Marion Daye O'Donnell McKinney taught seventh and eighth grade English after completing her master's in teaching at Columbia University in 1929 and was a physical education teacher at the high school level. Her enthusiasm for sports led to coaching girls' basketball and, during World War II, to coaching both girls' and boys' tennis teams. She's a big fan of the Connecticut Huskies women's team. She came back to Colby for her 45th reunion and enjoyed reconnecting with former classmates at that reunion, but her fondest memories are of the old campus and the buildings enclosed by the Kennebec River and the railroad tracks. . . . Alice Paul Allen's son sent a note to her friends in the Class of 1929. She moved to the United Methodist Health Care Center in East Providence, R.I., several months ago. She's doing pretty well, able to get around with a walker and, for longer distances, a wheel chair. Her spirits are pretty good, and occasionally she gets out when the residents take a van trip to some interesting place. She would love to hear from classmates and friends. Her address is 30 Alexander Street, East Providence, RI 02914. . . . In January The Kennebec Journal featured Howard Libby '33, Burnham, Maine's oldest citizen. As the paper reports, "attitude is everything." Libby is "an optimist" who enjoys life along with his wife of 67 years, Meda. They have three children, eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. . . . Margaret Higgins Williams '38 comes back to campus and participates in the summer Alumni College program. She finds this year's topic,Islam and the West, to be very timely. She lost her husband in 1998 but is adjusting to being just "one" quite well thanks to family and friends. She has two wonderful sons and four grandsons. She lives in a beautiful place on the New Meadows River, an inlet of Casco Bay.
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