Milton Academy - Yearbook (Milton, MA)

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dogwood season was a memorable event. The boys are going to camp in Maine this summer, but Naushon's clear waters and peaceful sun- drenched beaches beckon the rest of the family for the summer. Mrs. Donald C. Watson '15. An independent summer With three children away led to a trip with our oldest daughter to Bermuda. We found it much too hot for our taste, but still Bermuda. Marblehead holds our loyalty. A snowless winter without skiing was hard for some members of the family to bear, but again some shooting in South Carolina and a vacation in Washington kept the ball rolling. We are looking forward to a busy summer of sailing in Marblehead. Mrs. David M. Little '16. We have returned to Cambridge, where my husband is Secretary to the University at Harvard, and hope to set- tle here permanently. My oldest daughter, Priscilla, graduated from school last June and spent the winter coming out . She expects to enter Bryn Mawr this fall. I was busy this past winter answering telephone calls for the debs , my own daughter and my cousin Rose- mary Crocker. Katherine Hitchcock Marshall '16, My days are filled to over- flowing by my four chldren, and all the wiork and fun that goes with running a household, doing a few odd jobs in the community and enjoy- our friends. Elizabeth Hoar Parsons '16. This has been an uneventful year. We still live on Liberty Street in Concord during the winter and at Osterville, Cape Cod, during the summer, and our two children, Todd faged 101 and Mary Sherman faged 71 continue to absorb a large part of our time and attention. Mrs. Robert S. Sturtevant '17. Packing and unpacking every so often, transporting children to and from school for five months in Nashville, keeping track of 5-y-ear old David's adventures while direct- ing Roger's first-grade efforts in Groton, with aid of Winnetka Ex- tension School for Children. Successful trip home from Nashville with whole family in English Austin fbaggage by freightl. Mrs. John Fulton '18, Motor trip in Scotland in August 1936. Still living a pace in New Haven trying to keep up with Yale University activities. Tennis and Squash on the side for recreation. Anna Ware Bird '19. The most important event to us this year was the birth of our first daughter, Dorothy Gardner Bird, on April 11th. However, the Louisville flood also furnished plenty of excitement, although we were on high land and in no danger. It is queer to see a modern city suddenly deprived of electricity, means of transportation and communication, and, in some places, of water, gas, and heat. Laura Richardson Houghton '19. A new son fbringing the total to one girl and three boysj and a new summer home at Marion, Massa- chusetts are the pleasant and outstanding events of the past year. ITIGQUS page forty one

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make education my chief interest. Am chairman of the Management Committee of the Brush Hill School and a Trustee of the Beaver Country Day School. Music is still my choice for an avocation. Margaret Forster '12, I have just had a most delightful winter, dividing my time between Milton, where I began teaching last fall, and the Lee School, Boston. Even the shuttling back and forth in Frances Lee's car has been very pleasant this open winter. Last sum- mer was absolutely perfect. My niece and I hiked and bussed through England and a bit of Scotland. It is much nicer than any other way to travel. Leonora Bemis Hamilton '13, Keeping house, a little painting and gardening, etc. The special event has been a three-months' visit in Santa Barbara, California, with my father and my five-year old Leslie. The trip did us all a great deal of good, and we saw many old friends. Betty Lane Crosby was there for a few days, and both Mary Fisher and Eleanor Fisher O'Brien came from San Francisco to visit us while wie were there. Nathalie B. Crocker '14. A delightful summer in oxen tempo in Chester, Nova Scotia, with my two children and my sister, followed by an harrassing winter starting a Birth Control Clinic in Fitchburg. Mary Fisher '15, Secretary to Curtis and Tompkins, chemists, for the past fifteen years. A flying trip, by the Pan American Airways, to Mexico City and Way points, this spring. A most interesting ex- perience. ' Marion Grabfield '15, Living very happily in Milton. Philip is in the sixth class of the Upper School. Alice Forbes Howland '15, Still on the same job which is likely to last for quite a while-i. e., rearing five young Howlands. It is a job requiring a good deal of time over and above an 8-hour day or a 40- hour week, but as yet I haven't joined the C. I. O. or tried a sit-down strike. Dusty enters the Upper School in September, John will be in the First Class of the Lower School, Hester and Judith are at the Preparatory School, and David is still at home. The Birth Control League and my garden furnish my extra-familia interests and activities, and each is absorbing in its own way. The greatest event of the year, our purchase of a farm near Brattleboro, Vermont last June. We have about a hundred acres of timber and cordwood, 1200 sugar maples, 200 apple trees and 70 head of dairy cattle. This Easter vacation we went up there and watched the maple syrup being made, which was most interesting but hard on the figure, From there we drove to Washington flike everyone else in Milton this yearj and spent five full and wonderfully interesting days. A trip with Weston on business to the Carolinas and Tennessee, which included the Norris Dam and the Smoky Mountain National Park in the height of the page forty the magus 11-1 i ..- 11

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Eleanor Perkins Parker '19. My last year's literary efforts in describing my activities elicited so 'much twitting from my con- temporaries that this year I'm extremely self-conscious. However, at least I write, which they don't. My big news is that my oldest daughter will be at Milton next fall with my youngest sister, Joan Perkins. I've already threatened Miss Faulkner with more frequent visits than ever, and Iim looking forward to being more closely in touch with the school. Mrs. Lincoln W. Pierce '19. Kept very busy at home with my husband and two daughters, aged respectively sixteen and twelve years. Also still thoroughly enjoying my connection with the school, through being President of the Alumnae Association. The chief event to us this year has been our move into Dr. Pierce's house, at 48 Centre Street. This has been a great pleasure to us. Lucia Norton Valentine '19, Born, March 8th, Sarah McKim Valentine, my second daughter and third child. Mary Hallowell Crocker '20'. Nothing of unusual interest during the last year. Time mostly taken up with a large growing family. Oldest son going to boarding school in the autumn. Mrs. Frederick J. Libby '20. Recently my husband and I had a delightful flight from Washington to Los Angeles. Hoping for variety in weather, we got clear windy skies, a gorgeous sunset, black clouds, lightning, rain, then stars overhead, a dust storm, and a landing at Fort Worth for the night. In a comfortable upper berth of the Flag- ship Massachusetts, I enjoyed some good naps above the clouds. We arrived in California rested, and feeling that we had no right to be there with so little trouble. Mrs. Richard W. Partridge '20. Life has continued as usual with the exception of a hectic winter due to adding on to our house. It is complete now and we can enjoy it and our garden and hope that old school friends will visit us and see both. Elizabeth Brewster Loring '21. During the past year not much has happened except our change of domicile from Boston to New Bedford. My husband having been called to be rector of the church wfhich I attended as a small girl, I now have to look dignified f 'TJ where I used to pull pigtails. We have a small daughter, Elizabeth, who has just passed her first birthday. A Mrs. Nelson Bigelow '22, Keeping house for my husband and three small sons. Sally H. Bowditch '22. I am just completing my second year of internship at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and am looking forward to a year of assistant residency on the Private Ward Service in Medicine next September. Helen Howe '22. I went to London on a professional visit last page forty iw.. the magus