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happy going to our club, playing bridge,
etc., and my chief delight are the grandchildren
and great-grandchildren. You may
remember I was the first great-grandmother
in our class, but by now I suppose others
have joined me. We have added a little
great-granddaughter, Melissa, age 14 mo.
Michael is now almost 5."
Winifred Woodman Curtis, MD. }
St.
Mark's Ave., Stony Brook: "Still doing fulltime
g.p. medical practice, and still love it,
in spite of husband, three married children,
and 11 grandchildren. Hobbies too numerous
to complete; interests, all outdoors. Activities,
trying to do too much in too short
a time!"
Frances Jansen Card (Mrs. Wendell T.),
Center St., Sylvania, Pa.: "We still live in
our tiny town of Sylvania. Our only daughter
lives on the ancestral farm with her husband,
a math teacher at Mansfield State
College, three children, 135 head of sheep,
and two ponies. My husband operates a
furniture hospital where he is kept busy repairing
and restoring antiques."
Amy L. Tooker, 116 Riverside Dr., Riverhead:
"President—Suffolk County TB &
Public Health Assn.; board of directors—
N.Y. State TB & PH Assn. In pursuit of my
husband's hobby of photography, we have
traveled quite a bit. Last year we were in
the Middle East; this last February toured
up and down South America, and this coming
year plan to go to the South Pacific,
New Zealand, and Australia. Two of our
children are in Riverhead. Bob is in the law
firm with his father; Peggy is busy with a
new baby. Betty teaches anthropology at
Temple U. There are six grandchildren. I
am certainly looking forward to Reunion
and seeing you all again."
June Deming Mills, 2009 Arbor Lane,
Mound, Minn.: "I live alone by beautiful
Lake Minnetonka, since I retired from
teaching. My hobbies are grandchildren,
bowling, and flower gardening. Looking forward
to June '67."
Mary Guernsey Satterlee, 61 Quarry
Dock Rd., Niantic, Conn.: "No unusual
news about me. I flew to Europe in Sept. on
BOAC for three weeks. I spent AV2 months
in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and the rest of
my time in Niantic, Conn. This year I'm
spending on leaks in my roofs, etc., etc., ad
infinitum. Just repair bills will keep me
home. Come see me."
Alice Brewster Porter, 1 Furman PL, Delmar:
"Active in community work. Past pres.
of the Delmar Progress Club (women's club
of 300 members). Past pres. Cornell
Women's Club of Albany and the Delmar
Camera Club. Member of AAUW and N.Y.
State Retired Teachers Assn., served 10
years as state historian of the Fed. of
Women's Clubs, serving as the first woman
elder of the Delmar Presbyterian Church.
My husband George passed away Dec. 5,
1965 after 13 years of invalidism from a
cerebral hemorrhage. Photography has been
my hobby for about eight years, with some
degree of success. I received a grand prize
in five annual local newspaper photo contests.
These winners were chosen for the
national competition and each received a
certificate of merit. They were on exhibition
in the National Geographic Bldg. in Washington,
D.C. I do all my own developing
and enlarging of black and white. My second
hobby is travel. I have made two recent
trips to the Hawaiian Islands and developed
a travelog—"Aloha Hawaii." This slide lecture
has been given free to 20 organizations
in my community and still going
strong. I have one daughter, Alice Angie,
and two grandsons."
Elizabeth Abbuhl Boardman (Mrs. Don
A.), RD 3, Taberg: "About 1957, got into
some substitute teaching. Liked it so well
that in 1960 (age 64), I started a teaching
career. Got an MS in education at Oswego
Recent Bequests
• Bequests for January totaled $135,-
919.80, of which $31,075 came from the
estate of Larry E. Gubb '16; $1,000
from the estate of Louise S. McDowell
'07; and $26,500 from the estate of William
A. Robinson '06.
February bequests totaled $439,072.44,
of which $10,000 came from the estate
of Katharine Etz '17 and $225,000 from
the estate of May H. Salinger.
Balances in both months came from
estates previously announced.
and taught until last June (six yrs.). Now retired,
I dabble with a little painting (oils)
and enjoy my 20 grandchildren, to say
nothing of other children when I do a little
substituting in the Rome schools. Teach an
adult s.s. class and garden a bit."
Hazel I. Stokoe, 659 Quaker Rd., Scottsville:
"I am interested in reading, vegetable
gardening, candy making, and cooking. My
brother, William '13, my three sisters, Edith
'20, Evelyn, and Mrs. William Rice, and I
live on a farm which has been in the family
for 150 years. I have been financial
secretary of the Union Presbyterian Church,
Scottsville for the past five years. I have
seven nieces and nephews, and 20 grandnieces
and grand-nephews."
Pearl Warn Hovey, 7 Park St., Newark
Valley: "Church interests; wife of a Methodist
minister for over 35 years. Mother of
four children: Mrs. Joyce Engelke, '41;
George A. '49; Mrs. Betty Richards, Schaeffer
College, Cleveland, Ohio '45; Mrs. Evelyn
Richards, Oberlin, Ohio '55; grandmother,
to seven, five boys—two girls. Husband,
Rev. Luke W. Hovey, passed away in
1956."
