Scottish Highlander newsletter, 1969-1970

              HIGHLANDER NEWSLETTER
MAY, 1970
FRED J. WHYTE, Director, Scottish
Highlanders, 1968 - Iowa Memorial Union,
Iowa City, Iowa.
Dear Alums: The 1969-70 year has been
an eventful one. The Highlanders ap­peared
on national - regional television
three times within six weeks capped by our
appearance in the Macy’s Thanksgiving
Day Parade. Many of you Alums, without
any solicitation whatsoever, contributed to
our $8,500 budget. Your generosity made it
possible to display a truly fine unit on “ the
sidewalks of New York.”
Our competition Band appeared in April
at the Dunedin, Florida, Highland Games
and in May at the Macalester College
gathering in St. Paul, Minnesota. The
University, unfortunately, is limited
financially and these trips are made
possible by ‘donations’ from the individual
sponsors.
As I write this letter we are in search of a
new Assistant Director. John Stewart will
graduate in June completing five years
and he has certainly been an asset. We all
wish him our best. I would also like to
personally thank Mr. McKinley, formerly
Drum Major of the Hawkeye Marching
Band, and his wife, the former Margie
MacDonald, Highlander Drummer 1944-48,
who print this newspaper free of charge
every year for us. Both Mr. and Mrs.
McKinley and their daughter, Karen, were
welcome guests at our Alumni Coffee last
fall.
It is always a pleasure to reminisce here
in the office at the IMU. You would
probably be able to see your pictures on
the wall. Please stop by. Yours Aye, Fred.
NADINE (Mrs. H. J.) THORNTON,
SECRETARY, 417 Ferson Avenue, and-or
Iowa Memorial Union, Office of the
Scottish Highlanders, Iowa City, Iowa,
52240.
Dear Ones: Again, a Newsletter has
been compiled and printed for 1970! It
brings exciting and interesting news from
the wonderful Highlander Alums and their
families. Many have said: ‘what would we
do without the Newsletter?’ I’m sure you
all agree with me, we just couldn’t do
without it! The McKinleys generousness in
printing it for us since 1955 should never be
overlooked. Indeed, we owe them a great
big vote of THANKS!
It is a great way to thank all of you for
your generous and kindly expressions
received throughout the year, as well.
Because of this, I count ALL of you as my
most precious and valued friends. These
times are a bit trying and difficult to un­derstand,
right? Let us look to Robert
Burns for encouragement, to carry on:
“ Pray that come what may, as
come it will for a’ that
That sense and worth, O’er a’
the earth,
May bear the gree, and a’ that,
an’ a’ that
It’s coming yet, for a’ that, That
Man to Man,
77ie world o ’er, shall brothers be,
for a’ that!”
Please realize that I’ve written this note
in early March, 1970, before some of these
events have actually taken place! Once
more, too, a HUGE THANKS for your
contributions to the Adamson-Highlanders
Scholarship Fund - without you no awards
would ever be given! Deepest love and
best wishes, Nadine.
ANNE FRAZIER (Trowbridge, Dancer,
1939-42) 2500 Blaisdell Avenue, Min­neapolis,
Minnesota 55404.
Anne is the Catering Manager at the North
Star Inn in Minneapolis. This loyal Alum
would be delighted to see Highlander
Alums at any time at the Inn. Her
daughter, Anne, is now Mrs. George
Wendt. She has two sons, John and Ed­ward.
It would be good to hear of your twin
sister, Anne. She is Jane Frazier
Crawford, last heard from living in Pebble
Beach, California. Do send us up-to-date
addresses so we can ‘keep in touch’ with
all our wonderful members.
RICHARD C. PARK (Drums, 1941-43)
Victor, Iowa 52347.
“ Just a ‘hello’ to the old (?) men of the
organization,” writes Richard, another
loyal MALE Alum lawyer.
Its a good feeling always to know we have
your support. Thanks a lot!
WILMA SEEMUTH (Mrs. Gutknecht,
Drums, Dancer, 1942-44 ) 4701 N. 68th
Street, Apt. 144, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.
“ I am presently employed in the golf shop
at the Phoenix Country Club, Phoenix,
Arizona - primarily in Sales,” writes
Willie. “Son Jack is a senior at Arizona
Bible College, Daughter Judy is a junior at
Arizona State University. Their studies
and extra-curricular activities, and my
golf shop work keeps all three of us mighty
busy - Have a wonderful 1970!!”
ELEANOR NISSEN (Mrs. Robert T. Bell,
Bagpipes, 1943-44, 1945-47) 1548 Melbrook
Drive, Munster, Indiana 46321
Bob is a supervisor in the Heavy Oils
Division of the Whiting Refinery ot
American Oil,” reports Eleanor. “Was
interested to find out that the daughter of
my college roommate is attending Iowa
this fall and is in the Highlanders. Her
name is Barbara Wiese. Time for the
second generation of Highlanders. Things
continue on about the same here. Bill, our
eldest 18year old, is a senior and daughter,
Kathy, 16, is a sophomore. Bill played
American Legion baseball last summer,
was on the high school baseball team in the
spring and is now playing on the varsity
basketball team. We were pleased to find
out that he is a semi-finalist in the National
Merit Scholarship test and finalists will be
announced in the spring. He has applied
and been accepted at the University of
Wisconsin, University of Illinois, and
Drake University, but he has not yet
decided where he will go. Kathy has her
drivers license which is always a big thrill.
Bob and I seem to be involved in about the
same activities as usual. We had a
delightful summer vacation in California.
Did the usual tourist type things:
Disneyland, Hollywood, toured Universal
Studios and Angels baseball game, and
visited friends and relatives. Stopped for 2
days at Las Vegas on the way home and
enjoyed relaxing, swimming, and a show.
Tbe children thought it was amazing. Did
win a few nickels, too. So another year
begins. Good luck to the Highlanders in
1970.”
VERA GREINER (Mrs. Kent B.
Casstevens, Bagpipes, 1943-45 ) 2422 West
13 Mile Road, Royal Oak, Michigan 48073
“My husband is a Financial Analyst with
Ford Motor Company,1’ reports this truly
loyal, generous Alum. “ I am Office
Manager in the Detroit office of Arthur
Andersen & Company - approximately 275
people - I was promoted to this position
July l, 1969 - the first woman manager in
the Detroit Office and only about I5th in
the history of the Firm.”
I think we should give Vera a BIG hand of
congratulations!
MARSENA NELSON (Mrs. J. Guilford
Gerlach, 1943-47, Drums) 8330 Crestwood
Avenue, Munster, Indiana 46321
Marsena’s husband is a chemical engineer
with American Oil Co, Whiting, Indiana,
and she says: “ Im still just a lazy
housewife” . But as she continues she
surely is NOT lazy! “We’re still going
along in the same old rut, as we have been
in for a number of years. I followed Big 10
basketball with special interest this winter
(naturally), even discovering I can
generally pick up WHO on Lynn’s (she’s
the 16 year old daughter) good radio -
because, of course, everything anybody
cares about at all around here is Purdue
Indiana U. Saw the Hawks on TV from
Purdue and a few other places via UHF -
and also the heartbreaker the other night
at Columbus. Well, they did wonders to win
the Big Ten, even my Ohio State husband
says so, and deserve heartiest
congratulations! Noihing earth-shaking to
report. I decided now that my life has
leveled off to freedom from obligations
like small child, PTA, etc., I’d do
something active even if Lynn’s friends
think I’m nuts - 1 took up swimming at the
YOCA and got a Senior Lifesaving badge.
Have also been doing some horseback
riding since last summer when she and I
rode miles down the Grand Canyon and
stayed all night at Phantom Ranch. What a
ball! I’ve wanted to do that ever since I
was Lynn’s age and visited the canyon
with my family-before I ever thought of
going to SUI! We are still all wrapped up in
Girl Scouting, with a youngster who is an
avid Senior Scout - a member of Mariner
Ship 169, Calumet Council, and cut out
after Mama’s pattern, active to the bone,
camper, canoeist, sailor, etc., Even Dad is
working on the Council Finance Commit­tee
and is constantly teased about being a
registered adult Girl Scout. Best to all
from all 3 Gerlachs!”
MARIDEE HILL (Mrs. George J.
Hegstrom, Jr., Drums, 1945-47 ) 3603
Oakland, Ames, Iowa
“Nothing of import say this year,” writes
Maridee, “Our daughter, Morley, 18, likes
Ames and wants to go to ISU, so the
Highlanders lose a dancer with 14 years of
dancing lessons behind her! (Now that is
too, too bad!) We missed the Macy Parade
- asleep - by the time I tuned in the
Highlanders had marched by. Best of luck.
Enjoy the annual letter!”
We’d like to think we might come to the
VEISHEA Parade some year soon - but
conflicts of obligations on campus prevent
it thus far.
MARGARET MCCASLIN (Mrs. Charles
Schafer, 1945-49, Bagpipes), 1314 Cedar
River Drive, Waverly, Iowa 50677
Mac writes that she was reminded of the
HIGHLANDER NEWSLETTER
Highlanders Denver Trip in the summer of
1946 when they played for the American
Legion Convention, when her family met
in Estes Park this summer. “ I recalled our
trip up the Big Thompson Canyon for a
picnic near Estes, a perilous ride down
Lookout Mountain via limousine, and our
stay in the hung-jury rooms in the City-
County Building across from the Denver
Mint - seems a million years ago! All
Highlander trips bring back so many
memories in years to come, and I know
this year’s group will long remember
Macy’s Parade. It was great to see you
there - as well as at the football games.
You look mighty sharp!” Mac’s husband,
Chuck is a manufacturer’s represen­tative
in the furniture business, iney nave
one daughter, Hollis, who is 16.
SALLY ANN QUIST (Mrs. Paul William
Kamman, Jr., Bagpipes, Drums, 1945-50)
11760 S.W. Breyman Avenue, Portland,
Oregon 97219
Sally’s husband is Creator Director for
Portland Office of McCann-Erickson
Advertising Agency. “ Such a happy and
pleasant surprise to see you perform by
way of television at the New York Macy’s
Thanksgiving Day Parade,” writes this
former Alum. The Kamman children are
Lynn 16, Trent 14, and Kathy 12.
VIRGINIA WHEELER (Mrs. James W.
