Scottish Highlander newsletter, 1955-1956

              HIGHLANDERS
January 1956
Dear Highlanders:
Here we go on the Highlanders’
Annual Christmas Letter. The fol- j
lowing is a condensation of the
letters we have received. Most of
the replies have been edited for
the sake of avoiding repetition. All j
of the letters sent greetings to all j
ex-Highlander members. The let-1
ters are arranged in chronological j
order of the member’s participa­tion
in the Highlanders. If there is j
an error in the chronology, it is a I
result of a letter failing to men- i
tion the dates, or my guessing was!
not so,good. The dates in paren­theses
following the names are the
years during which the member
was active in the Highlanders. So
away we go!
Harold L. Hemingson (1934-38) 903
Karen Avenue, Austin 5, Texas.
Here is a real oldy. Harold was
at the University even before I
came. He was a member of the
drum corps at SUI which we later
transformed into the Scottish High­landers.
Harold and Mary have
two children — Kent 13, and Dan
10, and they are expecting a girl
in December. (Optimistic, aren’t
they?) Harold is with the Inves­tors
Diversified Services, Inc., sell­ing
investments and securities. The
Hemingsons were through Iowa |
City last summer, and we had the 1
pleasure of meeting the family.
They are a fine bunch of Texans.
Harold sent a picture of the Drum
Corps. The picture was probably j
taken in 1936 or the spring of 1937,
and it shows Sergeant Wentlandt
as the Drum Major, four twirlers
in trousers, and six pipers. The
pipers were Cloyse Meyers, Leon
Karel, Robert Hampton, George i
Fieselman, and one more piper.
Harold Hemingson is pictured
carrying a snare drum. Further
down the line I can recognize Ron­ald
Preem, Sorenson as a trumpet- i
er, and that’s about all. Harold
mentions that he can recognize
Neilan, Lundell, and his brother,
Edwin, also George Sudimack, Ro­bert
Issacson, and Ronald Issac-son.
Robert C. LaBarre (1936-37), Al-gorta,
Iowa. Our ex-President of the
Iowa State Junior Chamber of Com­merce
writes that he and Marion
have three children — Suzanne 14, j
Charlene 12, Brian Robert 6. Suz­anne
is in high school, and is tak­ing
snare drum lessons, as well I
as the younger girl, Charlene, who
is playing snares. He says he hop­es
to have the first daughter in
the Highlanders of a former High­lander.
Russ Kiesele (1939-40), 1607 19th
Street, Moline, Illinois. Russ and
Beverly have one child, Jan. Russ
is Makeup Editor for the Moline
Dispatch.
Nyle W. Jones (1937-40), 216-D
Thomas Drive, Monroe Park Apts.,
Wilmington 6, Delaware. Nyle and
Gretchen have two children, Ricky
3y2 and Wendy Sue 1%. Nyle sent
a picture of him, Gretchen and
the two youngsters. I wish all of
you people could see this picture,
because they really are cute. Nyle
is now in his second year at Wil­mington,
and they like it very
much.
Robert J. Parden (1939-41, 3232
Oriole Drive, San Jose, California.
Here is an old timer that I thought
would never get married, but he
did on June 15, 1955, to Elizabeth
Taylor. Robert is Dean of En­gineering
at the University of Santa
Clara.
F. Benjamin Merritt (1938-42), 975
Grove Terrace, Dubuque, Iowa.
Ben and Jacqueline have four chil­dren
— Catherine 4%, Stephen 3y2,
Bill 2, and Elizabeth 3 months. Ben
is practicing Pediatrics in Dubuque. :
Wayne Mitter (1941-42), 43 Naval :
Advanced Base Navy 913 FPU
New York, (Brennerhaven, Ger­many).
Wayne and Sally have two
children — Charlie 7, "Little Joe”
3. Wayne is a Navy civil engineer
corps officer. Our ex-piper writes
that he hopes to get over to see
some real Scottish Highlanders
while they are in Europe.
Wayne R. Winslow (1939-42) 704
Circle Drive, Ida Grove, Iowa. I
Wayne and Clarann Bekman (BSC, j
Iowa’ 55) were married on August j
29, 1954. Wayne is with the Mid­west
Industries Inc., Ida Grove, as i
Chief Engineer. He writes that they
have just purchased a new home, j
Louis C. Jurgesen (1938-42), 1803 j
Steele Street, Laramie, Wyoming. I
Louis and Jean have three children j
— Craig Lee 5, Louise Ellen 3,
Mark Allan 2 months. Louis sent
us a brief history: “Received MA
1947, University of Iowa; Taught
Accounting at Lehigh University,
Bethlehem, Pa., 1947-49; received j
PhD. in 1951, University of Iowa, j
Recalled to Air Force 1951-54; Ac­counting
Professor, August, 1954 to
date at University of Wyoming.” |
Jrihn Linkletter (1942-43), 3839 34th
Street, Des Moines, Iowa. John and
Joan have one youngster, Gayle
aged 3, and “ there should be one
more by the end of October.” Jack [
is Associate Editor in the Book |
Editorial Dept., of the Meredith j
Publishing Company.
Kenneth L. Krabbenhoft, M. D.
(1941-42), Dept, of Radiology, Harp- !
er Hospital, Detroit 1, Michigan, j
Ken is a Radiotherapist, with Drs.
Reynolds and Assocs. in Detroit
Michigan. Ken and Gloria have
three children — Kenneth Jr., 8%,
Douglas 6% and Karen Ann 4. “He
says also: ‘Nothing new, Bill, ex­cept
we continue to hear fine things
about your wonderful organization.
Keep up the wonderful work —
Ken.”
Dr. John R. Christensen (1941-42),
2002 Barbara Drive, Palo Alto, Cal-j
ifomia. Our ex-snare drummer j
I writes: “ We are enjoying our sec-j
ond year in California, and be-1
| ginning to feel like we belong here.
It is fun seeing Stanford and other
west coast teams play — but miss
the Big Ten Type of football. San
Francisco continues to enchant us,
and playing golf all year is really
wonderful.” John and Fay have
two children — John 5, and Karen
2. John is in the Palo Alto Medical
Clinic.
Leo Brau (1943-), Mt. Pleasant,
Iowa. Leo has his own Pharmacy
in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. Leo writes
very cryptically: “ I’m busy —
Getting married, November 12.”
Mary Murchison (Mrs. Rodman
Taber) (1941-42. 1822 Glendale
Road, Iowa City, Iowa. Mary and
Rodman have three children —
Mary Kay 8, Rodman Murchison
4 months, Lynn Ann 4%. Rodman
is a Thoracic Surgeon at the Uni­versity
Hospital in Iowa City. Our
ex-dancer writes: “Big event of the
year was the arrival of a boy in
the family on July 5. Often wonder
if any other family had more than
3 sisters in the Scottish Highland­ers
— Mary, Anabel (Mrs. Larry
Cole) and Helen (Mrs. Clinton
Thomas). Our grandmother at 95 is
still going strong in Edinburgh,
Scotland. Continue to enjoy, along
with thousands of others, the High­lander
performances at ‘Half-time.’
Richard C. Park (1942-43) Victor,
Iowa. Dick is practicing law in
Victor, Iowa. He and Rita have
two children, Thomas R. 7, Susan
M. 6.
Betty© Neal (Mrs. H. Douglas
Weaver) (1943-44), 5323 Carvel
Road, Westmoreland Hills, Mary­land.
Bettye writes that she and
Douglas, whom she describes as a
good Scotsman, were married De­cember
26, 1954. Our ex-baton twirl-er
writes: “ I resigned as Director
of Research, Republican Congres­sional
Committee, to become a full­time
housewife. My husband is a
lawyer in private practice in his
own firm in Washington. He is a
Big Ten alumnus (Univ. of Wise.)
and the Harvard Law School (LLB)
and Harvard School of Business
Administration (MBA). Lt. Col.
USAF (Reserve). We have just
built and moved into a beautiful
white brick colonial house on the
outskirts of the Capital, which is
our pride and joy. Douglas and I
were the only Hawkeye and Badger
in Washington to hear the broad- j
cast of the Iowa-Wisconsin game
this fall — courtesy of NBC which
allowed us to come to the studio
where they put in a special line
from New York via Madison. I am
giving twirling lessons to a couple j
of little girls and my heart swelled j
with pride to hear the practiced
skirl of Highlander bagpipes at
the game broadcast. Very terrific
organization of which I am so
proud to have been a member.”
Mildred “Teeny” Hines (Mrs.
Louis E. Schuler) (1942-43), 15 4th
Ave. N., Clear Lake, Iowa.
“ Teeny” writes: “ I always look
forward to the Highlander News
'■ Letter. Our three boys keep us
! busy and we sure do enjoy them,
j They are football fans and strictly
j for Iowa. The Highlander Scholar-
, ship Fund is a good institution. I
hope some day soon to contribute
I more generously. I read in our
Mason City paper where you and
the Highlanders are going to Eu­rope
again this summer. Bon Voy­age.
Keep up the excellent work
with the Highlanders.” Teeny and
Louis have three children: Ricky
4%, Louie 3, and Teddy 11 months.
Lois is an attorney in the Law
Firm of Boyle and Schuler in
Clear Lake, Iowa.
Betty Pingrey (Mrs. Don Sulhoff)
i (1943-44), 4324-FAvenue N. E., Ce-
1 dar Rapids, Iowa. Betty and Don
| have two children — Wendy Lyn,
j 5 V2 and Greg Alan 4%. Thanks to
Betty we have information on two
ex-Highlanders from whom we have
not heard this year. They are Rhea
Hyink Johnston. Dr. John Johnson,
Rhea’s husband, is an oesteopath
practicing in South Bend, Indiana.
They have a little girl 2%, and
Nadine Nieman (Mrs. Cole). Na­dine
and husband are now living
in Marion, Iowa, where he is a
mortician. Getting back to Betty
and Don. Don is a sportswriter
for the Cedar Rapids Gazette. Bet­ty
says that she is supervisor for
Babytime calls for Welcome Wagon,
Ellen Myers (Mrs. Ellen M. Greer)
(1943-44), 887 Bush Apt. 500, San
Francisco, California. Ellen has
two children — Sheila Ann 7, and
Terry Jean 5. Our ex-piper writes
“ I was divorced two years ago.
At present I am stydying Steno-type
in San Francisco hoping to
become a convention reporter. The
girls are with their grandmother
in Syracuse, New York. We were
all in Iowa this summer. Drove
myself with the kids from coast
to coast and back again.”
Sarah Jean Gibson (Mrs. Robert
A. Bawden) (1944-45), 2416 Dugan
Court, Davenport, Iowa. Sarah and
Bob have three children — Jim
and Al, 3 years —• they are twins,
and iFrederich Andrew age 6
months. Bob is an advertising exe­cutive
with Bawden Bros. Agency.
Sarah is a retired reporter — “ just
fiddling around with Free lance
writing at present.”
Mildred Jean Cords (Mrs. James
Carlson) (1944-45), 3640 East Aven­ue,
White Bear LaJce 10, Minnesota.
Midge writes: “ Jean Ann, 11
months, and it took eight years to
?et her. My husband is employed
by the Retail Credit Company as
\ senior sales representative. We
left Iowa City in ’51 and have since
lived in Ottumwa, Esterville, Chi­cago,
Minneapolis, and now St.
Paul, where it looks quite per­manent.
All those transfers were
promotions so it made packing the
dishes much easier. We ran into
Gayle Fischer and Pearl Greipen-berg
at an Iowa “ whoop-up” last
year in a small preparation for the
Minnesota-Iowa game, and except
for an occasional plug the High­landers
get via television, they
have been my only contact with
an era which is just loaded with
wonderful memories.” Another in­teresting
bit is that the Carlsons
have just bought a house.
Charles D. Moore (1938-41) 1370th
Photo Mapping Gp, Aerial Survey
Team No. 2, c-o PM N. Y., APO
81. I am going to quote Charlies
letter in full: “ Greetings to all
from Iceland. I received your
letter before I left the States. I
was in school in Georgia at the
time taking an instructor’s instru­ment
course and didn’t get a
chance to answer you right away.
Time passed and I just sort of
never got around to answering the
letter you sent. Please accept my
apologies. I am flying in a Mapping
and Charting Squadron doing aerial
surveying. It’s quite a long drawn
out process and I couldn’t explain
writing half the night so I’ll just
let it lay there. We have been
here since June and expect to
leave and go back to the States
during the early part of Septem­ber.
By the time we leave we
should have a survey network com­pleted
between western Europe and
eastern Canada, with the exception
of Greenland, which we will com­plete
next year. Quite a project.
When we complete a couple more
of these networks, we will be able
to tell you exactly, or more exact­ly,
the size of the world.... Sure
do think that your scholarship pro­ject
is a good thing .... Your
news items on past members of
the Highlanders was very interest­ing
reading. Enjoyed hearing about
some of the older troopers. Those
were the days. Sure would enjoy
sitting down with you sometime
and getting into a ‘Bull Session.’
Suppose you are wondering what
this place is like. To say you have
been here is pretty good I guess.
But, to be here is not so good.
Here at Keflavik, it is cold, cloudy
and rainy all summer long. We
have worn our winter blues for
the whole summer. The country is
mountainous and boasts a couple
of glaciers and quite a few lakes.
They have very bad roads so trav­eling
by car for any distance is
almost out of the question. On
the north coast the weather is a lit­tle
better. Due to the wind usual­ly
coming from the south they
don’t get the low cloud forma­tions
that we get here and so they
see more of the sun. Except for
a couple of cities fishing is the
main industry now. I understand
that growing sheep used to be good
until some kind of disease killed
them all off. It’s slowly coming
back now. It’s a poor country and
except for its main city, Reyk­javik,
is rural and very undevelop­ed.
The language spoken is ‘Old
Norse’ , not too unlike Norwegian.
Well enough of that. I am still
stationed in West Palm Beach, and
Martha and I would sure like to
have any of you that happen to be
down that way to give us a call.
I should be around there all winter
training new crews, etc. Most of
our planes will be going in for
a major overhaul when we get back
so we won’t be taking off any-
Page Two HIGHLANDER CHRISTMAS LETTER
where, I hope . . . . Say ‘Hello’ to
any of the old gang, and also the
new gang for me, and hope that
you have many new happy tours.
Seme o f my best college memories
are ‘with the Highlanders.’ Also,
say ‘Hello’ to Mrs. Adamson. Yours
truly, Chuck.”
Barbara Cofrman (Mrs. Max Bou-stead)
(1944-45) Woodbine, Iowa.
Barbara and Max have two chil­dren,
Bill 8 and Jon 7. They are
still farming near Woodbine, Iowa, j
Barbara did some substitute teach­ing
'ast year in Woodbine high
school. Barb writes: “ Attended1
Homecoming again this year and |
as usual Highlanders were fine, j
Sorry to see Purdue tie Iowa in
final minutes. Attended wedding re- ']
ception for ex-piper Vera Greiner
and husband Kent Cass Stephens.
She was married in Chicago, Oc- j
tober 1, and she and her husband
are both employed there.”
L’Louis Smith (Mrs. Bob DeButts)
(1945), 1403 104th Avenue S. E.,
Bellevue, Washington. L ’Louise, our
ex-piper, and Bob have two chil­dren,
both girls — Bobette 8%, and
Suzette 5%. L ’Louise writes: “ Look
ed in a mirror this fall for the
first time in 8V2 years and dis­covered
wrinkles and gray hair!
