{"id":7215,"date":"1998-12-21T14:20:17","date_gmt":"1998-12-21T19:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hub-dev.bates.edu\/magazine\/?page_id=7215"},"modified":"2017-09-06T13:43:27","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T17:43:27","slug":"forties","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/magazine\/back-issues\/y1998\/winter98\/departments\/class-notes-7\/forties\/","title":{"rendered":"Forties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"40\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary<\/strong>:\u00a0Esther Strout Allen, c\/o Laplante, PO Box 814, Merrimack, NH 03054-0814<\/em>Class President<\/strong>:\u00a0Harry B. Shepherd, PO. Box 674, West Bath, ME 04530-0674<\/em>Next Reunion in 2000.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"41\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary<\/strong>:\u00a0Barbara Abbott Hall, 7004 Wellington Ct., Baltimore, ME 21212-1929<\/em>Class President<\/strong>:\u00a0Gale Rice Powers, 33 Francis Ave., Newington, CT 06111-1213<\/em>Next Reunion in 2001. <\/em>Classmates extend sincere sympathy toHelen Greenleaf<\/strong> Cook whose husband, Marvin, died July 15, 1997.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"42\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary<\/strong>:\u00a0Martha Blaisdell Mabee, 94 Fifer Ln., Lexington, MA 02173.<\/em>Co-Class Presidents<\/strong>:\u00a0Virginia D. Hayden, 8 Eden Ave., West Newton, MA 02165; John A. James, 559 W. Auburn Rd., Auburn, ME 04210<\/em>Next Reunion in 2002.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"43\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary<\/strong>:\u00a0Jean Lombard Dyer, RR 1, Box 191, Chebeague Island, ME 04017-9722<\/em>Class President<\/strong>:\u00a0Minert N. Thompson, 716 Trombley Rd., Grosse Pointe, MI 48230-1861<\/em>Next Reunion in 1998.<\/em> Still “In The Mood?” Think Bates! Think 55th Reunion! Mark June 5-7, 1998! Sixteen ’43ers (the largest number of any of the 1998 Reunion classes present) enjoyed a mini-reunion Sept. 12 and 13 as they planned for their 55th Reunion and looked forward to June when the rest of the class will join them. Present were: Phyllis and\u00a0George Antunes<\/strong>,\u00a0Howard<\/strong> and\u00a0Lucy Davis Baker<\/strong>,\u00a0Bill Buker<\/strong>, Gil<\/strong>and\u00a0Marge Cahall Center<\/strong>,\u00a0Dick Fee<\/strong>, Gina and\u00a0Web Jackson<\/strong>, Jean Lombard Dyer<\/strong>,\u00a0Sam<\/strong> and\u00a0Jane White Stoddard<\/strong>,\u00a0Nancy Terry Park<\/strong>, Betty and\u00a0Minert Thompson, Horace<\/strong> and\u00a0Phyllis Hicks Wood<\/strong>. And this is what they report:\u00a0Howard Baker<\/strong> says, “We have had a great two days of planning and our 55th should be the best Reunion the Class of ’43 has ever held.”…\u00a0Lucy Davis Baker<\/strong>: “Do join us for the 55th. Hope we can still have a great time with fond memories of Bates.”…\u00a0Marje Cahall Center<\/strong>: “Sharing ideas for our 55th Reunion has been fun. Those who missed the 50th as well as those who didn’t, will want to plan right now to be in Lewiston June 5-7.”…Gil Center<\/strong>: “Even though Reunions have something of a bittersweet quality, I always find them to be energizing experiences. I strongly urge you to be there for last one of this century. (Can you believe it?)…Dick Fee<\/strong>: “A great weekend!”…\u00a0Jean Lombard Dyer<\/strong>: “Come! Come! Come! If you never have come — if you always have come — if you have come sometimes — come this time!”… Sam Stoddard: “One of the pleasantest aspects of our planning the Reunion was to see so many of our old friends. It seems as though we are all hanging in there and are (still) “In the Mood.”…\u00a0Jane White Stoddard<\/strong>: “Always great to come back to Bates. Ditto on above comments.”…\u00a0Mickey Walker<\/strong>: “Always great to see old friends.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"44\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary<\/strong>:\u00a0Virginia Stockman Fisher, PO Box 7631, Portland, ME 04112-7631<\/em>Co-Class Presidents<\/strong>: Edmund J. Gibson, 13 Wheeler Park, Brunswick, ME 04011-1635; Richard L. Keach, 51 Randy Ln., Wethersfield, CT 06109-3763<\/em>Next Reunion in 1999.