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CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Diane Scrafton Ferreira
Pihanakalani Ranch
P.O. Box 249
Pa' Auilo, Hawaii 96776
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The '61 alum question for our next column: who is pursuing a second or third career? Just let me know via fax 808-775-1479, leave a message on my cell (808) 987-1204, or e-mail Colby (see sidebar)! . . . The Reverend Iris Mahoney Burnell is the new pastor of the Edgecomb, Maine, Congregational Church. Iris and her husband, Davis, live in New Harbor--and the pastoral ministry is the second career for Iris, who taught and was a guidance counselor in Maine schools for 20 years. After graduating from Colby, Iris received degrees from the University of Maine and Bangor Theological Seminary. In addition to serving churches in Alstead, N.H., Oxford-Mechanic Falls, South Bristol and Hampden, Iris serves as chairperson of the commission for spiritual life of the Maine Conference of the United Church of Christ. . . . You may recall one of the major activities of our 40th reunion was Bill "Hoody" Hood's after-dinner auction, when Bob Burke bid on and won a "Hawaiian Dream Vacation." Bob, his wife, Donna, and son, Michael, arrived at Pihanakalani Ranch in late June following a golf vacation on Maui, greeted by your correspondent's 20 summer students chanting a traditional Hawaiian welcome. The Burkes' arrival coincided with the students' "Hawaiian Ranch" field trip--a day in the country with "cowpoke chili and rice" and plenty of "talk story" with the Burkes (see Web site for photos). The highlight of the Burke and Ferreira summers, the Big Island package included visits to active Volcano National Park and ancient Waipio Valley, lots of relaxing with horses, cattle, wild turkeys, twin goats--Pete and Repeat--and seven friendly cats. After dinner at Diane and John's favorite restaurant, Daniel Thiebaut's, we agreed that the best thing about the reunion auction had been the incredible opportunity for yet another Colby bond! Although "Scraf" remembered Bob from sideline cheerleading and coffee shared in the Spa, we re-discovered mutual interests, a sense of humor about life's ironies and a passion for enjoying the best life has to offer! The "grand finale" was a gala dinner at one of the Big Island's premier restaurants, where Chef Peter Merriman specially prepared Pacific-Asian dishes accompanied by compatible wines. Bob, Donna and Mike really enjoyed their personalized view of Hawaii--what a great way to donate to Colby. Let's have another auction in 2006! . . . Always happy to hear your comments and news.
--Diane Scrafton Ferreira
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CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Patricia Farnham Russell
16 Sunset Avenue
Hampden, ME 04444-1617
207-942-6953
Nancy MacKenzie Keating
49 Sycamore Station
Decatur, Georgia 30030-2757
404-370-0422
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| Fall with its beautiful colors, cooler nights and sunny days brings fond Colby memories: Homecoming, Parents Weekends, football games, big-name groups like Lionel Hampton and The Highwaymen, semi-formals, Alka Seltzer brunches, cancelled Saturday classes, the serenading of newly pinned sweethearts, frat parties and panty raids. I'm sure each of you can add to the list. . . . Heartfelt thanks go to Nancy MacKenzie Keating for offering to help with this column. I hope this will mean hearing about and from some different classmates. Reunion and follow-up e-mails from many of you generated quite a bit of news. . . . Congratulations to Paul Hickey, who won his fifth Emmy for his set designs for As The World Turns. . . . Congratulations to Bill and Alice Webb on the birth of their first grandchild, Lorraine Webb, on July 3, 2002. . . . We missed Mary Vance and Pete Duggan at our reunion. I know that Pete had been in contact with Dave Thaxter, Ron Ryan, Rich Simkins, Gerry Tays, Bill Pye, Bruce Marshall, Tony Mainero, Graham Barkham and Richard Schmaltz, some of whom did make it! Pete included a nice response to the question of why he chose Colby so many years ago. "To benefit from a small liberal arts college in a healthy, fun location for sports and education. To be able to participate in many activities that would not have been possible for me