Class of 1964
Class Chair:
Louis M. Abbey 781/286-5004; lncabbey2004@yahoo.com
Class Notes:
Christopher Clausen
Chris Clausen has retired from teaching at Penn State and recently moved. He would be glad to hear from old friends and acquaintances. 
(Posted December 19, 2007)
Bobbie Gottschalk
Bobbie Gottschalk is sad to report that David Tiedt, husband of Pat Bonifer-Tiedt, passed away suddenly on Friday, September 28, 2007.
(Posted October 03, 2007)
Larry Shank
Sorry to hear about the passing of Cliff Dummett; an extraordinary individual.
Marilyn and I have been retired for 12 years now. Just attended a 40th class reunion of the high school where I taught for 30 years. Recognized 25 to 30 of them and most of them couldn't place me, and asked which class I had graduated with! I guess we all age (some more gracefully than others).
(Posted August 27, 2007)
Carolyn Bogott
FIVE DISTINGUISHED EDUCATORS WILL BE HONORED AT THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST GENERAL SYNOD 26. For the past 27 years Carolyn Bogott has served the children and families of Austin, Minnesota in what her pastor, Jim Peck calls "possibly the most important ministry we offer to the wider community." Through her work as teacher and director of the Congregational Preschool at First Congregational UCC and her tenure as both member and chair of the Austin Board of Education, Carolyn has modeled faith at work in the teaching vocation. Pastor Peck goes on to say: "Teaching can be approached as a job, a profession, or a calling. Carolyn is called by God to be a teacher." In addition to her work with the preschool, Ms. Bogott has volunteered as an adult English as a Second Language tutor with the Austin Public Schools. She has also served as a writing tutor at the local community college and currently functions as a mentor for the Mower County mentoring program. She also operates as First Congregational's contact with Congregations Concerned for Children, a public interest group in Minnesota advocating for children with the state's elected officials. In all her work with children and families, those who nominated her lifted up three qualities: "Patience, Preparedness, and Passion." Co-workers cited her attentiveness to each child in all their potential, particularly lifting up her work across barriers of language, culture and differing abilities. Pastor Peck concludes: "In each child, Carolyn sees the future ready to unfold."
(Posted July 24, 2007)
Lou Abbey
Chris and I have been retired and living in MA for almost 3 years. I've been thinking about retirement for several more than three years. What does "retired mean?" To retire can mean to withdraw from circulation, to go to bed, to retreat, to put an end to (as in retire a side in baseball), to put out (as in strike out a batter) or to win permanent possession of (as a trophy). Those are just from the dictionary. I can retire my vehicle (put new rubber on the wheels). I wake up refreshed in the morning, but what I do during the day can retire me. I don't like many of the dictionary's definitions, except for the last one, perhaps. I do feel that in retirement I have taken permanant possession of a trophy, my life. That's what retirement means to me. My life feels like it's finally my own. It doesn't belong to a job. Chris and I can volunteer to do some work or walk the beach together during daylight on a week day, play with the dog, visit our children and grandchildren, see a movie, or simply waste time, and it's our choice. Sounds kind of selfish, perhaps. We've had these choices all along, but ...you know ... the job. It ruled my life, and our life as a consequence. An illusion, perhaps, no regrets, but I feel we now make choices more freely. I hope this has provoked you. Are you retired or thinking about it? Are you committed to never being retired? What does this time in your life mean for you? The stories around this issue are many and as varied as we are. Our wave is advancing inevitably. We're in good company, not that we had any choice demographically, but we need to share the stories. You might want to take a pen in hand or use e-mail and write to the Earlhamite about what you're doing now and what it means to you. The stories other people write will be as interesting to you as yours are to them. Please let us hear your story, where you are now and what it's all about with you.
(Posted May 01, 2007)
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