Spellman, Bagpipes, 1947-49) 1306
Stephens Drive, Normal, Illinois 61761
“ Everything’s still the same here - Barb is
a junior at Carthage College in Kenosha,
Wis., majoring in Elementary Art
Education; Jimmy’s a sophomore at the
U. of Nebraska with a major in geology;
and Dave, 16, is a junior in high school still
uncertain where he wants to go on to
school.” Virginia continues: “After a
year’s freedom, Jim is back on session at
the church. He is still the same-V.P. and
Controller with the State Farm Life In­surance
Co., of course - This seems to be
my ‘board’ year since I’m on the board of
the Bloomington-Normal Symphony Guild,
the board of Christian Women’s Club and
the board of Y.W. C.A. I’m also an election
judge (big deal).”
It is great that you take these jobs on
various boards, Virginia, because there
are many who don’t have the ability, yet
will try and good material is needed for
such activity. Keep up the good work!
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SHARON BROWN (Mrs. Charles W.
Toland, Bagpipes, 1949-52) 587 Snow White
Way, Salem, Oregon 97302
Sharon’s husband is an M.D., and they
moved to the Northwest in August, and like
it very much. Their children are Connie 15,
Cary 13, Kent 10, and Anne 8.
Having been around Iowa City, we’ll miss
having you near by, but good luck in your
new home.
BARBARA WICK (Mrs. Jay Timmerman;
Drums, 1949-53) 5 Glendale, Terrace, Iowa
City, Iowa 52240
Barbara writes that her 12 year old Barb,
“ is in 7th grade, and Betsy, 10, is in 5th
grade. I keep busy with Girl Scouts,
P.T.A., and antiquing. Have become a real
auction buff. All four of us attend all the
Iowa football games and have watched the
Highlander performances with much
enjoyment and pride.” This loyal Alum’s
husband is in private practice as a Der­matologist
in Iowa City. It is always fine to
have some of the former members near
by!
BEVERLY ANN BARTELS (Mrs. James
Dyke Treneman, Bagpipes, 1949-53) 1885
N. Elm, McMinnville, Oregon
“ I am a housewife (a disappearing
profession),” reports Bev. “ I’ve missed
the letter for several years and always
enjoy it. We are part of the average
American scene and we love it. It’s
beautiful on the west coast and different
from Iowa. But then, Iowa is beautiful
also. We do get to see you perform on
national TV. You look great, and sound
good, too.” There are four children: Ann
14, Nancy 12, Joan 10, and Mary 21 months.
Beverly adds: “My husband is an M.D. in
general practice. He’s looking for a part­ner.
Anyone interested.
JANE B. WALKER (Mrs. Paul Koss,
Bagpipes, 1950-52) 1333 Jones Street, San
Francisco, California 94109
"“ Seems I’m always writing about travel
and other pleasures,” reports Jane. “But
with a husband who is 99 per cent retired -
he is President of the Paul Koss Supply
Company - we are leading rather a dream
life. Last summer was spent aboard our
power cruiser, and although it’s like
having another house to keep up, it was
more than worth it. We spent the Holidays
in Montego Bay, Jamaica, and are now
planning a return trip to Africa in March. I
also keep busy working 2 days a week at
Letterman Anny Hospital as a Red Cross
Volunteer and find it exceptionally
rewarding. Enjoyed the Highlanders TV
appearances this past year and look for­ward
to MORE, MORE, MORE!!”
Do have fun in 1970. Maybe one day your
travels will bring you to the old Iowa
campus - who knows??
BARBARA BEALS (Mrs. Donald Moulin,
Bagpipes 1950-52) 75 Mt. Tiburon Road,
Tiburon, California.
The Moulins have Leslie 11, and Lauren 9.
Donald is chief Deputy Savings and Loan
Commissioner - State of California.
JANE CONDON (Mrs. Robert Jansen,
Bagpipes & Drums, 1950-54 ) 712 River
Street, Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Jane’s husband, “Sam” is an attorney in
private practice, and also County At­torney.
“ We enjoyed watching the
Highlanders on T.V.” , writes Jane. “They
looked great!”
The Condons have four children:
Katherine is 12, Margaret 9, Bob 7 and
Beth 4. Another loyal Alumna heard from,
and it is always nice to know they are still
Iowa Citians.
MARGE MARTIN (Mrs. B.J. Ruehl,
Bagpipes, 1950-54 ) 232 W. 36th, Spokane,
Washington
rhe Ruehls have Debbie 10, and Kirk 9.
“Was thrilled to see the Highlanders in
Macy’s Parade! Keep up the good work.
Hope that some day you do come to the
Northwest. Have been in Iowa 3 times this
past year - unfortunately Hamburg is so
far from Iowa City to make ‘drop-in’
possible!” B.J. is a Buyer-Manager of a
Department Store in Seattle.
JAYNE STEWARD (Mrs. Richard L.
Freeman, Drums, 1951-54) 182 Le Brun
Circle, Buffalo, New York 14226
Jayne’s husband is a manufacturer’s
representative, and Jayne is hostess on
“Talk of the Town” , a weekly TV in­terview
program on the lively arts.
Their children are Patricia 14, Alison 11,
and Richie 9%. The former^ drummer
writes: “ Pat just returned from the In­ternational
Swimming Hall of Fame at
Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where she took a
second place in the 13-14 three meter
competition in diving. She travels a good
deal with the diving team from Rochester
(we drive her to Rochester, 150, miles
twice a week for lessons) - and the team is
in N. J. this weekend. She is now practicing
with the Amherst Central H.S. Swimming
team - has to get in 15 practices before she
can compete. She is the first girl to make
the team (and the only one). It is an ex­perimental
program for girls to compete
in non-contarct Varsity sports. Needless to
say, her ‘bag’ is time consuming for all of
us. Alison, in 6th grade classes this year -
has brought home several 1st and 2nd
place medals in swimming and both she
and Richie belong to undefeated Y and
Country Club Swim Teams. They’re about
to join an invitational Swim team. More
driving! Lis takes piano and dancing and
Rich takes baritone and animals - any
animals we’ll let him keep. Dick has been
working with the Black Community -
through the church and a Black
businessman’s organization. Frustrating
work. He’s going into a play - ‘Time of
Your Life’ next week for a month’s run. All
this plus the (chauffeuring service for
three city children - how simple was
Fairfield!) My TV work, and trying to
keep up with all the art, music, and drama
in the Area Keeps us busy. In fact, I’m
thinking of having myself committed! Saw
the Highlanders on the tely - ah!
memories!”
We should have you around, Jayne, for a
PR lady for Highlanders! Don’t overdo. . .
JAN NOBLE (Mrs. George T. Conger,
Drums, 1951-54 ) 485 Delaware Avenue,
Akron, Ohio 44303
Jan and Dr. George have four young!
ladies, Ann 14, Sue 13, Janne 10 and Nancy
4. Could be they’ll be a drummer, piper,
dancer, ana mayoe arum majorr we ve
had second generation girls already, and
either their Dad’s or Mom’s recom­mendations
are pretty terrific. Better
think it over, Congers! Dr. Conger is an
obstetrician in Akron, Ohio.
DONNA HAMERSLY (Mrs. Carl Jimmie
Carlson, Bagpipes, 1951-55) 3209 Edgewood
Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
55426
Donna and Jim have two sons, Curtis 9,
and Christopher 4. “After nearly eight
years of being with Texaco, Inc., and
subject to transfer, Jim left them as of
June 1, 1969, and joined Erickson
Petroleum Corporation as Construction
Superintendent. In spite of the 30 degrees
below zero weather as Iwrite this, we are
delighted to finally consider ourselves
permanent residents of Minnesota. Jim
keeps busy with work I keep busy at home
and with a new interest - digging into the
family genealogy. Curt keeps busy with
3rd grade, swimming and piano lessons,
and Chris keeps us all busy just being four
years old!” die concludes.
JANICE MEYER (Mrs. Don Waldron,
Drums, 1952-55) Box 32, Winter Park,
Colorado
“ I’m enclosing our brochure. We have the
Timberhouse Ski Lodge in the winter and
tarm in Iowa in the summer. Any skiers
are welcome at our lodge. Out of my four
boys, Scott 14, Craig 13, Todd 11, and Brian
9 years old, three boys had broken legs last
year form skiing accidents! All are skiing
again this year.” The brochure tells you
how to reach Timer House: “ located in the
heart of the National Firest only 800
y#ards west of the famous Winter Park Ski
Area, 68 miles W. on U.S. Hwy 40 from
Denver, an easy hour and a half drive to
Winter Park Ski Area, then west to 2nd
uphill road west of Ranger Station. We are
served daily by Continental Trailways
Bus, just two hours from Denver, on Sat.
and Sun. there is a special ski bus fromi
Denver. Budget Rent-a-car service is also
available in Denver.” If any Highlander is
interested, write for a brochure, we
suggest! Effective dates are from
November 23, 1969 to April 13, 1970.
Wouldn’t it be fun to go???
BAILA JOANN MACKEY (Mrs. Tom
Colglazier, Bagpipes, 1952-55) (will send
new address when they know it!)
Baila writes: “Tom ahas been n ac­counting
with Caterpillar Tractor Com­pany
in the San Leandro, California, plant.
Now he will soon be with the Tax Dept, of
Caterpillar’s main plant in Peoria, 111.
We’ve lived in Pleasanton, California, for
almost 4 years now and this week we
learned we’re moving back to Peoria
where Tom will begin a new job with
Caterpillar Tractor’s Tax Department.
I’ve just resigned my teaching position, in
the fifth grade room this year. The two
previous school years I’ve gone to school
half' time to earn my Elementary-
Teaching Credential. California required a
fifth year of college to teach here. Last
year I taught half time as a teaching intern
at a new open-space, team-taught round
school, which was an interesting ex­perience.
I don’t feel I’ve wasted the effort
to earn a California Elementary
Credential because I’ve been wanting to
change from secondary to elementary
teaching anyway. We’ve enjoyed our stay
in California but we’re looking forward to
returning to the midwest and family and
old friends.” The Colglazier children are
Timmy 10, Danny 8 and Lee Ann 4.
CAROL LEE JOHNSON KOTTONG (On
March 6th, to be Mrs. Clarence Bates,
Bass Drum, 1952-56) 8330 - 26th Avenue
N.W., Seattle, Washington, 98107 New
address to be P.O. Box 5, Orcas,
Washington 98280, after June first.
Carol is at Simpson Timber Company as;
Orders Supervisor, but as she writes us -
“Changes will be made - here goes!
