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and five socializing. The ’57ers there were Turk, Hutch, Kosty, and Jiggs. A 50 th anniversary party given by their four children’s families honored Harland and Shirley Bragg of Sidney at the Rainbow Valley Farm they purchased in 1968 and ran until 1999. Harland still makes pickles and produces compost. They enjoy 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Richard Gay has facility in several foreign languages spoken in Europe and Asia. His knowledge of these languages led to a career in the CIA. He writes during the slow season at the Blue Hill bed and breakfast that he operates with his wife, Mardi Byers-Gay ’89, when he is not teaching or consulting. To read about his life in the CIA on the UMAA website, scroll over Get Informed, click Class Pages, and find the Class of ’57 page. Congratulations to Emily West, who once again has the ’57 scholarship award. She is the granddaughter of Hank and Carleen Stone Morton. The Atrium of Portland was the place where 32 of the ’57 girls and friends got together on August 25 th for an excellent buffet lunch, arranged by our hostess Margaretmary McCann ’66G and catered by the Atrium. As usual, Pat Wade Fraker handled the directions, list, and other aspects very capably. Mary L. Cook Abell, Pat Gill Chick ’55, Frances Rich Secord, and Doris White Smith ’58 arranged their trips to Maine to match the date and visit with Jane Barker, “B” Gwynn, Janet Malcolm Buck, Sandy Daley Denman ’58, Ginny Freeman ’58, Carole Thomas Fryover ’71G, Charlotte Bourret Hart, Claudie Halle Higgins, Jane Pomroy Jacobson ’58, Marilyn Pennell Johnson, Ann Dingwell Knowles, Connie Doe Leslie, Connie Atherton Martin ’60, Jean Partridge Mason ’56, Berta Wyer Morrill ’58, Kay Fletcher Mosher ’56, Jan Higgins Nolan, Dru Nesbit Pedro, Barbara Swann Pineau, Mary Lou Hughes Richardson, Carolyn Skolfield, Norma Smaha Truman ’54, Emily Smaha Delmonaco ’51, Lois Whitcomb, and Cyn Rockwell Wright ’58. Dorothy McCann ’52 came for a short visit. Your reunion committee: Lois Whitcomb, Pat Fraker, Ann Knowles, Barbara Pineau, Janet Nolan, Claudie Higgins, Mingie McCann, and Valerie Mitchell ’09, Chris Corro, and Dan Willett ’69, ’70G from the University, with Les Smith ’63, and I met July 7 at the Muddy Rudder and resolved the schedule you received in September. Fundraising is being handled through the Development Office and we aim to complete $55,000 in the class scholarship fund—we’re starting with about $34,000 so that ought to be a doable goal. Five percent of that amount is available for the use of students, with a preference to those with ’57 connections. Kindly remember to note your class year on any donation you make to the University. Please plan to arrive by Friday afternoon for the social time, class meeting, and “plated” dinner at the Black Bear Inn. Ann Knowles will chair the displays in the Allain Library at Buchanan Alumni House—let her know if you have found something interesting to share in your clearing and sorting. Barbara Coy Thaxter ’57 (far right) and her son-in-law Rich Vannozzi ’84, ’06G (far left), came to Orono this past April to watch Emily Vannozzi ’13 (center) play for UMaine’s club lacrosse team. Emily is Barbara’s granddaughter and Rich’s daughter. The three family members are standing in front of the bear skin coat, donated by Barbara, that is now on display in the Class of ’44 Bear’s Den. 1958 Jane Ledyard Lazo (Mrs. Leo M.) 49 Martin Street West Roxbury, MA 02132 lmlazo@juno.com Did you survive the rains, floods, tornados, hurricanes, tropical storms, drought, etc. that seemed to be plaguing our country this year? Hopefully you were as lucky as Leo and I. We had electricity, no floods—in or out—and just small branches in the yard. Gene (’85 Hon. L.L.D) and Judy Kittredge Carter ’59 celebrated their 50 th wedding anniversary with a renewal of their vows at the same church in which they were married. The recipient of the Charles F. Bragg Rotary Club of Bangor Leadership Award was Linwood E. Lufkin. The Bragg Award recognizes “continuous and exemplary leadership and service to the club and the community it serves.” Lin joined the Rotary in 1996, has been a Paul Harris Fellow since the late ’90s, and has served as president of the Club. Lin is known for his distinguished military career and his years with Cianbro and Nickerson & O’Day as a civil engineer. In 2010 he was inducted into the University’s Francis Crowe Society. Lin is also well known for the hours of volunteer service that he has given to Habitat for Humanity, the Camden Public Library, the Bangor Public Library, and many other nonprofit organizations. A note from Rosalie Chase Ober ’80G related that she and David were about to leave the state of Maine for a lovely home in Savannah, GA. Said they were hoping that a lot of time in the sun would give Dave the “exercise and good health” that he had been looking for the past five years. They left around the first of October and can be found at 2 Middleton Rd., Savannah, GA 31411. Rosalie extends an invitation to come see them. After last winter, it sounds like the thing to do. The Ladies Who Lunch on the fourth