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1941

Mary Phillips Murray
mmurray102@cs.com

Adele Bagg Durward loves the social life, activities, and travel opportunities offered by her assisted-living community. She took a Caribbean cruise in April with daughter Nancy and two grandsons. Adele has a great-grandson in San Diego, CA.

Peggy Jouard Gibson calls her new home in Greensboro, NC, “a garden spot.” The former Dallas, TX, resident moved to be closer to family.

In Weymouth, MA, Peggy O’Neil McNamara plays golf in the summer and travels to warmer climates in winter. She and Lois Walker get together for lunch now and then.

Bettina Towne Moore and husband John like the slower pace of life as year-round residents of Lake Wales, FL. In August they attended a mini-reunion of John’s classmates, then traveled to Virginia to celebrate a granddaughter’s wedding. In the fall they sailed from Antigua to Barbados on the Sea Cloud. Tina’s son Jim, an attorney in Saratoga Springs, had a great 18-day experience sailing from the Canary Islands to St. Lucia in the Atlantic Challenge Race. To top off the year, Tina entered an art show in Lake Wales and was thrilled to win the Best in Show Award.

In Colorado Miriam Ogden Cudmore reports on her grandchildren: Laura and Eric, the oldest in both families, have their own apartments in Denver. Bobby, 17, made National Honor Society at the Denver Academy. Thomas, 16, is drum major for the Columbine High marching band in Littleton. His sister, Tara, 13, made junior honor roll.

Helen Evarts Banks’s grandson graduated from Emory University. In Florida last March, Helen had a nice visit with Margaret Orr Ronaldson.

Ruth Mook Kerr enjoyed summer at Canada Lake in the Adirondacks with lots of family activity. She is “glad to be even a passive observer.” Her oldest grandchild, Chrissy, was married in October.

In Connecticut Lucia Dana Eastman describes the duality of life: “I am either afflicted with a cast of thousands…or sitting in solitude for weeks on end, lonely and wondering where everybody went.”

Tomi Kuwayama-Tedesco co-curated an exhibit for the Craft and Folk Art Museum of Los Angeles; Eclectic Collecting: Folk Art from A to Z opened in November and runs until March. Also active in the East Asian Art Council and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Tomi worked with a group of women activists for the Kerry-Edwards campaign.

Carolyn Barton Davis, who attended Skidmore freshman year, stays in touch with Peg Linsin Martin and Dottie Stonington Lathrop, who live in the Columbus, OH, area. Bart, who has two daughters and five grandchildren, retired in 1984 from the Worthington City Schools outdoor education department. Since then she has filled her time with family, travel, church activities, bridge, and golf (she plays 18 holes three times a week and boasts of two hole-in-one shots).

For me, a highlight of the past year was spending four days in NYC with daughter-in-law Nicola, from Washington State, and my 13-year-old grandson and 9-year-old granddaughter. Nicola’s submission to a one-act play competition was chosen to be published by Samuel French. We did a lot of tourist things, escorted throughout the city in princely fashion by my 29-year-old grandson (a NYC resident), my 24-year-old grandson (in from Washington, DC, for the weekend), and Nicola’s brother (in town on business from London). I learned how invaluable cell phones are to these younger generations.