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26 Hood Magazine www.hood.edu/magazine apartment. Also on the move are Marian Gates to Arlington, Va., and Jackie Tappan Cathcart to Littleton, N.H. Emilie Miller is fortunate to have three nieces living nearby in St. Petersburg. Elizabeth Moseley Hope has lived on a 75-acre family compound in Batesville, Va., for 17 years. She reads and does needlepoint. She has had a pacemaker for several years. Louise Nickey Hoffacker has two sons who practice dentistry in their father’s office. She and Kitty Wiest keep in close contact. Kitty still drives, but only to church, the grocery story, pharmacy and doctor’s office. Dottie Rager Miller and Hal celebrated his 90th birthday Dec. 30 with their daughters and their families. Betty Strickler Saxman has a new address: 307 Hampshire Hill Road, Matthew, NC 28105. She lives with her son Earl. We extend our sympathy to Betty on the death of her sister Nancy in Oct. Jane Stuart Jewett is keeping active; she goes to a health center twice a week and has four grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Ruth Swomley Lugar is very busy at her retirement home near Hood, working at the heathcare desk once a week. She serves on a religious life committee, which involves preparing communion, manages some time for bridge and is in a book club. Congratulations to Lucille Thomas Sykes Hall on her marriage to Emory Hall. Lucille had been a widow for 29 years. She and Emory have traveled to England and Germany. Annabelle Trexler Goll was in the hospital during the Christmas holidays. At her retirement home she is helping a stroke victim recover his speech. Helen VanderBueken Hammer is well and happy in her retirement home, but she misses her get-togethers with Junior Receives Legacy Ring J. Elise VanPool ’06 (left) is the recipient of a Hood College ring, thanks to the Ring Scholarship Program sponsored by the Alumnae and Alumni of Hood College. Elise’s legacy ring was donated to the College by Nancy Drew Picard ’58 (right) and was presented to her at this year’s Ring Dinner. If you are interested in donating a ring or to the ring scholarship fund may do so by contacting the Office of Alumnae and Alumni Programs. Midge McFerran Wuetig. As for my news, my own dear Henry died after a series of strokes on Aug. 1, 2004, 18 days short of our 65th wedding anniversary. He loved Hood dearly. Attending the memorial service in Catonsville were Anne Ruth Salzman ‘33, Henry’s sister Kit’s roommate at Hood, and Ruth Swomley Lugar. Please keep in touch, everyone. 1939 Emily Anderson Renoff Glen Meadows Retirement Community 11630 Glen Arm Rd., G-09 Glen Arm, MD 21057 (410) 319-5114 Condolences to the families of Julia Bistline Blumenauer, who died Sept. 14, 2004, in Vienna, Va.; Marguerite E. Julius, who passed Oct. 1, 2004, in York, Pa.; and Zelda Marks Schneiderman, whose husband Arthur died Feb. 9, 2005. 1941 This class needs a reporter. If you can volunteer, please contact: The Editor, Hood Magazine, Hood College, 401 Rosemont Ave., Frederick, MD 21701-8575; (301) 696-3977, hoodmagcnews@hood.edu. Our sincere condolences to the families of Kathleen D. Swoyer, who died Nov. 2003, in Reading, Pa.; Janet Ritter Ditzler, who passed Dec. 3, 2004, in San Diego, Calif.; Marjorie Dillon Lonsdale, who died March 4, 2005, in Sarasota, Fla.; and Lillian Thomas Joy, whose husband Jack died April 21, 2005. 1943 This class needs a reporter. If you can volunteer, please contact: The Editor, Hood Magazine, Hood College, 401 Rosemont Ave., Frederick, MD 21701-8575; (301) 696-3977, hoodmagcnews@hood.edu. We are sad to report the passing of Marion E. Jones, Sept. 4, 2004, in Cranberry Twp., Pa.; Mary Selby Drye, Sept. 20, 2004, in Frederick; and Jane Knode Schleicher, Nov. 24, 2004, in Chambersburg, Pa. 1945 Georgia Dyer Burnett 7101 Bay Front Dr., Apt. 225 Annapolis, MD 21403 (410) 757-5560 We are sad to report the passing of Jean Baum Lang, who died Nov. 1, 2004. 