1.  Carpenter and Harry Middleton, retired director of the LBJ Library, were treated to rides themselves.

2.  Harold Bradley, the recently retired choral director of Forest Hill High School, will conduct the combined groups.

3.  He contends that the only legal obligation was to see that the retired directors received the money specified in their contracts.

4.  Mary C. McDonald, a retired assistant director of continuing education for the New York City schools, died on Monday at her home in Rockville Centre, N.Y.

5.  Norman Rice, retired director of Albany Institute, had befriended Mrs. Harriman.

6.  Sherman Lee, retired director of the Cleveland Museum of Art, backed him up.

7.  Since the assets were not formally sold, approval of the retired directors was not required.

8.  Still, the sense of betrayal among the retired directors is strong.

9.  That was supposed to assure the retired directors that the company could not be sold without their participation.

10.  The arrangement permitted retired directors to benefit from rising profits at the firm.