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River Campus Undergraduate: Slater Society–1950s

Reunion News

College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering classes celebrating reunions

October 6–8, 2006

Slater Society: All post-50th Reunion Classes
65th Reunion: 1941
60th Reunion: 1946
55th Reunion: 1951
50th Reunion: 1956
45th Reunion: 1961
40th Reunion: 1966
35th Reunion: 1971
30th Reunion: 1976
25th Reunion: 1981
20th Reunion: 1986
15th Reunion: 1991
10th Reunion: 1996
5th Reunion: 2001

More about Meliora Weekend

1946
Sheila Smith is the author of In and Out of Southampton, NY, 1932–1956, a memoir of Sheila’s life on eastern Long Island.

1949
Hugh Outterson (see ’50).

1950
Kenn Hubel, class correspondent, writes:

After graduation, Connie McAllister Camnitz worked as a secretary at Kodak before marrying Harold Camnitz ’55 (MA) in 1955. They had two boys. Harold died in 1978. An avid tennis player, Connie taught the sport for 10 years, although minor infirmities recently have made walking her most common exercise. She is active in her Unitarian Universalist Society both as a jack-of-all-trades volunteer and as a pianist. One son lives nearby and the other is in California. She has one grandson. (439 Girard Avenue, East Aurora, NY; (716) 652-1068; conniec (at) aol (dot) com).

After obtaining her bachelor’s degree, Barbara Longstaff Outterson ’51N, ’83N (MS), received her degree in nursing in 1951. Following her marriage to Hugh Outterson ’49 in 1952, she worked as a nurse in psychiatry at Strong Memorial Hospital and as a psychotherapist with outpatients. She and Hugh have five children and seven grandchildren who live close enough to afford at least yearly reunions. Since retiring, Barbara has been active in their Presbyterian church with volunteer activities, including parish nursing and membership on the Presbyterian Serious Mental Illness board of directors. Barbara and Hugh enjoy visiting the R.I.T. Athenaeum, spending time at Chautauqua, and library browsing, as well as camping, canoeing, and exercising. (231 Mobile Drive, Rochester, NY 14616; (585) 621-6069; boutterson (at) earthlink (dot) net).

—Contact: Kenneth Hubel, 2562 Oak Circle N.E., North Liberty, IA 52317; (319) 626-6562; khubel (at) southslope (dot) net.

1954
Sally Slayton Walker ’55N (see ’87).

1958
John Rathbone, class correspondent, writes:

Margaret Taylor Adams passed along the observation that while marathon tennis was fun during our 45th reunion, the participants might want to plan on something else for the 50th reunion—something a little less punishing on the knees, like bocce. After her experiences in New Zealand earlier this year, Charleen Dorwald Drotning suggested that lawn bowling might be in order for the nongolfing, but still athletically inclined, classmates.

Ben and Maureen McGuigan Baldwin ’60, ’60W spent the whole summer with Moe’s 93-year-old mother on Galway Lake near Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The weather was warm and mostly delightful, with occasional humidity getting the best of them. Ben and Moe were joined by three of their four children and their families. Moe comments, “This added to the fun, as the kids were amphibians, spending most of their time in the water. The 45-year-old kids had just as much fun as the little ones and the teenagers, so it was difficult to decide who the ‘biggest kids’ were!” Their oldest granddaughter, Meg, entered college this fall at the University of Colorado in Boulder, and she lives nearby in Littleton, which, Moe says, “probably is a good thing for her, as she still loves home and parents.” Ben and Moe drove Moe’s mother to Florida at the end of September, and they planned to spend much of their winter in Florida also. Moe adds, “Anyone in the neighborhood of Indian Harbor Beach, Fla. (across the causeway from Melbourne), give us a call at (321) 777-5700.”

Don and Nancy Festa Brown have moved to a new location in Boothwyn, Pa., after 39 years in the same lovely colonial home. Don and Nancy built a new, spacious house in an active adult community and are loving the “no mow, no shovel snow” lifestyle. Last summer, they traveled to Boston, San Antonio, and Orlando to visit their five grandsons and brand-new granddaughter. Nancy adds, “We keep the suitcases handy!”

In early August, Dick and Joan DeBrine hosted Dick and Margaret Vidale and John and Val Evans Rathbone ’60W (Mas) at their lovely new home on the hillside above Franklin Pierce Lake in Hillsborough, N.H. Joan, Margaret, and Val toured the area one afternoon while “the boys” played tennis. Dr. Vidale, the consummate tennis player, easily took on and vanquished all comers. Dick DeBrine confessed that golf was perhaps more his game, and John allowed that he really should play more frequently than every 40 years and vowed to do better on the next outing.

George and Sherry Grimm have returned to live in Tucson, Ariz., after a 20-year absence. Although Tucson is not “home” for either George or Sherry, they love the desert and have decided to remain there. While rebuilding his management consulting practice in Tucson, George, who holds a Ph.D., is teaching introductory physics at the local community college and tutoring students in both math and physics. George sends his best regards to all and can be reached via his Web site, www.gwgrimm.com.

John and Val Evans Rathbone bit the bullet, took the kids’ inheritance, bought gasoline, and hit the open road in September to visit their daughter and her family at their new home in Port Orchard, Wash.

Joe Steinman reports that things are pretty much the same; however, he is reviewing his flood and wind-damage insurance for his Florida residence. Joe notes that the Jacksonville area has been lucky for 35 years now and adds that he hopes that the confluence of geography, the flow of the Gulf Stream, the winds, etc., continue to work in Jax’s favor.

Dick and Margaret Vidale are happy to announce the arrival of their grandson, Joshua, who was born early on Saturday, August 27, in a very fast and (relatively) easy delivery. He weighed in at 7 lbs., 15 oz. Mother Lisa and her baby did fine and went home the next day.

—Contact: John Rathbone, 2375 Brookview Drive, Hamilton, NY 13346; jrathbon (at) dreamscape (dot) com.