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OffIcial Questionnaire and Memory Assessment Device FOR THE WMC Class of 1963 45th Reunion This exam is the kind that reflects the real world. You can talk among yourselves about the answers, look up anything anywhere you think you can find it and make up answers that are total lies. There are no rules. Here are the questions: Richie Klitzberg, Tom O'Malley, Joe Spear, Bill Gillespie '64, Dave Sutton, Barry Gross '62, lind maybe others, were in a 5incing croup. What WIS their signature song7 .) Bonus point for the name of the group (see yearbook). b) Second bonus point if you can give BillGillespie', nickname. 2 tes Alperstein was in a singing group called the liK.ynl! Four. How many were in the group (Bonuli points for nlmins the members oftha group.) 3 Who was the director Grthe coile,. choir it Name th. football coach. S The football team plaYl!!dnine games our senior year and won eight of them. In how many games did they completely shut out their opponents 6 What member of our class was May Queen in 196] 7 What member of our class was Homecoming Queen in 196:a 8 During our junior year, evuy singl. book went missinl from the library. Where wl!!re they found Wh.t was the name ofth. college we attended in 196] o What was Miss Snader's nickname and what did she teach 1 Name the ColI.ge President in 196]. 12 Name the manager of the Collele Bookstore in 196]. Seepagessfarrnean.swers. Charles Snyder is still running his own lncorne tax preparltion service in Colorado Springs, Colo., and continues to be active in barbershop quartet and chorus singing. Chariie'swife, Li!lda, has had Multiple Scle rosissincel973andunfortunatcly,dueto theadvancednatureofherdisease,nowre· quires care in a nursing home. The Snyder's daughter Sara, 25, lives in Huntington Beach, Calif., and works for the personnel depart ment of the city of Orange, Calif. Charlie stays in contact with Harry Rumberger and John Grove. Mil Dickey Thomas and Jim '60 sold their house and movedwapatiohomeinan over 55 community. The Thomases like their smaller space and are getting to know many neighbors in the new community. Mil and jim spent rwc weeks in italy in October '07 with Jack and CaroleRichardson'64Baileand a group of to ethers. Tne Thomases and Bailes drove to California in February'08 and vis· ned Don and Carol Westerfield '60 Rabush and Phil MEd'S2 and RmhUhrig.ThisyearMil and Jim are planning to travel to Victoria, B.C., and Seattle, Bethany Beach, and Hawaii Their new home is near their daughter and her family and they are enjoying being close to their granddaughter Carlie,J. Sometime later this year Carlie will welcome a 6-yearold brother from China. Mil isstilJ playing the organ at church in Denver. The Thomas" new address is Ig824 W. S6th Place, Golden, CO 80403. They welcome anyone passing through to stop by Carolyn Bowen Thurber continues to spend time with two hobbies, genealogy and volksmarching. She has done over 700 10km walks since 1994. Husband Bob is retired from the National Institutes of Standards and Technology, but goes in to volunteer most days. Son Kent is a physicist who works at NIH. Daughter Karen lives at home and suffers from Multiple Chemical Sensitivities which keeps her from having a career or so· ciallife. In 2007, Bob and Carolyn visited Carolyn's roommate DianaCalvert Westerkam. They had not seen each other for over 20 years 50 had a lot of catching up to do. The Thurbers see Eunice Sank Seymour and hus band Earl on a regular basis. Carolyn was looking forward to seeing others from her high school who attended WMC when they celebrate their 50th reunion this year: Carol Latham Philpot-Jensen, Barbara Walker Van- DenburghandCharle5~Skip"Brown Our deepest sympathy to BarbaraWa!ker VanDenburgh whose husband, Robert, died last August from congestive heart failuredue to complications of Parkinson's Disease. The VanDenburghs would have celebrated their 33rd anniversary in September. Barbara writes that they were blessed to have a great Hospice staff, including a chaplain who has become a special friend. Barb and she are in rhe begtnning phaseofaWorshipArts Ministry called Rivergarden. Barb uses herarti,tic skills of free-mctlon stitching, painting on silk, making flags, streamers and other Christian artwork. Barb's sister, who lives nearby in Little River, S.c., planned a wonderful, restful holiday cruise to the Caribbean after thelr retum from Ncnh Cnroltna. Reverend Warren Walts was honored by being invited by Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia to bc the guest chaplain for the day at the United States Senate on Thursday, March 6,200S. Senator Byrd hosted Warren and his new wife and State Chaplain Barry Black. They were allowed to minister to the senators and workers at the Capitol that day. Warrenwa., honored to represent the state of West Virginia and all clergy from West Vir· giniaaswell. He is only the second minister in the enure seate of west Virginia granted this special honor. Warren gives praise to God for His many blessings. Among those blessings is Warren's new wife that he marriedinJuly'07.Warren'sfirstwifediedseveral years ago and hemet his new wife. a widow, through a Hospice program in Martinsburg, W.Va. They each lost their former spouses to cancer and now praise God that tney have found each other and are enjoying a happy life together. Warren looks forward to seeing us all at our goth reunion RachaeIWentzsendsgrl-etingsfromWesl_ minster. Sheisan adjunct French instructor at Carroll Community College. She travels a great deal as a tour guide and i. planning a trip to France. Rachel also volunteers at the local hospital. It was great to hear from Reverend Diana CalvertWesterl
Bill's condition ashe struggles with cancer, BlIl enjoys the news Bob brings him ofWMC classmates and would love to hear from many of you DianeGardnerBiddingerwith husband Bob did an Aegean Odyssey for 13 nights in Sep tember '07. While aboard a 48·passenger sailing yacht, they visited Ephesus, Turkey and the island of Patmos. The Biddinger's fifth grandchild arrived on Dec, 23. Derek Oliver Jones is the son of Bill and [ulie Biddinger'goloneli. Derek joins sisters Maddie and Angie Jones and cousins Kathleen and Rachel Biddinger ludy MeredrthReichard spent an extremely bUSYlodaysinJuneattendingherlol'yearold mother·in·law's funeral in Denver, her daughter's wedding in California, and hosting a high school graduation party for her grandson in Annapolis. Judy is enjoying re tirement but still works part time at several jobs that she can schedule when she wants to workOneisforthecountyschoolasahealth assistant and another is as a senior movemanagement specialist, She also volunteers at a local senior center and d0C5 some acting in the local area. Recently Judy had lunch with Carolyn Powell WalkJing '61, Peg Herring Goldring'61,AnnabeIWrightKaufman'6tand Miriam Gaskill Stem '6t, They had fun and a bunch of laughs. This summer Judy is plan. ningatriplONorwaytovisilafellowwhowas her AFs foreign exchange student in high school Katherine Schwabeland McDonald and her hnsbandTom have been living in North Carolina for the past six years. Mler 14yearsasa newspaper journalist in California and North Carolina, Katherine is now the staff wrilerforthemarketingdepartmentatCentral Carolina Community College which serves residents of three counties. Katherine keeps busy with home, work, and church The McDonalds' two daughters and their families live in California and their son isa serucr at North Carolina State CarnlineMi!cheli Soxwell writes that she is keeping busy with gardening, reading, and "spolling a good walk whacking at awhile ball." She enjoyed seeing everyone at the 4Sth reunion and looks forward to our soth Carleen Ritter Minor is still enjoying her home on the Oregon coast where she is busy ~eaching music, managing rcntals and .see· ,ng her grandchildren as often as possIble She volunteers and tutors and is involved with her church. Carleen is planning an Amtrak trip to the East Coast this summer. Asl write this column, I am in Salt Lake City visiting with my older daughter, Holly, and my son.in.lawand twograndsons,7and 5· Between traveling to Salt Lake City and visiting my younger daughter, Wendy, a~d her husband and twO little ones, 4 and 2,1l1 Richmond, Va., I stay busy. I have joined a group called 72 Pannerson the Road,anout· reacbprogram that is parl of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, In this ministry I visit Lutheran churches around the country, spending three or four weeks belping to set up outreach programs for the congregation. Recent assignments have taken me to St Louis and Nashville, Like many of you, I wonder howl had time to teach. Retirement is certainly not an idle time. I spent a pleas· ant afternoon recently having a roommate mini-reunion with Suzanne Fossell Browning, ludy King Cole and Ann MedingGiliespie. The three of uS had not been together in almost 40 years. After many laughs over the "pink and