Alumnae CLASS NOTES
Suzanne Foote Smith ’48 with her husband, Frank
1940-49 Jean Bradley Anderson ’42 writes, “I have sad
news for our class. Barbara Gibbon Rowland ’42 died during the winter at her home in Halifax, VA. I have so enjoyed seeing some of you from time to time over the years. Love to everyone in our class who has made it to 90!” Suzanne Foote Smith ’48
writes, “Frank and I, with our son Drake, have been planting food plots for wild animals, bear, deer and small animals at our cottage in Westfield, PA. We’ve also been clearing trails through our mountains. I have recently joined the flying club at the Williamsport Airport and I am busy painting portraits of family members.” Barbara Penrose Tarbell ’49 sends greetings
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from Portsmouth, NH, where she is busy walking her rescue hound dog, sketching children, dogs and horses, and reading all the time. “I can heartily recommend Walden [written by Thoreau] (“Simplify, simplify!”). I see family often and thankfully remain healthy, active and well. I volunteer in a church thrift shop and attend art classes. Wishing everyone the best!”
bles championship at the Philadelphia Racquet Club when I was a member. Now I am a member of the Barnes Foundation. I am one of their oldest members who finished their three year courses: art under Violette de Mazia and gardening under many known gardeners. I am also a member of the National Society of the Colonial Dames. I do one job a year including raising money for the George Mason House in Virginia plus our four historical homes in North Carolina and being secretary for our regional committee. Also, I do commissioned portraits of ages 5–55 years old in oil and soft pastels. I’ve enjoyed growing orchids for over 35 years. I also have a 35 x 18 old English flower garden along the street, which is much
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admired by the neighbors and walkers. I walk my three little shih tzu dogs, read books and enjoy life. Being an old lady isn’t so bad!” Pauline Carrigan Charles ’54 says, “Dick and I
love our new home at Cornwall Manor, a wonderful retirement community in Cornwall, PA, not far from Annville, where we had lived for 26 years. I am very involved as a volunteer for various parts of the community including heading up their annual spring bazaar. Unfortunately, it is the first weekend in May so I will not be at Reunion for the next two years. I am still quilting and now teach at several local quilt shops. Dick says it keeps me out of trouble. Best wishes to all my AIS friends!”
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Josephine Chapman Borthwick ’54 is playing
lots of golf and is consistently winning prizes in her flight. She not only paints and sells her pictures, but she also teaches art in her local elementary school every spring to third through fifth graders. She writes, “Previously, I won second place in the court tennis dou-
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Josephine Chapman Borthwick ’54 and her daughter Pamela Bass in Beach Haven, Long Beach Island
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Alice Dayton ’62 remem-
bers that her class was the first to graduate from the current campus (not nearly as developed). “Also, I do remember AIS taking us in to see the first computer (ENIAC) at the University of Pennsylvania. We must have been sophomores or juniors; the bunch of girls in blue and yellow — running around inside a cold, high-ceilinged, dark room with little things whirling around behind huge glass doors — got curious glances from the three or four men minding the shop. Of course, we had no idea what it was!” Margaretta Markle Lovell ’62 writes, “To
help undergraduates hone their public speaking skills, their knowledge of the history of UC Berkeley’s campus and their understanding of architecture, this spring I taught a new course focused on the campus that culminated in a well-attended public symposium and walking tour. Away from campus I gave papers, chaired sessions, attended board meetings and contributed to administrative decisions at the National Portrait Gallery, University of Pennsylvania,