Bob and I took a trip to the Carri-bean
last spring and last summer
we discovered a new and exciting
pastime — water skiing!”
Dorothy Magill (Mrs. Robert M.
Turnbull) (1943-45), 1431 Summit, !
Ames, Iowa, then after July, 1956,
Assiut College, Assiut, Egypt.
Dorothy and Bob have two girls —
Ann Magill 3. and Carol Sue 2. j
We hadn’t heard from Dor°thy for
a long time and we are glad t o !
see that she writes us: “ Bob is
employed by the Board of Foreign
Missions of the United Presbyterian
Church as Agricultural Missionar­ies
in Assiut, Egypt, and he’s been
on furlough this year for further
study in Ag. at Iowa State. Af­ter
teaching physical education for
four years and getting my master’s
at Penn State, I was married and
have spent the last five years in
Assiut. Egypt. Our two daughters
were born in Egypt. My husband’ s I
work as an Agricultural Mission-1
ary consists of the supervision of |
a dairy of pure bred Jersey cattle j
.... and a livestock improvement
project in some of the villages of
Egypt as well as administrative
duties on the faculty o f Assiut
College. We are in America fo r a
y ear ’ s furlough and will return to
Egypt in the summer of 1956. I
haven’t been privileged to see the
Highlanders but thrilled at the
sound c f them on radio. Best
wishes. Dot Turnbull."
Helen Huber (Mrs. Jack Eberle)
(1944-46), 116 Iowa. Muscatine,
Iowa. Our ex-drum major has three
children — Phillip 6; Ricky 3; Su­san
2. Jack is still with the Bell
Telephone Company. Helen writes
about Jeanne Engdal (Mrs. Hugh
Weaver) Jeanne and hubby have
traveled extens!vely while he was
in the service. They have one son.
They are now living at 6429 North
Navajo, Chicago, Illinois.
Marsena Nelson (Mrs. J. G. Ger-lach)
(1943-46) 1412 Wentworth
Ave., Calumet City, Ill. Marsena’s
husband is with the Standard Oil
Company as a Chemical Engineer.
Our ex-drummer writes: “ Noth­ing
’s changed very much the last
year. Still in the same spot with
the same little girl (Lynn Marie,
age 2). who has turned into quite
a chatterbox. I sew for her and
just finished a plaid skirt (re ­sult
of good training received in
Highlanders and SUI Home Ec.
Dept.) Also I ’m looking forward
to pursuing my favorite pastime
o f figure skating and ice dancing
again this winter. I ’ve been doing
it a long time and hope to get
Lynn started in a year or so. thus
solving the baby sitter problem,
(unless the family increases, of
course). In May we were in Color­ado
around Denver and Colorado
Springs and up the Trail Ridge
Road. All the recollections of trips
with the Highlanders came back
with a rush! We drove up Cheyenne
Mountain at Colorado Springs again
and this time I had an opportunity
to skate a coup’ e of times at the
Broodmoor Ice Palace there. Best
wishes to everyone.”
Eileen Doerres (Mrs. John K. Wil­liford)
(1943-46) Lillington, North
Carolina. Eileen and John have two
children — Peggy 5, and Johnny
2%. Our ex-snare drummer writ­es:
“ Still holding a yankee fort
in this tobacco country where my
husband practices medicine. Have
just sent for our tickets to see the
Scots Guards on December 2nd in
William Neal Reynolds Coliseum in
Raleigh. I ’m hoping the rest of the
Highlanders (I mean those of us
who didn’ t see them in London)
will get to see and hear them.
Still hoping some visitors will come
to see u s !”
Lois Price (Mrs. Dean E. Duncan)
(1945-46) 312 E. 4th Street S., New­ton.
Iowa. The Duncans have three
children—Mark 7%; Bruce 5V2; De­borah
2. Dean is new manager of
the United Food Market in New­ton
where they were transferred
last June.
Jeanne M. Engdahl (Mrs. Hugh
Weaver) (1944-46). 2118 Huron
Drive. C o n c o r d, California.
We haven’t h°ard from Jeanne
fo r quite a few years, land
p.re verv to report that
Jeanne and Hugh have one child
— Cra’ g Allen 1%. Hugh is TJSN
Officer now stationed aboard U. S.
S. Mt. Katmai A. E. 16. Jeanne
writes that she returned last fall
after two years spent on Oahu,
T H. where her husband was sta- j
tinned. Prior to latter two vears j
each in Norfolk. Virginia, and San j
D'ego. Ca.liforn:a. Jeanne was an j
art maior at SUI and has done j
newspaper frustration and window j
display work.
Vera Greiner (Mrs. Cass Stevens
(1944-45 ) 148 Ann Street, Clarendon ,
Hills. Illinois. Here is a belated
congratulations to Ver and Kent on J
their marriage on October 1, 1955. j
Vp’ -i, wr'tes that, she is emnloved j
w'th Arthur Andersen and Co.. and
Kent is an accountant with the Ford
Motor Company.
Luc ile Schoenfeld (Mrs. S. Lich­tenstein)
(1944-46), 2421 Montair
Ave. Long Beach Cal. Stan is with
the J. C. Pennv Companv in Long
Bea eh a nd has been promoted to
main floor manager. Lucile writes j
that Siwnnne. 4 vears old. attends |
pre-school once a week.
Patrice Van Liew (Mrs. Edwin
S. Will-'ams) (1946). 3201 Gough. ,
Ap t 102 San Francisco 23. C a l i - !
fornia. We haven’t heard from Pat j
in som» t,-me. and we are haonv !
to see where Pat was married in
Tune. 1954. Thev have no children.
Pat’ s husband is a career officer
in th<» TT. S. Armv r™v with the 1
30th AAA Grout). Ft. Rarrv. Cali- j
fomia. a«j Assistant On^rat'ons Of­ficer.
Pat is with American Air- <
’ ines a" seeretarv to the Public
Relations Representative. Our ex-niner
writes: “ Ed. mv husband,
and I met one another in Sch- ,
wahisc h Gmund. Germanv. a little j
town near Stuttgart. We were both j
stat-'on°d the-re he with a Field I
Art'll erv Battallion of the Armv |
and I was a recreational director
in an Armv Service Club. We met j
the dav he came in to help set j
up the P. A. Svstem throughout our
service club.”
R oberta “ Bobbv” Henderson (Mrs.
Gilbert. D. Hi l l (1943-46) Newell.
Iowa Bobbv and Gilbert have three
''hii^ren — Brian 7: .Tulia Ann 5:
Timot.hv 1. Gilbert fs vice-president
of the First National Bank in New­ell.
Iowa. Our ex-piper and dancer
writes: “ Can’ t tell vou how my
heart nounded while watching the
Highlanders perform at Homecom­ing.
Could hardly sit still when
thev all danced the Highland Fling !
Mv husband accuses me of want­ing
to attend an Iowa same only
to see the ‘half-time.’ We acquired
a. big roomv new Chrysler last
snring and so took our first long
vacation with the family. Big Sand
Lake in northern Minnesota was
our destination.”
Patricia Short (1944-45) Camp
White. Oregon. Pat and I have
had considerable correspondence
th's vear. first about her brother
learning the pipes, and about her
nlanned tour of Europe. Just the
other dav I received a report on
her trin. nartieularlv her exoerienc-es
in Scotland. I enjoyed it so
much I am sure vou will. “ Dear
Bill: Hi, how is the trip abroad
shaping u o ? ? Alwavs hannv to
hear about the HIGHLANDERS.
Hone you aren’t running into too
many Aberdonians. the nasty
kind that is. Mv trin to Scotland
(and other nlaces on the man) was
tremendous. Even the air in Scot­land
smelled better .... but then
| we had iust left L^eds. that may
! have had something to do with it.
Spent about ten days around Edin­burgh,
Glasgow, and Braemar ....
wasn’t enough. At Alexandria, just
out of Glasgow, I met a shinty-playing,
bagpipe-playing, Presby­terian
minister who said that he
had had quite a conversation with
you about the pipes when the High­landers
were over a few years ago
.. .. Rev. Alan G. Hasson, who
studies at Yale. He is quite a
piper, thrilling me no end with
his delicate grace notes .... and we
managed a few flings, too. I stay­ed
with the Hassons fo r three j
days, and he was pleased to learn |
that the Highlanders arc c om in g ;
back. Ah .... adventures in Scot- 1
land. About the funniest was this
friend who insisted that the only I
wav to see Loch Lomond was by I
row boat .... a portly gentleman, I
who I suspect was high blood pres- j
sure, etc. ... also a friend o f the !
Hassons Well, off we went in .1
small row boat, which had a sput-tery
motor, chugging up the Severn j
river ... getting almost sw am p ed 1
by the big tourist boats. You
might know, we RAN OUT o f gas
iust. after we got into the Loch ... J
and there was one pole or oar on 1
the boat so I guess you know who
po’ ed us back to the Pier .. .. |
ynp. and. singing the Bonny Bon-|
nv Banks like any good tourist in
the process. They didn’t give us
our monev back either! When I
first, arrived in Alexandria .... at
n’ ght, and vou know how those
Scots save on electricitv in the lo­cal
railway stations .... couldn’t see
a, thing .... well. I asked the con­ductor
to call a. cab He had a
big conversation with the local
brakeman, or something and every
so often thev would look hooefullv
in mv direction ... I couldn’t
understand a. thing they were sav­ing.
Finally one stared me straight
in the eve and said thrup-me-bit!
That did it .... thev just wanted
three cents fo r the phone call. I
KNEW I was in Scotland! Saw the
militarv Tatoo on the esplanade of
the Castle, gee, it was thrilling.
Tho most impressive sight was the
lone niper .... way up on the ram-parts.
nlaving a lament, with the
w'nd Wowing his plaid about him
and ruffling the ribbons on the pip­es.
AP lights were turned o f f ex-1
cent the spot on him There was ,
an exhibition o f precision drumm- j
!ng bv six fellas that was nothing!
short of remarkable. You thought 1
that vou were looking at one.
playing in front o f several m’ r-rors.
Quite a thrill to see 250 pipers j
all in the same spot, I thought ... . !
but that was before Rraemar!
“ At Braemer the scenes were re- j
oeated and more. We arrived, via j
bus. about ten in the morning.
Activities were already underway,
simple games like tossing the cab­er.
the 58 pound weight, the stone,
etc., and kilts! EVERYWHERE.
The chief of one o f the clans .stolled
by, feathers in his Bonnet and long
cape swishing. The royal family
drove right past us about three in
the afternoon, what a thrill. Coming
back to Edinburgh on the bus, we
passed through some small villag­es
where all the people were out
waving and cheering the hundreds
of bus loads o f people. A day to
remember for sure. Saw the Scot­tish
country dancing in the Princes
Street Gardens open air theater....
the most fascinatingly beautiful
dance seen anywhere. So infinetelv
graceful, tricky, but always lilting
until you could hardly keep your
feet still. There were eight exhi­bition
dancers, they would do the
dance once, then about two hun­dred
townspeople would do it. I
would love to get some o f the re­cords.
and steps — do you know
where? The only ones I can re­member
the names of are “ The
Golden Phrasant and The Dyke of
Perth .... THINK these are right.
How about the Highlanders doing
one? Broke the bank on Harris
tweed and Shetland hand knit farile
swea.thers. Also managed to get to
one of my favorite ruins, Hermi­tage
Castle, deep in the border
country. I might say that more
people know about it now than
did before last August. I inquired
at American Express, Thomas Cook
and Scottish Omnibuses .... no soap.
They would finally find Newcastle-ton
(the castle is seven miles dis­tant)
but suggested such awful rou­tes
it would have taken too much
t5me to go from Edinburgh. In
desperation I was going to hire a
car (determined) and stop just
ONCE more in a branch railway
station to inquire. They said, “ Wall
ye kin take the train and git ther
in two hours, if ye will.” Would
I ! So off into the countryside via
the train rode I, and arrived in
Newcast'eton and then did have to
hire a car to get to the castle.
A perfectly lovely ruin of a place,
with an eighty year old caretaker.
The castle was built purely as a
fortress, and a3 there was only the
caretaker, my driver and myself
going through, it was fascinating
to reconstruct the old place, a fire
had really done the work, but the
stout walls were still there, and
the slits for arrows and the old
kitchen . where there was a hole
in the wall which had been used
for an oven The stone horse trough
was there, the dungeon where the
Earl of Douglas starved his pri­soners.
the old cemetery with the
graveyard o f the right foot Scott
drowned in the nearby river. We
spent about two hours just wander­ing
around. We saw the rooms
where Bothwell lay wounded, when
Mary of Scots rode over from Jed­burgh
to see him, they had plant­ed
trees to mark where she rested
on the way, and as the trees die
they are replaced, so still mark
the spot. The actual rooms weren’t
there, but the windows were ....
The rest of my trip was interest­ing.
especially Germany and Swit­zerland.
but nothing like that kind­red
spirit found in the Highlands,
where the wind whistles down from
the hills, and the sheep stand close
together, with their furry coats
being ruffled, and the tiny stone
houses so far off, and the old dry
stone walls .... vou can imagine
how reluctantly I left the pla ce .”
Margaret Joy Taylor (Mrs. Wil­liam
H. Welch) (1943-45). 1430 East
Bates Ave., Denver, Colo. Bill is
attorney with the Internal Revenue
Serv;ce and even though Margie is
a registered nurse she prefers to
do fashion modeling. We hadn’t
heard from Margie for several
vears. and are certainly glad to
hear what she writes: “ I lived in
New York from the time of my
graduation until my marriage. At
that time I was modeling for John
Robert Powers and nursing at New
York Hospital. We have lived in
Denver for 1V2 years and love it.
We are going to have a baby in
February. We go to Iowa Alum
activities and I ’m always tickled to
hear of the Highlanders. I ’m tickled
to get this form. My sister Glenna
Taylor Winter lives in Colo, Iowa,
and I ’m sure she’d love to hear
from you.”
Gwen Buster & James L. Slater,
M. D. (Mr. and Mrs. (Jim- 1941)
<Gwen 1943-47). 1312 S. 10th Street,
Arcadia, California. Both Gwen and
Jim were Highlanders, both plaved
snare drums. They have two chil­dren
Jimmy 8. Robin 5. (girl).
Gwen writes as follows: “ Greetings
from California! Speaking of pic­tures,
Bill, w e ’d like to see one of
you and your family. Your little
ones must be pretty big by now.
We attended the Iowa-UCLA game
and chieered our little hearts out.
Iowa looked good and we’re always
glad there’s ‘next y ear.’ Have
caught, an occasional glimpse of
the Highlanders during the Iowa
games which were televised. Wish
it could be just more than a glimp­se
sometime. We are all fine, Jim­my
our 8 year old, is in second
grade, and life begins and ends
with playing and watching football
fo r him. Robin entered kindergar­ten
this fall and brings home
stacks of paintings, mostly of hous­es
and trees with purple leaves.
Jim is busv with his practice and
with bowling in two leagues. He’ s
president of the Countrv Medical
League this year. I keep busy
doing just what most other house­wives
and mothers do and serving
on a few committees, etc.”
Joan Carter (Mrs. David D.
Ring) (1946-47) 747 Tiburan Blvd,
Mill Vall e y Calif David and Joan
have two children — Debbie 3
vears, David Jr. 1 vear David
is an attorney with the Shell Oil
Companv.
Eleanor Nissen (Mrs. Robert T.
