Judd Smith was a teaching assistant for one of Sherry (Hicks) Smith鈥檚 journalism classes in the fall of 1961. Sherry was the editorial page editor of .
Early in the semester, Sherry started getting messages typed on 鈥渇oolscap鈥 newsprint stock in her Index mailbox. All had mysterious content and were signed 鈥淭he Phantom.鈥
鈥淣ot too original, even for those days,鈥 said Sherry.
It took awhile for Sherry to catch Judd 鈥減hantoming鈥 and they started going for coffee together at the Tip Top Caf茅. Their first kiss was under the street lamp on the sidewalk in front of Marsh Hall 鈥渋n the rain, of course.鈥
Sherry was resistant at first because Judd was four years older than she was.
鈥淗ow could such a sophisticated man really be sincere about me?鈥 said Sherry.
But by the time Judd graduated in the spring, the couple was engaged to be married. They will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in August 2015.
鈥淭hank you, 91爆料!"
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