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son lives and works in Houston, TX. No grandchildren, but they’re both enjoying life. Enjoyed the conversation on the phone with a very informative person. Telling about all the changes at Wheeler. Only sorry I can’t attend my 65th reunion. Have a wonderful time!! Would be curious if any of the faculty would still be around.”
1951
Jane Ericson Crawford writes, “I am still enjoying my quilting, my passion. I am now working part time at a quilt shop, even at this advanced age!”
1956
On August 30, 2008, Phyllis Williamson
Aldrich ‘56, Eliza Collins ‘56 and Gladys Porter ‘56 attended a 50th wedding anniversary event for Margaret Goddard Leeson ‘56. Photo taken by
Margaret Hazard Leeson ‘80
1959 Charlie Bailie Smith, delightful son of Benjamin and Emily, grandson of Sharon Williamson Smith and Bob Smith.
Maine. Eliza works teaching English in local schools.
1971
Patience Arnold Ziebarth ’59 and family. Oops! The Alumni Office left this photo out of the Class of ’59 Reunion Memory Book. Our apologies to Patience and her classmates.
1960
Faith McClellan LeBaron writes, “In 2004 we left Massachusetts after 30 years to move south to Cullowhee, NC where my husband took a Distinguished Professor position at Western Carolina University. We live in the Appalachian Mountains! This is a far cry from Providence, RI and The Mary C. Wheeler School for girls of the 1950’s! My husband retires at the end of the coming year and we intend to return north to our roots. We have a home in North Hatley, Quebec where my husband’s family lives, and we have children and grandchildren in the NYC area. When we moved south, I retired from my career in various kinds of work in early childhood education. I took up hiking with the “Golden Agers,” and doing some volunteer work, campaigning for Obama, practicing yoga and I went back to choral singing, remembering so well the tutelage of Mr. Tinker! So how about getting together at our 50th reunion in October 2010, so we can remember our youth and yesteryear? Vandy ( May Scott Van der Veer) and I have kept in touch all these years, and I wonder about other classmates and your lives.”
1964
Eliza Cocroft Bailey was remarried in
Gail Brown writes, “To my classmates: My apologies for not keeping in touch with most of you! My life, so far, has been wonderful, harrowing and blessed. I was married for nine years and we owned a horse training facility in eastern Connecticut. I also worked as an Archaeological Planner for the R.I. Historical Preservation Comm. for twenty years and rehabbed an historic home. By 1998 I was fortunate enough to receive a liver transplant and now live where I grew up, in Preston, CT. I am on the BOD and volunteer for a large alcohol/drug rehab complex and lecture for the American Liver Foundation. Anyone wishing to contact me please email gabrown05@snet.net”
1974
Holly Fulton is moving again and she hopes it is the last big move. She would love to receive Wheeler visitors at her San Francisco Bay Area home.”
1979
Neville Nash Motta writes, “I’m working, flourishing, and enjoying teaching young kindergarten at the Gordon School. I’ve been immersed in multicultural teaching practices and excited about sharing the world with my students. I’m also very involved in curriculum assessments for all grade levels, which is a wonderful challenge. My twin girls graduate next year from PCD and we are in the depths of college exploration/hunting, a reminder to us of our own search for just the right match to our new chapter in life. We are enjoying each moment with Heather and Taylor in this new endeavor.”
June 2009 to Sidney S. Quarrier, Jr., a retired geologist. They now live in Appleton, Now & Then @ Wheeler
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