Bell) (1945-47). 7986 White Oak
Lane, Hammond, Ind. Eleanor and
Bob have two children —Billy 3%;
Kathy, age 2. Bob is an assistant
general foreman in the heavy oils
| division of the Standard Oil Com-i
oany’s Whiting Refinery. Our ex­piper
writes that they are plan­ning
to attend a Homecoming game
HiGHLANDER CHRISTMAS LETTER Page Three
and hope to see some “ oldees”
around. Bob had some very excit­ing
moments at the big Oil Re­finery
fire they had this fall. Bob
was assisting in fighting the fire
for 24 hours, which was very risky
business, however, he was not in­jured.
Zoe Louise Tracy (Mrs. D. S.
Hardy) (1944-47), 108 Laurel Ave.,
Muscatine, Iowa. We hadn’t heard
from Zoe for quite a few years,
and are happy to report that they
have one child — Tracy Louise,
14 months. Delbert teaches instru­mental
music at schools in Nichols,
Letts and Grandview in the Mus­catine
area. Having not heard
I ’ve discovered a fascinating hob­by,
thanks to you.”
Connie Carlson (Mrs. Harry B.
Carlson) (1944-48), 1709 48th, Des
Moines, Iowa. Connie and Harry’s
youngsters are really growing up.
Allen is now 6; Susan 3, and Doug­las,
the new one, is 8 months. Har­ry
is manager of the Des Moines
of f ice of the national firm of Peat,
Marwick, Mitchell and Company
Public Accountants. This ex-piper
writes: “ I t ’s grand to go to the
games and hear the drums roll and
pipes play. I almost remember how
to march again, after hearing it.
You did real well at the Purdue
game. As you can see, we have one
from our ex-piper for such a long more son in the family. The fam-time,
we are glad she brings us j ily is bigger but not the house, so
up to date when she writes as J we are building. We hope to be in
follows: “ After graduation, w h i le ! by next spring. Ah, for some el-my
husband was still in school, j bow room — to teach the kids
I taught H. S. English at Solon, | how to do the Fling.”
Iowa, for two years. The ensuing j Barbara Henderson (Mrs. G. E
three years we taught together in
northeastern Iowa and western Io­wa.
In 1954 I made an appoint­ment
with the stork, and resigned
Korn) (1945-48), 67-93 Fleet Street,
Forest Hills 75, New York, Not
having heard from “ Bibbie” for
some time, we are happy to re-from
teaching for good! We seem j port that they have three children:
always to be in some situation or ! Ellen Mary and Margaret Hallam
other, which makes life interest- j 5% years; Susan Eliza 3%. Jerry
ing. The summer o f 1950 we spent
six weeks in New York visiting
friends and slumming in general.
On impulse, I went on all female
is an associate editor on Collier’s
magazine and Bobbie is “ just a
housewife.” Our ex-piper who
brought the g o l d f i s h
bicycle excursions (with some oth- back from California on the
er SUI classmates) through upper Highlander trip, writes: “ Nothing
New York state, Connecticut and about us especially — but I ’ve dis-
Massachusetts. In 1951 we spent covered a great loyalty to all
the summer on top of a mountain things Scotch — the skirl of pipes
in Idaho, doing fire-watching (from etc., and I remember the pleasant
a 20 foot tower) for the Forest experience of walking through the
Service. An article which I wrote fall twilight past the medical build-about
this experience was publish­ed
in the “ American Mercury”
ings, by the armory, to ‘Highland­er
practice.’ To Bill I can only
magazine in July, 1955, issue. In say — thanks for my nicest college
1952 my husband was a delegate j memories.
from our town in northeast Iowa
to the State Republican Convention.
This made our lives especially in­teresting
because I am a Demo­crat!
1954 brought us our biggest
adventure to date — the birth of
our first child.”
Janet Gutz (Mrs. John S. Way)
(1945-48), 1008 Finkbine Park, Iowa
City, Iowa. Jan and John have
three youngsters — Kathleen 3%;
Margaret 2; Ben 1. Jan reports
that John is still working on his
Ph. D. in Anatomy (2 years to
Em Evans (Mrs. Charles A. Mer- j g o ) . Jan has a new job this year,
ulla) (1945-47), 125 Westlawn Park,
Iowa City, Iowa. Here’s another
ex-piper we haven’t heard from
for quite some time. Em and Char­les
have two youngsters: Anthony
Evans 3%; Michael David iy2.
Charles is a junior medical stu­dent
at SUI. Em is a housewife.
After Charles finishes his two re­maining
years here, thejy expect to
move to the northwest.
Marilyn Guenther (Mrs. Floyd A.
Rummel Jr.) (1945-47), Britt, Iowa.
They have two children — Ellen
6) Ardell 3. Floyd is executive vice-president
of the First State Bank
of Britt.
Joanna Hurts (Mrs. George V.
an instructor in the College of
Nursing (no she is not a nurse).
She writes: “ As you note, we’ re
still in Iowa City, with several years
to g o — and surprise, no new ad­ditions
to the family this year.
I have had a wonderful jo b on
the College of Nursing faculty since
February o f ’55 interviewing appli­cants
for the College. At present
I ’m teaching a pre-school fo r the
psychiatric nursing program but
go back to interviewing second
semester. This is all half-time. I ’m
still a full time ‘Mama’ and ‘John’s
better half.’ We’re lucky, we have
three very healthy and happy chil­dren
who don’t mind this routine
Neshiem (1945-48), 413 Mono at all. The Highlanders looked
Place, Colorado Springs, Colo, wonderful during the 1955 football
“ Jonn y ” and George have three I season. And now another trip to
children: Kristine Ann 4; Eliza-j E u r o p e— How do you do it, B i l l? ’,
beth Jean 2%, and Leslie Jo 1. j A very merry Christmas to all of
George is a newspaper press man
on the ‘Free Press’ local daily.
Jonny w rites: ‘ 'In December of last
year we added our third girl t o ;
our clan. The older girls are fas­cinated
with the idea of their moth­er
playing a drum, so Highlanders
in 1969 look out — the Nesheim
girls may start invading the SUI
campus! We’ve become real Color­ado
enthusiasts. Come vacation in
Colorado and drop in to see us.’
H. Joan Nissen (Mrs. Robert
Kriedeman) (1946-48), 619 7th Ave,
Coralville, (Ia. City) Iowa. Joan
and Bob have two children: Beth
Ann 5, and LuAnn Jane 2 years.
They have this year purchased
and now own Midwest Sales Com­pany
— a vending machine busi­ness.
Our ex-piper and dancer writ­es
that they are now back in Iowa
and would love to have anyone
drop in to see them when return
ing for Homecoming or any other
time.
Helen Peters (Mrs. Keith A. Kin-ner)
(1944-48) No. 3-124 Prospect
Ave., Long Beach 3, Calif. Helen
now writes that she is employed
as Art Supervisor of the Tustin,
Calif, elementary schools. Helen
has developed a very interesting
hobby. She writes: “ As a result
of my association with the Scot­tish
Highlanders, I have developed
a taste for all things Highland,
and especially tartan. I have paint­ed
to date 12 studies of regimen­tal
and clan dress, similar to those
I remember in the Highlander
practice room. I shall continue to
hunt for new materials: maps,
books, crests, Scottish history, for
you, present and past, please stop
and see us if you are ever in
Iowa City.”
Mary Elizabeth Gillen (Mrs. Ro­bert
J. Raim) (1939-41 & 1946-48)
c-o E. J. Raim, Pollard Ave., Flor-ham
Park, New Jersey. Mary Liz
and Bob have one youngster T Jef­frey
John, 8 months. They are at
present stationed at Ft. Knox, Ky.,
where Bob is assigned to the 3rd
Armored Division which will "g y ­roscope
to Europe in May.” They
expect to be there about three
years, near Frankfort, Germany.
Mary Liz adds: “ As typical of
army life we have moved since
the last Highlander letter — and
will again move in May. Of course,
the biggest event of 1955 was the
birth of our son, Jeffrey, we sure
enjoy him. Hope the Highlanders
are planning another trip to Eu­rope.
(WE ARE. SEE END OF
CHRISTMAS LETTER). Would
love to see you over there. Sure
miss California and especially our
weekends at the ‘Hustons’ — and
the other ex-Highlanders in Califor­nia.”
Patricia Malloy (Mrs. Carl Ba-cino)
(1945-48), 909 West Boone,
Marshalltown, Iowa. Pat and Carl
have two youngsters — Maribeth
6; Paul, 6 months. Carl is in the
grocery business with his father.
The most interesting event this
year was the arrival o f their son,
Paul.
Joyce Larson (Mrs. Jack Robert­son)
(1949), 754 State Line, Kansas
City, Missouri. Quoting most of
J oy ce ’s letter — “ It has been so
long since I ’ve heard or gotten the
Christmas letter from the High-alnders
that I ’m going to be early,
and hope to get one this year. I ’ve
quit being a Hostess with Braniff
Airways for a much better position
I ’m a housewife and mother to a
sweet little girl, Holly Ann, who
I hope one day will g o to Iowa
U. and be a Highlander, too! My
husband is a pilot with Braniff,
just can’t help but be in the sky
one way or another. Surely would
like to know where Sal Finkbine
(see her letter) and Faye Jensen
(Mrs. Raymond Waler, 207 E. Cen­ter,
Mt. Morris, Ill.) are. I know
they are both married but don’t
know their adresses. Maybe they
will be in the letter this year. Do
you people ever get to the “ cow
town” , Kansas City, sure would
I love to see you all perform again.”
Kay Klotzbach (Mrs. Donald
| Risk) (1946-49) Independence,
j Iowa. Kay and Don have two
youngsters, Billy 4 ^ , and John 1%.
Don owns and operates an abstract
office — Buchanan County Title &
Loan Company.
Nedra McNabney (Mrs. Bob
I Sautter) (1946-48) Mt. Vernon. Io-i
wa. Nedra and Bob have two chil-dien
— Paula five years, and Rob­bie
three. Bob is practicing medi-j
cine in Mt. Vernon, Iowa. Nedra
is very nice to write: “ We have
just bought our own home and are
in the process o f completing the
j upstairs. I want to mention the
j wonderful performance of the Scots
j Guards. It was a truly great ex­perience
— I loved every minute.”
Margery McDonald (Mrs. Charles
;W. McKinley) (1945-48), Bull Run
| Rd., Brownsvile, Pa. Margery and
j Chas. have f o u r children:
| Lane 6Mr Laura 4%, Leslie 19
months, and Margery Lynn, bom
i January 14, 1956.
Charles is business manager of
the Brownsville Telegraph. Our ex­tenor
drummer w rite s : “ The Home­coming
was the nicest half-time
performance w e ’ve seen for a long
time. Even have to admit that the
University band was good. Every­thing
is about the same as last
year. Same job, same town, etc.,
j Lanie is in first grade and keeps
j me busy answering questions. She’s
already complaining about the boys
and too much school work. Laurie
is our individualist and busy bee.
She collects things and rearranges
them most o f the day. Leslie
should have been our boy — a
character at all times.” (See spec­ial
mention of Marge and Charles
at the end o f this Christmas let­ter.)
Margaret McCaslin — (Mrs. R.
M. Hemingway) (1945-49), 314 3rd
Avenue S. E. Waverly, Iowa. Dick
is an attorney at law in Waverly.
and they have one youngster, a girl
named Hollis 2% years.
Norma Lou Haegg (Mrs. Donald
W. Pollock) (1945-49) after 2-1-56
1142 Newport St., Denver 20, Color­ado.
Don is with the Lion Oil
| Company, Land Department. We’re
having trouble keeping up with Nor­ma
Lou and Don when they w rite :
“ We’re moving from Bismark, N.
D. 12-1-56 to Billings, Montana,
where w e ’ll be until February 1.
1956. Then we go baick to Denver
and hope to live in our Newjport
Street home for a while. I ’m
not working anymore as a speech
therapist, just trying to learn to
be a housewife.”
Diane Horrabn (Mrs. George R.
Conn) (1948-49), 913 S. 11th Avenue
W., Newton, Iowa. Diane and
George have two children, Denny
4, and Davay 2. George is employ­ed
at Jasper Lumber. He is part
owner of the yard, draws plans
and is in charge of building. Diane
writes: “ We built a new home this
past spring. Moved in July 1 and
are enjoying it very much. Oc­casionally
I see other ex-Highland­ers
who live here in Newton —
sure wish the present organization
would perform here sometime so
we ‘old guard’ could see you,
Bill. Am looking forward to seeing
the performances at football
games*, etc. this year.”
Alice Lotridge (Mrs. James E.
Dunley) (1947-49), 3947 Mosley
Drive, Columbus, Georgia. Alice
and Jim have two children — Ed­ward
James age 4, and Samuel
William age 2. AlijCe very inter­estingly
writes: “ Flew back to the
States after a tour in Germany.
Must say w e ’re very happy to be
back. After a brief leave in Iowa
we have settled in Columbus. Geor­gia,
where w e bought a house.
We’re getting a taste o f civilian
life again. Jim’ s in the Advanced
Infantry Course at present. He
graduates in June and only De­partment
of Army knows whether
w e ’ll remain in Ft. Benning or
move to foreign lands.
Janne Tyler (Mrs. James B. Pat­ten)
(1946-49), 1009 Bedford, He­lena,
Montana. Jan and James
have three children, Tommy 4,
and Andy 3 (both crazy about bag­pipes),
and K atie l ' i - Janne writes:
“ I druge away at housework while
Jim travels all over the USA. He’s
stil Secretary Counsel of Montana
R. R. and Public Service Comm.
Heard the Highlanders on NBC’s
“ Monitor” broadcast of the Iowa-
Wisconsin game. While the announ­cer
praised our fame. I sat and
bawled like a babe. T ’was very
thrilling! Might add, you all
sounded wonderful. The highlight
of the (October 11) Patten’s year
comes next week when we all
drive to Iowa to dump the kids
and then on to Ashville, Northl
Carolina, to attend a convention
(and play a little golf). Children
are all entirely too normal and
too rowdy.”
Sally Ann Quist (Mrs. Paul Wil­liam
Kamman, Jr.) (1945-49), 1204
j Harvard Terrace, Evanston, Illi­nois.
They have two children. Lynn
age 2, and Trent age 2 days —
(bom November 16, 1955) Paul is
1 employed as an art director for
Needham, Lois, and Brorby Adver­tising
Agency. Sally writes as fol­lows:
"Enjoyed watching the High-
; landers perform on TV. Sorrfy I
! am so late in returning this, Bill,
but I wanted to be able to add
the name of our son and he was
! ’ couple weeks late being b om .”
Marthabelle Cooley (Mrs. Elwyn
C . Pickart- (1945-49), 241 Hills-
[ borough Dr., Lakeland, Florida,
j We were very pleasantly surprised
j to see Marthabelle and Elwyn at
one o f the Iowa games this past
fall. Marthabelle writes: “ I quit
my job as society assistant at the
local newspaper, so now am a full
time homemaker. “ P ic ” (Elwyn)
is still employed by American Agri­cultural
Chemical Company at
Pierce, Florida, in the Engineer-
: ing Department. During this year
1 we started a Do-it-yourself project,
i — We bought an unfinished house
and have spent the summer finish-
■ ing the interior. Quite an under­taking
for amateurs! This year I
I was e’ ected to serve on the Lake-i
land Little Theatre Board — we
have quite an active group with
I 900 members. We are considering
| ‘Brigadoon’ as the spring musical,
j which would be to my liking. Now
| that I ’m a woman of leisure, I
plan to resume golfing, so I won’t
! be a golf widow anymore.”
