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Reunion
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Alumni Affairs Office
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Pauline Lutz Hopkins
and Phyllis Taylor Wofford enjoyed a get together in October and would
love to hear news from other classmates.
Please call us at 518-580-5600
if you have an address for a "lost" classmate:
Lydia Flint
Doris Jackson
Marion Lembcke Harmon
Cecelia Mutchler Harrison
Dorothy Pope Hall
Julia Porter Peek
Henrietta Sautter Baird
Freda Silver
Dorothy Smith Berry
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Alumni Affairs Office
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
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Helen Cole Netter
PO Box 784
Pine Plains, NY 12567
Helen Reinhard Illingworth
still lives in her home in Harwich, MA. She saw Barbara Wells Bennett last
summer, when Barbara visited Cape Cod. Health problems prevented Marion Shipp
VanNest from attending the mini-reunion.
Condolences to Vernette
Johnson Baird, whose husband, Richard, died in August.
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Marjorie Yetter Walls
11 Denton Rd.
Binghamton, NY 13903
After trying in vain to
contact Laura Allen by telephone, I wrote her a note and received a letter
from her sister, Mary, who reports that Laura still lives at home with the help
of a caregiver.
Apologies to Alice Hand
Kelly, who was reported in the fall Scope to have 21 great-granchildren. In
fact, she has four – three girls and a boy.
My job would be very simple
if everyone had a daughter like Janet Miller Robinson’s. Heather
Robinson Thorp ’60 got her mother to send news. Janet made her annual
trip north to visit son John in Amherst and Heather at her summer home in Winthrop,
ME. While at John’s, Janet saw granddaughter Caitlin Robinson ’00,
who had returned home from an environmental project in Australia. Heather and
Janet had a delightful lunch with Gini Parker Lewis, who spent part of
the summer at her home in Goose Rocks.
Condolences to Dorethea
Wagenseil Hussennetter, whose husband, George, died in October 1999 following
a lengthy illness.
Condolences to the family
of Marian Miner Warner, who died in May 1999. Her daughter, Judy, wrote
in August to inform me that Marian had been well and living in an assisted-living
facility in Rochester, NY. While staying with her daughter for a few days, Marian
had a severe heart attack and died four days later.
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Sally Miller Curtin
31 Saunders Dr.
Niantic, CT 06357
In October, Betsey Sawin
Kiel journeyed to Spain and Portugal for 16 days.
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Reunion
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Elizabeth Norlander Newell
15 Deane Avenue
Holden, MA 01520
ecnewell@sprintmail.com
Dorothy Binner Connor
welcomed a great-grandson in June and is looking forward to the marriage of her
younger grandson in April. Dottie is still in her home in Paoli, PA, does aqua
aerobics twice a week at the Y, and still drives measured distances. Daughter
Jane and son-in-law Joe spend weekends on their boat in Delaware Bay.
Betty Boeve Schoonover
has given up many of her activities but still enjoys her church involvement. Last
June, she and daughter Betsy spent a holiday at the family summer home in Northfield,
MA.
Molly Bull Sharp
and daughter Louise, a former naval officer, keep up the family "farm."
Molly oversees the care of the three buildings on the property while Louise takes
responsibility for the land and their small flock of sheep. Molly keeps in touch
with Emily MacLachlin Carl and Winnie Mittag Beasley. She says Winnie
has not been well and has moved to an assisted-living facility.
The class extends belated
sympathy to Mildred Grove Nanz, whose husband died in August 1996. Mildred
keeps up their home in Fort Lauderdale, FL, and enjoys her three children and
12 grandchildren. The latter range in age from one to 30 years! Last February,
Mildred visited Mexico City, where she had lived after college when her father
was working for the Mexican government. Of the city, Mildred writes, "It
is truly a fascinating megalopolis."
Muriel Scribner Rice
keeps her New London, NH, home and visits daily with husband George, whose Parkinson
involvement keeps him confined to a nearby extended care facility. Muriel has
other family members nearby and enjoys frequent visits from children and grandchildren
farther afield.
Charlotte Smith King
enjoyed a late spring trip to Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana but came home
to a bout of pneumonia, which kept her hospitalized for some days. She spent the
summer recuperating and has resumed teaching aqua aerobics. In October, she attended
the wedding of her older grandson in Sudbury, MA.
Nancy Snow LaFrance
took a Rhine River trip to Switzerland in May. Still active, Nancy aquacizes twice
a week and walks daily along the Connecticut shore near her home. She deplores
the over-development of hometown Westport but keeps a small portion of her property
in woodland which, she says, is inhabited by deer and one woodchuck.
California resident Frances
Turner Diefenbach came East to Philadelphia in July for her grandson’s
wedding. She is presently involved in redesigning and overseeing changes to her
patio plantings.
As for me, after a summer
bout of the virus, which causes repeated attacks of vertigo, I’m back in
the swing of teaching piano to 14 young students and two adults. I have been developing
new finger exercises, which will easily identify those fingers which need strengthening
– an extension of the work I did with my last teacher. The students seem
to enjoy the exercises, for they can use them as a basis for tailoring exercises
to their own needs.
Please call us at 518-580-5600
if you have an address for a "lost" classmate:
Catherine Getman Goodrich
Marjorie Herne Crystal
Winifred Lister Milne
Jessie Savage Hurlburt
Jane Voelker
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Enid Kay Schiff
81 Bryant Ave.
White Plains, NY 10605
Eva-Mae Ball Woodbridge
moved to a beautiful retirement home, Bay Village, in Sarasota, FL, only five
minutes away from her previous residence of 20 years. Bounce and Ross are grateful
for good health and plan to celebrate 62 years of marriage in April.
Condolences to Lois
Ann Delahanty Moll, whose husband, Bill, died in June 1999, after 10 years
of illness. After 59 years together, Lois Ann expects the separation "to
take a bit of doing."
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Agnes Dunn Mackenzie
304 Stoughton Ave.
Cranford, NJ 07016
Last summer, Doris Lehman
Achterkirchen visited Paris with family. She loves living in Santa Barbara,
CA.
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Betty Hale
317 S. Valley Hill Rd.
Woodstock, IL 60098
In the fall, Betty Baker
Spohr was back in Sun City, AZ – fully recovered from a broken leg–getting
Thanksgiving fruitcakes, Christmas cards, and presents ready before taking off
in December for a Caribbean cruise with the Illinois and Alaskan parts of her
family.
Elizabeth Bonney Stratton
and Lee enjoyed a relaxing cruise to Mexico and the Keys last summer and attended
a family wedding and reunion in Virginia in September. Granddaughter Bonney Kapp
is with CBS news and can be seen working behind Dan Rather’s shoulder on
the 6:30 evening broadcasts. Bonney’s six children visit frequently and all
lead busy and interesting lives.
In July, Clyde and Marion
Carlson Marshall had a wonderful family reunion at their grandson’s wedding
on a boat in Baltimore Harbor. At the end of August, they cruised on a cargo ship
to the North Cape, Norway. The Marshalls recently celebrated their first great-grandson’s
first birthday. "One of our better years," says Marny.
Agnes Compton Stierwald
visited Ginger Daniels Wall at Ginger’s lovely home filled with needlepoint,
crewel, and paintings–an art experience in itself. Compie also visited Elinor
Anderberg at a gourmet dinner party followed by a much enjoyed George Gershwin
concert. Compie and George vacationed in Jamaica last March, and the end of summer
saw her freezing and cooking the vast amount of produce from George’s garden.
That, plus her environmental concerns, church work, art classes, and Jubilee 2000
keep her young and more than active.
Anne DeBeaux Mitchell’s
husband, Mitch, had successful eye surgery and now enjoys all the things he had
missed over the past years. Anne is proud of their new pup, Sir Lancelot, who
graduated with honors from obedience school.
Mary Farmer Woolley
is recovering from eye surgery.
Shirley Ives Ripsom
and Bleecker moved to a retirement condominium in Wilmington, DE, nearer to their
children and grandchildren.
Tody Leroy Shartzer
keeps busy creating tiny pressed and dried flowers on greeting cards.
