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Those who knew
Judith Phelan
(art teacher) were sad
to learn that she had died in July 2016. She was born
in Harrogate, England, married Jim Phelan and they
emigrated to Toronto in 1969. Judith came to teach at
Havergal in September 1971 and left in June 1972 to raise
her two sons, Dan and Ben. The school lost contact with
her after she left, which is the case with so many former
members of staff.
In October,
Darlene Sinnott
(JS teacher-librarian)
and her husband took a very special trip ‒ seeing both
the Rockies and the Alps ‒ by flying first to Vancouver
and then directly on to Munich for two back-to-back
conferences. In early December, they were in Switzerland
and Germany, exploring Christmas markets, museums
and churches, attending concerts and seeing friends.
They continue to divide their time between Toronto
and P.E.I. In Toronto, Darlene volunteers with the Ontario
Library Association, at the Fairlawn United Church and
with Rosa Mastri in the JS art program. She enjoys
reading, walking, movies, her connections with the
alumni of DAAD and U of T, and the meetings ‒ both
planned and by chance ‒ with Havergal staff, students
and parents! Their daughter Kathleen Sinnott 2008 is
working in bibliometrics at the faculty of medicine at the
University of Toronto.
At the time of writing,
Larry Tayler
is on holiday
in Australia. The trip is, of course, involving lots of
opportunity for photography. He is looking forward to
having a meal with Hilary Craig (JS teacher) and daughter
Annabel Craig 2000 while he is in the Melbourne area
where they both live.
Cathy Wilson
is recovering well after having shoulder
replacement surgery and is enjoying life in the sun as a
snowbird in Florida.
Carolyn Box
had a bad fall and broke her hip. She now
needs a scooter to get around and needs help with chores
such as shopping and personal care.
Havergal is everywhere! Last summer,
Priscilla Winn
Barlow
(eighth principal 1992 to 1997) visited friends
in B.C. and Toronto. She was at the top of a mountain
waiting for the gondola to take her back down when a
strange man came up to her and asked if she were Priscilla
Winn Barlow, as his wife thought that she recognized her.
He turned to point out his wife and there was
Louise
Cholette-Rees
, who hadn’t wanted to be embarrassed if
she were wrong so had sent her husband Morlan to ask
the question. The threesome had a lovely reunion on the
top of the mountain. In May, Priscilla fell and broke her
femur. By the time this reaches you, we hope that she will
have made a good recovery.
While in Toronto, a reception was held in the EK Library
so that Priscilla and staff members with whom she had
worked could have an opportunity to chat together for
a while. The next day, those who had been part of her
administrative leadership team had lunch together with
Susan Perren
(board chair 1990 to 1994) at the home
of
Judy Ratcliffe
.