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author’s corner T
ake a look at some of the most recent books and writings by Friends Academy alumni: Jennifer Briggs Stanley ‘88: The Path
of the Wicked, published by Minotaur Books; A Killer Plot (written under the name of Ellery Adams), published by Berkley.
Gina Maisano ‘80: Intimacy After Breast Cancer: Dealing with Your Body, Relationships and Sex, published by Square One Publishers. Heather Vuillet Lende ‘77: Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs: Family, Friends and Faith in Small-Town Alaska, published by Algonquin Books.
Robert Stearns ‘54:
The Homeowner’s Hurricane Handbook, published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc, NYC.
Matthew Stevenson ‘72 (editor): Rules
of the Game: The Best Sports Writing from Harper’s Magazine, published by Franklin Square Press
Terence Finn ‘60:
When Europe Went Mad: A Brief History of the First World War, published by Pentland Press.
The Meeting House | Spring 2010
1934 Walter J. Wilson 548 N. Main St. Apt. 314 Ashland, OR 97520 (541) 488-2389 wils2@mind.net Crystal and Donald Pollitt enjoyed a monthlong cruise this past spring that took them to Portugal and Spain, then around Italy’s boot to Venice, and ending with a sojourn in the waters among the Greek Islands. It rained only one day, and any chill in the air was compensated for by the 100-degree pool on board!
1935 We were saddened to hear of the passing of Isaac Kenton Blanchard on April 16, 2010. Shortly after graduating from Wentworth Institute with a mechanical engineering degree, Isaac joined the Army Air Corps where he served with the 1955th Ordnance Corp in the South Pacific during WWII. Upon his return, he married and settled in Wilton, CT, where he was the owner of Blanchard Auto Salvage for many years.
1942 Helen Craft Price 173 Ocean Pines Terrace Jupiter, FL 33477 friscomaru1@aol.com
1945 Joy Mayes Brown 2110 West Center Road P.O. Box 239 Otis, MA 01253 (413) 269-6398 hopbrook1@verizon.net Sheila Morrisey Potter 37 Lawnwood Avenue Longmeadow, MA 01106 (413) 567-0988 sheila77long@aol.com Bob Albertson says all is well with him and his family this year. He and Betty very much enjoy living in their Kendall Community on the Hudson in Sleepy Hollow. He still commutes to his Jericho, Long Island office, where he works part time for the Bank of Canada. With his wife’s physical health declining, Lew Zimmerman is supportively
helping out with the domestic chores. Last Christmas he and Elinor had a festive family gathering with their son and family from the U.K., their daughter from Philadelphia, as well as their son and family from Jacksonville. Another son with family from the Poconos had made a visit previously. They wish they could travel to London to see their grandsons Cole and Zach who are growing up rapidly in the U.K. and who now have British accents! Sheila Morrisey Potter had two recent graduations in her family, a six-year-old great granddaughter from Kindergarten, and another granddaughter, age 22, from Brown University, where she rode on the women’s Crew for 4 years. She and her six crewmates raced in the Internationals in Sacramento, CA and reached the semi-finals. She and her older sister will be in France and Majorca this summer, working on food producing farms. Sarah’s sister has been living in Spain for a year teaching English to young students and will be taking her Master’s degree next year in Barcelona on the History and Culture of Food, taught in French, Spanish and Italian, the latter language needing to be learned ASAP. I have a feeling she may never return permanently to the U.S.!! From Joy Mayes Brown: It was an extraordinarily busy year for me with a bevy of usual community-oriented jobs and working with the Committee for the Bicentennial Birthday celebrations for the Town of Otis in the western part of Massachusetts. It was well worth the effort that highlighted today with historic lifestyles going back to the aftermath of the Revolution. I had a great chat recently with Henry Schless and his wife, Marilyn, a nurse, to reminisce about our great school days in the Forties. More about the wartime impact of WWII in a subsequent edition of Class Notes. Henry, now 83, is still living in London, Canada, having retired professionally from a traveling career that utilized his dual citizenship. A native of France, he joined Friends during the War, and like so many others upon graduation in 1945, joined the US Military Service. It would be most welcome if more of our remaining fellow classmates would stay in touch once in a while. Sheila and I, who talk often, would appreciate the input. Best Regards, Joy.
1946 Evelyn Broglio Diefendorf 355 Lake Forest Drive, SW Pinehurst, NC 28374 (910) 295-3680 pinedief@embarqmail.com