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We heard from Janet Gay Hawkins in Shelter Island, N.Y. Her
husband, Harman, has retired but is still active in international yachting
events, her older son, Chris, is breeding Scots Highland cattle in northern New
Hampshire, and Janet received a kayak for a "significant birthday" (I had one
of those last October). Three years ago they sold their sailboat and do not
miss it at all. Now they enjoy OPB, "Other People's Boats." Janet says,"Same
old me--plus a few pounds." . . . Phyllis O'Connell
Murray wrote from Kure Beach, N.C., a North Carolina seaside community hit
by two hurricanes last year with minimal damage. She taught K-3 for many years
in Vermont but has been retired for the past six years. She has a daughter, two
sons and two grandchildren. She's planning to come to our
50th. . . . Betty Damon Marsh wrote from Vero Beach,
Fla. Both she and her husband, Fred, are retired and celebrated their 50th
wedding anniversary with all 18 family members at Lake Morey Inn, Fairlee, Vt.
She says life is great with summers on Cape Cod and winters in
Florida. . . . Murial Howard Deacon and husband John
D. Jr. retired and moved to New London, N.H., and love it. She provided us with
a litany of the family's seven Colby graduates--all are married. They have
eight grandchildren, all living in New
England. . . . Gene Hunter retired in 1983 and now
coaches his grandson's eighth grade basketball team, but he did not provide us
with their won/loss record. He has seven children (all college graduates) and
16 grandchildren. . . . Elizabeth Coombs Corke Meyers and
her husband, Charles, have some impressive family statistics. For her, three
children and eight grandchildren. For him, six children and 13 grandchildren.
She says she spent a wonderful month in Europe in October visiting Switzerland,
Italy, Spain and London, where she met her girlhood pen pal and her husband
from Norway. She has seen them a few times since "finding Julie again in
1987." . . . Gordon Miller said that his wife, Jane,
retired at the beginning of 1996. Now they have more time to travel together
and do Elderhostels, Windjammers in the Caribbean, etc. Gordon exercises by
doing aerobics and pushing weights on Nautilus and other machines. He says he
still plays some golf but his handicap continues to rise. He serves on four
boards and tries to do his share since they are mostly nonprofit. He hopes our
50th is well attended, and so do we. . . . Jack Kimpel
sent us his customary good-natured communication complete with a full-page,
single-spaced small type "Christmas Doggerel" poem (well, some of the lines
rhymed). He said if I published it he would sue. He also added that he didn't
major in penmanship at Colby. (You didn't have to tell us, Jack!) He and his
wife, Fran (Benner '49), are both retired. They have four grown children, "all
happily self-supporting," and nine grandchildren. Under the category of changes
in his life, he lists grandchildren, travel to Hawaii and a deteriorating golf
game. He says he still skis but not like he used
to. . . . We have our boat put away for the winter and will
leave in a few weeks of this writing for St. Barts. Then Dorothy is off to
Israel, leading a trip for women only, so David will take a few days off in
Florida visiting family and Colby friends. David still is working as a
consultant for his old company. Our daughter Marsha is the
CEO. . . . We had an excellent response to our last
mailing, and that is why this column is full of news. Let us hear from some of
you who may not have communicated recently. There seems to be a lot of
enthusiasm for our 50th, so make your plans. Spring '98 is not that far away.
Sidney J. Rauch '43 received the Outstanding
Article Award from the Journal of Reading Education for "P.S. Tell Judy
Blume I Say Hello" about his experiences with children as a visiting author in
elementary schools. . . . Eugene Hunter '48 was
inducted into the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame.
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