Take Note memories. She wanted to know about many of you, and although she has not been back to Walker’s, it really seemed a short time ago that we were all there together. Clarina has two sons: Patrick and his family in Geneva where she lives, and Antoine and his family in Singapore. And so, my comment about “threes”: Serena, Clarina, and the deGautrets/Bonnie. Good things. Mal and I continue to enjoy living near our older son, Mal, and his family in Atlanta. Our son, Gordon, a bachelor lawyer in Denver, remains our family workaholic! We enjoyed a visit to Seattle in May where Phoebe and I joined friends for dinner, one evening. We share a lovely group of mutual friends and try to get to Seattle at least once yearly. We remain happily involved at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip here where we both sing, volunteer, and take some classes. I am just finishing my third year on the Chapter (vestry) of St. Philip’s and have enjoyed the experience greatly. Bridge is part of our life, too; we even played in France with the deGautrets! Atlanta continues to grow, but, sadly, with more and more cars. It is a city that badly needs good public transportation and smaller cars. The cars in Europe reminded me of Angry Birds as they effortlessly buzzed along taking less than half the space of ours. We try to walk to the shops as much as possible and planted ourselves across the street from the Cathedral when we moved here. My piano partner, Linda Bath, and I continue to play two pianos, try to get together at least weekly, and I can’t help but think that a lot of music, singing, playing, and enjoying came straight from Miss Sala, Toni Grunschlag, and Walker’s. That thought crosses my mind often when singing during the weekly Evensong service on Sunday afternoons.
A blanket of snow covers Beaver Brook and the Chapel.
Elaine Humphreys Hewitt, Evie Bardeen Leach, Nancy Sherwood O’Hearn, Anne Machold Rooks, Mary Laird Silvia, and Lynn Fentress Underhill. They are with us in spirit.
Please stay well! We are in “those” years which always seemed so far in the future but aren’t any longer.
1957 Sandra “Sandy” Lipson Ryon P.O. Box 1134 7201 Wilkins Lane Chestertown, MD 21620 410-778-4238 slryon@aol.com In the last issue of The Sundial, I saw “A” Massie Hill ’56 had asked her classmates what books they’d especially enjoyed. This seemed like a great idea, so in my email asking for Take Note news, I also asked for book recommendations. Wouldn’t it make Miss Hunt and Miss Ashe proud to know what enthusiastic readers we’ve turned out to be? Karen Peterson Earle wrote, “We are
As this is the last set of notes for 2013, let us remember those classmates who are no longer with us: Connie Irwin Bray, Cookie Schutt Brown, Pat Pfaff Gonset, Bonnie King Harrison,
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happily ensconced in our Amagansett, NY house now that EVERYONE HAS GONE HOME!!! We love the fall here. I would love to recommend books: just finished Canada by Richard Ford—a
wonderful writer. Tried Saul Bellow for the first time with Herzog—unusual, to say the least!! J.M. Coetzee’s Disgrace, Kevin Power’s The Yellow Birds and, particularly, Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers, all beautiful for different reasons. I know everyone must have read Citizens of London by Lynne Olson. Still Talk to Pat Day Storm almost every day.” In September, Trudy Beebe Miller inquired about Mort’s health (more about that later) and said that David was recovering from the spinal surgery he had in July. She added, “Except for a weekend in Marion, MA with family members for a wedding, we had a nice, relaxing summer.” A note from Angie Pell Jernegan said, “Still teaching history at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College three days a week and fox hunting as much as I can. Had two wonderful days of hunting with Betsy Rauch Rainoff ’53 last week. Betsy came from Southern Pines, NC, and we had a great time. She always brings good luck, and we saw more game than I had seen in along time. Went to Geneseo, NY for my niece’s wedding this summer (it started with a fox hunt) and then went up to Lake Muskoka in Ontario, Canada to visit with Carroll Davis Manol and her husband, Thom. She is as beautiful as ever and took excellent care of my kayak, so I spent