Scottish Highlander newsletter, 1957-1958

              HIGHLANDER
CHRISTMAS LETTER . . . 1957 . . .
Dear Highlanders:
Here we go again with the High­lander
Christmas Letter. We’re
trying like mad to get this out as
close to Christmas as possible.
The following is a condensation of
the letters we have received. Most
of the letters have been edited for
the sake of avoiding repetition.
All of the letters received send
“Seasons Greetings” to all of the
ex-Highlander members and also
to myself, which I appreciate very
much. The letters are arranged in
chronological order of the mem­bers’
participation in the High­landers.
If there is an error in
the chronology, the writer failed
to mention the dates, or our mem­ory
is as poor as ever. The dates
in parentheses following the nam­es
are the years during which the
member was active in the High­landers.
Harold L. Hemingson (1934-38)
903 Karen Avenue, Austin 5, Tex­as.
Harold is the Sales Represent­ative
with the Investor’s Diversi­fied
Services, Inc. Here is an
ex-Highlander from ’way back
who has been extremely faithful
in sending in the Questionnaire
every year. There are three Hem­ingson
boys — ages 15, 12, and 2.
Harold writes: “We were back to
Iowa this summer. Sorry to have
missed seeing you, Bill. The cam­pus
sure looked pretty. The repu­tation
of the Highlanders is
spreading. It is getting so that
most everybody has heard of
the unit. Of course, I like to tell
them I was once a part of it.”
Robert C. LaBarre (1936-37, de­ceased)
Mrs. LaBarre lives at
804 S. Jones, Algona, Iowa. We
were extremely appreciative of
Mrs. LaBarre’s answer to the
letter form. I am sure all of the
Highlanders join me in sending
Mrs. LaBarre our deepest sym­pathy.
She writes: “I know Bob
would want me to fill in the in­formation.
You probably know he
was killed on January 9, 1957, in
an automobile accident on his
way to Des Moines to attend a
Mutual Insurance Agents’ Board
of Directors Meeting. I was with
him and suffered no serious in­juries.
Charlene (14) hopes to be
a Highlander. She is now playing
drums in the Algona High School
Band.” The other LaBarre child­ren
are Sue, 16, and Brian is 8.
Ronald D. Prehm (1936-38) 601
N. Forest Avenue, Brazil, Indiana.
Here is an ex-Highlander from
’way back, too, of whom we
haven’t heard for a long time.
Met Ronald at the Iowa-Indiana
game at Indiana in 1956, and wish
to report that the years have
been very kind to Ron. His com­ments
are: “Transferred from
Iowa to Coe College. Was assign­ed
to Active Duty from graduating
1941 ROTC CLASS. Started ser­vice
with 6th Infantry Division,
later took Pilot Training and
served overseas in Pacific area
with 5th Air Force. Discharged
from Kennedy General Hospital in
early 1946. Lived in Santa Monica,
California; Harrisburg, Illinois;
and subsequently joined Arketex
Ceramic Corporation here in
Brazil, Indiana. Mrs. Prehm (Bet­ty
Jo Wiseheart) died 3 years
ago. Since that time my sons —
Danny 12, and Steven 10, have
become old enough for us to tra­vel
to Iowa football games at
Purdue and Indiana Universities
which are nearby. We have seen
and admired the Highlanders sev­eral
times.” Ron has a daughter,
Holly, who is 4.
Leon Karel (1936-42) State Tea­chers
College, Kirksville, Mis­souri.
This former piper has been
promoted to the rank of professor
and is busy teaching graduate
classes. He has 3 children: David
12, Laura 10, “who is busy learn­ing
the flute and maybe will take
up the pipes’, and Amy 5. “Par­ents
are moving to Lake Mac-
Bride this fall,” Leon continues,
“so will get back to Iowa City
more often and freeload off Adam­son.
Let’s hear from Higbee and
Co. some of these days. And
congratulations to the Highland­ers
on their good publicity this
last year. We spent last sum­mer
building a sleeping porch
and sun room onto the house and
would enjoy seeing any former
Highlander (male variety) who
may come through Kirksville.”
Dr. Ralph C. Appleby (1937-41)
1111 Sheridan Avenue, Iowa City,
Iowa, is head of the Department
of Prosthetic Dentistry at the
State University of Iowa, Iowa
City, Iowa. He played tenor drum
when a Highlander member. He
writes: “Left SUI in June, 1941,
entered military service and as
2nd Lt. Inf. saw combat serv:ce
in Germany, France, Belgium,
Holland and Luxemburg. Releas­ed
from service in 1946 as Major.
Re-entered SUI College of Den
tistry, received D. D. S. degree
in June, 1951, and M. S. degree,
1953, becoming head of the De­partment
of Prosthetic Dentistry
in 1955. Good luck, Bill. You have
done and are doing a wonderful
job.’ The Applebys have two
sons — Drew 11 and Gary .3.
Jaimes Savery (Mrs. Richard
Westerfield) (1938) 119 Jefferson,
West Union, Iowa first girl-High-lander
to join the all-male group
in 1938, writes: “The Christmas
Letter is a great delight and so
was performance of Highlanders
at Rose Bowl. I think the Home­coming
breakfast is a fine fea­ture
and worthwhile tradition.
Hope to see Fran and the Adam­son
“kids” at Homecomings. So
happy you have a new home . . .
Here in West Union, I am im­mersed
in home, civic, school,
and church activities. So glad to
have news of the Daileys.” The
Westerfield children are Sara 14,
Jane 10, and Monte 6.
Arthur R. Stevens (1939-40) Box
725, R. D. 2, Reading, Pennsyl­vania,
is Administrative Under­writer
for the American Casualty
Company. He says: No change
since last year, Bill.” The Stevens
have a son Allen Leslie 7 years
old.
Anne Frazier (Mrs. Richard
Trowbridge) (1939-41) 5320 North
Diversey Blvd., Whitefish Bay,
Wisconsin, one of the early danc­ers
with the Highlanders, says
that her husband is Retail Adver­tising
Manager of the Milwaukee
Journal. Rick is 15, Edward 13,
and Anne Lou 11.
Mary Liz Gillen (Mrs. Robert
J. Raim) (1939-41; 1946-48) Co-
Capt. Robert J. Raim, Q. M. Sec­tion,
Frankfurt, Sub Area, APO
757, N. Y„ N. Y. writes: “Still
in Germany, hope to be here until
March, 1959 — but with the cut
in the Army these days one never
knows. Spent our leave in Gae-misch,
Germany, Austria and also
made a trip to Berlin. Hope to
take in Paris next month. Of
course, biggest event was the
arrival of Tim — he is a doll
and we are kept so busy keeping
up with our boys. (Jeffrey John
is 2V2) Bob goes to school at the
University of Maryland here 4
nights a week and is due to grad­uate
in May — Hope to see you
all when we get back to the States
in ’59.” Capt. Raim is in charge
of furnishing all the dependent
quarters in Frankfurt.
Ken Krabbenhoft (1941-42 ) 27
Oakdale, Pleasant Ridge, Michi­gan,
a former piper, is a Radiolo­gist
at Harper Hospital. His child­ren
are Ken Jr. 11, Karen 6% and
Doug 9.
Wendell E. Jeffrey (1941 - 42)
3420 Coy Drive, Sherman Oaks,
California, is employed as an
assistant professor of Psychology
at UCLA. He ndds: “My wife is
a Research Associate in the De­partment
of Physiology, UCLA
Medical school. We were out of
town for the Iowa-Oregon State
Rose Bowl game so you had bet­ter
make it back in 1959.”
Richard C. Park (1941-42) Vic­tor,
Iowa, is practicing law in
Victor. He says, “No new de­velopments
here but was certain­ly
good to hear the pipes and
drums at the Highlanders concert
at Victor and to get a chance to
talk to Bill Adamson again.” The
Parks have Thomas & Susan ages
8 & 9. And I would like to add
that it was certainly pleasant for
me to talk to Richard after all
these years, too.
Bill DeVoe (1941-43 ) 3949 Deer
Park Avenue, Cincinnati 36, Ohio.,
says that he had Pipes No. 7
when he played with the Highland­ers
in the ’40’s. He adds that he
works in the “General Electric
Jet Engine Plant keeping finan­cial
records and showing how GE
makes all the money that I don’t.
I doubt if I’ll hear of many of
the old boys who struggled along
before the War and the Women,
but it would be nice to know that
you still hear from some of them.
I’m so sorry that I can’t see you
once in a while unless you come
out to Ohio State for a ball game.
The girlies are cut, Bill, but
they don’t have those charming
knobby knees we sported. OR DO
THEY” His children are Patricia
2, and Mike 5.
Ralph L. Barnum (1942) 12 Sher­wood
Rd., Middletown, Rhode
Island, is LCDR, U. S. Navy-on
the Staff, U. S. Naval Schools
Command (Officer Candidate
School), U. S. Naval Base, New­port,
R. I., Company Officer and
Assistant Battalion Officer, Mili­_
D
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tary Department. Ralph writes:
Arrived in Newport in December,
1956 from a tour of duty on the
U. S. S. SALISBURY SOUND
(AV - 13) in the P a c i f i c .
Expect to be in this spot for ano­ther
two years. For the most
part have enjoyed our stay thus
far, however, the East in no way
compares with the West Coast.
Promoted to LCDR last 1 January
. . . Tried to locate a set of pipes
while in Hong Kong a year and a
half ago with no success — was
told they would have to be order­ed
from Scotland—of course the
wife was relieved to learn
of my d i f f i c u l t i e s . ”
Ralph has two children, Gerald
Stuart 10, and Vicki Lee 6. I
might add if anyone, as well
as Ralph, is interested in ordering
some bagpipes, you could write
me for information in your shop­ping
around.
Warren R. Stienstra (1942 ) 620
Frances Bldg., Sioux City, Iowa,
is a lawyer, who says: “I believe
Sally and I are the only couple
who are both ex-Highlanders. Sal­ly
was a Highlander in 1945 and
played the bagpipes.” Sally’s
name was Mary Sarah Whiting.
They have two children, Lornai
Louise age5, and Roger Whiting2.
(Not quite the only couples: Pat
and Phil Hardinger; Gwen Bus­ter
Slater & James Slater, also.)
Cliff Crowe (1942) 1789 Tangle-wood
Drive, Akron, Ohio ( “send
mail to Clarion, Iowa” ) was Drum
Major in 1942. He is manager of
the J. C. Penny Company in
Akron, Ohio. We’re all mighty
glad to hear from Cliff, it has
been so many years since we’ve
heard.
Kay Harmeier (Mrs. Tom K.
Boylen) (1942-43) 3823 N. E. Flan­ders,
Portland 15, Oregon. Kay
tells us that her husband is a
salesman of Children’s clothing —
wholesale — and she works with
him in department stores, and
is currently engaged in putting
on style shows —“My current
title for T. V. and fashion work
is ‘Northwest Fashion Coordina­tor
for La Crosse subteen dresses’.
I am also modeling from time to
time in Meier & Franks Depart­ment
store in Portland. For a
gal from the prairies, I have cer­tainly
done a lot of mountain
climbing, skiing and sailing since
marrying an Oregonian.” The
Boylens have twin daughters,
Kathleen and Mary Helen, 11;
Beth 10, and John 3V4.
John Linkletter (1942-43 ) 3839-
34th Street, Des Moines 10, Iowa,
is Managing Editor, Book Editor­ial
Department, of the Meredith
Publishing Company. His children
are Gayle 5, and Scott 2. Mighty
nice to hear from John. Ex-High-landers
will remember his broth­er,
Monty, played in Highlanders
and is at the Univ. of Michigan
still.
Mary Smith (Mrs. Benny Leo­nard)
(1942-44) 411 N. Apple
Maquoketa, Iowa, says to note
that they have moved from Park­ersburg
to Maquoketa — “Back
in our old territory again!” They
have Pat 10, and Tom 6, and Ben­ny
is with Western Buyers, a
livestock buyer.
Margaret Burdick (Mrs. Lloyd
Rinehart) (1942-44) North Liberty,
Iowa, says that her husband is
Night Production Foreman at the
Iowa City Procter & Gamble Plant
and farms 140 acres, “so we are
pretty busy. In July, the family
cook a very enjoyable trip to
the west coast. The special high­lights
were seeing Grand Canyon,
Hoover Dam and Mesa Verda,
and of course, Disneyland. I have
been having loads of fun playing
my new Hammond organ I got in
September. I haven’t played any
notes since the bagpipes so have
been making up for lost time. I
really love playing, its so relax­ing.
I always enjoy the Highland­ers.
Keep up the good work.”
Rineharts have Chuck 7 and Mel
vin who is 4%.
Rhea Hyink (Mrs. John L. John­ston)
(1943) 1415 Eastbrook Drive;
South Bend 16, Indiana. “My hus
band is a surgeon. He is working
in a new osteopathic hospital —
100 beds and keeps very busy. We
always look forward to the Iowa-
Notre Dame game. It is nice to
see our Iowa friends again. En­joy
the letter very much and look
forward to receiving it.” Johns­tons
have Cynthia who is 4%.
Wilma Seemuth (Mrs. Ed O.
Gutknecht) (1943-44) 2124 N. 61
Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
writes that Ed is manager of
Seemuth Distributors, Inc. (Phil-co
Products) and she is a real
estate saleswoman for Kaye &
Kaye Realty. “Still get a thrill
out of seeing the Highlanders dur­ing
half-time! In my heart I’ll
always feel ready to don the kilts
and do the sword dance or fling —
even if I am an ‘old married
lady’ — Keep up the good work,
Bill — will never forget ya’! —
Willie” Their children are Jack
10, and Judy 8. I was very happy
to see Wilma at the Coffee Hour.
She looked as if she was ready
to get into kilts and dance the
Fling with the others.
Edna Price (Mrs Reuben Bert­ram)
(1943-44), 305 North West
Street, Jefferson, Iowa. Reuben
died in July, 1950, and for over
4 years Edna has been employed
as a secretary in the Harding-
Kelso Insurance Agency in Jef­ferson.
Edna has three children—
Pamela Kay 11: Michael Kent 9,
and Donald Reuben 7. She writes:
“Each time I have seen the High­landers
since leaving the group, I
marvel at the performances. I
well remember how much prac­tice
goes into the routines ■ . .
Even though the girls are so
much better than our group that
started in 1943-44, there is a real
pride in having been with the
very FIRST group, and especially
for me to have been one of the
First Drum Majors. I am sure
Bill nearly gave up on the ‘gais’
the first year or so, but we all
tried nara. I am sure we all
wanted his approval, as the girls
do now — we all appreciated his
patience working with ‘raw’ mat­erial
tnat first year. Even though
we first ‘old’ members were un-aoie
to share any of the wonder­ful
experiences of tours, overseas
trips, etc., I think I speak for all
the ‘old’ ones when I say we
still feel the same pride mat you
gals of today do in having been
associated wnn a wonoenul or­ganization
— and also feel we
made a lasting friend in knowing
Bill. Sorry to have missed the
coffee on Homecoming — althougn
I got to the game — and a chance
to talK to t i l l .1’ Certainly enjoy­ed
talking to you, too, Edna, even
aiougn it was omy a few minutes.