Pat Hodgen (Mrs. Jy R. Storey)
I (1947-49), 722 W. 12th Street S. New­ton,
Iowa. They have one youngster
21 months, Douglas. Jay is assis­tant
manager of Wage and Salary
division of Industrial Relations De­partment
of the Maytag Company.
I Pat writes that her family and
Jean Sahs Tupper ( ’47-51) now live
! right next door to each other in
Newton, and both have completed
new homes in 1954, and that it is
such fun having good friends from
college days nearby.
Faye Jensen (Mrs. Ray Walder)
J (1948-49), 303 East Brayton Rd.,
Mt. Morris, Illinois. Faye and Ray
| have three children: Barbara 3,
Debra 2, and Dan 1, and “ our
second boy (? ) is due in Feb­ruary.”
Ray is teaching high school
biology and general science. He is
also the Freshmen - Sophomore
coach fo r football and basketball.
We have not heard from Faye
for some time, and she brings us
up to date when she writes as
follows: “ Guess we’re settled here
in Mt. Morris fo r some time now,
since we bought an eight room
house this fall. We’re now in the
process o f remodeling the first
floor, and hope to re-do the up­stairs
too. I ’ve been goring drum
lessons to a few of the high school
students and consequently our girls
have started playing a long roll,
five stroke, etc., Sure hope they’ ll
be in the Highlanders some day....
Saw the Iowa game on TV a few
weeks ago and the Highlanders
were great. Gosh, sure gives me a
big lump in my throat to hear or
see them. Would give my right
hind leg to march with them for
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I
t
just one more time.”
Barbara Ginter (Mrs. Jack Hus­ton)
(1945-49), 10881 Barranca
Drive, Cupertino, California. One
of the most pleasant surprises of
all the letters I received was the
information contained in “ Bobbie’s’
letter; let me quote it in full:
“Me - description - Pregnant. Posi­tion
- housewife.
Jack description contented. Posi
tion haberdasher — still in the
men’s wear business—Russel Hus­ton,
Los Altos, California. Jack and
I just returned from a week’s va­cation
in San Diego and Los
Angeles. We attended the Los An­geles
Alumni Banquet October 20,
at the Statler Hotel with our hos­tess,
Marian Rees. What fun it is 1
to see old friends! Loie Schoen- j
feld Clfton and her husband were '
there and many others - not High- j
landers - whom we knew from |
SUI. We attended the Iowa-UCLA'
football game the following eve-1
ning. I wish the Highlanders had
performed at the game to offset
our disappointment in the game
result. We wouldn’t have missed
the game for anything, though ....
For the benefit of those Highlander
alums who have not been back to
Iowa for some time, I might add,
that when Jack and I saw Bill
and Fran Adamson last summer j
they were both looking well and
happy. Bill has a new position and
office which he’ll no doubt tell you
about. Sorry to have missed Chas. ]
and Margie McKinley by one day
when we were there. Now a word j
about the Scholarship Fund: As Ex-1
Highlanders you can recall the!
amount of time it tcok in individual ■
and group practice to have a sharp j
routine. Remember those early Sat-;
urday morning rehearsals before j
the game"., and the concentrated j
drill before weekend trips? It used
to be that manv of the best High- j
lander troupers needed that time j
to work in order to finance their |
education. Sad were the days
when members had to leave the
organization in order to stay in
school. Blows like this were hard
on the Highlanders as a group and j1
d'fficult for the individuals. But j
now, with scholarships available to j
competent. capable members, the
organization can begin to maintain
the highest caliber of talent that it
can attract. For the iob that Bill
and the girls in Highlanders are
doing. they deserve the best. Send j
two do’lars with your letter, will ya i
huh?”
Thanks a million, Bobbie. Very well
sa!d !
Beverlv Richards (Mrs. Charles j
E. Weeber) (1947-49). 755 Hansen!
Ave.. Salem, Oregon. Beverly |
brings u s u p to date in telling j
us that her husband is practicing
medicine in the Salem Clinic and j
she, after leaving SUI, spent one j
year teaching in the high school
at Olwein, Iowa. In the summer
of 1952. she was marred and her
husband went into the service.
Thev traveled in the South and
finally were stationed in the Wheat
Country — Salina, Kansas. A year
ago they moved to Salem, Oregon,
after her husband got out of the
service. They bought a home last
January, and think it is wonderful
to be settled. No children yet —
but have a dog. no special breed
just a “Dog” dog.
Jane Walker (1947-49), 2040 Jef­ferson
street, San Francisco, Cali­fornia.
Jane is fn the offices of
Jesse H. Steinhart, Law. Jane com­plains
that she hasn’t anything new
to report. She did stop off in Iowa
for a few days on her way to New
York last summer. She planned to
attend the Iowa.-UCLA game, and
had heard the Highlanders on the
radio at the Iowa-Wisconsin game
and “ darn near cried.”
Frances Artlev (Mrs. Philip Le­vine)
(1947-49), 632 S. Capitol, Iowa
City, Iowa. Frances and Ph!!ip
have Mark Artley, 4, ? ? Levine
(minus 2*4 months). Phil is an
SUI instructor in creative writing
and in the English Department. We
haven’t heard from Fran in some
time and our ex-tenor drummer’s
mother, Mrs. Artley, has very kind­ly
brought us un to date on Fran’s
activities, as she writes: “ After
leaving ‘Iowa’ in 1952. Fran spent
a year as instructor and costumer
at U. of Oklahoma filling in a
leave of absence for Helen Lauter-er,
regular costumer. lrhe following
year found her back in Iowa City
with the Television Laboratory.
T’was then that she met Phil. The
i
following summer found her in N.
Carolina as costumer on the staff
of the 'Horn in the West’ Outdoor
Drama; and on to Tallahassee,
Florida for the '54-55 term at the
University Speech and Drama De­partment.
Phil says no more work­ing
— so — for a family.”
Eloise Peterson (1947-50), 7807
USATEUR Detachment, APO 742,
US Army, New York. Eloise is
employed, I think, by the U. S.
Government in Berlin, Germany.
She is to be there, at least, until
May, 1956. We certainly hope that
Eloise will be in Germany while j
we are there in July, 1956.
June Schmidt (Mrs. Robert
Roth) (1947-50). 1413 Franklin |
Street, Iowa City, Iowa. June re- j
ports that they have two children,1
| David 3V2 and Danny 10 months,
i Bob works for his Dad in the Feed
! and Hatchery business here in Iowa
. I City.
Dona Dobson (Mrs. Virgil Hard­er)
(1947-50), 4087 Union Bay Circle,
Seattle 5, Washington. Our ex-pip­er
and Virgil have two children,
Christine 3% and Don 1%. Virgil is
teaching Business Letter Writing
and Report Writing at University
of Washington. Dona writes:
“ Last summer we had a wonder­ful
‘trip-move’ from Illinois to
. Washington and we love it here.
There is a Highlander organization
1 here and one in Vancouver, B. C.
but haven’t had a chance to see
either. I met Mary Ann Seberg
J this summer and heard you have
| some new doub’ets! Several Iowa
U. people are here — C. E. Peck
(of Business Letter Writing), Mary
Jane Vance Vart Peck (Pharmacy)
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and Toe Burke (Dentistry), but
are there any Highlanders around
here?”
Gladys Nelson (Mrs. Willard Gi-
| sel) (1947-51) Ventura. Iowa. Glad-
, vs and Willard have one youngster,
I Steven, six months. Willard is in
| partnership with his Dad in Ven-i
tura. The ex-snare drummer sends
grettings to all and states the most
important thing that happened dur­ing
the past year, was the arrival
j of a nine-pound boy, June 11.
| Margaret Barnes (Mrs. K. K
, j Brinkmeyer) (1946-50), 233 Derby-
; shire Rd., Waterloo, Iowa. They
have two vounesters Lvn Mare 3,
and Janet Gail 1. Brink is Sales
Manager of Waterloo Corrugated
Box Company. Margaret writes:
“ I always enjoy receiving the
| Christmas letter each year and
think it is a most wonderful way
[ | of keeping in contact with each
other. I know its a lot of work.
, The girls looked so nice at the
, | games this year and I ’m so happy
, to hear about the coming trip. They
. j have many things to thank you
| for. I know you will all have a
: 1 wonderful time.”
Marjorie Campbell (Mrs. Walter
Larson) (1947-50). 2307 Briarfield
Rd., Kinston, N. Carolina. Mar­jorie
writes that her husband will
be in the air force until next July.
He is a flight surgeon at Stallings.
Air Base, Kinston, N.C. and is
commander of the hospital. Their
daughter. Debbie, is new three
j ! yeans old. Marj brings us up to
f. date on her activities as she writ­es:
“ Since last Christmas. we
have moved from Texas to North
Carolina (Walt was transferred in
March). We took extra leave time
— and had a lovely trip through
the South (visiting New Orleans,
Biloxi and Gulfport. Fla. etc.) We
like N. Carolina, living only 50 mil­es
from the Atlantic, we have made
several weekend trips to the Coast.
The highlight of this, year was our
4th wedding anniversary which we
celebrated by go'ng on a Bermuda
Cruise (with Walt’s brother and
wife from la.) We went on the
M. S. Stockholm, of the Swedish-
Amercan line, and had a marvel­ous
time. We will be back in la.
next summer. Walt wi’ l be at
Blank Memorial Hospital in Des
Moines as a resident in Pediatr’cs.”
William W. Jenna, (Colonel re­tired
and Maude. 830 Sistina Aven­ue,
Coral Gables, Fla. We cer­tainly
were pleased to hear from
Col. Jenna and Maude, and allow
me to quote his letter in full:
“ Greetings from the Jenna tribe
and thanks for your good lettei
which arrived in all good time
Let’s start back about a year age
and get up-to-date on twhat has
transpired. At about the time ]
went to Formosa I thought that
I was going to ‘graduate’ witt
the Class of 1953, which was wher
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Formosa I was informed that I
vas to be held on in active serv-ce
until such' time as it suited
be well known army to toss me
>ut. So. on I stayed. Then early |
n 1954. I was notified that this \
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vas going in September, 1954. That
became that: Maude and I set
?ail from Formosa on 11 August •
1954. We had a very quiet trip back
md I certainly em'oved the loafing,
'or the job of Chief of Staff of
he MAAG (Military Assistance Ad­visory
Group) on Formosa was
'ertainlv the ‘S&S&!’ madhouse;
with which I had been connected.
[t was a swell job as far as that
Is corjcerned. and I loved it as you
nan imasrine — having no more
=ense than I have. We landed in
San Francisco on 23 August and
ifter five weeks there. commuting
o Palo Alto, where Maudie was
/’ siting- some good friends of her’s. i
is opportunity permitted, I ‘grad-iated’
. It was a nice ceremony,
ear jerking in spots, but very nice
md at about five o’clock on the>
afternoon of 30 September I was
OUT. Then came the period of
readjustment to ‘civilian’ life. I
f'*nire it took me about seven min- j
utes to change from uniform into
civies and Bill, I assure vou I
was completely readjusted. Mau-rt>
e and I took the California Zeohr
the next mbming and hit for
‘HOME’ and. man oh man. I
mean HOME. We stopped off a
counie dav= in Chicago to visit mv
brother and his family, and then
Kit for- Coral Gables and we love
it. Of cotorse. She house was
emptv — and how — when we got!
here, but we bought ourselves a
h°d and moved in. We borrowed
his and that and the other from
Woudie’s s’ ster and her husband
ivho live here and we started
housekeeping ■— breakfast a sand-vi
eh for lunch and out for dinner.
Then we got a car- — an OLDS
mper 88 and we were set. About
Hie midd’ e of November, house­hold
goods started to converge on
us from everv possible direction
s»nd fo” the next six months, the
ooor old Olds never did get to see
Hie ins-do of the p-a,"''?e. Final!v.
;ve got settled with curtains and
F>ve"vthinp\ Bv dint o f sidling in
=ind out. we got the car ba,ck into
hhe garage Times were fa!rlv nor­mal.
nevertheless, and we enjoyed
Kq grand weathe*- of the well (
known state of Florida except it
reallv got uT’ eomfo’"tablv ^ool sev­eral
times during the winter. Ul-
Mmatelv the time passed and voung
Bill and his •wife arrived. They
moved in with us. because thev,
could not get an apartment from
the Universitv of Miami at the
moment. That, however1, was swell
with us. Then on 14 September,;
our Formosan (protege and erst­while
house-bojy arrived and he;
moved in with us Relieve me Bill, j
we were nlentv ‘sauz’ up- but that
was OK, too. We had been trying
for 18 months to get him over here
and it is grand to have him. His
main amb'tion in life is to become i
an American citizen. We thought
it would take him, five years to
do it. but we were wrong. He wll
do it in two years and three
months, because he goes into the
U. S. Army in January. Thev did­n’t
waste anytime in grabbing on-'
to him. but it will be well worth
his while. At th'e beginning of No­vember.
the Kids struck a bon-1
anza and they got an apartment
on the /campus. Now. we are three
in our little house and are getting
along famously. Tung. Yi. our For-1
mosan, is developing into a swell 1
cook and We are all happy about |
the whole thing .... Tung was really
amazed at what he saw in these
United States. The buildings amaz­ed
him — he landed at Baltimore.
Then the number of ears on the
Streets simply astounded him. first
on account of their numbers and
■secondlv on account of the fact
that he rarely heard a horn. Over
on Formosa, there are three things
necessary on a car. (1) accelera­tor.
(.2) brake and (3) a horn and
of these three the horn is far and
away the most important aicces-sory.
It took him some time to
realize that possibly, just pos­sibly,
it was not necessary to sound
a horn at every pause in the driv­ing.
but we think he is getting
accustomed to it now. We were
delighted to hear that the High­landers
have grown to such a
strength. Tell me — do vou have
48 pipes and 24 drums? Wasn’t
that the goal that we set? With
90 actives, you must have that p!ro-nortion.
Mavbe it is even better
than that. More power to you, Bill.
Tell me — are you still in the
nuonset huts across the road from
the Armory? (Yes) You know some
thing? I shall never forget the days
spent at SUI. Maudie and young
Bill and I can recall some mar­velous
experiences there. We loved
it all — except for the lousy cli­mate
which they can give back to
the pioneers at any time —■ and
we recall it with the greatest pos­sible
Pleasure very often indeed ....
And. now, let’s close off this epistle,
[t has grown to almost book length.
A. Merrv Christmas and a very
Happy New Year to you and to
nil the Highlanders. What a gang!
And a reminder that NO PMS&T
and his family could possibly enjoy
our associations with you all as
much as Maudie, young Bill and
I did.”
Bill Jenna. Jr. (1946-50), 830 Sis­tina
Ave.. Coral Gables Florida.
Bill reports that he and Patricia
Baron were married 17 .Tnlv 1954.
Bill is completing his degree at
the Univers!tv of Miami and f” rth-er
writes: “ Pat and I met in Hong
Kong where we also honevmooned
after our marriage in Formosa on
July 1954. We lived in Formosa
for a year before deciding to re­turn
to the States so that I could
complete my degree. We left For­mosa
in .Tune and spent the sum­mer
traveling through southeast
Asia, India, the Middle East and
Europe to complete our ‘round the
world’ tour, broke but haonv.” Al­so,
we were very pleasantly sur­prised
to receive a scrapbook
which B;ll made on the Highlander
Trip to the West Coast in 1947.
