Summer 2007 - Hood College

30 Hood Magazine www.hood.edu/magazine1959Anne Wilson Heuisler6102 Buckingham Manor DriveBaltimore, MD 21210(410) 377-5026aheuisler@comcast.netJane Atmore Brown enjoyed plays and concertsin New Jersey last summer and happily returnedto Florida in October, relieved that “nature waskind” this year. Lorraine Ball Chase is doing wellon a respite from chemo. She has been travelingand is active in a hiking group, book group and agarden club, and hopes to start quilting this year.Eleanor Brown Wheeler and Phil have a newcollie. Though retired, Eleanor still spends lots oftime at the library, both as a patron and as a volunteer.She likes genealogy and has joined amemoir-writing class. Betsy Chinn Rossi andErnie attended the “Messiah” concert at HoodNov. 19 and said it was glorious. The class of ’59was well represented by Elaine Price Flint andGeorge, Pat Meredith Sinclair and HomerLippard, Patricia Shoaf, Shirley CalhounDeWitt and Frank, Edee Howard Hogan, andCarol Koreywo LeGore. Tarun Comegys Johnshas been back to Florida several times, includingone for a medical checkup (OK!). On PrinceEdward Island last summer with her family, Tarunbought a 23-foot sloop and enjoyed sailing itthrough September. Tarun recently resigned fromher term as project director of Maine WoodsExplorers, a K-12 natural-resource education program,after a very successful camping-out lastsummer. Tarun lost her brother Dick inSeptember. Nancy Curran Crowley and Joecruised with all six kids and their spouses toMexico last March. They toured the Sierras lastsummer and Hawaii last fall. Nancy had breastcancer surgery before the Hawaii trip and anticipatedchemo and radiation therapy in the winter.She says by June she’ll “be back in the saddleagain. We have a big trip planned in August.”Gloria Friedman Greenspun is thrilled by thearrival of Sadie Lillian, her only granddaughterafter four grandsons. Daughter Jamie Pachinohad a first-place, prize-winning play shown in theNew York Summer Playwright’s Festival in July.She is now employed by Disney to write thescript for “Rapunzel.” The Greenspuns touredeastern Canada last summer and spent Februaryand March in Naples, Fla. Gayle HamiltonBlakeslee and Natalie Starr enjoyed three weeksin India last winter. Beverly Heckart lost the battleto keep a mall out of Ellensburg, Wash., but isnow a member of the economic restructuringcommittee of the Ellensburg DowntownAssociation, associated with the National Trust’sMain Street Program. The Journal of UrbanHistory (May 2006) published Bev’s article on cityplanning in the East German town of Jena duringthe 1960s, and the Comparative Studies inSociety and History series (Univ. of MichiganPress) included her comparison of city planningin Avignon and Worms. Carole Sue JonesRogers worked on the new Ohio governor’s transitionteam while lobbying the lame-duck sessionof the legislature. One of her bills did not passuntil 2 a.m. on the morning she and son Bobbywere leaving for Christmas in Maryland. Caroleand her family gave a surprise 98th birthdayparty for her mother, who is still vigorous, butarranging for her care long distance can be difficult.Carole was looking forward to a trip to NYCfor the Metropolitan Opera, a Christmas andbirthday gift from daughter Caroline. MarciaKing Wilke and Norm welcomed new grandsonSilas Christopher Blankenship into the familyJanuary 19, 2006. Marcia continues to teachpiano (13 students, one of whom is 90 yearsold), and directs home-school handbells and thechurch chime and handbell choirs. She is presidentof the local music teachers’ associationchapter. Betsy Kuntz Held and Dick have fivegrandchildren and therefore a great reason forlots of travel (two trips to California, three toMichigan and one to Puerto Rico). In Februarythey headed for California and better weather.Betsy celebrated her birthday there but says shedoesn’t feel 70. In August the whole family, all11, will meet in Myrtle Beach for some fun in thesun. Carol Lumb Allen and Bob now have aplace in Napa, Calif., for a special family retreat.Carol still works with youngsters in Tennis Xpressand does a few pro bono “legal” tasks as well.They enjoyed an exotic trip to India. BarbaraLynch Guise announces the arrival of RachelElizabeth, her first grandchild. Barb had a shoulderreplacement last year and continues to copewith Parkinson’s. She says she has no problemswith the phone or computer, so she keeps upwith friends. Kuulei Mobley Green spends mostof her time “answering her call” at both St.Barnabas’ Senior Living Services and St. Alban’sEpiscopal Church in Chattanooga, Tenn. LastMarch she was presented with an award by