Colby Magazine Volume 91 Issue 2 Spring 2002 Article 11 April 2002 Alumni at Large Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/colbymagazine Recommended Citation (2002) "Alumni at Large," Colby Magazine: Vol. 91 : Iss. 2 , Article 11. Available at: https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/colbymagazine/vol91/iss2/11 This Contents is brought to you for free and open access by the Colby College Archives at Digital Commons @ Colby. It has been accepted for inclusion in Colby Magazine by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ Colby. '20s/'30s-l 940s Alumni at Large for his repair-. At present we are 1940s Correspondents •l·Mh• having "his and hers" chemotherapy 1940 Bibby Levine Alfond '38 and her husband, for c:i nccr. ow that's real togeth T­ 1 Ernest C. Marriner Jr. larold 11'80, recently offered a $500,000 ncss1 There's plenty of 111ileage left in 10 Wa lnut Drive matching challenge grant to the i\laine our rusty bodies, mid we hope soon to 1 Augusta, ME 04330-6032 Children's lome for Little \ Va nderers, a be on the road ro recovery to celcbra re 207-623-0543 non prof-it <lgency in \ Vatcrville th<lt provides our 58th wedding annivers:iry in [email protected] adoption and fo ster care a well as many i\ larch. See you all at the 2002 Colby other services and programs for childre1;. Reunion \ Vc ekend in .June." 1941 She W<lS a bo:ird member of the home for 12 -f:mest C. 1\ /11rri11er]1: Bonnie Roberts Hatl1away ye;irs and has served <lS <ln honornry board 400 Atlantic Ave nue #34C member since l 980. 43 Philip Buck is retired and Leominster, MA 01453 living in Northwood, .IL 11is wife, 978-343-4259 N\ary Reny Buck '42, passed '1way [email protected] Deaths: Donald C. Freeman '26, December Bibby Levine Alfond '38 on September 9, 2001. Philip's son, 7, 2001, in I laverhill, Mass., at 100 ·:· Mil­ 1942 i\ \ich:iel, resides on College Avenue dred MacCarn Marden '27, October 18, 2001, in "l"iJC oma, \\lash ., at 1943 in \ V:nervillc. 97 ·=· Nellie M. Dearborn '28, November 17, 200 I, in F,1 lmouth, M:1ine, 1944 at 95 ·:· Ola Swift Dacey '29, October 11, 200 I, in \ Vaterville, Maine, :lt c/o Meg Bernier 45 Betty Lohnes Grudin, who Colby College Alumni Office 9-t ·:· Jolm A. Chadwick '30, December 3, 200 I, in Cromwell, Conn., lives in the Foxdalc Community Waterville, ME 04901 at 97 ·:· Vivian F. Russell '3 1, October 22, 2001, in Augusta, 1\ laine, at Retire111enr Center, State College, 207-872-3185 93 ·:· Richard Cummings '32, October 30, 200 I, in Santa Barb;1r:1, Calif., Pa., isa me111berofthe Centre County [email protected] at 91 ·:· Donald M. Bither '35, October 21, 200 I, in Porth111d, Maine, branch of the Pennsylvania Prison [email protected] at 89 ·:· Ann Trimble Hilton '35, October 27, 2001, in Boothb,1y Society. The Tov. I 0 issue of the [email protected] Harbor, Maine, at 86 · · Marcella Duoba December I, 2001, in : '37, eutre Daily Ti111es reports on the Braintree, Mass., at 84 ·:· Louise G. Tr acey '37, October 2-t, 200 I, in valuable work that members do, 1945 Naomi Collett Paganelli Waterville, Maine, at 86. visiting inmates and often r:1king 2 Horatio Street #5J things to them th;H they need or want. New Yo rk, NY 10014-1608 '20sf30s children and great-grandchildren, One inmate credited the society for 212-929-5277 Carolyn Cummings Crnin '59 and much more often th<rn they did in tl1c existence of the prison libr:1 ry. [email protected] Barbara Foster, daughters of Richard Springfield, Mass .... Maynard Another one skipped <1 favorite TV Cununings '32, wrote a lovely tribute Waltz '38 sent his questionnaire from show to meet instead with society 1946 to their father, who passed away last his home in Exeter, N.\ \. lle h:is members, who "treat us like people," Anne Lawrence Bondy October 30. Richard had suffered created a rnlk, which he has :1 l re:1dy he said .... In ,1 brief note, Arnold 771 Soundview Drive from cancer for about a year and a presented twice, "First 12 Years of Grossman mentioned thH he's ,, Mamaroneck, NY 10543 half. Throughout the year he spoke of the 11ist ory of Exeter," covering retired dentist, th<lt his wife, I lope, 914-698-1238 his annual trip to /\\ain e in October. housing-, food, government, militia, is an artist, and that they h,1vc three [email protected] l [e flew from Los Angeles to Boston clothing, etc. I lis other activities ch ildren and six grandchildren .. 