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After four years as a staff assistant to U.S. Representative Christopher Shays of Bridgeport, Jeanne M. McDonagh ’41 is retiring. Jeanne, a long time resident of Stamford, Conn., is looking forward to a slightly slower tempo, but as she put it, “I will not be at home playing bridge!”

Sr. Ethne Kennedy ’43 caught up with classmates at Reunion this past May. She has been volunteering on Tuesdays and Thursdays with AIDS residents at the Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center, and more recently participating in anti-war demonstrations at the United Nations.

Marian Moto Shea ’45 is a volunteer bridge instructor in the senior adult program at the Rye Recreation Center in Rye, N.Y. The center provides classes and activities for Rye residents ages 60 and older.

Dorita Kirby Beh ’46 has returned from Chile and moved to Roselyn Heights, N.Y. She looks forward to hearing from friends and classmates.

Jeanne Plante Timpanelli ’46 has led the fundraising efforts for the moving and restoring of the Ridgefield Historical Society in Ridgefield, Conn. She also is responsible for the building’s maintenance.

Ruth Heide Kane ’46 plays tennis at least once a week, and works on her golf game during the summer. She travels to Kenwood, Convent of the Sacred Heart, in Albany to visit with her sister, Muriel C. Heide, R.S.C.J. ’37 as well as Mother Kathryn Sullivan ’26, who both live there.

Mamie Jenkins, R.S.C.J. ’46 works with young students and uses music therapy with Alzheimer patients. She spent the summer helping students in Harlem refine their study skills techniques.

Mary Crowley Callahan ’46 has completed a book on garden ornaments for the Tower Hill Botanic Garden. Her next writing project will be to chronicle Massachusetts Avenue in Worchester Mass., the historic district in which she lives, as well as the history of her own home.

We recently received news from Lorene Silverman regarding the death of her mother, Bessie Yanopoulos Denis ’47. Lorene wrote of the very fond and dear memories her mother had of Manhattanville, and of how proud Bessie was to have attended. It was, as Bessie had put it many times, “one of the major highlights of my life.” Lorene remembers being enthralled by the wonderful stories her mother told of her days at Manhattanville with dear friends such as Hilda McGlew Dengler ’48.