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her 56th high school reunion
in Winchester, MA, and hoped
to see Sandra Davis Carpenter
and Marjorie “Midge” Dexter
Ayars ’54 there too, as it was to
be a multi-class event. She then
planned to head back to FL from
ME shortly after Thanksgiving
for the winter. She adds that one
of her granddaughters is now a
freshman at the U of Redlands in
CA, while the oldest granddaughter
is taking a semester off. I’ve
heard from so few of you during
this past year—I hope it means
that you are all well and busy
doing all those things you’d put
off until you found the time to
do them.
1956
Nancy Hoyt Langbein
2 Appletree Drive
Brunswick, ME 04011
(207) 729-3879
e-mail: wlang@blazenetme.net
I write this on a beautiful summer
day in ME, thanking everyone
who sent me Christmas
cards with notes! Sally Marker
Hayward has a granddaughter
at the University of WY. Sal
is proud of her Pittsburgh pro
athletic teams...two of them
(Steelers and Penguins) did
exceptionally well in 2008. Judy
Tinsman White writes that she
did not have her knee replaced
last year as reported. She still has
all original parts! She had a bad
year with her dad passing away
(at 102) in 2007 and her brother
in 2008. Our sympathy to you,
Judy. Marcia Copenhaven
Barrere and Dick invite anyone
passing through Cocoa, FL, to
stop by their “enchanting village”
for a visit. They spent
a week at a timeshare in the
Camden, ME, area, where their
children joined them for a few
days. They continued up the
coast of ME to the easternmost
as well as the northeasternmost
points of the U.S. They also saw
the longest covered bridge in the
world! Betsy Ferguson Jump
left Manilos, NY, a few years ago
to get away from the snow and
cold but now she is in Dayton,
OH, where she loves her new
home but the winter weather
followed. She is near family,
so that compensates for the
cold and snow. Jane Marcelais
Childers was settling into their
new home last Christmas; they
moved from PA to Anthem, AZ.
Mary Gale Gilchrest loves her
new apartment on the water in
Southampton, NY. She is still
working. Barbara Brown Barrett
and Charlie had a wonderful visit
with friends in San Diego for the
annual Marine Embassy Guard
Association reunion. They saw
people they had not seen in 40
years! Their oldest son is a medic
in the army reserves. Barbara
and Charlie have 3 sons. Sally
Maras Culbertson says there
were several gals from Shaker
Heights at CJC in our class. She
writes that Nancy Bryan Bentley
went on to Bucknell after CJC
and Joanne Faragher Weppner
is now in Boca Raton, FL. Sally’s
husband John is a retired college
professor and Sally’s 2 oldest
grandchildren are studying engineering
in college. She and John
have 11 grandchildren. Sally
misses Seattle, where they lived
for many years, but loves living
near family in Avon Lake, which
is close to Cleveland for Sal to
enjoy the world class museum
and orchestra. Sally’s first year
of retirement was great but she’s
now looking to get involved and
do some volunteering. Barbara
McIntire Haskins has retired as
a dog trainer but is now active
at the Enfield, CT, senior center,
line dancing and working out
at the fitness center. Barb also
volunteers in the kitchen for
special events. Joyce Caaron
Hall stopped a couple of times
last summer on the way home
to NJ from her NH summer
home. Barb also has had lunch
with Jane Campbell Engdahl
’57. The family still goes camping
in their motor home in the
summer. Nancy Morris Adams
sold her home in Canterbury,
NH, and now owns a smaller
home on the Contoocook River
in Boscowen, NH. She and her
friend Peter were in ME for the
summer, where Nancy taught
a yoga class to the lobster men!
Nancy still travels most of the
year to CO, MX, and FL, then
to ME each summer. Ed and I
(Nancy Hoyt Langbein) traveled
to Carmel, IN, this past winter
to celebrate our anniversary with
my sister Barbara Hoyt Baker
MT ’49 and her husband. We
visited the Indy 500 Speedway
and car museum, which was
excellent. Last Spring, Marsha
Smoller Winer and Nate were in
from CA for a family gathering in
MA. We met them in Kittery for
a delightful reunion and lunch.
Please send me your news!
Please See In Fond Memory
1957
Jill Booth Macdonell
1303 8th Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95818
(916) 446-3927
e-mail: jillphotoart@yahoo.com
Annette Gingras Hobbs writes
from her new address in Santa
Fe about her business, Great
Occasions International, a special
events planning and coordinating
company that’s been in
business since 1990. Sussanne
Schumann reports about a
fantastic sounding idea for an
art show: “In the beginning, 8
women friends committed to
meeting monthly for 7 months.
Each person brought a box to
our first meeting and passed it
to another group member. The
boxes were taken home by their
new keepers, who began the
process of altering them artistically.
At a monthly gathering the
process was discussed and each
box was passed to another group
member. The boxes evolved until
every box had been worked on
and blessed with every member’s
creativity. Each box traveled
with a journal and the process
was recorded month after
month. After 7 months, each
box was returned to its original
owner without her ever having
touched it.” Judy Abbe Madden
went to Puerto Vallarta and
stayed with a friend who teaches
English in a private school there.
Kim Yaksha Whiteley ’57 and Barbara Elser Boyer ’61.
She’s still working at a law firm
in downtown Denver, living
alone and loving it. “My garden
is in full bloom and so am I,” she
writes. It’s been a busy travel year
for Robin McDougal: She went
birding in Baja California in Jan.,
on a bike trip with VT Bicycle
Touring in Feb., to the Monte
Vista Crane Festival in CO in
March, and in June she was off to
Boston and Portland, ME. In Aug.
Robin planned a bike trip in MT,
another bike trip in Germany
in Sept., and a trip to Glacier
National Park, also in Sept. Kim
Yaksha Whiteley writes, “Seems
to me that more get-togethers
ought to be happening with different
groups in various parts of
the country. Anthony was relating
what the Dartmouth alums
do—not just one class but a cluster.”
What do others out there
think? Diane Shugrue Gallagher
was going to Madrid under the
auspices of Pueblo Ingles to teach
Spanish executives of American
companies how to speak business
English. “Challenging and
fun at the same time,” Diane
says. “I speak English all day,
then dance and twirl the night
away—in English still!” She then
planned to go to Cotswolds,
England, the Isle of Wright, and
back to London “to get into mischief.”
She adds that a member
of Colby-Sawyer’s Advancement
Office came to visit the Gotlieb
Archival Center and seemed to
enjoy the collections exhibited in
beautiful display cases. “If any of
my classmates would like to visit
Boston, give me a call and I will
gladly give you a tour,” Diane
says. Barbara Koontz Adams
writes, “I retired from my psychotherapy
practice in 2001, and
have had a total career change. I
am now a pastel artist, the presi-
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