Class Notes

Lucas and grandmother had three exciting days together in June while Virginia and Matt tried to get some R-&-R. At 2, Lucas is putting sentences together very quickly.

Celeste Shipman Kaufman was in Lafayette, La., for a golf tournament during Mardi Gras. Pug and Alan had just left Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., where they saw Pamela Raumitz Laveck and had a long lunch. Austin, the son of Pug’s daughter, Julie, graduated from the University of Alabama in May and has two years of track eligibility. Sister Francie is a freshman at the University of Alabama, and sister Sarah runs district track. Smylie, the son of Pug’s son, Jeff, is a freshman at Louisiana State University and plays golf. Pug and Alan went to New York before Christmas, and then headed to Nassau. Next they planned a trip to Oregon and a visit with Frances Burke Firth.

Martha Spilman Clark wrote that after 42 years Paul is stepping down as general director of Scripture Union Peru, however, he will continue to work in another unit. Thankfully, all 16 schools are back together after terrible floods in Peru. Would you believe they taught 41,800 students weekly?

Mary Fried Downing and Glenn celebrated their 50th anniversary in July. Charlotte Wohlnick Wiggs and Archie celebrated their daughter and family’s return from Vietnam in June and expected Audrey Dubetsky Doyle, Gloria Winslow Borden, Sigrid Stanley Jackman, and Marianne Carrano Raphaely to attend.

Irene Piscopo Rodgers went on a Danube River cruise in April, spent a few days in Prague, and planned to be in Budapest for Easter. Irene took her annual ski trip to Crested Butte, Colo., with friends in January, and traveled from there to Las Vegas, then home. She said that all is well with Ann Stephens Watkins and Bob. Nancy Brewer McCarthy broke her ankle, so it has been slow going for her. Phyllis Hartleb Rowley and Jim celebrated Phyllis’ birthday in June at the Franciscan Crab Restaurant in San Francisco, with a view of the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz. Son Phillip and family were there and planned to stay three weeks. The Rowleys planned to visit Canada in July.