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CLASS REPS: Kathleen Bourke Bell and Christine
Coutts Clement
What an exciting year!
Alice Payne
received the 2016
Havergal Old Girls Life Achievement Award in recognition
of her role as “a trailblazer for women in the Canadian
resource industry.” At the annual dinner, Alice entertained
us with wonderful stories of life in the bush and the oil
patch. Her busy year included trips to Japan, Hawaii, Nova
Scotia, upstate New York and Ontario.
Virginia Evans Walker
was “totally seduced by Japan’s
beauty and cultural richness” during a trip that encouraged
participation in many cultural activities and rituals.
Following her 10th winter in San Miguel, a May trip to
Kashmir and Srinigar marked Virginia’s third visit to India.
Beverly Bruce Hargraft
’s expedition cruise to
Greenland and the Arctic highlighted her very busy travel
schedule, which included trips to France, Florida, British
Columbia, Quebec, Latvia, Estonia and Finland to watch
the World Figure Skating Championships.
Anita Krische
Von Graffen
enjoyed a Caribbean cruise.
Sandra Gordon
Steen, Marianne Currie Steffan
and
Dorianne Galloway
Lackey
sailed to Alaska and
Ann Osler Malcolmson
cruised from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
Wendy Salmond
Quarry
also enjoyed a Russian holiday, a special treat for
her as her trips to South Africa and British Columbia were
work-related.
Attending book fairs in Bologna, London, Frankfurt
and Havana were working holidays for
Nancy Sewell
Lorimer
. Nancy is taking singing lessons and has joined
two choirs. An astronomy conference in Chile and winter
holiday in Arizona provided a work break for
Christine
Coutts Clement
, whose busy fall was highlighted by her
son’s wedding the weekend before Alice’s celebration.
Melissa (Missy) Hart DeGeer
spent six very happy
months in Florida meeting new people and reconnecting
with longtime friends.
A visit from her great-grandson, golf, tennis, choir and
a trip to Turks and Caicos kept
Judith (Judy) Labatt Ross
Stewart
busy during her Florida winter.
Mary Jean Borden
Potter
visited Florida’s Gulf Coast and reported that the
P.E.I. family reunion last summer was a great success.
Nancy Lorriman Siemms
also enjoyed a large family
reunion at Christmas before her winter in South Carolina.
Patricia Hamilton Winter
celebrated her 50th wedding
anniversary with family in southern France. Curling, golf,
bridge and four granddaughters keep her very active.
Nowthat
CarolynPurden
hasofficially retired, gardening
and visiting her grandchildren take priority.
Tannis
Clarkson
continues to enjoy curling, swimming, cycling,
volunteering and time with family at her Magnetawan
CLASS OF 1959
CLASS OF 1959 BURSARY
TOTAL AS AT MAY 31, 2017
$
83,631
went to Spain and Portugal on a river cruise with Susan
Beveridge Spratt 1955 and this year, she and her sisters
are doing a tulip time cruise and on to Paris for a few
days. Her Ma is still going strong at 105.
Joan Graham Neely
welcomed her children Tam
(Whitehorse) and Greg (Sydney, Australia) and their
families home for a wonderful Christmas/New Year’s.
She keeps hoping that Greg will return to Canada, but the
University of Sydney has given him tenure and a raise. It
was fun watching grandchildren from opposite ends of
the world interacting.
Di Hume Ward
’s invention of a mobile accessible
washroom/change facility for special needs, the first
in North America, has been ordered and will be ready
for festivals and fairs in York Region this spring. It has
taken 1½ years to find sponsors. She continues her
weekly program with all ages and backgrounds getting
together to knit or crochet for charity, or just talk. There
are several teenagers, many kids as young as 6, and
sometimes, she is the oldest. Santa Claus participated
in a fundraiser that sold tickets to trim his beard. Di was
thrilled to accept the Hall of Distinction Award and now
she is hanging around the halls of Havergal.
DEATHS
Pam Purdy Kernaghan
Susan Cathers Burns