Sometime before spring I will be getting
married again, this time to a marvelous
man by the name of Clarence Bates. He is
a widower with 3 lovely children. He has
one boy Dean aged 11, two daughters, Dan
Ellen 10, and Kerry 8 . . .My Jeff is 13, Sue
12, and Kathy 9% . . .We have set the date
for March 6. It will be a small, private
ceremony for just the family. Afterwards
we will all move in to my house, but as
soon as school is over in June we are
moving to Orcas Island, one of the islands
in a group know as the San Juan Islands. It
is still in the state of Washington, but the
only access to it is by ferry or private boat.
The island is very civilized however, goes
back to the prinicple of small towns,
breathing fresh air, no drug or hippie
problems. In other words, a marvelous
place to raise children. Clarence at
present has his own business as a building
contractor and will just move the business
up to Orcas. I will have to quit Simpson
limber Company and hope to set up my
own business as a bookkeeper and tax
advisor and assorted office services. So,
please put my new name of Carol Lee
Bates and our new address of P.O Box 5,
Orcas, Washington, 98280 in the bulletin. If
I have the energy and time, I will attempt
next year at this time to tell you what it is
like to try to raise 6 children that are
almost teen-agers. Wow! ! ! ! ! ! ”
Congratulations, and the very best of luck
to your, Carol. What a kind, generous
Alum we have in the new Mrs. Bates!!
MARGARET BATHKE (Mrs. Lester C.
Johnson, Bagpipes, 1953-56 ) 904 So. 13
Avenue W., Newton, Iowa 50208
“ All Johnsons are fine and very busy.
Leslie 12, is involved in piano and Scouts,
while Rob (10) takes each sport according
to the seasons: winter - ‘y’ swim team,
summer - Little League pitcher and cat­cher
and a trophy winner in Punt, Pass &
Kick Contest. We all had a wonderful
return trip to California this summer from
L.A. to San Francisco. Spent three days
with another Highlander, Marlene Bauer
Clements. & Her husband, Bill, and three
children in Danville, California, where Bill
practices dentistry. This note finds Les
and I ready for a quick thaw in Florida
during the early week of February - Brr.
Cold! Expecting to see another exciting set
of Saturdays next fall during football with
the Highlanders doing their ‘excellent’ half
times,” concludes Marg. The man of the
house is an attorney.
CAROLE BARTELS (Mrs. Richard A.
Loetscher, Bagpipes, 1953-56) 1749
Churchill, Dubuque, Iowa 52001
Carole’s husband is self-employed with
Land Developer and Contractor work. She
writes: “How exciting for the girls to be
invited to march in the Macy Day Parade.
Your performances are professional! And
I am always proud of you. The highlight of
my past year was a trip to Washington
D.C. to see my motherinstalled as Iowa
State Regent of D.A.R. She has been
travelling all over Iowa - to towns where
many of my former friends in Highlanders
live. Brings back many wonderful
memories!” The Loetschers have four
children: Penny is 12, Andrew 11, Toby 9,
and Sara Suzanne is 8 years old.
LORA SHARP (Mrs. Floyd Kemp,
Bagpipes, 1953-56 ) 2200 Spring Arbor
Road, Jackson, Michigan 49203
Lori is an elementary art teacher, and her
husband is on the Art staff at Jackson
Community College and is an independent
potter.
“Both of us are still teaching away,” Lori
continues. “ I teach one section of graphics
at the College as an added project this
semester. Floyd is potting like mad -
getting ready for a one-man show in the
Battle Creek in March plus stock piling
pots for the summer art fairs and sidewalk
sales (come to Michigan, you art loving
tourists). The children, Tim 9, Ann 7, and
Patty 3, are still plugging away at school.
Pat will be in nursery school next year
since she’ll hit the ripe old age of 4 this
April. We finally decided to break down
and go back to full time teaching next
year, with my brood all attending school.”
Good luck, Lori, but don’t overdo!
SHIRLEY “ JO” JONES (Mrs. Richard
Voigt, Bagpipes, 1953-57) September Lane,
Weston, Connecticut.
“ I am a housewife, “writes Jo, and “my
husband is a manufacturer’s agent in New
York City. We now own two restaurants in
Westport and Milford, Connecticut, called
The Pepper Mills. Would love to meet
anyone there - any time.” Sounds fun.
HIGHLANDER NEWSLETTER
Hope some of us can come by one day.
The Voigts have four children: Ricky is
11, Michael 9, Melissa 6, and Christopher 4
years old.
Thank you again for your generousness!
PATRICIA HAFNER (Mrs. Clark Morion,
Drums, and Dum Dancer, 1953-57 ) 24100
Columbus Rd. Bedford Heights, Ohio 44146
Pat is a substitute teacher in the Bedford,
Ohio, school system, and her husband is
the Regional Director for the Deltona
Corp. in Miami, Florida - real estate.
She continues: “ Living in Ohio, I hear very
little about the Highlanders and often
wonder about your activities. I saw your
performance on TV and it was great. Very
glad you had an exciting year and good
luck to you! I’ll never forget some of the
wonderful experiences I had with the
Group. Great memories!”
DOROTHY SCHWENGEL (Mrs. L. Neale
Cosby, Bagpipes, 1953-57) 4502
Kerrybrooke Drive, Alexandria, Virginia
22310
“ I always enjoy hearing about those I
knew in Highlanders from the Newsletter
and also learning about the current group
and their activities. We continue to enjoy
the Washington, D.C. area and beng near
my parents, Congressman and Mrs. Fred
Schwengel, who live in Arlington, Va. I
just read recently that the Air Force
Bagpipe Band is being disassembled, for
which I am sorry,” condludes Dot. So are
we sorry to hear of this abandonment. The
Cosby lads are Cameron age 6, and Scott
one year old.
NAN LATCH (Mrs. Willert E. Hinrichsen,
Bagpipes, 1954-57) 2576 Buckingham,
Birmingham, Michigan, 48008
“Hank is Personnel Manager of the
Rochester Division of Control Data. This
includes two plants in Rochester,
Michigan, and two in Kentucky,” writes
Nan. “ Tim 11, is in 5th grade, Bruce, 7, in
2nd, and Craig 5, is in nursery school. For
the first time in many years I have at least
two mornings a week ‘free’ ” Since I’m
vice-president in charge of membership
lor the Michigan Association lor Children
with Learning Disabilities and trying to
keep track of 500 members plus a mailing
list of over 20001 don’t have time to wonder
what to do with those mornings! Hank and
I were in Iowa City for the Michigan-Iowa
football game last fall. The game was a
real disappointment but it was great to see
the Highlanders in person again and talk
to them.” Sorry to have missed you. Nan,
when you came to the office, but if ever
you’re back again, try once more to find us
in. I did so enjoy your little note. A per­sonal
touch is SO welcome!
KERIN OKERLIN (Mrs. Wayne
Moldenhauer, Drums, 1954-57) 1250
Nowata, Dubuque, Iowa 52001
Kerin begins her Questionnaire with a
request: “ I would love to have a bagpipe.
Could you please tell me where I could
order one? Carole (Bartels) Loetscher
promised to teach me.” She’s been sent the
following address of our favorite place to
buy equipment: THE SCOTTISH
SHOPPER, c-o Daisy and Jack Ironside,
14052 First Avenue South, Seattle,
Washington 98168, with phone number 206-
242-1768. So if anyone else is in the market
for ‘supplies’ or ‘gift’ suggestions this is
the place to write for a catalogue on their
shop.
Kerin continues: “We had a new addition
to the family March 7 - a boy, weighing 7
lbs 7 oz. His name is James Peter but we
call him J.P. Robert is 9, Kristen 7,
Gretchen 4, and Susan is 2.
The Highlanders were in great shape this
year!”
Kerin’s doctor husband is a children’s
dentist; and a member of the City Council.
ELAINE ROGGENKAMP (Mrs. Terry L.
Fisher, Drums, 1954-57 ) 2412 So. 113
Avenue, Omaha, Nebraska 68144
“We will be chalking up five years in
Omaha this coming April. This is the
longest we’ve stayed in one place - really
feel like natives. Terry is assistant
manager at Western Electric, and has
been with them two years - keeps busy all
the time with meetings, meetings,
meetings! Lori, 9%, is quite grown up for
her age. She started her first music lessons
last week on the organ. So far she thinks
daily practicing is fine - hope it lasts. She
also enjoys skating, dancing, and reading.
David, 5%, is thoroughly enjoying his first
year in school. As yet, he’s not as serious
about school as his sister. Lately, he has
been trying to talk Mom and Dad into
getting a puppy for hom. Did get back to
Iowa City last fall for the Homecoming
weekend. Even saw the Highlanders in the
Homecoming Parade - they looked great! ’ ’
concludes Elaine. Come back again!
JEANNE ANNE WILLIAMS (Mrs. Ivor H.
McGuire, Drums, 1954-58 ) 3312 25 Avenue,
Rock Island, Illinois 61201
Jeanne reports; “Our family spent 2 years
in Des Moines, Iowa, where Ivor was in
radio advertising sales before returning to
Rock Island to go into the men’s retail
business - owner Wm. Mosenfelder & Sons,
Inc. - in November, 1966. It has been a
challenging and rewarding experience for
both of us. In the last three years, we have
kept real busy in local civic affairs as well.
Our children are Kevin Earl 11 and Jon
Harold 7.”
MARTHA HICKERSON (Drums &
Dancer, 1954-58) 347 E. 53rd ID, New York,
New York 10022
Martha is a Social Worker in the New York
Hospital. She writes: “So disappointed not
to know in advance that you were per­forming
in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day
Parade. Continue to enjoy the annual
Newsletters!”
So sorry we didn’t get word to our New
York Alums of our trip, but the uncertainty
right up to the last moment made it rather
impossible to send word off to those we
knew would be interested. It would have
been SO great to see you.
KAREN GREENWOOD (Mrs. Donald R.
Spiekerman, Drums, 1954-58) 24232
Castilla Lane, Mission Viejo, California
92675
“We’ve moved again!” • writes Karen.
“Don’s position brought us mid-April to
sunny California. No sinus or smog, just an
occasional earth tremor!! We really do
like it, and are glad to be ‘out West’ . Saw
the group on the Macy’s Parade looked,
and sounded good . . . those kilt hems sure
do stay the same length. Back in ‘my’ day,
that was a pretty daring length. Not any
more!! We’re about 60 miles south of Los
Angeles, so close to everything, yet away
from the congestion. Would love to hear
from any other California Highlanders.
