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of them professionals. She re members a Latin professor whose name she can't remember but whose shoes often didn't match . Can anybody help Mabel on this? . . . W i th a bow in the direction of George Hawes '28, I must add the name of Louise Wil liams Brown ' 3 4 to members of rhe Blurred Cyclone Club. Last J uly she attended the wedding of a grandson in Norway, then in Sep tember saw another grandson married in France. While in N or way, she rook t ime off ro v isit I celand. Louise walks two-plus mi les three time a week and i active in women's c ircles in her Presbyterian church. She carrie on extensive corre pondence with her eight grandchildren, age 2 2 to 3 5 . During w i n ters in Florida, he attend symphony concerts, goes to travel lectures and keeps in touch with the many friend he has made there in the past 20 years. Summer are spent with children, grandchildren and other r e l a t i v e - ome 40 of whom have ettled in or near Loui e in Portland, Maine. La t J uly, she was hostess to a handful of Class of l 934 women who gath ered for lunch in Portland. In c l uded were Adelaide J ordan C l e a v e s and h u s b a n d K e n , Eleanor Wheelwright Ness and husband Norm and Harriet Pease Patric k . Regrets were ent by Annie Tuck Russell, Barbara White Morse, Josephine Cunning ham Porter, Madelyn Higgins Stanley, Greta Murray Connors
and Elizabeth Weeks . . . . Ann Duoba Lawrence '34 writes, " I t
is with great adne that I report that my husband, J ames, passed away on December 26, 1 99 5 . He was my fr iend, lover and great communicator for 56 years. We attended many Colby reunions together as well as tho e for my i ter Marcia ' 3 7 . I w i ll miss him terribly." . . . J ay Leno ( the To night Show ho t) invited his uncle John J. Leno '34 and two aunts, Fay and Edith, to spend a few days with him i n Las Vega . While there, they took a ride over the Grand Canyon i.n a l ight plane. . . . RobertColomy '3 5 , l ike mo t of you, enjoys the offerings of the Publ ic Broadcasting ystem and also, l ike most of you, deplore the general run of trash and v io lence on TV. He keeps fit by
walking two m iles every morning { well, almo t every morning ) . On February 2 2 , 1 996, D r . Beth Pendleton Clark '35 donated a k idney to her daughter, Beverly. Ar last report, Beth was recuper ating wel l , and Beverly was doing well also . . . . Harold Brown ' 3 5 , sat down in Bradenton, Fla . , last February to write that the be t decision he ever made was to earn a Ph.D. at the age of 54 . Harold has three sons: one is presi dent of the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh; a second is a cell ist with the Chicago Symphony; and the third is a piano technician in Santa Cruz, Calif. All are happil married. Like his sister- i n - law Louise Williams Brown '34 above, Harold is another member of the Blurred Cyclone Club. He play golf twice a week, attend many concerts, directs the church choir, teaches a music apprec iation course, a sist with Meal on Wheels and i on the board of directors of the ew England M usic Camp in Sidney, Maine, on the church wor hip commit tee and on the Sarasota Concert ays Avis Association Board. . Merritt Churchill '35, "It is hard to believe that my son, Col . Ralph Churchill, has retired from the U . . Army; that a granddaughter is a fre hman at I ndiana Univer sity and that a grandson is a high school j un i or in R i chmond, Va." . . . The November 6, 1 99 5 , is ue of Newsweek had a cover story on melatonin, the new foun tain of youth according to ome and a damn scam according to others. Two letters to the editor i n the N ovember 2 7 i ue up ported the scam point of view. andwiched i n between the two cam letters was thi by Morris "Mike" Cohen ' 3 5 : "I am 3 years old. I read your cover tory on melatonin and rook three bottles. My bald spot grew back in. My hair turned brown. The AARP said I no longer met their age requirement and kicked me out . . . . A beautiful young chick is chasing me all over the house. I di covered he is my wife. She rook four bottles." On fitnes , Mih ay , "Fit, hell . I'm barely keeping alive." Regard ing his work, M ike reports that he faked h is way in Burli.ngton Industries for 2 years and was promoted to vice pre ident. At 6 5 , they gave