It certainly brought back very
pleasant memories. Thanks. Bill.
Pat Morehead (Mrs. David Bul­lock)
(1947-50). 202 Crombie Place,
Atlantic. Iowa. Pat and David have
two children. Susan 4 and Ovnthia
l>-4. David is Assistant Manager
with the Bullock and Sons Depart­ment
Store. Pat writes: “Wish I
could think of something exciting
to report, but life goes on as us­ual.
and we love it. Our two demons
keep us worn out — afraid we’re
getting old. We alwavs snend a
week or so at Vacation Village
in July at Okoboii — so maybe
we’ll see some Highlanders there.
A’wavs make U to Iowa City for
Homecoming and look forward to
see'ng the girls perform. Like At­lantic
more and more — lots of
alumns here. Always at home to
anv of you who venture this way.’
Fran Valentine (Mrs. Ralph Ca­hill)
(1946-50), 21 Lauri Lane, San­ta
Paula, California. Fran and
Ralph’s youngster, Mary Beth, is
now 20 months old. Ralph is Geolo­gist
with the Texas Company, and
Fran is working part time as thera­pist
at the Cerebral Palsy School
in Santa Paula. Fran writes: "I
guess, the b!ggest thing that hap­pened
to the Cahills this year is
that we bought a house and have
been having a lot of fun fixing it
up, gardening, etc., this is a grand
place for the novice gardner, too,
for about anything will grew with a
minimum of care. Had a lot of
fun at the UCLA-IOWA game, but
due to that unfortunate score, suf­fered
much ribb:ng from our UCLA
friends. I’m convinced though
that if they’d had the Highlanders
there at the half to spur the boys
on, we might have won that game.
Marilyn Lee Anderson (Mrs. Jack
MacAllister) (1947-50), 1333 Wa-trous,
Des Moines, 15. Iowa. They
have two children. Steven 4. and
James one vear. Jack is employed
with Northwestern Bell Telephone
as unit manager of the local of­fice.
Jack and family transferred
back to Des Moines from Mason
City where they had lived two
vears. They built a new 3 bed-froom
ranch home this summer,
complete with large fireplace and
now are just getting settled. Last
winter they took up skiing — a
new sport for them. Come snow
j time they’ll be heading for the
| hills.”
Jane Pauls (Mrs. Earl R. Young-
! strom) (1946-50), 304 East 13th
HIGHLANDER CHRISTMAS LETTER Page Five
Street N., Newton, Iowa. Their two
children are Holly Jane 2% and
E ric Robert 9 months. Earl is em­ployed
in the Loan Department of
the Jasper County Bank. They had
just returned from a trip to N.
Carolina when they received our
letter. She writes: "We’ve a new
addition to the family to brag about
this year — a boy — b om F eb ­ruary
10. He’ s a real husky and
goodness, how busy you can be
with two actives — both red heads
incidentally. We also had an en­joyable
trip to N. C. this fall to
visit my parents who moved there
a year ago. I won’t call it a vaca­tion
as it wasn’t such when you
take two kids that far, but we did
have a fine time .... Many thanks
for your recent letter about the
Scots Guards and appreciate your
offer to get us good seats. Since
the Guards are going to be in Des
Moines, however, I think we’re go­ing
to try our best to get there to
see them.”
Doris J. Nunn (Mrs. James Pat­terson)
(1948-50), 1203 E. 11th, Da­venport,
Iowa. Doris reports that
she is a first grade teacher in
Davenport, and Bill is a Claim Ad­juster
with Travelers Insurance
Company.
Mary Rae Reimers (Mrs. Sylcan
F. Christofferson) (1946-50), 1338
South Raleigh, Denver, Col. Their
son, Greg, is now iy2 years old.
Hubby is carpentering foreman in
Denver, and Mary is substitute
teaching in Denver Public Schools
(Home Economics and some Jun­ior
High subjects). She writes that
she was glad to see Melanie Sni­der
(o f Iowa City) a few weeks
ago. She’s teaching in Englewood,
Colorado.
Dorothy Achenbach (Mrs. Don­ald
Swanson) (1946-50), 5868 W. 88th
St., Los Angeles 45, Calif. Dor­othy
and Don have two children,
Steven 2y2 and Robert ten days.
Don is a Design Engineer with
North American Aviation, Inc. Our
ex-snare drummer writes: “ R !ght
now we are enjoying our new
baby boy. Ten days old, b om Oct.
2. He’s a good baby so I mean
the ‘enjoying.’ Don has a group
o f seven UCLA-Iowa football tickets
for next week — a group o f fel­lows
are going. But ‘mommy’ has
to stay home ‘cause we lack a good
baby sitter — that’s l i fe !”
B. J. Miller (Mrs. Bob Penrose)
(1947-50), 2604 Amelia St., Burling­ton,
Iowa. B. J. is teaching first
grade in Burlington, and further
writes: “We moved into our new
house this July — its wonderful!
We designed it ourselves to make
it easier for Bob to get around in
his wheelchair — and that he does.
Its kinda of a combination ranch-style-
hunting lodge house in a love­ly
country living area. Needless to
say, it’s great to be settled at
la s t !”
Shirley Ann Beers (Mrs. James
A. Riggs) (1947-50), 3123 S. W. 23rd,
Des Mo;nes, Iowa. Their two chil­dren,
Jeffrey Riggs is 2%, and
Marian Riggs is ten days. Jim is
Managing Editor of Better Homes
and Gardens Magazine. She w rites:
“ The big topic of conversation in
our home right now is our young
daughter. We th'nk she is about
perfect — along with her big broth­er.”
Marilyn Smith (Mrs. Charles
Dodd) (1947-51), 905 West Main
Marshalltown, Iowa. They have one
youngster, practically brand new,
Thomas Lynn, 4% months old.
Chuck is now district manager for
the Vernon Company which is an
advertising specialty company. He
travels the central third o f Iowa.
She writes: “ We certainly enjoy
watch:ng all of the Highlander per­formances
each year at the g am ­es.
Every year they do get better.
Really makes me feel proud that
at one time I was a member of
the organization. Chuck and I are
so happy in Marshalltown — We
like it here so very much. Now that
Chuck has been made district
manager of this central district, we
are pretty certain hat Marshall­town
will be our home. We are al­so
happy that now we are a fam­ily.
Tommy is only 4 months old,
but he’s been lots o f fun — and
already pretty much runs cur
household.’
Edith Slavata (Mrs. Arnold
Fransen) (1947-51), 319 Court St.
Place, Iowa City, Iowa. Edie and
Arnie have two children Susie 3
and Jimmy, 18 months. Arnie is a
mathematics teacher at City High,
Iowa City. (Incidentally, Johnny
Adamson is one of his struggling
Algebra students, and I do mean
struggling.) Amie is also Junior
Class sponsor again this year.
They further write that IC basket­ball
team was runner-up in the
state tournament; also that her
Susie is absolutely crazy about the
Highlanders, and listens to the bag­pipe
music whenever she can.
Looks like a good prospect. Jimmy
is all boy and keeps them at a
dogtrot all day long. They got to I
see the Iowa games, and “ the I
Highlanders looked marvelous as
I usual.”
Joan McKinney (Mrs. Joan 'Fer­ris)
(1949-51), 410 N. Tenth, Center­ville,
Iowa. Joan has two young­sters,
Stevie 4 and Mike 2. Joan j
writes: “ I have been going to A.I.B.
here in Des Moines and think the j
boys and I will be moving up here I
in the spring. Nothing new has
happened to me (haven’t even gain­ed
any weight), but am anxious
to hear about the other kids. Was
so glad to hear about the High- i
lander Scholarship and how it has |
progressed. Let’ s hope we can
double it next year.”
Marilyn B. Anderson (Mrs. Ger- |
aid W. Evans) (1947-51), 2921 31st
St. Rock Island, I ll. Marilyn and
Gerald have one youngster, Nancy
Lynn two months. Gerald is em­ployed
in Rock Island with the Tex­as
Company as a salesman.
Beverly McNamee (1947-51), 567
Gilpen, Denver, Colorado. Bev
claims she played the pipes and
the whistle (drum major.) She says
she’s working as medical technolo-1
gist at Children’ s Hosp'tal there in j
Denver. Bev writes as follows: “ No
family to report on — lots of j
kids though — Childrens Hospital
is a lively place, believe it or not. i
Have been here 3 years now —
they say it takes 4 years to be a
native Coloradan. I ’m really be- [
coming quite fond of these hills, j
Heard the radio announcers ac- I
claiming the credits o f the High- !
landers during the Iowa-Wisconsin |
game — unfortunately we were c u t 1
off in favor of CU-Kansas.”
Jean Sabs, (Mrs. Richard E.
Tupper) (1947-51) 720 West 12th st.
Newton, Iowa. Jean is home econ-omist
in the research department
of The Maytag Company, and Dick j
is assistant to the sales promotion
manager. Jean writes: “ I live right
next door to Pat Hodgen Storey I
and our freshman year at Iowa
we were both in Highlanders and
also lived across the hall from each
other. We both have many happy
memories of our years in High­landers.
I ’ve enclosed a picture of
Pat and I taken in 1947, and also
one of up. taken at Pat’s house
one day when we were reminis- j
cing about Highlanders and SUI." I
No kidding! these two girls have
changed very little during these
past 4 or 5 years. Hair styles are
different, but that’s about all.
Martha Marshall (Mrs. Richard
Smith) (1949-51), 921 M. Avenue.
Nevada. Iowa. They have three chil*
dren: David 2V2. Cathy and Mike
(twins) 1. Richard is Office Su­pervisor
for Reuben H. Donnelley
Corporation, o f Direct Mail Ad-vert!
s'ng. Martha writes that thev
have been in Nevada two years now
’ 'ntil they feel nrettv much settled.
She says: “With three kids you
settle fa s t !”
Joyce Chapman (Mrs. Neil L.
Hysel) (1950-51), 631 Boone St.,
Webster City, Iowa. Our ex-snare
drummer and Neil have one young­ster,
Jamey Floyd, 2%. Inciden­tally
Jamev added his comments
on the back of the form. Thanks,
Jamev. Neil is working fo r a con­struction
company, and was dis­charged
from the Navy last March.
Joyce writes: “ Since the time Neil
w a s discharged from the Na\ty we
have been in Webster City. We
spent 3 weeks out west with Neil’s
folks this fall on their cattle ranch.
That’s the l i fe ! ! We are planning
on moving back to Wyoming this
soring. Just can’t educate my hus­band
to these city w a y s !”
Marjorie Briekner (Mrs. Charles
Johnson) (1949-51), 1493 Red River
St.. Dayton. Ohio. Marje and Char­les
have two youngsters: Brick. 21
months, and Randy 9 months. Char­les
is employed in Speech Rehabili­tation
by the Veterans Administra­tion.
He gives therapy to brain­damaged
(aphasia) patients. Our
ex-dancer and piper writes:
“ Chuck got his M. S. Ed. in
Speech Correction at Bowling
Green, S. U. in August. Since then
we have been here in Dayton, and
are moving into our own little 3
bedroom home now. Should anyone
of the Highlanders venture this
way, w e ’d love to have them visit
us.”
Joan Durr (Mrs. Robert Fulton)
(1949-51), 1708 Jersey Ridge Rd.,
Davenport, Iowa. They have two
children: Linda 2% and Bobby j
8 weeks. Bob is with the Crucible
Steel Company of America as a
sales representative. Our ex-dan­cer
writes: “ As I write this our
time is well occupied trying to keep
up with our daughter and new son.
Seems its hard getting back in the
babV routine. We bought a house
in August and moved in six days
before Bobby was b om so we now
have added responsibilities with
that. We’ve been to all the Home
games this year. Bill, and have
thought the Highlanders look real
g o o d !”
Barbara, Clark (Mrs. Robert Jo-wett)
(1950-51), 4723 West 87th
Place, Oak Lawn, Illinois. They
have one youngster, Susan Lynn,
age 1. Bob is Inside salesman for
Joseph T. Ryerson and Sons, Chi­cago.
Barb writes: “ Moved from
Rockford, 111., to Oak Lawn last
April. Summer found mother busy
with1 baby and daddy busy with
work and with winning all kinds
of prizes in golf tournaments. Su­san’s
first birthday — big event. I
Now looking forward to Homecom­ing
game and the Highlanders and
a long awaited vacation trip in No­vember
to Florida.
Betsy “ Glenn” Glendinning) Mrs.
Andrzej Korbonski) (1948-52). 614
W. 114 St., N. Y. 25, N. Y. A
belated great big congratulations to
Glenn and Andrzej who were mar­ried
June 1, 1955. Thev are both]
doing graduate Work at Columbia
University. Glen is working toward
an M. I. A. degree in International
affairs: Andrzej toward his Ph. D.
in Economics.
Joan Dunlap (1950-52). Westlawn,
Iowa City. Iowa. Joan is Staff nurse
City. Joan writes that she really
enjoyed the Christmas letter last
year and is looking forward to it
again. She says that she thinks
the Scholarship FVnd is a wonder­ful
thing and she hopes it keeps
growing.
Margaret Ann Artley (Mrs). Ben­ton
G. Moeller). (1951-52). CPD
LAROCHELLE BR. t l . USAREUR
COM. Z. APO 21, N. Y. We are
indebted again to Margaret’s moth­er.
Mrs. Artley, for giving us in­formation
on her other daughter.
Benton ig with the Army of Oc-ciroation
— Ov-'lian instruetor- in
training Division. She further
writes that until July 30 both Jerry
and Margaret were with the Navy
Department in Washington D. C.
Jerry, in Personnel Dept, and Mar­garet
in secretarial and typing di­vision
of Secret documents. They
have done extensive traveling over
the European continent, during the
past years.
Sallv Finkbine (Mrs. C ' f fort Rak­er)
(1946-52). 3009 W. 19th Ave.
Phoenix. Arizona. Clifton is doing
internship at St. Joseph’ s Hospital
in Phoenix. Our ex-tenor drummer
writes: “ We’re really enjoying
Phoenix but miss Big Ten football
o j i f l P r 5rT ' f o1l W€k‘, t*1'ar* T t ’ o
hot enough to swim and get a tan
down here, and the natives tell
us w e ’ll be eating Christmas dinner
outdoors probably. We never imag­ined
palm trees and such a. warm
year round climate when we
thought o f Phoenix. Hope High­landers
do real great performances
this vear — Hi to all.”
Wanda Elaine Krabbenhoft (Mrs.
Russell Kair) (1948-52) Miles, Io­wa.
Russ is a Lieutenant in the
Armv stationed at Ft. Ljewis, Wash­ington.
Wanda is a commercial
teacher at Sabula High School, Sa-bula,
Iowa, teaching Shorthand.
Tvjoing. Gen. Business and 7th
Grade Arithemitic.
Kay Tyrrell (Mrs. Don Crosby)
(1951-52), Box 545, Milton Junction,
Wisconsin. Kay and Don have one
boy Randy, almost a year old now.
Hubby is an electrician, and Kay
is trying to keep up with the
youngster.
Loah Lunan (1951-53), Box 202
Westlawn, Iowa City. Iowa. Loah
is a staff nurse at the University
Hospital since her graduation in
August, 1955. Loah writes that she
is working a rotating shift on the
eye ward. Plans to stay in Iowa
until around February.
Margaret L. McCulloch (Mrs.
