Woodstock School Alumni Magazine Vol CIV, 2011

56 - Quadrangle
Class of 56 at WOSA Reunion- Bruce Woolever, Margaret Shafer,
Jane Choulett & Steve Holm
of honey & continues to serve as Chair of
the MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission,
wife Ann continues as chief legal counsel in
the governor’s office. Son Jake graduated as
valedictorian from Helena HS & is off to CO
College. Daughter Tarn completed a MS in
plant sci at U MT & son Rolf continues work
with the Nat’l Marine Mammal lab out of
Seattle, but currently is in DC area for 2 yrs
with Sacha & Griffin (5). STEWART ROB-
INSON has reported on the extensive damage
& continual after-shocks of the
earthquake in Christchurch, NZ. Son Alan’s
wedding date soon after was still observed,
in spite of the many volunteer hrs they put
in at the Red Cross. GRANT SMITH works
as head of the all-volunteer Land Trust of the
E Panhandle of WV & also is organizing a
lifelong learning course on Afghanistan &
its Neighbors at Shepherd U. He & Renny
go to Washington once a week, where Renny
volunteers at the Smithsonian Center for
Folklife & GRANT retains a title at the
Central Asia Caucasus Inst. PRAMA SON-
DHI BHANDARI & Ranji attended the 30th
celebration of the Art of Living held in
Berlin in Jul at the Olympic Stadium. They
stayed in Europe meeting friends, then
headed for Chicago for a mo’s visit with
daughter Anuradhika & family, followed by
a stay with their son in NYC. DAVID ’50 &
SYNNØVE SVENDBERG MITCHELL had
to put on hold their yrly trip to PAK due to
SYNNØVE’s major back surgery. LYLE &
Clare THOBURN have been to Europe with
their church group Young at Heart. They
thoroughly enjoyed each of the 6 countries
they visited. Clare reported that LYLE took
special interest in the mechanics of windmills
& the roundhouse bridge crane running
on a curved runway at the
NC transportation museum.
RUTH THOBURN
OSBORN & Wayne celebrated
their 50th wedding
anniv last Dec. All children
attended with spouses &
companions, coming from
CA, OR & NY. The members
of the original wedding
party were also there,
Wayne’s brother the best
man & VERDA the bridesmaid.
Their children gave
them 50 gold presents! A
fantastic celebration. Our
class is grateful that IAN
WEEKS sent reports on
PAUL BOYTAR,
MOUCHE & themselves.
He also reported that JAC-
QUETH JAMES RILEY
’47 & LOUISE GAULT JOY ’51 were also
safe from the floods. ALENE WILSON
WYATT must never be home but when she
is, she enjoys reading, water aerobics, playing
bridge & Mah Jong. In Sep-Oct she took
a trip to Italy & Sicily with JHi friends. ANN
WORKMAN DWYER & Tom McKenna are
enjoying life in beautiful Stowe, VT. They
had a record snowfall last winter, then came
the floods of summer. Stowe was lucky,some
commuting staff who live in the mtns were
hit hard. Tom & JOANNE YODER HOLTZ-
INGER last yr went to Kenya & Tanzania on
a photo safari, saw fabulous wildlife. This
yr they are going to SE Asia,they will jouney
down the Irrawaddy River. Tom’s prizewinning
dahlias are known all over Goshen,
IN.—Verda
Class of 1956
JANE COLLINS CHOULETT is our most
faithful WOSA reunion attendee. She,
Midge, Bruce & Steve were our representatives
this yr. Midge & Byron Shafer stayed
with Jane in Nov. STEVE HOLM & Glenda
continue to be involved in family & community.
They attended the WOSA reunion
in Ft Collins where it was great to see many
old friends & classmates. HAZEL SELZER
KAHAN reports that the most transformative
thing she did this yr was to go back to
Lahore, the town of her birth. The last time
she was there, was in ’71 & she was 40 yrs
younger! Her travel blog is at www.hightidings.wordpress.com
& is recommended
reading. She is writing her life story as
well. MARGE BAKER KIEHL & Marvin
were in Scottsdale for 10 days with JOYCE
SHUMAKER SHAW, her daughter Diane
& Johnnie & Dianne Singh; had a wonderful
& nostalgic time together after about 54
yrs! Like being with good family. DIETER
BUTZ has recently reconnected. He now
lives in Pampelonne, France together with
wife Hedy. He is retired, spends a lot of his
time caring for Hedy who has recently lost
her eyesight & has become quite frail. He
is now contactable by email and welcomes
messages. BILL MCKELVEY recently
retired from UCLA & has some 20 papers
already started or planned that he needs to
write, not to mention editing 5-6 books on
Complexity Science for Routledge & then,
at some point to start on all the other books
he would like to write. DANIEL MITCH-
ELL & Margaret continue to witness to
their faith in their retirement community
in CA.TED MOSHER has moved into a
retirement community & is happy to be in
such a secure environment. He is traveling
less, though he did get to a family reunion
this summer. Health issues are part of his
life now as they appear to become for all
of us. BECKY SNYDER PETERS (W.J.) is
undergoing treatment for a brain tumor but in
good spirits. The treatment is a rigorous one
which involves travel to Duke U in NC. The
doctors are impressed with her good physical
condition, undoubtedly related to climbing
the hills all those yrs ago, not to mention
her professional abilities, genes & lifelong
care. TOM MANTON’s death saddened all
of us. His zeal for making the world a more
peaceful place will be missed. ELISABETH
TOYBERG PETTERSSON (Eric) had a
short-term infection control assignment in
Serbia this yr, working for a Danish engineering
company that specializes in hospital
waste management. We ran 15 workshops
all over the country, 40 nurses at a time,
which was most interesting & gratifying. Liz
contributed by giving lectures on injection
safety & hygiene, assisted local professionals
put together a nat’l guideline on injection
safety. She & Eric had a most interesting &
beautiful 3-wk trip through Estonia, Latvia
& Lithuania in Jun. These countries are
close to Denmark but not well known as
they were occupied by Russia, yet much
of their old history has been tied up with
Denmark & Sweden. TOM SCOVEL promised
Janene that when he retired, he would
write a book about his childhood in China
& their remarkable yr teaching there in ’79.
Although the book focuses on China, the WS
& India yrs helped Tom contextualize what
he experienced & witnessed within an Asian
framework & forced him, even as a boy, to
reflect on the contrasts between democracy
& dictatorship. Any WS alumni who are
book agents should feel free to contact Tom!
MARGARET LOEHLIN SHAFER & Byron