Scottish Highlander newsletter, 1959-1960

              Highlanders
Christmas Letter
1959
Dear Highlanders:
Here is your copy of the High*
lander Christmas Letter for 1959
It is a little ridiculous to call this
a Christmas Letter, but never­theless,
it conveys the S e aso#s
Greetings along with a wish fo/ a
Happy New Year, sent to you,
from all of your Highl a n d e r
friends.
The Highlander Christmas
ter is growing in popularity, am
again we have a larger number
of replies than the p r e v i o u s
years. Some new “faces” appear
every letter, for the first time.
We are especially glad to hear
from them. The old standbys
continue to keep us up to the min­ute
on their activities, and this
report is very much appreciated.
Also, thanks for the genero u s
support you have given to t h e
Highlander Scholarship Fund. It is
an indication what a nice bunch
of people you are.
The letters are arranged in
chronological order of the mem-|
bers’ participation in the High- '
landers. The dates in parentheses
following the members’ name,
are the years during which the,
member was active in Highland­ers.
/ I
Harold Hemingson (1934-38)' 903
Karen Avenue, Austin 5, Texas.
On July 24, 1959, Harold witn. his
two sons, David and Dan, dropped
in the Highlander Office to see us.
Harold was telling us that they
tried for a new Highlander, but
instead they got another boy —
who must be some 6 or 7 months
old now — making a total of 4
Hemingson children in all. Harold
is still working for Investors Syn­dicate
Company, in Austin.
Martin Gerber (1937-41) 416 7th
Street, West Des Moines, Iowa.
Martin, a former snare drummer,
says that he finds the Highland­er
News Letter very interesting.
“Good to know where everybody
is,” he reports, “Remember all
the good ole days? Wonder if they
are all as ornery now as t h e y
were then? Sure a lot of water
over the dam. My very best re­gards
and good wishes to all —
Suggestion — Re-union if p 0 s-sible?”
Martin is with the I o w a
State Department of Health and
Public Health Sanitation in Des
p
Moines. He is married to the
former Mary Lemon, and he
adds: “She’s a ‘Limey’ ” ! They
have five children: Christine is
13; Patsy 10, and Mary 3 (pros­pective
Highlanders?), Mike 12,
and Marty 8. w
Robert C. Eaton (1937-39) Clar­ion,
Iowa. Robert is a physician in
Clarion. His wife is the former
Edith Bowe, and they have young
Bill who is 12, and Susan now
/e a rs old. Dr. Eaton was form­erly
a. piper.
F. Benjamin Merritt (1938-41)
2315 Simpson Street, Dubuque,
Iowa. Another former piper, and
now a doctor practicing pedia­trics,
is married to the former
Jacqueline FitzGerald. They have
fi,ve children also: Catherine 8
years, William 6 years, Stephen
7, Elizabeth 4, and Christopher 3.
Dr. Merritt writes: I am having
a difficult time explaining that
there were at one time male
members of the Highlanders. We
masculine members are looked
upon with a great deal of skepti­cism
that we were ever apart
of such a unit!” Well, the records
will prove it. As Dr. Gerber sug­gests,
a re-union of all you male
members might be quite a unique
and profitable experience.
Jannes Savery (Mrs. R ic h a rd
Westerfield) (1938), 119 Jeffer­son,
West Union, Iowa. J a n n e s
was the first girl member of the
all-male Highlander group along
with Fran Adamson, who were
dancers only. She writes that her
husband is the publisher of the
Fayette County Union, and they
have-.three children: Sara, age
16, Jane, age 12, and Monte now
8. “I ’m pleased to again contri­bute
to the Highlander Scholar­ship
Fund as I think it is a fine
and worthy idea. I also enjoy the
Homecoming Coffee for Highland­ers
and Alumnae” . Here, she
states that she wishes F r a n
Adamson would come. Well, you
must just miss each other for
Fran was there last fall — and
usually makes it for most of the
morning of the Coffee Hours for
returning Highlanders. Try mak­ing
a special date next time!
Anne Frazier (Mrs. Ri ch a rd
Trowbridge) (1939-40) 5320 N. Div-ersey
Boulevard, Whitefish Bay
17, Wisconsin. Anne’s husband is
Retail Advertising Manager of the
Milwaukee Journal. They have
three children: John, 17; Edward
15, Anne 13. This former dancer
said, on last yea r’s Questionnaire:
“Do wish I could have been at
the Rose Bowl in 1959 but my
twin represented us this y e a r .
When 1 see the Highlanders per­form
it makes me so proud. And
to think we were one of the first
dancers!!”. Yes, and we’re proua
10 have you as Alums!
Eugene F. Challed (1939-41)
16214 East Pasada Drive, Whit­tier,
California a snare drummer,
is a retail prescription pharmacist
a t the Lambert Pharmacy at
14158 East Lambert Road 111 Whit'
tier. He is married to the former
Priscilla Patterson, and t n e y
have William E., age 12, and Cyn­thia
6 years old. He writes: “New
Year’s Day, 1959, our family at­tended
the Rose Bowl festivities
in Pasadena, and a better d a y
we’ve yet to enjoy! We were awe­somely
impressed by our Hawk-eyes’
38-12 trouncing of California;
proudly impressed by the per­formance
of ‘my’ Highlanders in
the parade and on the f 0 0 tball
field; and personally impressed
when Bill Adamson greeted me
by my first name after t h e
game, since it’s been only 17 or
18 years since we were last to­gether
during my student days in
the snare drum ranks. . . Thanks,
Gene, but I ’ll always remember
you!) . . Last summer our fam­ily
spent six weeks looking over
pharmacies for sale, and pos­sible
locations to go back into the
drug business. We had tentative­ly
decided on East Quincy, Cali­fornia,
in the Feather River Head­water
country, 80 miles northwest
of Reno, and I had been back to
work 6 or 7 weeks, when I de­veloped
pain in one leg a n d
finally had to have a back oper­ation
on November 18th, from
which I am now convalescing at
home. So our moving plans will
have to be postponed until next
summer: ”
Mary Liz Gillen (Mrs. Robert
J. Raim) (1939-41, dancer; 1947-
48 snare drum) 9 Pollard Avenue,
Florham Park, New Jersey. “Re­turned
from Europe last M a y
after a wonderful 3 years there
and two sons richer —(Jeffrey
age 4%;) Timothy V h and Ter­ence
19 months — Since then we
have been at Ft. Lee, Virginia,
and really enjoyed it especially
the sunshine — But blow of blows
— we expected a California as­signment
and now off to Brooklyn
we go December 19th. We haven’t
a place to live so you can locate
us through Bob’s folks at t h e
above address in Florham Park,
New Jersey, as we will be there
for the holidays and while we
house-hunt — Doesn’t look like
I ’ll ever get back to Iowa — will
try again next year . . . Liked
the picture in Life Magazine.”
Laura Dempster (Mrs. Al Rice)
(1939-43) 27180 Meadowbrook, De­troit
39, Michigan. There are four
Rice children: Laurie 11, Tim 9,
Leslie Ann 7, Michael 4. A1 is
now co-owner of Gail and Rice,
Inc. The Company is the largest
theatrical Agency in Detroit,
and supplies music, shows, and
entertainment for large industrial
parties. This former dancer says:
“Our family has progressed to
the Cub Scout and Brownie level.
What with A1 being Cubmaster of
our Pack, me a Den-mother, Tim
an active Cub and Leslie Ann a
brand new Brownie, the Rices
will soon all be back in uniform!
Al’s business has expanded to the
point wh<*re he is doing quite a
few shows but of town, so he
has gone back to flying himself.
He enjoys it greatly too, aside
from the convenience. We al­most
flew out for Homec 0 m ing
last fall, but had to go on a bus­iness
trip instead. We made a
trip to New Orleans in October
and will fly to New York and
Washington later (in December).
I love flying, but am not a very
good co-pilot because I sleep half
the time (at least!) We hope to
point our plane in the direction of
Iowa City one of these reunion or
Homecoming occasions before too
long. . . . Guess I’m getting over
the hill — my friend’s teen age
son said, ‘You used to dance on
the drum? Bet you couldn’t any
more!’ Too bad I didn’t have a
drum on hand so I could prove
it!” Come on out and try o u r
drum out again, Laura!
James L. Slater (1940-41) 2101
South 5th Avenue, Arcadia, Cali­fornia.
Dr. Slater was a snare
drummer (as was his wife, Gwen
Buster (1943-47). He is an obstet-
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rician - gynecologist in Arcad­ia,
and Gwen reports that her hus­band’s
practice continues to grow;
and he was team physician for
their Jimmy’s (12 years) P o p
Warner League football t e a m
that won first place in their divi­sion
this last fall. There will be
further comments about the Slat­ers
from Gwen, herself, a bit lat­er
in this letter.
Kenneth L. Krabbenhoft (1941-
42 ) 27 Oakdale Boulevard, Pleas­ant
Ridge, Michigan. Ken is a
radiologist with Dr. L. Reynolds
and Associates, Harper Hospital,
Detroit. This piper, along with
wife Gloria, have three child-rn:
Ken, Jr. 13; Doug 11; and
Karen 8%. “A banner year,”
writes the doctor. “Spent Thanks­giving
with Mary Murchison Ta­bor
and her fine family — an ex­dancer
when I was with the unit!
Also met Laura Dempster’s hus­band
— haven’t seen Laura since
1942, though! Good luck!”
Richard C. Park (1941-42) Vic­tor,
Iowa. This lawyer, and ex­snare
drummer, along with wife
Rita (Skahill) Park, have three
childrn. Tommy 11'; Suzie-10, and
“Yes, we have a new one to re­port
this year — another red
haired boy, Billy, 7 months.
Richard received his BSC in 1944,
and his JD degree in 1947, at SUI.
Phyllis Nissen (Mrs. Mi l e s
Chenault) (1941-44 ) 8410 SW 148th
Drive, Miami 56, Florida. Miles
is now working for Ryder S y s­tem,
Inc., whose executive offic­es
are in Miami, and he is Direct­or
of Insurance. This System is
a large truck leasing firm, sec­ond
only to Hertz, and growing
rapidly. Phyllis and Miles have
four children: Steven 13; Larry
10; Ronnie 8; Jeannie ZVz. Phyllis
writes: “After 11 years in Mason
City, Iowa, we took the big plunge
last February and moved to Flor­ida.
Miles was offered this oppor­tunity
with Ryder System — and
it was too good to pass up. The
family moved in April. I drove
down alone with the 4 child r e n
and my sister Trudy, now 16,
who lives with us. We are really
enjoying Florida living, complete
with swimming pool just tw o
steps from our living room doors,
and all the wonders of this beauti­ful
country. Need I ment i o n,
we’ve especially enjoyed the
weather here since Iowa h a s
been having all their October and
November cold weather and early
snow storms! We are expecting
my sister, Eleanor Nissen Be l l ,
and her family, for the holidays.
We hope to have another prospec­tive
Highlander for you, Bi l l ,
in my sister Trudy. She graduat­es
from high school this spring,
and at present is leaning toward
SUI for college, even though we
are a long way away now. I hope
you will see her at Highlander
tryouts next fall.” Yes, Phyllis,
send her along. We have many
girls tryout from great distances,
east, west, north, and south of us.
C. G. Crowe, Jr. (1942 ) 37 S.
Highland, Akron 3, Ohio. T h i s
former Drum Major is manager
of the J. C. Penny Co., in Akron.
No, Cliff, we didn’t go to Oh i o
State for the Iowa game in Col­umbus
this year. Our out - of-state
trip was a t Lafayette, Indiana.
Wilma Seemuth (Mrs. Ed. C.
Gutknecht) (1942-43) 7302 E. Vista
Drive, Scottsdale, Arizona. Ed is
special agent for Northwestern
Mutual Life Insurance Company
in Scottsdale. This ex - drummer
and dancer says: “Moved from
Milwaukee to Scottsdale, Arizona,
in August this year. Just got tired
of the long winters. . . . We all
are enjoying the ‘West’s Most
Western Town’ and the climate in
the Valley of the Sun.” T h e y
have two youngsters: Jack 12;
Judy 10.
Wayne Mitter (1942-43) 19 N.
Admiral Drive, N. Chicago, Illin­ois.
This ex-piper sent us a friend­ly
greeting from Illinois t h i s
Christmas. We always miss the
Questionnaires, though!
C. Paul Wieben (1942-44 ) 2329
Prospect Street, Berkeley 4, Cali­fornia.
An ex-drummer, Paul is
at present a graduate student in
the French Department a t t h e
University of California in Berk­eley.
Mary Smith (Mrs. Benny Leon­ard)
(1942-44) R. R. 1, Maquoketa,
Iowa. Mary played the p i p e s .
Mary and Benny have Patty
aged 12, and Tom, who is 8. Ben­ny
is a Livestock Buyer. “T h e
big project of the Leonards” ,
writes Mary, “Just bought an 80
acre farm — gorgeous place!
We all love it — and have never
worked so hard! Have steers,
hogs, lambs, hens, 2 riding horses,
2 dogs, 4 kittens —and com! —
Developed so many muscles car­rying
feed buckets all s u m m er
that we should have been able to
hit a golf ball a mile, but didn’t
have time to play. Farm life is
‘The Best’.”
Rhea Hyink (Mrs. John L.
Johnston) (1943-) 17350 Parker
Avenue, South Bend 15. Indiana.
This ex-piper says that she thinks
the Newsletter is “wonderful, and
I really look forward to receiving
it. . . . I am a housewife, and
my husband is a general surgeon
at the South Bend Osteopathic
Hospital.” Their children are Cyn­thia
6V2 and David IV2 .
Marilyn (Schrimper (Mrs. Rob­ert
W. Roberts) (1943-45) 130 Riv­erside
Park, Iowa City, I owa .
“Here we are — back at Iowa U
— only this time it’s husband
Bob slaving over the books. We
moved here in June and it will
probably take two years to pick
up those graduate degrees in
Chemical Engineering,” writes
this former snare drummer. “To
pass the time of day and help pay
the rent, I’m working for t h e
Iowa Testing Service in the Com­puter
Center on IBM machines.
It’s fun being back and we’re all
enjoying the many activities of
this great University.” Childr e n
—Lynn is 10; Billy 7, and Bobby 4.
Emma Lou Heston (Mrs. Lewis
B. Carter) (1943-45) 305 W. Adams
Street, Fairfield, Iowa. Another
ex-snare drummer writes: “My
husband is a dentist. Our children
are Christine 13, Jeffrey 12, and
Sarah 8. The years fly by without
much change in our daily routines
except that my children grow old­er
and the Highlanders get better
and better. We live in a college
town — Parsons College — ap­proximately
1000 students, but
we still attend all the Iowa U.
games and continue to enjoy the
Highlanders’ performances.”
Eileen Doerres (Mrs. J. K. Wil­liford)
(1943-46) Lillington, North
Carolina. Dr. John and E i l e e n
have four children: Peggy 9, John­ny
7, Joe 3, and Stephen 2. Eileen
says: “I am not engaged in any
‘outside’ work except the various
community activities, and ferry­ing
tne children from one place
to another. My husband has a
new and engrossing hobby - fly­ing.
My main objection is that I
don’t know when we’ll ever be
able to afford a plane l a r g e
enough for all the family! We
will still welcome any guests
who come down this way.”
Gwen Buster (Mrs. James L.
Slater) (1943-47) 2101 South 5th
Avenue, Arcadia, Califor n ia .
Gwen adds: “How good it was to
see you, your family and t h e
Highlanders in Pasadena. Robin
(age 9) and Jimmy (12) were
especially thrilled to at last see
the Highlanders about wh i c h
they’ve heard all these years.
Robin is all set to go to S.U.I.
in 1967 just to be one. We made
it to the Rose Bowl game and
relished every victorious minute.
It somehow made up for all the
lean years during the 40’s. . . .
Our family’s number and joy was
increased by one last March when
Marc LaRue joined us at t h e
age of lVs days.” Further com­ments
about Gwen’s d o c t o r -
husband - Highlander member are
with the (1940-41) group.
Marsena Nelson (Mrs. J. Guil­ford
Gerlach) (1943-47) 8330 Crest-wood
Avenue, Munster, Indiana.