greens" and the happy years in Blanche ward.we were able to catch upon our famllies. Suzanne and husband Bob Browning '61 spend a good deal of time lraveling to Cen· tral America on mission trips with the Meth· cdtsr church. They were leaving for Nlcarague the day after our luncheon. Bob and Suzanne also spend time with their children and grandchildren who all live in the D.C. area. Sons Bobby and David nre in the mllitary and are stationed at Bethesda Naval Hospital and Andrews Air Force Base. Daughter Becky lives dose by. Judy has re tired from teaching. You can read about her activities in this column. Ann, who is wid· owed.Hvesin Maryland and stays busy golf. ing, gardening, and playing tennis as well as visiting her son, daughter-In-law and two grandchildren in Florida. Son Kevin.whois involved in a drawn-our worker's compensation disability case, is living with Ann at this time. j am involved in a uumbcr of church activities and am vice·chair of the board of friends of the University of Mary Washington/Community Symphony Orchestra, I also work part time at Belmont, the home and studio of Gari Melchers, an American impresstontst anist. Thank you to the many classmates that replied. As we enjoy our «nh highschool re unions this year, don't forget that our goth WMC reunion is right around the corner. I look forward to seeing you thell,if not hefore, Let's hope we can recognize each other and remember our own names as well as each other's! MarianEdwardsPar~er 1212KenmoreAvenue Freaericksburg,VA 2240J H: (540)371'4663 C: (540) 84S-423S c·rnni!:meparkerJ@eartlilink.net a,63 Thanks to all who took the time to catch us upon good timcsandsometimes not so good in their lives. Thee-mail.,are wonderful and I encourage you to keep them coming, I will start the next column and look forward to updates. As always the Class of t963 is made up of movers and shakers, which does not seem to change as we have received our Medicare cards and are gaining speed as we approach the lute sixties. The overriding theme of our 4Stn reunion wastbis just can· not be happening; we are way too young. loan Meyer Goudy was among those dassmateswhohadagreatlOXcusefornotmaking it back to the Hill in May. She writes that she is sorry she missed the fun but, "] was celebrating my grandson, Caeltn's, second birthday in Littleton, Colo. It's great having grand. children. I also have a granddaughter, Nathalie,14,whoisaspiringtobeinthethe_ atre, I retired two years ago from Ba!timore County (teaching 10 years and a center connection specialist for 17 years, where [ worked with the frail cJderly in a senior center).llovebeingretiredandfinallyhavetime wenjoy the fruits of my labor. I travelalot Jndamnowthetreaslirerofourcommunity association in Catonsville, Md., volu!)teerat St.Leo's Church in Little Italy, and amspending some time cleaning closets, the garage, etc .. at home. How exciting. My husband, George, died seven years ago of pancreatic cancer. Whnr a loss. Take care and God bless" ElienWheedletonBel1 writes, "Life on the Eastern Shore ls good, Myhusband,Jerry, and [take our greatest pleasures from the joys and successes of our combined family. Among our offspring and their families we count a few environmentalists, a conscrva· tionist, a wildlife biologist, e vercnoarran, a TV journalist, avideographer, a physical therapist,acoumyplanner,asoftwaremarketing manager, three college students, a firstgrader, toddler Iwins, a baseball player,sev_ eralfootball players, lots of humcrs and fishermen/wOmcn, and one Renaissance man, Since they are all scattered to the winds we have ample opponunity to plan our travels around visits with them, Thanks to my French classes at WMC I've become a self· professed Francophile,andltrytomakesure that wherever we go the itinerary includes at leastamomentortwoinFrance.Afriendand I recelltly made a very special 'sentimental' journey to Parts where our friendship began when we were students there fresh out of college. It washer fir"t time back, and ween. joyed visiting some of our old haunts and staying in the hotel whcrewe had lived back in tile day. You can go back! j've also caught thequiltingbug,andonlyanotherquilterora longsufferinghusbandcanappreciateonc's fascination with tiny scraps of fabric. Life presents us challenges; parentaleldcrcare Issues, orthopedic problems, wrinkles, higb gas prices. But.allin all.we're very blessed" Highlights of lad~on Day's latest adventllres are ns fo!lows: "Jun
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