at a large university." Thanks, Pete. I think that reflects the thoughts of many of us. . . . Gary Miles has retired from 35 years of teaching, 31 at UC-Santa Cruz. Peggy (Bone) is still working, enjoying teaching advanced ESL for the city and teaching writing and grammar courses at the university as well as prep courses for new TA's who are not native English speakers. Gary is working with a volunteer group that provides mentors and services for students who are orphans, wards of the court or foster children. Gary and Peggy swim every morning in the ocean. He works out regularly, doing ocean rowing and surfs. Their son, Britten, is a local (Santa Cruz) firefighter and hazardous materials specialist who also works as a lifeguard and trainer of lifeguards. Daughter Melanee has lived in France for 11 years, is married, works as a lifeguard and aerobics instructor and is the mother of a 16-month-old daughter, Chloe. Visits back and forth keep them all in touch. Both feel very fortunate and thank Colby for getting them off to a good start. . . . Barbie (Haines '63) and Bill Chase were preparing to leave Oct. 15 for a month-long trip to Nepal with Helping Hands Health Education. They were to spend part of their time in a remote village providing health care, then move on to the Anapurna base camp--a month of sleeping in a tent. Bill and Barbie have twice gone to Haiti with medical teams. They spent a week hiking and visiting in Switzerland this past June and spent two weeks on the Maine coast sailing, sunning and eating lobster. They do have a real life, though, with aging parents and a great aunt living close by in a retirement facility and three grandchildren who also live nearby. Bill, maybe you could do a lecture at Colby on your adventures with various health teams. . . . It was great to see John Chapman and his lovely wife, Allison, at the reunion. They live in the Brunswick, Maine, area, where Allison is a vocal music teacher. They are working on an old farmhouse that belonged to a 97-year-old uncle, and John says it is almost ready for Colby visitors. John has not lost his great Down East accent or his sense of humor! . . . Bill Pye retired for the second time after careers with the Air Force, Eastman Kodak and, most recently, as a VP with Prudential Financial. The Pyes relocated to Charlotte, N.C., near two of their three children and two grandchildren. They traveled in several European countries last year and Australia and New Zealand this spring. Bill enjoyed lunch with Ed Cragin and Graham Barkham recently and sees Pete Duggan, who lives in Charlotte. . . . Marcia Eck Brolli has retired and is beginning the delightful task of learning how to be a "person of leisure." (If you figure out the leisure part, Marcia, let the rest of us in on your secret. Some of us are still looking for it.) . . . She's now Brenda Wrobleski Elwell Gottschalk after she married a 48-year-old speed cyclist on Valentine's Day. They spent their honeymoon hiking in Glacier N.P. in July. Brenda's first book, The Single Parent Travel Handbook, was due to be published in October. It can be ordered through her Web site (www.singleparenttravel.net/). Brenda has created her own publishing company, GlobalBrenda Publishing, LLC. The Gottschalks are living in Secaucus, N.J., and want to know if any classmates live nearby. . . . Bruce Ferguson attended our 40th after an absence of 30-plus years. He is trying to figure out how to wind down from a career in manufacturing, which he has enjoyed. Bruce's son, James, is recently married and working in the film industry in L.A. . . . Sylvia and Alan Neigher live in Fairfield, Conn., where Al is still a media and entertainment lawyer. Sylvia teaches high school. Their daughter, Julie, graduated from Vanderbilt this spring, and son Jeremy is a sophomore at Colgate. . . . Patty Downs Berger has retired from medicine and is pursuing art, skating, sailing and working for a single-payer health system for Maine, Massachusetts and the U.S. . . . Rich Simkins thanks all for coming to our 40th. . . . We welcome Ellie Tomlinson as our new class president and hope to see everyone at our 45th in '07. I hope I haven't left out any important news items. I was busy gathering news during the reunion, but it gets hard to remember and/or decipher my scanty notes. Get the e-mails working --a great way to stay in touch.
