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Debbie Andrews Dunlap ’70 with granddaughter Lily (daughter of Blair Dunlap Edwards ’01) at the 125th Family Picnic.
Members of the class of ’69 at the wedding of Melinda Williams Davis’ daughter Emory. L to R: Laura Leake Brown, Molly Parker Farnsworth, Betsy Moore Tompkins, Lacy Williams, Holly Materne Antrim, Melinda Williams Davis, the groom, Anthony O’Donnell, the bride, Emory Davis, Lucy McCullough Schneider, Jane Potts, Nancy Robertson McAteer, Susan Dabney Smith, Andy Harrison Bennett, Lisa Wickham
am so lucky to have such a fabulous group of friends! Thanks for all the flowers, dinners, visits and cards! You’re the best!” Marilyn Muhleman Rausch writes that she is spending her time riding her horse, stitching quilts, lunching with friends, visiting hospitals with her dogs, and planning visits to see her son, Kent, in NYC. And from Ann Souder: “I am currently at my house in Dornoch, Scotland enjoying some time away and lots of golf...for two weeks and then head down to London for a few days there. The summer in Newport has been really busy, starting with the U.S. stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race in May, then I had a week in Maine with Mother, Basil and sister Marshall Souder Lawson ’71.”
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Holly Materne Antrim, 411 South Mooreland Rd., Richmond, VA 23229; chelma23229@yahoo.com Tassie Bosher, 222 East Hickory St., Hinsdale, IL 60521; tassbosher@yahoo.com
The members of the class of ’69 all share a love of life- whether travelling, volunteering, hosting a wedding or enjoying the wonderful moments of “GRANDparenthood!” Nancy Hasselback Hames and husband are pursuing a lifelong dream of “sailing the seas” on their 46' sailboat, Mandela. Imagine the places to which they might travel! Melinda Williams Davis, Jane Potts, Lacy Williams, Andy Harrison Bennett, Tassie Bosher, and Lisa Wickham all had a fabulous time staying with Nancy Robertson McAteer in San Francisco, taking in ALL the sights with the best of hostesses. The latest travel of our group is a hiking/exploring
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trip around Cornwall, England by a few of these same ladies, Nancy McAteer, Tassie Bosher, Lisa Wickham and Susan Smith. Holly Materne Antrim, while visiting family in Darien, Conn., saw Dupie Cates Cochran, who is just back from a relaxing vacation at Pawley’s Island, S.C. She was especially glad to have spent time with Harriette Elmore Gause and Dorothy Reber. Helen Holt and Elizabeth Lewis Abernathy enjoyed visiting Betsy Brackett Tilghman at her home near Cashiers, N.C., where Harriet Broughton Holliday joined them for a wonderful dinner. Lisa Montgomery Wells, still in the New Canaan, Conn. area, spends time volunteering at her church and is also quite involved in a non-profit that organizes college degree programs for the N.Y. state prison system. Somehow, she still finds time to travel and she particularly enjoyed seeing Robin Upchurch Allen ’71 when in Savannah, Ga. Lucy McCullough Schneider writes, “Retirement in Irvington is great fun. We’ve done lots of Americana-themed road trips in the south and midwest. I am volunteering at the RFA (Rappahannock Foundation for the Arts) helping with grants. Cary is an occasional docent at Historic Christ Church, and we’re both in training to take on the Farmer’s Market during first Saturdays of the growing months. Enjoy seeing Leslie Reed ’68 and Leah Waller Golden ’68 from time to time, and new part-time resident Ashton Williams Harrison ’71 when sister Lacy comes (and their fun spouses!) Never know who you'll find down here.” Durbin Gill Emerson continues her volunteer work in Charleston, S.C. on a project she and her husband founded. After completion, she looks forward to spending more time in
Montana where they have a place near Big Sky. “Guests are always welcome!” Anne Gant has completed her term on the Ellett Board, which our own Lacy chaired! Many thanks to you girls for such continued dedication to our school! Mary Willson Pinder Schill visits Richmond often, seeing, most importantly, her mother as well as getting some of us together. Elizabeth Lewis Abernathy enjoys spending time on the Eastern Shore when not busy volunteering in D.C. She loves to garden and has really enjoyed Suzanne Buttles McIntire’s book An American Cutting Garden! Kudos to Doris Blackwell Stimpson and Melinda Davis, both of whom hosted weddings for their babes in Vermont and the Eastern Shore of Maryland, respectively. Lauren Gilmer Rigby started a law firm with her husband in August 2014; Rigby, Rigby & Cavers. Page Murrell Woltz, writes, “Living mostly in the mountains...playing lots of golf and bridge...working on Stratford Hall stuff.” From Betsy Meyer Anderson: “I am retired from my job as school librarian and Gifted and Talented coordinator here in Va. After 30 years in the educational system, it's an adjustment. I think my granddaughter in Texas (Meg, 3 years) will be seeing me more often!” Laura Leake Brown, Betsy Moore Tompkins, Susan Dabney Smith, Molly Preston Farnsworth, Andy Bennett, Holly Antrim, Durbin Emerson, Helen Holt, and Page Wolz, just to name a few, all write to say how much they adore being grandmothers! We all have crazy new GRAND names and thank goodness for Internet picture sharing! I am sure there is much more wedding news amongst us so PLEASE share!
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Frere Sands French, 4052 Coal Spring Ln., Apt. 2A, Glen Allen, VA 23060; fsfren7@gmail.com Bitsy Marshall Hillsman, 1113 Hyde Ln., Richmond, VA 23229; bitsymarshall@gmail.com