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\"30\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nCo-Class Secretaries<\/strong>:\u00a0Mildred Beckman Myhrman, 429 Main St., Lewiston, ME 04240-6751; Dorothy Burdett Kavka, 84 Liberty St., Rockland, MA 02370-1334<\/em>Louise Bixby Wright<\/strong> lives in a beautiful new rehabilitation center at The Meadows in Leicester, Mass. 01524.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"31\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary<\/strong>:\u00a0Helen Pratt Mason, 83 Summit St., Portland, ME 04103-2913<\/em>Class President<\/strong>:\u00a0Dorothy Parker Ludwick, 8 Birch Pl., Auburn, ME 04210-4104<\/em>It was our 65th Reunion! A few of us who live nearby were able to attend the festivities: Thelma and\u00a0Belmont Adams<\/strong>, Dot and\u00a0Frank Larrabee<\/strong>, Esther and“Izzy” Shapiro<\/strong>,\u00a0Marcia Berry Anderson<\/strong>,\u00a0Dorothy Parker Ludwick<\/strong>, and\u00a0Helen Pratt Mason. <\/strong>Helen added thanks on behalf of the class for the hospitality, good food, good friends — in spite of the questionable weather. “It’s always a pleasure to return and see everyone,” she adds.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"32\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary<\/strong>:\u00a0Christine Stone Harris, 26 Elm St., 558, Topsham, ME 04086-1431<\/em>Class President<\/strong>:\u00a0Elden H. Dustin, Apt. 32G, 149 E. Side Drive, 361, Concord, NH 03301-5475<\/em>Emerson Blodgett<\/strong> has renewed his psychological license with eighteen hours of continuing education. He also continues with Sons in Retirement and the Concord Country Club lectures, and has participated in four Seniors Concerts.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"33\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass President<\/strong>:\u00a0Vincent J. Kirby, 739 Vivienda W. Blvd., Venice, FL 34293-1207<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"34\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary<\/strong>:\u00a0Ruth Carter Zervas, 66 School St., Gardiner, ME 04345-2106<\/em>Class President<\/strong>:\u00a0Doris Neilson Whipple, 75 Nottingham Rd., Auburn, ME 04210-4137<\/em>Bill and\u00a0Pat Abbott MacNamee<\/strong> enjoyed the Southwest Florida Bates Club in January, visiting with\u00a0Vin<\/strong> ’33 and\u00a0Verna Brackett Kirby<\/strong> and\u00a0Ruth Carter Zervas<\/strong>at the Port Charlotte meeting…. On a trip to see son\u00a0Bob<\/strong> ’63 and family in Westport, Conn., Bob Butler Sr<\/strong>. and\u00a0Bob<\/strong> visited Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. They all visited Bob’s daughter,\u00a0Kathy <\/strong>’67, and husband at their new home in Jupiter, Florida….Spencer Furbush<\/strong> and\u00a0Al Thorp<\/strong> keep in touch. We are sorry to learn of the death of Spencer’s wife after 54 happy years of marriage…. During last winter’s season,\u00a0Verna Geddes Morison<\/strong> and\u00a0Georgette Lepage<\/strong> got together in Florida while Verna was with her sister in Hollywood and Georgette wintered at Hillsboro Beach…. After traveling in the United States and the British Isles last year,\u00a0Louise Mallinson Jagger<\/strong>, now back at home, walks two to three miles each day whenever possible…. On a trip to Washington, D.C., via a Maine Line tour during cherry blossom time,\u00a0Doris McAllister<\/strong> and her sister watched the changing of the guard at the Arlington National Cemetery…. In 1995\u00a0Frank Murray<\/strong> attended the General Consultation on World Evangelism in Seoul, South Korea, one of four thousand delegates from 180 nations that included Mongolia, Lesotho, India, Ukraine, Paraguay and the Gilbert Islands…. Earlier in the year\u00a0Doris Neilson Whipple <\/strong>entertained the Auburn Art Club when\u00a0Rae Harper Garcelon<\/strong> ’62 spoke about Bates…. In November 1995\u00a0Dick Secor<\/strong> retired from Chance Rides where he had been a top salesman for over 20 years. He and Stephanie are at home in Old Saybrook, Conn., summers, and they winter in Fort Myers, Fla. For his 80th birthday they flew to South America, walked through jungles using machetes, then traveled down the Amazon for 375 miles…. It was a chilly 20 below in November when\u00a0Donald Smith<\/strong> spent a few days in Churchill, Manitoba, on Hudson Bay, Canada. Then it was even colder in April when he was in Barrow, Alaska, for four days — the northernmost settlement on the continent…. Canada was also the location where Larry and\u00a0Toby Zahn Griffiths<\/strong> spent their 56th wedding anniversary at Larry’s birthplace in Saskatchewan. With his brother and wife, they went to various places where the Griffiths family had lived.