Betty Pingrey (Mrs. Don Sul­hoff)
(1943-44) 7743 Giassport Ave­nue,
Canoga Park, California. This
tormer piper says tnat ner hus­band
is technical writer at Doug-las
Aircraft, and she is Welcome
Wagon Hostess in Riseda, CaL
“We came out for the Rose Bowl
game and liked it so well we
moved Pack. We miss our friends
and Iowa football but do enjoy
the casual living here. I am afriad
Christmas without snow will be
the hardest thought. Hope to see
Highlanders on TV this year. Saw
Be tty e Neal at Iowa reception dur­ing
Rose Bowl. Good to see so
many former Iowans there.” The
children are Wendy 7, and Greg
6 years.
Marilyn Schrimper (Mrs. Ro­bert
W. Roberts) (1943-45), 2531
Meadowbrook Drive, S. E., Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, reports that her
husband is Technical Director,
Western Division Cryouac Com­pany
— has charge of research
and development. The Roberts
children are Lynn 8, Billy 5, and
Bobby 2. Thanks for sending
Gayle Fishertyacke’s address.
Dorothy Snook (Mrs. Delmar
Van Horn, Jr.) (1943-46) Jeffer­son,
Iowa, a former drummer,
says that her husband is a part­ner
in Shriver-Van Horn Com­pany,
Steel Construction. There
is no change in family or resi­dence
this year, and Gary is
now 6 years old and Kent 2%.
Eleanor Nessin (Mrs. Robert
Bell) (1943-44 ’46 ) 7986 White
Oak Lane, Hammond, Indiana.
Bob is an assistant general fore­man
at the refinery of Standard
Oil of Indiana in Whiting, Indiana.
Eleanor writes: “This year, 1957,
began on a very sad note with the
death of my mother in January.
Billy started to kindergarten in
January and Bob was temporarily
assigned to help supervise the
start up of a new unit at Standard
Oil which has meant quite a bit
of shiftwork. We had a three
weeks’ vacation this fall, when
we visited Bob’s brother in Las
Vegas, Nevada, with a week-end
in California where we went to
Disneyland and did a few days
of visiting and sightseeing. Las
Vegas is a fabulous place . . .
We were thrilled with Iowa’ and
Highlanders at the Rose Bowl.”
Billy is now 5% and Kathy is 4.
Eileen Doerres (Mrs. John K.
Williford) (1943-46) Lillington,
North Carolina. Our ex- snare
drummer says her doctor husband
has been busy treating Flu pat­ients,
and she is finding it prac­tically
“impossible to raise ‘Yank­ees’
down South. They all have
drawls. Thought your letter last
year was quite a masterpiece. We
are hoping to visit Gettysburg one
of these days so perhaps we can
thank Marge MacDonald and her
husband for their good work. You
all looked fine at the Iowa-Michi-gan
game. Maybe you’ll come
down here for a game one of
these years.” The Willifords have
three children: Peggy is 7, John­ny
4, and Joe 1%.
Marsena Nelson (Mrs. J. Guil­ford
Gerlach) (1943-46) 1412 Went­worth
Avenue, Calumet City, Il­linois.
The Gerlach’s have Lynn
Marie, who was 4 years old in
November. “Guil’s a Chemical
Engineer with Standard Oil of
Indiana at Whiting, Indiana —he’s
an assistant general foreman in
the Crude Stills Dept. I’m jack-of-
all trades at home. We aren’t
much different than last year,
except being one year older —
right now I’m recuperating from
the flu — what a nuisance. Hope
my youngster doesn’t get it now.
We’re not attending any games
this year but will be watching
as many as we can and especially
for the Highlanders. My sister
sent me quite a cut from the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch on the group.
I was glad to get it, of course,
for I still collect Highlanders pub­licity-
And the baby and I are
still figure skating, too.”
Lorraine Meyer (Mrs. Chet
Schultz) (1943-47) 412 S. Minne­sota,
Algona, Iowa. Lorraina asks:
if there are any former High­landers
in or around Algona?
would love to get in touch with
you — surely wish we first gal-
Highlanders could have made
one of those wonderful trips to
Europe! Chet is City Engineer
for the City of Algona, and I’m
busy at home raising two future
Highlanders — Sandra Jean 5,
and Jan Loree 4% months.
Margaret Green (Mrs. Roger
Grupp) (1943-47) 1220 North Vir­ginia,
Mason City, Iowa. Another
ex-drummer writes: “My husband
is co-manager of his father’s gro­cery
in Mason City. The life of
HIGHLANDER CHRISTMAS LETTER
a grocer and his family is rarely
anything but routine in these
parts, but keep up those annual
Homecoming coffees and one day
I’ll be there. Your Christmas
letter gets better all the time and
is well worth saving the year
’round. Margaret is 9, Billy 8,
Becky 6, and Ricky is 5.”
Pat Short (1944-46) Box 372,
Camp White, Oregon. Pat is Chief
of the Physical Therapy Depart­ment
at camp White, Oregon.
She writes: “Of course, the big­gest
thrill of 1957 was seeing tne
Highlanders and good old SUI
triumpn at the Rose Bowl in Pas­adena.
What a day for Iowa!
But as an ex-Highlander the high
spot of the game and the whole
day was a too-short chat with Bill,
and the magnificent performance
of the Gals We all cheered oui
lungs out . . . and fairly popped
the buttons off our coats. La«.er,
leaving the stadium I found that I
was unconsciously ‘walking’ Mar­ty
Gerber, the ring of the pipes
could still faintly be heard blocks
away from the stadium. The
Hignlanders always seem to pro­duce
their own sort of Thrill, that
goes deep down to the very bont
marrow. Hats off to a Bonny
Organization!” Thank you, Pat,
for those kind words!
Lucile Schoenfeld (Mrs. Stan
Lichtcnstein) (1944-46) 2421 Mon-tair
Avenue, Long Beach, Cali
fornia. Lucile speaks, too, of the
Rose Bowl, and says “we were
especially thrilled this year when
Iowa came to the Rose Bowl and
the Highlanders performed so
well during the major event. I
also renewed many acquaintanc­es
at the Iowa Picnic during the
Holiday season . . . Our daughter,
Suzanne, 5, started kindergarten
this year and both she and her
mother are adjusting well to this
new adventure. My husband is a
floor manager and promotional
director of the Penney Store in
Long Beach, California. “It was
wonderful to see Lucile and her
sister Lois, at the Iowa picnic in
Pasadena.
Margery McDonald ( Mrs. Chas.
W. McKinley) (1944-48) Maldor
Manor, West Brownsville, Pennsyl­vania.
Everything is much the
same as last year. We moved into
our new home and much to our
delight we’re already in need of
another bedroom. Charles William
Jr. arrived September 17th, 1957
and is thriving on all the loving
from his big sisters, Karen Lane,
8 years, Laura Ann, 6 years, Les­lie
Marie, 3 years, and Margery
Lynn, 2 years. We enjoy reading
proof on this Highlander letter.
Some of you younger “alums”
make us feel like ‘old stay-at-homes.’
It’s wonderful to share
your experiences.
Maridee Hill (Mrs. George J.
Hegstrom, Jr.) (1945-47) 3603 Oak­land,
Ames, Iowa. George is in
internal medicine in McFarland
Clinic in Ames; the Hegstroms
nave 3 children — Trey iueo.
m ) *J, Money 1 daughter aV4, aim
j^rik 4. Maridee says: “Oui
mends from at. raui came down
ui cneer lor Iowa with us at the
ivinuiesoia game. How s tnat ioi
lowa spirit! she ’s from Scot-lanu,
tnougii, so I'm suie it’s tnt
nignianders tnat sway ner loyal­ty.
im hoping to get some bag­pipes
Irom Scotland sometime.
jLjui, didii t your iatner maise them
m Boston? Wasn't his business
jr hoouy, bagpipes? Write me
it you re inteiested in getting
oome pipes, ivianaee, pernaps i
can be ot some help.) Hated to
miss the homecoming (jonee.
manks, Janet Gutz, for sending
me your greetings by way d
ciinny Stafford.”
Marilyn Guenther (Mrs. F. A.
Rummel, Jr.) (1945-47) Britt,
Iowa. Tne Rummels have thret
children — Ellen 8, Ardell 5, and
Floyd III, 5 months. Floyd is
executive vice president of the
1'irst State BanK in Britt, Iowa.
‘We’re always proud of the Hign-
.anders,” writes Marilyn, “ana
.he way they perform. This has
-teen a busy year for us. We have
a new son and are building a
.iew home which we hope will
oe ready for us by Christmas
ume. I appreciate the ‘letter
irom old alums and all the news
.c brings.”
Joan Carter (Mrs. David D.
Ring) (1945-47) 747 Tiburan Blvd.
fiburan, California. This ex-snare
urummer is a registered nurse
— part-time — near home, even­ings.
Her husband is an attorney
in San Francisco, on his own —
ind he was previously with the
Shell Company’s Legal Depart­ment.
The Rings have Debbie
5, David 3, and Diane 18 months
old.
Edithmerle (Em) Evans (Mrs.
Charles A. Merulla) (1945-47)
1707-14th Avenue S. W., Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. This ex - piper
writes: “The biggest news for us
is that Chuck graduated from
Medical School at SUI in June,
1957, so we finally moved from
Iowa City — not too far, as Cedar
Rapids is only 25 miles away.
This may be our permanent ad­dress
as we like it here very
much. Chuck is interning at St.
Luke’s Methodist Hospital. We
have Anthony 5%, Michael 3% and
? April, 1958.”
Janet Gutz (Mrs. John S. Way)
(1945-48) 1008 Finkbine, Iowa
City, Iowa. Our former snare &
tenor drummer is Counsellor and
Administrative Assistant to the
Dean of the College of Nursing at
SUI, and her husband is working
on his Ph.D. in Anatomy. She
writes: “Time marches on for
the Ways! We’re getting closer to
a finishing date — hopefully Aug­ust,
1959, if John’s research is
successful. Fortunately, I have a
wonderful job, still, and healthy,
understanding children. Kathleen
(5) is now in kindergarten. Mar­garet
(4) is in University Pre­school,
and Ben (3) keeps the
nome fires burning . . . It's won­derful
to keep up on all the
news about each and everyone ot
you in this way. We feel so for­tunate
being in Iowa City and
having the opportunity to see
Bill and the "troop” in action
each fall. They look great again
mis year!”
Barbara Henderson (Mrs. Jerry
Korn) (1945-48) 67-93 Fleet Street,
Forest Hills 75, New York. Bar­bara’s
husband is an assistant
editor on LIFE magazine. She
saw the Black Watch at Madison
square Garden and continues to
say: “When they played “Annie
Laurie” — thousands sang and
cried. Cried a little myself, al­though
half Irish. Thanks for the
memories. Bobbie.” In the Korn
family there is Ellen Mar>
tv.2, Margaret Hallam 7%, ana
Susan Elisa 5%.
Patricia Malloy (Mrs. Carl
Bacino) (1945-48) 909 West Boone
Street, Marshalltown, Iowa. Pat
writes: “Carl is still in the gro­cery
business with his father. I
am teaching English at Marshall
town Senior High School. Yes,
I’m back in the teaching profes­sion.
I have four senior English
classes. I do enjoy it, but I
don’t find too much leisure time.
1 find enough to listen to the
Iowa games though. We certain-joyed
watching you perform at
Michigan. Iowa looked great and
so did the Highlanders. I hope
the success of both groups con­tinues.
I do enjoy getting the
Christmas letter with all the
news.”
Sally Ann Quist (Mrs. Paul
William Kamman, Jr.) (1945 - 49)
609 South Cumberland, Park
Ridge, Illinois. Sally says that
her husband is employed by Cun­ningham
and Walsh, Inc., (adver­tising
agency) as Art Director.
“Since the last Highlander Let­ter,”
continues Sally, “a new
baby, Kathy, and a home in
Park Ridge, Illinois, have been
added. We like this suburb of
Chicago very much and are happy
to at last have a house with a
nice yard for the children. Lynn
is 4 years, Trent is 2 years, and
Kathy 8 months.”
Margaret McCaslin (Mrs. Rich­ard
M. Hemingway) (1945-49 ) 314
Third Avenue, N. E., Waverly,
Iowa. The Hemingways have a
four year old daughter, Hollis.
Dick is a lawyer. ‘Mac’ says:
“I’m building a church this
year! I’m on the building com­mittee
to re-build after our Epis­copal
Church burned last winter:
a real job with such a tiny con­gregation.
As usual the half-time
performances of the Highlanders
are still a highlight in our regular
fall football trips. Am hoping to
get to Waterloo to the Black
Watch performance. Hope to see
lots of the Highlanders of my
vintage at Homecoming, and you
especially, Bill, it’s been ages.”
Bobbie Ginter (Mrs. Jack Hus­ton)
(1945-49) 356 Alicia Way, Los
Altos, California. Bobbie says:
‘Me — I’m a housewife and
mother (Maridee, 2 in January;
Two-thirds ? due first of April);
Jack — In the clothing business
. . . We visited our families there
in the corn country during the
month of July. Jack chairmaned
a Citizens Committee in this area
which sponsored a 7.5 million dol­lar
bond election for a new hos­pital
— bond approved — new
hospital now under construction.
Maridee will be learning the fling
soon,” concludes our ex-drummer
and dancer.
Marthabelle Cooley (Mrs. El-wyn
C. Pickart) (1945-49 ) 241
Hillsborough Drive, Lakeland,
Florida. This ex-bass drummer
says: “ ‘Pic’ is with the Ameri­can
Agricultural Chemical Com­pany
at Pierce, Florida, as chemi­cal
engineer. One daughter, Anne
Elise, a year old . . . We were
in Iowa City early in September
for an afternoon on our whirl­wind
visit with all the relatives
in Iowa. Sure wish we could
have seen your gals perform in
person, but do hope we’ll see
them on TV again this year! No
big news from us this year. Are
busy adding a family room and
carport — more do-it-yourself!
You’d be surprised how handy I
am with a hammer and paint
brush!”
Norma Lou Haegg (Mrs. Don­ald
W. Pollock) (1945-49 ) 417 E.
Adams, Riverton, Wyoming. The
Pollock children are Sally, 2 on
Christmas Day, and John Henry
born July 4, 1957. Their father is
Landman for Utah Construction
Company — negotiates for leas­es
on mineral properties . . . “In
a few weeks the children and I
will be moving to Riverton, Wyo­ming,
from Denver,” writes an
ex-piper. “We plan to move again
in the summer, 1958, to San Fran­cisco.
