{"id":7314,"date":"1997-03-21T20:10:59","date_gmt":"1997-03-22T01:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hub-dev.bates.edu\/magazine\/?page_id=7314"},"modified":"2017-09-06T13:43:29","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T17:43:29","slug":"forties","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/magazine\/back-issues\/y1997\/spring97\/departments\/class-notes\/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:\u00a0Esther Strout Allen. c\/o Laplante, P.O. Box 814, Merrimack, NH 03054-0814<\/em>Class President:\u00a0Harry B. Shepherd, Shoal Cove Rd., P.O. Box 674, West Bath, ME 04530-0674; e-mailshepherd@biddeford.com<\/a><\/tt><\/em>Next Reunion in 2000. <\/em>Over-the-hill hiker\u00a0Lib MacGregor Crooker<\/strong> extended her mountaineering experience when she spent a week last June as a volunteer at the Mount Washington Weather Observatory. “My biggest adventure of the year,” she says, “was cooking for the observers.” The non-profit organization reports weather conditions and tests equipment for Mount Everest climbers and others. “It was great fun living up there for a week. I’m going again in November.” More than 70 people joined in the dedication of “Charlie’s Bridge,” built on the Bearcamp River Trail that runs from Sandwich to Tamworth, New Hampshire. Dedicated to the late\u00a0Charlie Crooker<\/strong>, an inveterate climber who had worked on the trail, the bridge crosses the river where the water runs high in the spring. Friends and family joined in poetry, song, and a picnic lunch after traversing the new bridge…. We all share the sorrow of\u00a0Cassie Poshkus McIntire<\/strong> whose husband, Merton, died in May. Cassie attended Reunion with her brother,\u00a0Al Poshkus<\/strong> ’36.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"41\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary:\u00a0Barbara Abbott Hall, 7004 Wellington Ct., Baltimore, MD 21212-1929<\/em>Class President:\u00a0Gale Rice Powers, 33 Francis Ave., Newington, CT 06111-1213<\/em>Next Reunion in 2001.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"42\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary:\u00a0Martha Blaisdell Mabee, 94 Fifer Ln., Lexington, MA 02173<\/em>Class President:\u00a0John A. Kenney Jr., 1442 Iris St. NW, Washington, DC 20013-1410<\/em>Next Reunion June 6-8,1997.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"43\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary:\u00a0Jean Lombard Dyer, RR 1, Box 191, Chebeague Island, ME 04017-9722<\/em>Class President:\u00a0Minert N. Thompson, 716 Trombley Rd., Grosse Pointe, MI 48230-1861<\/em>Next Reunion in 1998.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"44\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary:\u00a0Virginia Stockman Fisher, P.O. Box 7631, Portland, ME 04112-7631<\/em>Co-Class Presidents:\u00a0Edmund H. 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:\u00a0Carleton and Arline Sinclair Finch, 137 Marshall Rd., Fitchburg, MA 10420-2032<\/em>Co-Class Presidents:\u00a0Eugene and Carolyn Peterson Woodcock, P.O. Box 1979, Helendale, CA 92342-1979<\/em>Next Reunion in 2000.<\/em> Jo and\u00a0Romeo Baker<\/strong> suffered through the unusual Maine summer of 1996 and planned a November trip to New Zealand, hoping the weather would be better there….\u00a0Rita Boris Wilkins<\/strong> reported a quiet summer with lots of good golf days. She and Sandy went to North and South Carolina last October….\u00a0Marion Brooks Bagley<\/strong> was knitting furiously as she and husband Russell prepared to become the oldest first-time grandparents in the Minneapolis area…. On Upper Saranac Lake, N.Y., Marion and\u00a0Jack Cushing<\/strong> celebrated 50 years of marriage on a camping trip with their four sons and their families…. Retired, but still doing personnel counseling,\u00a0Bob<\/strong> and\u00a0Nan Lord Daniels<\/strong> enjoy life on the Maine coast in Jonesport. In 1996 Nan was appointed registrar of voters and Bob wrote the software to computerize the voting list….\u00a0Ken Drummond<\/strong> would like to gather a list of classmates to correspond with e-mail addresses. His e-mail is lovebump@aol.com….\u00a0Carleton<\/strong>“Zeke<\/strong>” and\u00a0Arline Sinclair Finch<\/strong> find retirement most amazing. In March 1996 Zeke was acting business manager for the Leominster (Mass.) school department. Arline enjoys caring for their younger grandchildren, church work, and visits at a nursing home…. After Reunion, Lyn and\u00a0Clifford <\/strong>“Skip<\/strong>”\u00a0Gates<\/strong> not only celebrated their golden anniversary but also moved back to Maine from California in December 1995. In spite of a number of minor crises, neither settled nor unpacked at the time of writing, they enjoy the snow-filled woods, glorious sunsets, and the distant view of Mount Washington….\u00a0Alice “Penny” Gates Haughwout<\/strong> is the proud owner of a pig heart valve following open-heart surgery. She and her daughter have purchased a two-family house…. TravelerMary Guiney O’Leary<\/strong> went to Colorado, Connecticut, and Massachusetts visiting children and enjoyed a Caribbean cruise with\u00a0Lee Jewell Ballard<\/strong> in March 1996. In her fund raising for the Bates Campaign, Mary reports great success and says, “Our College needs that firm financial support.”