Mary Blanton
Toni McNaughton (Col ’78, Educ ’81 CM), Betsy Grindstaff (Col ’78 CM), Mary Blanton (Educ ’79), Pam Sprouse (Col ’78 CM), Kay Crnkovich (Educ ’78 CM), Mollie Quasebarth (Col ’78), Dottie Carter (Educ ’78), Betsy Horton-Coons (Col ’78 CM), Nadine Huffman (Col ’78 CM)
Nine of us UVA alums met last September, 2016 to celebrate our 60th birthdays in Colorado. We all had turned 60 in the past year or were to celebrate that milestone soon. Seven of us met first year on the first floor of Bonnycastle, in 1974. The other two were adopted into our group in the next year as apartment roommates. In essence, we have remained friends for more than 42 years and it started at UVA! We kept up through the years before there was email or social media! We have kept up by attending bridal showers, weddings and baby showers, UVA class reunions, as well as other life events! We have 22 children and 8 grandchildren among us. Our friendship is truly a tribute to the importance of the first year of college and how it can impact you for the rest of your life, as well as our love of the University of Virginia.
Pictured from left to right:
Betsy Merrifield Grindstaff (Col ’78 L/M, from New Mexico), Mary Blitchington Blanton (Col ’79, from Virginia), Pam Sprouse (Col ’78 L/M, from Virginia), Toni McNaughton (Col ’78, Educ ’81 L/M, from Texas), Kay Evans Crnkovich (Educ ’78 L/M, from New Jersey), Mollie Vaeth Quasebarth (Col ’78, from California), Dottie Holzgrefe Carter (Educ ’78, from Virginia), Betsy Horton-Coons (Col ’78 L/M, from Connecticut), Nadine Woodard Huffman (Col ’78 L/M, from Ohio)