also wonder if we’ll ever entice so many back to campus. We must try.” Nerissa Vom Baur Roehrs: “Our daughter Marina was married on Easter Saturday 2013 in London to British Army Captain Nicholas Heppenstall. He was posted to Washington in Dec. Musically my offerings continue to be played here and there. Australia and China heard a couple of my songs, a couple more were sung in recital in Zwickau (Schumann’s birthplace) and my two piano solos were performed during Debussy Week. One of my Christmas carols was sung, in translation, at the Christmas Service of Bach’s choir, the Thomaner.” Betty Stanly Cates is entertaining all Sweet Briar colleagues who visit Vero Beach. Meta Bond Magevney and Hugh and Susan Dwelle Baxter ’64 were Betty’s house guests on Valentine’s Day weekend, and Lucetta Gardner Mannion and Ed spent the night with her in Jan., en route home after a Caribbean cruise. She had dinner with Mary Lou Morton Seilheimer and Charlie. Mary Lou is on the mend after knee surgery. The Sweet Briar cocktail party, which Betty sponsors annually, was March 4. Attending were Betty Noland Caravati and Charlie and Nancy Caldwell Briggs and Bobby. Lynn Carol Blau and Jeffrey were off to Nashville and Las Vegas to visit their two daughters and grandchildren and also spend time in their apt. in NYC. Pat Calkins Wilder’s (Victor, NY) husband Mike retired. Pat is still photographing full time, enjoying experiences in the U.S. and abroad and keeping a full schedule of shows. Pat and Mike have three children, one in Seattle, one in NY and one in London with their families. Ginni Corwin Millo: “I’ve been retired from my aerospace job for 18 years now and spend my time between HI where my family lives and MA where I’m involved with my church’s information technology.” Jean Meyer Aloe’s husband Ed tripped on the stairs and tore the quadriceps ligament off his kneecap resulting in surgery then leg cast and brace. Then Jean fell on her face twice, dislocating her jaw and ending up with a “monstrous black/red/blue eye and cheek.” Jean goes to Abu Dhabi in March to visit their daughter and her family who are there for her job. Cynthia Hubard Spangler and Charles visited Biarritz with her son and his family last summer followed by two days in Paris. In Jan. Cynthia had back surgery, which has eliminated pain she’s lived with for years. Susan Alexander, Nancy McDowell and Lyn Clark Pegg enjoyed a mini-reunion last Dec. while on a Witness for Peace delegation to Cuba. Prue Gay Stuhr and Ed have been enjoying the activities of grandchildren and dogs. Their Dalmatian, “Ticket” had a fine year in the show ring and their 10-yearold Dalmatian “Cole” is looking well. Prue tracked down a long-lost classmate, Ashley Schuler Rooney. Shortly after, I had an email from Ashley herself. “So many years have passed, but within 24 hours I heard from Prue Gay and Leslie Buchman Richardson, that tall beautiful blonde who was my roommate so many years ago!” Ashley is a writer with over 40 books to her credit. She has previously worked as a consultant and as a youth minister and youth center coordinator, working with teens. She has a master’s degree in Adolescent Group Dynamics and has
produced a TV series focusing on youth concerns. Through two marriages (her first husband died in 1998) she has collected two children, three step-children and 11 grandchildren. Judy Varn Hays writes, “After 43 years in the same house someone came along who wanted to buy it and we moved in about seven weeks! We’re now at our lake house 100 miles from Atlanta waiting to close on a condo.” Susan Scott Robinette and Lamar took a three-week trip to WA, MT, Canada and WY in Sept. then to the beach in Pawley’s Island, SC, and to NJ to see grandchildren. Lamar’s daughter Kate (their last) will be getting married next Oct. in Charleston at Magnolia Plantation. Nancy Dixon Brown’s oldest daughter is being married in June. Nancy attended the SBC brunch for President Parker. Cheri Fitzgerald Burchard: “I enjoy my grandchildren and have welcomed a new one, Anna. Painting and work in the arts delights me.” Mary Ann Utterback Burritt was sorry to miss our Reunion, but was in the throes of moving her mother into a retirement facility near her home. Mary Ann and Jim are looking forward to a cross country drive in May to visit their son Jimmy, who lives in Laguna Beach with his family. Marta Sweet Colangelo responded briefly, “Susan Terjen Bernard and I are currently in Tortola, BVI!” Lisa Wood Hancock: “Daughter Elizabeth is graduating from VA Episcopal Seminary and will be ordained in June. I had a visit in Dallas with Allie Stemmons Simon in early Feb.” Lisa came to provide me with a little R&R after nursing a husband recovering from spinal surgery complicated by infection for four months. He’s improving daily and we’re off for our CO home to spend the month of March.
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Virginia “Ginny” deBuys H16 Shirley Lane Lawrence Township, NJ 08648 gdebuys@gmail.com
Caroline Kincaid Pesola writes from Perugia, Italy that she spends the fall season in Hunterdon County in NJ each year where she has a home and the rest of her time in Italy, where she has a garden, olive trees and pets to keep her busy. Her son is living in Venice now after eight years in the U.S. She sees Gale Rogers Fortebuono in Perugia where she also has a house. Both will miss reunion. For news of reunion and pictures, go to Facebook at https://www. facebook.com/SBC1964. And, last but not least, it’s been fun being your secretary these past years. Now it’s time to pass the pen to someone else. Send lots of news and keep the new secretary busy!
