Saint Mary's School Alumnae Magazine | Summer 2018

Academic EXCELLENCE | Personal ACHIEVEMENT | SUMMER 2018

A MAGAZINE FOR ALUMNAE, PARENTS, AND FRIENDS

Board of Trustees 2017-2018 Officers Gloria Taft Becker ’92HS, Chair William C. Monk Jr., Vice Chair Carter Warren Franke ’75HS ’77C, Secretary Stephen F. Later, Treasurer Members At-Large Gloria Taft Becker ’92HS (2018), Raleigh, N.C. Anna Neal Blanchard ’76HS (2018), Raleigh, N.C. Martin M. Boney (2019), Raleigh, N.C. Theodore D. Bratton (2018), Raleigh, N.C. Peter M. Bristow (2020), Raleigh, N.C. Caren Threshie Camp ’71HS (2018), Alexandria, Va. Eric W. Evans (2020), Raleigh, N.C. Lucy V. Fountain (2020), Raleigh, N.C. Carter Warren Franke ’75HS ’77C (2020), Owings Mills, Md. Palmer Peebles Garson ’75HS (2020), Raleigh, N.C. Sallie Harris Glover ’81HS ’83C (2020), Raleigh, N.C. R. Gordon Grubb (2019), Raleigh, N.C. Hubert B. Haywood III (2018), Raleigh, N.C. Mary D. Hinton ‘88HS (2019), Saint Joseph, Minn.

Lynn Cowell Ives ’85HS ’87C, (2020), Rocky Mount, N.C. Burns Jones (2020), Greensboro, N.C. Stephen F. Later (2019), Southern Pines, N.C. Steven C. Lilly, (2020), Raleigh, N.C. W. Scott Mahoney, (2020), Raleigh, N.C. Jane Williamson Marley ’77HS (2020), Charlotte, N.C. William C. Monk, Jr. (2018), Greenville, N.C. Elizabeth M. Roberts (2020), Raleigh N.C. Sallie Shuping Russell ’75C (2018), Chapel Hill, N.C. Jeffrey M. Szyperski, (2020), Irvington, Va. Nancy Kerr Thomason ’73HS ’75C (2019), Dunwoody, Ga. Margaret Longley White ’79C (2018), Greensboro, N.C. Parents Association Representative to the Board Maura Moylan Sullivan ’87HS, Parents Association President Student Representative to the Board Grace Battle Thompson ’18, SGA President (Date in parentheses indicates expiration of present elective term.)

Mission Statement Saint Mary’s School, a community dedicated to academic excellence and personal achievement, prepares young women for college and life.

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Founded in 1842 in the Episcopal tradition, Saint Mary’s School is an independent, collegepreparatory, girls boarding and day school serving girls in grades 9-12.

Saint Mary’s School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, mental or physical disability, or any other status protected by applicable law in the administration of its educational, admission, financial aid, athletic and other policies and programs. The school does not discriminate against qualified students of any race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, or mental or physical disability in providing the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school.

Administration Brendan J. O’Shea, Head of School Tim Healy, Dean of Students Laura Novia, Director of Marketing and Communications Leslie Owen, Dean of Teaching and Learning Julie Ricciardi, Director of Development Kim Slade, Director of Enrollment Management and Financial Aid Sally Woods, Chief Financial Officer Saint Mary’s School Magazine Published twice each year by Saint Mary’s School.

Please send address changes to: Alumnae Office 900 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, N.C. 27603-1689 919-424-4000 • www.sms.edu Editor Mary Virginia Swain ’77C Director of Public Relations and Publications mvswain@sms.edu Class News Editor Emory Rogers Church ’74C Contributors: Lauren Gerber; Heath Hilliker; Margaret McGlohon ’81C; Brendan O’Shea; Laura Novia; Evan Pike Photography; Julie Ricciardi; Mary Virginia Swain ’77C Design Heath Hilliker, Senior Marketing Coordinator Maddy Sullivan ’15, Marketing and Communications Intern Printing Metro Productions, Raleigh, N.C.

ON THE COVER

Saint Mary's graduates process through the Grove.

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CONTENTS The First Year

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The Way Girls Learn: Choice, Voice, Opportunity

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IN EVERY ISSUE Alumnae Council Message Head of School Message Admission News Commencement News Briefs Personal Achievement Academic Excellence Athletics News Calendar of Events Event Photos Milestones Class News

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MESSAGE FROM THE ALUMNAE COUNCIL

Left to right: Diane Gupton Becton '77HS; Brendan J. O'Shea, Head of School; Merritt Atkins '99

Greetings Saint Mary’s Alumnae!

We hope you have had a wonderful spring and are enjoying a fun summer. We recently had our spring Alumnae Council meeting, which was followed by reunion weekend. Next up?

We look forward to the summer parties and catching up with many of you.

Highlights from our council meeting include a report from Associate Dean of Students Jennifer Rundles and Paige Stevenson ’19 on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Task Force.

The purpose of the task force is to create more diversity and deepen the culture of inclusivity throughout the school community. Some of you may have taken the DEI online survey from NAIS – thank you! Our students need to be prepared for a diverse and interconnected society, our school should have a diverse faculty and staff, and we need to recruit a diverse student population. The task force is doing an excellent job and we look forward to seeing positive results in the days ahead. It was recommended that we read Blind Spot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald.

Additionally, we heard about the work a cohort of Saint Mary’s students were doing this year with HQ Raleigh. The girls were part of two groups of students tasked with solving a real-world problem for a local startup company. Each team presented their ideas to the startup and one was selected as the winner – the company even implemented several of their ideas. A final highlight was hearing from Julie Ricciardi,

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director of development, about a mentorship program being started between development student ambassadors and Alumnae Council members. This is an opportunity to be a sounding board, a friend, and a resource. If you’d like more information, please contact Margaret McGlohon ’81C, director of alumnae relations at 919-424-4171 or memcglohon@sms.edu.

How can you be engaged? Participate in events on campus; attend a regional event; think about being a member of the Alumnae Council; promote Saint Mary’s often – wear your ring, add Saint Mary’s to your resume and social media profiles, follow and like Saint Mary’s on social media; refer students and contact the Admission Office with information about qualified prospective students (from 7th to 11th grade); send the school your Saint Mary’s memorabilia (we’ve seen some great items); sign up for a SMS NC license plate tag; give to the Annual Fund – necessary dollars to operate our school; read this magazine and make sure the school has your updated contact information.

Thank you for all that you do to support Saint Mary’s. We are celebrating the start of our 177th year, and we need all of you to be part of making sure the tradition and legacy continues well into the future.

Alumnae Council Co-Chairs, Merritt Atkins ’99 and Diane Gupton Becton ’77HS

MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL

Saint Mary’s: a bright future

By Brendan J. O'Shea, Head of School It’s been an eventful year, literally and figuratively. Saint Mary’s packs a lot into a normal week of school, with an endless stream of girls engaged in a wide array of activities. In addition to the daily routine of academic classes, there are Orchesis Dance Theatre concerts, athletic contests, academic excursions – like AP Government’s trip to D.C., a N.C. Outward Bound trip for 9th graders, Chorale concerts and trips, community dinners, Smedes Parlor concerts, assemblies, chapel, Alumnae Council meetings, admission receptions and community service partnerships with organizations in and around Raleigh. Trust me, this list is just scratching the surface. Our girls are busy, and they seem to like it that way!

School leaders have also worked assiduously this year to advance the school. The school administration, coupled with the Board of Trustees, have begun and completed several tasks that are enabling Saint Mary’s to provide an intriguing and meaningful educational experience for our students while preparing the school for its future. Whether developing a new academic schedule to provide more balance and opportunity for our students and faculty, designing a new innovative seminar program for girls that leverages our Raleigh/Research Triangle location, or addressing the school’s financial needs to ensure its sustainability, Saint Mary’s continues to seek opportunities and meet new challenges with energy and determination. It is a school with an established, illustrious history and generations of alumnae who love their alma mater.

In this my first year, I have been struck by the engagement of the girls and how much they relish participating in all things Saint Mary’s. The welcoming community and the mutual support they offer one another has impressed me again and again; and the leadership capabilities of our students, and their overwhelming desire to do well and to succeed is truly remarkable. Saint Mary’s is indeed a place where girls learn, grow, and thrive.

While there is exciting and challenging work ahead for Saint Mary’s, we are embarking on this journey from a position of strength. Thanks to the hard work and support of so many in the Saint Mary’s community, the future is bright. As we endeavor to enhance and improve the Saint Mary’s experience, we want all of our constituents – alumnae, students, parents, faculty – along for the ride. We’ll need your input, counsel, and support along the way as we continue fulfilling our mission to educate and prepare the next generation of Saint Mary’s alumnae. We’re glad you’re on board with us. Go Saints!

Brendan J. O’Shea Head of School

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Installation of Brendan O'Shea, 14th Head of School, Oct. 11, 2017

The First Year

by Laura J. Novia, Director of Marketing and Communications

Head of School Brendan O’Shea marked the end of his first academic year at Saint Mary’s School on June 30, 2018. One of an impressive list of men and women who have led the school through its 176-year history, in the first 12 months Saint Mary’s 14th head of school focused on continuing the work of the strategic plan. Working closely with the Board of Trustees and school leadership, O’Shea has stewarded the conception and completion of several critical initiatives designed to advance the school including:

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wellness, innovation, and social impact; • partnering with Glavé and Holmes of Richmond, Va., to complete a campus master plan, addressing key renovation and maintenance needs as well as future aspirations for Saint Mary’s campus; • the completion, with the assistance of Capital Development Services of Winston-Salem, of a feasibility study to assess Saint Mary’s development initiatives and readiness to raise capital for future projects;

• the development of a new school schedule to be implemented in the 2018-2019 academic year, designed to provide students with more choice, more time with their teachers, better work-life balance, and more opportunities to reflect on and deepen their learning;

• the hiring of a new investment manager to oversee the management of Saint Mary’s endowment, currently valued at approximately $23.5 million;

• the identification of the 10 key competencies Saint Mary’s knows girls need to be prepared for college and life; and the integration of competency building in programming schoolwide;

• addressing Saint Mary’s level of debt, currently at about $10 million; repaying the debt is a priority for school leadership as doing so provides the financial flexibility and sustainability Saint Mary’s needs to remain fiscally strong for the future;

• the design of a new curricular component focused on the 10 key competencies to be delivered through a unique seminar program leveraging the school’s Raleigh/Research Triangle location to connect students with area organizations and experts while addressing age-appropriate issues in the subject areas of communication, health/

• engaging Clean, a Raleigh-based, woman-owned integrated branding agency, to assist with a marketing initiative to strengthen the school’s position as a leader in girls’ education and reflect the benefits of the school’s Raleigh location.

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An important priority for O’Shea during his inaugural year at Saint Mary’s has been building relationships with students and their families, faculty, staff, prospective families, and, of course, Saint Mary’s alumnae. In addition to participating in the life of the school by being a regular at chapel, speaking at assemblies, cheering on the Saints at athletic events, and applauding performances on the Pittman stage, O’Shea has travelled near and far to get better acquainted with the women who call Saint Mary’s their alma mater. From Raleigh to New York, from Atlanta to Boston and everywhere in between, O’Shea has been regaled with alumnae stories chronicling generations of women whose lives have been changed and enriched by their time at Saint Mary’s.

“It has been an incredible privilege getting acquainted with the people who make up the Saint Mary’s family.”

“It has been an incredible privilege getting acquainted with the people who make up the Saint Mary’s family,” says O’Shea. “I have been especially impacted by how many alumnae describe their Saint Mary’s experience as transformational. Scores of alumnae have communicated that they would not be the women they are today without the Saint Mary’s influence in their lives.” O’Shea also shared how impressed he has been by “the sheer number of Saint Mary’s alumnae who are leaders – professionally and civically, and act as full participants and leaders in their businesses and communities. Their talents are vast and deep. And all Saint Mary’s alumnae seem to be connected in one way or another.”

Reflecting on his first year at Saint Mary’s, O’Shea recognizes and applauds the school's many strengths. “Saint Mary’s School places equal emphasis on intellectual growth and character development for girls. It is a school rooted in faith. The academic program is exceptional. Saint Mary’s is completely devoted to girls and their preparation for the future, no matter what that future holds.” He continues, “The campus boasts a vibrant community of young women who are motivated, determined, engaged, empowered, and unified.

They make an impressive group.”

With year one now under his belt, O’Shea is looking ahead to year two and has set the following priorities: • begin implementation of the campus master plan by renovating and updating key campus facilities; • rally support for capital projects and financial sustainability among key constituents; • monitor academic enhancements to ensure their effectiveness; • continue the incredibly important work of the Saint Mary’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force; • provide the premier admission experience for prospective families to attract the next generation of Saints; • implement marketing initiatives identified through the branding process with Clean.

“Of course, we always keep the focus on our girls,” says O’Shea. “We want to make sure we are all doing what is best for them, each and every day.”

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The Way Girls Learn: Choice, Voice, Opportunity

by Laura J. Novia, Director of Marketing and Communications Today, Saint Mary’s location in the heart of Raleigh puts it in the center of a vibrant community that is leading the way in innovation, technology, and entrepreneurial-thinking worldwide. Like the city itself, Saint Mary’s School is also a vibrant community – and it is leading the way in girls’ education.

Building on its strong liberal arts foundation, reimagining its curriculum, and leveraging its unique urban location, Saint Mary’s is excited to implement extensive enhancements to its academic program in the 2018-2019 school year.

Designed to deliver on the school’s mission to prepare young women for college and life, and with a goal to give girls more choice, voice, and opportunity to explore topics interesting and relevant to them, the comprehensive and integrated program includes the addition of new courses, a new academic day schedule, new connections in the wider community, and new seminar offerings.

“We consulted extensively with our students and they told us loud and clear that they want more choice, a more balanced academic day, and more time to confer with their teachers,” says Dean of Teaching and Learning Leslie Owen.

Girls will now be able to choose from new courses like media arts, computer science, economics, and biomedical science, to name a few. They will have a new schedule with extended class periods for deeper learning, more time with teachers, additional opportunities for study during the school day, and more opportunities to pursue after-school interests and activities. They will enjoy more hands-on and real-world experiences through partnerships with local organizations and experts, and independent studies and internships. In short, they will enjoy a program designed explicitly for the way girls learn.

Quarterly seminars are a significant addition to Saint Mary’s academic program. Providing girls with learning and skill building in the subject areas of communication, health and wellness, innovation, and social impact, seminars are comprised of age-appropriate content and include a component connecting students with resources in the greater Raleigh area. Seminar topics are wide-ranging and reflect “just in time” learning for girls at every grade level.

Some of the seminar topics covered during the 2018-2019 school year will

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include personal financial literacy, public speaking, creating a resume, civic engagement, opportunity analysis, design thinking, the science of stress, body image and the portrayal of women in the media, college safety, and others.

Engaging with community partners in the fields of education, technology, health and wellness, etc., will enrich student understanding and provide experiences to reflect the world students will be entering upon graduation. Saint Mary’s continued relationship with HQ Raleigh will evolve to include seminar programming on collaboration, networking, and entrepreneurship (hq.community.com). The Social Institute (thesocialinstitute.com), a Chapel Hill-based company dedicated to helping people “win the game of social media,” will team up with Saint Mary’s faculty to teach students how to be positive, thoughtful, and responsible digital citizens with seminar topics ranging from building a personal brand on social media to self-advocacy online.

Saint Mary’s School: 10 Key Competencies 1. Collaboration 2. Communication 3. Critical thinking 4. Cross-cultural intelligence 5. Growth mindset 6. New media literacy and computational thinking 7. Self-expression 8. Self-directed learning 9. Servant leadership 10. Social-emotional intelligence Sources: Institute for the Future: Future Work Skills 2020 and Partnership for 21st Century Learning

In addition to required course work, elective offerings allow students to explore relevant subjects while developing key competencies.

Because Saint Mary’s School knows girls need and want to see and understand their progress, a further program enhancement for 2018-2019 is the addition of a personal Portfolio for Life. This digital portfolio, maintained and developed by each student, will encapsulate a student’s time at Saint Mary’s. It will give every girl a tool to reflect on her growth, assess her efforts, share and celebrate her successes, and confidently talk about herself and her accomplishments. She will carry her portfolio with her to college and build on it throughout her adult life. It will be a reminder of where she has been and inspire where she is going.

Of course, integrated throughout all the components of the academic program are the acquisition of the 10 key competencies identified by the school as critical to preparing Saint Mary’s graduates for the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.

“This move forward with our academic program is so important to our girls and their future,” says Owen. “It is an exciting next chapter in the future of our students and the future of this incredible institution of learning.”

Principles of Biomedical Science Ecology Marine Science Astronomy Introduction to Coding AP Computer Science Introduction to Statistics AP Statistics Introduction to Economics Sampling of English Electives • Women’s Detective Fiction • Portrayal of Femininity in American and British Literature • Southern Literature from Then to Now • Coming of Age in America • Literature of Migrations Entrepreneurial program through HQ Raleigh Media Arts

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ADMISSION

SAINT MARY’S

“It truly is not like any other school.

That’s because at Saint Mary’s we believe in the power of girls and in giving girls the experiences they need to grow as young women of intelligence, integrity, confidence, and purpose. We sat down with some of our faculty and students to get their insights into what makes Saint Mary’s so unique, and here is what they told us:

At Saint Mary’s, it’s all about the girls...

“Being at an all-girls school, these students get the experience of leadership, they get a classroom environment where they are able to participate in every way,” says Science Instructor Dr. Kevin Greenwood. “They’re not held back by what others may think of them and so it gives them an environment in which they can be curious, ask lots of questions, and really pursue their dreams and ambitions.”

Dr. Kevin Greenwood Science Instructor Joined Saint Mary’s in 2001

...and learning...

"Saint Mary’s location in downtown Raleigh really enriches our learning experience. We have access to so many different things that you can use outside of the classroom to further your learning – the science museum, history museum; just being in such a culturallyactive area is really interesting and unique. It gives you the opportunity to try different things.”

Mary Hunter Russell ’18 Boarding student from Belmont, N.C. Next year: UNC-Chapel Hill Morehead-Cain Scholar

Do you know a girl who would like to learn more about Saint Mary’s? We’d love to meet her! Thank you for sharing names and contact information for prospective students with the Admission Office at admission@sms.edu or 919-424-4100.

“I have been able to explore the STEM aspects of our community and I’ve also been able to explore English and history and women’s rights and all of those different topics. I think that the community here wants you to succeed, and our teachers go out of their way to be able to help you.”

Izzy Marroquin ’18 Boarding student from Austin, Texas Next year: George Washington University

“We’re challenged to take risks and make the most of our Saint Mary’s experience. We know everyone is going to encourage us to do whatever we’d like to do. If you fail, you can try again. It is truly not like any other school.”

Ashleigh Henry ’18 Day student from Raleigh, N.C. Next year: UNC-Chapel Hill

...and opportunity.

“Being in downtown, I can really take advantage of all Raleigh has to offer. Being from such a small town, I wasn’t used to that. But coming to a new place, meeting new people, and being in a different area, I’ve just decided that I want to do so much with myself.”

Stephanie Prestage ’19 Boarding student from Clinton, N.C. Next year: Saint Mary’s senior

Hear more from Dr. Greenwood, Izzy, Ashleigh, Mary Hunter, Stephanie and others in our “Saint Mary’s, it’s all about…” video at www.sms.edu/ meetoursaints or by scanning the QR code here:

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MIDDLE SCHOOL

EXPLORATIONS Saint Mary’s is offering a series of 13 free workshops and sports clinics for middle school girls for the 2018-19 school year. Designed to give girls in grades six through eight the opportunity to build skills, explore new interests, and get acquainted with Saint Mary’s School, these programs are led by Saint Mary’s expert faculty and staff. Here’s what’s coming!

September 15: September 22: September 22: September 29: October 20: October 27: October 27: November 3: November 12: February 9: February 23: April 13: April 17:

8th Grade SSAT Preview Lacrosse Science 8th Grade SSAT Preview Innovation at HQ Raleigh Soccer Creative Writing 8th Grade Designing Your Life for High School Dance Master Class Visual Arts Volleyball Innovation at HQ Raleigh Dance Master Class

Stay tuned for additional details and registration information. Questions?

Contact the Admission Office at 919-424-4100 or admission@sms.edu.

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COMMENCEMENT

Class of 2018

Amber Morse '18, Senior Commencement Speaker

Marshals lead the procession.

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SGA President Grace Battle Thompson '18

Commencement 2018:

Handkerchief drops on 176th session

by Mary Virginia Swain '77C

Commencement speaker Katlyn Grasso

The sights and sounds of Pomp and Circumstance filled the Grove Sunday morning, May 20, 2018, as 72 seniors graduated from Saint Mary’s School. Head of School Brendan O’Shea, presided over the commencement exercises. It was a glorious Saint Mary’s commencement day in the Grove, as the graduates turned their tassels and Saint Mary’s rings.

An old tradition was revived this year with the graduates processing out of the front doors of Smedes Hall and around the Circle to the Grove for the processional down the center walkway.

In keeping with Saint Mary’s tradition, Student Government Association President Grace Battle Thompson ’18 and Senior Class President Pell Williamson ’18, both of Raleigh, marched at the head of the line of, otherwise alphabetical, seniors. As the graduates made their way to the center sidewalk for the official procession, underclasswomen presented each graduate with an iris to carry and place in the Class of 1987 urn before stepping onstage to receive her diploma.

Valedictorian Victoria Worsham ’18 of Cary, N.C., delivered the valedictory address.

Amber Morse ’18 of Raleigh, delivered the senior commencement address, having been elected by her classmates as the senior commencement speaker.

Katlyn Grasso, founder and CEO of GenHERation, delivered the commencement address.

Following the speeches, special commencement awards were presented.

The Chorale and Voice Ensemble performed special music, The Awakening,

by Joseph Martin.

Head of School Brendan O’Shea offered parting remarks to the graduates.

Vestry members lead the procession.

Following the final singing of the year of the School Hymn, Chief Marshal Lilly Beth Glenn ’19 stood at the top of the steps of Smedes Hall, directly beneath the lantern adorned with Saint Mary’s blue ribbons, to drop the handkerchief and declare the 176th session at Saint Mary’s to be officially

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CongratULATIONS

SAINT MARY’S

COMMENCEMENT

Class of 2018

YOU DID IT! Class of 2018 Matriculation List.

Numbers indicate multiple enrollees.

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Appalachian State University Bentley University Boston College Boston University Brown University Bryn Mawr College Bucknell University Carnegie Mellon University Clemson University (2) College of Charleston College of Saint Benedict Colorado College Denison University Duke University East Carolina University (5) Elon University Furman University George Washington University (3) Georgia Institute of Technology High Point University Marymount Manhattan College Meredith College Miami University North Carolina State University (5) Northeastern University Savannah College of Art and Design (2) Sewanee: The University of the South (3) University of Mississippi (2) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (11) University of North Carolina at Charlotte University of North Carolina at Wilmington University of Notre Dame University of Pittsburgh University of South Carolina University of Texas at Austin (2) University of Wisconsin at Madison Vanderbilt University Virginia Tech Wake Forest University Washington and Lee University (2) Western Carolina University (2) Wofford College (2) Saint Mary’s School | www.sms.edu

Members of the Saint Mary's School Class of 2018 are poised to step out of Saint Mary's gates and into an exciting future.

closed. After the traditional handkerchief drop, the marshals walked into Smedes and closed the doors on another Saint Mary’s commencement.

Baccalaureate preceded the commencement exercises in the historic Saint Mary’s Chapel with Chaplain Ann Bonner-Stewart presiding.

By all accounts, Saint Mary’s commencement embodies personal touches of academic excellence, personal achievement, friendship, tradition, grace, honor, dignity, and courage that are hallmarks of the Saint Mary’s experience.

Once again, Saint Mary’s graduating class boasts 100 percent college acceptance to a broad range of outstanding colleges and universities around the nation and abroad. The range of colleges and universities Saint Mary's Class of 2018 have selected are as varied as the graduates themselves and reflects their wide-ranging interests. Students will be attending colleges and universities across the nation, as one student heads to France for a gap year and another to Germany.

Members of the Saint Mary's School Class of 2018 are poised to step out of Saint Mary's gates and into an exciting future. Prepared at Saint Mary’s “for college and life,” these graduates have challenged themselves in and out of the classroom, expanded their boundaries, made real-world connections, and grown as young women of intelligence, integrity, and purpose – ready to serve and shape their world.

Commencement Awards:

Victoria Worsham ’18 of Cary, N.C., was the recipient of the 2018 Cooper Medal, in recognition of achieving the highest G.P.A. for the year.

Miss Worsham ’18 was also the 2018 recipient of the Niles Medal for finishing with the highest G.P.A. over her years at Saint Mary’s.

