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looking forward to joining with others on campus for the gala occasion....From Washington state, Ginger Buhl Vetrano writes that in June, “Jim and I took our ‘Omega’ trip back East,” for a great vacation visiting relatives and Bates friends from Virginia to Maine....Two months in Holland, with trips to France and Italy, were enjoyed by Floridians and travelers Glenn and Lois Johnson Carson last spring. Twice each year they also head west to California to visit daughters Beth ’81 and Julie ’85, and have a fall New England journey scheduled....New Yorker Rouben Cholakian writes: “I continue ... as an aging retiree ... to explore the wonders of this amazing city, which still seems to have so much to offer. Scholarly writing for the tiny and barely interested readership I address also takes up a good part of my time and energy.” He wonders if any have read Murder under the Elms, by his late wife, Patricia Francis Cholakian ’55, which takes place on a campus remarkably like Bates....Joe Green, suggests that if anyone has a sinkhole, an abundant problem in his home state of Florida, please let him know. Joe has one and has learned a great deal about how to address the issue. “No big deal, except for the insurer and payer,” he writes....Bob Greenberg enjoyed his South Bristol, Maine, summer highlighted by the annual “but sadly trimming down” get-togethers at the homes of Jessie Thompson Huberty ’56 and Diana Cosimini Maginnes ’56. Ray Moffett also joins. Bob writes that he does “not report physical stuff because we all have ’em, and it is boring!” We hope to see Greenie, an ever-loyal regular, at Reunion....Another regular at Reunions, Don Hamilton, has volunteered to repeat his social committee role as banqueteer this June in Lewiston....Chris Hendrickson Kunz laments that although she can’t “reune,” she has an excellent excuse. Her granddaughter graduates from Dartmouth on the very weekend we meet. By coincidence, Jonas Klein also has a granddaughter graduating Dartmouth and the same dilemma. Both Dartmouthians are very active members of the Class of ’14, share similar interests and organization leadership roles, and both had Boston internships last summer. Chris suggests that she and Jonas wave Bates banners while proudly celebrating in Hanover....And y’all take notice that Bill and Carolann McKesson Laird, “God willin’ and [if ] the creek don’t rise,” will venture north to Bobcat land for our 60th. The ever-intrepid Lairds made their way to Casco Bay’s Great Chebeague Island last summer for a “celebration of life” service for Marianne Webber Brenton ’55, wife of our late classmate Dick Brenton. Bill notes that the Bates sticker on his Tennessee car invites some comments, if
not necessarily recognition.... From Kennebunk, Angela reports that she and Art LeBlanc stay active despite his Alzheimer’s. Their youngest daughter married at Point Lookout in Northport, Maine, in June, and Art walked their Alaina down the aisle in his USAF dress uniform. “There wasn’t a dry eye to be found.” They plan to join Reunion and Angela is “sure that Art will know everyone in the group.”...Dividing his year between Hammondsport, N.Y., and Tucson, Ariz., Dick Liebe struggled for six months to overcome a prolonged bout of pneumonia along with associated medical problems. He’s now feeling better and, fortunately, he was able to enjoy a great hiking trip in Switzerland in 2012 before pneumonia kicked in....“We’re OK ... just older,” write Jill Durland LoMonaco and Mario. They live in the Rochester, N.Y., suburban town of Irondequoit (the “land between the waters”), about a mile from Lake Ontario. Their middle son, John, has health issues and, at their request, moved in with them last year. “It has been helpful and nice for all of us.” They regret that they’re not able to again take the long drive to Maine....From out in Colorado, Char Wilcox Weiler laments no overseas trip this year, but she did manage a Texaco/Chevron retiree cruise from Los Angeles to Vancouver recently with members of the Denver chapter. Char took her first riverboat cruise in 2012, journeying from St. Petersburg to Moscow, and she extols the virtues of river cruising: “Unpack once, sleep in the same bed, eat most meals on board!” She enjoyed the St. Petersburg sights, ballet, canal boats, quaint villages and tea with villagers. Moscow was very different ... modern and noisy, but she took in the Moscow Circus, a wonderful private art museum and her personal favorite, Kizahi Island, a restored Russian settlement of about the same period as Colonial Sturbridge Village....Washington stater Tom Whitney enjoys life after a summer of 70-degree days. Winters are more like London, so the Whitneys travel when possible. All four daughters live in the Western U.S., and visits with them make their Eastern trips less frequent. The Whitney grandchildren range from those already out of college to their first-grader ... quite a spread!... Mainers Betty Sherman Wildes and Glenn will downsize from their Sanford home to a new Blueberry Commons apartment under construction at popular OceanView at Falmouth, an active independent retirement community 10 minutes from Portland’s pleasures. Seven Bates alums (’48–’67), including Jonas Klein, await with pleasure the 2014 arrival of the Wildes. Their eight grandchildren include two college graduates, four in college and two in high school....Lynn and Bev Hayne Willsey ’55
are back in Connecticut after a Vermont summer with more than half of their family. They enjoyed visits with Bob ’51 and Elsa Buschner Carpenter ’52, Pete ’53 and Marion Shatts Whitaker, and Ann Hoxie Brousseau ’55. Lynn, ever ready to serve Bates interests, has accepted the leadership of the Gift Committee and looks forward to conversations with many classmates.
