ALUMNI PROFILES
Dorothy Cleaver '48

Janet Grout Williams '60
A Bird in Hand

Kathy McKechnie '79
A Lifesaving Career

Julia McDonald '99
A Desert Discovery

Beth Johnson Searing '99

Todd Miner '01
Opening the Door

Geoff Ward '02

I got a great letter from Ray Brackett encouraging me to pursue a career in creative writing. It seems my fictional account of Dick and Connie Leonard Hayes's hang gliding adventures had the desired effect. Real news! Ray got together with Phil Shearman for dinner in Gorham, Maine, recently and had a great time recalling bygone days. (Did you really just return from a motorcycle weekend, Ray?) He and his wife, Ivory, are moving to Londonderry, N.H., just down the street from their youngest daughter and two grandchildren. Isn't it great to be near family! It seems his daughter Andrea has a workshop in her basement that beckons. Ray may just get back to his woodcarving. . . . Sybil Green Reichek writes that she and her husband, Mort, are dividing their time between New Jersey and Florida. Sybil is giving classes on film appreciation and contemporary fiction in adult education classes in both states. . . . Gerry Baker is among the many world travelers in our class. He and his wife took a wonderful trip recently to southern Italy as well as to Paris and the Riviera. In addition, Gerry puts in a 50-hour week (!) as president of Mark of Fitness. That works. . . . So, how about you? Are you fulfilling any of your dreams? Have you taken up the piano or scuba diving? Are you thinking of buying a camper and touring our beautiful country? Are you actually getting together with old friends you've been meaning to see over the years, as did Ray Brackett? Let's hear about it.

Alice Jennings Castelli

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Harland Eastman writes that he is the proud grandfather of Jake Eastman, son of Sally (White) '91 and Said El Quahabi Eastman '90. His daughter, Eliza (University of Wisconsin), will be living with him while working towards her master's degree at the University of Southern Maine. His son Stephen (Stanford) is VP at Wellington Management in Boston. Harland is interested in the antiquarian book business, and he travels extensively. . . . Bump Bean's family had a great vacation trip to Bermuda. . . . I hope to receive news from you all so that I will have some material to put in our next class column. I am having knee replacement surgery and will be back in action after two months or so. Let me hear your latest news!

Nancy Nilson Archibald

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May I begin by saying "thank you" to Paul Aldrich, who has done such a great job as our class correspondent. I'll try to do my best to take up the pen (or the computer keyboard) where he left off. This is just a greeting note to you all to tell you a bit about our 50th reunion in June. For those of you who were not able to make the 50th, we really missed you. It was a great time, and Colby went out of its way to highlight the Class of '52. Those of us who could, attended the pre-reunion in Boothbay Harbor at the charming Spruce Point Inn. We enjoyed a great welcoming party and dinner and the next day had nature walks and a cruise around Boothbay Harbor. The high point was a wonderful cocktail party given by Joan and Dave Morse at their beautiful home overlooking the water. On to Colby the next day, and the official reunion activities began. In all the times I have returned to Colby, I have never seen it look so beautiful. The grounds crew must have really worked hard, and the results showed! Two of the dorms, Mary Low and one up next to the library, were being gutted and renovated, but progress was so good on Mary Low that they hoped to have it back in service this fall. Our class was headquartered in Foss and Woodman halls (you remember--the "new" women's dorms back in our days at Colby). The Foss dining room is beautiful and the food plentiful and delicious. We went on to enjoy all the usual reunion festivities: from campus tours to the Parade of Classes (in which '52 was the honored group), the lobster bake, seminars of all kinds and, of course, the Class of '52 parties and reunion dinner on Saturday night. It was wonderful to see old friends, some of whom joined us for the first time in 50 years. . . . This column would not be complete without thanking our outgoing officers, Norma Bergquist Garnett, Paul Aldrich and Barbara Bone Leavitt. They put in an amazing amount of time and effort in planning and arranging, along with the Alumni Office, for our good time. Now we'll have to look forward to next time. In the meantime, stay well and enjoy life!

--Janice "Sandy" Pearson Anderson

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Nelson Beveridge sent me some news he had collected while phoning for Colby a while ago. Paul Joseph retired in 1993; he worked for the government in the Office of Personnel Management, handling security investigation, staffing of specialists and veteran's affairs. He also provided grants 50/50 with the states to those who demonstrated personnel productivity and monitored state Civil Service functions to judge qualified individuals. Paul is now assisting at auctions at the GM plant in Framingham, Mass. He plans to see us at reunion. . . . Marcia Curtis has retired from a career in medicine. She cruised the Caribbean in February and planned to spend her summer at Waterville Valley, N.H. . . . Joe Bryant, who spent the winter in Myrtle Beach, still plays golf there and at the Brunswick Country Club in Maine. He has fully retired from teaching. . . . Peter Salmon lives in Watertown, N.Y., but spends his winters in Sun City Center in Florida. Pete's children recently surprised him on his 70th. He also attended the graduation of his cousin, Wynter Stinchfield '01. He says he will be with us for reunion. . . . Ray Ducharme's daughter Devon is a member of Colby's Class of '06. . . . Norman Hodgkins retired from his post as a government meteorologist at Logan International Airport. He now lives in Lovell, Maine, where Herb Adams '54 is his neighbor . . . I will close with a real "fish story." Ted Lallier has wanted to fish the Mirimachi River in New Brunswick for many years, and he finally got his chance in May. He and his wife's cousin, Fred, stayed at Pete Perry's lodge for five days. He says they had three full days of fishing. I quote: "It rained, had hail, it blew and blew, it got hot, clouded over, and then the fish didn't want to bite for a while. The temperature was 27 to 30 degrees in the a.m., then roughly in the upper 40s during the day. But in those three days Fred and I pulled into the boat about 12 fish. The smallest fish I took was a 12-inch brook trout. Then the salmon we fished for were anywhere from 24 to 42 inches long and weighing at least 16 to 27 lbs. One brook trout, weighing about 7 lbs. and about 15 inches in length, looked like a ceramic piece of art. Just to let you know this is not an ordinary fish story, we had pictures taken of each fish caught for all you non-believers. It was a great trip. Pete and I look forward to seeing everyone at the 50th reunion." Ted would like us to call him (at 978-388-9500) to help with reunion and suggest some ideas to pass on to the administration. To update Ted's family news, he says that his oldest son, Ed, is working for the Bloomberg Co. (of Michael Bloomberg fame) and is living in San Francisco. His youngest son, Matt, is a junior at Union College and will be going to law school and then will join Ted's law office, where his wife, Erna, is his paralegal and only office help now. The new addition to his family is a golden retriever puppy, Wally. Ted says, "See you in June 2003."

Barbara Easterbrooks Mailey

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Georgia "Gig" Roy Eustis writes that she is a R.E.L.I.E.F./Hospice nurse, now living in Sunrise, Fla. She says that her constant companion for 16 years has been a sleek black cat named Fiona MacLaren, after the heroine of "Brigadoon." Gig has had two new lens implants and two total hip replacements, so she regards herself as a Bionic Woman. She feels so good now that she tells us to keep our eyes peeled for this Silver Flash at the Winter Olympics in 2006. She has attended most all of the class reunions, where she finds it wonderful to see former classmates, catch up on their news and remember Colby days together. . . . Ed and I moved in March. My new address appears in the list of correspondents near this column. We now live next door to one daughter and a mile from two others. Unfortunately, our son doesn't seem inclined to move from Los Angeles. The move, after 43 years in the same house, was a nightmare, and the whereabouts of some essential items remains a mystery. Otherwise, we love the new house and the location.

Helen Cross Stabler

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