Friday in June met again this year at Cyn Rockwell Wright’s summer home in Round Pond. The meal, excellent as usual, was provided by the Anchor Inn. Twenty-eight of us gathered at Cyn’s at noon and proceeded to enjoy each other’s descriptions of what we’ve been doing for the past year. Coming from Bristol, CT, and picking me up on the way led to Patti Dessler Ewen being the classmate who traveled the longest distance to be there. Also coming from far, far away was Ginny Freeman’s sister, Brenda Freeman Kuich ’62, who was visiting for several weeks from Texas, and Tade Osier Cross ’60, who resides in North Carolina but had been visiting in Maine since early June. As usual, a good time was had by all. Patti Dessler Ewen dropped a note to say she spent the summer traveling. Beginning with our trip to Maine where we had a chance to catch up with Paul ’61 and Patti Hayes MacDonald at the Highlands in Topsham, she has been to London to see her daughter, Susan, and family, and spent a week on the Denmark coast joining her son-in-law’s Scottish family. Then she was visited by friends from Britain and they proceeded to travel through New Hampshire to Quebec, then on to Bar Harbor and down the coast back to Boston. Said it was “wonderful to share her state with people who were entranced by its beauty.” One stop made was the Botanical Gardens in Boothbay. The Gardens were dedicated in 2007 and are well worth a visit. Next on the list is a trip with friends to Niagara on Lake Ontario for the Shaw Festival, to see three plays in two days, and at the end of September she visited friends in New Hampshire. Then Patti says it’s a collapse on the couch to rest after a wonderful summer. A chat with Sandra Daley Denman tells me that the Mid Coast Maine Alumni Association (formerly called the Merrymeeting Alumni) has been rejuvenated. Sandy serves on the committee and says they have meetings around the midcoast area—spring, summer, and fall. The October meeting was in Harpswell with Dave Mallet ’73 as the entertainment. Black Bear Pride! Support the ALUMNI FUND! 36 MAINE Alumni Magazine Win.Maine24-63 copy.indd 36 1/5/12 10:38 AM
1959 Nancy Roberts Munson P.O. Box 1995 Orleans, MA 02653 (508) 255-4091 munsons@aol.com Hello ’59ers! Please note my new address above; email remains the same. After living in Florida since 1987 when Bob was transferred there for Pratt & Whitney Aircraft and driving back and forth every year to summer on Cape Cod, we have finally decided to make Cape Cod our permanent home. For many reasons it is time to have only one house and we decided our hearts were really in New England. Though not thrilled with the idea of winter, we will return to Florida for a few months and rent. Our move was a challenge with trying to fit belongings from one complete house into another. I received some great news items this time. First of all, it was announced that classmate Dick Collins has been selected as one of seven 2011 inductees into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame. Dick was basketball captain and has been a great benefactor of UMaine sports. Congratulations, Dick! Also on the sports scene, current class president Evie Stevens Smith ’87G was selected as a member of the search committee to find the next women’s basketball head coach. Evie is a member of the Black Bear Board of Advisors and former president of the Friends of Maine Women’s Basketball Booster group. A nice article from the Portland Press Herald featured classmate S. Clyde “Kikie” Ross ’73G and his career in education but focused on his retirement career of helping others. He spent 37 years teaching at Leavitt and Mount Blue junior and senior high schools. Since retiring, his days are filled with volunteer activities from serving as deputy fire chief to portraying Chester Greenwood, Farmington’s famous inventor of earmuffs, in the annual parade. Other activities include public information officer for Franklin County Emergency Management Agency, life member of Kora Temple, 50-plus year member of the Masons, church work, and more. He has been featured on TV on Charles Kuralt’s “On The Road” and in Parade magazine. An article in the Bangor Daily News relates Torrey Sylvester’s story of serving in the Navy on the destroyer USS Conway during the Bay of Pigs incident in 1961. The mission was shrouded in secrecy and the crew didn’t know their intended location until they arrived. During that time, Torrey became friends with a young Cuban who was taking part in the coup which ended in failure. Torrey was on one of the rescue boats which picked up a small group of survivors, including his new friend. Years ago, he tried to contact the young man but never heard back. Imagine his surprise when a few months ago he received an email from the same man, who had tracked him down on the Internet. They planned to meet in the fall at the USS Conway reunion in Pittsburgh. Other missions on the Conway included tracking Russian subs near Greenland and as a down range recovery ship for the Mercury 7 astronauts. In an additional letter, Torrey tells of his latest trip with wife, Jennifer, to England and to France to visit the D-Day beaches. 