Scottish Highlander newsletter, 1962-1963

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Christmas L e t t e r 1962
JANNES SAVERY (Mrs. Rich­ard
Westerfield (1937 - 38) 119
Jefferson, West Union, Iowa.
Our former dancer, Jannes,
and husband, who is publisher of
the Fayette County Union, have
three children: Sara, a sopho­more
at SUI, Jane, a sopho­more
in high school, and Monte,
a sixth grader. Jannes writes:
“ Enjoyed 25th Reunion! Mighty
proud of Bill and Fran, and all
the loyal Highlanders, both o 1 d
and new. Committee in charge of
Homecoming Reunion deserves
great credit — Hope to be around
for 40th or 50th Reunion!!”
ROBERT HAMPTON (1937 -39)
1269 Washington Drive, Marion,
Iowa.
Bob dropped in to the Highland­er
Office April 9, 1963, for a very
pleasant visit. Bob is selling in­surance
and bas been in Marion
for several years. It was very
pleasant reminiscing with him.
JOSEPH W BELEHRAD (1937-
41) 134 Filbert Avenue, Sausalito,
California.
We are grateful to receive the
above address for this former
Highlander Drum Major, from
whom we hadn’t heard for some
time.
BELLY B. RUSSELL, (1938) 674
Teresi Lane, Los Altos, Califor­nia.
Billy, former tenor drummer,
is president of the Russell -Hus­ton,
Inc. Company in Los Altos,
a men’s retail store. He writes:
“ Spent years immediately follow­ing
graduation including three
years, as Chief of Military Per­sonnel
Branch of General Doug­las
MacArthur’s Staff in the South­west
Pacific. Opened a men’s
store in Los Altos, after getting
out of the Army. My associate
in this business is Jack Huston,
a 1949 SUI grad, and husband
of Bobbie (Ginter) Huston, a
dancer in the Highlanders. He is
also my brother ; in - law. My
oldest daughter, Julie Ann, age
15, is an AAU swimmer and
works out every morning at 7:00
a. m. in the Foothill College Pool
here in Los Altos. Don’t really
expect her to make the Tokyo
Olympics — but is giving it a
real try.” Leota, his wife, and
Billy, have two other children,
Jeanne Elizabeth 7, and J o h n
Harrison 5. “ Some of my extra­curricular
activities include Ro­tary
Club, Los Altos Founda­tion,
AAU Swimming and Mem­ber
of the Board of Directors of
a new three hundred bed hospit­Friends
from 'way bade — Bill and Fran Adamson, and Laura Dempster Rice. Laura was
a dancer and drum dancer during the years when the group was all men, 1939-43.
al here —named El Camino Hos­pital
— a general type commun­ity
facility,” continues B i l l y .
“ Tish (Mrs. Russell >, keeps very
busy with family, Girl Scouts,
church group and hospital auxil­iary.
We are now very much at
home after 14 years in this love­ly
community in the foothills of
the Costal Range, about forty
miles south of San Francisco,
and immediately to the south
and nearly adjoining Stanford
University. We have a new Jun­ior
College . . .only 1% years
in operation on its new campus,
and has won national and inter­national
acclaim. All in all, this
is a delightful place to live and to
raise a family.” How good it is
to hear from this former mem­ber,
after so long a time!
NYLE W. JONES (1938 -40)
16449 Septo, Granada Hills, Cali­fornia.
It has been a few years since
we’ve heard from Nyle, so his
letter is very wlecome, too. He
says that he is with the Aero­space
Corporation, in El Segun-do,
California. It was created in
1960 as a non - profit, public
trust corporation serving the Air
Force and other govemme n t
agencies as a scientific engineer­ing
'think factory’ for missile and
space systems problems. “ After
a few months in professional re­cruitment,”
writes the former
tenor drummer, “ I shifted to
Planning & Policies; and am
now Head of Personnel R e ­search.”
Nyle’s wife, the former
Gretchen Yetter, and he have
three children: Rick, 10 years;
Wendy Sue, 8 years, and Holly
Anne, 6 years old. "Had 3 years
with USAF Pilot Training Re­search
Lab. at Randolph & Good-fellow
AFB’s. Texas; 2 years at
U. of Michigan for further grad­uate
work, then 5 years with du-
Pont’s Personnel Research Sec­tion
in Wilmington, Del.” contin­ues
Nyle, “ Joined Aerosp a c e
in January ’61 and added to the
westward migration to California
(and the San Fernando Valley).
We ail love the convenience of
beaches, moutains or desert with­in
an easy hour’s drive. Guess
we’ll stay here for good. Haven’t
bumped into any old Highlanders,
yet, but we keep hoping. Sure­ly
wish we could have joined with
the many others at the big 25th
anniversary affair.”
F. BENJAMIN MERRITT
(1938-42) 2315 Simpson Street.
Dubuque, Iowa.
“ I have a difficult time con­vincing
people that this was once
a male unit,” writes this former
piper, now an M.D., Pediatrician
in Dubuque, “ Please have Bill
certify us as males!” We l l ,
there’s no doubt about it — the
best group of males I ever had,
too! The former Jacqueline Fitz­gerald
and Dr. Ben have five
children: Catherine 11, Stephen
10, William 9, Elizabeth 7, and
Christopher 6.
ROBERT S. LEE (1938-42) 219
Teeters Court, Iowa City, Iowa.
Bob, former bagpiper, is Cir­culation
Manager of the Iowa
City Press-Citizen. His wife, Dor­othy,
and he have one son 14
years old, Robert. Bob wrote:
“ . . .Thanks sincerely to Bill
for the opportunity of coming to
the 25th Anniversary of the High­landers
. . . .Those of us on the
Committee appreicate all t h e
work everyone did . . .and the
Actives lent a lot of atmosphere
to the program, and everyone
enjoyed themselves.” You can be
sure we were mighty grateful
to you for all your help as a mem­ber
of that 25th Anniversary Com­mittee.
Again thanks such a lot.
ROBERT J. PARDEN (1939-42)
19832 Bonnie Ridge Way, Sara­toga,
California.
A former tenor drummer (with
rope head tighteners — he re­ports.)
and now Dean of the
School of Engineering, University
of Santa Clara, is married to
Elizabeth Taylor (.really — that
was her name, he adds!) and
they have three children: Patte
6; Jim 4, and Jack 15 months.
“ Have stablized with little hap­pening
but an occasional safari
to San Francisco, Lake Tahoe,
Carmel or Las Vegas. We have
learned to enjoy the s i m p le
things. Saw the band in October-
Oregon State, but they didn’t get
much chance to perform.” Bob
concludes “ Refuse to believe that
I was active in the group’s sec­ond
or third year. It was only
yesterday (I wish).”
EUGENE F. CHALLED (1939-
41) 3517 Cheyenne Blvd., Sioux
City 4, Iowa.
Eugene, snare dummer, is Pro­fessional
Service Pharmacist for
Geigy Pharmaceuticals division
of Geigy Chemical Corporal i on.
His territory covers Northwest
Iowa, the north half of Nebraska,
and southern South Dakota. Its
a shame you don’t come to south­eastern
Iowa. Eugene writes:
“ Priscilla and I exchanged plea­santries
with Bill in the High­lander
‘House’ before the glorious
Ohio State victory. We were in
Iowa City attending the annual
College of Pharmacy Seminar.
It’s flattering when your ‘lead­er’
calls you by name after 20
years!” Well, sir, you’re not one
we’d forget! Do come back!
LAURA DEMPSTER R I C E
(1939-43) (Mrs. Alfred Rice) 27180
Meadowbrook, Detroit 39, Michi­gan.
Laura, former dancer, writes
that she is “ emp;oyed 16 hours
per day, at least, at the above
address. Al is partner and Execu­tive
V.P. of Gail and Rice Inc.,
Detroit’s largest Theatrical Book­ing
Agency.” She continues: “ The
high point of the past year was
the privilege of being present at
and participating in the tribute
to Fran and Bill Adamson. It
was a thrill only equalled by the
memory of our performances in
the ‘Old Days’ . Also, it was great
to see some of the gang from
Pre - War days. We wouldn’t
have missed this event for a mil­lion
dollars!” And we couldn’t
have had it without you, either!
B. WARREN HART (1940 - 41)
188 Amherst Street. St. Paul 4,
Minnesota.
Our former baton twirler writ­es:
“ I very much regret missing
the Highlander Reunion this fall
but the fall season found me
heavily committed not only in my
regular law practice but also in
a close, tough, political cam-paign.
I served as statew i d e
campaign coordinator for the Re­publican
Party candidates for
Governor and other state officers.
The Governorship race was so
close that the Republican candi­date,
Elmer Andersen, won by
only 142 votes out of 2 million and
a quarter. . . .but there will be
a recount. . . .Very happy to hear
that my cousin’s daughter, Karen
DeBolt, made the ‘team’.’
“ Buddy’ , as we used to call him,
is a partner in the law firm of
Moore, Costello and Hart, De­gree
of Honor Building, 4th and
Cedar Streets, St. Paul 1, Minne­sota.
He and his wife, Beverly,
have five children: Linda 13, Di­anne
11, Patricia 7, Barbara 5,
and Blake 3.
RICHARD C. PARK (1941-42)
Victor, Iowa.
Ex-snare drummer R i c hard
writes: “ Sorry I missed th e
Homecoming celebration. One of
these times I may make it” . We
certainly hope so, and b r i ng
your wife, Rita, and your three
children along.
KENNETH KRABBENHOFT
(1941-42) 27 Oakdale Boulevard,
Pleasant Ridge, Michigan. Dr.
Krabbenhoft is in H a r p e r
Hospital, Detroit, in the Depart­ment
of Radiology. This ex-piper
continues to keep very busy.
M ILD R E D HINES (1941-42)
(Mrs. Louis E. Schuler) 408 N.
Shore Drive, Clear Lake, Iowa.
Mr. Schuler is an attorney in the
firm of Boyle and Schuler, and he
and ‘Teeny’ have 5 children —
Rickey I1V4, Louie 9V4, Teddy 8,
Mark 4%, and Helen Elizabeth,
2 months. Our former d a n cer
says: “ After 4 wonderful boys,
we now have a daughter bom on
October 2. She is my reason for
not being at the Highlander 25th
Anniversary celebration. B i l l ,
please accepted belated congrat­ulations
for the splendid work you
have done for the Highlanders ov­er
the years.” Thanks!
JACK DROZ (1941-43) Drawer
D, Wellman, Iowa. It is alw a ys
good to hear from this ex-piper.
We’ll be looking forward to the
time when he can really make us
a visit, as Welhnan is not too
far away! Comp over. Dr!
P H Y L L I S NISSEN (1941-44)
(Mrs. Miles Chenault) 8410 S. W.
148th Drive, Miami 56, Florida.
There are 4 children in t h e
Chenault family: Steve 16, Larry
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Don and Mrs. Johnson. Don, piper 1942, is a commercial photographer in Cedar Rapids,
Iowa.
13, Ronnie 11, and Jeannie 6.
Miles is director of Insurance for
Ryder System, Inc. This t e nor
drummer and dancer r e ports:
‘ “ITiis has been a very good year
for the Chenaults —blessr •* with
good health and a wonderful life.
One special experience we enjoy­ed
was having a 16-year-old b o y
from Bogata’, Columbia, S. A.
as a guest in our home for two
weeks under the auspices of the
Miami Herald's, ‘Operation Am i ­go’
. He was a charming well ’ed­ucated
boy and a delight to have
in our home. Thirty-five students
from Colombia visited at P a l ­metto
High School, attend e d
classes with our children and got
a firsthand view of life in the
U.S.A. The entire experience was
delightful. Then in August o u r
son, Steve, visited Colombia with
a group of Palmetto r,,»dents, and
lived in the home of a boy in
Cali, a ‘reverse Amigo' program.
In addition, we have had guests
in our home this year f r om
Ecuador, Venezuela and Jamaica
—a wonderful opportunity to
know our Latin American neigh­bors
and one from which o u r
whole family benefits. Had my
first visit back to Iowa in some
years in August, and though my
time was brief, Iowa City and
the University looked much the
same —and awfully good to me.”
CLIFF CROWE (1942) 1201 E.
Broadway, Hewlett, New York
Mighty fine to hear from t h is
former Drum Major, who is now
manager of J. C. Penny's, in
Valley Stream, New Y o r k .
Hie Crowes have one son, Eddie,
now seven years old.
JOHN A. LINKLETTER (1942-
43) 18 Park Avenue, Old Gr e e n ­wich,
Connecticut. This ex-p i per
writes: “ Popular Mechanics mov­ed
from Chicago (where it h a d
been for 60 years) to New York
early in August —so, of ci 'J rse,
v(c came along. In September, I
became Managing Editor of the
magazine. We’re enjoying th e
East and are looking forward to
much swimming next s u m m er
in Long Island Sound.” The Link-letters
have three children: Gay­le
10, Scott 7. and Johnny 4.
MARILYN SCHRIMPER ( 1943-
45) (Mrs. Robert W. Roberts)
112 Forest Drive, LaVale, Mary­land.
Marilyn, ex-snare drummer,
says: ‘ ‘1962 was a major m i l e ­stone
for us. After 2'6 years of
graduate study Bob received his
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineer i n g
in February at SUI. We are now
well settled in Cumberland, in the
heart of the Allegheny Moun­tains,
and are happy to be living
in the historic East.” Bob is with
the Hercules Powder Company,
Allegheny Ballistics Labora­tory,
as staff engineer doing long
range development work on solid-propelfant
rocket fuels.” The Rob­erts
have three children: L y n n
now 13, Bill 10, and Bobby 7.
ROSEMARY REID (1943 • 46)
(Mrs. John W. Leon) 9517 Just­ine
Drive, Annandale, V ir g in ia .
Rosemary, former bagpiper, has
two children: Christine 8, a n d
Bruce 4*6. Her husband own s
and operates Allied Investigating
Service in Annandale.
MARY SMITH (1942-44) (Mrs.
Benny E. Leonard) Rt. No. 1,
Maquoketa, Iowa.
“We're looking forward to 1980,
to send you a couple of pipers,”
writes another ex-piper. “We’ll
send big sister Pat, now 15, in
’65, then she can teach the little
ones: Janet Mary, and Jul i e
Catherine, twin girls born, Aug­ust,
1962. We think an I o w a
farm is the‘ ideal place for us
nd our family.” Their son T om
is 12, and Benny is a Livest o ck
buyer and ‘Gentleman Farmer.'
ELEANOR NISSEN (1942 - 43,
1944-46) Mrs. Robert Bell) 1548
Melbrook Drive, Munster, Ind­iana.
“We moved into our n e w
home last April and are enjoying
the new community and m o r e
room. We attended the social hour
of the 25th Highlander re u n i on
tind were so sorry we c o uldn't
stay for the dinner. Was such fun
to see familiar faces (after 14
years). I think the main differ­ence
was a few grey hairs and
short hair. 14 years ago we a l l
had such long hair. Hope we can
make it for the 50th re u n i on!
Marsena (Nelson) Gerlach and I
finally got together to chat over a
cup of coffee one afternoon. Our
girls are the same age (Kathy,
9) and in the same B r o w n ie
Troop. Last year they were in
the same room at school. We see
each other at Brownie and school
affairs and at the American O i l
functions (Husband, Bob, is sup­ervisor
with the American O i 1
Company). The Highlanders look­ed
great at the Homec o m i ng
game. . . .best wishes to you all
in 1963, and see you in 1977!!”
This former piper also has a son,
Bill, who is almost 11 years old.
WILMA SEEMUTH (1943 - 44)
(Mrs. Edwin Gutkneeht) 7302
E. Vista Drive, Scottsdale, Ariz­ona.
Ex-drummer - dancer Wi l ­ma's
husband is with the North­western
Mutual Life Ins u r a n ce
Company, and they have a son,
Jack Charles 15, and a daughter
Judy Elizabeth, 13.
BETTY PINGREY (1943 - 44)
(Mrs. Don Sulhoff) 10806 Yolanda
Avenue, Northridge, C a l i fornia.
Ex-bagpiper, reports that Don is
head of sales promotion for Ben-dix
Pacific. Their three c h ildren
ere Wendy 12, and “ her first year
in Junior High and she loves it,”
Greg who is 11, and M e l a n i e
3V4. "We have had a h e c t i c
year —sold our house in February
and rented until this one was fin­ished.
Had to chauffeur W e n dy
2nd Greg twice a day to school.
Never again! Finally moved in
July 7th. Sur like my 4th bed­room.
