Class Notes

Greetings to all my classmates! Carol Miller is near full recovery from her health problems and attended The Virginia Horse Shows Association annual meeting at the Homestead Resort in early December, 2017 and received a special award which included an engraved Silver Tray honoring her many years serving as the Historian and compiling the History of VHSA. Well deserved recognition!

It is with great sadness that I report that Patricia H. Ferguson died on August 17, 2017 of congestive heart failure. Pattie was a friend to all and her beautiful smile would light up any room she entered!

Nan Riley Pointer reports that she and husband, Joe who had a knee replacement in ’17, are both well. They cruised in July ’17 from Venice to Rome, Greek Isles, Athens, and Corinth. January ’18 they cruised to Antartica, enjoyed seeing the penguins! Proud of grandson, Chris, who graduated from Virginia Tech in December ’17.

Highlights of Billie Mitchell Hanes’ 2017 included 2 trips to N.Y. where she and daughter, Leslie, visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art, attended productions of “HELLO DOLLY” AND “ANASTASIA” as well as The ROCKETTES!

Class of 1950 Arrington Scholarship, part of the overall Arrington Scholarship Program, was established in 2000 to recognize the outstanding support of our class during our 50th Reunion Gift Campaign! It is awarded annually to a qualified student who is the child of a UMW faculty or staff member. Our current recipient, Benjamin Whipkey, is a computer science major and is due to graduate in May ’18.
In October ’17 EmpowerHouse, a non profit agency in the Fredericksburg area celebrated 40 years of service. Founders of this agency which began as the Rappannock Council on domestic violence were honored. They include our own Florence Overley Ridderhof as well as Becky Butler Guy, Class of 1961 and 1990, and professors Sue Hanna and Alice Rabson (both since deceased). The agency continues its service to victims of domestic violence and their families!

Juney and I are true stay-at-home senior citizens now, but continue to enjoy events at UMW. My new motto is “Enjoy what you can do and don’t worry about what you can’t do