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children....Sabe Scoville Vacca is in close touch with Joan Perry Smith....Charlie Updegraph is busy with a $9 million new organ project at his New York City church.
1960 Reunion 2020, June 12–14 class secretary Louise Hjelm Davidson l.davidson@sbcglobal.net class president Dean Skelley dean_skelley@alumni.bates.edu
Ken McAfee ’60 tells a story about the humility of then-Gov. Edmund Muskie ’36. Preceded by a long-winded speaker at a meeting, the governor simply rose, said, “My name is Ed Muskie, lawyer, Waterville, Maine,” and sat down. In a letter to the Maine Sunday Telegram about the centennial celebration of Edmund Muskie ’36 and his legacy, Ken McAfee shared an anecdote illustrating Muskie’s humility. At a meeting at Bates, the moderator asked everyone to introduce themselves and keep it brief. One man went on for 15 minutes, much to everyone’s chagrin. “When Gov. Muskie’s turn came,” Ken related, “he simply rose and said, ‘My name is Ed Muskie, lawyer, Waterville, Maine,’ and sat down, breaking up the whole meeting in laughter!”
1961 Reunion 2016, June 10–12 class secretary Gretchen Shorter Davis gretchend@alumni.bates.edu class co-presidents Mary Morton Cowan mmcowan@gwi.net Dick Watkins rwatkcapt@aol.com Gretchen Shorter Davis and Jerry enjoy Road Scholar programs and Dixieland Jazz Festivals....Continuing to work at the Eldredge Public Library in Chatham, Mass., Paula Grundberg enjoys traveling....Author Mary Morton Cowan gave a book talk at Midcoast Senior College at the recommendation of Jack Henderson, who is active in that group....Bill Smith and Roberta have described their lifestyle as “four-pointed” with a mailing address in Texas, licenses in Washington, a cabin
Singin’ in the Plane A viral YouTube video (five million views so far) shows former Deansman Jim Curtis ’63 and his barbershop quartet, Port City Sound, singing “Under the Boardwalk” aboard a delayed flight on Jan. 7. The quartet was heading to New Orleans to compete in a seniors’ barbershop competition. YouTube video bit.ly/plane-singing
in Wisconsin and an RV site in California....Joel ’62 and Rachel Smith Young enjoyed a Danube river cruise....Frank Vana says being chairman of his homeowner’s association landscaping committee, with Deb as his right-hand assistant, is like having their own 25-acre botanical garden....Active in their community, Dick Van Bree and Gisela enjoy the California desert.... After 43 years in Boxborough, Mass., Channing Wagg is still active in town matters.
1962 Reunion 2017, June 9–11 class secretary Cynthia Kalber Nordstrom cknordstrom@verizon.net class president Edmund J. Wilson ed-wilson@kellogg.northwestern. edu Sara Ault Fasciano’s granddaughter, Amanda ’18, is at Bates....Larry Cohn enjoys an exciting career as a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst....Jean Cushman Holt keeps track of nine grandchildren, volunteers at church, and manages Ocean Park. She and Bill ’63 celebrated their 50th anniversary....Tom and Linda Eichorn Day ’64 enjoy traveling in the states and abroad....Sandy Doubleday DeCosta and Joe celebrate
250 years in 2015: 50 years of marriage, 75 birthdays, and his ordination 50 years ago.... Sharon Fowler Kendrick had a fun reunion in Florida with Ann Ridlon and Coralie Shaw.... Cindy Kalber Nordstrom’s daughter Leana ’03 married a Bates classmate, James Gifford ’03....John Lawler enjoys playing ASA Senior Softball and golf. Sue Ramer Lawler enjoys teaching part time at Rhode Island College....Dick Parker observed the 50th anniversary of his ordination into the Christian ministry this June. Wife Karen is battling mantle cell lymphoma.... Sandy Smith Boynton shares a great winter story of her youngest son’s New Hampshire wedding on Valentine’s Day. To avoid a snowstorm, with less than 24 hours’ notice, they changed the ceremony from 4 p.m. to 11 a.m. and notified all the guests with a marathon calling and emailing session. “All gathered for a most wonderful ceremony.”...Retired social worker/administrator Ken Snow enjoys his new role as an elected member of the New Hampshire House. He and Marnie Webb Snow ’63 celebrated their 50th anniversary....Lyn Webber Nelson and Bob Maiz were married Oct. 18, 2014.... Ed Wilson, wife Jean, Howie Vandersea ’63 and Jim Callahan ’65 attended an Alabama football game in Tuscaloosa as
guests of Bob Witt and Sandee. Bob, chancellor of the Univ. of Alabama System and former UA president, was named one of the 2014 Pillars of West Alabama by the Community Foundation of West Alabama. (There is another Bates and ’Bama connection: Harold “Red” Drew, who coached the Crimson Tide from 1947 to 1954, was a 1916 Bates graduate.)
1963 Reunion 2018, June 8–10 class secretary Natalie Shober Moir nataliemoir@netflash.net class president Bill Holt wholt@maine.rr.com Linda Antoun Miller is in her 16th year as a docent at the Worcester (Mass.) Art Museum....Skip and Judy Mosman Butler hosted a mini-reunion on Vinalhaven attended by George and Dottie Selden Stone, Jim and Betsy Curtis, and Natalie Shober Moir and Jim....Butch Sampson believes he’s the oldest student at Pensacola (Fla.) Christian College, where he’s studying flugelhorn....Marion Schanz Ratcliff and Jim love living in Georgetown, Texas, where they volunteer at church, the library, and in the community....Natalie Shober Moir and
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