1956
Muriel Chait Durbin
310.701.2843
msmuz@aol.com

Thanks to all who responded to my request for news. Cynthia Sternberg Schein keeps busy visiting friends and family. She was happy to be able to attend her granddaughter and grandson’s college graduations. She keeps busy when she is home, her piano group has reformed –and now has four duet members, under the auspices of Venice Musicale. Their performances raise money for music scholarships. She would love to see anyone coming to Venice. Alison Malloch Curran writes that she has been at Seabrook, a retirement community in NJ for 1 and 1/2 years now, and is loving it.  She is only a few miles from where she used to live so still have lots of old friends and new friends.  She had a knee replacement in February but is almost back to normal.  She will be taking a trip to California in July to see her Granddaughter married and hope to see my Freshman and Sophomore year roommate Anne “Cokey” Lanoue Weber.  She lives close to where the wedding will be held. Each year seems to be a blessing, especially now at 85. Becky Eppers Byrd’s main news is that she went to N. Carolina the week of Memorial Day courtesy of daughter Daphne and husband-for the triplets’ party and graduation from high school. Got to brag- Samantha and Michael were co-valedictorians and Andrew was 14th out of class of 380. So very proud of them and their parents. Other than that she just keep plugging along. Health is good, just the back is a problem. She keeps busy with craft work and volunteering. Barbara Tovell Tennant writes that she and Bruce moved to a CCRC called Wesley Commons in Greenwood, SC. They wanted to escape the annual hurricane threats they had in the Lowcountry.  “With the help of my 2 daughters, we moved all my Bonsai trees here to a ground floor apt. where I can tend to them at my front and back doors.”  This past weekend Greenwood had its annual Garden Tour, Wesley Commons participated for the first, and I had my trees on display.  Visitors asked me why I had this hobby:  my answer was, it’s a perfect outlet for an Art Major who loves gardening.  Haven’t seen any Hoodlums for ages, do keep in touch with Ginny Turnbull Hecklinger and Sandy Newing. Jackie Kling Kreider had a wonderful family reunion at Clator Lake in Virginia. The children, spouses and seven grandkids were there. Helen Ward Wheeler keeps busy with their grandchildren and 5 year old great grandson. She and Jack are happy that they don’t live at the breakneck speed of the younger generation. As for myself, Muriel “Muzzy” Chait Durbin, I am still working as a travel advisor and very much enjoy planning trips for my clients.