Patty Hall Ayres 

      50 years, wow, really hard to believe that we graduated 50 years ago from good ol Weatherwax High School, class of 1951! On Aug. 24th and 25th of 2001 we will celebrate 50 years at the Shilo Inn in Ocean Shores, fun time!! 
     Lawrence and I are both retired since the last profile(40 years). Lawrence retired from Lamb-Grays Harbor Co. as a Machinist-Tool & Die Maker in 1996 after 43 yrs. with the Co. I retired from the Aberdeen School Dist. in 1995 as an instructional aide after 27 yrs. (As the last profile said, I attended Business College after H. S., worked at Rayonier Accounting Dept. 5 yrs. and then stayed home and raised our 3 children). 
     We will be married 49 years in July of this year (2001). Our son Dan (Grad.U. of W.) is a biologist for Wa. State Fisheries, he is in charge of the Razor Clam Fishery and was recently promoted to Coastal Shellfish Lead Position. He married Gail Greenwood (Grad. PLU) of Seattle in 1997. They have a little girl Rachel, 20 mons. Gail was a reporter for the Daily World and worked for the City of Tacoma and now stays home with Rachel and is a freelance writer. Our son Dave works for Reddaway Trucking as a driver and lives in Olympia. His daughter Suzie is 18 and attends Fife H. S. Dave's son Steve is 15-1/2 and attends Timberline H. S. in Olympia. Dave also has two daughters Missy 9, and Danielle 5-1/2. They attend Horizons Elem. school in Olympia. Our daughter Diane(Grad.U. of W.) and her husband Brian McIntyre (Grad.U. of W.) live in Shoreline. They have 4 children. Katie 12, Tara 10, Ellie 8, and Joe 6. They all attend Sunset Elem. School in Shoreline. Diane had worked as a Prosthetist and Orthotist before having children, now is a busy Mom at home. Brian is a Structural Engineer in Seattle and a principal for the Co. of Skilling Ward Magnusson Barkshire Inc. 
     We enjoy our 9 grandchildren very much and love watching them participate in all their activities, they all do very well in school and sports and we are so proud of them. Enjoy having them visit, quite a house full at times, but fun!! 
     Attend church regularly and keep busy with home maint., yard work, flowers etc. Enjoy clam digging, walking, jogging, hiking, cooking, canning, traveling and keeping up with local sports (Bobcats, esp.), Huskies, Mariners, Seahawks and Sonics. We recently joined the new Y.M.C.A. of Grays Harbor. 
     June of 2000 I had an implanted pace-maker put in my heart. I had felt light headed for several months and found that my heart was pausing. Feel great and have more energy, what wonderful things Drs. can do. Our health is good and we feel blessed. See you all at the 50th!! 

Lois Hayden Markich

     We have lived in Olympia for the past 30 years. We have two sons, Rick who lives in Olympia and Rob, who lives in Bellingham. Our only granddaughter is three. She lives close by, so we see her often.
     George retired from the State of Washington Department of Transportation in June, 1990. He enjoys retirement and goes fishing often.
     I am still working in the library at Lincoln Elementary and plan to retire in another year.
We both like to travel. We went on a tour through the Swiss Alps last summer. The scenery was beautiful. After retirement, we will probably travel through the United States and take a cruise to Alaska, hopefully.

Colleen Hanrahan Ragus

     Forty years. Scary. Fun. Great. Lots of work!
     Out of Aberdeen to University of Washington, on to Germany, married, had four children, moved to Tacoma for twenty plus years, divorced, raised three boys and one girl.
     Graduated from the University of Puget Sound, taught special education preschool for 13 years.
     Moved back to Aberdeen to marry Chuck, also taught there.
     We moved to our retirement home on the Canal in July, 1989. Chuck commuted to Aberdeen and I commuted to Shelton to teach in their Early Learning Program, (birth to three).
     In the last few years, we have gained 4 new mates for our combined 7 kids and 5 grandchildren.
     I retired in June, Chuck in January, we plan to live happily ever after, eating clams, crab, oysters and shrimp - painting, fishing, boating and traveling. What a life!

Ann Hobi Scroggs

Summer 2001! It is hard to believe it has been 50 years since our high school graduation. All those special times seem like only yesterday and friends look the same - well almost. 
     1995/1996 were big years for us. We lost both our moms at ages 94 and 92, sold their homes and ours. We moved to a new permanent home on Hood Canal that replaced the one that burned. 
     Dick retired from Kaufman Scroggs and the La-Z Boy stores. We love living on the water and the crabbing, shrimping, clams and oysters in our front yard and being with our family.
     Daughter Sue and Joe Simmons, Christopher 13 and Nicholas 11 live in Seattle.
     Son Peter, Kristin and Sam 3 live in Aberdeen and Peter has taken over the businesses. 
     Son John, Stephanie and baby Maggie 3 months, live in Seattle. Grandchild number 5 arrives in Aberdeen in November. 
     Hood Canal is a perfect gathering spot for them and their friends. Union has no traffic lights so we are safe walking to the post office.
     We do escape to Maui for 5 weeks in February. We enjoy good health, remain active on Boards and Committees. Aberdeen will always be home.

