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CONCORD ACADEMY MAGAZINE SPRING 2008Ati Gropius Johansen ’44Iraq.” Ati Gropius Johansen writes:“Getting aged, they say, is not for thetimid. Everything creaks, squeaks, andgets lost, including too many dearfriends — Sally Sherman Tomaino, mydearest friend, died in 2007. I teach atthe De Cordova Museum in Lincoln andmake two or three visits a year toGermany. I also traveled to England,Yugoslavia, and Morocco. I was onGerman television in 2007, I have lecturedin Dessau, Germany, and taught inErfurt, all in connection with Bauhausand Gropius. “I remember ConcordAcademy with gratitude for the disciplinedstudy habits it passed on to me.They were useful for a lifetime!”1946Class Secretary: Penelope WeadockSlough, 159 Grosse Pointe Blvd., GrossePointe, MI 48236Your secretary regrets to report that thishas not been a good year for the Classof 1946. In 2007 we lost three of ourclassmates, Martzy Borden Moss, PhylClark Nininger, andKye WilsonRogerson. Our sincere condolences goto their families. Cory Benson Johnsonis not in the best of health after a badfall, but she is recovering. Betty EamesHooper reports that her husband Hoops“died on the golf course, after beatinghis younger brother with a 20-foot putt.”Betty will stay on in Oxford and hopesto see some of us in her guest rooms.Her sons are still in Perth, Australia.Sally Hill Friedlander guesses we areall turning 80. “Life is gentle, rich, andrewarding. I am trying watercolor and44loving it — especially in Maine. Comefind me at Bailey Island, ME.” DebbiePerry Clark is still singing in twogroups; she and her dog Widjet havebeen visiting nursing homes for threeyears. An avid naturalist, she helped aneffort to acclimate wolves to humansand slept overnight with a three-weekoldwolf cub on her chest. Debbie alsosold her condo in Maine, and renovationsare started on her “golden agesuite” at her home of many years inConcord. Drucy GreenwoodWithington expresses her sorrow aboutthe passing of our friends and classmatesthis past year. She had lunch withDebbie Perry Clark which was fun, andsaw Lydia Lund Hale ’47; both lookedterrific. They are enjoying their grand -children and all their projects. Drucysays: “Lots of love to you all. Come toPlymouth; our door is always open.”Betty Rowse Wilson says her husbandBob’s medical condition remains aboutthe same. She has two grandchildren incollege and two in high school. She tooka four-day trip to California last summerto help celebrate a friend’s 90th birthday.Penny Weadock Slough continuesvolunteering at the University of Michi -gan’s archaeological museum, cataloguingfor them. She has moved on fromancient and Islamic glass to ancientGreek coinage, a continuation of thekind of work she was doing as a curatorat the Detroit Institute of Arts. “For me,life is good.”1947Class Secretary: Laura RichardsonPayson, 865 Central Ave., Apt. M-304,Needham, MA 02492We report the sad loss of Mary AnneWeld Bodecker and Faith TrumbullReed. Patty Wolcott Berger went toMary Anne’s service last summer withLouisa Noble Drury and Mary LeighMorse Houston. Patty is working for theBoston Authors Club annual book prizes.Mary Leigh Morse Houston enjoyedbeing with five classmates at reunion.Mary Leigh’s winter was broken up withtrips to Florida in January with LouiseHouston ’74, the Bahamas in February,and Colorado in March for a family wedding.“It certainly was a nice change ofpace.” Life in Florida continues muchthe same for Joan Barry Brookes —golf, traveling, and “great Floridaweather.” Joan’s children are all married.One grandchild is in Iraq. TheBrookeses traveled to India in Marchand Turkey in June. Wendy AppelBrown is settling in as a Minnesotanand traveling “as long as we are able.”Liz Enders Costikyan went to St. Croixin January. Her two grandsons weremarried last summer. Phyl DeVeauFrancklyn’s husband tells us she is nowin the later stages of Alzheimer’s. She iswell, but cannot walk or talk and hardlyknows her family, “yet she remainshopefully happy in her own surroundings.”Our thanks to her husband forkeeping in touch. Laura RichardsonPayson enjoys their retirement home,with trips to the Cape in good weather.Bunty Peirson Richardson has fivegrandchildren ranging from 18 years to6 months.1948 60th reunionClass