Chronicle 2017

CLASS NEWS

cottage. Suzanne Mayberry McCollum is very involved in supporting her 10 grandchildren’s activities. Her grandson’s hockey tournament took Suzanne to Quebec City, where she hoped to find another “Havergal grandma.” Skiing and kayaking with her 11 grandchildren are some of Penny Anne Stride Davidson ’s favourite activities. Visiting her sons in northern Ontario is a summer ritual for Judith Cory Mangoff , who celebrates her 55th wedding anniversary this fall with a special trip. “Artist, teacher, mother, grandmother, advocate for child literacy” was how Mary Osler wished to be remembered. We would add that she was a great friend and loyal Havergal supporter. Mary died on July 29, 2016 in Waterloo.

The Class of 1959 celebrating Alice Payne 2016 Havergal Old Girls Life Achievement Award. Standing: Marilyn Metcalfe White, Nancy Sewell Lorimer, Kathleen Bourke Bell, Alice Payne, Anita Krische Von Graffen, Christine Coutts Clement and Anita’s husband Adolf Von Graffen. Seated: Ann Osler Malcolmson, Penny Anne Stride Davidson and Sandra Gordon Steen. Mary Jean Borden Potter and Judy Labatt Ross Stewart were at the Old Girls dinner, but were unable to attend the lunch.

DEATHS Mary Osler

$ 29,848

CLASS OF 1960

CLASS OF 1960 ENDOWMENT TOTAL AS AT MAY 31, 2017

CLASS REPS: Patricia (Pat) Weller Bent, Marsha Davis Brooks, Rosemary Elder Dick and Cynthia (Cyndy) Thomas Smith Our classmates are in a period of transition. We have experienced much that has been wonderful, but also deaths of spouses and family members, illness, divorce, job loss or change, transition from family homes to condos or country havens ‒ and yet most of us are “still standing.” We are among the first classes of HC women who all had careers, many outside of the norm, many continuing; many also raised families, volunteered and travelled. Havergal encouraged us to pursue higher education, to be independent, to develop emotional resilience and to give back to the community…for that we are grateful. Anne Carter wrote from her seaside home in Hahei, New Zealand. Heavy seas have cramped her ocean swimming this year, but spring will see her back at the bridge table in Toronto. Kathleen (Cathy) Cowan Russell wrote from her winter abode in Chapala, Mexico, where she teaches ESL part time. When in Toronto,

she and Elizabeth (Liz) Clough Munt see each other regularly. Karen Taylor Alvarez ’s travel business in Mexico City continues to thrive. Patricia (Pat) Weller Bent and her husband will return to Ecuador in April for another philanthropic surgical mission. Sheila Milne Leach has retired from her Sudbury medical practice and now has free time at last. Patricia (Pat) Waterous Margetts reports that she continues to relax at her farm in the country, with occasional theatre trips into Toronto. Marsha Davis Brooks encountered Lynda (Fitz) Keyfetz Rapp , now living on Bloor Street, still shopping in her traditional North York haunts. Jill Gould Tierney has given up her greeting service business, Community Greetings, in Newburyport, Massachusetts and seeks a new path. We were all sorry to hear about Mary Krug Ndlovu ’s bad luck on her return from many years in Zimbabwe to retire in Edmonton, Alberta, only to slip and fall on ice, resulting in a broken hip. We hope that her visit to family in Barbados will restore her health. Perhaps she will connect with longtime Edmonton resident and former

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