1960 Gail Rae Carter Baxter Place #502 305 Commercial Street Portland, ME 04101 gailraecarter@gmail.com Happy New Year! First of all, the names of the 2011-2012 Class of 1960 Scholarship recipients have been announced. This year the fund provided $1,302 in scholarship assistance. Joshua P. Nickless is a junior majoring in electrical engineering at Orono. He is from Gardiner, ME, and is the grandson of the late Robert Jenkins. Ryan M. Hardiman is a sophomore majoring in finance and zoology and is from Brookline, MA. He is also an athlete. The recipient of the scholarship for 2010- 2011 wrote us a thank-you letter as well. Margaret Hilton, who is originally from Vermont, transferred to UMaine after her freshman year. She is a senior majoring in financial economics and plans to go to law school. She also is on the varsity softball team, and has “very little extra time and therefore can’t get a job.” She is grateful, as the scholarship allows her to “play and study without the stress from money worries.” Joe and Peg Dion were on the Cape this summer for a few weeks of fishing and digging clams. Joe usually comes to Maine for some deer hunting in the north woods each fall. A little bird told me that Mark Shibles was in Montana in late September and early October for some fly-fishing with a high school friend. Joe also caught up with fellow Theta Chi Herb Applin at a bluegrass festival in Vermont last summer. Way back in our Orono days, Herb played and sang in bluegrass music groups. Herb has been inducted in the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY, as a pioneer and legend in bluegrass music in the New England area. Congratulations! Over in the Pacific paradise of Hawaii, Rich Lloyd says we are moving closer to an “awesome gathering” in 2012. The travel agent he is working with, Peggy Chock, has been looking out for those who are going on the trip, and has reserved a room for all to meet from 5- 6 each evening. “Aloha” to you, Rick. You have put a lot of work into this gathering—and bless you for doing so. This past year, yours truly took two courses at “OLLI,” which is a separate department of the University of Southern Maine, and provides courses for people over age 50. The faculty is all volunteers, and OLLI offers 130 courses a year. Last spring, as my class on the women in the “Canterbury Tales” was finishing up, I saw Dick Sturgeon, who is chair of the OLLI advisory board. The official name is Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Our class has some devoted Black Bear hockey fans. Bob ’57, ’59G and Sharon Ward Fuehrer, along with Dick and Martha Butler Dudley, attended Hockey East in Boston in March 2011, the NCAA in Manchester, NH, in March, and the Frozen Four in Minneapolis, MN, in April. They have planned another gathering in Boston for Hockey East’s “Frozen Fenway” when the Black Bears face off with the University of New Hampshire for a double header on January 12. Dick worked for 42 years for Fairbanks Morse Engine Company and Martha worked in medical technology, and later on for L.L. Bean. They summer at Branch Lake in Ellsworth. The Fuehrers live in Peacham, VT, and summer on Orrs Island. Bob, a pulp and paper major, worked as president of EHV, a specialty paper company in St. Johnsbury. Sharon worked as a substitute teacher and has done extensive volunteer and charity work. In September the Class of ’60 Phi Kaps held their biannual reunion in Augusta and Vassalboro where they played golf and enjoyed a lobster feed at Natanis Golf Club, as well as Sunday brunch at the Maple Hill Farm Conference Center. Attending with their spouses and others were Joe Carroll, Bob Sterritt ’63G, Steve Howe, Bruce Johnson, Dave Gagnon, Dick Jack, the Fuehrers, and the Dudleys. The following is a quote from Garrison Keillor: “Be well, Do good work. And stay in touch.” This one is from me: “Send news!” Again, a very happy and healthy New Year to all of you. 1961 Judy Ohr 19332 Hempstone Avenue Poolesville, MD 20837-2133 judyohr@aol.com Reunion: It was 1961 again, and we were as we were, not as we are. Thoughts of arthritis and bypasses and hip replacements paled as we relived the joys of college days. More than 100 classmates along with guests returned to Maine—one of the largest 50 th Reunions in the University’s history. Stretching the Reunion to four days, many of us started our celebrating at Point Lookout in Northport. Anne Adams Collins and Meg Thompson Villarreal made the arrangements for us to enjoy the lovely cabin site and that truly remarkable scent of pine trees. June Toulouse Heintz stepped in to help Meg with hostess duties at the hospitality cabin. During the first evening, we enjoyed an indoor picnic at the Penobscot Bay home of Anne and Dick Collins. It was the perfect place to kick off the activities and play the old reunion game “you haven’t changed a bit.” During the picnic Meg and Anne tested our knowledge of the class’s history. All I recall from the quiz was that Will Spencer seemed to be the class president most of our years! After a cozy night’s sleep, we split up the Winter 2012 37 Win.Maine24-63 copy.indd 37 1/10/12 2:00 PM
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