On behalf of us in Elmira, we salute our friend Henry Sweets. Henry has been our hero from the early days of the Elmira Center . He encouraged our mission and we appreciated his. Because, in large part of Henry Sweets, we are now a network, a true Mark Twain Circle. Congratulations Dear Friend from Elmira, Gretchen Sharlow He's been a valued friend and advisor throughout Sent from my iPad > On Jan 31, 2017, at 3:43 PM, westbook <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Well said and so true! > Tim Champlin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martin Zehr" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2017 2:08 PM > Subject: Henry Sweets, our celebri > >> Twainians: Henry Sweets, Executive Director of the Mark Twain Boyhood >> Home >> and Museum Foundation in Hannibal, has just been named as "One of the >> Fifty >> Missourians You Should Know" in the latest issue of Ingram's Magazine. >> For >> us, however, the cognoscenti of the Twainian universe, this amounts to >> belaboring the obvious. >> >> Seriously, however, the mention is a well-deserved tribute to the single >> most-important individual making possible the survival and growth of one >> of >> the key anchors of Twain lore and studies. For more than three decades >> Henry has navigated the Foundation through snags, shoals and rough waters >> that might have sunk another enterprise and, believe me, with all the >> constituencies Henry has to deal with on a regular basis while keeping the >> properties maintained and the expense accounts under control, his is no >> easy task. Anyone who knows Henry knows that he goes about his duties with >> a grace and equanimity some of us can only admire from a distance, and I >> can say that from years of first-hand experience. >> >> Kudos for a well-deserved recognition. >> I believe I speak for all of us. >> >> Martin Zehr >> Kansas City, Missouri (#53, after Hal Bush and Tom Quirk)