Dynamic Duo. In October, pianist Nancy McDonald Terhorst ’78 of Santa Rosa, California, (right) performed a duo piano concert with her musical partner Robin Beloff-Wachsberg (left) at Macon’s Little Carnegie of the South, a performance venue founded by her former Wesleyan piano professor Louise Barfield (center). At home on the west coast, Nancy is an active teacher, performer, choral conductor, and soloist. For seventeen years Nancy served as music director at several churches in Santa Rosa, and she is a current member and former president of the Music Teachers’ Association of California in Sonoma County and a founding member of the Young Artists Chamber Ensembles (YACHE) program. The Terhorst-Wachsberg Duo has been performing together for more than a decade.
number of topics, including Mountaintop Removal by Janisse Ray and The Horrendous Offense of Hanging Clothes Out on the Clothesline by Bobbi Buchanan, the editor and founder of this wonderful e-zine,” writes Kay. Dr. Barbara Clinton ’66 shares news from Daytona Beach Shores, Florida, about the death of her mother, Gladys M. Clinton, who died in April 2006. “Both mother and dad, Commander Robert J. Clinton, a Navy jet pilot, were very active in the Wesleyan parents’ group and helped to get it started. Dad was president of the group while I was there.” Barbara also took early retirement from Georgia College and “loves living in Florida in view of the ocean.” (See Sympathy.) Maconite Catharine Burns Liles ’66 writes to tell about a special connection between the legacy of her family and that of Wesleyan. “I have placed a scrapbook of poetry of my great grandfather, Joseph Tyron Derry, a former Wesleyan professor, on permanent loan to Wesleyan. The scrapbook contains personal letters from Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Woodrow Wilson – a student of my grandfather’s before he taught at Wesleyan.” Evaughn Lowery Balkcom ’68 of Montgomery, Alabama, and her husband are grandparents to twins – a boy and a girl born in November. Conner James and Caroline live nearby in Montgomery, which makes babysitting easy. 44
Congratulations to Dot Ogden Brown ’67 of Macon, who received the 2006 Macon Arts Alliance Cultural Award. The award recognizes individuals who have given service to the community through the arts. Dot is an artist and educator who taught art for 35 years in both public and private schools in Bibb County. She earned a BFA in graphic art from Wesleyan and earned an MFA in painting from the University of Georgia. She served six years as the coordinator of the fine arts magnet program at Central High School. Her current work with the Macon Arts Alliance’s Bibb County Institute for the Arts, a summer staff development program in arts integration for Bibb County Public School teachers, provides her with the opportunity to train teachers to use the arts as a way to engage students in learning. Jane Price Claxton ’68 writes about a special addition to her family. “Our first grandchild, Aaron Joseph Krabacher, arrived on July 8, 2006, in Columbus, Ohio. Our daughter, Anne, and her husband, Greg Krabacher, are the proud parents. Trips between our home in Macon and the Buckeye state are now more frequent. Aaron is a precious baby. We just adore him!” Susan E. Swain Goger ’68 of Atlanta celebrated her 60th birthday by retiring from her career in court services. “Love it! I now can spend more time playing tennis and seeing our five
grandchildren. Yes, Kitty has two children, Ben (4) and Lily (2). Jack’s daughter, Merci, has three children: Davis (6), Fletcher (3), and Shelby (15 months) Fun, Fun!” Katherine Dickert Hufstetler ’68 of Mt. Holly, North Carolina, has retired after 33 years of service with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System. 2006 was an unusual year for Vickie Page Jaus ’68, who lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. “Husband Hal had a very successful liver transplant in January and is doing quite well. My dad passed away suddenly in June but mama is adjusting well, too. I enjoyed seeing Wesleyan friends at the Charlotte luncheon in November,” writes Vickie. (See Sympathy.) In Elkton, Maryland, Beverly Hodges Kitchin ’68 is the director of community employment services at Cecil Community College in Elkton Station. Martha Pafford Schindhelm ’68 and her husband live in Bridgewater, Connecticut, and are grandparents for the third time. In November, daughter Jessie and her husband, Jay, welcomed a daughter, Anne Ward Ferrara, into the family. Martha’s other daughter, Joanna, has moved to Savannah with her husband, Jeff, and their 5 year-old boys, Ben and Rickey. “My husband, John, and I recently retired and moved to Estes Park, Colorado, the gateway to Rocky
Mountain National Park. Our days are spent hiking and volunteering for the park. We would love to visit with any Wesleyannes traveling this way,” writes Sally Plowden Stevenson ’68. Ginger Parker Sanders White ’68 of Lexington, Kentucky, spent four wonderful days in April at Leitchfield Beach visiting with Ruth Anne Gray Randolph ’68 (Baltimore, Maryland), Ginna Larson Schneider ’68 (Arlington, Virginia) and Helen Jackson Burgin ’68 (Columbus, Georgia). Continuing the traveling reunion, she met Beth Rogero Bowen ’68 and her husband, Jerry, at Amelia Island, Florida, for a cookout. Ginger’s daughter, Sarah, is a freshman at the University of Richmond in Virginia. In October 2006, Ann Reaves Burr ’69 of Buckhannon, West Virginia, represented Wesleyan College at the Presidential Inauguration of Dr. Pamela Balch at West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, West Virginia. Tricia Pace Fordham ’69 of Elko, Georgia, shares that her son, Marshall, completed the requirements for his master’s degree in classical guitar performance from Chicago College of Performing Arts in September 2006. Congratulations to Barbara Marble Tagg, Ed.D. ’69 of Camillus, New York, who received the Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts