Class Notes

I hope everyone had a good, safe summer, despite the crazy climate changes, tornadoes, floods, fires, and droughts. Once again, thanks to those who sent news. My records aren’t always up-to-date, so if you change email addresses, please send me the new one.

Beth Otway Crawford has three daughters and six grandchildren. She lives in the Montreal suburb of Pointe-Claire, with a five-minute walk to the shore of Lake St.-Louis and the village. Other than the activities of Quebec’s language police and talk of separating from the rest of Canada, she finds it delightful and interesting.

Charlotte Fisher Klapproth said it was too darn hot. She was enjoying the AC and ready for fall/winter. Sam Stone, Shirley Gregory Stone’s husband, wrote that Shirley had no news but was still alive and kicking!

Sally Hanger Moravitz’s niece, Sally Patricia Hanger, married Peter Svenlen and lives in Stockholm. Trisha worked in New York in the ’90s and is now operations manager for SoHo’s Gudrun Sjoden, a Swedish firm that opened its first NYC store. Sally hoped to connect with her during her fall visit. Other trips will mainly be to the doctor, but Sally can still pull in a 6-pound rockfish.

Joan Kleinknecht asked if she’d sent info too late for the last deadline, saying we tend to be a little forgetful as we get older. Well, Joan, if you did, I forgot where I put it. Got up the other day and found the orange juice in the pantry and the cereal in the fridge. So, I’ll catch you next time, if I remember!

Barbara Trites Peterson’s grandson, Dan Peterson, studied sports management at Old Dominion University. Barbara attended his graduation and met his girlfriend’s parents. Barbara spent almost three years working with a committee to plan an October meeting for Presbyterian Women of the Synod of South Atlantic to be held in St. Simons Island, Ga., and attended by 350 people.

Ginny Marco Hancock’s daughter, a permanent second mate and relief mate on the Stewart J. Cort, a 1,000-foot Great Lakes bulk carrier, was installed in February as the first female Grand Lodge President of the 123-year-old International Shipmasters Association. On a sad note, Ginny reported the deaths of the son and daughter-in-law of the late Kae Enquist Brown and Dr. Joseph Daniel Brown III. Maj. Gen. Joseph D. Brown IV and Susan Stanger Brown were killed in a small plane crash in April.

Anne Rohrbach Culwell works in Oklahoma City. She survived the tornadoes in Norman, but a hailstorm ruined her roof. Her great-great-grandson and friends were having a wedding rehearsal and rehearsal dinner when some left for a friend’s house. The rest were to follow, but a tornado alert sent them to a Norman shelter. Tornadoes struck around but not in Norman. Anne planned to visit the Wisconsin Dells and the Windy City.

Sally Watson Castle went with UMW President Richard V. Hurley and wife Rose on a President’s Travel Club trip to Russia, Finland, and Sweden.

The news from California is that my granddaughter, Morgan James ’17, headed to UMW and major in international studies in the fall. She loves the campus. I looked at maps she brought home and at the classes offered. Boy, what a difference from the ’50s.

Take care, but still manage to be a little outrageous.