Marsena, who played a snare
drum in Highlanders, writes:
“Guil and I have one child, Lynn,
who is six years old. I keep plenty
busy around home, and Guil is a
Chemical Engineer from Ohio
State, employed by Standard Oil
of Indiana in the Whiting, Indiana
refinery as an Assistant General
Foreman. . . . We saw you at
Purdue on October 24, and the
performance really looked good,
dispite the weather w h i c h
couldn’t possibly have been worse.
We sat it out till the end, got
thoroughly soaked, and weren’t
very pleased with the score, but
we had fun. I was going to come
down and say hello, but should
have realized you’d probably de­part
after the half-time. . . Saw
Eleanor Nissen Bell at a Standard
Oil Foreman’s Fellowship Party
in Chicago, and we had a good
time, as usual, re-hashing 0 1 d
times and talking about rooming
together in San Francisco in 1947
at the Lions Convention. We were
literally glued to the TV set every
Saturday all fall, especi a l l y
when Iowa was on. . . . Lynn and
I are still pursuing our favorite
pasttime — ice skating. We skat­ed
all summer at the Michael
Kirby South Side Rink in the city.
I ’m concentrating on ice dancing
this winter while she learns fund­amentals
and has a great time
with a flock of little kids all of
whom are amazing skaters for
their size. It’s fun and provides
us with good exercise. That was
quite a picture in LIFE in No­vember
16, of the drum dance.
Will clip it and add it to my
collection of Highlander odds and
ends, most of which date from
the middle forties, but to which
I still add to from time to time.
I ’ve got a big box of stuff, from
the old drum music to the San
Francisco newspapers. . . . I ’ll be
looking forward to the Newslet­te
r.”
Vera Greiner (Mrs. Kent B.
Casstevens) (1944-45 ) 2525 We s t
13 Mile Road, Royal Oak, Michi­gan.
Vera’s husband, Kent, is an
accountant with the Ford Motor
Company at Dearborn, and Vera
is secretary to Arthur Anderson &
Company, Detroit. “My husband
was transferred in March of this
past year by Ford Motor Com­pany
from Chicago back to De­troit.
The company I work for
Arthur Andersen & Co., also
transferred me from their Chi­cago
office to their Detroit office.
So we are both working for the
same companies in M i c h i g a n
rather than in Illinois,” writes
this former piper.
Barbara Coffman (Mrs. Max
Boustead) (1944-45) R. R. 1, Box
33, Woodbine, Iowa. Another pip­er
says: “Nothing new happen­ing!
We are all very busy. Max
is farming and also is a mem­ber
of the Harrison County Board
of Supervisors. I teach Literature
and am Librarian in Woodb i n e
High School. The boys (Bill 12;
Jon 11) are busy with band and
sports plus school work. We a t­tended
2 games at Iowa this year
and the Highlanders were good as
usual. Good luck on the European
trip this year!”
Patricia Ann Short (Mrs. Mi­chael
Thormley) (1944-45) P. O.
Box 177, Talent, Oregon. Pat
writes that: “Much has happened
since I last filled out one of
these — to wit one very nice hus­band
(Fruit Grower — pears and
apples), and one very active
daughter, Mollie, 6 months. We
live in the pear country of Ore­gon
just outside the large city
of Medford in the suburbs of a
small city (895) called T a l e n t .
We have a young (three years)
orchard of pear and apple trees
and had our first crop last year
— 130 boxes! We’re just a mile
off highway 99 — so if any High­landers
come by — please stop
in. Love those TV half time acti­vity
shows. The Highlanders look
terrific! (Michael is a g o o d
Scot!)”
Lucile Schoenfeld (Mrs. St a n
Lichtenstein) (1944-45) 12,000 Jean­ette
Place, Granada Hills, Cali­fornia.
This tenor drummer re­ports
one daughter, Suzanne 7V4
years, and that they are happily
settled in a new home. Stan is
Assistant Manager of the J. C.
Penny Company store in the new
Valley Plaza Center. “Suzanne is
in second grade, will soon be an
official Brownie, and her mother,
too, is going to school to become
an assistant troop leader,” writes
Lucile. “We do enjoy the High­lander
letter and read each a r­ticle
with great interest!”
Connie Carlson (Mrs. Harry
B. Carlson) (1944-48 ) 2613 - 48th
Place, Des Moines 10, l o w a.
This piper, the girl who didn’t
change her last name when she
married Harry (!), reports Allan
is 10, Susan 7, and Douglas 4
now. Harry is manager in the
Public Accounting Firm, Peat,
Marwick, Mitchell & Co., and she
adds “Everything is about t h e
same here in Des Moines. S t i l l
spending the winters digging out
from under snow storms. The
children are growing like weeds
and always tell Mother when they
hear or see the Highlanders on
T.V. We enjoy their perform­ances,
and Harry and I enjoyed
the coffee at Homecoming time
seeing a few familiar faces of
the ‘old timers’. Here’s wishing
you success on your c o m i n g
European Trip. Highlander trips
always leave so many wonderful
memories. It is a privilege to
have been a Highlander.”
Margery McDonald (Mrs. Char­les
W. McKinley) (1944-48). Marg­ie
writes that time goes by so
fast, it’s hard to remember all
that has happened this year. Our
five children set the pace and we
follow. Took several long week­end
trips to Virginia Beach, Mich­igan,
Cleveland, and New York
but didn’t get back to Iowa this
year. We converted some Penn
State grads and helped cheer Iowa
to Victory over Ohio State. See
you at Homecoming this year.
We Hope.
HIGHLANDER CHRISTMAS LETTER
Nedra McNabney (Mrs. R. A.
Sautter (1944-48 ) 519 Third Ave.,
N., Mt. Vernon, Iowa. It was
last May, 1959, that we had this
belated note from Nedra, a form­er
piper. It was too late for 1959,
believe it or not, so we will print
it in this Newsletter: “ I almost
forgot you this year — uninten­tionally,
of course! Too late to
include my bit for the annual let­ter,
but a contribution to the
Scholarship is never too l a t e !
Enjoyed all of your performances
this last year. Keep up the good
show. We are fine, healthy and
happy, but getting older. Bet I
couldn’t even master the first
three notes of ‘Iowa’. Good luck!”
Eleanor Nissen (Mrs. Robert T.
Bell) (1943-44) (45-47 ) 7986 White
Oak Lane, Hammond, Indiana.
Eleanor’s Bob is at Standard Oil
Company as an assistant general
foreman. He was locked in the
plant for 3 weeks in July when
Standard’s Union called a strike!
“Things haven’t changed much
the past years for the Bells. Biliy
is now 8, and Kathy 6 years old.
We are looking forward to spend­ing
a two weeks Christmas vaca­tion
with my sister, Phyllis, and
her family, in Miami, Florida. . .
Bob went on a special train to the
Iowa-Notre Dame game, may be
chilly for spectators at those late
fall games, but I always remem­ber
how hard it is to blow those
pipes when your lips get col d.
Happy greetings to all Highland­ers!”
Em Evans (Mrs. Charles A.
Merulla) (1945-47) 3012 —14th Ave­nue,
Marion, Iowa. Em’s husband
is a doctor — general practitioner
in Marion. They have three child­ren
— Anthony 8, Michael 6, and
James 2. Em writes: “We would
welcome company from old High­landers
and are conveniently sit­uated
in Marion for footb a 11
games, alumni, short courses, etc
We are most happy to be settled.
The boys keep me busy and are
growing so quickly. Chuck is doing
well in general practice, a n d
loves it.”
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Je rry is an Associate Editor on
LIFE magazine. “We camped in
Nova Scotia this year and were
startled by teen agers practicing
pipes a t sundown. Pleased as
well” , writes Bobbie, “for Scots
are prominent there, especi a l l y
on Cape Breton. We a t t e n d e d
Scottish games at Antigonish
where burrs were as thick as hor­nets
and every man, boy, a n d
baby wore his tartan with a flair.”
Janet Gutz (Mrs. John Wa y)
(1945-48 ) 420 Hutchinson Avenue,
Iowa City, Iowa. “John is still
finishing his dissertation for a
Ph.D. in Anatomy, teaching in
Anatomy Department at SUI,
and I’m through predicting but
he ‘plans’ to graduate this year,”
writes our former drummer. “A
few changes since last year,” Jan­et
continues, “We live in a real
house — after 6 years in an SUI
barracks! I retired from the
College of Nursing and work half-time
as Executive Secretary of
the Iowa City Community Givers.
Working only mornings while the
children are all in school is a
joy! Our 4th is due in March and
in June we ‘plan’ to leave SUI
My blessings to this year’s High­landers
who have had to march
in rain or snow the entire fall!
They’ve done a fine job!” The
Way children are Kathleen 7%;
Margart 6, Ben 5.
Maridee Hill (Mrs. G e o r g e
Hegstrom J r.) (1945-49 ) 3603 Oak­land,
Ames, Iowa. Maridee sent
a lovely Christmas card t h i s
year designed by their own 7
year old daughter, Marley. She
spoke of liking the new dances at
the Minnesota game. Thanks
lot for commenting on them.
Joan Carter (Mrs. David D.
Ring) (1945-47) 1860 M o u n ta in
View Drive, Tiburon, C a 1ifornia.
This snare drummer reports:
"We built a new home this sum­mer
— way up on the hills in
Tiburon, overlooking San Fran­cisco
Bay and the city. We feel
quite at home now that we
have managed to get the k i d s
through the measles. Was so sor­ry
to miss seeing the Iowa team
a t California. This town is alive
with Iowa Alums. Dave is attor­ney
in San Francisco, on his own
since 1956; Debbie is 7, David Jr.,
5, and Diane 3 ^ .”
Marilyn Guenther (Mrs. Floyd
A. Rummel, Jr.) 1945-47) Britt,
Iowa. Marilyn says that: “ I al­ways
enjoy the Christmas Letter
and hearing from my old friends.
We’re all very proud of the Hign-landers.
A special ‘hello’ to Mrs.
Thornton if she’s still in the of­fice.
I remember the many nice
chats we had while I worked lor
Dr. Thornton in 1948-49.” (Thank
you, for remembering, Marilyn.
Bill said that I might return the
special ‘hello’ to you and also tell
you I ’m in my 5th year as sec­retary
in his office.) The Rum­mel
children are Ellen 10, Ardell
7, and Floyd III, 2 years old.
Barbara Henderson (Mrs. G.E.
Korn) (1945-48) 16 Gerlach Place,
Larchmont, New York. Bobbie
and Je rry have 3 daughters, El­len
& Margaret 9, and Susan 7.
Marthabelle Cooley (Mrs. El
wyn C. Pickard) (1945-49) 241
Hillsborough Drive, Lakeland,
Florida. Marthabelle says that
she has been busy all fall with
community activities, serving as
president of Lakeland Branch
of American Association of Uni
versity Women, secretary of
Lakeland Little Theatre Group
etc., ‘Pic’ (Elwyn) is with the
American Agricultural Chemical
Company, the Engineering De­partment.
This former bass drum­mer
has a daughter Anne Elise
who is now 3 years old.
Bobbie Ginter (Mrs. Jack Hus­ton)
(1945-49 ) 356 Alicia Way, Los
Altos, California. Bobbie a n d
Jack have two girls — Maridee
is 4 in January, and Robin was
20 months the first of December.
Jack is in the men’s ear bus­iness.
He and Bill Russell own
and operate a clothing store in
Los Altos. “It was my pleasure to
take the youngsters and fly to the
mid-west the first of September,”
writes Bobbie. “We visited main­ly
in and around Marshalltown,
Iowa. Jack joined us the first of
October. We traveled around for
3 weeks visiting Jack’s parents
in Olds, Iowa, and his 3 brothers
and 1 sister scattered here and
there in Iowa and Indiana. Jack
saw the Iowa-Califomia football
game out here the day before he
left for Iowa. Then we saw 2
games in Iowa City —one being
the Homecoming game. One of
the nicest things about our visit
to Homecoming was the Coffee
Hour that the Highlanders had.
We enjoyed seeing our acquaint­ances
there and visiting with ‘old
Baldy’ Bill and his bride, Fran.
Heather was there, too. Any of
you Alums who get to Iowa City
on Homecoming — don’t miss
that Highlander re-union. Many
of you probably saw the Highland­ers
on T.V. this fall, so you know
they’re still a sharp looking out­fit.
You might not have noticed
the beautiful new red d r u m s
though, and unless you were
very observant you probably did
not notice that the new bass drum
is 2 inches smaller than the old
bass. Bill is probably t h i n king
about future trips to New York
and wants a bass drum that can
squeeze through the turnstile at
the subway stations. In case any
of you are planning a trip to
California sometime, we ext e n d
an invitation for you to come visit
us. We are not exactly located
next door to Disneyland, but we
are in a very lovely part of Cali­fornia
about 45 miles south of
San Francisco near Palo Alto. Be
eeing you?”
Margaret McCaslin (Mrs. Rich­ard
M. Hemingway) (1945-49 ) 314
Third Avenue, N.E., Waverly, Io­wa.
Dick is an attorney, a n d
the Hemingways have one daugh­ter
Hollis, age 6. This ex-p i p e r
says that she pushes around dust
and pots and pans, and continues:
“Enjoying the Iowa f o o tball
games and Highlanders regular­ly
again this fall — and think
your Newsletter is tremendous!
I could practically send in the
same letter year after year we
are in such a settled rut! How­ever,
this year we bought a beau­tiful
river lot and plan to build
some time in the dim distant fu­ture.
Also added a Brittany Span­iel
puppy to our household.”
Mibsy Pell (Mrs. James M.
Wood) (1945-49 ) 329 Delaware Av­enue,
McDaniel Crest, W i lming-ton
3, Delaware. Jim is teacher
of English at the Tower H i l l
School, and also teaches a night
course for the University of Dela­ware.
The Wood’s children are
Dana 7Vi, Ben 4, and Sarah 2.
Mibsy says: “Hello to all my
friends! I wish for a Highlander
Reunion some day. Currently I’ve
been boning up on my Scottish
dance by taking from Jamie Jam­ieson.
Those who saw ‘Brigadoon’
in New York in 1948 will remem­ber
him doing the sword dance,
if nothing else. This January I
begin teaching Modern Dance to
a coed class at the YMCA. That’s
my newest and most interesting
bit of news.”
Sally Ann Quist (Mrs. P a u l
W. Kamman, J r.) (1945-50 ) 609
S. Cumberland, Park Ridge, Ill­inois.
The Kammans have three
children: Lynn 6, Trent 4, a n d
Kathy 2%. After December 1,
Paul will be employed as art
director for Botsford, Constan­tine
and Gardner, Inc., advertis­ing
agency, in Portland, O r egon.
Sally says: “What a year this
has been for us. It began with a
trip to the Rose Bowl. . . . visited
with Bill Adamson and H i g h-lander
friends between halves.
. . . enjoyed seeing th sights in
southern California as well as
former Iowa U and C h i c a g o
friends. . . . It doesn’t seem like
a year ago that we went to
Homecoming a t Iowa, saw our
friends there and began talking
about going to the Rose Bowl
game. Now, we are talking about
going west again. This time to
Portland, Oregon, where Bi l l
recently accepted a job in an ad­vertising
agency there. He left the
first of December — with the
children and I to follow as soon
as we sell our house here. We
are looking forward to living in
another part of the country but
will miss the nearness of Big 10
football and all that goes with it.
If any of you get out our way,
look us up.”
Kay Klotzbach (Mrs. Donald
Risk) (1946-48) Independence, Io­wa.
Kay and “Storm’ have two
sons: Billy 8% and John 5%. Kay
says: “ ‘Storm’ is real enthused
with his new work — quite a chal­lenge
and is more stimulating
than the abstract office (Her hus­band
is a t present with the Green-ley
Development Corporation lay­ing
out a new addition to Inde­pendence;
but he is in the Buch­anan
Co. Title and Loan C om­pany,
an Abstract Co.). Our big­gest
thrill this year was the
building of our cottage 3 miles up
on the Wapsipinicon River. O n e
door faces No. I fairway of the
golf course and the other door
faces the river. The boys had a
fine summer — Billy loved to
swim although John was confined
to his life jacket. We were fort­unate
to make all the home foot­ball
games this year — we really
enjoyed the new Highlander rou­tines
and dances!”
LaVonne Mersch (Mrs. Wayne
J. Tegler) (1946-48) 502 E. Bur­lington
Street, Iowa City, Iowa.