Don is already in Den­ver
. . . I haven’t been to San
Francisco since the Highlander
trip and I’m looking forward to
that move very much. As always
we have had a busy year, John
Henry appeared on the Fourth of
July, and Sally and her parents
think he’s a very fine boy. Sally
is really a busy young lady and
very much fun. Tell Marge and
Chas. McKinley ‘thank you’ for
doing such a wonderful job get­ting
the Newsletter in print. Also
a big ‘hello’ to a ll!”
Kay Klotzbach (Mrs. Donald L.
Risk) (1946-48) Independence, Io­wa.
Kay writes: “My husband
owns and operates the Buchanan
County Title and Loan Company.
He is an Abstractor. I wish
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something really exciting would
happen so every year I write
to you it doesn’t sound like I’m
in a rut! We again have season
tickets, so we get to view your
gay crew periodically. I think
the Coffee idea at Homecoming is
terrific — we saw so many that
we hadn’t seen since leaving
school. Your Christmas Letter
makes a wonderful Christmas
card address list!” There is
Billy 5% and John 3% in the Risk
family.
Nedra McNabney (Mrs. R. A.
Sautter) (1946-48) Mt. Vernon,
Iowa. Dr. McNabney is a physic­ian
in Mt. Vernon. Pauls is 7
years in December, and Robbie
will be 5 years in March, 1958.
They report that all are well,
happy and busy, and always in
terested in the activities at Iowa
— especially the Highlanders ana
football team.
H. Joan Nissen (Mrs. Robert
J. Kriedeman) (1946-48 ) 619 - 7th
Avenue, Coralville, Iowa City,
Iowa. This ex-piper has three
children Beth Ann, age 7; LuAnn
age 4; Curt, age 1. Her husband
is an Accountant at Maplecrest
Turkey Farms. She continues:
“The latest addition to our fam­ily
is that of two pups. We had
2 adult Weimaraner dogs — one
male and one female. Our male
was papa to two litters and we
received the pick of the two
litters . . . We must sell them be­fore
we become too attached to
them. Anyone for pups? Every­thing
is much the same. Anxious
to get the Christmas Letter.”
Alice Lotridge (Mrs. James E.
Dunley) (1946-49) 3947 Mosley
Drive, Columbus, Georgia. Alice’s
Jim is a Captain in the Army
(Inf.). He works in the G-3 Of­fice,
the Infantry center at Fort
Benning, Georgia. “So happy to
see the Highlanders on T. V.
which finally penetrated all the
way to Georgia.” Alice writes.
“We’ve been here in Columbus
3 years — the longest we’ve lived
in one spot since we were mar­ried.
Jim’s going to spend the
month of January in Alaska going
to the Cold Weather Indoctrina­tion
School . . . Edward James
is 6 years old and Samuel Wil­liam
is 4.”
Jane Pauls (Mrs. Earl R.
Youngstrom) (1946-50 ) 704 South
14th Avenue W, Newton, Iowa.
Earl is employed in the Real
Estate Loan Department of the
Jasper County Bank. This ex-pip-er
and dancer says “this has
been quite an uneventful year for
us, Bill. It’s been spent mostly
getting settled in our new house—
getting the yard started (I never
knew sod was so heavy) and flow­ers
planted, and the million and
one things finished inside. We did
get down to the Iowa-Utah Game
and enjoyed the Highlanders, the
Hawks, and everything . . . Holly
Jane is 4% and Eric Robert is
2% .”
Nadine Nieman (Mrs. Russell
R. Cole) (1946-50) P. 0 . Box
247, Manchester, Iowa. This bass
drummer has Scott Allen age 2o
months, and Todd Russell age
3 months, and Jtiuss is a partner
in the Gill f uneral Home in Man­chester.
“Sorry we couidn i
make Homecoming this season,’
writes ‘Dinny’. “We have been
‘up to our ears’ since moving
back to Iowa from California in
lyo4. We lived in Marion for a
year and a half, where Rusa
was associated with the Murdoch
Funeral Home, and came bacK
to Manchester in June of ’56,
where we mortgaged our souls
and bought an interest in Gill
runeral Home. We see Shirlee
otevens Gould real often and lots
of other SUI alums. We’re doin
our darndest to raise a little High-tander,
Out so far girls are kinoa
scarce at our house. We’re still
in there pitchin though. See you
next football season!”
Dorothy Acheabach (Mrs. Don­ald
Swanson) (1946-50) 345 Bates,
Boulder, Colorado. Dorothy
writes: “If only I could delay on
this a month — then I could
let you know if we have a third
ooy or our future Highlander.
(They have Steven 4, and Bobby
2). It’s been a busyyear for us —
we moved into our new home
and got involved with all the
necessary activities — especially
lawn planting. We tried out skiing
last winter and are very fond of
it. Don is much better than I
am since he got to go more often,
but we have a couple to exchange
oaby sitting with here this winter
and are looking forward to getting
on those slopes again . . . Don
works for Martin Aircraft in Den­ver
as a Design Engineer — on
missiles.”
Caroline Jones (Mrs. James S.
Johnson (1947-48 ) 226 Mohawk
Street, Waterloo, Iowa. Jim is
the Purchasing Assistant for the
Rath Packing Company, and Car­oline
adds: “Guess I thought I
was too busy to reply last year,
and I really missed the Christ­mas
Letter. Last year we brought
Susan home the day before Home­coming
so we stayed home. This
year we got there, but not early
enough for the Coffee hour. We
did enjoy the half-time activities
by the Highlanders. As for the
family — we have 3 in school
this year — Katharine 7, James
6, Margaret 5 — The noon hour
is hectic, but then the afternoon
is all mine. I’ll be waiting to
hear from all of you.” Caroline
and Jim have Jennifer 2, and
Susan 1, and she adds in the
‘How many children?’ space —
There’s still room here for 4
more names!” .
Phyllis Krabbenhoft (Mrs. Ro­bert
A. Kammerer) (1947-48 ) 2504
Morgan, Sioux City, Iowa. The
Kammerers have Robert Richy
age 6, Jeffery Ranee, age 4; La-eene
Denise 3; Jauene Alanna
age 2. Phyllis writes that her nus-uand
is rteiaii and Legislative
Manager with the Sioux City
cnamuer of Commerce, and that
sne has a deep, sentimental feel­ing
toward the Hignlanaers al­ways.
Glad you do, and thanks,
rnyilis. Please note we were
very pleased to hear from your
.jrotner, Aen, this year, too.
Jane B. Walker (1947-48) 2040
Jefferson Street, San Francisco,
Ca l ifornia. Jane is a legal secreC
tary at Steinnart’s Law Office,
one tells us: “It has been a
ousy year and it seemed to me,
mil of big events, but when I go
to put it on paper, everything
sounds rather ‘usual’. The hign-nght
of lyotf for me was a 3
week vacation in Honolulu,
Hawaii. Enjoyed everything aDout
tne Islands and recommend them
nignly. Hope to sneak in a winter
vacation this year and get down
into Mexico during the Holdays.
Enjoy the Christmas Letter so
much and hope it continues to
grow and grow. Did my old
neart a lot of good to see IOWA
win the Rose Bowl last year. I ’ve
oeen telling these people out
here for years that their West
Coast just didn’t have it . . . ”
B. J. Miller (Mrs. Robert Pen­rose)
(1947-49) 2604 Amelia, Bur­lington,
Iowa. This ex-drummer
and dancer writes: “How we en­joyed
the Iowa games this fall!
Wish there had been more of
them. The girls looked great. I
am still teaching school, but
there is never a dull day with
these first-graders. Hope we can
get more of the ‘old gang’ back
for the 1958 reunions.”
Virginia Wheeler (Mrs. James
Spellman) (1947-49 ) 406 Leland,
Bloomington, Illinois. Jim is As­sociate
Actuary at State Farm
Life Insurance Company, in
charge of the acturial depart­ment.
They have three children—
Barbie 8; Jimmy 7; Davey 4. This
ex-piper says: “Just busy being
a housewife and mother to three
jazz-crazy kids (didn’t know they
started so early). Was quite sick
and in the hospital for two months
early this year, but after surgery
have felt fine since then. Went to
a luncheon over in Peoria and
a friend gave me the clipping
from the Peoria Journal Star of
the Highlanders . . . Also, the
president of the Life Company
gave me a bagpipe for Valentine’s
Day . . . Also have odds and ends
of a uniform left over from a
pipe band the Company had
during the war.” Thanks for the
newspaper clippings, Virginia. We
have been corresponding ie. the
pipes, etc. If any members have
problems with pipes, I’d be glad
to be of help if I can.
Patricia Morehead (Mrs. David
J. Bullock) (1947-49) 202 Combie
Place, Atlantic, Iowa. The Bul­locks
have Susan 6, Cynthia 3Yz
and Leslie 4 days (at the time
this letter was written, of course).
Dave works for O’Brien Brothers,
Lorraine Lingerie, Chicago, and
travels the state of Iowa and
lower one third of South Dakota.
Pat says: I waited to answer this
until our new arrival made her
appearance. Guesss Dave is doom­ed
to live in a harem. She’s migh­ty
cute, and we’re awfully pleased
to have her. Waiting for her put
the damper on getting to any
games this fall but we’ll definite­ly
make it next year — Keep
having the Highlander Coffees at
Homecoming. Dave sees quite a
few SUI’ers in his travels around
the state so we keep up on the
news.
Patricia Hodgen (Mrs. Jay R
Storey) (1947 - 49) 722 W. 12th
Street S., Newton, Iowa. “Jay is
with the Maytag Company as
Manager of Salaried Personnel,
the Industrial Relations Depart­ment,”
writes Pat. “Our daugh­ter,
Barbara (Bobbi) . . . was our
‘big moment’ this year.” They
have Douglas, almost 4, too.
Frances Artley (Mrs. Philip
Levine) (1847-49) 3093 B. Emer­son,
Palo Alto, California. The
Levines say that they are having
a tremendous year so far —
California is great, but we find
it horribly provincial — we can
hardly find out Iowa football
scores quarter by quarter!! My
boys would be great Highlanders
— Mark (6), John 2) — Mark is
windy enough for pipes, and John
has a strong back and a weak
mind — just right for drums,”
continues our ex-snare and tenor
drummer! “Must tell you of an
incident which I find amusing,”
she goes on to say. “Mark is very
fond of ‘The Blue Bells of Scot­land’,
so I found another Scottish
song to sing to him — ‘Bonnie
George Campbell’ which . . . is a
very sad song about Bonnie
George riding off bo war, and not
coming back. So I sang it and
to my amazement, he laughed
and laughed. I demanded, in a
hurt tone, an explanation from
him as to why he was laughing,
and he explained that he thought
it would be very funny to see
'Bonnie George, the camel, rid­ing
on a horse.’ Argh! What does
one do?? . . . Philip received
one of the 2 annual poetry awards
from Stanford University — and
he goes to class and I drink
coffee with my neighbors.” Fran’s
mother has kept us informed of
her daughters. This time, we have
information straight from Fran
for the first time in quite a few
years; we will send Margaret a
letter. Thanks.
Marjorie Campbell (Mrs. Wal­ter
Larson) (1847-50) 1519-81st
Street, W. Des Moines, Iowa.
Walt is completing his last year
as a Pediatric resident at Blank
Memorial Hospital, Des Moines.
Marjorie says: “We have a new
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addition to our family — David
Campbell born March 14th. Debbi
just turned five — so missed being
able to go to school this year.
I’m busy being a ‘mother’! Next
June (when Walt finishes his
Pediatrics residency) we’ll be
moving to Ames, Iowa, to make
our permanent (finally!) home.
Walt will be associated with the
McFarland Clinic there. Enjoy-ed
seeing so many ex-Highlanders
at Homecoming this year. Good
luck to you, Bill.”
Margaret Barnes (Mrs. Kermit
Brinkmeyer) (1947-50) 233 Der­byshire
Rd., Waterloo, Iowa.
There are three girls in the Brink­meyer
family — Lyn Marie 5;
Janet 3, and Gail 1. Margaret
says: “I really don’t have any­thing
new to report. Same ad­dress,
same husband, and same
number of children. I enjoyed
seeing the Black Watch when in
town. I spent half the evening
using my binoculars trying to
find where you and Fran and the
group were sitting — just happen­ed
to turn around and there you
were It was fun talking to you.
All the women, year after year,
haven’t seemed to mar your per­sonality
one bit. How can you do
it? Poor Brink has a hard time
with the four of us . . .” Brink
is a salesman for Walterloo Cor­rugated
Box Company.
Shirlee D. Stevens (Mrs. Norris
S. Gould) (1947-50) R. R. 4, Man­chester,
Iowa. Shirlee writes: “I
am a housewife. Norris is a law­yer
in private practice in the
firm Gilkey, Gould and Charlton.
He is County Attorney and Presi­dent
of Iowa Adjustment Com­pany
(collection agency). I surely
enjoyed the Christmas Letter of
’56 even though late, and what
better reason than the Rose Bowl j
for lateness! You all must have
had a wonderful time on such a
fabulous trip, I envied you. This
year has been a full ard most
happy one for us. Our little guy,
Jeffrey Stanton, was born June 27,
and has surely been a joy to us.
He is fat, jolly, and looks like
Norrie and holds the place of
honor for attention at all times.
We moved 3 miles in the country
last March and are renting a
house. We really like it here and
enjoy the solitude, but we don’t
like the party lines in the country.
We have 15 to 20 parties on our
line and with Norrie being County
Attorney we have no privacy! . . .
Hope to see some of you next
year.
Eloise Peterson (Mrs. Lincoln
M. Furber) (1947-51) 298 Beacon
Street, Boston, Mass. Lincoln is
an Assistant Producer at WBZ
Television Station in Boston. Elo-ise
is working for Merrill, Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner and Beane —jack
of all trades. “Biggest news of
the year,” says Eloise, “was my
marriage June 8, in Boston to
Lincoln, a week after he received
his M. S. in Journalism from Col­umbia.
We both keep very busy
out Boston is a wonderful place
to live. The Highlanders looKed
great on TV this fail, I was very
proud of them. I thinK the Scholar­ship
plan is wonderful and I
am happy we have it. I would like
to see any former Highlanders —
my office address is 480 Boylston
Street, Boston.”
Edith Slavata (Mrs. Arnold J.
Fransen) (1947-51) 319 Court St.