Ella Grace Lewis ’18 of Tallahassee, Fla., was chosen to receive the King Medal, awarded each year to the graduate, who, in the opinion of the faculty, has most consistently practiced good citizenship at Saint Mary’s and inconspicuously served as an example to others.

Katharine Alexandra Crabtree ’18 of Mount Pleasant, S.C., received the Catherine Ruth Proctor Award, presented by the Saint Mary’s chapter of the National Honor Society in recognition of the student making the greatest scholastic advancement over the past four years.

Margaret Burton Fountain ’18 of Raleigh was voted by her classmates to receive the Margaret and Ann Highsmith Medal, awarded to a graduate who exemplifies the Christian idea of helpfulness to others motivated by her genuine love for all members of the school community.

Caroline Parrish Balderson ’18 of Wilmington, N.C., was the recipient of the 2018 Georgia Lee Kinsey Award, presented by Saint Mary’s Chapter of the National Honor Society to the graduate who has accomplished the greatest scholastic advancement over the past two years.

Abby Harris ’18 of Pine Knoll Shores, is the 2018 Marian Drane Graham Award winner, as chosen by a committee of alumnae, students, and faculty. This award was established in 1968 as a memorial to Marian Drane Graham, Class of 1919, wife of Frank Porter Graham, former president of the University of North Carolina and a former U.S. Senator. The award is made each year to a graduate who exemplifies Marian’s “reverence and humility of spirit, scholarship without pride of excellence, zest for life, faith and fortitude, and allaround development in the course of her radiant and nobly useful life.”

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NEW BRIEFS

Chorale sings at Windy City Music Festival The Saint Mary's Honors Chorale traveled in March to perform at the Windy City Choral Festival in Chicago's Symphony Center.

“We are still glowing from the wonderful weekend in Chicago,” says Jennifer Moran, Chorale director. “What an experience! I know that the girls and I will never forget it, and we will treasure the time on that stage.

Our girls experienced more than they expected and more than music. They gained self-confidence, pride, connection with each other, and the knowledge that they have much to contribute to the world.”

Catherine Early ’08 featured guest at N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences Saint Mary’s alumna Catherine Early ’08 was the special guest speaker for the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Daily Planet SciChat, Wednesday, June 6. Her topic was Bird Brains - Dinornis, Dodos, and Ducks: A Bird’s Eye View of Brain Evolution, which included fascinating insights from her research and study of the evolution of bird brains as a fifth year Ph.D. candidate in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology graduate program at Ohio University. Early, who studied biology at N.C. State University as an undergrad after Saint Mary's, is an alum of the museum’s Junior Curator program and was a coordinator of the Teen Science Café in its first year. The presentation was held in the museum’s SECU Daily Planet Theater inside the iconic giant globe on Jones Street in downtown Raleigh.

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Saint Mary’s students attend Walter Magazine event featuring Molly Paul ’16 Saint Mary's students enjoyed attending Walter Magazine's WINi event, Sunday, May 6, 2018, at the Umstead Hotel and Spa. The event, celebrating women inspiring women, featured five dynamic Triangle women sharing their stories of empowerment. One of the speakers was Saint Mary's own Molly Paul ’16, a student at UNC-Chapel Hill and award-winning youth environmentalist.

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Summer Reading 2018 features traditional and contemporary formats Summer is a great time to explore interests, both personal and undiscovered, through reading. A love of reading can be nurtured through the traditional format of a bound book and through multimedia experiences that match today’s demand for new media literacy.

The two summer reading selections for 2018 are organized into two groups, 9th grade students and 10th through 12th grade students.

Rising 9th graders will read CliftonStrengths for Students, which helps students discover and develop their strengths and reach their full potential. This book includes an access code to take the CliftonStrengths assessment. Based on the assessment, students get a list of their top five themes of talent, which become themes with which to lead. Once they know what their leading themes are, they can begin to turn them into strengths.

William Ivey Long visits Saint Mary’s Saint Mary’s theatre students enjoyed a delightful afternoon visit, May 15, in historic Pittman Auditorium with legendary six-time Tony Award winning costume designer William Ivey Long.

Long spoke about his Hall of Fame career designing costumes for the biggest Broadway shows, directors, films, and stars. His talk was peppered with valuable life lessons and fascinating theatrical insider stories. Thanks to Laura Norris Raynor ’69HS ’71C, pictured above, for bringing her friend, William Ivey Long, to meet Saint Mary’s students.

Rising 10th through 12th grade students will play Saint Mary’s Summer Reading Bingo. Reflecting Saint Mary’s commitment to preparing young women for college and life and integrating the development of our 10 key competencies, this fun summer reading experience is designed to deliver on what Saint Mary's knows young women need: voice, choice, relevancy, and opportunities to make personal connections.

Students “win” the game of Summer Reading Bingo by fulfilling five consecutive squares, vertically or diagonally. Web-based, Saint Mary’s Summer Reading Bingo is easily accessible by computer or smartphone, with links to podcasts, videos, short articles, and more.

Saint Mary's invites you to check out this year's summer reading by visiting www.sms.edu/summerreading.

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PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT

Science Olympiad teams place in top ten Congratulations to Saint Mary's Science Olympiad Team, which placed in the top 10 of 21 schools from around the region in the 2018 North Carolina Science Olympiad tournament in Raleigh in February. The JV team also made the top 10. Students participated in the Amazing Mechatronics, Chemistry Lab, Microbe Mission, Thermodynamics, Towers, and Write It/Do It categories. Many students won medals.

Rising senior attends New York Times Summer Academy Emma Rose McCune ’19 was accepted to attend the School of The New York Times NYC Summer Academy, June 10-22.

The NYC Summer Academy gives intellectually curious high school students the opportunity to live and learn in New York City while studying topics in journalism, media, technology, arts, culture, sports, fashion, business, science and more. Each two-week course draws on the expertise and unrivaled access of The New York Times and encourages students to take their learning beyond the classroom and into the real world.

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Annabel Bloom ’18 wins DAR essay competitions Saint Mary’s graduating senior Annabel Bloom ’18 received the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Good Citizen Award, qualifying her to enter the organization’s essay contest. Her essay won first place at the Caswell Nash Chapter of the DAR in January, and went on to win first place for District VI of the North Carolina Society of the DAR. The DAR American History Essay Contest was established to encourage young people to think creatively about our nation's great history and learn about history in a new light.

Saint Mary's at Ten80 STEM Conference Instructor of Science Jennifer Hummel's students traveled to the Exposition Center at the Jim Graham Building at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds, Wednesday, Nov. 14, to participate in a Ten80 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) conference. The students attended collaborative workshops focused on content and skills related to one of the three critical aspects of innovation: the engineering process, the enterprise process, and leadership. Ten80 develops and delivers K-12 STEM content helping every student thrive in this STEM society.

MusicShare Club performs at Cardinal in North Hills Members of Saint Mary's MusicShare Club performed a lovely program of music for clarinet, violin, piano, guhzeng, flute, and guitar for residents of The Cardinal in North Hills in Raleigh on Apr. 15. Eleven club members, led by club co-presidents Dora Yang and Judy Pan, organized and prepared the music. The audience was delighted, even calling for encores! Performers were freshmen Lily Wang, Lily Song, Shirley Xue, sophomore, Hercy Shen, juniors Yubin Kwon, Wendy Zhang, Julie Zhang, Sabrina Ma, Dora Yang, and seniors Tra My Ha and Judy Pan.

Saint Mary’s senior’s art published in international literary journal The digital artwork of Virginia Laurie '18, titled "Modern Eve" is featured in Girls Right The World, an online, international literary journal "advocating for young, female-identified writers and artists." Modern Eve references the Bible story of Adam and Eve. Virginia notes that like Eve, "she is eating an apple, representative of the Original Sin. However, she is unapologetic and wears a hat that reads 'nasty' in reference to the phrase 'nasty woman' from the 2016 election that became a call of solidarity among liberal women."

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Yubin Kwon ’19 chosen for District C Pitch Night Yubin Kwon ’19, pictured far right, was selected to participate in District C’s Pitch Night, Feb. 26, at HQ Raleigh. Yubin, with her C Squad Evan from East Chapel Hill High and Zach from Ravenscroft, nailed their business presentation with ideas to help Raleigh Raw juice bar and healthy cafe improve its customer experience, as part of District C’s Pitch Night. District C’s C Squad program is a real-world learning experience designed to teach high school students how to work together to solve real problems.

Sarah Scott Woolard ’19 completes independent study with Glenwood Agency As part of Saint Mary’s Pathways independent study program open to juniors and seniors, Sarah Scott Woolard ’19, completed a year-long internship with the Glenwood Agency. Pathways offered Sarah Scott the opportunity to spend every Thursday working with this major real estate agency, learning about the growing Raleigh market and the real estate profession. The future looks bright for this industrious student, as she pursues her career goals.

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ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE "I can’t wait to see what’s in store for me at Carolina,” says Mary Hunter Russell. “I hope to make an impact both on campus and around the world, as I intend to fully immerse myself in the community engagement opportunities offered through the MoreheadCain Foundation."

Ann Smith, Scholar Selection Director of the Morehead-Cain Foundation, recognizes Mary Hunter Russell '18 for receiving the Morehead-Cain Scholarship to attend UNC-Chapel Hill.

Mary Hunter Russell ’18 accepts Morehead-Cain Scholarship at UNC-Chapel Hill The Morehead-Cain Foundation announced April 27, 2018, its Class of 2022, and Saint Mary's senior Mary Hunter Russell '18 is included in what the Foundation describes as the "largest class in its history."

The Morehead-Cain Foundation is “home of the first merit scholarship program in the United States, founded at the first public university in the U.S.” This fall, "Morehead-Cain will welcome to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 79 new Morehead-Cain Scholars from across North Carolina, the United States, and the world.

The scholarship program is the first to envision and implement a strategic summer enrichment program and, most recently, the first to designate a fund for discovery for each of our scholars. Established in 1945 and inspired by the Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford University, the Morehead-Cain provides an undergraduate experience without peer.

The Morehead-Cain scholarship includes four years and four summers—fully funded. It offers immersion in a vibrant student body, experienced advisors to introduce passion and potential to a world of opportunity, and exclusive enrichment and networking opportunities— indeed a lifetime connection—with the unparalleled community of Morehead-Cain scholars across the globe.

Accepting the invitation to become a Morehead-Cain scholar means accepting the lifelong challenge inherent in it: to impact—positively, profoundly, perpetually—the people and pursuits that define your life.

“I can’t wait to see what’s in store for me at Carolina,” says Mary Hunter Russell. “I hope to make an impact both on campus and around the world, as I intend to fully immerse myself in the community engagement opportunities offered through the Morehead-Cain Foundation.”

“I have been so lucky to have such a supportive environment at Saint Mary’s, from my friends to my faculty who have been so encouraging throughout the process,” says Russell. “I was amazed by how comfortable I felt during numerous interviews, something I attribute to the confidence I developed during my time at Saint Mary’s. I know I have grown significantly since I came as a ninth-grader, both as a student and as a person. I have been encouraged to ask questions and explore, which has allowed me to discover new passions that played a major role in deciding what I will be doing for the next four years in college.

“This summer, I will participate in an outdoor leadership endeavor through Outward Bound’s High Sierra Alpine backpacking course, something I am well prepared for after my ninth-grade Saint Mary’s Outward Bound experience.”

“I could not have asked for a more fulfilling high school experience.

I know Saint Mary’s has prepared me to take on any challenge I encounter.”

Mary Hunger Russell was a Blanche Robertson Bacon Honors Scholar at Saint Mary’s, and graduated with high honors in May 2018. At Saint Mary’s, she was an active member of student government. In this role, she helped plan school events, organize student activities, and manage a $30,000 budget. She also is a leader in the Girl Scouts, earning her Bronze and Silver Awards, and working towards her Gold Award. She served as captain of the varsity cross country team at Saint Mary’s, and founded a club to teach others about personal finance. She is interested in studying business and foreign languages. She is the daughter of John Russell Jr. and Erin Russell of Belmont, N.C.

Mary Hunter Russell credits Saint Mary’s School for preparing her for this extraordinary college experience.

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ATHLETICS

Swim team enjoys winning season Congratulations, to the varsity swim team, on an outstanding 2018 season. The Saints finished the regular season 14-2, placed third at the Triangle Independent Schools Athletic Conference (TISAC) meet, third at the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association (NCISAA) state meet, and brought home several individual conference and state titles, and personal bests. Sophomore Abby Arens ’20 defended her state championships in the 200IM, earning All-American status, and the 100 Breaststroke, setting a new state record and breaking her own record set last year.

Pell Williamson ’18 honored

by Raleigh Sports Club Congratulations, to Saint Mary's outstanding senior student-athlete Pell Williamson ’18 on being honored in February for her achievements on the basketball court and in the classroom as Raleigh Sports Club's high school Athlete of the Week. N.C. State Wolfpack head baseball coach Elliot Avent, pictured, was guest speaker at the awards luncheon. The Raleigh Sports Club (RSC) was originally established in 1964 as a local sports club with 12 members who loved sports and wanted to recognize athletic and academic achievement on several levels. The RSC has grown to over 300 members and holds weekly Wednesday luncheon meetings from September through March.

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Track and field athletes win conference championships Congratulations, to Emily Leung ’20, on winning the 2018 Triangle Independent Schools Athletic Conference (TISAC) pole vaulting championship with a 10-foot vault on May 11.

Congratulations, to Jala McCormick ’20, on winning the 2018 TISAC long jump championship with a jump of 15 feet 6 3/4 inches, on May 11.

Milly Etheridge ’18 commits to Sewanee field hockey

Varsity basketball finishes winning season with state playoff berth

Congratulations, to Saint Mary's senior Milly Etheridge ’18, on signing her athletic letter of commitment to play field hockey at Sewanee, the University of the South, next year. Milly earned TISAC all-conference field hockey honors.

Saint Mary’s varsity basketball team finished the 2017-2018 season with a winning 12-9 record, qualifying for the NCISAA state playoffs for the first time since 2011.

Varsity lacrosse team excels in 2018 Congratulations, to Saint Mary's varsity lacrosse team on achieving the number five seeding in the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association (NCISAA) 2018 state playoffs. The Saints finished the season strong with a 10-6 record, having been ranked throughout the season in the top 15 for all public and independent schools in the News & Observer's/Preps Now girls' high school lacrosse rankings.

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CALENDAR 2018-2019

IT'S BACK!

Auction

February 22 at The Angus Barn November 9-10

Chaired by Joan Comer Johnston ’87C, Mary Boney, Louise Stowe, and Liza Williams

Orchesis 80th Anniversary Reunion

August 27

October 24

September 18

October 26-27

September 19

November 2

September 27-28

November 5

October 5

November 7

October 12

November 8-9

October 16

November 9-10

Classes begin for the 177th session Boston area alumnae event New York area alumnae event Alumnae Council fall meeting Chorale Music Theatre Revue Board of Visitors annual meeting Admission Day Student Shadow Day October 18

Wake County area alumnae event October 17-18

Board of Trustees fall meeting 22

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Halifax, N.C. area alumnae event Fall Play: The Young and Fair All Saints Eucharist Chapel Scholarship Tea Granddaughters Club Inductions Admission Overnight and Visitation Orchesis Fall Concert, Orchesis 80th Anniversary Reunion November 13

Chattanooga, Tenn. area alumnae event November 28

Baltimore, Md. area alumnae event

SAVE THE DATES AND JOIN US FOR THESE SPECIAL EVENTS!

SAVE THE DAT E

May 3-4

Reunion Weekend for classes ending in 4 and 9

November 29

Washington, D.C./Alexandria, Va. area alumnae event December 11

Lessons and Carols; Lighting O' the Grove January 14

Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service January 14-15

Admission Overnight and Visitation February 7-8

Alumnae Council winter meeting February 15-16

Musical: Little Women February 21-22

Board of Trustees winter meeting

For a complete calendar of events throughout the school year, visit www.sms.edu/alumnae. Regional alumnae events will be added to the alumnae web page as they are scheduled. All alumnae are welcome at all events. Print and electronic invitations will be sent. If you do not receive your invitation, please let us know. Visit the Alumnae Events web page for more information and to register online. Contact Margaret McGlohon ’81C, director of alumnae relations, at memcglohon@sms.edu or 919-424-4171 with questions.

Events are subject to change due to weather and other unforeseen circumstances, and changes will be announced as soon as possible.

February 22

Auction March 29

Granddaughters Club Luncheon April 17-18

Board of Trustees spring meeting April 12

Grandparents and Grandfriends Day May 2-3

Alumnae Council spring meeting May 3-4

Reunion Weekend May 19

Commencement for the 177th Session

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EVENTS

AHOSKIE, N.C. March 20, 2018

At Beechwood Country Club Left to right: Lauren Rutherford Perry ’01, Jaquelin Jenkins Perry ’73HS, Tra Jennette Perry ’62C, Lois Sawyer Perry ’52C, Cindi Warren Chamblee ’95C, Catherine Hill Jenkins ’71C, and Becky Gordon Hoggard ’51HS ’53C

ASHEVILLE, N.C. January 30, 2018 Troy & Sons

Left to right: Mary Mac Ogden ’85HS, Troy Ball, Julie Ricciardi, Wiley Westall, Meg Stacy Westall ’02, Sally Pridgen Spiegel '89HS

Left to right: Cissy Lofton Elmer ’80C, Emilie Lamb Freeman ’78C, Dillon Robinson Manly ’78C

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CHARLESTON, S.C. February 1, 2018

At the home of Carl and Emily Dockery Carlson ’70HS ’72C

Left to right: Julie Ricciardi, Morgan Seidel ’15, Kitty Strawn ’17, Katharine Page Krueger ’79HS ’81C, and Dan Krueger

Left to right: Anne Foreman Barnes ’65HS, Amey Parsons Lewis ’64HS ’66C, Rett Weston Padgett ’59C

Left to right: Sarah Staton Nash ’08, Caroline Fuqua Owen ’09, Beverly Stoney Johnson ’74HS

COLUMBIA, S.C. January 31, 2018

At the home of Scotty Grine Frantz ’81HS ’83C

Left to right: Annabelle Brandeaux Robertson ’84HS, Lucy Shand Edmonds ’62C, Constance Shaner Parramore ’54C, Timmy Timmons Dorn ’52HS ’54C, Dot Poston ’18GP

Left to right: Mardy Gray Choate ’67HS ’69C, Bev Tuller ’86C

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CHICAGO

March 10, 2018 At Seven Lions

Left to right: Brendan O’Shea, Kendra Dinkins, Linda Branscome ’81C, Morgan Seidel ’15, Augusta Moran ’15, Page Reynolds ’13

PALM BEACH, Fla. 2018

Front Row: Marjorie Bryan Buckley ’60C, Kathryn Scott Long ’73HS ’75C, Marcie Collie, Brendan O’Shea, Anastasia Blackman ’11, Margaret Stevens Lawler ’65HS ’67C, Peter Lawler, Julie Ricciardi, Elizabeth Twohy ’87C Back Row: Nancy Gillam Spruill ’66HS ’68C, Grace Brown ’79HS ’81C, Lou Collie

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. 2018

ORLANDO, Fla. 2018

Front Row: Elizabeth Moerman Davis ’00, Clare Davis, Hannah Moore Harris ’11, Katie Bradbury Back Row: Margaret McGlohon ’81C, Moppy Salt McGee ’77C, Frances Brinson Shults ’77C, Diane Blanton Ricks ’59HS ’61C, Julie Ricciardi, Margaret Clements Connolly ’75HS ’77C, Tricia Pittman 79HS

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Julie Ricciardi, Margaret McGlohon ’81C, Katie Bradbury, Olivia Hock Miller ’00

GREENVILLE, N.C. March 22, 2018 At City Art Gallery

Left to right: Catherine Winfield Pfeiffer ’81C, Ellen Rodman Hathaway ’79HS ’81C, Katherine, Emily Winfield Bondy ’81C, Gray Clark Stoughton ’78HS ’80C

Left to right: Clarine Pollock Powell ’67C, Jane Darden Brown ’71C, Camilla Pittman, Torrey Green Stroud ’68HS, Juliet Smith Barrus ’66HS ’68C

LITTLETON, N.C. March 1, 2018

At the home of Betsy-Tom Homewood Brown ’73HS ’75C Left to right: Ann Jones Montgomery ’92C, Betsy-Tom Homewood Brown '73HS '75C, Bambi Conger Edwards ’82C, Lyn Homewood, Celeste Dickens Long '72HS, Molly Peebles Squire ’77HS ’79C

SAN DIEGO, Calif.

March 22, 2018

At the home Thomas and Coco Young Bancroft ’85C Left to right: Pam DeVere Crooks '69HS '71C, Jean Lippels Collins '61C, Coco Young Bancroft '85C, and Michelle McLaughlin Cheshire '92C

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EVENTS Left to right: Dial Baker Love ’79HS, Betty Lou Beale Watson ’59C

Left to right: Alice Boggs Schroeder ’89HS, Claudia Bishop Stubbs ’93HS, Stephanie Bishop Williams ’90HS, Nella Fulton Timmons ’77HS, Janie Parker Pinney ’80HS, Mary Thrower Kulp ’88HS

RICHMOND, Va. April 12, 2018

At the home of Marty and Stephanie Bishop Williams ’90HS

Left to right: Betsy Coley Fralin ’83C, Marion Dudley Halladay ’83C, Sara Coleman Cann ’71HS

WILSON, N.C.

March 14, 2018

At the home of Elizabeth Paxton Black ’92C

Left to right: Jill Pittman ’89C, Ben Eagles, Ginny James Eagles ’89HS ’91C

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Left to right: Webber Bell Paxton ’60C, Elizabeth Smith Skinner ’80C, Hannah Bell Diedrick ’60C, Betsy Diedrick McLean ’84HS ’86C, Ann Diedrick Dill ’81HS ’83C, Elizabeth Paxton Black ’92C

TRIANGLE YOUNG ALUMNAE December 13, 2017

At HQ Raleigh

Left to right: Suzanne Garner ’12, Kathleen Baryenbruch ’12, Ann Evans ’12, Katie Seymour ’12, Kelly Rusher ’12, Ellee Craig ’12

Left to right: Lauren Robbins Dickson ’06, Arrington Clark ’09, Betsy Church ’09, Scottie Springer ’07, Anna Zevenhuizen ’07, Ferebee Frazier Plyler ’09

Left to right: Laura Medlin ’09, Chelsea Ward ’09, Diane Tyndall ’08

Left to right: Suzanne Garner ’12, Katie Seymour ’12 Left to right: Ellee Craig ’12, Mary Southgate Dickson ’09, Kelly Rusher ’12, Catherine Bryant ’12

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GRANDDAUGHTERS CLUB LUNCHEON February 23, 2018

Saint Mary's Granddaughters Club and the Alumnae Office welcomed mothers and grandmothers to campus on Feb. 23, 2018, for the annual Granddaughters Club luncheon in Smedes-Emory Parlor. The Granddaughters Club consists of students who are direct descendants of Saint Mary’s alumnae, including mothers, grandmothers, and great-grandmothers.

The Granddaughters Club is the oldest club on campus, established in 1909 by Kate McKimmon, who was an alumna, teacher, secretary, and treasurer of the Saint Mary’s Alumnae Association. During that first year in 1909, there were 33 members: 11 granddaughters, 27 daughters and five girls who were the third generation of their family at Saint Mary’s.

Today, some students represent the fifth or sixth generation of their family to attend Saint Mary's. The purpose of the Granddaughters Club is to maintain a close kinship with the Alumnae Office and the Alumnae Association, to continue the traditions of the school and build new ones, to promote school spirit, and to form a nucleus of students that will later develop into proficient service in the Alumnae Association.