Girls,Inc., for being a special “Unbought andUnbossed” woman. Anne Montesano Kerpsack-Ellis and a friend enjoyed Grand Circle’s “CapeTown to Cairo” trip last October. Anne plannedto take the final exam to become a certifiedflower show judge in April. Judy MorelandGranger and Bob welcomed Gibson DanielGranger, grandbaby #8, last December. GailMulliken Painter cruised to Scandinavia andRussia in September with two of Roger’s sistersand a brother-in-law. In December she traveledto Amsterdam, South Africa and Tanzania. GayleHamilton Blakeslee, Judy Moreland Granger,Mary-Lou Trout Haddad and I (Anne WilsonHeuisler) spent a weekend with Gail at her homein Mulkilteo, Wash., in March. Jeannette Phelpscontinues to enjoy Baltimore’s cultural scene,often with Sandy Murphy Schmidt ’61. Shereports going to three book-signings, three artexhibits, a late September Orioles win and ahandful of films. Rachel Ravey Johnson has hadseveral careers: social worker, guidance counselorand college teacher. Her “most fun” job has beenas a waterfront director for the Boy Scouts. A BoyScout herself, Rachel drove all the way to Alaskaby herself four years ago to teach swimming andkayaking at a Scout camp. She lived in a tentwithout electricity or running water. MyraSilberstein Goldgeier and Sheldon enjoyed atrip to Costa Rica and Panama through the canal.They often go back and forth from Easton totheir grandsons’ events in Rockville. Mary-LouTrout Haddad was sworn in as president-elect ofthe Boyertown Rotary Club. In late June she willbecome the president for a one-year term. PatWever Knoll is grieving for her sister Pam, whorecently died of leukemia. Pat is also expecting anew grandchild soon. A 14-year-old granddaughtersang the National Anthem twice at theStaples Center for the Kings Hockey game andfor the Clippers. Pat had lunch with WaltSchlegel, widower of Anita RittenhouseSchlegel, when he came to California over theholidays to see his daughter. Susan Price Bearssand Dale will celebrate their 42nd anniversary inJuly. Their daughter Amy was married last August,and their daughter Allison lives close by inMichigan with her husband Ben, Natalie, 8, andClay, almost 5. Susie and Dale spend five to sixmonths in Bonita Springs, Fla., in a gated golfcommunity. Yasuko Koide Shoji and her husbandSadao have three daughters who all live faraway from their home in Sendai, Japan. TheShojis enjoy visiting their daughters’ familiesoften. Yasuko is also busy as an adviser to analumnae association, a member of the board oftrustees for both a school and the Sendai YWCA,and a volunteer for the blind and the aged. MaryFaith West gets together with Mary Ann GuildSimmons and Carol Smith Russel from time totime. Carol cooks some delicious gourmet mealsat her beautiful home in Bethesda. Mary Faithsays she’s “still into politics and religion .... myfavorite subjects.” She is program chair of herclub in Williamsburg. Our condolences to RuthWagner Myhre, whose husband John diedMarch 4, 2006. My next deadline for news isOct. 15. In March I sent out a plea for photos fora reunion D.V.D. compilation. Please send itemsby Jan. 1, 2009.1960Sally Jo Bruch Sherrill727 Genesee St.Annapolis, MD 21401(410) 263-5158Jean Ford Joseph has been widowed for 11years, retired for 5 years, and now is enjoyingtraveling, playing, “lunching” and doing all thethings she never had time to do while working!She has three children and five grandchildrenand especially enjoys family gatherings at CapeCod for a few weeks each summer. KarenNordberg Sanders and Don traded nursingduties this winter while each was recovering fromknee replacement surgery. Karen has been retiredfrom Richardson ISD since May 1999 but hastaught part time most semesters at RichlandCommunity College. Don, a travel consultant,headed up a group of mostly U.S. NavalAcademy alums last August to take in theEdinburgh “Tattoo,” London, and then a Balticcruise. Roommate Marcia Newson White andPaul went along. The two couples plan a cruiseto the Greek Islands and Turkey in June. JudyPurcell Cotter lost her husband Pierce two yearsago. She is in the process of “downsizing” andwill be moving to a villa in Winter Park, Fla., nearwhere she has lived, and between daughterStacey and grandchildren, and son Jay and hisfamily. She gathers with good friends each weekfor lunch and several hours of painting, and haswork hanging in a downtown Orlando gallery!Judy hopes to get to this year’s mini-reunion.Mary Ann Brush Gearinger and Charles live inFrederick and Mary Ann is still teaching! Sheenjoys rug hooking and singing with a groupcalled “One God One Voice.” She traveled withthe group to France and Austria two summers