Class of 1956

Class of 1956 News

Class of 1956 Spring 2025 Class Note

In mid-September, the Senior Alumni Reunion took place on campus and alumni from different classes came back to join in the festivities. Fred Otto, who lives in Orono, stopped in to say hello during the gathering and represent the Class of ’56. He also visited during Homecoming in October! Thank you, Fred, for representing…

Class of 1956 Summer 2024 Class Note

I hope everyone is enjoying the summer! I received a Christmas letter from Richard “Doc” and Elizabeth Brockway Nevers with happy holiday greetings to all. In May of 2023 they made the decision to move from Florida to Massachusetts. While the move was not an easy decision, the relocation went quickly and smoothly. With the…

Class of 1956 Winter 2024 Class Note

Well, our Senior Alumni Reunion is over. Fred Otto and Foster Shibles represented our Class at the 67th Reunion. It is with deep sorrow that I inform you that our classmate, Carol “Squeaky” Loud, passed away on October 5, 2023. While at the University of Maine, Carol was a very active member of the Modern…

Class of 1956 Summer 2023 Class Note

I apologize for not sending the information related to the Class of 1956 Zoom meeting held on October 3, 2021. The purpose of the meeting was to reconnect and conduct class business. Usually, the business meeting is held during the annual Alumni Reunion meeting, which was not held in 2021 because of COVID. Twelve members…

Class of 1956 Winter 2022 Class Note

The year 2022 has passed and 2023 is here. November and December are great months. I’m hoping everyone had a delicious Thanksgiving, a merry Christmas season, and a fun time ringing in the new year. This year, 2023, is the 67th anniversary of our class. As the saying goes, “Time goes by fast when you’re…

Class of 1956 Summer 2022 Class Note

To the Class of 1956: For this issue of the MAINE Alumni Magazine, I was advised that there was no new correspondence sent to the alumni office from the Class of ’56 for this magazine issue. For as old as we all are — and hopefully will get older — where is the “old news”…

Class of 1956 Winter 2022 Class Note

As we all know, the nasty COVID-19 raised its head again! For the second year our University of Maine Reunion was canceled. Obviously, we had to change our plans and “wait ’til next year.” Jim and Barbara Victor were disappointed to learn the on-campus Reunion was canceled. They had planned a motor trip to visit…

Class of 1956 Summer 2021 Class Note

John A. Schwartz 309 Pinelake Court Spartanburg, SC 29301 (864) 574-1869 jaschwartzsr@bellsouth.net After 25 years of being a “snowbird,” (someone who spends the cold winters in sunny Florida and then spends the summer up north), Doc and Betty Brockway Nevers have decided to make Fort Pierce, Florida, their yearly residence. Doc and Betty still plan to take…

Class of 1956 Winter 2021 Class Note

The new Class of 1956 correspondent will take this opportunity to thank Joan Fuller Russell for providing a significant amount of news that wasn’t reported in time to be printed in the past summer issue of the MAINE Alumni Magazine. Sadly, Carolyn Bull Dahlgren passed away on May 3, 2020. Carolyn was a very active class…

Class of 1956 Summer 2020 Class Note

John A. Schwartz The Class of 1956 has a few updates we would like to share with classmates. Gloria Thorpe Bangs ’57 contacted the Alumni Association to inform classmates of the death of her husband, Dick Bangs. She reported that Dick died on March 2, 2018, of ALS, which was caused by his military service.…

Class of 1956 Winter 2020 Class Note

Faith Wixson Varney The Class of 1956 had a very successful mini-reunion on Wednesday, October 16th at the McKernan Center on the Southern Maine Community College campus. Twenty-eight classmates and guests gathered for a buffet lunch overlooking Casco Bay and a wonderful time was had by all! Thank you to everyone who joined us and…

Class of 1956 Summer 2019 Class Notes

Faith Wixson Varney I received a phone call from President Bill Johnson that reminded me that he and/or Betsy Harvey Ruff write each scholarship recipient congratulating him/her and asking a few personal questions to bring to our next meeting. That way we get to know him/her a bit better. It is nice to know him/her…

Class of 1956 Fall 2018 Class Note

Faith Wixson Varney 69 Falmouth Road Falmouth, ME 04105 (207) 781-3038 fvarney@maine.rr.com Hi, classmates: Doc and Betty Brockway Nevers write, “at our mini Reunion on May 23rd the Class of ’56 voted to transfer $5,000 from our 1956 class fund to the Class of 1956 Scholarship fund. We had 44 registered between the Tuesday evening dinner and the Wednesday luncheon/business meeting.…

Class of 1956 Spring 2018 Class Note

Faith Wixson Varney 69 Falmouth Road Falmouth, ME 04105 (207) 781-3038 fvarney@maine.rr.com Hi classmates: I had a very newsy Christmas letter from Henry “Hank”and Ian Brodersen. The highlight of their summer was a month-long visit by daughter Liesel and her two children, Haley and Brody. They visited Washington, DC, and Annapolis, and toured the country…

Class of ’56 Fall 2017 Class Notes

Faith Wixson Varney 69 Falmouth Road Falmouth, ME 04105 (207) 781-3038 fvarney@maine.rr.com I guess we knew what we were doing when we selected Bill Johnson as our class president. According to the April 9, 2017, edition of the Journal Tribune he has added one more award to his list—The Spirit of America Foundation Tribute…

Class of 1956 Fall 2017 Class Note

Faith Wixson Varney 69 Falmouth Rd. Falmouth, ME 04105 207-781-3038 fvarney@maine.rr.com I guess we knew what we were doing when we selected Bill Johnson as our class president. According to the April 9, 2017 edition of the Journal Tribune he has added one more award to his list – The Spirit of America Foundation…

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