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REUNION WEEKEND April 27-28, 2018 At Saint Mary's School

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MILESTONES IN MEMORIAM Anneleyse Martin Smith ’38HS ’39C, March 10, 2018

Brennan McKaye ’54C, June 6, 2018

Marilee Eagles Reed ’81HS married Rev. James Reed, June 2, 2018

Agnes Robinette Hayes Mallard ’40C, December 17, 2017

Janet Taylor Moore ’54C, December 25, 2017

Jill Sparks Pittman ’89C married Wink Hillard, March 31, 2018

Catherine “Catchy” Gibbon Tanner ’41HS, March 1, 2018

Elizabeth Arthur Bell ’55C, April 1, 2018

Jeannine Eason ’94HS ’96C married Joseph Brown, February 22, 2018

Nancy Upshaw Egerton ’42HS, April 4, 2018

Joanne Knott Watson ’55C, January 2, 2018

Amanda Best ’97HS married Scott Hiland, November 3, 2017

Ann Trigg Phlegar Harrill ’43C, April 8, 2018

Margaret Sherrod Fountain ’56C, January 1, 2018

Kempton Dunn ’99 married Taylor McGrath, February 24, 2018

Neville Connolly Riley ’43C, March 21, 2018

Dorothe “Dottie” Roberts Yeamans Malone ’57HS, January 7, 2018

*Amanda Baker ’01 married George Harris, December 30, 2017

Elizabeth “Bet” Pou McClamroch ’45HS, May 6, 2018

Frances Fletcher Smith Lea Bedell ’58HS, February 4, 2018

Liza Fleury ’03 married Marc Rabinowitz, June 9, 2018

Elizabeth Thomas Harding ’45C, February 2, 2018

Joan DuBose Schelly ’58C, January 16, 2018

Claire Cosgrove ’05 married Lucas Edmondson, May 5, 2018

Mary Bull Pinckney Wendt ’46C, May 22, 2018

Carol Crumpler Verrone ’58C, January 19, 2018

*Virginia Clair Tharrington ’06 married Andrew Nist, May 26, 2018

Rose Wallace Tucker ’45HS ’47C, February 25, 2018

Lou Hoffler Bright ’59HS, February 27, 2018

Capel Kane ’07 married Ross Bendel, March 17, 2018

Martha Best Yorke Lawson ’47C, January 1, 2018

Frances Bramble Petty Sargent ’61C, December 13, 2017

Julia Sibert ’07 married Christopher Gurley, April 14, 2017

“Catharine” Margaret Thomas Abbitt ’48C, December 8, 2017

Janie Palmer Judd Rountree ’62HS ’64C, October 16, 2017

KangHa Julia Lim ’08 married Jong Min Sung, May 26, 2018

Musette Brown Williams ’48C, April 12, 2018

Carolyn Powell Scheer ’62C, December 28, 2017

McCauley James ’08 married Drew Yates, April 7, 2018

Peggy Gregson Harrelson ’50HS ’52C, January 27, 2018

Mary Parham Jackson ’63C, May 23, 2018

Cameron Robbins ’08 married Josh Taylor, March 10, 2018

Frankie Strosnider DuBose ’50C, December 19, 2017

Martha Ellen ‘Len’ Kirven Lyons ’63C, February 12, 2018

Katherine Sloan ’08 married Jim Eatman, May 19, 2018

Olivia Lynch Hardin ’50C, May 9, 2018

Alice Burwell Reid ’64C, November 6, 2017

Sara Anne Proctor Turner ’50C, May 25, 2018

Wesley Harrell Fay ’83HS, April 11, 2018

Mary Sue Strupe Neal ’51C, April 17, 2018

Margaret C. Williams, professor emerita of art December 28, 2017

Elizabeth “Betsy” Clarke Lane ’52C, March 1, 2018

Margery “Margie” Scott Johnson, former trustee, January 17, 2018

Janyce “Jan” Winders Oldham ’52C, April 3, 2018

Martha Stoops, professor emerita and college historian, January 24, 2018

Mary Grady Burnette Koonce ’54C, April 25, 2018 Nancy Pass Mangum ’54C, April 13, 2018

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Wedding of Elizabeth Olson ’94HS: left to right: Fred Wise; Amanda Baker Harris ’01 and George Harris Margaret Grissom, former English teacher and Dean of were married in the Saint Mary’s Chapel, Academics; Amelia Gibson, former faculty; Susan Downs, December 30, 2017 former faculty; Elizabeth Olson Wise ’94HS

Suzanne Prak Bostwick ’03 with son Mark Benjamin Bostwick, born April 10, 2018

BIRTHS Megan Currin ’09 married Andrew Shiels, May 12, 2018

Jamie Miller Brown ’00, a son, December 11, 2017

Lindsay Alexander Strickland ’03, a daughter, May 1, 2018

Carson Gombatz ’09 married Justin Allred, March 31, 2018

Ashley Batts Allen ’01, a son, March 8, 2018

Katie Whitmore Allred ’04, a son, March 31, 2018

Jessie Gonia ’09 married Michael Hatfield, April 14, 2018

Mary Catherine Benson Grew ’01, a daughter, January 9, 2018

Nia Triantis Gillespie ’04, a daughter, April 20, 2018

*Sydney Johnson ’09 married Fletcher Beasley, April 7, 2018

Ana Catherine Dickens-Massengill ’02, a daughter, December 31, 2017

Hannah Small Jones ’05, a son, April 13, 2018

Betsy Bryan Pitts ’09 married Michael Mandl, April 28, 2018

Jenna Taylor Hannah ’02, a son, February 20, 2018

Moriah Phares Blalock ’06, a daughter, August 2017

*Alexandra Minor ’10 married Hunter Fisher, June 9, 2018

Hallie Sessoms Kennedy ’02, a daughter, June 1, 2018

Eva Skipper Jones ’06, a daughter, May 13, 2018

Ashleigh Oxner ’10 married James Malm, April 14, 2018

Jenny Sutton Selph ’02, a daughter, March 26, 2018

Caroline Ward Manning ’06, a daughter, April 18, 2018

Darby Fallon ’12 married Jack Clark, June 2, 2018

Anna Johnston Surratt ’02, a son, December 31, 2017

Spencer Busby Menzel ’06, a daughter and a son, December 23, 2017

Gini Todd ’13 married Trevor Brink, January 20, 2018

Shea Vause Gravely ’03, a son, March 15, 2018

Julia Corker Spickard ’06, a son, December 25, 2017

Sylvia Weir ’13 married Clinton Lee, April 14, 2018

Christine Brunk Haney 03, a son, December 21, 2017

Helen Johnson Mao ’07, a daughter, January 24, 2018

Elly Wilkins Johnson ‘03, a son, April 13, 2018

Macky Wingo Trotter ’08, a son, January 3, 2018

Hunter Snell Schenk ’03, a daughter, April 14, 2018

*Married at Saint Mary's Chapel

These milestones were compiled based on information received by the school by June 1, 2018. Every effort is made to include everyone for whom we have official confirmation by press time. If we missed you or your loved one, please send an official announcement to mvswain@sms.edu, or mail to Mary Virginia Swain ’77C, Saint Mary’s School, 900 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27603, for inclusion in the winter 2019 magazine.

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1933 CLASS NEWS It’s all here – the latest and greatest news from alumnae in odd-year classes. Saint Mary’s extends a special thanks to the dedicated class secretaries who compiled and crafted these class newsletters, many who have served for decades.

Even-year classes will be featured in the winter 2019 magazine. Alumnae in these classes will receive information to facilitate the reporting of news to class secretaries or directly to the school.

CLASS NEWS POLICIES Due to the uncertain nature of certain types of news, Saint Mary’s does not publish news of wedding engagements or pregnancies. We publish news of marriages, births, adoptions, or deaths, based on published news reports or direct phone or email contact with the Alumnae Office from the parties or immediate families.

Please remember to include Saint Mary’s in your wedding announcement in the newspaper and please send birth announcements to the Alumnae Office for inclusion in the milestones section.

Saint Mary’s Class Notes are published for each class once each year. Due to the extended nature of the production schedule for the magazine, class news is meant to be a once-a-year general update of your news for the previous year. We cannot guarantee the exact timeliness of your news, so please keep our advance deadlines in mind when submitting news.

Saint Mary’s School reserves the right to edit class news for content, length, and timeliness.

Photographs may be submitted for consideration for the class news to mvswain@sms.edu or Mary Virginia Swain, 900 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27603. Photos must be high-quality prints or digital .jpeg photo files of at least 300 dpi. Group shots should include Saint Mary’s alumnae (and spouses and children) only and must include a detailed listing of everyone pictured, including full names and class years.

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Flora Johnson Robinson is still living in her own home in Elizabeth City.

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Shirley Frew Ivie is still living in Richmond, Va. Frances Drane Inglis writes from Edenton, “Still here in this beautiful place with a lot of help from my children, especially Susan.

Full of gratitude and thinking back on happy times at SMS.”

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Sara Mell Smith Edwards writes from Anniston, Ala., “Just plugging along after breaking my left hip in October. My patience is waning!”

Rose Wallace Tucker ’45HS ’47C of Richmond, Va., passed away on Feb. 25, 2018. Liddybet Myatt Holsten writes from Chapel Hill, “I am in good shape, happily. Would love to see some of my Saint Mary’s classmates.

After graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1950, I married my classmate, Roy W. Holsten. We stayed in Chapel Hill, Roy as associate dean of the School of Business and I, after having three sons, as alumni archivist for 25 years. Roy and I were happily married for 44 years; lost him sadly in 1994.

I am now 90 and still living in my house we bought in 1964.” Liddybet still sees Jean Roberts Morgan of Durham, “though not often enough.”

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ley Brodie writes, “I am living at Plantation Village in Wilmington and enjoying it.” Marion Turner Hubbard writes from Greensboro, “Still work at my lumber company.

Still traveling as much as possible.

Went to Tucson, Ariz., in February to see my daughter’s new house.”

Frances Minter Wooten writes, “For almost a year, I have lived at the Cardinal in Raleigh. People here are so nice. Some are Saint Mary’s girls.

Come join us.” Frances Drane Inglis writes from Edenton, “Still here in this beautiful place with a lot of help from my children, especially Susan.

Full of gratitude and thinking back on happy times at SMS.”

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Marty Hinkle Butner Covington is living in Cary. “It was my pleasure to attend the 175th celebration in 2017 and it was our 70th class reunion.

I celebrated my 90th birthday on March 2 with friends at Waltonwood retirement home, where I live. Then I partied with 94 friends and family in Winston-Salem on March 3. My children and stepchildren hosted a super event with decorations, pictures, and toasts at a luncheon at the country club. I feel so blessed!” Molly Oak-

Louise Milliken Howard ’51C It was so nice hearing from Stella Cobbs Anderson ’49HS ’51C, who is still enjoying life in Talladega, Ala. She has a large family: 10 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren, enough to keep her active for a long time. I was sad to read in the “Carolina Alumni Review” of the death in March 2017 of Connie Shanklin Woodruff. Connie lived in Cary and volunteered for many non-profits in the Cary area. Nancy Bobbitt Thompson ’49HS ’51C writes that

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she is still in her home in Raleigh. After Sam died more than seven years ago, Nancy’s daughter, Nancy Thompson Heathcote ’75HS ’77C, moved in with her, and it has been wonderful for both of them. “All nine of my grandchildren are a real joy,” says Nancy.

“Six have finished college and one has also graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill med school, and is finishing his third year of residency in general surgery. He is married with three boys.

My youngest daughter has one at James Madison University, one in high school, and one in fifth grade. I am truly blessed but miss Sam more each day. So many of my friends have died or moved to retirement homes. I feel very fortunate to still be pretty independent and still driving my Carolina blue Mini Cooper!”

In June 2017, Harry and I moved to a senior living community in Savannah, Ga. After 45 years in our home, it was a huge move, but we have now adjusted and stay busy—he with his roses and I with volunteer work. We still have an extra bedroom, so please come to visit us.

I am sorry that more of our classmates did not send news—any kind of news would be appreciated. I miss you when I do not hear from you. There are fewer of us each year, so let’s try to stay in touch. Louise

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Margery Lindeman Wright is still in Petersburg, Va., where she downsized into a smaller home in her same neighborhood. She is still close to her good friends and her “church home,” Christ and Grace Episcopal Church, where she enjoys altar guild and ECW memberships. She also enjoys her garden club and membership in historic preservation organizations. Norvelle Plowden Walker writes from Summerton, S.C., “I am 83 and feel every year! Parkinson’s and I have met, and rheumatoid arthritis. I still play bridge and do water aerobics. I love TCM and History.” Blanche Robertson Bacon writes that she is so happy to have two granddaughters at SMS! Hazel Hanlon Gill lives in Virginia Beach, Va. She lost her first husband in 2010 and in 2013 married Howard Gill, her college boyfriend from University of Virginia.

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Anne Bailey Lewis is still living in Richmond, Va.

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Barry Bowen Gilmer ’55HS ’57C I was so disappointed to miss our reunion last year, and I’ve loved hearing from some of you about what a wonderful experience it was. Unfortunately, my mobility was terrible last spring and prevented my being able to come.

But I think about all of you often, as Saint Mary’s is one of the most significant parts of my life.

This is why I continue trying to keep up with everyone through our newsletter! I really appreciate your notes and emails. So glad to hear from Betsy Brinkley Amis ’57C that she and Bill are in good health, although Betsy has arthritis College Class of 1953 65th Reunion Haffye Sewell Cox, Becky Gordon Hoggard, Nancy McIver Chaffe and macular degeneration. Their daughters, Liz and Winfrey, live go back to Florida. I moved to Lecanto, Fla., in Pittsburgh, Pa., as do Betsy and Bill. Hownear my sister, in May 2017. We travel toever, Winfrey and her family are currently in gether to different areas. Last year, I went to New Zealand, where her husband is in WelSouth Africa with my daughter in March, and lington on a Fulbright scholarship, and their to China with my son and his wife in Septemchildren are in school there. What a wonderful ber. Linda, my sister, wants to go to Galapaexperience for them. Jane Walker Kerewich gos next trip. I did turn 80 last June, so that and Betsy Duke Seaman will be getting tomay be too strenuous for me. I love the house gether with Betsy when they go to Pittsburgh.

I bought in Florida. It is in central Florida, In addition to the museum in Pittsburgh, Jane across the state from Orlando and about 10 is also visiting a museum in Philadelphia this miles from Crystal River, where the manatees year. How nice to hear from Sue Stone Lester, live and breed. You all come visit me. I live who still lives in Martinsville, Va. Her grandin a beautiful private golf community, though daughter, Gracey Falk ’20 is a sophomore I am not a golfer. Love to all my classmates, at Saint Mary’s and Sue has enjoyed going and good health to you all.” Carol Biggers back to see her. Gail Edwards Dupree writes Dabbs, says she can't realize that she is a great that she took the three great- grand kids, her grandmother, so she just says her granddaughson (their grandfather), and their parents on a ter just had a baby — Emma Grace Winborne.

Disney cruise in the Caribbean last June. She Carol is looking forward to her summer in also took herself on a cruise in South Africa in Blowing Rock and adds that she loved beJanuary and is having a big family party at her ing in Roanoke, Va., for Jane Walker Kereyoungest daughter's house for her 80th birthwich’s big 80th in November. She says there day. Her grands and greats were coming over was a celebration in Charlotte in April, which for Easter. Gail is still spending a lot of time in she hated to miss, but was heading over the Emerald Isle and going to bridge tournaments. pond to Ireland. Coleman Jenkins Dance was She says, “Thank goodness I am healthy and at the SMS gala last year and reiterated how active and not feeling my 80 years yet! Would wonderful it was and how much work went love to see classmates and really catch up!” into the planning and execution. Coleman’s Received this wonderful newsy email from grandchildren are almost through with colCarol McWhirter Cape, who has been so lege now. One at UNC-Chapel Hill graduated loyal in responding, and I am just going to inin May. She has one at UGA who will be a clude all of it. “Hi, Barry, I am presently in junior next fall. Her three other UNC graduIceland with my sister. We arrived here the ates are working in Atlanta, Ga. Anne Powell day before Easter and will leave Saturday to Ward says they enjoy annual winter trips such

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Martha Sprouse Stoops, professor emerita, school historian, author of The Heritage November 16, 1922 – January 24, 2018 Martha Sprouse Stoops, professor emerita, Saint Mary's College, died in Cary, January 24. Mrs. Stoops was a beloved professor of history at Saint Mary’s from 1960-1985. As college historian, she literally wrote the book on Saint Mary’s, when she authored The Heritage, The History of St. Mary’s College from 1842 to 1982.

The 500-page book provided a comprehensive, detailed history of Saint Mary’s, from its founding in 1842 to the 1980s. The Heritage continues to be the primary source of our school’s storied history.

Her research for the book was exhaustively thorough and precisely accurate, and her writing captured the spirit of Saint Mary’s through the years.

“Martha Stoops not only wrote the definitive history of Saint Mary’s, she also played an important role in ensuring the continuation of the school’s tradition of commitment to academic excellence,” says Clauston Jenkins, president of Saint Mary’s from 1986-1999. “From the 1930s to this century, Saint Mary’s was blessed with a series of outstanding history teachers—Mabel Morrison, Martha Stoops, Elgiva Watson, and Jack Hume, to name a few of those who are no longer with us. These faculty had high expectations of our students and always challenged them to do their best and often surpass what they thought they could accomplish. Like her colleagues, Martha invoked in her students both the joy of learning and the fear of the consequences of not doing their best. Saint Mary’s was blessed to have had Martha Stoops grace her campus and enrich the lives of her students.”

“She was a remarkable and lovely person,” says Terry Elizabeth Thompson, director of applied music at Saint Mary’s and a former colleague of Mrs. Stoops. “What she contributed are priceless gifts through her brilliant teaching and distinguished book, The Heritage, documenting the history of the school through 1982. I remember how hard she worked on the book, and the great pains she took for the details and accuracy. Her book was well received and reviewed with accolades by noted historians.”

“We were reminded of the priceless value of Mrs. Stoops’ book and the files in archives containing her research, as we celebrated our 175th year in 2017 and leaned on The Heritage to help us tell the story of Saint Mary’s extraordinary history,” says Mary Virginia Swain ’77C, director of public relations and publications.

“Whenever we had questions about our history, we could always call on Mrs. Stoops for the answer. She continues to earn bylines and be cited as a primary source in our publications, and she will live on forever in The Heritage and through the impact she made on her students.”

To honor her distinguished career as a history professor at Saint Mary’s, the Martha Sprouse Stoops History Award is presented each year at Honors Convocation to a student in recognition of excellent work in history.

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A native of Staunton, Virginia, she was the daughter of the Rev. Dr. W. W. Sprouse and Lila Bear Sprouse. She was married to Robert F. Stoops of Staunton, Virginia, from 1944 until his death in 2005. She graduated as valedictorian from Mary Baldwin College, where she was also editor of the school paper. She held a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin, where she was one of the first female teaching assistants in the Department of History. She taught at Peace College in Raleigh (1945-1949), and at Saint Mary's College in Raleigh (1960-1985). She was a charter member and served as an elder of St. Giles Presbyterian Church in Raleigh. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Carol Stoops Foley, of Raleigh; and her brother, Warren Sprouse.

She is survived by a son, Robert F. Stoops, Jr. of Bellingham, Wash., and a grandson, Daniel N. Stoops of Whitehouse, N.J. Also surviving are her sister, Caroline Ghebelian, of Mitchelville, Md., and brother Robert Bear Sprouse, and his wife Barbara Sprouse, of St. Simons Island, Ga.; and by three nieces and three nephews.

A memorial service was held January 26 at Glenaire Retirement Community in Cary, N.C., where she and her late husband, Bob, were charter residents.

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High School Class of 1958 60th Reunion Mary Cameron Phillips Dillingham

as cruises to the Caribbean and to Europe. In the summer, they are in the mountains of Virginia. “Just had a chalk portrait done of our dog, Fala, which is bigger than our children’s!

We have five great-grandchildren.” As for my news, Barry Bowen Gilmer, I will focus on what my grandchildren are doing and not what I “can’t do” anymore! Of the three who have graduated, one is a professional counselor in Greenville, S.C., one is practicing law in Charlotte, and one is loving life and seasonal work in Jackson Hole, Wyo. I have a granddaughter at Georgia Tech who hopes to go to law school, three grandsons at Clemson, two grandsons at The Citadel, two granddaughters at USC, one in honors college and one in business college, one granddaughter at PC, one granddaughter in high school, and two grandsons in middle school. Of my five boys, Trip and Reid practice allergy together here in Greenville and David is the director of the lower school at Christ Church Episcopal School. Scott and Ken live in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. Scott is a commercial real estate appraiser and Ken is an almost-retired anesthesiologist. Fred’s two boys are in Greenville. Fred III is at Southern First Bank, and Dave is in medical device sales and management. And by the way, all seven of these boys have wonderful wives! We will be celebrating my 80th birthday in June, with hopefully most of the kids and grandkids here. I am working hard in the pool, doing aerobics and walking, trying to keep the arthritis at bay and, honestly, think I am a little better. I am still enjoying my OLLI courses at Furman, my church activi-

College Class of 1958 60th Reunion First row: Ginger Vann King, Annie Gray Calhoun Lane, Sue Sandlin-Plaehn, Barbara Hauser Bryan Second row: Lou Johnson Johanson Third row: Babe Middleton Nobles, Jenny Whitehurst Hawkins, Millie Fary Coleman, Jessie Allen Ogburn, Ann Shepherd Engel Fourth row: Judy Scott Sanders, Kit Tiedeman Mason

ties, and the Y! But as all have stated, being with the children and their children are my happiest days! I had surgery May 3 to correct some gastrointestinal problems from an episode last summer. During or shortly after surgery, I had a stroke and immediate emergency surgery to remove the clot. I spent several weeks in Peace rehab center which is part of Greenville Hospital system and got excellent rehabilitation. I went home and then back to the hospital for another procedure and then back for rehab completion. I’m making progress and the boys have been wonderful. Gil looked after Fred and attended to everything.

So, I don’t need a thing for except prayers for strength and patience in regaining full use of my left arm. Love to all, Barry

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Marian Dudley Kitchin writes from Virginia Beach, Va. She is staying active in her community, where she is co-editor of the Oceana High School newsletter, editor of the Croatan Civic League newsletter, and the Croatan NextDoor lead. She enjoys yoga at the gym five days a week. Margery Lindeman Wright is still in Petersburg, Va., where she downsized

into a smaller home in her same neighborhood. She is still close to her good friends and “church home,” Christ and Grace Episcopal Church, where she enjoys altar guild and ECW memberships. She also enjoys her garden club and membership in historic preservation organizations. Patsy Moore Upton is happy to report that she and John remain in good health, living in Hillsborough.

They are involved in church work and provide some childcare for their three young grandchildren. The children and their parents also live in Hillsborough.

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Congratulations to Jane Rhea White Deese of Roanoke Rapids, who has received “The Order of the Long Leaf Pine” award for her 28 years of service on the Roanoke Rapids Graded School Board. Phyllis Wall Purdy writes from Calhoun, Ga., “I continue to be active in church and community, especially with literacy in the schools and in my community.

Have given away over 2,500 books this year.

My travel is less: to the beach for a couple of weeks and one trip abroad later this summer.”

Anne Powell Ward says they enjoy annual winter trips such as cruises to the Caribbean and to Europe. In the summer, they are in the mountains of Virginia. “Just had a chalk portrait done of our dog, Fala, which is bigger than our children’s! We have five great-grandchildren.” Ann McWilliams Cayton is still in Aurora, a small town in Beaufort County. She writes, “I stay busy. Love bus trips. That way I do not have to worry about driving, where I will stay, where I will eat, or what I will see!

We know ahead of time. I have another greatgrandchild—that makes two, a boy and a girl.

Still keeping books. ‘Hi’ to everyone!”

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High School Class of 1963 55th Reunion Lindsay Smith Newsom, Gretchen Bullard Barber, Kristin Augustine Christensen

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Kate White Young Ruhl writes from Fayetteville, Tenn., “I am joyfully retired from aerospace, nuclear, computer, and intelligence work. I diet constantly and play golf fervently.

I also attend classes at the University of the South at Sewanee, and stir the political pot at home.” Joyce Batchelor Parks is living in Greenville, S.C. She says, “I have decided to ‘double up’ on traveling while I am physically able.” Joyce planned to go to Japan in the spring and Spain and Portugal in August.

She hopes to see Saint Mary’s friends at the beach this summer. Also in Greenville, S.C., Bev DuBose Patrick writes, “Life is wonderful, living surrounded by children and grandchildren and great friends. I am so very thankful!” Ann Law Zalal reports that she saw Mary Llew Phillips Hill ’60C at their 60th Broughton High School reunion. Ann lives in Raleigh and enjoys attending the Smedes Parlor concerts at SMS.

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Frances Jones Giles writes from Lynchburg, Va., “Sadly, I lost Don, my husband of 53 incredible, wonderful years, to pancreatic cancer on January 20, 2018. On the occasion of our 53rd anniversary, my Randolph Macon Women’s College roommate gave us a card which read, ‘Your life is your story,’ and when you opened the card it went on to say

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G.G. Saunders Buxton ’61C Here we are once again. Hope everyone has had a happy, healthy year. Some of our classmates have not been as fortunate. Gay Davis Gaston, after living in the north for over 50 years, has moved south to stay. She and David moved to Taylors, S.C., just north of Greenville, in October 2017 and love it. They live in a rural area of the county with a view of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Their son is in Charlotte, less than two hours away, and their daughter is in Darien, Conn., a 90-minute flight away. Gay and David are in good health and enjoy golf and taking courses through OLLI at Furman University. Gay also belongs to garden and book clubs. Cultural opportunities and great restaurants abound. Life is good! After retiring, Bitsy Winfield Dick and Jeff moved from Kentucky to Riverview, Fla., a suburb of Tampa. They moved five years ago to be closer to their daughter Bradley’s family. Bitsy and Jeff have two grandchildren in Tampa and two in Pittsburgh, where their daughter Christian’s family lives. Their daughter Elizabeth and her husband still live in Raleigh. Bitsy and Jeff will celebrate their 55th anniversary in August. If any classmates are in Florida, she would love to know. Betty Lynch Hammond, who lives in Virginia Beach, Va., still goes to Florida in February.

