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Class Notes
1939
Mary B. Edwards of Poquoson wrote:
“It was my privilege to have attended
Mary Washington and to have been a
member of the first class to graduate
from Mary Washington College. The
training I received has helped give me
a useful life.”
1941
Lois Loehr Brown
7523 Little River Turnpike, #101
Annandale, VA 22003
Loislbrown@aol.com
When the fall 2007 issue of TODAY
came out, the husband of Lundy Baker
Updike ’76 glanced through “Class
Notes,” saw my address listed, and
realized that I was a neighbor. Lundy
emailed me, and what a blessing. We’ve
become friends, and I have met her
delightful family: husband Jim and sons,
Sam at the VCU School of Arts, Jim
at Annandale High School, and Tom
at Poe Middle School. Now, when the
Winter 2008 issue arrived, I glanced at
the Class Agents’ addresses and found
that Anne Radway ’63 is a neighbor. I
phoned her, and we had a great chat and
plan to get together.
An interesting statistic: Of the 127
members of the Class of 1941 pictured
in the yearbook, approximately 51
receive the alumni news. I’d love to have
news from some of you!
1942
Virginia Bennett Skillman
5744 Washington Blvd.
Indianapolis, IN 46220
Hey survivors! How about some news
from any of you? Are you still driving
a car? Do you have any gray hair yet?
Some sort of news from any one of
you, please.
1943
Lee Hall Archer
112 Barberry Road
Johnson City, TN 37604
huntenlee@charter.net
Catherine “Diddie” Laushey
Covington and husband Tom have
moved to a retirement community
in Decatur, Ga., and are enjoying the
service, meals, and freedom from
housekeeping; she says it’s like living
on a cruise ship! Also, their first greatgrandchild
has arrived.
Jewell Spencer Marvin and husband
Ed took a two-week trip to Alaska last
year. But for Christmas, they went back to
Martinsville, Va., her hometown.
Beatrice Draper Atkinson, our
champion traveler, took a round-theworld
cruise last summer – 39 ports, 29
countries, six continents. This makes 79
countries visited, and she plans to visit
five more! She also planned to attend
our 65th Mary Washington reunion.
Ruth Bailey Conroy of Naples,
Fla., also made plans to attend our 65th
reunion and stay with friend Mary
Anne Sutton ’46. Ruth planned to visit
her sister in Cumberland, Va., and Edith
Staalman Winslow might go with her
on the trip.
Anne Mason Gall says her big
news is that she now has a greatgrandson
– Alexander Weidert. She
recently had a back-home visit to
Indiana and keeps busy with church
and writing projects. She is a faithful
choir singer. Do you remember her as
director of Mary Washington’s YWCA
Choir? We sang at chapel, gave a concert
in Richmond once, and
would sing for anyone
whenever they asked!
Memory Moment:
Did any of you help
paint the beautiful
murals in Monroe Hall?
They are kept in fine
condition, and one Mary Washington
official said, “They are our treasure.”
Art teacher Emil Schnellock planned
and designed the Virginia-scene murals,
and his students did the painting
while standing on a high, movable
scaffold. Frances Rector Steagall and I
remember seeing our roommate, Flora
Copenhaver DeBusk Scott, standing on
the high swinging scaffold with buckets
of paint beside her, reaching way up
to paint a mountain! Flora died in
February, and we choose to remember
her waving to us from the high scaffold.
1944
Phyllis Quimby Anderson
P.O. Box 164
Westminster, VT 05158
pqhndson@verizon.net
We have just returned from a trip to
New Orleans by train for Hank’s annual
ship reunion. He was on the battleship
U.S.S. New York, and this year a “new”
U.S.S. New York was built in New
Orleans and was christened there on
March 1. Some of the steel from the
Twin Towers was melted down and
used in the prow. Entertainment was
provided by the Navy Band, Firemen
Bagpipers from New York, and the
Singing Firefighter from New York.
We still keep active with band, church,
and the local historical society, and I
am now a Red Hatter! We have a new
granddaughter-in-law and a newly
engaged granddaughter.
Keep up the great correspondence.
With all of you so busy, I appreciate the
time you have taken to send me your
letters, notes, and emails.