This state is full of midwestemers. Like
the climate - swimming in December, and
flowers and plants still green and
blooming. Y’all can keep the snow. . .
Always enjoy reading the Newsletter
about everyone and their families. Think
its the only contact many of us ever can
keep, with others from our group. It’s
great! Guess the only way the Highlanders
will ever get to California is Rose Bowl
Bouid. Hope the football team will bring
you out West. Best success to the Group in
’70, and for many years to come! ” Karen’s
husband is Technical Service Manager for
Western USA Celanese Resins. They have
two children: Elizabeth 4, and Penny 2.
MARGARET LADD (Mrs. William H.
DeKock, Drums, Pipes, Drum Major, 1956-
60 ) 2404 Grande Avenue S.E., Cedar
Rapids, Iowa
Margie’s husband, Bill, is in private
practice in orthodontia in Cedar Rapids
and teaches part time in the U. of I. or­thodontic
department. “We feel pretty
permanently settled in Cedar Rapids,”
continues Margie. “Our old home is
beginning to look like new - on the inside at
least after a year-long-do-it-yourself
painting, carpentry, wallpapering, carpet
laying and electrical tampering project.
By the time we really have things the way
we want them, it will be time to start all
over again. I see ‘old’ Highlander friends
often here in Cedar Rapids - ie: Judy Croft
Carmichael (on whose little Tara, my
.Nicholas has a crush), and Suzanne
Raymond Barnes, who lives but a few
blocks away! What a grand tie of friend­ship
Highlanders established and I hope it
still does for those currently involved. I’m
still attending graduate courses in
elementary curriculum at Iowa with the
hope of completing my M.A. degree this
August, 1970. Except for the occasional
interruptions to change diapers, wash and
iron, clean house and cook meals or to
piece together term papers the boys ripped
a bit, or drooled upon, my academic
pursuit is progressing as I’d planned.
Nicholas Edward and Gregory William
are two toddlers in question above. The
Highlanders looked very trim and well-rehearsed
for the Thanksgiving Day
Parade in New York. I like the ‘new’ sound
with fewer drums and more piping as well
as the increase in dancers. Keep up the
good work!”
Its truly great to have Highlanders in
nearby cities. Do come see us whenever
you can, Margie!
DONNIS KEMPENAAR (Mrs. John B.
Grier, Drums, 1956-60 ) 2116 Meadowbrook
Drive, West Des Moines, Iowa
Donnis reports that Jack has changed
positions, and is currently Assistant
District Attorney for the Southern District
of Iowa. “We moved to Des Moines from
Sioux City on December 25th. I have
renewed friendships with some of the Des
Moines Highlander alumnae. This has
made me feel most welcome to the city.
We have been enjoying our new home.
Jack has found his work challenging so he
is very happy.” Alison is 7, Douglas 6, and
John is 2 years old, so Donnis is kept busy!
She reports, too, that she watched the
Macy’s Parade and thought the
Highlanders looked GREAT. Since the
Griers live as close as Des Moines, they’ll
undoubtedly get to more football games
next fall, so it will be wonderful to see
them.
JUDY CLARK (Mrs. David L. Turpin,
Drums, 1956-60) Rt. 5 Box 1363, Tacoma,
Washington 98423
“We enjoyed seeing the Highlanders on TV
at halftime this fall. Barbie Jo 7, thought
she might like to be a Highlander. She is
more of a musician than her mother! We
ran into Beth McDermott MacDonald in a
store in Seattle this fall. I am trying to talk
David into coming to Iowa for
Homecoming but am having some dif­ficulty.
Since there is always a dental
seminar at the same time there is some
hope.” We surely hope you WILL make it
back for Homecoming, Judy. And bring
Dr. David along. He is an orthodontis. Paul
is their two year old.
CAROLYN FOOTE (Mrs. John L. Heitz,
Bagpipes, 1956-60) 218 Brentwood Drive,*
N.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
“ I am a 6th grade Social Studies ..
Language Arts teacher at Kenwood School
in Cedar Rapids. John is teaching
elementary P.E. and coaching freshman
boys basketball in the Linn-Mar District,
Marion. We moved into a year and Vi old
house in the Bowman Woods housing
development last April. We are both still
busy teaching and Susan, 2 years old, is
growing into quite a lady. We enjoyed the
Highlanders in the Macy Parade and was
glad they were able to attend.”
JUDITH CROFT (Mrs. Wm. H. Car­michael,
Bagpipes & Choral Director,
1956-60 ) 3848 Vine S.E., Cedar Rapids,
Iowa
The Carmichaels’ children sound great for
future Highlanders: Julie Lynne is 7,
Stacey Ann 6, Jara 2, and Holly is one.
They are adorable girls, and I can imagine
them all coming to Iowa to follow in their
Mommy’s footsteps?! Judy’s husband is
an attorney with Simmons, Perrine,
Albright & Ellwood, and she writes: “ So
enjoyed your television performances this
fall!”
NANCY POTTER (Mrs. Fred Miller,
Bagpipes, 1957-58) 815 W. Valley Drive,
LeMars, Iowa 51031
Fred is district Sales Manager with Kent
Feeds, Inc. and Nancy writes of their
semi-tragic year - “This has not been our
greatest year. In March, 1969, my younger
brother, Bill, was killed in Viet Nam when
his helicopter was shot down. Shortly
thereafter we learned were were to have
an addition to our family and looked for­ward
with great anticipation to having a
baby in the house again. Spent the summer
lazing in the sun, a week at Lake Okoboji
with friends, teaching the boys, Fritz 6V2
and David 4%, to swim. Saw 2 Iowa games
this fall and thought the Highlanders
really looked great!! No other great
events for 1969; tried to grow grass and
flowers, enjoyed lots of weekend guests,
usual things. Then January 23, 1970, our
third son was born, William James. Due to
a birth defect his life on this earth was
very short and he died an hour after birth.
We were greatly disappointed to lose yet
another member of our family and had
anticipated this little guy SO very much.
But guess the Lord works in mysterious
ways and we at least have learned we have
many, many thoughtful friends, that each
day of life is very precious and to ap­preciate
even more the 2 healthy boys we
have. What more can I say, except that
maybe some day there will be another
little Miller. We try and look to the future
rather than the past and what might have
been (Some days that’s not easy!) We wish
the Highlanders another successful year,
and best wishes to all the Alums. I always
look forward to receiving the Newsletter
and especially enjoy reading the notes
from Judy Van Vlack, Carolyn Rabe, both
of whom are from my home town - but
younger, I hate to add!”
We admire your philosophy, Nancy - you
know you have the sympathy of many dear
Highlander friends, as well.
ROBIN PORTER (Mrs. Walter W. Bar­bee,
Drums, 1957-59) 1202 Ithaca, Spirit
Lake, Iowa 51360
“This has been a fun year for us with the
adoption of our first child, John, who is a
year old now. Walt continues to enjoy the
practice of law and we both enjoy the area,
the people and activities, and especially
summertime! The Iowa Great Lakes are a
great place to vacation so those of you who
haven’t been here, must come!” Walt is an
attorney in the Law Firm of Norey and
Barbee in Spirit Lake.
JUDY GARDNER (Mrs. Don Beisner,
Drums, 1957-60) 1007 - 19th Avenue,
Coralville, Iowa 52240
Judy’s husband is an ophthalmology
resident at University Hospitals, and she
writes: “My husband has presently begun
his final year of residency . . . so we’ll soon
have to be thinking about where we might
like to permanently settle. But foremost in
our minds now is the anticipated arrival of
Baby No. 2, due around the first of
February. Kate is 20 months.”
If any Highlander reading this Newsletter
knows of changes in addresses, please feel
free to send them to the Office, in care of
Nadine Thornton. Thanks! You’ll find Pat
Smith’s address, Judy! We’ll be watching
the baby announcements for your new
‘doll’
JoANN KAY LESCH (Mrs. Gordon
Williams, Bagpipes, 1957-60) 305 Kelly
Street, Charles City, Iowa 50616
“ It’s been a busy year,” writes Kay. “ I
taught a semester of elementary Phys. Ed,
for the Charles City Public Schools, and
have since retired again! My husband and
5 other dentists recently completed a
Dental Center in the downtown area. The
city is working hard to recuperate from
our horrid ’68 tornado! Hopefully during
’70 we’ll see much progress replacing our
‘ruins’ !”
We do wish you all the luck in the world,
and how fortunate you both were to be
saved.
BARBARA RATCLIFFE (Mrs. John N.
McRoberts, Drums, 1957-60)
115 - 34th,
Des Moines, Iowa
“Things haven’t changed too much in the
last year,” writes Barbara. “Chad at one
year isno longer a baby. Scott is 3, and they
are becoming romping, stomping com­panions.
We just returned from our annual
ski trip to Colorado. No broken bones, and
a great time. Looking forward now to
spring and outdoors here we come!”
CAROL NELSON (Mrs. John W. Walgren,
Jr., Drums, 1957-61)
256 Hermitage Court,
Hoffman Estates,
Illinois 60772
“Thank you for the Highlander letter,”
writes Carol. “ It is wonderful to keep this
publication as a means of keeping in touch
with friends. Our newest news is our son,
Jon Karl. I am still enjoying teaching
private piano lessons in my ‘spare’ time.
Our two older sons, Erie 4, and Jay 2, have
been trying out our grand piano this year,
but their Tonka trucks seem to be more
interesting so far. Best wishes to you all!”
Carol’ s husband is Diversified Oc­cupations
Coordinator at Freund High
School, Palatine, Illinois.
HIGHLANDER NEWSLETTER
PATRICIA SMITH (Bagpipes, 1957-61)
American Arms,
Box 547-L,
APO New York 09633
How good it is to hear from Pat. Several
Alums have been asking where is she? I
HOPE THEY'LL CATCH THE ADDRESS
ABOVE. She writes to us from Wiesbaden,
Germany, where she is a teacher of
English (8th) with the Department of
Defense Overseas Dependent Schools.
“ I’m still foot loose and fancy free over
here in the Old World working for Uncle
Sam . . First a year in Okinawa learning
to count in Japanese; then two in France
where I added Oui and non to my
vocabulary and totaled my new car and
most of my body; now I’m working on my
third year here in Germany. Last year I
finished my Master’s by guiding 170 kids
during the day and driving myself at night.
I tried valiantly to meet the Highlanders
on the Rhine Steamer, but their arrival
coincided with my final exams, and, to my
regret, I missed them this past summer.