1947 Kitty Smith Dunn 1410 Stoke Park Rd. Bethlehem, PA 18017 (610) 691-5653 cdunn1410s@aol.com Many thanks to you who have responded to my plea for news. Without you there would be no column! Our esteemed class president, Bette Bishop Waterhouse, didn’t write, but I received an invitation to her birthday party (was it 80?) on April 2, given by her children. She was going to Deland, Fla., to visit her son and was going to continue the celebration there. Bish did come to Pennsylvania last June to connect with a high school friend who lives near me. We had lunch together. Audrey Callaway Asbury has traveled to Mystic, Conn., by train, to Florida by Auto Train and to Frederick monthly with Renie Quynn Collmus, Helen Harris Ramsburg M.A.’82, Betty Grissinger, Ann Weisburger Lebherz, Louray Forney Huang and Phyllis Tibbitts Lind. Nancy Childs Knobloch can’t seem to retire! In spite of sore knees, she is secretary for her pastor one day a week, ringing and singing at church, and teaching music one day a week for a special ed preschool class. Her daughter moved to Denver so Nancy has to go there to see her granddaughters. On her last trip, she talked with Liz Geiser. Jane Hooper MacDougall lives nearby and they get together. Betty Graf Smith is on the go often. With five children in different places, she gets to go to Mammoth Lakes, Calif., where her daughter manages the Edelweiss Lodge ... a great place to go for skiing in the winter and hiking in the summer. One son lives in Seattle and when she visited there, they took a ferry boat to Vancouver. Her other children live much closer to Lancaster so she sees them more frequently. She’s trying to downsize her home ... something I can identify with, but not very successfully! Betty Haller Guthrie reports a mini-Hood reunion with Mary Gordon Dunham and Phil on their way back from Florida, and with Ginger Dyer Smith who was visiting a new grandchild. Lorraine Kersey Moore celebrated husband Hal’s 80th birthday with a family trip to the Trapp Family Lodge ... all four children, spouses and seven out of 10 grandchildren. In Nov. they went to London where she lost her wallet on a bus! They and Lois Burrough Garman and George get together once a season for lunch. AND ... she still plays tennis once a week! Mert Kinsman Monroe spends part of her time in Manchester, England, with her husband Keith Crowe, and the rest of the time in Elmira, N.Y. In Feb. she gave a piano recital for the Thursday Morning Musicale, playing many of the same compositions she played for the same group in Oct. 1950. She was featured in the Elmira Star-Gazette column where it was noted she had graduated from Hood College! Aline Negrotto Reinert enjoyed some special occasions this past year ... their 50th wedding anniversary and her husband Owen’s 80th birthday. Owen is another tennis player and Aline goes to Curves several times a week. Phyllis Peak Sullivan and Sully spent Feb. in Florida, attended an Elderhostel in Mobile, Ala., for Mardi Gras, and spent a week on the Outer Banks with four children, spouses and seven grandchildren. Renie Quynn Collmus also had a momentous year! Two grandchildren graduated from college and then got married. In April, Renie went to Germany to visit daughter Cathy, and then went with Cathy to Australia and New Zealand! In Sydney, she reconnected with her best friend from Hong Kong whom she knew 68 years ago! There are four grandchildren in various colleges ... Hood, William and Mary, Va. Tech, and an engineering school in Germany. Mary Lib Reeder Tiller has had a rough year with sciatica and disc problems and is dealing with pain and crutches. I hope she is better by this time. Peggy Thumma Startzman and Henry are busy with their grandchildren, ages seven to 23. They go to
