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community in Mystic, CT. Nancy
still enjoys reading. Virginia
Parsons Breuer from Newington,
CT, says all is well with the
Bruers and their brood. Ginny
still enjoys live theatre at the
Bushnell in Hartford and singing.
When I spoke with Mollie Miller
Tanner, she was leaving soon for
her holiday jaunt to her daughter’s
in Long Island, and then
was going to FL to spend some
time with her brother. I’m doing
well now but I’m not as fast as
I used to be. As Gene Autry
used to say, “I’m back in the
saddle again, back when a
friend is a friend...”
Please See In Fond Memory
1947
Nancy Nutter Snow
79 Greystone Circle
Post Office Box 485
New London, NH 03257
Phone: (603) 526-6287
e-mail: snowng@tds.net
Grace Green Williams
102 Main Street
Post Office Box 316
New London, NH 03257
Phone: (603) 526-6463
Please See In Fond Memory
1948
Phyllis “Les” Harty Wells
6305 SW, 37th Way
Gainesville, FL 32608-5104
Phone and fax: (352) 376-8475
e-mail: lesmase@bellsouth.net
Nancy “Hob” Hobkirk Pierson
says she spends most summers in
VT. She hadn’t painted in a while
so was looking forward to doing
that as well as seeing her VT
daughter, Sally. Because of
today’s economy, she was concerned
about her 2 grandchildren
who would graduate from college
in June. Another grandson who
graduated from Hamilton in ’07
flirted with law school but has
found he loves being an organic
gardener in Nantucket, MA.
Another is “unsettled” and is living
in VT. Hob loves her volunteer
counseling job; she says it’s
great to know she can’t be fired.
The Piersons spent a week in
New Orleans with a work group
organized by their church. This
was their first visit and they were
Jean “Jeje” Harding Pierce ’47 and
Julie Loeffell Hughes ’47 enjoyed
some time together in Boca Grande,
Fla., in April.
looking forward to exploring and
enjoying this quaint city in their
free time. Jean Klaubert Friend
was surprised to see a picture in
the latest CSC Alumni Magazine
of Jane Maynard Gibson and
herself when they had their
mini-reunion at the Friends’
home in Pinehurst, NC. I had
written about Jean introducing
Sybil Adams Moffat to her husband
Paul at Lake George, NY,
and Jean was reminiscing about
the fun she had in those many
summers that she spent there.
Jane Maynard Gibson thought
that making CSC a coed school
was a wonderful thing and loved
reading about the weddings of 3
recent sets of classmates. The
Gibsons enjoy the time in Ponte
Vedra on their golf course whenever
FL’s monsoon season takes a
break. Husband Jack was doing
his best to avoid a knee replacement,
as content retirees don’t
have time for lengthy repair jobs.
Jane says her golf is pretty good,
up to a point. The Gibsons play
duplicate bridge. When I told
Jane that I had just had news
from Janet Kenerson Andrews
and Barbara-Jane Smith
Thompson, Jane said she often
sat next to Janet since our
class sat alphabetically for many
things. I believe BJ (or Beej) was
in Shepherd dorm like Jane. Jane
remarked that after all these
years, she could still “hear” BJ’s
voice. Janet Kenerson Andrews
moved to the east side of
Cincinnati in 2002 and reverted
to the name of her deceased first
husband so she would have the
same name as her sons and 6 of
her grandchildren. Jan still plays
a lot of golf. After 2 cancers and
a stroke she feels the Lord has
finally blessed her with pretty
good health. She was in Ft.
Worth, TX, in July for a granddaughter’s
wedding. In Aug., she
flew back to Ft. Worth to attend
her grandson’s wedding. Another
grandson, who lives in
Cincinnati near Jan, got engaged
to be married next June. One of
Jan’s TX granddaughters moved
in with her for 3 years while she
got her master’s in architecture at
U of C. She graduated last year
and is happily employed in
Cincinnati. Jan’s kids gave her a
big 80 th birthday party in Sept.
She kept in touch with her 2
roommates but, sadly, both have
passed away. Bridge, golf, her
grandkids’ weddings, and volunteer
work cover Jan’s activities.
She was interested to find that a
fellow she dated in HS moved to
New London with his wife when
he retired. Beej Smith
Thompson spent Feb. in Vero
Beach, FL, and was surprised to
meet so many people also from
New London. In Mar., she flew
to Santiago, Chile, to visit her
grandson who lives there. She
returned to FL’s Sanibel Island
until Apr. when she went home
to NJ to get her garden ready to
show for a breast cancer benefit.
Beej is a bridge fanatic and ran
into Carol “Weissy”
Weissenborn Smith when
Rumson, NJ, played Bay Head,
NJ, in a duplicate bridge match
in May. I really must apologize to
Shirley “Shirt” Peer Burns ’47.
In the last Alumni Magazine, I
made an assumption that the
man in the photo with Virginia
“Ginny” Orr Welsh and Bob was
a gentlemen friend of Shirt’s.
Seems he was also visiting the
Welshes but was actually the
widower of Shirt and Ginny’s
deceased classmate, Virginia
“Gino” Brock Kenworthy ’47.
Katherine “Kay” Heinrich Clark
was on her way to Algonquin
Park, Canada, where she and her
brother go up early every year to
open the family place. Charlotte
“Charlie” Hopkins Canha and
her husband John went on a
great Elderhostel Trip to
Williamsburg last Christmas.
Charlie made another trip to SD
on her own. She said Mt.
Rushmore was on her “Bucket
List,” but not on John’s. She
added that if any of us hadn’t
seen that movie, “The Bucket
List,” we should make a point to
see it. Both Canhas are “fine and
dandy” and were looking forward
to a trip to Cape Cod because
their eldest grandson, Mark, was
sent by his Berkeley, CA, school
to Brewster, MA, to play baseball
this past summer. He joined the
Cape Cod Baseball League and
plays right field for the Brewster
Whitecaps. Their CA granddaughter,
Chelsea, graduated
from high school this year and
will be going to CSSD in San
Diego on a rowing scholarship.
The Canhas’ youngest grandson
will be a sophomore at
Bellermine Prep school in San
Jose, CA. Their 6-year-old boygirl
twin grandkids bring them
lots of joy. Carol “Shoe”
Shoemaker Marck and Chuck
drove to their vacation home in
Snowmass, CO, at the end of
June with their two dogs. They
met their daughter, Christy
Marck MacCormack ’82, and
her family in Snowmass. Shoe
was sorry to have missed seeing
Cornelia “Nini” Hawthorne
Maytag but managed to stop and
have coffee with Emy Lu Simson
Croke as they drove through
Empire, CO. While in town,
daughter Christy, her husband
Michael, and their 3 children
kept the Marcks happily busy.
Colby-Sawyer may be coming
to an area near you!
Visit www.colby-sawyer.edu/
alumni/events for a complete
list of upcoming alumni events.
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