She enjoys seeing Becky Elmore Clement on trips to South Carolina. Betty also has fun with family at North Litchfield Beach, S.C. Ann Swindell Wyche visited Israel, Palestine, and Jordan in March 2017. She said it was a thrill to sail on the Sea of Galilee, to be baptized in the River Jordan, to see the Gardens of Gethsemane, and to visit Petra and Mt. Nebo. Gill Holcombe Powell stays in touch with Sheff Wilson Dana and Betty Jones Atkinson. Gill says that after 52 years of marriage, she “lost her travel companion” in the fall of 2017. However, she sailed alone for three weeks from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Lima, Peru. Gill said it was not the same, but she made it, Straits of Magellan and all! Mary Marshall Kerns sadly lost her husband Bill on March 5. He had battled Parkinson’s disease for many years. Just weeks before he died, they enjoyed having lunch with Anne Summers Hanchey. Anne and husband Howard live in Williamsburg, Va. Anne was

visiting the Arlington-Alexandria area for an event at St. Stephens-St. Agnes School, where she taught before retirement. Archer Lee Hannah Smith is now living in Greenville, S.C., near her brother. She lost her husband, Carl T. Smith, in October 2016. She says it was a terrible journey of loss but she has learned a lot. “Kindness to others and to oneself is the most important way to live.” Carl died of brain cancer. He was her model for living — never complained. Her love is now poured onto her dogs and her garden, which will be on the Greenville tour this year. Molly Cooper Safrit reports that the Class of ’61 population in Raleigh continues to grow. Martha Pat Bell is the most recent arrival. Lou Uzzle Blackman and Jackie Polk Edwards are in Durham. Molly recently had lunch with Lila Wolff, who lives in Chapel Hill and corresponds with Anne Metts Smith and Hannah Wright Greenfield. Arden Fobes Scott and husband Jack moved to Southern Pines in 2011. She thinks all the golf courses made it easy for him to move farther south. Sadly, he died in the spring of 2017 at the age of 88, after a wonderful, happy, and productive life. This was the second marriage for both of them, and Arden says she was lucky to grab him when she did. His children check on her regularly, and with five children and seven grandchildren spread throughout the country, her life is very full. Amelia Yancey Bond and Lin are doing well, though Lin suffers some from asthma. Amelia sees Kitty Campen Field ’55C, Dickie Robinson Tyler ’56HS ’58C, who is quite the golfer, and Janie Stronach Wood ’62HS ’64C, who has a B & B at Mulberry Hill. When Amelia was in Raleigh for a needlepoint workshop, she saw Sis Strong.

Frankie Stutts Boyd visited Amelia and Lin in Florida. Frankie is very involved with saving turtles in DeBordieu, S.C. Amelia reports all children and grandchildren are doing well.

The oldest granddaughter, Emma, will be attending the University of Georgia in the fall.

Amelia still plays tennis and is trying to play golf. All is well here. Three grandchildren are in college. Trip is at Hampton-Sydney, Shepard is at UNC-Chapel Hill, and Carter is at Wofford. Anne Lassiter will also be going in the fall, but has not yet decided where. The other two have years before they go. Hope all of you stay happy and healthy. G.G.

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Lindsay Smith Newsom reports from Raleigh, “Mac is happily retired so we’re doing some traveling in the Far East, Caribbean, and in 2019 to Australia, New Zealand, and Tasmania. We always love catching up with David and Gretchen Bullard Barber, Caroline Sanders, and Marshall Morton. Summers find us at Club Colony at Atlantic Beach. We’d love to see you if you’re in the area!”

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Sue Battle Moore ’63C Dear Class of ’63, Class notes are getting fewer and fewer as the years go by. But NOW is the time to let your fellow classmates know what’s going on with you. We still care! From Virginia Beach, Va., Kay Miller Pollard wants all to know that she is now a greatgrandmother! A recent trip to Sarasota, Fla., to visit her son, Garland, was also a great opportunity for Kay to head over to Lake Alfred for a visit with Flo McNeer Hamilton. I also got word from faithful Flo that she equally enjoyed Kay’s visit in December. Flo reports that she underwent a total knee replacement a week before Hurricane Irma struck Florida.

Needless to say, getting to and from physical therapy was difficult, if not impossible.

Apparently, surgery did not go as well as anticipated, so Flo is still in therapy. And, to top it all off, there was substantial hurricane damage to Flo’s roof, which will not be repaired until mid-summer. Flo assures me that, other than that, “life is wonderful!” Let’s give Flo an A+ for attitude! Alice Gribbon Allen in Panama City, Fla., reports the sad news of her husband’s death in July 2017, following a six-year battle with lung cancer. Several of her grandchildren live in Panama City and keep her entertained with babysitting, school, sports events, and the like. Alice says, “All’s good.” From Charleston, S.C., the word from Charlotte DeLoach Riley is that she is still retired from real estate and enjoys spending time with her two sons and two grandchildren, who also live in Charleston. She had dinner recently with Courtney McDowell Gregory ’62C, and also ran into Susan Goode Batten at a dance recital for their respective grandchildren. You never know when and where you’ll find a Saint Mary’s girl! My news from Rocky Mount is that your Class Secretary is still kicking, just not as high as she used to!

Granddaughter Grace Battle Thompson ’18 graduated from SMS and is headed to George Washington University. I look forward to hearing from more of you next year. In the meantime, my best to all. Sue

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Joan Wickham Sugg ’65HS ’67C Georgie Campen Thomas reports that she and Nell Fleming Armstrong have become phone buddies, talking to each other at least twice a week. She went to visit Nell in Pennsylvania last year. Nell lives in the piney woods with a sanctioned dirt bike track, which Nell’s older grandson (15) enjoys. Nell is an excellent cook and made chicken stew for Georgie — her favorite. Georgie says life is good in spite of neuropathy as a result of chemo. She says if anyone has a fix for this, she would love to hear from them. Caroline Hodges Freeman reports that she and her husband have two sons, one in Greenville, S.C., and the other in Eagle, Idaho. The family tree includes four grandsons. When not in Columbia, S.C., the Freemans are at Kiawah, S.C., or the farm at Hampton Sydney, Va. Caroline says come visit! Annie Lee Mobley Redd says that she loves living in Ashley Park Retirement Center in Charleston, S.C. She doesn’t have to lift a finger, plus the food is delicious. In addition, she is only 10 minutes from her son, Ellis, and from her sister, Libby.

Laurie Robinson Webb and Toby are still enjoying Boston and all that it offers. They also love visiting their little grandsons, sons, and daughters-in-law, who live in the West.

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Trudie Turner Arrington ’65C Hello Class of ‘65! Hope all is well and that you’re having a good year — moving right along to year 176 for our Saint Mary’s. I love to hear the news and share. Perry Grimes Van Dyke shares that she’s happily living in Wilmington. Her granddaughter, Perry Morgan ’20, is a sophomore at Saint Mary’s and her grandson, William Morgan, is an eighthgrader at Friends’ School in Wilmington.

Jackie Myers Brown shared her Christmas card, with a beautiful picture with the grandchildren at their new home in Durham. In the card, “After many years of talking about moving to North Carolina, we actually did it this summer. We are very happy living in Durham, where Suzanne and family live, and close to

Charlotte, where Amanda lives. We are looking forward to reconnecting with family and old friends from high school and college.

The last 52 years have taken us to Oceanside, Calif. (Marine Corps), Athens, Ga. (law school), Dallas, Texas, and finally 40 years in Atlanta, Ga.” Carol Wilson Brewer Conner shares that she’s loving her six grandchildren and still has her “Camp Cici” each summer in the mountains — ages 5-13. The highlight of this past summer was gem mining in Mitchell County. Lawton Davis Kasey shares that they had downsized and then “upsized” to accommodate Lawton’s mother, who lives with them. She’s 95 and still drives and walks her dogs. Lawton has increased her vitamins.

Both of their children live in Winston-Salem, so they love visiting there. She hopes to see us all before we turn 80! She loves keeping in touch with the “Faculty House girls” and knows our classmate, Barbara Eagleson Cain, is greatly missed for her work on the board of Saint Mary’s. Tish Baker Okerlund emailed that she has exciting family plans in September in Lockport, N.Y., a suburb of Buffalo. Ted and I continue to enjoy retirement, spending six months in Jamestown, N.Y., and six months in Greenwood, S.C. You can guess where we spend the winter! We travel whenever we can. Our bucket list is to see all 50 states; unfortunately we have 24 to go! Thank you to one and all who sent in news. I hope you’re all celebrating your 55th high school reunions. That means we’re close to another milestone at Saint Mary’s! Trudie

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Martha Hall Michaels ’67HS Martha Hall Michaels loved having her classmates to her house to celebrate their 50th reunion. “We had fun catching up and it seemed like yesterday! The gala was fabulous!” Martha has kindly volunteered to be the new Class Secretary for the Class of ’67HS and looks forward to hearing from everyone!

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Joan Wickham Sugg ’65HS ’67C Libby Keller ’65HS ’67C retired from the practice of primary care pediatrics in September 2017 and has been having a blast relaxing, traveling, and spending time with family and friends. Libby lives in Jamaica Plain, Mass.

Claire Robinson Woodard and husband Bunn moved to Chapel Hill in May 2017

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College Class of 1968 50th Reunion First row: Kathy Baley Atkinson, Anne Brady Carr, Ginger Gregg Smith, Beth Harris Isenhour, Nancy Bowen Wiggins, Mary Clark Whittle German, Beverly Randolph, Cathy Swain Crossett Second row: Molly Urquhart, Molly Richardson Swan, Susan Davis Virgin, Page Holbrook, Martha Vaughan, Cece May Scott, Diane Stockard Wade, Carolyn Bertie Goldfinch, Susan McKenzie Brickman, Paula Johnson Stewart, Laura Walter Hearn Third row: Kaye Lasater Culp, Frances Garriss Jilcott, Mary Holden Harrell Burke, Sallie Mann Scales, Lu Dixon Manekin, Becky Robinson Smith, Debbie Almquist Rosen, Jeannie Hudson Williams, Carol Malcolm Phillips Fourth row: Judy Dunn Woodall, Chip Duff Dodd, Nancy Cole, Mary Ann Allen Cowherd, Chris Crowley Andrews Top row: Arabella Nash Hubbard, Jo Crawford Phelps, Jessica Gillespie Gammon, Duffy Beasley Gibbs, Carla Heaton Bailey, Cheryl Lee Taft, Cathy Walp Askew, Bettie Kellogg, Pat Slater Holscher

after 45 years in Rocky Mount. They wanted to be closer to their grown daughters, Elizabeth (35) and Catherine (30), their husbands and the four little granddaughters (5,3,2,1). ”They come over all the time and life couldn’t be sweeter.” Claire has also resumed playing a lot of tennis and enjoys volunteering at the hospital, playing bridge, and reading. They are only 15 minutes from UNC-Chapel Hill, so Bunn loves all the UNC games. Although officially retired from AXA/Equitable, he still works almost full time, two days in the Rocky Mount office and from home as well. Louise Jennings Garren and husband Nathan have relocated to Durham, where they bought a town house just a mile from the Hope Valley house her parents built when she was entering SMJC. They have a toy poodle named Yum Yum who likes to walk across the living room on two legs, twirling like a ballerina. Nathan is still practicing real estate law while Louise is pursuing a longtime interest in Christian writing, attending conferences, classes, and networking. She is enjoying being four miles from Duke chapel and a seven-mile straight shot to Franklin Street in Chapel Hill. Christy

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Block Terrell has three children, two granddaughters, and an almost 100-year-old house in the neighborhood behind Saint Mary’s.

Christy manages her family farm operations in central Illinois. Her favorite memory of SMS is one many of us share: Mr. Tate. Meredith Maynard Chase is still in Columbia, S.C. She enjoys traveling, and the trip she took in March and April (Bali, the Java Sea, Hong Kong, Bangkok, etc.) gave her plenty of opportunities to snorkel. In September, she will fly to Amsterdam, and board a new river cruise ship sailing from Amsterdam to Basel.

She plays Mah Jong every week with Ene Williamson Swagert ’70C, and recently enjoyed a Saint Mary’s drop-in. Her other news is that she is obtaining her concealed weapons permit. She says her little church in Columbia is not in the best neighborhood and has no security. There have been several break-ins. She leads a senior Bible study group each week and they are at the church alone. The permit is for their safety. Betsy Crawford Leavitt is working full time as a pediatric physical therapist and is serving on the board of Nurturing Minds in Africa

with Susan Hannah-Keown. She and Susan enjoyed a visit with Fleet Gregory Hurlbatt and husband Jeremy in Somerset, U.K., last fall. Betsy stays active with Pilates, yoga, and her family, which added a second grandchild in May. Virginia McSwain Carson is enjoying her second year of retirement in Madison, Ga. She is busy with family and considerable international travel, plus occasional consulting on college accreditation. Christine Hurst Copley went to the Met in February to see the Michelangelo exhibit, which was great, but the freezing New York weather-- not so much. Linda Stott Franklin and Gus are still in the Wilmington area, but are moving over to Wrightsville Beach soon. In February, they went to Tanzania on a safari with daughter Elizabeth, son-in-law Evan, and twin granddaughters Isabelle and Victoria (7), who live in California. Son Robert, his wife. Erin, and their three daughters, Caroline, Kate, and Emma, live in Seattle, Wash., but will be coming for a visit to Bald Head Island this summer. Geanie Morgan Slifer and husband Joe celebrate every Christmas as Mr. and Mrs. Claus for Duke Children’s Hospital. They also do some corporate functions and home visits, especially, but not limited to, children who are sick. This year, they are going to Denver, Colo., for the National Santa and Mrs. Claus Conference and then to International Santa Gathering in Copenhagen, Denmark, followed by a 14-day cruise and a trip to Israel. In their “spare time,” they enjoy grandchildren Davis (13), Duncan (11), and Charlotte (8), as well as volunteering two or three days a week at Charlotte’s second grade class. Yours truly has enjoyed traveling to various locations that would bring smiles to Dr. Morrison and Mr. Tate.

Last July, I spent an amazing week in Rome, visiting some places I had not seen in years such as St. Peter’s prison, as well as some not visited before, such as Hadrian’s Villa and the Pompeian ruins. I went to Cuba in October, a return visit, but this time from Santiago to Havana. I toured Fuerza Real, where treasure was stored before being shipped to Spain, or as often happened, sinking off the coast of Florida.

In November, I returned to Ravenna, Italy, seeing mosaics of emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora in the Basilica of San Vitale (think covers of our European history books), and the grave and museum of Dante (think summer reading and Mr. Tate). I spent the first week of December in Paris, making a point to visit the Chateau of Vincennes east of Paris, where Henry V died during the Hundred Year

ALUMNAE BOOK CORNER War, and the Basilica of St. Denis, where Clovis, Charles Martel (again, think Dr. Morrison) and so many names we remember from French royal history are buried. During the revolution, the caskets of the Bourbons were destroyed. The bones were collected later and are now in a giant ossuary with the fragments of the caskets. I did not realize until reading an article in a recent British history magazine that Charles II of England and Louis XIV of France were first cousins. No teacher, not even Dr. Morrison, had ever mentioned that. Live and learn, even at 71! Thanks for your letters and emails. Keep in touch.

Joan

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Susan Austin Brooks writes, “All is well in the empty nest I share with Phillip in wonderful Richmond, Va. I’m looking forward to seeing all of the Class of ’69HS at our fast-approaching 50th”!’ Margaret Wellons Davis lost her husband to lung cancer in December 2016. Her daughter, Elizabeth Davis Baker ’96HS, and her husband, Brian, live in Smithfield near Margaret. Son Drew lives in Raleigh but works in Smithfield. “I am very fortunate that I have both of my children taking very good care of me!”

Lillian James Smith and Percy are grandparents to two beautiful granddaughters born five weeks apart. Eliza McLauchlin Dunn was born in September 2017 in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. Lillian “Lilly” James Teer was born in October 2017 in Wilmington.

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Liz Burleson Hudson ’69C I send greetings to everyone in the class of ’69. Wish that we had heard from more members so that I would have a bunch of news to send you. Had the most wonderful long conversation with Anne

Holcomb Belser. She is living in Charleston, S.C. with her husband Rick and loves it. Rick was minister at St .Michael’s Episcopal Church for 25 years. In their retirement they have lived in Egypt and Ethiopia and had an exciting life. She asks that the class keep Rick in their prayers as he is struggling with Parkinson’s and heart failure. Best wishes to him! Marion Wolff Noland, during a visit to Anne and Rick’s mountain house in Georgia, came up with the idea of a reunion of the girls in 3rd Smedes. Wendy Soper McSweeney, Beth Holder Handford. Marion and Anne met for a fun filled, reminiscing weekend in Charleston at The Dewberry hotel. Anne decorated with St. Mary’s memorabilia and it was a great success. Wendy now lives in Powhattan Va., Marion lives in Marietta, Ga., and Beth lives in Charlotte, N.C. They all would love to get in touch with “other Smedes girls”. Nancy Helms writes that like so many of us, she loves spending time with her two grandsons. The family is expecting number 3 in July and she wishes the kids lived closer. The bridge club became a dinner club a long time ago, so Susan Foltz Deyton, Molly Crowell Watters, Kay Wetmore Stallings, Julie Badger Moore and I get together each month to discover new restaurants in Raleigh. I’m looking forward to a trip to Italy in the fall. So glad to hear from Sue Willingham Upchurch who lives in Blairsville, GA. She says that life is good! She keeps busy with activities at church and volunteering for Relay for Life. Sue enjoys her family and is loving being able to travel. Katherine Hunter Bratton writes, “Our little Second Holt group of five is still getting together each summer and staying in touch during the year. (Debbie Boyd Pearson, Bonnie Bowen Banks, Cille Keedwell Allen, Kerr Blackwell Tallberg and me.)

Brightleaf

By Raleigh Rand (Chrissy Bolin Rand ’87C) Brightleaf, a first novel by Raleigh Rand (Chrissy Bolin Rand ’87C), is a murder mystery/romantic comedy about a sexually repressed do-gooder and her life as the owner of The Rapturous Rest, a boarding house. Mary Beth Green leads a peaceful life running her boarding house and conducting amateur group therapy in her living room until she's compelled to steal a dog and lie to cover it up - for "righteous" reasons. When one of her former boarders up and dies she worries that a murderer is living at the Rapturous Rest. Mary Beth gets busy solving the murder while fighting off the unwanted advances of a hypnotist and other gentlemen callers.

“In the tradition of Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor, Raleigh Rand has mined the Southern small town for the characters who live there,” writes Amazon reviewer Robert D. Anderson. “These people really do exist, as I can testify from a childhood lived among them. Rand has delivered a solid hit in her publishing debut, and I look forward to her next visit to Brightleaf or its nearby neighbors. This is a Southern writer to watch.”

Publisher: Createspace Independent ISBN: 1492312452, 9781492312451

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CLASS NEWS My mother, Kitty Sigmon Hunter ’40C, is 96 and still with us. Our son Hunter works for WakeStone Corporation and lives in Raleigh.

My big news is that I finally went to Africa (Kenya and Tanzania) to see my fostered baby elephants and lots of other beautiful wild animals.” I, Elizabeth Burleson Hudson, am enjoying the small-town mountain life here in Western N.C. (Collettsville population 534!)

We are close to Blowing Rock, and about an hour from Asheville and Charlotte so I still have places to shop. We are active in our church, Meals on Wheels, and I am a member of Lenoir Service League and will be chairman of the Thrift Shop next year, so all my years in retail will come in handy. My husband Walt and I took the family and my best friend on a Princess Cruise last October from NY to Canada. While on board, we renewed our vows (15 years) in a wonderful ceremony that the Captain of the ship officiated. Then in January, my husband Walt turned 80 so we celebrated with a cruise through the Panama Canal. I highly recommend the trip as it is both beautiful and interesting. I would love to hear from classmates who live near us! Like so many of us, I love spending time with my two grandsons. I just wish they lived closer!

Our family happily awaits a new little one in July. The bridge club became a dinner club a long time ago, so Susan Foltz Deyton, Molly Crowell Watters, Kay Wetmore Stallings, Julie Badger Moore and I get together each month to discover new restaurants in Raleigh.

I’m looking forward to a trip to Italy in the fall.

The BIG news, of course, is that we will have our 50th Reunion next year, Ladies, this is our BIG ONE so I hope that all of you who have not attended a reunion before will come to this one. Just remember, we have all aged and gained weight so that is not an excuse!

I look forward to seeing you all and hope everyone will keep in touch. I’m looking forward to hearing from more Saint Mary’s classmates. Liz

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Caren Threshie Camp ’71HS Lind Coppage Graves welcomed her sixth grandchild in February: Lucia Lind Graves.

Their daughter, Penn Graves Lunger, was coaching varsity soccer at SMS this year and Lind was hoping to see a game or two on campus.

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Betty Anne Queen Bush ’71C Dear ones, don’t we all love spring?

Whether you have a yard-boy like I do — nah! Just kidding…haha! I usually have my hands in the earth at least once a week. Nuthin' like spreading some mulch or Black Kow to work off that lil’ scoop of ice cream last night! Life is wonderful, isn’t it? Oh, we should be SO thankful for every breath and minute we are privileged to enjoy. Thank YOU for making the effort--writing all your catchup notes on weddings, grandbabies, moves, and travels. So many additions to our lives. And yet, we mourn the loss of High School Class of 1973 45th Reunion First Kathryn Scott Long, Barbara Egerton Tillery, our precious Saint Mary’s friends. Keep row: Susanne Owens Logan, Nancy Kerr Thomason these families in your prayers as they all Second row: Catherine Phillips Winslow, Sarah miss their mamas: Nancy Holt Saint- Wilson Woodard, Marriott Little Sheldon, Roland Amand and Laura Beckman Rodes. Elliott Mitchener Third row: Bettie Henderson Nan Brantley Bayless, Anna Johnson Dear, sweet souls; rest in peace. When I Goodwin, Smith last wrote, we had just lost our Pat Pollard Schroeder. I went to Nancy’s fuafter his retirement and they are now in the neral. If one could be called beautiful, Nancy’s Cumberland Plateau of the beautiful state of was. There was this cross, cloaked in voile, Tennessee. Another invite! Susan Hefelfinger infused with dogwood blossoms...just like her Barefoot is still in Cary and is delighted to — so thoughtful and delicate. Saint Mary’s have her son and his wife back in town. Susan was well represented. I sat with Chip Dodd, is loving their lil’ Emma Elizabeth too! Life Anne McElwee Herschler, Christie Bishop is good! Her old roomie — Cyn Broadway Barbee, Walker Holmes Haigh ’70C, Bar- Farrington, left me a long voice message. Cyn bara Bear Jamison, and Cathy Neal Bason. sounds good and sends her best to all. Susan Those Saint Mary’s years are still cherished. Carroll Alexander writes that she and Johnny The next week, Laura Beckman Rodes began Mac are in high demand these days as babyHospice care. Linda Glass Hyslop said Laura sitters — seems they have been blessed with planned everything about her service and even three grand babies this year — a set of twin an audio version of the Saint Mary’s hymn boys to one daughter and a little boy for anwas played. Betsy Valiant Thomas’ husband other. Susan said she and Johnny Mac slipped played his guitar and sang “Here I am Lord.” out of town to enjoy a football weekend in Thank you’s to Linda, Winston Cobb Green, Winston-Salem with Minta Aycock McNally and Anne Suhling Simms for representing us. ’72C and met an ambassador while tailgating.

Our classmate with the most miles between us She also met Jane Moore Lazarus and Molmight be a toss up. Dr. Ellen Smith is still lie Bridger Vandiver for a clandestine girls in Austin ,Texas, retired from GYN/ oncol- lunch in Gastonia and heard all about Mollie’s ogy and now a hospice medical director. El- son’s wedding. Susan also raved about her vislen’s hubby is still teaching at UTexas and her it to Peaches Rankin’s ’70HS ’72C wonderdaughters are well. Yay — we all have a place ful home and garden. Wait! Home and garden to stay in Austin! We miss you, Ellen! The oth- tour? Hello! Susan! Next time ask me! Lillian er long distance alum is Captain Betsy Blee! James Smith and Percy are grandparents to She moved on us! Those Utah mountains were two beautiful granddaughters born five weeks calling her back. Betsy, of course, misses the apart. Eliza McLauchlin Dunn was born in North Carolina coastal waters but has enjoyed September 2017 in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. Lillian reconnecting with her Salt Lake City buddies. “Lilly” James Teer was born in October 2017 Hey! I just made my plane reservations for in Wilmington. If you did not go to the Saint a doTERRA Convention in September! Me- Mary’s gala last May you missed a beautiful lissa Collins Williams and hubby relocated evening! Thank you to our own Laura Nor-

John spent a large portion of the summer traveling with grandchildren in the parks in the western states. She is also very active in raising, training, and winning with her horses.