When I’m not locked inside my classroom,
I’m off taking in the countryside or
bruising my body on the ski slopes at all
the name - dropping places in Europe. It’s,
all in all, quite an exciting and fun-filled
life. I’m afraid I’ve been most lax in the
correspondence department; the ‘things to
do’ list has a habit of being misplaced. If
one has a few spare moments, I’d love to
have the cobwebs stirred in my mailbox
and news from the old gang.”
What a shame to have missed you when we
were touring Germany in 1968, Pat. We did
spend from July 2 to July 9 in Germany,
with the usual Rhine steamer trip on the
7th, going on from Heidelberg and
Rothenburg, to Munich. Better luck next
trip!!
RUTH GULDNER (Mrs. Martin Miller,
Drums, 1957-61)
602 Glenview Drive,
Oxford, Ohio 45056
“At the present time,” writes Ruth, “ I am
still working Vz time as a professional
librarian at Miami University, but will
give that up in June as we await the birth
of our second child this sum­mer.*
Christine is 3 years old now. Marty
is now Administrative Assistant to thp
Director of the Miami University libraries,
a new position which he finds very
challenging. We are very engrossed in the
busy life this lovely college town provides
and do also get into nearby Cincinnati for
shopping and cultural activities. We
bought a new house this summer and have
spent many hours planning and decorating
it and landscaping the yard. Later in the
summer we spent 2 weeks in our favorite
spot, New England, and visited Cape Cod -
a new area for us. Had hoped to get to
Bloomington to see the Highlanders at the
Iowa - Indiana game but didn’t quite make
it. Your New York Trip sounds great! Best
of luck for the coming year.”
It is so good to hear from another loyal
Alum, and maybe you’ll have another
prospective Highlander?!
DIANA MERRILL (Mrs. Ralph
Breidenstein, Bass Drum, 1957-61)
468 W. Commercial,
Kohoka, Missouri
The City Attorney, and County Prosecutor,
and bass drummer have three youngsters:
George Raymond 5, Amy Louise 4, and
Alison Anne 11 months. Sounds as though
there might be two future Highlanders?
“We added to the family last January 29,
while the baby was being delivered our 4
year old was undergoing his first operation
in a different hospital in the same town,
and the ice on the streets was 3 inches
thick. It was hectic! Our oldest daughter
had her first operation during the summer
I (tonsils, etc. removed) so we’ve spent lots
of time in the hospital. We vacationed on
the local golf courses so that we could
make trips to California to visit my sister,
Mary4ale, this winter, and Ralph’s sister
in Georgia in April. We spent the fall
making trips to Columbia, Mo., to watch
the Tigers and almost made it to the
Orange Bowl (Thank heavens we didn’t !) 1
Hope to get to Iowa City for some games
soon and to see the Highlanders again.”
We certainly will look forward to your
visit. Come soon!
MARY MILNES (Bagpipes & Drums, 1957-
62)
1406 South Main Street,
Burlington, Iowa
“After a thrilling year in England, (in­cluding
a presentation to the Queen
Mother), I found it very difficult to settle
into the old routine of teaching in
Burlington.” Mary continues, “ I was
‘moved up’ from elementary to secondary
when I returned teaching 7th and 8th grade
English. It is much easier teaching older
youngsters, but I miss the charm and
innocence of the younger child. Hope
you’ve all had a wonderful year and that
the next one is even better. Happy Guy
Fawkes Day everybody!”
ARDITH BROCKA (Mrs. Lester I. Jones,
Jr., Bagpipes, 1958-60)
3550 Jerry Street,
White Bear Lake,
Minnesota 55110
“We added a third boy to our family on
November first! He’s Kevin Neal. Trent is
6, Lance 4, and they keep me busy around
the house,” writes Ardith. “ In my spare
time I do stretch fabric sewing which I
love. I’ve also been involved with League
of Women Voters the past year which
keeps me busy. Les is a Research Chemist
with 3M” .
SUSAN POWERS (Mrs. Roland Sturhahn,
Drums, 1958-62)
623 Spring Meadows,
Ballwin, Missouri 63011
Susan’s husband is a stock broker, and she
writes: “Moved into new home about 18
jponths ago. After living here six months,
I discovered that less than a block away
lived a fellow Highlander — Mary Sackett
Carson.” Christine Sue is two years old.
MARY E. YOUNG (Mrs. John L. Hohl,
Drums, 1958-62)
811 E. Van Buren,
Washington, Iowa
“ Enjoy watching the new Highlanders
routines at all Iowa games,” reports
Mary. “ I always enjoy reading of the trips
as they bring back many fond memories of
the wonderful trips we took years ago!”
Mary’s husband is with the John Deere
Implement Company, and they have two
children: Brad 5, and Denise 2. Whenever
we run into them in Iowa City, it is always
a treat to have a short visit together. So
glad you can come to the Homecoming
Coffees and games in the fall, Mary.
JUDY MORTENSEN (Mrs. Robert C.
Stewart, Bagpipes, 1959-60)
2000 N. Burleigh,
Yankton, South Dakota 57058
Judy teaches piano in her home, and her
husband owns an abstract business and
sells real estate as well in South Dakota. It
is good to hear from someone who lives in
our neighboring state, South Dakota. Their
children are Debbie 6, and Greg 3 years
old.
NANCY NELSON (Mrs. Dennis Weeden,
Drums, 1959-61)
15011 Sevilla Circle,
Huntington Beach, California 92647
Nancy is busy as a realestate saleslady.
Her husband, Dennis, is a geologist with
Texaco Oil Company. Their children are
Denise 8, and Daniel 6, with a small fry -
Joseph, who is 2 years old.
MARY HELSCHER, (Mrs. Yaro Chmelar,
Bagpipes, 1959-62)
R.R. No. 1, Washington, Iowa
“My husband farms 700 acres southwest of
Washington, Iowa. I have, until this year,
taught 9th grade Special Education at the
Washington Junior High. We have just
completed remodeling a big old farmhouse
on land we purchased 2 years ago. We got
in on all sorts of interesting jobs such as
knocking out walls, removing a front
porch, putting in a kitchen, drilling a deep
water well, building a fireplace, replacing
old foundations and basement flooring,
painting, papering, plastering, wiring, and
plumbing. It was fun, but we’re sure glad
to be out of the mess!! Now, old
Highlander cronies, we’ve got all kinds of
room. Come and see us!”
It does sound tempting - now that all the
heavy work is done. ThankJ for the in­vitation.
The Chmelars have two daughters - future
Highlanders - ? Ann Elizabeth is 21?, and
Karen Mary is four months.
KAREN KUTSCHER, (Mrs. James A.
Vroman, Drums, 1959-62)
3100 Ashwood Drive,
Des Moines, Iowa 50322
Karen reports that her husband is a CPA
and has his own business. She is working
part-time for the Area College teaching
medical short courses. They have two
children: Jeff 2%, and Susan is 8 weeks.
SHARON MAYBERRY (Mrs. Robert M.
Duncan, Bagpipes, 1959-63)
Rt. No. 1, Box 70A,
Wyoming, Delaware 19934
“ I’m teaching high school mathematics at
Dover High School, and my husband, Bob,
is manager of the R-C-Nehi Bottling
Company in Dover. Bob and I met while I
was teaching in Japan. He was stationed at
the same A.F. base as a pilot in the A.F.
We both thoroughly enjoyed Japan and our
travels throughout the Far East. We were
married this past summer at my home in
Anamosa, Iowa” , concludes Sharon.
Sounds like a storybook - and the best of
wishes and happiness to you both, Sharon
and Bob.
GLENDA KENNEDY (Mrs. Fredric W.
Corrigan, Bagpipes, 1960-63)
1615 Park Towne Ct. N.E., Apt. N-18,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402
“ I teach at Kennedy High School in Cedar
Rapids. Fritz and I were married
November 26 and then we went to the
British Virgin Islands for our honeymoon.
I am teaching Business Education and
Fritz is a Grain Merchant for Cargill,
Inc.”
JOAN WEAVER (Mrs. George W. Clarke,
Bagpipes, 1960-63)
199 N. Dougherty,
Ft. Bragg,
North Carolina 28307
“George is a Captain in the Army’s Judge
Advocate General’s Corps, and is
currently assigned to the Special Forces
center at Ft. Bragg” , writes Joan. “We
have been at Ft. Bragg since September,
having lived formerly in Glen Bairnie, Md.
We’re enjoying this new assignment and
have many friends here already. Our
biggest news is the very recent arrival of
our second son, John Stuart, born January
27, 1970. Will is Vh. So our household is
suddenly buzzing with activity. Always
enjoy the Newsletter so much and will look
forward to receiving the next edition.”
JUDITH LEE STEVENS (Drums, 1960-64)
1100 South Home Ave.,
Oak Park, Illinois 60304
Judy writes that she works at AT&T, Long
Lines Department, on Wacker Drive,
Chicago. “ My job involves com­munications
engineering for customers. I
have worked in the Sales Department for
two years and was recently promoted to
a higher management position. I travel a
great deal in my work as well as for
pleasure. Like very much traveling and
meeting people as I did while in the
Highlanders,” concludes our loyal Alum,
whose parental home is Iowa City.
LOIS KUCHENBAKER (Mrs. Raymond
Voss, Bagpipes, 1960-64)
240 Twilite Terrace,
Circle Pines,
Minnesota 55014
Lois and Ray have little Barbara 2%, and
Cheryl one month old. Ray is a reporter for
KSTP-TV, in the Twin Cities. Their new
address sounds very picturesque. Must be
really nice living in the Lake and Pine
tree country!
Whenever you come our way, do drop in
the Office to say Hi!
JANE MORRISSEY (Bagpipes, 1960-64)
530 30th Street,
S. E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Jane is a medical technologist at St.
Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids.
She says: “Congratulations on the good
T.V. shows. The Highlanders looked and
sounded tremendous.”
Thanks, heaps, its good to get these good
reports from loyal Alums.
JEAN MORRISSEY (Bagpipes, 1960-64)
Dancer Hall, U.N.I.,
Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
Jean is Assistant Director of a Women’s
Residence Hall, and a Part Time Grad­uate
Student in Secondary Guidance and
Counseling. “After teaching for 5 years, I
returned to school and am enjoying
graduate work. My work with the
residence hall is interesting and finds me
working with student government and
programs. Will complete work on my
M.A., hopefully, in the summer of 1971. We
have been living in a men’s residence hall
the first semester and have now taken up
residence in a NEW hall. The girls are
excited about being the first to live here,
but we are concerned with the problems
created by a new building.”