Max E. Hoyt) (1951-53) 429 Iowa
Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa. They
have one voungster. Cvnthia Ann
Hoyt 1. Margaret is doing grad­uate
work at SUI hospital. Max is
finishing un his Pharmacy in Feb­ruary,
and at present is employed
at Pearson’ s Drag Store here in
Iowa City.
Dorothy Means (Mrs. Walter
B. Ingram) (1952-54) 333 Lexington
Ave.. Iowa Citv. and Ft. Benning,
Georgia. Dorothy and Walter were
married September 18. 1954. They
have no children. Wally is a Lieu­tenant
in the Armv Engineers
stationed at Ft. Benning, Ga.,
though he will be going on maneu­vers
in Louisiana until Christmas.
Our ex-snare drummer writes: “ We
spent the summer at Ft. Belvoir,
Virginia, near Washington. D. C.
and loved it. So much to see and
do there. We were onlv in Georgia
a week before Wally left on man­euvers
so w e ’re reallv not estab­lished
there yet. I hope to join
him there the first o f the year.
Marcia Mary Healy (Mrs. Hal-sev
M. Cook) (1948-52). 1507 Jam­es
St. Syracuse. N. Y. They have
one youngster. Cynthia. Marv. bet­ter
known as Cindy, age 15
months. Hal is rector of Cavalry
Church. Syracuse. (Marcia adds:
“ That’s Episcopal, Bub” ) . Certain­ly
glad to hear from Marcia Mary.
She writes: “ Biggest news around
the Cook house is that w e ’re ex­pecting
our second in May — and
then the full will reallv begin cau«e
they’ll be just 1% years apart.
Certainly do miss Mibsey (Pell)
Wood this year — it was fun
being in the same part o f the coun-trv.
I ’m still working on one of
our parish gals — Loraine Miller
— to go to Iowa. She’ s reallv sold
on the place, mostly because the
Highlanders are there. I ’ll have
to teach her the Com Song one of
these days. I often go to chanter
practice with her group — the
Syracuse Glengarrv Girls. Thev
participated in the local Scottish
games in August and did verv well
I thought. Heard some marvelous
P'ping at the Games — There were
Canadian bands down fo r it. Our
life goes on pretty muich the same
— very full with parish Work. We
get down to N. Y. City occasionally
and in February will spend a. week
in Washington. D. C. while Hal
attends some legislative ‘ school’ for
clergv. I ’ve never been there so it
should be fun . . • - Am still wish­ing
vou’d bring the gang East for
something — isn’t it time Madison
Square Garden saw them again?
1952
EUROPEAN TRIP MEMBERS:
Marilyn Joan Mey er (1951-53),
Ackley. Iowa. Our ex-piper writes
| that she s now employed at the
j Evangelical Hospital in Marshall­town.
as Assistant Instructor in
the School of Nursing.
Eunice Achenbach (Mrs. Everett
H. Eide) (1950-54). c-o Earl Ach-enbajCh,
Lisbon, Iowa. E v is in
flight school at Moore Airbase,
Texas. His rank is second lieuten­ant.
and he receives his wings next
June, then its First Lieutenant.
“ Me? I ’m loafing” says Eunice.
Eunice Writes too that she Ikes the
airforce life a lot. both getting to
| meet many wonderful people. In
September, I receivd a verv won-j
derful letter from Eunice describ­ing
the “ magic valley” of Texas
I where they are living. While we
here have it 20 degrees, they have
a temperature around 65 and 70
degrees. I t ’s sickening! Eunice is
asking about Marcene Ringuette.
(See end o f letter). She also writes
about Ann Kensinger Thompson,
| (Mrs. Herbert Thompson). Herb
is back at Iowa working on his
Masters. Also, Eunice’ s sister, Dor-
| othv. and hubby, are expecting a
baby in a few days (September).
They are in California now. Also,
that Mary Sahs is working in the
Veteran’s Hospital in Indianapo­lis.
Joyce Ann O’Connor (1951-54), 501
W. Surf St., Chicago 14, HI. (2315
East Street, Davenport, Iowa.
Joyce is teaching fifth grade at
the Latin School o f Chicago. (18
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children), and living with four oth­er
Iowa grads — Joe Mills- Har-riette
Lynch, Martha Payne and
Mary Donai. Joyce writes: “ You
haven’t heard from me o r seen
me since years ago. I missed you
last Homecoming by about 100
yards. You all were marching on
the field and I didn’t want to rush
down. I would have but had no big
plaid robe coat. Teaching is really
great. I ’m at last sitting on the
other side of the desk. There really
isn’t too much exctement at school.
Have collected 2 yos yos and 5
baseball cards from misbehaving
little boys. |Such a meanie they
have for a teacher. I f you remem­ber,
I wish you would send me the
itinerary of the future trip (See end
of letter). By the way, best of
luck on your second voyage. At
least we can say that we were
the first Iowa Highlanders to play
in Europe. I ’m still talking about
it, too.
Marcia Raffensperger (1950-54).
Box 943, Toledo, Oregon. Marcia
writes — (No one can say its bet­ter)
: “ I didn’t think I could do
it, but I survived the first year of
teaching and am back for more.
What could be the biggest surprise
is that they wanted me back for
another y e a r ! I am the advisor
to the Annual this year. I keep
asking myself how I got this job —
could be that I saw an open door,
went in and became an advisor.
As for Oregon, the moss I shed
from my back this summer is start­ing
to grow again — rain !”
Wilma ( “ Willie” ) Waller (Mrs.
Charles H. Richards) (1951-53),
1800 Watrous, Apt. 18-B, Des Moin­es,
Iowa. Willie and Charles have
one youngster — “ Chuckie,” age,
one. They are back in Iowa. Char­lie’s
employed with Solar Aircraft
in Des Moines as Methods Engi­neer.
Willie writes: "Chuggie’ was
a year old Halloween and is de­termined
to enjoy every minute of
this next year as much as he did
his first. Woe unto Mommy and
Pap pa!”
Mary Lou Mortensen (Mrs. Joe
Halbach) (1949-53), 345 South Park,
Iowa City- Iowa. Mary Lou & Joe
were married August 24, 1955.
Joe has one more year to go in
Law. Mary Lou is teaching 7th &
8th grade, Social Studies, at Uni­versity
High here in Iowa City.
Our ex-drum major brings us up to
date by writing: “ 5 taught in Cali­fornia
last year, but turned back to
Iowa pronto when one Joe Halbach
came back from serving with the
armed forces in Germany. It was
one smart move as witnessed by
change of last name .... The High­landers
really look great and I
really get nostalgic watching
them. We’re neighbors to your bar­racks
as we’ re in South Park
across the way. I want to come
over sometime, but U. H'gh teach­ing
really keeps me hopping.”
Mary L. Sahs (1949-53), .3432
North Salem, Indianapolis 8, In­diana.
Our ex-piper is an Occupa­tional
therapist in the Psychiatric
Section of V. A. h o s p i t a l
in Indianapolis. Mary writes: “ I ’ve
yet to be converted to a real
‘Hoosier’ . Now that my parents
are permanent residents of Iowa
City, I ’m hoping to be back soon
to see the Highlanders in action.”
Pat Pew (Mrs. Charles Cutler)
(1950-53), 36 9th St. S. W., LeMars,
Iowa. Pat writes: “ We have a
regimental football team, but the
old army bands just don’t take the
place of the Highlanders (as of
now, the address is : Lt. Charles
Cutler, 04018243, 60th Inf. Reg
Heavy Mortar Co., APO 176. N. Y .)
“We feel very fortunate to be over
here in Germany. Not seeing as
much territory as we’d like since
leaves are very scarce. We did
make Paris on a three day pass
— drove practically all night —
reminded me of our little train
trips from Paris, sitting up all
night. Paree hasn’t changed a bit
since the Highlanders invaded in
’52. This time my husband gave
me ‘security’ on the Eiffel Tow­er
(in case anyone remembers the
jok e ) .” Pat also writes: “ Expect­ing
our first child December 23rd!”
They are in Heilbronn, Germany.
He is a platoon leader in a heavy
mortar company.
Nancy Sweitzer (1950-52), 639
Wrihtwood, Chicago, 14, Illinois.
Nan writes that she is still keeping
her family supplied with plenty of
catalogs by working for Sears Roe­buck
& Company, as an advertis­ing
copywriter.
She w r i t e s “ No evi­dence
of my being elevated
to chairman of the board in the
near future but I do love my job.
At time of w r i t i n g this,
am anticipating a trip to Mexico.
Another girl and I are journeying
to Mexico City, Coroba, Fortin Des
Las Flores, Cuernavaca, Taxco and
as a grand finale to Acapulco for
six days of luxuriating in sun, sand,
and sea. Saw the Iowa-Wisconsin
game and felt that the Highland­ers
more than made up for the
team’s unfortunate performance
that day. Went to a party after
the game. When someone mention­ed
that I used to be a Highlander,
I was forced to do the f ling! Every­one
thought the ‘Iowa Ladies Pipe
Band’ was wonderful.”
Verna Jean Schmiedel (Mrs. Ed­ward
E. Schmiedel) (1951-53), 907
Boyd Frensno, California. Verna j
Jean and Edward have one young­ster,
Barbara Jean 21 months. Ed
is an interne at Fresno County
Hospital, and V. Jean writes that
she is a substitute teacher in the
Fresno Public School System. She
writes further: “ We enjoy Cali­fornia
but long for the State of
Iowa. In October we journeyed to
Los Angeles to see Iowa play
UCLA. From Fresno we plan a trip
to Mexico City before Dr. Sch­miedel
reports to the U. S. Army
base at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, j
We’ve made several trips to the I
Coast and nearby National Parks
such as Yosemite.”
Lee Lundquist (Mrs. Arlyn Mo­lar)
(1951-53), 529 East Burlington,
Iowa City, Iowa. Lee and Arlyn i
have a brand new youngster bom
September 22, 1955, named Mark
Steven. Lee writes that she is a
homemaker and her husband is a
Senior in Medical School as SUI.
He hopes to do interneship next
year in Michigan.
Harriet Sutton (Mrs. John Edward
Bullock, Jr.) (1949-53), 801 Banni­ster
Road, Kansas City 14, Mis­souri.
The Bullocks report one son,
John Edwards III. six months!
John is a pharmaceutical repre­sentative
for the Ames Company,
Inc., Kansas City, Mo. Harriet
writes: “ Jack and I celebrated our
wedding anniversary by attending
the concert given by the Scots
Guards. It was the first chance
my husband has had to see and
hear a real bagpipes band from
Scotland, and I can truthfully say
he enjoyed every bit of their per­formances
as much as I did. From
the minute they came out playing
“ Heilen Laddie” till they climax­ed
their performance with “ Bonnie
Scotland” , it reminded me of the
glorious trip we SUI Highlanders
made in the summer of ’52. For
those, like my husband who do not
completely understand bagpipe
music, the Scots Guards finale —
the ever recent and popular “ Bon­nie
Lassie” brought forth a stand­ing
ovation. After the performance
was over Jack and I went back
stage and talked to several of the
band members. While seeking their
autographs I told them of our trip
and our performances at the High-j
land Games and Princess Street
Gardens in Edinburg. They com-
' mended the SUI Highlanders for
their fine performance and the tre-cmendous
goodwill that resulted
from our tour of the British Isles.
I certainly was proud that day —
proud o f my association with the
SUI Highlanders, and proud of the
opportunity to be able to see such
a world famous babpipe and regi­mental
band here in the Heart of
America.
Carole Brainerd (Mrs. Reed
Hartsook) (1951-54), c-o Lt. R. H.
Hartsook, 807 B TACCON SQ APO
65, N. Y. Carole and Reed are
certainly having some interesting
experiences as she describes in her
letter “ We are living in the
Ramstein Housing Area in Bldg.
818 Apt. A-6, Tel. RAM GUI 43876
in Germany. Reed is a Supply Offi­cer
for the 807th Tactical Control
Squadron at Landstuhl Air Base.
Would enjoy any ex-Highlander or
present member who are coming
to Europe to either stop in or drop
us a line so we could get together.
Since arriving last February we
have been able to visit Germany,
Italy, France, Austria, Switzer­land,
Denmark, Sweden, Belgium,
Holland, and Luxembourg. Next
spring a trip back to Scotland is
planned to visit the town and peo­ple
we met on the 1952 trip. Any­one
planning a trip and would like
some hints on things to bring and
see — write us. I believe the best
times we have had over here have
been in Paris, Rony Munich.’ ’
Reed also added a few notes:
“ Just a short note from the other
half of the clan. Sure having a
good time over here and really
like Europe. Have decided to stay
over here another year so won’t
be home till sometime in 1957. My
folks attended most of the SUI
home games last fall and report­ed
the Highlanders put on their
usual good show. Best wishes for
a good Christmas and Happy New
Year. Reed Hartsook, Ex-Cheer­leader.”
Janet Suiter (Mrs. Robert S.
Rost) (1950-54), Box 621 Crescent
City, California. Jan and Bob an­nounce
the arrival of their brand
new infant Liza Elizabeth on Sep­tember
5, 1955 (Labor Day). Jan
writes as follows: “ I ’ve had num­erous
reminders lately of the Eu­rope
trip this fall. In the Oregon
Journal a group of Portland stu­dents
were pictured on the ship
on which they had just arrived
from Europe and you guessed it.
Right there on the life preserver
was AROSA KULM. Also, now that
I ’m staying home I listen to Arthur
Godfrey, He had a young girl who
sang Scottish songs and she did an
elegant job o f ‘Wil Ye No Come
Back.’ Surely rang a bell. Thanks
so much fo r the acknowledgement
of Lisa’s birth. We enjoyed the
newsy letter. Lisa is growing like
a weed, and of course, is a doll.
Really don’ t understand why or
how, but she i s ! Honest! In another
month or so, I ’m going to start
teaching her the fling and sword
dance. We’ ll be sending her tuition
to Iowa any day now.”
Gwenn Scales (Mrs. Ben Chai-ken)
(1949-54), 328 N. Dubuque,
Iowa City, Iowa. Gwen and Ben
have a brand new youngster, Mir­iam
Sue bom November 23rd. Ben
is a graduate student here on the
staff of the SUI Hospital as a re 1
search assistant in the Biochemis- |
try Department. Gwen writes:
“ Nothing much new except for our j
addition to the family—she keeps
us busy — what did we do for en- j
tertainment before? We have been I
most fortunate though as she has ;
slept through the night since she
was 2 weeks old. We’re still here j
4n Iowa City, as you can see, but
hope to leave any time — the soon- !
er the better as our foot is getting j
itch y ! Anyone know where they
might want a good Biochemist or
Bacteriologist in California”
Jayne Stewart (Mrs. Richard L. j
Freeman) (1951-54), Box C-51APO \
235, San Francisco, Calif. Jayne !
and Richard announce the arrival
of Patricia Lynn on October 26, j
1955. Dick is still employed by
Uncle Sam as Financial Analysis
Officer in the Comptroller’s Shop
(Office) Jayne writes as follows:
“We’re still on ‘The Rock’ (Okin-cwa)
but we’ll go back to that
good old San Francisco next
April, and in May will join the rest
of the poverty stricken mass who
call themselves civilians. I hear the
Highlanders are going to Europe
via the ‘Queen Mary.’ Getting aw­fully
fancy, aren’t you I ’ll bet
they don’t have nearly as much
fun as we did on the good old
A. K., though. We went to Tokyo
in May and June, and had quite
a time. What a shock to see neon
signs again! En route to Fuji we
met a boy from Aberdeen who
knew Mr. Anderson. He was get­ting
his citizenship through his A.
