Woodstock School Alumni Magazine Vol CIV, 2011
Woodstock School Alumni Magazine Vol CIV, 2011
Woodstock School Alumni Magazine Vol CIV, 2011
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62 - Quadrangle<br />
that while it is nice to have the flexibility<br />
to stop any time to eat or sleep, there is a<br />
lot of work involved. The unit is not big<br />
enough to live in comfortably, but is too<br />
big to drive around places they want to see.<br />
Maybe a Plan B. He greatly enjoyed the<br />
WOSA reunion, getting reacquainted with<br />
Walt, Woody & Julie, hope we can all get<br />
together soon. WOODY TURNER practices<br />
law in Leesburg VA, but takes time<br />
with Trudy for children, grandchildren,<br />
travel & hiking. Enjoyed visiting with<br />
classmates & other alumni at the WOSA<br />
reunion & looking forward to next yr in<br />
Seattle. JOHN WILSON is working on<br />
his adventure-thriller novel, draft three.<br />
In spite of Mr. Swain, he was 67 before<br />
beginning to understand the concept of<br />
sentences, so has room for yrs of learning.<br />
He attend Linda’s Continuing Movement<br />
class - all 3 of them for 30 Thursday evenings<br />
– a lot of movies went unwatched.<br />
After 20 yrs of movement work, he has the<br />
best standing & walking posture & easiest<br />
movement since 5 yrs old. That’s cool.<br />
May peace & health be with you & with<br />
us all in the world. Definitely avoid reading<br />
the front page or watching the news.<br />
Definitely treasure your friends..—Julie<br />
Class of 1962<br />
After a yr of mending from Buddy’s 4-way<br />
bypass, Kathleen’s new aortic valve &<br />
Carol’s health issues, CAROL ALDRICH<br />
SANDLIN & Buddy celebrated life with a<br />
trip to Venice plus a 12-day Mediterranean<br />
cruise that included Croatia, Turkey &<br />
Greece. Although only at WS for Gr 12,<br />
CLAIRE BRAIBANTI HAROLD feels it<br />
was a memorable experience. After a long<br />
silence she surprised us with some news<br />
about her life. Claire is semi-retired from<br />
her interior design business & is loving being<br />
a grandmother to 7 who all live in the<br />
Durham NC area, not far from her. JOAN<br />
BROWNE BROOKS & Stuart together<br />
founded the Madison Savoyards theatre,<br />
a non-profit corp. They put on plays &<br />
musicals at the request of charitable org<br />
who reap the benefits of the production,<br />
minus costs. Joan is living with & caring<br />
for her mother whose short-term memory<br />
is getting shorter. MARGARET CLOUGH<br />
SWETNAM along with several cousins,<br />
including Judy, wife of BRUCE SELLARS<br />
’59, traveled to India late last yr to attend<br />
the centenary celebrations of the college<br />
founded by their grandparents. The Allahabad<br />
Agricultural Inst, now known as<br />
the Sam Higgenbottam Inst of Agriculture,<br />
Tech & Sci, gave them a royal welcome.<br />
DAVID EAKIN initiated our latest emailings<br />
on surgeries, therapies, new & improved<br />
body parts since we are not getting<br />
any younger. The conversation was getting<br />
a bit competitive. Dave continues his business<br />
plus he & Tess spend time keeping up<br />
their property which includes the garden, a<br />
pond, a meadow & great expanses of lawn.<br />
Visits from grandchildren & their parents<br />
have been welcome diversions. GARY<br />
EMBLEN attributes WS for his great career<br />
as a swimming coach with 42 yrs in<br />
aquatics & 26 of those coaching at Lewis<br />
& Clark College in Portland OR. He says<br />
he has retired, has dried out & is becoming<br />
wrinkled. He has urged his retired prof<br />
friends to look into teaching at WS. Gary<br />
has appreciated all the school & class news<br />
over the yrs - all stirring up great memories<br />
that he doesn’t dare divulge to the public!<br />
DOUGLAS ENSMINGER imagined<br />
spending his declining youth in leisure<br />
but finds himself busy preaching several<br />
Sun a mo in smaller congregations that<br />
cannot afford well-trained clergy. Doug &<br />
Linda are headed for a cruise to AK with<br />
daughter Megan & family. CHARLES<br />
GIBB was horrified at the Apr tornado<br />
destruction of nearby AL cities & thankful<br />
that his home is nestled just right in the<br />