Secretary: Katherine FlatherBreen, 57 Chestnut St., Dedham, MA02026Kitsey Flather Breen, your class secretary,says thank you to everyone whosent news. I hope we have a goodturnout for our 60th reunion in June. Myfamily is well. Addie Eicks Comegys isworking on several tough resolutions for2008: learn the computer, cell phone,and new Volvo; exercise more; be sureher daughter Kate swims several timesa week; take a week’s vacation thissummer near the water; read more; createa manageable garden; and take partin daylong Elderhostel tours. Addie staysin close touch with Pam Cash Fisher.Mary Lawrence Curry had a spinalfusion in the fall and is gradually gettingbetter. She is looking forward to seeingeveryone at reunion. Ann Bemis Dayshares the sad news that her son, AlanDay, died February 6, 2008 after a bravebattle with pancreatic cancer. Ann caredfor him and “watched his spirit soar intothe snow clouds free of the pain.” SallyMcClary Dewey lives in Maine and islooking forward to a family reunion. “Mytwo daughters seem to be following inmy footsteps,” says Zoe ComninosEleftherio. “Melissa started a communityarts association in Harvard, MA, Artfor Arts Sake, and Pam is a real estatebroker on the Cape. I have a new granddaughterwhich makes six grandchildren.I’m looking forward to our reunionin June.” Pam Cash Fisher had a valvereplaced in her heart, feels great, andhopes to be around for a long time. Sheis looking forward to seeing everyone inJune. For Robin Hyde Hatch, an 18-daytrip to Antarctica was difficult due to badweather, but they enjoyed what theysaw. She will miss the reunion becausethey will be traveling, but sends fondwishes to all. Anne Johnson Jones hasa grandson who graduated fromHolderness, in the same town whereAnne grew up with Mary Anne WeldBodecker ’47, who passed awayrecently. “I will really miss her.” Lastyear, Anne was at Squam Lake with SylShaw Brandhorst ’49. A fall in Octoberresulted in a new knee for PollyEdgarton Lanman, who was well takencare of by her children during her recuperation.Polly is doing her exercisesand feels fine. Ann McKinstry Micouwrites: “I had a wonderful CA reunion inSeptember 2007 with Mary SetonAbele ’56, whom I taught 55 years agowhen I was a young English teacher atCA.” Ann’s new book, A Guide toFiction Set in Vermont for Children andYoung Adults, was published in March2008. In September 2007, Nancy BirdNichols directed a dance performance/masqueof Phaeton Myth at arestored chateau in the Loire Valley inFrance. Nancy arranges early music andstill does downhill skiing. She hopes tomake it to reunion. Joan GathercoleRice will miss reunion because she willbe at a Stanford graduation. Summersare spent in Duxbury with her family. Itwill be especially exciting this yearbecause her son and family are movingback to Arlington, VA, after three yearsliving in Cyprus. A grandson graduatedfrom Bucknell University with an engineeringdegree and has a terrific job inDC. Joan sends her best to all. EdieDaniels Tucker is sorry she will missreunion. The winter CA magazine triggeredlots of memories for DeedySargent, who recalls shivering throughFrench classes and the mega knittingprojects for Miss Whitman’s “Bundlesfor Britain.” “I remember Miss Whitmanfondly, and many others — an eccentricand somewhat nutty bunch they were.It is a world long gone but one, in retrospect,I am glad I inhabited.” AngieMiddleton Wilkins continues with hercommitment to promote effectivepreparation for teachers entering thespecial education field. She and Herbtook their annual trip to Hawaii and,in April, Angie went to Singapore towork with the Dyslexia Association ofSingapore.1949Class Secretary: Joan Corbin Lawson,64 Berkeley St., Somerville, MA 02143Class Secretary NeededThis is the 27th year Margot BemisCase has been breeding/training/competingAkhal-Teke horses at theirShenandoah farm in Staunton, VA. Shespent a few months on the Maine coast;August in Alaska for salmon and halibutfishing; and an annual visit to SouthAfrica, Kruger National Park and friends.She had a nice reunion with NashawtucHill friends, including Polly EdgartonLanman ’48 and Sylvia ShawBrandhorst. Barbara Jules Gagewrites: “My husband Harry turned 80 inOctober,” and unending celebrations followedin DC and Virginia, with a memorabledinner at The Inn at Little