Wayne is a senior in the College
of Medicine at SUI, and LaVonne
works half time in the orthoped­ists
office of Dr. Gelman and
Dr. Howe. This ex-piper says:
“I have made a resolution to ans­wer
this letter every year be­ginning
with ’59. (Good for you,
LaVonne! All other Alums take
note!!) Wayne will receive his
M.D. in June. We are presently
thinking of Duluth, Minn, for our
interneship, and then probably
general practice in northern Wis­consin
or Michigan. I see quite a
bit of Bill through SUI Dames
and his work a t the Union. For
those who haven’t seen him for
some time — he hasn’t changed a
bit!” (Again thanks, LaVonne!)
“Would like to know Dinny Ford,
Can you still ‘burp’ the alpha­bet?”
Frances Artley (Mrs. P h i1ip
Levine) (1946-49 ) 4727 E. Dayton,
Fresno, California. The Levines
have three children: Mark, who is
8; John 4, and Teddy one year.
Phil is teaching Creative Writing
at Fresno State College. “This is
our second year in Fresno and it’s
pretty uneventful. Saw the I owa -
Califomia game in Berk e 1 ey.
Where were you?” (We don’t go
to ALL the games, Frances, Just
the Rose Bowls!?!) “Do you ever
hear from my sister M a g g i e
(Moeller)? She is still in Orleans,
France. If you DO hear from her,
be sure to publish it — I never
hear from h er!!” (We surely will,
Frances.)
Nadine Nieman (Mrs. Russell
R. Cole (1946-50 ) 825 New Street,
P. O. Box 247, Manchester, Iowa.
“Things are about the same as
last year in Manchester,” writes
Nadine. “The biggest addition to
our house has been a Baldw i n
electric organ which we are all
enjoying so much. (Just hope
the children are still so interested
when they are old enough for les­sons!).
We are still getting to all
the Iowa games, but never can
seem to get away early enough
to ‘coffee’ with you a t H om e ­coming.
The Highlanders looked
wonderful this past season, and I
always have so many happy
recollections when we watch them
perform.” The Coles have tw o
sons: Scott Allen age 4, and Todd
Russell 2. Nadine’s husband is
self-employed — a partner-owner
of the Gill Funeral Home in
Manchester.
Janne Tyler (Mrs. James
B. Patten) (1946-50) 2550 Ter­race
Drive, Billings, M o n t a n a .
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And still another belated letter,
which came last July 15, 1959
from Janne, that we want to have
in our 1959 Letter: “I ’ve s a t
down so many times to do this,
but it took 1 child in bed; one
good listening to ‘Scheherazade’
plus a few ‘Boleros’ to really do
the trick . . . We were in East
Glacier Park, Montana, a couple
of weeks ago and some friends
came down from Many Glaci e r,
Montana, and raved about a bag­piper
from S.U.I. that was work­ing
a t Many Glacier. I gathered
it was the Drum Major, and she
has impressed quite a few on
their journey through our Park.
I regret that we weren’t able to
get up there to meet her our­selves.
But we were p r o u d .
(You are right, the girl t h e y
mention is our own Drum Major,
Margaret Ladd, who for tw o
years has worked in the Montana
Parks, helping to earn money to­ward
this summer’s Europ e a n
Trip. She can play both pipes
and drums, as well as dances)
Janne continues: “Saw you all
on TV on the pre-Rose Bowl pro­gram,
and on Art Linkl e 11 e r
Show’, I cried. My seven and a
half year old asked why? I really
couldn’t explain. It was s o m e
mixture of love, memories, a n d
pride that couldn’t really be put
into words. I might add, you don’t
seem to have changed one iota!
For next year’s record, we still
have three boys (8, 7, 2) and one
girl 5, and we still live in Bill­ings.
Jim’s with the M o n t a n a
Petroleum Association. I h o p e
this brief summation stands for
next year and the year after, etc.,
etc. We have an attorney friend
who travels extrensively. He fre­quently
attends state hearings in
Glasgow, Montana, a b o o mi n g
city of (right now) 7,000. There
is a fine old Scotsman there
who has a lovely motel (all in
Scots motif). But our friend has
bragged to him that he has a
friend who was in the University
of Iowa Scottish Highlanders, and
according to our friends, this
fine old Scotsman was ‘impress­ed’.
And, why not? Anyway, best
to Frank and the children (who
were babies but are no longer,
sob,) and my undying, unending
thanks to you, Bill.” Since Janne
wants this to suffice for many
Newsletters, I have printed it in­tact,
and also wish that she would
write again soon. We do like
to hear from her!
Jane Walker (Mrs. Paul Koss)
(1947-48) 1330 Jones, San Francis­co,
California. Paul is president
of Paul Koss Supply C o mpany.
Jane reports a “lovely y e a r !
Three weeks in Mexico, six weeks
cruising the Carribean Sea aboard
a private yacht and plans for the
holidays in Honolulu. E n j o yed
a visit to Iowa last N o vember
and thrilled at once again attend­ing
a game at Iowa’s S t a dium
(even if you didn’t know me
Bill!) Loved the full page color
photo in LIFE of the Highlanders.
Ah — What memories! A wonder­ful
year to all the lucky gals that
have been, and are, and will be
“Highlanders” !
Virginia Wheeler (Mrs. James
Spellman) (1947-49) 1306 Stephens
Drive, Normal, Illinois. T h e
three Spellman children are Bar­bara
10; Jimmy 9, and Mark
David 6. Jim is actuary for State
Farm Life Insurance Company,
and head of the actuarial depart­ment.
Virginia writes: “ It was
wonderful to see everyone at the
Homecoming Coffee. Although we
try to get to a t least one game
each year, this is the first Home­coming
one. I’m so proud to be
able to say that at one time I was
a member of the famous High­landers.
But honestly, Bill, the
girls are so much better than we
ever were. Really, no news this
year. For the first time in ten
years all the kids are in school all
day — even for lunch. Barbie, in
fifth grade, is going out for cheer
leading, and is constantly practic­ing.
Jimmy is very active in Cub
Scout work, and Dave just brags
about being so smart. My time
is completely taken up w i t h
church, P.T.A. Board meetings,
clubs, and hauling kids. My P.T.A.
Committee has weighed a n d
measured 780 boys and girls (K-
8th grade) and have to do it two
more times this year. We a l s o
check the vision of all first, third
and seventh graders. Jim got in
quite a bit of hunting this fall, so
our new freezer doesn’t look so
empty. He’s an Elder in t h e
church, and just last week accept­ed
the job of Superintendent of
the entire church school . . . Sure
love to read the Christmas let­te
rs!” Thanks, Virginia, f o r
Mary Rae Reimers (Mrs. Sylvan
Christofferson’s) new address:
1265 South Fenton, Denver 26,
Colorado. We haven’t heard from
her for several years for the
Newsletter Questionnaire.
Patricia Hodgen (Mrs. J a y
R. Storey) (1947-49 ) 722 W. 12th
Street, S., Newton, Iowa. Patri­cia’s
husband is manager of Sal­aried
Personnel in Industrial Re­lations
Department of the Maytag
Company. This ex-piper has two
children: Douglas 5%, and Bobbi
(Barbara Jo) who is almost 3.
Patricia Morehead (Mrs. David
J. Bullock) (1947-49 ) 202 Crombie
Place, Atlantic, Iowa. Another ex­piper
reports that “Everything is
the same as usual with us — just
a year older — had a wonderful
two week vacation in Las Vegas
last May — so impressed, we
hope to go back this spring. We’ve
become stereo hi-fi bugs a n d
that’s the big addition to our
house this year. Wish more ‘old
alums’ would make it to the Cof­fee
a t Homecoming. Dave and I
seem to be regulars. Good to see
you. Bill, and Bobby Ginter and
her husband. Also noticed Marian
Rees’ name on ‘Another Evening
with Fred Astaire’. Could say ‘I
knew her —when!!!” The Bul­locks
have three children: Susan
8, Cynthia 5, and Leslie 2. Dave
is with the O. Bryan Bros., Chi-cago-
Lorraine Lingerie Salesman
for Iowa, parts of South Dakota,
and Minnesota.
Shirlee Stevens (Mrs. Norris S.
Gould) (1947-50) 2144 V ic to ria
Drive, Lake Citrus Estates, Clear­water,
Florida.
Norris is an Associate with the
law firm of Wightman, Rowe, and
T a n n e y in Clearwater. T h e
Goulds’ one son, Jeffrey Stanton
is 2 Ms now. “Norrie is enjoying his
practice with his firm,” writes
Shirlee. “Being with a firm is new
to him as he had his own private
practice in Iowa, but he feels he’s
getting a lot of good experience
and working on some things he’s
never had the chance to do prev­iously.
We’re fairly well settled
and meeting many nice people —
a great many “Yankees’. Actual­ly,
one seldom meets a native
Floridan anymore, perhaps I
should say a native of Clearwater,
to be more accurate . . . Jeff and
I spent the summer in Iowa, due
to all my family being home and
Norrie came the middle of Aug­ust.
He drove up in a Swedish
Volvo so his trip only cost him
$15.00, pretty good, huh? We all
drove back in that little car (Box­er
dog, too) and enjoyed a com­fortable
trip except for the heat.
We may even try it again. We
surely would enjoy hearing from
any of you, or if you happen to
be down our way, please give us a
call, we’re in the book.”
Margaret Barnes (Mrs. K. K.
Brinkmeyer) (1947-50) Dysart, Io­wa.
There are three children in
the Brinkmeyer household: Girls
— Lyn 7, Janet 5, Gail 3. Brink
is in the Hardware business now
having bought Margaret’s Dad’s
business after his death. “We are
back in Dysart,” writes Margar­et,
“and Brink seems to be enjoy­ing
every minute of the hardware
business. We moved into our new
home in June, and love having
lots of room and closet space.
No new children to report. Every­one
is a year older, a little gray­er,
and a little fatter, but thank­ful
to be all together and well.
We enjoyed seeing the girls at the
game this fall — They always iook
great.”
Jean Sahs (Mrs. Dick Tupper)
(1947-51) 720 West 12th Street S.,
Newton, Iowa. Dick is the Freez­er
Sales Coordinator for the May­tag
Company. This ex-piper says:
“Our big news is a little b o y
born April 8th! Jeffrey Kent. He
is truly our ‘pride and joy’ but he
has surely meant a big change in
our lives. Especially mine, after
eight years of working. We’re hav­ing
a wonderful time with him
and we often wonder how we got
along without him. Our other ex­citing
news of the past year was
my sister’s wedding. Mary was
married in Iowa City in August.
Dick is busier than ever at the
Maytag Company, and I am en­joying
my new job as full - time
home maker.”
Edith Slavata (Mrs. Arnold
J. Fransen) (1947-51) 319 Court
Street Place, Iowa City, Iowa.
“Hi to all the 1947-51 members!”
exclaims Edie. “Another year
gone by — where do they go?
The Highlander Coffee hour this
year produced many old friends
and it was so good to see all of
them. Only wish more of y o u
could come for Homecoming. Our
children are both in school — Sus­ie,
7, in first grade, and Jimmy
(51/") is in afternoon kindergarten.
But don’t let anyone tell you that
you have lots of time on your
hands when the kids are all in
school, because I’ve never been so
busy it seems. We had a busy
year in the sickness department
with Arnie in the hospital for 3
weeks with an ulcer, 2 cases of
chickenpox, and measles, to men­tion
a few. Bought our very first
NEW car this summer and took a
trip to the Wisconsin Dells for
the kids, but we enjoyed it, too.
The Highlanders looked especially
good during football season!” Ar­nie,
Edie’s husband, is Guidance
Counselor, and Mathemaics teach­er
in the Iowa City High School.
B. J. Miller (Mrs. Robert Pen­rose)
(1948-50) 2604 Amelia, Bur­lington,
Iowa. “Bob and I enjoy­ed
seeing the lassies perform at
the football games this fail so
very much,” writes this ex-drum­mer
and dancer. “We were most
impressed with the fine dancing
exhibition. We’re enjoying busy,
but happy days in Burlington —
now in the throes of designing a
new house which we hope to
start building this spring.”
Eloise Peterson (Mrs. Lincoln
Furber) (1948-51) 977 Pine Street,
Burlington, Vermont. It was nice
to get your note on the Christ­mas
card, Elise. No, you’re in­formation
is not too late for the
Newsletter! “I ’ve been working
for the President of the University
of Vermont, Dr. John F. Fey,
and the job has been a very in­teresting,
but taxing, one,” writes
Eloise. “My husband is still the
Esso Reporter on T.V. and he
continues to enjoy Vermont. My
best wishes for another successful
year!”
Wanda Krabbenhoft (Mrs. Paul
Brechler) (1948-52 ) 41 V a l l e y
Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa. Wanda
writes that she is looking for­ward
to a copy of the Newsletter,
and sends wishes for a “m o s t
happy and prosperous 1960 for
the Highlanders!”
Jacky Malloy (Mrs. C u rtis
James Merrill) (1948-52) 6334
Rowan Lane, Houston 36, Texas.
Curt is a Sunbeam shaver repres­entative.
They have three child­ren:
Pat 6, C.J. 5, and Susan
2. “Curt and I took up a new
‘hobby’. The Hammond Organ —
So beware, we plan to go on tour
as soon as we practice a bit —
I ’m sure the bagpipe experience
will fix me up. We do love it,
though. Such fun to play all the
Xmas carols. The organ w i l l
sound exactly like the pipes if
you use the right tablets — All is
the same her. Sister Pat, also
an ex-piper, and children, flew
down for Christmas. “But,” adds
Jacky, “after a few days delay
going through a blizzard — Such
is the midwest, no? Spoken by a
true Texan!”
Marcia Healy (Mrs. H a l s e y
M. Cook) (1948-52 ) 412 Woodbine
Avenue, Towson 4, Maryland. The
Reverend Halsey is the Consult­ant
in Christian Education for the
Episcopal Diocese of Maryland.
“Our biggest news this year is
the addition of our fourth: Kath­leen,
on February 12, ’59. She’s
the family’s darling, of course,
and thoroughly enjoys the role.
Our oldest, Cynthia Mary (Cin­dy)
age 6, is an accelerated first
grader and doing very well. We’re
mighty proud of her! The middle
two, Bill 4 and Heather 3, are
still home in Mommy’s hair, but
we have a lot of fun together. In
between the sink, stove and play­pen,
I sometimes manage to get
out and do other things — for in­stance,
training church s c h ool
teachers, helping set up vocation­al
conferences for girls in this
diocese, and of course, the dear
old P.T.A. I ’m hoping to get back
into some dramatic work one of
these days (or years!) a n d
would gladly chuck everything
else for that. We’re still waiting
for y’all to come East — hope I
don’t have to do it in a wheel
chair! Say hello to Fran for me,
Bill. I still think nostalgically of
those bridge games on the bus.”
Sally Finkbine (1948-52 ) 5019
Underwood Avenue No. 17, Oma­ha,
Nebraska.
“Sure is wonderful to be back
in the mid-west!” this ex -te n o r
drummer tells us. “Loved Wash­ington,
D. C. for two years, but
guess you can take the girl out of
the country, but you can’t take the
country out of the girl. T’was so
nice to see the Highlanders per­form
in person again. I’m Romp­er
Room teacher (Kindergarten-
TV Show) in Omaha and having
such fun! The kiddies are darl­ing
and keep me constantly amus­ed.
Seems everywhere I go I run
into ex-Highlanders. In D C. it
was Dot Schwengel, and here its
Marcia Raffensberger Scheilen-berg.
Sure is a nice feeling to
see old friends.”
HIGHLANDER CHRISTMAS LETTER Page Five
Elizabeth Glendinning (Mrs.
