Woodstock School Alumni Magazine Vol CIV, 2011

private school named after her mother. She
is overjoyed about youngest son’s marriage
in Jul in Sacramento, still walking 5 miles
a day & babysitting grandkids. LINDSAY
FISKE HOFFMANN is enjoying grandson
Ben. She & Dana drove across the country to
a family reunion on Cape Cod, visiting relatives
on the way & back. Then, in late Aug
they went out on their boat, Yeta, for several
wks, sailing N to the Broughtons islands nr
the N end of Vancouver Island on the inside.
MAUDIE BROOKSHIER DAVIS & John
flew to Honolulu & Maui HI & Boston. the
first of the yr. Having been a VA County Republican
chairman for 5 yrs & a Presidential
Inaugural chairman 4 times, she is ready to
pass the baton in Dec. They are planning
more trips to Europe, India & possibly a
world cruise while John’s health is stable. Her
Mom will reach 90 in ’12. FOLKER PFEN-
NIG has enjoyed receiving the Quadrangle
& the Brown & Gold, after having been out
of touch for many yrs, but reconnecting at
the ’10 WOSA/NA gathering. He is now
planning a visit to Istanbul. GAIL PILLEY
HARRIS made a sentimental journey back
to WS last yr with ROBERT’s group, for the
1st time since ’57, also enjoyed some of the
other exotic places, like Khajuraho, Orchha &
Ramthambore. She made a delightful visit to
HELEN ARNOTT ’60 in frozen Edmonton,
explored Banff Nat’l Park with her. In Jun,
she was in Borneo as the Commencement
speaker at Methodist Pilley Institute in Sibu.
This visit included an overnight stay at Damai
resort on the S China Sea & a quick
look at some orangutans at Semenggoh
Wildlife Preserve in Kuching. A
great yr! JERRY WEAVER led the
Sunday services at the WOSA/NA
reunion this yr. He continues to work
pretty much full time - though with
a lot of flexibility to do things with
children & grandchildren. Cathy
is volunteering with 4 different
non-profits. ROBERT BONHAM
helped inaugurate the new Clayton
Center for the Arts on the Maryville
College campus, played a Chopin
& Schumann recital, celebrating
their 200th birthdays, taught at the
10th annual Keyboard Wellness
Seminar in Denton, TX, organized
& led a Visit to Exotic India trip.
Participants included classmates
PHILIP MCELDOWNEY, GAIL
PILLEY HARRIS & Lyn & ALICE
SOKOLOVE CLAGUE. A trip to
visit sacred sites in India is being
planned for ’12. JANE MILLER
POWELL is retired, spends a lot of
time in her vegetable garden, goes
walking & sometimes visits Switzerland to
look after her grandson. PHILIP MCELD-
OWNEY joined the Class of 60 at WS for
their 50th reunion & then went on ROBERT’s
Exotic India 4-wk tour with 9 others including
a wk in a Rishikesh ashram, seeing a
tiger at Ranthambore Park. He again joined
ROBERT & other class members (WILLIE
was the Chair of the reunion comm & MC,
KATHY helped with registration, JERRY
lead the service as VANCE GEORGE (S)
conducted the choir, LI dropped by) for
the Ft Collins reunion in Jul. He continues
to enjoy gardening, photography, music
& added an IPad2 so he can facetime
with others on the Internet. LIZ FOSTER
performed with her Australian choir, The
Grassroots Union Choir, at the birthplace
of the trade union movement in Tolpuddle
UK. BONNIE MCGRAW has been serving
as an interim pastor at the Fountain City IN
United Methodist Church, but is now in the
process of moving to the Sacramento CA
area, to be near her daughter & family. The
most important event for BARBARA JUDY
BOWES was the birth of her 1st grandchild,
Grayling Elizabeth, with 3 trips to Boston to
be with her since her birth in Feb. The longest
trip was to travel with brother JERRY ’58
& wife Alice to the Amazon, Machu Picchu
& the Galapagos. WINNIE KNOX FILES
keeps busy with family & grandkids, still
enjoy curling, camping & travel. In May, we
are hosting a river cruise on the Elbe River,
Germany. GIL OSGOOD continues to work
Robert Bonham, Alice Clague, Gail Harris and Philip McEldowney at the Taj, Nov 9, 2010
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on the remodeling of the bldg to which his
church will be moving. He has enjoyed learning
to use various power tools that were not
available when he took Industrial Arts class
at WS! KIRAN MEHRA & Celeste live in
Inyokern, located in the high desert region
of CA on the Eastern side of the S Sierra
Mtns for over 21 yrs & have grown to love
the desert. He is still a practicing architect.
The rest of the time is spent on farm projects
& some writing that has been going on for
yrs. Celeste stopped working as a registered
nurse & now spends her time running our
farm, breeding pure bred Lipizzaner horses
for the last 5 yrs. Check out kcrlipizzaners.
com Our youngest GITA ’08 is now going to
UC Santa Cruz. DAVID MANTON is doing
okay. He has to use a walker these days because
of the disequilibrium from Parkinson’s.
Unfortunately, he still falls & gets bruised up
from time to time, but no major injuries. His
vision isn’t great either, but he reads large
print books & enjoys going out for the local
jazz gigs & our Sat afternoon trips for brunch
& the library. LI CHU is not sure where the
past yr has gone. Last Apr found her in quite
a cool & wet Mussoorie & the cool weather
has also manifested itself in her vegetable
garden. Tomatoes finally started ripening
towards the end of Aug, but the discovery of
another fertilizer has helped to balance the
soil for much improved yields. The heavy
Spring rains have resulted in large yields on
the fruit trees – will be trying to dry persimmons
this yr!—Li