I am still practicing medicine in a clinic in my hometown of Boydton, Va. Between the government, insurance companies, and electronic medical records, it is not what it used to be. I still maintain that I work for the patients…regardless. I had the wonderful pleasure of becoming a grandmother in August.

My daughter and her husband Jon presented me with a beautiful granddaughter, Lillian “Stuart” Lichtenstein. I am also enjoying my cattle farm and horses. I hope all is well and wish you all health and happiness. Susan

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College Class of 1973 45th Reunion First row: Libbie Hall Farias, Candy Currin Taylor, Ann Beland Brooks, Cheryl Brown Second row: Cathy Bridger Burns, Jane Hight McMurray, Kathryn Houghton Schreier, Debbie Branscome Jones, Blair Coffield Schuetz, Lynn Johnson Titchener, Susan Jones Dietrich Third row: Anne Brigham Pace, Carolyn Hicks Baggett, Judy Edwards Marani, Lynn Lasater Reynolds Forth row: Sarita Hardy Cawiezell

ris Raynor ’69HS ’71C who co-chaired that committee! We love celebrations! Linda Glass Hyslop celebrated Christmas Eve with the lovely wedding of her third daughter, Lauren. Get this! It was a “surprise “ wedding.

They had planned everything several months earlier. The rest of the family was surprised with a Christmas Eve wedding. Talk about one to remember! Linda said it was simply wonderful. My Christmas this year was bittersweet as my 91-yr-old mom passed during heart surgery in mid December. She was ready to go — but is sorely missed. Few days pass when I don’t think about calling her about something, how to make this or that, what does her almanac say about planting tomatoes.

You know, all the important things! I recently found a note she wrote several years ago saying how glad she was that she had finally finished those 15 (what?) chocolate pound cakes she was making and freezing for Christmas gifts. Mama taught me many things, but I’ve never attempted her luscious pound cake!

Maybe I’ll go for it next year! My kids are thriving, each working hard and I’m proud of them. I keep busy as well. I gave up on real estate: too many headaches! Tycoon Katie Jo Lawrence Redhead ’71HS ’73C sends me her fancy clients to help “fluff” their homes.

I’m SO much better at that! I am also teaching friends who are tired of being sick and tired (ha) about the benefits of essential oils. I love doTERRA products — as well as all natural products! I am blessed with five darling granddaughters: FUN! Bill and I are members of Green Street Baptist Church, where I am privileged to teach a precious group of high schoolers — they have not fired me yet — and they even let me sing in their choir! Life is wonderfully full. In Betsy Blee’s note, she remarked that we really don’t retire. We “refine!” YES and AMEN! Ladies, I love you all and yay, God bless you and yours.

Hugs, Betty Anne (Queenie) Bush

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Susan Hundley ’72HS Greetings to you all. I received a note from Coco McConnell Killian letting me know what a wonderful time you all had at our reunion. Sounds like a great time! Ivy Robinson Loftice stays in touch and on the go!

She and husband John arrived on the spot to help us with a “gender reveal” party for my daughter, Susannah, and a Kentucky Derby party. She always comes through! She and

Barbara Egerton Tillery ’73HS Well, I finally made it to a reunion for the first time in 25 years! I only made it to the luncheon and chapel service on Saturday, so I may have missed a couple of you who came only Friday night. It was so good to see those of you who were there. I hope to see more of you in five years when we celebrate our 50th reunion!

Thanks to those of you who shared your news with us. Ellison Ainsworth Parker writes that she and Mike are still living in Wilmington and are both still working, although she is working part time. They recently welcomed their sixth grandchild into the world. When Ellison is not working, she is usually babysitting — some would call that work, but she says she loves it! She says it’s so much more fun when you can spoil the children, then leave the parents to do the hard part! She and Mike enjoy the beach, golfing, traveling with friends, or simply relaxing. Ibba Edwards Gladden reports that she will retire at the end of May after 30+ years at General Electric. Congratulations, Ibba! We expect a more detailed report from you next year, describing what it’s like to be retired! Jaynie Milligan Spector was sorry to miss the reunion because her son, Sean, was coming to visit from N.Y.C. that weekend. She really enjoyed the reunion in 2013. As for her news, she says her life is crazy and busy, working at her art gallery, Dog & Horse Fine Art, and trying to have a life at the same time! She says, “Y’all come visit us in Charleston, S.C.” Marriott Little Sheldon moved back to North Carolina in the summer of 2016 and is living on the Procter farm near Wendell with her dog, Bodhi. She says it’s beautiful there and she invites us to

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by Jean Michel and is enjoying learning a new art form. Sounds impressive, Marriott! Two of her three sons are married, so she now has two daughters! Susan Rogers Cassedy writes that her son and his family (grandkids ages 3 and 1) have moved from South Florida to Orlando.

That makes them a lot closer to Tallahassee, and they are already enjoying back and forth visits. No big trips are planned this summer, so she’ll be spending more time in North Carolina, out of the Florida heat. Amy Everett Constantino lives in Richmond, Va., but was in Asheville in April with her husband, Costa. While he was tending to business, Amy spent a day with Beth Clifton Morrison in Winston-Salem, where they had lunch with another Salem/UNC friend. From the conversation topics (not fit for publication here!) and laughter they shared, it sounds like they both had a wonderful time catching up on several decades of news and friendship. Amy has four grandchildren (two girls and two boys) ages 9, 7, 5, and 3. Two live in the Richmond area and two live in Charlottesville. They keep her busy, and there is never a dull moment when the four of them get together at her house!

Nancy Kerr Thomason moved to Topsail Beach to care for her mother, who was in the end stages of Alzheimer’s. Her mother died in August of 2016 and Nancy is still at Topsail Beach most of the time. She is still working full time running a family office out of Atlanta, Ga., but can do it just as efficiently working remotely. She loves being at the beach and walking to the sound of the waves, kayaking, and just watching the sunsets. She has loved serving on the Saint Mary’s board and reconnecting with the magical educational experience that Saint Mary’s provided. She has also gotten to know some remarkable alumnae and some amazing men who spend a lot of time and energy helping steward Saint Mary’s. Her sons are in their early 20s, grown, and somewhat on their own. Nancy says she and husband Mark are blessed with mostly functioning body parts! Catherine Phillips Winslow and I had a wonderful time catching up at the reunion.

This year has, and continues to be, full of weddings for her. Her older son, Chase, was

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married to McKenzie Smith on April 21 near Greensboro. Chase is an inventory and sales manager at Lamborghini Carolinas in Greensboro, and McKenzie is a water analyst with the department of water quality for the City of Greensboro. On June 2, her younger son, John, married Jessica Strokus in Leesburg, Va. John is an actuary with IAT Group, based out of Raleigh, and Jessica is an attorney in the appellate division of the Department of Justice-Immigration. They met while they were undergrads at Wake Forest University and are now living in D.C. Catherine continues working as an instructional assistant in an autistic classroom in Wake County Public Schools, but is pursuing other opportunities outside of education. She is considering a return to the travel business, executive assistant positions, and is investigating the role of mitigation specialist. She says she is not “wedded” to staying in Raleigh. If anyone knows of any opportunities, she would love to hear from you. Her parents are 90 and 87, and all things considered, are in good shape. On April 25, they celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary! Her mother is Shirley Fox Phillips ’48HS ’50C. As I add my own news to this year’s collection from my dear classmates, I want to share the reason I was able to attend our class reunion. I have not been to one since 1993 because I moved to Mississippi when I remarried in 1994, and the distance has been an obvious obstacle. However, my mother, Nancy Upshaw Egerton ’42HS, passed away on April 4 in Asheville, where she had lived for 18 years.

Because my niece was getting married in California on April 14, and my husband’s niece’s memorial service and interment was in Ohio on April 21, we could not schedule my mom’s services until April 26 and 27, in both Raleigh and Asheville. She was buried with my father in Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh, which meant that I would be in town during the reunion.

Sugar Cheshire McOwen’s mother, Sis Silver Cheshire ’47C, offered to host the reception at her house after the graveside service for our family. That meant so much to all of us, since we have no local relatives or church anymore. Saint Mary’s friends are forever!

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Lynn Johnson Titchener ’73C Did you see that? Another year just flew by — WHOOSH!! What happened? At the speed of light, we sally forth — tally-ho: grandbabies, weddings, retirement, Medicare, not in that

order, of course, but all the ingredients of TIME FLYING are making our lives fuller and crazier than ever. Thank you for a record response to the news plea this go ’round! We had such fun at our 45th reunion in April, and missed seeing many of you. We talked at length about those absent, which made the weekend more fun! Friday night we celebrated at SMS and at Vivace’s for dinner; Saturday we met again for Chapel, campus tours and a delicious lunch. Class photos in front of Smedes (always fun) and, of course, the Saint Mary’s alumnae bazaar, rounded out the event.

I won’t beg, but if you have an ounce of happiness about your years at Saint Mary’s, you will be in Raleigh for our 5-0 reunion in 2023.

So what, we’ll be 70. One of my favorite quotes applies to this epic Class of ’73 : “If it’s important to you, you will find a way. If not, you will find an excuse.” Find a way, ladies.

Sincerest thanks to Lynn Lasater Reynolds, to whom I owe an enormous debt of gratitude for our 45th reunion planning. She gets it, and stepped up to the plate to help me get the show on the road. We will together be relentless in our quest to make our 50th one for the books.

Allow me to go out on a limb of a stately oak tree and guess that you all truly deep down inside do love Saint Mary’s. Naughty or nice, we all thank heaven we were there together.

To those of ’73 who booked the flight, drove all night, and got it right — SALUTE! Appearing in person: Ann, Anne, Cathy, Kathryn, Lynn, Lynn, Carolyn, Judy, Debbie, Susan, Libby, Sarita, Candy, Jane, Katie Jo, Nature, and Blair Coffield Schuetz, who again traveled all the way from Washington State! Woo-hoo! Yes, she’s still sporting that tat, discreetly, of course. But more importantly, she is doing God’s work with Kitsap Sexual Assault Center as executive assistant, writing grants and coordinating community events. Only Blair can get away with this remark, “My exit plan for retirement is incubating! “ Love it. Retired and inspired, Carolyn Hicks Baggett is living a life of leisure after 41 years in Wake County education. Congratulations! Sleeping in, golfing, road tripping, and enjoying her five godchildren and two grands are now what occupy her time. Time to travel and get that passport stamped! Carolyn’s houseguest for Reunion Weekend was Anne Brigham Pace, who made the trip from Birmingham, Ala. A mother-baby nurse for 30 years, same hospital, Anne still finds time to visit her children and grandchildren, who are all over the place. She is a dedicated mom/

grandmom, with no wrinkles. Not kidding. I saw her face up close. And the baby car seats with a few cheerios here and there: certain proof she’s on the road with the children. Glad you came to celebrate with us, Anne! Carolyn and Anne had a fun week pre-reunion with Carolyn’s birthday, and retirement celebrations happening almost at once! Judy Edwards Marani planned ahead for the 45th and made it happen! As did Debbie Branscome Jones, both of whom were Lynn Lasater Reynolds’ houseguests for the Reunion Weekend. Judy traveled from Atlanta, Ga., and Debbie came all the way from Winnetka, Ill. Life is good for these two for sure: looking LOVELY and obviously happy! Again, where are the wrinkles? Even in broad daylight. Not a one. No fair! SO great to see you both! Ann Beland Brooks was weekend hostess to Jane Hight McMurry, Candace Currin Taylor, and Sarita Hardy Cawiezell Devineni. I would love to have been a fly on the wall of that house! A little mini-reunion of their own!

Ann (aka BeBe) is celebrating good health (yay), grandbaby Carter, retirement on the horizon, and a beach house, sans boat. What a life. Go Heels! Jane is a trip. I could leave it there, but it wouldn’t do her justice. She asks to please visit her in Wilmington and catch one of her speaking engagements. Three grandchildren are the loves of her life! Wrinkle free. Retired after 30 years from Sampson Community College in Clinton, Candy, known as “Lovie” to her 11-year-old granddaughter, Currin, is relaxed, having fun, and it shows! Sarita is still very tall, striking, and preparing for an event I’m not allowed to announce. I can tell you that it involves her son Miles and a girl. His fiancé. No more! Can’t go there! Wait till next newsletter! Speaking of the same — read between the lines — Elsie Thornhill James is still reeling from her daughter McCauley James ’08’s April wedding in Raleigh. That was one big happy celebration! Elsie is on cloud nine, so happy!

She and Arthur are trying to train their oneyear-old puppy, Hattie Boo Boo (of all the dog names in the world — really?). Elsie and I enjoyed the annual traditional golf cart campus ride together Saturday after reunion festivities. Whoo-hoo! This was started in 2013 by Margy Perdue Price and yours truly. Shhhh. Don’t tell anyone or they may campus us. I’m scared. By now you see that I am giving TOP PRIORITY to those who showed for the 45th. Take note. There’s more!

Where, oh where, are all the West Rock girls?

Cheryl Brown Sykes needs to know! She tried and tried to find you, and I promised to help by reaching out in print. Come forth!

Cheryl traveled from Atlanta, Ga., to join us for the 45th, as did Catherine Bridger Burns from Kings Mountain. Cathy is working part time for a local attorney. She and Robert have two grandsons, and recently celebrated their son’s marriage. Libby Hall Farias came all the way from Fuquay-Varina, where she volunteers for some pretty fun events involving bluegrass and balloon fests! Cool! Libby’s daughter, Emily, was married in October 2017, and her oldest daughter is living in Morganton. Libby is busy! Beaufort is the place to be for Kathryn Houghton Schreier and husband Frank. Close to Kathryn’s parents, this was a good move. Frank gets to play golf, and the views are fantastic. First grandbaby arrived last December in Raleigh. Exciting! Susan Jones Dietrich came from — I think the coolest name for a place in this world: Trevilians, Va. All smiles! And Nancy “Nature” Armstrong Murray was in full flavor Friday at our sit-down class party dinner — too much fun. What’s the song, “Still Crazy After All These Years…” perfect. Nature is living on the river in Little Washington, has three adorable grandchildren: Clementine, Campbell, and Gray IV, and is the oldest teacher at the Montessori school. Remember Merle Drennen Rex? She remembers you! Instead of joining us in Raleigh in April, she had the nerve to join her family in Kauai, Hawaii, for a week. Honestly. Some people. Sending love from points here and beyond: Lynne Brannon from Texas, with a grandson blessing: Bryson Steven Powell, Henni Towler Corbin from Pinehurst, Virgnina Gayle Grimball from Charleston, S.C., and Robin Gaither, way out in sunny California! Anyone have more than 13 grandchildren? Margy Perdue Price wants to know if she’s still in the lead on that front. Missy? Mary Legg Moore has passed go in the wedding game!

Her daughter, Molly, married Will Warner last June in Raleigh, and her son, Frank, married Betty Mauney on May 19 in Wilmington. You may now collect your $200. Wouldn’t Monopoly weddings be a great board game? A newlywed among us! Leslie Pretlow has tied a new knot! His name is a mystery and was not revealed. Could be that pool boy. All pertinent information is being withheld on grounds that she is apparently still swooning.

Maybe we’ll learn more when she comes down from her blissful cloud nine. Tell, tell!

WAIT! There’s more! God bless you every one for keeping my ten tiny fingers continually dancing across this keyboard in the middle of the night. I love racing against the clock to beat that insane SMS deadline! Such a rush.

News from girls we heard from long ago and who have now magically resurfaced! Gwen Howard Temple is still in North Wilkesboro and is retired. Namaste. Two grandchildren, yoga, hiking club, and the church choir are keeping her off the streets. Tell the Merle Watson Festival to reschedule for 2023 so you can come to our 50th reunion, Gwen! Don’t make me come over there. From Waynesville, a lovely note from Katharine Byars Knight, with two daughters, one son, and best wishes to all. Jane Eleazer Prevost, from who knows where, suggests we Photoshop her face in to the class picture saying she looks exactly the same at 65, just with shorter hair. Good idea!

Me too! Sharon Seago announces from Hampstead that she has a new grandson, named JJ, and that she recently underwent dog surgery and a root canal. Or was it a dog canal and root surgery? You can’t make this stuff up. Just in from Harmony, N.C. Suzy Maynard Barile is peacefully living in Harmony. Makes sense to me! Suzy is the guardian for her nephew, and her daughter and grandkitty are in Los Angeles, Calif. Suzy is still promoting her book Undaunted Heart. Oh look! A note from Amanda Brantley Anders — how nice. She has a house in the mountains and loves babysitting for her four grandchildren. A fun life, (her words) with Bob, their children and friends. Volunteering at Christ Church — I’m assuming in Charlotte. Kim Mims Cadwallader, aka “Mimsy,” loves being a grandmom to Grayson, her son Brian’s baby. Oldest son Craig was married May 2017. Kim seriously claims that she is related to Prince Harry in the same sentence. Uh oh.

Kim is teaching music at St. Michael's in Raleigh, and is also working at the Trilogy School with Deborah Johnson Brown ’69HS ’71C. Nice work. Lolly and Pop. Probably the cutest grandparents’ name ever — Virginia Cox Love writes from Huntsville, Ala., that she and Bill have been married 40 years (holy moly) and they are focusing on staying healthy. Son Robinson lives on the West Coast and has two daughters, Penelope and Cleo.

Virginia says they are too far away. Her daughter Rachel is closer, in Virginia Beach, Va. Charity work, travel, and church are so important. Rounding out this who’s who from the Class of ’73 is Margaret Bogle Harris

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Anna Frank Strosnider DuBose Patton ’50C February 6, 1931 – December 19, 2017 After 86 well-lived years of life, Frankie Strosnider DuBose ’50C died December 19, 2017, in Chapel Hill. She was born on February 6, 1931, to Dr. Charles Franklin Strosnider and Anna Bailey Lawrence Grimes Strosnider in Goldsboro, N.C. She served as President of the Saint Mary’s Alumnae Association and as a member of the board of trustees. She was honored to receive Saint Mary’s Outstanding Alumnae Award in 2015.

She lived life to the fullest loving her Lord, family and friends. Frankie graduated from Goldsboro High in 1948. She was thrilled to be named the homecoming sweetheart The late Frankie Strosnider DuBose Patton ’50C is pictured, third from right, with her by the football team. After high school, daughters, pictured left to right, Valinda DuBose Coates ’79HS ’81C, Anna DuBose Frankie attended Saint Mary’s Junior ColDoughton ’72HS ’74C, and Nancy DuBose Greenway ’83C, upon receiving the 2015 lege. She was in the graduating class of Outstanding Alumna Award.

1950. She met many lifelong friends at Saint Mary’s. Frankie graduated from the University of North Carolina with a Bachelor of Arts in Education in 1952. Frankie receiving treatment at the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center. and her family spent many wonderful summers in Morehead City. There she met her future husband and Caring House was Frankie’s dream. With support from many of soulmate, David St. Pierre Du Bose, Jr. (Pete). Frankie and Pete Frankie and Pete’s friends, Caring House celebrated its 25th anmarried on September 4, 1953, and had five children. They loved niversary in 2017. Later in life, after Pete died, Frankie found love spending time with friends and family in Morehead, Goldsboro, again at the age of 84. She married James R. Patton, Jr. on her 85th and Meadowmont Farm. Frankie was known for her barefoot birthday. Jim, his family and caregiver, Pat Grovenor, brought her cooking late night porch dinners. She never met a stranger and much happiness. always saw the good in others. She loved to play tennis, bridge and Preceding her in death was her devoted husband, David St. Pierre, entertain. Frankie and Pete travelled many times to the Bahamas DuBose, Jr. (Pete) who died April 19, 2014. Surviving are her chilon skin diving and fishing adventures. Frankie was such a positive dren: Anna DuBose Doughton ’72HS ’74C and husband James vibrant person of great faith. She was dedicated to her Lord and Horton Doughton (Bud), David St. Pierre DuBose III (Peter) and community. She served as President of the Durham Junior League. wife Evelyn Hoover, Charles Franklin DuBose and wife Sally PeShe was a member of The Hill House Advisory Committee. Hill ters, Valinda DuBose Coates ’79HS ’81C and husband Dr. Gerald House was the home of John Sprunt Hill (Pete’s grandfather) and Lee Coates, Jr., Nancy DuBose Greenway ’83HS and husband now serves as the Junior League of Durham Headquarters. She Garland Daniel Greenway. Also surviving are her cherished and was director of St. Stephen’s Episcopal pre-school where she adored eleven grandchildren: James Horton Doughton, Jr. Anna developed the two-year old class. Frankie served as a leader Lawrence Doughton, David St. Pierre DuBose IV (Petey), Sarah in St. Stephen’s ministry. She was also Senior Warden of St. Robinson DuBose, Elizabeth Porcher DuBose (Blissie), Charles Stephen’s Episcopal Church. Frankie is warmly remembered Drennen DuBose (Drennen), Gerald Lee Coates II (Jerry), Anfor her numerous Duke Hospital “Balloon” visits through the derson DuBose Coates, Garland Daniel Greenway III, Christian St. Stephen’s Hospital Ministry.

Lawrence Greenway and William Hill Greenway.

In 1992 Frankie, with the love and support of her husband Pete, A memorial service celebrating Frankie’s life was held December founded Caring House. Caring House is a home for cancer patients 27, at the Presbyterian Church of the Good Shepard in Durham.

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CLASS NEWS aka “Bruce,” in Sherrill’s Ford, N.C., which is in the mountains somewhere. Lake Norman, I think. Debbie Branscome Jones and Kelly McCoy, your roomie wants to hear from you!

Bruce has been AWOL up until now, but wants everyone to know that she misses everyone from 3rd Smedes. Bruce retired in ’05 after 30 years in the D.C. FIRE DEPT. (beat that!) and has four grandchildren. She recently traveled to Ireland, Italy, and Portugal.

Amazing! Good to finally hear from you, Bruce! I’m always last because it’s the polite thing to do, and I know the suspense is killing you. Raleigh is one busy city. Where did all these people come from? I am overjoyed now that both of my perfectly beautiful daughters are happily married! Somehow we pulled off two weddings, six months apart, both in Asheville. I do not recommend that, by the way. Liza and Jeremy, Winnie and Michael, are my superstars and my strength and I could not be more blessed. Crazy pens and wonderful inks are keeping me calligraphically creative and out of trouble. Drawing, painting, and, oh yes, a large dash of wedding invitation designing and consulting are definitely still in the mix. Water continues to be my happiest place on off -hours. Despite recent rotator cuff surgery, I’m still teaching water fitness classes at Fitness Connection, North Hills, four days a week and kicking around in every pool I can find! I want you to know how much I love hearing from all of you. It is exciting for me to be the first to read your news every year, and I am honored you still let me loosely interpret your letters without firing me so far — ha! As always, you may send your news to me anytime — you don’t need to wait for the SMS nudge. Love you all very much, and thank you for your kind words. Lynn

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Patricia Kerlin writes, “I live in the area of Snowshoe ski resort, so if anyone is coming to West Virginia to ski or see the stars at the Green Bank Observatory, then please contact me. I would love to visit with you.”

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Patricia Holt Parker ’75C So fortunate to see Bonnie Bell McGowan when she is not busy instructing golf at Pine Needles Resort with her husband, Pat. Their son, Michael, is playing on the Latin American

Golf Tour and Web.Com, in pursuit of the PGA Tour. Their daughter, Scotti, was a wonderful caretaker for her grandmother, Peggy Kirk Bell, and continues her caretaking role as a nanny. Bonnie loved seeing Lou Jones inducted into the SMS Hall of Fame and seeing it named after her. Last year was a big year for Sallie Shuping Russell, who is living in Chapel Hill with her new husband, Ed Spence, who joined the medical faculty there.

And if getting married wasn’t life-changing enough, Sallie became a grandmother! She plans to retire from BlackRock, where she has been a managing director in the private capital group for 11 years, to enjoy her grandson and all the new beginnings. Have fun, Sallie!

I hope that everyone who didn’t send their news is happy, healthy and enjoying life, as I am in Pinehurst with my husband, George.

It is hard to believe that I have been working at First Health for 25 years. I continue to teach yoga/meditation classes, volunteer for Moore Humane Society, and work on my golf game. I took many lessons from Bonnie Bell McGowan and highly recommend her!

