Chronicle 2017

CLASS OF 1951 ~ 65th Reunion

$ 67,801

CLASS OF 1951 ENDOWMENT FOR ARCHIVES TOTAL AS AT MAY 31, 2017

CLASS REPS: Heather McPherson Ballon, Jean Martin Lawrence and Margaret Fitch Szücs The highlight of our year was, of course, our 65th Reunion, celebrated by a luncheon at the B&R on St. Clair Avenue West. Fifteen of the usual suspects attended: Joan Atkin Taylor, Elisabeth Marani Bacque, Heather McPherson Ballon, Catherine (Cathy) Clark Cameron, Mary Uren Dame, Jane Lamport Day, Marjorie Cowan Fish, Anne Mackersy Hull, Mary Burbidge Helleiner, Jean Martin Lawrence, Mary Southey McCarter, Margaret Fitch Szücs, Adrianne Armour Taylor, Nancy Frankel Theimer and Margaret Ainslie Tuer . MaryDame brought awonderful photo album which prompted many reminiscences about Whitney School, as well as Havergal. Unfortunately, the B&R burned to the ground in a spectacular fire last February, so there won’t be a fourth celebration there for us. Joan (Kelly) Kalthoff Burt lives in Creemore, while Claire Applegath Keith Larsen and her husband Trier have moved to Florida permanently. Some of us now live in seniors’ residences: Mary Burbidge Helleiner in Halifax and Marg Szücs in Toronto. We are very proud that Elisabeth Marani Bacque is profiled in this issue on page 20 and we congratulate her on all of her artistic successes. Margaret Norrie McCain , who has six granddaughters at Havergal, is working with the provincial Departments of Education to extend preschool education downwards; eventually to include children aged two to three. The intent is to integrate learning and care. She is also working on a project for Aboriginal education. Mary Helleiner and her husband Chris went to South Africa last fall. Unfortunately, Chris died in early September, so Mary delivered his paper on wildflowers of South Africa to the Atlantic Rhododendron and Horticultural Society. Cathy Cameron and Mary McCarter still take their annual cruise, this year to the Caribbean. Some of us continue to be able to pursue our long-term interests, as we discovered when we reached the following people by phone last year: Daphne Gilbert Davidson, Pauline Mowat Mengebier, Dorothy Holmes Mitchell, Elizabeth Ogden Meyers and Patricia Travers . Marg Szücs has reluctantly given up her volunteer work with the school archives programme. Perhaps someone else in Toronto could help for two or three hours a week during the school year? We

also urge you to donate to the Class of 1951 Endowment for Archives. The income from this fund (approximately $2,500 last year) could pay for digitization of historic reunion photographs or purchase acid-free photograph albums and acid-free storage boxes. Finally, we have lost two more classmates: Sheila Amys , who gave generously of her time to so many organizations, and Wilma Kirkwood Westerhof . Wilma was missing from our records for a number of years, but was “found” when Marg Szücs went to a noonday concert at St. Paul’s Church and met Wilma helping out there. Wilma also volunteered at Toronto General Hospital.

DEATHS Sheila Amys Wilma Kirkwood Westerhof

Jean Martin Lawrence, Joan Taylor Atkin and Heather McPherson Ballon, all Class of 1951, celebrating their 65th Reunion at the Badminton and Racquet Club.

Ann Mackersy Hull and Elisabeth Marani Bacque, both Class of 1951, at their 65th Reunion.

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