Worth all!”
JACQUELYN STOEWER (Mrs.
Brinton C. Piez) (1943-44) L am ­bert
Street, Narragansett, Rhode
Island.
The “ biggest news at our house
is that we’ll be moving our ‘Piez
in a Pod’ house sign to a new lo­cation
come fall,” writes Jacky.
former baton twirler in the early
years of the Highlanders. “We
have started to build our n ew
home in a beautiful area c a lied
‘The Oaks’ in Peacedale, R h ode
Island — a short skip and a jump
from Narragansett. We’re ser­iously
considering changing th e
name of the community f r om
Peacedale to Piezdale! I ’m s u r e
my friends will be some surpris­ed
when they find New Eng 1 aid
has really gotten to me and the
house we’re building is st r i ctly
colonial and will be fur n i s h ed
in Early American (if not ‘Early
Attic!’ ) Good luck Highlanders!
Keep making us proud!” conclud­es
the mother of three children:
Deborah Ann 11, Scott Kevin 10,
and Cynthia Lynn 9 years old.
EILEEN DOERRES (1943 -46)
(Mrs. John K. Williford) Lilling-ton.
North Carolina.
Dr. John is practicing medicine
and very busy, reports this ex­snare
drummer. Their children
are Peggy 12, Johnny 10, Joe 6
and Stephen 4. “We returned yes­terday
from a flying trip to Lan­caster,
Pa., we went up to attend
a wedding. We still haven’t taken
the family to Gettysburg, but at
least we are getting in that neigh­borhood.
I appreciated hearing
about the Anniversary celebra­tion
— it must have been wonder­ful!
It does seem that some of
you might come down this way
— we won’t give up hopes!”
Thanks for the Royal Scots
Gryes and Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders program. This is
surely a fine pipe band, and glad
you got to hear them.
MARSENA NELSON (1943-47)
(Mrs. J. Guilford Gerlach) 8330
Crestwood Avenue, Munster, Ind­iana.
"It was so much fun seeing
everyone at the Reunion and we
really did enjoy every minute of
it,” writes this ex - snare drum­mer.
“ Nothing much new since,
except that I spent an afternoon
with Eleanor Nissen Bell, seeing
her new home and talking over
old Highlander experiences, and
looking at her pictures. Now that
our daughters go to school togeth­er
and are in the same Brownie
troop we see more of each other
(Lynn Marie is 9). The funny
part is, those little girls of ours
are one day apart in age. Eleanor
and I should have seen more of
one another a long time ago, be­ing
the only ex-Highlanders I
know of around here. Iowa Alum­ni
in general are scarce; every­body
went to Purdue or Indiana
. . . .Guil is a chemical engineer
with American Oil Company,
Whiting, Indiana. I ’m just Ma­ma
and homemaker!”
GWEN BUSTER (194347) (Mrs.
J. L. Slater) 2101 S. 5th Avenue,
Arcadia, California.
This snare dummer is married
to another drummer, Highlander
in 1941-42, Dr. James L. Slater.
Gwen writes: “ Sorry I didn’t
get this in time,” (she doesn’t
realize that we haven’t complet­ed
the Newsletter as yet!) . . .
“Was thrilled to hear about the
anniversary party and that Bill
and Fran were pleased and sur­prised.
It couldn’t happen to nicer
people and it was really only a
token of the credit and thanks
you deserve,” concludes Gwen.
Thanks again for all your kind
remarks.
VERA GREINER (1944 - 45)
(Mrs. Kent B. Casstevens) 2422
West 13 Mile Road, Royal Oak,
Michigan. Vera’s husband is with
the Ford Motor Company as Fi­nancial
Analyst, and this ex-pip-er
is secretary for Arthur An­dersen
& Company. “ The big
news with us,” continues Vera,
“ Is that we recently became home
owners having just moved Thanks­giving
weekend. We acquired a
brand new cooperative town house
leaving the snow shoveling and
lawn care to someone else. We
are somewhat unsettled as yet,
but we will probably never be as
clean and new again in our lives
with our new appliances, new car­peting
and new drapes. We had a
three - week vacation this past
summer traveling to the West
Coast and visiting San Francisco,
Carmel, Monterey, Palo Alto, etc.
We went out via the Tet o ns,
Sun Valley and Oregon, return­ing
by way of Lake Tahoe, Reno,
and Salt Lake City. Vacations
just never last long enough!”
True, but what a fine one you
had!
LUCILE D. SCHOENFEL D
1944-46) (Mrs. Stan Lichtenstein)
12000 Jeanette Place, Granada
Hills, California. Our form e r
drummer is quite a poet, and
we'll share parts of the Sea­son’s
Greetings with all of you
so that you may learn more of
the daughter Susanne 11, and
Stan, who is the Sales Merchand­ise
Manager of the North Holly­wood
J. C. Penney Company
store:
“ Susanne is now a Girl Scout,
Brownies left behind;
She flew- up in the month of
June, new experiences to find.
Singing in the choir, something
new this fall;
Taking those piano lessons,
makes fun for one and all.
Lucile joined Sue in an outing
at Girl Scout Camp,
They both came back exhaust­ed,
each looking like a tramp.
The swimming and the crafts
each certainly did adore,
But hiking down those dusty
trails they really did abhor.
Stanley’s big experience was the
Penney Company Conventi o n
Saw Messrs. Penney, Batten,
Marshall, too many here to men­tion.
Listened to speeches, saw the
goods, heard of many schemes,
To sell Penney merchandise fas­ter
than his fondest dreams.
Coronado Island, down S a n
Diego way.
Was found by all of us as quite
a place to play . . .”
JULIA HAUTH (1944 -47) (Mrs.
Robert D. Knight) 934 15th Ave­nue
N., Fort Dodge, Iowa. The
Knights have three children: Wil­liam
5, James 4, and Elizabeth,
a new baby. Dr. Knight is a den­tist,
and this piper writes: “ I ’m
a busy housewife involved in the
usual clubs, PTA, car - pools,
etc., and last but by no means
least, taking care of our brand
new daughter who arrived Octo­ber
30.”
MARGERY McDONALD (1944-
48) (Mrs. Chas. W. McKinley)
R. D. 2, Box 149, Brownsville,
Pennsylvania. Ex-snare and tenor
drummer.
Our trip to Iowa City for the
reunion w'as wonderful in two
ways. Besides seeing so many of
our old friends and extending our
long overdue thanks to Bill and
Fran, we stopped in Chicago to
see about a new press.
On November 9th, the order
was placed for a Goss Urbanite
Offset newspaper press, which at
this time is in operation. (I have
an advantage over the rest of
you Highlanders — seven months
to write my letter. Even then, I
don’t write until after we have
read all the proofs. Chas just
shakes his head.)
When you take pictures of your
family this summer, keep the
Newsletter in mind, and send a
print to Bill.
Our family is healthy, happy
and busy. Karen Lane is 13, Lau­rie,
11, Leslie, 9, Margy, 7 and
Chuck, 5.
Many thanks to Jan Gutz, Bill
Meardon and all the committees
who made the reunion such a
success.
EM EVANS <1945-47) (Mrs.
Charles A. Merulla) 3012 14th Ave­nue,
Marion, Iowa.
Dr. Merulla is a general pract­itioner,
and they have t h r ee
children: Anthony 10, Michael 8,
and James 4. “We have Jived in
Marion since June, 1958,” re­ports
this ex-piper. “We all thor­oughly
enjoyed the big 25th Anni­versary
celebration and w e r e
amazed at all who did manage
to attend. All is going well with
us. Chuck now has an associate
which gives us a bit more time
with him. I learned to swim by
taking lessons with the boys last
summer — and we all now ride
bikes.”
DORIS TIMM (1945-47) (Mrs.
Irvin E. Olsen) 921 Mesa Avenue,
Vista, California.
“ Last March we ‘trailered’ to
Florida, left the baby (Kristin
2) with grandparents there, and
together with our two o 1 d er
girls (Nancy 10, and Karen 8),
several other ‘hams’ from th e
States, we flew to San Andres
Island. From there the men went
on a radio ‘ex-pedition’ to the
Islands of Serrana Bank and Ba-
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H IG H LA N D E R C H R IS T M A S LETTER
Nadine Thornton, Highlander secretary, was so intent in registering guests that she did
not notice the photographer taking her picture. Neither did Edie Slavata Fransen. The other
lady is not identified.
jo Nuevo. On return, we a l l
flew to Barranquilla, Colombia,
where we stayed with other
Jhams’ and their families. We also
flew over the Eastern and Cen­tral
Andes to Cali, Colom b i a,
where we visited other ‘ham’
friends. From there, back to Flo­rida;
a short visit with grand­parents
and then headed back
home by way of Iowa to visit
relatives, and Carlsbad to s e e
the caverns. Later in the sum­mer
we ‘trailered’ to Portland,
Ore. where ‘Boots’ was a princi­pal
speaker at the radio conven­tion.
On to Seattle and the Fair,
where we also visited with old
SUI buddies now living there,”
■concludes this ex - piper dance.
Husband is with State Farm In­surance.
JANET GUTZ (1945-48) (Mrs.
John S. Way) R.R. 2, Iowa City,
Iowa.
This former snare and t e nor
■drummer, Jan, who was the per­fect
organizer and general co-chairman
for the 25th Anniv e r-sary
Reunion, and to whom we
owe so much of its success, writ­es:
“ The highlight of this year
was without doubt the Highl a nd-ers
25th Reunion! It was a r e a l
joy to have been a part of this
wonderful affair —to meet so
many of other eras and to real­ize
that without exception we all
share the same pride in, a n d
loyalty to, an organization and to
one man, Bill! What fun to see
Bill really surprised when the
anniversary gifts were presented!
I don’t know if anyone has ever
tried to pull the wool over his
eyes before, but for a first try we
succeeded with flying colors! Hie
big news in the life of the W a y
family was our move to the coun­try.
September 1st we moved to a
100 year old red brick, t w e 1 ve
room house, just a mile north erf
tile city. It’s in a beautifully
wooded setting, the property bord­ers
the river. We are restoring
the house which is structur a l l y
good for another 100 years. J o hn
is official paper hanger and I ’m
the painter. We all love it and
even the children (Kathleen 11,
Margaret 9, Ben 8, Steven 3) have
found it’s fun to stay home. We
welcome any and all visitors!
Our playground is good for young
and old!!. . . .Our best wishes to
all of you, and may the next
25 years be as blessed with good
will and success as our first
25!” John Way is now an Assist­ant
Professor of Anatomy, De­partment
of Anatomy, Col l e g e
of Medicine, S.U.I.
BARBARA HENDERSON (1945-
48) ( Mrs G. E. Korn) 10 Ger­lach
Place, Larchmont, N e w
York. Bobby, our former p i p er
and drummer, sent her scholar­ship
contribution —but no newsy
letter! Nevertheless, we k n ow
that Jerry is an editor on L I F E
magazine, and they have three
daughters: Ellen & Ma r g a r e t
12%, and Susan 10%. We’ll look
forward to word from you next
time.
MARIDEE HILL (1945- 49)
(Mrs. George J. Hegstrom, Jr.)
3603 Oakland, Ames, I owa .
Thank you for your expressions
about the Homecoming Anniver­sary
celebration. Yes, it w a s
“ fabulous and great mome n t s
of affection,” as you gues s e d.
We’re sorry you weren’t able to
be with us.
NORMA HAEGG (1945 • 49)
(Mrs. Donald W. Pollock) 825 Ol­ive,
Menlo Park, California.
The Pollocks have three e h ild-ren:
Sally 7, John Henry 5, and
Suzanne 2%; Donald is landman
for Utah Construction and Mi n - ,
ing. It was wonderful to have this
former piper back for our Anni­1962
versary, and she writes: “We en­joyed
the 25th celebration v e ry
much. It was so nice to see many
of our ‘old’ friends, and everyone
looked grand. Congrat u 1 at i ons
to Bill, Fran, and SUI for the
25 years of successes. I look for­ward
to the 50th Anni v e r sary.
Best of luck to the new p i p e
instructor.”
SALLY ANN QUIST (1945 -49)
(Mrs. Paul William Kamma a,
Jr.) 11760 S. W. B r e ym a n ,
Portland 19, Oregon. “We are
still in Portland, liking it better
every year,” reports Sally Ann,
piper and tenor drummer. “How­ever,
we do miss the midwest
in the fell. There is nothing like
Big 10 footbaU and all tae color
and excitement that goes with H.
We miss seeing Iowa play on TV
this year, which means we miss­ed
seeing the Highlanders per­form.
Congratulations, Bill, on
your 25 years with the Highland­ers.
May you enjoy many more
years of happy times with them.”
Thank you! Paul is Art Director
for Botsford Constantine a n d
Gardner, Inc., Advertising Agen­cy.
They have Lynn 9 y e a r s ,
Trent 7 years, and Kathy 5%
years old.
MARGARET MCCASLIN ( 1945-
49) (Mrs. Richard Hemingway)
314-3rd Avenue, N. E., Waverly,
Iowa.
“ So much has happened since I
wrote last Christmas. Bill added
a note in the Highlander letter
then telling you Dick, my hus­band,
died unexpectedly following
a brief illness — that was on Dec­ember
28.” Hie former piper
continues — “We were visiting
my parents in Fort Madison for
Christmas. We were about to
move into a new home we had
built. I was able to sell it in a
short time and regain possession
of our old home we’d sold several
days before. ITie new one was
just too big for the two of us (A
daughter, Hollis, is nine years
old). In the spring we re-decorat-ed
our old home that had b e e n
neglected for the new one. Then
this fall I went back to college
to take education hours so I can
teach English some day. College
just isn’t the same 13 years lat­er!
I ’m very lucky to be able to
go right here in Waverly. The
Highlander reunion was wonder­ful
and the Committee deserves
a big note of thanks.” We are
proud of you, Margaret, the way
you and Hollis are bravely ‘car­rying
on’ . Best of luck to you
both.
BOBBIE GINTER (1945 • 49)
(Mrs. Jack Huston) 356 Alicia
Way, Los Altos, California.
It was wonderful to hear from
this former drummer. She says:
“ Same sweet husband, same old
address; same occupation (loaf­ing!
—him; Nagging — m e !)”
The Huston children are two
girls: Maridee, seven years old,
and Robin, five years old.
MARY ELIZABETH GILLEN
(1939-41; 1946-48) (Mrs. Robert J.
Raim) 118 C Fort Wadsworth, Sta­ten
Island 5, New York.
“ Our big news is not good,”
writes this former dancer and
snare drummer. “ Bob (Major,
who is contacting Officer — U.
S. Army, buys all the meats for
the Armed Forces in Eastern V.
S. & Europe) leaves for Viet
Nam in March for a year hard­ship
tour without us — Jeffrey,
7%, Timothy 5%, Terence 4V4,
and Kathleen 17 months — Have
decided to go to California for the
year Bob is gone. Will forward
my California address as soon
as we find a place to live,” con­cludes
‘Liz.’ Good luck to Bob.
H. JOAN NISSEN (1946 -48)
(Mrs. Robert Kriedeman) 654 S.
Governor, Iowa City, Iowa.
Bagpiper and dancer, Joan
says: “ The Reunion was wonder­ful
— hats off to the planning
committee — we were really sor­ry
to miss the dinner. I had an
interesting experience with the
bagpipe this summer. A girl in
Wellman who was new in High­landers
asked if I could help her
with the bagpipe. I told h e r
I didn’t think I could after such
a long time, but it would be fun
to try. Well, I was correct. I
couldn't play them at all. Just
didn’t have the wind. We both
agreed if people knew how diffi­cult
it was they would have a
greater appreciation of the instru­ment!”
Joan’s husband is an
Accountant with Protein Blend­ers,
and there are five l i t t l e
Kriedeman’s — Beth 12, LuAnn
9, Curt 6, Paula 3, and Scott 2.
BONNIE WANAMAKER <1946-
50) (Mrs. Richard Kent Moeller)
331 S. Lucas, Iowa City, Iowa.
This ex - piper’s husband is a
physician, now a resident in In­ternal
Medicine at SUI Hospital.
The Moellers’ children are Bec­ky
age 9, and Christopher 3.
FRAN VALENTINE ( 1946 - 51)
(Mrs. Ralph Cahill) 211 L au r ie
Lane, Santa Paula, California.
Ralph is a geologist with Tex­aco.
