Woodstock School Alumni Magazine Vol CIV, 2011

44 - Quadrangle
At the Curry Club gathering in Toronto on May 28, 2011 L-R: Lillian
Skinner Singh ’39, Barb Eadie Ruttle ’78, Neil Ruttle, Veer Singh,
Bobby Singh ’86, Barbara Herman ‘S, Ruth Graham Hilliard ’40
Ruby MOODY’S daughter, Martha. Steve &
Martha had a daughter named Lizzie. Now, a
generation later, MERRILL MOW’S grandson,
Andrew has married Lizzie Wiser, who
is DOUG’s & my common granddaughter!
In closing his message, ARTHUR writes:
as we all, Class of 37, draw near the end of
our lives, I want to thank & greet the others
for our yrs together. We have a lot to be
grateful for. LAURENCE BURKHALTER’s
daughter, Karol Crosbie is the editor of the
Wooster College Alumni Magazine. Over
the yrs, she has brought him into contact
with members of the Wooster/WS connection.
These include ALFIE CAMPBELL (P),
GORDON SHULL ’41, TOM STRICKLER
’40, JANE WALLACE ANDERSON ’46 &
BOB ’43 & ELLEN (S) ALTER. Following a
visit with several of these folks last spring, I
was sent a copy of an article by the late BOB
ALTER, written in Mar ’11, entitled On Being
a Christian Agnostic. I recommend the
article to all who, like myself, question the
accuracy of many Biblical stories. On the
cover of the article is a beautiful photograph
with the title Dawn Over the Tehri Hills from
BOB ALTER’S Bench at Oakville.—Burky
Class of 1939
LOWELL BOLLINGER (as reported by
his wife Joanne): after 22 yrs of dealing
rather successfully with the challenges of
Alzheimer’s, Lowell has entered a care
facility in a pleasant location in ME. At 88,
he is an active, engaging man with limited
cognition, playing at horseshoes, swimming
& taking walks. He continues to remember
that his time in India was an extremely important
part of his life as well as describing
in his limited way that he was a sports hero in
those early days. We all remember our Sports
Day athlete. LORITA SHULL FISHER lost
her husband of 66 yrs on Apr 9. He had an
operation for a valve replacement, which
was successful. However, it was followed
by 2 debilitating strokes that left him unable
to swallow, helpless &
unaware of anything. In
honoring his advance
directive, which indicated
he must not be
kept alive artificially,
if he lost his brain, the
family brought him
home to be under the
care of hospice for 10
days. He was a remarkable
individual with
many accomplishments
including a career as
diplomat in the Foreign
Service, author, professor
& world traveler. Lorita’s daughter Kathy,
a nurse, lives in an apartment in our home
& is a great support for her. Lorita continues
to be in good health and spirits. CAMERON
LYON reports that he did nothing notable
this yr. He & Lorraine attended the WOSA/
NA reunion in Eugene OR where he had a
good visit with DOROTHY LLEWELLYN
RODGERS. Dottie lost her husband, Dick
Wilson, who died peacefully at home with
hospice help on Feb 12. By moving to a
retirement community in Bloomington, IN,
to be near her daughter and family, she is
adjusting to a new life in a new environment.
Her activities include taking part in:
a reading club, bean bag baseball, chair
volleyball, ½ hr. exercise classes.& sorting
files which she didn’t have the energy to do
before she left CA. JOHN MANRY has just
finished his 5th yr at Edgemont Retirement
suites in Calgary, CAN. He says he is well
looked after but is slowing down – ‘I sure
couldn’t handle the Landour khud now’. He
does find various projects to keep him busy
& appreciates the help from his daughter
who lives close by. HENRY SCHOLBERG
was proud to represent the Class of 39 when
he attended the 150th anniversary of WS
in Mussoorie in 04, Henry’s name was on
the Wall of Fame at the MN History Center
during the 09-10 exhibit of The Greatest
Generation, for service in Dr. Ancel Keys’
starvation experiment. He was also the honored
recipient of the Immortal Chaplains
for Humanity, as a non-combatant volunteer
during WW II. This yr, he celebrated his
90th birthday & 60th wedding anniversary.
LAWRENCE TEMPLIN reports they are
living in a house they built 45 yrs ago, in a
mutual care-giving arrangement with their
son, with a little help from their local home
health org. He writes poetry – at a rate of 1 to
2 per wk, which is about par for my reluctant
Muse. MARY LONG VATH is doing pretty
well, considering she has pulmonary disease
& osteoporosis. Her appreciated caregiver
is her son-in-law, in whose house she now
lives & with whom she shares her limited
life.—Lorita
Class of 1940
It’s been great keeping up with all 10 grands
and 12 greats as they participate in various
bike races & tours. BILL SUPPLEE keeps
remembering how invigorating it was for
him he was their age. Now he spectates
& applauds! A reasonably content retiree,
NORM WILLIAMS lives in Riderwood
Village, Silver Spring, MD. with wife Wini,
whom he married 68 yrs ago after working
as a deckhand on a Great Lakes ship delivering
coal to the blast furnaces in Gary IN. He
had rejected military conscription & flunked
out of Oberlin College, where they had met.
He served in various government roles on
environmental issues, primarily the control of
strip mining for coal in WV & in Congress,
nationally. They have 5 grown children,
all living their own interesting lives. He is
writing his memoirs (entitled My Life with
Wini) & cursing Microsoft for its absolutely
abominable Windows Vista program. He also
published Gandhi’s American Ally: how an
educational missionary joined the Mahatma’s
struggle against untouchability, iUniverse,
2008. DAVID MOOMAW is now mostly
retired from volunteer medical practice and
remains well & in touch with the ‘County We
Care’ medical program in Jacksonville FL,
with the mission to provide medical care for
uninsured & underinsured patients in the area.
Yesterday marked the arrival of his 2nd great
grandchild, born in Winter Park FL.—Bill
Class of 1941
It saddens HELEN CONSER MAYBURY
that so many of the class have passed away.
She & her husband recently celebrated their
65th wedding anniversary with children &
grandchildren in San Francisco. They now
have 10 wonderful grandchildren. Helen
recently published a book, entitled For the
Souls & Soils of India, a memoir of her
parents who were 2 courageous individuals
who resolved to serve God & His people.
They spent 37 years in India as well as 9
yrs in Home Missions after their retirement.
In addition to their personal history, their
letters tell the story of India during a time
of tremendous upheaval & historical significance,
meetings with great leaders, such
as Jawaharlal Nehru & Mahatma Gandhi, as
well as Vinoba Bhave, the author of the landgift
or sarvodaya movement. A non-violent
revolutionary in the tradition of Gandhi, he
collected millions of acres of land to distribute
to the landless. The book can be ordered
online at xlibris.com or amazon.com.—Helen