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24 Hood Magazine1942Jean Brown Forster912 W. Fairmount Ave.State College, PA 16801(814) 238-9470Our condolences to the families of EmilyMarchant Lowe, who died Dec. 30, 2006, inPeabody, Mass.; Janet Cassidy Van Housen,who died March 18, 2007, in Binghamton, N.Y.;and to Jane Taylor Slabaugh, whose husbandCarlyle died Jan. 13, 2007.1943Please send your news directly to TammyMcElroy ’05, Assistant Magazine Editor,Hood College, 401 Rosemont Ave., Frederick,MD 21701-8575; (301) 696-3977 or tohoodmagcnews@hood.edu.Our condolences to the families of Ethel SchaakeFishel, who died Jan. 16, 2007, in Timonium,Md.; and Dorothy Yursik Wagner, who diedFeb. 15, 2007. Jean Kerschner notified theCollege of the death of friend Helen V. Crouse,who died May 25, 2006. Our sympathy also toDoris Burall Fahringer, whose husband Davidpassed away.1944V. Jean Wheatley Hilchuk180 Landover Place, Apt. 374WDLongwood, FL 32750(407) 767-6863jhilchuk@aol.comOur condolences to Marjory StrauserHemingway, whose husband George diedMarch 31, 2006. Dot Ford Krieger and husbandBill were planning a trip to Florida with their kidsbut came down with colds just before they wereto leave. I talked with Margaret “Peg” TraverEmery, who had a knee replaced in March of thisyear and is progressing quite well. She and Al livein Florida during the winter and New Jersey inthe summer. Peg wishes they could spend alltheir time in Florida; their house in New Jerseyhas many steps to the second floor! Her roommate,Flo Brooke Miller, is living in her ownhome and has care givers come in and take careof her. Talked with Helen Eisenhower Mueser,who lives in the same little town of ClintonCorners as Flo. Ike had a knee replacement twoyears ago but she and Al keep busy with dailyactivities. Mary Lou Chorley Touart reports sheis still working with the local newspaper. Her husbandhas been given a new clean slate on hishealth problem. She reports that Marge MuthAlibasah is not doing well. Mary Lou hopes tosee Bev Langhorne Kirill in Maine next summer.I talked with Roberta “Maxie” MaxwellGilfillan, who is quite active with her condoassociation, and Betty Black Newport, whohad a large family reunion over the holidaysand recently planned a dinner party for her 85thbirthday with friends and family. Sadly, she losther husband Charles two years ago and, shortlyafter that, her daughter Dianne was killed afterbeing struck by an automobile while out walking;our condolences to Betty. While at my timesharein North Carolina, I had what they said was aheart attack and was airlifted to the hospital.Become a Legacy at HoodWant to make an impact on the memories of acurrent Hood student? The Ring ScholarshipCommittee is seeking Hood rings to give tocurrent students as part of the Legacy RingProgram. The ring recipients will be selectedbased on an application essay, grade point averageand service to Hood. Deserving Hoodstudents will be given your ring as a legacy ring,which will have your graduation year on it.Not ready to part with that ring yet?You can be a part of the Ring tradition by making a contribution to the Ring ScholarshipFund, separate from your Annual Funds donations. These donations will be used to givedeserving students full or partial scholarships toward the purchase of their rings.To learn more about the program, please contact Anita Juliano Harvey ’80 by phoneat (724) 272-3197 or by e-mail at alumoffice@hood.eduMy dear Hood friends Millie Easterbrook Patzigand her husband came to the hospital and tookme to their home for two days and then put meon a plane so I could fly back to Orlando. BettyPickell Cleaver reports that she belongs to severalclubs, one for bridge and the other for sewing.However, the sewing club has become a socialclub and they don’t sew anymore at themeetings!1945Georgia Dyer Burnett7107 Bay Front Drive, Apt. 225Annapolis, MD 21403(410) 216-6645Edith Moore Fleischer went to San Francisco tovisit her third great-grandchild Ben.1946Jane Seymour Wilson2921 Deer Hollow Way, #411Fairfax, VA 22031-6044jw101224@cox.netIn December 2006 we