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"45\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nCo-Class Secretaries<\/strong>:\u00a0Carleton and Arline Sinclair Finch, 137 Marshall Rd., Fitchburg, MA 01420-2032<\/em>Co-Class Presidents<\/strong>: Eugene and Carolyn Peterson Woodcock, PO Box 1979, Helendale, CA 92342-1979<\/em>Next Reunion in 2000.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"46\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary<\/strong>:\u00a0Ruth Small Harris, PO Box 11, Sunset, ME 04683-0011<\/em>Class President<\/strong>:\u00a0Jane Parsons Norris, 93 Field Ave., Auburn, ME 04210-4522<\/em>Next Reunion in 2001.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"47\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary<\/strong>:\u00a0Elizabeth Hill Jarvi, RR 1, Box 414 Tyson, Ludlow, VT 05149-9601<\/em>Class President<\/strong>:\u00a0Richard L. Baldwin, 348 Heath Rd., Bremen, ME 04551<\/em>Next Reunion in 2002.<\/em> The best Reunion ever was attended by about 50 classmates, many guests, and a delegation from the V-12 led by\u00a0Dana Smith<\/strong>, who also brought volumes of scrapbooks about the V-12 unit members stationed at Bates and what’s been happening to them since 1944. Reunion activities that we enjoyed included the wonderful banquet Thursday evening with Prexy and Mrs. Phillips as our guests, and the breakfast with President Harward, who had done his research diligently to remind us of life in the ’40s. Among other special events was our special class gathering on Sunday. Outgoing co-president\u00a0Stan Freeman<\/strong> summed it up: “The turnout at the Ivy on Sunday morning was testimony to the cohesiveness of this class. Clearly we want to hold on to all our classmates by hugging those who are present and remembering those who have passed on.” Recent news:\u00a0Dick Baldwin<\/strong> was “on the road again last fall” for two weeks in China and a week in Tanzania…. Alton and\u00a0Marjorie Harvey Moore<\/strong> were in St. Louis in July for the national Shrine meeting. Alton is on his way to be potentate of Aleppo Temple in Massachusetts….\u00a0Dick Sprince<\/strong> has a video of Reunion to share with classmates…. And special thanks toMarcia Wiswall Lindberg<\/strong> for her outstanding job on the album.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"48\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary<\/strong>:\u00a0Marjorie Willard Travis, 185 Grant St., Lexington, MA 02173-2126<\/em>Co-Class Presidents<\/strong>:\u00a0John and Isabel Planeta Gaffney, 36 N. Branch Rd., Concord, MA 01742-3808<\/em>Next Reunion in 1998. <\/em>The Reunion committees and class officers met at Bates in September to work on plans for our 50th Reunion, June 4-7 (mark the dates!). Attending wereKeith Cunningham<\/strong>,\u00a0Richard Daly<\/strong> (co-chair of the Gift Committee),\u00a0Hugh Dinwoodie<\/strong>, John<\/strong> and\u00a0Isabel Planeta Gaffney<\/strong>,\u00a0Jean Holden<\/strong>,\u00a0Harry Jobrack<\/strong> (chair of the Social Committee),\u00a0Virginia Millard Kennedy<\/strong>, Royce Miller<\/strong>,Vivienne Sikora Gilroy<\/strong> (co-chair of the Gift Committee),Phyllis Smith Baldwin<\/strong>,\u00a0Donald Sutherland<\/strong>, Marjorie Willard Travis<\/strong>,\u00a0Richard Woodcock,<\/strong> and\u00a0Lois Young Dennett.<\/strong> The campus looked wonderful — lots of changes. If you haven’t been back recently, one building you will enjoy visiting is the new Alumni House at 67 Campus Avenue. Work is also well underway on the New Academic Building. And when you do come back for our 50th Reunion, you will find that even though Bates has changed, it is unmistakably our “dear old Bates.” So, be there for our 50th. We need you!<<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"49\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary<\/strong>:\u00a0Edith M. Routier, 2 Wellington Terr., Apt. 2, Brookline, MA 02146-6747<\/em>Class President<\/strong>:\u00a0Hugh Mitchell, 31 Mattoon St., Springfield, MA 01105-1715<\/em>Next Reunion in 1999. <\/em>Imagine\u00a0John Palmer’s<\/strong> surprise when he ran into Bates graduate\u00a0Jacqueline Bussiere<\/strong> ’93 on top of Mount Rainier in Washington state. Both were on vacation (she just graduated from law school). They enjoyed “the spectacular spring view” from the fifth largest mountain in North America and talked about Bates.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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