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1950

Dorothy Held Gawley
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We experienced earthquakes, hurricanes, and a strange Halloween snowstorm in the Northeast.

In Buena Vista, Va., Elsie Lee Davidson Floyd felt some moving under her feet during the earthquake, and her son in California called to see what was going on. Carol Bailey Miller said Cumberland, Va., really got shaken and her dining room and kitchen cabinets rattled. She and her sister, Ruth Bailey Conroy ’43, visited Ruth’s son, Patrick, a Jesuit priest who was installed as the chaplain of the House of Representatives, and he showed them around the Capitol.

Hurricane Irene left water in Mim Sollows Wieland’s basement in New Providence, N.J. An October snowstorm shut off power and heat for days, and she and Earl stayed in a Pennsylvania motel near her daughter.

I was sorry to learn that Rowena Simpson Renn-Hicks was diagnosed with cancer in January and had chemo treatments. In November, after further tests, her condition was downgraded from stage 4 to stage 3. Ciel Schoolcraft Commander saw Rowena and said she was in good spirits. Ciel took her 10th and last grandchild on a Road Scholar Intergenerational [Elderhostel] trip in June. While she was gone, husband Buck had a stroke but luckily lost only his equilibrium. Ciel’s daughter, Leslie, who is a doctor, was in charge.

I also attended a Road Scholar program in Pittsburgh that took us to museums and restaurants. If you have never tried one of these programs, I highly recommend them.

I hope I will get news from more of you in the future.