for the Maine Sunday Telegram. Set in 1946, Coming Home: A Maine Mystery follows a traumatized World War II veteran who returns to his family’s Maine inn and finds a dead body. Nancy noted that Chute’s father once owned a country inn in Naples, “and echoes of that experience lend the book a strong sense of authenticity. Coming Home exudes a genuine sense of Maine’s landscape and how that landscape works to shape its people.”... Alan Dworkin lives full time in his South Carolina home, where he’s considered a local. “It is totally wonderful, and I stay in total contact with many friends. If anyone is considering a move to the Myrtle Beach area, I can answer many questions about the area, having been part or full time for over 21 years.”... Norman Sade is “still married to my first wife, father of four, grandpa of six, retired trial lawyer, resident of Portland, Ore., and Boca Raton, Fla., avid photographer, world traveler, and struggling golfer.”
56 l reunion 2016, June 10–12 l
Class Secretary: Sybil Benton Williamson, Box 222, Etna NH 03750, sybilw@alumni.bates.edu Class President: Richard Lee Hilliard, 139 Glen Echo Shore Rd., Charlton MA 01507, richard.hilliard@ nichols.edu Rick Hilliard continues to enjoy the college teaching career he began after finishing his business career nearly 25 years ago. He reports that for some reason his students continue to give him off-the-chart high ratings.... A regular contributor to the Portland Press Herald’s op-ed pages, Bob McAfee took a stand against the introduction of the popular sport of cage fighting into Maine, noting that the American Medical Assn. (of which Bob was president) has long called for a ban on sports involving fisticuffs, such as boxing, because of the damage it inflicts on boxers’ brains. He noted, “Let’s do what some Scandinavian countries do: penalize any boxer who hits above the collarbone as well as below the belt. Why do we value a boxer’s genitals more than his brain?”
57 l reunion 2012, June 8–10 l
Class Secretary: Barbara Prince Upton, PO Box 810, York ME 03909, pepiu@earthlink.net Class President: Paul D. Steinberg, 106 Peninsula Dr., Babylon NY 11702, imasearch@aol.com Doug Campbell took his annual trip to the Samoset Resort Hotel in Rockland, Maine, where he joins a Bangor High classmate who owns a timeshare there.... Nan Henson Hey testified before the advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration, urging that the FDA make Benlysta the first drug approved in 52 years to treat the autoimmune disease lupus, of which her daughter Julie has a serious case. The FDA later approved the medication. “Benlysta will help many lupus patients, but not all, and not our daughter,” Nan said.... Elaine Johnson Tammi and daughter Karin Tammi, a shellfish biologist, published Scallops: A New England Coastal Cookbook, which weaves together scallop recipes with interviews with fishermen, marine scientists, and renowned chefs.... Judy Larkin Sherman and John enjoyed skiing at Okemo with Grant and Jo Reynolds.... Grant Reynolds, happy being a Vermonter again, has an article in Vermont History. It’s about a Vermont Civil War corporal, Frank Swan, who was stationed with his company along Lock 26 of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. Swan kept volunteering for extra duty, and it turns out he was smitten with the lock keeper’s niece, and they were soon wed. Grant’s second novel centered on the 16th-century English-Scots border, The War with the Collingwoods, is out soon.... Bill Ryall plays the clarinet in several bands and sings with Edie in their church choir. He teaches astronomy in summer school.... Charlie Sanborn is on the boards of the World Affairs Council of New Hampshire and The Derryfield School in Manchester. He sings in his church choir and with the Canterbury Shaker Singers.... Conrad and Ruth Tuggey Bracklein have 10 grandchildren, including Sasha, adopted from Kazakhstan at age 5.
58 l reunion 2013, June 7–9 l
Class Secretary: Marilyn Miller Gildea, 2418 Thaddeus Dr., Mountain View CA 94043, marilyn@ gildea.com Class President: John Lovejoy, 425 Mountain Rd., PO Box 158, Wilbraham MA 01095, lovejoy@ crocker.com Sad news from Martha Boardman Swift: Her husband, Richard, died Sept. 19, 2010, after a long illness.... Virginia Davis’ MS prevents her from attending Reunions but she enjoys hearing from classmates.... In Casco Bay, Peaks Island, which is part of Portland, continues its secessionist rumblings. Island resident Kay Dill Taylor and others, however, reject the idea that most islanders are dissatisfied with being part of Portland. Writing in the Portland Press Herald, she notes that “some Peaks Islanders are proud to be part of the city of Portland. We understand the concept of sharing municipal revenues, and accept that we can’t always get everything we want, especially in these difficult economic times.”... Bill Dillon and Cindy took a cruise down the east coast of Yucatan, Belize, and Guatemala, including visiting the boundary between the North American and Caribbean tectonic plates in Guatemala where Bill, a retired geologist, had worked many years ago. Last summer, Bill was sailing in their wooden catboat with his second-oldest grandchild when “she said she wanted to be just like me when she grew up: ‘a scientist with lots of sailboats.’ A truly noble goal.”... Rose Stephenson Melvin is busy taking care of Bob, enjoying breakfast with friends, and doing lots of church work.
