MILEPOSTS
Deaths: Wilber "Bill" Bastien '49 in Togus, Maine, at 74. . . . Horton W. Emerson Jr. '49 in Maine at 69. . . . Jeanne M. Hall '49 in Englewood, Colo., at 69. . . . Avard Holt '49 in Skowhegan, Maine, at 66. . . . Thomas W. Samuelson '49 in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, at 67.

I got the nicest note from Ron Farkas, now living on the garden island of Kauai, Hawaii. Ron and his wife left Duxbury, Mass., and now own several condominiums--you know, low-slung lanai-types with huge verandas a few steps from the beach. He sent pictures, and I have been dreaming about it. Ron said he'd love to see some Colby people on Kauai and could offer some very good deals for vacations. I'm ready! He's at 2337 Nola Rd., Koloa, HI 96756. . . . Laura Higgins Anderson just checked in. What's new? "I got remarried after 13 years of widowhood," she reports, "and am very happy." Robert is a captain, USN, retired, and they are traveling far and wide when not at home at 186 Flying Point Rd., Freeport, ME 04032. . . . Dick Dunphy wrote from Green Pond, N.J., where he is in real estate. Last year he and wife Sylvia attended his 45th West Point reunion. . . . Dixie Roundy Bebee reports from Rockville, Md., that she is deep into high school sports thanks to her grandson. She watched him hit a grand-slam homer this summer and thought how her dad, Couch Roundy, would have cheered. . . . Norma Taraldsen Billings writes from Augusta, Maine, that she is taking a break from social work. Dick '48 is executive director of Informed Notaries of Maine. Their grandchildren are busy graduating and like so many are aiming for graduate school. . . . Thank you all for sending in the questionnaires. The new system is a big help to this procrastinating newshound.
Class Correspondent: Nancy Jacobsen

I am taking over as the new correspondent for our class and hope to maintain the standard set by Beverly Benner Cassara. She and I had coffee together this morning, and it was good to get to know her a bit better and meet her husband. Just after the conference on world population, Bev was in Cairo as a member of the executive committee of the International Council for Adult Education, Fifth World Assembly, for a conference titled "Women, Literacy and Development, Challenges for the 21st Century." Attending were people from 130 countries around the world, who were invited by Mrs. Mubarek, the keynote speaker. Bev was the moderator of one of the sessions. In connection with her work in adult education, Bev has traveled to many countries in Africa, to Thailand and to the environmental conference in Rio. . . . Dana and Harriet Nourse Robinson are in Beijing (Dana works in high-tech electronic exports) for a one-to-three-year stint. She says, "We have been spending three months there and three or four here for the past few years. So this will really be easier. I hate the long flight and the continued packing and unpacking. We like the hotel and staff--have a two-room apartment with a small kitchen but five restaurants if I'd rather not cook" Although this was her first Christmas in China, she thought it was Dana's 17th. . . . Jane Rollins has been vacationing in England for several years and this October spent three weeks in Britain visiting friends in the central highlands of Scotland and a week in Yorkshire, England. Earlier in the year, she enjoyed an Eastern European trip to "those wonderful old cities." Perhaps we can persuade her to write more about her specific impressions of each of the cities she visited. . . . John and I will be celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary this year, and as a treat will be spending a week on Lake George with our six children, their spouses and our five grandchildren. In retirement, we both work at Recording for the Blind in Cambridge, Mass., which puts textbooks on tape for print-impaired students from elementary through graduate school level. Judy Dunnington Vollmer '61 is on the staff there and would enjoy a call at 617-577-1111 from any of you nearby who could volunteer your help. It's a great place. . . . Please let me hear from many of you before the next issue comes out. Your classmates would really like to know what you're doing, so if you don't like to write, give me a call. Thanks!
Class Correspondent: Mary Hall Fitch

I am sorry to report the death of two of our classmates: Georgette Yuill Carpenter on December 8 and Horton W. Emerson Jr. on August 12. . . . Shirley and Alex Richard were honored by school administrative district 59 directors and Madison area high school when an academic wing of the school was dedicated in their names. A bronze plaque was mounted in the corridor close to the main entrance of the high school. Alex, who died in March 1994, was a teacher, football coach and principal at the high school from 1960 to 1979, and Shirley, currently on the board of trustees of Husson College, was a business and English teacher at the school from 1954 to 1979. . . . Elaine Noyes Cella, owner of the children's section of the Antiquarian Book Store in Portland, Maine, reports that her four adult children live nearby in Maine and Massachusetts. Widowed 11 years ago, she also has two granddaughters and a strange Siamese cat named Mookie. Her significant other, a former professor of English, is owner of Allen Scott Books on Exchange Street in Portland, Maine. . . . It's always great to hear from classmates. Send us your news.
Class Correspondent: Robert M. Tonge Sr.