class notes grass has been planted. She and John went to Fiji, staying at Youth With a Mission headquarters and attending the YWAM conference. They also stayed at the Marine Reach base in Lautoka, from which they send medical teams to hard-to-reach places on Fiji and other Pacific islands. They celebrated John’s birthday there, where he is considered very old by Fijian standards. John does University of the Third Age as well as activities with older members of their church. Anne plays the ukulele and plays duets on the piano, and also reads to preschoolers. They both do Alpine Sports Club hikes. Jean Alexander Gilcrest took trips to Kentucky, Las Vegas and Chicago. In Las Vegas, Jean’s daughter worked with the worst-ranking school in Nevada to bring up its reading scores; she did so well that she was put in charge of the whole 16-school program in Las Vegas. Jean now lives close to where her daughter works. She works with the Stephen Ministry and sings in a church choir that is on TV every Sunday. She also plays bridge. She has a busy summer planned with graduations and visiting family. Olga Lehovich loves going to Washington, D.C., to see her preschool nieces and to escape snowy New Hampshire. She feels fortunate to have four cousins living near her. Sara (Gail) Glidden Goodell’s granddaughter, Grace, won special recognition at her school’s science fair. Gail took a trip to Croatia, the Dalmatian Coast and Greece and finished up in Paris, visiting a friend. She also went to Pine Island, Maine, with family, where they saw a pair of eagles; a female swooped down to catch a fish right in front of their canoe. She joined her daughter and family to choose and decorate a Christmas tree, which she really enjoyed. Virginia (Ginger) Reed Levick enjoys looking at memorabilia while she is downsizing. She teaches music to children and is taking them to the San Francisco Symphony. She also mentors at-risk high school students. Her daughter, Debbie, who has Down syndrome, has declined a lot with Alzheimer’s. Ginger hopes to finish the book about her soon. Carolyn (Lynn) Graves Mitchell and her husband are being honored by the Boy Scouts of America for community service. Edith (Edie) Berkowitz Hargreaves writes that all is well in
“soggy London.” She is still working some, and in her “spare time” she has become politically active, acting on her principles and not just ranting about things. Her step-grandson is two, and she enjoys being Granny 3. Her daughters are thriving. Ann Seidel Fletcher and Charlie escaped the snow and cold by spending two months in California. They enjoyed bridge, walking (up to four miles), golf and major relaxing. They are also on the go with numerous grandchildren’s graduations and the like. Edmea da Silveira McCarty and Jack crossed off another bucket-list item with a two-week Panama Canal cruise that took them to six countries. They were particularly impressed with the scenic 10-hour canal transit, as well as Aruba’s pink “wedding cake” buildings and Puntarenas in Costa Rica. Judy Bassin Peknik has drawings and oil paintings in three local shows in Connecticut. She spends most of her time drawing and painting, and is thrilled to have that opportunity at this stage of life.
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A year after having both knees replaced, Jean Curtiss Britt is playing tennis again. She saw Betty (Betsy) Spaulding Gladfelter at the local tennis courts. Bonnie Davis Hall also got a
new knee last year before embarking with her husband on a bucket list trip, beginning in Vienna to celebrate the Fourth of July with DAR friends. In China, they walked along the Great Wall, then took the Trans-Siberian Railway from Beijing to Moscow. They flew to Shanghai, took the bullet train back to Beijing, and spent a week in St. Petersburg. At home in Massachusetts, Ross and Bonnie sing with the Revels in Cambridge and in their church choir. Ross is a conductor on the Cape Central Railroad during the summer. In March, they visited friends and relatives as they traveled by train to New Orleans, Chicago and Washington, D.C. After 32 years in Hawaii, Marion Fitz-Randolph Coste and Bill are moving back to the mainland to be closer to family. They expect to relocate to Florida. Marion will continue to write and edit children’s books; her seventh, “Hawaii’s Animals Do the Most Amazing Things,” was published in November. She and Bill play golf and travel. Though sad to leave Hawaii, they look forward to a new adventure. Frances Gillmore Pratt and Harry traveled to Mexico with their family the week after Christmas and went to Belize for two weeks in March. They have a trip to Borneo and Bali planned for August. They are both well and were looking forward to Reunion. Beverley Hill Windatt and Dick wintered in their new home in Naples, Fla. — a good year to be away from New England! They still love their place in Essex, Conn. Elizabeth (Liz) Hood McAfoose
was looking forward to Reunion and renewing friendships. She and her husband live in Fredericksburg, Va., and have six children between them, one son and five daughters, along with 10 grandchildren, eight boys and two girls. They recently downsized by moving to a senior community. Louise (Weezie) Lane Talbot writes that Susan (Toodie) Green Foote and she were post-CC roommates in New York, and Toodie was maid of honor in Weezie’s wedding. In our senior year, Glamour magazine elected Toodie “Best Dressed Girl on Campus!” In November, Weezie and her husband celebrated their 50th anniversary and in December traveled for two weeks with their family to the Galapagos Islands and Ecuador. They spend winters in Charleston, S.C., and the rest of the year in their home of 40 years in Katonah, N.Y. In February, Carolyn McGonigle Holleran and Jerry went to a CC reception at the Merion Cricket Club in Haverford, Pa., where CC President Katherine Bergeron spoke to the alums in the Philadelphia area. They met Bob and Mary Hope (Missy) Missimer McQuiston and Joe and Betsy Newman Young at the reception. The Youngs moved from Syracuse to a retirement community in Kennett Square about five years ago. Carolyn sees Judy Van Law Blakey, who lives in York, Pa. Judy is restoring a historic building and traveling. The Hollerans went to Park City, Utah, in February. Betsy Newman Young had a challenging year, as her husband
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