Ellie Lowe White
keeps active with bridge, garden club, and church work. Summers are busily spent
in New Hampshire, and at home in Connecticut she continues those activities plus
a book group. Like many of us, she is learning to master a computer.
I spent two weeks in California
with youngest daughter Jamie in the midst of all those northern California forest
fires. We were ordered to evacuate when one came within a half mile of the house;
fortunately, the order was rescinded before the move had to be made.
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Betty Jones Stern
211 Benicia Rd.
Diamond Bar, CA 91765
A postcard from Charlotte
Appelbaum Lanzit postmarked from Chautauqua, NY, says that she and husband
Bob are enjoying "six weeks absorbing lectures and music in an atmosphere
of serenity and spirituality." Apple also writes that they were joined for
a long weekend by Bill and Mary Gunst Barnet, with Mary adding that they
had "a super time together."
Katharine Averill Foley
also was glad to get pictures and was sorry to miss Reunion. She and husband Don
had a busy summer with grandchildren – "a treat since during the school
year we see little of them," says Taddy.
Following Reunion, Hilda
Bashevkin Betten says, "The ’39ers have kept up their entertainment
skills. What a group." Hilda, who volunteers as a recruiter for Skidmore,
also notes that few Florida students go north to private colleges; therefore,
she was particularly pleased that a student from Ft. Myers was accepted on the
early-decision plan.
Betty Brown Vigour
was sorry to miss Reunion because of illness, but reports she is feeling much
better now.
Betty Eastman Peyton
and Marjorie Mapes Boulware received a bonus on Reunion Sunday when they
were in the dining hall having brunch following the Alumni Memorial Service. Along
with their trays came new president Jamie Studley and husband Gary Smith, joining
them at their table, where they had a delightful conversation.
Margaret Filson Sheehan,
who enjoyed the post-reunion newsletter as well as the class history booklet,
was sorry to miss Reunion and thanks Edie Cosgrove, who, says Peg, "has
done so much for our class over the years."
Agnes Gregson enjoyed
news and pictures of Reunion and remarked that the Class of ’39 seemed to
be "holding up well."
Bessie Isenberg Reiner
missed Reunion because of previous plans, which included a trip to Holland and
Germany; however, she liked reading news of the great time others enjoyed.
Dorothy Lamb Brown
continues to reminisce about Reunion weekend. She, her daughter, and granddaughter
(both of whom spent part of the weekend at Reunion) remarked that they had never
been with such "an interesting group of women with such a great sense of
humor."
Ruth Jones Lindsay
regrets that a family visit prevented her from attending Reunion.
Dorothy Lippman Bobrow
enjoyed the class history booklet, as did Connie Zinn Szego, who phoned
Dotty. They plan to meet for a mini-reunion.
In writing about Reunion,
Barbara Lord Richmond exclaims, "Wasn’t it a wow? What a hoot!
So glad I went." She adds that oldest grandchild Carrie is in Gabon with
the Peace Corps. Barb’s new address: 950 N. San Antonio, #15A, Los Altos,
CA 94022.
A catch-up phone call from
Jane Meagher Donovan relayed that she attended a family event in Baltimore
in June for a granddaughter’s high-school graduation, where she received
numerous high honors. It was the same weekend as Reunion, which Janie regretted
she had to miss.
Irma Newman Golden
is impressed with the new president’s background and with the expansion of
the college curriculum, adding, "Scope does a fine job keeping us
abreast of all the new doings."
Esther Robinson Johnston
and husband Al attended a Colgate football weekend last fall.
Condolences to Norma
Trabold Kerr, whose husband, Harper, died on Oct. 28, 1999. Norma missed Reunion
because of his illness. I had sent her pictures of classmates who attended, which
she enjoyed seeing.
Thanks to those of you
who wrote me that you enjoyed last summer’s class newsletter about our 60th
reunion. I appreciated the complimentary remarks expressed on the yellow postcards
or in notes sent to other classmates and forwarded to me. If any classmates still
have a yellow return card lurking around, please send it in. Your news is always
welcome.
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