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: eltics. He rcmks as o ne of our most Jut tanding athletes .... Jack D eering 1 mdhi wife,Anne (Burnham '5 5), were 1mong the many guests at J ustine and ~ d Laverty's -Oth wedding anniver• .ary celebration. Jack says that it was l 1grand affair for everyon e .... Na ncy 1 md Dick Birch spend five months ~f he year in Florida and divide th e res t 1f the time between New Hampshire md East Sebago, .Maine. Di ck is 1·orking on improving his golf game. n Aren 't we alP) ... Bill Bu rgess had marvelous cruise to Alaska on th e )nwn Princess. He stopped in Va n·ouver at the Hampton Inn, which 1e highly recommends, and had an d 11-day tour of Victoria Island, where d he hi ghli ght was Butchart Gardens. u e saw man y glaciers in Glacier Bay nd heard constant crackin g like rifle hots as pieces of th e glaciers broke off. ['he fl o ra and fauna were spectacular, nd Bill enjoyed the many varieties of h ea birds th at he saw while crui sing. As .'1 new security measure, eve ryon e was 1e ;sued a plastic ID ca rd that had the ;- •ictureofth e passenger and also served s room keyandcredit ca rd 1 ••• Thanks o everyone for keeping me posted o n our news. I look forwa rd to receiving ore tidbits to pass along. -Nnmy Ni!sou An·hibn!d
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may have been the elebration of the C lass of '53 , but c he Class of '52 was there walking in e reunion parade as we ll. No rm a :ugquist G a m e tt, P aul and Mimi tussell Aldrich and I proudly walked ehind the 50-Plus banner. (HI have ~ ft anyone out,plense forgive me. Just halk it up to th at nasty worcl-age 1) orma and husband Nonr ' 51 were r bout to emba rk o n a two-week ) ur of Scandin avia to celebrate the igh school graduation of one of , 1eir eight grandchildren. ·w hile in >enmark and Sweden, they planned )me brief vis its with long-dista nce ~ l atives .... R ay and M e rry Cran e :vans had a wonderful 50th weding anniversary celebration severa l 10n ths ago. T heir church feted them, d th en their chi ldren an d grandLi ldren gave them a heartwarm ing 1mily get-togeth er weekend in Palm prings, Ca lif. T hat incl uded staying 1 a bea utiful hotel and sharing a speal dinner at a we ll-known i\1exican !Staura nt. Ray was fi nis hin g up his mrth yea r o n th e grand jury for te County of Riverside, Ca lif., an cperience he says he has foun d most 1teresting and ed ucational. ... \ Ve :ceived the sad news in i\1ay of the
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death of E laine Erskine D ow '49. She ori ginally was a member oftheCiassof '49, but because of illn ess she grad uated with us in '52 . E lai ne beca me an English and speech teacher by profession and was we ll known as a writer and lecn1rer on herbs and Puritan history. She was a co nsultant on 17th- century herb ga rd ens and wrote two books on th e subj ect. ... For more in th e next iss ue of Colby, yo u'll just have to keep those notes and e-mai ls co min g. - ]au ice Peanon Auderson
W inkl e r L affey, Gail P e nd le t o n Schul tz , E la in e Zervas St a m as, Loretta T ho mpso n Stapl es, Virgi ni a Fa lke nb ury Aronso n , Ne lly Beve ridge, G il Tallmad ge, Carolyn E n g lis h C ac i, Jo a n L ea d e r C reed o n , E d Fraktman , Michael Manus,Joan Roo ney Ba rn es, Mary J an e F itzpatri ck Cashm an , Hele n K o ni a res C leaves and Bob G rind le. \ Vhat cleclication 1 - Barbnm Easterbrooks JV/ni!ey
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Vic Scalise tells this story: "My wife, Mary, and I took a fa ll cruise along th e New E ngland coast, into the Maritimes, and then to Quebec C ity and Montrea l. \Ve were o n the upper level of an English-style doubl e-decke r bus in H alifax, Nova Scotia. i\1ary was speaking to a coupl e in front of us from Texas. She to ld the woman she had obtained a boo km ark with the Canadian Na ti onal Anthem o n it, '0, Ca nada .' I sa id , 'That is o ur college so ng.' Then I broke into a lineof'H ail , Colby, H ail. ' The coup le seated in front of the Texans n1rnecl and sa id, 'W e recogni ze th at song.' I t was Nancy E ustis Hupric h and her husba nd, Paul1 It rea ll y is a small world. T hey wi ll be com.in g to our 50th ami are enco uraging oth ers as well . See yo u the first week in Jun e 2004." Vic, rem ember, is co-president for o ur 50th reuni on, whic h is nea rly upon us. The Reuni on Committee and class offi ce rs are busy maki ng plans, and yo u \vi ii have receivecl lotsofinform ation by the time you read this column . \ Ve hope to see you all at this reuni on, which will be our rea ll y big o ne. - f-Ie/en CToss Stable1·
