Commencement 2o11 - Friends' Central School

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ALUMNI/AE NEWS
Notes from Friends
Alumni/ae
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1934
Sarah Wallis Stevens writes, “My usual
plans to divide the year between Old
Saybrook, Conn., and Jensen Beach,
Fla., were frustrated last winter because
in early November I fell and broke
the femur of my right leg. Rehab and
a month in assisted living delayed my
move south until March, where I stayed
until May.” Her family is planning a
party in September to celebrate her 95th
birthday! “Six children, nine grandkids,
and five ‘greats’ should make it a
memorable affair,” she adds.
Reunion 2011 » Class of 1936
» Peg Harper and Henry Edmunds
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Reunion 2011 » Class of 1941
» Bill Carson
1943
Dorothy Coleman Dangerfield is
busy running her household, which
includes her husband, Ben, and her
granddaughter, who has two sons, ages
3 and 4. “It is a most interesting life
for us!” she writes. “We still do a bit
of traveling, and went to Costa Rica in
June. Ben and I allowed our son and his
wife to take the zip line without us.”
Charlie Russ is a docent at the Dallas
Arboretum and Botanical Garden in
Dallas, Texas, and has also given tours
of the antiques in the DeGolyer House
for the past 22 years. He is the treasurer
of the American Museum of Miniature
Arts, a non-profit museum, where he gives
illustrated talks on irises, colonial furniture,
and opera. Russ has lived in Dallas for 37
years and retired 1989 after working for
DuPont for 40 years. He has two children
and eight grandchildren. In his spare time,
he enjoys working in his garden.
1947
Brigitte Solmitz Alexander meets
Martha Schmidheiser DuBarry ’44
almost daily at the pool at Kendal-
Crosslands in Kennett Square. She
also sees Mollie Jones Kline ’51 and
Bill Ravdin ’46, who live there. “The
upbeat atmosphere and the mutual
respect remind me of Friends’ Central,”
she writes. “If you want to experience
once more the good sides of your high
school experience, come live in a Quaker
retirement community.”
1948
Jack Banks threw out the ceremonial
first pitch at a Florida Marlins game in
May, a result of his being the highest
bidder at an auction for the benefit of
the Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital