A Reunion in 2000? There seems to be a lot of enthusiasm at present for it. What a great way to celebrate the Millenium! So stay well and we'll hope to see you then.

Surrounded by family, residents of her nursing home, and church friends, Thurlie Additon Smith had a great 85th birthday celebration. Thurlie continues to enjoy visits to her daughter's house, church and occasional outings to dine on Mexican food.... On Halloween, Harry and Lynda Bedell Schroeder left Bremerton, Wash., for their mobile home in Friendly Acres, Yuma, Ariz. In April they return to Bremerton so Harry can plant dahlias and petunias, his latest hobby.... Although somewhat grounded after having both knees and hips replaced, Dorrance Coleman occasionally gets to church.... Helen Dean Gordon keeps busy with church activities, two garden clubs and extension programs offered by Keene (N.H.) State. She enjoys being with her children and grandchildren and in the past year attended big weddings of two grandsons.... Huntington Commmons, an assisted-living community in Kennebunk, is the new home of Harold and Miriam Diggery Trafton.... Elsie Gervais took a mid-September trip to Toronto with a friend from Bethesda, Md. Elsie fully appreciated the particularly beautiful Maine autumn.... In Cincinnati honorary member Gertrude Harwood is living at Evergreen Retirement Home, a residence with lovely grounds, 100-year-old trees. She takes daily walks when weather permits. Her son is also in Cincinnati, her daughter in Chicago.... Charlotte Longley Orr spent the summer at her cabin on Keoka Lake in Waterford, getting there by taking the slow roads of New Hampshire. At home in Bloomfield, Conn., she has many interests including preparing for a book discussion, working up a church program and still finding the time to "just sit and dream," often of happy times at Bates.... Charlie Paige spent a good summer at Ocean Park, walking almost every day for an hour after heart surgeries and the installation of a pacemaker. "Miracles continue." He reports that son Jeffery, a professor at Univ. of Michigan, had his third book published last year. Entitled Coffee and Power, it was well reviewed by The New York Times.... Our deepest sympathy goes to Peg Perkins Skilling on the death of husband Neal on Oct. 14.... Elderhostel at Bates was a major summer event for Thelma Poulin Vincent. "It was great to see the year-round use of the campus." People from at least a dozen states were in her Elderhostel group; there was also a soccer camp, dance and music workshops, a business convention all going on at once and they all had their meals together. She enjoyed being with the various groups and was "proud of my college when I heard so many praises." She also spent a few days in Aruba with her daughter and Martha Burns O'Keefe '42.... Bill Pritcher enjoys his new knee and plays golf twice a week at his local club.... June Sawyer Stevens sees some of her 13 grandchildren and three great-grands during the summer, but doesn't see them as often as she'd like since they're all in Washington, Oregon, Montana, and Kansas. She looked forward to the arrival of two more greats.... Tom Vernon/ writes, "I continue to live with Harriet Van Stone Vernon '36, a fact for which I am very grateful." The Vernons have been married 61 years and live in Butterfield Trail Village, a retirement community in Fayetteville, Ark.... Living in Ipswich, Mass., Louise Williams Sweetser spent the month of April 1998 in California and four months in Dennisport enjoying the beach and daily swims in the warm water. Louise volunteers one day a week at the West Dennis Library.