Woodstock School Alumni Magazine Vol CIV, 2011

62 - Quadrangle
that while it is nice to have the flexibility
to stop any time to eat or sleep, there is a
lot of work involved. The unit is not big
enough to live in comfortably, but is too
big to drive around places they want to see.
Maybe a Plan B. He greatly enjoyed the
WOSA reunion, getting reacquainted with
Walt, Woody & Julie, hope we can all get
together soon. WOODY TURNER practices
law in Leesburg VA, but takes time
with Trudy for children, grandchildren,
travel & hiking. Enjoyed visiting with
classmates & other alumni at the WOSA
reunion & looking forward to next yr in
Seattle. JOHN WILSON is working on
his adventure-thriller novel, draft three.
In spite of Mr. Swain, he was 67 before
beginning to understand the concept of
sentences, so has room for yrs of learning.
He attend Linda’s Continuing Movement
class - all 3 of them for 30 Thursday evenings
– a lot of movies went unwatched.
After 20 yrs of movement work, he has the
best standing & walking posture & easiest
movement since 5 yrs old. That’s cool.
May peace & health be with you & with
us all in the world. Definitely avoid reading
the front page or watching the news.
Definitely treasure your friends..—Julie
Class of 1962
After a yr of mending from Buddy’s 4-way
bypass, Kathleen’s new aortic valve &
Carol’s health issues, CAROL ALDRICH
SANDLIN & Buddy celebrated life with a
trip to Venice plus a 12-day Mediterranean
cruise that included Croatia, Turkey &
Greece. Although only at WS for Gr 12,
CLAIRE BRAIBANTI HAROLD feels it
was a memorable experience. After a long
silence she surprised us with some news
about her life. Claire is semi-retired from
her interior design business & is loving being
a grandmother to 7 who all live in the
Durham NC area, not far from her. JOAN
BROWNE BROOKS & Stuart together
founded the Madison Savoyards theatre,
a non-profit corp. They put on plays &
musicals at the request of charitable org
who reap the benefits of the production,
minus costs. Joan is living with & caring
for her mother whose short-term memory
is getting shorter. MARGARET CLOUGH
SWETNAM along with several cousins,
including Judy, wife of BRUCE SELLARS
’59, traveled to India late last yr to attend
the centenary celebrations of the college
founded by their grandparents. The Allahabad
Agricultural Inst, now known as
the Sam Higgenbottam Inst of Agriculture,
Tech & Sci, gave them a royal welcome.
DAVID EAKIN initiated our latest emailings
on surgeries, therapies, new & improved
body parts since we are not getting
any younger. The conversation was getting
a bit competitive. Dave continues his business
plus he & Tess spend time keeping up
their property which includes the garden, a
pond, a meadow & great expanses of lawn.
Visits from grandchildren & their parents
have been welcome diversions. GARY
EMBLEN attributes WS for his great career
as a swimming coach with 42 yrs in
aquatics & 26 of those coaching at Lewis
& Clark College in Portland OR. He says
he has retired, has dried out & is becoming
wrinkled. He has urged his retired prof
friends to look into teaching at WS. Gary
has appreciated all the school & class news
over the yrs - all stirring up great memories
that he doesn’t dare divulge to the public!
DOUGLAS ENSMINGER imagined
spending his declining youth in leisure
but finds himself busy preaching several
Sun a mo in smaller congregations that
cannot afford well-trained clergy. Doug &
Linda are headed for a cruise to AK with
daughter Megan & family. CHARLES
GIBB was horrified at the Apr tornado
destruction of nearby AL cities & thankful
that his home is nestled just right in the
hills to avoid much of the wind. Chuck &
Diane have numerous trips planned, all
involving opportunities to fly fish: Yellowstone,
Jackson Hole & even, next spring,
Spain. MARILYN GOOD SINGH enjoys
painting scenes from the OR coast, This
was reflected in the paintings she did for
her exhibit as guest artist at the Apr solo
show of daughter Melissa at the Tinman
Gallery in Spokane WA. A painting she did
of an oak grove was donated to the Green
Belt Land Trust art auction. JILL GOOD-
FRIEND continues with her grief counseling
business specializing in bereaved
“pet parents”. She visited daughter Alexa,
husband & their 2 sons in HI & while there
carried out her mother’s & brother’s last
wishes by placing their ashes into the
Pacific in a Hawaiian surfing ceremony.
Although retired, CHARLOTTE HEATH
FRASER does some social work consulting
as she is still passionate about making
sure kids in the system have the best lives
they possibly can. She & husband moved
back to OR where they can be near all
the grandkids & great grands & family.
CHARLES HORTON writes he has been
retired 4 yrs yet has continued working.
But now he has lined up travels with his
wife to numerous places including Singapore,
Kuala Lumpur, Beijing & Ulaan
Baatar. After that, maybe South Africa &
Namibia & the class 50th Ann trip to India.
MARY MAE GINN has moved from
her home in Cleveland to an apt in a great
walking neighborhood in Lakewood OH.
SUSAN HOSTETLER GUIPE attended
the WOSA reunion in along with her siblings.
As with other WS families, this has
become a great time for a family reunion.
DANIEL JANTZEN has been researching
what really happened to the Central Asian
explorer William Moorcroft & whether he
spent 12 yrs in Tibet in the early 1800s.
A related activity has been to assemble a
digital library of books, journal & maps
on the exploration of the Himalaya, Tibet
& Central Asia. Dan keeps a car parked
in Haridwar & makes several trips a yr
to India, Nepal & the Himalaya for a mix
of consulting & exploring. GEORGE
MCBANE & Gail made a surprise appearance
at the WOSA reunion. They
have retired from their work in PAK but
are planning to go to South America for
a stint & then hopefully back to PAK. In
the meantime George is recovering from
shoulder surgery. Having been at KS State
U since ’76 ARUNA NAYYAR MICHIE
& Barry have set actual dates for retiring.
Enough is enough, she says. DAVID
SALMON & Christine took the Inland
Passage cruise up to AK marveling at the
beauty of the lush fjords & glaciers. After
that trip David took his mother & sister to
the tri-annual family reunion. After selling
his business in Apr & retiring, DAVID
SCHOONMAKER is now active on FWS
& WS Boards, which includes visiting
India 4 times a yr. He is also trying to take
up golf. David & Eva visit their house
in South Africa to break up the northern
hemisphere winters. Sons Sean & Allen
are in Oakland & Hong Kong, so family
reunions are a challenge. At this time of
her life VICKI SCOVEL HARRIS is appreciative
of living in Small Town Midwest
USA after living in distant parts of
the world & several USA areas. With this
setting in mind know that she, as Community
Rel Assist of little ol’ Cameron Hosp
in Angola IN, ended up being in charge
of organizing Cameron Hosp’s 3rd yr’s
entry into the town’s parade - Cameron’s
Bedpan & Kazoo Band. SUE WARNER
BIRKINSHAW sent to all Warner cousins
bound copies of research on her paternal
grandmother’s ancestry & descendants.
This endeavor was sweetened by meeting
& sharing information with distant living
relatives. DOUGLAS WILKENS & Fran
are brand new grandparents to Kristian
August Wilkens, son of Joel & Sara. The
babe arrived on the auspicious day of
Indian Independence! The young family