Andrzej Korbonski) (1948-52) 410
Riverside Drive, New York 25,
New York. Andrzej (pronounced
‘Anjay’) is doing economic re­search
and studying for a Ph.D.
in Political Science. “Glen” is ed­iting
and doing research, dealing
mostly with U.N. affairs, at the
Carnegie Endowment for Interna­tional
Affairs. This ex-d a n c e r
and piper says that she was “tick­led
to death to run into President
Hancher at the United Nations,
one day, where I was pleased and
proud to discover he is a mem­ber
of the U.S. delegation to the
(then) current Assembly and —to
no one’s surprise — doing a
wonderful, conscientious job of it,
no easy task! New York holds
other surprises, too, for instance,
two pipers who periodically turn
up across the street from us for
night practice in Riverside Park,
one a fellow named Giuseppe Pel­la,
the other a Hungarian named
Lazzlo — both of whom, when I
asked how they happen to take
to piping in Riverside Park, gave
me a look of withering scorn,
‘Because we like to’. Nothing new
in our activities this year, but I
don’t think I ever reported that
year, on our way back f r o m
a fascinating vacation to Poland
(to which we are nursing hopes
for a return visit next academic
year) I stopped off in Edinburgh
and spent a wonderful couple of
hours chatting with a bagp i p e
maker about the virtues a n d
(let’s face it — purists do exist!)
the vices of SUI girls’ being
taught to play the pipes. But he
remembered our Highlanders and
it was obvious that he was sec­retly
pleased that we c a r e d
enough to take it seriously. He
was also kind enough to give me
several books of pipe music — I
didn’t tell him I was planning
to adapt them to recorder - play­ing
(which I have lately taken
up) for fear he would boot me out
of Scotland altogether.” It surely
was good to hear from you, Glen,
and don’t wait two years again
before you ‘get lonesome’ for us.
Joan McLaren (Mrs. Laird F.
Fryer) (1949-50 ) 376 Xavier Street,
Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Fryers have three chjldren:
Lisa 7, Laird 6, and Leslie 4%.
Larry is the Las Vegas Merchan­dise
Manager for Sears R o e ­buck.
“It's been a wild year!”
says Joan. “Larry has had three
promotions —two of them meant
moves — we bought a house in
Pomona when he was sent there.
(We were living in Whittier, Cal.
and he had been traveling on the
West Coast staff) But we were
promoted here before the Pomona
house was moved into — What a
blow — We love desert living
and we even enjoy L.V. but it’s
the craziest place people ever
build. Guess you could say there
are two towns — the day one
and the night. All sorts of places
advertize big events beginning at
2:00 A.M. They say ev e ry o n e
eventually goes through here.
Maybe some of you who never
manage to write can give us a
call when you get here.” The 200
year old ivory, ebony and silver
antique bagpipes your friends
own sound very beautiful, and I
am pleased to know the player is
getting some use out of my In­struction
and Maintenance Book,
Joan. Also, tell little Laird, even
though the Highlanders organiza­tion
is not co-ed, should he come
to Iowa to school, he still might
enjoy knowing the girls!
Sharon Brown (Mrs. C h a r l e s
Toland) (1949-52 ) 451 Grand Aven­ue,
Iowa City, Iowa. Sharon says
that ChucK is a junior in Medical
College, and she does part - time
secretarial work at U n iv e rs ity
Hospital. This ex-piper s a y s
that: “Our happiest event of the
year was the arrival of Kent
last January 25th.” (the other
two children are Constance 5, and
Cary 3). “We are still struggling
in school, but it seems like the end
is in sight now. Chuck’s Dad was
killed in an auto accident in May,
so we had our bad as well as
our good moments. If any of you
ex-Highlanders make it to I o w a
City; (and I’m sure you must)
stop out to see us.”
Joanne Smith (Mrs. C. A. Hen­dricks)
(1949-52 ) 816 Ca roline
Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa. Joanne’s
doctor-husband is a resident oph­thalmologist
(eye surgery) at Uni­versity
Hospitals, in his second
year. Debbie is almost 4 years
rjd, and Cliff III is 2 years old.
Joanne writes: “Our big event of
the year will be a vacation in
Florida over the holiday season!
We enjoyed the Highlander per­formances
at the football games
this year — and know you are all
anticipating a wonderful trip to
Europe next summer.”
Martha Hale (1949-52) 303 West
90th Street, New York 24, N ew
York. “Marty” writes: “Am back
in N.Y.C. (after a year in West­chester)
in the ranks of C i v i l
Service as Social Investigator for
the N. Y. Department of We l ­fare.
Fascinating, but depleting.
I see ‘Glen’ Glendinning Korbon­ski
quite often. They are neigh­bors
almost. Give my best to all
Highlanders, old and new. W a s
really impressed by the full-page
cover spread you got in L I F E
magazine. . . . Congratulations!”
Juanita Bethke (Mrs. C l y d e
Connell) (1949-53 ) 405 Kimber ly
Drive, Rochester 10, New York.
Clyde sells and designs folding
boxes for the Rochester Folding
Box Co. — Division of Weyerhau-ser
Lumber — a package Con­sultant
and salesman. Colleen is
4, Karen 2, and Steven 2V2
months. Juanita says: “This is to
solicit any information on ‘how
mothers of young children man­age.’
This seems to be my main
thought at the time, a subject
surely worth a Ph.D. and several
honorary degrees. The children
keep us busy. Steven’s approach
and arrival in September cur­tailed
some of my activities, such
as church choir (for which they
probably were relieved) Clyde’s
teaching Sunday school w h i c h
contributes something for our fill­ing
the various nurseries, etc.,
on Sunday mornings with our lit­tle
ones. Some of you might be
interested to know we vacationed
with the Dana’s this summer
(formerly Mary Beth‘Mitzie’ Mau-er)
who have just moved from
Pittsburgh to Kansas City. Jack
is now regional sales manager for
Westclox. We haven’t been in
Iowa this year, but despite our
proximity to Syracuse, my loyal­ly
is still firmly rooted to the
Hawkeyes. Anyone in this area at
any time, please come see us!”
Mickie McMullen (Mrs. Ed
Dickmann) (1949-53) 1423 Everett
Street, El Cerrito, California.
Mickie says that Ed is still with
William B. Gilbert & Associates.
Business is heavy as there is
much construction going on. This
ex-bass drummer writes: “Cathy
(9 months) joined us in March to
the delight of her older sister,
Debbie 3%. They now play togeth­er
and have a fine time. Puppet,
our Boxer, arrived in April. The
dog is more work, and has cost
Ed more in doctor bills t h a n
Cathy! Let this be a warning to
would-be Boxer owners. Ed has
joined the Jaycces and is quite
busy with all their activities. I’ve
joined a Hospital Auxiliary and
so we both find our time pretty
well taken. At the Iowa - Califor­nia
game we saw lots of old High­landers
— Barb Beals Maulin for
one. Jan Bridges Halbach is now
living in Berkeley. It has been
fun renewing our friendship. Her
address is 33 Forest Lane, Berke­ley.”
Mary Lou Mortensen (Mrs. Joe
Haibach) (1949-53) Box 464 Rip­ley,
West Virginia. Joe is Senior
Industrial Relations Representa­tive
for Kaiser Aluminum a n d
Chemical Corporation a t Ravens-wood,
W. Va. Our former drum­mer
and Drum Major writes:
“Still living small town life in
the hills of West Virginia. O u r
family now consists of Joe, me,
one sen, “Tad” 3, one large dog,
2 large cats, and 1 kitten, but I ’m
glad to be able to report that on
Jan. 10 or thereabouts we’ll be
welcoming another member to our
household — human lype, so no
post Christmas letdown around
here. I hope I can get the pine
needles swept up before the bot­tles
and diapers must make the
scene. Needless to say, we’re real­ly
looking forward to the big day.
Enjoyed seeing nice color picture
of Highlanders in LIFE.’
Mary Sahs (Mrs. Howard King)
(1949-53) 5219 College, No. 707, In­dianapolis,
Indiana. Mary, our ex­piper,
happily writes: “H o w i e
and I were married on August 15
at the Congrega.ional Church in
Iowa City and took a wonderf u 1
trip to Miami. We are now living
in a cozy little duplex in Indian­apolis
with hopes to build our own
home before too long. Last sum­mer
we spent nearly all of our
weekends sailing either here or
going to Regattas here in the mid­west.
Interestingly enough, we
have a ‘Thistle’ class sailboat so
I almost feel like a Scotsman
again!” Howie is in partnership
with his father in a Marine bus­iness,
making, selling, and repair­ing
sailboats. Mary is still work­ing
as an Occupational Therapist
in the V.A. Hospital, Psychiatric
Unit.
Beverly Bartels (Mrs. J a m e s
D. Treneman) (1949-53) 1509 E.
10th, McMinnville, Oregon. T h e
Dr. Trenemans have three child­ren:
Ann 3%; Nancy 2, and Joan
5 months. Jim is practicing on
his own since September last, he
got his air force discharge the end
of last July. “We made a long,
long trip in July from Harlingen,
Texas, via Iowa to Oregon where,
we hope,” states Beverly,” “we
will be permanently. Jim is in
General Practice and I am busy
with our three little girls. H o p e
some year we can visit in the fall
and make the Highlander Te a .
Nice picture in LIFE. . . . Saw
you on TV and it brought back a
flood of memories.”
Janie Woodburn (Mrs. M a rv in
R. Moles) (1949-53 ) 406 E. 13th
Street N., Newton, Iowa. “We
thoroughly enjoyed the n ew
dances and routines at the Minn­esota
game!” writes Janie. Mar­vin
is a doctor associated with
the Newton Clinic. This ex-piper
has one son David, 2%, and Diane
now 5 months, whom they adopted
at age 5 days. Your Christm a s
greeting was very pleasantly
rhymed, and the “Royal Procla­mation”
announcing the coming
of your new daughter was clever.
Wish we might have more room
to print them, as well as the fine
pictures. Thanks to you for send­ing
them to us.
Barbara Wick (Mrs. J. C. Tim­merman)
(1949-53) 1722 Morning-side
Drive, Iowa City, Iowa. Jay
is a senior in the SUI College of
Medicine. The Timmermans have
two children: Barbie 2% and Bet­sy
3 months. This ex-d r u m m er
tells us that: “Jay is busy trying
to decide on an internship for next
year. He is most interested in
those in California and we hope
1960 finds us there. I’ll miss the
Highlander performances, of
course, for have enjoyed them
so much. Congrats’ on last year’s
Christmas Letter. It was w e l l
done and I believe, the best one
so far. I think these letters are
wonderful and hope you go on
printing them for years a n d
years.” Thank you, Barbara, for
your nice compliment and en­couragement.
We, too, hope we
will continue to hear from all
our Alums so that the Newletter
will go on, and on, and on, and
on. . . .
Joyce Chapman (Mrs. Neil L.
Hysell) (1950-51) Mountain View,
Wyoming. Joyce writes: “B o t h
Neil and I are working for the
Forest Service. Neil is Assistant
Ranger on the Mt. View Ranger
District of the Wasatch National
Forest, and I am secretary to the
Ranger. This has been a year of
many changes. Jamey, now 6
years, started school. . . . Jamey
and I made a hurried trip to Iowa
to visit my parents in late Aug­ust.
The whole family went to Cal­ifornia
over Memorial Day. Now
we are looking forward to spend­ing
the holidays in Iowa (Ho p e
you made the trip) After that a
busy season of skiing and t h e
Olympics at Squaw Valley.”
Arjes Sundquist (Mrs. D a niel
M. Youngblade) (1950-51) 112 Cen­tral
Park, Iowa City, Iowa. Arjes’
husband is a junior in the SUI
Medical School. Their children
are Chris 2%, and Beth one year.
“Have another wonderful Euro-pea
Tour. Wish I were going along
but will follow via the press,”
writes Arjes. “ I hated to see the
football season end as my girls
‘march’ right along with the ‘Eye-landers’
who’s practice field is
nearly in our front yard!”
Joy Wren (Mrs. Earl Y. Bickel)
(1950-52) 1008 Tower Court, Iowa
City, Iowa. This ex-piper is teach­ing
6th grade in the Coralv i 11 e
Elementary School. Earl is spec­ializing
in orthopedic surgery at
the University Hospitals. Joy
says: “We were in Europe from
1956-58 while Earl was stationed
at the 98th General Hospital in
Neubruche, Germany. We s a w
Africa, Spain, Portugal, Denmark,
Norway, Sweden, E n g 1 a nd,
France, Italy, Austria, Switzer­land
— and even were permitted
to visit the East zone of Berlin.
Bought everything from African
rugs to Danish teak furniture for
our new home — which we’ve
just moved into. We love every
square inch of it! We’ve done all
the outside and inside painting,
laid up our own ceramic tile in
bathrooms and kitchen. Refinish­ed
and hung kitchen cabinets our­selves.
Refinished our own wood
panelling in living room. Poured
concrete for garage floor — and
concrete footings for stone plant­er.
Lots of hard work — but we
love it that much more.”
Joan Dunlop (Mrs. David L.
Dunn) (1950-52 ) 815 N. Deahl, Bor-ger,
Texas. Davis is a geologist
for J. M. Huber Corporation, as-
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sistant to chief geologist. “We
hope to be in Iowa City next year
at Homecoming,” writes Joan.
“So we can see everyone at the
Highlander Coffee. We will be
moving to Denver, Colorado next
spring. We are expecting a child
in July.”
Barbara Beals (Mrs. D o n a l d
Maulin) (1950-52) 1129 Rhinette
Avenue, Burlingame, California.
This ex-piper says: “Saw many
ex-Highlanders at the Iowa - Cal
game in September. Jan Bridges
Halbach, Mickie McMullen Diek-mann,
and Nancy Page among
a few. Very happy with the out­come
of the game, but disappoint­ed
in Iowa’s football team this
year. Very busy building a new
home in Tiburon, California and
should be moving in by the first
of the year. Leslie is 17 months
now, and Don is with the Peat,
Marwick Mitchelle and C om­pany,
San Francisco, Cal.”
Nancy Sweitzer (Mrs. Robert M.
Gunn) (1950-52) 1140 P ra tt Boule­vard.
Chicago 26, Illinois.
Bob is a lawyer and C.P.A. pract­icing
law with the firm of Mac-
Leisn, Spray, Price & Underwood.
He specializes in corporate tax
law, Nancy tells us. “The big
news this year is Alan Montgom­ery
(3V4 months),” writes Nancy,
“ a companion piece to last year’s
edition (or addition) Phoebe Ann,
17 months. B od has been spend­ing
a lot of time in Los Angeles
and Portland, Oregon, this year,
working on a case so the babies,
in one form or another, visited
the grandparents in Des Moines
and Washington, D. C. a f e w
times to break the routine at
Gunn Babyland. My experience
has been that besides receiving
the Highlander ‘Christmas’, East­er?
Fourth of July? Letter, there’s
nothing like having a baby to
bring in news from far-f l u n g
friends. However, with all t h e
alarming reports on the popula­tion
explosion, I may have to re­sort
to the Letter as my sole
source . . . at least for two or
three years!”
Pat Pew (Mrs. Charles Cutler)
(1950-53) 1629 45th, Des Moines,
Iowa.
The Cutlers have two children:
Candy 4. and Je ri 2. Mr. Cutler
is a Propane salesman for Cities
Service Oil Company. Pat says:
“We’re still in Des Mo i n e s ,
and liking it very much. Chuck
travels a great deal, but with
my two little girls, and my dif­ferent
activities — the w e e k s
fly by. I had lunch with Mitzie
Mauer Dana when we were home
at Thanksgiving. They were mov­ing
to Kansas City from Pitts­burgh.”
It would be nice if you
could send us the new address for
Mary Beth Mauer (Mrs. John
E. Dana) for apparently she is
no longer living in Missouri, our
last Highlander Alumni address.
straightening teeth like mad —
including mine. You wouldn’t
recognize me with my s t a inless
steel smile! We’re so happy to be
settling down at last. Last spring
we purchased a big old (65 yrs.)
house near Lake Harriett which
we had been renting. We n ow
have lots of room for guests —
so come to see us any time. Our
big news this fall is a baby sister
for Curt and Elise. They adore
her — and she is so good. Also
added a big old piano to the men­agerie,
so we’re having much fun.
Hope to see you all next fall.
Hear you are planning another
trip overseas! Wonderful!” Their
children are Curtis 4%, Elise 3,
and Carol 2 months.
Mary Leinfelder (Mrs. Edward
Byrnes) (1950-53) 3519 R e x fo rd
Drive, South Bend 15, Indiana.
Mary’s husband is Chief engineer
of all Whitehall plants and ware­houses
in U.S. and Canada. The
Byrnes’ children are Steve 3,
and Janet V h . This ex - drummer
writes: “We spent this year liv­ing
in Southern New J e rs e y
when Ed was plant engineer for
one of the Whitehall piants. His
promotion then sent us back to
South Bend when we moved back
into our own home. We are ex­pecting
another baby in April.”