lost two classmates: MaryLower Daniel and Delavan Rawlins Bowen.Those of us who were at reunion in June 2006were shocked that Delly, who was in fine healththen, passed away just six months later. Our condolencesto both of their families, and to the familyof Margaret Hecht Rapf, who died Jan. 1,2006. Our condolences to Sarah ThomasAllnutt, whose husband Benoni died June 12at the Nightingale House senior care facility inGaithersburg, Md. Mary Umbarger Corddryclaims to have been “nowhere of consequence”lately but she’s still writing for the Harford LandTrust, working to preserve farmland, and is activein the Peace Committee of the Quaker FriendsMeeting. Nancy Andrews Hastings, movinginto the digital age, is enjoying a steady diet ofmusic of the ’40s via a satellite radio in her car.She recommends reading “City of Falling Angels”by John Berendt—a look at the city of Venice andits inhabitants. Anne Nelson Bagwell is busywith many clubs, volunteering at the hospital,church activities and socializing. Her six grandchildrenare “all great achievers.” She hopessome Hoodlums will stop by Onancock, Va.,when passing through the Eastern Shore.Eleanor Gambrill Bowers writes, “Pete and I arestill dividing our time between Frederick andFlorida. Last fall we were lucky enough to spendtwo wonderful weeks in Provence. We have threenew great-grandchildren for a total of 10 and areenjoying our new top floor condo digs in downtownFrederick. Life has been good.” Mary LouHartman Sherk has moved to a retirement communityjust two miles from Lebanon, allowingher to continue her community activities there.Her address is: P.O. Box 125, 8020 GatehouseLane, Cornwall, PA 17016. She has two supergrandkids: 7-year-old Alana and 18-year-oldRachel. Mary Grivakis Mallis and husband havedownsized to a rancher. They have recentlybecome great-grandparents. Of their 10 grandchildren,six have graduated from college, threeare in college and one finishes high school thisyear. Sara Robinson Bitler says that, by the timeyou read this, she will be completely recoveredfrom a fall that left her with back pain. Travel hasbeen curtailed but it sounds like she is busywatching her grandchildren play tennis andlacrosse. Ann Brandenburg Walsh still works fulltime at the Webb Institute Library and managesto see Broadway plays, N.Y.C. museums and goon trips with the Long Island HorticulturalSociety. Although I cannot match Eleanor forgreat-grandchildren, we do have five. In spite ofliving in a condo, I manage to continue gardenrelatedactivities. At the moment, I’m lookingforward to a trip to see some award-winningPennsylvania gardens. Thank you for your repliesto my requests for news. If you have e-mail, youcan make this job much easier for me by sendingme your e-mail address.
Summer 2007Hood Magazine 251947Catharine Smith Dunn1410 Stokes Park RoadBethlehem, PA 18017(610) 691-5653kittysmithdunn@yahoo.comTurning 80 must make it difficult for classmatesto send news! I thank the ones who responded tomy plea for news. Mark Neiman reports hismother, Elizabeth “Bette” Bishop Waterhouse,is doing well in her home in Deland, Fla. Heencourages anyone in the area to stop for a visitwith her. Call him at (386) 717-8668 so he canarrange a meeting. Audrey Callaway Asburyhad a big surprise 80th birthday party in January.Her daughter made a timeline contrasting “history”with “herstory”! Betty Graf Smith celebratedher middle daughter’s 50th birthday, with herother four children coming from as far away asCalifornia, Oregon and Maryland! They had anearly Thanksgiving! Phyllis Peak Sullivan and herhusband celebrated their 25th wedding anniversaryat Williamsburg and had their annual familysummer vacation at the Outer Banks. They alsoenjoyed an Elderhostel in Newport, R.I., and twoin Florida—one at Sanibel Island and one at KeyLargo. At home they keep busy watching theirseven grandchildren in their various school activities.Renie Quynn Collmus spent her firstChristmas in Germany and Austria with daughterCathy and family. Her granddaughter, RachelCollmus ’05, is teaching English in Lesotho withthe Peace Corps. She