F. Tour. We haven’t been any place
but Japan, but Dick still hopes
to get to Hong Kong. I can think
of lots of places I ’d like to go
if it weren’t fori Pattie, however....
Incidentally, I finally graduated
by correspondence last June —
hurrah!”
Kay McNamara (1951-53) Marion.
Iowa. Kay is Elementary Vocal
Music Supervisor in Marion. Kay
writes that after years in the
Manning Pubic Schools she is in
Marion and likes it very much. She
says that Diane Odell is in Marion
also as Art instructor so they com­pare
notes regularly.
Sandra Sechler (Mrs. Kent Bart-ges)
(1950-53), 4908 Main St., Down­ers
Grove. Illinois. Sandy is a
public school speech correctionist
and Kent is now in private prac­tice
(Physical Therapy) in down­town
Chicago.
Marge Martin (Mrs. Ben Ruehl)
(1950-54), 1433 W. 9th (Apt. 206)
Spokane 43, Washington. Ben is As­sistant
Manager of the Creacent
Men’s Store. Marge is District Di­rector
o f Inland Empire Girl
Council. Marge writes: “ There has
been little change from last year
but by the next Highlander Christ­mas
letter we do hoipe to have
lots of news fo r you! This letter
is a wonderful idea for I love to
know what everyone is dong and
where they are. We’d love to have
any of you stop and have dinner
with us or stay with us. I f you
come out this way, do stop.”
Virginia (Dinny) Wise (Mrs. Nate
Phipps) (1950-52), 2013 Pammel
Court, Ames, Iowa. They have
two youngsters, Anne age 17
months, and Nathan A. HI (better
known as “ Dude” ) age 6 months.
Nate is in his last year o f veteri­nary
medicine at Iowa State Col­lege
and Dinny has a twenty-four
hour job as chief cook, bottle wash­er,
and diaper changer. Our ex­snare
drummer, bass drummer,
tenor drummer^ and piper writes:
“ A quick ‘ rundown’ on what’ s hap­pened
to me since I last saw you.
Phjyl (Rinderer) and I returned
from the Highlander’s European
jaunt in October o f ’52. I then got
a job in Chicago with a glor­iously
impressive title — but I was
just a glorified sect. The next sum­mer
I was married and we moved
into our barracks home here at
ISC. I taught many high school
subjects for a year in a little town
15 miles south of Ames (Alleman,
Iowa). Then came the young’uns
— a girl and a boy in rapid suc­cession.
By the way, my wonder­ful
husband. Nate, is also from
Cherokee — the 3rd largest city
in Northwest Iow a !”
Arlene Allan (Mrs. George
Greenway) (1949-53), 2125 21st
Ave., Rock Island, Ilinois. Ar­lene
is teaching, and George is with
International Business Machine Co.
Arlene sends along a bouquet when
she writes: “ I thought you’d like
to know, Bill, some man behind
us at one of the games got up
and exclaimed: ‘The Highlanders
look better in a company front
than the Rockettes!”
Sally Sackett (Mrs. Harry Eick)
(1952-54), 149 Riverside Park. Io­wa
City, Iowa. Sally and Harry
have one youngster Carol Ann born
July 9, 1955. Harry is doing re­search
for his Ph. D. degree in
Chemistry here at SUI. Sally has
a full time job at washing diapers
and sterilizing bottles for, guess
who?? Sally writes: "W e hope to
be through by this June — looking
forward to the ‘big mov e’ , destn-ation
as yet unknown .... The gang
looks (and sounds'.) good this
fall, Bill — am going to stop over
some day and try m y hand on the
pipes — have a nice easy set
around anywhere??”
Marilyn (Mickie) McMullen
(Mrs. Edward F. Diekmann) (1949-
53), 131 Hugo. Apt. 9, San Fran-sisco,
California. Mickie and Ed
were maried on June 26, 1955.
Mickie is working fo r a private
physician as a medical technician.
Ed is employed with a consultant
engineer. Our ex-bass drummer
brings us up to date by writing:
“ Since the last yearly letter much
has happened to me. My father,
whom many of the grls in my
group knew, died in January. It
still doesn’t seem possible that it
has happened. Ed and I were mar­ried
in June and after a week
in northern Minnesota drove back
to the west coast via the Black
Hills, Denver, Pike's Peak, Grand
Tetons, Yellowstone, Spokane, Se­attle,
the Oregon Coast and the
Redwood region. Truly a wonderful
trip. Now we are settled in San
Francisco where we plan to make
our home. There are undoubtedly
other ‘old alums’ in the city and
I'd love to hear from them.”
Janie Woodburn (Mrs. Marvin R.
Moles) (1949-53), 1630 Western Ave­nue.
Cheyenne, Wyoming. Jane did­n’t
say what she is doing, but
she says her husband is a physician
in Air F o r ce working in the OB-Gyn.
department at present, at
the Frances E. Warren Air Fo r ce
Base, Cheyenne, Wyo. Our ex-pip-er
brings us up to date by writing:
“We are looking forward to a mon­th’
s leave next February — our
first return to Iowa since August,
1954. We will return to civilian life
HIGHLANDER CHRISTMAS LETTER Page Seven
(and probably to Iowa) next Au­gust.
Service life is ‘ interesting’
and ‘dfferent’ but we long to be
civilians again! We heard in a
round about way that the ‘Kilty
Band’ played at Wisconsin this year
•— and looked very sharp, indeed!
Also that another European tour is
in the offin g.”
Camille Cooper (Mrs. Jim
Waery) (1951-53 ) 954 W. 35th Street,
Los Angeles 7, California. Camille
and Jim have two children, Robin
Sue 18 months, and Laurie 16
months (adopted). Jim and Camille
have moved to California where
Jim is back in school working
on a D. M. A. (Doctor c f Musical
Arts) at USC and enjoying Cali­fornia
very much, but miss Iowa.
Ruth Ashton (Mrs. Ronald H.
Johnson) (1951-55), 1329 Scott
Street, Davenport, Iowa. Ruth and
Ronald were married June 10, 1955.
Ron is Assistant Sporting Goods
Manager o f the Sears Roebuck in
Davenport. Ruth is teaching Phy­sical
Ed. at F. L. Smart Junior
High in Davenport. Our ex-whiz-bang
snare drummer writes that
she and Ron are also teaching so­cial
dancing three evenings a week
at the Junior high schools. This is
a Davenport recreation program.
Marianne Cook (Mrs. Don Shan­non)
(1950-52) , 1612-E, Forest, Ft.
Meade, Maryland. Marianne and
Don are looking toward the day
when they can go back to civilian
life.
Jane Condon (1950-54), 427 S.
Dodge, Iowa City, Iowa. Jane, our
ex-piper and tenor drummer, is
working at the Cerebral Palsy
Center. Des Moines. Iowa, as Oc­cupational
therapist.
Bonnie Nicholas (Mrs. .Edward
Schick) (1950-53.), R. R. 4., Mason
City, Iowa. Bonnie and Ed have
one youngster, Steve, 1% years
old. Bonnie writea that “We’re tur­key
growers” , and adds also: “ We
are enjoying this outdoor farm life
— with our ‘family’ of turkeys,
7 cats and a puppy! Think o f us
when you eat your Thanksgiving
dinner as we have 27 pound tur­keys
ready fo r market now. Can’t
the Highlanders who took the 1952
trip to Europe arrange a reunion
at some home football game in
1956 What fun!” (Yes, how about
that We could hold it right after
the Homecoming Game on Novem­ber
3. 1956 — Iowa-Michigan game.
Bonnie, you are elected as a com­mittee
c f one to make the ar­rangements.
I ’ ll furnish the postage
and secretarial help, if you can set
a time during which all of us could
get together. We could hold it here
in the Union. Bill).
Phyllis Rinderer (1950-52). 8113
South Drexel, Chicago. Illinois.
Phvl is teaching fifth grade in
Chicago Public School System. Our
ex-snare drummer writes as fol­lows:
“ Saw the Highlanders per­form
at Madison. October 1st. They
really looked sharp especially the
drummers. ( I ’m prejud:ced). Was
pleased to hear they’re going to
Europe this summer. Having been
one o f the lucky ones in 1952. I
can assure them thev’ll find it the
experience of a lifetime. Lots of
luck to them all and to you. too.
Bill.”
Donna Hamersly (1950-54). 727
15th Ave. S. E. Apt. 17, Minneapo­lis.
Minnesota. Donna brings us up
to date by writing: " I ’m employ­ed
at International M-'lling Com­pany
in Minneapolis as Secretary
to 10 men in the Production De­partment.
Quite a diplomat!”
Ozzie Carlson (Mrs. John Bar­ton)
(1950-53), 212 High, Decorah,
Iowa. Ozzie and John have a
brand new youngster, Curtis Jam­es,
born May 22, 1955. John is still
in the navy (since July, 1954; and
is aboard the U. S. S. Hooper Is ­land
(a repair ship) stationed at
Sasebo. Japan. Ozzie and Curty are
staying with the Carlson grand­parents
in Decorah. She writes:
“ I f we can depend on the navy,
John will be back in Long Beach.
December 12. so the Bartons will
all be together in California for
Christmas.”
Juanita Bethke (Mrs. Clyde Con­nell)
(1949-53), 1202 W. Hope Ave­nue,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Clyde
is with the Milprint, Inc. Milwau
kee. Juanita says that she is " r e ­tired.’
Juanita writes further:
“ We've been busy, busy, this last
month with a sudden move to Mil­waukee.
Clyde is now employed in
the lithograph department of Mil-print,
Inc., a packaging company,
as a sales co-ordinator. I, happily,
retired on our move from Madi­son
(Oct. 1) and am now trying
to decorate a new apartment and
beamingly hustling in preparation
for the arrival of our first wee one
(expected around the second week
of January).”
Jane B. Hoopes (1952-54), 114 E.
Fairchild, Iowa City, Iowa. Jane
writes that she is still a student
at SUI and will graduate in 1956.
Baila Mackey (Mrs. Thomas L.
Colglazier) (1952-55). 526 AIB, Co.
A, Ft. Knox, Kentucky. Baila and
Tom were married May 29, 1955.
Tom is a Platoon Leader in the
526th Armored Infantry Battalion,
“ for one more year, and then we
both plan to return to SUI.” Baila
further writes: “We are living in
a trailer here at the Officer’ s Train­er
Court. When Tom gets out of
I the Army next fall, we will return
to Iowa U. where Tom will take
a year o f so o f graduate work and
I will complete m y senior y ear.”
Martha Porter (1952-55), 182
Highland Avenue, Oskaloosa, Io­wa.
Marty writes that she is back
in Oskaloosa where she is man­ager
of the sportswear department
of Siefert’s Apparel Store.
Nancy Page (Mrs. Dean Ank-rum)
(1953-54), 911/2 Columbus,
West Liberty, Iowa. Nancy grad-
I uated in 1955 and was married on
August 20th. the same year. She
I is teaching 7th grade English and
| Geography at West Liberty Com-j
muni tv Schools. Dean is enrolled
! at SUI.
That is all the letters. 141 of
th em!! That is about a 15 per cent
increase over last year. All of the
letters sent Greetings to All High-
| landers, Old & New. and to the
Adamson Family. Thanks a lot.
Now for some odds and ends about
Highlanders, Old & New:
Prudy Meder (1952-56), Prud is
still a student and active in the
Highlanders, and announced her en-j
gagement last July to John David
i Leachman. John is at present sta-j
tioned in the Far East with the
i U. S. Army.
Marydale Merrill (1951 - 53)
) Marydale is doing graduate work
j and is also a dietician. Marydale
[ and Norman F. Dessel were mar­ried
December 3, 1955, in Ida
Grove, Iowa.
Cynthia Barnhouse (1954-55). Cyn­thia
was married to Roger E. Coe
April 15, 1955.
Ann Spinharney (1950-52). Ann
was married to Stuart C. Eicheid
this passed summer.
Marcene Ringuette (1954-55).
j Marcene was married to David
George F r iedlev. April 24, 1955,
| in Delray Beach, Florida.
Jean Baker (1944 - 47) “ Babe”
and Less Madison announce the
arrival of a six pound 12 ounce
‘Leslie J o e ’ on July 23, 1955. They
are living’ at 5450 N. Long Island
Drive, Milwaukee 9, Wise.
Laura Dempster (1940-43). Laura
and A1 Rice announce the arrival
of a brv, M*chael Alfred, on August
29. 1955. They are living at 9341
Cheyenne. Detroit 28. M:chigan.
Ruth J ’Anthony (Mrs. Ruth J ’-
Anthony Jaeckel) (1940-42). 36 Wind
sor Street. Waterbury 8. Connecti­cut.
H°d a’ together too brief a note
from Ruth saying that she is teach­ing
at New Haven State Teachers’
College.
Bill Meardon (1937-40), Iowa City,
Iowa. Our ex-piper was named,
‘MAN OF THE Y E A R ’ bv the Iowa
City Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Bill has been busy heading up the
1954 Community Chest Drive in
Johnson County. Cancer Drive. Re­publican
Precinct Committee Man,
teaching courses on traffic safety
at the Police Officer’s Short Course,
served two yen rs as Countv At­torney
since 1948. Along with John
Graham received a plaque in recog­nition
of their services for their
outstanding work in Community
Chest being the only ones who
have pushed the Community Chest
Drive over their quota.
John Graham (1938-40). Piper.
See comments at the end of Bill
Meardon’s information above.
Barbara Bacon. Heard about
Barb’s activities through her sis­ter,
who is one of our new High­landers.
Barb is in Cal^omia.
Sharon Brown (1951-53). Sharon,
as far as I know, is still in England
with her husband and youngster.
Her husband is in the armed fo r c ­es
there.
Jean and Joan Ewers (1952-54).
The Ewers twins are both mar­ried,
and have left Iowa City.
Mary Hauer (1952-54). Mary is
now married and is Mrs. Malini.
I believe they have now left Iowa
City.
Marianna Herriott (1951-52).
Marianna is engaged and expects
to be married shortly.
Kitty Kelly (1950-52). Kitty. I be­lieve,
is still in Occupational ther­apy
work in Iowa City.
Jan Noble (Mrs. Conger) (1951
54). The Congers are proud par­ents
of a youngster bom about last
October. They are still in Iowa
City.
Jane Walker (Mrs. Christiansen) j
(1950-53). Jane’s husband has about j
finished up his dentistry. They are
the proud parents of a youngster |
recently.
Barbara Wick (1950-53). She was
back in school last year, and she’s
still in Iowa City.
Col. George Dailey (1935-39). We
haven’t heard from him fo r overj
a year. However, we hear that he
is well, and he and Mrs. Dailey
are livng in Calsbad, California.
Carolyn Doscher (1952-54.) Car- 1
olyn is now Mrs. M. A. Kopecky.
Ellen Essex (1951-53). Ellen was
married to R. M. Engelbeck. They
are now living at 6048 Waterbury
Road, Des Moines, Iowa.
Virginia Anderson (1946-48). Mrs.
John Ford. Haven’t heard from
Ginnv for this Christmas letter, j
but did hear they are still in Way-zata
(near Minneapolis, Minne­sota.)
Marty Gerber (1937-40). Marty
and family are in Des Moines now, j
416 7th Street. West Des Moines, ]
Iowa. He is still with the Public j
Health Servce.