Jane Condon (Mrs. Robert Jan­sen)
(1950-54) 120 Grand Avenue
Court, Iowa City, Iowa. Jane is
working as an Occupational Ther­apist
a t the Hospital School;
“Sam” is a junior in Law School.
“Sorry I missed the Homecoming
Coffeehour,” reports Jane, “b u t
this year was Sam’s turn to a t­tend
reunions and my turn to
babysit. (Mary Katherine is
years old now). I ’ll be there
next time for sure! We enjoyed
the Highlanders a t the games this
fall — and were particularly im­pressed
by the dancing! Keep
up the good work!”
you. Some day I ’m going to be
in Iowa City for that special
day.” Well, Marge, we surely
hope you can make it not once,
but many Coffee hours to come.
By the way, Ben is a B u y e r -
Manager for the Toy Department
of the Crescent Department Store
in Spokane.
Kay Tyrrell (Mrs. Don Crosby)
(1951-52) 909 Walworth A v e n u e ,
Whitewater, Wisconsin. Kay says
that she is still “ chief cook and
bottle washer” , and that her hus­band
is an electrical contractor.
They have two sons: Randy 4,
and Chris 2. “Two months ago
we sold our home in Milton Junc­tion,
Wisconsin, and will soon be
moving to Whitewater, Wise,
where my husband will be in bus­iness
for himself as an electrical
contractor,” continues Kay. “I ’ll
be busier than ever as I ’ll be
cLing our bookwork and taking
phone calls. We hate to leave
friends and our recently purchas­ed
house, but are looking forward
to a successful business f u ture
and new friends. I ’ve been wond­ering
about Bonni e McK i trick
Ewing and Barbara Bacon?
Where are you and how are
you?” We would be interested to
know, too, Kay. Our rec o r d s
show that we have had no record
of their whereabouts since 1955
or so, perhaps there is someo n e
who will know their addresses??
Mary Sawyer (Mrs. Robert L
Ross) (1950-54) 1403 I S p a r ta n
Village, East Lansing, Michigan.
This former bagpiper says that
her husband, Bob, is working on
his Ph.D. at Michigan State in
Political Science. “We spent our
first year of marriage in N. Y.
City. Bob received his M.A. from
Columbia and I held down an of­fice
job. Last year we replenish­ed
our finances — Bob taught
Am. Gov. at Davenport (Iowa)
High School. This year, back at
coDege — with the help of a Fel­lowship
— and we hope to be able
to stay until our goal has been
reached. Always enjoy the News­letter
even if it takes quite a while
for it to catch up to us. Becky
Jo is 15 months.”
Sandy Sechler (Mrs. Kent M.
Bartges) (1950-53 ) 22 E. 60th St.,
Westmont, Illinois.
“Aside from the baby we are
expecting late in January, there’s
not much new with us this year,”
writes Sandy. “We vacationed in
Pennsylvania with our families
and that’s about it. I enjoyed last
year’s Newsletter lots.” Y o u n g
Kent is 2%, and Sandy’s husband
is a Physical Therapist in Chicago.
Ozzie Carlson (Mrs. John Bar­ton)
(1950-53 ) 4228 Linden Hills,
Minneapolis 10, Minnesota.
Ozzie says that John, her hus­band,
is most happy with his new
office and orthodontic p r a ctice.
“Between golf seasons, he is
Marge Martin (Mrs. Ben J.
Ruehl) (1950-54 ) 232 W. 36th, Spo­kane
42, Washington. There is a
little 3 year old whose name is
Debbie Anne. Marge says that
there is no new exciting news in
the Ruehl family, yet they have
had another wonderful year. “Had
our first Iowa visitors in 5 years
and both families came on t h e
same day!! We loved hav i n g
them.” Marge adds: “They cut
the pre-game Highlander perform­ance
off our TV, (Iowa - Purdue)
so I called the station during
the first quarter and asked them
if they would run the half time
commercial during the Put d u e
Band performance and show the
Highlanders, and they did!!??
Anyway, I got to watch, and as
always you looked w o nderf u 1.
Every year when the card for the
Homecoming Coffee hour arrives,
my thoughts review many of
the wonderful times we had with
Elaine Hyndman (Mrs. Don E.
Killen) (1951-52) 1512 61st Street,
Des Moines, Iowa.
This former snare drummer is
now an audiologist and speech
therapist with the Des Moines
Hearing and Speech Center. Her
husband, Don, is special agent
—casualty line, with the Insur­ance
Company of North America.
Kathleen Louise Uchtorff is 7.
“We have just moved into a
new house and are really busy
settling down and fixing up to
our tastes. We are expecting the
‘stork’ in March (good reason
for feathering the nest). Despite
being in a constant whirl, we still
manage to get to the football
games, cold weather and all!
The Highlanders look as good as
ever. I still get a little homesick
for those happy-go-lucky college
days. Good luck to you all.”
Marydale Merrill (Mrs. Nor­man
Dessel) (1951-53) 810 7th
Avenue, Coralville, Iowa Ci t y,
Iowa. The Merrills and t h e
Dessels sent a very lovely Sea­son’s
Greetings getting us up to
date on the two families since
1958, with an appropriate picture
of the two groups. Norm and
Marydale have purchased a home
in Coralville, on the outskirts of
Iowa City, and Norm is con­tinuing
work on his Ph.D., along
with part-time teaching at Univer­sity
High School, while Marydale
stays a t home caring for their
Diana. Her auntie, “Nano-Dia­n
a ” is in school at the Univer­sity,
and is a Highlander drum­ming
her way along as did her
sister, Marydale.
Aleda Lundquist (Mrs. Arlyn
M. Moeller) (1951-53) 2100 N.
Brentwood, Essexville, Michigan.
Aleda writes that Dr. Arlyn is
now practicing in Essexville, a
suburb of Bay City, and is thor­oughly
enjoying being on his own
after the Air Force. They have
two children Mark 4% and Laurie
3. “We returned to the U. S.
last June,” says Aleda. “Still miss
Japan, though. We spent the sum­mer
living with relatives, visiting
and househunting. Arlyn is in
practice with another physician
that he knew from his internship.
He is doing very well already
and I find it hard to adjust to
seeing him so little — the A i r
Force offered so much f r e e
time! At last we are homeown­ers
— it’s wonderful — n ew
house, nice neighbors. Bay City
and Essexville are located on
Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron —
wonderful vacation country.”
Sally Sackett (Mrs. Harry A.
Eick) (1951-54) 916 Collingwo o d
Drive, East Lansing, Michigan.
Harry is Assistant Professor of
Chemistry a t Michigan State Uni­versity.
They have four child­ren:
Carol 4, John 3, Stephen
2 (he is a New Year’s E v e
baby), and Timothy 6 months.
“We are liking Michigan State
very much,’ writes Sally. “We
hope to see the Highlanders at
the Iowa game here next fall?
Timothy Alan’s arrival in May
made our family total 6. We had
a brief trip back to Iowa during
the heat wave in August, and I
was back in Des Moines in
November to see my parents
honored as Drake Univers i ty’s
“Parents of the Year’. In spite
of our state’s financial crises
we are now loyal boosters of
Michigan and M.SU.”
Dorothy Rankin (Mrs. D ay to n
Seiler) (1951-54) 930 C re s tv iew
Drive, Pasadena, California.
Another Greeting came this year
from the Seilers, which includes
their twins, Sheri and Sandy, Sus­ie,
Linda, Diane and D a vid.
It is always so fine to hear.
Jane Walker (Mrs. Samuel O.
Christensen) (1951-54) 141 Easton
Avenue, Waterloo, Iowa.
Dr. Christensen is a children’s
dentist in Waterloo. This ex-piper
has two sons: John 4 and Jim 2V4,
and Jane reports: “We are ex­pecting
our third child around
January 15th.”
Jean Weems (Mrs. Edward E.
Schmiedel) (1951-53) 713 7th Aven­ue,
Charles City, Iowa.
The Weems children are Barbara
Jean 5 years old, and Andrew
Weems 2%. Dr. Weems is in part­nership
with Dr. W. P. Pelz in
Charles City. This ex-piper and
dancer says: “We manage to get
to Iowa City for at least 2 foot­ball
games in each year. Charles
City is an active town. At present
we are both busy in church acti­vities
and Jaycees. We e n j o y
commuting to Minneapolis and
to Wartburg College for their a r ­tist
series.”
Jayne Stewart (Mrs. Richard
L. Freeman) (1951-54 ) 71 Bissell
Drive, Eggertsville 26, New York.
The Freemans have two children:
Pattie 4, and Alison born Feb­ruary
9, 1959. Dick is with his
father Charles S. Freeman Com­pany,
Manufacturer’s A g e n ts.
■nris ex-snare drummer says:
“Sorry I missed the letter last
year. I was so busy with t h e
baby coining Christmas, and I
was directing a 3-Act Play (‘Re­luctant
Debutante’) for o u r
community theatre. I ’m still in­volved
in this acting bit, and tak­ing
my second year of Russian in
night school from a gentleman
who’s English is no better than
my Russian. I’m struggling but
am too stubborn to quit, I guess
. . . Pattie started nurs e r y
school this year, two days a
week. Tempus does fugit, doesn’t
it! Lissie’s a sweet little thing
— we’re so fond of our girls,
in fact, we thought we’d try again
in May — probably be another
future Highlander, too. I saw you
on TV the Purdue-Iowa game.
You looked much better t h a n
the team. How you’ve grown! I
HIGHLANDER CHRISTMAS LETTER Page Seven
was in good old Iowa for a
month this summer. My annual
vacation from housewifely drud­gery
— how I love it. Just saw
your picture in LIFE. What a
spread. Congratulations, 1 o o ks
as though you’re really rapidly
moving onward and upw a r d.
And more good luck to you all
in the future.”
Joyce Ann O’Connor (M rs .
Richard J. Hingtgen) (1951-54)
5751 Academy, Tucson, Arizona.
Joyce writes: “This is our last
year in service, and then back
to good old Iowa where the weath­er
is always changing. Although
we don’t know where we will
settle after February we hope
to when Rich makes a trip back
to the midwest. (Rich is a dentist
in the AirForce.) Do you know
they have Highlanders in Tuc­son?
Srtrictly an a m a t e u r
group, however, not profession­al
like we were!” Little Todd
Hingtgen is 14 months.
Donna Hamersly (Mrs. C. J.
Carison) (1951-55 ) 3500 East 42nd
Street, Minneapolis 6, Minnesota.
Donna says that she is employed
a t Pillsbury in Minneapolis, and
her husband is a last year Civil
Engineering Student at the Uni­versity
of Minnesota. She adds:
“ June, 1960 will be a big day for
us, as Jim plans to graduate
then. Needless to say we are both
looking forward to it very much.
We had another wonderful vaca­tion
this summer — this time
we went canoeing out to El y,
Minnesota, for a week. We were
in some pretty wild country, as
as evidenced by the packsack that
a bear multilated the first night
out. Other than this one epi­sode,
nothing really excit i n g
happened, but the weather was
grand and the scenery w a s
beautiful. And there is nothing
quite like paddling to build up
muscles and callouses. We almost
made it to Iowa City this fall for
the Iowa-Minnesota game, b u t
once again the weather man had
different ideas. We had a beauti­ful
snowstorm on Thursday be­fore
the game, and the roads were
70-100 per cent impassable. I’m
going to get there yet!” And we
surely hope you will, Do n n a .
Keep trying!!
Jane Hoopes (Mrs. J a m e s
H. Robinson, Jr.) (1952-54) 16A,
Harrison Village, Ft. Ben Harri­son,
Indianapolis, Indiana.
Jan e’s husband is in the U. S.
Army, 2-Lt. Finance School
Teacher, and she is the 8th
grade English teacher in L a w ­rence
Central High in Indianapol­is.
Jane Noble (Mrs. George T.
Conger) (1952-54) 485 Delaware
Avenue, Akron 3, Ohio. This ex­drummer
writes: “I ’m ’employed’
a t home. George is practicing
obstretics and gynecology. We
added another female in June,
(Ann 4, Susie 3, and Janne 7
months), and are well on t h e
way toward producing our own
Highlander Rank No. 12. Go o d
luck on the 1960 European Trip,
and let me know if you need an
extra ‘expert’ to tag along.”
Allyn Wells (Mrs. Bill Smart)
(1952-54) 1847 F. Ft. Geo. C.
Meade, Maryland.
Bill is a lieutenant in the Army,
and is directing plays in Special
Services. There are two sons:
Kirk Anthony, 2 years, and Robb
Erin 2 months. This ex-p i p e r
says: “After 2 wonderful years
in Japan, we were stationed in
Hawaii for one year. Bill was
badly injured in an auiumoo i 1 e
accident last January, but there
will be no permanent damage.
I ’m busy with children and dogs
— our German Shepard is
about to have pups. There is a
pipe and drum group here at Ft.
Meade and they have graciously
offered to let me play with them
— sometime!”
Janice Meyer (Mrs. D o n a l d
Waldron) (1952-54) 66th A B
Group, APO 17, New York, New
York.
Again, we had this word, too
late for last year’s Newsletter —
but nothing Irom Janice for this
year — so we’ll print what she
said some time ago: “Sorry I'm
late, but I was in the hospital
having my third boy, (Todd). We
love -t rance and we re trying to
Pick up the language. My 3
year oid, Scott, is in F r e n ch
scnool, and is learning lots of
French. Last summer we travel­ed
through Germany, Denmark,
Tne Netherlands, and Belgium.
World s Fair was wonderful.
We get to Paris quite often as we
are only two hours away. Hope to
see more of Europe this summer.
Heard via my parents, the High­lander
looked good in the Rose
Bowl Parade. Congratuiat i o ns,
and keep up the good work for
Europe in ’60.”
Jan Papke (Mrs. John Landess)
(1952-55) 314 South Johnson Street,
Apt. 2, Iowa City, Iowa. Jan, ex-piper,
is secretary in the SUI
Physiology Department. Her hus­band,
John, is a freshman in
Law School this year.
Martha Porter (Mrs. John W.
Fowler) (1952-55) 733 South Cook,
Barrington, Illinois. Marty wrii.es
that her husband is with the Con­tinental
Illinois National Bank
and Trust Company in Chicago.
They have three children: Jonn
3, Christine 18 months, and David
3Vi months. She adds: “E a c h
year my time gets less and our
family gets larger. On September
5, 1959, our third child, a second
son, was born. We really have
a wonderful family. Have b e e n
here in Barrington a year in
March. Just love our home and
the small village. We were home
the first of November for a week
and at the last minute were given
tickets to the Minnesota - Iowa
game. Although it snowed, and
was cold, my goose pimples were
from seeing the Highlanders per­form.
Much more class, a n d
sharpness than the group of five
years ago. Looked like the drums
have been painted!” Yes, Marty,
they have, and there are a few
new ones, too.
Baila Mackey (Mrs. Tom Col-glazier)
(1952-55) 1921 D a y to n a
Drive, Peoria, Illinois.
Tom is an accountant in t h e
Foreign Trade Department of Cat­erpillar
Tractor Company. B a ila
is substitute teaching, which she
had been doing for the last two
years. Timmy is 5 months old.
“We’ve been Peorians for Vh.
years. . . . and immediately we
built our house and began to fill
it. Timmy has certainly stolen
the spotlight from our pair of
chihuahua dogs. They’re l u c k y
to even get fed now. Before
Timmy was born I taught English
and reading to 6th, 7th, and 8th
graders. We certainly enjoy hear­ing
from all of you through
the Highlanders Newsletter.”
Virginia Milnes (Mrs. P h i l lip
J. Crumley) (1952-55) 2601 Mu l ­berry
Avenue, Muscatine, I owa .
Tne Crumleys are back f r o m
Europe, and Virginia says that
they are renting a pleasant little
remodeled white farm house with
a lovely yard that takes her hus­band
5 hours to mow! Dr. Crum­ley
is a dentist, and associated
with Dr. J. D. McPike in Musca­tine.
