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she would be married on Aug. 1. A<br />
“surprise shower” for Mary Jane was<br />
held in Maria Hall late on Saturday<br />
night. The gifts were “unique,” the<br />
laughter outrageous. Good wishes<br />
flowed. It was hard to determine<br />
who had more fun, Mary Jane or<br />
those who planned and pulled off the<br />
surprise. On Aug. 1, Mary Jane and<br />
Donald Cameron (her fine, handsome<br />
Scot) tied the knot in Orleans. They<br />
danced, Donald wearing the Cameron<br />
kilt and MJ with his tartan scarf over<br />
her shoulder, and celebrated at the<br />
old boathouse on Wellfleet Harbor<br />
among family and friends. Brenda<br />
McCrann and Pat Kiley Murray were<br />
there. MJ’s only regrets were that<br />
all her <strong>Regis</strong> classmates couldn’t have<br />
been included. ¶ The Saturday night<br />
lobsterbake was memorable in many<br />
ways: the tent at the Tower Gardens,<br />
the plastic utensils augmented by<br />
bricks to open the claws, the fun<br />
atmosphere, and the band! Dancing<br />
and more dancing, even with the<br />
“young waiters” from the food service!<br />
But June Higgins Twinam truly set<br />
the pace with her amazing moves. A<br />
fitting end to a wonderful weekend.<br />
¶ Since then, I met with Ann Marie<br />
Volante O’Neill after her trip to France<br />
and further purchases of the Quimper<br />
pottery which she represents in the<br />
U.S., and with Marilyn Stasio, who<br />
enjoyed her 2 weeks in Truro on the<br />
Cape. Amazingly, Marilyn does not<br />
drive and manages to get around just<br />
fine. She recalled a statement from<br />
the 25th Anniversary grads as they<br />
visited in the dorm Saturday night:<br />
“We’ve been dying to meet the girls<br />
from the sixties generation.” To which<br />
Marilyn added, “What fun to wave the<br />
banner for our revolutionary generation.”<br />
¶ The column cannot be complete<br />
without a thank you, gracias, to<br />
Winnie Murphy and Brenda McCrann,<br />
who saw to the refreshments in the<br />
lounge. From coffee to sodas to other<br />
libations, we were all well cared for.<br />
Thank you again. ¶ Also, Angela <strong>Regis</strong><br />
Kravchuk just completed a 2-year volunteer<br />
job as co-chair of the Bayberry<br />
Quilt Guild Quilt Show, which is the<br />
major event sponsored by the guild<br />
on Cape Cod. ¶ If you have read this<br />
far, it’s time to put my email in your<br />
address book and send me a note<br />
about what you are doing. Please.<br />
1961<br />
50th Reunion Class<br />
✒ Kate Martin Hawke, 4 Rockland<br />
Road, Marblehead, MA 01945-1316<br />
frhawke@comcast.net ¶ Dear classmates,<br />
¶ I am writing this in Aug. and<br />
thinking that 53 years ago we were<br />
preparing to begin our freshman year<br />
at <strong>Regis</strong> with all the expectations<br />
and anxieties that still accompany<br />
such a momentous occasion in one’s<br />
life. For most of us our years at <strong>Regis</strong><br />
proved to be personally and intellectually<br />
fulfilling, as well as a lot of<br />
fun. By now I hope you have received<br />
material about our 50th Reunion in<br />
May of 2011 and plan to come to some<br />
or all of the activities. Many groups<br />
of classmates have mini reunions,<br />
and one of the annual reunions takes<br />
place around St. Patrick’s Day in<br />
Naples, FL, where a <strong>Regis</strong> contingent<br />
marches/rides in the parade. ¶ Our<br />
classmate Judy Wilson Sullivan hosts<br />
a dinner party for a large group.<br />
This year Eileen Cannon showed up<br />
a week early at Ellie Donahue Foley’s<br />
looking for the parade and party. All<br />
of Eileen’s friends are SHOCKED by<br />
such a rare mistake! ¶ Judith Powers<br />
retired from the Nantucket school<br />
system, sold her house, moved to<br />
Long Island to live with her sister,<br />
and is traveling all over the country<br />
and beyond having a wonderful time.<br />
¶ No more news of note. Hope to see<br />
you all soon.<br />
1962<br />