Mary Beth is 9, Bob 6, Rick
5, and Jamie is 15 months. Snare
drumer Fran writes: "Sorry to
have missed the 25th Anniver­sary
celebration last fall. It would
have been such fun and I would
have enjoyed adding my person­al
thanks for my own good years
and the pleasure of having been
associated with such an organ­ization
. . .Nothing much n ew
this year —just more of the hap­py
life. I ’m sending a snap of
the kids, though it isn’t a realistic
picture of them —they never are
this still —All are husky enough
for a tenor or bass drum and
windy enough for any bagpipe —
No remarks about ‘chip off the
old block, etc!" Thanks for the
snapshot of your children, they
ARE mighty fine looking young­sters.
JEANNE PETERSON (1946-52)
(Mrs. Arnold Charlton) Primghar,
Arnold is Cashier in the Prim­ghar
Savings Bank. TTiey have
two daughters — Katherine and
Lynn, 5 years old. “We partici­pated
in the Anniversary celebra­tion
and had a thrilling time. I
was proud to have my ‘maniac’
husband meet old friends —and
visa versa! We stayed Frid a y
night in Dysart with Margie Barn­es
Brinkmeyer and her fam i 1 y
and tried to span 11 years in one
evening. She and Brink have
three talented blondes. . . .1 wish
all 700 Highlanders could h a v e
been at the party for Bill and
Fran. Those of us who were there
became sentimental and e a ch
item on the program prom p t e d
many wonderful memories. My
husband has the usual New Eng­land
restraint but he did remark
that the returning Highlanders all
seemed vital personalities, happy
in their lives. I think that’s quite
a tribute, and of course a very
discerning one! The Commi 11 e e
deserves much credit for the suc­cess
of this once - in-a-lifetime-gathering
and a word to Bill’s
current troupe —now, there’s a
talented group of girls! A n d
weren’t they gracious to us ‘old­ies.’
As for the Charltons, we’re
busy in small town comm u n i ty
projects, but were able to go both
to Iowa City and to Minneapolis
for football games. Amie met
‘Red’ Youngstrom at the School
of Banking in Wisconsin t h i s
summer, so perhaps Janie and I
will see each other next summer
for a reunion. . . .Our twins just
missed being able to begin school
and the winter may be quite long
for them, and for me. One plays
with dolls, the other writes daily
letters to Santa to beg him not to
make the mistake he did l a s t
year, when he brought a doll —
she wants ‘Big Bruiser’ . . .We’re
proud, Bill, to be associated with
such as you, as Marge McKinley
so eloquently said on October
27th,” concludes this ex-sn a r e
drummer.
JANE WALKER (1947-48) (Mrs.
Paul Koss) 1333 Jones Street,
San Francisco, California.
“ A very busy year doing the
usual everyday things, plus putt­ing
in over 600 hours on a char­ity
project, traveling and now
that the charity project is over I
have gone back to work one day
a week doing bookkeeping for a
law firm.’ This energetic n o t e
from former piper Jane. She says
that her husband is owner of
Paul Koss Supply Company, and
continuing: “We gained 2 m o r e
grandchildren this fall, so when I
babysit it is a full time job. I
might have been a slow starter,
but I ’d like to know how many of
my contemporaries can b o a st
about their (4) grandchildren!!
Certainly wish I could have at­tended
the 25th Anniversary cele­bration.
Sounds as if it were so
much fun, especially the l o o k
that must have been on y o u r
face, Bill, when you were present­ed
with the ‘goodies’ !”
PATRICIA HODGEN (1947 -49)
<Mrs. Jay R. Storey) 722 We s t
12th Street S., Newton, Iowa.
Jay is Manager of Wage and
Salary at the Maytag Comp a ny,
and this ex-piper has two child­ren:
Douglas 8, and Barbara 5.
Thanks for your answer, Pat.
B. J. MILLER <1947 -50) <Mrs.
Robert Penrose) 1507 S p r u c e
Street, Iowa City, Iowa.
B. J. is working on a Mas­ter’s
degree in Elementary Edu­cation,
and says she hopes to fin­ish
in June and return to Burling­ton
to teach. This ex-dr u m mer.
dancer continues: “ It’s been such
fun being in Iowa City this year
and close to things and people!
And the Highlanders reunion was
such a wonderful idea —it was
great seeing so many of th e
‘same vintage’.”
DONA DOBSON (1947-50) (Mrs.
Virgil Harder) 6025-50 N. E. Seatt­le
15, Washington.
Virg. is Associate Professor at
the University of Washington, and
they have two children, Christine
1 and Don 8. Dona, ex-piper, says
that she missed us at the World’s
Fair! “My sister was married in
Marshalltown in June so we went
East (as we say in Seattle). Also
we spent one hurried evening in
Iowa City —visited with Gwe n
Hoglan Casady an hour or so
and toured the campus. It sure
has changed. I saw Shirlee Stev­ens
Norris and her little boy.
Then back to Seattle and the Fair
which was quite a thing —a lot
of it was too scientific for me
but I can’t say enough about it.
Aside from the Fair, anyone with
children knows what I’ve b e e n
doing all year —I ’m just a year
older (I won’t admit to being over
22) and addicted to ‘Loving Care'.
Keep the Newsletters c omi n g .
Bill, I really enjoy them!"
Thanks, Dona, for the addresses
you sent in. We have sent Quest­ionnaires
to Betsy and Martha,
but our files were correct for
Shirley Stevens.
PATRICIA MOREHAD (1947 -
50) (Mrs. David J. Bullock) 202
Crombie Place, Atlantic, Iowa.
Dave is a salesman and region­al
manager for O’Bryan Bros.,
Chicago. The Bullock's have 4
daughters — Susan 11, Cynthia
8, Leslie 5, Elizabeth 3 months.
Ex-piper Pat writes: “This has
been quite a busy year for us. la
addition to his own Iowa terri*
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H IG H LA N D E R C H R ISTM A S LETTER 1962
A portion o f the Highlander 25th Anniversary Banquet. Notice Johnny Adamson to the
extreme left o f the photograph in front o f the waiter on the left.
tory, Dave is now a regional man­ager
for his firm so he spends
quite a bit of time in other mid-western
states. Our 4th daugnter.
Betsv. arrived on August 27trv
We have started plans for a new
house and hope to leave o u r
ranch style for a 2-story colonial.
We have a lot near our Country
Club where, between golf and the
swimming pool, we spend almost
the entire summer. Our 2 oldest
girls have discovered the joys of
summer camp and Susie started
swimming competitively in our
Southwest Iowa Association. I
have become 7th district vice-chairman
for Young Republicans
and we worked on our past elec­tion.
So, with our growing harem,
life is both busy and fun.”
MARJORIE CAMPBELL ( 1947-
50) (Mrs. Walter Larson) 619-18th
Street, Ames, Iowa.
Marjorie’s husband is a medi­cal
doctor in Pediatrics, a mem­ber
of the McFarland C 1 i n ic
(25 specialists and more coming)
in Ames. This bagpiper, and ex­member
who says she danced
and sang in the sextet that went
to New York in 1949, reports that
“Deborah, 10, gets all A’s in
fourth grade, dances, plays the
piano beautifully. David Campbell
is 5. in kindergarten, and doesn’t
get all A ’s and doesn’t care!
. . .We bought a great big old
house . . .it is big because the
rooms are so large, owned by a
■nan who owns all the theatres
around here — built beautifully,
but terribly theatrical . . . .so
needless to say, it turned out
that we renovated the whole
house; added lots of louver ed
doors, stone, repainted, papered,
carpeted, paneled — so that’s
been our — my — Fall. Actually,
except for the horrible fact of
money it’s been lots of fun . . .
The house is perched at an angle
to the lot — 1 1-3 acres, 28 trees,
a greenhouse, etc., and it is four­teen
years old. Unless something
drastic happens, we’ll live there
until we’re 80 — it’s a house like
that. I hadn’t planned to go on
and on about a simple move of
residency that probably e a c h
Highlander of my era has made
at least once. But I did. Maybe
it's because our house and that
house are such messes this week,
(as I write this) that I ’m ex­plaining
‘out loud’ why we did
it . . .Other things have happened
too, this year — but I don’t have
any more room!”
BEVERLY MCNAMEE <1947 -
51) <Mrs. John W. Hull) 2823 Ar­bor,
Ames, Iowa.
John is a Real Estate and In­surance
broker; the Hull’s have
2 children: Susan 4, and Patricia
1 lfi years old. Ex - Drum Major
and piper writes: "After spending
years in the West we have set­tled
in the old home state. Liv­ing
in Ames, we have on occa­sion,
shifted our cheers for ISU,
but only on occasion. It was a
wonderful 25th Reunion party
this past fall. Even the fling the
‘old hands' had at the Fling was
a joy, though a bit of comic
opera!"
SALLY FINKBINE ( 1948 - 52)
(Mrs. Clifton Baker) 2055 Fair­way
Loop, Eugene, Oregon.
Sally's husband is an Orthoped­ic
Surgeon, and the former tenor
drummer, and hubby have a son,
Bill. “Certainly was great to get
the' Newsletter this year. O u r
biggest news was our A p r il
Fool’s Day gem — Bill. He’s a
real joy and we’re thoroughly en­joying
being parents. Hope to see
the SUI Highlanders on TV some
time: this year. Many Iowans
out here and we share Big Ten
enthusiasm.”
MARGARET ARTLEY <1949 -
51) (Mrs. Benton G. Moeller)
Civ. Pers. Div. Hq. USA Com.
ZEUR, APO 58, New York, New
York.
Snare drummer ‘Maggie” says
her husband works with the U.
S. Army in Civilian Personnel
Office in Orleans, France. In
general, he hires and fires civilian
and French employees, which
includes a lot of negotiating with
military and civilian people —
both French and American. There
are two children — M a r g a ret
Ellen 5, and Timothy Andre 3
years old — called Ellen and Tim
— “ First of all, my humble apol­ogies
for not having written for so
many years. 1 have always meant
well every year but I never
seemed to end up with the results.
This will be a rather brief run­down
from the time of my grad­uation
— first came marriage
and setting down (a bit) in Wash­ington,
D. C. I worked as a typ­ist
for the Bureau of Aeronautics
until 1955. At that time Europe
was calling to us so we went.
We were able to do a lot of sight­seeing
before we started a fam­ily.
We still do as much tavel-ing
as we can but it isn’t as sim­ple
with two little ones. All in
all, we have enjoyed being in
Europe very much but as all
good things must come to an end
we will be leaving soon I am
sure. We have had only one un­fortunate
experience here, how­ever.
In 1960 we were in an auto­mobile
accident. The whole fam­ily
was involved in it and we
were all hurt except our little
girl — she lost a shoe. I lost
my memory for a while and didn’t
know that I was married, or had
children, or anything. It came
back one day and I remembered
again — everything except the
accident which I am happy enough
not to remember. J had to call
for help from my mother, who
dropped all things at home and
came to help. I am glad to say
that she has liked it well enough
that she is still here. I shall
try now to get my duty of writ­ing
in each year done. I guess
time will tell.” How fortunate
you are, Maggie, to have recov­ered
so well from your unfortu­nate
accident. Do plan to come to
Iowa to see us when you do get
back to the United States, until
then, the very best of everything
to you and yours. -
SALLY YEATES ( 1 9 49 - 52)
(Mrs. Walter Seddow, Jr.) 11401
Bolas 9treet, Los Angeles 49,
California. This ex-drummer and
piper, and her husband are both
working at System Development
Corporation, Santa Monica Hum­an
Factors Scientists. Thanks for
your ‘Happy 25th Annivers a r y’
wishes.
VIRGINIA WISE (1949 - 52)
(Mrs. Nate Phipps) 1015 West
Main Street, Cherokee, I owa.
Ex-Tenor drummer & p i p e r ,
Dinny, writes: “ What a marvel­ous
reunion —such fun to see
so many of the old gang after all
these years —and such a sur­prise
that none of us have aged
at all!! Was sorry I had to leave
early —know I missed much fun
at the banquet. Have managed to
keep busy during the past year
— Had baby boy, Chuck in Janu­ary.
Went to Aspen, C o 1 o r ado,
on a ski trip in Feb. Started fly­ing
lessons in April and now have
my Private Pilot’s license. Have
had many good times flying all
over the state. Be careful, o ld
buddies, if there’s an airp o r t
near your address, I may j u s t
‘drop in' for coffee any t ime !
Any offers?? Have decided that
Bill Adamson is getting conserva­tive
in his old age! I off e r e d
him a ride in my airplane —
end even offered him many ser­vices
—sick sack, rosary beads,
ambulance service —and he
turned me down. Must send him
a big bottle of ‘Brave Pills' for
Christmas (only kidding, Bill —
I still love ya!) We re-decorated
our house last year. By careful
planning and persistence the kids
have managed to get the p l a c e
looking like its ripe for another
re-do. Ah well, you can’t win 'em
all.’ 'The Phipps have 5 children:
Anne 8, Nathan Aaron, III (Dude)
7, Patrick 5, Jean 4, and little
Chuck one year.
JUANITA BETHKE (1949 -53)
(Mrs. Clyde A. Connell) 2717
Gallinghouse Street, New Or­leans,
Louisiana. Clyde, w i t h
Weyerhaeuser Company —Folding
Box Division, Sales - des i g n,
Colleen 7, Karen 5, Steven 3,
and ex-snare drummer Ju a n i ta
have moved to New Orleans, and
say they didn’t regret 1 e a v i ng
upstate New York snowstorms —
“ although we did regret leaving
many other things.” she contin­ues.
“ I can't get over the feeling
I ’m a tourist here and we have
a marvelous time exploring the
Quarters, the marvelous restaur­ants,
the nearby beaches. We
even enjoyed the summer thanks
to all the air-conditioning. We’d
like to hear from anyone in the
vicinity and recommend our city
for vacationers.”
MARY LOU MORTENS E N
(1949-53) (Mrs. Joe Halbach) 103
N. Weatherred, Richardson, Tex­as.
Tad is 6, Danny is 2%, and Bob­by
10 months —and this drummer
and ex-Drum Major’s husband is
with Texas Instruments —Corpor­ate
Staff, in charge of Labor Re­lations.
“We’re enjoying life in
the Southwest. Our '62 model Hal­bach
was bom February 2, —our
1963 model is due February 2. ‘No
slack with Halbach’ is right, if
any of the 1952 European g a l s
remember the slogan. I ’m b u s y
now, but will be busier, I know.”
How about a girl for Highland­ers?
SHARON BROWN <1949 - 53)
(Mrs. Charles Toland) 700 S. Pine,
Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
Chuck is a general practioner,
this ex-piper writes. They have 4
children: Constance 8, Cary 6,
Kent 4, and Anne 13 months. “ Af­ter
internship in Grand Rapids,
Michigan, we returned to the corn
country. We like Mt. P. v e r y
much —seems like a good place
to raise four kids. Enjoyed seeing
the Highlanders at some of the
games but regret we cou 1 dn’t
make it at Homecoming.” We
regret it, too, Sharon. Try it ano­ther
year.
JANIE WOODBURN ( 1949- 53)
(Mrs. M. R. Moles) 1009 S 13th
Avenue W., Newton, Iowa.
Dr. Moles is associated with the
Newton Clinic. “ Our main news
item is the arrival of our third
child, a boy, Donald, bom in No­vember,
1962, and who came to
us in January of this year. David
is 5, and Diane is 3.” Your Christ­mas
poem was truly a gem, and
I'm sure your many friends were
delighted to hear of your activit­ies
‘via verse’. We hope you can
visit us in Iowa City some time.
MICKIE McMULLEN <1949 -53)
(Mrs. Ed Diekmann) 161 A r d ­more
Road, Kensington, Califor-nia.
The Diekmann's have t h r e e
girls: Debbie 6, Cathie 3Vi a n d
Laurie l ' i . “ I started on pipes
and couldn’t blow the thing up!”
says our former bass drum m er.
Mickie continues: " I am employ­ed
at 161 Ardmore Road. K en s ­ington.
In addition to co oking,
washing, ironing, changing diap­ers,
sewing for the girls and my­self,
I am doing some P T A
work; am one of the hot d o g
sales ladies for Debbie’s Firsti
grade room; and manage to keep
Ed well fed, and happy —the pay
is lousy! We did a little political
work this past year which I en­joyed
very much, especi a l l y
meeting the greats and near
greats —mostly just nice people.