If only we had more space
— we’d be mighty tempted to
print ALL of their newsy and
exciting Christmas letter. B u t
here are ‘bits’ from it. “For a
while this past summer I w a s
afraid the Army had become so
attached to us we never would
have an opportunity to get re­acquainted
with relatives oack in
the States. We had just returned
from a two-weeK trip to Italy —
full of plans for how we w e r e
going to spend our remaining six
weeKs left m France, e n j o ymg
friends, seeing Taris, and doing
all tne hundred and one things
one puts on to do mi the last min­ute
— to discover Doug and I
had orders to report in a w e e n
io Jaremerhaven, Germany, to be
shipped nome Dy the Army . . .
Our activities in Germany read
liKe a situation comeuy. F i r s t
tnere was no room on me ship. . .
Then wnen there was room, Doug
got sicK, and we couidn t sail. 1
received word tnat my f a m i l y
nad driven irom Iowa to N ew
YorK to surprise me wnen the
snip docKed. (Guess who got the
bigger surprise.') Having Deen
assured we saned as scheduled,
Pnu sent home all our household
supplies and luggage, and iinauy
wnen ne was contacted that we
were still in Germany, he was
erroneously told that it was be­cause
Doug had been hospitalized.
Uh my! . . isy this time, nowever,
Pnil had decided that financial
savings were no longer of utmost
importance, so we said ‘nuts to
Army Transportation’, and he
drove up to take us back to France
with him for another month. . .
Taking all into consideration, our
rather chaotic weeks in Germany
were well worth the r e s u l t -
ing ‘extra’ month in E u rope,
because we were able to spend
several pleasurable days in Heid­elberg
with our old c o l l e g e
friends, the Norrises. . . . We fit
in a number of excursions to
areas of Versailles, F o n t a i n-bleau,
Paris, etc. The last week
of July, Doug and I finally made
a successful attempt to l e a v e
the country, flying TWA from Or­ly
Field to Idlewild. . . . b e gan
another month and a half of No­mad
existence on this side of the
ocean until we were finally able
to move into our little f a r m
house the middle of September
. . . In many respects, our mem­ories
of living in Europe as yet
seem not so far away. We enjoy­ed
our experiences there so
much. . . . While walking along
Edinburg’s ‘Royal Mile’ l a s t
spring, for instance, I couldn’t
resist stopping in at J & R Glen,
Bagpipe and Drum Maker, where
I found I could virtually steal a
re-conditioned set of pipes for $30.
I was promptly dragged away by
a budget minded husband! . . .
Muscatine is only 35 miles from
SUI, from which both Phil and I
graduated. We were pleasantly
astounded to discover the number
of good friends from college days
who are either permanently lo­cated
there or are currently in
graduate school. We had season
tickets this fall to the five home
football games, so we had a num­ber
of excellent opportunities to
get together with old friends gath­ered
from all parts of the state.”
Sheila Ann Cunningham (Mrs.
J. Michael Hogan) (1952-56) C u n ­ningham’s
Mobile Home Court,
Iowa City, Iowa.
Mike is carpenter with Benning-hoff
& Streb, and Sheila is work­ing
in the Bacteriology D e p a r t ­ment
at SUI. “We are enjoying
life in Iowa City yet — have
thought of moving elsewhere tor
while, but can’t seem to g e t
away,” Sheila comments. “We
love going to all tne tootoali, bas-ketDaii
and baseball games at
SUI — and of course a l w a y s
cheer loud for tne Highlanders. I
thins tuey look better every time
we see mem. Your next Jtuiopean
trip sounds terruic — iKeep post­ed
oy my d o s s , Dr. J. K. r-oner,
wno is me tamer ot two mgn-lanoers
a t the piesent, nobin and
Carol. Just wisn l couid taKe a
leave oi aosence and oe a cnap-erone!
iviy londest memories of
SUI are ail tne hours spent as a
highianoer and I'm sorry mey
went so last. Keep up tne good
worK, Bill!”
Jonne Shirley (1952-56) . 2645
Lee Road, Cleveland Heights 18,
Ohio. This tormer piper a n d
Drum Major writes tnat she and
her husband have been separated
for a year now. “iNeediess to
say,” continues Jonne, “t n e r e
has been a great deal of unnap-piness
for an concerned. I hope
1 will have much better news
to report for next year s letter.”
We hope things will nave a way
of wording out better for you,
Jonne. Always feel free to write
Virginia Yoder (Mrs. R o b e r t
Walters) (1952-56 ) 2120 F o r e s t
Oaks, Dallas 28, Texas. Virginia
is Chief Physical Therapist a t St.
Paul Hospital in Dalis (“In fact,
the only one a t present” ) adds
Virginia, “Bob is a dealer with
Mobil Oil. He is planning on leas­ing
his own gas station in March,
1960.”
Barbara Summers (1952-56 ) 402
West, Shenandoah, Iowa.
This former drummer is an Eng­lish
teacher in the Shenandoah
High School.
Carol Lee Johnson (Mrs. Ger­ald
W. Kottong) (1952-56 ) 4418 Ar­rowhead
Street, Baton Route 8,
Louisiana.
The Kottongs have two children:
Jeffrey David 3, and Susan Carol
2. Their Daddy is employed by
Ethyl Corporation as a Chemical
Engineer in Research and De­velopment.
Carol writes: “ . . .Our
family is increasing again, We
are expecting number three the
middle of June. We are all busy
down here with the two we have
plus many social activities.” Car­ol
was in the Highlander Office in
January. Nice to have you call.
Come again!
P a t Hafner (Mrs. Clark E.
Morton) (1952-57) 103 E. Polk
Avenue, Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
Pat, drummer and ex-drum danc­er,
writes: “Last year we lived
in Minneapolis where I t a u g h t
school and Clark was in training
with the Shell Oil Company. IN
June he was promoted and we
moved to Eau Claire which is in
the middle of his territory. Pre­sently,
I am not teaching but de­voting
my time to my little son,
Clark Edward II, born October 6,
1959, and our home which we
bought when we moved here. I
watched the Highlanders on TV
this fall and they looked great.
You sure have a good little drum
dancer. Do you starve her, Bill,
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like you did me? I imagine you
are preparing for your trip to
Europe, and I hope all the girls
have as good a time as I did.
I sure miss the old group and
will be anxious to hear about
everyone in the Newsletter.”
Nancy Page (Mrs. Dean Ank­rum)
(1953-55 ) 26744 Ba h ama
Avenue, Hayward, California.
Dean is with Cottage Baking Com­pany,
Hayward, as Chief Account­ant
and Office Manager, and Nan­cy
is teaching seventh grade in
the San Lorenzo School District.
This ex-piper says: “We’ve set­tled
here in Hayward and have
recently bought a home. I’m de­veloping
somewhat of a green
thumb in the garden — although
I ’m still a weekend gardener. I
saw the Highlanders on television
this fall, and they were as fine
as ever.”
Virginia L. Coder (Mrs. Larry
W. Pugh) (1953-55) 1018 “A” Ave­nue
N. E., Cedar Rapids, I owa .
“ I am loafing for the first time
since we’ve been married,” writes
Virginia. “Not working at a job,
I mean — am sewing, cooking,
playing wife and “Mommy” to
David William age 2, and love
it! At last writing, two years
ago, my husband was a Physical
Therapist in Spokane, Washing­ton.
Since then — back to Iowa
City to school again for an M. A.
degree in Hospital Administration.
He is now in his 2nd year of the
program — the first being aca­demic
at SUI — serving his resi­dency
at St. Luke’s Hospital here
in Cedar Rapids. Next year we’ll
be gone again, hope to get that
degree in June. Certainly have
enjoyed going to the f o o tb a 11
games once again. Glad to s e e
you’ve got the girls coming off
the field a different way, Bill —
split up instead of a straight
line! Will be here in C e d a r
Rapids until next July. Until we’re
finally settled send any corres­pondence,
after July 1960, to 329
River Street, Iowa City, Iowa,
c-o Wm. Coder.”
in June after serving 3% years,”
writes Kitty. “We moved d o w n
here to New Orleans August 1st,
and really love it. Would s u r e
love to see those of you w h o
may be coming to New Orleans
in the near future. Sure seems
funny not to have snow which we
miss as well as Iowa U. and the
Big Ten football games.”
Carole Bartels (Mrs. Richard
Loetscher) (1953-56) Cloie Fork,
R. R. 1, Durango, Iowa. This ex­piper
has two children: Penelope
Anne (Penny) who is 2, a n d
Christian Andrew (Andy) who is
one year old. Her husband is in
the sales department at Farley,
Loetscher Manufacturing Com­pany.
She adds: “Dick and I
bought a home in the country two
years ago, and we live 4 miles
from Dubuque. We have 10 acres,
really 9.8 — not enough for the
soil bank — darn it — most of it
is woods, but an acre of it we keep
in lawn and garden. I have been
chief grass cutter and gardner,
for Dick was busy building a
screen porch this summer. Next
year we’re going to sit on the
porch and watch the grass grow.
We were snowed in for f o u r
days last winter and really en­joyed
it!”
Dorothy Dow (Mrs. Robert E.
Sorensen) (1953-56) 10112 Fremont
Avenue South, Minneapolis, Min­nesota.
Dorothy is in the Northwestern
Hospital, a Physical Therap i st
in Minneapolis; Robert is electri­cal
engineer with Remingt o n,
Rand Univac in St. Paul. She
writes: “Robert and I were mar­ried
this fall, took a honeymoon
trip to New Orleans, La., a n d
spent much of our time in the
French Quarter, which we thor­oughly
enjoyed. We are fortunate
in moving into a new three-bed-room
rambler right away. It’s
actually in a suburb of Minneap-olis-
Bloomington, and we a r e
slowly but surely getting all of
our things settled. There’s lots
of work to it, but much fun, too!”
with State Farm Insurance, and
then after the first of the year
they hope to settle in Omaha.
She adds: “For the past three
years Jim has been in the Navy
and we have been stationed in
Hawaii. We left there the first of
September and Jim was discharg­ed
in San Francisco. On the ship
coming home we were told that
another Highlander was in Hawaii
also. I am sorry that we hadn’t
known sooner.” They have a son,
James D. Jr., 16 months.
Margaret Ann Bathke (M rs .
Lester C. Johnson) (1953-56) 193*
Galerita Drive, San Pedro, C a li-fornia.
Margaret Ann writes that they
have a new home on the P a l o s
Verdes peninsula in July, 1958,
and they like it very much. She
continues: “The California cli­mate
certainly agrees with us. I
took my dental hygiene California
State Boards in June and passed,
so am now the proud possessor of
a California license. My husband
is in his second year graduate
school at the University of South­ern
California (L.A.) and also is
assistant administrator at t h e
Aerophysic Laboratory for Doug­las
Aircraft in El Segundo.” Les­lie
Margaret is now 2, and of
course the expected arrival of
baby number two is a pleasant
anticipated event for the Johnson
household . . . We were so proud
of you all at the Rose Bowl game
last year — seeing you in person
was beautiful!” Thank you, it
was fine seeing you, too.
Charlotte Dafoe (Mrs. George
Welch) (1953-55) 6125 W. 75th
Street, Prairie Village 15, Kansas.
Charlotte’s husband is now in his
first year of residency in the De­partment
of Medicine, Kansas
University Medical Center, Kan­sas
City, Kansas. “We are living
in the suburbs of Kansas City
in a little house like everybody
else’s little house with child r e n
like everyone else’s (John is 3,
Jennifer 2.)” She continues
“There is one thing comforting in
this age of conformity, though.
I once played a bagpipe!! I
have yet to run into another house­wife
in these suburbs who h a s
done that. Now that my children
are getting beyond the baby stage,
I ’m getting a yen to get a t a bag­pipe
again, just for fun. . . . We
were back for the Notre Dame
game and I thought the Highland­ers
were just great when they
played before the game. Haven’t
you increased the number of
pipes? They really sound good.”
Thanks, Charlotte. We h a v e
around 36 pipers performing at
football games, and we’ll take
some 34 on the Foreign Trip,
too.
Kitty Holmes (Mrs. Paul H.
Bartlett, Jr.) (1953-55) 326 Bon-nabel
Blvd., Metairie, (New Or­leans),
Louisiana
Paul is employed by Americ a n
Can Company, as sales assistant.
They have a son, James Holmes,
born May 14, 1958. “P a u l
was released from the Air Force
Barbara Mixon (Mrs. William
W. Brauer) (1953-56 ) 24623 Rens­selaer,
Oak Park 37, Michigan.
Barbara reports: “Bill graduated
from Medical School in J u n e ,
and we then came back to De­troit
where he is intemi n g.
Our first child arrived in August,
a little girl, Elizabeth Mixson,
Beth for short. We will be return­ing
to Iowa City in July where
Bill will sta rt a residency in
Psychiatry.”
Shirley Curtis (Mrs. Donald J.
McKenney) (1953-56) 119 E. Allen,
Midland, Michigan Shirley says
that she and her husband a r e
still employed by the Dow Chemi­cal
Company. “Cotton” is a chem­ist,
and her husband is a chemi­cal
engineer. “We are l o o k i n g
forward to a trip to Europe this
coming summer. Unfortunately,
being working people, we will miss
one of the best parts of a Euro­pean
trip—the boat trip across the
Atlantic. Our plans are to buy or
rent a car over there and tour
Spain, Switzerland, Austria and
Italy.” We hope that you may run
into us on our third Highlander
European Trip this coming sum­mer.
Do look us up if you hap­pen
to come anywhere near us.
Our itinerary will be found in
this Newsletter, too.
Susan Salie (Mrs. James D.
McKnight) (1953-56) Ida Grove,
Iowa.
This ex-piper writes that her hus­band
is employed as an Adjuster
Lori Sharp (Mrs. Floyd Kemp)
(1953-56) 2503 Olive Street, Cedar
Falls, Iowa.
Lori is teaching Art in the Hud­son
Community Schools — mostly
elementary grades, and ‘set t i n g
up the program’ actually. Floyd
is a senior art student at I o w a
State Teachers College. L o r i
adds: “The past two summers I
have been employed as art teach­er
and director a t a s u m m e r
camp for wealthy Jewish girls.
The camp is located about 40
miles northwest of Portland,
Maine. During the past year, I
graduated from ISTC and did a
semester of graduate work in
Art, after which I got married
and spent two weeks honeymoon­ing
in Maine. We’re living a busy
but fun-type life in a small five
room apartment, a block from
the college — which means that I
drive to Hudson (about 10 miles)
every day. Floyd is doing his stud­ent
teaching in Waterloo at pre­sent
so we both are madly mak­ing
lesson plans and searching for
scrap materials for our charges
to work with. We saw the former
Sue Donnelson a t the State Teach­er’s
Convention in Des Moines
this year. She was as perky as
ever, all loaded down with shop­ping
bags! Come see us in our
penthouse (we live on the 3rd
floor) a rt gallery any time —we’d
love to see any or all of y o u
again!”
Dorothy Kay Roudabush (1953-
57 ) 3911 S. W. 9th, Des Moines,
Iowa.
No, Dot, you’re not too late re­turning
the Questionnaire! That is
one of the reasons you d o n’t
appear to get the Christmas Let­te
r on time. We try to catch all
“word” that comes and e v e n
after the assembling, and f i n a l
typing of the letters in News­letter
form, it takes another long
time to print . . So bear with us!
Dot is still with the M e re d ith
Publishing Company as Advertis­ing
Copywriter, but listen to this
exciting comment from her: “My
big news is on my left hand! I
became engaged to Fred Carpen­ter
this fall. Fred graduated with
me from the University and is
now a junior in Medicine. No def­inite
date set, but plans are for
late May or June. Dot Schwengel
and I recently got together to
reminisce and catch up on news
of many of the kids. Also keep
up with some through K a r e n
Clause Bloomquist who also works
a t Meredith. I unexpectedly ran
into Judy Murtagh Thors o n’s
parents a few weeks ago. Learned
that Judy and Dick are in Santa
Anna, California. They have one
daughter and were expecting an
addition to the family in Decem­ber.
Just thought I would pass
that news on, in case Judy doesn’t
get her Questionnaire returned.”
Thank you, Dorothy. We surely
appreciate word of this kind.
Janice Barnes (Mrs. John Tee-gen)
(1953-57 ) 641 Lucas, I o w a
City, Iowa. Jan ’s husband is a
senior medical student a t the Uni­versity,
and Jan teachers kinder­garten
at Mark Twain School.
They have a son, John, 16 months.
