I believe this 1964 Christmas Card was the most ambitious card that Grandpa ever designed, and unfortunately, he passed away in September, two days after his 80th birthday, before it was finished. The family worked to complete it and included a message that Grandpa had composed, probably years before, to be appended to his final Christmas card. When completed, it was a 21-page booklet, covering  many personal touches of Grandpa’s children, their spouses and 20 of his 21 grandchildren. (His 21st grandchild was born two years later) Consider this Grandpa’s Christmas Legacy.

Founded March 17, 1913 at Mount Vernon, New York

March 17, 1913 was the day Alfred Duryee Guion married Arla Mary Peabody.

ALFRED DURYEE GUION

B.C.S., New York University

Founder and Chancellor

1884 to 1964

A MESSAGE FROM THE CHANCELLOR

Once more I am faced with the recurring problem of selecting a suitable

idea on which to…

It used to be amazing
but now it’s Amazon
The Christmas lights are blazing
but the magic’s mostly gone

The World’s become so greedy
it’s everyone for self
we oft forget the needy
and leave them on the shelf

We eat ‘til we are bursting
whilst others have no food
and some are even thirsting
our values seem quite skewed

So, next year, help the have nots
just see what you can do
because there’s lots and lots and lots 
less fortunate than you! 

Desmond Tutu, 7 October 1931 – 26 December 2021, was described as Warm, Exuberant, and Outgoing.

Amongst the things he said are:

• “Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.”
• “When the missionaries came to Africa, they had the Bible and we had the land. They said, ‘Let us pray.’ We closed our eyes. When we opened them, we had the Bible, and they had the land.”
• “Enemies are always friends waiting to be made.”

He lived
he laughed
he cried

He smiled
he served
he died