If any of you need an excellent
engineer call Gilbert, F orsbe rg,
Diekmann and Schmidt in S an
Francisco. Their work keeps en­larging
every year. Ed and I are
slowly landscaping and doing over
our old home. We have lots of
ambition and time but very little
cash! So you can tell that we
are typical, normal people with
just enough spice in our d a i l y
lives to keep from getting in a
rut. Our door is open to any who
can. get to the San Francisco Bay
Area.” Thanks for your invita­tion,
Mickie.
BEVERLY BARTELS (1949-53)
(Mrs. James Treneman) 236 West
Ninth, McMinnville, Oregon.
Ex-Piper Beverly’s husband is
a doctor —general practitioner —
and there are 3 girls Ann 7, Nan­cy
5, and Joan 3%. “ It was sc
nice to see you and Fran when
we were in Iowa City last J u ne.
Was so sorry we weren’t there for
October for the silver anniver­sary
dinner. It sounded 1 o v e ly.
We think we are in Oregon to
stay and it is beautiful country
. . .for those who have never been
here. I bought a set of those toy
bagpipes for X-mas and was gett­ing
pretty good on them when the
children broke them. I still don’t
know if it was an accident!” con­cludes
Beverly.
BARBARA WICK (1949 -53)
(Mrs. J. C. Timmerman) 3814
Lake Avenue, Lawton, Oklahoma.
Snare and tenor drummer Bar­bara
is married to a Captain in
the U. S. Army Medical Corps.
They have two daughters, Barbie
5, and Betsy 3. “ Jay is presently
serving two years in the Army.
He is assigned to the U. S. Army
Hospital at Fort SiVI, Oklahoma.
We are enjoying this warm cli­mate
of southern Oklahoma but
with Christmas drawing near we
would like a little snow. We re-greted
that the distance made it
impossible for us to attend the
25th Anniversary celebration,”
concludes Barbara. We’ve had
plenty of snow and cold to give
to you already!
EVELYN LEIB (1950-51) (Mrs.
John M. McFaul) 942 Riley Drive,
Albany 10, California.
Evelyn was a snare dummer
and Fling & Sword dancer, who
says: “ Couldn’t help but be home­sick
when I heard about the High­lander
Reunion — Would have lov­ed
to be there, but Iowa City is
such a long way from Berkeley,
California. I know there must be
others who felt the same way I
did, .and want to wish Bill at
least twenty-five more successful
years with the Highlanders!”
Thank you very much, Evelyn.
Her husband is teaching, part-time
on the Davis campus of the
University of California (and fin­ishing
his dissertation at Berke­ley),
and Evelyn is secretary of
the Classics Department at U.C.
Berkeley. Their daughter, Bonnie
Ann, is 7 years old.
JOYCE CHAPMAN <1950 - 51)
<Mrs. Neil L. Hysell) Mountain
View, Wyoming.
Jamey, son of the Hysells, is
9 years old; both Neil and Joyce
work for the Forest Service. Neil
is General Assistant, and Joyce
is secretary to the Ranger. “We
just ‘itched’ to take off for Iowa
this fall for Homecoming and the
Highlander dinner, but were too
involved with work, hunting sea­son
and Jamey in school,” writes
Joyce. “ Life is pretty routine
but always exciting. Neil bagged
his antelope, elk and deer with
Mama bringing home the prize—a
cow moose. Now we are looking
H IG H LA N D E R C H R IS T M A S LETTER
Another shot o f the capacity crowd at the Banquet. The young couple on the right,
nearest the camera, is Mr. and Mrs. McGrath (Nancy Kennedy, 1958-62)
1962
forward to holidays in I o w a
with my parents and ski detail
to Alta, Utah for a month. For
Neil it is official work?? I tag
along for play.”
JOAN DUNLOP (1950-52) )Mrs.
David L. Dunn) 5502 Grape, Hous­ton
35, Texas. Michael David is
2%, Sarah Lynn was born Nov.
29, 1962. Joan’s husband is geolo­gist
for Humble Oil Company
research. “ This has been a busy
year for us.” reports this ex-pip­er.
“We moved to Houston March
1st from Midland, Texas. We
like it here very much and bought
a home so hope to be settled for
awhile. The birth of our little
Sarah has made the h o i idays
very enjoyable but busy. It sure
is nice to have another Dunlop
in the Highlanders the last 2
years. I ’m pretty proud of my
sister, Dee Dee, and wish we
could be close enough to see her
perform with the group.” Better
try to make it next fall, Joan!
BARBARA J. BEALS (1950-52)
(Mrs. Donald Moulin) 75 Mt. Ti-buron
Road, Tiburon , California.
Don is CPA for Peat, Marwick,
Mitchell and Company; the chil­dren
are Leslie 4%, and Lauren
2. Ex - piper Barbara writes:
“ Leslie, Lauren and I flew home
(Iowa City) this fall for the Home­coming
game and stayed for
about 3% weeks. The children
enjoyed the Homecoming parade
and loved watching you prac­tice.
Really fun seeing Ro l f ,
Janie Condon, and all the rest
of the Highlanders. Only wish Cal­ifornia
and Iowa were a little
closer.” Yes, it IS a long way,
and we think you were the High­lander
who came the long e s t
distance to Homecoming this last
fall!
NANCY SWEITZER (1950 -52)
(Mrs. Robert M. Gunn) 924 Green-leaf
Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois.
This ex-piper relates: “Ou r
Gunn collection was increased by
the double - barreled addition of
Damon Mott and Charles Brad­ley,
fraternal twins, on August
2, 1962. They are such fun . . .
and unbelievably cooperative. To-together
they weighed fourt e en
pounds at birth! Sharing our hap-p
ness are Phoebe 4, and Alan 3.
My Highlander training came in
handy last winter when I was
called upon to teach a group of
Brownies the ‘Highland Fling’
and a Scottish song for t h e i r
‘thinking day’ program. Phoebe
and Alan went along, learned
‘Bonnie Charlie’ , and now delight
in serenading Charles. So far, I
haven’t heard of a song about
Damon; we have to be original
with him. I ’ve been preparing for
personal and political emergecn-ies
by attending first aid classes
and League of Women Voter’s
meetings.” Would seem you’re
a very busy mother these days!
Congratulations on the twins!
SANDY SECHLER (1950 - 53)
(Mrs. Kent Bartges) 22 E. 60th
Street, Westmont, Illinois.
Kent is a Physical Therapist
in Chicago. This ex-piper writes:
“ Not much of interest to t e l l
this year. We vacationed in Pa.
and Mich, last summer and now
Kurt is a kindergartner. (He is
5V4, and Ellyn is 3). I hope Kurt
keeps his enthusiasm but I pity
the poor teacher! Am lo o k i ng
forward to the Newsletter ag a in
with hopes that there will be a
good write-up of the 25th Anniver­sary
party for those of us n o t
fortunate enough to attend.”
EUNICE M. ACHENBACH
(1950-54) (Mrs. Everett H. Eide)
383 Dean Drive, Owosso, M ic h -
gan.
Ev is a sales representative for
Munsingwear Inc. The E i d e ’s
have two children: Linda Kay 6,
and Peter Scott 3. Snare d r um­mer
Eunice writes that she was
sorry to miss the Highlander Re­union,
but " I was in M i chigan
house hunting,” she reports, “This
is our first try at civilian life and
we like it fine. However, we
enjoyed our years in the A i r
Force too. The sight of a jet high
up on a clear day still gives me
a thrill and I know Ev misses fly­ing
them at times. Michigan is
really a beaut ful state. M o s t ly
resort area just north of us. We
are looking forward to a w h i t e
Christmas this year —after being
stationed in Texas, Arizona, and
St. Louis these past few year s,
we missed the white stuff. Owos­so,
population 15,000 is about 50
miles north of Detroit; 80 mi l e s
north of Ann Arbor. Ev c o v e rs
the entire state of Michigan and
this seemed to be as centr a l l y
located as we could get. If Iowa
plays M chigan at Ann Ar b o r
next year we hope to get over for
the game.”
MARGE MARTIN (1950 - 54)
(Mrs. B. J. Ruehl) 232 W. 36th,
Spokane, Washington.
Marge, an ex-piper, has me nt ­ioned
plans for seeing the Wash-ington-
Iowa game, and ad d s:
“Why don’t the Highlanders come
and show the Northwest y o u r
delightful performances! T h e
Crescent has added a new branch
store plus a new Art Dept. &
Hobby Shop, which Ben has add­ed
to his toys and wheel fads —
keeps him busy. Hie c h i 1 dren,
Debbie 6, and Kirk Martin 2,
and Various outside activit i e s
keep things active around here.”
SONYA LEE GOERING (1951-
52) (Mrs. Robert J. Paulus) 131
Templin Park, Iowa City, Iowa.
Sonya, ex-piper and drummer,
reports that her husband has had
a busy time finishing his l a s t
year of Law School, and he will
graduate in August, 1963. S h e
continues: “He has enjoyed his
work on the current issue of Law
Review. Most of my news will
be future —currently I ’m still em­ployed
as a Hostess in the Iowa
Memorial Union, but Bobby has
accepted a pos tion with th e
Thomas Dewey Law Firm of
New York City beginning s o me-time
next October, so we will be
moving. —Where I couldn’t begin
to say, but I doubt that it will be
in the city proper, however, it is
where we had hoped to move so
we are happy!” Hie Paulus’
daughter, Kristin Martha, is six
years old.
LOAH LUNAN (1951-53) (Mrs.
Don Stallard) 1417 North 25th
St. Joseph, Missouri.
“ Don and I have managed to
return to Iowa together only once
in ’57,” writes Loah, ex - piper.
(Don is Internist at T h om pson
Baumn Knepper Clinic, w h e r e
they have been for 6 years). “ But
Don attended a medical meeting
in ’61. This summer we spent 3
marvelous weeks in Puerto Rico
with our two girls: Julia 5% and
Mary 3%. (Don, Jr. is 1%) If on­ly
we could transport some of
the Puerto Rican ideal climate to
Missouri this winter. I’ve enjoy­ed
receiving your letters and see­ing
the Highlanders on television.
Keep up the good work.”
KATHRYN McNAMARA (1951-
53) (Mrs. Tom G. Pote) 1005 E.
Main Street, Anamosa, lo w a.
Tom is Life Insurance s a l e s -
man for the Central Life Assur­ance
Co., Des Moines. They have
3 children: Tim 4, Phil 3, and
Andrea one year. “ I cert a i n ly
enjoy receiving the Highl a n der
Newsletter and missed the Re­union
only because of a death of
a close family friend. Have seen
the Highlanders at games t h i s
past season and always feel the
same ‘tug’ . New routines a r e
wonderful!” says our ex-drum­mer.
JANE ANUNDSEN (1951- 53)
(Mrs. Jim Bullard) 605 P l um,
Decorah, Iowa.
“ So sorry to have missed the
wonderful Reunion,” laments this
ex-drummer, Jane. “We planned
on getting there, but better judg­ment
said we should go h ome
due to babysitting mixup. Ag a in
we are waiting for our sking va­cation
in the mountains. We en­joy
our little hill here, too. So
nice to be able to enjoy a 1 o o k
forward to snow!” Jim is in
General Practice with one other
doctor. The Bullards have three
children: Bruce 6, Brad 4, and
Beth 2.
JOYCE O’CONNOR (1951 - 54)
(Mrs. Richard Hingtgen) 3035 15th
Avenue, Marion, Iowa.
Dr. Hingtgen is a dentist in
Marion, and they have Todd 4,
Peter 2% and Beth 8 mo n th s .
Joyce, snare drummer, s a y s :
“We both so enjoyed the Highlan­der
Reunion. The Commi 11 e e
and active Highlanders and B i l l
and Office Staff should be highly
congratulated on such a success­ful
event. Many, many fam i 1 iar
faces were there and no doubt
the missing ones were there in
spirit —Loved the singing and
remembering many ev e n ts,
etc. Thanks again, Bill.”
SALLY SACKETT (1951 - 54)
(Mrs. Harry Eick) 1597 Pontchar-train,
Okemos, Michigan.
Harry is an Assistant Profess­or
of Chemistry at M i c higan
State University, and Sally, ex­piper,
and Harry have 5 children:
Carol 7, John 6, Stephen 5, T im
3, and Chris 1. “ My husband spent
three weeks in Europe in M a y
while on a trip to Vienna to deliv­er
a paper at the International
Atomic Energy meetings, and I
spent three days in Iowa City tak­ing
in Homecoming and the High­lander
Reunion —The Re u n ion
dinner was tremendous —w e 11
worth the trip back! Harry and
1 haven’t decided who had more
iun’.”
MARY HAUER (1951-54) (Mrs.
Jim Milani) 712 Drake, C en te r -
ville, Iowa.
Jim is County Attorney f o r
Appanoose County. Milani’s have
2 children: Greg 3, and M o l l y
one year. “ The Milanis . . . a r e
enjoying the life in a small Iowa
town. We enjoyed watching the
Highlanders perform at the foot­ball
games this fall. They get
better each year. If any of y o u
get through Centerville, p 1 e ase
stop to see us.” Thanks for he
invitation from this former piper.
JAN NOBLE (1951-54) (Mrs.
George Conger) 485 De1a w a r e
Avenue, Akron 3, Ohio.
This snare and tenor dr u mmer
says that George is an obstret-rician,
and adds, “ Me —? what
is now laughingly referred to as
a house and home engineer i n g
executive. We just added a fourth
girl to George’s harem (Ann 7,
Susie 6, Janne 3, and Nancy,
5 weeks), and have almost a f u 11
rank of Highlanders for you. In­teresting
to read that a m a 1 e
has been added to the group.
You thought of that about 8 years
too late!! Congratulations, Bi l l ,
on the 25th Anniversary.” A n d
thank you, Jan, for these k i n d
words.
DONNA HAMERSLY (Mrs. C.
Jimmie Carlson) (1951-55 ) 3209
Edgewood Avenue South, Minnea­polis
26, Minnesota.
Donna's late note DID rea c h
us in time for inclusion: "Every­thing
is pretty much at a status
quo with us, which is just the
way we want it,” this ex-p i p er
reports. “We are fine, Cur t
is growing much too r a p i d l y ,
and is lots of company and lots
of fun.” Thanks for writing, even
though you say you misplac e d
the newsletter Questionnaire. It’s
always great to hear.
DOROTHY J. MEANS (1952-54)
(Mrs. Walt Ingrain) 624 Park Ave­nue,
Belcit, Wisconsin.
Ex-snare drummer has 3 chil­dren:
Peg 4*2, Jill 2>2, and Wally
3 months. Walt is Engineering
Supervisor of Compressor D e-partment
of Fairbanks Morse &
Co. Development. “ So sorry we
missed the big celebration, but
the baby was just too small for
traveling,” reports Dorothy. “ It's
been a busy ar.d exciting year for
us. We bought our 80 year old
house in May and spent the sum­mer
painting, papering, and get­ting
settled. We love its charm
and spaciousness after b e i ng
cramped in small houses for so
long. In September our first son
arrived —he’s the 4th Walter In­gram.
Truly a memorable year!”
Congratulations, Ingrams!
VIRGINIA MILNES (1952 -55)
(Mrs. Phillip J. Crumley) 612
Woodbine Drive, San Rafael, Cali­fornia.
This former piper says that
they are living in a development
called Terra Linda, which is
north of San Rafael and located
in Marin County — across the
San Francisco Bay. about 20 min­utes
from the Golden G a t e
Bridge. A year ago they lived in
Seattle, but last spring, Virginia
tells us: “ Phil made a decision
to accept a teaching position in
the periodontic department at the
College of Physicians and Sur­geons
dental school in San Fran­cisco.
Also being interested in
conducting a part time dental
practice in his specialty, he made
an unsuccessful attempt to pass
the California State Dental Boards
last summer. At present, he is
teaching full time at P & S and
dilegently revitalizing his rusty
skills in gold foil work, etc., in
preparation to take the Board
again this winter. This preparation
and Board taking is a real strain,
and it is obvious Phil is fondly
looking forward to the day when
he can hand the gold foils back
to the general practitioner and
concentrate on ‘gum slashing’ for
fun and profit. If he gets another
negative response from the Board,
the near future will probably see
us moving back to a state where
he does have the Board and can
practice. As much as we like
California, the prospect of living
in the state of Washington or
Iowa is equally attractive, so it
will be interesting to note from
whence next year’s Crumely Ch­ronicle
will originate." The Crum­ley’s
sons are Doug, 4'/2, and lit­tle
Bruce Milnes who was born
the day after Christmas, 1961.
The snapshot with the “ S 1 e igii
full of holiday chetr” is a mighty
sweet one of your two boys.