“We don’t know yet where Jack
will be interning next year, but we
are looking forward to a change
of scene. I haven’t been out of
Iowa City much in the last 14
years, except with the Highland­e
rs!” We’ve been glad to have
you around, Jan, but good luck
in your new ventures.
D o r o t h y Schwengel (1953-
57) 4005 Nellie Custis Drive, Ar­lington
7, Virginia.
Dorothy says: “ I am still in the
Office of the Vice President, Wash­ington,
D. C. My ‘husband to be’
is the Officer in Charge of the
Tomb Guards at the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier and is tationed
in the First Battle Group Third
Infantry (The Old Guard), Ft.
Myer, Virginia.” This ex - piper
continues: “Thanks for this op­portunity
to ‘tell my lat e s t
news!’ I am engaged to be mar­ried
this spring in Davenport,
Iowa, on April 23. I am marry­ing
Lt. L. Neale Cosby who is
from Lexington, Kentucky. We
will have a career in the United
States Army. This, of c o u r se,
means that we will be moving
around a lot and I will look for­ward
to meeting up with H i g h ­lander
where ever we go and
maybe even returning to o u r
‘homeland’ of Scotland s o m e
time! The additional attraction to
our romance is that Neale was
my military escort during t h e
1959 Cherry Blossom Festival in
Washington last spring when I
represented Iowa. Needless to say,
Neale knows that there is only
one bagpipe band in existence
and he and I were very impress­ed
with the TV performance this
fall.” Best wishes to you, Dorothy.
How nice that you and D o t
Roudabush can share the same
exciting news! Congratulations, al­so,
on being one of the Cherry
Blossom Princesses!
Ginger Hunt (1953-57) 420 Oak­land
Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa.
This ex-piper and bass drummer
writes: “I am attending the SUI
Graduate College in the Depart­ment
of Physical Education for
Women. I am really enj o ying
school and being in Iowa City.
I ’ll be here until the end of sum­mer
school — then plan to teach
somewhere. I was sorry that not
more of the girls who went to
Europe in the summer of ’56 were
back for the Coffee Hour at Home­coming.”
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Sue Donelson (Mrs. Don E
Johnson) (1953-57) 611 S. Bench
Street, Galena, Illinois.
Don is a student at D u b u q u e
University Seminary, a student
supply pastor, South Presbyterian
Church, Galena, Illinois, and Sue
is teacher of vocal music at
Washington Junior High School,
Dubuque, and part-time v o c a l
instructor at the University of
Dubuque.
Sue couldn’t find time to write us
last year, but has nicely made
up for that difficulty, for which
we thank you sincerely. S h e
writes: “We remember the High­landers
with a special warmth,
because it was on that first Rose
Bowl trip that Don (a band mem­ber)
and I really met. After two
wonderful, happy years of mar­riage,
we are very grateful to
Oldsmobile, the band, and t h e
Highlanders. Until recently we
had been living in a trailer out­side
Dubuque with our f a m i l y
Tuck (a shaggy dog), H o ra tio ,
(the rags to riches cat), and an
aquarium of tropical fish. Before
Christmas Don accepted a tempor­ary
position as student supply min­ister
at the South P r e s b yterian
Church in Galena. Now we are
living in their manse, a beautiful
old-fashioned house with modern
conveniences. It certainly seems
strange to have some 13 rooms
after living in our 10’ by 45’ trail­er.
If the future goes as planned,
Don will finish seminary and be
ordained next January 1961. We
both plan to begin studying for
advanced degrees then a t the U.
of Mich, or a t U.C.L.A. (the lat­te
r I hope after our recent weath­er.)
We are also trying to figure
a way to spend a t least six months
traveling around the world before
we start studying. Don believes
this is the only way that he will
get me to stop talking about the
1956 Highlander trip so mu c h .
Fellow Highlanders might be in­terested
to know that for the past
two summers I have directed a
girls’ junior high drill team in
Estherville, Iowa. They specialize
in marching with single snare
drum accompaniment but also
give exhibitions in acrobatics, flag
swinging, and dancing. T h e y
wear all white outfits ( s h o e s ,
socks, shorts, and blouses) with
blue plaid stoles and glengarry
caps held in place with red felt
emblems. They are named the
Estherville Lassies. Last summer
we bought chanters and s o m e
bagpipes from Bill so that some
of the girls could learn to play
for the group next summer. They
think that the Highlanders are
absolutely the ‘greatest’ as do
I.” Thanks, Sue, Good luck!
Jane Richter (Mrs. Frank Se-bolt)
(1953-57 ) 217 Johnson Street,
Iowa City, Iowa.
Janie, our former piper, writes
this clever Merry Christmas.
Merry Christinas?
What season is this?
I just don’t know.
I ’ve been all mixed up
Since 5 months ago.
We planned to go to Hartford
Our plans were sent awry.
In a letter sent to Frank
The army cast its eye.
So off we went to Michigan
And then to Minnesota.
Then came that dreadful sum­mer
day
Frank filled the army’s quota.
Then off to California
Mother and I had fun.
Poor Frank lay in Missouri
Baking m the sun.
Now I ’m in Iowa City
Teaching all the while.
Frank’s still at Fort L e o nard
Wood
Walking soldier style.
He’s only in for 6 months
But this is bad enough.
He’s had enough of Boy Scout
camp
Playing their games and stuff.
He hasn’t had a leave yet,
One 3-day pass was best.
With many trips to see him
The bug has had no rest.
We can’t plan things for certain,
The next day they all chang­ed.
So that’s why I am rattled
And rather deranged.
One thing I know for certain
This thought from both of us.
I hope your New Year’s happy—
And a very merry Christmas!
However, “Frank got out of the
service in December,” continu e s
Janie, “just before C h ristm a s
so we spent 2 weeks driving to
and from Mexico City.” M u s t
say, this ex-piper is quite a poet
too!
Katherine Korns (Mrs. Richard
A. Myers) (1953-57) 1107 East
second Avenue, Esconido, C a li-forma.
Kitty, our .ex~piper, drummer, and
Drum Major, says that Dick (the
]■&■> is naval aviator at Mira-mer
Naval Station. He flies the
^ Demqn Jet as all we a t h e r
pilot. David Allen was born Octo
bW 1^’ 1959' blue eyes anTd haeuyb urernP °hr ta ihre, ahnads
since he is their first they are
,?f ®lr buttons with pride.
She adds: “we go to San Francisco and
M o ffett Field in nnfiae ffrroi!m°c TSUaTIT m. u.s t. *Sivaew inth eC aHliifVohr-
Sdo ’SgeSt bMett eTrV a nadt bInedttiearn. aT he cyriosus
an fh PWw strai^ lines
yVeaerasr .mi n IthLe navhya Vaen dt hreme ma onr ve
more moves. After Florida, Tex-as
and California I can hardlv
rife£ ?^gei back t0 Iowa - no
civn?7Prtnl 8- I-°Wa iS the m0St
yvept. r WWoe- 11ia Cwe elcomvee cyoomue bacarcosks
dHrronpn ™in6 the Office toR esmeee musb. er to
Sarah Ann Vernon (Mrs Ed-w
ard D. Springer) (1954-56) 101/2
W. Burlington Street, Iowa Citv
Iowa. Edward is a teacher in
Junior High in Central City, Iowa,
and Sarah reports a son, Steven
Kent, born November 13, 1959
Congratulations to the Springers!
Mich Fagan (Mrs. Francis S
Conway) (1954-56) Bldg. 408, Apt.
881, Ware Avenue, Wherry Hous­ing,
Scott AFB, Illinois.
1 are stationed at
Scott AFB, Illinois, where Fran
is on the Staff of the base hospital
EF aarr PNifreosseen, t&. a Tsshigronamt eCnlti niics .” Tthhee
doctor and Mick have two child­ren
Sara 2, and Susan 1. “I can’t
wmuch we enjoyed last
year s Christmas Letter - in fact, we still bring it out occasionally
and read it. We saw the High­landers
on TV this fall and they
rea ly looked great - it brought
back some wonderful memories ”
she continues: “We had a terrific
vacation through the South this
year — since neither of us had
ever been in the sou'hern states
it was particularly enjoyable for
us. Our girls are growing fast —
before we know it they’ll be try­ing
out for the Highlanders1 We’re
expecting another addition to our
family in January, and are very
?.rCmin# °,ver this coming event.
Well be looking forward to this
year’s Letter.” Glad you do enjoy
the Newsletter, Mick, e v e n
though you have to wait patiently
for it.
Nancy Weih (Mrs. John Ho s ­kins)
(1954-57) 2073 B Ma t h e r
Way, Elkins Park 17, Pennsyl­vania.
John is a junior a t Temple
Medical School in Philadelphia,
this ex-snare drummer writes
and Nancy received her B.S. in
Education from the University of
south Dakota in June, 1958, and
her Masters of Natural Science
in August, 1959. Congratulat i o n s
on your academic achieve­ments,
Nancy!
K e rin K a e Okerlin (Mrs. Wayne
A. Moldenhauer) (1954-57) 1650
Alta Place, Dubuque, Iowa.
My husband is a children’s den­tist,
and I am a housewife this
year, writes Kerin, “I direct the
senior youth’s choir a t Holy Trin
Jty Lutheran Church. We have
been living in Dubuque for ly*
years now and are enjoying it
' I J 5 much I taught second grade
last year but am taking it easy
this year My musical outlets are
singing at various functions in
Dubuque and directing 2 choirs
at church My husband, Wayne is
busy at th« office. We enjoyed
going to New York City t h f s
September for the National Chil-
*®,n s Dental Society Convention
and are anticipating going to Los
wHp th Calilorn>a, next y e a r
when the convention will be held
there. A nice way to combine
business with pleasure.”
Jacky Norgaard (Mrs. Jame.s
A. Devine) (1954-57) Box 119, Mar-ion,
Iowa.
James and Jacky have a n e w
daughter, Deborah Lynn, b o r n
November 6, 1959, and “we think
she s a very precious and good
little gal, writes Jacky. “Jim is
a trainee with McKesson
and Robbins Wholesale Company
i n Cedar Rapids Last June
MMccKK. and Robbintsh,i s wJe° b bowugithht
a mobile home and moved to Mar­ion.
I worked at a pharmacy in
Marion for a couple of months,
then stayed at home to wait for
the arrival of our new addition.”
Nancy Tolford (Mrs. R i c hard
Lierle) (1954-57) 1035-2N. Wo o d ­ward
Avenue, Birmingham, Mich-
“Living in Birmingham a small
suburb north of Detroit, is en7o “
aavvooiidd tthhoe0 lff acft thaltm PDo sestirboleit tios
taken mmpe aW ryiteGaSr Ntoa ngcayt‘h e“rU huads
enough nerve to tackle the express
r w stenk 1 final>y decided if
3 million other people c o u l d
narrowly miss each other (usual­ly)
on the clover-leaf race tracks
I could try my skilK?). Despite
these minor transportation diffic­ulties,
there are many compensa­tions
out here: Where else can
you head South and end up in
Canada? Seriously, we do like
Michigan and have enjoyed many
of its facilities — especially the
excellent ski slopes. . . . f m
madly trying to ‘cure’ all mv
students with speech problems
<Nancy ,i s Speech therapist in
[lc school system of Roy­al
Oak) by January since I ’ll he
eavmg then in order to prepare
for raising my own. We are ex
Pectmg our first child in March
on’r iy wiH be reliving
our 56 trip as I read about this
K stW - 11 doesn’t seem pos
fu 1 J y e a r s h a v e P a s s e d since the last one! Thanks to the
last.newsletter, I was able to find
a iughlander living nearby. Thus,
Mary Woodman and I held a small
nut noisy reunion and thoroughly
rehashed our tour over the sea ”
By the way, Dick is Corporate
electronic data processing planner
for Chrysler Corporation.
Nancy Latch (Mrs. Willert Hin-richsen)
(1954-57) 142 S t a d i u m
Park, Iowa City, Iowa.
!‘Hank” will graduate from SUI
in February, and his ex-piper re­plies:
“After H a n k graduates
we 11 be moving to Birmingh a m,
Michigan, wheie he nas accepted
a job as Personnel Assistant with
Berry Door Corporation. It will
be nice to see a pay check, but
will really miss the footD a 11
games and seeing the Highlanders
why don t you take them up to
Lansing next year, Bill?” Timo-thy
John, Nancy’s little son, is 16
months.
J o a n O’Hara (1954-57) Fonda-tion
des Estats Unis No. 232, 15
Boulevard Jourdan, Paris 14e
France. A very lovely p 0 s tcard
c?me from Joan in Edinburgh,
of the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
She writes: “Does this look fam­iliar?
I am spending the Christ­mas
holidays in England and Scot­land.
It seems rather strange not
to be accompanied by ?5 k 1 1 ted
lassies, however. Edinburgh is
p r f i T f f but f-’™ having a wond-
„ M ,m e reliving experiences
we had 3 years ago. It hardly
Ewhfetn hth e Hig^hlgan'dj ers( Jwoailnl ararsivkes
T?ii^MRff, coming summer —
ed 1 n tho’ n "d y0U Wl11 be in^erest-thP
l i ! elsewhere in
the letter) 1 11 be anxious to see
everyone,” this former s n a r l
continues, “ and hope
1 11 still be there. I imagine plans
are progressing and rehears a 1 s
are more frequent. . . . I hope to
see you this summer.” We want
to see you, too, Joan. We’ll trv
to keep m touch.
Elaine Roggenkamp (Mrs Terry
L . F i s h e r ) (1954-57) 1300 Oak­land
Road, N. E., Apt. 1214, Ced­a
r Rapids, Iowa.
“I am now teaching junior-h i e h
physical education and health at
Franklin High School T e S is
with Northwestern Bell T e I e-
Rn?ne Company,” writes Elaine
»mce my marriage in June, i
have been living in Cedar Rapids
and enjoy it very much. S e e m s
ike quite a few Highlander Al-r
™ are a !s° making C e d a r
Rapids their home. I r e a l l v
^ n t do too much this summer
(maybe soak up the sun whenev­er
it was possible) but school was
ready to open before I knew it
fga'n- The dual role of teacher
busy 6 keeP'ng me quite
Nancy An Stewart (Mrs. Ron-ald
C Frack) (1954-58) 3930 E.
Kinkaid, Wichita 18, Kansas.
Congratulates, Nan and Ron.
M Wi3s born December 29,
KKarnasass!' TThhele yffo Hrmosepri tapli; pWer-idchain.ac,-
er adds: Our new little ‘High
Sis a20S% iinncehhgehs el,do n7g , lbasn’d 1s hoez’’s anda
Pretty good sized girl. Natural-we
[e proud parents. . . . Our
other big news for the year is
that we bought and moved into
our own home in March. It is a 5
room, one story, brick house in a
a r?a of southeast
Wichita. We ve become regular
settled citizens who typical 1 y
spend their weekends with weed
pulling and lawn mowing We
were so sorry to have m i s s ed
Homecoming this year and seeing
the Highlanders. We did watch you
on TV one Saturday and as al­ways
you looked great. I thought
the dancers did a wonderful job
but you may classify me as a
prejudiced viewer. We’ll certainly
not miss Homecoming next year
and will definitely bring o u r
girl around for approval when we
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come home this spring. . . . Best
of luck to you on your foreign
tour this summer. We’ll be look­ing
for all the latest news of the
trip. . . . Ron is employed as an
Associate Engineer in tne Mobile
Training Devices department of
Boeing Airplane Company.”
Mary Woodman (Mrs. R o g e r
Norman Coe) (1954-58) Apt. 315,
4600 Conn. Avenue, N.W., Wash­ington
8, D. C.
“ I teach a t Richard Montgomery
High School in Rockville, Mary­land.
Roger works at the U. S.
Patent Office and is in his third
year at Georgetown Univers i t y
Law School in the evening pro­gram,”
this ex-piper reports. “We
are looking forward to the Euro­pean
Tour in 1960 and the bands’
visit to Washington. Nancy T o 1-
ford (Lierle) and I had a great
time last spring in Royal Oak,
Michigan, reminiscing about the
organization. It was through the
Christmas Letter we learned that
we were only a few miles apart.” :
Just to confirm the fact that you
and Nancy got together, (it’s re­ported
in her answer, too!) and
that the Newsletter does h e l p
Alums to find each other.