hills to avoid much of the wind. Chuck &<br />
Diane have numerous trips planned, all<br />
involving opportunities to fly fish: Yellowstone,<br />
Jackson Hole & even, next spring,<br />
Spain. MARILYN GOOD SINGH enjoys<br />
painting scenes from the OR coast, This<br />
was reflected in the paintings she did for<br />
her exhibit as guest artist at the Apr solo<br />
show of daughter Melissa at the Tinman<br />
Gallery in Spokane WA. A painting she did<br />
of an oak grove was donated to the Green<br />
Belt Land Trust art auction. JILL GOOD-<br />
FRIEND continues with her grief counseling<br />
business specializing in bereaved<br />
“pet parents”. She visited daughter Alexa,<br />
husband & their 2 sons in HI & while there<br />
carried out her mother’s & brother’s last<br />
wishes by placing their ashes into the<br />
Pacific in a Hawaiian surfing ceremony.<br />
Although retired, CHARLOTTE HEATH<br />
FRASER does some social work consulting<br />
as she is still passionate about making<br />
sure kids in the system have the best lives<br />
they possibly can. She & husband moved<br />
back to OR where they can be near all<br />
the grandkids & great grands & family.<br />
CHARLES HORTON writes he has been<br />
retired 4 yrs yet has continued working.<br />
But now he has lined up travels with his<br />
wife to numerous places including Singapore,<br />
Kuala Lumpur, Beijing & Ulaan<br />
Baatar. After that, maybe South Africa &<br />
Namibia & the class 50th Ann trip to India.<br />
MARY MAE GINN has moved from<br />
her home in Cleveland to an apt in a great<br />
walking neighborhood in Lakewood OH.<br />
SUSAN HOSTETLER GUIPE attended<br />
the WOSA reunion in along with her siblings.<br />
As with other WS families, this has<br />
become a great time for a family reunion.<br />
DANIEL JANTZEN has been researching<br />
what really happened to the Central Asian<br />
explorer William Moorcroft & whether he<br />
spent 12 yrs in Tibet in the early 1800s.<br />
A related activity has been to assemble a<br />
digital library of books, journal & maps<br />
on the exploration of the Himalaya, Tibet<br />
& Central Asia. Dan keeps a car parked<br />
in Haridwar & makes several trips a yr<br />
to India, Nepal & the Himalaya for a mix<br />
of consulting & exploring. GEORGE<br />
MCBANE & Gail made a surprise appearance<br />
at the WOSA reunion. They<br />
have retired from their work in PAK but<br />
are planning to go to South America for<br />
a stint & then hopefully back to PAK. In<br />
the meantime George is recovering from<br />
shoulder surgery. Having been at KS State<br />
U since ’76 ARUNA NAYYAR MICHIE<br />
& Barry have set actual dates for retiring.<br />
Enough is enough, she says. DAVID<br />
SALMON & Christine took the Inland<br />
Passage cruise up to AK marveling at the<br />
beauty of the lush fjords & glaciers. After<br />
that trip David took his mother & sister to<br />
the tri-annual family reunion. After selling<br />
his business in Apr & retiring, DAVID<br />
SCHOONMAKER is now active on FWS<br />
& WS Boards, which includes visiting<br />
India 4 times a yr. He is also trying to take<br />
up golf. David & Eva visit their house<br />
in South Africa to break up the northern<br />
hemisphere winters. Sons Sean & Allen<br />
are in Oakland & Hong Kong, so family<br />
reunions are a challenge. At this time of<br />
her life VICKI SCOVEL HARRIS is appreciative<br />
of living in Small Town Midwest<br />
USA after living in distant parts of<br />
the world & several USA areas. With this<br />
setting in mind know that she, as Community<br />
Rel Assist of little ol’ Cameron Hosp<br />
in Angola IN, ended up being in charge<br />
of organizing Cameron Hosp’s 3rd yr’s<br />
entry into the town’s parade - Cameron’s<br />
Bedpan & Kazoo Band. SUE WARNER<br />
BIRKINSHAW sent to all Warner cousins<br />
bound copies of research on her paternal<br />
grandmother’s ancestry & descendants.<br />
This endeavor was sweetened by meeting<br />
& sharing information with distant living<br />
relatives. DOUGLAS WILKENS & Fran<br />
are brand new grandparents to Kristian<br />
August Wilkens, son of Joel & Sara. The<br />
babe arrived on the auspicious day of<br />
Indian Independence! The young family