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him a party and fired him, where upon the company fell apart. . Thanks to her master's degree in p ychiatric soc ial work , Mary Small Copithorne '35 wa able to work until she was 8 1 -get ting that degree was the best de cision heever made, hedeclare;. She has four children, one of whom has recovered from can cer. Among seven grandchildren, there is no evidence as yet of the imminent arrival of any great grandch ildren, although M rs. Copithome has hopes . . . . Sidney Schiffman '35 is pretty much under house arrest since his mo t recent heart attack, but he is still alive, he say , aware of what is going on and looking forward to a return to Colby one of these fine reunions. He has a granddaugh ter who work in New· York on children's programming for PB
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and for the British Broadcasting Corporation . . . . Anne Martel Eastman '35 ha two sons and four grandchildren. Both sons are teacher , a wa she (foreign lan guage ). I n her retirement, she often vtsit Tue on, Ari: . , and Florida. She has a warm recollec tion of N inetta Runnal a a car ing per on . . . . Anita Thibault Bourque '36 obtained a hip re placement in 1 988 and con iders it a great a set . Since that time, however, the device has become dislocated three times, prompt ing her children to accuse her of attempting to monopol i:e the l imelight. . . . Charles Caddoo '36 ha been married to his high school weerhean for 6 1 years thus ensuring that he i a happy and healthy man. One on is in sales; the other is a dentist in Ell worth, Maine. Charle keep
NEWSMAKERS Marjorie Rowell Shane '27 and her sister, Esther McNamara,
were the ubject of a long feature in Rockland, Mai.ne's, Capitol . . . Ludy '2 1 and Pacy Levine '27 and Howard Miller '40 were paid loving tribute in the Central Maine Morning Sentinel by employee of the Levi.ne' clothing store and by member of the Waterville community after announci.ng that the store founded by their father and grandfather would clo e . Weekly .
MILEPOSTS Deaths: Harriet Lawler Davis ' 1 2 i n Eastport, M aine, at
1 04 . . . . Helen Dresser McDonald '23 in Waterville, Maine, at 93 . . . . Percy G. Beatty '24 i n Penney Farms, Fla., at 9 2 . . . . Barbara Whitney Beatty ' 2 7 i.n Penney Farm , Fla. , at 90 . . . . Leola M. Clement ' 2 7 in Waterv ille, Maine, at 90 . . . . Edward N e w h a l l '28 i n Glen R idge, .] . , at 9 2 . . . . Helen Leighton Austin Niesley '29 in Falmouth, Mai.ne, at 7 . . . . Donald H. Frase r '29 inTexas a t 90. . . . Ruth Daggett Fuller '29 in Fairfield, Conn., at 7 . . . . G. Cecil Goddard '29 i n Waterville, M a ine, at 9 . . . . Philip R . Higgins '29 i n Springfield, Mas ., ar 7 . . . . Sterling C. "Jack" Ryder '29 in Oak Ridge, Tenn., at . . . . William Hardy '32 in Derry, .H., at 6 . . . . Charles N . Pinkham ' 3 2 i n Unity, M a ine, at 7 . . . . John P. Davan ' 3 3 in Portland, Maine, at 9 . . . . Elizabeth C. Dyson '34 i n orth Adam , Ma ., at 82 . . . . Portia Pendleton Rideout '34 in Clackama , Ore., at 83 . . . . Norman R . Rogerson '36 i n Portland, Mai.ne, at 85 . . . . Thomas E . Adw i n ' 3 7 in K ingman, A r i z . , at 82 . . . . Helen J evons Luther 'J 7 i.n Aclanta, Ga., at 80 . . . . William Carter '38 in Bath, Maine, at 79 . . . . J ulia Wheeler Morton '40 i.n West Orange, .J ., at 80 . . . . Jean Pearson Burr '41 in Rochester, .Y . . . . Raymond Flynn '42 in Kennebunk, Maine, at 77 . . . . Alton Laliberte '42 in Watervi lle, M a ine, at 76 . . . . Malcolm D. McQuillan '44 in Wayne, M ich., at 79 . . . . Paul V . Witham Jr. '44 in Bangor, M a ine, at 7 3 .
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