MARYDALE MERRILL (1952-
55) (Mrs. Normaa E. Dessel)
5831 Tulane Street, San Diego
22, California. The Dessel child­ren
are Diana Elizabeth 5%, and
Dirk Norman 2V4. Dr. Norm, is
Assistant Professor of Physics
at San Diego State and part-time
Consultant at Naval Electronics
Laboratory in San Diego. T h is
ex - Drum Major says that she
would have loved to have been
back for the Reunion, and that
she thought about everyone at
that time. Just as we wished for
her presence here, too. Mary-dale
writes: “ Last year we mov­ed
into our new house just in
time to greet Santa, so the first
part of this year we spent a lot
of time working in the yard.
Norm fenced the back yard dur­ing
semester break so we could
keep Dirk and Freckles corrall­ed.
Thanks to some gener ou s
friends and a great many hours
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Page Si* H IG H LA N D E R C H R IS T M A S LETTER 1962
The photographer had a sneaky way of taking pictures, and this was no exception.
Reading from left to right: Dr. John Way, Fran Adamson, Bill, Co-Chairmen, Janet Way and
Bill Meardon, Mrs. Harper and Dr. Harper.
spent watering, we do have a nice
array of flowers and a fairly good
Jawn, but this 12 month growing
season is a mixed blessing. There
are times when we’d almost set­tle
for a blanket of snow over the
whole thing. Must admit it’s nice
to have poinsettias blooming in
the yard at Christmas t i m e ,
though . . .In June when Norm
was doing research full time at
the Naval Electronics Lab., Mary-dale
and the children flew back
to Iowa for a 3 week visit and
for the 10 year high school re­union
. .. Diana is in kindergar­ten
and loves school. Right now
she’s struggling with her first
homework — has to lcam her
address and telephone number,
and that’s no snap with these ali-numeral
7 digit jobs! She's also
taking dancing lessons and enter­tains
us with her danccs and ac­robatics.
And guess who imitates
her every move? Dirk’s biggest
desire is to go to school with
Diana. He’s lost when she is gone,
although he has several friends
his age close by am! there's al­ways
Frecks to wrestle with . .
We finally got e. piano this (all
and are enjoying singing a n d
playing — Norm is active in
church choir and sang a solo for
the Christmas program . . .We
wish all of you a prosperous New
Year!”
JAN PAPKE (1952-55) (Mrs.
John Landess) 21180 Ellis Avenue,
N. E. Salem, Oregon.
John is Deputy Legislative Coun­sel
for the State of Oregon, and
this ex-piper says this has been
an eventful year for them — "We
moved to Oregon in June right
after John graduated from law
school at SUI. Our first baby,
David John, arrived July 12 . .
Wish I could have been in Iowa
City for the celebration this fall.
We’re enjoying life in Oregon
very much. If any of you are
out our way. please stop and sec
us.”
JANE WHITEHEAD (1952-55)
(Mrs. Earl Morrall) 6800 Plain­field,
Dearborn. Michigan.
"Our big news this year was the
birth of our 2nd daughter on
April 20th, Mindi. Matt is 5, and
Mardi 4. My husband is still a
quarterback with the D e troit
Lions and right now we're look­ing
forward to our trip to Miami
for the Play - Off Bowl and hop­ing
someone will beat G r e en
Bay so we can have a crack at
the Championship game in New
York,” concluded this ex- snare
drummer.
SHEILA CUNNINGHAM (52-
56) (Mrs. James Hogan) Prairie
du Chein Road, Cunningham Mo­bile
Motor Home Court, Iowa
City, Iowa.
This ex-piper writes: “ Not much
news from the Hogans. We are
still at the same jobs — Mick
is with Nagle Lumber and I am
still at SUI. We did take the big
step and become landowners this
year. We purchased five acres
east of Iowa City, and s o me
year when we find the time and
money, we hope to build our own
home and live in the country. I
do want to say once more how
much we enjoyed the Anniversary
dinner, entertainment, etc. It
was wonderful to see the old gang
again, but I was surprised that
there were not more girls from
my era there! I also want to let
you know that the honors given
you and Fran were very highly
deserved and long overdue. You
should not have had to wait 25
years for them. My thanks go to
you for all the enjoyment I
have received from being a mem­ber
of such a wonderful organiza­tion
as the Highlanders. Mick and
I are two good followers, and
always enjoy seeing the High­landers
perform at the football
games. We never miss a one!"
Thank you very much She i la,
for your kind words. Also, we
want you to know how much we
appreciated all you did toward
the success of the Anniversary in
your Committee work!
CAROL LEE JOHNSON <1952-
56) (Mrs. Gerald W. Kottong)
2402 Gisella Blvd., White Bear
Lake 10, Minnesota.
Jerry is a Chemical Engineer
at Minnesota Mining & Manufac­turing
Company in St. Paul. Car­ol
Lee is working as a clerk
typist in the International Traffic
Division at 3M. The snare and
bass drummer reports: “J guess
the most news I have is about my
new job. It is very interesting and
challenging. You sure do learn a
lot about geography. Mo s t l y I
just type all day long but it still
never gets boring. All the kids
are just fine and doing very well
in school. Jeffrey Davis is 5,
Susan Carol 5, and Kathryn Lee
Vk years old. They seem to grow
only too fast. Sorry I couldn’t
make it down for the 25th Anni­versary
celebration but it was one
of those situations. It’s hard to
get away for a weekend when you
arc working 40 hours a week and
then still have housework and all
that jazz to do! . . .but hope to
see you all someday soon.”
VIRGINIA YODER <1952 - 56)
(Mrs. Robert H. Walters) 2120
Forest Oaks, Dallas 28, Texas. It
was good to hear from you —even
though we miss ‘detail’ of your
activities, Ginny.
JONNE SHILEY (1952-56) 4553
Emerson Road, South Euclid 21,
Ohio..
Ex-bagpipe and Drum Major
writes us that: “ I am midway
through my fourth year of teach­ing
Physical Education at Wiley
Jr. High in suburban Cleveland
I spent 8 weeks at the University
of Michigan this summer working
toward my Master’s Degree—just
two more summers to go —Whew!
My roommate and I purchased a
house this summer. It is a Cape
Cod. 3Vi bedrooms, with lots of
trees, a deep ravine with a creek
running through it (behind the
house*. I just love having so
much room. It is really a small
world as last evening I attended
a dinner party and met an elder­ly
gentleman who was b om
and raised in Dundee, Scotland.
Through the course of the con­versation
I discovered he was on
the Queen Mary with us crossing
the Atlantic during the 1956 Eu­ropean
trip. He said he attended
our practices nearly every day
with the permission of our ‘lit­tle,
bald director’ (ahem!) who
was most kind and more than a
wee bit tolerant to put up with
all those wholesome girrrrls!”
KITTY HOLMES <1953 - 54)
(Mrs. Paul H. Bartlett, Jr.) 1212
Peggy Avenue, Metairie, L o u is -
iana. Paul is salesman for Amer­ican
Can Company. The Bartletts
have two boys: Jimmy 4V4, a n d
Danny 2 years old. Kitty, snare
drummer, says that “we t o o k
the plunge this fall and b o ught
our first house, so we’ve b e e n
pretty busy getting settled. . . .
We’re also looking forward to the
arrival of our third child in Feb­ruary,
and naturally we’re h o p ­ing
for a girl. The boys Eire ex­cited
over the ‘new baby’ and I ’ll
have lots of help. Paul is st i 11
traveling La. and Miss, for the
American Can Co., and liking
his work. He’s also still f 1 y i ng
with the Air Force Reserve and
it was cm one of those t r i p s
this fall that he was able to get
to Iowa City for a football game.
Needless to say, it was wonder­ful
for him to get back on home
ground and see so many o ld
friends. Although we don’t know
for certain, we think we’ll be
here another two or three years,
so please look us up in the New
Orleans ’phone book and give us
a ring when any of you are in
town.”
MARLYS DAGGETT CREGER
<1953-54) 562-28th, Des Mo i n e s
12, Iowa.
This ex-drummer Is Manager
of Direct Mail Advertising, • of
SUCCESSFUL FARMING, f o r
the Meredith Publishing Com­pany
in Des Moines, Iowa.
MARLENE BAUER <1953- 55)
(Mrs. William Clements) 130 W.
Cristobal, San Clemente, Califor­nia.
This ex-drummer’s h u sb a n d
is now a Navy dentist at Camp
Pendleton in California. “ Bill just
graduated from SUI last J u ne,”
she writes. “We took our t i me
coming out to California and had
a lovely trip. Especially enj o yed
Estes Park and Las Vegas. We
were fortunate in finding a love­ly
home in San Clemente which
is just 10 minutes from Bill’s den­tal
clinic at the Camp. We a r e
just a few blocks from the ocean
and needless to say the k i d s
have thoroughly enjoyed th e
beach. (Carla is 6 and Billy 20
months) Have also taken in Dis­neyland,
San Diego Zoo and the
bull fights in Mexico. . . .Wish we
could have helped celebrate the
25th Highlander Anniver s a r y.
This was the first Homecom i ng
we have missed in 9 years!” That
is a record, Marlene, and we
hope you’ll be back soon f o r
another one.
MARGARET ANN BATHKE
( 1953-56) <Mrs. Lester C. John-son)
1214 Oakview Drive, I o w a
City, Iowa.
“ I ’m at home with the children
—Leslie 5, and Robbie 3, keeping
the home fires burning. Les is in
his last year of law school at
SUI and graduates in June, 1963”
concludes this ex-piper.
NANCY BEIER <1953-56) (Mrs.
Mike Thielen) 14 Fieldstone
Drive, Hartsdale, New Y o r k .
Mike is with Meredith Publish­ing
Company in the capacity of
Eastern Advertising Sales Manag­er
for the BETTER HOMES AND
GARDENS IDEA ANNUALS. “ Af­ter
two and one half years in
Des Moines, Mike’s new position
. . .brought us to New Y o r k
last April. We miss the Midwest
and especially the people, but at
the same time we’re renj o y ing
our new life in the East a n d
trying to take advantage of the
many opportunities New Y o r k
offers. Westchester County is a
lovely place and although its quite
a commute, I much prefer it to
living right in the city. Perhaps
that's the result of being raised
in Iowa’s wide open spaces.”
Nancy continues: “ It’s r e a l l y
amazing how many ex-Hawkeyes
have been transplanted here in
this area. Other than our mo v e ,
the only change is the addition of
Michael Scott to our family. Scott
arrived the 29th of October, so
the last six weeks have kept us
busy. His big sister, Betsy, is
nearly 4 and being a real ‘little’
mother. We were both unha p p y
at missing Homecoming this year
especially the Highlander 25th An­niversary
celebration! It wou l d
have been such fun to be a part
of it, but we eagerly list e n e d
to all reports from afar and I’m
delighted it was such a huge suc­cess.
We’re already talking of
making next year’s Hornet o ming
a Must. . . !” We do hope you can
make it next fall.
BARBARA MIXSON <1953 -56)
(Mrs. William W. Brauer) 1202
Franklin. Iowa City, Iowa. T h e
ex-piper Barbara, writes: “ Feb­ruary
2, 1962, our second daugh­ter,
Barbara, was born. (Beth is
3 years oldt. Bill will finish his
residency in Psychiatry, and then
we are headed for the A rmy .
Our tentative orders are for Ft.
Bragg in North Carolina.” Be
sure to let our office know of your
, change of address. We like to
keep track of all the ex-H i g h-landers.!
SUSAN SALIE (1953-56) (Mrs.
James D. McKnight) 7417 Wonder
Lane. Jacksonville 10, Florida.
This ex-piper writes: “ I am
probably way too late this year,
but just in case, here I am I
thought I had mailed this right
after I got it in the mail but
Cuba, moving, and me combin­ed
to make for great misplacing
and forgetfulness. This past year
has been quite a busy one. Jim
<Lt. James) left for a 5 months
deployment in the Mediterranean
in March. In April the boys—Jam­es
Donald Jr. 5 in August, and
John Duane 2% — and I went
home for Easter and spent about
2 months visiting relatives and
friends Last October we. sold
our house and rented a bigger
house right outside the gate at
the base and we love it. We mov­ed
the day after Jim was called
out in the Cuban crisis. They say
every Navy wife must make one
move by herself and I have
now made two. The boys are
growing so fast now. We don’t
have a baby any more. Maybe
we’ll see you in the fall. Jim is
due for orders then and we hope
to see a football game. Congrat­ulations
on your male Highland­er.”
This pleasant news f r o m
Sue.
NAN BORRESON (1953 -56)
(Mrs. Russell B. Bomberger) 235
Mar Vista Drive, Monterey, Cali­fornia.
Nan’ s husband is a professor
at the Naval Post - Graduate
School in Monterey “ . ; .Our
big news for 1962 is that Ann
was born the middle of Novem­ber,
and needless to say, we
think she’s wonderful! Does ev­ery
new mother wonder what she
used to do with all her time
Our other news is that Russ
received his Ph.D. last June from
SUI. So 1962 has been most re­warding
to us. We’re starting our
third year here in Monterey, and
still thnk it is a wonderful place
to live. The 25th Anniversa r y
sounded so nice — wish we could
have been there.” And so do we!
LORI SHARP (1953-56) (M r s .
Floyd Kemp) 1111. Mulberry, Mus­catine,
Iowa.
Floyd is the Art Instructor at
the Muscatine Public High School,
this piper says that they were un­able
to come to the Reunion be­cause
they were awaiting the ar­rival
of their second baby. (Tim­othy
is lbi years old). Ami Christ­ine
was born in November, and
"she’s a chubby little thing and
we all love her dearly,” reports
Lori. “ Tim is growing up so fast
now that he is a big brother.
Floyd and I completely remodel­ed
our upstairs apartment this
summer. Steamed off wall paper,
painted, sanded floors, and even
installed a new bathroom. So far
our amateur plumbing system
seems to be working satisfact­orily.
As a result, we now have
wonderful tenants who h i r e a
cleaning woman to come in and
do their work —the landlady does
her own unfortunately! Floyd is
still teaching art at the h i g h
school and has a class in World
History this year as well so he’s
extra busy reading history books
on the side. We’re all well and
happy if a bit weary from 2 a.
m. feedings, formula making, and
washing dozens of diapers daily!”
1962 H IG H LA N D E R C H R IS T M A S LETTER Page Seven
Here is the Committee who organized and ran the affair to efficiently: On the left is
Carol Crawford Ryan 1954-58; Bob Lee, 1938-42; Nancy Henderson Kegley, 1957-41; Janet
Guti Way, 1945-48; LaVonne Mersch Tegler, 1946-48; Bob Yetter, 1938; and Edie Slavata
Fransen, 1947-51.
DOROTHY DOW (1953-56) (Mrs.
Robert Sorensen) 10112 Fremont
South, Minneapolis 31, Minnesota.
“ In August of this year, we had
our second addition — a girl. Car­ole
Sue, a perfect angle! (David
is 2) So now we are kept busy
with two small ones, and Bob
has been doing some traveling out
east for Remington Rand Univac
(he is an electrical engineer'.”
Hiis ex drummer continues: “ At
Christmas in Iowa, I met Sarah
Vernon Spencer who is living now
in my hometown, Ft. Madison,
and just missed Gina M i lnes
Crumley — Good luck in ’63."
MICK FAGAN (1953-56) (Mr*.
Francis Conway) 224 C Gray
Plaza, Scott A.F.B., Illinois.
Ex - drummer and dancer,
Mick, writes: “ This is our last
year at Scott, as we will be leav­ing
the service in June for civil­ian
life (Fran is in the Air
Force, and is on the staff of the
Ob-Gyn Clinic). We are now in
the process of finding a p l a c e 1
to live. Fran is looking forward
to having his own practice, and
of course, I can hardly wait to
be permanelty settled in a home
of our own . . .Our oldest child,
Sara 5V4, is now in kindergarten
and loving every minute of it.
Suzy and Mark (4Vi and 3 years
respectively) manage to keep me
busy in the mornings while Sara
is at school, and in the afternoon
all three of them entertain (? )
me and see to it that I have lots
of things to do to occupy my
time! Sorry we missed the 25th
Anniversary celebration, but Fran
just couldn’t get away from the
hospital at that time. Maybe
next year — I hope."
VIRGINIA HAGENS (1953- 57)
(Mrs. Ken Huguenard) 6166 Coop­er
Road, Indianapolis 8, Indiana.
Virginia, ex - piper, writes that
Ken is a Supervisor in Standard
Costs at Eli Lilly and Company,
a pharmaceutical firm in Indian­apolis.
