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Cuddle up with Someone You Love‌
Love In The SUN
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That was in 2000. Not a very leisurely thing to do, but the Jackson couple have always been active, ever since they first met in school in upstate New York. “We knew each other in high school, but we actually didn't date until we came home from college,� said Shirley. Phil chimes in from there: “Shirley was dating a friend of mine, and he and I went to have a milk shake in town when we came home from college. We got to talking about our relationships. We were both kind of outgrowing the people we were dating. I made a bet with him that I could get a date with Shirley faster than he could get a date with Mary Lou, whom I was dating,� he laughed. Phil was right: He got the date, but what's more, he got to marry Shirley a year later in 1956. She graduated from nursing school, and helped support them during his senior year at Cornell, where he majored in agriculture while rowing for the school's championship crew team. After working on his family's 450-acre dairy farm in upstate New York, Phil got involved at the Peek 'N Peak ski area. He next worked at the state-run Gore Ski Area in New York, later became general manager at Loon Mountain from 1977 to 1991, worked for the state of New Hampshire at Cannon, and came to Attitash in 1992. He was president of the National Ski Areas Association, and numerous family vacations were centered around association meetings. Three children and seven grandchildren later, they are still getting the most out of life, skiing four days a week, having family gatherings at their Jackson home and their summer lake place in Bridgton, and cycling with friends. Phil recently was named as a member of the 2011 Class of the U.S. Ski Hall of Fame with former valley Olympian Tyler Palmer. Shirley was a visiting nurse in their time in Lincoln and has been the typical soccer and ski-racing mom, bringing up the kids and holding down the fort at home while Phil attended countless planning and ski meetings. Shirley and Phil says their relationship is based on respect and friendship. “Back in our hometown,� related Shirley, “the min-
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ister's wife — who is is a good friend of mine — once told me when I said that Phil was working a lot of hours at Peek 'N Peak and that he was never home, that I should 'love him, don't judge him.' There have been many times over the years where I had to say that.� “Shirley and I are a team,� said Phil, saying she has always been his best asset. “In our Lincoln days, Shirley was a visiting nurse, and she knew so many people in town because she had been in their homes, helping to treat patients. At Loon, we were growing leaps and bounds. We were tied up with all sorts of things, including getting the approvals for South Mountain and it required a lot of special town meetings. I would always sit Shirley down in front — she won more votes for me, a lot of them cliffhangers.� Phil says Shirley helped him pass the test at Loon when he came for a job interview with the late and legendary Sherman Adams, the crusty former governor of New Hampshire and former chief of staff for President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Apparently, Adams — who was getting on in years — had struck out twice in finding a suitable general manager at Loon, mostly because their wives did not find tiny Lincoln to be cosmopolitan enough. “I got the invite for the interview to come over from New York, but Gov. Adams told me I'd better bring my wife,� said Phil, in one of the couple's more humorous shared stories of how Team Shirley and Phil works best. “When we arrived at the meeting,� beamed Phil, “Gov. Adams took a look at Shirley and walked up to her and said, 'Just what makes you think that a woman from New York like you would be happy in Lincoln?' Shirley smiled and said, 'Gov. Adams, I'm so looking forward to it, because I've never lived in a town as big as Lincoln.' � “I was offered the job that night,� said Phil. Regarding their love, he said, “We don't go to bed with any misunderstandings. Honestly, we can count the times on one hand in 56 years of marriage where we have gone to bed with a downright argument.� “Phil does the business side of things,� said Shirley, which led Phil to laugh, “She's in charge at home. No question.� *** The Conway Daily Sun is profiling a few local couples in the days leading to the paper's annual “Love in the Sun" Valentine's Day edition Feb. 14.
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