Class Notes

Meredith Puller Townes’ oldest grandson is in the Navy, stationed in Spain. Meredith and her husband plan to visit in November and travel to Portugal. They visited UMW last spring with one of their granddaughters, and Meredith couldn’t believe the changes on campus.

Joyce Bristow Wrestler cruised to New England and Canada. They had a lobster boat excursion and saw seals at Bar Harbor. The final port was in Quebec, which was “uphill both ways.” They were headed to North Carolina’s Outer Banks in October. Their city, Chesapeake, Va., was celebrating its 50th anniversary. Joyce planned to participate in the community production of the Christmas portion of Handel’s Messiah. She said she feels old when she reads UMW updates of board appointments of folks who are so young.

We planned to move in early January (yikes!), after 40 years in our 4,000-square-foot home, to a 980-square-foot retirement community condo I call our “dollhouse.” Things are topsyturvy, so I keep busy sorting and discarding our “treasures.”