“ John Edward is t h e
most exciting thing that has hap­pened
to us since we were mar-married
four years ago. Johnny
was bom November 27 and we
brought him home on January 7
from the adoption agency, when
he was six weeks old. Much as we
were looking forward to getting
our little son, we certainly didn’t
realize the pleasure he would
give us,” she concludes.
JANICE BARNES (1953 -57)
(Mrs. Joba Teegen) 8213 Mo n a
Avenue, Norfolk 18, Virginia.
Dr. John is a Naval flight sur­geon,
and he and Jan, ex-drum­mer,
have three children —J o hn
4%, Robert 2V4, and Betsy 6
months. “We are beginning our
second and last year in Norfolk
and are in the process of decid­ing
what to do next,” writes Jan.
"Jack will probably take a resi­dency
somewhere in rad i o logy.
Except for the sea duty, which
both of us find very unpieas a nt,
we are enjoying Navy life. Our
three children are healthy, happy,
and bursting with energy!”
JOAN O’HARA (1953 - 57 ) 505
Chester Avenue, Ottumwa, Iowa.
Ex-drummer J6an t el 1 s us
—“ I ’m still working as a consult­ant
for Heath DeRoche m o n t,
which leacnes trench via m m s
and TV to elementary sch o o 1
children in 53 areas of the country
and Canada. I love traveling be­cause
I have the opport a n i ty
from time to time of visiting
many old friends. I took a bus­man's
holiday this summer and
travelled in England, Denmark,
Germany, Austria, Switzerland,
Portugal and France. It brought
back many memories of our trip
in ’56. It was so good to see
you, Bill and Fran, and many old
Highlander friends at the Reun­ion.
Here’s hoping the next 25
years will be as pleasant and
successful for you as the past 25.”
PATRICIA HAFNER (1953 -57)
(Mrs. Clark E. Morton) 2503 Pied
Piper Lane, Wausau, Wise o nsin.
This dn»nmer, dancer, writes:
“ I was thrilled to hear t h a t
your 25th Anniversary was such
a success. You sure received a
bundle, but I must add that any
man who puts up with as m a n y
women as you do, year in a n d
year out, really deserves i t You
are a big asset to the University
of Iowa. . . .Cathryn, the baby,
now II months, and her brothers.
Eddie 3, and Jeff 1 year, 11
months, give her a rough time.
A month after Cathryn was born,
Clark was in a very bad car ac­cident,
and was lucky to h a v e
come out alive. He broke the thigh
bone in his leg and was laid up
all winter and spring. When he
was able to walk with a c a n e
we packed up the family a n d
spent a 2 week vacation with the
grandparents in Burlington, Iowa.
October 1, Clark changed j o b s
which brought about our move to
Wausau. He will be managing a
wonderful recreation and en­tertainment
center which is being
built here. We iiave b o u g h t
a lovely home here and feel that
the New Year will be good to
us. . . .1 think you do a wonder­ful
job with the Newsletter. Each
year I go through to see if a n y
Highlanders five in my area. So
far no luck! But I ’ll keep watch-in’
! ”
DOROTHY SCHWENGEL (1953-
57) (Mrs. L. Neale Cosby) 1218
Oakview Drive. Iowa City, Iowa.
Dorothy’s husband is on th e
ROTC Department Staff at SUI,
teaching first-year Army ROTC.
This ex-piper writes: “ Neale and
I arrived in Iowa City last A u g ­ust,
still in the United States Ar­my,
to serve a civilian compon­ent
assignment here at the Uni­versity
of Iowa with the A r my
Detachment responsible for the
required one-year of ROTC and
advanced ROTC. We will be here
at least three years —l o n g
enough to buy a home and feel
as if our roots are planted, temp­orarily.
It is very exciting for
me to renew old acquaintances—
friends and faculty —end to have
my Kentucky husband know this
wonderful school and Iowa p e o ­ple.
Come see us.”
DOROTHY ROUDABUSH (1953-
57) (Mrs. Fred E. Carpenter. Jr.)
3226 Albert Avenue, Royal Oak,
Michigan.
Dot, ex-snare drummer re­ports:
“ Not a whole lot n ew
other than our move from Des
Moines to Detroit. I had the good
fortune to land a position with
Campbell - Ewald Advertising,
which is one of the most desirab­le
agencies in the country with
which to be associated To give
you an idea of the type of organ­ization
it is, Chevrolet is its big­gest
account.” Dot says that her
doctor-husband began an ear, eye,
nose & throat residency in De­troit
in August, and she contin­ues:
"Between work for me and
the hospital for Fred, we don’t
have much opportunity to t a k e
advantage of the things Detroit
has to offer. We did enjoy the
Lions football games this winter
with ex-Iowa players like Karras
and Gibbons. Hope to get over to
see Iowa and Michigan p l a y
next fall.” It was good to h e a r
from you. Dot, and thanks very
much for your letter and answer.
MARY ANNE EDMUND (1954-
56) (Mrs. Gerald E. Anderson)
Flying A. Ranch, Rt. 1, R e d
Oak, Iowa. This ex-piper is mar­ried
to a rancher who owns and
operates a ranch five miles west
of Red Oak. They feed cattle only
cn the Flying A Ranch.
SUSAN WORMHOLDT (1954-56)
(Mrs. Roger Richard Flickinger,
II) 817 River Street, Iowa C i ty.
Iowa.
Susan’s husband is a junior in
the College of Medicine, and this
ex-piper is a receptionist in the
Office of Student Affairs here at
SUI.
JANICE HAGENS (1954 - 56)
(Mrs. Dean Butts) 105 Elm Street,
Elmina, New York
“ First of all I must say thank
you,” writes ex-piper J a n ice,
" I certainly enjoyed my f i r st
Highlander Christmas Letter this
past year. It was wonderful to
hear all about the nice g i r l s
with whem I ’ve lost touch. I ’ll
certainly be looking forward to
it again this year. Our most in­teresting
experience this past year
was our throe week vacation to
Jamaica this past August. We
spent one week with a native Jam­aican
family, and I ’m sure we
learned more about their country
than most tourists do —as the
Highlanders were fort u n ate
enough to do or. occasion in Eur­ope!
I don't know when we’ll ever
get back to Iowa, but I certainly
watch for the nationally televised
Iowa football games so I c a n
view the Highlanders.”
IDA BELL (1954-57) (Mrs. Wil­liam
R. Seaberg) 396 Memorial
Drive S.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
“My husband is self-employed
as a Manufacturer’s Represen­tative,”
writes Ida, ex-drummer.
“ 1962 has been a very interesting
year for the Seabergs. Bill start­ed
into business for himself.
March found us moving o n c e
more —back to Cedar R a p ids
from Iowa City. In April o u r
Carolyn arrived. (Kathryn is 3).
The month of May found us trav­eling
again; this time to Pueblo.
Colorado, for the summer. In
September we were happy to be
back to our home in Cedar Rap­ids.
The Highlanders looked mar­velous
this year as always, B i l l .
Santa brought our daughter, Ka­thy,
a bagpipe —junior vari e ty.
I wonder who will play with it
the most?”
ELAINE ROGGENKAMP (1954-
57) (Mrs. Terry Fisher) 7160 Gar­rison
Road, Des Moines 22, Iowa.
“ Really not too much new and
different to report this year. Ter­ry
is still with the Telephone Co.,
and I hold the title of housewife.
Lori Jean is 2 now and to the
stage where she likes to carry on
conversations over the phone —
maybe she'll have to have a ‘Prin­cess’
in her room. I ’m sure her
Daddy would know where to get
one. Haven’t seen very m a n y
Highlanders this year, but I know
there are a couple living in Des
Moines. Did see Darla Moe 11 er
Perkins and Nancy Luthans Ol­son
last summer for brief visits,”
concludes this ex-drummer.
DARLA MOELLER (1954 - 57)
(Mrs. Dan Perkins) 1519 Elmhurst
Drive N.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
This ex-drummer’s husband is ac­count
executive for WMT, a n d
they have a 15 month old daugh­ter,
Kristin Lee.
NANCY TOLFORD (1954 - 57)
(Mrs. Richard Lierle) 2252 H a l l
Street, S. E., Grand Rapids, 6,
Michigan.
The Lierles own a Cou n t r y
Store called "The Bagpiper” ; Re­sort
Shop called the “ TOPSIDE.”
Their children are Robert McAllis­ter
3 in March; Suzi (Susan Buch­anan)
one in April. Nancy writes
of the additions —Suzi and a sec­ond
store at White Lake, a resort
area just off Lake Michigan.
“These bonuses of ’62 have k e pt
our entire family extremely busy
and left little time for anything
else. This was our first year of
not seeing any Iowa games. I
was so sorry to miss the Reun­ion,
but certainly thought often of
the event and how much fun you
all were having.” And we missed
! you. too. Nancy! Do come back
sometime.
NAN LATCH (1954-57) (Mrs.
Hank Hinrichsen) 2576 Bucking­ham.
Birmingham, Michigan.
Tun Hinrichsen is 4 years old.
and Bruce one month. Hank is in
personnel work at Vickers Incor­porated.
This ex-piper says that
October was undoubtedly the big­gest
month of their married lives
—“On the first Hank started on
his new job. . . .in Troy, Michi­gan.
The fifth found us mov i ng
into our own home —a three bed­room
brick ranch, about a m i le
from Hank's work. Since we had
a home my parents brought a
three month old cocker spaniel
for Tim the 23rd. October 25th was
Tim’s fourth birthday so we in­vited
six friends for a p a r t y .
However, Grandma and Grandpa
Latch had to do the honors as I
was in the hospital getting the
most important gift —a baby bro­ther,
Bruce. He is a very good
baby and a real favorite of Tim’s.
Certainly wish we could h a v e
added attendance at the Anniver­sary
celebration as another Octo­ber
event, but obviously we
couldn’t. I thought of you all —
maybe some year we can make
it.” Congratulations on the new
son!
KAREN GREENWOOD (1954 •
58( (Mrs. Donald Spiekerm a n )
10225 Dice Road, Freeland, Mich­igan.
"As you can see by our add­ress,
we’ve moved, we did it on
Thanksgiving Day,” reports this
ex-snare and tenor drummer. “ I
think it will be years before the
unpacking is done. Our house is
brick, with almost complete in­terior
panelling. Don did most of
the work, and we think it looks
pretty nice. Also acquired a new
'baby' white German Shepherd
dog. She is a sweetie in our
book. Really like this suburban
living — clear air and no tightly
packed neighbors, and these Mich­igan
winters aren’t as bad as
Iowa’s! Hear the Reunion was
simply fabulous! . . .A new job
this year — teaching Special
Education Homemaking at Sagi­naw
High School. A real nice
change.”
MARY ANN SEBERG (1954 •
58) (Mrs. Edward D. Shuey) 2621
Ashby Avenue, Des Moines 10,
Iowa.
Ed is with the Statistics depart­ment
on LOOK magazine. Mary
Ann is working part - time as
Speech Therapist in the D e s
Moines Schools. Sara Lynne is
their 15 month old daughter.
Ex- piper says: “ In November we
moved to a new address, as above.
Enjoyed the Reunion after the
Homecoming game, but missed
seeing many Highlanders of my
vintage! Bill and family looked
wonderful, as always.” Thanks,
Mary Ann!
MARY WOODMAN (1954 -58)
(Mrs. Roger Coe) 5050 Wynne-field
Avenue, Philadelphia, 3 1,
Pennsylvania. Since the first of
April the Coe’s have lived in
Philadelphia, and Roger is an at­torney
in the Patent Department
of Houdry Process and Chemical
Company. And this ex - piper
says that after a brief retirement
of five months, she teaches in
Springfield, Delaware C o unty.
Page Eight H IG H LA N D E R C H R IS TM A S LETTER 1962
A portion o f the crowd at the Reception prior to the Banquet.
“ certainly one of the things we
miss most is Big Ten football and
especially the Hawkeyes and the
Highlanders” , continues Mary.
“ I envy those of you who were
able to attend the 25th Reunion
in October. I'm hoping the news­letter
will include pictures and
highlights of the occasion.” (We’ll
try!) “ In 1961 we drove to Iowa
from Washington, D. C. for the
holidays. Remember all th e
snow! After that experience we
have decided to remain in Phila­delphia
for Christmas. Anyone
who cares to try the trip east is
always welcome; when your hus­band
has a convention in New
York, Atlantic City, Washington,
or Philadelphia, tag along!”
MARTHA HICKERSON (1954 -
58) 18 Wayside Lane, Scarsdale,
New York.
Martha is a medical soc i a 1
worker at the New York Hospi­tal
— Cornell Medical Center,
525 E. 68th New York City. This
ex-drummer, dancer writes: "My
work is interesting as ever and
am now in the process of relo­cating
myself after 3V4 years as
a city apartment dweller. Spent
a fascinating and relaxing week
in Puerto Rico and St. Thomas
this summer as well as some
time on stormy Nantucket. The
Reunion sounded superb. I miss­ed
you all so am counting on the
next one!” But, let's hope we see
you before that, Marty!
CAROL CRAWFORD <1954 -58)
(Mrs. Lehan J. Ryan) 1103 Mus­catine
Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa.
This ex-piper reports: "Jay is
in his second year of Law School
here at SUI, and we are getting
used- to the student life again.
Denny Ryan will be four in Jan­uary
and our new addition (Dav­id)
will be one year old on Dec­ember
16th. These two really keep
me busy, but I do manage to
lead a Great Books Discussion
Group in the Adult Education
program in Iowa City. It was
fun seeing so many old Highland­er
friends at the 25th Anniversary
dinner. Hope lots of you can
come to the Coffee next year."
Again thanks to Carol for all she
did toward the Reunion to make
it so successful.
ANNE LARSON (1954 - 58)
(Mrs. Eugene Dierking) 29 S.
Euclid, Villa Park, Illinois.
This ex-piper’s husband is a C.
P.A. with Touche, Ross, B a iley,
and Smart. They have a little girl,
Louise. Anne writes: “ The biggest
news for us this year is the anti­cipation
of a new baby in March.
Louise is crazy about babies so
she should be happy with the
new arrival. I was sorry to miss
the Anniversary celebration —am
glad it was such a success. My
Highlander memories are still
among my fondest of my college
years. I'm sure they always will
be. Thanks a million to you,
Bill.”
CHERYL ANN JOHNSON <1954-
58) (Mrs. Boyd James Browning)
218 Glendale Drive, Corpus Chris-ti,
Texas. The Brownings h a v e
a little one year old dau g h t e r,
Stephanie Lynn. Cheryl teac h e s
third grade at Corpus Christi,
and her husband is studying edu­cational
television —and has his
own program on radio everyd a y
for one hour. This ex-d rum mer
taught two years at J e f f e r son
School in Rochester, Minnesota,
and at Burbank, California, then
was married at the Hollyw o o d
Presbyterian Church, H o l l y -
wood, in December, 1960.
LOIS ANN CAMPBELL (1954-
58) (Mrs. David Cox) 579 B Dua­ne,
Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
"My husband is a credit analyst
with Harris Trust & Savings Bank
in Chicago," writes Lois Ann,
ex-drummer. "The letter gets big­ger
and better every year. 1 hope
this year particularly that many
other Highlanders write in it.
Carol Landherr and I were re­united
through the letter. This is
a way to find out who else may
live right near you. Dave and I
are busy enjoying our first year
as parents. Our little Tom was
born in February of 1962. A mar­velous
experience —parenthood!
Recently I met a woman w h o
has moved here from London. She
saw the Highlanders perform at
Battersea Park . . .Ah, such fond
memories our conver s a t i o n
brought back. After talking with
her I went home feeling v e r y
proud to be a member of t h a t
famed group, as she put it.’’
NANCY STEWART (1954 - 58)
(Mrs. Ronald Frack) 107 E.
Briggs, Fairfield, Iowa.
The Fracks have two 1 i 11 le
girls, Susan Ann 3, and Sara Lee
ltt. Ron is assistant product i o n
Manager and Plant Engineer with
the Universal Producing C o m-pany.
Nan, ex-piper and d a ncer,
writes: “ During the last y e a r
we've returned to familiar terri­tory.
On June 1, 1962, we moved
children, bags and baggage back
to my hometown of Fairfield. We
hated leaving Wichita and friends
behind, but love being ‘h om e ’
with family and old friends again.
