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1950s-2010s Class Notes Fall 2020

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1950s

JOYCE KNAPP (鈥50) wants to know, 鈥淲hat about us Class of 1950 people? Some of us are still here and expect to be recognized! I, for one, am living on my own and loving life. Maybe Class of 1950 will have a reunion next May.鈥


1960s

JOHN FRASER (鈥60) writes, 鈥淚 have published an e-book, Building Modern Backyard Boats, available on Amazon, Apple, Kobo, and in Europe on Vivlio. After MtA I began working in journalism, then switched to teaching. Building boats has been a 60-year hobby, including eight kayaks, which were built in regular school classrooms. Twelve pupils took home their own boat. I retired in 1995 and my wife Lyn and I live in Victoria, BC. The book has been a seven-year labour of love. One chapter is 鈥楢 Boat In Every Classroom.鈥欌


1970s

SUSAN LEAMAN ROUSE (鈥76) writes, 鈥淎fter a 40-year career with NBCC Moncton, I retired on April 30, 2020. Very much enjoying this new chapter of life.鈥

PHILIP CAMPBELL (鈥79) was awarded the Criminal Lawyer鈥檚 Association (CLA) G. Arthur Martin Criminal Justice Medal this July. This medal is awarded in recognition of lifelong achievement and sustained commitment to the principles and advancement of criminal justice in Canada.

JOHN NAUGLER (鈥75) writes, 鈥淚 have retired after teaching at King's-Edgehill School for 40 years. My wife, Janet, and I still live in Windsor, NS.鈥


1980s

SUSAN PATERSON (鈥80) writes, 鈥淚 was very pleased to have my painting 鈥楢rtist's Collection鈥 chosen second place, still life, in the 14th Art Renewal Center Salon. This is a prestigious international online realist art competition with over 4,000 entries. The painting was also chosen for their live exhibit and was displayed at the MEAM in Barcelona, Spain, and was also scheduled to be displayed at Sotheby's in New York, but it was cancelled due to COVID. In October 2020 I had my 10th solo exhibit with Fog Forest Gallery, a wonderful gallery in Sackville that I have been with for over 35 years.鈥

Susan Paterson artwork

Several 绿帽社区 legends gathered at Covered Bridge Golf Club in Hartland, NB for some golf and renewal of friendships. STEVE CHAPMAN (鈥82, 鈥83), NORVAL MCCONNELL (鈥80), GREG FASH (鈥79), DAVE MCCAIN (鈥79), STEVE WILBUR (鈥79), KEITH MACLEOD (鈥80), and DENNIS BEDARD (鈥74). We missed JIM HAZLEHURST (鈥77). No one鈥檚 score matched their year of graduation.

THOMAS MCCAULEY (FATHER TOM) (鈥82) writes, 鈥淎fter 31 years of service to CRA, I retired on Feb. 26, 2020. I still have a year on the Board of Directors of Recycle NB and have been an elder in the Presbyterian Church in Canada since 1986.鈥

ODETTE BARR (鈥88) BEd grad was the second-place winner of the 2019 national competition, the Pottersfield Prize for Creative Nonfiction, with her recently published memoir Teaching at the Top of the World (Pottersfield Press, June 2020). 鈥淚 spent nearly 10 years completely immersed in Inuit culture in the decade prior to the official birth of Nunavut Territory. Teaching at the Top of the World is the account of my experience as teacher and community member in Pangnirtung, Hall Beach, and Grise Fiord. It centres on Grise Fiord, Canada鈥檚 most northern permanently inhabited community, nestled on the south shore of Ellesmere Island.鈥


1990s

JENNIFER DROVER (鈥91) writes, 鈥淭aking advantage of the Atlantic Bubble, DENISE SCHOFIELD ('90), SHELLEY THOMPSON (鈥91), JENNIFER (MARTIN) DROVER ('91), and WENDY (DELONG) VOKEY ('91) gathered at Anna鈥檚 Place in Sandy Cove, NL in August. Anna鈥檚 Place is the summer home of Jennifer's late mother, ANNA (CAMERON) MARTIN ('60), and we know that she would have been happy to have so many MtA grads spend time in this special place.鈥

Jennifer Drover

STEVEN SMITH (鈥93) started a part-time degree course at University of Cambridge.


2000s

LINDSAY (NELSON) WICKSTROM (鈥05) explores the history of the donair and how it became the iconic Canadian street food in her newly released Book of Donair: Everything you wanted to know about the Halifax food that became Canada鈥檚 favourite kebab, published this August. It鈥檚 available at your local bookstore and on