Daughter Kate, is still enjoying Portland, Ore., running her record label and will be releasing her second album under the name Pat Moon soon. Her sister, Paton, is in West Hollywood when she is not on the road living her life as Wild One Wandering, developing content for Bingeable network. Wishing you all the best with love, Trish

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Julie Capel Williams and husband Steve have moved to Florida. “I would love to see my old SMC friends if they find their way to Vero Beach,” writes Julie.

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Mary Virginia Swain ’77C Happy summer, Class of 1977 friends! Our news is short and sweet this time around.

Deborah Goodson Bunn is still working and enjoying being a grandmother to her delightful five-year-old granddaughter. Corneille Little continues to embrace being back home in Raleigh after such a long chapter of life in Florida. She celebrated two weddings this year: daughter Kim to Donnie Adkins and son Stan to Stephanie Smith. Corneille says she "loves her ever-growing Raleigh family." She teaches elementary art in Raleigh and, after converting her garage to a home studio, she

coaches small-group adult painting classes in the evenings. She reports that Caroline Holt Stirling is a regular in her classes and is an amazing artist. When Corneille is not teaching or painting pet portraits, she enjoys gardening and spending time with grandson Dylan (6) and his two step-siblings, Jessie (7) and Riley (9). Becky Flythe Watts writes from Cary, where she is celebrating 38 years working with her company. Her son, Neil, graduated from N.C. State last year in computer science and is working for the State of North Carolina. In December, Becky and husband Kevin celebrated 30 years of marriage. I continue to enjoy working and living at Saint Mary's. I enjoy seeing Saint Mary's classmates around Raleigh and Wilmington/Wrightsville Beach, including Barbara Johnston Bush, Jeannie Bridger Konitzer, Morgie Towler Duke, Kim Shavlik Randolph, Nancy Thompson Heathcote, Katherine Wooten Bailey, Vivian Rawls Watkins, Caroline Holt Stirling, and Lou Whitmire Catania, to name a few. I also heard recently from Emily Bass Baumgartner and Bootie McVeigh Thelin, saying life is good in Colorado and Lynchburg, respectively. Mary Virginia

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Windy Tillman Pratt ’79C As I write from Southern Pines, I wonder how all of you are doing. It is a pleasure to hear from many of you and to tell your stories. Mary Craig Timberlake Brown writes that she is enjoying teaching kindergarten at Ravenscroft School alongside daughter Annie, who teaches first grade there. Mary Craig reports that Annie was married to H.L. Montague at Christ Church in Raleigh on October 28, 2017. The Brown’s son, Whit and his wife, Abby, live in Raleigh and they see both families often. She says they are all blessed to be healthy. Dana Darden Copeland is still teaching first-graders in Virginia Beach, Va., and is now in her 30th year of teaching. Her son, Darden, is in law school at the University of Richmond. Dana would love to catch up with any classmates visiting the Virginia Beach area. Ann Howard Foster celebrated 30 years at Hilti, the company where she works. Ann’s career took her from Tulsa, Okla., to Plano, Texas, three years ago. She also reports that she keeps up with Julie Ann Cook Stewart, who is busy doing life in Waycross, Ga. Julie Ann became a grandmother this spring to a baby girl born to oldest son

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CLASS NEWS

Darwin’s Mother

By Sarah Rose Nordgren ’00 The University of Pittsburgh Press has recently published Darwin’s Mother, a book of poetry by Sarah Rose Nordgren ’00.

In Darwin’s Mother, curious beasts are excavated in archeological digs, Charles Darwin’s daughter describes the challenges of breeding pigeons, and a forest of trees shift and sigh in their sleep. With a keen sense of irony that rejects an anthropocentric worldview and an imagination both philosophical and playful, the poems in this collection are marked by a tireless curiosity about the intricate workings of life, consciousness, and humanity’s place in the universe.

“I’m really excited about this collection making its way into the light, as it’s full of ideas and questions that have been close to my heart for the past few years – big questions, like what it means to be human and how we situate ourselves in the incomprehensibly vast expanse of life and time,” says Nordgren.

Publishers Weekly writes, “This striking and inventive second collection from Nordgren reads as if a naturalist’s observational notebooks found a second, wondrous life as poetry. Describing both the natural and the digital worlds, Nordgren imbues scientific and technical concepts with warmth and humanness.”

Nordgren is a poet, teacher, and multiform text artist. Her two books of poetry are Best Bones (2014), winner of the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize, and Darwin’s Mother, which is recently released from University of Pittsburgh Press (November 2017). Her poems and essays appear widely in periodicals such as Agni, Ploughshares, The Kenyon Review Online, Copper Nickel, and American Poetry Review, and she creates video and performance text art in collaboration with Kathleen Kelley ’00 under the name Smart Snow. Among her awards are two winter fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, an Individual Excellence Award from the Ohio Arts Council, and fellowships and scholarships from the Sewanee and Bread Loaf Conferences, the Vermont Studio Center, and the Virginia Center for Creative Arts. Originally from North Carolina, Nordgren graduated from Saint Mary’s in 2000 and earned her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and her M.F.A. in poetry from University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She’s currently at the University of Cincinnati where she is a doctoral candidate in poetry with a certificate in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Nordgren serves as an Associate Editor at 32 Poems.

Now available from University of Pittsburgh Press (November 2017) Price: $15.95 | ISBN: 9780822965169 sarahrosenordgren.com

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High School Class of 1978 40th Reunion Front row: Ann Browder Branch, Amy Brown North, Catherine Senn Garrett Second row: Amélie Brogden, Fern Bugg

Jake and his wife, Katie. Her middle son, John, was just married and the Stewarts are in love with their new daughter-in-law. Their youngest is Joe, who just graduated from high school and is off to college. She enjoyed getting together with Regina Lazorick Brown and Ann Howard Foster in Asheville earlier this year. Julie Ann has definitely been busy! Also reporting in as a new granny is Beth Gardner Strandberg, whose first grandchild, John Buchanan Tomlinson III (Jack), was born on March 28. Beth says she is lucky to share that bundle of joy with his other grandmother, SMC alumna Lisa Lofton Tomlinson ’78C. Beth says her youngest, Josie, has moved to Charlotte as well, so she plans to spend a lot of time there with girls and grandson! I had a lovely visit with Tricia Kelly Pinkard in December.

The occasion was sad, as we lost a dear mutual friend suddenly, but Tricia stayed with us here in Southern Pines, and we had a great time catching up and reminiscing. She stays busy with the children she generously loves and helps at the Bishop Walker School for Boys in Washington, D.C. Tricia enjoys fun and exotic birding trips with Bob. It was also great to have lunch in Raleigh last spring with Marian Green Carson and Alice Smith Royal, who are both doing well. Congratulations to Elizabeth Davenport Scott, who has been named to North Carolina’s top 50 woman “super lawyers” by “Super Lawyers’ magazine.” Elizabeth Rasberry Pitts has been busy planning her daughter’s April 28 wedding. Saint Mary’s friends are lifelong friends and both she and her daughter, Betsy Bryan Pitts ’09, were excited to have a few of their Saint Mary’s friends present for the nuptials. Molly Burton Tull hosted the bridesmaids’ brunch in her beautiful home. After 25 years as a sales representative for Portraits South, Elizabeth and fellow Saint Mary’s alum, Elizabeth

College Class of 1978 40th Reunion First row: Mary Lawrence Hicks, Beth Kirkland Peters, Bebee Bason Lee, Jan Stewart Atkins, Liza Lamm Gauss, Martha Murphy, Marjorie Berry, Virginia James Shelley Second row: Cissy Davis, Carter Ward, Wimberly Burton, Joella Breeden Fulenwider, Etta Ryan Clark, Joanne Beecham McNamara, Emilie Lamb Freeman, Martha Boisseau Mattheisen, Eleanor Snell Third row: Beth Ryan Winstead, Frauke Engel Mirenda, Donna Sherrill Steele, Mary Crenshaw Spaulding, Elaine Bridger Mebane, Lisa Tate, Susan Branscome Kyman, Susan Worth Costabile Fourth row: Dottie Lipscomb, Julie Daniels Wood, Lisa Lofton Tomlinson, Peggy Aiken Bridgforth, Elizabeth Kerr Agnew

Patteson Dixon ’80HS, have launched their own company called Portrait Associates. They are poised for growth and seeking both artists and sales associates in key markets. Elizabeth is hoping a big group of alums will show up for SMC ’79 Reunion Weekend in 2019. Mike and I are still in Southern Pines, where I continue to work at Stifel and stay busy with my calligraphy business. He works as an AFLAC representative. Our son, Win, works in Raleigh at Red Hat and his wife, Tracy, teaches math at Knightdale High. Son Guion works at Willowtree Apps in Charlottesville, Va., and his wife, Abby, works for The Journey Group there. Everyone is happy and healthy and we are very blessed. Looking forward to seeing all of you in Raleigh next spring for our 40th!

So hard to believe. Peace to you all. Windy

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Madeleine Gilbert ’81HS Congratulations to Nina Anderson Cheney’s daughter, Lucy, who is now attending Saint Mary’s. Nina was at Saint Mary’s for Lucy be-

ing inducted into the Granddaughter’s Club.

Nina’s son, John, is going to Wofford. Gigi Johnson’s ’81HS ’83C youngest daughter, Elise, is now at UNC-Wilmington. Scotty Grine Frantz’s ’81HS ’83C son, Adam, has graduated from Clemson in construction management. He is working in Columbia, S.C. Zaida Clay Harris writes that her oldest daughter has graduated from Ole Miss and is going to become a professional golfer. Zaida adds if anyone wants to sponsor a golfer, let her know! Congratulations to Carol Burhans Burns, who has become a grandmother.

Daughter Lauren and her husband just had a baby boy. Carol, enjoy spoiling him! Suiter Whitehead Coxe ’81HS ’83C writes that 2018 is an exciting and busy one for her family. Daughter Suiter got married April 28 in Georgetown, S.C. Son Ragland also has big plans. Suiter and Rags are excited for their growing family. Libby Ward Smart ’81HS ’83C was honored by having a painting of hers chosen to be the label on a private label wine at the Beaufort Wine and Food Festival.

Congratulations, Libby! Congratulations also

go to Libby’s son, Spencer, who was selected valedictorian at his high school and is now at Appalachian State. This past fall, Libby went to Adare, Ireland, to paint with some other artists. I was able to catch up with her at Reid’s in Charlotte. She also had a 1983 mini-reunion with Missy Sue Vaughan ’83C and Pattie Drake Sade ’83C. Sydney Brown Cardone ’81HS ’83C had a fun visit in Boston with Bettine Bikle Boyd ’81HS ’83C. She also was rubbing shoulders at an art gallery opening with Katie Lee Gifford from the “Today Show.” This year for Christmas, Allyson Poole, Sallie Harris Glover ’81HS ’83C, Mary Grady Koonce Bell, Anne Nelson Boney, Nancy Burton, Tricia Moss LeCarpentier, Elizabeth Estill Robertson ’81HS ’83C, Gigi Johnson ’81HS ’83C, Holly Connell Tehan, and Mary Duke Sanders Grubb ’81HS ’83C got together. And congratulations go to Mary Duke: her son, Will, graduated from Northwestern in chemical engineering.

Anne Nelson Boney writes that she moved into a townhouse in Raleigh and loves it! Elizabeth Estill Robertson ’81HS ’83C writes that Laura, her youngest daughter, graduated cum laude from UNC-Wilmington in May. She is now working for US Case in Raleigh as marketing manager. Lindsay, Elizabeth’s oldest daughter got married in April. She and her husband are also living in Raleigh. Bettine Bikle Boyd ’81HS ’83C writes that she is celebrating working for the Four Seasons in Boston for 28 years. This year she became an empty-nester. Her oldest son graduated from High Point University and her youngest is a freshman at Stonehill College and is running on the track team. She says that she feels so blessed to be in touch with so many of her Saint Mary’s friends. I had a fun girl’s weekend in November with Marilee Eagles Reed at her beach house at Atlantic Beach. She is living in Raleigh and working as a pharmacist in Goldsboro. She recently married Jim Reed of Washington, N.C. They will divide their time between the three cities. Congratulations, Marilee! Thank you to everyone who emailed or wrote me to tell me the news. I’m still traveling as a fabric sales rep. My territory is North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. In January, I went to Paris for work. I had a great time seeing beautiful fabrics and going to a few museums and a great black-tie event at the private residences for the U.S. Embassy.

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Allison Gilbert Holmes ’81C Ellen McCown Schwab’s mother, Ann Fair Bowen McCown, died on April 23, 2017.

My condolences to Ellen. Lauren Burrows’ ’79HS ’81C mother passed away April 29, 2017. My condolences to Lauren. Sharon West Kearns’ father passed away on May 19, 2017. My condolences to Sharon. Tucker Gaddy Fogarty’s ’79HS ’81C mother died June 22. 2017. My condolences go out to Tucker. Murray Smith Parker’s brother, Bryon, passed away on September 4, 2017.

My thoughts and prayers go out to Murray and her family. Valinda DuBose Coates’ ’79HS ’81C mother, Frankie Strosnider DuBose ’50C, died on December 19, 2017. Margaret McGlohon wrote that she is in her 24th year at Saint Mary’s and is so proud of our alma mater and the alumnae. She says that it is a great pleasure to get to know so many amazing Saints, and she especially loves seeing her classmates as she travels. She requests that we read the magazine, share the “Around the Grove,” respond when called, and come cheer on the Saints on the field, courts, and stage when you are able. Margaret says that you won’t be disappointed. Also, when any of us are in Raleigh, come by school and say hello. I personally want to say a big THANK YOU to Margaret for all that she does for the school! Ashley Richardson Allen’s daughter, Hannah Allen Myers ’07, had a little girl, Sadie. She was born on May 25, 2017. Emily Winfield Bondy sent word that they are doing great and coasting right along. Her husband, Paul, is still in the same practice and she is still teaching yoga and Pilates. Their daughter, Courtney, is now in her second year at East Carolina and Malone is a high school senior, ready to graduate and headed to Meredith.

Emily says that her only big news is that she and Paul will be empty-nesters soon. She is looking forward to the summer with great anticipation and excitement for the next chapter.

Valinda DuBose Coates ’79HS ’81C wrote that she and her husband, Jerry, have a bed and breakfast on the North Carolina coast in Davis. They are on the inner part of the Outer Banks. They are 20 minutes northeast of Beaufort. Check them out at www.davisbandb.com . Their boys, Jerry III (28) and Anderson (26) are doing great. Daddy Jerry is still working hard. Valinda manages the B & B and plays with their English black lab, Ozzy.

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She says that life is good and God continues to bless them so much. Jenny Lewis Beall’s ’79HS ’81C father-in-law passed away on March 24, 2018. My condolences to Jenny and her family. Catherine Winfield Pfeiffer says that time is flying by. She is still living in Little Washington and working as a school nurse in three different schools. Their three kids are moving on and are in grad school, getting ready to graduate grad school and then one contemplating grad school. She says that the kids have it a lot harder than we did. She plans on getting together with Nancy Brooks Newlon and Margaret Taylor Kendrick this summer. She sees her sister, Emily Winfield Bondy, often. Catherine is looking forward to our next reunion. Lee Trotter Dixon’s brother, Davis, passed away on April 29, 2018. Also, Richard’s father passed away recently. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family, Lee. I am still teaching preschool to 2-year-olds. This is my second year. I have really enjoyed it. The kids in my class make me laugh each day. My boys are finishing up their freshman years in college. James is at N.C. State and Stuart is at UNC-Chapel Hill. Tom and I have had a great time this past year; we miss our boys but it has been fun with just the two of us. I have had a great time getting together with the Raleigh local girls, along with Claudia Wooten Outlaw and now Karen Apostolou Gliarmis ’79HS ’81C, for dinners once a month. We have averaged about eight or nine girls each time. We are trying new restaurants in the area. I appreciate everyone who sent me information this time. If you aren’t getting an email from me each month, then I don’t have your email. Let me know what your current email address is and I will add you to our class list. I send out birthday notices each month and I would love to include all of our classmates in this. I hope you feel this is a good way to keep in touch with all the girls in our class. Allison

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Sydney Kepley Kempson enjoyed a fabulous spring break in Jamaica with daughter Grace Kempson ’18. They were excited about Grace’s graduation in May. She will attend Sewanee in the fall. Sydney hopes to meet up with Caroline Johnson Douglas in Nashville, Tenn., next year when Caroline is visiting her daughter, Mary Scott, at Vanderbilt.

Izzy Kempson ’20 enjoys playing lacrosse at SMS. Sydney has lunch with Susan Hawfield

High School Class of 1983 35th Reunion Mary Beth Hughes, Polly Russler Danyla

Whitehead from time to time. “Craig and I are just trying to keep up with our girls,” reports Sydney. Molly Brooks writes from Aspen, Colo., “This year marks 30 years living and raising three kids in Colorado. My two older ones are at University of Denver and the youngest is a high school senior. Hope to spend more time in North Carolina visiting friends and family!”

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Cammy Bailey Hodges writes, “Fred and I continue to burn up the highways of Eastern North Carolina and Southeastern Virginia selling to stores in the gift, gourmet, and men’s clothing industry. We just LOVE IT, and we get to see lots of SMS girls in our travels! Our daughter, Sara Worth Hodges, is 24 and lives in Greensboro. She works at NC Tennis Association and loves her job. Fred had a heart attack while playing tennis in early November.

It was very frightening, but he is doing fine and he has learned to love salmon! We have some fun summer plans and hope to take a nice trip in the fall.”

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Michelle White Porter writes that her daughter, Claiborne, is in the 10th grade at VES and son McGehee is a freshman at Elon.

Saint Mary’s classmates gathered for the wedding of the daughter of Suiter Whitehead Cox ’81HS ’83C in Georgetown, S.C., in April. Left to right: Scotty Grine Frantz ’81HS ’83C, Millice Rogers Ellerbe ’81HS ’83C, Suiter Whitehead Coxe ’81HS ’83C, Mary Duke Sanders Grubbe ’81HS ’83C, and Louise Johnson Clement ’81HS ’83C.

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Chrissy Bolin Rand ’87C So happy to report that our 2017 reunion weekend was a smash hit! Dawn DeBruhl Boyer writes, “What a wonderful time I had at the 175th Anniversary Gala last year! It was SO wonderful to see and catch up with so many Saint Mary’s friends. We continued the celebration the next night at Marcy’s (Marcy Everett Voelkel) and had a blast reminiscing. Kathy Respess writes that she still lives in the country between Garner and Clayton and has made major renovations on her home. She celebrated her 50th birthday with a trip to Paris, then Venice, with her honey of nine years, Vance. Kathy and Vance dote on their only baby, a one-year-old Llewelyn Setter named Simon Beauregard (Beau). Kathy has been with JANUS et Cie furniture company for eight years and loves it! Margaret Hambrick Glaze says she had a wonderful time at the reunion weekend/Saint Mary’s Gala. Margaret and her husband, Gene, will be married 24 years in 2018. Her daughter, Mary Caroline, graduates this year and starts at Appalachian this fall; Catherine (16), a rising junior, is a cookie cutter of her mother; Wilson (13) will be in 8th grade in the fall.

She invites all to come for a visit in Hickory, as they have lots of room. Eleanor White Hunter writes that she and Vernon celebrated

24 years of marriage in May with a trip to Key West. Their daughter, Mary Ellen (20) is a rising East Carolina junior and will travel to Italy this summer with ECU. She will visit her cousin in Bologna, and Eleanor and Vernon will meet up with Mary Ellen in Venice, then travel to Fori, Florence, Capri, and Rome! Eleanor says she also loved the reunion and has enjoyed a few sleepovers at Marcy’s with Saint Mary’s alums, including Chrissy Bolin Rand, Elizabeth Grine Blount, Kathy Respess, and Susan Gregory. It was great hearing from June Ivey Manning, who writes that after 12 years with Union Bank and Trust she has returned to public health. “I am once again the finance officer for the Granville-Vance District Health Department,” says June. “I turned 50 and started a new job the next day — how’s that for life changes?” June’s daughter, Daisy, is a UNC-Chapel Hill senior, and son Ethan is a freshman. June loved the reunion weekend as well. Ann-Cabell Baum is still living in Raleigh. Martha Anne Allen Dubose writes, “Blaine and I still live in Greensboro and have been married almost 28 years — wow! I feel like it was just yesterday he was picking me up in front of Cruik for our first date. Our oldest daughter, Carson (24), is working and living in Charlotte. She loves it there. Our son, Blaine Jr, (23) is working and living outside as much as possible in Whitefish, Mont., and, of course, loves it there. Our youngest, Allie, is finishing her freshman year at N.C. State

and loves being an ADPi. I so loved seeing so many friends and classmates at our last reunion. Warmed my heart so many of us were together again.” Marcy Everett Voelkel, hostess extraordinaire, writes, “We had such a wonderful time at the 30th reunion last May, surrounding the SMS gala weekend. We had our best turnout in years, with 18 classmates in attendance. I look forward to the next gathering.” Marcy’s daughter, Hope Voelkel ’17, graduated from SMS and is a Chi O at UNC-Chapel Hill, with her brothers, Carter and McLean. Carter will attend the master’s of accounting program at UNC in fall. I, Chrissy Bolin Rand, have been living in Wilson since July, helping Will’s parents. I was at the Saint Mary’s alumnae bazaar during Reunion Weekend 2018, with copies of “Brightleaf,” and had a ball seeing familiar faces and making new friends. My eldest daughter, Victoria, lives in Corpus Christi, Texas, with her baby girl and husband Nathan, an engineer with the DOD. My son, Caleb, has his master’s in accounting from UNF and passed his CPA exams. Our daughter Bethany graduated with a degree in public health in December and starts a master’s program the fall. WK (22), is living and working in Jacksonville, Fla. Will and I celebrate 30 years of marriage this year! Thanks, everyone, for writing in! Chrissy

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Heath Dalton Parker ’89HS ’91C Ginny James Eagles has been "reunited" with SMS. Her daughter, Kate, began in fall 2017 and has loved every minute! And Libby, Ginny's youngest, was just accepted for next year! She is looking forward to attending it.

Ginny is enjoying catching up with many SMS friends and their daughters.

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Laura Query ’89C Greetings SMS College classmates of 1989!

I am happy to be able to share some classmate news with you. First, we’ll start with a “furry” update: Laura McIntosh Olree is always posting these fun pics on Facebook of her “family.” Husband Kevin and Laura continue to live in Alpharetta, Ga., working on their second careers as referees! They are attempting to keep two diva cats (an 18-yearold named Lulu and a feisty calico named Tiffany) separated. The pics I see lead me to wonder who’s winning — the cats or Laura

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College Class of 1988 30th Reunion First row: Natalie Carter Hyde, Michelle Beuchler Richards, Mary Staton Stocks Ward, Niki Eubank Second row: Margaret Cheatham Johnson, Shore Tucker McCall, Ari Stuckey Harley, Kim Norfleet Collie, Kelly Gomez Bimson, Jane Pattishall Snyder, Julie Rochon Third row: Elizabeth Vandiver Harris, Katherine Norman, Elizabeth Burnham Gray, Corinne Kirksey Alavi, Tracy Woolard Mayo, Tracye O’Bannon Wheless, Melissa Gibson Estes, Leigh McAdoo Kempf

High School Class of 1988 30th Reunion First row: Ashley Rogers, Jennifer Arey Holloman, Mandy Mitchell, Janie Schweers Quinn, Catherine Schmidt Snyder Second row: Ruthie Sommers, Delia Lock Gelinas, Sara Scott Ford Third row: Jennifer Walker Barwick, Meg Curnyn Wilkinson, April Browne, Alix Defouloy Filer, Melissa Morrisette Tillman

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and Kevin. No matter…always good to hear about their “furry” adventures! Next, I was so excited to have an update from Ginny Griffin Varnum and to hear all that she and her family are up to. Ginny’s oldest daughter, Carter Hewett, continues to build her horse business on the family farm, Honalee Stables, in Bolivia, N.C, and was recently selected as a top 10 future business leader for the South Brunswick area. Carter and her lesson students participate in horse shows throughout North Carolina, and Carter herself recently trained in “eventing” with Olympic rider Boyd Martin.

Ginny’s second-born daughter, Griffin Hewett ’10, graduated

with honors with her BS in biology and minor in business from Appalachian State. She received her white coat at N.C. State in August and began her first post-grad year at the N.C.S.U. College of Veterinary Medicine as a member the CVM Class of 2021. She is an active member of the Christian Veterinary Fellowship and the class representative for Purina. Go Pack! After graduation, Griffin plans to open a clinic at Honalee Stables and specialize in animal sports medicine. Ginny’s youngest daughter, Davis, is almost 11 and in fifth grade at South Brunswick Charter.

