From the very small world department… This summer, I went to our favorite restaurant in Indianapolis for an early dinner and I saw New Bedford scallops on the menu. I mentioned to the waiter that I was from Boston and was happy to see New England represented on the menu. He said he was too...from Dorchester-Mattapan. I told him I’d gone to high school in Milton and commuted through Dorchester, to which he responded “Milton? or Milton Academy?” Now, it struck me as a little odd that he was aware of the two schools in Milton. But it got even weirder when he mentioned that he had gone to Park, “You know, the Park in Brookline, the one on Goddard Avenue, with Mr. Katz.” I just about levitated from the booth!!! In my 20+ years in Indiana, no one—and I mean NO ONE—has been familiar with Park or Milton. The well-informed waiter was none other than Arden Assee, Park Class of 2005, who had moved to Indianapolis after finishing eighth grade at Park. Arden hopes to own his own restaurant/bar soon and is two years into a five-year plan to get there. Thought you’d enjoy this story of two Parkies in Indy.
up from Dover with his family along with their two dogs—one a new puppy—on their way to take their sons to camp. Between 4 dogs, 2 goats, and our neighbors’ chickens, we had quite the party! Hey, only three years until our 40th reunion! Anyone interested in a mini-reunion sooner? Hope you’re all well!” “In honor of our Swedish ancestry,” Holly Dando and her mom visited Sweden this summer. “We had so much fun eating great food, seeing cool museums in Stockholm, and bonding with the spirit of Ingmar Bergman on Faro. I am loving my work with Headstrong Project providing psychotherapy to traumatized veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. I will be heading to Los Angeles to see the ELO reunion show at the Hollywood Bowl in September with some friends—music from our era! I also had a great visit with Kitta Frost ’74 who came through town last month.”
Linda Thomas Terhune ’76
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Jessica Slosberg Benjamin writes to us, “I am very proud of Jennifer Gooch Hummer, my classmate and forever friend, on the publication of her upcoming young adult book, Operation Tenley. It’s a laugh-out-loud fantasy with a sense of humor and rollicking plot twists. This first installment of the ‘Fair Ones’ series is available on Amazon.com.” Congratulations, Jennifer!
1981 CLASS REPRESENTATIVES
Matt Carothers Alex Mehlman
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RE U N ION YEAR!
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Allison Nash Mael
1979 CLASS REPRESENTATIVES
Lalla Carothers Sally Solomon Lalla Carothers writes, “We’re having a fun-filled summer in Cumberland, Maine. I saw Margie Talcott for a brief visit in Brookline before a Sox game in June. After my 30th college reunion (already?), we acquired two Nigerian dwarf goats named Iris and Venus. No kidding. A week later we loaded
them in a dog crate and took them and our dog to Vinalhaven Island for our 4th of July vacation. The goats are adorable and funny, especially when they jump around. For the second year in a row, we hosted a 12-year-old boy from New York City for a week in mid-July as part of the Fresh Air Fund, a wonderful program that matches inner city kids with families in rural areas. My 13-year-old daughter and I are joining eight other students and another chaperone for a two-week exchange program in Aomori, Japan. I wish I could remember more details from Mr. BentinckSmith’s eighth grade social studies class: ‘You don’t know that Japan is an island???’ In August I’m going to climb Mt. Katahdin. Hope these 50-something knees hold out! My brother Matt Carothers ’81 drove
Holly Dando ’79 and her mom celebrating midsummer in Sweden.
10th: 2007 15th: 2002 20th: 1997
SAVE THE D AT E
25th: 1992 30th: 1987 35th: 1982 40th: 1977 45th: 1972
Saturday REUNION 2017 May 20 50th: 1967
If you are interested in helping plan your reunion, please contact Rena LaRusso ’04, Director of Alumni Relations, at 617-274-6022 or alumni@parkschool.org
fall 2016
The Park School Bulletin 41