59 l reunion 2014, June 6–8 l
Class Co-Secretaries: Jack DeGange, 52 Farr Rd., Lebanon NH 03766, jack.degange@valley.net; Mary Ann Houston Hermance, 35 Briarwood Ln., Scituate MA 02066, donmar23@gmail.com Class Co-Presidents: Barbara Van Duzer Babin, Apt. 711, 197 Eighth St., Charlestown MA 02129, barbarababin@comcast.net; Calvin C. Wilson, 125 Markham Dr., Pittsburgh PA 15228, ccoolidgewilson@comcast.net Vicky Daniels Aberhart and John took trips on the Seine and Rhone in France and one on the Danube through Germany, precursors to a cruise on the waterways of Holland and Belgium.... Davio Danielson and Deborah Watrous have opened their retreat center, Nine Mountain, in the Berkshires, a beautiful, relaxed, natural, and intimate setting with great food, along with sleeping space for 26, “centrally located in the middle of nowhere.”... Gerry Davis, learning to type, is working on the journal he kept in the Peace Corps, 1962–63. Portland Press Herald columnist Steve Solloway spoke with Gerry and other former members of the Portland Sea Hawks, a semi-pro football team. “I got $45 [a game] and I would have paid that to play,” Gerry recalled. “I played at Bates...and didn’t want it to end.”... Jack DeGange was editor-production manager for a pictorial book focusing on the past 50 years of Hanover, N.H., which celebrated its 250th birthday last July 4.... Fred Drayton continues writing: music, lyrics, a play published in the Howard Univ. School of Divinity’s Journal of Religious Thought. He’s also busy with the Toastmasters Club he founded.... Dwight Haynes and Maryellen are active in church work. He served as interim pastor in two congregations.... Mary Ann Houston Hermance travels included Jamaica with Don; London with her daughter; and a cruise in Norway with a friend.... Cliff Jacobs continues as organist, choir director at the Mount Carroll American Baptist Church in Illinois and conducts community singalongs. He is president of the Carroll County Senior Services Organization and involved in designing a comprehensive bus/van transit system.... Jack Keigwin and Beverly are very active.
He is treasurer of Jacksonville Univ. and returned to the classroom to develop and teach courses dealing with “Management of Innovation” in the executive M.B.A. program.... Roger Langley was named the 2009–10 Outstanding School Volunteer by the Marion (Fla.) County Board of Education. He’s a longtime elementary school volunteer who helps with math (his worst subject at Bates); teaches geography by showing pictures of the places he’s traveled; and works in the media center.... Our hearts go out to Margie and Dave Lowry, whose 46-year-old daughter died of lung cancer. Despite this tragedy, they’re still active in education. Margie is adjunct faculty at Simmons College, and Dave substitutes in grades 6–9 at a private school. They are lucky to live near their eight grandkids.... Marilyn Macomber Ives enjoys working with her carriage horses, volunteers at the mustang rescue and therapeutic riding center, and fosters racehorses that are being retrained as riding horses.... The Maine Sunday Telegram profiled Sawin Millett, a longtime educator and public servant who is Maine’s new finance commissioner under Gov. Paul LePage. “It’s not a stretch to say Millett — who has served three previous governors in various roles — is the cornerstone to helping LePage reach his goals,” the newspaper said. Said a state senator, “Sawin is a real patriot in the most honorable sense of the word. He truly believes in public service.” Sawin credits his parents, Howard ’34, a teacher, principal, and school superintendent, and Marguerite ’36, primarily a homemaker, for instilling in him a sense of service.... Peggy Montgomery feels “very small” in light of all that goes on in the rest of the world. “We’re fortunate to have been born on this continent, and despite the hardships in this nation we’re on the right path. Our goals and principles, many that we learned at Bates, matter.”... Barbara Smith McIntosh and Ken had a wonderful trip to Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and Cape Town.... Barbara Van Duzer Babin was re-elected to the Charlestown (Mass.) Neighborhood Council, where she’s served for over 11 years. “It keeps me sharp. I’m thought of as the clear thinker, which irritates the heck out of the townies.”... Cal Wilson hopes to bring his Christmas fantasy, The Little Toy Soldier on the Covered Bridge, to the stage. He’s concluded radiation treatments after a bout with prostate cancer and looks forward to good health. (As do we all.)
60 l reunion 2015, June 12–14 l
Class Secretary: Louise Hjelm Davidson, 5823 Rushwood Dr., Dublin OH 43017, l.davidson@ sbcglobal.net Class President: Dean S. Skelley, 16330 Hidden View, San Antonio TX 78232, dean_skelley@alumni.bates .edu Pete Skelley represented Bates at the inauguration of Dennis Ahlberg as president of Trinity Univ. in San Antonio.
61 l reunion 2016, June 10–12 l
Class Secretary: Gretchen Shorter Davis, 1 Kingfisher Drive, Topsham ME 04086, gretchend@ alumni.bates.edu Class Co-Presidents: Mary Morton Cowan, 7 Hearthside Rd., Standish ME 04084, mmcowan@ gwi.net; Richard S. Watkins, HC 74 Box 22123, El Prado NM 87529, rwatkcapt@aol.com Jerry and Joan Metzger Badger send a great big thanks to Mary Morton Cowan and all of the “Fabulous Fiftiers” who did such an excellent job with our 50th. They look forward to seeing friends when travels take them to Rome (Maine, that is) or Wilbraham, Mass.... Sally Benson and Steve Nichols’ daughter Lauren ’00 and Nick Gurnon ’01 were married in November 2010. Carol Smith and Sally Marshall Corngold ’62 joined the many younger Batesies to celebrate. More recently, Sally and Steve
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