--Nancy MacKenzie Keating >
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CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Karen Forslund Falb
245 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-864-4291
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Have you signed up for our 40th reunion, June 6-8? It should be a wonderful time to relax, see Maine and enjoy the campus and friends. Ann Bruno Hocking's invitation has been mailed, and I hope you have filled in the accompanying questionnaire to help reunion planners and old friends remain in touch. It's never too late to contact the Alumni Office or me to update your addresses. . . . Pen Williamson is looking forward to the reunion, and he'll try to "offer up some activities to see how well our knees, backs and other joints may work." Retired from the Hurricane Island Outward Bound in December 2000, Pen is busy fund raising, traveling (including Nepal last year), seeing Al Carville on the Sugarloaf ski slopes and rowing on the circuit with the Maine Rowing Association. . . . I have received the very sad news from Charles Stokes's family that Charles died of brain cancer at his home in Grass Valley, Calif., on September 8. In 1991 he moved with his wife, Rosemary, to northern California, where he created unique and beautiful wind sculptures. Charles is also remembered for being a master craftsman making custom wood furniture for his store, The Scandinavian Muse, in McLean, Va. The family also remembers his enjoyment of chess, hiking, kayaking, philosophy and nature. . . . Peter Ketchum's art was shown at the Norfolk, Conn., library in a September exhibit, "Dyed Blondes, Fat and the American Dream." Growing out of an interest in advertising and its history, his work, he says, reflects "the ideological influences in advertising that ultimately shaped, created or perpetuated societal attitudes." The exhibit is unusual for its Andy Warhol-reminiscent paintings and its use of different media and vibrant colors. Peter is also a businessman whose greeting cards are sold nationwide and in Australia. . . . Last March, David Hunt gave a speech, "Intelligence Systems: What We Need to Know in the War Against Terrorism" at the Mid-Maine Global Forum. Retired since 1995, he was formerly with the Central Intelligence Agency in its Operations Directorate and did field work in Italy, Vietnam, Somalia, Norway, France and New York City. For his 32 years in the CIA, he has received the Donovan Award for Excellence and the Agency's Distinguished Intelligence Medal. . . . Peter Archer has taken on the campaign directorship for United Way of Greater Attleboro-Taunton. In 2000, he left BankBoston, where he was a senior investment advisor in international banking and where he managed BankBoston offices in South American countries. Since then he has earned a certificate in financial planning at Boston University. He and his wife, Helen, live in Medfield, Mass. . . . Tom Thomas received the Bucks County, Pa., Lifetime Achievement Business Award for his Thomas Travel Service, which this year celebrates its 25th year of operation. He was honored for being a deeply valued and active member of the Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce. During these 25 years his company has provided generous support for many community projects, donating trips for charity auctions, offering offices and phone lines for nonprofit fund raising and serving on many boards and committees. His company grew from one office in Doylestown in 1977 to include multiple agencies in Montgomeryville and Lambertville today. . . . Another classmate honored this year is Patricia Ey Ingraham, who retired from 35 years of teaching AP English at Norwood (Mass.) High School. She received the Caring Hearts Award this past June from the Norwood High School PTA for her outstanding caring and devotion to her students. Pat lives in Medfield, Mass., with her husband, Jack. . . . Short e-mails from classmates include a note from Jean Elliott Thomason, who lives in Asheville, N.C. She has been retired for three years from teaching special education and has enjoyed a trip to New Zealand, lots of gardening, volunteering and visiting children and grandchildren. . . . Michael Sylvester writes that the highlight of the summer was the marriage of their daughter, Thayer. . . . Elizabeth Doe Norwat retired from teaching in May only to be needed for a long stint of substituting this fall. She is looking forward to a return trip to New England. . . . Anita Nourse Largent has recently taken up quilting, especially appliquéing quilts that have a manatee theme. She and her husband, Wayne, receive great satisfaction working with the guardian ad litem program helping abused children. The Largents have been enjoying traveling in the south this year, including a visit with Monte and Cindy Richmond Hopper in Florida. . . . And another note from Ceylon Barclay has the news of his recent marriage in Moscow to Irina Makarova, a professor of literature at the Upper Volga Institute, and both are eagerly waiting for visas from the State Department to return to the States.