Jean HAS been extra busy with the details
of closing one hall and opening a new one.
Good luck toward your graduate work,
too!
DEANNA GRUNDMEIER (Mrs. David
Peters, Bass & Tenor Drums, 1960-64)
540 Price Avenue,
Ada, Oklahoma 74820
“ I am currently a fulltime housewife and
mother, after working part time in the
local hospital since we moved to Ada in
1967. Dave is a biologist with the Robert S.
Kerr Water Research Center under the
direction of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Administration,” reports Deanna.
“Dave and I were married September 6,
1964, just after my return from the 1964
European Tour. I completed my last
semester that fall and headed for Ames,
Iowa, to work at Mary Greeley Hospital
while my husband finished school. We
headed for Tishomingo, Okla, in May, 1966,
to start work with a Disk Pesticide
Research project on a small fish hatchery
near Tishomingo. We really enjoyed our
country living but it was only a short
stay as Dave transferred to the Water
Lab here in Ada in January of 1967.
We added Scott to our family in Aug­ust,
1966, so there was a little extra
equipment when we moved this time!
We bought a home in Ada about a
year after we moved here and are still
thoroughly enjoying fixing up a place of
our own. Our second little ‘Okie’ arrived in
June of 1968, and the two of them keep me
mighty busy! Lori is 1% now. Our little
family also includes a Siamese cat and
black lab retriever so there’s never a dull
moment. We really enjoy this part of the
country — its quite a change from Iowa!
I’m afraid my blood has thinned out a bit in
this southern atmosphere — don’t know if I
couldmanage those cold northern winters
any more! We do miss the snow especially
at Christmas. I heard only too late that the
Highlanders had gone to New York for the
Thanksgiving Day Parade last November.
I was so sorry to have missed them but
was just delighted to hear that the trip had
been made. I can’t help but think back to
my own Highlander days and the fun we
had. It’s such a marvelous experience,
both for education and enjoyment to travel
to see many interesting places. I would
like to extend my best wishes for continued
success of this fine organization. One of
these years we may make it back to the
Homecoming Coffee!”
And how we would love to see you there,
Deanna. Please make the effort and come!
How good to hear from you this year. Let’s
keep in touch.
MARILEE TEEGEN (Mrs. David H.
Chippen, Drums, 1961-64)
5554 B Kelly-Richards-Gebaur AFB,
Missouri.
David is Special Agent with the Office of
Special Investigation, United States Air
Force. “ In 1970 my husband hopes to
pursue his post military career with the
Federal Bureau of Investigation,” con­cludes
Marilee. Their children are Cara
Catherine, 2, and Amy Gibson one year.
Sorry you weren’t at Richards-Gebaur Air
Force Base when the Highlanders per­formed
there for the Air Show last Sep­tember
13 and 14. T’woipage 10' zn exci­ting
to see you.
SANDRA BARNUM (Mrs. Tom Lawrence,
Bagpipes, 1961-64)
6111/2 - 4th Avenue,
Coralville, Iowa 52240
Sandy is still teaching 6th graders, she
says: ‘ ‘There’s never a dull moment with 4
classes of 12 year olds every day at College
Community Schools teaching Social
Studies. We’re still located in the Iowa City
area and are always glad to hear from
former Highlanders who are in Iowa City
for a special event.”
I would have said you received the last
1969 NEWSLETTER, Sandy, but it may be
a bit confusing since this one will be
coming out earlier (?) in 1970. we trust -
HIGHLANDER NEWSLETTER
and we didn’t send the Questionnaires out
until the beginning of the new year, for the
next Letter. Do hope we get it out before
the beginning of another academic year,
too!!!
SUSAN SCHAFER (Mrs. Richard
Klaessy, Drums, 1961-64)
509 Eastview Road,
Marshalltown, Iowa 50158
Susan reports that she is on a leave of
absence to finish her M. S. degree in
Library Science at Iowa. Do hope she
drops in the Office one day before die gets
that diploma!
Dick teaches Sociology at Marshalltown
Community College, and she writes: “We
really enjoyed seeing the girls perform
both in person and on TV this past year.”
MARGARET DOOLITTLE (Mrs. Ralph L.
Childers, Drums & Dancer, 1961-64)
121 Quonset Park,
Iowa City, Iowa 52240.
Margaret and her little Becky years
old, dropped in the Office to say “Hi” "the
other day. It was a most welcome visit,
and she writes for the Newsletter: “ Full­time
wife and mother. Ralph is working on
his M. A. in rehabilitation counseling here
at the University of Iowa. Since this is the
first questionnaire that’s caught up with
me, I’ll give you the whole history. After
Ralph and I were married in April, ‘64, we
stayed in Iowa City til June, ‘65 when he
got his B. A. From there to Washington, D.
C. where he attended Wesley Seminary for
1% years and I worked for the U.S. Dept, of
HEW. Ralph decided to switch to
rehabilitation counseling and we moved in
January, 1967, to New Castle, Pa., 50 miles
north of Pittsburgh. Ralph worked for the
State in vocational rehabilitation agency
and I worked as a public assistance
caseworker until Becky came along.
Nobody in New Castle has heard of the
Highlanders but the city will always have
a special spot in our memories because it
was there that our darling adopted
daughter joined our family.
Then last September we returned to Iowa
City so Ralph could work on his “Master’s
degree in rehabilitation counseling. It
really feels good to get ‘home’. I especially
enjoyed the Alumni Coffee and renewing
some old acquaintances. Becky is crazy
about Highlanders and loved watching the
girls on TV and in the Homecoming
Parade. She got a special kick out of
watching practice one day. We’ll be in
Iowa City ‘til January, 1971, but no definite
plans after that.” But do remember to
send your new address whenever you
move!
DARLENE BRADY (Mrs. David H.
Hayes, Drums & Drum Major, 1961-65)
2311 Friendship Street, Iowa City, Iowa
52240
“Dave is a graduate student in Physical
Education,” writes Darlene. “We are
anxiously awaiting for June and Dave’s
graduation. Our plans after that are still
uncertain, but Dave is interviewing for
teaching positions in Minnesota and
Wisconsin, and we hope to be heading that
way some time this summer. It will be nice
to finally settle down.”
This will be nice for the Hayes’ , but we
hate to lose local Alums. It’s always
wonderful to see them around. Their
children are Kathy Vh years, and Andres 9
months.
Do come back now and then to see us,
Darlene.
SHIRLEY BUSH (Mrs. Douglas A. Zahn,
Bagpipes, 1961-65) 2060 Continental
Avenue, Apt. 165, Tallahassee, Florida
32304
Shirley and husband were visiting in Iowa
during the holidays, and came to the
Union, but our Office was not open, and
we’re sorry to have missed seeing them.
She reports exciting years while in
Cambridge, where Doug was at Harvard,
getting his Ph.d., acting as a consultant-statistician
with Bio-Research Cor­poration,
and with psychiatrists at the
Massachusetts Mental Health Center.
Shirley worked for theree years as a social
worker with the Division of Child Guar­dianship
of the Massachusetts government
in Boston, “never a dull moment in the
job” , she continues: “ Finally that month
(June) the entire thesis was finished and
bound, completing Doug’s work for his
Ph.D. degree . . .winding up everything
barely left time for all the sad farewells as
our furniture was packed and moved . .
.We had squeezed in flights to universities
for job interviews . . then all was finished
and an exciting new chapter in our life was
about to begin - a trip around the world. .
playing it by ear. We flew directly from
Boston to San Francisco . . .one of the best
and most beautiful American cities . .
.Beginning our crossing of the blue
Pacific, we landed at the paradise of
Hawaii.. .thento Japan, visiting and being
guests of former Harvard friends.. .with a
pleasant surprise in Tokyo - getting
together for an evening with President and
Mrs. Boyd of our alma mater, the
University of Iowa. The Chinese island of
Taiwan was our next stop . . .then Hong
Kong, with a spectacular harbor. Our trip
inland to the Red Chinese border and a
sunset cruise by Chinese junk were unique
experiences . . .We spend ten days in In­donesia
with former Harvard friends, then
we traveled to Singapore, toured Bangkok
. . .to Cambodia, and Siem Reap to view
raw fabulous Khmer ruins of Angkor Wat
and Angkor Thom. The countless temples
in the remote jungles and an elephant ride
were most memorable. From Siem Reap
we flew to Dacca, East Pakistan, visiting
former neighbors, and relaxed. The next
country we visited was Nepal, the most
strikingly different, remote, medieval
country imaginable. The people were
practically untouched by modern times
and toubles. They lived in delicately
carved dwellings hundreds of years old.
We met Tibetans and flew along the
breathtaking Himalayas on a sidetrip
from Kathmandu to a remote valley where
we landed by DC3 on a grass strip . . .on to
Calcutta, the city where a million people
sleep on the streets and the poverty is
shocking . . .from Delhi, we drove to Agra
where our hopes were not disappointed by
the Taj Mahal, a wonderful sight both
inside and from afar. During our stay of
more than ten days in India, we visited two
families of dear friends . . . A scenic
highlight was beautiful Kashmir about
which we could reminisce at length. We
rode by horseback up to a Himalayna
glacier over an exciting trail and lived on a
beautiful houseboat at Srinagar . . .One of
the many museums we visited was in
Tehran, where we saw relics of ancient
Persia and earlier civilizations. We then
concentrated our time in the Middle East.
Our favorite city was Beirut . . .The
Mediterranean surf was very blue and
warm . . .visited a Palestinian refugee
camp in Amman, Jordan. We flew to
Cairo, then took and unforgettable twelve-hour
overnight train ride to Luxor along
the Nile.. . .The tombs in the Valley of the
Kings and the marvelous giant temples
still on view, plus the pyramids and Sphinc
at Giza made Egypt’s the most impressive
historic civilization we saw on our trip.
Being guided deep into a pyramid with
only one tiny candle and riding between
the pyramids by camel was very exciting!
We were on Cyprus twice as the in­termediate
stop between Arab and Israeli
territory . . .we toured Bethlehem and
other areas of the East Bank of Jordan
now occupied by Israel. The Old City was
most wonderful to see, enclosing within its
walls many of the historical locations of
events in Christ’s life sacred to both Mos­lems
and Christians. Almost all of the
most important Christian religious sites
and tourist attractions were not located in
Israel, but most of them are among the
choice areas of Jordan still occupied by
Israel . . .Our next stop was Istanbul with
its history reflected in the unforgettable
city skyline of giant mosques, Byzantine
churches and Topkapi, palace of the Ot­tomans.
