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CLASS OF 1947
CLASS REPS: Beverly Brockett West and Carol
McKee Wishart
Zaira (Zi) Murray Aspinall
enjoys life in her native Costa
Rica, reading, taking daily walks in her bird-friendly garden,
meeting friends for lunch and visiting the farm on which she
grew up. Three of her five children live nearby.
Frances (Jo)
Shirley Short
in Prince Albert, SK has special memories
of Havergal, including making friends with girls from other
countries and from Toronto.
Margaret (Marg) Scarth
McClelland
has been in hospital in Vancouver following a
fall which resulted in a broken arm.
Pat Hamilton Ingraham
lives in Hamilton and has six great-grandchildren, with two
more on the way! She wrote about the last 25 years of her
church’s 175-year history, updating her earlier chronicle of
the first 150. A family Thanksgiving get-together at Clyffe
House on Mary Lake is the highlight of every year.
Always enthusiastic,
Jean Folster
is happy in Newmarket,
spending time with her late sister’s family, including five
great-nieces and -nephews. She keeps in touch with a
number of our classmates and reports that
Jane Beaumont
Carnegy
has moved into a retirement home in Halifax,
where she is close to her son Eric.
Although slowed by arthritis and heart problems,
Joan
Burry Brown
has great fun with her great-grandson and
still summers in Haliburton. Severe arthritis confines
Suzanne Harkins Detenbeck
to her condo with a full-time
caregiver.
Elizabeth (Liz) Gartshore Young
writes about
the “senses” of life in Scotland – the taste of haggis with
neeps and tatties washed down with whiskey, the sight of
mountains covered with snow, touch football, the smell of a
peat fire and the glorious sound of a lone piper standing on
the ramparts at Edinburgh Castle at the close of the Tattoo.
Following a bad fall,
Joan Ellis Langdon
is now in
a wheelchair and in full-time care. She loves to sing and
enjoys singalongs in her residence.
Beverly (Bev) Brockett
West
is still living in her home of 65 years and is anticipating
the births of her first two great-grandchildren. She has been
volunteering at Oakville Hospital for 36 years. In the 1970s,
Betty (Kim) Kimbark Ondaatje
gave up painting and
turned her attention to the environment and to Blue Roof
Farm. She manages the property on her own, gathering and
burning brush accompanied by her black German shepherd,
a change from the Dalmatians that she bred for many years.
Her diet is almost entirely organic and she lives without TV
or Internet. A biography of her interesting life will appear
soon.
Our sincere sympathy to
Diana (Di) Jacob Goad
, whose
husband Larry passed away in February. Sadly, since last
year, we have lost seven of our beloved classmates:
June
Johnson
Surgey
in June,
Gail Hutchison
in August,
Joan
Ballantyne Redfern
in September,
Gloria Dow Stewart
in October,
Daphne Fisher Currie
in October,
Shelagh
Dunwoody Whitaker
in December and
Margaret
Cochrane Harling
in April. Daphne, who served as Class
Rep for many years, was always willing to help arrange a
reunion and graciously welcomed us into her lovely home
for many of them. Shelagh was the driving force behind our
wonderful 50th Reunion (20 years ago!) and the creation of
the
Class of 47 Golden Years Book
. She, too, was a Class Rep
for many years and we enjoyed the benefit of her organizing
and journalism skills. They will all be very much missed.
Seventy years ago now, we were in Sixth Form, studying
for departmental exams and thinking of universities and
careers. Since then, our paths and accomplishments have
been many and varied. Each of us can be proud of the life
which we have made for ourselves. We have had some
wonderfully successful reunions and, in October, it will be
time to mark our 70th! Information about plans, perhaps for
a luncheon, will be sent closer to the date.
Our Class of 1947 Bursary continues to grow and to help
provide a valued Havergal education to the recipients. Don’t
forget to mark your donations to “The Class of 1947 Bursary
Fund” and continue to make a difference in the lives of
deserving students.
DEATHS
Daphne Fisher Currie
Margaret Cochrane Harling
Gail Hutchison
Joan Ballantyne Redfern
June Johnson Surgey
Gloria Dow Stewart
Shelagh Dunwoody Whitaker
CLASS OF 1947 BURSARY
TOTAL AS AT MAY 31, 2017
$
145,349