Place, Iowa City, Iowa Arnie is
a Mathematics teacher at Iowa
City High School — also does
some Guidance Work. “Hello from
the Fransens” , says an ex-snare
and bass drummer. “Hard to
believe anotner year has past
already, but this has been a
busy one as usual . . . Had a few
trips this summer — one to Chi­cago
and one to Wisconsin and
took the kids along (Susie is 5,
Jimmy 3Vi). The Homecoming Cof
fee Hour was so nice, but only
wish a few of the old guard
could have been there. Enjoyed
the Highlanders half - time rou­tines
at the home games, as well
as on TV. Guess I’m prejudiced,
but think this is a mighty won­derful
organization. Edie”
Melanie Snider (Mrs. John Wil­son)
(1947-51) 2620 S. Lafayette,
Denver, Colorado. “I’m no long­er
doing Speech therapy work, but
am a full time ‘home maker’ and
loving it,” writes Melanie. “My
John is head of the Rocky Moun­tain
Research Group (geological)
for Continental Oil Company. John
and I were married in June, had
a wonderful honeymoon on Lake
Champlain in Vermont, and spent
the remainder of the summer in
a modern cabin atop Casper
Mountain, Casper, Wyoming. I
played, John worked on a re­search
project. It was indeed,
a ‘never - to - be-forgotten-sum-mer’.
Now we are back in Den-ber
— living, and looking forward
to skiing weekends in our beauti­ful
Rockies. If any of you High­lander
alums take a winter va­cation
in Colorado, look us up.
Telephone No. Sp. 7-1743.”
Jean Sahs (Mrs. Richard E.
Tupper) (1947-51) 720 W. 12th St
S, Newton, Iowa. Dick is assistant
sales promotion manager of the
Maytag Company and Jean is
head home economist in the re­search
and development depart­ment
of the Maytag Company.
This ex-piper says: “I had a
wonderful time at the Highlander
Homecoming Coffee Hour visiting
with ‘old’ Highlanders. But cer­tainly
was disappointed not to
see more of the girls who were
in the group when I was. I am
keeping very busy with my very
interesting job and keeping a
household running smoothly. We
finished our rec room and added
a patio this year so we’ve really
fallen for this outdoor living fad!
We saw the Highlanders perform
at all the football games this fall
and as usual they loosed great.”
Gladys Nelson (Mrs. Willard
Gisel ) (1947-51) Ventura, Iowa.
Gladys says that she is busy being
a housewiie and mother; Bill is
still in the hardware store with
his Dad. “Biggest event of the
year was the arrival of Jeffrey,
Dorn July 30th. Each year I’ve
been wanting to asK — ‘Who orig­inated
the idea of the Higmander
Cnristmas Letter?’ Think it’s ter­rific
to get the news of every­one’s
whereabouts and of their
families,” writes Gladys. The
Nelsons have Steven aiso who is
about 2% years old now. I guess
I originated the idea of the Xmas
Letter, Gladys, it was one of those
things that started from nothing
and just grew — like ‘Topsy’.
Faye Jensen (Mrs. Ray Walder)
(1948-50) 303 E. Brayton Rd., Mt
Morris, Illinois This ex-drummer
says that her husband is a teach­er
and coach at the Mt. Morris
High School; and the both are
still working on their house. “It’s
a slow process,” she adds,” but
we enjoyed it. Barbie (5) started
school this fall, our big event of
the year. (There is Debra 4, Dan
3 and Johnny 2). I had surgery
this summer and am now trying
to gain weight — any offers? Sor­ry
we didn’t attend Homecoming
and the Highlanders Coffee, may­be
next year.” No, you weren’t
too late for the letter, thanks,
Faye; it’s never too late to qualify
Marlys Halverson (Mrs. Ken­neth
Fink) (1948-50) West Union,
Iowa. “Since last year’s letter,”
writes Marlys, “my husband has
opened ‘Ken’s Sport Shop’. He
has really been in his glory be­cause
he loves sports. But this,
along with his regular job as
manager of Big Gain Products,
keeps him too busy to participate
in sports. I help some with the
bookkeeping and correspondence
for the Sports Shop. Other than
that and the usual duties of a
wife and mother. I haven’t done
anything important. We didn’t
even get to Iowa City to a game
this fall. The first time we have
missed in six years.” The Finks
have two children Gregory 4 and
Shelley 1.
_ Wanda E. Krabbenhoft (1948-
52) Miles, Iowa. Wanda says*
“Finally managed to struggle
through a thesis and comprehen­sive
exams and received my
M. A. last August. I had vowed
I would not teach school again,
but — you guessed it — I am!
Commercial teacher at Char­lotte,
Iowa, also chaperone for
the girls’ basketball team. ’Some
of the gals are ‘real dolls’. I’m
doing my best to try and persuade
them to go to SUI and join the
Highlanders.”
Jacky Malloy (Mrs. Curtis J.
Merrill) (1948-52) 6334 Rowan
Lane, Houston 36, Texas. Curt is
with the Sunbeam Shavemaster,
and the Merrills have Patrick 4;
C. J. 3; and says Jack: “We fin­ally
got a girl — Susan born Aug­ust
11th. As I write, I ’m at the
hospital and have been for 3 weeks
— C. J., the three year old, had
a boxing match with Paunch, our
boxer, and C. J. lost — he fractur­ed
his leg .From now till Xmas,
he’ll have a cast so I’ll be busy!
I never knew one broken leg was
such a mess. But Xmas should be
quite a celebration, ’cause C. J.
should walk by then! . . . We
really enjoy Texas!”
Marcia Mary Healy (Mrs. Hal­sey
M. Cook) (1948-52) 130 Hamp­ton
Rd. Syracuse 6, N. Y. Hal is
the rector of Calvary Church
(Syr.), one of 10 Episcopal par­ishes
in Syracuse . Marcia says
that the church is growing so
fast they are thinking about having
a curate and soon, she hopes.
This ex-piper says: “Yes, Bill,
we too have a Heather now. And
she’s as bonnie a wee lass as
ever you’d hope to see! Some
day I’ll teach her the fling —
and who knows, maybe she’ll be
a Highlander, too. Hal and I had
a thrill the other night. The Black
Watch was in town and gave a
brilliant performance — better
than the Scots Guards, we
thought. Their precision is amaz­ing
— I got So homesick for the
pipes! Know of any secondhand
sets for sale cheap, Bill? I’d be
interested! Last summer was our
first on our newly-acquired piece
of Hill Island, Canada (one of the
1000 in the St. Lawrence). One
of our neighbors down-river is a
Mr. James Kellogg Macintosh
Clark) his sons are Ian, Duncan,
and Lachlen!) He pipes and wears
kilts and generally is crazy
about anything Scottish. Hope to
see some good piping and dancing
at their place next summer. Any­way,
now that we have a camp
in the middle of nowhere I could
practice without disturbing any­one
. . . You’ll be getting another
Syracusan and ex-glengarry girl,
I think — or has Lorraine writ­ten
you about her? She’s from
Scotland and hasn’t been in this
country too many years. Glen is
her first name — can’t remember
her last . . . Hope your family
is all well. How about printing a
photo of you five in the Xmas let­ter?
Now, I’ll close with my old
refrain — when are you coming
east for a performance — or
Hour — or something!” The Rev.
and Mrs. Cook have a daughter
Cynthia 4, and Bill Vh, as well
as Heather.
Sally Finkbine (1948-52) 3701
Connecticut Avenue, No. 433,
Washington, D. C. Sally is a Tele­vision
teacher at W. M. A. L. —
T.V. — Washington, D C. “Sure
am proud to be a Highlander
alum for no matter where you go
people rave about them,” writes
Sally. “Especially right here in
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Washington, D. C. where I’m
working as a ‘Romper Room Tea
cher’ KDG-TV Show. It’s such fun
and often a panic as there are
four and five year olds on the
hour show every day, and it’s all
‘ad lib’ for obvious reasons. (You
just never know what these little
ones will come up with). It’s a
very educational program for the
children and they enjoy it as
much as the teacher. There’s a
lot more to T. V. work than meets
the eye and once you goof —that’s
it! For example, when we played
Simon sez one day, I said ‘Simon
sez hands on hips, Simon sez
hands on head, Simon sez cross
your eyes” Didn’t realize what
I’d said until one adorable little
fellow in front of me was trying to
cross his and I pictured the child­ren
at home doing same, and
being reprimanded by Mommy.
I quickly corrected myself, and
hope it went unnoticed . . . Sure
will miss big ten games this
year, and the Highlanders. Hi!
to all.”
Barbara Wick (Mrs. J. C. Tim­merman)
(1949-53) 741 Mel­rose
Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa.
This ex-tenor and snare drum­mer’s
husband, Jay is a sopho­more
medical student at SUI, and
they have little Barbara Jayne
5 months old.
Marbee Justen (Mrs. Robert
Strub) (1949-50), 602-9th Avenue,
Coralville, Iowa City, Iowa. Bob
is with Amana Refrigeration as
their Chief Visual Designer, and
Margee says that she has a full­time
job at home caring for Mike
who is 3 years old, and Jill some
9 months now.
Marilyn Smith (Mrs. Charles
Dodd) (1949-51) 504 N. 5th Street,
Marshalltown, Iowa. Chuck is still
District Manager for the Vernon
Company, Marilyn writes, “and
isn’t out so much anymore, which
we like. We bought an older home
last year, and most of our time,
energy, and money is spent in
decorating it. We have two child­ren
— Tommy who is 2 % and
full of a million questions. Emily
will be a year Christmas Day.
I’ve been hoping that she’d walk
by then, but I’m afraid she’s not
going to make it. We didn’t get
back for Homecoming again this
year which was a big disappoint­ment.
I’m getting so lonesome to
see some of our old friends. Sure
hope to see you all next year
at the Highlander Coffee.
Joan E. McKinney (Mrs. S.
Ferris) (1949-51) 410 N. Tenth,
Centerville, Iowa. “Nothing too
different has happened since last
year,” writes ‘Shortie’, “In fact,
I could almost repeat the same
letter again. This law business j
is quite a thing. I swore I would
NEVER work for a lawyer, but
here I am with 3 of them and lov­ing
every minute of it. I have
taken to reading law books my- j
self — sort of a ‘do-it-yourself’ 1
lawyer. Find out every once in a
whiie that there are things I didn’t
know.
Sometimes, according to my old
est son (Stephen W. aged 6) I
don’t have enough sense to pounc
sand in a rat hole. When he was
in kindergarten I started getting
stupid, but now that he is in
first grade, I’m just plain ridicu­lous.
My youngest, Mike (Mich'
ael Kim, aged 4), goes to nursery
school and he goes along with
Steve’s opinion. Needless to say,
.hey work well as a team.
Looks as though I won’t be able
to make it to the Homecoming
again this year. No tickets! . . .
Was thinking the other night, it’s
too bad that some of us has-beens
couldn’t help out with the half-time
program some year. Course
we would need to practice (that’s
a good one, isn’t it?). I remem­ber
Gwen Scales and I used to do
the double sword and nearly
tromp each other to death. Oh
to re-live some of those times
again.
Thanks for the wonderful Christ­mas
Letter every year. Seems to
bring the old gang together again.
Every year I swear I will get
around to writing some of them,
but — oh well! Maybe this year ..
Give my best to Fran and the
family. Tell the girls they are
looking wonderful and hope you
have many good seasons, trips,
etc. Hope to get down to see
you soon.”
Lorraine Perley (Mrs. Richard
C. Vail) (1949-52) 1943 A Avenue
N. E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa. This
ex-piper says that she is teaching
Physical Education at Coe Col­lege,
and her husband, Rich, is an
industrial engineer at Collins Rad­io
Company. Her comments are:
“Enjoyed seeing Jo Vogt Cook at
Homecoming. What happened to
Joyce Sutter — Class of ’53 or
’54?” Joyce Sutter’s address: 7007
Pershing, University City 5, St.
Louis, Mo.
Dinny Wise (Mrs. Nate Phipps)
(1949-52 ) 436 Magnetic, Cherokee,
Iowa. The Phipps have Anne 3
years old, “Dude” — 2, and Din­ny
says: “Our big news of the
year was a new little Phipps —
Patrick Joseph — bom July 22nd.
I’ve been keeping busy doing sub­stitute
teaching. With the Flu
epidemic raging, the substitute
work has been pretty regular. Had
the Flu myself — managed to
lose 15 lbs — but that’s the hard
way to do it! We did get down
to the Iowa-Minnesota game and
saw those wonderful Hawkeyes
perform. Highlanders and the
Band looked good, too! Ah! Col­lege
— those were the days!!
If any of you are passing through
the 3rd largest city in northwest
Iowa, be sure to drop in and see
us! . . . Nate is a veterinarian,
in a partnership practice in Cher­okee.”
Juanita Bethke (Mrs. Clyde
Connell) (1949-53) 279 Davidson
Street, Buffalo 15, N. Y. Clyde
is a sales representative for W. H.
Brady and is selling industrial
printing in the Buffalo area. “He
finished his sales training this
summer and we moved to Buf­falo
in July,” continues Juanita,
“His district includes part of
Canada and N. Y. so he travels
several weeks during the month.
October 19 (Iowa-Wisconsin game
and the first one I’ve missed since
1949) our second little girl, Karen,
was born. We like Buffalo very
much and luckily are in a friend­ly
neighborhood . . . ” Their other
little girl, Colleen is two years
old.
Janie Woodburn (Mrs. Marvin
R. Moles) (1949-53) 406 E. 13th
Street N, Newton, Iowa. Dr. Moles
is with the Newton Clinic, and
Janie says: “Our biggest news
this year is the arrival of David
Eugene — 7 months Christmas —
He came to us in August at 3
months of age. We plan to adopt
him next year.”
Mary Lou Mortensen (Mrs. Jo­seph
Halbach) (1949-53) 1235 S.
Grantley St., Baltimore, 29, Md.
Our former Drum Major writes:
“Joe — Senior Industrial Rela­tions
Representative, Kaiser
Aluminum and Chemical Corp.,
Helethorpe, Md., Me — housewife.
We’re still in Baltimore and
have no new human additions to
our family (Joe, Jr. “Tad” 16
months) but Tad now had two
feline companions in the form of
a gray and a cream Persian cat.
Tad is 16 months and one of the
few words in his limited vocabu­lary
is ‘POW’ with the appropr­iate
gestures. Memories of the
Arosa Kulm!! We all enjoyed the
Highlanders’ performance on T.V.
for the Iowa-Michigan game.”
Marilyn McMullen (Mrs. Ed­ward
Diekmann) (1949-53) 1915
Berryman B, Berkeley, California.
Ed is at the same office engineer­ing
all sorts of things. “At pre­sent
he’s working on a house, the
commission of which would build at
least three we could afford!!”
says Mickie. “I’m working week­ends
at a hospital in San Francisco
and really enjoy a little contact
with the ‘outside world.’ Ed is
still working on his Master’s De­gree
and hopes to have his thesis
or research done by August at the
latest. Our Debbie, 16 months, is
such a big little girl now — walk­ing
all over and trying to say so
much. We watched Iowa and Mich­igan
play today and by the end
of the game I had her saying,
‘Go-go-go’ Waks.’ I certainly en­joyed
watching the Highlanders
at half-time and Debbie tried to
‘dance’ when the dancers were on
the screen. (The first formation
went off much better than at In­verness,
eh, what, Bill?) Again
we’ll be home for the holidays,
and maybe to Iowa City after
New Years. If so, I’ll certainly
drop in to see you all.”