We concluded our round the world
tour by visiting Athens, Rome, and Paris.
The acropolis was among the most striking
sights of our trip. The September Wine
Festival at Daphne, Greece, was a gay
event where we met several more new
friends. Paris and Rome are two of our
favorite cities where one can
linger happily on and on. We toured the
Vatican, the Forum Romana, and the
beautiful streets and cafes of Rome .. .The
Eiffel Tower, a must for every tourist,
gave a great view of all the Paris land­marks.
On our last night we drove all over
Paris with newly met, hospitable French
friends after viewing the Lido nighclub
show. We flew from Paris to Boston for a
wonderful reunion with our friends . . in
Cambridge. It was unbelievable that we’d
gone so far and returned. It was around the
world in 80 days! The final leg of our trip
was to Tallahassee, our new home. Here
we were able to get the apartment we had
wanted, with blue carpeting like our own,
at Berkshire Manors. Doug began his new
role as a college professor right after our
arrival. He is an Assistant Professor of
Statistics at Florida State University. He’s
now compiling final grades for his first
course. It has all been very exciting, with a
whirlwind of activities between student
life at Harvard and faculty life here. We
are settled now and are enjoying the
pleasant Florida climate. Most of the
mementoes of our trip have now arrived
and are ornamenting the apartment. We
have a larger living room-dining room but
it is very similar to the one we had in
Peabody Terrace, Cambridge, except its
on the first floor (instead of the 22nd) with
grass outside each end . . .Outside is a
sheltered area which leads to the nearer of
two adult swimming pools. Berkshire
Manors complex, which resembles Tudor
style on the exterior, has a few round
towers, a pleasant large clubhouse for
parties, tennis court, and a sauna bath we
haven’t tried yet. The apartment has two
bedrooms, two baths, a small powder
room, and kitchen. Doug uses the second
bedroom as a study. We are conveniently
located about five minutes from the
campus, with many huge live oaks and tall
cypress trees laden with Spanish moss
near and around us. They and the pi am
trees add a lot to the beauty of Tallahassee
. . .Florida’s capital, about thirty miles
north of the Gulf. It’s not far from routes to
other spots in the southeast, so please stop
and see us if you travel in this direction.
We’d love to see you . . .Thank you again
this year for the delighful issue of the
Highlander Newsletter. I always read it
cover to cover. Finally you have news
from me to include . . We enjoyed four
busy exciting years in Cambridge while
Doug was at Harvard, and then our world
tour!! Greetings and Best Wishes for the
new year to the Highlanders!” concludes
Shirley.
I must add that she suggested I would get a
summarized version to print, but instead I
took the liberty of condensing, and only a
bit, the charming report of the Zahns’
recent experiences, since her own version
has not arrived as yet. Shirley,
congratulations on your splendid letter,
and the ‘traveled, as well as would-be-travelled’
Highlanders will thrill
vicariously to your account.
JUDY STEIN (Mrs. Robert G. Carney,
Jr., Drums, 1961-65 ) 791 Madison Avenue,
Apt. D, Chula Vista, California 92010
Bob, M.D., is a lieutenant in the Medical
Corps of the U.S. Navy, and Judy reports:
“ Bob and I moved to the San Diego Area
with Scott, 3 years old, in July, 1969, where
we became a part of Navy life. We hope to
be out here for the two years that Bob will
be in the Navy. In November, our second
son, Steve, was bom. Boys are nice! They
are both a great boon right now as Bob is
deployed for 6-8 months off the coast of
Viet Nam. Other than this separation, we
have been enjoying Navy life, and par­ticularly,
southern California! We didn’t
feel badly at all this winter, having missed
Iowa’s sub-zero temperatures. We missed
seeing any of Iowa’s games in Iowa City
this year, but enjoyed watching the
Highlanders on TV in Macy’s Parade.
Again I particularly enjoy getting the
Highlander Newsletter, Keep up the good
work!” We’re so glad you do like it, but
without word from all of you loyal Alums
yearly, there wouldn’t be one! Right?
CHARLOTTE WHITE (Mrs. Roger Burt,
Drums, 1961-65) 1104 Maplehill Drive,
Albert Lea, Minnesota 56007
Charlotte is still with the Albert Lea School
System as School Nurse, and Robert is in
Sales for Standard Oil.
Page 57
PENNY KLOCKSIEM (Bagpipes, 1961-65)
1000 W. Benton, Apt No. 314, Iowa City,
Iowa 52240
Penny writes: “ I’m still enjoying my job
as a Clinical Associate in the Department
of Speech Pathology. The Speech &
Hearing Clinic seems to get busier every
semester. A group of ‘64 ‘trippers’ had a
get-together to help Nadine celebrate her
birthday last July - lots of slides were
viewed and many fun (and funny!) in­cidents
were recalled. I’d vote to make it
an annual affair!” I certainly loved it,
Penny. I hope we can get together often -
whoever lives in Iowa City. And did you
read the Des Moines Sunday Register, for
February 1st? If not, I’m telling you of
Penny’s and Jim’s (Hall) anticipation for
a June 6 wedding. Best wishes and
congratulations now and for later as well!
PATRICIA ANN FAIRALL (Drums, 1961-
65) 810 W. Benton, 310 B Iowa City, Iowa
52240
Pat is a laboratory technician in neuclear
medicine at the University of Iowa
Hospital.
She graduated in February of ‘66, and has
been very busy in the Hospital ever since.
Congratulations in your work!
JUDITH ANN VAN VLACK (Mrs. David
Gerald Sweet, Drums, 1962-65) 301 Shady
Lane No. 28, El Cajon, California 92021
“ I’m teaching a first-second grade
combination class of physically han­dicapped
children in San Diego (4th year).
Dave is an architectural draftsman for a
building contractor and is attending
college. He has two years left before
becoming an architect!” reports Judy.
“As you can see,” continues our ex­drummer,
“many changes have taken
place this year. The last school year ended
with me resigning my job in San Diego to
accept a job with the Department of
Defense in Brussels, Belgium. However,
Dave ‘amanged’ to change my plans.
Instead of leaving for Belgium in August, I
was walking down the aisle - August 9,
1969. We were married in a Spanish chapel
in La Mesa, California, and had a can-delight,
evening (7:00 p.m.) ceremony.
I’ve enclosed a picture for you in case
you’re curious about Dave. Ha! During our
Christmas vacation, Dave and I flew back
to Iowa and spent two weeks with my
family in Manchester. It was Dave’s first
trip to the snowy, cold state of Iowa and his
first time meeting many of the people
there. Right on schedule, Iowa gave us the
white Christmas we came for. The whole
vacation was great and we enjoyed
spending our holidays with our family and
friends. These last five months have been
wonderful for both of us. We both have
been very busy with our school and work
but this should let up some next semester.
In June, we will be moving to Pomona,
Calif, when Dave transfers to California
State Polytechnic College for his final 2
years in architecture. I hope this finds
everyone there well and happy and that
1970 is good to all of you.” Thanks, Judy,
and we, in turn, wish the best of everything
in sharing your life with Dave.
Congratulations and best wishes always!
SUE MONTGOMERY (Mrs. Stephen H.
Wolken, Drums, 1962-65) PHS Indian
Hospital, Sisseton, South Dakota 57262
Sue’s husband is a medical doctor serving
at a two-doctor Indian hospital until June,
1971. “After a year in Seattle, Washington,
where my husband interned,” writes Sue,
“we are now here while he serves his
military obligation in the Public Health
Service. We find life and work with the
Indian people interesting, and we’ve been
to several pow wows - even danced. When
we are done here we may be back in Iowa
City for several years while my husband
does a residency. If so, I will be anxious to
see the Highlanders perform.”
And we will be anxious to have you back
once more, too. The Wolkens have two
children: Wendy Sue who is 2 years old,
and Mark Stephen 4 months.
ANN MONTGOMERY (Mrs. Jerry E.
Learner, Drums, 1962-65 ) 2114 Baker, San
Francisco, California 94115
Ann writes that her husband is a Group &
Pension Specialist with Mutual of New
York, and she is a housewife, mother, and
dogsitter. They have an 18 month old
Basset. “After spending the first year of
our marriage with my husband in Viet
Nam, we have made several moves
around the country. We were at Ft. Pol,
La., for 3 months finishing Jerry’s military
duty; in Teaneck, N.J. for 6 months
training with MONY and in the San
Francisco Bay Area for 2 years now. -
First Marin County and now San Franci­sco.
We really enjoy it here. I would love to
know if there are any former Highlanders
1 knew who are in the Bay Area. I certainly
enjoyed the Highlanders performance at
the Homecoming Game this year. It was a
thrill to see them and it brought back
many fond memories.” Their little Tony is
2 years old.
MARY ANN HAASE (Mr. Norman J.
Engel, Dancer, 1962-66) 1666-W, 42nd
HIGHLANDER NEWSLETTER
“ I am in my second year of teaching
middle primary at Pleasant View
Elementary School in Pleasant Valley.
Norman is a funeral director at the Runge
Mortuary in Davenport,” reports Mary
Ann. “ It’s always great to get the
Newsletter. Thanks for keeping it coming!
I do get a chance each year to brush up on
my Highland dancing when I teach British
Isles unit. I try to teach my 7 and 8 year
olds the first step of the Fling. They love it,
but I’m afraid you’d never recognize it!”
Keep up the good work - perhaps some of
your little pupils will want to be
Highlanders one day?
JANE TAYLOR (Mrs. David W. Schrody,
Dancer, on the Drum, 1962-66) 1313 Spruce
Street, Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Jane’s husband is in first year of Or­thodontics
in the University of Iowa
College of Dentistry. “We moved back to
Iowa City last July from our Indian
Reservation in South Dakota, where Dave
completed his military obligation in the
Public Health Service.” reports Jane.
“ We’re getting a real taste of college life
all over again. We’ve enjoyed seeing the
Highlanders perform at the football
games. Keep up the good work. We’ll be
here until June of ‘71, after that - who
knows? We’re expecting our first baby in
July!”