Ron accepted a position in the
family business, which is t h e
manufacture of plastic household
items, and although its a g r e a t
deal different than flying f l i g h t
test on & B52 for Boeing, he likes
his new work very much. Natur­ally
both children and 2 sets of
grandparents are ecstatic over
our return to Iowa. At the present
we are renting a big old home in
the hopes of someday building a
new one of our own. Meanwhile,
we are thoroughly enjoying t h e
room this house gives us to ex­pand
after owning a small home
in Wichita. Now we have room to
welcome any old Highlanders who
happen to pass this way. Natural­ly
my time is still freely occup­ied
with Susan and Sara, who
are fast becoming smarter t h a n
their mother, with keeping t h i s
big house, and a few outs i d e
activities like a morning bowling
league, which is about to get the
best of me, rather than visa ver­sa.
It’s been wonderful to be near
for the Iowa games, but was dis­appointed
not to see more of the
Highlanders. Ron and I thorough­ly
enjoyed the 25th Annivers a ry
celebration and seeing some of
the friends we hadn’t seen in 4
years. Those of us of the '56 Tour
group were disappointed not
to see more familiar_ faces, but
it was great to see the few who
were there. We all thought the
Committee did a terrific j o b
on the banquet and beautiful gifts
for Bill and Fran and w o u Id
love to have these reunions more
often than every 25 years. We
all had such a good time! All the
Highlanders seem to have had a
wonderful 25 years and B i l l
and the Highlanders is something
special to each of us who have
had a part in it. A Happy Anni­versary
to us all, and many more
great years to come!!”
NORMA DOSS (1954 -58) (Mrs.
Turner Lett) 29 Elmo P a r k ,
Hopkins, Minnesota.
"We are still living in Hopkins,
a suburb of Minneapolis, and like
the area very much,” writes this
ex-piper. "Our daughter, Diane
Elizabeth, is three and an active
little girl, full of energy. I would
love to hear from any Highlanders
living in this area.” Norma’s hus­band
is Office Manager of the
Minneapolis Branch of Iowa Nat­ional
Mutual Insurance Company.
JOY JARRARD (1954-58) (Mrs.
Duane H. Drake) 2129 B 34th,
Los Alamos, New Mexico.
This piper and tenor dummer
says: “ Our big excitement this
year occurred last summer when
Duane served six weeks as chief
medical officer on Christmas Is­land
during the atomic testing.
He saw 18 ‘shots’ and became
an authority on such valuable
subjects as land crab.s blind
birds, and tidal waves and what
you can do about them (answer-not
a thing in every case!),” con­cludes
Joy. Dr. Drake and his
wife have a son Andrew, 3V4
years old now.
JUDITH MCLAREN (1955 -56)
(Mrs. John Guilford Napier) 1422
Franklin Street, Iowa City, Io­wa.
Ex - drummef and dancer Ju­dith,
and John, have three chil­dren:
Julia 4, John William, 111
3 years old, and Jefferson Scott
one year. “ I ’m a homemaker,
full time!” writes Judy, “ and my
husband is a third and final
year resident of obstetrics and
gynecology. I was sorry to be
unable to attend the Highlander
25th Anniversary but when liv­ing
in Iowa City, there always
seems to be a million h o u se
guests and commitments during
Homecoming. We will be leaving
Iowa City in July after eight
years. But we will be taking with
us many happy memories. We will
be in the service for two years
after which we will start prac­tice.
Where, and with whom are
still unknowns. Wish we could
see everybody, know how they
are doing, and show off three
‘cuties’. We’ll miss the football
season most of all, and wish the
Highlanders Continuous success.”
SUZANNE CAMPBELL (1955 -
57) (Mrs. James D. Hamblin)
2317 Wellswood Curve, Minneapo­lis,
Minnesota.
This ex - tenor drummer says
that her husband is the buyer and
manager of the Northbriar Shop
— college and young executive—
at Dayton’s, and Suzanne is Pub­lic
Health Nurse tor the combin­ed
Nursing Service of Minneapo­lis.
She continues: “ In June we
moved to our first home and are
adjusting to suburban living. We
both commute 14 miles each way
to get to work. As of December
21, I enter the rank of house­wife
and retire from working.
We are expecting our first baby
early in March.”
KARMA JOLLEFFE (1955 -57)
(Mrs. James Rife) 1701 Crestview
Avenue, Danville, Illinois. Kar­ma’s
husband is head pharma­cist
with Osco Drug Company in
Danville, after being transferred
from Ottumwa, Iowa. Our ex -
piper says, “ Jim and I are ex­pecting
our first addition the
last of January, and we are
both thrilled to say the least. Af­ter
all, we did have a s 1 ow
start!” Congratulations! We’ve
just heard that Rife’s 7 pound,
6 ounce baby daughter arrived
on schedule, January 20th. They
have named her Lisa Kay.
SHIRLEY LEE BARKER <1955-
58) 1738 Fourth Avenue, Oak­land
6, California.
Shirley, ex - piper, is Speech
therapist in San Lorenzo, servic­ing
a school for physically hand­icapped,
children.
MARY ANNA SPIES (1955 -58)
(Mrs. Charles Sarazine) 309 Grant
Ankeny, I owa.
Chuck is claims adjustor, with
the Insurance Co. of North Amer­ica,
Des Moines, and this ex­piper
writes: “Chuck graduated
from SUI in June, ’62, and how
I enjoyed a year in Iowa City,
seeing the Highlanders perform,
football games, and visiting with
old friends. We moved to Ankeny
in August. Julie was born in Oct­ober.
(Annette is 15 months). I
took a 4 day rest in the hospital
and have been going since then. .
Wish I could have attended the
25th Anniversary!”
CAROLYN HERMAN (1955-58)
(.Mrs. Ron Spillers) 96 Fifth Ave­nue,
Apt. 11J New York 11, New
York.
Ron is with the Insurance Co.
of North America and will begin
law school at NYU in February.
Carolyn says that she is still fly­ing
TWA and will soon beg i n
nursing at a V.A. hospital in low­er
Manhattan. The ex-piper re­ports:
“ I had a woman on one of
my flights from L. A. to Boston
who opened her purse, pulled out
a chanter, and proceeded to en­tertain
the entire first class sec­tion.
If her pipes hadn’t b e e n
packed in the baggage compart­ment,
she said she would h a v e
loved to show us how she really
sounded. In talking to her, I
learned that she was acquainted
with your brother-in-law w h o
sold her her pipes. She was so
disappointed that he had sold out
because he knew just what she
needed ‘to keep in tune.’ T h e
gal was in her late sixties or so
and was looking for someone who
could play the pieces she loves on
the pipes at her funeral!. . .Al­though
Ron and I are both from
Iowa, he attended Iowa St a t e
and Drake, and we both enjoyed
California for a couple of years
—he in San Diego, and I in San
Francisco. We had to come to the
East coast to meet! Gretchen
Green Bridgman introduced us in
Boston in April, we were married
in Iowa in October, and are now
living in New York City!” Best
wishes and congratulations!
JANET MARLIN (1955-58) 302
A. South Harrison, East Orange,
New Jersey. Janet, ex-piper, too,
is Chief Occupational TTierap i st
in the Orthopaedic Hospital in
Orange. Thanks, Jan, lor letting
us know where you are. and what
you are doing. It is always good
to hear!
JOANNE GILMER (1955 - 59)
(Mrs. Donald E. Gardner) 7 3 0
Galaxy Drive, Manhattan, K a n ­sas.
Joanne, piper, reports that Don
is going to school at KSU and she
is working part time in an office.
“ The biggest surprise is t h a t
we’re in the same place 2 years
in a row. We originally came here
when Don was recalled to active
duty in the Army. Now Don is
studying bacteriology here at
Kansas State. I wanted to get
back for the Reunion at Home­coming
but my schedule didn’t
work out. Jan (Janice Lynn 18
months) is growing rapidly, and
I feel sure she will be either a
dancer or a tackle for the football
team. She loves to dance to the
music on T.V., but quite of t e n
she changes her mind a n d
runs into you with the greatest
tackle. Her success derives from
the fact that she catches y o u
completely by surprise. S h e’s
so tiny that you can’t imagine a
little 22 pounder being so rough!
Sure hope they televise an Iowa
game next year. I missed seeing
the Highlanders.”
MARY KATHRYN KETELSEN
(1956-58) (Mrs. Edward L. Dan­iel'
406 S. 47th Avenue, Yakima,
Washington. “We couldn’t be
mere delighted with a girl to go
with our 2 boys,” writes Mary
K. “ Merri Noel was bom De­cember
28th. Craig is 2%, and
Jeffrey lMt. This has been a busy
year for the Daniels. Ed h a s
spent most of the time on the
road helping set up their dealer
organization He is employed with
has father in Western Market i ng
AFFL —a direct marketing coo-
HIGHLANDER CHR ISTM A S LETTER
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Heather Adamson, 16, — her heather corsage being pinned on by Roger Smaliman,
the Highlanders new Assistant. Watching the process is left to right — Betsy Meyer, Joy
Matthews, Penny Klocksiem, and Connie Johnson.
1962
cern for small farm implements
in the Pacific Northwest. . . .We
took time out to go to the Seattle
World's Fair and to Coeur d’Al­ene,
Idaho, for the Diamond Cup
hydroplane races. Hope to get
back to the Midwest to ren e w
acquaintances in ’63.” concludes
this ex-tenor drummer, and we
surely hope they will come back!
GAYE GROSS (1956-58) (Mrs.
Richard Hoth) 1315 Starry Drive,
Marion, Iowa.
Dick works in the Account i ng
Department of United Fire ar.d
Casualty Company so the Hoths
have moved to Cedar R a p ids
(Marion) recently.
BARBARA SLEMMONS (1956-
58) (Mrs. Steven R. McCarl 14
F University Terrace, Columbia,
Missouri. “ Still students —t h i s
time at the U. of Miss o u r i,”
reports Barb, ex-snare drummer.
“ Steve is on a teaching assistant-ship,
will complete his M a s ­ter's
in January; I ’m on a Greg­ory
liberal arts scholarship doing
graduate work in French a n d
Philosophy of Education. . . .My
marriage to a McCarl thick e ned
the blood of our Scottish - Ir i sh
•strain —and our strawberry curl­ed
wee lassie is certainly strongly
flavored with this ingred i e n t.
Julie, 15 months, marches a pret­ty
fancy pattern, plays the drum
with zest, and plans to order a
kilt from her Grandaddy Slem-mons’
tailor shop in P h o e n i x
as soon as you can use a ‘bit of
a Highlander’ —so where’s the
application? Maybe someday —
Mamma hopes!” And we’ll hope,
toe.
JANET NEWCOMER <1956 -58)
(Mrs. Kenneth A. Ploen) 696 Nia­gara
Street, Winnipeg 9, Manito­ba,
Canada. Ken is an Industrial
Engineer with the Martin Paper
Company and p\ays Proiesaion-aJ
Football —Winnepeg B lu e
Bombers. Jan, ex-piper says: “ I
sure enjoyed the Christmas Letter
last year. It’s so much fun read­ing
about all the Highlander Al­ums,
their families and where
they have settled down. We add­ed
another little member to our
family this year. Douglas A l l e n
was born August 31. Both Kendra
Kay (19 months) and Doug are
growing so fast aid they k e e p
Ken and me entertained all the
lime. Ken had another successful
year with the Blue Bombers.
We won the Grey Cup this year
which always finishes off the sea­son
perfectly.”
PAT MILLER <1956 -58) (Mrs.
J. Pete Schebler) 2106 15th Aven­ue,
N. W., Rochester, Minneso­ta.
“ This has been a real b u s y
year for the Scheblers,” wr i t es
Pat, drummer. “ Last year I did
substitute teaching and decid e d
full-time teaching would be less
confusing and less hectic in the
mornings. So this year am teach­ing
2nd grade here in Rochester.
This is all because we bought a
home here this fall which we real­ly
enjoy! Tami, who is now 2
years old, loves to run in her
yard and play on her swing set.
Ibis all keeps us too busy to do
much else. Pete is Assistant Man­ager
of 6th floor for D a y t o n
Company.”
MARY MALLOY <1956 - 59)
(Mrs. Douglas Whitehead) . 33
Judith Ann Drive, Mt. Prospect,
Illinois.
This former drummer, and
drum dancer writes: “My biggest
project has been working tw o
evenings a week in the emergency
room of a near-by hospital —Holy
Family Hospital. I have thorough­ly
enjoyed it and have found the
E. R. quite an exciting place to
work. I may retire when t h e
nice weather arrives, however.
Doug is still enjoying his work
with American Hospital Supply
Corporation. It seems impossib 1 e
that he’s been with them two
years now. Our little guys (Tim­othy
Pieper, 2 years and John.
Douglas 1 year) are lots of fun
and typical boys. Hope to make
it to Iowa for Homecoming this
year.”
COLLEEN SENGLEY <1956 -59)
(Mrs. Charles Pinkerton) Forest
View Trailer Court, Iowa Ci t y ,
Iowa.
Colleen, ex-piper, writes that
she is a dental hygienist in oral
surgery sterilization in the C o 1-
lege of Dentistry, and her hus­band
is in his last year as a
graduate student in ortfiodont i cs.
She continues: "This June brings
the completion of Charlie’s thesis
and his graduation from orthodon­tics,
the termination of my job
and the end of our stay in Iowa
City. Then our plans are s ome ­what
indefinite, but as it looks
now we’ll probably spend th e
summer through September in
Fairfield, my home town, then
comes the big venture to th e
South —Florida. We’ll probably
settle in one of the surround i ng
areas of Miami. After spend i ng
our past two Christmas vacations
there, I ’ll surely be willing to
leave the cold and snow. How­ever,
I’ll miss the games, etc.,
and seeing the Highlanders’ per­formances.
Maybe. Bill, you can
schedule a trip to the S o u th.
I enjoyed the activities which
helped celebrate the Highlanders
25th year. It was good to see
and chat with the Alums and you,
Bill. Congratulations again on
your fine work.” Thanks, C o l ­leen.
The Pinkertons have a
daughter, Cynthia, 19 months.
JAN KUPFER <1956 - 59) <Mrs.
Frank W. Davis, Jr.) 685 - 49th
Street, Des Moines, Iowa.
“ Frank graduated from SUI
law school in June, and is now
in his father’s law firm,’ writes
Jan, ex-piper. “He loves his work
and we are very fond of living
here in Des Moines. I am playing
the role of an old garden-variety
housewife, spending 8 hours of
every day running after my all­boy
son. He is really a character
— he loves to flirt with all the
girls he can find, old or young.
There is never a dull moment
when he’s awake. (Frank W. in,
1%). We are expecting a new ad­dition
to the family in June and
are, of course, thrilled to pieces
about it. I so enjoy hearing from
all of you and always look for­ward
to receiving the Christmas
letter.’ ’
ROSEMARY SCHATZ <1956 -59)
(Mrs. Hugh Drake) 1209 2nd Ave­nue
North, Estherville, I owa.
Hugh is Coach at Estherville
High School and teaching Bio­logy.
This ex - drummer and pip­er,
writes: "So glad to hear that
the Reunion was successf u 1.
Sorry we couldn’t make it, but
I did get to talk to Bill for a few
minutes after the game. (It’s the
first time you ever called me
‘Rosemary’ ; remember it used
to be ‘Mary’ or ‘Schatz’ ) I thought
the girls did a wonderful job at
both of the games we attended
this fall. It’s always so enjoyable
to return to Iowa City in the fall
and attend a game or two. Noth­ing
terribly exciting has happen­ed
to us this year: I am teaching
Jr. High English for the second
year here in Estherville and en­joy
it very much. I had an en­joyable
summer of golf while
Hugh worked as a hail adjustor
throughout the state. As usual, I
am looking forward to all of your
letters this year.”
ELIZABETH BOEHNER (1956-
59) (Mrs. Craig A. Beck) 1181/2 E.
Cheyenne Rd.. Colorado Springs,
Colorado.
Lt. Craig is now serving in Fifth
Infantry Division, a mortars plat­oon
leader, now combat ready,
stationed at Ft. Carson. “ After
graduating from law school, Craig
found himself on his way to Ft.
Ben rung, Georgia, where he spent
8 weeks in the Infantry Officers
school.” writes this ex - piper.
“We were sent to Ft. Carson
after receiving the exciting news
that our 6 - month tour had just
extended to 13 months because
of the Berlin crises! Although
we’ve enjoyed Colorado’s climate
and scenery and have survived
a ski season, we are anticipating
our release on January 20, after
which we will be in Minneapolis
where Craig will be with the
Dorsey Law Firm. Red - headed
little Alec is so much fun and we
find it hard to believe he’s a
whole year old now! We would
like so much to hear from all of
our friends and so if any of you
find a minute, do drop us a
line!”
