Class Notes 1930-1939
Neal Gilkyson Thorpe ’37 doesn’t think she will make Reunion at age 92! But, she would be interested to know how her classmates are doing.
1940-1949
:: C harlotte Landreth-Melville ’40 enjoying herself at the St. Andrews Ball in Budapest, Hungary.
Patty Gilkyson Agnew ’42 writes, “Nothing new from Santa Fe–I’m still active on the museum’s board but have had to give up skiing and fly fishing–heartbreaking, but I am very busy with my three girls and my grandchildren.” Jean Bradley Anderson ’42 writes, “A second edition of my Durham County: A History of Durham County, North Carolina was published by Duke University Press in April 2011. I wrote an additional chapter and updated it. What a relief to get that done! The usual parties, readings, signings and talks followed, all of which, I hope, are also behind me. But, it was fun if rather too much excitement. I keep in touch with Frankie McMillan Russell, Emily Dorrance Mayer and Barbara Gibbon Rowland to my delight.”
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The Agnes Irwin School Magazine :: Spring 2012
Marjorie Carpenter ’42 reports, “I now live at Meadowood in Lansdale, PA–a retirement community. I volunteer, play lots of golf and play bridge on the first bridge team at Philadelphia Cricket Club. We play bridge against all the clubs around Philadelphia. I lived out West and was married to two ski instructors, so I did not live in the East for many years. My cousin Genevieve Lee had gone into the WASPs (Women Airforce Service Pilots) and influenced me to learn to fly and teach. After teaching in Hawaii for two years, my father wanted me home and offered me a plane. I came home and got a Bellanca cruiser and flew friends all over to see their families etc. for weekends. I flew to East Hampton, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, Bermuda and Palm Beach, where my family lived. When I did get married, I moved to Denver, CO, and sold my plane to a test pilot who worked with the military. Both of my husbands were skiers in the 10th Mountain Division during the war.”
community in North Branford, CT, for 10 years. She is happy and busy. She has a son and a daughter living in Connecticut, a daughter in Ohio and a daughter in California. She has six grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren–all boys. Margaretta enjoys playing bridge two or three times a week, has a garden full of flowers, arranges flowers in the health center and reads to a group with macular degeneration.
:: M argy Wharton Hoadley ’42 and Bessie Wharton Beeler ’41 at Circle Garden in Dunwoody Village in June 2007.
STAY CONNECTED! Please send us your Class Notes for inclusion in the 2012 fall issue by July 1, 2012. You may submit them online at: www.agnesirwin.org (click on alumnae), email them to: :: Marjorie Carpenter ’42 swimming with dolphins.
Margaretta Wharton Hoadley ’42 has lived at Evergreen Woods, a retirement
alumnae@agnesirwin.org, or mail them to: Alumnae Office, P. O. Box 407, Rosemont, PA 19010. We want to hear from YOU!