’45 - ’52 | class news
my first visit to a D.A.R. meeting – at the home of Betty Padgett Black ’48! The 28 members and guests had a very interesting meeting! When I talked to Grace Jackson Ingram ’44 in late January, she was involved in planning parties, etc. for a grandchild’s marriage in March. I was at Coker for the dedication and opening of Coker’s new state-of-the-art Charles W. and Joan S. Coker Library-Information Technology Center. I also went back in January for the book chain. Both days were well prepared and well attended – as all Coker events are! Myrtle “Charlie” Dudley ’44 in Seattle, Washington area, has downsized and moved from her waterfront home to a smaller home, which she is enjoying. Roy and Corinne “Kenny” Boyd Hunter are very satisfied in their retirement area. I see Lora Evie “Burnsie” Burns Thomas’46 occasionally and she’s been fine. I hope all of you had a good and safe Christmas holiday – and will have good health and much happiness in ’08.
had to be mailed. I do know that all the health problems the family has been having are improving. Their daughter, Becky, is in remission from lymphatic cancer and has been asked to be a representative for the Lymphoma Association. Doris, also a cancer survivor, declares that she is doing well now and I am looking forward to seeing her. On the home front things are about the same. My younger daughter, Laurie, who lives in North Pole, Alaska with her husband, Pat and daughter Emily, is in the process of adopting a little boy, two years old and an Athabascan Indian. From his pictures he looks to be a charmer! I am told that sometime soon we will be getting more detailed information on Alumni Day activities. This is a big year for Coker and I’m going to be there if I can. I don’t drive long distances anymore so it’s difficult. Start those card and letters coming in, folks. Love, Lee
Most sincerely, Katherine Campbell
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Dear Classmates, I had hoped that my report on our 60th reunion would have brought some letters or e-mails. I did have a nice Christmas card from Jane Brothers Bryan. Perhaps some of you tried to e-mail and couldn’t reach me. I had run afoul of the pornographers and was tired of having to delete so many offers of Viagra, etc., that I changed to lbs26@islc.net. (My initials plus year of birth!) I do have a little news of Coker friends here in Beaufort. Jeanette Brunson Martin ’46 was front page news in The Beaufort Gazette (November 27, 2007). Jeanette is one of 14 volunteers in the VOICE program. The volunteers, dubbed the “Golden Girls” by the police department, make daily phone calls to sick or elderly residents who have no one to check on them. One day Jeanette made a routine call to a home bound man and he “sounded a little off”, which made her think something was wrong. She immediately notified dispatchers who sent an emergency response team to the man’s home. They found him gasping for breath with congestive heart failure. Jeanette is credited with saving his life. Doris Johnson Gray ’51 and I keep up with each other, more or less. We talked on the phone recently and made plans to meet for lunch, but not before this letter
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G enevieve C h andler P eter k in Post Office Box 2059 Murrells Inlet, SC 29576 (843) 651-7339
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>> class of 19 5 1 Bett y L ee J ordan G and y 1201 Wisteria Drive Florence, SC 29501 (843) 662-2797 C o - rep needed Dear Classmates, It is Happy New Year time again! It seems to come faster each year. I am grateful for the correspondence I have had from some of you either by Christmas cards or telephone (I have no e-mail!) Thank you Sadie Rae Huggins Hutchinson, Betty Lou Mace Skinner, Doris Johnson Gray, Joan Snoddy Hoffmeyer, Mary Lou Nye Holley, Elsie Vause Matthews, Mary Frances Graham Coker, and Herb Hanna.
Doris is recovering well after having had two major surgeries and treatment for her bout with cancer. Doris also had good news about her daughter Becky. After intensified treatment for cancer, Becky is in one hundred percent remission. Now that is good news! Herb was not at home when I called so I had a “visit” with Dot Garrell Hanna ’52. She said they are both doing well right now. According to Dot, Herb is in love with his woodworking and spends a lot of time in his shop. He loves giving away everything he makes. His main project right now is making high chairs and tray tables. What lucky people benefit from Herb’s love. Maybe some others of our class were there, but I know that Joan Snoddy Hoffmeyer and Peggy Carmichael Woodward attended the dedication of the Charles W. and Joan S. Coker Library-Information Technology Center and Gardens. You read about the dedication in the Commentary. You probably also noticed that Peggy has one of the named reading rooms on the second floor. Peggy and Ben have a new address: 621 Laurel Lake Dr, Unit B-123, Columbus NC 28722. Joan had heard from Denise Guerin Rice and Susan E. Watkins. Denise said she and Richard are in reasonable health and love taking 3 and 4 day trips. Joan and Gus are dong well. They have sold their house in Blowing Rock and that was a “sad but glad” time. They had enjoyed it for so many years. We are saddened about the death of our classmate Jean Ludlam (Luddy to us). She loved Coker and the class of ’51. Our sympathy goes to Betty Shelley Gunnells in the death of her husband Bill. Also to Jewel Bryant Cannon whose husband Dan died in January 2008. I have had a healthy and good year. I am especially thankful for good health. Last January when I wrote the class letter I told you I was going to Naples, FL for my granddaughter’s wedding in February. Well, this year I’m going to Winter Haven, FL for the second granddaughters wedding in May. That will take care of weddings for awhile since the next three grands are sixteen, ten and eight—all boys. As always I urge you to send your contributions to the Coker College Annual Scholarship Fund. A reminder that it isn’t the amount that is as important as the percentage of he class that gives. I hope this will be a healthy and happy year for each of you. God bless you. Sincerely, Betty Lee
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Bett y L ou M c I nt y re Barcla y 329 Lee Circle Dillon, SC 29536 (843) 774-6122 | Bbar830771@aol.com
F rances “ F ran k ie ” N ic h olson T ownsend 201 Kinney Circle Bennettsville, SC 29512 (843) 479-9398
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