JEANE PECKUMN <1956 - 60)
(Mrs. Dennis Lumley) 4700 W.
111th St., Minneapolis 31, Minn­esota.
“ I am a housewife and Dennis
is employed at Consumers Loan
and Discount, where he is man­ager
of the Contracts Depart­ment,”
our ex - piper reports.
“ This past year has been an
exciting one for us. In December
of 1962 a little blond, blue - eyed
girl came to stay at our house
— Beth Suzanne. Since then we
have had no dull moments and we
enjoy her immensely. In Novem­ber
of this year we purchased a
home in Bloomington (a suburb
of Minneapolis) where we feel
quite at home even after 2 short
months here. It was a great thrill
for both Dennis and me to visit
Iowa City once again at H o me-coming
last October. The banquet
was a marvelous affair and it was
such a thrill to see old friends.
Bill, it was a great pleasure to
participate in paying you a well
deserved tribute that evening.
When are the Highlanders coming
to a Minnesota - Iowa football
game?? It would be wonderful to
see you up here soon!” (Thanks,
Jeane, for all your kind remarks.
We go to Purdue for our out-of-state
football game in 1963 and
it will be Minnesota in 1964. We’ll
hope!)
JUDITH CROFT (1956-60) <Mrs.
William H. Carmichael) 11 Walk­er,
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Judy’s husband is with t h e
Judge Advocate General’s C o r p
in the U. S. Army and Judy has
15 piano students, is church or­ganist
at a chapel on the post at
Fort Leavenworth, as well has a
little daughter, Julie Lynne, 8
months old now. Our former piper
and choral director rep o rts:
“Was a wonderful reunion at
Homecoming time! Bill was made
a Captain to start the N e w
Year out proper!” Congratula­tions.
CAROLYN FOOTE (1956 - 60)
(Mrs. John Heitz) Box 52, Prair­ie
City, Iowa.
" I am fifth grade teacher in
the Prairie City Schools, and John
is in his senior year at Drake
University, Des Moines,” w r ites
this ex-piper. “ I switched to ele­mentary
school teaching aft e r
two years of teaching h i g h
school. I went to Drake Univer­sity
this last summer to obt a in
my elementary certificate. J o hn
will graduate in June with a ma­jor
in Physical Education and
we will both be teaching ne x t
year. I enjoy the Christmas Let­ter
so very much.”
JUDY CLARK (1956 -60) (Mrs.
David Turpin) 349 B Coronado
Avenue, Imperial Beach, Califor­nia.
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Dave is a lieutenant, U. S. Na­vy
Reserve, on active duty at
the Naval Amphibious Base ir.
Coronado. Our ex-drummer, Judy,
writes: "Our big news this year
is a little lassie, Barbara Jo
She may show up in a kilt in
about 1980. She was born in Bal­boa
Naval Hospital —in case you
watch Hennessey on TV— t h is
September. We plan on g o i n g
back to school when we i i nish
our service stint. Dave wants an
MS in orthodontics. We aren't
sure yet where we'll be — mavb.?
SUI — maybe not. We can keep •
up somewhat on Highlander doir. s
now as Dave's sister is a mem­ber
of the current group.”
SYBIL NORTON (1956 - 60)
(Mrs. Hugh Wiegman) 61C E a s t
19th Street, Oakland 6, C a l i fo r
nia.
Hugh is a second year general
surgery resident at St. L u k es
Hospital, San Francisco, a n d
9ybil is teaching at the Richmond
School District. “ You have no
idea how much I enjoy gett i n g
the Highlander Christmas Letter.
I love hearing about every one,
their whereabouts, their families,
and all. We will be return i n g
to Iowa City, July, 1963. Aft e r
living in California I ’m afraid it’s
going to be hard to readjust to the
midwest weather. But it will be
nice to really have different sea­sons
again,” writes this ex-piper,
"Hopefully we will have a house.
Having a bassett puppy in an
apartment can be quite trying.”
MARGARET LADD (1956 -60)
(Mrs. William II. DeKock) 302
Grandview Court, Iowa C it y ,
Iowa (very temporary) — c-o
Dean Ladd, Rt. 1, Iowa Ci t y ,
Iowa.
Margie teaches fifth grade in
the Iowa City Roosevelt Elemen­tary
School, and her husband is
completing his senior year of
dental school at the University of
Iowa.
This former drummer, p i per,
and drum major, writes: “We
have just received notice that
Bill will be stationed at Camp
Pendleton Marine Base in south­ern
California for the next tw o
years.” She continues, “ I am
hunting for another teaching pos­ition
for the coming year. Having
taught before in Califomoa, p e r ­haps
I can find employment. The
southern California sch o o 1 s
are somewhat different f r om
those in the north I ’ve been told,
but perhaps by the time we have
lived out there for most of the
summer months, I ’ll have over­come
my San Francisco b r a i n -
washing and, will accept th e
schools in the south. We surely
shouldn’t complain, as some of
the dentists are sent off to the
arctic on the U. S. Northw ind,
or settle for a barge on the Miss­ouri
River. Actually, I ’m looking
forward to our Navy stint and
will look hopefully for the High­landers,
band and football team
at the Rosebowl in 1964 or 1965,
too! Best luck to the kilted per­formers
in the next years while
we won’t be able to watch them
on the home field.”
NANCY POTTER (1957 - 58)
(Mrs. Fred Miller) 111 Robin
Road, Muscatine, Iowa.
This ex - piper says that she”
is keeping house ( “ It’s satisfac­tory,
but low - wage job!” ; Fred
is Assistant Director of Sales
Training for Kent Feeds, Inc.
His job is to train dealers and "
salesmen and to work new tech­niques
of selling. Nancy adda:
My husband received a promo­tion
this fall, and we bought a
new home here in Muscatine and
moved the first of November
from West Union, Iowa. This is ,.
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1962
Active Highlander members, Marcia Gilliland, Jan Stewart, and Jean Jackson served
as hostesses during the Reception.
the third move in 1% years, but
" a permanent one and we’re hap­py
with it. The Millers extend
wannest greetings to the entire
Highlander family!”
KAREN KAY LAUMBACH <57-
58) 3111 4th Street, S. E., Minn­eapolis,
14, Minnesota.
Karen, ex - drummer, is on
the Pediatrics Staff (Nurse) at
the University of Mi n n esota
Hospitals.
ANNABELLE EHLERS < 1957-
58) (Mrs. William H. Burke) 3636
Nebraska, Sioux City, Iowa.
Bill is Vice President and Man­ager
of Standard Ready M i x
Concrete in Sioux City. This ex­piper
and Bill have two children:
Bradley Thomas 1%, and Julie
Anne who was born November
20, 1962.
CONNIE NELSON (1957 - 58)
(Mrs. John H. Kline) 5913 Lee
Circle, Lincoln 6, Nebraska. The
Klines have a little son, J. Brad­ley,
15 months. This ex - drum­mer’s
husband is employed as a
sales representative for Ameri­can
Hospital Supply Corporation.
MARY RITA SACKETT (1957-
59) (Mrs. Dick Carson) C o r a l
Trailer Park, Coralville, Iowa.
Mary, ex - piper, is in her sec­ond
year as business education
teacher at Prairie High School,
Cedar Rapids, and Dick is in his
third year of medical school. " I
think it is interesting so many
ex - Highlanders are teaching at
College Community Schools —
Judy Gardner, Nancy Henderson
Kegley, Beth McDonald, B e t h
Cole and myself,” concludes Ma­ry.
JACKIE FOSTER (1957 • 59)
(Mrs. Jack W. Alfredson) 1117
3rd S. W., Mason City, Iowa.
Jack is a Department Manager
for J. C. Penney's. “We were
transferred to Mason City from
Charles City in May — shortly
tiefore the MUSIC MAN band fest­ival
and movie premiere here in
Mason City,” writes Jackie —ex­piper.
"Our neighborhood has a
large population of three year
olds, so Perri Jo (3 years) has
many playmates. I joined a knit­ting
class, and I have been busy
on sweaters and C h r i s t mas
gifts. Wish we could have join­ed
you at the Alumni Banquet.”
JOEY FRUSH (1957-59) (Mrs.
Richard G. Lord) 3612 South
- Clarence Drive, Berwyn, Illinois.
Dr. Lord is a dentist and spec­ialises
in Orthodontia, and is at­tending
the University of Illinois
for two years. “We were in the
Navy for two years stationed at
San Diego and now we’re in the
Chicago area for two years until
Dick finishes Orthodontia. After
that — we don’t know, but we’ll
settle down somewhere and make
our heme,” reports Joey. “ W e
have a boy 10 months old named
after his father, “ continues this
ex - drummer, and we are ex­pecting
a baby in April.”
EMILIE C. BLUME (1957 -60)
2817 Valley Drive, Sioux Ci t y ,
Iowa.
Emilie is employed at the Uni­versity
of Colorado Medical Cen­ter
as a Staff Pharmacist. This
ex - piper says: “ I thoroughly
enjoyed the last Christmas letter
and am looking forward to the
1962 edition. Best of luck to Bill,
Fran, Nadine, and all of the High­landers
in 1963.” We all thank you
—- fo r your kind greetings.
BARBARA BROHOLM (1957-60)
(Mrs. Gove Elder) 328-1 P h y a
Thai Rd., Bangkok, Thai land.
Barbara, ex - piper, teaches
English in the Liberal Arts Fac­ulty
at Thammasat. Her husband
was graduated from Pennsylvania
State University, and is Pro­gram
Director for the Student
Center. It is reported that they
will return to the States in May,
1963, to study at Colgate - Ro­chester
Seminary, where Gove
plans to bet his B. D. and Bar­bara
her Master’s Degree in Bib­le.
JOANNA KAY LESCH (1957 •
60) (Mrs. Gordon Williams) 24 „
North Van Buren, Iowa C i t y ,
Iowa.
This ex - piper is working to­ward
her Master’s Degree at
SUI, and Gordon is a J u n i or
Dental Student at SUI.
RITA ROSENBERGER (1957-
61) 319 St. Avenue S.E., Hampton,
Iowa.
Rita is teaching Business Edu­cation
in the Hampton Commun­ity
School. Good to hear from
you.
JANET MAST (1957 - 61) (Mrs.
James A. Jones) 5150 E. Asbury
Avenue, Denver 22, C o l o r ado.
Jim is a salesman with Scienti­fic
Products Division of American
Hospital Supply Corporation, and
this former piper and dancer is
busy with a new son, Eric Char­les,
bom November 9, 1962.
KATHLEEN WARREN <1957-
61) (Mrs. Fred Conner) Br u c e
Street, Perryville, Missouri.
Kathleen writes that she h a s
been doing post graduate work at
the Southeast Missouri State Col­lege
in Cape Girardeau, Missouri,
and plans to teach Physical Edu­cation
for the high school g i r Is
next year along with being school
librarian in Perryville. Her hus­band
is employed by the Univer­sity
of Missouri, as a member of
the faculty with the University
Extension Division. “ I'm so sorry
we missed the 25th Annivers a ry
celebration, as it would have been
so very enjoyable to see o 1 d
familiar faces again and t a l k
over old times,” concludes t h is
ex-snare drummer.
JANEY HARRIS (1957 -61) 2523
Q Street, N.W., Washington 7, D.C.
Janey is currently serving as
a legislative research aide to U.S.
Senator Tom McIntyre from New
Hampshire. This ex-piper a n d
bass drummer writes, “ S o r r y
that I missed the 25th gala cele­bration
but I am sure that the
event was true to Scottish tradi­tion.
. . .I’m playing a bipartisan
role, since after a brief stay with
a Republican Congressman, I ’ve
switched sides and am present 1 y
under the employ of the D em o ­cratic
Senator from New Hamp­shire.
Politics is truly a struggle
and survival of the fittest so we
will have to see how well this
corn-fed country girl fares in the
game. . . Be sure to include
Washington in your ’64 t o u r
plans!”
BARBARA RATCLIFFE (1957-
61) (Mrs. John N. McRober to)
1800 Watrous, Des Moines, Iowa.
Barbara, ex-drummer, is teaching
7th grade English in W. Harding
Jr. High, and she says: “ L o v e
showing my slides of our '60 Eur­opean
tour to my students,” con­tinuing,
“ John and I are g o ing
to skip off to Aspen, Colorado for
a 10 day skiing trip. Last year I
sprained an ankle zooming down
the slopes, but this year I'm going
to take it easy!”
MARY JOAN MORRISON
(1957-61) (Mrs. Duane D e a n
Beenken) 7719 West Hampton
Avenue, Milwaukee 18, Wisconsin.
“ My husband, Duane, is an ac­countant
with a Public Account­ing
firm in Milwaukee,” w r i tes
this snare & tenor drummer. “ I
am teaching music in Cedar burg,
a town about 15 miles north of
Milwaukee. I teach grades o n e
through the eighth. On J u n e
16, 1962, a week after graduation,
I became Mrs. Duane Beenk e n.
After a trip out west, Du a n e
and I moved into an apartm e n t
in the northwest part of Milwau­kee,
so I could commute to Ced-arburg,
when school commenced
in September. We have made
many new friendships and I am
finally getting used to living in a
city, and working in a sm a 11 er
town. Several teachers in o u r
school system are from the state
of Iowa so we have a sm a 11
Iowa Fan Club! I guess I ’ll al­ways
be an Iowa gal at heart no
matter where we live.” Hiat’s
the spirit, Mary Jo!
RUTH ANN WATKINS (1958 •
60) (Mrs. Jim Lundeen) 526 40th
Street, Rock Island, Illinois.
Ruth Ann is a nurse at the
Davenport Visiting Nurses Agen­cy,
and Jim is a second year stu­dent
at Lutheran Theological Se­minary.
She writes, “ I en j o y
receiving the Highlander News­letter
very much. Thank you for
sending it to me.” We are so glad
that you enjoy the Newsletter.
We hope we can keep sending
it out for many years!
ARDITH BROCKA (1958 • 60)
(Mrs. Lester T. Jones, Jr.) 211
Washington Street, P u liman,
Washington.
“ I am head Medical Technolo­gist
at Memorial Hospital in Pull­man.
My husband is a second
year graduate student in Physi­cal
Chemistry at Washington
State University working toward
his Ph. D.,” writes this ex -pip-er.
“ Washington was a good
state to be in this past year
since the World’s Fair was in
Seattle. We took two weeks off in
August and visited the Fair with
my sister and husband f x om
Iowa. After the Fair we took a
camping trip up through Canada
and just relaxed. We’re looking
forward to Christmas since we’re
flying home for a week’s stay with
our parents."
NANCY KRAMER (1958 - 60)
(Mrs. Michael H. Graham) 403
Grandview Court Apart m e n t s,
Iowa City, Iowa
Nancy is teaching Elementary
Music in West Branch, and Mike
is a Junior in Medical School at
SUI. This ex - drummer says that
she teaches 450 youngsters, and
reports: “ One of my students in
the 4th grade started the flute
last year. Her reason? She want­ed
the instrument which would
prepare her best for admittance
into the Highlanders — She is so
anxious to hear anything about
the Highlanders and wants to see
my European pictures. Her mo­ther
is a fellow teahcer so per­haps
she shall have her wish.”
Your wedding picture for ‘S e a ­son's
Greetings’ was very lovely,
Nancy & Mike.
ELKE GLAGE (1958-60) (Mrs.
Galen Dale Bellile) Durant, Iowa.
Elke’s husband is teach i ng
Georgraphy and History in the
Durant Community School, and
Elke, ex - drummer and dancer,
is teaching mathematics in the
10th, 11th, and 12th grades. "While
in California I performed High­land
dances on several occasions
and I have been called on since
then also. Our plans for the future
are an extended trip to Europe,”
Elke concludes. They have a son,
David Martin, 18 months.
NANCY K. NELSON (1958 -60)
(Mrs. Dennis Weeden) 1606 Col­umbia,
Eugene, Oregon.
“ People out here recall the
Highlanders from their R o se
Bowl trips,” writes Nancy, ex -
drummer. “We love to have vis­itors
from Iowa, so drop in any
time. We will be leaving Eu­gene
this June, but as of now,
we do not know our likely resi­dence.
Denny hopes to be em­ployed
by an oil company as a
geologist.” Dennis is employed by
the University of Oregon as a
geology graduate assistant, and
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