Summer 2005 Hood Magazine 27 all the school and sports programs, so are not doing much traveling and are content to stay at home. Our very special sympathy to Mary Ellen Weir Peter on the death of her husband, Tom, who died of an infection after a ruptured appendix the day after Christmas. They were in Naples, Fla., and Mel stayed there, visiting with Elizabeth Jones Hesse who was there for two weeks. June was to be a special month, celebrating Mel’s 80th birthday, their 55th wedding anniversary, two grandsons graduating from college and two from high school, plus many birthdays. Now, they will include a memorial service for Tom. Ann Weisburger Lebherz reports she is writing another book with Sarah Drenning ‘49 about the Great Frederick Fair. She’s also working on a celebration of the arrival of General Braddock, George Washington and the Virginia troops at Braddock Heights where she lives. I hope you found a fife and drum, Ann. My news is not much different from the past few years. I continue to keep busy with reading at a school, visiting in a hospital, singing with the Lehigh Choral Union, ushering at Lehigh’s Art Center, doing taxes for AARP, directing our church’s bell choir and visiting five children in foster care as part of my duties with the Court Appointed Special Advocate Program. Granddaughter Leann has come home for a year while her husband is in Korea, so it’s nice to have company. I visit N.Y.C. occasionally for daughter Lindi’s concerts, and go to Alexandria less frequently to see grandkids there. My brother-in-law Mike, husband of Polly Harvey Dunn ‘50, died in Dec., leaving another hole in the Dunn family. Condolences to the families of Mildred Riggins Patterson, who died Jan. 26, 2005; Anne Landauer Spence, whose husband George passed March 19, 2005, in Charlottesville, Va.; and to Susan McAlpine Garrett (deceased), whose husband Robert died Oct. 24, 2004, in West Brandywine, Pa. 1949 Pauline Toms Flanagan 108 North Second St. Woodsboro, MD 21798-8306 (301) 845-8683 Elizabeth Codding Borden died Dec. 18, 2004, in Beverly, N.J. Condolences also to Mary Weed Landes, whose husband, Leslie, died Nov. 6, 2004. Ruth Bryant Bartgis works one day a week at a doctor’s office and volunteers with a group that sings at a retirement community. When possible, she and John go to their condo in Ocean City. Barbara Davies Mulholland has decided to live in Pennsylvania year round. Winters in Florida have become too much of a hassle for her. Jane Bunn Stillwell continues to recommend books for her to read. Barbara saw Tippy Holtzworth Cusick and Shirley Fortuin Weber at Cape Cod in the summer of ‘04. Georgia Earman Russell and Clay enjoy trips to Florida and all over the south, visiting family. They are involved in genealogical and historical societies. Beth Enterline Adams had a full house for Christmas. She also says she enjoyed the reunion in 2004 and was impressed by the new science building. Lois Keller Rhoderick deserves a special thank you for arranging the 55th reunion dinner. Anne Hutton Long and Fred entertained Audrey Clarke Flath and Earl at their Connect To Hood Via Inter(net)actions Do you feel connected? If not, you should get Inter(net)actions, an e-mail newsletter sent bi-weekly to all alums who have provided e-mail addresses to the Alumnae and Alumni Programs Office. The electronic newsletter provides information about activities both on and off campus; achievements and stories about alums, students, and faculty; and scheduled events throughout the country. If you are interested in becoming connected, please send your e-mail address to alumoffice@hood.edu. summer home in Montana. Gertrude Steinhauser is her usual self! She sent this message: “No bad news, no good news … so that’s my news.” Pauline Toms Flanagan was delighted to see her daughter, Patricia Flanagan Fellows M.S. ‘92, recognized in the summer 2004 issue of Hood Magazine. Evelyn Yeide Aurand has a granddaughter who’s attending Hood, Rachel Allison Brown ‘08. She is enjoying the Heritage Scholarship. Evelyn is teaching piano again and really enjoys it. Laila Zwilgmeyer Wood invites Hoodlums to visit her in Colorado Springs. She’s oil painting and uses the name Laila Zee as her art name. Dick sails, builds furniture, composes music for the recorder and loves crossword puzzles. Thanks for your cooperation in sending news. Perhaps next time we will hear from others. 