Twenty-five years and still kickin'! That was the theme for the Class of 1970's 25th reunion and the absolutely fantastic T-shirts Chip and Judy Kelly Lord had designed for us. (Adult Reunion 1995 Class of '70 shirts are still available, so please call the Alumni Relations Office if you would like to purchase one.) And just like the Colby mule, we kicked up our heels all weekend. The weather was perfect, and there were no permanent injuries of which we are aware. The campus is the same yet different. There are more buildings, the trees are taller, and the "new dorms," which served as our reunion headquarters, are now known as Hillside and have stairs that have grown much steeper over the years and bathroom facilities for only one gender per floor.The weekend started off on Thursday evening with some 20-30 classmates attending a reception and barbecue dinner at the Woodlands Country Club in Falmouth (Maine, that is). This was just a warm-up for the next day. On Friday morning, Phil Wysor, Peter Gilfoy, Ben Kravitz and Steve Anderson '69 (class president Debbie Williams Anderson's husband) played the championship Woodlands golf course. At the turn they received a special telegram from Phil Norfleet from San Diego. Thanks to Barbara Skeats MacLeod and Molly Carroll Ray for making the events at the Woodlands happen.On Friday afternoon a large contingent took a leisurely cruise on Casco Bay. Actually, it was two cruises--the first lasted about two minutes as Ray and Cheryl Dineen Soon were spotted running down the dock too far away to make the leap. With the Soons safely on board, the second cruise lasted quite a bit longer. We thank Lee Doggett for the informative narration about the Casco Bay estuary projects. Some seals were spotted, as were Bob Falsani and John Fochs '71--in the parking lot! Rumor has it that Gary Hobbs is still looking for them.The festivities moved to campus on Friday night. Standing around drinking beer and exchanging stories about our lives and kids brought back memories. What, Colby used to have fraternities? Can anyone define parietal rules?Our reunion activities on Saturday began with the parade of classes and the presentation of a check for over $61,000 to the College from the Class of 1970. This represents more than twice as much as our class gave the College last year. Congratulations to Buz Brown and his crew for a job well done.After the class cookout by Johnson Pond, our afternoon revolved around
athletics and academics--just like when we were in school! The softball game was fun. Will we have enough able bodies to do it again in five years? The seminar "Colby in Perspective: 1970 As a Turning Point" was informative and exciting. Professor Tom Morrione '65 opened a dialogue with all in attendance and reinforced what we all know: that those trying times we all lived through and participated in were important then and have had an impact that keeps them
important still today.Starting with the "vegetable invocation" provided by The Rev. Peter
Foss, the highlight of the weekend was the class dinner on Saturday night. The slide show and accompanying narration was a lot of fun and proved to one and all that Debbie Hawks Kelley is, without a doubt, the bravest member of our class. The trivia contest tested aging memories, and then there were the awards. Anne Peterson and Phil Wysor, looking like they just stepped out
of "Faces and Places," were the classmates who changed the least, with Todd Smith a close runner-up. Norma Rivero de Biermeyer, who traveled to and from Venezuela, was edged out by Cheryl Dineen Soon, who never had to leave the country (even though she came from Hawaii) as the classmate who traveled
farthest to attend the reunion. Debbie Williams Anderson won the award for most children attending Colby (two), and Paul Roud had the youngest child, a 2 year old. The most appropriate award, the Benedict Arnold award --for deserting the Class of 1970-- went to Colby Brick recipient Sari Abul-Jubein '69. Andy Starkis did a great job as emcee. We laughed loud and long at Doug Smith's stories of "Doggie" Dore and Debbie (not Anderson) Williams's account of the Benjamin Butler spoons.Other classmates attending the reunion included: Bruce Abrams, Bill Aldrich, Debbie Anderson, Debbie Williams Anderson, Greg Andrews, Chicki Barnes, Mike Baskin, Chris Beerits, Wayne Blanchard, Peter Bogle, Liz Belding Borchers, Waneta Adams Browne, Jeff Carty and Sandra Haimila, Susan Maxfield Christopher, Lee Clarke, Steve and Laura Struckhoff Cline, Nancy Costello, Sue Costello, Robin Armitage Cote, Ron Di Orio, Walter Effron, Martha Alden Ellis, John Fochs '71, Linda Marsh Foss, Sharon Eschenbeck Friedler, Lynne Stone Gallagher, Peter Gilfoy, Andy Gilson, Sue Doten Greenberg, Marlene Goldman, Linda Gulbrandsen Goldsmith, Pat Gerroir, Alison Harvey, Andy and Sandy Holler Hayashi, Barry Hurwitz, Carol Lewis Jennings, Debbie Sugarman Jodziewicz, Ken and Brenda
Hess Jordan, Joanie Katz, Paula Crowley Kaveney, Gail Cuatto Kilgour, Martha Belden Kleinerman, Chip and Judy Kelly Lord, Peter Lowell, Judith Smith Lucarelli, Karen Knapp Lyons, Sarah Vose Mackenzie, Barbara Skeats MacLeod, Steve '71 and Debbie Fitton Mansfield, Jacky Dingwall McClean, Ann McEwen, Cynthia Wallace McKee, Elinor Bartel Miller, Kathe Cahn Morse, Nicki Pach, Jeff Parness, Jim and Eileen Boerner Patch, Lorraine Gill-Pazaris, Kit< Wells Poland, Jeanne Tarrant Polese, Anne Pomroy, Molly Carroll Ray, Kathy Hill Revett, Paul Roud, Alice Ryen, Sherry Anderson Scherer, Hazel Parker Smith, John Sobel, Peter Spindler and Nancy Costello, Bev Foster Stevens, Lynne Stinchfield, Beth Ryerson Stinson, Libby Brown Strough, Sarah Owen Tabor, Dan Timmons, Maureen Vaughn Ulevich, Buzzy Files Vigue, Donna Sundeen Wheeler, Jane Stinchfield Willett, Donna< Mason Williams, Chip Wood and Mark Zaccaria.A special thanks to outgoing class president Debbie Williams Anderson and her committee for a job well done, and an extra-special thanks to Marlene Goldman and Donna Mason Williams for putting together our 25th reunion yearbook. Class officers for the next five years are Joanie Katz, president, Phil Wysor, vice president and Alumni Council representative, and Steve Cline, secretary/treasurer.Among those unable to attend was aspiring screenwriter Cathy Pagano. Did you ever wonder if she's thought of casting classmates for upcoming roles? How about a remake of the Wizard of Oz but updated to the 1990s? Imagine Elaine Treworgy Jacques as a modern day Dorothy, Ed Bogh as the scarecrow, Ben Bradlee as the lion and Chris Woessner as the tin man. Can't you just picture Frank Danieli as the wizard and Cheryl Moriarty Higgins as the good witch? I could make my screen debut as a bearded cross dresser in the dual role of Elvira Gulch and the wicked witch (eat your heart out Ru Paul!). It could happen, you know.If you don't want to see more "did you ever wonder" reporting, please send me information so that we can have a class column in every issue of the magazine.
--Steve Cline
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