Margaret Goodenow (1948-50). j
Mrs. Wiliam Roth. Reverting to
civ'lian life, Margaret, husband j
and family are back in Iowa City
at 1429 Franklin street.
Bill Gower, Jr. (1939-41). Bill j
was here at SUI completing hs
Ph. D. in music. He’s back at j
Greeley State College, Greely, |
Colorado.
Martha Hale (1949-51). Mrs. Si­mon
Ince. Martha was through j
here last summer, and looks won- j
derful. Thev are at 51 West 76th
Street N. Y. 3, N. Y.
Nancy Hunt (1951-53). Mrs. Rex
R yden. Nan and her youngster,
along with ‘humpting’ more young­sters
formed a married housing
unit, were our most consistent au­diences
during this past fal l’s late
afternoon Highlander rehearsals.
Charles Ingersoll (1939-41). Char­lie
is assistant superintendent of
the General Hospital at SUI, and
they are living at 1104 Yewell
Street, Iowa City, Iowa.
Irene Livingston (1952-54). Mrs.
Yaro Schnoebelin. They were mar­ried
this .past summer, right after
graduation. They are living at
5301 North 29th St. Milwaukee 9,
Wisconsin.
Richard Mannette (1939-41).
Heard that Dick was stationed at
Sioux City Air Force Base. I wrote
to him. but no reply. Guess my in­formation
was not so hot.
LaVonne Mersch (1952-54). Mrs.
Wayne Tegler. Heard that LaVon­ne
and hubby were back on cam­pus
this past school year.
Marty Milani (1952-54). Marty
was married this past year.
Janice Papke (1952-54). Janice is
back in Iowa City wth, the Uni­versity
Information & News Serv­ice.
Dorothy Rankin (1941-43). Mrs. j
Dayton A. Seiler had another |
youngster this past year. They are
at 930 Crestview Drive. Pasadena,
California.
Mac Showers (1937-40). He is still
in the Navy now at 400 H. Avenue,
Coronado, California.
Jean Slavata (1951-53). Jean was
married a couple of months ago.
Arjes Sundquist (1952-53). Hear
that she is teaching school at Uni­versity
High, Iowa City.
Marv Vas ey (1953-54). She is now
Mrs. William P. Grubbe at 112 S.
28th Street, Colorado Springs, Col­orado.
Well, that is about all the in­formation
I can think of on indivi­dual
Highlanders. As you have pro­bably
guessed, most of it is hear­say
and not too accurate.
Here are a few letters received
recently but too late to be inserted
in their proper chronological or­der.
Nevertheless, we are certainly
pleased to hear from these peo­ple,
and also to receive their con­tributions.
Incidentally, if there are
any more ex-Highlanders who wish
to receive the Christmas letter we
would certainly be glad to hear
from them and to acknowledge the
receipt of their letter and contri­butions
and of course send them a
copy of this Xmas letter.
Joy Deane Arkin (Mrs. Fred Nis-senbaum)
(1943-44), 101 S. Park
Ave., Longmeadow, Mass. Joy and
Fred have three children: David 8,
Steven 5, and Margie 2. Fred is
a jeweler — self employed, and
Jov states that she is “ a house­wife.”
Bernard Alan Hanson (1940-42)
University of Florida, Gainesville,
Florida. We received a very plea­sant
surprise when Bernard drop­ped
into our office iust after Christ­mas.
Bernard is Assistant Profes­sor
in Humanities at University of
•Florida. Bernard has not changed
one bit. O, perhaps a few gray
hairs, and still complaining about
the Iowa weather. Who wouldn’t,
after coming from Florida.
Leon C. Karel (1936-40). Gersfeld-
Rhon, Gunther-Groenhoff Str. 15,
Germany. Leon’ s letter is so in
teresting that I am going to quote
it in full: “ I got a newsclipping
saying that the Highlanders would
be in Europe in July or August
and. since I never seem to be able
to get from Kirksville to Iowa City
to see you and the pipers, maybe
we can get together here in Eu­rope!
Will you please let me know
your itinerarv as soon as you can
We will be in England during Au­gust
and I ’m planning a trip there
now so I ’ll try hard to be at the
same place you are sometime!....
We (the whole family) have been
here since September on a Ful-bright
research grant. Most of the
time has been spent in Germany
but a month was in France and
tomorrow we leave for a month in
Italy! The kids go to a German
school, we live with and like na­tives
and are in genera! having
quite a t im e ! We have a little Vol­kswagen
and go all over in it like
crazy. We are living with a man
who used to be a student at Kirks­ville
and who is now school teacher
and organist here in Gersfeld. He
is the teacher in the room to which
the two older children go,
that helps a lot. Our town is up in
the Rhon mountain near Folda. It
lies in central Germany about 7
miles from the Soviet Zone. Nan
has a little coal stove in the kitch­en
and one in our bedroom which
involves a lot of ash and wood
carrying. No phone or refrigerator,
of course, but oddly, we don’t
seem to miss these things! Our
welcome has been most cordial and
we like it here a lot. Do let me
know as soon as you can about
the trip. I don’t want to miss
seeing you and hearing the Pip­ers,
Yours, Leon.”
Jeanne Wing (Mrs. George Wil­son)
(1946-48), 205 East Lake, Rock­well
Citv, Iowa. Jeanne reports that
she and George have two children:
Ricky 5, and Nancy 3. Jeanne writ
es as follows: “ George is a partner
in the Conley & Wilson Insurance
& Real Estate Agency. Hope I ’m
not too late for the Christmas let­ter
— I can hardly wait to read
the exciting events of the past year.
Nothing very ‘newsy’ has happened
to the Wilson family this year —
Ricky is in kindergarten and loves
it. I ’m teaching Nancy the Fling!
We enjoyed Iowa’s Homecoming
and saw lots of old friends. Bro­ther
Bill is a sophomore now and
he helped entertain us. Highland­ers
looked g rea t! ! As always—”
Bonnie Lou McKitrick (Mrs.
George Carter Ewing) (1951-53), 801
East Pearl, Harrisonville. Missouri.
Bonnie and George have one
youngster. David Robert one month
old. Bonnie writes that David is a
husky, and that he weighs 10 lbs,
12 oz., and is 21 inches long. George
is in business with his father. They
handle John D eere and New Holland
Machinery and Mercury cars. Our
ex-drummer and dancer further
writes: “ After our marriage, Car­ter
and I spent our honeymoon in
New Orleans, Florida, and made
a quick trip to Bermuda on passes
I earned while working for TWA.
Soon after our return I began work­ing
at one of the local banks as
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bookkeeper and tellers until July
of this year when I quit to await
the arrival of our new son bom
November 17, 1955. I would sure
like to hear from some o f the old
girls. Pat Cutler, Mary Lou, Kay
Crosby. By the way, I hear from
‘Pete’ Moore from the Arosa Klum
(Steamship) every now and then.
They have four redheads now.”
Maridee Hill (Mrs. George J.
Hegstrom, Jr.) (1945-47), 1612
Clark, Ames, Iowa. Maridee and
Dr. George have three youngsters:
Trey (George, m ) 6, Marley 3,
Erik 2. Dr. Hegstrom is a special­ist
in internal medicine with the
McFarland Clinic. Maridee writes:
“ Nothing much to report this year.
We are, at last, building our house!
But with this weather it appears
as if the foundation will just sit
there all winter. Naturally, we are
greatly excited about it and I, for
one, wish we could move in tomor­row.
Saw the Scots Guards from
England and was so moved I was
all misty-eyed and several times
wanted to leap on the stage and
dance with them.
Their pipers, including the one left-handed
man, were terrific — but I
think our SUI group has an im­pressive
manual with the drum­sticks,
something the Guards don’t
do. Their major was fabulous with
that ever-so-slight but dignified
rock’N’Roll to his walk. I talked
to one of the dancers after the
performance — Angus McDonald —
and he said he had seen and liked
our SUI group, but the rest of his
statement was so burried in burrrrr
I couldn’t understand him at all.
And now I ’ve lost the program he
autographed — Oh, darn and Hoot
Mon. But the memories linger on
— hope some of the rest of you
saw them.”
Beverly Bartels (Mrs. James
Dyke T r e n e m a n (1949 -
53), 114 E. Market, Iowa,
City, Iowa. Beverly and Jim
are expecting a child in February.
Jim is a Senior in the College
of Medicine here at the University.
Beverly writes further: “ Not much
change in our life since last year.
I ’m still working at University Hos­pital
in Occupational Therapy. Plan
to start out as a housewife and
mother in February, 1956. Have
hopes of going west for Jim’s in-temeship.
Hope we make it .”
Photographs and Snapshots
I am certainly grateful to all of
you who h iv e sent in snapshots
and photographs. Most of them
are excellent. I have turned them
over to the Editor of the Univer­sity
Alumni Review.
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
From the 147 replies to our re­quest
we received $211.00 for our
Scholarship Fund. The people who
have had experience in fund rais­ing,
and campaigns, tell me that
this is a very high percentage. It
is naturally a high percentage, be­cause
we have a very select and
fine group of people from whom
we expected contributions. Did you
read Bobbie Ginter’s letter above
Tuition here at the University has
been increased to $102.00 a semes­ter,
therefore, we are most an­xious
that all of you ex-Highland
ers who have not already contri­buted,
would you please do so.
We have awarded two scholarships
for the first semester of 1955-56.
They went to:
1. Sue Donelson.
Sue, for the past year and a half,
has directed our Chorus. She is
a music major, and has made spec­ial
arrangements for several new
songs. She has done, and is still
doing, a marvelous job.
2. Maxine Crone.
Maxine has been our lead snare
drummer for the past two years.
She is an excellent drummer and
has assisted in the instructing of
the new members.
We will award two scholarships
i for the second semester of 1955-56.
J We hope to finance those next two
scholarships from the contributions
of members. If not, we will ask
I the sponsors of the Highlander per­formances
to finance the balance.
When Marge McDonald and
Chuck McKinley were visiting us
this past summer, Chuck offered to
print the Highlander Christmas let­ter
this year. Needless to say, we
immediately took him up on the
idea, so we are all indebted to
his wonderful cooperation in hav­ing
this Christmas letter legible.
sistant to the Director of the Mem­orial
Union.) The Highlanders have
offices in the Union now. In addi­tion,
we still maintain the Bar­racks
office near the Field House,
for rehearsing, and storage of our
uniforms. When any of you people
are in Iowa City, drop in to the
Union in the morning, or at the
Barracks where I will be in the
afternoons.
PAST ACTIVITIES OF
THE HIGHLANDERS
During the spring of ’55 we took
part in the usual military reviews,
and then during the fall, as well
as spring, took several uneventful
side trips throughout Iowa: 8 trips
in all. Last October we perform­ed
at the Iowa-Wisconsin Game at
Madison, Wisconsin. We got a very
nice reception, and the weather,
and everything else, went off very
nicely, except the score of the
game. Incidentally, Wisconsin play­ed
way over their heads, and you
will note they didn’t win a game
after that. The most significant
item of interest happened in April,
1955. The Highlanders sponsorship
was transferred from the Mili­tary
Department (after 17 years)
to the Iowa Memorial Union, under
Dr. Harper, as an integral part
of the Union. We are very happy
about this, because we have receiv­ed
more support this year than
ever before. I have been given ad­ditional
duties in managing the
Concert and Lecture Course Ser­ies.
(I have also been named As­FUTURE
PLANS OF
THE HIGHLANDERS
Our emphasis right now is on
our future plan o f touring Europe
during the summer of 1956. We are
practicing every afternoon, and
next semester will add Saturday
mornings to our practice schedule.
Right now there are 83 girls who
have signed up for the European
Trip. The same financial arrange­ment
will be used as of the last
tr ip: each girl will finance her own
expenses. At the time the actual
expenses for housing, transpor­tation
and meals will cost about
$925.00. Briefly our itinerary will
be:
July 7th — congregate in Iowa
City for a week’ s rehearsal.
July 12th — leave Iowa City.
July 13th — arrive in Washing­ton,
D. C. for signtseeing.
July 15th — arrive in New
York; appear on Ed Sullivan’s T. V.
Show TOAST OF THE TOWN.
July 19th — sail from New York
City on the Queen Mary.
July 24th —■ arrive in Cherbourg;
go directly to Paris. Late train
to Amsterdam.
July 25th — two-day sightseeing
in Amsterdam.
July 27 —- two-day sightseeing in
Cologne, Germany.
July 29th — two-day sightseeing
in Koblenz, Germany.
July 31st to 7th o f August — in
Paris.
August 7th — leave Paris for
London, where we will be for about
two weeks. We will perform in Lon­don
for the City Parks Department
and make a TV short, and perform
in Plymouth, England.
August 21st — leave for Edin­burg.
We will be in Edinburg for
about two weeks. In that time, we j
will perform fo r the Edinburg Fes­tival,
make a bus tour of the
northern Highlands, performing
probably in Aberdeen, Inverness,
and Glasgow.
September 5th — leave Edin­burgh
for London and then on to
Southampton.
September 6th — sail on Queen
Elizabeth.
September 11th — arrive in New
York.
ADAMSON FAMILY
Heather is nine years old, in
fourth grade, and scraping on the
violin. Johnny is fourteen and a
Freshman at City High School. He
is following his brother’ s footsteps
in wrestling, rifle club, newspap­er
route, and even to the extent
of working with his brother in a
local flower shop during Christmas.
He is taller than Fran now. Bill is
a Senior in High School, and will
enter the University in the College
of Engineering this fall. He is
captain of the Rifle Team, and is
president of the Rifle Club, on the
wrestling squad. Fran is just as
saucy as ever. We finally put her
out to work. She is a bookkeeper
at a local cleaners, full time. Me
Just getting older. The Adamson
Clan is working, and saving like
mad, because all five of us are
planning to take the Highlander
Foreign trip.
And this just about winds it up.
Its been another year o f wonderful
experiences. Someone once said
that: ’youth has its enthusiasm,
but old age has its memories’ ,
and Boy! I have my memories! I
wouldn’t exchange them fo r all the
corn in Iowa. Memories of Ralph
Appleby and Dick Fedderson
while on the New York World’s
Fair Trip in ’39 claiming that Ed
Ellis was ill from food poisoning
and not from drinking; memories
of one day in Omaha when every­one
denied being guilty of dropping
water bags out the hotel window;
or the memory of waiting three
hours for the Parade to start in
San Francisco; on a bus whose
brakes had failed and had just
miraculously stopped rolling down
a mountainside in Montana; or the
time when Helen Huber Eberle
entertained the group while the
bus driver was repairing the tire
of the bus parked in the middle
of the road in the middle o f the
night; or the time in New York
the Highlanders campaigned for
Johnson, who had aspired to be
president of the Lion’s Club; or the
looks on the faces of the girls as
our buses drove into Aberdeen,
Scotland: or Martha Raffensperger
directing the chorus in ‘Just a
Wee Doch and Doris’ ; or the time
Kitty Kelly and Jean Slavata, and
Jane Condon kept us awake all
night on a bus trip back from the
Minnesota game. I can name hun­dreds
o f them, and they are all
very, very pleasant memories,
thanks to all you nice people.
Please accept a most sincere
wish for a Merry Christmas and a
very Happy New Year.
Sincerely,
Bill Adamson.
Office of the Scottish Highlanders
State University of Iowa
Iowa Memorial Union
Iowa City, Iowa