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Shirley Wright Cantara ’54 and her family.
neighbor who had never been to
the Isabella Stewart Gardner
Museum. They admired the
Italian Courtyard, the beautiful
paintings of the old masters and
lovely tapestries. Joan wrote,
“Good to appreciate all this art
and how fortunate to have
learned so much at Colby.” Joan
and her sister, Anne Batchelor
De Grazia, treated Barbara
Knight Price ’55 MT and
Jo-Anne to a day at the Gardner
Museum and the Boston Fine
Arts Museum after CSC classes
were out for the summer. We
were pleased to be able to identify
paintings after participating in
the Art Appreciation class at
Colby. Helen McWalter Finan
wrote that grandchild #10 was
born June 1, 2009. She added,
“John Patrick Finan joins his sister,
Molly Lucia, age 2, and will
be leaving for Sri Lanka later in
the month.” Ann Rosenbach
Scott went on a month long
cruise in Nov. 2008, starting in
Rome, going down the
Mediterranean Sea, pressing on
to Africa and across the Atlantic
Ocean to Brazil, and finally coasting
into Ft. Lauderdale, FL. She
adds, “We have been in our new
house for over a year now and
finally finished decorating.” Ann
and her husband celebrated their
54 th wedding anniversary in Sept.
2009. Peg Lewis Moreland is
doing well living with her daughter
and her husband. She says it’s
a lovely household of three teenagers
(one granddaughter is now
attending college), one black Lab
and two friendly cats. “I have a
nice lady come in 3 days a week
for half a day, who has a car and
can take me out as I don’t drive
now,” she says. “Jody took me to
the Garden Club Antique Show
and Sale on the Green in New
London and COA had a big book
sale in the old school gym.” Jean
Cragin Ingweren sent a note
with a change of address, adding,
“The Ridge at Riverwood is a
place to enjoy other people over
cards, do watercolor painting,
make pottery, do aerobics and
Pilates, garden, etc. We have
movies, concerts, interesting discussions,
swimming, and a great
library. It reminds me of college,
as it’s very enriching. Come
visit.” Helen Johnson Sargent,
our ME resident, and husband
Dick Lindholm sent pictures
taken in 1953 and 2009. She
added a note that life is good
and they were looking forward to
attending the 55 th reunion. They
dated in high school, skied
together in college and married
in 2007. Joan O’Neil Ross had a
wonderful trip to London and
Paris in April 2009. She spends
her summers at Ipswich, the
town that’s famous for fried
clams in MA. Joan’s health
remains good. Barbara Dennett
Howard took a trip to Dallas,
TX, over the Memorial Day
weekend to attend the wedding
of Bob’s grandniece. “While we
were there we were able to visit
with former Simsbury neighbors
we hadn’t seen in 20 years,” she
says. “We visited the Dallas
Arboretum, which was absolutely
beautiful. We also went to
Dealey Plaza where President
Kennedy was shot.” Mail was
returned for Kathryn von
Brauchitsch Heidtke. Can anyone
help us with this? Harriet
Johnson Toadvine spends summers
on Cape Cod and returns
to FL for the winter. She writes,
“My husband and I had a most
interesting time in DC with
Nancy Sellers Mion ’55 and her
husband John at a Barbara Bush
Literary program.” She adds, “I
had minimally invasive open
heart surgery in May 2009. I am
progressing well, but slowly.”
Moving into the South, Betty
Bickel Foster in NC announced
that she and her husband celebrated
their 50 th wedding anniversary
with a trip to the great
Northwest and Alaska. Along the
way they visited their son who
lives in Seattle, WA, and a daughter
and son-in-law in Portland,
OR. Betty retired in 2008, but is
busier than ever. Shirley Wax
Baron and Bob of FL continue to
enjoy good health and an active
life on Key Biscayne. Shirley says
she is playing a lot of duplicate
bridge and writes, “My two sons
are well and grandchildren are
about the same age as we were
when we were all together at
Colby. Hard to believe!” Loved
this note from Ruth Levy
Schultz: “Met Bernard Arieff and
now we are living in sin, did not
marry—either one of us. Bernie’s
wife died and we met through a
mutual friend. Have been living
together ever since, first at
Hamlet and now at Boca Pointe.
We both play golf—I only play 3
times a week, but Bernie plays at
least 5 times a week.” After 16
years in Naples, FL, Barbara
Brown Bateman and her husband
made a move to The
Villages. “We wished we had
done it years ago,” she says. “We
have not met anyone here who
doesn’t like it. My husband Al
plays golf twice a week and once
or twice a week goes to a cribbage
game or pitch and poker
club. I continue with genealogy,
DAR and motor sports fan club,
and I golf when I can get it in.
This truly is ‘America’s Friendliest
Helen Johnson Sargent ’54 and
her husband, Dick Lindholm.
Home Town.’ A (blank due to a
number torn off the card) years
ago we celebrated our 50 th wedding
anniversary with our children
and their families on a 7
day cruise to Bermuda.” Emily
Spencer Breaugh lives in MI. She
writes, “Thanksgiving 2008, my
FL daughter treated my brother
and family, sister and us (16 in
all) to a Thanksgiving feast. On
our drive home to MI we visited
Lois Kaufmann Anderson and
her husband Dick in Pinehurst,
NC. It had been over 50 years yet
we recognized each other immediately—just
a few extra wrinkles.
Also in Nov., I became a
great-grandma for the second
time. A daughter, Michelle’s second
child, half sister to their
adopted son, was born. They
received custody of her in June
2009. Grandchild #5, a boy, married
in June 2009, so it was off to
FL for the week of the wedding.
Our next trip will be Branson,
MO, and Sedona, AZ, in Dec.
Until then, its tennis, painting
and Civil War activities.” Norma
Oksa Reeve and husband Gary
celebrated their 50 th wedding celebration.
She writes, “Our daughter
Wendy was married in June
2008 at the start of a Caribbean
cruise, and both families went
along for a weeklong celebration.
Laura, our other daughter,
launched her writing career as
her first book Peacekeeper (by
Laura E. Reeve) was published in
Dec. 2008.” Peacekeeper is a science
fiction story, and her second
book is due to be published
soon. Another CO resident,
Margot Thompson, wrote that
her and Anne Dwyer Milne’s
Helen Johnson Sargent ’54 and
Dick Lindholm on a ski date back
in 1953.
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