1947 with Cirolyn on October 16; they includevolunteeringfor the I Limpton, Connie Daviau Bol\inge1-, now a Mary "Liz" Hall Fitch rented <1 car <l nd headed to his wife's N.l l., Historical Society i\ luseum, Cincinnati:111, m:ide a trip last fo ll to 4 Canal Park #712 hometown of Milo. Many of you the board of the Rockingham County Nov:i Scotia and J\ \aine, where her Cambridge, MA 02141 Society of Genealogists <llld the State brother lives in Portland and her ,1 unt may remember his late wife, Barbara 617-494-4882 in North Vassalboro. Unfornmately, Hamlin Cununings '3 1. 1 Te spent Mayflower Society. Ile recommends fax: 617-494-4882 Connie's visits ro J\ laine have never nvc days enjoying the company of a book he re;1d recently, G1111s, Ge1ws, [email protected] his reh1tivc, Pearl l lamlin, who is f111rl tee!, by .):ired Diamond. Along coincided with ch1ss reunions. ... Bill 104, and the beautiful M.aine foliage. with his wife, Katl1leen, he enjoys Whittemore seems always to have 1948 Although he was able to drive Pearl to cooking and eating. l lis children and major worldwide travel in his life. l fis David and Dorothy Marson the sites, he began to experience more grnndchildren :ire scattered ;1cross Y2I travels took him and lice from 41 Woods End Road pain, and as a result his plans changed the country.. .. Ma1·tha \Nakefield Romani,1 to Jap;rn and Vietnam. ln Dedham, MA 02026 781-329-3970 and he returned to California with Falcone '38 ;1 11 nounced that her 200 I they went to Munich and South fax: 617-329-6518 his claughter Barbara. flis condition new, very young granddaughter \\'aS Africa (Victori,1 F:1lls), with nve days [email protected] worsened and he died on October adopted from Chim1 <llld th;1t her one on a 'int:ige train and for however 30. His daughters write that Richard great-gnmdd:rng·hter was inherited long on a 1947 Skymaster aircraft. Jn 1949 was ;111 "unusual person with an in the all-n:1turnl way. J lcr volunteer November, Bill c:i mc to New York Anne Hagar Eustis extraord inary love of life, and <l ;1ctivities include escorting friends (the world's nnest city) to attend 24 Sewall Lane multin1de of friends. It is hard to to tl1e doctor ;rnd rnking shut-ins on the installation of John Glenn ":is To psham, ME 04086 think of life without him." ...Gl adys scenic trips in the car ....This is the a member of the Circu111n;wigator 20 7-729-0395 True Phelps '32 visited Maine in the first column this ye;1r, mid we hope that Club (who Ile" :iround the \\'Oriel fax: 978-464-2038 fo ll of2000. She had a good visit with you :ind your fo mily are "'ell. se\'eral times1)."... Last fo ll, those of [email protected] Ethel Watt Cu1·tis '32 and Justina us here in Ne" Yo rk " ho heard Laurn Harding Jenlcins '32. ln September 40 Doris Rose Hopengartcn Ta pia Aitken's husband's ne\\ work of 2000, Gladys and her husb,1nd writes, "Like old cars, my husband pl:iyed in concert had <1 \\'Onderful 46 So good to hear from Faye moved into an in-law ;1part111ent that and l have been h<ll'ing our tune-ups tre<lt, and afternar ds \\'e also had a O'Lea1-y Haffo rd in Allagash,,\larne, their son built for them. Besides the and repair these past fe" years. l'\'e lo\'ely 1·isit in the Green Room "ith currently ser\'ing as receptionist at advantage of being all Oil one noor, had two cancer oper:1tions, and 111y Laura and l lugh. Torth ,\ \aine \\'oods Checkpoint. they see the family, including grand- husband has had open-heart surgery -,\'110111i Collett P11g1111dli Fare is an author and has just published c 0 L B y . s p R I N G 2 0 0 2 I 37 Alumni at Large 1940s-1950s her " l3th linle book about the area," known composers from late medieval ll�IM@�f;iijj;fW to contemporary (aided with she said. "They are most!)' folk tales mu'>ic received the with a basis in the history of northern Dr. Stephen S. Sternberg '41 on CDs) and two by actors from ,\laine. The latest is The Fnll of the 2001 Fred Wa ldorf Stewart Award, bestowed the 1'1ilwaukee Repertory Theater, Forest, about the changes in lumbering annually by the deparm1ent of pathology at which were followed by a musical as told to me by those who ha,·e lived i\lemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center evening at the Rep and a recital on them." Since the local school closed, on an indi,·idual who has contributed a reproduction of an 18th-century Faye opened the school library to the significantly to progress against human pianoforte.