Fall 2012 Issue - Colby-Sawyer College

In the past 10 years there have been
5 new great-grandchildren.
Claudia (Clara) Lisai Wylie ’49
together with Carol “Shoe”
Shoemaker Marck and
Chuck in June. The Marcks
attended the christening
of the new nuclear aircraft
carrier, USS George H.W.
Bush (CVN-77). One of
their grandkids, Jonathan,
has been accepted at West
Point and was to start his
training this summer. As
for me, Mase and I finally
put our house on the
market. We’ve been toying
with the idea of moving
to Oak Hammock, a CCR
with a U of FL connection.
Those of you who have
already done this all know
what it’s like to decide
what to do with all the
stuff you collect after 50
to 60 years of marriage!
1949
Elizabeth Reynolds
Matthews
5 Wildflower Lane
Bedminster, NJ 07921
(908) 234-9033
elimtth@aol.com
It’s been a pleasure receiving
your notes, and your
immediate response to my
appeal was appreciated.
Margot Hageman Smith
offered to type your news
before it was sent to Colby,
so she shall be known as
co-class correspondent.
Many thanks for your contribution,
Margot. From
Sally Woodbury Handy
in Lyme, CT, we hear that
5 fabulous daughters
surprised her and Parker
with a wonderful 60th
anniversary celebration.
Sally’s many diversions
include a Bible study
and book group, as well
as discovery of the Met
in HD. Age has slowed
this pair down, so there’s
been no quail hunting, an
activity much anticipated
for the past 25 years;
however, they’re both in
good shape. Julie Hamm
McDowell has curtailed
traveling due to some
health challenges. She’s
talking periodically with
Jane Coulson MacDonald,
who has news of Nita
Michelini White, Betty
“Pepper” See Hill and
Sarah Shove Edwards’s
husband Bud. Sadly, 2 others,
Fran Comey Reid and
Sarah, who were in this
group, have passed on.
Julie’s summers are spent
in the Finger Lakes area
but Bonita Springs, FL, is
where she serves on the
board of her condo association,
participates in book
study groups, does regular
walking and volunteers
for her church. Reunions
are seldom since children
are scattered in Seattle,
Chicago and Boston and
her grandchildren chose
the west coast and NYC.
Pauline “Pommie” Dunn
Lanata and Jean Bryant
Meyer combine varied
activities. Both are members
of the Westwood,
MA, Women’s and Garden
Clubs, where they cochair
several committees.
They take advantage of a
Council on Aging as well
as an exercise program.
Jean visits frequently with
Priscilla Allen Walton, and
Pommie keeps in touch
by phone with Raemah
Gooley Williams and Mary
Ann Hamilton. Each
Christmas, Pommie
eagerly awaits a family
portrait of close to 25
members from Sally
Jenkins Kimball, who looks
great. Perhaps Sally will
send one to the alumni
office for our publication.
Jean’s 4 children and 11
grands live within driving
distance. Pommie’s 3
children are also nearby,
and husband Bob’s offspring
are scattered over
the states. She thrives
on babysitting her 2
1/2-year-old great-granddaughter.
Jean Monroe
Hanna has combined
the warm climate of
Jupiter, FL, condo living
and the beautiful summer
days in Chatham, Cape
Cod. Occasionally she sees
Sally Jenkins Kimball in
nearby Harwich. Jean has
2 daughters residing in
CT. Jean’s husband, Harry,
passed on very suddenly
in 2003. When Annabelle
Gates Broderick retired
in 1994, she relocated
to Marco Island, FL, for
8 months, then escaped
the heat at a lake in CT,
but now FL has become
permanent. Though
most family members
are in New England,
Annabelle and Bill have
2 daughters residing in
FL, plus 15 grandchildren
and 6 great-grandchildren.
She’s a dedicated
painter whose surface
of choice is gourds, and is
a member of the Naples
Decorative Artists Society.
Pat Hammond, a writer,
created a New England
aviation magazine called
Flying Yankee. She retired
6 years ago as a reporter
for The NH Union Leader
after 25 years of covering
politics and government.
Now, reading, her dog
and sunrises over the
mountains east of Orford,
NH, fill her days. A note
from Hope Cushman
Cisneros’s husband of 17
years informs us she is
unable to correspond because
she’s an Alzheimer
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