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show Dachshunds.” Joan Giglio
Ash writes, “I retired from
Memorial Hospital 8 years ago
and now volunteer at Potter
Burns Elementary School as a
teacher assistant in the kindergarten
class. Son Jeffrey is a pilot
for Virgin American and lives in
San Francisco. Grandson Jeffrey
is 14 and will be going to high
school. Daughter Jacqueline is
principal at Slater Junior High
School in Pawtucket. Daughter
Jennifer is the manager of library
services at a law firm in NY. I had
the opportunity to spend time
in China when my son flew for
Shenzhen Airlines. My daughters
and I enjoy traveling, be it by
ship or plane, and will be spending
time with my son in San
Francisco.” Judy Dexter Hoag
just returned from a wonderful
10-day trip to the Galapagos
Islands in Ecuador, a life-long
dream. She also celebrated her
71st birthday in Feb. Bruce and
I, Marsha Halpin Johnson,
just returned from a wonderful
3-week trip to Vietnam and
Cambodia. Thank you to those
who responded to my plea for
news. Please continue sending
me updates, and, if any of you
have e-mails that you would like
to share, please forward.
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Patricia Canby Colhoun
1122 Burnettown Place
The Villages, FL 32162
e-mail: pccolhoun@gmail.com
Charlotte Heyl McLaughlin
spent time in Quito, Ecuador,
with her son Geordie and his
family. They go annually. Her
other son, Jamie, and his wife
live in Pasadena, CA, where he
has a new show: “Bucket and
Skinner’s Epic Adventures.”
Charlotte’s daughter and family
live near her in Princeton, NJ.
Charlotte has 2 grandchildren
who are juniors now looking at
colleges. Sally Stevens Johnson
Rood had a lot of exercise in
“God’s gym” with all the snow
they had this past winter. The
indoor activity is racquetball.
Summer means tennis and golf,
when not mowing. She loves
to garden. Sally enjoys being
near enough to see her kids
and their kids, plus their brothers
and her mother. Sue Barto
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Monks writes that Bill continues
to improve— he has been off
chemo but will be undergoing 2
surgeries beginning in late Mar.
Their next travel plans are for
early Sept., when they will take a
cruise from St. Petersburg, Russia,
to Copenhagen, Denmark, with
friends they met on another
cruise. Sue’s daughter, Sandy,
remarried so she has another
granddaughter, Genevieve, but
they live in CO, so visits are
few. Sue reported that Sue’s
Sugar House is in operation on
campus and has been producing
Colby-Sawyer maple syrup.
Judy Provandie Johnson is
great about keeping in touch
with her roommate Carol
“Sherm” Sherman House,
Claire Lippincott Flowers,
Carol Whittemore Todd and
Ann “Meri” Skeels Nielsen.
They all take a trip together
every few years to reconnect.
Judy has retired from the library
of the Belgrade (ME) Central
Elementary School, where she
worked for 25 years. She is still
very involved in the Friends
of the Belgrade Public Library
as president. Judy’s daughter
Cindy and her family live about
2 miles from her so she is able
to enjoy her grandson Kevin
on the varsity soccer team and
the lacrosse team. The younger
grandson, Ryan, is in 5th grade
and is involved in basketball,
soccer and baseball. Judy’s son
Dean and his family live in NJ
and their daughter is very active
as a sophomore on the varsity
softball team. Debbie Twombly
lives in the Northern CA Sierra
Foothills with her partner of 33
years, and she has a business as a
grant writer and contract evaluator
working with non-profits,
counties, social service agencies,
school districts, etc. Debbie travels
often to New England to see
her mother in Exeter, NH, her
brother in Newburyport, MA,
and a granddaughter in ME.
She has 2 sons pushing 50 and
3 granddaughters, 24, 26 and
28 years old. Debby wonders
if anyone has heard from her
roommate Judy “Wolfie” Wolf
’59. She would appreciate any
updates. Barb Swanson Smith
reported that Ellen Cook Barnes’
husband, Gene, passed away this
past fall. Our sincere condolences
to Ellen and her family. Barb
and Lyman enjoyed the 50th
and we appreciated their help.
Marcia Goodale MacDonald
spent 6 weeks in Sanibel, FL, and
returned to Saratoga Springs, NY,
in time for 20 inches of snow
and single digit temps. “Goodie”
had knee replacement surgery
on Apr. 4. Marcia reports that
Toni Davis Randall had retina
surgery and was doing well, but
had to spend many weeks on her
stomach, which was most difficult
with her braces. Roberta
Newton Brown writes that this
was a BIG year with her 70th
birthday and that she received
her undergraduate degree from
Harvard Extension School. For
the 20 years that she worked at
the Business School, she took
a course a semester. She took
part in the Harvard commencement
and celebrated with her 3
children, 6 grandchildren, family
and friends. Now that she is
retired she is on her condo association
board and parish committee.
Bea Rasmussen Talbot wrote
for the 1st time in 50 years! After
CJC she married Joe Talbot, who
went to New England College.
They lived in Roanoke, VA,
for 1 year and then Joe took a
job with the State of VT as a
civil engineer in the Dept. of
Transportation. Bea and Joe lived
in St. Johnsbury and had 4 children:
Jacqueline, Debbie, Jeff and
Dan. Then after 20 years they
went to Bennington, VT, where
Joe was the administrator for the
Highway Transportation Dept.
Bea worked as a social worker
for the Dept. of Labor, State of
VT, both in St. Johnsbury and
Bennington. Joe died in 2002,
just after he retired. Bea worked
until 2005 and then retired.
Today she does a lot of volunteer
work with the Lions Club, runs
an exercise group and a walking
group, and volunteers at a
free health clinic. Bea visits her
children and grandchildren who
live around VT, but one lives in
CO. Bea and her dog love to hike
in the VT woods. She loves to
garden and travel, which takes
her to Jamaica and Mexico during
the winters and to AK often
in the summers. She also spent
10 days in Puerto Avenduras. I,
Patty Canby Colhoun, spent
a week in Paris over Christmas
with my daughter, Ann Dushane.
My son, CB Dushane, came for
a short visit in late Jan. I drove
to Philadelphia in Apr. for 5 days
and plan to spend 3 months
back in Boothbay, ME, for the
summer. I am busy with golf, my
therapy dog, Charlie, and my
other dog, McKinley, serve as a
rep to the Villages Homeowners
Assoc., and work the RDOG2
group. I still am hooking a 5 x 8
foot dining room rug, gardening
and volunteering when in ME. It
was wonderful to hear from some
long lost classmates.
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1961
Susan Olney Datthyn
56 Pressey Court
New London, NH 03257
(603) 526-2283
e-mail:
susanolneydatthyn@hotmail.com
My husband, Verne, and I are
pleased to announce the birth
of our granddaughter Elizabeth
Olney Sylvester on 11/13/10 to
our daughter Susan Datthyn
Sylvester ’00 and her husband,
George Sylvester ’00. Colby-
Sawyer, the Alumni Office and
your reunion committee look
forward to seeing you at our 50th
from Sept.30–Oct. 2. Hopefully
we’ll have a good turnout for this
special occasion.
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