Woodstock School Alumni Magazine Vol CIV, 2011

46 - Quadrangle
made it possible for HUGH to work on a 100
ft. fir tree that hit their cabin. He is Jamadar,
Khansama, Mali, Chowkidar, Chuprasi, Mistheri
etc. all rolled into one. STEVE ROOT
was principal at Kodai when BOB ALTER
was principal at WS & they cooperated on
mutual school problems. His son taught at
WS until ’91 & grandson TIM ’99 did gr 12
there & next yr goes to Afghanistan with his
wife. MARIAN LOEHLIN DAVIES (broken
hip healing), BETTY SMILEY BREMER
(using walker to protect from osteoporosis,
appreciating lower altitude of St. Louis
vs CO ), ALYCE BANKER HEYBOER
(gardening, scrabbling, reading, following
beloved Tigers) & MARY STEWART
CUMMINGS (watching manatee, alligator,
many birds in backyard canal, daily health
club exercise) are still involved in a snail
mail round robin. TOM tries to keep up with
MARY. Any others who would like to join
the round robin contact us.—Tom and Mary
Class of 1944
FRANCES BRUSH SCHILLINGER discovered
that amazon.com has editors that
will take her manuscript, put it on a disc &
at no charge to her list it for sale. Her book,
Between Two Worlds, Memories of An
American Growing Up in India, is a collection
of 80 stories from her early yrs. She also
writes a monthly column for their retirement
home news featuring their cat, Noodles.
Another resident responded with his dog’s
view. She continues her food demonstrations.
RUTH SUTHERLAND & Paul PULLIAM
were in Santa Fe in May & Jun helping their
daughter during & after surgery; then to
Portland to help their daughter-in-law for 2
mo. after knee replacement while husband
Eric was working for USAID in Afghanistan.
RUTH & Paul enjoyed visits over Labor
Day & again in Oct for a wedding & family
reunion. MIKE & Pam JAMES were out of
the flooding in Brisbane. His Type 1 diabetes
has ruled their driving & other tasks
which help the family, putting extra loads
on Pam. BRUCE AMSTUTZ & Nan enjoy
good health & travels. He arranged a 2-wk
trip with friends to Scotland’s Western Isles,
involving a small-ship cruise from Oban & a
stay on the Isle of Mull. Glacier NP & the Canadian
Rockies lured them in Sep/Oct. TED
WRIGHT & sister ALICE ’36 met BRUCE
& Nan for lunch. TED missed his planned
India trip (including an 8-day luxury tour of
Rajasthan) due to a light stroke which left
him with mild aphasia. He was able to enjoy
his ME house last summer, however. CEC-
ILY MARTIN BOOTH is managing well in
spite of atrial fibrillation. She enjoys her 7
grandchildren & took a 1-wk trip with her 2
daughters up AUS’s coast to Coff’s Harbor.
MARY LUTLEY GEE is enjoying her new
flat, a visit from her American sister, her son
David with wife Fiona & their 3 as well as
the London reunion of her N China School.
She is active in her Nailsworth church. Her
son Jim, with his band Pendragon, played in
Sweden; he keeps his regular job with social
services. She sadly attended the funerals of a
nephew & 2 sr friends. LAUREL LOADER
DOWNWARD’s son-in-law, after chemo, radio
therapy & a stem cell transplant, is ahead
of lymphoma & back at work. LAUREL has
had cataracts removed successfully but is
dealing with tendonitis. JOAN MERRILL
MACHATA is active with family & church
& has enjoyed her summer camp in the NY
Adirondacks 4 times this yr. She plans 2 mo
in a trailer on Chockoloski Is. FL this winter.