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Sally Hubbard sally@hubbard.net
Eugenia Dickey Caldwell found an avian vet for Dollie, her 33-year-old parrot. Eugenia spends a lot of time caring for Dollie, from administering arthritis medicine to walks in the sunshine. Melinda Musgrove Chapman’s oldest grandson is a sophomore at the U. of FL and the rest of his family will be in
Germany for another 18 months. Her two granddaughters and selling houses keep her busy. Foy Roberson Cooley is still working as CEO of Access Self Storage, developing and managing self-storage properties in NJ and NY. Husband Ken retired a decade ago. She skis at Snowbird and takes long hikes (New Zealand last Nov.) and will go fly fishing in Argentina in March. Her four children are fine; two in UT and two in NJ. One is married and has two children. Foy is tutoring a homeless person for the GED exam and facilitates a grief group. Mary Ellen Freese Cota’s husband Alberto’s macular degeneration limits adventures, but they continue singing in the choir. Mel teaches yoga to professors from the U. of Mexico campus nearby. Each weekend they visit Alberto’s sister in Guanajuato. Sally Rasco Thomas is looking forward to a Danube cruise in April. Oldest granddaughter Naja is awaiting college admission letters. Sally Wright Hyde and husband Steve downsized and moved to Williamstown, MA, where he went to college. Mary “Dootsie” Duer ’64 and Sally used to visit that Birkshires campus from SBC. They have two daughters and four grandchildren, three to 15. Brooke Patterson Koehler and husband Dan enjoyed a 21-day river cruise from Bucharest to Amsterdam. She’s had knee surgery for a torn meniscus and a small tear. Brooke flew off to Australia with her tennis partner to watch nine days of the Australian Open. She returned to Indian Wells (where they own a house) to watch the Paribas Open. Brooke’s son Doug still works for her, but is getting restless; son Andrew is teaching school in Bosnia. Nancy E. MacMeekin traveled to Ireland last fall with Vicky Thoma Barrette. They’re about to embark on a trip to Panama and the colonial city of Cartagena, Colombia. Nancy volunteers for her church and her county’s literacy and ESL programs, and spends time with her grandnieces and grandnephews. Susan Strong McDonald had a wonderful two-week residence at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in Oct. Since it is close to SBC, she visited with the art dept. faculty and saw the new art studio facility. Paige Critcher brought her art class to visit Susan’s studio and talk about creating collages. Susan’s oldest grandson is studying at Beloit College in WI. The others are thriving in St. Paul, MN, and Shepherdstown, WV. She moves seasonally between WI and Jacksonville, FL. Laura Haskell Phinizy’s husband Stewart has had to stop driving because of Alzheimers. On the up side, Laura drove 1800 miles from Augusta to Saint Simons Island, to D.C. and back, with grandson Wesley Gash (8) to visit his twin cousins, go to monuments, play in his first snow, visit the capitol, and celebrate Three Kings Day at St. Alban’s. Carol Reifsnyder Rhoads’ husband Bob has retired. In “Ring Around Charleston” they rang tower bells in three churches and then they visited D.C. to see “The Dying Gaul” in the National Gallery. 2015 is around the corner—hope everyone is planning to come to SBC! Magdalena Salvesen will visit 19th-century gardens and parks in Britain this summer in preparation for a seminar she’ll
More class notes online sbc.edu/magazine teach at NYU. She continues to manage the estate of artist Jon Schueler and is involved with his exhibitions. Saralyn McAfee Smith sent a pastoral scene of snow on a rural lane, but fussed that after a week of spring they woke up to that. Sally Norris Swan’s husband will retire soon from his accounting firm in Amarillo. They’re getting a Brittany pup and love to fly fish in the West; they have a Kevlar canoe (so old folks can carry it) and love backpacking and hiking. Sally’s mother gave her poem book that Robert Frost had signed to Goodwill in 1970; if you see it on E-Bay please buy it back for her. She enjoys writing and poetry. At 70 (aren’t we all), Sally McCrady Hubbard figures she has five years to do outrageous things. So here came an Anglican priest from Uganda to teach courses at Sewanee about various religions’ response to people with AIDS in their communities. Canon Gideon Byamugisha has provided a boarding school education for 900 children near Kampala (orphans and others affected by AIDS) and is working to establish a fouryear college open to all. Sally decided to volunteer for him for the month of April and then Ugandan President Museveni declared war on gays and people who counsel them. It’s terrifying, but she’s willing to be open to this opportunity, and then be coordinator of Canon Gideon’s fundraising efforts in Canada and the USA when she returns. And what was it Carol said? 2014 + 1 = OUR TURN TO CELEBRATE 50 YEARS!
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Keenan Kelsey
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Penn Willets Fullerton pennhome@aol.com
Jane Nelson
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Susan Sudduth Hiller ssdh22@yahoo.com
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Gail Robins O’Quin cgrobins@ix.netcom.com
Lynn Gullett Strazzini returned from her third biennial drive (5,000 mi.) around the U.S. with a fellow retired FAA girlfriend. The emphasis this time was the civil rights era in the South, where they visited many national park service civil rights historic sites etc. “I’m now aboard Ed Strazzini’s sailboat cruising the Chesapeake Bay for a week. Following this week’s trip is the annual gathering of nine ‘girls’ from my school days. 2013 will be our Nifty 68 trip. I travel with two other groups: Saucy 60s and Check Mates. I’m on the road about 200 days annually. Ed and I visit our three grandchildren in NYC as often as we can.” Dottie Dana King is still living in Jacksonville, FL. She’s been a widow for seven years and has three married children and six grandchildren (6 mos. to 8
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