… Last summer,\u00a0Lee Ballard<\/strong>hosted a mini-reunion at her cottage on Square Pond. Attending were\u00a0Mary Guiney O’Leary<\/strong>, Miriam Dolloff Chesley<\/strong>, <\/strong>Clay and\u00a0Nancy Farrell Adams<\/strong>,\u00a0Mary Hamlin March<\/strong>, Carleton <\/strong>and\u00a0Arline Sinclair Finch. <\/strong>Later in August, “Mickey<\/strong>”\u00a0Chesley <\/strong>hosted another mini-reunion with\u00a0Lee Ballard<\/strong>, Mary O’Leary<\/strong>, Dick <\/strong>’42 and\u00a0Shirley Raymond Blanchard<\/strong>, Leslie Wight<\/strong>, and\u00a0Jane Smith Lefebvre<\/strong>. Mickey is very busy with tape loom demonstrations and appearances…. In June 1996,\u00a0Phyllis Jones Twichell<\/strong> joined the Peace Corps in Albania, where she teaches English at a foreign-language school in Shroder. She wrote of the many difficulties and cultural differences she has encountered…. Last summer,\u00a0Jack<\/strong> and\u00a0Betty Benoit Joyce<\/strong> reported from “hurricane central” on Cape Cod. After their 50th anniversary celebration in July, they attended Back-to-Bates ceremonies in October honoring the undefeated 1946 football team that went to the Glass Bowl….\u00a0Dan<\/strong> and\u00a0Connie Wood Norte<\/strong> ’46 returned to Bates for her 50th Reunion. Since he retired, Dan has achieved his goal of a 1,000-meter swim at the local YMCA….\u00a0Ed Nutting<\/strong> is thrilled with the Reunion picture of third-floor Roger Bill freshmen — a small but distinguished slightly over-the-hill group….\u00a0Dick<\/strong> ’42 and\u00a0Shirley Raymond Blanchard<\/strong> celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary by buying a computer. They now are learning how to use it!…\u00a0Richard Smith<\/strong> sees 30 to 40 children daily in his work for the Blue Cross\/Blue Shield HMO in Springfield, Mass. He and Gayle enjoyed a 1996 family gathering from all over the world on the occasion of granddaughter Dawn’s wedding in May…. “All my news is overshadowed by George’s death after 52 years of marriage,” wrote\u00a0Christine Stillman Kolstad. <\/strong>We all send our love and heartfelt sympathy to her and her family…. Charles and\u00a0Ruth Stone Gallagher<\/strong> celebrated their 50-year marriage this past year…. Ever since\u00a0Ed<\/strong> and\u00a0Polly Beal Tooker<\/strong> moved to a condo last June, they have been unpacking, sorting, and “shoehorning.” On their 50th anniversary they took a four-day trip to beautiful Mendocino, the California town famous for the house and coastline in\u00a0Murder She Wrote<\/em>….\u00a0Leslie Wight<\/strong> has no big news, but sends greetings to everyone….\u00a0Keith<\/strong> and\u00a0Ruth Asker Wilbur<\/strong> ’46 celebrated both their 50th anniversary and Ruth’s 50th at Bates.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"46\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary:\u00a0Ruth Small Harris, P.O. Box 11, Sunset, ME 04683-0011<\/em>Class President:\u00a0Jane Parsons Norris, 93 Field Ave., Auburn, ME 04210-4522<\/em>Next Reunion in 2001. <\/em>After Reunion,\u00a0Don<\/strong> and\u00a0Penny Gumpright Richter<\/strong> celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with family on a cruise to Bermuda. Later they joined the 50th reunion of the return of Don’s Navy ship,\u00a0USS Agawam,<\/em> then returned to Bates in September for the celebration of 100 years of intercollegiate Bates debating…. Following Reunion, Melvin and\u00a0Rohna Isaacson Shoul<\/strong> went on an Elderhostel to Poland to visit Auschwitz and the Jewish quarters of Krakow. They had visited Hiroshima 25 years ago, and reflecting upon these 20th-century tragedies, Rohna hopes that when our grandchildren celebrate their 50th reunions, they can reflect on a century they can feel good about….\u00a0Herbert Knight<\/strong> is working on our Reunion documentary video. He is back playing golf after bypass surgery….\u00a0Anne Smith Nanavaty<\/strong> says Reunion was “outstanding and showed many hours, talents, and time contributed by our classmates.” In August she and Kris enjoyed a reunion with their five sons and their families…. Lou and\u00a0Electra Zazopoulos Scliris<\/strong> were overwhelmed with this year’s Reunion: “Every minute we spent at Bates made us feel great.” Afterwards they traveled to Colorado and Wyoming. In Colorado they met with\u00a0Gloria Finelli DeVoe<\/strong> and in New York City they tried unsuccessfully to reach\u00a0Dave Wolynski.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"47\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary:\u00a0Elizabeth Hill Jarvi, RR 1, Box 414 Tyson, Ludlow, VT 05149-9601<\/em>Class Co-Presidents:\u00a0Stanley and Madeleine Richard Freeman, 13 Glenwood St., Orono, ME 04473-1309<\/em>Next Reunion June 5-8, 1997.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"48\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary:\u00a0Marjorie Willard Travis, 185 Grant St., Lexington, MA 02173-2126<\/em>Co-Class Presidents:\u00a0John and Isabel Planeta Gaffney, 36 N Branch Rd., Concord, MA 01742-3808<\/em>Next Reunion in 1998.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"49\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary:\u00a0Edith M. Routier, 2 Wellington Terr., Apt. 2, Brookline, MA 02146-6747<\/em>Class President:\u00a0Hugh Mitchell, 31 Mattoon St., Springfield, MA 01105-1715<\/em>Next Reunion in 1999.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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