She is excited about middle school next year and enjoys dancing, riding horses, and summer sailing camp at Don Lee. Davis says she can’t wait to go to Saint Mary’s and Ginny is not allowed to move to Raleigh! Boo! Ginny has recently gone back to school, working towards a humanities degree in addition to managing several properties, helping out around the farm, and doing civic club work. She’s one busy lady! Ginny’s husband, Jamie, is working hard in his construction business and they just celebrated their 12th anniversary! Congrats to them and so great to hear from Ginny!

As for me, I am still working for Nationwide Insurance (27 years now) and am currently leading an outsourcing and robotics project, which is quite an adventure! I have lived in northeast Ohio since 2014, about 35 minutes from my younger sister’s family, who live just outside Cleveland, Ohio. It’s been a blessing to be so close to them as sadly, my sister, Margaret Anne (Maggie) Query Prevette, passed away suddenly in February 2017, leaving her husband and three beautiful children.

Stunned and heartbroken, our family’s foundation was rocked by this tragedy. Our primary goal since then has been to insure these small children (Rob (11), Olivia (9), and Virginia (7), have the most loving and supportive environment we all can provide. I enjoy being very involved in the kids’ weekly activities with “carpool crew,” as we call it, and I am attending lots of soccer, basketball, golf, and swimming! We travel to North Carolina to see Papa and Cece (Carol Dague Query ’65C) at the North Carolina coast, which the children love, and we recently took a spring break trip to Chicago to see the tourist sights. What fun we had on the BIG Bus with lots of laughter!

As I watch these three children navigate life, I see my sister in each one’s face, gestures, or personality. It gives me comfort to see her legacy as an attentive, loving, and wonderful mother carried on in each one of them. As

they continue to grow, I’m sure I’ll have interesting stories to share in upcoming updates! Class of ’89C, we are closing in on 30 years, ladies! I would love to hear more of your updates in our next round! So many of you have families and adventures you can share. Take a moment and shoot me an email next year to let us all know what you have been up to. Until next time, Class of ’89C, take care. lq

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Gina Hamill Donahoo ’91C Kat Gregory Fritter ’91HS ’93C and family moved to sunny Key Largo, Fla., right before Hurricane Irma. “Other than that, we have loved being here.” She has two daughters, Abby (13) and Ann (11), and they just got two Bernadoodle puppies.

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Claudia Bishop Stubbs ’93HS Greetings, my Saint Mary’s friends! As I sit writing our updates, my heart is so full after spending time with many of you this past weekend celebrating our 25th class reunion. It is hard to believe that so much time has passed, yet it feels like just yesterday that we were all at SMS together. It was definitely a weekend full of love, laughter, good food/drinks, and memories shared. From the wonderful dinners together to the late night dance party, it was so fun!

Many thanks to Heather Gibson ’93HS ’95C for organizing the dinners and to Laurie Deatherage Cram ’93HS ’95C for opening her home again for all of us to have a place to reminisce and get our groove on. For those who couldn’t make it, you were missed. Pany Seyed Allen writes, “I am living in the Peak of Good Living (Apex) for 15 years now and have been in marketing/sales at SAS. I just celebrated my 16-year anniversary at work. Joe and I will celebrate 19 years of marriage in July. It's hard

to believe I met Joe at the steps of Smedes 25 years ago. Joseph (13) and Jaden (10) keep us busy with playing club soccer. There isn't a day we aren't on a soccer field!” Pany was looking forward to seeing everyone at the reunion.

Robin Conklin writes, “The past year has brought about some major changes in our lives. I finished my master’s degree in nursing from UNC-Chapel Hill in May of 2017, after having worked at Duke as a bedside nurse and also as a clinical research nurse. Not long after I finished my MSN, I stumbled upon the nursing job of a lifetime: school nurse at Saint Mary's School! My husband, Erik Sugg, and I (along with our two dogs) moved on campus as I became one of the school nurses and a residential faculty member. Suddenly, we're two 40-somethings who went from having zero kids to having 270 teenage girls! We live in an apartment in Cruikshank dorm and love every minute of this wild ride at Saint Mary's. Beth Farr Williams writes, “We live in Hickory, where we are raising our three children, Sophie (15), Madeline (12), and Davis (4). I work full time as an attorney with my husband, running our law firm “The Williams Law Firm,” in downtown Hickory.

We handle real estate and estate work and love helping our clients and the community. As a family, we stay busy with school, church and friends. We love to travel and find new adventures. Sophie is our adventurer and is always learning something new and exciting — this year she is learning how to fly airplanes!” Keri Burnette writes, “I am now working for The American Cancer Society, a global reaching community-based, voluntary health organization, driven to eliminate cancer as a major health problem by ‘encouraging prevention, providing support, fostering innovation and fighting for what’s right.’ I have the privilege of partnering with state-level public health systems, commercial

SAINT MARY'S REMEMBERS

Olivia Lynch Hardin ’50C, former trustee Olivia Cary Lynch Hardin ’50C of Raleigh died May 9, 2018 after a short illness. She was born in Wilmington, N.C., on June 21, 1930, to Olivia Horne and George Green Lynch.

She was predeceased by her husband of 54 years, former Saint Mary’s trustee Eugene Brooks Hardin, Jr., her parents, and by a brother and sister.

Olivia attended public schools of Wilmington and graduated from Saint Mary's College in 1950. A lifelong Episcopalian, she was baptized, confirmed, and married in St. James Parish, Wilmington.

Following the family's move to Raleigh in 1972, they joined Christ Church. Olivia served on the vestry and was a long-time member of the Altar Guild, serving as president for three years.

Her other interests include her love for Saint Mary's School, where she served on the board of trustees. She was a former board member of the Children's Home Society of North Carolina in Greensboro and a former member of the Rex Hospital Guild Board in Raleigh.

Until her death, she was a member of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of North Carolina where she achieved the National Roll of Honor for serving the Society with distinction.

Olivia and her husband, Gene, established the Henry McIlwaine Read Scholarship at Saint Mary’s in honor of their friend, Henry Read.

Olivia is survived by her son, John Haywood Hardin II and his wife Elise of Greenville, SC; her daughter, Olivia Hardin Pettifer ’82HS and her husband Andrew of Raleigh; a granddaughter, Helen Olivia Hardin; and a grandson, Alexander James Pettifer.

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CLASS NEWS health plans, and medical agencies and organizations, to advance public policy, eliminate barriers of care and treatment, and work diligently to ensure access for everyone to early cancer detection, screenings, care and treatment.” Now, I will do my best to try and recap what I learned from many of you during our time together at the reunion. (You can thank some of your fellow classmates for some of the material) Lora Elder is still living in Napa, Calif., and also spends as much time as she can with family in North Carolina. Ami High School Class of 1993 25th Reunion First row: Cameron Coggin Wells is enjoying Dixon Currie, Heather Gibson, Lucy White Ackerly Second life with a teenager and rerow: Pany Seyed Allen, Grayson Hux Chase, Elizabeth Rainey storing a vintage Dodge Steele Third row: Elizabeth Blackwood, Jennifer Boleman Charger. Betsy Ward Price Ford, Lora Elder, Corbin Williams Neuner Fouth row: Claudia Bishop Stubbs, Betsy Ward Price, Cassie Warrington, Laurie recently became a grandCollege Class of 1993 25th Reunion First row: mother again. Fletcher Lof- Ann Akers Douglas, Dow Perry Crowder, Ann Lee Deatherage, Robin Conklin, Beth Farr Williams ton Holloman was born on Johnson Second row: Rebecca Folline Rhodes, April 27th. Betsy continues Catherine Dalton Feldman, Julie Thomas Growney, to love her new home and Chrissy Griffin Grier with many of you SMS girls too — one of my gardening. She even makes brood entails. Suzie Simson Koonce is still her own hot sauce and has been known to in Raleigh, busy with work and kids. Brooke most favorite things in the world. All of my keep a few different kinds in her purse at all Ramos Singletary ’93HS ’95C is in Raleigh. love and best wishes to you. Keep in touch! times! Jennifer Boleman Ford is keeping Her daughter, Dawn, has developed the same XOXO, Claudia busy with her three children and their activi- love for horses as Brooke. Laurie Deatherties…baseball and gymnastics, to name a few. age Cram is in Raleigh. She also keeps busy Cassie Warrington ’93HS ’95C is loving with her three children and new dog — who COLLEGE life at the beach in New Jersey. She recently is so cute! Leah McCotter Eller is the pro- Dow Perry Crowder ’91HS ’93C purchased a boat…in Saint Mary’s blue of cess of moving in Wilkesboro. She keeps busy I’m writing this on the heels of our 25th (recourse! No official word as to what she has with her two children, Wills and Bay. Alison ally?!) reunion. Honestly, the turnout for our named her yet! Heather Gibson ’93HS ’95C Wilkes Thomas ’93HS ’95C is in Snow Hill class was a bit pitiful and I know that we can is enjoying life in Raleigh…it’s like old times with her three children. She keeps busy with do better at our 30th! We missed those who again as she and Elizabeth Blackwood are her kids and a catering business. I’ve had weren’t there, and those who weren’t there roommates. Elizabeth has been in Raleigh a some of their food and it was delicious! As missed big fun! Julie, Ann Lee, Ann Akers, little over a year and is enjoying time spent for me, I am enjoying life with three kids in Becca, Catherine, Chrissy, Mimi, Beth, with friends. Cameron Dixon Currie is in Richmond, Va. My older sons, James (10) and Emily, and I had a great time catching up, Annapolis, Md. Her two children, Tyler and John Bayley (7), keep us busy with soccer reminiscing and laughing — lots and lots of Mackenzie, keep her busy. Mackenzie contin- and the normal kid stuff. It’s like starting all laughing! The past 25 years have seen strong ues to pursue her love of acting and singing. over again with my youngest, Sarah Claxton marriages and heartbreaking divorces, tragic Lucy White Ackerly ’93HS ’95C is still in (16 months) but she is the happiest and sweet- losses and happy successes, worry over teenRichmond, Va., keeping busy with her two est baby ever. I am really enjoying having a age drivers and college preparation to getting kids. Lucy still loves to get up early and get baby this time around, as I know that it will ready for kindergarten and wondering what the home whenever she is on a girls’ trip! Corbin definitely be our last. I better start saving up going rate for the tooth fairy is. The one thing Williams Neuner is keeping busy with her for her Saint Mary’s fund now. I will need that is a constant in our lives is the friendtwo boys in Richmond, Va. Lots of time is to send her away once she is old enough… ships we made and the love we have for Saint spent on soccer and lacrosse fields. Susan mama will need a break by then — haha! I am Mary’s. Those of us at the reunion chapel serYoung Maddux ’93HS ’95C is busy with looking forward to summer and taking some vice all got a little teary, and then laughed at four children and all that having such a big beach trips. I am hoping to spend some time each other for doing so, as we were passing

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the tissues. Rebecca Folline Rhodes is the regional marketing director for CCM Investment Advisers. She resides in Columbia, S.C, with her husband of 17 years, Jim, and their three children. It’s hard to believe their oldest daughter will be starting high school next year and their middle son will be starting middle school. Their youngest is currently in the first grade and is loving every bit of it. Kat Gregory Fritter ’91HS ’93C and family moved to sunny Key Largo, Fla., right before Hurricane Irma. “Other than that, we have loved being here.” She has two daughters, Abby (13) and Ann (11), and they just got two Bernadoodle puppies. Jamie Brantley Fernandez de Castro says there is a lot going on in Florida!

“We have one in high school, one in middle school, and three in elementary school now.

They all love basketball! Our weekends are games, games, and more games! If we have a chance, we sneak out on the boat for a cruise around the bay. I love Florida living! We bike to school and enjoy year-round warmth and sunshine. My parents are still in Raleigh, so we get to visit North Carolina in the summer.”

Mary Louise Talley lives in Raleigh. Her daughter, Rainey Olivia Wright (6) attends Underwood Elementary Arts GT Magnet in Five Points. Mary Louise had a tough fall — her mother, Louise Wooten Talley ’52HS, originally from Goldsboro, passed away September 19, 2017. Her father, Banks Cooper Talley Jr., passed away three weeks after, on Oct. 19, 2017. All the support, love and prayers she received were so appreciated! She is currently a stay-at-home mom to Rainey, but will be going back to teaching this fall. Mary Louise loves working with children and doing artwork with younger ages. Both her brother and sister, Sterling Talley Wheless ’83HS and Banks Talley, live in Raleigh. Camilla May ’91HS ’93C is still in Raleigh (for now, but things might change), working at the N.C. State Vet School in research. She is "owned" by two handsome, fat, spoiled male cats that “summon” her to serve them when she is not working her day job…and Camilla loves being their "servant"! Julie Thomas Growney is still in Raleigh with husband John and two daughters, Mary Braxton (15) and Sarah (12).

She and John just celebrated 20 years. They spend a lot of time at the beach and are enjoying life! Chrissy Griffin Grier has three beautiful children, Mary Logan (17), Jack (15), and Holt (12). Chrissy has had a tough year but says prayers have been powerful and answered in the form of a miracle! (On a per-

sonal note, having spent time with Chrissy at the reunion, her tough year has not dulled her beauty or laughter or sense of humor and fun one bit!) Catherine Dalton Feldman and Andy will be married 19 years in July. They have two amazing children, Elie (16) and Dalton (14). They moved to Wrightsville Beach from Raleigh two years ago and are LOVING coastal living. Ann Lee Johnson and Gill are in Mount Pleasant, S.C, with two boys. Little Gill (15) is driving and is on the JV lacrosse team at Wando High School. Symth (14) is looking forward to high school next year. Ann teaches preschool and really enjoys it. She reports that she’s very happy, but can’t believe how old we are! Ann Akers Douglas has three boys, Caden (15), Grant (14), and Charlie (12). She is a boutique owner and loves living in sunny Florida! Emily Sprouse Leslie has recently moved to Wake Forest and enjoys her work at GSK. She has a son, Roland (11).

Amy Albertson Paschold lives in Williamsburg, Va., and reports that her family sold their OBX house and bought a beach house closer to home (one hour away) in Virginia Beach.

She still plays lots of competitive tennis, which has been fun. Her two boys (who play everything) and husband Chris are all doing well. Jenn Stocks ’91HS ’93C and family recently moved to Pittsboro, so that she could be closer to work at Figure 8 Films in Carrboro, where she is EVP of original programming.

They love living in the country! She and her husband have daughter Daisy (8) and son Elliott (4). Betsy Harrison reports that she is so boring (I think we all feel that way?). Betsy lives oceanfront in Virginia Beach, Va., and works / travels all over North Carolina and Virginia for a medical device company. When she’s not working, she spends a lot of time going to her godchildren’s lacrosse games or traveling to warm and fun spots with her boyfriend (THAT, Betsy, is not boring at all!) She hopes everyone is well! Mimi Pinner is still in Raleigh with beautiful daughter Weatherly.

As for me, I’m also in Raleigh and enjoying my work as a QA specialist for a pharmaceutical company. Jason and I celebrated 10 happy years in May. Our 5-year-old Lilly Belle starts kindergarten this fall. She is sweet and sassy (no idea where that may come from!?). I think she’s the best thing we’ll ever do! Have loved catching up with all you gals! Until next year, xo Dow Perry Crowder

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Julie Johnson Babb ’95HS Hi! I hope everyone is doing well! I started a flower delivery business at the beginning of the year called “back porch posies.” It keeps me busy, along with being a full-time mom to my seven-year-old son and three-year-old daughter. Dickens Whitley Sanchez is living in the North Hills neighborhood of Raleigh and is the associate director of business development for a branding and marketing agency called Clean in Raleigh. She has three kids Harper (8), Emmaline (6), and Ford (5). She has been married for 10 years this April. Sara McClure Peters welcomed her third baby boy on July 26, 2017, Finley Brando Peters.

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Tate Tattersall Garrison ’95C Greeting Class of ’95C! I hope everyone is well. Ashley Dawson Forbes writes that she enjoys being with her children, Julia (9) and Ben (7). She is working at St. Michael’s Parish Day School in Raleigh and enjoys being on SMS Alumnae Council. She is beyond impressed with what SMS girls are learning.

She says its such a treat see that they are so independent and ready for the world by the time they graduate. I would agree! As for me, I enjoyed a trip to South Africa last fall with my fiancé. What a place. We traveled to Cape Town and enjoyed a safari in Kruger National Park. I’m already planning a return trip with the kids, Thatcher (11) and Amelia (9), when they are older. I hope to see you all sooner than later. Please know I think of you all often and SMC. Lots of love, t xo

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Alice Manning Touchette ’97HS Meagan Lambert is living in Charlotte, where she is a family nurse practitioner with a subspecialty of rheumatology. She received her master’s in nursing from George Washington University in May. Taylor Cathcart was married in May of 2017 to Brendan Pollecutt of Johannesburg, South Africa. The ceremony was in Palm Springs, Calif., with many Saint Mary's classmates as bridesmaids and guests.

They honeymooned in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, and on the Zambezi River in Zambia.

Elizabeth Jenkins Sessoms and Greg have been married 15 years and have 10-year-old

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High School Class of 1998 20th Reunion Courtney Crowder Rowe, Suzanne Parker Bulakowski, Shannon Leath

College Class of 1998 20th Reunion First row: Lee Deloach Barnes, Laura Knox Yarbrough Second row: Laura-Burke Davis Kerr, Jennifer Davis Salley, Liz Knox Bottoms, Caroline Mitchell Poteat Third row: Lynn Scholtz Roberts, Leslie Allred Yates

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twins, Mary Liza and Andrew.

They are living in Tarboro and still love it! She works as a kindergarten teacher at the school where her kids attend. It’s her second year teaching and she is enjoying the little ones.

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Merritt Atkins is enjoying the live/work/play lifestyle in downtown Raleigh. She has been with Holt Brothers, Inc. for a year and half as their marketing manager. She and her husband, Brian O’Haver, live in Oakwood and head down to Beaufort to relax. Merritt is the co-chair of the SMS Alumnae Council, which she says has been so much fun. She thanks all of her classmates who give to the Annual Fund, and can’t wait to see you all next year at the reunion! Kempton Dunn McGrath was married to Tay-

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Louise Beasley Warenda ’01 Ashley Batts Allen and Thomas welcomed a son, Mack Thomas Allen, on March 8, 2018. Mack weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce and was 21 inches long. Lindsey Suggs Gregg lives in Wilmington with her husband, Geoff, and their son, Owen. They celebrated Owen’s first birthday at the end of May. Lindsey continues to run her interior design business, LSG Interiors, in the midst of the chaos of toddlerdom. After nine years in Charlottesville, Va., Katie Newell Leach and her family are relocating to Winston-Salem. They will miss Virginia, but are excited to move back to North Carolina and be closer to home.

Katie is looking forward to connecting to the SMS crowd residing in the Triad area!

Ven Rajarathinam McMahan and Rob, along with big brother Aldon, are happy to announce the birth of a daughter, Kiran Poppy McMahan, on March 9, 2018. Their bundle of joy was 8 pounds, 12 ounces and 20 inches. Lee Crane Morris has been working for Booz Allen Hamilton for two years, helping to improve the lives of veterans with cutting edge software. When not at work, she and her husband love spending time with children Makenzie (20), Rip (18), and Boone (2). They look forward to another great summer in Charleston, S.C. Liz Dodd Sherrod is still working as the assistant general counsel for the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, Tenn. She and her husband, Matt, spend their free time with daughter Turner (born in April 2014), and son Whit (born May 2017). Liz sure wishes she lived closer to more SMS girls!

2003

Shea Vause Gravely ’03 Shea Vause Gravely and husband Bo welcomed their third child, Wesley Peyton, on March 15. Hunter Snell Schenk and husband Ed welcomed their second child, Catherine Rhodes Schenk (“Rhodes”) on April 14. Katherine McEnery Pittman and husband Stewart welcomed their first child, James Stewart Clifton Pittman, on March 27, 2017. Liza Flury married Marc Rabinowitz on June 9, 2018 in Wrightsville Beach. Virginia "Tootie" Gaeta Nagiec lives in New York City with her husband and their son,

Milo (2). Tootie is a licensed marriage and family therapist working for Anthem BlueCross BlueShield Health Plus. She also serves as the manager of the inpatient utilization management team for the Behavioral Health Department. Suzanne Prak Bostwick’s third child, Mark Benjamin Bostwick, was born April 10 in Minneapolis, Minn.

2005

Ila Walker Bittner ’05 Lindsay Cutting Ryals and her husband recently bought a house in Holly Springs. They celebrated daughter Reese’s third birthday in February! Caroline McClintic Flannery sold the Wine & Design business in New Bern and is enjoying spending more time with her son, Whit. Alex Crimmins Kaminksi married Kyle Kaminski at Saint Mary’s Chapel on September 23, 2017. Claire Cosgrove is enjoying living in Wilmington and is working with Charlotte Saunders Post at Live Oak Bank. Laura Bennett recently started a new career handling personal lines insurance at Bagwell and Bagwell. As for me, Robbie and I are in the process of building a new house and are enjoying living in Atlantic Beach during the process. Our son, Bear, will start preschool in the fall. Hope everyone has a wonderful summer! - Ila

2007

Elizabeth Lowder ’07 Sam Vaillancourt began physician’s assistant school at UNC-Chapel Hill in January. She absolutely loves the program and is thrilled to finally be a Tar Heel.

After pouring lots of love and labor into Katherine Beck, a gift and decor store in Oxford, Miss., Mary Katherine Perry Phillips and husband Chip sold the store and have returned to Goldsboro. Helen Johnson, her husband, Marvin, and son Luke (3) welcomed a daughter, Miriam, to their family in January. Professionally speaking, she is devoting the next two years to breast cancer research and will then complete her surgical training at East Carolina. Meredith Vaughn Savill graduated with an MBA in May of last year, and she and her husband have returned to Raleigh after living in Tampa, Fla. Rhyne Andrews Callens is living just outside of Richmond, Va., with her husband, Craig, and two pups. She's staying busy by chronicling the latest fashion trends through her lifestyle blog, "Rhino Style Files." Bridget Myers Manuel is currently working as a high school chemistry and anatomy teacher while her husband completes his psychiatry residency at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. As for me, I'm working as a sports social media reporter and video producer for a news organization in Birmingham, Ala. Weekends in the fall are filled with football games, and I wouldn't have it any other way!

SAINT MARY'S REMEMBERS

Margaret Click Williams, Ph.D., professor emerita of art Margaret Click Williams, Saint Mary’s professor emerita of art, died December 28, 2017, at her home, Clarendon Hall, in Yanceyville, North Carolina.

Dr. Williams was professor of art and chair of the art department at Saint Mary’s from 1956-1987. She was a one-woman art department from 1956 until the early 1970s, when a part-time professor was added to the faculty. Dr. Williams held bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UNC-Greensboro and a Ph.D. from North Carolina State University. She also studied at the University of California Berkeley and the Burnsville School of Fine Arts.

In an interview for Saint Mary’s Cassette in the 1980s, Dr. Williams noted that Saint Mary’s had long been a pioneer in the visual arts. “Most colleges and universities in this area began offering art courses in the late 1930s,” she said.

“Saint Mary’s has been teaching arts courses since 1842.”

Dr. Williams was born to James Harold Click and Esther Eads Click in Mt. Airy, N.C. February 15, 1930. An interest in art led her to receive a BFA from Woman’s College (UNC-G), an MFA from UNC and a Ph.D. from North Carolina State University.

Dr. Williams’s career began as director of the Fine Arts and Crafts program at North Carolina State University. She became an art professor, then chair of the art department at Saint Mary’s College from 1956-87. While at Saint Mary’s, Dr. Williams worked and studied in Holland and England and was committee chair of Cooperating Raleigh Colleges (CRC). One-woman shows of her artwork included Elliot Hall Gallery, Greensboro and Little Art Gallery, Raleigh. Interests in the arts led her to serve on the boards of Raleigh Civic Music and Raleigh Chamber Music Guild, and she was a member of Raleigh Fine Arts Society since 1967.

She was married to Benjamin Forrest Williams in 1955. They enjoyed many trips abroad together. While living in Raleigh, their shared love of architecture and nature led them to restore a cabin in Alleghany Co. and Clarendon Hall, their beloved home in Yanceyville. Her other interests included gardening, hiking and conservation.

She was preceded in death by her husband Ben, a month earlier, after a marriage of 62 years. Her parents and a sister, Betsy Gallacher, also predeceased Dr. Williams. Survivors include her sister Ruth Click Rosenstein and several nieces and nephews.

A celebration of the lives of Margaret and Ben Williams was held in Raleigh at the Gregg Museum in Raleigh, January 14, 2018. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a memorial contribution, in memory of Margaret Williams, to either Saint Mary’s School or the Thomas Day House, Main Street, Milton, NC 27305.