walks 1 1 /2 miles to herschool and her hut has no plumbing or electricitybut she does have her own private outhouse!Peggy Thumma Startzman reported a trip toUniv. of Nebraska for “Parents’ Weekend” fortheir granddaughter who is a freshman there.Mel Weir Peter is moving to a new apartment inShaker Heights in May and has three grandchildrengraduating in June. She spends some timein Naples, Fla., playing golf and bridge but likesto be up north in the summer time. She will begoing to Martha’s Vineyard in July. Mel alsoreports that Lois Glatthar Mapes has moved toa retirement community in Chagrin Falls and theysee each other occasionally. She has six greatgrandchildrenand 12 grandchildren. Can anyonebeat that record? Mel also reported thatElizabeth “Jonesie” Jones Hesse is taking a tripto England over reunion time. Our condolencesto the families of Mary “Mert” KinsmanMonroe, who died Dec. 21, 2006; ElizabethBrewer Battey, who died Jan. 12, 2007, inDanbury, Conn.; Jane A. Bennett, who diedNov. 12, 2006; Elizabeth Groft Sell, whose husbandJ. Robert passed away March 23, 2004; andto Eleanor Sigler Gilbert, whose husbandGeorge died Sept. 28, 2006. As for your reporter,I am anticipating a trip to China in May as part ofthe Lehigh Univ. Choral Arts Group. We aresinging four concerts in Beijing, Xian, Nankingand Shanghai, and then will take a four-daycruise on the Yangtze River. Meanwhile, on thehome front, I’ve been kept busy doing taxes forAARP, visiting CASA children, reading with schoolkids and enjoying my 1-year-old great-grandsonwho has been living with me (with his parents)since November. The Hood Magazine will printour news in both issues so if you want to seesomething from the Class of ’47, you have toprovide it!1948Elizabeth Benchoff Page603 S. Main St.Woodstock, VA 22664After moving three times in one year, Ginny BareFrancis writes that they are back in Clinton, N.Y.,with their family; they still enjoy their camp in theAdirondacks. Janet Beck Agnew and Bert visitedGinny Mansfield Alm and Bob in Florida at theVillages and Betty Paterson Reims in PompanoBeach. Janet enjoys weekly e-mails withGretchen Groff Duncan. Shirley Benson Riceand John enjoy winters in Miami, Fla., near theirdaughter and family. Lunched with BarbaraHeiss Jackson, her daughter, and Elsa EggersHauswald and John in Okeechobee, Fla.; seemedstrange to read in their Farmville, Va., newspaperthat Hood College had played basketball withHampden-Sydney College. H-S is still all male.“My roomie bloomie” was Phyl Muir Richter’snickname for Bette Blome Winyall. Betteexpressed sadness at news of Phyl’s death. Betteand Milt love their family gatherings. Milt’s twocorneal transplants enable him to drive and readagain. Family and friends helped Anne ChaneyMesmer celebrate the big 80 in February. Annerequested no gifts; just a song, dance, poem,story and pictures. Ted played the recorder whilethe hostess sang “Back Home in Indiana.” FromCoup’s house the good news is her recovery fromher third case of pneumonia in two years. KayCouper Watrous and son Peter planned toattend daughter Janet’s installation as rector ofThe Prince of Peace Episcopal Church in Apex,N.C. Sad news is return of cancer to her beloveddog, Bouvier, BRIGIE. Pat Maricle Taggart spent10 days with Coup the end of summer 2006 atthe farm. In April, Corky Edwards Shulmanentertained her four adult offspring and spousesat The Lodge at Ko-ele on Lanai, her favoritevacation spot in the islands. Nat is unable to travelso family and friends visit them in Kaneohe.The “Folksies” still gather for get-togethers in theEast. Much aloha to you, Corky! Elsa EggersHauswald and John winter in Lake Ashton, Fla.,and summer in Ocean City, Md. Winter findsNancy Eggleston Fraser doing Nordic andalpine skiing, switching to hiking the other seasons.She and Howard like gardening and cookingand visiting back and forth to Denver withtheir daughter and son. Another son is in NewHampshire. Louise Friedrich McCorkindale andDon have moved into an “Independent Living”apartment, still in Chatham. They have threeexposures so can enjoy sunrises and