Chronicle 2017

toured Holland, Belgium and France and saw where Anne’s father landed in Normandy on D-Day. Margot Kay Hillman had an exciting year with the arrival of two granddaughters. Her youngest daughter’s family moved to Nuremburg, Germany for a two-year assignment and Margot plans to visit. This past year, we lost two classmates. Jean (Jeannie) Smith Barton was full of life. She often met and travelled with Kathy, Bonnie (Bryce) Gibson and Mary (Gausby) Collins . Linda Parker Clark lived up in Wilberforce for the past 20 years ‒ snowplowing in the winter and

gardening in the summer, cooking gourmet dinners and often travelling with her husband to unusual destinations. To honour their memory and those who have already left us, we are setting up a memorial fund. Jane Watson and Marg Cowan-Slamen are working with the Advancement Office on this.

DEATHS Jean (Jeannie) Smith Barton Linda Parker Clark

$ 83,351

CLASS OF 1965

CLASS OF 1965/1966 BURSARY TOTAL AS AT MAY 31, 2017

CLASS REPS: Ann Woodrooffe Ferguson and Susan Sheen Most of us hit the big 7-0 either last year or this! Congratulations! Travel, grandchildren, sports and volunteering seem to be the main pastimes of the members of our class. A number of us are thinking about, or have already done, some downsizing. Karen McNair Morgan moved into a condo in Aurora and rode in the Santa Claus parade in Lisle after a seven- year hiatus. Eleanor (Ele) Johnson Kyle enjoys living half of the year on the family island on Lake of the Woods and half of the year on a golf cart in The Villages in Florida. Ann Barnett Love is working with her sister on another book for kids – Re-wilding – due out in the summer from Annick Press. Ann and Susan Sheen had a brief visit at the funeral of Ann’s aunt, Mary Ranger, in Orangeville in January. Virginia (Ginny) Evans had lunch with Jane Grand Clark and Jane Godsoe Delost in the fall. Ginny (Gins) Olga Doolittle is happy and healthy, living in Vancouver. She is involved with painting, music and volunteering. Judy Jennings McMunn ’s daughter Meagan was married in April 2016. Judy is an active member of a Probus Club and travelled to the Maritimes in September. Many classmates have mentioned the joys of grandchildren and of visits with them. Dorinda (Dinny) McLaren McCraney had three love-filled visits with her Calgary grandchildren. Jane Glassco travelled to Costa Rica and her seventh grandchild is on the way. In November, Susanne Knox Gammond spent time with family in

London, Ontario and with friends in Vancouver. She and her husband Gerry hosted Ele and Bill Kyle for lunch last September. Ann Woodrooffe Ferguson enjoys outdoor activities with her family and still volunteers with Wellspring and the Canadian University Women’s Federation. Susan Sheen is going on a pilgrimage tour of Ireland in May. She continues to foster dog guides-in-training for the Lions Foundation of Canada. Those of you who met Loki at our 50th Reunion will be glad to know that she has successfully finished her specialized training in the service dog (wheelchair) program and will graduate this spring. We thank Mary Ross McKee, Vivien Ludlow, Caroline (Cass) Campbell Kernohan and Judy Jennings McMunn again for all of their work in organizing the creation of the memorial music folder in memory of Beth (Buffy) Spears Ash . Thanks to those who donated towards it. We received two additional copies of the folder at no cost. One was given to Buffy’s husband and the other to Buffy’s sister Jeannie, to be placed on the piano at Buffy’s beloved Georgian Bay cottage. We think especially of those classmates who have had health challenges this past year and of those who have lost loved ones. As one classmate wrote, “I realize just how wonderful the Havergal connection really is. I am overwhelmed by the outpouring of care and support from all my Havergal friends. At times like this, how fortunate we are to have one another.” As Miss Steele once said, “We are a Vintage Year”!

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