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of Neil’s class. “Daughter Nancy
and husband Bob joined us,”
Jean writes. “There was a memorial
service for those who had
joined the ‘Long Grey Line.’ We
returned home to news that our
6th great grandchild was born:
Lilly Keitly, in IN.” Jean is considering
a trip to San Francisco
with the CA group to visit the
King Tut’s exhibit and is still
working on health issues.
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Editor’s Note: Special thanks to
Penny Losey Bole, who is stepping
down as your class correspondent
after serving faithfully since 2004.
This is Penny’s final column.
Ann Tilton Carpenter still plays
tennis, golf and a lot of bridge.
She hoped to show her youngest
granddaughter Colby-Sawyer this
past summer when they were
at their camp on Lake Sunapee.
Shirley Tunison Eustis writes,
“It delights me when I meet an
interesting woman and find that
she went to Colby; we have that
extra tie: a painter, a rescue dog
trainer, a top golfer, a Sun Valley
ski instructor, a med tech. Does
the school attract diversity, or
create it? My son, Mark, is a GPS
specialist and does Homeland
Security work in DC. He is married
and lives 8 miles from me.
My daughter Pam is an events
manager for museums and international
companies, is married,
and lives in NYC with Bob and
son Ben, age 5. I do volunteer
work in the archives of the
Air and Space Museum in DC.
Over the years I’ve arranged art
exchanges for museums internationally,
worked with galleries
and managed an art school. Trips
to all parts of our world have
been great and one of the best
is the biannual CSC President’s
Alumni Advisory Council—
truly energizing!” Louise Fiacre
Krauss has lived in Vero Beach,
FL, for 25 years. Her 60-year-old
son has come to live with her
and is a great help. Lou has 9½
great-grandchildren (6 girls, 3
boys ages 1-10) who all live in
Austin, TX, or NM. Lou went to
one of her daughters’ wedding in
NM. She said she still plays golf
twice a week (but very poorly!)
Lila Latham Touhey summered
at her home on Lake Champlain
for the 65th year. Her quiet
town still has an art gallery, the
famous ice cream store, a post
office and several gift shops. She
has many friends at her retirement
home in Slingerlands. At
the bottom of the card where it
asks “Recently Moved?” Myrtle
Furbush Mansfield of Alfred,
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ME, replied, “No, and as long as
I can drive, I’ll stay right here!”
She is well after a bout with
colon and breast cancer, and had
a daughter in FL married in Oct.
to a minister from the United
Church of Christ. Myrtle planned
to attend the Moose Festival
in Colebrook, NH, at the end
of Aug. Jane Titus George has
been a professional real estate
broker for the last 30 years and
is a docent at the Philadelphia
Zoo, where she gives tours for
school groups, seniors and the
general public. She spends 12
hours a week at a major grocery
store in the area where she is the
“banana guru” and sets up fantastic
displays. From CA comes
news from Connie Brailey
Ackroyd, who has been helping
friends move from one area of
San Diego to another. She writes,
“Life is much better when we’re
busy, but my body doesn’t want
to move as fast as usual.” She
has 2 granddaughters in DC and
Seattle, and her children are in
HI, VT and CA. Shirley Merz
Bryant lives in Bermuda Run,
NC, 9 months of the year and
in Hague-on-Lake George for 3
months. In the fall she watches
her grandson, Ryan Taylor, play
football for the University of NC.
“One of my accomplishments
this year was winning the Davie
County Croquet Championship
for 85 and over,” she says.
“The last weekend of Sept. I
went to Raleigh to compete in
the state games.” Mary Percy
Vaughan from Columbus, GA,
has grandchildren and children
in Seattle, Palo Alto, Los Angeles,
NYC, Milwaukee, Brookline and
Canada. She invites all who
might be in Columbus, GA, to
stop by and visit her pet-friendly
home. Neither she nor her hubby
drive anymore, but have access
to a chauffeur service. Jane
Cooper Fall of Rochester, NH, is
busy playing golf, volunteering
and trying to remove the clutter
that has accumulated for 65
years. Elizabeth Marden Hyde
had no special news to relate, but
thanked me for being the scribe
for our class for the past 5 years.
Barbara Philliips Mello has
unfortunately spent some time in
the hospital and nursing home
getting rid of an infection in her
leg, and she has had other painful
difficulties with arthritis and
scoliosis. Barbara is in the church
Louise Fiacre Krauss ’44 and Shirley
Merz Bryant ’44 on Hutchinson
Island in Stuart, Fla.
choir in Fall River and also has
the joy of being a great-grandmother
again, which will make
this 9 great-grands! As of May,
Barbara has moved to an assisted
living facility called Bay View. CA
alum Janet Peters Gardiner says
she and her husband Dick live a
simple life. She doesn’t play golf
anymore, but Dick plays several
times a week—and for that she
is envious! Ann Norton Merrill
attended her son’s surprise 60th
birthday in Atlanta. Her daughter
Antoinette Curtis Ledzian ’66
of CT has published a children’s
book. Her daughter Debbie still
lives in Greece, but planned to
visit in Aug. Ann attended the
wedding of her godson at Squam
Lake. Ann’s husband is 96 and
she writes that he is doing great.
They have 4 great-grandchildren.
Cynthia Alexander Carlson
adds a bit of humor to her message,
saying, “I guess there aren’t
very many of us left above the
sod!” She may be right, for this
time around I haven’t heard from
as many of you as in the past.
Cynthia feels most fortunate that
she and her husband have all
of their knees, hips and brains!
She found out 11 years ago that
she has Crohn’s disease, and her
hubby has macular degeneration.
She still enjoys driving and has
managed to keep their homes
in FL for wintertime and WI for
spring and summer. While in WI,
she gardens—in a chair—bossing
a couple of kids around.
Jessie “Jay” Fyfe Armstrong of
Chatham, NJ, writes that bridge
is still on her agenda. Although
she now is on oxygen, she still
dines out and enjoys her 3 children
and 8 grandchildren. Mary
Jane Niedner Mason, who has
moved into a semi-retirement
village in CT called Arbor Rose,
lost her 3 husbands but is now
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