Beatrice Duryea Vanderschoot (widow of
Rudolph), 9 Asbury Ct., Binghamton: "Real
estate broker. Lineage societies: DAR,
Daughters of American Colonists, Daughters
of Founders & Patriots, Hugenot Society,
Magna Charta Dames, Sovereign
Colonial Society, Americans of Royal Descent.
Cornell Women's Club, Pan-Hellenic
of Southern N.Y., KΔ Alumnae Assn.,
Who's Who in the East, Who's Who of
American Women, Who's Who in Commerce
& Industry, Dictionary of International
Biography. One daughter, Leatrice
McClernan (Mrs. Ralph), Palos Verdes Peninsula,
Calif., three grandchildren: Gary,
15, Danny 13, Lorraine, 9.
Elizabeth Rowlee Lobdell (Mrs. A. T.),
1210 Peach St., Lincoln, Neb.: "Family—
eldest daughter, librarian; son in San Antonio;
youngest daughter in Lincoln. Eight
grandchildren, one great-granddaughter.
Aside from my family, my only hobby is
weaving."
Mabel Baldwin Erskine (Mrs. A. M), 308
W. Vance St., Wilson, N.C.: "We have just
moved back East from Berkeley, Calif. On
Jan. 28 I fell and broke my pelvis and have
been in the Wilson Hospital. A trip to
Florida had to be called off, but I am able
to get around with a 'walker.' One of our
sons lives outside of Pittsburgh and the
other in Charleston, S.C. Wilson is on Rt.
301, so why don't you stop off here sometime?
Best wishes to all."
Come join us at the 50th. We're looking
forward to the greatest Golden Gathering
ever!
'18
Men: Stanley N. Shaw
12143 Callado Rd.
San Diego, Calif. 92128
Credit to the classmate writing the longest,
most newsy letter goes this month to
"Spud" (Robert F.) Phillips, 2929 E. Hartford
Ave., Milwaukee, Wis. Writing regretfully
of my having moved so far from my
old haunts, Spud notes that he has lived in
Milwaukee for 44 years and cannot imagine
living anywhere else unless health made
it absolutely necessary. Spud, like me, was
born and raised in Colorado but reports no
ties there since 1943. Yet he has an older
brother and sister living right here in the
San Diego area. Spud says he is feeling
great after six years of retirement, "loving it
more than ever. I spend about two days a
week trout fishing from May to September,
then hunt ducks from October to December.
The rest of the time I plow snow, do garden
jobs, try my hand in the workshop, or help
raise money for the Cornell Fund." There
are only two other Eighteeners in Spud's
general area—Ed Nickles in Manitowoc
and Tony Yon Wening in Milwaukee. Incidentally,
Ed Nickles himself writes that
"we retirees don't have much happening to
us that would make news, but I am certainly
looking forward to the 50th Reunion
next year." Ed lives at 519 N. 4th St.,
Manitowoc.
Paul L. Garver, 4911 Morella Ave.,
North Hollywood, Calif., likewise reports
"nothing to report other than I am still
around and keeping busy. Have switched
from engineering to the investment business
and having a good time at it. That and
various other civic activities don't leave
much time for leisure or travel, but I hope
to get to Ithaca in '68." Another far, far
westerner to be heard from recently is Bill
(W.W.G.) Moir, PO Box 2298, Honolulu,
Hawaii. Bill retired in 1959 and ever since
has been busier than ever in botanic gardens,
conservation work, orchid hybridization,
travel, lecturing, and writing, and just
cannot find enough time for it all. Some
time ago he broke his left leg at the hip
joint and now is "getting along with about
three pounds of steel in there," but it hasn't
slowed him down, apparently. He reports
getting to New York about three times a
year and "other places in between."
Harry Handwerger, 155 E. 47th St., New
York, is still going strong as a consulting
engineer; his firm is Handwerger & Caldwell,
of New York City. Dudley B. Hagerman,
Seawood Dr., Southhold, has recently
remarried and returned to Southhold, his
old home town. Ed (Edward C.) Knapp, 100
Court St., North Andover, Mass., writes
that he was interned for four days in Damascus
during a Syrian revolution and had
no communication of any kind with the
outside world during that period. "Tanks
and soldiers in numbers in the square in
front of our hotel. Finally, with the help of
the Danish consul, we got out to Lebanon."
Except for that incident, he reports a fine
two-month cruise in the Mediterranean.
Homer Neville, 33 Washington Ave.,
Amityville, says: "It's nice to be retired,
that is, if there is something to do. My wife
says I'm busier than when I was teaching.
We are at a farm in Hyndsville most of the
time from April through November. I have
a few insurance clients to take care of and
prospective farm buyers to guide among the
hills of Schoharie County. As superintendent
of the fruits and vegetables department
of the Long Island Fair, I must visit the
farmers and encourage their interest in
presenting exhibits. In addition, and to
make certain I have no idle moments, I
agreed to teach a 20-hour course in soils
and vegetable gardening to a Peace Corps
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