Strub Hall Centennial: Gathering in Gratitude for our Strub Hall Home

from Postscripts 2020

A Second Homecoming

The Mayfield community loves a party—especially one for a good cause! We’re grateful to everyone who joined us throughout this year of centennial celebrations in gratitude for our beloved Bellefontaine Street home. Our banner event, the elegant 1920s-era Rhapsody in Red gala honoring the Strub family, turned out to be an extraordinary blessing of fellowship, a final chance to revel in each other’s company before the coronavirus pandemic separated us for months of lockdown. We offer a huge, heartfelt thank you to Angela Howell ’76, Associate Head of School for Strategic Initiatives, for being the creative force behind these joyful gatherings and to trustee Chelisa Vagim (Georgia ’18), who chaired the Board’s 100th Anniversary Committee.

Elvis Was in the Building! Movie Night Marks Film’s 50th Anniversary

We’re so grateful to all the Mayfield fans who came out to see Strub Hall’s star turn in Elvis Presley’s final movie, Change of Habit, co-starring Mary Tyler Moore. Memphis-based Elvis historian and Graceland guide Mary Clark introduced the 1969 drama, which was filmed on location at 500 Bellefontaine. Alumnae from the 1960s and 1970s were on hand at our 50th anniversary screening to reminisce and tell fun behind-the-scenes stories—like the one where Elvis bought a new refrigerator for the Holy Child Sisters!

**Elvis Presley historian Mary Clark said Strub Hall is the most intact Elvis movie set in existence.**

Maria Newton, Maureen Dinius (Kennedy ’13), Kathleen Clougherty Regan ’64 and Dianna Clougherty (Maureen ’06 and Bernadette ’08) settled in for the 50th anniversary screening of “Change of Habit”.

**Dori Sugiyama and Evelyn Perez Sugiyama (Lauren ’20)**

**Mary Tyler Moore and Elvis Presley on location in the Strub Hall Living Room**

Mayfield History is Pasadena History

Our past parent social group, the Mayfield Guild, got a fascinating glimpse into our hometown history on a visit to the Pasadena Museum of History, where they toured the exhibition called “Starting Anew: Transforming Pasadena 1890-1930.” What a treat to see the Marshall-Eagle Estate (aka Strub Hall) featured as a local architectural landmark!

**Parents of Mayfield alumnae from the 1990s-2010s visited the Pasadena Museum of History.**

How Faith Can Transform Our Travels Into Pilgrimages

It was such a delight to have author and past Mayfield mom Mary Lea Carroll (Glen Mary ’06, Grace ’08 and Rose ’12) join us on All Saints Day for a conversation about her insightful, uplifting and often hilarious book, Saint Everywhere: Travels in Search of the Lady Saints. Mary Lea shared how a visit to Siena, Italy—where she became fascinated with the story of St. Catherine of Siena—inspired years of international saint-seeking adventures.

**Author Mary Lea Carroll took us on a vicarious pilgrimage from the Strub Hall Living Room.**

**Mary Lea signed copies of her book, “Saint Everywhere: Travels in Search of the Lady Saints.”**

**Mimi Collins Stolpe ’83, Kate Morin, Tillie Collins, Carolyn Cota ’06, Cathy Cota and Richard Cota**

**Alma Narvaez (Andrea ’05 and Paula ’09), Irene Izquierdo Patterson ’83 and Linda Mennis**

A Teatime Toast to our Treasured Home

Mayfield parents, alumnae, past parents and friends of all ages gathered for an afternoon “Tea & Tour” to kick off our Strub Hall 100th anniversary celebrations. Longtime Mayfield teacher Ave DeVanon Bortz ’61—who literally wrote the book on our school’s founding—gave a fascinating presentation that brought the history of our Bellefontaine home to life, and student docents from the Mayfield History Club led factoid-filled tours of the mansion at the heart of our campus.