Class Notes

Greetings from the students who entered the State Teachers College in Fredericksburg in 1937. Most of us lived in Willard and Virginia halls. The next year we became Mary Washington College! Remember, you were a “Goat” or “Devil,” depending on whether your graduation year was an odd or even number?

Eva Catafygiotu Topping, a “town girl” among our class’s most intellectually endowed, died in December, leaving a trail of published works on ancient Greece.

Lenore Magill Powell-Gill is in good health and married Don Gill in May 2011. They traveled, including a river cruise from St. Petersburg to Moscow, and planned to move to a larger apartment. Lenore’s first great-great-grandchild was born last year. In New York, Dorothy Shaw winters at the Buffalo family home and summers at the West Valley farm, caring for dogs, goats, and chickens. She does tai chi, plays cribbage and with music groups, and helps train dogs to aid the handicapped. Myra McCormick Cole’s daughter, Dawn, lives with her in Texas.

Catherine Studebaker Perdue Ryan received a copy of UMW Magazine addressed to her mother, Betty Johnson Studebaker, who passed away in January 2011. Catherine said Betty made lifelong friends at Mary Washington, counted studying there among her proudest accomplishments, and was proud that grandson Jarrett Perdue ’96 also attended.

Having served twice as class agent, I’m stepping down to give someone else this great opportunity to keep in contact with the Class of 1941. Best wishes for the season. Keep well and have fun. Much love, Lois.