Commencement 2o11 - Friends' Central School

in Hollywood, Fla. He writes, “The last
time I threw a baseball was in 1946,
when I was centerfielder and third-string
pitcher for the FCS Varsity Baseball
team (who was Inter-Ac League cochampions)
… Unfortunately, my pitch
was low and inside. But glorious! Does
life begin at 81? This day it did.” Banks
currently resides in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
1950
Marlee Turner enjoyed a busy summer
season at her Northern Pines Bed and
Breakfast in Raymond, Maine. Her son
David works for Apple in Los Angeles;
Reunion 2011 » Class of 1946
» (From left) Elaine Eissler, Douglas Greenfield, Ellen Burr, Beverly Buck Brunker,
Alice Hess Crowell, Dorothy Schwab Weitthoff, Norm Hoffer, and Jack Katsanos
Reunion 2011 » Class of 1951
» (From left) Bill Bernard, David Ellis, and Lewis Creskoff
son Steven works for Turner Construction
in Dallas; and son John is an electrical
engineer in San Diego. She enjoys
swimming in Crescent Lake, Rotary
Club activities, playing bridge, attending
Portland Friends Meeting, and living each
day. “Come visit me!” she writes.
1951
Shirley Smith Earle often gets together
with some of her FCS classmates, who,
she writes, “always take time to sing the
praises of the Friends’ Central we know
and the significant part Quaker values
have played in our lives and still do, even
at 78. There’s a lot of laughter at these
gatherings, too, as we share memories
and stories of many years ago. As an
example, wasn’t our senior show a hoot?
In case people don’t remember it was our
adaptation of South Pacific. Jane and I
still remember the duet we sang to Miss
Bryant, our French teacher. As neither
of us was in the chorus, we’re sure the
audience was relieved to find it was a
blessedly short number.”
1953
Frank James and his wife, Dell,
celebrated their 50th wedding
anniversary in November 2010.
They moved to a condo in downtown
Winston-Salem, N.C., after 40 years
of living in two leafy residential
neighborhoods. They are enjoying
walking to restaurants, a movie theater
that specializes in independent films,
the theater, the arts district, and the
symphony. “At age 75, having a CVS
pharmacy right across the street and the
post office a block away are plusses as
well,” he writes. Their oldest daughter
lives in Center City, Philadelphia, and
their granddaughter, Keira, started her
freshman year at Swarthmore College in
the fall. She is the 14th member of the
James family to go to Swarthmore. “My
father, Paul M. James, M.D. ’25, was
the first and graduated in 1929. We are
proud of Keira and predict that she will
love the school, the only college to which
she applied,” he notes.
1954
Bob Jansen lives in Saline, Mich. He is
a retired pastor and still helps at his local
church.
1955
Toby Walters is currently serving as
Chairman of the Board of Directors
of Avow Hospice, the hospice that
serves Collier County, Fla. He has been
involved on the Board of the not-for-
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