Class Notes

Anna Austin Ware has enjoyed the beautiful October weather but said that the price is way down for the big annual corn and soybean festival. She has been getting ready for cold weather. Her daughter took her for a ride to see the local leaves in full color. After her last check-up she had lost eight pounds by drinking three cups of green tea a day. The doctor told her to cut it back to once a day.

Elizabeth Cumby Murray says her life goes on as usual. She plays Bridge four afternoons a week, one being Duplicate, and was also reading The Aviator’s Wife in her book club. She found out that Lindbergh was, as you might say, not a hero at home! Her fourth great grandchild, a boy, is due in April, joining his two-year old sister and two cousins. Her daughter, Diana, has retired from teaching so she and her husband have been enjoying Sarasota, Florida. Their daughter Caroline is a nurse at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. Elizabeth’s son John and his family, who live in Nantucket, will all be at Trish’s home for Thanksgiving. John’s daughter Lauren teaches Special Needs Elementary classes in Nantucket, and his son Gregory, who just graduated from George Mason, plans to seek employment in Washington, D.C. She wishes everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and a Merry Christmas.

Mary Ellen Gardiner Starkey is still moving and is still living alone but doesn’t drive and has some help. She does have some family nearby.

Isabel Hilldrup Klein lost her husband and has had a hard time without him. I was not able to reach her on the telephone.

Phyllis Quimby Anderson: I’ve been doing well; in fact my doctor said I was fantastic and not needing any medication, except for my hair (psoriasis.) I also play Bridge, but only once a week. My son is with me so he and I deliver Meals on Wheels (about 18) once a month. I sing in the Choir and am still active in our Church Fellowship and all. It’s a great little typical Vermont Church. Like Elizabeth, I have three great grandchildren and one due in January. So far the first two are girls, the last one a boy and a boy on the way. They are all in New Jersey and I don’t get to see them very often, which I really feel sorry about. We had a very sad spring because one of my daughters passed away in June. She had ovarian cancer and was living in Arlington, Virginia, so we had many trips going there but always went by train. In the fall last year she was doing well, even came up to Vermont for one of my daughters’ wedding. Her son left his job in Chile to stay and take care of her with what he could do. He was unbelievable. She was in and out of the hospital. Some of my other girls went to help her when they could. She would have been 60 years old in a week but looked 45 before she got sick. She was one of my artists. Our local Westminster Cares has had a celebration every year for all those in town who are 90 and older. We have one man here who was 100 in June and is as sharp as a tack. In September my two sons went to the annual USS NEW YORK reunion, which was in Washington this year. It is narrowing down to few vets so the children are trying to keep it going. We of course took the train, as we always do.

The Class of 1944 Memorial Scholarship had a value of $322,317 as of June 30, 2014. Scholarship recipients Stephanie Buckler, a sophomore mathematics major, received $3,008, Sabrina McNeill, a freshman, received $4,000, Sarah Rogers, a sophomore historic preservation major, received $3,008, and Arriana Taylor-Roy, a senior biology major, received $3,008.