mates during the summ er. Bo b D o w's August was hi ghli ghted by two family eve nts. The first was th e weddin g of his you ngest son in their ho me ga rd en. The second was th e 50th wedding anni ve rsary for Bob and E leano r (Hiltz ' 56), celebrated with all th eir children and gra nd children, fo llowed bya 12-claytourofNewfoundl ancla nd Labrador. ... J o hn Lee was off o n a crui se aboard the Rega Princess. He said this cruise "made" CNN as mo re th an 45 crew and 300 passe ngers, including hi m, caught th e No rwalk Vi rus. In spite of the illness, th e cruise was enj oyable, getti ng to po rts in E ngland , Ireland, Scotland, Iceland and Greenland. J o hn says he has already pre- boo ked on th e Pacific Pri11cess fo r Ta hiti next yea r. So now, clear J o hn , Brooksie awaits the next chapter of th e cruisi ng experience .... Lo re tta "Tommi" T ho mpson Staples was back o n ca mpus th e last week of Jul y to attend Alumni College. She says that if you Like E lclerh ostel, yo u wou ld enjoy this experience as well. ... Ri ght after reuni on I learn ed of th e pass ing ofDan Cashman, M ary J an e Fitzpatrick Cashman's husband. He shared reuni on days with us, always greeting eve ryone with a big smil e . . .. Priscilla E aton Billington e- ma il ed me that Mimi Price P atte n "did it" (the murder in N ick Sarris 's play). She said she saw N ick and Shirley and Barbara Studley Barnette at the celebration of life fo r Dick Creedon ' 52 at th e home of Joan Leade r Creedon . It was a sombe r reunio n of prayer and song, followed by dinn er and danci ng. ... T he awa rds that I referred to in my last colum.11 were th ose give n to th e C lass of ' 53 's 50th anni versary gift vo lunteers , headed by Chase and Nan M u rray Lasbu ry and Paul O strove , with gift committee members Barbara Best Berg, Franklin King, N ick Sarris an d Pa ul Wescott. T he legwork was done for them by the agents, name ly Art KJi e n , Be tty
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Ifi eve r received an abun da nce of classmate news at any given point in time, I wou ld attempt a class newsletter, which would he lp to all evia te the issue of tim elin ess. J\ilaybe next quarter or cl ose r to o ur 50th reun ion, which, by the tim e you receive this, \vi ii be less th an 1 1/2 years away. I sure hope everyo ne who is ph ysica ll y capable of doing so wi ll be at that wonderfu l event. If you haven 't ye t done so, start plan ning soon ' . . . My two " regu lar" co rrespondents co ntinue to stay in contact. Since th e last issue, J ane (Daib '58) and John Re isman continued to travel , attendin g J an e's 45th reunio n as well as celebrating J o hn 's 70th birthday and th eir 45th wedding anniversary with their entire fanul y at a r nted hom e on Linekin Bay. They also managed to see Kathy (McConaugh y ' 56) and Pres. Lo u
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1950s Correspondents 1950 Alice Jennings Castelli 6 Salem Road Madison , CT 06443 203-24 5-7725 classnews1950@alum.colby.edu
1951 Nancy Nilson Archibald 15 Li nden Avenue Scituate , MA 02066 781-54 5-4987 classnews1951@alum.colby.edu
1952 Janice Pearson Anderson 23 Fernwood Circle Harwich, MA 02645-2819 508-432-4049 classnews1952@alum.colby. edu
1953 Barbara Easterbrooks Mai ley 80 Lincoln Avenue South Hamilton , MA 01982 978-468-5110 978-777-5630 ext. 3310 classnews1953@alum.colby.edu
1954 Helen Cross Stabler 5387 Anvil Drive Ca millu s, NY 1303 1 315-6 72-8430 classnews1954@alum.colby.edu
1955 Ken Van Praag P.O. Box 87 (May-early Nov) Grafton , NY 12082 22 Golf Drive (Early Nov-May 6) Port St. Lucie, FL 34952 classnews1955@alum .colby.edu
1956 Kathleen McConaughy Zambello 135 Iduna Lane Amherst, MA 0 1002 classnews1956@alum .colby.edu
1957 Guy and Eleanor Ewing Vigue 238 Sea Meadow Lane Yarmouth , ME 04096 207-846-4941 classnews1957@alum.colby.edu
1958 Beryl Scott Glover 4953 Wythe Place Wi lmington , NC 28409-2081 classnews1958@alum.colby.edu
1959 Ann Segrave Lieber 7 Kingsland Court South Orange , NJ 07079 973-763-6717 classnews1959@alum.colby.edu
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