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Class of 2003 15th Reunion First row: Louisa Walker Trouche, Meg Stacy, Kate Yandell Reece, Brandi Harton, CJ Barefoot Second row: Lindsay Alexander Strickland, Janna Neisler Myers, Ashley Williams Gale, Margot Childs Stanley, Ashley Davenport Third row: Margaret Gibson Arnett, Margaret Brooks Duke, Betsy Smyth Bramley , Shea Vause Gravely, Reagan Cannon

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Betsy Church ’09 Olympia Agnew is finishing up her fourth year of teaching at a private school in eastern Wake County. This year she’s been teaching 6th grade earth science and 7th grade life science. She finished her master’s certificate program at Appalachian State University in May. Carson Gombatz Allred lives in Greenville, and teaches high school math. She got married this March in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Maggie Bratton lives in Charlotte, and is in her fourth year of working for Charlotte Lucas Interior Design as a junior designer.

They have projects mainly in the southeast, ranging from Charlotte to Charleston to Palm Beach, and even to

Newport Beach. She has a 4-year-old labradoodle named May. Arrington Clark works with Kane Realty's Midtown Events in Raleigh. She's enjoyed volunteering with FOCUS at Saint Mary's this past year! She and Betsy Church have been roommates for two years. Becca Vinson Hamilton and her husband, John, have now been in Atlanta, Ga., for four years, and it is beginning to feel like a new home. Becca is still pursuing a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy, and she will begin her practicum and internship at Jacob’s Ladder School this summer. The most exciting news might be that the Hamiltons welcomed a new member to the family last summer, a golden retriever named Rabun.

Sam Jones has lived in San Francisco, Calif., since she graduated from Elon. She works at WeWork, where she manages their Enterprise Partnerships for the West Coast. Taylor King graduated in May 2017 with a master’s of fine arts in choreography from UNC-Greensboro.

She’s currently teaching, performing, and choreographing. She works at Northfield Mount Hermon, a boarding school in Mount Hermon, Mass. Emma Carol Lewis lives in Raleigh and works for her family in finance in Knightdale. Katherine Lochbaum went back to school at N.C. State and got her master’s of arts in teaching. She is teaching kindergarten at Douglas Elementary in Raleigh. Laura Medlin is finishing her first year at UNC-Chapel Hill law school and loves being back in Chapel Hill.

This summer she’ll be working at the North Carolina Senate. Betsy Bryan Pitts Mandl married Michael Mandl in April. The wedding was in Charlotte, followed by a honeymoon in Bali! They have an apartment on the Upper East Side in N.Y.C., and enjoy frequent trips to North Carolina to visit friends and family. Caroline Fuqua Owens married Joe Owens last October in the Saint Mary’s Chapel. They currently live in Charleston, S.C. Adams Paschal lives in Washington, D.C., and is the associate director of brand marketing at Axios Media, a digital media start up that launched a little over a year ago. Sara Bailey Stocks Pate lives in Atlanta, Ga., with her husband, Kep, and is still enjoying her job at VMware. Chelsea Reynolds lives in Greensboro, where she owns a residential real estate business. She will complete her MBA this fall. Megan Currin Shiels is still teaching child development 4k in Charleston County and loving it! She got married in May and is pursuing her second master’s degree in educational leadership with plans to become an

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many more fascinating people. Her career began as one of the original 50 employees of CNN who worked to launch the network.

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100 Things to Do in Birmingham Before You Die

By Verna Gates ’75HS Reedy Press has announced the publication of its newest title in the 100 Things to Do Before You Die series, 100 Things to Do in Birmingham Before You Die. Written

by Birmingham, Ala., author Verna Gates ’75HS, this book is packed with 100 different experiences. Whether you’re a local to Birmingham and are looking for new things to do and places to go or you are tourist planning a trip, this book will serve as the perfect guide.

It was called the Magic City – a bright, shiny, new boomtown following the misery of the Civil War. Birmingham was teething on steel as a brash Wild West town with gambling, shootouts and famous madams. When the steel died down, banking and medical industries settled it into a sophisticated city with a famed culinary scene, a broad entertainment district, and striking natural beauty.

The colorful past remains in a juke joint, quirky museums and a mining trail turning into a greenway. The city changed the country with its notorious struggle, preserved in churches, parks and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. The city is experiencing a new boom in the restoration of its historic downtown, craft beer scene, up and coming new chefs, and an explosion of music venues. The Magic is back. 100 Things to Do in Birmingham Before You Die is your guide to discovering that magic.

Gates is an award-winning journalist who formerly reported for TIME Magazine and the world's largest news organization, Reuters.

In 2009, she was awarded a lifetime achievement award from the National Federation of Presswomen, the Communicator of Achievement Award. She has won numerous national awards for her articles, including a recent first place award in a national contest for travel writing. She has covered some of the nation's top stories including the Eric Rudolph bombing, BP oil spill, Hurricane Ivan, and the underage sex trade. She has interviewed President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Dalai Lama, Dolly Parton, and

In 2006, Gates turned her concern about nature deficit disorder in children and founded Fresh Air Family, a statewide organization dedicated to outdoor science education. The non-profit offers more than 400 outdoor education programs across the state and served more than 1,000 children in recent summer programs.

As an ethnobotanist, she has appeared on NBC NightSide, National Public Radio in Canada, Voice of America, Pulse of the Planet, FOX 6 News and many more. For her conservation work, she has been named Alabama Conservationist of the Year by the Alabama Environmental Council, An Alabama Treasure by the Huntsville Times, and One of Alabama's Unforgettable Faces by the Alabama Bureau of Tourism. She has taught botany at Miles College, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, and other educational institutions.

A gifted speaker, Gates tells big stories, having twice been awarded the tall tale title of Biggest Liar in Alabama, lies being Southern-speak for stories. She has been selected by VISA as an official storyteller in the Southern region as part of their literacy program.

As travel writer, Gates recently published articles in Birmingham Magazine and Desoto Magazine. She has traveled the world writing travel stories about destinations from beaches to art openings to historic sites. Always a tourist in her hometown, she also works with Alabama Tourism to recruit international, national and regional travel journalists to her beloved home state of Alabama.

Start your Birmingham adventure by buying a copy of 100 Things to Do in Birmingham Before You Die at www.reedypress. com Paperback: 160 pages ISBN-10: 1681060930 ISBN-13: 978-1681060934

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CLASS NEWS dio.com. Haley Finn writes, “I have relocated to Ohio and am currently attending University of Dayton School of Law (graduating May 2020). I am also volunteering with a local community college, teaching ESL classes, as well as volunteering my Spanish translation services for non-profit organizations.” Maggie Pearce is teaching special education in Chapel Hill and living in Durham, where she is active with the Junior League of Durham and Orange Counties.

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Catherine Carter ’13 Class of 2013, thank you to those who Saint Mary’s friends gathered in Atlanta for the June 2 wedding of sent in class news Darby Fallon '12 to Jack Clark. Front row, left to right: Jane Lyle '12, updates! It is exciting Sarah Scott Worth '12, Darby Fallon Clark '12, Margaret Blincow '12, to see where everyone Hutter Black '12, Sophie Bird '12; back row, left to right: Emily Harmer '11, Corrine Rixey '12, Berry Williamson '12, Eliza Stoughton '12, and is now, and I enjoy Cate Lyle '12. keeping up with you all. I am excited to elementary school principal. She says life is serve my second year as our class secretary. good. Chelsea Ward is a development offi- I am splitting my time between Raleigh cer at Saint Mary's School and living in Ra- and Atlanta, where I am finishing up with leigh. Sara Williamson lives in Raleigh and school and working, respectively. Charlotte teaches second grade at North Ridge Elemen- Niemann is currently living in New York tary School. I live in Raleigh in a sweet little City and works at Goldman Sachs in human house with Arrington Clark, and am in my capital management. Kate Rogers is living in fifth year working at Red Hat. I’m so excited Atlanta, Ga., working in advertising. Sylvia to see everyone next year at our 10th reunion! Weir is living in north-central Louisiana, Love to all. Xoxo, Betsy where she just purchased 13 acres of land and is building a house. Sylvia works for the Forest Service, where she actively works on Sallie Bailey Plumley is excited to announce longleaf and shortleaf pine restoration, and that she has officially taken her custom wood- she is beginning to look into organic vegetable working business full time. Sallie Plumley farming. Megan Carley is in grad school Studio operates out of an old warehouse in at Wake Forest University. Page Reynolds Richmond, Va., that it shares with three other is attending Moody Bible Institute/Chicago woodworkers and nine studio artists who love campus. She visited Uganda last year with working together, but who all own and oper- Lightify, and Nepal with LoveDoes. ate their own businesses. “I enjoy taking my customers all the way from the design process to the delivery of their custom pieces,” says Sallie. Sallie’s web site is sallieplumleystu-

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Kayla Gwaltney ’15 Hayley Scialdone ’15 Kayla Gwaltney and Hayley Scialdone once again were thrilled to hear from their classmates as we finish our third year ‘OTG’! This past fall, Kayla participated in James Madison University’s “Washington Semester,” in which she lived in downtown D.C., had a full-time internship with Senator Mark Warner, and took two classes at JMU’s Washington Center in DuPont Circle. She loved being in D.C., especially because she was able to spend plenty of time with her friends Bailey Ham, Kendall Hamilton, and Kerry Hogan! She is continuing to pursue a B..S in advocacy communications with a minor in political communications. This summer, she plans to relax by living and working in Kitty Hawk. Hayley just finished her junior year at UNC-Chapel Hill, majoring in interactive multimedia with a minor in information science. Last summer, she enjoyed her time in Copenhagen, Denmark, studying graphic design. This summer she will be working in Manhattan at Acadaca, an office providing technology solutions for retail, fashion, and lifestyle companies. This year has included many blessings and opportunities along with celebrations for Makenzie Fletcher. In May 2018, Makenzie graduated from Liberty University with a bachelor’s in integrated studies: special education and elementary education.

Upon graduation, she has been awarded accolades in the School of Education honors society, Kappa Delta Pi, and leadership as the School of Education President of the Urban Education Club. Makenzie’s future plans in the next year include moving to Washington, D.C., to teach in the District of Columbia Public Schools. Augusta Moran is incredibly happy as a junior at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Va. She is a double major in French and sociology, with a minor in women’s studies. She studied abroad in Lausanne, Switzerland, during her sophomore year and while still not confident in her French skills, enjoys the process of learning another language and engaging in conversations that challenge her. She recently completed an internship at ReEstablish Richmond in Richmond, Va., a non-profit organization that works with refugees in the Richmond area. She discovered that she loves working with families and in particular, children.

She is currently studying for the LSAT, which

“This light shines in loving memory of our classmates.”

- Class of 1978C

Reunions spark precious memories, and five years ago during their 35th reunion, the College Class of 1978 made the decision to honor their classmates by raising funds for a need on campus. This year they gathered for their 40th class reunion and dedicated a lamppost on the Hannah L. Smith ’12 Quad.

There’s no stopping this class! It seems like the lamppost is just the beginning. Inspired during reunion weekend, those ’78 grads in attendance have already begun plans to endow a scholarship for their 50th class reunion. “It’s never too early to start planning, and we realized that by Saturday night we were all having conversations about getting started now, so our 50th reunion doesn’t sneak up on us,” said Martha Murphy ’78C. “We have stayed a close-knit group of friends, and we know the impact Saint Mary’s had on us and we wanted to say thank you in a powerful way to our alma mater by honoring our friends who are no longer with us,” said Murphy.

Their planning committee members, Wimberley Burton ’78C, Martha Boisseau Mattheisen ’78C, Martha Murphy ’76HS ’78C, and Mary Lawrence Hicks ’78C want to be sure YOU don’t miss out on all the fun ahead. Send updated contact information to either Martha Mattheisen (marthazoo33@gmail.com or 757-876-2974) or Martha Murphy (murph@sc.rr.com or 803-730-4095)

In Memory of: Elizabeth Brinson ’78C // Lucy Miller Carr ’78C // Jean Dawson ’78C Victoria Evans Elliott ’78C // Margaret Woodson Kyger ’76HS ’78C Susan MacGill ’76HS ’78C // Ann McSpadden ’76HS ’78C Nan Martin Schiffman ’78C // Nancy Ware ’78C

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Margery (Margie) Scott Johnson, former trustee January 30, 1935 - January 17, 2018 Former Saint Mary’s trustee Margery (Margie) Scott Johnson left this world on Wednesday January 17, 2018. She was surrounded by her family and is at peace with the Lord in Heaven. She was one of five children born to Buford and Mary Nixon Scott in Richmond, Va. Margie attended St. Catherine's School, Westover School, and completed her education at Sweet Briar College. In 1956, she was introduced to the love of her life, Earl Johnson Jr., whom she was happily married to for 60 years.

Margie embraced her new home in Raleigh as a newlywed, where she and Earl raised a family and she began a lifelong service to the Raleigh community through her volunteer contributions to numerous boards and organizations. She served as president of the Junior League of Raleigh, chair of the Board of the North Carolina Symphony, and president of the North Carolina Museum of History Associates. In addition, she served as vice chair of the Rex Hospital board of Trustees and board member of the UNC Lineberger Cancer Center. Margie was a charter member of the Foundation of Hope as well as a founding member of The Haven House. She also served on the boards of The United Way and Saint Mary's School. She was a committed member of Christ Episcopal Church, where she served on the vestry and was a loyal participant in the choir.

Margie loved music, elephants, card games, dark chocolate, ice cream, Figure Eight Island, Royal Orchard, babies, roses, good manners, the New York Yankees, the Tar Heels and traveling the world - but most of all, she loved her family and friends.

She is survived by her husband, Earl; son Earl and his wife Carolyn Walser Johnson; daughter Margie Johnson Springer and her husband Rocky; daughter Caroline Douglas and her husband Preston; seven grandchildren, Earl and Sydney Johnson ’08; Curtis, Ford, and Scottie Springer ’07; and Sam and Mary Scott Douglas. She is also survived by her four siblings, Buford Scott, Mary Denny Wray, Leezee Porter and George Scott.

A service to celebrate her life was held January 20 at Christ Episcopal Church in Raleigh.

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CLASS NEWS she will take her senior year, and plans on attending law school with hopes of working as an attorney in the field of social work in the future. Abigail Ueland just finished her second semester of junior year living and working in the Bay Area of California. As part of UNC’s Burch Fellowship in Entrepreneurship Program, Abigail spent a semester interning at Carbon Inc. in Silicon Valley, while pursuing course work associated with the UNC minor in entrepreneurship. She enjoyed weekly visits to the Stanford Design Lab, as well as iconic companies such as Tesla, LinkedIn, and Google. This summer, she’s staying on the West Coast, but heading north to Portland, Ore., to participate in the summer internship program at Nike.

Even though she’s loving the West Coast, she’s beyond excited to return home to Chapel Hill for her senior year in the fall! Sophia Barsanti is enjoying her junior year at UNC-Chapel Hill, where she is majoring in psychology and music. She has performed in several operas, including Dido, Aeneas, and Cendrillion. She recently gave her junior recital, including works by Schubert, Duparc, Mozart, and more, and works in a cognitive psychology lab. Ciera Woodard is a first-year professional pharmacy school student at Hampton University School of Pharmacy. This summer, she will be a Walgreens Pharmacy intern as well as a Riverside Hospital Intern. She hopes to eventually obtain a residency to become a clinical pharmacist in a hospital setting. Pharmacy school has been a hard adjustment, going from undergraduate to graduate school, but it has been manageable.

The program is six years total. Grayson Rodriguez is still at MIT, studying chemistry and biology, and she is looking forward applying to graduate schools in the fall. This summer, she will continue to conduct cancer immunotherapy research at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, through the Amgen Scholars Program.

She will be a counselor for Camp Kesem at MIT, a free camp for children of cancer patients, for a third summer in August. She'd love to visit with anyone who travels to Boston during her (potentially) last year in the area! Grier Paulson was finishing up her junior year at Alabama, working on her major in political science with a double minor in criminal justice and Spanish. She will be interning with the “Post and Courier” in Charleston, S.C., this summer. She still loves living in Tuscaloosa and is looking forward to her last year.

Jacqueline Collie had an incredible experience studying abroad last fall in Florence, Italy. She will be interning this summer in Washington, D.C., for the Ways and Means Committee. She is continuing to enjoy her time at Wake Forest University as a political science major and economics minor. Carson Clay is loving her third year at Princeton, studying public policy and global health. In her free time, she plays club soccer and writes for the newspaper. She is headed to Cape Town, South Africa, on a Streicker Fellowship this summer to conduct medical and health policy research in a trauma center. Bailey Ham spent her spring semester sailing around New Zealand and learning the ropes of a tall ship. This summer, she will return one last time to help run the sailing program at Camp Seafarer.

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Leann Kelly is a freshman at Auburn University, studying pre-nursing. She aims to be admitted to the Auburn School of Nursing next year. She is also pursuing a minor in Spanish and is on the lacrosse team.

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While acknowledging the loss of 12 classmates over the years, members of Saint Mary’s College Class of 1968 began discussing various ideas to pay tribute to and memorialize their deceased classmates as part of their 50th reunion. Several options were suggested and the one which resonated most was to offer a scholarship to an incoming Saint Mary’s student. This honors the memory of the 12 ’68C alumnae listed below by making the Saint Mary’s experience a reality for another young woman.

Carolyn Blaine ’68C // Christina Clark ’68C // Tricia Grimes ’68C // Sandy Hamer ’66HS ’68C // Lyndee Wall Harrell ’68C Suzanne Crockett Kelley ’68C // Mary Page Thurmond McGrath ’68C // Sandra Glenn Millican ’68C // Trudie Taylor Pope ’68C Rose Ann Thompson Raper ’68C // Elaine Fellos Russos ’68C // Fran Tupper ’68C As the first to sponsor a class scholarship, the College Class of 1968 hopes its initiative may inspire other reunion classes to consider establishing a similar program to help more young women benefit from a Saint Mary’s education. The original goal for the scholarship was $20,000 – a challenging undertaking for sure. At the reunion, it was announced that the class raised over $30,000. Through the success of its efforts, the ’68C Class realized how much could be accomplished by collaborating toward a shared goal.

Saint Mary’s thanks the College Class of 1968 for making a meaningful and positive impact on the life of a Saint Mary’s student, and for commemorating your 50th reunion with such generosity. You set the bar for what can be achieved by working together.

Chris Crowley Andrews ’66HS ’68C Cathy Walp Askew ’68C Kathy Baley Atkinson ’68C Carla Heaton Bailey ’68C Juliet Smith Barrus ’66HS ’68C Susan McKenzie Brickman ’68C Mary Holden Harrell Burke ’68C Anne Brady Carr ’68C Nancy Cole ’68C Mary Ann Allen Cowherd ’68C Cathy Swain Crossett ’68C Kaye Lasater Culp ’68C Claire Duff Dodd ’66HS ’68C Jessica Gillespie Gammon ’68C Georgia Henry Gates ’68C Mary Clark Whittle German ’66HS ’68C Duffy Beasley Gibbs ’68C Cherry Warren Gillam ’68C

THANK YOU

Carolyn Bertie Goldfinch ’68C Martha Dargan Harper ’68C Jack Harrell Drew and Andrea Harrell Celie Smith Harris ’68C Marianna Dickey Harris ’68C Alice Smith Haynes ’68C Laura Walter Hearn ’68C Page Holbrook ’66HS ’68C Patsy Slater Holscher ’66HS ’68C Arabella Nash Hubbard ’66HS ’68C Beth Harris Isenhour ’68C Frances Garriss Jilcott ’68C Bettie Kellogg ’66HS ’68C Mabel Broadhurst Lassiter ’66HS ’68C Ann Pollard Leonard ’68C Lu Dixon Manekin ’68C Julia Edwards Marslender ’68C

Jane Marzoni ’68C Mary Pershall Maxwell ’68C Lucy Dunn McCain ‘68C Bobbie Bell McCotter ’66HS ’68C Jo Crawford Phelps ’68C Carol Malcolm Phillips ’68C Sallie Boyle Phillips ’68C Beverly Randolph ’68C Bagley Waddill Reynolds ’66HS ’68C Sally Aichele Rhett ’68C Keith Richardson ’68C Roy & Janet Dorsey Foundation Becky Bell Savitz ’68C Sallie Mann Scales ’68C Jane Fisher Schronce ’70C Cece May Scott ’68C Tam Sirimonkol Siddhichai ’68C Ginger Gregg Smith ’68C

Rebecca Robinson Smith ’68C Nancy Gillam Spruill ’66HS ’68C Paula Johnson Stewart ’68C Caroline Green Stone ’68C Molly Richardson Swan ’66HS ’68C Cheryl Lee Taft ’68C Anne Perkerson Thomas ’68C Barbera Thornhill ’66HS Molly Urquhart ’68C Martha M. Vaughan ’66HS ’68C Susan Davis Virgin ’66HS ’68C Diane Stockard Wade ’66HS ’68C Nancy Bowen Wiggins ’68C Jeannie Hudson Williams ’68C Judy Dunn Woodall ’68C Gray Harrell Worthington Lyndee Worthington

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Help Saint Mary’s get a NC license plate at the DMV! Saint Mary’s needs 100 more written commitments to reach the required minimum of 500 by Dec. 18, 2018. Once we reach our goal, we can submit a proposal to the N.C. Legislature for a specialized Saint Mary’s license plate.

The proposed cost for each plate is $40, half of which will be returned to Saint Mary’s School. Are you a two-car household? Register both today!

NO money is being requested at this time, just your commitment.

Register at tinyurl.com/SMS1842Plate

by December 15, 2018

Creating a Personal Legacy Today Ensures Saint Mary’s Future Tomorrow

by Lauren E. Gerber, Director of Annual Fund and Major Gifts In 1987, movies like Three Men and a Baby and Dirty Dancing were released; teen heartthrobs River Phoenix, Kirk Cameron, and Michael J. Fox graced the cover of Tiger Beat. Shorter, layered hairstyles and brick red lips (think, Molly Ringwald) were the “in” trend; and the music of U2, the Pet Shop Boys, Whitney Houston, and Prince lit up the airwaves.

At Saint Mary’s, Clauston Jenkins was president, Darryl’s was a favorite hangout, Dr. Steve Esthimer was assistant religion professor, and Mary Lou Jones was chair of the physical education department and coached both the college and high school tennis teams. It was also the year that 16-year-old Angela Sutton left New Bern, N.C., to enroll as a junior in the high school Class of 1989. Over the next two years, Angela’s love of Saint Mary’s was nurtured through her campus experiences and the lifelong friendships she developed.

“When I was a student, high school girls lived and spent most of our time in Smedes,” she said. “It was our gathering place, and the Chapel was our sacred place. We came together twice a week and, literally, grew spiritually and were shaped into the women we are today.”

After graduating in 1989, Angela earned her bachelor’s degree at East Carolina University and later obtained an MBA from St. Joseph’s University.

Early in her career, she worked in advertising and sales, and then became a successful account manager in the pharmaceutical and medical industries.

As an alumna, Angela’s love for Saint Mary’s is rooted in her memories, and it blossoms every time she drives back into the Grove.

“It’s exciting for me to see the girls I was in school with now having daughters of their own who now attend Saint Mary’s,” she explained. “I love seeing the traditions and legacy connections continue from grandmother to granddaughter. This is so special and gives me such hope for our school’s future.”

People often think about legacy in personal terms associated with their children—what will our legacy be to them when we are gone?

Can it leave them in a better place than they were before? We think less about the kinds of legacies we can leave for our institutions of learning. Angela, however, felt so blessed to have attended and graduated from Saint Mary’s, that she wanted to find a way to leave her own legacy here.

“My parents taught me the importance of giving back through my time, talents, and gifts

to my church and schools,” she said. “So, in addition to my gifts each year to Saint Mary’s Annual Fund, I wanted to create an estate plan that would benefit Saint Mary’s after I am gone.”

For Angela Sutton Furniss ’89HS, this generous decision was prompted after attending the 175th Gala and reflecting on her time as a student and those alumnae who gave to the school while she was there. She felt the importance of making sure Saint Mary’s would continue for another 175 years and beyond.

“I believe in the chance for young women to excel academically, socially, and spiritually in an all-girls environment,” she said. “We must continue to empower women to have the confidence to reach their full potential; it’s absolutely essential.”

Angela joined the Heritage Society because she knows funds like hers are vital to ensuring Saint Mary’s girls today and, in the future, will have the same kinds of opportunities she had. She also hopes that someday, they will, themselves, be inspired to give back and leave their own legacy.

If you are interested in leaving a legacy at Saint Mary’s through a planned gift, contact Margaret McGlohon ’81C, director of alumnae relations, at memcglohon@sms.edu or 919-424-4171, to learn about becoming a Heritage Society member.

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