alumni at large have the highest percentage of all classes—because we are the best. Just participate. It doesn’t matter how much you can give, just participate. Many of us are in the “will-making class,” so we could all participate by leaving something to Colby. Y George Wales is using his skills as a carpenter to create fine furniture. Call him if you need a four-poster bed. Y Ted Shiro teaches tennis at a camp in the Waterville area. And I saw his skill last winter in Naples. He’s still a great athlete and competitor. Sadly, Ted’s wife, Arden, passed away a few months ago. They were a dedicated couple. Y George Giffin was pleased and awed to read the names of members of our class who still maintain membership in the Colby C Club. “That Maine air must have been good for us,” he writes. George teaches ballroom dancing at a local school system, which is a great way to stay young. He works with fifth graders, where the challenge is to get them to touch one another! But he also teaches seventh graders, who have found that touching isn’t so bad after all. He has also worked with 39 former students for their wedding dance. George’s wife’s cousin has a condo 25 yards from the gulf in Naples, Fla., which they use in February. They had Dick Birch and his wife visit. George will try to contact other Colbyites in the area next spring. Y John Linscott’s band, Mainestream Jazzmasters, has played in Portland, Maine, with keyboardist Peter Merrill ’57. John’s short play, A Coffee Break, was selected by Art of the Play and was performed in August at the Norman Rockwell Festival in Kennebunk. His play was selected out of numerous submissions, all inspired by a Saturday Evening Post cover. Y After her annual trip to Bermuda, Nancy Nilson Archibald hopes to downsize. If the market cooperates, she’ll sell her house and move to a condo in the next town. She plans to travel to Arizona with her husband, Bob, for a board meeting of a bullfight aficionados club, which Bob founded in 1964. Nancy spent two weeks in northern Maine with Nancy Fischer Lowrey ’54 in a log cabin on Portage Lake, where they kayaked, swam, golfed, and ate plenty. Y Please e-mail me if you see or hear from any classmates. Let’s stay in touch. All the best of good health and life’s best to all. —Chet Harrington
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re c ei ved ver y n ic e news about Art White, who was 44 COLBY / FALL 2008
50s milestones Deaths: James E. Fraser ’50, August 28, 2008, Williamsburg, Va.,
at 80. v William E. McDonnell ’50, October 21, 2007, in Clinton, Conn., at 83. v Winston C. Oliver ’50, June 17, 2008, in Arlington, Va., at 82. v Thurlo A. Russell ’50, November 14, 2007, in Scottsdale, Ariz., at 80. v Charles R. Anderson ’53, July 5, 2008, in South Yarmouth, Mass., at 88. v Dorothy J. Nyman ’54, June 14, 2005, in Euclid, Ohio, at 72. v Theodore J. Turchon ’54, March 23, 2008, in Orlando, Fla., at 76. v Peter P. Parsons ’55, August 26, 2008, in Worcester, Mass., at 74. v George A. Yorks ’55, December 12, 2007, in Framingham, Mass., at 74. v Robert L. Carver ’56, March 15, 2004, in Lancaster, N.Y., at 70. v Charles B. Rice ’56, August 4, 2008, in Little Compton, R.I., at 73. v Joan Siranosian Shaw ’57, July 3, 2008, in Falmouth, Mass., at 72. v Charles G. Boehm ’59, July 1, 2008, in Falmouth, Maine, at 75. v Frederick M. Brodie ’59, June 26, 2006, in Barefoot Bay, Fla., at 70.