Carol Hammerlin Murphy

     REFLECTION by Carol Hammerlin Murphy.
     If I were to waken and find my life had been but a dream, it'd have been a rehearsal and I could try it again. Would I pursue a new theme? The sonorities and balance of life's choice were good; Although there were conflicts we did as we should. Two lives were created; I'd have had more if I could, if from this dream, awaken I would. Our gifts are many to receive and give; Our freedom "to do" is the result which we live.
     Life is more organized than our dreams. Simpler perhaps, than it seems; however, add a heat or select a new voice, we cannot predict the result of our choice. We are a beat or nuance which blend, possibly, atonal qualities send. Both are measures of inspiration; without which life holds, no motivation.
     The present holds such beauty and joy, I can on the past no longer reflect. I love this place where sea and sky meet, where the rhythm is slow with the surf's pounding roll, where the sound swells and recedes with a lull, giving way to the seagull's articulate note. Thank you God for sea and sky, and all you've created wherein it may lie.

Joanne Hills McCowan

     Bill and I have 10 grandchildren. We spend time with all of them and mostly enjoy watching them participate in sports. At this time we are busy moving to our summer home at Mason lake out of Shelton.       Everyone is invited to visit.

Georgia Grace Hunter

     Dear Classmates:
     Thanks so very much for sending the 1991 Reunion Newsletter. I've especially enjoyed the photos and news bits about classmates. It makes me nostalgic, of course, and sad that I won't be able to attend the 40th celebration in July. Since I've been away from the Harbor all these years, except for some short visits with my folks, I've kept up with no one from our class, so being there this year would be a lot of fun but I just live too far away. I look forward to receiving a copy of the Reunion booklet, however. Please put me on the list.
     Let's see . . . what's happened in my life over the past 40 years? Wow! What a question to answer in a few paragraphs! In looking over the information you have sent, I think maybe I have one distinction, in that I'm still Georgia Hunter, having never married. Am I really the only Old Maid in the class? Well, believe me, it sounds worse than it is. I've had a full and very happy life, howbeit somewhat different than most of you, and who knows what still could happen?
     Thirty years ago I quit my nursing job in Tacoma and joined an international organization called Wycliffe Bible Translators, a missionary group of more than 6,000 members committed to translate the Bible for the minority language groups of the world. My first years were spent in Mexico learning the language of the Mixteco tribal people and working among them. My co-worker and I lived in a tiny log house in an Indian village located at 8,500' in the mountains of Oaxaca. We had a packed earth floor, no electricity and water had to be carried in buckets from a spring up the hill from us. Difficult? Not really. We loved every minute of it and made lifelong friends as we sought to minister through medicine and literacy to a community sorely lacking in either.
     I expected to stay out there indefinitely but in God's providence found myself in consultant work as of the early '70's, trying to help other translation teams and their tribal people develop specialized reading materials geared to the needs of illiterate adults. Along the way I was privileged to learn some skills needed in other countries where we work, so that opened the way for travel to a number of other countries including Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Papua, New Guinea.   From 1982-86 I worked in the Philippines, finally returning to home base: Mexico. Since much of our Mexico operation is handled from Tucson, Arizona. nowadays, I've been blessed with the chance to sink a few roots . . . finally . . . and volunteers have built a lovely home for me just north of the city. I make frequent trips to southern Mexico, in order to train personnel, lead workshops, etc. but Tucson is home now.
     Sure, I get lonely sometimes . . . and don't I wish I had a passel of grandchildren to tell you about! But I'm not at all sorry for the choices God has led me to make, for serving Him is the greatest and most satisfying thing,- in the world.
     I send my warmest greetings to each of the class of '51, only wishing I could be there with you on the 19th and 20th. Believe me, I'll have you in- my thoughts. Now I'm looking forward to reading your autobiographies! God bless you, each one.

Carole Hetherington Miller

     1951-1961: Worked, got married in 1955, moved to Olympia, then to Alaska. Had three girls, moved to Kansas and back to Aberdeen in 1961.
     1961-1971: Had a boy in 1962. Moved to Mountlake Terrace, went to work 1965-1968. Busy years being a mom.
     1971-1981: Got a divorce and a job in 1973. Still being a mom to teenagers now. Interesting is one way of describing the work and fun of those years.
     1981-1991: Kids got married. I became a grandma to eight little darlings. Five boys, three girls. Love them to pieces. Sold my house, bought a condo. Travel every time I get a chance on my vacations. Am retiring in the fall.