and the cost remains at $25.00 per person, pay there.
The buffet will be catered by the well-appreciated Calise's with an offering of a variety of sandwiches, green and pasta salads, mixed desserts and iced tea. Soft drinks, beer, wine and other alcoholic beverages may be purchased at the bar.
The program of videos shown on the big screen will be all vocalists and will feature Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, Bobby Darin, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis, Jr., Willie Nelson, the Everly Brothers, Nat King Cole, Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley. Y's Man Jeff Hare will present a biographical sketch of each performer before their segment.
Register now to attend with an email to Jeff Hare at jeffahare@gmail.com.
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Monday, September 14 (cancelled because of tour operator's family emergency), Thursday, September 17, and Monday, September 21
Prospect Gardens Tour
Spouses, Significant Others, and Guests Welcome!
https://conta.cc/46nTScs
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Wednesday, September 16
Museum of the City of New York
Sold Out. Spouses, Significant Others, and Guests Welcome!
Waitlist Available.
https://conta.cc/4vSt3HR
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Thursday, September 17
An Evening with the American Classical Orchestra
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
Spouses, Significant Others, and Guests Welcome!
https://conta.cc/4xATx1S
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Tuesday, September 22
Architectural Cruise Around Manhattan
Sold Out. Spouses, Significant Others, and Guests Welcome!
Waitlist Available.
https://conta.cc/4vaTQ1W
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Monday September 28
Marcel Hotel Lunch and Tour
Spouses, Significant Others, and Guests Welcome!
https://conta.cc/4hb84f4
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Friday, October 16
Essex Steam Train Lunch Excursion
Sold Out. Spouses, Significant Others, and Guests welcome!
Waitlist Available.
https://conta.cc/4o8nqmv
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Sunday, October 25
Dear Evan Hansen
at the White Plains Performing Arts Center
Spouses, Significant Others, and Guests Welcome!
https://conta.cc/4ezDURz
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Be sure to refer to the NYC Travel Hints on the T&E website. They were revised recently, and are helpful to those who may not be familiar with train travel to and from the City.
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Van Canceled for Transport to American Classical Orchestra
Attendees of the American Classical Orchestra concert (see above listing) in New York this Thursday (September 17) had the choice of arranging their own transportation or using a 14-seat private van for the trip. Now it has been announced that there are not enough passengers to make the van economically feasible. The van needs to be filled in order to keep the cost reasonable.
The event will go forward with everyone arranging their own transportation to and from New York. For additional information, click on the link in the above listing or contact Mae Miller (wife of Y's Man Matt Miller) at bcloudsmiller@gmail.com.
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Submission Rules Announced for Photo Expo 26
The Y's Men Photography Club has announced submission rules for Expo 26, its 23rd Annual Photography Exhibition co-sponsored with the Westport Center for Senior Activities. Photos will be displayed at the Center from November 12, 2026 through October 2027.
Entries in the contest will be accepted between Monday, October 19 and Thursday, November 5. Click here for submission rules and an entry form.
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