Skidmore College - Scope Magazine Spring 2019

29 SKIDMORE COLLEGE Mahler Halsey, who lives nearby. “Moo” loves her ocean view location. I enjoyed phone chats with several classmates. Judy Geller Berkley sounded great and lives next door to her daughter. Phyl Hoffman Clark was busy plan- ning for a number of events, includ- ing her granddaughter’s October wedding in Skaneateles, N.Y. The couple are living in Germany. Phyl stays in touch with Jan Bassett Gretzler , who lives in the Village of Florida, but says she’s never played golf. Golf champion Nancy Lopez started that community a few years back. Jan will celebrate her 94th birthday in April. Is anyone older? It was so hot last summer that I didn’t want to try golf until well into fall. Polly Deppen Whedon just cel- ebrated her 92nd birthday! She and Bill are fine, enjoying life in their retirement community. I had my 92nd birthday and called Jan Lauer , who at 92 is the “baby” among us. Skidmore’s Joe Porter told me there are 58 of us, so let’s figure out who is our most senior member! My big news is that I moved; I sold the condo in Encinitas and am renting in Calabasas until I can make another decision. It’s nice here, but I miss my bridge clubs, golf groups and volunteering. I got to- gether with Bev Beatson Grossman ’58, a fellow Skidmore volunteer, last spring. Bev had just returned from reunion. In April, we visit with Virginia Miller Lyon in Green Valley, Ariz. Virginia is doing nicely despite having bad eyesight. She gets help from a caregiver. Please note my new phone number, 760-815-7975. I hope you girls will call me! Do Dunkel Jerman alumni@skidmore.edu ’48 How great it was to get together at our 70th reunion. Sue Strauss Kraus is well and active. A bridge player, she lives alone in her home in a gated golf commu- nity, whose residents “keep getting younger every day.” Sue’s husband Steve is “playing gin with the angels”; it’s been seven years since he died. Two of Sue’s sons are finance profes- sionals. Her daughter lives in New Hampshire. Sue has four grands and a great-grandson, Silas. She did not attend reunion due to poor hearing. Get your computers out and write a lengthy letter! MJ Baker Macartney texted me just to say what fun the reunion was. In another text, she was going to upstate New York. MJ is looking forward now to our next reunion! Although all her high school friends are gone, MJ says her Skidmore gals are still correspond- ing and “reuning.” It must have been all that good food! Phyllis Magill Levy broke her leg last year. Happily, she has recovered nicely. She’s grateful for the two families living nearby who “wine, dine and check up on me.” Ann Crooks Seitzer and Dick finally decided assisted living was just the thing last year. They are still living near their old home in Melbourne, Fla. As for me, life in Dallas is great. My daughter and younger son live here, as do my three granddaughters. One granddaughter accompanied me to reunion and had a blast. In the fall, I received Skidmore pencils, pens and a bumper sticker from Class Notes editor Mary Monigan. Then, right before the holidays, I received a gift from “Skids Scribner,” a four- legged munchkin sitting in a Skidmore mug with a bag of cocoa mix. Is that cute or what? Let’s stay in touch. Dotsie Slosson Erskine grandotse@gmail.com ’49 REUNION ’19 We hope you will join us on campus for our 70th reunion May 31 to June 3. Remember, students in golf carts are at the ready to take you anywhere you want to go. See you in Saratoga! In October 2018, 85 family members and friends gathered to celebrate my 90th birthday. My son, Dean, filmed the whole amazing affair; you can even watch it on YouTube! Edith Armend Holtermann holterglas@aol.com ’51 I would like to thank Pat Grummon Clegg for her service as class corre- spondent. She passed Scope magazine is published twice a year and also includes Class Notes. The latest notes are available at alumni.skidmore.edu/ classnotes. Questions or concerns? Contact Mary Monigan, Class Notes editor, at 800-564-0115 or mmonigan@skidmore.edu . ’43 I received such a lovely surprise from Skids Scribner. I love my little Skidmore horse and the Skidmore mug he arrived in (along with a packet of cocoa). I had a great time at reunion last spring. Although I wished I could have shared it with a few ’43ers, the ’48ers and staff made for cozy company. Mary Sinon Sayer 99sayer@gmail.com ’44 REUNION ’19 Our 75th reunion is right around the corner. I hope you can join us on campus May 30 to June 2. Remember, you don’t have to worry about getting around campus: Students in golf carts will be at your service. Folks with mobility issues can also make special housing and other arrangements. Just call the Alumni Office at 518-580-5610. Of course, you can always call me to get more information about activities and classmates who plan to attend. Dorothy Roman Guenther synchrodottie@aol.com ’47 I had a nice call from Sis Eastburn Wells from South Carolina. She just celebrated her 93rd birthday. Other than a few aches and pains, all is well. Happily, themost recent hurricane did not do major damage to her community. Sis’ four kids have given her 11 grands and 19 great-grands! Virginia Miller Lyon has 18! I chatted with Ginny Herzog Hein , who has moved to a new apartment in the same building. My second good call was to “ Moo” Halsey Small in Maine. She is also well and often sees sister-in-law Mari From left, Bernice Warr Williams ’48, Elouise Kenworthy Spelbrink ’48, Mary Jane Baker Ma- cartney ’48 and Patricia Malmar Almond ’48 reminisce. At Skidmore, they were nicknamed the Libbey House Gang. C L A S S N O T E S