1955 Reunion 2015, June 12–14 acting class secretary Mert Ricker mertr33@gmail.com class president Beverly Hayne Willsey stonepost@cox.net
1956 Reunion 2016, June 10–12 class secretary Frederic Huber himself@fredna.com class co-presidents Alice Brooke Gollnick agollnick@valley.net Gail Molander Goddard acgpension@tds.net
1957 Reunion 2017, June 9–11 class co-secretaries Wilma Gero Clapham claphamwilma@roers.com Margaret Leask Olney pegolney@verizon.net class co-presidents Judith Kent Patkin actionpsj@aol.com Richard H. Pierce rhpierce52@gmail.com
The “Bates hello” is alive and well at the retirement community of Barbie and Bruce Farquhar ’57. “Everyone says hello as we walk across the village. It’s like walking from JB to Hathorn years ago.” Carolyn Cram attended her 60th high school reunion.... Bruce Farquhar and Barbie are happily settled in Bridgewater (Va.) Retirement Community. “The ‘Bates Hello’ is alive and well here. Everyone says hello as we walk across the village and it’s almost like walking from JB to Hathorne almost 60 years ago — so life is good.”...Wilma Gero Clapham is busy with activities of the Canadian Federation of Univ. Women-Ottawa but as past president her duties are much lighter....Nan Henson Hey had fun at her annual mini-reunion
in NYC with Margot Turitz Elkin, Marion Glennie Olsen and Peggy TenBroeck Sabin....Roger King married Barbara Mackey on May 24, 2013. “An actress, musician and theater historian, she and I met performing in plays at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Ann Arbor,” he reports....Helen Milam Staveley still teaches dance classes, and she and Mike try to stay healthy....Janet Neal Allen and her husband lead a quiet life as they try to decide whether to stay or move....Dick Pierce and Cynthia celebrated their 50th with a Mississippi cruise from Memphis to New Orleans....The Tinmouth (Vt.) town participation committee published a book Grant Reynolds wrote about how the town works. He (shoulder replacement surgery) and Jo Trogler Reynolds ’58 (broken arm at the shoulder) both underwent physical therapy....Joe Roberts reports all is well in LA....Judy Root Wilcox is proud that new college grad Sarah Crawford, daughter of Linda Wilcox Liversidge ’81, is following in Gramma’s footsteps as a first-grade teacher....Bill Ryall and Edie took a cruise to the Baltics with his brother, Larry ’62, and wife Shirley. They also made Edie’s 60th Bartlett High School reunion in Webster, Mass., and Bill’s 60th at Pittsfield High School....Sad news from Sidney Staudenmayer Treyz: Her husband, George, died Feb. 14, 2013, their 54th wedding anniversary. She continues to work at Historic Deerfield....Ruth Warfield Bauer is in nursing care in the late stages of Parkinson’s disease, husband Hank ’56 reports.... Joe Welch enjoys retirement from Massachusetts Trial Court and does some civil arbitration....David Wilkinson reports grandson Andrew Howard ’17 enrolled at Bates following his mother, Ellen Wilkinson ’82, his dad, Kevin Howard ’84, and proud grandpa....Bob Williams is doing well except for persistent sciatic pain in his right leg. Judie Roberts Williams ’60 traveled to Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia....Jim Zepp is on the brink of getting into the TV, radio and film voiceover business. Fran Hess Zepp enjoys tutoring and testing for Literacy Suffolk, working with people from all over the world.... Retiring Class Secretary Pepi Prince Upton writes, “It has been a joy and privilege to be your secretary these past few years. And I thank you for your many well wishes. We are truly a remarkable group of not just classmates, but of friends. The joys and sorrows we have shared through the years have kept us close and connected.”...Peggy Leask Olney writes, “We had a very enjoyable minireunion in Camden. Thanks to Judy Larkin Sherman and John, who made all the arrangements, we were able to enjoy being with each other for three days (Sept. 16–18). Highlights included: a comfortable hotel with space for
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