1930s – 1940s

1934

This year, $7,500 from the Class of 1934 Scholarship Fund went to five students. One of our most loyal classmates, Fletcher Joslin, passed away on February 13. He was married to Ruth Theriault for 66 years. Fletcher was born and brought up in Waitsfield, Vt., and he worked for the town. He also was an attorney in Montpelier for many years. He was a descendant of Thomas Joslin, who came to America in 1635. His four grandchildren are eighth-generation Joslins, born and raised in Waitsfield. Our condolences to his family. Thank you to Herb Selib for sending news for the last issue. I hope to hear from more of you with news for future issues of Vermont Quarterly.

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Ellinor Bean Hauke
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1935

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Ray Collins
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1936

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UVM Alumni and Parent Programs
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1937

A recent letter from Henry Swift stated that he and wife Jane are planning to attend our 70th. Hank is a son of Dean Swift who was dean of the College of Arts and Sciences during our time at UVM. He lives on Hilton Head Island, S.C. Hope to see a good turnout for our 70th reunion. It’s a wonderful lifetime occasion.

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Gilbert Rist
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1938

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UVM Alumni and Parent Programs
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1939

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Mary Shakespeare Minckler
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1940

Everett Bailey is delighted with UVM’s progress under the enlightened leadership of President Fogel. Ev has two grandchildren at UVM. Joyce Barnett, a resident of Pillsbury manner retirement community, reported the arrival of her first great-granddaughter. She keeps up with world and national news, but she wishes it were more cheerful. Jean Butler Pye recently visited her son in Florida.  She lives in a senior citizen retirement community in Charlotte, N.C., where she enjoys classes and activities. All of us in the class of 1940 are saddened to learn of the death of Jean Brehmer Swain and Eleanor Holley Fletcher Swanson.

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Mary Nelson Tanner
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1941

Don Maley, a Boulder man who was a standout athlete, devoted father of eight, respected teacher, coach, mentor, and two-time military man, died on March 9 in Burlington. His close friend and former roommate, Dick Healy, reported that Don and his wife, Marjorie Witham Healy ’43, joined hundreds of Don’s friends, neighbors, former students, players, colleagues and referees in paying respect to a very beloved man. Ray Laramie noted the fine tribute in the Burlington Free Press telling of Don’s life as a longtime teacher and coach in the Burlington area until he retired in 1977, when he was inducted in UVM’s Hall of Fame. Last March, Don’s family attended his induction into the Vermont Basketball Coaches Association’s second class of honorees. His son said of his father, “He packed a lot of living into 89 years.” Another son added that his life “was a mixture of family, church, sports, and education.” Frank Nye was sad to learn of his good friend’s death. Frank also let us know that there was a wonderful gathering of UVM alumni living in New Mexico earlier this year.

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Maywood Metcalf Kenney
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1942

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Gwen Marshia Brown
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1943

As usual, Harry Twitchell had a busy and adventurous year in 2006. He wrote that he visited friends in the Adirondack Mountains last April, then, in June, he took a trip through the Maritime Provinces of Canada, followed by a visit to a cousin in Grand Rapids, Mich. In early August, he enjoyed an Elderhostel trip to the Southwest, and later in August, he visited friends in Massachusetts. He helped his son, Owen, landscape his property in Oregon in September. Harry has three sons. Son Keith is involved in New Orleans recovery planning; Colin manages the assistive technology department at Hampshire College; and Owen is looking for a manufacturer for a sled he invented. I received an email from Claire LaFray Rollo. She enjoyed a gala 85th birthday party this year. Thirty of her “descendants” gathered to wish her well, eight from Virginia and four from Missouri. Claire lives in Fitchburg, Mass., but she has always loved Vermont after studying at UVM and teaching for two years in Manchester. William Stetson wrote that his UVM engineering degree was his passport to live and work on four continents. After visiting several South Pacific islands thanks to Uncle Sam, he worked on harbors, factories, and churches. He wrote, “From the fledgling country of Liberia to the newly-opened China, my wife Lee and I were privileged to be able to indulge our love of traveling throughout the 57 years we were married.” For more than 40 years, they were based in Columbus, Ind., where Harry worked for Cummins Engine Company. The Stetsons have two sons and three grandchildren. Sadly, Lee passed away last year, and William has moved into the United Methodist Community in Franklin, Ind. He wrote that he fondly remembers our classmate Ray Pestle, who died last September. Ray became a county agricultural extension agent with the UVM Extension Service. After retiring, he became an agricultural consultant in Vermont and New Hampshire. We extend our deep sympathy to his wife, Annette, and their family. Margaret Charles Lang let us know that she is president of the Fred Lang Foundation that raises money to pay for mental health services for the indigent citizens in her community. She now lives in Port Charlotte, Fla., Keep the news coming. We are all interested in what you are doing.

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June Hoffman Dorion
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1944

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Kay Hennessey
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1945

I went overseas with DOD schools in 1960 intending to stay a year, but I found I loved being overseas. After lots of marvelous assignments, I retired in England in 1984. Since then I have spent much of each year in Oxford. I’ve now sold my flat there and will be in Lakeland, Florida year-round, enduring July and August, but not gracefully.

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Kay Hennessey
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1946

Mary Jean Dunsmore Cox did not get to enjoy the warmer weather in Arizona this year, and I did not go to Florida. It was warm enough in Vermont until winter arrived on Valentine’s Day with a record snowstorm. Edith Colegrove Noyes wrote that she is enjoying a busy life at Carlton Willard  Retirement Home in Bedford, Mass. She said that many museum trips, interesting lectures, exercise classes, and other activities keep her young. Locally, we have been watching the rise of the Davis Student Center, another big change to the campus. Virginia Campbell Downs writes profiles of Vermonters and her husband, John, writes editorial columns for the monthly journal North Star in Danville. Virginia also writes profiles of lawyers and judges for the quarterly Vermont Bar Journal, and she has just had her fifth book published, Luther B. Harris: A Prison Story — A Vermont Soldier’s Memoir of Andersonville and Other Rebel Camps, which she co-edited with another Lyndon writer. Virginia and John live in Lyndon Center, Vt., Virginia’s home town. Their daughter, Margaret, and son Peter, live in New York City. Margaret is a business consultant, and Peter is president of the New Wood Company. He and his wife, Debra have a son, Evan, and a daughter, Ava. Virginia’s son, Tom, is a lawyer in Washington, D.C. He and his wife, Jennifer, have two sons, Robert and Joe.  

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Harriet Bristol Saville
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1947

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Louise Jordan Harper
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1948

Theresa Guzowski Johnson sent a note describing their move to La Vida Llena in Albuquerque, N.M. She mentioned with pride their three grandchildren, noting that the youngest has just been accepted at both Harvard and Cornell. She further wrote, “When I put the 80th candle on my birthday cake, I realized what a spectacular life I’ve had with much of it related to my days at UVM. Where would I be if it weren’t for the stamp of UVM on my life?” That sentiment is echoed by many of us. Speaking of 80th birthdays, most of our classmates will be reaching this milestone or have already done so. If yours was an unusual celebration, please share it with us. Betty Whitney Bolognani, choosing not to run again for her seat in the legislature, keeps busy serving on ten state and county boards and committees. Betty lives in the small southern Vermont town of Readsboro. She planned to attend the special Alpha Chi get together during Reunion. Desperate for the color green after a long white winter, your scribe and husband are once again flying to “the old sod,” our favorite vacation spot outside of Vermont.

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Marilyn Mills Houston
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1949

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Pat Brush Hunt
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