Harriet Sutton (Mrs. John Ed­ward
Bullock, Jr.) (1949-53 ) 801
East Bannister Road, Kansas
City 14, Missouri.
This ex-piper writes that Jack
i s a pharmaceutical salesman for
E. R. Squibb and Sons in Kansas
City. “This past August we added
a new member to our family —
Laurie Elizabeth (Johnny is 2V4)
— We gave her a good Scottish
name (prominent in my mother’s
family for several generations) in
hopes that, perhaps, she will
some day attend Iowa U. and be
fortunate enough to become a
member of the ‘kiltie band.’ Sorry
I couldn’t be present for the
Homecoming Game and the High­lander
Coffee Hour — maybe next
year. We were surprised and
pleased to be able to view it on
T. V. on the ‘Game of the Week’
over ABC on the 20th. The game
was a real thriller, and the film
long enough to show a glimpse of
the girls performing on the field
at halftime. This Christmas was
extra special in many ways —
in particular, we are now the
proud owners of a new T. V. and
Hi-Fi set. For as long as I can
remember I’ve always dreamed
of someday having a nice record
collection — and a good record
player to go with it. Some years
ago, I was given a record of
Scottish bagpipe music recorded
in Scotland by the famous bag­pipe
bands of the different clans.
With that lone record I intend to
start a collection of albums featur­ing
the music of the bagpipe. It
will take years to gather it all —
especially when the mood music
of Jackie Gleason and the Calypso
beat of Harry Belafonte are too
tempting to pass up, not to men­tion
the many other wonderful
albums available for Hi-Fi listen­ing.
This hobby, however, will
be very gratifying to both Jack
and me, and occupy many won­derful
hours of entertainment for
years to come.”
Ramona M. Albright (1950) 150
Graystone Terrace No. 3, San
Francisco, California. Ramona is
a stewardess, “flying in the Paci­fic
(mostly to the Orient) — part
time nursing at University of Cal­ifornia
hospital,” writes this ex­drummer.
“Just returned from 6
months — tour of Europe — did
some skiing —- Switzerland —Lap
Land (Sweden) Unfortunately I
did not make it to Scotland —next
time. Did see a thrilling demon­stration
of pipes and drums at
Buckingham Palace, London,
however.”
Sherry Reichardt (Mrs. Clyde
Gardner) (1950 - 51) 9926 Duke
Drive, St. Louis, 21, Missouri.
“Clyde is sales representative for
the Cryovac Co. Cryavac plastic
bags are used to pack the turkeys
and meats in that you buy in the
stores,’ relates Sherry. We bought
HIGHLANDER CHRISTMAS LETTER Page Seven
a lovely home in the country and
just love it. In July, we had our
boy — 4th child — first boy, Joe.
(Jeanne 3, Susan 4%, Patti 2.)
Now we have 3 prospective Hig
landers and 1 prospective gridiroi:
great. Wonder if there are an>
other ’50-51 Highlanders in the St
Louis area.”
Evelyn Leib (Mrs. John M. Mc­Faul)
(1950-51) 6518 Del Plays
Drive, Goleta, California. Johnny
is a student at UCSB (Santa Bar­bara)
and working part-time at
Aerophysics (guided missile de
velopment plant) and Evelyn add
“I am still secretary of the Math­ematics
Department at UCSB. Not
much is new with us since last
year at this time — we are still
loving our campus life here, but
will trade it for life at another
campus in February when Johnny
graduates with a B. A. and begin?
work on his Master’s — maybe at
Harvard. (We are hoping) Extra
note: I ran into another ex-High­lander
some time ago. She is my
husband’s boss’ wife at Aerophy­sics.
Her name is Bonnie Camp­bell
Lewis (Mrs. Bob Lewis) and
she lives in Santa Barbara. Don’t
know her address, but know she
would like to receive the High­lander
letter (She could be con­tacted
through her husband at
Office Services Department, Aer­ophysics
Development Corp, Gol­eta,
California). “ (Thanks, Eve­lyn
for this information, we shall
add her new address to our ifles.)
The McFauls have a little Bonnie,
2% years old.
Joyce Chapman (Mrs. Neil L.
Hysell) (1950-51) Mountain View,
Wyoming. Joyce’s Neil is assist­ant
Forest Ranger on Mountain
View, District of Wasatch Forest,
and she is doing part time work
as Ranger Hoag’s secretary. “At
last we have found our place in
this world and are truly happy,”
writes Joyce. “We have 3 mount­ain
cabins which we occupy 7
months of the year and live at
our home on Mountain View in
winter. Right now, we are living
at Bridges Lake Guard Station
and had 6” of snow for several
weeks. Jamey, (4 years old) loves
living next to nature. We are very
busy getting winter meat. So far,
Neil has got an elk and deer and
I’m still trying. Ha! My folks
from Webster City, Iowa, f were
just out for a visit. Bye!”
Barbara Clark (Mrs. Robert R.
Jowett) (1950-51) 4723 W. 87
Place, Oak Lawn, Illinois. This
ex-piper’s husband is employed
as a sales correspondent with
Joseph T. Ryerson & Son of Chi­cago.
They have two children Su­san
Lynn 3 years, and Robert
Clark 1 year. “Both Bob and I
have been following the activities
of the Highlanders with great
interest — were very pleased to
see the splendid account and cov­er
picture of them in one Chicago
newspaper. Family activities keep
us busy — as always. We’ve been
jlaying lots of bridge and have
both been ‘bitten’ by the Hi-Fi
ug. Looking forward to seeing
,he Highlanders in action at
homecoming and always.”
Joan Dunlop (1950-52 ) 922 S.
Summit Street, Iowa City, Iowa.
Another ex-piper announces that
he is to be married in February
.0 David L. Dunn, graduate stu­dent
in geology at SUI, and Joan
is Staff nurse at the University of
Iowa Hospital. She continues: “I
am looking forward to this year’s
Christmas Letter as I missed
last years. The scholarship fund
is the best idea, and I certainly
hope it continues to grow and
»row each year.”
Barbara Burdick (Mrs. John
Evans) (1950 - 52) 231 Stadium
Park, Iowa City, Iowa. Barbara
writes that they are still very
thrilled over the birth of their
son last August — Steven Mich­ael
— and she adds that she is
sorry he won’t be able to qualify
for the Highlanders in a few
years. “Watching the Highlanders
perform at the football games
and listening to them practice
really brought back many happy
memories. Keep up the good
work!!”
Barbara Beals (Mrs. Donald J.
Moulin) (1950-52) 1129 Rhinetta
Avenue No. 2, Burlingame, Cali­fornia.
Barbara says that she is
still working for United Air Lines,
and Don is with the Peat, Mar-wick
& Mitchelle Company. She
adds: “Enjoyed the Highlanders
at the Rose Bowl game and par­ade.
Hope Iowa comes out again
real soon. Also saw the Iowa-Wis-consin
Homecoming game this
fall and of course the Parade
and Band.”
Nancy Sweitzer (Mrs. Robert
M. Gunn) (1950-52) 700 Bitter­sweet
Place, Chicago 13, Ill. Bob
is practicing law with the firm
of MacLeish, Spray, Price and
Underwood, and I am still with
Sears writing advertising copy.
She continues: “This has been a
real whirlwind of activity (some­times
I like to call it a ‘tread­mill
to oblivion’). Seriously,
though, so many things have hap­pened.
We had a nice week’s
tour of Iowa in June . . . We saw
lots of old Iowa U. friends but
what with multitudinous relatives,
etc. our time was much more
limited than we would have liked.
July was an exciting month I had
a ‘fun’ time acting as a fashion
hostess at the Chicagoland Fair;
we replaced our disreputable look­ing,
sick and tired ’49 Plymouth
with a ’53 model of same ( the
former completely konked out, so
this was a forced move . . . the
’53 seems like a limousine in com-parision),
and we finally got a
davenport after having been mar­ried
the better part of a year.
August provided a truly thrilling
moment when Bob passed his C.
P. A. exam. In September we
visited Bob’s parents in Washing­ton,
D. C. and then motored down
to Jamestown and Williamsburg.
It certainly was a wonderful trip;
we’d recommend Williamsburg to
anyone . . . I’ve just begun a
theatre course at Northwestern;
it promises to be most interesting.
One of the most fascinating facets
of the course is that we go to
musicals, plays, operas, and bal­lets
performances with our instruc
tor. He takes us ‘behind the scen­e
s’ for interviews with the perfor­mers,
stage hands, etc. We’re
planning a gala party after the
Iowa-Northwestern game; we
certainly hope that we’ll see
many of you there and that you’ll
honor us with your presence.”
Sandy Sechler (Mrs. Kent M.
Bartges) (1950-53) 4908 Main
Street, Downers Grove, Illinois
Sandra says that she quit teaching
xn Downers Grove at Easter time.
“I’m just staying at home now
and thoroughly enjoying it,” con­tinues
Sandy. “Kent is a physical
therapist with offices in down­town
Chicago- Kurt Mason, 4%
months, who is blonde, blue-eyea
and doing nicely, after coming
early and getting a poor start, is
helping occupy my time. We saw
the Highlanders on T. V. last
weekend — Michigan game —
and they looked real good.”
Pat Pew (Mrs. Charles Cutler)
(1950-53) 1800 45th Street, Des
Moines 10, Iowa. Chuck is with
Cities Service Oil Company, in
charge of ‘Liquified propane gas’
for Iowa Division, and travels.
Candace Marie — “Candy” is
2 years. This ex-piper says: “Re­turned
from Germany last Novem­ber.
We moved to Des Moines
in January when Chuck took the
job with Cities Service. We like
Des Moines very much. Spent a
'ew days with Bonnie McKitrick
Ewing in Missouri this summer.
She looks wonderful and has two
darling boys. We will have an ad­dition
to our family in January.
Hoped to make it to Homecom­ing,
but didn’t. Will surely try to
next year.”
Sharon Brown (Mrs Charles
Toland) (1950-53) 451 Grand Aven­ue,
Iowa City, Iowa. Sharon’s
Chuck is a freshman med. student
at SUI, and Sharon is a clerk-typist
in the Med. Lab. They
have two children: Constance
Lynn 3, and Cary Stuart 15
months. “We manage to keep
busy with school work, and child­ren.
I enjoy seeing old Highland­ers
at the Homecoming Reunion—
but had hoped to see more from
the first European trip. If any of
you are ever in town look us up.
Our little Connie loved watching
the Highlander practices this fall,
Bill. She has her own kilt and
wants to be a real Highlander
some day.”
Ozzie Carlson (Mrs. John Bar­ton)
(1950-53) 8142 Whitburn, St.
Louis 24, Missouri. Curtis James
is 2% and Catherine Elise is 8
months and ciaims tnis ex-piper as
their Mommy. Their Daddy is still
in Orthodontics at St. Louis U.,
and graduates in June. Ozzie
writes: “Bill, sorry I missed the
coffee at Homecoming. I enjoyed
it so much last year. Here's the
only news I can give you at the
moment. Come June, we’ll be
neading North for Minneapolis.
John is going to have an olfice in
a new medical building in South-dale.
Know anyone whose kids
nave crooked teeth? Ha. (Better
not print that — the ADA might
get me for advertising!)”
Marge Martin (Mrs. Ben Ruehl)
(1950-54 ) 232 W. 36th, Spokane,
Washington. Debbie Anne Ruehl
is one year February 6th. “This
ja s been a wonderful year for us.
Debbie has brought lots of hap­piness
to us. We moved into our
nome in March and have been
spending most of our time work­ing
on getting settled. May found
us flying back to Iowa for a
nice visit — Got to see Helen
(Roseberry) McDonald for a short
visit. Wish we could have seen
more of you. Bill, we were cer­tainly
proud of the Highlanders
New Year’s Day,” concludes
Marge.
Jane Condon (Mrs. Robert Jan­sen)
(1950-54) 835% N. Main,
Savanna, Illinois. “Sam,” as Jane
calls her husband, teaches 7th and
3th grade English and Social
Studies and is assistant coach.
Jane is concentrating on being
a housewife. She says, too, that
they are expecting a baby around
December 23rd. Hope you got
your Christmas present!
Eunice Achenbach (Mrs. Ever­ett
H. Eide) (1950-54) 803 Jen­nings
Ave., San Antonio 11, Tex­as.
“Ev is a ferrying pilot station­ed
at Kelley AFB San Antonio.
His job is to deliver all types of
jet aircraft to various places in
the U. S. and foreign countries. I
believe this time last year, (Oct.)
we were just leaving Arizona
to come here. We now have less
than 2 yrs. left in the service
unless Ev changes his mind
and decides to make a career of it.
He’s gone a lot in this job, be­sides
our daughter (Linda Kayl)
to keep me occupied I manage to
go to coffees, luncheons, play
bridge and golf, etc. This service
life is the ‘most’ as far as social
life goes. This particular assign­ment
isn’t too desirable. Ev was
gone a total 5 of the 12 months
we’ve been here so I ’ve become
quite used to being alone a lot.
If one ever gets used to it.
The write-up on the Highlanders
in the Sunday magazine section
was very nice. It was in several
others besides the Des Moines
Register. — The Portland Gaz­ette
for one. The article brought
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back pleasant memories of the
1952 European Trip. The way the
Highlanders get around I wouldn’t
be surprised if you’re asked to
go along on the first trip to the
Moon, Bill. How about a report
on the Highlander reunion Cof­fee?
Who was there, etc.,”
Kay Tyrell (Mrs. Don A. Cros
by) (1951-52) Box 366, Milton Junc­tion,
Wisconsin, writes that her
husband is an electrician working
with his brother-in-law in Milton
Junction, and they have Randy
who is 2 years, nearly three now,
in February; and Christopher
was born August 10, 1957.
Verna Jean Weems (Mrs. Ed­ward
E. Schmiedel ) (1951-52)
408-6th Street, Fowler, Colorado
Dr. Schmiedel is in the Army at
Pueblo Ordnance Depot, but will
be out of the service in July, ’58
There are two children: Barbara
Jean 3, and Edward Andrew
Weems born May 18, 1957. Verna
Jean writes: “I’m interested in
finding Jane Stewart, Barbara
Bacon, Mrs. James Treneman,
and Micky Deikman. It is nice
to exchange Christmas cards.
This year is a wild one for us.
After being contacted by the
by the superintendent here, I de­cided
to teach a 9:30 to 4:00 —6
periods of high school English -
daily. Just now we’re involved in
the state football play-offs and
hoping Fowler can take the title
The article on the Highlanders in
the Denver paper brought ques­tions
from my students and many
happy memories. They’ve been
wondering if you would be com­ing
to Colorado soon. Nice to
see you all on T. V. at the half­tine.”
