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GLORY DAYS MJ Shaw, Trude Erhard, Rock King, and Claudia Elliman at the Mount Mansfield Ski Club championships at Little Spruce. Engagement party of Pansy Prince, in the white pantsuit, thrown at the Octagon. “The lifts closed at 4, last skier unloaded, then a very slight hiatus before it reopened carrying guests to the top. Champagne and strawberries served, everyone over-served, then most people skied down, to their peril. It was spring, patchy snow, hard to tell the bare patches from a felled skier,� writer Nancy Stead recalled. Ted and Joan Kennedy, with children Ted Jr., and Kara, skiing in Stowe, April 4, 1969. Inset: Ken Strong at The Shed, 1960s.