Laurie Jillson Mason ’74 on Merlin at the ’10 Mollyockett Pony Club 2-phase event in North Yarmouth ME. Seminario Teológico Al-Ándalus, Chris has followed in the footsteps of Dwight L Moody by beginning a college-level school with graduate degrees, training Spaniards for Christian service. He and wife Beth have 4 children, 2 of them married. “El que no ha visto Sevilla, no ha visto maravilla. Write to let us know you are coming.” Chris can be reached at chris@fundacionabre.org. Judy Armbruster had a lot of fun when Claire Bamberg visited this winter at her 8,400foot-altitude Littleton CO home. She would love to have more visitors. Judy is happy to make Facebook contact with her freshman-year roommate Margery Schaetti. This has been a tapestry year so far for another minister in our class, as Claire Bamberg and family kicked off ’11 with a CA wine country trip, including 2 days with son Matthew “Bam” Bamberg-Johnson ’02 in LA. She and husband Bob continued on to visit Judy near Denver. Claire, who is senior minister of the Congregational Church of Plainville, UCC, then returned home to CT to lose the roof over an extensive part of her church due to the weight of ice and snow. In Mar Bob Willard had a total knee replacement and he was a rock star on the joint rehab front. Medication mismanagement in the hospital and rehab have set him back a bit on other fronts, however. At this writing he is regaining ground and they continue to plan a trip to Scotland. Daughter Hilary is managing the wine department at Whole Foods in Hastings Ridge CA; son Brendan is now full time doing sound design for NPR’s Marketplace, Minnesotar PR; son Matthew has just completed his first year in the master’s program in performing arts at CalArts; and son Nathaniel continues to pursue his bachelor’s, having won awards last spring for both his poetry and his metal sculpting. Claire writes: “I’d say we were
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leading a quiet life here in CT, but by now you certainly know that is not true. We eagerly anticipate some time to ourselves on Prince Edward Island this summer. Would love for people to give us a shout if they are in either necks of the woods where we have homes.” After CU Boulder, Faith Cowgill studied medicine at Case Western Reserve. She now pulls 4 to 5 all-nighters a month, working as an attending ER physician at Central Washington Hospital. Faith lives in Wenatchee WA and enjoys biking, hiking, and skiing in the Cascade Mountains with daughter Sadie (8th grade) and son Tucker (HS senior). Tucker is a Div 2 lacrosse champion, and Sadie competes in national dance championships. I’ve been intermittently in touch with Faith, Sherry, and Bitsie, and it means a lot to me to see my old friends and classmates on Facebook. After 20 years in the big cities of Montreal, DC, Paris, San Francisco, and NYC, I lived for 12 years in VT and went back to school for what I always wanted—architecture. I spent 8/10–1/11 on an American road trip, traveling between Cape May NJ, Eureka Springs AK, Denver CO, Deadwood SD, Chicago IL, and back to Baltimore. I photographed American architecture and visited towns big and small while writing for an online architecture journal. Then I got out of the car and spent a week hiking in VT. I hope you all have the chance to spend some time in the fresh open air this year, in a safe place where you are happy and well. We hope you all take a few minutes to join Facebook, and become a member of our own FB page, Northfield Mount Hermon Class of 1974, where we can keep in touch on a regular basis. See you here again in about 5 months.
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KAREN PERKINS 252 Monte Grigio Dr Pacific Palisades CA 90272 onoclea@verizon.net
First I need to report that Nancy Carroll, sister of Timothy Carroll, has informed us that her brother passed away. We are very sorry to hear this news but have no more information at this time. Congratulations to Ruth Lapin on her marriage to Brent Finley. The wedding took place at Ruth’s parents’ house in Westchester on 5/1/11. Ruth wrote to me from New Orleans, where she had just seen Richard Morse play with his band, RAM. Ruth says: “He is awesome.” Ruth also saw John Hobby at SOB’s when RAM played. “Great music, great company.” Ruth is always in touch with Ilene Feldmann Steele, and they plan to get together in Dec. I heard from Henrietta Walker Koffi, who left her job as deputy dir at a small nonprofit in Brooklyn and started a (deliberately) small computer training company called Workshop Central. She is having a blast. Henrietta heard from Wallace Womble out of the blue. Wallace normally lives in Las Vegas but was in NC work-
Ruth Lapin ’75 and Brent Finley on their wedding day ing on a project. Henrietta connected Wallace with Frenise Logan, so they could get caught up. Henrietta also heard from Brenda Daniels over the holidays. They are searching for Arlene Garcia and Carmen Leon Sullivan, so if anyone has heard from them, please let me know. Leslie Ferrin spent an evening with Carol Hills ’77 catching up in Boston. They sent an iPhone self-portrait to Linda Nowlan in Vancouver. Leslie wrote of her recent visit to NMH with her 2 kids (17 and 14) neither of whom attend NMH but both of whom play Ultimate Frisbee and were at a tournament held at NMH each spring. Leslie writes: “Spending the spring day admiring the budding trees, smelling the farm, talking to other parents about having gone there, and sitting down on the super green grass brought back memories of the 2 springs I spent there in ’74 and ’75.” Leslie lives nearby in the hill towns, the area that straddles Pioneer Valley and the Berkshires, and she runs Ferrin Gallery based in Pittsfield MA. I can’t believe that my daughter Shannon graduated from high school this spring. She is going to MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art) this fall. I am not an empty nester yet, however, as son Brendan is a junior in high school. My own 1-year leave of absence as a STEM principal has expired, and I have chosen to return to teaching high school science for the next school year. I will be at his school, Palisades Charter High School in Pacific Palisades CA. As I close these very short NMH notes, I want to remind everyone to please send me your updated email addresses. About 20 emails bounced back to me recently, and this may be a reason for the length of these notes. I miss you all. Let me hear from you soon.
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SUSAN LORING-WELLS 12 Ames Haven Rd, PO Box 273 Shutesbury MA 01002 loringwells@fastermac.net
JOE MCVEIGH PO Box 883 Middlebury VT 05753-0883 jmcveigh@middlebury.edu
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