Jayne Stewart’s address is
71 Bissell Dr. Eggertsville 26, N.Y
Barbara Bacon lives at 1070
Melrose Terrace, Dubuque, Iowa.
Sorry. Little late for Xmas cards!
Audrey Elaine Hyndman (Mrs.
Donald E. Killen) (1951-52 ) 5725
Clark Blvd., Des Moines, Iowa.
Elaine’s husband is special agent
with the Insurance Company of
North America in Des Moines,
and Elaine herself is with the Des
Moines Hearing and Speaking
Center, as an audiologist and
speech therapist. “Just love my
work,” she writes, “but am aw­fully
busy being housekeeper and
career girl at the same time. I
see Prudy Meder Leachman very
often. In fact, we chum around
together. My boss’ son is interest­ed
in learning to play the snare
drums, so my Highlander train­ing
is coming in handy. Good
luck to you all in the next year.”
Her little girl, Kathleen Louise
Uchtorff, is now 4%.
Lee Lundquist (Mrs. Arlyn Mo­eller)
(1951-53) c-o Capt. Arlyn
Moeller, M. D. A0376208, 603 4th
USAG Disp., APO 328, San Fran­cisco,
California. Lee says: “Rath­er
than write it all out, I’ll send
you our Xmas letter and you can
take it from there. Why don’t
you bring the Highlanders to Jap­an,
Bill — It’s a lascmating place
— I’m sure they d iiKe one music
of the bagpipes as well as they
do tnat oi tneir ‘Noodle-man’!!
We’ve been following Iowa and
tne Highlanders trom over here
on the otner side of the World,
and w e r e sure proud of you!"
Their children are Mark 2 years,
and Laurie 9 montns. since tne
Moellers have had such an event-iui
year, no douot you’d all en­joy
snaring with me this part of
aieir Christmas letter for 1957:
“The end of June brought the
end of the interneship and the
farewells to the fine people we
nad met in Flint, Mich. At this
time Arlyn swapped “Dr.” for
"Capt.” and entered the Air
Force at Selfridge Air Base. Lee
and kiddies went home and visited
grandparents. One week later
we lert for Japan. We flew to
Japan aboard commercial air­lines
in 30 hours, landing in Hawai
and Wake Island enrouie.
We are now happily settled in our
new 6 room house with its slid­ing
windows, tiled bath including
sunken tub and Japanese mahog­any
walls. The center of attrac­tion
in our living room is our
space heater! Clear days give
us a lovely view of snow capped
Mt. Fugi. Our household now
includes Tachi, a white spitz
puppy (to Mark’s delight) and
JunkO-san (June) our full time
live-in maid who speaks excellent
English. She is loved by the
kids and much appreciated by
Lee.
Arlyn finds his work very interest­ing
in the dispensary. There are
10 doctors here so only on call
1 out of 10 nights. The work is
basically with dependents and is
much similar to a large general
practice. Patients are seen by
appointment so each doctor has
his own practice.
Yokota is a beautiful base with a
fabulous Officer’s Club, 3 swim­ming
pools and over 10,000 peo­ple.
We have both a nice PX and
Commissary. Lee is taking a flo­wer
arranging course for which
Japan is note. Tokyo is only 30
miles away and Yokhama 40. Tok­yo
affords good shopping an
excellent entertainment. We at­tended
the Volshoi Ballet this
fall. The roads are terrible and
driving is on the left hand side
but this has stopped neither of us
in exploring Japan. We have found
Japan to be both beautiful and
interesting country. The villages
are quaint with their tiny narrow
streets, raw fish smells and mobs
of people elbowing their way in
the open front stores. Japanese
are friendly and much westernized
although kimonos are still the
vogue. We recently took a week­end
trip with our maid, children
and two other couples to Nikko
which is about 100 miles north of
here in the mountains. Never
have we seen a land so beautiful
with both natural beauty and
shrines. Japanese motto is Go
to Nikko and die — meaning
everything worth seeing is the
world of Nikko. We almost agree.”
Thanks for the fine description of
your home in Japan, Lee, even
though it was long, I thought
many would enjoy your experienc­es,
too.
Kay McNamara (Mrs. Tom
Pate) (1951-53) Marimac Acres,
Anamosa, Iowa. Tom is a senior
at SUI School of Commerce, and
Kay is teaching at Marion, Iowa,
her 3rd year as music supervisor.
Kay adds: “Living in Anamosa, but
botn commuting to Marion for me
some 20 miles, and Tom has 35
miles to Iowa City. We really
get around!”
Wilma Waller (Mrs. Charles
II. Richards) (1951-53 ) 4306 Wak-onda
Pkwy, Des Moines, and
Omaha, Nebraska. Willie, our
ex-snare drummer, has Chuckie
aged 3, and Beckie 9 months. Her
husband is with Western Electric,
as Wage Incentive Engineer. She
writes: “By the time Bill gets
this printed the kids and I will be
in Omaha where Charlie is work­ing
at Western Electric. Right
now I’m in D. M. trying to sell
our house. Would like to hear
from any of you in Omaha. It’s
been a busy year, what with
the arrival of Beckie in Febru­ary,
square dancing, the Girl
Scouts and the Air Force Reserve,
gardening and job uproar. Hope
things settle down soon.”
Joyce Ann O’Connor (Mrs. Rich­ard
J. Hingtgen) (1951-54) 3514
Willard Avenue, Tucson, Arizona.
“Me — homemaker; hubby —
dental surgeon at Davis Monthan
Air Force Base, Tucson. The Sept­ember
wedding here at the Air
Force Chapel was my most mem­orable
incident during the year.
Rich and I both like Tucson very
much. Mountain scenery and
warm days are tw0 of the high­lights.
However, at Christmas
time we’ll miss the good old Iowa
snow.”
Jayne Stewart (Mrs. Richard L.
Freeman) (1951-54) 71 Bissell
Drive, Eggertsville 26, New York.
“Still in Buffalo — we finally
bought a house — our beer pocket-book
and champagne taste finally
met-almost. Saw you at the Mich-igan-
Iowa game (TV, of course -
our big game. Dick is a Mich. U.
grad.)” writes Jayne, “We’re
still in Community theatre. No
school this year, however. I
think my master’s degree is a
long way off. Pattie’s growing
unbelievably fast, as I guess is
natural with children. (She’s 2
years). I hate to think how old
yours must be by now, Bill —
makes me feel aged. Really no
news. We’re becoming solid mem­bers
of the Community and will
probably be here for the rest of
our lives.”
Jane Walker (Mrs. Samuel O.
Christensen) (1951-54) 1627 Col­lege
Court Place, Iowa City, Iowa.
"1 am a housewife, and my nus-band
is doing graduate work in
cniloren s ue.usuy. We just fin­ished
two years in the Army this
June. We were stationed at Fort
cordon, Georgia, wmch is near
nugusia, Georgia. Jonn Robert
is 2 1 months, and James Peter is
o months.”
Marilyn Meyer (Mrs. Ronald E.
Harken) (1951-54) 1222 Story
Street, Boone, Iowa. This ex-piper
reports that: “Ron is back to
school — majoring in Geology.
For the present 1 have retired
from general duty nursing to do
private duty witn our new son,
Michael Jon, born September 4,
1957.”
Sally Sackett (Mrs. Harry A.
Eick) ( 1951-54) 2244 Tenn. Law­rence,
Kansas. “Harry is a re­search
associate on the chemistry
faculty here at the University of
Kansas,” writes our ex-piper.
“Carol Anne is 2, John David, 1.
We enjoyed our 9 months at the
University of Kentucky at Lexing­ton
very much; however, we are
also liking the University of Kan­sas
and Lawrence (very similar in
size and makeup to SUI and Iowa
City) — and Harry is enjoying
having full time for research with
no lecture to prepare. Our third
baby is expected shortly after
Christmas — always room for
one more! We expect to stay
here until September of ’58 or ’59
— then Harry will go back to
teaching — I hope to stay in the
middle west or Big Ten schools
where we’ll have a chance to
see the Highlanders and cheer
the Iowa team occasionally.”
Ruth Ashton (Mrs. Ronald H.
Johnson) (1951-55) 2503 Waverly
Rd. Davenport, Iowa. The John­sons
have ‘Mike’ who is 1% years
now. Ron is the manager of the
Automotive Department in the
Moline Sears Roebuck Stores.
“We had a very successful y ear!!
The summer swimming program
was a huge success — I was in
charge of 13 instructors. In 3
years now we have increased the
swimming program from 300 to
3,000!! As you can see from the
enclosed article, we had a wonder­ful
vacation — this was a Canada
Canoe Adventure —. I’m now
teaching part time — Physical
Education at St. Katherine’s Girls
School here in Davenport. I’ve
enjoyed watching my sister
march at Homecoming!” Espec­ially
liked the newspaper head­line:
MIKE GOES ALONG ON
CANADA CANOE ADVENTURE,
Ruth!
Donna Hamersly (Mrs. Jim
Carlson) (1951-55) 3500 E. 42nd
Street, Minneapolis 6, Minnesota.
“I saw the Highlanders on TV
at the Michigan game and it re­minded
me that I hadn’t answer­
HIGHLANDER CHRISTMAS LETTER Page Nine
ed your annual letter yet. Noth
ing coo mucn is new with tne
Carlson’s. I am stul working at
Pillsbury Mills. Jim is still at
the University of Minnesota in
Civil Engineering; however, he
is one year closer to the end. He
is now a junior in the a year plan
and is aiming for graduation in
labO.” Donna continues: “We haa
a wonderful vacation this year.
We tiled camping. Jim has camp­ed
some on fishing trips and deer
hunting trips, etc., hut I haa
never camped before. We rented
a tent, borrowed all sorts ot
equipment from my boss and from
friends and went camping along
the North Shore of Lake Superior.
1 loved every minute of it —even
the water carrying and sleeping
bag, etc. — and am now a con­firmed
camper. And, the biggest
surprise of all was to see wild
bear. The one thing I wanted most
of all was to see bear and the
first night out we saw a mama
bear and 3 cubs up in a tree. We
took quite a few flash pictures
and luckily they all turned out as
plain as anything.” (Take a note
from the Johnsons, just above,
Donna and Jim. Seems their
young son, Mike, is a great camp­er,
too.)
Jan Meyer (Mrs. Donald Wald­ron)
(1952-54) 1213 North Shore
Drive, Clear Lake, Iowa. Don is
a Lieutenant in the Air Force
now stationed in Lyon, France,
until March. Jan adds: “Scott
(age 2 — another baby expected
any day) and I arrived in France
2 months after Don. We’re only
2 hours from Paris, a wonderful
city, and having the time of our
lives. Anyone near us please drop
in anytime. Lived in a village for
a while where only one person
spoke English and no one drove
a car. Quite an experience. Now
live in American housing which
is very nice.”
Dorothy Means (Mrs. Walter
B. Ingram) (1952-54) 1404 Hack­ett,
Beloit, Wisconsin. Dorothy,
our ex-snare drummer, writes
that Wally is a mechanical en­gineer
witij Fairbanks, Morse
and Company. ’
Jane B. Hoopes (1952-54) 219
Scranton, Lake Bluff, Illinois.
Jane is the English teacher at
the Glenbrook High School, in
Northbrook, Illinois.
Jan Papke (Mrs John Landess)
(1952-55) 552 — 11th Street, Im­perial
Beach, California.
“We enjoyed seeing Bill and the
Highlanders at the Iowa Picnic
and Rose Bowl game in Pasadena
last New Year’s Eve and Day,”
writes this ex-bagpiper. “Ginger
Hunt Lynch and I were two of
Jonne Shiley’s bridesmaids when
she and Andy Christensen were
married August 4, in Graettinger
. . . John is a Lt. (jg) in the
Navy stationed at NAS, San
Diego, He is a pilot. I am a com-jination
society editor - classified
advertising manager - bookkeep­er
for the Imperial Beach News,
weekly newspaper.”
Virginia Milnes (Mrs. Phillip
Crumley) (1952-55) 1406 S. Main,
Burlington, Iowa. And now we
near from another bagpiper of the
50s, whose husband is also a
i-Lt in the Army. “Phil graduat­ed
in Dentistry in ’57 and enter­ed
the Army this summer,” adds
Virginia. “We were at Fort Sam
Huston in San Antonio, Texas,
for 6 weeks and now he is in
/ran e e for 2 years and will seno
for me when he finds housing. He
is stationed at La Chapelle which
is 5 miles from Orleans. Our
address will be: 1-Lt. P. J. Crum­ley
5500434, 34th General Hospital,
APO 58, N. Y., N. Y. Visitors
welcome.”
Mary Sue Hancher (Mrs. Rich-ard
E. Hockmuth) (1952-56) 104
Grandview Court, Iowa City, Iowa.
Our ex-snare drummer, Mary Sue
and Dick, have a son David Rich­ard
who is 6 months at Christ­mastime.
“We’ll miss seeing the
Highlanders at the football games
iext year,” writes Mary, “but
we’re looking forward to Dick’s
internship year in another part
of the country, although we
don’t yet know where. Hope we
may see some of you Highlanders
.vherever we may go.”
Jonne Shiley (Mrs. Andy Christ­ensen)
(1952-56) 12055 Edgewa-ter
Drive, Lakewood 7, Ohio, Apt.
101.
Andy is a sales representative for
Collegiate Manufacturing Com­pany.
Jonne is teaching Physical
Education in elementary school
in Cleveland, Ohio. This ex-piper
and drum major writes: “After
our marriage this summer, Andy
and I moved to Cleveland which
is his most central location for
his work. I am teaching physical
education in two different elemen­tary
schools. The classes here are
yery large and I have a total of
>90 kids — they can’t understand
why I don’t know all of their
names yet. We just love cur new
apartment as we can see Lake
Erie from our front windows. Had
lots of fun furnishing it and are
practically settled now. So thrill­ed
to have had the opportunity to
see the Highlanders at both Home­coming
and Ann Arbor. They
looked great.”
Barbara Summers (1952-56) 108
W. Sheridan, Shenandoah, Iowa.
Barbara is a Speech teacher in
the Shenandoah High School.
Carol Lee Johnson (Mrs. Gerald
W. Kottong) (1952-56) 2735 June
Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
This ex-snare and bass drummer
writes us: “Jerry is employed by
Ethyl Corporation in Baton Rouge
as a chemical engineer in Re­search
and Development. I’m
a housewife. We are expecting our
second child around Christmas
time. Hoping for a girl so she
can inherit my bass drum in
Highlanders. Jerry is going to
school at nights at Louisiana Uni­versity
for his Master’s Degree
in Chemical Engineering. Expect­ed
graduation date June, 1958
(all depends on the thesis). “There
is Jeffrey David, born October
31, 1956, in the family now.
Prudence Meder (Mrs. John
Leachman) (1952-56) 1628 46th,
Des Moines, 10, Iowa. Our ex­piper
says: “I’m teaching reading
and social studies to grades 3, 4,
and 5, in the Des Moines School
System. John works for Leach­man
Lumber Company. We had
a marvelous honeymoon through
Eastern Canada to Quebec City.
