Thirties

		Co-Class Secretaries:听Mildred Beckman Myhrman, 429 Main St., Lewiston, ME 04240-6751; Dorothy Burdett Kavka, 84 Liberty St., Rockland, MA 02370-1334Louise Bixby Wright lives in a beautiful new rehabilitation center at The Meadows in Leicester, Mass. 01524.
		Class Secretary:听Helen Pratt Mason, 83 Summit St., Portland, ME 04103-2913Class President:听Dorothy Parker Ludwick, 8 Birch Pl., Auburn, ME 04210-4104It was our 65th Reunion! A few of us who live nearby were able to attend the festivities: Thelma 补苍诲听Belmont Adams, Dot 补苍诲听Frank Larrabee, Esther and“Izzy” Shapiro,听Marcia Berry Anderson,听Dorothy Parker Ludwick, 补苍诲听Helen Pratt Mason. Helen added thanks on behalf of the class for the hospitality, good food, good friends — in spite of the questionable weather. “It’s always a pleasure to return and see everyone,” she adds.
		Class Secretary:听Christine Stone Harris, 26 Elm St., 558, Topsham, ME 04086-1431Class President:听Elden H. Dustin, Apt. 32G, 149 E. Side Drive, 361, Concord, NH 03301-5475Emerson Blodgett has renewed his psychological license with eighteen hours of continuing education. He also continues with Sons in Retirement and the Concord Country Club lectures, and has participated in four Seniors Concerts.
		Class President:听Vincent J. Kirby, 739 Vivienda W. Blvd., Venice, FL 34293-1207
		Class Secretary:听Ruth Carter Zervas, 66 School St., Gardiner, ME 04345-2106Class President:听Doris Neilson Whipple, 75 Nottingham Rd., Auburn, ME 04210-4137Bill 补苍诲听Pat Abbott MacNamee enjoyed the Southwest Florida 乐播传媒 Club in January, visiting with聽Vin ’33 补苍诲听Verna Brackett Kirby 补苍诲听Ruth Carter Zervasat the Port Charlotte meeting…. On a trip to see son聽Bob ’63 and family in Westport, Conn., Bob Butler Sr. 补苍诲听Bob visited Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. They all visited Bob’s daughter,听Kathy ’67, and husband at their new home in Jupiter, Florida….Spencer Furbush 补苍诲听Al Thorp keep in touch. We are sorry to learn of the death of Spencer’s wife after 54 happy years of marriage…. During last winter’s season,听Verna Geddes Morison 补苍诲听Georgette Lepage got together in Florida while Verna was with her sister in Hollywood and Georgette wintered at Hillsboro Beach…. After traveling in the United States and the British Isles last year,听Louise Mallinson Jagger, now back at home, walks two to three miles each day whenever possible…. On a trip to Washington, D.C., via a Maine Line tour during cherry blossom time,听Doris McAllister and her sister watched the changing of the guard at the Arlington National Cemetery…. In 1995聽Frank Murray attended the General Consultation on World Evangelism in Seoul, South Korea, one of four thousand delegates from 180 nations that included Mongolia, Lesotho, India, Ukraine, Paraguay and the Gilbert Islands…. Earlier in the year聽Doris Neilson Whipple entertained the Auburn Art Club when聽Rae Harper Garcelon ’62 spoke about 乐播传媒…. In November 1995聽Dick Secor retired from Chance Rides where he had been a top salesman for over 20 years. He and Stephanie are at home in Old Saybrook, Conn., summers, and they winter in Fort Myers, Fla. For his 80th birthday they flew to South America, walked through jungles using machetes, then traveled down the Amazon for 375 miles…. It was a chilly 20 below in November when聽Donald Smith spent a few days in Churchill, Manitoba, on Hudson Bay, Canada. Then it was even colder in April when he was in Barrow, Alaska, for four days — the northernmost settlement on the continent…. Canada was also the location where Larry 补苍诲听Toby Zahn Griffiths spent their 56th wedding anniversary at Larry’s birthplace in Saskatchewan. With his brother and wife, they went to various places where the Griffiths family had lived.
		Class Secretary:听Evelyn Anthol Pontz, 1916 Wheatland Ave., Lancaster, PA 17603-4345Class President:听Milton L. Lindholm, 12 Nelke Pl., Lewiston, ME 04210-5318
		Class Secretary:听Ruth Rowe Wilson, 374 College St., Lewiston, ME 04240-5308Class President:听Donald C. Gautier Sr., 52 Old Carriage Rd., Auburn, ME 04210-8948
		Class Secretary:听Jane Ault Lindholm, 12 Nelke Pl., Lewiston, ME 04210-5318Class President:听Robert M. York, RR 1, Box 833, Orrs Island, ME 04066-9727Next Reunion in 1997. Ruth Clough Mendall finds great satisfaction in working at the Colby College Museum of Art. During the week she is a docent and on weekends she works in the gift shop. The perks are many: the opportunity to meet visiting artists, share formal and elegant dinners, take trips to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and be a student with tuition-paid courses. In May she went on a walking tour in Ireland accompanied by daughters聽Judy ’63 补苍诲听Martha ’71. They spent a couple of days with a gypsy caravan and ate authentic Dingle Pie. Granddaughter聽Katie ’99 just completed her first year at 乐播传媒 and is spending her sophomore year in Berlin after a spring Short Term in China…. The United Way of Androscoggin County presented the first Geneva Kirk Award for Community Service to Margaret Nichols, 乐播传媒 registrar emerita and longtime volunteer at the YWCA and Maine Public Broadcasting. In presenting the award in her name,听Geneva, LL.D. ’93 and herself a role model for volunteers, noted that Margaret Nichols has given the community the unselfish gift of herself. The YWCA, which nominated Margaret Nichols for the honor, described her as “committed, loyal, dedicated…bringing a very valuable combination of common sense, patience, and humor in all debates and strategy sessions.” Congratulations on a well-deserved honor!… Presently living in Orange, Conn.,听Jason Lewis attends cultural events at Yale. He reports that son Steven owns a genuine British pub in Richmond, Va., The Fox and Hounds; daughter Karen runs Seaside Stables on Ocracoke Island, N.C…. In June聽Barney Marcus was inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame in recognition of his athletic achievements…. In Rhode Island, historianBill Metz has written聽The History of the Kingston Congregational Church, 1695-1995, published by the church…. We are saddened to learn of the passing of classmatesDonald Nims on Oct. 21, 1995, 补苍诲听George Scouffas on March 1 of this year; deepest sympathy to their families and to聽Daisy MacPherson Clark on the death ofVerdelle ’36 on March 5.
		Class Secretary:听Evelyn Jones White, RR 2, Box 980, Auburn, ME 04210Class President:听Howard H. Becker, 122 Villa Dr., Osprey, FL 34229-9168Next Reunion in 1998.
		Class Secretary:听Eleanor Smart Parker, P.O. Box 210, North Bridgton, ME 04057-0210Class President:听David B. Howe, 16 Taylor Home Dr., Laconia, NH 03246-2585Next Reunion in 1999.