1951 This class needs a reporter. If you can volunteer, please contact: The Editor, Hood Magazine, Hood College, 401 Rosemont Ave., Frederick, MD 21701-8575; (301) 696-3977, hoodmagcnews@hood.edu. Molly Wood Tully writes to tell us that her son John was married in Oct. 2004, to the daughter of a dear friend. The wedding was a three-day celebration in Cincinnati. The couple lives in New York. 1953 Johanna Chait Essex 48 Essex Rd. Great Neck, NY 11023 (516) 487-1883 johalessex@aol.com Sincere condolences to the family of Judith Cahn Tylec, who passed away Oct. 1, 2004. She is survived by her husband Fred and three children. Condolences also to the families of Joyce Fearnley Leicht, who died Jan. 17, 2005, in Fairport, N.Y.; Janet M. Miller, who passed March 23, 2005; Barbara Decker Almquist, who died Oct. 23, 2004, in Palm City, Fla.; and Barbara Morris Harrison, whose husband Michael died August 7, 2004, after a short illness. Carol Brower Joutras spent Christmas with her children and grandchildren in Lincoln, Neb. Nancy Brown Kohlheyer writes that prior to hip replacement surgery she spent some time with her sons and their families. Nan Eaton Thompson, hubby Bob, and Pat Lloyd Fordham and Paul met in Las Vegas and then traveled to the Florida Keys on vacation. Hooley Chidester Ball has been quite busy—she has six grandchildren and three of them have recently married. Betsy Craig Bernhard is also staying busy with grandchildren and great grandchildren. She is also on the board of a battered women’s center and is president of the Lake Champlain Retriever Club, which she co-founded in 1963. She still competes with her dogs across the country. Penny Fradd Vahsen took a trip to China last year and later visited her daughter in California and her son in Arizona. Lois Gaertner Hallof wants everyone to know she has a new address: 5 Brookbanks Dr., Apt. 1002, Don Mills, Ontario M3A258, Canada. Phone number is (416) 383-0613. Joan Gebhardt Tambling and Don have extended an invitation to anyone visiting Silicon Valley to drop by. Joanne Grahame Wade retired in Oct. and now has time to do the things she always put off, such as visiting grandchildren, skiing in Vermont and playing golf in Hilton Head. Myrna Hays Slick keeps busy as president of the Palmyra Library Board. She spoke to Charlotte Endres Asch who’s now a grandmother. Nancy Jones Knotts and Phil went on a tour of the WWII memorials and Normandy Beach last year. In Dec. they lost their 15-year-old grandson Corey. He died from Cockayne Syndrome, a premature aging disease. Dorothy Joyce Coffin has had a difficult year after her husband Al passed away from progressive supranuclear palsy. Pat Lloyd Fordham and Paul enjoyed their week in the Florida Keys with Nan Eaton Thompson and Bob. Janet Peek Clancy went to China, Mexico and Fort Lauderdale last year. Barbara Mayer Werle still spends six months in Vermont, six months in Florida. She had arthroscopic surgery on a knee in Dec. Corky Pattison Casey has a new e-mail address: ann.casey1@sbcglobal.net. She spent Oct. in Florence, Italy, and Dec. and Jan. with her daughter in Colorado. Pam Presbrey Grinnell celebrated the 50th reunion of her class at Mass General School of Nursing last fall. She and Sherm celebrated their 50th anniversary in June 2004. New address for Shirley Prescott Schwartz: 417 Gilmer Rd., Coatesville, PA 19320. Kathy Redelfs Rott spent the winter in Florida; the island where her home is located was evacuated twice because of hurricanes, but her house was not damaged. Weezie Matthews had a most enjoyable visit with Jane Klemstine Rehr ‘52 and her husband Jim at their home in Wyomissing, Pa., last year. Joan Riedell Nelson says it’s déjà vu all over again as she cares for two grandchildren five days a week. Joan has a new e-mail address: joanrnelson@comcast.net. Audrey Rosenthal Shavick cruised on the Queen Mary 2 for 12 days last winter. She said it’s too big and not as nice as the QE2. Bev Rosenberg Sager and Marv celebrated their 50th anniversary by spending four weeks driving throughout France. They later went to
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