Milton Magazine, Fall 2009

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The Stone family gathered at Great Hill in Marion, Massachusetts, last summer in honor of the 100th anniversary of Galen L. Stone ’39 and David Stone’s ’45 grandfather buying this picturesque property. Pictured from left to right are Sam B. Stone ’05, Jacquie B. Stone ’02, Margaret Trumbull Nash ’71, David B. Stone ’45, Lea B. Trumbull Ferris ’68, Anne Brewer Stone ’42, Henry A. Stone ’54 and Daniel D. Stone ’01.

Peter Runton retired last year and moved to Canada, where he can live an “outdoor life.” He’s fishing, hunting, hiking, sailing and has joined a curling club and a shooting club.

1951 Unfortunately, arthritis has kept Josephine Saltonstall DuBois from participating in the sports she loves, but she still sings in several groups and loves teaching sailing. She also serves as co-head of her church’s new

Members of the Girls’ School Class of 1954 got together on June 12, 2009, for a pot-luck dinner at John and Jean Childs’s house in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Pictured in the back row from left to right are Sally Sprout Lovett, Cynthia Hallowell, Cynthia Kennedy Sam, Marie Iselin Doebler, Kadie Maclaurin Staples and Duffy Royce Schade. From left to right in the front row are Martha Fuller Chatterjee, Lilla Lyon, Liz Biddle Barrett and Jean Worthington Childs.

Pastoral Care Group and trustee of the New Bedford Symphony. Josephine’s six grandchildren live farther away than she would like, but living in Marion, on the way to the Cape, she would love to see her classmates from Milton and invites them to “come visit anytime.” Joanna Koehler Fischer writes, “Many of you already know that Fay Frenning Windle died in June after a short, cataclysmic battle with cancer. She tackled this ultimate challenge with the same upbeat courage and strength as she has all other challenges. Cancer may have taken her physically but her incredible, vibrant spirit lives on as a constant reminder to us all to fi ll each day to the brim with love, gusto, determination and a grateful joy of life.”

1949 Edgar Crocker formed Worldwise Education four years ago for the purpose of aiding the education of children. With school funding being cut across the board, particularly affected is art education. Worldwise Education creates greeting cards from children’s artwork

to financially support our schools, while also encouraging creativity, self-esteem and ownership in young children. Whole Foods and Borders both retail greeting cards from Worldwise Education. Find out more about this program at www.worldwiseeducation.com.

Peggy Whiting Redding also reports about Fay Frenning Windle. She writes, “Fay wrote eloquently about her life with Bill for all those 30 years. They traveled the world constantly, but when at home she was still playing competitive golf and tennis. She had amazing sewing talent, often making dust ruffles, bedspreads, draperies, upholstering headboards and the like. She could sew an outfit for the next weekend’s party and love the challenge of it all.”

1952 John Eliot is pleased to report that the American Psychological Association has put online the materials he donated in 1999 to the Archive of the History of American Psychology in Akron, Ohio. These materials include a large collection of figural spatial tests, a monograph titled The Nature and Measurement of Spatial Intelligence, and a spatial research database that is a reference tool that provides bibliographic information about spatial intelligence. These materials are now available at http:// drc.ohiolink.edu/handle/2374. OX/19835.

1954 Lawrence K. Altman, MD, received the Rhoads Medal from the American Philosophical Association, which was cofounded by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia. The medal is awarded for distinguished achievement in medicine. Dr. Altman has been medical correspondent and “The Doctor’s World” columnist for the New York Times since 1969. John Ames writes, “This year is turning out to be a very busy one for us. At long last, Sarah and I are leaving the art and antiques business we had established in Milton Magazine

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