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1948

Gretchen Eisner Rachlin
gretchen@goodpilot.com

I received an e-mail from Glenn O’Brien correcting an item about his mother, Helen Marriot O’Brien, in the fall issue of Scope Quarterly. It is Helen who is fighting Alzheimer’s disease, not her husband, Bill. Glenn adds that Helen is visited regularly by her sister-in-law Isabel Singer Marriott ’52 and friend Helen Buch Thorpe ’49.

In January Anne Crooksie Seitzer and Dick headed for Puerto Rico to visit their kids. Their son-in-law, husband of daughter Susan, was sworn in the day before as the new governor of Puerto Rico. Susan says that their new home, La Fortaleza, is the oldest governor’s home in continual use in the Western Hemisphere.

Sally Cheney Buell took a nasty fall the day after Thanksgiving. The bruises are improving, but she still has knee problems.

Dotsie Slosson Erskine was scheduled for knee-replacement surgery in January.

All is well with Pat Boan Rothermel, currently at her condo in Vero Beach, FL.

In Boca Raton, FL, Joan Cummings Koven has had another stroke, which has affected her left side.

In Texas Suzy Menzel Lindeman Snyder had a lovely visit from Skidmore staff member Beth Freeland White. They attended a performance of Handel’s Messiah by the Austin Symphony Orchestra and enjoyed singing along.

Elizabeth Van Ness Reid traveled to Hawaii in November with three of her Sweet Adeline friends as an onlooker at their International Competition Week. The group stayed at Aileen Kwock Char’s home in Oahu and had a great time sightseeing. Kwockie “looks marvelous,” according to Tibby, and plans to attend Reunion in 2013 unless she has another grandchild graduating.

Our condolences to the family of Marion “Shorty” Crouse Chase, who passed away in January. I had received a cheerful note from Shorty in December—she’d been enjoying golf and teaching an art class—so it was a shock to learn of her death. She was such a vibrant, active person. She will surely be missed.

Due to a Scope error, Ruth Montgomery Merritt was incorrectly identified in the previous issue as having traveled to the Florida Keys after Election Day; it was actually my husband, Larry, and I who traveled to the Keys. On Christmas Day, we joined friends for lunch at Little Palm Island. On our return to the mainland Larry spotted someone wearing a bright green Skidmore shirt. We immediately struck up a conversation with the young man—Billy Etkin ’78, from Manhattan. It was a happy surprise that Skidmore grads are omnipresent!