Three elegant dinners, a picnic and a lobster bake kept our hunger at reunion
assuaged. In the Bixler Art Museum at our final meal, Maurice Whitten
made a perfect speech, giving a brief history of Colby College, including
details that many of us never were aware of, and ending with several
student/faculty anecdotes that had us in stitches--all delivered in a real
"Down East" accent that made you remember our best days in Maine. And a letter
from Laura Tapia Aitken, telling of her regret at not being able to attend,
mentioned her happy days at Colby and how much it has always meant to her.
Many attended the full Reunion Weekend, and a few participated in an event
here or there as suited their schedules. Everyone felt welcome and delighted to
see each other. Fifty years melted away, and we continued our friendships from
where we left off at graduation.
We all visited the extensive woodworking shops and forges on Alan Hume's
property on Messalonskee Lake, which Dr. Hume generously makes available for
use by Colby students. We enjoyed meeting Dr. Hume and hearing his explanation
of the equipment. We were impressed especially by the length and lightness of
the fabric of the Colby sculls, which are stored at the Colby-Hume Center for
practice and competition by the student crews.
Without taking actual count, the three who I believe traveled the farthest to
attend the reunion were Bobbie Holt Sachs from Seattle, Kaye Faxon
Anderson from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and Muriel Marker Gould from
Firenze, Italy.
We had quite a few in attendance at the meetings, many joined by spouses.
Regrets were expressed about each one who was not present. If you weren't
there, you can be assured that your name was mentioned by someone along with
the wish that you had been able to join us.
In attendance were: Mort and Rae Gale Backer, Ralph and Adele
Grindrod Bates, Evelyn Sterry Belanger, Dorothy Chellman
Bonneau, Beverly Booth, Marilyn Bryant, Shirley (Martin '46)
and Chuck Dudley, Margery Owen Fallon, Muriel Marker
Gould, Hope and Arnold Grossman, Betty Lohnes Grudin, Ted and
Polly Callard Guild, Frank and Marguerite Broderson Gustafson,
Kaye Matteo Hancock, Doris Taylor Huber, Bill and Doris
Blanchard Hutcheson, Roslyn Kramer, Doris and George Lewald,
Rita McCabe, Michael Nawfel and his wife, Naomi Collett
Paganelli, Helen and Kenneth Quimby, Mildred and Ronald Roy,
Mary and Doug Smith, Joan St. James, Helen Strauss, Rene
and Sherwood Tarlow, Robert and Hazel Brewer Warren, Frances
Dow Wells, Doris and Maurice Whitten, Virginia Briggs
Zulieve. Members from other classes who joined us were Bruce and Emily
Holbrook Pelissier '46, Helen Watson Boldi '44 and Barbara White Haddad '44.--Dorothy "Dee" Sanford McCunn
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