It’s ‘Frenchness’ gave me re­newed
ideas about returning to
Europe.” Prud and John were
married, June 22, 1957.
Joan Schumann (Mrs. James I.
Broshar) (1952-56) 705 Balti­more,
Waterloo, Iowa. Joan writes
that Jim is now serving in Korea
with the U. S. Air Force. She is
employed by Peoples Bank &
Trust Company, in Waterloo as
a secretary. This ex-piper is ex­pecting
a baby — December 31,
1957!
Kitty Holmes (Mrs. Paul H.
Bartlett, Jr.) (1953-54) 284 Sheri­dan
Road, Waterloo, Iowa. This
ex-drummer was married to Paul
on July 22, 1957. Paul is a pilot
in the Air Force.
Virginia Coder (Mrs. Larry W.
Pugh) (1953-55) at 425 E. Jeffer­son
Street, Iowa City, Iowa from
December 1, 1957 to May, 1958;
always will get mail at: 329 River
Street, Iowa City, Iowa.
Ginny says: “Larry is the Physi­cal
Therapist in Spokane but not
for long . . . We’re on our way
back to Iowa City once again
for my husband has decided the
physical therapy field isn’t what
he wants after all . . . He will
re-enter SUI this coming summer
to get his M. A. degree in Educa­tion
and on to get his Ph. D. . .
Our little one is due October 31st,
and are we ever excited!”
Nancy Page (Mrs. William Dean
Ankrum) (1953-55) 1506 W. Jonquil
Terrace, Chicago, 26, Illinois.
Nancy writes: “I am working as
an editorial assistant at Scott,
Foresman and Company textbook
publisher. Dean’s with Arthur An­derson
& Company, C. P. A. firm.
I always enjoy getting the Christ­mas
letter, Bill, and still root
for the Highlanders. We’re living
in Chicago now, where I’m work­ing
at Scott Foresman — helping
to publish a new driver education
text for high school use. We’re
planning to come to Iowa City
for Homecoming, and if we don’t
see you in person, we’ll be watch­ing
the Highlanders from the
stands — Best of luck with them,
and keep up your good work.”
Lora Sharp (1953-56) Clarion,
Iowa, or Box 183 Campbell, I. S.
T. C. Cedar Falls, Iowa. “Hi!’,
says Lori. “I’m still at I. S. T. C.
learning how to teach art to kid­dies.
The Art department here is
more my speed and I love my
classes but oooh how I miss the
old SUI social life! I had a dif­ferent
type summer vacation this
year — I found a polio germ some­where
and spent the season try­ing
to get rid of him. I am all
well now, with no twitches or
'imps and have become so ambit­ious
that I’ve started knitting ano­ther
sweater — on that earth-shaking
note, I’ll wish you all
a happy holiday!”
Dorothy Dow (1953-56) 1212
Powderhorn Terrace, Minneapo­lis,
Minnesota. “After completing
Physical Therapy training at SUI
in September,” writes Dorothy,
“I’ve taken a position as staff
therapist at Northwestern Hospital
in Minneapolis. I know what Bill
feels like when he has to be strick
with us on posture, some of these
patients are as bad as the last
rows of drummers! Good luck
this year.
Barbara Mixson (Mrs. William
Braver) (1953-56 ) 624 S. Clinton
Apt. 5, Iowa City, Iowa. “Bill is
in Medical School. He is a junior.
I work for Dr. Foman as a Labor­atory
teck.” Barb continues: “I
still look at the pictures from
Europe and remember all the
wonderful times we had. The
Highlanders look real good!”
Cotton Curtis (1953 - 56 ) 2801
Swede Rd. Midland, Michigan.
‘Cotton’ (Shirley) our ex - piper
tells us: “Sorry I’m late with my
contribution for the Scholarship
Fund. The Highlanders did an
excellent job at the game in Ann
Arbor — made me homesick!”
Jan Brookman (1953-56) 4824
Davenport, Omaha, Nebraska.
This ex-piper is teaching second
grade in Harrison School, of the
Omaha Public Schools, and says
she “loves it !!!” We need lots of
good teachers, Jan. Keep it up.
Ann Summerwill (1953-56) 453 E.
Losey Street, Galesburg, Illinois.
Ann writes: “I am teaching 10th
and 11th grade English in Gales­burg
High School. Ida Bell and I
are both teaching in Galesburg,
and are sharing an apartment.
Janice Barnes (Mrs. John Tee-gen)
(1953-57) 1011 Sheridan, Iowa
City, Iowa. This ex-drummer was
married on October 12, 1957. John
is a sophomore in SUI College
of Medicine, and Jan is teaching
in Kindergarten in the Iowa City
school system.
Ida Mae Bell (1953-57) 453 E.
Losey, Galesburg, Illinois. “I am
teaching elementary and junior
high school music and living
with Ann Summerwill. I became
engaged in July to Bill Seabury
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who is now serving in the Army
We will be getting married i.
June of 1958.”
Dorothy Schwengel (1953-57)
3311 West Locust Street, Daven­port,
Iowa. Our ex-piper writes:
“I am going to business schoo1
AIC, in Davenport in the morning
and evening, and working for
Congressman Fred Schwengel ir
the afternoon. I plan to go tc
Washington, D. C. the first of
January and work out there.”
Dorothy Kay Roadabush (1953
57 ) 3820 Grand Avenue, Des
Moines, Iowa. Dot is copywriter
in Advertising at the Meredith
Publishing Company in the Sales
Promotion Department. She
adds: “For those who don’t know
it, I had the ’privilege’ of working
on the ’56 Foreign Trip Film.’
(Working is a modest understate­ment
of fact. Dot, with the advice
and help of others in the Infor
mation Service and Motion Pic­ture
Production Department lab­oratory
at SUI, did a marvelous
job of writing the script, and
editing the film.
Sheila Ann Cunningham (1953
57) 1427 Muscatine Avenue, Iowa
City, Iowa. Our expiper Sheila
is now employed with Protei
Blenders, Inc., in Iowa City, a
an Accounting Assistant.
Marcia Frye (Mrs. Robert
Krane) (1954) c-o Lt. Robert A
Krane, 072501, H & S Com., 74(
A1B, APO 39, New York, N. Y.
“We’ve been here in Germany foi
over a year now, and are having
a wonderful time! So far we’ve
spent 2 weeks in Norway with
Bob’s grandmother and other rel­atives
and taken a driving trip
through France, Monaco, part
of Italy and back through Switzer­land,
besides seeing many castles
and other wonderful sights here
in Germany. We go back to Nor­way
in the spring and hope to
be met there by Bob’s father —
his first visit to see his mother
in 35 years. There are 2 other
SUI couples stationed here with
us so we don’t get too lonesome
for Iowa talk, but I love to hear
all the Highlander news in your
Christmas letter. Thanks.” Lt. Ro­bert
is in the armored Infantry
Battalion in Butzback, Germany.
The Krane’s little girl, Kristin
Marie is 17 months.
Jeanne Odem (1954-56 ) 2754 A.
Avenue N. E., Cedar Rapids, Io­wa.
Jeanne, another ex - piper,
is now teaching 2nd grade in the
Cedar Rapids Public Schools.
Carol Jean Valy (1954-56) 505 S.
Chester, Park Ridge, Illinois. This
ex-piper says: “No information;
still in school.” She’s a Dental
Technician.
Mary Margaret Fagan (Mrs.
Francis Conway) (1954-56) Manil­la,
Iowa. “My husband is a senior
in the SUI College of Medicine,”
•rites Mary Margaret, and they
_iave a new little one, Sara Mary.
Agnes Kerr (1954-56) St. Mich
aels, Maryland and - or 27 E.
Mt Vernonn Place, Baltimore 2,
Maryland. “Aggie,” studied one
ear at the Maryland Art Insti­tute.
“Now studying piano, har
mony orchestration at Peabody
Conservatory of Music in Balti­more,”
she says, and “hope tc
compose and arrange for or ch.
and piano in semi-popular style.
In December, I hope to try out for
‘position’ as soloist (Jan. 11) with
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra —
Khatchaturian Piano Concerto
(modern). Not sure yet — just
thinking. Baltimore is an awful
town and I’d much prefer to be in
Iowa City since it was my home
town for 18 years. Sure miss the
‘ole’ kids in Highlanders. Bill, you
‘induct1 such a terrific bunch of
girls every year. Keep it up. (Am
going to the Black Watch on
Thanksgiving here . . .) I bought
a pup this summer to have in the
apt. here in Baltimore. She’s 4
.nonths now. Keeps one busy.”
Dotty Putnam (1954-56) 911 N.
Helena, Anaheim, California.
This from the 3rd grade teacher
at Valencia Park School in Fuller-on,
California, and ex-drummer:
“Greetings from Sunny Califor­nia!
How I wish you all were
here to enjoy this gorgeous weath-r
we’re having! Every day the
sun shines bright and clear —
ad it’s just nice and warm, not
.lot. but so perfect I love to ex­tend
my physical education per­iod
to 45 minutes instead of the
usual 20! . . . Yes, I’m still teach­ing,
and like it very much. This
year I have 28 little 3rd graders
and we really have a ball! Of
course, there’s a couple little dem­ons
to keep Miss Putnam jump­ing,
though. Tomorrow night is
our first P'TA meeting — oh, hap
py day — we get to meet the
parents of our jumping beans and
they can give the teachers the
‘once-over.’
I sure think of you all real often
and recall all the good times
we had together. And Bill & Fran,
you can’t imagine how thankful
i am to you for making our trip
to Europe so exciting and mem­orable.
Everyone out here has
heard of the Scottish Highlanders
from Iowa and they really made
a name for themselves at the
Rose Bowl. I was so proud of
you! I’d sure love to hear how
everyone is getting along. I ’ve
heard ‘via the grapevine’ that a
number is engaged and married.
Congrat! I hope everyone is fine
and enjoying this college year.
Best of luck to all!”
Kerin Kae Okerlin (Mrs. Wayne
A Moldenhaurer) (1954-57) 528
North Gilbert Street, Iowa City,
Iowa. Wayne is an assistant in
instruction at the dental clinic,
SUI, in Iowa City. Kerin is finish­ing
her last year in music educa­tion.
Kerin adds: “My husband
and I hope to ‘cycle” across Eur­ope
this summer. Hope every­thing
works out all right.”
“Jo” Jones, Shirley (Mrs. Rich­ard
E. Voigt) (1954-57 ) 436 Pros
pect Street, New Haven, Connec
ticut. “Jo” writes: “Dick com­mutes
everyday to N. Y. City
where he isworking with a maga­zine
called ‘Faith at Work.’ I’m
teaching speech therapy in the
public school of North Haven,
Connecticut.” Our ex-piper adds:
“Just for the books — Dick is
the 6’7” guy I met and fell for
on the Queen Elizabeth as we
returned from our European trip,
the summer of ’56. We’ve thank­ed
the Highlanders a million times
for that trip.”
Margaret Ann Cass (Mrs. Rob­ert
D. Garrison) (1954-57) 21291/2
Ripley Street, Davenport, Iowa.
This ex-bagpiper’s husband is
with the Prudential Life Insur­ance
Company in Davenport.
Margaret and Robert were mar­ried
on July 13, 1957.
Kitty Korns (1954-57) 414 Iowa
Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa. Kitty,
our former piper, drummer and
then drum major, writes: “Dick
Myers (finance) Pensecola, Flori­da,
naval jet flight program,
and I are to be married in Feb­ruary
in Iowa City and then we
will go down to Florida and from
there to points unknown — 5 years
of service.”
Pat Keefer (1954-57) 222 N. Clin­ton
Street, Iowa City — school
address; home address is 934
N. 10th, Rochelle, Illinois. This
ex - piper will graduate from SUI
in 1958.
Elaine Roggenkamp (1954 - 57)
R. R. 5, Davenport, Iowa. Elaine
says: “it was a great experience
and I enjoyed every minute of
it — even those long practice
hours are now appreciated). If it
wasn’t for the Highlanders I
would never have traveled over
the many miles I have, especially
in Europe and Great Britain.
The Rose Bowl trip was another
great thrill that I will long rem­ember
— how could I after march­ing
in that six mile parade!”
Nan Latch (Mrs. Willert Hin-richsen)
(1954-57) 420 East Daven­port,
Iowa City, Iowa. “My hus­band
and I are both attending
SUI,” says Nan. “He’s a junior
in industrial psychology and I’m
a senior in secondary education
with a history major.”
Marcia M. Mortiboy (Mrs. Wal­lace
E. Hoffman) (1955-56) 918-
11th St. N. E., Cedar Rapids,
Iowa. “My husband and I are
employed for Collin Radio Com­pany;
Wallace is an electronics
test technician and I work in one
of their offices (shipping),” con­cludes
Marcia.
Suzanne Campbell (1955-57) 4860
Wyandott Trail, Indianapolis, Ind­iana.
This ex-piper and tenor
drummer is still in the College
of Nursing at SUI, a junior, at
276 Westlawn; however only re­cently
(this summer) she moved
to Indianapolis from Cedar Rap­ids,
Iowa.
Priscilla Thomas (Mrs. Stanley
R .Briney) (1955-57) 71 D Forest-view,
Trailer Court, Iowa City,
Iowa. Priscilla and Stanley were
married September 1, 1957, and
are students at SUI; Priscilla is
in Dental Hygiene, and Stan is a
senior in Pre-Medicine.
Janet Nadine Bryan (1955-57)
S517 Westlawn, Iowa City, Iowa.
Another ex-piper says: “i am
now taking nurse’s training at
SUI. Due to my working hours
at the hospital I had to drop
Highlanders, otherwise I would
have been able to continue with
this rewarding organization
throughout the rest of my col­lege
years. I was, however, able
to share some of the glory of the
Rose Bowl trip of 1956-57,
ODDS & ENDS — People from
whom we haven’t heard this year.
Kathryn Beckman (Mrs. C. D.
Haworth) Dale and Kay are in
Hawaii.
Harold D. Ash 73 Arlene Court,
Fanwood, New Jersey. Harold is
working in N. Y. now; I think he
is with the Telephone Company.
Ruth J ’Anthony (Mrs. Ruth
Jaeckel) 36 Windsor Street, Water-bury
6, Connecticut. Ruth is teach­ing.
She and her husband have
two ‘active’ young ladies. Ruth
plans to do some studying to
finish her graduate credits. Her
husband was in the College of
Engineering at SUI, and now is
with General Electric.
Marty Porter (Mrs. John W.
Fowler) Oskaloosa, Iowa. John
William Jr., was bom December
28, 1956-
Jeanne Peterson (Mrs. Arnold
Charlton) The Charltons have
twin daughters born November
10th. The latest information is
that they are in El Paso, Texas.
Sue Donelson (Mrs. Donald E.