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"35\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary<\/strong>:\u00a0Evelyn Anthol Pontz, 1916 Wheatland Ave., Lancaster, PA 17603-4345<\/em>Class President<\/strong>:\u00a0Milton L. Lindholm, 12 Nelke Pl., Lewiston, ME 04210-5318<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"36\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary<\/strong>:\u00a0Ruth Rowe Wilson, 374 College St., Lewiston, ME 04240-5308<\/em>Class President<\/strong>:\u00a0Donald C. Gautier Sr., 52 Old Carriage Rd., Auburn, ME 04210-8948<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"37\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary<\/strong>:\u00a0Jane Ault Lindholm, 12 Nelke Pl., Lewiston, ME 04210-5318<\/em>Class President<\/strong>:\u00a0Robert M. York, RR 1, Box 833, Orrs Island, ME 04066-9727<\/em>Next Reunion in 1997.<\/em> Ruth Clough Mendall<\/strong> finds great satisfaction in working at the Colby College Museum of Art. During the week she is a docent and on weekends she works in the gift shop. The perks are many: the opportunity to meet visiting artists, share formal and elegant dinners, take trips to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and be a student with tuition-paid courses. In May she went on a walking tour in Ireland accompanied by daughters\u00a0Judy<\/strong> ’63 and\u00a0Martha<\/strong> ’71. They spent a couple of days with a gypsy caravan and ate authentic Dingle Pie. Granddaughter\u00a0Katie <\/strong>’99 just completed her first year at Bates and is spending her sophomore year in Berlin after a spring Short Term in China…. The United Way of Androscoggin County presented the first Geneva Kirk Award for Community Service to Margaret Nichols, Bates registrar emerita and longtime volunteer at the YWCA and Maine Public Broadcasting. In presenting the award in her name,\u00a0Geneva<\/strong>, LL.D. ’93 and herself a role model for volunteers, noted that Margaret Nichols has given the community the unselfish gift of herself. The YWCA, which nominated Margaret Nichols for the honor, described her as “committed, loyal, dedicated…bringing a very valuable combination of common sense, patience, and humor in all debates and strategy sessions.” Congratulations on a well-deserved honor!… Presently living in Orange, Conn.,\u00a0Jason Lewis<\/strong> attends cultural events at Yale. He reports that son Steven owns a genuine British pub in Richmond, Va., The Fox and Hounds; daughter Karen runs Seaside Stables on Ocracoke Island, N.C…. In June\u00a0Barney Marcus<\/strong> was inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame in recognition of his athletic achievements…. In Rhode Island, historianBill Metz<\/strong> has written\u00a0The History of the Kingston Congregational Church, 1695-1995, <\/em>published by the church…. We are saddened to learn of the passing of classmatesDonald Nims<\/strong> on Oct. 21, 1995, and\u00a0George Scouffas<\/strong> on March 1 of this year; deepest sympathy to their families and to\u00a0Daisy MacPherson Clark<\/strong> on the death ofVerdelle<\/strong> ’36 on March 5.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"38\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary<\/strong>:\u00a0Evelyn Jones White, RR 2, Box 980, Auburn, ME 04210<\/em>Class President<\/strong>:\u00a0Howard H. Becker, 122 Villa Dr., Osprey, FL 34229-9168<\/em>Next Reunion in 1998.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"39\"<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass Secretary<\/strong>:\u00a0Eleanor Smart Parker, P.O. Box 210, North Bridgton, ME 04057-0210<\/em>Class President<\/strong>:\u00a0David B. Howe, 16 Taylor Home Dr., Laconia, NH 03246-2585<\/em>Next Reunion in 1999.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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