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She was “considering a pilgrimage” on a rumor that a crocus had been spotted emerging from the ice. Lati Gordon and husband Albert escaped for the winter to coastal Alabama and are now back in Delaware. Robin Rosborough Webster hosted a reunion in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. for Kay Ferriday Blossom, Lillian Barnes Dewey, Amanda Schuster Frei, Aussie Cecil Geer, Anne Warren Holland, Nancy McLean Jenkins, Maggie Myers Morris, Betty Lee Miller Payne, and Frances Williams Twiss. The fun bunch was celebrating a bevy of 70th birthdays. Sherry Montgomery Pyle has “re-retired” from Florida to the Smoky Mountains of western North Carolina. She would love to hear from anyone who is nearby. Betsy Williams Poist is now “bi-coastal” with a new grandbaby, Alexa, in California. She and husband David marvel at the ever-expanding vocabulary of grandson Davis in Asheville, N.C. Other grandbabies require a bit more travel: Frances Twiss visits grandson Oliver and his little sisters, twins Caroline and Isabel (born May 20, 2014), in Bermuda; Anne Holland and husband Peter were planning a visit to Nicaragua to catch up with daughter Susannah and her family. Anne Stuart Brown Swann wrote that she “was half afraid of sending in any news.” Her last appeal from Sweet Briar College was followed in days by news of its closing! We can all join her in rejoicing that “St. Catherine’s is going strong.” Anne Stuart continues to deal with her acoustic neuroma and hoping to avoid more surgery. We send our best wishes and positive thoughts to her and to all of us as we confront more challenges in our 70th decade. Your correspondent Susan continues to be grateful for the move to Richmond and the chance to enjoy my long-standing (not old!) friends.
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Cathy Hayden, 3011 Libby Ter., Richmond, VA 23223; libbyterrace@gmail.com
Punkin Lee is still in Middleburg, Va. and has owned Journeyman Saddles for 38 years. She serves on several town appointed boards as well as the boards of the National Sporting Library and Museum, the Upperville Colt and Horse Show and the Virginia Fall Races. “All keep me busy!” Marguerita Chandler Riggall enjoyed the 2014 Reunion: “Many, many thanks again to all the Richmond girls for their outstanding hospitality. What a treat to reconnect with all of you who came to a fabulous event.” She and husband George stay busy with their four children and seven grandchildren. With one child’s family moving to Fairfield, Conn. and another to Johannesburg, South Africa, they will have new places to visit. Marguerita and George recently spent three weeks in Rome, Sicily, and France. Lisa Mabley Kirby had big news. She finished school and was ordained in St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Kinston, N.C. on June 20, 2014. She will be stay-
L to R; Bottom Row: Betty Davenport Wright, Polly Bozorth, Jon Lee Levering Salmon, Ann Rawlings Colby, Martha Anne Maddux Hastings, Elizabeth LeSueur, Norvell Adamson Lamb, Holmes Bridgers Ramsay; Row 2: Margaret Eppes Curtis, Fran Davis Ward, Abigail Norfleet James, Jody Nesmith, Sally Williams Christiansen, Buff Hanes Thomas, Dianne Buckle Jefferson; Top Row: Charlotte Moore Davenport, Carolyn Mapp Hewes, Lillian Young, Barbara Montgomery O’Connell, Louise Miller Rucker, Weezie Firth
ing in New Bern at a church in the area, as yet unassigned. As National Vice President of Recovery Ministries of the Episcopal Church, she is working to get churches involved in ministry to those affected by alcoholism and addiction. Her son Jonathan was nominated for a Grammy and, although he did not win, she was very proud of his nomination. Gary and Alice Bryan Dehner had a month long trip in November visiting all the national and state parks they could in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California and Oklahoma. The hiking and scenery were fabulous with weather from the 90s to 20s - blazing sun to snow! Good thing they like to travel, with their sons living in Boston, Houston and Coronado Island. Now fully retired, Cameron Beckwith Srpan wrote from Roanoke that she is leaving for warm Florida soon. After working part time at the Roanoke Valley Governor’s School for 10 years past retirement, she is ready to enjoy life! Sally Guy Lynch Brown’s latest news is the birth of a third grandson, Fenton Lynch O’Neil, on January 5. The day after his birth she and Tom went on a trip to Antarctica. “Another planet it seemed, but really beautiful.” Nancy DashielI Fanning is currently living in Bethany Beach, Del. and working part-time at Bethany Beach Books, www.bethanybeachbooks. com, an independent bookstore located at the boardwalk. Her husband Michael still works in the Washington, D.C. area and comes to the beach on the weekends. Their two children, Matthew 32, and Kate 29, married last fall three weeks apart. She hopes any of her St. Catherine’s classmates who happen to vacation at the Delaware shore will stop in the bookstore and say hello. Your class
correspondent is beginning to think “light” as I pack my plein air art supplies and head to France for three weeks. Every year I vow to travel more simply. I think that is a good motto for my everyday life.
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Lillian Glover Young, 1180 Courtyard Dr., Charlottesville, VA 22903; lillgyoung@aol.com
The Class of 1965 had a wonderful time at the 50th Reunion. Rita MacNelly was kind enough to host the class party, Weezie Firth, did a great job organizing memorial flowers for our deceased classmates, and she also gave each attendee a button with our Senior photo. Abigail Norfleet James and Lillian Glover participated in Career Day. Saturday ended with a wonderful tour of the most recent VMFA exhibit, lead by Annabel Morgan Edge ’64. Ann D. Flowerree sent wishes for a wonderful reunion. “I would love to attend but my mother’s ill health keeps me Oregon bound.” Thank you to all of you for coming to Reunion and we hope to see you on campus again soon.
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Louise Hayman, 1 Cumberland Ct., Annapolis, MD 21401; louise.lake.hayman@gmail.com
Frances Gravely observed the harsh winter of 2015 by sliding on ice and breaking her leg. Coincidentally, Alice Caldwell Steele was visiting North Carolina from her home in California at the time of the mishap and was able to bolster Frances’ spirits in person before the surgery occasioned by the fall. Neighbor Emily Borden
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