✒ Rosemary Shannon Robbins, 43<br />
Mano Drive, Kula Maui, HI 96790,<br />
muffyus@yahoo.com ✒ Maureen<br />
Connelly, 97 Neel Road, Harwich Port,<br />
MA 02646-2508, Celticc1@verizon.<br />
net ¶ Aloha oe! ¶ As I write on this<br />
starlit subtropical Aug. evening of<br />
gentle trade winds, I am counting my<br />
blessings: this summer has included<br />
a visit with warm “welcome back’s”<br />
to New England—where the weather<br />
of that temperate zone was hotter<br />
than you-know-what. Life’s ironies,<br />
hmm? ¶ Our Alumni Office knew I<br />
would be at the Cape Cod Luncheon,<br />
but classmates Joan Darney Dwyer,<br />
Mary McCauley Higgins, and Sue<br />
Donnelly Riley did not. What fun to<br />
surprise them at Coonamessett Inn,<br />
where Carrol Beegan Follas ’61 (who<br />
preceded me on The Lay Apostolate)<br />
joined us at our table—with an album<br />
from her and her ’61 classmate’s<br />
visit to Maui and me in the spring. ¶<br />
Before the eats and program, I shared<br />
a hug with Carole Kennedy Nassab’s<br />
sister, Christina Kennedy McCann<br />
’60 (who reported that all Nassabs<br />
are well). Then we of ’62 and others<br />
enjoyed the lunch and speaker<br />
before the 4 of us adjourned<br />
to Sue’s to do some planning<br />
for our 50th in 2012. Also<br />
caught a hug with Joan’s<br />
husband, John—and a little<br />
reminiscing regarding their<br />
and their children’s visit to<br />
Maui some years ago and<br />
mine to their Falmouth<br />
spot in 2005. All shared<br />
happy family, volunteer,<br />
career, and retirement news!<br />
¶ Have had nice 2010 conversations<br />
with Nancy Earley<br />
Hicks (ret. in Chelmsford) and Betsy<br />
Comeau Kadehjian and Helene Swiatek<br />
Savicki who are thriving on grandparenting<br />
with respective husbands<br />
Art and Bill. All 3 of these classmates<br />
have acquired daughters-in-law since<br />
last we wrote of them. Best wishes!<br />
¶ A very phone-savvy granddaughter<br />
of Mary Alice Gilmore reported that<br />
M.A. is vacationing in New Jersey<br />
at present. Tom and Joanne Bellucci-<br />
Harding are splitting their time<br />
between MA and FL. Personally, my<br />
international grandchildren genre is<br />
growing. Our personification of “from<br />
Russia with love,” Devon in MA is<br />
now 9 and expecting a cousin or 2<br />
from the Phillippines, thanks to pending<br />
adoption plans by Chris Kimo<br />
and Aunt Mary Ann in Honolulu. ¶<br />
Our All-Loving God never ceases to<br />
amaze and delight this grandmother<br />
... who continues to swim daily, substitute-teach,<br />
and serve on the parish<br />
council (which meets in a quonset<br />
hut), and who was honored this<br />
spring as an “outstanding Woman in<br />
History” on Maui. It’s a small island.<br />
¶ The Alumni Office, at 781-768-<br />
7245, has all our contact info. Would<br />
you consider treating yourself and a<br />
classmate with a “long time no hear”<br />
call? Feel free to let me know any<br />
causes for praise or prayers. Would<br />
love to hear from you! (5 hours later<br />
than <strong>Regis</strong> timing): 808-264-4540.<br />
Blessings!<br />
1963<br />
✒ Valerie Jane O’Hearn Leger, 42 Silas<br />
Deane Road, Ledyard, CT 06339-1331,<br />
edleger@aol.com ✒ Jane DeMarco<br />
Wittreich, 6 Candleberry Lane,<br />
Belmont, MA 02478, jmolo@verizon.<br />
net ¶ Hello, dear classmates! I hope<br />
you are coping with the humidity,<br />
storms, drought, etc. How the world<br />
is changing, unlike us! I heard from<br />
Eleanor Keilty Svab, who had some<br />
sad news: “I fell in Jan. and broke<br />
my arm—what a mess. I sheared off<br />
the humerus in my left arm and the<br />
underneath section broke into several<br />
pieces. They could not do surgery<br />
because the radical nerve ran right<br />
through the section that was shattered.<br />
I was in a huge contraption,<br />
class notes<br />
They danced, Donald<br />
wearing the Cameron kilt<br />
and MJ with his tartan<br />
scarf over her shoulder.<br />
59<br />
FALL 10
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