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after my husband) as well as other veteran’s andhistorical groups.”1964John “Jake” Carr writes: “Now living in Scarborough,Maine. Looking forward to retiring after 44 years inthe lumber industry. Been busy boating and fishingon Casco Bay. Also serving as an off-ice official withthe American Hockey League in Portland for thePortland Pirates AHL team.”Pamela Judge writes: “As chairman of WakefieldHeritage Commission, I just received the NewHampshire Preservation Alliance Award 2012 foroutstanding education, planning, and advocacy oflocal preservation.”Marina Tew celebrated her 40th anniversary with afamily get-together in Kauai, Hawaii, in June. “Oursummers are spent in the cool White Mountains ofArizona escaping the heat of the Valley of the Sun.”1966Charles “Chuck” Goldstein lives in Wellington,Florida, a suburb of West Palm Beach and workswith Keller Williams Realty. Chuck has many fondmemories of Brewster and mentors Dave Pollini, aswell as other teachers and coaches, including PopWhalen, Mal Murray, and Dave Brown. “I feel veryfortunate to have gone to Brewster and winningthe 1966 Lakes Region Golf Championship. My wifeAndee of 39 years is a teacher in Wellington, and ourson Adam is a graduate of the University of Alabamaand Cornell University. Thank you Brewster!”1970Allan Bierweiler lives in Arizona and works for anAir Force contractor in the security police sector. Heplays a lot of golf, has a son, Zachary, three dogs, anda love of wine.1977Mary Lou Ciolfi writes: “Going back to school atage 50 for a master’s in Health Policy has been atturns wonderful and exhausting! I will finish in thespring and I will look forward to having weekendsback to myself. The good news is that I have beenable to follow health reform – and all the debate andcontroversy surrounding it – from an informed place.I miss the practice of law, but I am delighted to bemaking a contribution in the healthcare community.I have enjoyed catching up with some Brewsterclassmates on Facebook. And I am still trying to talkmy youngest son into transferring to Brewster for hissophomore or junior year – we shall see! Best to all,Mary Lou”Teresa Hooper writes: “… after spending time thissummer at the International Fabric Tradeshow atthe Jarvis Center in NYC, my travels will take me toMarrakesh to celebrate the new year. I am lookingforward to the camel races! No, I am not one of thejockeys.”1979Jonathan Hopewell, wife Valerie, and their dogsChester and Lily have moved back to the LakesRegion. Jonathan writes that he “quit the softwareindustry after 23 unproductive years and is nowmaking furniture – www.hopewellwoodwork.com.Commissions are always accepted!”Richard O’Brien writes: “All is well in Denver,Colorado. Hi to everyone!”Susan (McDonough) Schultes bought a huge logcabin on two acres in the country and is having funyear-round gardening and chasing her ChihauhuaSkipper. She is hoping to acquire some chickens thiswinter and is loving the Florida life.1980Michael Adams lives in Grand Junction, Colorado,and works at the Grand Junction VA Medical Centeras a physician’s assistant. He and Sharon havebeen married 24 years and they have a daughterStephanie, who graduated from the University ofNorth Carolina last year.1981Curtis Garrett writes from Ladera Ranch, Califorina:“All’s good here! Playing a little golf and going tolacrosse games with my 14-year old son Conner. Myson Cole, 20, headed back to Spain for spring break,and my son Chad, 21, is working in sales and living ablock away from Huntington Beach Pier.”RecollectionsExperienced Alumni RecallTheir Brewster DaysCynthia (Bly) Blandini ‘63Wolfeboro and North Andover, MassachusettsCynthia (Bly) Blandini ‘63 offered theserecollections about her four years at Brewster– revealing that, despite infrastructure andprogram enhancements, some things reallydo stay the same at Brewster.I drove my VW to school and parked behindthe Estabrook. Every day we had morningchapel in the Academic Building. We saidthe Pledge, a prayer, and heard the day’sannouncements. We were expected to dressnicely and be respectful to our teachersand fellow students. Day students didn’teat in Estabrook. I remember going acrossto Carpenter School to eat lunch (whichwe brought) and later we had lunch in theAlumni Center (now the Art Center).We worked hard in class. Brewster had threetracks: business education, general education,and college preparatory; I took collegeprep classes. It wasn’t easy; the teacherswere tough on us. No computers, not evencalculators!Sports were required and they were fun. Iplayed basketball and softball, and we skiedand tobogganed all winter at Abenaki SkiArea. We went to the football, soccer, andhockey games, and watched basketball in theRogers Gym; it was the thing to do.We had little free time, our days were filled! Iwas involved in Glee Club, yearbook, and Tri-Hi-Y. We also did community service projects,I remember baking and making baskets.There was a movie theater downtown, abowling alley, and the drug store had an icecream soda fountain, which we all loved.Dockside was a popular place, too.Our Headmaster Burtis Vaughan was kind,intelligent, and he always listened to us.The students loved him. He was a man to beproud of, a born teacher who enjoyed his roleof teacher more than any other role.We had great respect for our teachers; theywere wonderful people – Pop Whalen,Barbara Zulauf, George Hall, Burtis Vaughan,June Tilton, Gertrude Gardiner, Jim Hathcock,Jean Perkins, and so many more! Brewsterwas a special place filled with special people.Cynthia will celebrate her 50th Reunion inJune.www.brewsteracademy.org35