sunsets.Freddie and our late Phyl Muir Richter attendedthe same church and Phyl is missed. Still maintainingher home, although physically limited attimes, keeps Isabel Gill Mizel going. She missestraveling but is grateful for what she has and cando. So true for many of us, Izzy! Her two granddaughtersare working in Hawaii. Jaynie GillisdeConstant moved before Christmas to NorthHampton, N.H., into a carriage house attached toher son’s house. She volunteers in her grandchildren’sclassrooms and is involved in an onlinenewspaper called “Rye Reflections.” Peg GreenLebherz and husband have moved back toFrederick after residing in Catonsville, Md., for 46years. Their children and grandchildren arespread over the country from Virginia toCalifornia and spots in between. She writes,“so much for being surrounded by family.”Marcia Gurwitt Wofsey writes that she had hipreplacement surgery in November and Bob hadtriple by-pass in August 2006. They are recoveringnicely. They enjoyed a family weekend inVermont where the temperature was 13 below.They thawed out in Longboat Key, Fla. BarbaraHeiss Jackson moved to an independent livingvillage in May 2006. Her porch, which sheenjoys, overlooks a lake. Barb is working on theseventh bed quilt for her seventh (and last)grandchild. Elaine Henderson Cortelyou writesthey spent Easter in Raleigh, N.C., with theirdaughter, then on to Outer Banks for R&R. InFebuary, they spent 10 days with their youngerdaughter in Atlanta. They meet Midge BlakeneyFilmyer and Bill occasionally for lunch. In theirspare time, they enjoy their river and retirement.Joy Hollinger Myerly and Dick are enjoying theirlife in Hendersonville, N.C. They support andattend music programs and concerts. Dick is awoodworker and Joy is a weaver and needleworker.(Please stop and see me, Joy, the next timeyou head north to visit your 101-year-old mother!)On a trip to Peru, Chile, and Argentina,Katsy Maguire Rafferty had a bag “lost”enroute from L.A. to Lima. When she did collectit, all her clothes and one shoe had been stolenand replaced with someone else’s. A tour memberlent a T-shirt and now Katsy has a T-shirt fromeach country. Other than being wardrobe-challenged,it was a great trip! In May 2006, four ofthe Hoodlum “folksies” went on a river bargeexcursion from Memphis to St. Louis—AnnBarnum Connellee and Bill, Pat Beall Snaderand Stu, Janet Beck Agnew and Bert, and GinnyMansfield Alm and Bob. The Agnews andConnellees visited the Alms in Florida in February.Ginny says she and Bob were fortunate to escapeany damage from the tornado that struck centralFlorida Feb. 1. Mary McClain O’Connell saystheir best news is that she and Dan are stillaround and “perking.” They are located midpointbetween San Antonio and Austin wheretheir sons are living. Mac still plays tennis threetimes a week. The lakes and “Hill County” ofTexas are lovely. They hope to make their annualjaunt to Vermont and New Hampshire inSeptember. Mary Gordon Dunham ’47 and Phillive nearby and it is great fun getting togetherwith them. Within three months after Georgedied in May 2005, Terry Montrastell Meier soldtheir home of 53 years and moved into a new,smaller house nearer to daughter Liz and herfamily. She has taken a few trips and plans more.Jean Neel Perkins still sings in church and forweddings. After Hood, she sang in light opera (alot) and concerts. She has lived all her married lifein the Far East and retired to Chico, Calif. BeforeBob died in 2005, they planned to move toCorpus Christi, which Jean did. She left in Marchto join her two boys sailing down to Guatemalato explore Los Dolces River. Jean Oliver Reymerwas looking forward to a quarterly luncheon withthe Hood Gals and Associates. They are MaryFrances Six Copenhaver, Jean LeaderEisenhart, Polly Smith Moyer and Clay, andJean’s husband Bob. Way to go, Gals! NancyO’Neill Carignan’s biggest event in 2006 wasthe gift of a trip to Ireland from her daughterNanette Carignan Markey ’79. Nancy playsbridge with Peg Smith Bourland ’49, M.A. ’77Pat Swearingen Nicodemus ’49, and Betty
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