honored at the Hotchkiss School, which named a new common room for him. Hearty congratulations, Art! Y Tim Terry wrote, “Natalie and I are still working and enjoying our gardening. She teaches at Sugarloaf (39 years) and received life membership to PSIA (instructors’ organization). Last year our first granddaughter graduated from Colby and is now doing the Appalachian Trail. Second granddaughter finished this year and is running a survival program for an organization here in Maine. First grandson is running a program at sea for a research program after attending Maine Maritime. Second grandson graduated from UMaine in Farmington and is building postand-beam frames for buildings.” How proud you must be, Tim. Y Nelson Beveridge ’53 sent a letter with news of Wes Hayes, who was installed into the Newton, Mass., Athletic Hall of Fame, in recognition of his athletic/ citizenship contribution to the school and community. Nelson added, “Wes can still shoot his age in golf.” On a sadder note, Wes’ wife, Joan, died from complications of Alzheimer’s. Some of you may remember that Wes and Joan ran the sandwich concession that served all Colby dorms every evening. Y Dave Crocket spent the summer at his cabin in Madison, N.H., going to car shows with his Model-A Fords. He hoped to take the Cat ferry from Portland, Maine, to Nova Scotia with his daughter and granddaughter who were visiting from Tokyo. Y Bill Taylor had plans to head out of San Diego to Newport, R.I., for his 60th high school reunion at the end of July. Y Janet Hewins’s news is about travel, “including two recent trips to South America—last
September an Amazon River trip and trek to Machu Picchu, and then in January to the Galapagos Islands. I’m now at home in San Francisco rejoicing in the recent California State Supreme Court decision supporting marriage equality and, in June, attending a wedding in the city hall rotunda.” * Edie Carpenter Sweeney wrote, “Our big travel plan for the summer is a trip to Washington, D.C. Arthur and I will travel by bus from Portland, Maine, to Boston, transferring to the Acela high speed train to D.C. I’m really excited—I’m sick of the airlines! While there, Arthur and I will go to the Library of Congress and give them a copy of Arthur’s book, A Story of a Bombardier, WWII. Y So that’s the ’52 news. Thanks to those of you who took the time to share. I hope the fall is good to you all. —Jan “Sandy” Pearson Anderson
53 I really missed attending
Reunion Weekend in June. I had a couple of notes from others who could not make it this time either. Ginnie Falkenbury Aronson’s granddaughter graduated from Hampshire College and her grandson plays football for Elon University. She still loves to travel and went to Guatemala this summer. Anita Schlosser Mac Intyre was unable to attend reunion as she was recuperating from a spinal operation in Boston. She’ll visit her daughter on the Isle of Wight this fall. Y Thanks to Nelson Beveridge, Priscilla Eaton Billington, and Nan Murray Lasbury for sending details about the attendees and the whole reunion experience. They mentioned the parade with the ’53 banner held by Chase and Nan Murray Lasbury and Loretta Mearns Setter. Priscilla said
they looked pretty spiffy in their straw hats, envied by other Colby alumni. Carolyn English Caci said there were about 30 classmates at reunion. Carolyn and Priscilla participated in an oral history of the old campus with current students who were interviewing. The young students were surprised by the archaic rules of the ’50s. Mimi Price Patten picked up Loretta Mearns Setter in Portland and they had a great trip to campus catching up on all the years between 1953 and 2008. Nelly said the class was treated like royalty throughout the weekend with great breakfasts, lunches, and dinners. President Adams gave an inspirational speech at the Willows Society dinner about the College’s goals. Our class gift participation was second with 70 percent. Nan and Chase did a great job organizing the whole weekend. They acknowledged the fundraising efforts of Tommi Thompson Staples and Ginnie Falkenbury Aronson. Joan Rooney Barnes attended. She now lives in a Scarborough, Maine, retirement community close to the beaches. Quinn and Ruth Sheehan Bersani also live in a senior community called Lyndon Pond in Peabody, Mass. Helen Koniares Cleaves arrived the second day with her husband. She still has her successful real estate business in the Falmouth, Maine, area. Ed Fraktman attended and is still active in community affairs in Newton, Mass. John Lee was there, entertaining classmates with his never-ending stories. Nancy Pratley Wathen says she still runs her own travel agency. Harris O’Brasky retired from T.J. Maxx as one of the original managers of that company. Peter Perry moonlights as master of ceremonies for various social functions in Maine and sampled some of his stories for classmates. Colette and George Pirie continue to travel the world. George rents his condo in Hawaii by shares sold over the Internet. George represented our class at the reunion golf tournament in the rain. Loretta “Rex” Mearns Setter told classmates that she had a close brush with the California wildfires in the San Diego area. Al Sprague came even though he attended Colby only one year. He remains close to the Class of ’53 after graduating from RPI and from New York University. He resides on Long Island. Sandy (Pearson ’52) and Chuck Anderson were unable to attend as Chuck was convalescing at a rehabilitation center on the Cape. He was really missed. We received the sad