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Christine Hall Herndon and her
husband toured St. Petersburg, Russia,
and the capitals of Estonia and Latvia;
Peter the Great’s castle was magnificent
as was the Hermitage Museum. After
that, they drove to Madison, Wis., to
visit their son, who retired from teaching
this year. They spent some time at home
remodeling their kitchen, then were off
again to Washington, D.C., for a military
reunion. They visited with their children
in California in December. Two of their
grandsons graduated from California
Polytechnic. Sadly, Christine’s sister
passed away the day after Christmas
after suffering from dementia for a
number of years. More recently, the
Herndons toured Spain and Morocco
with a couple with whom they’ve been
travelling buddies for 20 years.
Marilynn Price Heady lives at The
Manor at Woodside, a Poughkeepsie,
N.Y., senior citizen residence that is
close to her three sons. Two of her
Fran Tracy ’44 was asked to
be a mentor for CrossWorld, a
program for future missionaries.
sons are retired and the other, Paul,
is a middle school social studies
teacher in Hyde Park, N.Y. Marilynn
has six grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren.
Two grandchildren
are in college, one is a recent graduate
of Oberlin College, and one works
for AmeriCorps/Vista providing arts
programs to children living in homeless
shelters in Philadelphia. Two are
married and one is engaged. Marilynn
says that, although her mobility is
somewhat limited, according to her son,
she remains mentally sharp and socially
connected.
Nettie Evans Lawrey had a nice
trip to Mary Washington in October
and while she was there, she watched
her grandson play in a soccer game.
One of Nettie’s sons is a professor at
George Mason University. Son Tom
works out of Broadway, and Betty
teaches in Richmond. Nettie is doing
OK physically but says she has only
short-term memory due to a stroke.
She enjoys choir and the church book
club. Nettie’s husband, Tom, had bladder
cancer that, fortunately, has been
removed after a six and a half-week
radiation series.
Leah Fleet Waller wrote from
Florida that she was disappointed
not to be able to go to the Centennial
Celebration.
Libby Phillips Roe and her
husband, Bill, have moved to a
retirement community in Hockessin,
Del. It was difficult to leave the home
where Bill was born and where his
family lived since 1913, but they are
enjoying their newfound leisure. In
close proximity are their daughter and
two sons. Granddaughter Kathy was
to graduate from medical school in
May and her sister, Anna, is at Drexel,
where she is working toward completing
her doctoral degree in electrical
engineering.
Anna Roberts Ware said she had a
grand visit with Libby and Bill and also
with their daughter, who lives just 66
miles away.
Marie Kennedy Robins’ son and
his wife took her on a wonderful trip
to Buenos Aires and Montevideo in
September. She had never crossed the
equator nor been to South America, so
it really was a trip to remember.
Jean Adie Mogavero said that
she loved the recent TODAY and was
delighted to read about the activities at
UMW. She had a laugh at the memory
of Dr. Shankle singing in Chandler
Hall. Jean’s daughter, Susan, plans to get
married in Tennessee and to eventually
move to New York.
Virginia Morgan Kline attends
concerts in Washington, enjoys Navy
wives’ luncheons, and meets with
her “old” tennis friends. Gini and Bill
celebrated their 50th anniversary in
January, and their daughter, Debbie,
and her son, John Edward, came east
from California for a week to join
Daphne and Nancy in celebrating.
Congratulations to you both!
Virginia Pumphrey Webb says
that Cookie, her 2-year-old cat, is the
joy of her life. Elizabeth Wade Otte
also commented on the last issue of
TODAY and said that the staff should be
commended. Last fall, she made her first
visit to Niagara Falls and was thrilled by
its magnitude and energy.
Cena Carswell had a complete
family Thanksgiving weekend with all
27 members – from six different states –
at a granddaughter’s house in Kentucky.
Cena said such a gathering probably
won’t happen again in her lifetime.
Isabel Hilldrup Klein and
her husband, Bob, have moved to a
retirement community in Lumberton,
N.C. Isabel has had two recent surgeries
– gallbladder and hernia. Their
granddaughter, Robin, is engaged and
working on her doctoral studies with
her fiancé. Their grandson, Shawn, is an
assistant district attorney working with
juveniles in Raleigh, N.C.
Jane Brownley Thomas and
husband Jack are enjoying their condo
and have made a lot of new friends.
Elizabeth Cumby Murray has
settled into her new home in Nantucket.
She said it really simplifies life, but
she misses her beautiful big house on
the water. Her sad news is that her
son-in-law, Giles, has lung cancer and
was to begin five weeks of chemo and
radiation. We will keep him in our
prayers.
Ruth Gubler Kluge said her
winter highlight was a three-day visit