Class Notes

Thank you to all who attended our 50th reunion. There were 75 registered from our class, which was the most of any class attending.  In all, 700 attended Reunion Weekend, which was the largest number ever! Penny Partridge Booth and Margaret Winton Engvall coordinated all of the events for the reunion with the staff. Their efforts were wonderful and it was truly an outstanding weekend. Penny built a telephone booth with the help from a contractor in North Carolina and had two mannequins dressed like ladies from the 1960s, including one wearing my MWC blazer. They represented the student who had phone duty and the one getting a call. There was a Maxine character with an iPhone representing how we look today! In addition, she made poster boards with all of the bios and selfies our classmates sent prior to the reunion. There was a huge banner on the front of the tent saying, “Connecting with the Class of 1965.” To no one’s surprise, our tent won first prize in the competition.

The weekend was full of great activities and we were thrilled that Nan Grogan Orrock was presented the Distinguished Service Award by the UMW Alumni Association for her work as a civil rights activist and senator in the Georgia State Assembly. As far as who traveled the farthest to attend, Susan Hand Longfellow came from Seattle and Pat Hartman Brownlee came from near San Jose, California—we weren’t sure which was farther from Fredericksburg. As those of you who are on my mailing list know, I had solicited bios with selfies prior to the reunion. With the help of the Mary Washington staff, Penny and Margaret produced booklets of these for everyone who came. When we read them, we were all amazed and proud of the accomplishments of our classmates! I will send the pdf file of that booklet to everyone on my mailing list. If you are not currently on the list, please email me so that I can send it to you, too!