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from Colby! Let’s make it a great
celebration. The college has a
very good list of lodgings for
the reunion, taking place during
Alumni Fall Festival, Sept. 30–
Oct 2. Please give them a call and
reserve early. Natalie Callahan
O’Laughlin still calls Athol, MA,
her home. She recently moved in
with one of her 5 children who
lives right in town. She comes
and goes as she pleases, which
makes it very convenient to
visit her other children and the
grandchildren. Jean Gillchrest
Simmons still lives in Westfield,
MA, and is retired from the
Westfield City Library. Both she
and husband Richard are enjoying
good health. Visiting her 2
children and 2 grandchildren is
always a pleasure. Shirleyann
Fuller St. Pierre has 11 children,
so her life has been very busy.
She and husband Leonard both
have a bit of arthritis, but all in
all life is good for Shirleyann.
Elsie Regan Bailey has 2 children
and 4 grandchildren. She
stays very busy in Bradford, NH,
where she and her family summered
for years.
Please See In Fond Memory
1947
Nancy Nutter Snow
79 Greystone Circle
Post Office Box 485
New London, NH 03257
Phone: (603) 526-6287
e-mail:
nancysnow79@comcast.net
Grace Green Williams
102 Main Street
Post Office Box 316
New London, NH 03257
Phone: (603) 526-6463
Thanks for your news! Hopefully,
many of us will make it to
Alumni Fall Festival and to our
Get involved with
your college!
There are plenty
of volunteer
opportunities.
Find out more at
www.colby-sawyer.edu/
alumni/volunteers
65th reunion in the fall of 2012.
Gail Casey Monk and Dorothy
“Pooh” Fitch Adamson really
gave it to us for our over-enthusiastic
request for news. Thanks,
you made us laugh. Virginia
“Gina” Schofield Mueller writes
that she is alive and doing well
at 82, but getting kinda creaky.
“I’ve been a widow for 15 years,”
she says. “Still in my home;
operating the Haute-Zat Art
Gallery and work part-time at the
Carlisle Arts Learning Center.”
Gloria Wallace Hartshorn and
Bill moved from their home of
47 years to a retirement apartment
on Signal Mountain, TN.
They’re enjoying everything
available: hiking trails, the lake
and friendly folks. Polly White
Phillips left NH 5 years ago for
Auburn, ME, and the Schooner
Estates, a great retirement community.
Her eyesight is limited;
she no longer drives but she
has family nearby. She is well,
content and busy. Cornella Fay
Rendell-Wilder is contemplating
a future home nearer family.
Marnie Kachel Lorish is in
Stuart, FL. She still plays golf (52
for 9), plays bridge 2–3 times
a week, and says to come visit
her in her condo. She is doing
well despite losing 3 husbands
and living with COPD. Her son
and daughter-in-law live in
Birmingham, MI, and have a cottage
on Lake Huron. Last spring
she had a fun 3 days in Sarasota
with Barbara “Punky” Hunt
Peirson. Martha Turner Klenk is
still working for Acorn Mfg. Her
oldest granddaughter received
her doctorate in physical therapy;
her youngest granddaughter
Kelsey is engaged and grandson
Ben is a typical 12-year-old! She
is still enjoying Curves. Eleanor
Murray Wiggins and Ben have
celebrated their 59th anniversary
and look forward to many
more! Elizabeth “Anne” Doele
Curran writes from Harwich,
MA, “I still live on Cape Cod, a
great place for gardening, golf
and swimming. This year I gave
up skiing after having a good
time in Steamboat, CO, and
Attitash, NH. The leg I broke
15 years ago finally told me
to quit. I am having fun being
retired…22 years’ worth. I have
4 daughters, 5 grandchildren
and 2 great-grands.” Another
class member in Stuart, FL, Jean
Ann Wiley Jarrett ’48 and her
grandson Conor plant a coconut
tree in the Belize rain forest.
Mellert Keating, writes, “Married
63 years, 3 children and 5 grandchildren:
4 boys and 1 girl. The
granddaughter is an artist with
a studio in NYC. We have traveled
to many places around
the world including cruises, in
particular one from Miami to
Vancouver through the Panama
Canal.” Shirley Holmes Dunlop
’46 has 10 grandchildren ages
3 to 36. Son Bill is the newly
elected executive director of the
NH Historical Society. Daughter
Ann’s son is getting his doctorate
at Stanford following a
year as a Fulbright Scholar in
Switzerland. Sad news of Anne
Grier Tourtellotte’s passing on
Dec. 30, 2010. Joan Watson
Krumm writes, “After graduation
from CJC, I graduated from
the U. of NC with a degree in
secretarial and liberal arts and
became a secretary in NYC. I
married Lloyd, my Dartmouth
blind date, and have 2 wonderful
sons, also Dartmouth, and 2
wonderful daughters-in-law and
a granddaughter. After living in
Franklin Lakes, NJ, we moved to
Eastman, NH, for 15 years. After
Lloyd died from a prescribed
dose of Risperdal, I moved to
Ocean Grove, NJ, to an assisted
living apartment that overlooks
a lake and the ocean. I am still
a secretary as a volunteer on the
residents’ council and manager
of a small gift shop.” Jean “Je-Je”
Harding Pierce sends news of
recently dining with friends and
happily meeting Ruth Richards
Lovingood-Finke ’52, who was
visiting Boca Grande, FL, over
Easter. Je-Je writes, “We had a
Fran Wannerstrom Clark ’48 at
Jameos del Agua on Lanzarote,
Canary Islands.
lovely time talking about the
‘old days’ at Colby Jr. College
and it was all great fun. Having
some friends in to watch the
Royal Nuptials tomorrow and
have the fresh orange juice and
champagne in the fridge chilling.
However, I have a 10 a.m.
appointment with a doctor and
an 11 a.m. appointment with
the physical therapist. Such is
life!” Thanks again for keeping in
touch and please don’t hesitate
to write any time!
Please See In Fond Memory
1948
Phyllis “Les” Harty Wells
6305 SW, 37th Way
Gainesville, FL 32608-5104
Phone and fax: (352) 376-847
e-mail: lesmase@bellsouth.net
Since Frances “Fran”
Wannerstrom Clark’s computer
had crashed, she sent along
wishes for a happy “Turkey Day”
using a library computer. She
replaced hers in time for her
Christmas news. She was still on
“cloud nine,” having recently
returned from an awesome Oct.
cruise with her two daughters.
They spent 4 days in London,
then cruised to Lisbon, Madeira,
the fascinating Canary Islands
and Vigo, Spain. Katherine
“Kay” Heinrich Clark is still
working on her “Bucket List”
activities. The best of the year
took place in Sept. at Letchworth
State Park, NY, where she and
a friend went up in a hot air
balloon, soaring over some
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