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1955
Christine Harper Hovis
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Polly Stoddard Heim and Ken were back in Tucson, Ariz., but planned a Thanksgiving trip to Mission Viejo, Calif. After the earthquake, Hurricane Irene, and torrential rains, Sally Hanger Moravitz and her husband had the most beautiful fall leaves she’d ever seen. She and granddaughter Madeline were having fun comparing the differences in Madeline’s UMW and Sally’s MWC.
Charlotte Fisher Klapproth had just sat down to read when the earthquake tickled the bottoms of her feet. Her husband had been mowing the lawn and didn’t believe that the lights had swayed and the wind chimes had rung. The hurricane was about 80 miles off the coast of Ocean City, and they slept through it. They were without electricity for 17 hours, but their generator served them well.
Mary Margaret Papstein Carter and George met Ann “Miss” Hungerford McKinlay and Carol Cooper, who came from Virginia to sightsee and visit, in New York. They wanted to have lunch at Eataly, an Italian restaurant that’s part of Chef Mario Batali’s empire, but it was packed, so they walked several blocks to the Blue Water Grill, where a jazz trio promptly took its place beside them. They visited the High Line, a city park built on the remains of an elevated railway. Carol attended the inauguration of UMW’s new president, Richard V. Hurley, and said the faculty is thrilled with him. Mary Margaret and George survived Hurricane Irene and the early snowstorm. They lost power and lots of trees but had no water in the basement.
Ginny Marco Hancock reported of a pre-nursing group at Mary Washington. She has kept in touch with several classmates, including Barbara Gill Beeman, Pauline Hamilton Burn, Mildred Corum Campbell, Emma Coleman Chapman, Fran Moorman Hawkins, Sally Rexrode Hiner, Ann Turner Gray Norris, Nancy Calloway Peery, Doris “Mickey” Arrington St. Clair, Sarah Nissley Woody, and Maydene Hoback Young. Kathryn “Kae” Engquist Brown died last August. Several members of the Class of 1956 attended a May reunion. Ginny, who attended her high school reunion in May, saw a picture of the group and said they looked great.
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