Norma Doss (Mrs. Turner Lett)
(1954-58) 1508 Oakland Gardens,
1300 Oakland Road, N. E. Cedar
Rapids, Iowa.
Turner is Supervisor of U n d e r-writing
at Iowa National Mutual
Insurance Company. Until Octo­ber,
1959, Norma worked at Stam-ats
Publishing Company as re­search
Editor and Circulat i o n
Director, but now this ex-p i p e r
reports: “The biggest news in
our household is the birth of our
little daughter, Diane Elizabeth,
November 24, 1959. I say little,
because she weighed 6 lbs. 11
oz. I ’m already making plans for
her to play the bagpipes! . . . Al­though
I enjoyed my work (with
the publishing company) it is won­derful
to be a full-time house­wife
and mother. I saw the High­landers
a couple of times this fall
and they really looked sharp.
Every time I see them, it brings
back many pleasant memories. . .
I know ‘everyone’ has a hard
spring and summer ahead of you
getting ready for your trip to Eur­ope.
I wish you all the luck in
the world, and will certainly
be thinking of you and watching
the papers next summer for news
of your trip.”
Carol Crawford (Mrs. L. J. Ry­an)
(1954-58 ) 5 B. Hatchee Road,
Elgin Air Force Base, Florida.
The Ryan’s little Denny is now
one year old. Jay is administra­tive
officer of Elgin Air Force
Base Hospital — 300 bed hospital.
Carol writes: “We have been sta­tioned
here a year now and enjoy
being on the Gulf of Mexico, es­pecially
in the summer. We live
in northern Florida, and last May
took a trip to southern Florida to
see Cypress Gardens, Miami, Ft.
Lauderdale, and the Florida Keys.
It was a gorgeous trip and we
hope to repeat it next year. In
August we visited Iowa Ci t y
and Des Moines — had a good
visit with Gerry Hanson who has
just moved to Boston to work. We
spent a weekend in New Orleans
on the way back. We look for­ward
to receiving the ‘Christmas’
Letter again this year.” It was
good to see you again, Carol, and
your fine little son, when y o u
stopped in the Highlander Office
last summer. Come back a n y
time!
Mary Ann Seberg (Mrs. Ed­ward
Shuey) (1954-58) 3976 Morn-ingstar
Drive, Salt Lake City, 17,
Utah.
Another piper writes: “I ’m a
speech therapist in the p u b lic
school in Salt Lake City; Ed will
enter U. S. Coast Guard Officer
Candidate School in Yorktown,
Virginia, on January 18, for 17
weeks, then we’ll be together for
6 months active duty. I ’ll be living
with Ed’s parents at the above
address while he’s at OCS, and
would love to hear from some of
you. I really envy all of you who
will be making the European Trip
next summer; sounds like you’ll
be kept even more busy than we
were in ’56.”
Jean Williams (Mrs. I. H. Mc­Guire)
(1954-58 ) 4 Hillcrest Court,
Rock Island, Illinois.
Still another greeting came to the
Highlanders and Adamsons via
Christmas. Thanks!
Lois Ann Campbell (Mrs. Dav­id
Cox) (1954-58) Maytag Dairy
Farm, Newton, Iowa.
Dave is in the college training
program at Harris Trust and Sav­ings
Bank in Chicago. Lois Ann
writes: “We moved to F o r e s t
Park, Illinois in August ’59, and
will be in Chicago area perman­ently
except for six months in
the Army. This will take place at
Ft. Benning, Georgia, beginning
in February, 1960. We saw the Io-wa-
Minnesota game, and certain­ly
enjoyed the Highlanders. Inci­dentally,
just practically every­one
knows about the SUI Scottish
Highlanders around here.” That
is good to know, Lois. And, as you
realize, you weren’t too late for
the Letter — also, anyone who
wishes to write her, please send
mail in care of her parents, May­tag
Dairy Farm in Newton.
Joy J a rra rd (Mrs. Duane H.
Drake) (1954-58) Kalona, Iowa.
This ex-piper and drummer tells
us that Andrew arrived on July 3,
1959, “just fifteen minutes from
being a Yankee Doodle Dandy.”
She continues, “Now a t 6 months,
he is almost as good as a dog;
he can sit up, roll over, crawl
and ‘speaks’ but remains ab­solutely
UNhouse-broken! I am
still teaching science here in Kal­ona
and looking forward to ano­ther
Christmas in June when Du­ane
receives the long-awaited
M. D. degree from the College
of Medicine a t SUI.”
Geraldine Hanson (1954-58) Ad­dress
was: 300 California Ave.,
Santa Monica, California, b u t
promised to forward her Boston
address to us!
Gerry writes: “Just a quick note
to tell you that I’m moving to
Boston, Massachusetts January 1.
Sometime in the spring I ’ll be
married to Don Farrell, a stud­ent
a t Boston University, from
New York City. Met him when
he was flown out here for Ernie
Kovaks TV Show. He’s the fellow
who, 2 years ago, spent 7 days
sealed in the Air Force test space
capsule in Texas. Really tremen­dous.
Wish you could meet him.
Will forward my Boston address
as soon as I have it. It’s real
hard to give up this tremendous
job but it’s a matter of which
is more important so my de­cision
is made.”
Ann Hickerson (1954-58 ) 714 Col­fax,
Evanston, Illinois. This ex­drummer
is working toward her
Master’s degree in Audiology at
Northwestern on an OVR Trainee-ship.
“A day doesn’t pass,” says
Ann, “that I don’t think of the
many wonderful times I had as a
member of the Highlanders.
Thank you again, Bill!” You are
so welcome, Ann. Good luck.
Martha Hickerson (1954-58) 1345
South Milwaukee, Denver 10, Col­orado.
Marty is in her second year of
Graduate School a t the University
of Denver School of Social Work
— and is also a medical co-work­er
at National Jewish Hospital.
“Will graduate this June with my
M. A. in Social Work and then on
to work in a San Francisco or
San Mateo Hospital,” w r i t e s
Marty. “Evantually hope to do In­ternational
Social Work with an
emphasis on medical research.
Watch out for me on your next
European jaunt and my best wish­es
for success and fun on the
coming trip. The Highlanders arf
well known here through TV and
publications and highly revered
too! Ran into alum Nancy Chest-erman
and husband, but look for­ward
to more news from t h e
Christmas Letter. Am now fortun­ate
to be receiving a National
Foundation Scholarship and re­member
how much the Highland­er
Scholarship meant to me.” I
is nice of you to remember and
express your appreciation f o r
what the Highlanders Scholarship
could do in re-payment of your
loyalty and work for the organi­zation.
Karen Greenwood (1954 - 58)
9021/2 W. Genesee, Saginaw, Mich­igan.
Karen is employed by Saginaw
Public Schools, as the traveling
Elementary Art Supervisor. She
expresses pleasure in receiving
the Newsletter, too, and hearing
about people she has k n o w n
through SUI and Highlanders. “I
spent part of the summer in Sid­ney,
Iowa,” says Karen, “and the
rest in California and Canada.
There are two of us in elementary
art this year — which helps. I
have 16 schools (320 rooms) this
year, 8 less than last year, and
I also set up the Art workshops
we have for the e lem e n ta ry
school teachers. It is awf u 11 y
busy, but so much fun, and I en­joy
it so much. Am taking . an
a rt course from the Univers i t y
of Michigan, but it cert a i nly
doesn’t compare anything to Io­wa’s
Art department! Enj oyed
watching the Highlanders on TV
this fall. We got to two ‘I o w a ’
games, and of course, all pre­sent
knew — or were informed
— about the Highlanders! ! I hope
to be back in Iowa City next
summer, to sta rt on a Master’s
Degree. Hope you have a good
trip to Europe! Sorry we will
miss you this summer, _ K a ren.
but best of everything in your
Art work this summer.
Joanne Odem (Mrs. Wa llace
Sails) (1955-56 ) 332 East Grant,
Kent, Ohio.
“Joanne writes that Wally is a
junior at Kent State University,
majoring in Foreign Trade. They
are expecting their first child in
February. “We watched all of
the Highlanders football TV per­formances
and thought you look­ed
great! I know everyone’s look­ing
forward to going to Europe
That’s one trip I ’ll never forget,
after all, that’s where I met Wal­ly!”
Priscilla Thomas (Mrs. Stan
Briney) (1955-57) Forest V i e w
Trailer Court, Iowa City, Iowa.
Priscilla says: “I’m back in
school again and I ’ll finally grad­uate
in June, 1960. I ’m a senior
in Dental Hygiene, and between
that and my family I’m really
kept busy.” She continues: “Stan
is working on an M. A. in Physio­logy
and will be going into Medi­cal
School next fall. We don’t
know whether he will be going
here or not, but where ever it is
we will be rooting for you. Good
luck and have a grand time in
Europe this summer! Sure wish
I could go along.”
Sydney Brookman (Mrs. Roger
O. Clemens) (1955-58 ) 4421 Hold-rege
Street, Lincoln Nebraska.
Roger is in SAC flying B-47s out
of Lincoln Air Force Base. Syd
writes that her Lieutenant hus­band
loves his flying: “The big
truck, he calls it” , and as much
as I am proud of what he is
doing for our defense.” She con­tinues,
“ I am able to be back in
school a t the University of Neb­raska
in Speech Therapy. H ow ­ever,
something seems to be miss­ing
in school now and I think its
not being able to toot a bagpipe
a couple of times a week. We are
enjoying the capital of Nebraska
very much. . . . mostly because
my sister, Jan, and her husband
are here. Before we were here, we
were stationed in Laredo, Texas,
and Wichita, Kansas. Understand
Mary Jo Gitchell Horner and
husband followed us to Laredo.
Was just sick when I found out
we were leaving as they were
coming in so didn’t get to see
them. We enjoyed seeing all the
old Highlanders at the Open House
in the fall. There was also a man
there with a big grin, mustache,
and plaid tie. It was good seeing
him again, too! Glad we are dose
enough to be able to attend Iowa
functions.”
Mary Beth Doden (Mrs. Larry
C. Gipe) (1955-58) 700 Ma r engo
Avenue, Marengo, Iowa.
Larry is a junior in Law School
at SUI, “ I am Speech Terapist
for Iowa and Poweshiek Coun­ties,”
writes this ex-snare drum­mer.
Sue Seymour (1955-59 ) 23 Han­cock
Hill Drive, Worcester, Mass­achusetts.
Sue is teaching High School Art
in Worcester. She toured Europe
last summer, covering nine coun­tries
in two months. Wish you
might have planned to go this
coming year — Highlanders might
have met up with you s o m e ­where!
Mary Christensen (1955-59) 5
Woolf Avenue, Apt. 9, I o w a
City, Iowa.
Mary is now a graduate student
in the bacteriology department at
SUI.
Joanne Gilmer (Mrs. D o n a ld
Earl Gardner (1955-59) 303 7th
Street, Osage, Iowa.
Don is stationed at Ft. Sheridan,
Illinois as a pharmacist in the
Army. Joanne is teaching Speech
and English at Osage High School.
This bagpiper writes: “Don was
at Ft. Ord, California but he
was transferred to Ft. Sheridan
three weeks after we were mar­ried,”
says Joanne. “We feel
fortunate that we’re just 320
miles apart instead of 2000. I love
teaching because I ’m learning
so much from my students.
There’s never a dull moment —
believe me! By the way, my
students were quite impressed
when they discovered I was a
Highlander. My stock went up
20 points!”
Ann C. Peterson (1956-57) 809
Fourth Avenue, S. E., Hampton,
Iowa.
This drummer says: “My tw o
years as a member of the Scot­tish
Highlanders was to me most
enjoyable and valuable. It is a
wonderful organization and each
member is a very special per­
HIGHLANDER CHRISTMAS LETTER Page Eleven
son.” Thank you, Ann, we are
grateful if the Highlanders can
mean something valuable to a
young college student.
Patricia Miller (Mrs. J. Peter
Schebler (1956-57) 4451/2 Clark, Io­wa
City, Iowa.
Pat writes: “Pete and I are both
in our last year at SUI as stud­ents.
Other than getting married
this fall there is little information
I could tell you. In order to
earn money for my education, I
had to quit Highlanders after one
year, I ’m sorry to say, as I work­ed
every afternoon as a secre­tary.”
Gaye Gross (1956-58) 3018 Grand
Boulevard, Cedar Falls, Iowa.
This ex-drummer wishes us the
best of everything in Europe this
summer.
Sonja Soderstrom (1956-58) 1114
Hill Avenue, Sioux City 5, Iowa.
“ I am now attending Colorado
State College where I am major­ing
in Elementary Education,”
writes Sonja. “I have just com­pleted
my student teaching in Col­orado;
I enjoyed and benefited
greatly from this experience. I
will be graduated from Colorado
State College this June. I plan to
teach in San Francisco, California
upon completion at graduation.”
Colleen Singley (1956-59) 434-
28th, Des Moines, Iowa.
Colleen is a Dental Hygienist for
Dr. H. L. Reynolds whose office
is in Urbandale, this ex-piper tells
us.
Mary Jo Gitchell (Mrs. Charles
Horner) (1956-59) 706 E. 3rd Street,
Cresco, Iowa, (“Mother will for­ward
any mail” .)
• Were en route to Phoenix,
Arizona, where Chuck will fly
F-lOOs for six months, then he
continues his advanced training
in Las Vegas for three months,”
writes Jo. “We love m o v i n g
around and I ’m beginning to think
six months in one place is enough!
While in Phoenix, I ’m planning
to finish school — by attending
Arizona State University, in Tem-pe
and also planning to take in
a little sun after spending a cold,
snowy, Christmas in Iowa! If
any of you get out that way be
sure and look us up.”
Joey Frush (1957-59 ) 726 St.
John Avenue, Pasadena 2, Califor­nia.
Joey is employed as a Dental
Hygienist in Pasadena. She, too,
toured Europe this past s u mmer
with some of her sorority sisters,
and was gone two months.
Mary Sackett (1957-58)
Thanks for remembering us,
Mary. We are sorry your sched­ule
was such this year that you
could not continue Highlanders,
but after all, classes must come
first in importance.
Suzanne Campbell (Mrs. James
D. Hamblin (1957-59) 3246 Girard
S, Apt. 205, Minneapolis 8, Minn­esota.
Jim is mere h a n d i s e
trainee a t Dayton’s, and Suzanne
is staff nurse on anew medical
surgical station at Fairview Hos­pital.
“While I was finishing my
nursing education, writes Suzan­ne,
“this summer, Jim worked at
Armstrong’s in Cedar R a pids,
in the Men’s Dept. We were also
chapercnes at the Delta T a u
Delta House foi seven fellows,
what fun! After my graduation,
we spent several weeks in beauti­ful
Denver, Colorado, with Jim’s
parents. We traveled extensively
in mountains and saw s o m e
breathtaking sights. On the first
of September we moved bag and
baggage to our new apartment in
Minneapolis. We are enjoying it
here and find it a very friendly
city. Good luck in the com i n g
year, enjoyed watching you on
TV this year.”
Mary Kay Seabury (1957-59) 434
28th, Des Moines, Iowa.
Mary Kay is presently employ­ed
by the State as a P u b l i c
Welfare Worker in Polk County.
“I have the exciting job of giv­ing
our tax money away to the
poor and needy,” writes this ex­dancer
and student manager.
“I am living in an apartment
with Colleen Singley, fo rm e r
piper, and Ro Roberts, also an
SUI graduate. Through my pre­sent
job I hope to get a scholar­ship
to return to dear ole’ SUI
to get my Master’s in Sociology.
Over Thanksgiving vacation I
saw the 1959 Sante Fe Rose Bowl
movie on television. It was so
exciting to relive those wonderful
memories, I can’t begin to ex­plain
the wonderful thrill I felt in
knowing that I was a member of
such a wonderful group. My only
regret is that the years went by
so quickly!”
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon B. Stray-er,
918 East Washington Street,
Iowa City, Iowa Faye and Gor­don
say:
“Like the rest of you ‘veterans’
of the first two European trips,
we will be watching this sum­mer’s
third trip from the s i d e-lines,
and not without a touch of
envy as we visualize all the new
experiences in store for the trav­ellers.
Our own little Highlander,
daughter Hilary, just couldn’t
pass the proficiency tests f o r
the trip this year — but maybe by
the time of the fourth trip, when
she’ll be six. . . . In the mean­time,
look in on us whenever
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