--Karen Forslund Falb
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CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Sara Shaw Rhoades
76 Norton Road
Kittery, Maine 03904-5413
207-439-2620
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So we're all turning 60! Some of us have had big celebrations, and others have been discreet. Here are a few. Sue Sawyer McAlary: Just got back from a lovely sail in Penobscot Bay with Ellie Moran Regan, Nancy Green King, Lois Lyman, Peter and Gail Koch Cooper, Barb Mc Clarin Bing, Sandi Hayward Albertson-Shea and spouses. . . . Dick Larschan: Probably it's just as well there are enough '64ers from New York City who skipped eighth grade to assist more senior classmates. Cheers. . . . BJ Campbell: I ended up celebrating my 60th by organizing a first-ever Campbell Family Reunion in July. The connection with my 60th is that my birthday occurred mid-week. Not an intentional birthday celebration, just a happy accident of timing. With about an 18-month lead-time, we managed to get family here to Virginia from as far away as Alaska, Oregon and California. The theme of the week was "East Meets West" as my cousins had all been brought up on the West Coast and my sister and I on the East Coast. The twain had met, but rarely. We rented cottages at a regional park for a week and had a wonderful time. We had four generations, lots of conversations (serious and silly) and play--the usual golf and swimming and great silly play punching balloons at each other. . . . Barb Carr Howson: We will be reunioning with a few of my husband's Yale buddies and spouses who feel that turning 60 deserves a long weekend on the coast of Maine. Fine with me! As for me, I will turn 60 on Christmas Eve, which is far too busy and joyful a time to really let my age sink in, thank goodness. By that time, I will be one semester away from getting my master's degree with a new career in school counseling ahead of me, job hunting, the whole bit. That doesn't really tie in very well with thinking of myself as old, so I don't. Besides, most of my classmates are 20-somethings who keep me in fashion and on my toes! I thank God every day for the blessing of energy and health to pursue this post-childrearing goal. Did I tell you that we now have a second grandchild, a girl, seven weeks old? Happy Birthday everyone! . . . Joan Phillipps Thompson: Hey! I'm not due until next year. This is my reward for being the last one to get my driver's license, need a bra, etc. . . . George Shur: We have nothing special planned for my 60th in November. We'll probably go out for dinner or something. However, January is a different story. I'm retiring after 20 years as general counsel at Northern Illinois University. We'll remain based in DeKalb but hope to spend more time at our condo in Sarasota. I'll also continue to teach higher education law to graduate students in our College of Education and will remain involved in our community theater. We just finished Damn Yankees. I played Mr. Applegate, the devil. It figures that when the devil came to DeKalb he'd be a lawyer! We will also have more time for travel, including Sebago Lake and Maine. Our son, Aaron, just started medical school at the University of Washington. Rebecca, our daughter, having graduated from Miami University (Ohio) in May is in Chicago beginning a career in graphic design. Life is good, and I don't look a day over 59. Martha and I look forward to seeing you and everyone at our 40th, if not sooner. . . . Susan Woodward: I haven't particularly minded growing older--life keeps getting better and more interesting. I didn't much like the sound of the number 60, though, and can remember when I thought that was really old! However, by the time I finally got to the big day, I was used to the idea, and since I didn't notice any obvious changes it seemed to be an okay thing to be 60 years old. It did start me thinking about the changes I'd like to make for the next 60 years, however, so I made a list. I challenge you to do the same! . . . Bob Dyer: Turning 60 was just another birthday to all appearances on the outside, but on the inside it has made me think where I have been and do I have the drive still left to do something different. One of those would be to connect in some way with Native Americans who were looked upon in the early years as a lower level of life. As I have grown older, I have realized what misconceptions I had about a group of people who lived so in tune with nature. One advantage of gaining the 60th year is some of those senior discounts that I look forward to and sometimes hope I qualify for. It has also made me think about others, as best expressed in an e-mail I got recently called "Seize the Day." . . . Dottie Thompson Herrin: My elderly dad moved in with us recently. He will be 93 next month and has some type of dementia, which causes him to be very confused and sometimes very agitated and angry. Other than that I am still teaching reading but looking forward to retirement within the next couple of years. I enjoy my grandchildren, but they live in Fort Worth, Texas, so I don't see them often. I am active on the board of the New England Reading Association but will be giving up some of my other activities so that I can be home with my dad. . . . My own birthday celebration was a major event. My Kittery friends, a party-loving group if ever there was one, threw me a surprise Miss America Party. I got a gown and a crown and a sash and red roses, preceded by a mock talent contest. Since it was my birthday, I won! A happy 60th to all of you.
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