With her brothe, ART MERRILL ’46 &
Margaret at a UT condo, she visited western
NP’s including Grand Canyon, Bryce, Zion,
Hoover Dam & Snow Mt. With her sons,
she enjoyed the DC NBA playoffs. DORIS
COLVIN BELL is happy that son Donald
now lives with her, helping immensely with
upkeep of her home in Pittsburgh. He raises
orchids & is an active member of the P’gh
Orchid Society. Daughter Kathryn & family
moved from Seattle & now live 5 minutes
away. Their youngest daughter’s wedding
in NYC drew the entire Bell family together
for 4 days, for the 1st time ever. DORIS
continues participating in her church choir,
Women’s Assoc, Global Links project, SS
class & more. She is the one who keeps her
sisters in touch. Sister RUTH ’36 died in
May; ELLEN ’35 lives in Tampa & JOYCE
’41 is in Dallas. Doris & Don drove down
to see her in Oct. TOM WILSON’s card is
the chapel interior at MIT designed by Eero
Saarinen, architect. His description: “Like a
cascade of light, a full height metal sculpture
by Harry Bertoia glitters from a circular skylight
down onto an unadorned marble alter”.
TOM & Rene continue their architecture
plans & UN involvement; however business
is slow because of the US recession. Their
Baltic cruise in June included Moscow & St
Petersburg, all photographed with TOM’s
new camera. Both are well & the trips to the
UN include visits to TOM’s brother DAVID
’37 in NJ. Bea BLASDELL is very grateful
for their retirement center for there are
activities for FRANCIS when she is busy.
Both have health issues; FRANCIS, now
in the nursing section, uses a walker & Bea
has started a mo’s radiation. Their families
encourage them. ALICE ALTER WATKINS
is still working on her family booklet of their
life in Syria, Lebanon & India. She manages
to find time between classes, book clubs &
gatherings. Her brother also lives in the same
condo area. She was able to visit her sister’s
family & Phil’s family in Denver. We were
able to visit DOTTY KOENIG POWERS &
Erl in Atlanta, in their gorgeous garden, enjoying
chai together, as we drove back from
visiting TOM & MARY ’43 in FL. DOTTY’s
health has kept her close to home. She uses
a cane outdoors to deal with back pain. ERL
had a scary bout with bacteremia. However,
they were able to visit his daughter in PA
for a week, a trip to WV to attend the wedding
of Erl’s oldest grandson & had a great
week in Chicago enjoying the Oriental & Art
Institute while visiting his son, Peter. All of
Dotty’s family is in Atlanta where they visit
often. Their activities include their church
group, the Atlanta Symphony, occasional
plays, concerts & lectures at Emory U &
museums. LOIS LYON NEUMANN was
our class rep to the WOSA reunion in CO,
staying with JANE CUMMINGS in Boulder
for an extra visit. She continues on her church
vestry, helping with planning & the pastoral
prayer team & additional pastoral needs. Her
childhood Indian friend is now a doctor in
London & visiting her included a drive to
Cornwall & other beautiful English haunts.
We, ELIZABETH CUMMINGS DEITZ &
Jim, celebrated our 60th wedding ann’y by
gathering at our son & daughter-in-law’s
home in Dayton OH. Most of the grandchildren
were able to join our 2 older generations
even though 7 of the 11 are now in college.
Our MN cabin was a happy gathering place
for the families. In the winter we enjoy the
Cleveland orchestra, concerts by Oberlin
conservatory students & faculty, book discussion
groups & the outreach programs of
our church.—Elizabeth
Class of 1945
Three 45ers attended WOSA Reunion
at CSU in Ft Collins: DOUG PICKETT,
DICK BOLLINGER & yours truly. It was
very good with interesting innovations in
programming & an extensive silent auction.
CSU has a lovely campus & Ft Collins
is definitely an appropriate setting. What
surprised me was that other than PAUL
COOLE ’43 & LOIS LYON NEUMANN
’44, the Class of 45 attendees were at the
top of the list for being the oldest alumni in
attendance. We Chuts have become Hefts!!
Thelma Alley Anderson’s passing on Dec
11 2010 was preceded by sister-in-law Liz
Templin Alley’s ’42 on Memorial Day.
THELMA was married to Bob Anderson
for 45 yrs. They had 3 children, an adopted
Dutch son, 4 grands & 3 great-grands. VIV-
IAN NICHOL NORDEN is keeping healthy
& nicely settled into an independent living