Johnson) She is teaching at Ana­mosa;
Donald is attending the
Presbyterian Seminary at the
University of Dubuque. Their add­ress
is Starlite Motel, Dubuque 2,
Iowa.
Marian Smith, 939 Stewart Drive
Cleveland 21, Ohio. Marian didn’t
return to school this year, and we
miss her verv much.
HIGHLANDER CHRISTMAS LETTER Page Eleven
Carol Crawford, 1103 Muscatine
Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa. Carol
and Thomas Ryan are to be mar­ried
this coming February.
Jay Higbee, 1212 East 88th
Street, Seattle 5, Washington. Jay
is teaching at the University of
Washington. Saw Jay at one of
the Iowa games this fall, and he
looks great.
Maxine Crone was married last
June.
Sally Mavis was married, and
she and her husband are living
in Iowa City.
C. David Cornell, 841 North­western
Drive, Claremont, Califor­nia.
Note a change in his address.
Dorothy Magill (Mrs. Robert
M. Turnbull) is in Egypt with her
husband. Her address is American
Mission, Assiut College, Assiut,
Egypt.
Alyce Harrington was married
to Leslie Holland on September 14,
1957.
Susan Salie (Mrs. James D.
McKnight) VW, 14, Navy c-o Fleet
P . 0 ., San Francisco, Calif. We
received a letter last September
from Sue enclosing a copy of the
PARADE magazine write - up on
the Highlanders. Sue writes that
since October of last year they
have moved six times, and are
now in Hawaii enjoying it very
much there.
Allyn Wells (Mrs. William
Smart) c-o 1-Lt. W. Smart, Regn.
Spec. Service Officer, Box 46
Garrison Detachment, USA D6-
RCD APO 43, San Francisco, Cal­ifornia.
Allyn and Bill are in
Houshu, Japan, and enjoying for-eigh
service very much.
Carole Brainerd (Mrs. Reed
H a r ts o o k ) . Carole and Reed are
still stationed in Germany, how­ever,
they expect to be back next
year.
Mary Goen,, 113 N. Brewer
Street, Manchester, Iowa. I’m
very sorry to report that Mary’s
Dad, Dr. Goen, passed away this
summer.
Virginia Hagens, 1500 N. Dela­ware,
Indianapolis, Indiana. Vir­ginia
is working with Eli Lilly &
Company. Virginia’s sister, Ann­ette
Hagens, is in Highlanders
this year.
Florence Achenbach, of Lisbon,
Iowa, was married this summer.
Nancy Weih (Mrs. John How­ard
Hoskins), University of South
Dakota, Vermillion, S. D. Nan was
married this summer.
Lorraine Miller, 441 Ridgewood
Drive, Syracuse, New York. Lor­raine
did not return to school this
year. She is attending the Uni­versity
of Syracuse, but hopes to
return to Iowa this year. We most
certainly hope that she comes
back, too.
Virginia Hunt (Mrs. Richard Al­len
Lynch), Ginni was married
this summer.
Marydale Merrill (Mrs. Norman
F. Dessel), Marydale and Nor­man
announce the arrival of
Diane Elizabeth, bom June 27,
1957.
Carl Paul Wieben, 1228 Taylor
Street, San Francisco, California,
is an old snare drummer from
back in 1942-44, of whom we
haven’t heard from for a long
time. Carl reports that he graduat­ed
in 1947, from then until 1954
ne lived in Europe (one and a
half years in Norway, five and a
half years in France) traveling,
studying, at the University of Os­lo
and the Sorbonne, and working
— the past three years for the
Marshall Plan Office in Paris,
France.
Patricia Hafner (Mrs. Carl E.
Morton) was married on April
21, 1957. We do not have a recent
address.
Camille Cooper (Mrs. James
Waery), 954 W. 35th St, Los Angel­es
7, California. Camille and Jim
have 4 children: Robin 3, Laurie
3; Jimmy and Jill 15 months
respectively. Camille is busy at
home while Jim is working on his
D. A. M. A. (Doctors of Musical
Arts) at University of Southern
California. He hopes to be through
with school by next August (1957).
This letter was too late to incor­porate
in the last. Highlander Let­ter.
But it is never too late,
really, I can always get it in the
next year’s Christmas Letter.
Betty Bickel (Mrs. Don J. Her­ron,
Jr.) 908 Oakland Lane, S.W.,
Tacoma 99, Washington. Betty and
Don have 3 children — Julee 7;
Chris 5% and Tom one month.
Don has been teaching at Junior
High for the past few years. This
fall he will be Principal of an
elementary school. Our ex -tenor
drummer of 1943-44 vintage.
W. J. Lutwack, 8 Tillinghast
Place, Buffalo, New York. Mr. and
Mrs. Lutwack dropped in the of­fice
this past summer, but un­fortunately
it was when I was not
in. He left word for me to send
him a Highlander form and here
is what he states: He is president
of the Colad Company, Inc., Plas-ticoat
Corporation. He graduated
from SUI in 1938, and was a
trumpeter and drum major of the
Drum & Bugle Corps in 1934-37.
He worked with Colonel Dailey
to recruit students for the corps,
and helped teach until a man was
hired (Jack Frome). Mr. Lutwack
is one of the few original Drum
& Bugle Corps members from
whom I have heard. He also sent
a separate letter: “I’ll look for­ward
to receiving any news of
your splendid organization for
even though it is quite far re­moved
from the original Fife,
Drum & Bugle Corps, which was
its antecedent, I have always
been very interested and mighty
proud that my Alma Mater could
have created and maintained such
a splendid organization. Best
wishes for your future success —
and time and health to enjoy
it.” Even though most of the
Highlanders will not remember,
nor will they have known Mr. Lut­wack,
we are very grateful to
hear from him, and appreciate his
continued interest in the High­landers.
Colonel W. W. & Maude Jenna
(1946-51) 830 Sistina Avenue, Coral
Gables 46, Florida. The Colonel
writes that both of them are at­tending
the University of Miami
in Coral Gables, and his com­ments
are: “Well Bill, Maudie
and I are school kids again. She
is taking a course in Ceramics
and I have started a four year
course with a Major either in His­tory
or Government. This semes­ter
I have courses in World Liter­ature,
Elements of Geography,
Georgraphy of Southeast Asia,
History of the American Colonies,
and History of Tsarist Russia. I
have practically nothing to do be­tween
midnight and reveille. It’s
a wee bit rough, but I’m enjoying
it. The Kids, young Bill and his
wife, Pat, are expecting an addi­tion
to their family in February
next. Naturally we are all de­lighted.
Maudie and I took a trip
to the East in June, and I attend­ed
the 40th year reunion of my
class at West Point. We had a
swell trip. We were gone five
weeks.” Ex-Highlanders will re­call
that Colonel Jenna was head
of the Military Department at the
State University of Iowa from
1946-51.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Strayer,
918 East Washington Street, Iowa
City, Iowa. They write: “Dear
Bill: Our big news of 1957 is the
arrival of a little Highlander, Hil­ary
Frances (born October 24th).
She is blonde, blue-eyed and on
rare occasions can wail like a
bagpipe.
You’ll find us at home at 918 E.
Washington in Iowa City, where
at any time the warmest of wel­comes
is extended to our Scottish
Highlander friends- Come see
us! Faye and Gordon Strayer.”
Dr. and Mrs. Earl E. Harper,
124 Marietta Avenue, Iowa City,
Iowa. Dr. Harper writes: “My
dear Highlanders: Recently I
wrote President Hancher a letter
in which I told him that the at­tachment
of the Scottish High­landers
to the Iowa Memorial Un­ion
had resulted in an affection­ate
attachment of the Union dir­ector
to the Highlanders. To know
the organization, to be aware
of its achievements at home and
abroad, and particularly to be
intimately associated with the
contemporary members in their
work and play — these experienc­es
have brought both Mrs. Harper
and myself into an experience of
glowing pride, warm affection,
and unlimited good will.
“To your leader, to his delight­ful
wife, and to all Highlanders
past and present — (or are there
any “past” Highlanders?) —Mrs.
Harper and I send greetings and
best wishes in this Christmas Let­ter.
Sincerely, Earl E. Harper,
Director, School of Fine Arts and
Iowa Memorial Union.”
I might add that the feelings ex­pressed
in the above letter are
reciprocal. The Highlanders have
never had a better friend, and
more ardent supporter than Dr.
and Mrs. Harper.
“Once again all the High­landers
are greatly indebted to
Chas. McKinley and Margie (Mac­Donald)
McKinley for the wonder­ful
job they have done in printing
the Highlander Letter. If the
Highlanders will remember a
couple of years back, when we
mimeographed the letter, they
will now realize how much we
appreciate Marge’s and Chas.’
great contribution to the High­landers.”
LAST YEAR’S ACTIVITIES
OF THE HIGHLANDERS
Although last year was not as
busy as the previous year when
we had just finished the Foreign
Trip, and the Rose Bowl, we did
have a fairly successful year. The
football season kept us busy. We
performed at, and saw, some
wonderful games. Our out -of-town
football - game - trip was
to Michigan at Ann Arbor, for
the Iowa - Michigan Game. The
weather was excellent and our
performance went off very well.
We participated in a few in-State
trips, and this coming winter
season we will perform in a few
local engagements.
COFFEE HOUR
The annual Homecoming Hour
in the Iowa Memorial Union was
held the morning of Homecoming
this year, October 19th, and we
had fifty per cent more in at­tendance
than the last year’s. We
had members who were active in
the Highlanders ’way back in
1938 and members of the War
years, right down to the present
year. When a member would enter
the room, he or she would wonder
at first, if they were going to
see someone they knew, and
almost immediately spot someone
they knew. So no matter when
you were in the Highlanders, I
am sure you will find somebody
at the Coffee Hour whom you
knew when you were a member.
So don’t forget, this will be an
Annual affair, at 10 o’clock in
the morning, every Homecom­ing,
in the Iowa Memorial Union.
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OUT-OF-TOWN FOOTBALL
GAME TRIP
The Highlanders’ performance
at the Iowa - Michigan game at
Ann Arbor, Michigan, was on
color television. We received
many compliments on that per­formance.
PARADE MAGAZINE WRITEUP
We had a very fine writeup in
“Parade” magazine with a color
picture on the front of the maga­zine.
This Sunday newspaper sup­plement
is distributed in 54 Sun­day
newspapers, with a total dis­tribution
of over four million. I
received copies all the way from
Honolulu, Hawaii to Boston,
Massachusetts.
BLACK WATCH
The Black Watch Regimental
Brass and Pipe Band appeared
in Waterloo, Iowa, in October.
A bus load of Highlanders went
up to see them, and really re­ceived
a great deal of inspiration
from the Black Watch perfor­mance.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Our scholarships for the first
semester for the school year of
1957-58, were awarded to Martha
Hickerson, and Judy Croft. Martha
is our snare drummer and drum
dancer this year. Judy is a piper
and cur new choral director.
RECORDINGS OF
HIGHLANDERS & BAND
The Alumni Office informs me
that the recordings of the High­landers
and Band have been sell­ing
very satisfactorily. A note here
to remind ex-Highlanders and in­form
those who do not know about
it: We have a very fine recording
made by a division of the RCA.
One side of the record is all High­landers.
Our program includes
pipe band selections and several
choral numbers.
This record may be obtained from
the SUI Alumni Association,
Alumni House, Iowa City, Iowa.
The cost is $3.95 plus postage of
25c for packaging and mailing.
Make checks payable to: SUI
Alumni Association.
HIGHLANDERS MOTION
PICTURE FILM
Cn our 1956 Trip to Europe
we took along a photographer,
Bob Kerns, who along with his
other duties, took a colored mot­ion
picture of our trip. Upon our
return, the Information Service,
Gordon Strayer, Dorothy Rouda-bush,
and the University motion
picture production laboratory, put
together a very fine thirty - min­ute
motion picture of our trip.
We call it: “The Highlander Holi­day”
. This film may be rented
at a very nominal cost from the
Audio and Visual Department, Ex­tension
Division, East Hall, SUI,
Iowa City, Iowa. This film is
compete with running commen­tary
and background music.
THE OLD GOLD
DEVELOPMENT FUND
The Old Gold Development
Fund has been very generous
to the Highlanders the past year.
First, they gave us $500 with
which we purchased six sets
of bagpipes. These pipes enabled
six freshmen to start on pipes
sooner than usual, thus enabling
them to actively participate in
the Highlanders. Later, the Old
Gold Development Fund donated
$250 to the Highlanders. This was
used to purchase four brand new
snare drums. These, too, have
enabled freshmen to practice and
to permit them to actively enter
into the Highlanders. We are ex­tremely
grateful to the Old Gold
Development Fund for these
pipes and drums. 1 hope all of
you ex-Highlanders will keep this
in mind when you receive requests
from the Old Gold Development
Fund.
THE ADAMSON FAMILY
The Adamson tribe is just fine.
Heather will be twelve in May,
and is in sixth grade in school,
playing on her violin with the
school orchestra. Johnny is six­teen,
and all wrapped up in Jour­nalism
at the present. He is as­sociate
editor of the school paper.
Bill is twenty, and a sophomore
in the College of Engineering.
Fran is just as sassy as ever,
and I’m heaping on more years
and losing more hair.
We’re enjoying our new home
very much and any of the old
Highlanders will be most wel­come
to drop in to see us any
time. We still have quite a bit
of inside painting to do yet, but
we’re making progress slowly.
All of us are saving our pennies
for our next Highlander Foreign
Tour which, we expect, will be
in 1960.
Well this just about winds up
the annual Highlanders Christ­mas
Letter. I think this Christ­mas
Letter was very successful
in that we received more replies
than ever before, and also, quite
a few replies from ex-members
of whom we had not heard since
they left the University. I have
a suspicion that the real reason
I get this Christmas Letter togeth­er
is — so that I can hear from
so many ex-Highlanders. It’s just
wonderful hearing of their mar­riage,
of their children, or that
they have just moved into a
new house, or bought a new dog,
are now living in Japan, or some
other interesting place. No mat­ter
how long it has been since
you people have left the campus,
I still remember each one of
you. I remember^ especially, the
patience with which you endured
the long practices, the tedious bus
trips to and from performances.
I remember the wonderful cooper­ation,
especially the times when
we had to perform in cold, rainy,
or muddy fields, or the long de­lays
that you had to endure. Most
of all, I remember that you have
always acted like ladies and gent­lemen
when you were represent­ing
the Highlanders and the Uni­versity.
Thanks for the opportun­ity
of knowing you and the won­derful
memories.
Sincerely,
Bill Adamson
P. S. Highlanders attending the
Iowa - Wisconsin Football Game
at Madison, Wisconsin, on Octo­ber
18, 1958, will be looking for
Ex-Highlanders there!
Office of the Scottish Highlanders
State University of Iowa
Iowa Memorial Union
Iowa City, Iowa