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New London occasionally. Their
two grandsons are graduating
from Bentley and Hamilton colleges
in 2010, and their granddaughter
will be graduating from
high school. Another grandson
and his wife have PhDs from
Yale, and both now work there.
Jane Grayson Slover and her
hubby George are both doing
well. They have downsized to a
one-story zero lot line home, and
don’t travel much now. They’ve
been taking grandchildren, one
at a time, on an Elderhostel trip
for grandparents and grandchildren.
In Aug. their youngest will
be rafting on the Colorado River
with Jane. She and George would
be delighted to have classmates
visit at their home in TX. Gloria
Demers Collins sees Priscilla
Johnson Greene occasionally
for lunch. They enjoy a great
friendship which includes talking
and emailing often. Gloria’s
hubby John maintains an email
group called the WARLORD
group with many heavy hitters
and well known folk. Their
granddaughter has her master’s
degree from George Washington
U, and their grandson is studying
in VA. Their son and his wife
live nearby; he has his PhD from
MIT, and she works for the rights
of abused children. Gloria has
been sidelined from her hospital
work and her exercise class this
year because of arthritis in her
right hip. Pete Peterson writes
that his wife Joan Van Iderstine
Peterson has been in a nursing
home for almost a year as result
of Alzheimer’s disease. She is in
fairly good health but lives in
her own world, quite contentedly.
Ann Bemis Day reports
that 2008 was a difficult year, yet
a year of joy and fulfillment. As
many of you know, her son Alan
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passed away on Feb. 6, 2008. He
had celebrated his 54th birthday
just a month before. Many gave
a donation in Alan’s name to
the Alan Day Barn Renovation at
Knoll Farm. It will still have the
feel of an old barn but will have
very modern systems, a composting
toilet and a wood-burning
Tarm that will efficiently heat
the barn and farmhouse on just
6 cords of wood taken from the
land annually. The idea is that
this project will significantly
decrease the ecological footprint
of Knoll Farm and also stand as
a model for all the visitors to the
farm who are interested in green
building and alternative energy.
Ann is happy to report that her
second grandchild, Jodi Ann, was
born in Brisbane, Australia on
Nov. 2nd . Nancy Hendrickson
Latham writes, “In mid-March,
Dick and I moved into a retirement
area. We have a lovely freestanding
house and when we
need to have something done we
just get on the phone and call.
What a treat! We had been in
our other house for 21 years so
the move was not what I would
call a ‘picnic.’ Our sons helped
and were very much in favor
of the move. We still plan to
spend the summer at our beach
house on Fire Island. A few days
before we moved, Ellie Morrison
Goldthwait ’51 came to see
us and spent the night nearby.
She looks just wonderful. I also
keep in touch with Carol Lynch
Hermance and E.J. Martin
Albergotti.” Carol Lynch
Hermance writes, “In June,
Ellie Morrison Goldthwait ’51
arranged a mini reunion in New
London. Susan Morrison Mayer,
Marjorie Hamilton Gorham,
Bobbie Hamilton Hopkins ’48,
Jean Holmes Duffett, Nancy
Frost Smith and Carol Lynch
Hermance met at the Sunapee
Country Club for lunch. In the
evening, Ellie had us for a gourmet
dinner at her lovely home
in New London. It was wonderful
to see everyone as well as to
see the changes at the college.”
Please keep the news coming.
We appreciate hearing from you
all. Hope we can be together on
the Hill for our 60th reunion in
2010! See you then
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I am sad to report that Harriet
Ward passed last Feb.; our condolences
to her family. Marilyn
Asbury Taylor writes that she
has moved to White Horse
Village, a retirement community.
Margaret “Shelley” Bindloss
White is still married to the same
man and has a girl and a boy
and 5 grandchildren. She lives
in Stonington, CT, in a condo
overlooking her grandfather’s
house. Joan Hapgood Johnson-
Wood is on her second husband;
she was a widow for 12 years and
has been married for 18 years.
She is living in a townhouse just
outside Ottawa. Fran Sawyer and
daughter visited them on the
island. Joan has 7 grandchildren
and says, “Life is great.” Lyn
Savely Fotheringham writes,
“Life with us is about the same.”
E.J. Martin Albergotti enjoys
living in a retirement home in
Charlotte, NC, just around the
corner from the Quail Hollow
Golf Tournament. They traveled
to Turkey last May. Beverly
Janson Mogensen is living in
Vera Beach, FL. Bev Cushman
Knudsen closed her business and
is now working on her home.
She plans to travel and says that
life is great. Margery Bugbee
Atherton writes that they
downsized last fall in Plymouth,
MA, and will continue to spend
time in FL. They spent a lovely
week in Bermuda. Lynn Healy
Nichols spent time cruising, seeing
China and the terra cotta
soldier and horse sculptures. She
spent last winter on Manasota
Key West. Ingrid Reichold
Wagner says she is enjoying
Tucson, AZ, in the winter and
Prouts Neck, ME, in the summer.
Janet Nordhouse Kennebeck
enjoys Austin, TX, and getting
to know all the doctors on a
first-name basis. She has 5 grandchildren.
Patricia Day still works
in the hospital and volunteers in
the thrift shop. Mary Elizabeth
“Mimi” Bentley Burton says all
is well in northern CA. Shirlie
“Sandie” Flanders English
is still in Savannah. They are
retired and went on a river cruise
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to Paris and Norway. Elly Jones
enjoys snow shoeing, hiking
and cross country skiing. Meta
“Sippy” Coane Spielman sold
their home in Naples and moved
to a retirement community
in Ft. Myers, and asks if there
is anyone in her vicinity. She
keeps busy with golf and bridge,
and thinks of NH often. Barbra
Alpaugh Bull writes that they
travel as much as possible. Last
year it was the Iberian Peninsula,
Mexico and skiing in VT.
Patricia Odell Caprio has been a
widow for 15 years. She is blessed
with 6 children and 11 grandchildren.
She lives in TX with
3 of her children. Anna-Rose
Harrison Hadley lives in Naples
in the winter and in Boulder,
CO, from May to Nov. Margaret
Nevers lives in Houston and has
4 granddaughters. They are all
well. Fran Black Rosborough
says she has a pretty uneventful
life, but she did have a wonderful
trip to Ireland two years ago. Her
grandson had brain surgery and
has been cancer free for 6 years
now. Wonderful, Fran! Cornelia
Vaughan Tuttle writes, “I’m
always envious of friends who
have mini reunions all over the
east coast for their colleges and
boarding school graduates. Why
doesn’t Colby –Sawyer ever do
this? There are tons of graduates
all over VT and Cape Cod.
I never hear of any smaller gettogethers.
I am semi-retired, and
sold my business to Sotheby’s.
Travel a lot to Africa, twice to the
Galapagos and Amazon Jungle.
Barge to Alaska, and to Danube
by boat. I am still skiing – a
lot for 2 new knees.” Barbara
Mandelstam De Paolo divorced
in 1974 and remarried in 1976,
has 4 stepchildren, and retired in
1994 from the Comprehensive
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