THE HEAVY LIFTERS - Stanstead College

Class Notes
1948
Charmian (Finch) Brooks now lives in
Lake Wales, Florida, the capital of the citrus
belt. She mentions there are orange
groves everywhere and the smell of cooking
fruit often fills the air. When she isn’t
tending the garden or cleaning up after
hurricanes, she is tending to her animals -
five dogs, a goat, ten cats, two birds, a rabbit
and lots of raccoons, a full-time job in
itself, leaving her little time to paint. She
does manage to still squeeze time in to
play the piano thanks to her great teachers
at Stanstead, Ms. Nesbitt and Ms.
MacFarlane. Charmian occasionally hears
from Anna Brown and ran into Bill
Layton when he was wintering in Jupiter
last winter.
1949
On October 19, 2007, Ross Saunders
dropped by campus for
a visit. Ross lives in
Elliot Lake, Ont.
Retired from the graphic
advertising business,
he now does volunteer
work (addiction) and is
an avid hiker.
1952
Rose Marczak writes
she has been blessed
with her first grandson,
Matthew, who is now a
year old.
1955
Former captain of the
first provincial winning
hockey team, John
photos donated by John Murray 1949
Getliffe has been a judge (criminal law)
for the Court of Ontario for the past
seven years.
1956
After receiving a BA from Queen’s
University and a Master of Social Work
from McGill (’61), Georgia Copland
practiced social work in Montreal for five
years before marrying Michael Carpenter,
a cellist with the MSO. She took time off
to raise her family, returning to work 24
years later. In 1996 she became an
ordained minister for the United Church
of Canada and served for 10 years in
Ontario before returning to Quebec and a
new home at Lac Marois in the
Laurentians. Ostensibly retired, Georgia
continues to work three-quarter time at
Lachute and Grenville United Churches.
Georgia has four children – Jenn, Alison,
Graham and Peter as well as seven grandchildren.
Georgia’s husband of nine years
is David Sinclair, an Anglican priest who
was, in fact, her “steady beau” at Queen’s
back in the fifties.
1958
A part of Stanstead’s 1958 provincial winning
hockey team, Bruce Houghton continues
to play hockey. He played junior
through the Eastern Township, senior
in New Brunswick, and for the
RCAF where he continued his
education from 1961-66. Bruce still plays
every week and competes in the Canadian
Senior Games. In 2006 his team advanced
through Ontario to Manitoba. He writes,
“My important moment? Thursday
January 10, 2008. My 66th birthday. I
skated out onto the ice for our regular
Thursday morning game wearing the
Stanstead colors. Thank you, Dugie Ross.”
1969
Robert Ho visited Stanstead with wife
Anna back in November 2007 where he
had the chance to catch up on old times
with Brian Denney and see all the changes
to the school since his departure almost 30
years ago. Robert is in the ship transportation
business. His work keeps him
on the road and across the globe.
In one of his recent letters to the
Advancement Office
Paul Quattrocchi
included this photo
of him and girlfriend
Mary Louise Farmer.
Paul lives in Athens,
Georgia.
1970
Brant Zwicker attended Trent University
after leaving Stanstead. In 1982 he moved
to Kamloops, BC to take a job with a new
radio station and never left. In 1998 he
Archival Additions
Any photos of your time at Stanstead that you would like to donate or share with our school
archives will be most welcomed. Hard or digital copies accepted.
left: Douglas Montgomery 1948 at a track meet in Montreal (1947/1948)
center: Doug Grant 1948 and John Murray 1949 in Lake Matice, Rimouski (1948/1949)
right: Terry Whalley and John Murray 1949