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1931“I lost my wonderful husband after 65years of being p arents, grandparents,and now ‘greats,’” writes Ruth BrooksDrinker. “Never a dull moment andmemories enough to fill an entirelibrary.” Ruth lives next door to MaryLoring Clapp at Carleton-Willard Village,in Bedford, MA.1934Cynthia Northey Martin says helloto all.1936Class Secretary: Helen Reynolds Smith,10450 Lottsford Road, #152,Mitchellville, MD 20721,Helen.Smith@post.harvard.eduFaith Fisher Forbes talks enthusiasticallyabout her seven grandchildren andtwo great-grandchildren and all theiraccomplishments, travels, and activities.She lives in Chelsea, VT, but spendssome time on Naushon off Cape Codeach summer. She sounds like her oldcheerful self and seems to be undauntedlyfacing her 90th birthday. LouisaBabs Garfield Browne and her husbandTed celebrated their 60th anniversary ata family gathering for dinner at theWayside Inn in Sudbury — a family to beproud of. As for me, Helen ReynoldsSmith, I am 90, but still perking prettywell. Keeping up with grand and greatgrandchildrenis a great way to stayfeeling young! I am sorry to report thedeath of Alice Loring Pickman inJanuary 2008.1937Emily Rand Herman and her husbandBill are looking forward to summer visitsfrom grand- and great-grandchildren.1938 70th reunionNancy Parker Clark is looking forwardto reunion. She says it’s great fun beinga great-grandma of three.1940Class Secretary: Lucy Richardson Rand,65 Dartmouth Ct., Bedford, MA 01730Alice Smith Cornish writes that twomembers of the Class of 1965 are leadingorganizations that Alice belongs to,keeping up the standards of our school.Nina Nitze Moriarty ’65 is president ofSpeculating Squirrels, an investmentclub founded 50 years ago, and KittyFisk Ames ’65 is president of the EmoryOrganization, a 100-year-old luncheonclub whose objective is “to promoteintellectual intercourse in an informalway.” No alcohol, candy, or nuts may beserved! Betsy Smith Bagby moved to alarger apartment so she could show offher 72-year collection of British royalcommemorative china. The royal familycontinues to have babies, marriages, andanniversaries. She has seen 20 operasaround the world, from the Metropolitanto Sydney, Australia. She belongs to abook club, two garden clubs, a bridgeclub, and is on several opera committeesin Sarasota. Emily Cobb continuesdriving between Littleton, MA and LongIsland. Her Long Island garden openedin early May in time for the GardenConservancy and the Animal RescueFund events. In October she planted5,000 tulip bulbs in Long Island and2,063 bulbs in Massachusetts! Emilyalso spent two weeks in London with atheatre group. She sees Marie GoodingEaton and exchanges news and letterswith Grace Cheney Mannheimer.Rosemary Baldwin Coffin continues tofight rheumatoid arthritis and loss ofmemory. She spent Christmas with theirdaughter Sarah Coffin O’Connor ’69and July at the Ausable Club in theAdirondacks and hopes to do the samethis year. Marie Gooding Eaton writes:“Whoopee, this year I have some news!I have a granddaughter — Julia Eaton ’11— at Concord Academy! No news isgood news from Priscilla PatchJohnson. Shirley White Scaife has anew shoulder, old body, and asthma,and travels with an oxygen tank. She isable to continue with her mental healthwork. No big trips for Lucy RichardsonRand, who enjoys keeping track of herkids and grandkids.1941Class Notes edited by Ingrid von Dattan Detweiler ’61Class Secretary: Joan Talcott Batchelor,71 Abbotsford Road, Brookline, MA02446, joawil@rcn.comFrom Jane Peck Alexander I learnedthat her family is well but scattered, soit is difficult to see them. Lucy RandEverts enjoys her cozy condo withfriends and family close by and plenty ofdoctors to keep her well. Flora HouseFairchild has made lots of transitionsover the last two years and is gettingsettled with a new address. Sally Fosswrites that all is well in central Vermont.They hope to sell their farm soon sothey can live more simply. World peaceseems to be further away, but that doesn’tmean giving up. Hope fully new electionswill really change the Washingtonpolitical climate and effective government.Cheers to all. Olivia SwaimLeFeaver visited her daughter and familyon Fishers Island, NY in July andwent on a wonderful cruise to the BlackThe Alumnae/i Office would like to thankall the class secretaries who volunteertheir time to collect classmates’ news forConcord Academy magazine. They play a vitalrole—helping to keep alumnae/i connectedto each other and to the school. Pleasehelp us stay in touch by giving your emailaddress to your class secretary.Sea, Ephesus, and Santorini inSeptember. Helen Whiting Livingstonwrites that they have been at their “lastresort,” in River Mead in Peterborough,NH, for three years. Most of her travelshave been locally to Maine, although sheand her daughter made two trips toFrance in June for a granddaughter’s andgrandson’s wedding. Her eldest grandsonand his wife produced her secondgreat-grandson in December. The bigevent for Julie Turner McNulty in 2007was a cruise up the Inland Passage toAlaska, as part of an education programat Dart mouth; the ship had only 60 passengers.Betty Twitchell Snyder writesshe has no real news, no travels, nothingpublished, not running for office. Shedid become a great-grandmother inOctober and asks — does that count?It does for me. Anne Taylor moved intoa retirement home near Chicago andhopes eventually to get back to somepainting. Joan Dodd Tolley is still activewith photo shoots and Wolf Trap inVirginia, near DC. She has eight grandchildren,12 great-grandchildren, and twogreat, great-grandchildren. Margaret(Pete) Peters Urquhart has four childrenand six grandchildren. She writesthat her interests are piano, art (trying tolearn), and minding other people’s business.She had to give up tennis andgolf, with regret. Mary Rowse Westand Ed had their 59th anniversary inDecember and hope to see their 60th.Your secretary, Joan Talcott Batchelor,repairs books in the local elementaryschool library and at the Wellesley FreeLibrary, and last March started to learnhow to play the viola. More usefulwould have been taking lessons onhow to use a computer, but not asmuch fun. Many thanks to all who sentin their news.1942Class Secretary: Rosamond BrooksMcDowell, 10 Longwood Dr.,Ames 224, Westwood, MA 02090,robinmcd0224@comcast.netMargot Fenn Borden lives in Vermontnear all her descendants. She has anapartment attached to her daughter’shome, a beautiful place with family allaround and a welcoming community. Itis the best life she could have withouther husband Walt. Phyllis RothschildFarley had surgery and finds a cane veryhandy for getting a seat on the subwayor the bus. Robin Brooks McDowellreports three classmates turned up forour 65th reunion last June — Kay MullerBullitt, Betsy Day Moulton, and herself.Kay Muller Bullitt and FlipRothschild (who was sidelined with aback injury) received the Joan ShawHerman Award for the truly remarkablework they do in their communities — Kayin Seattle and Flip in New York City.1944CLASS NOTESLucia Cabot Cipolla keeps busy volunteering,including tutoring elementaryschoolchildren, and taking her dog Poloon walks and “play dates.” She visitsher far-flung family and enjoyed anElder hostel trip to England in May. “Mymother died in March at the age of 106.She went from horse-and-buggy to thespace age, New Age, and the disaster in43WWW.CONCORDACADEMY.ORG SPRING 2008