GRETCHEN ANN SCHULTZ (Bagpipes,
1963-66 ) 9705 Pleasant Avenue S., No. 3H,
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55420
Gretchen is a registered nurse at
University Hospitals. She writes: “ In the
spring of last year I moved from Houston,
Texas, to Minneapolis. That is quite a
switch in temperature and I’ve found
myself with one cold after another up here.
But with the cold and snow there is
alwasys skiing which is really great here. I
am working in a heart hospital which is a
part of the University Hospitals. There are
lots of things to do and my job is very in­teresting
so that I do like Minneapolis very
much.”
MARY JANE PHILLIPS (Mrs. James R.
Hawtrey, Bagpipes & Bass Drum, 1963-65)
708 Iowa Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Mary Jane writes that “ Jim teaches 3 rd
and 4th grade Art in the Iowa City schools,
and also he creates and sells bronze
sculptures to Marshall Fields & Company,
Chicago,” She continues: “Last year I did
substitute teaching in Art and found it very
enjoyable. Our biggest news this last year
was the birth of our second son, Michael
Christopher, born August 21,1969. Stephen
is 3% years old now. Before Michael was 7
months old he had 6 teeth! Another special
event last summer was a group of local
Alums getting together to celebrate
Nadine’s birthday. Several of us showed
slides from our 1964 European Trip. It was
a lot of fun. This was not the first time for
some of us and we hope not the last, by any
means. As long as Nadine’s in town, we’ll
have a party. Anyone else in town will
always be welcome.”
Now that’s pretty exciting. To think
‘Nadine’ will always have a birthday
celebration??!!! Thanks, heaps!! Pals.
JUDY SCHAFENACKER (Mrs. John
Baker, Drums, 1963-67) Fayette, Iowa
52142
“ Since graduation in ‘67” reports Judy,
“many unexpected things have happened,
as is the case with all of you, I’m sure.
After graduation, a friend and 1 landed in
Switzerland to begin a very eventful year
in Europe. Through the fall, winter, and
spring we worked in Villars, a ski resort
town of 1500 people high in the Alps. It is
an absolutely beautiful place to live or
visit. All of you skiers save your money
and visit Villars for a wonderful vacation!
After traveling during the summer, and at
the point of raving malnutrition, we
returned to the states. Then followed a
year of work with the government at a Job
Corps Center as a vocational counselor.
The nicest action, however, was on
December 20 when I married John Baker.
We’ll be living in Fayette for the next few
months. Hope you all have a fine year.”
PHYLLIS MUELLER, (Mrs. Richard
Rominski, Drums, 1963-67) 112 4th Avenue,
S.W., Lake Mills, Iowa
Phyllis says: “ Mathematics teacher,
eighth grade; Social Science teacher - high
school” We should surmise that her
husband is in the latter position? She
continues: “My sister and I spent ten
weeks in Europe in the summer of 1968 and
were fortunate enough to see the
Highlanders perform.” Well we recall that
day in Scotland, and it was great to share
the day with you -
KAREN STEINBECK (Mrs. Victor
Woolums, Drums, 1964-66) 10101/2 E.
Burlington, Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Karen is teaching 2nd grade at Robert
Lucas School in Iowa City, and her
husband will graduate in May from the
College of Business. “We’ve really enjoyed
our three years in and around Iowa City
while Vic’s been going to school - getting to
go to the football games and of course,
getting to see the Highlanders perform.
The routines were imaginative and well
done. Like any student couple we’re
looking forward to finding out where we’ll
be - where Vic’s job will take us. He’ll start
interviewing thourgh the University in
February and we’re getting pretty anxious
to know the results. We’d like very much to
stay here in Iowa City if he can find a job
here. Time will tell and in the meantime,
we’ll keep our fingers crossed - if that will
do any good! Again let me say how im­pressed
I was with your performances this
past year - makes me really proud to say I
was once a Highlander!”
HEATHER ADAMSON (Mrs. Tom Stock­man,
Dancer, 1964-67) 197 Bon Aire Mobile
Home Lodge, Iowa City, Iowa
“We went to Colorado Springs last sum­mer
to visit Mom and John’s family,”
writes Heather. “Our short week there
was marvelous. The weather and the
mountains were beautiful. Then it was
back to Iowa and back to work! The girls
looked great at the games on T.V. We
certainly enjoyed seeing all the familiar
faces at the Homecoming Coffee. We had
to keep the Scottish tradition in our ‘Stock­man’
home, so we named our Siamese
kitten ‘Macintosh.’ We hope to see some
more Alums at the next Homecoming.
Good luck to the present girls - the work is
long and hard, but the rewards last a
lifetime!”
Heather is a laboratory technician at
University Hospital in Glaucoma*
Research, and Tom is a teller in the First
National Bank. It is good to have an
Adamson around. 'Heather reports too
that John and Susie will spend Easter
with the Stockmans, and then move to
Wood Dale, Illinois, where John will be
the City Manager. This is good news to
know they will be closer to Iowa City
once more, as well.
CHERIE CHERVEK (Mrs. Melvin G.
Paisley, Bagpipes, 1964-66) 200 Baldwin
Road, Parsippany, New Jersey, 07054
“My husband is an Electrical Engineer
and sells electrical systems for General
Radio Company,” writes Cherie. “ I am a
social worker, and was selected to be a
Woman of the Year by Outstanding Young
Women of America of 154 Erie Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60611. We love the East
coast. People are not cold as mid-westerners
many times feel they are!”
DANA V. BUTT (Mrs. Andrew W. Kisting,
Drums, 1964-67 ) 887 Mt. Loretta, Dubuque,
Iowa 52001, & Palm Springs, California.
“Andy and I had a midnight wedding - Jan.
10-11, 1969 - ceremony with only eight
people in attendance in the Presidential
suite of the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas,
Nevada,” reports Dana. “We have since
been traveling around the U.S.A. and
Mexico in search of the ideal place to live.
Presently, we live in Dubuque, Iowa, part
of the time, and Palm Springs, Calif.,
during the cold, wet, gray and otherwise
dismal Iowa winters. After I left school in
August, 1967, I worked in Dubuque until
January, ‘68, at which time I went to
Dallas to fly as a stewardess for American
Airlines. I lived and worked in Chicago for
the next year and a half until my
marriage. Life has been exremely good to
us and I only hope we all can be as for­tunate.
There are many fine memories
assoicated with my sojourn at ‘Iowa’ and
certainly one of the finest has to be the
‘Trials, tribulations, and rewards of being
a Highlander.’ Keep up the good work. It is
like a good wine that improves with age!”
Thanks for your generous, kind words and
deeds, Dana. It was good to hear from you.
MAUREEN O’BRYON (Mrs. John P.
Rupp, Bagpipes, 1964-67) 193 Willard
Street, New Haven, Conn. 06515
Maureen is teaching high school:
psychology, socioligy, and history, while
her husband is a law student at Yale. Do
remember to let us know any change of
address when youget that degree and
move on! Good to hear from you.
BARBARA SUE MYATT (Mrs. James M.
Smith, Drums, 1964-67) 116 S. Main Street,
Maquoketa, Iowa
“ Jim and I returned to Maquoketa (my
home town) in June when we found out Jim
had to go to service. We had been working
in Chicago - he as program representative
of U.S. Public Health Service and I as
accountant in Personnel Trust Dept, of
Continental Bank of Chicago. Hope to join
him after his basic training. We plan to see
some football games before he leaves as I
can hardly wait to see the Highlanders
performances.” This note was dated
9 17 69, and is all we have from Bar­bara.
She is Women’s Editor at Maquoketa
Newspapers at this writing. So good to
hear, although you may very well be with
Jim now. We do hope so! Do write soon
again, nevertheless.
JEAN HAYS (Mrs. Craig R. Lewis,
Bagpipes, 1964-67) Woodmere, Apt. 5-D,
Berryhill Drive, Columbia, South
Carolina.
Jean writes that she taught 6th grade at
Coralville Central from September ’68 to
June ’69; from September ’69 to December
’69, 5th grade teacher at Ft. Sam Houston
Elementary, San Antonio, Texas. Her
husband is a Lieutenant in the Army,
instructor at Ft. Jackson IN Columbia,
S.C. “My husband and I enjoyed our 3
month stay in San Antonio, Texas, at the
beginning of this year,” writes Jean. “We
stayed in an apartment on the outskirts of
the city - complete with swimming pool,
which was great for swimming clear into
November. My 5th graders were great - all
races and beautifully disciplined children.
I taught all subjects. In the meantime, my
husband took Medical Services School and
Field Surgeon School at Ft. Sam. He is still
hoping to go on to Medical School. We were
so excited to read the Highlanders
Newsletter and find out where all our
friends were living and what they were
doing. After 2 years of marriage this last
Dec. 16, we celebrated by getting a 6 wk.
old labrador - (puppy pledigre). We call
him Sir Henry Woodfin O’Grady - ‘Henry’
for short. He’s darling and has trained
himself - but loves to bite everything -
including all our shoes. I haven’t applied
for teaching here at Columbia - thought I’d
enjoy some army social life. I’ve joined the
Officer’s Wives Bowling Team and have
gone to several Officer’s Wives Coffees
and luncheons. I’ve been painting and
sewing in my spare time. This last Chri­stmas
was the turning point between
stations and we got to spend Christmas
with our parents in Des Moines, la. We
made 2 trips to I.C. to visit some of our
married friends. My twin sister, Joan, who
was in Highlanders when she was at Iowa,
is now in New York City doing art design
(commercial art). She graduated from the
Kansas City Art Institute. Glad to hear of
news of Highlanders last trip to New York.
I’ll always remember the fun we had on
special trips. Hope you can use the small
gift enclosed for the Highlander
Scholarship Fund.”
Thank you Jean for remembering, and
enjoying the Newsletter. Drop in whenever
you’re back in Iowa City.
MICKEY McGINNIS (Mrs. E. B. (Byron)
Marsolais, Bagpipes, 1964-68 ) 718 Carriage
Hill, Iowa City, Iowa - until July first only!
Mickey reports: “Byron finished his Ph.
D. in Mechanics last June and will finish
his residency in Orthopedic Surgery in
June, 1970, then July 1 we will move to
Cleveland, where Byron will be at the
University Hospitals at Case-Western
Reserve University. I will work in the
hospital, too. We are looking forward to
moving and to starting a home and new
jobs, but we hate having to leave Iowa and
all of our friends and family.” Indeed, we'
hate to lose you, too, but do keep in touch
with us through the Newsletter, Mickey.
Mickey got her Masters in Biostatistics in
January, 1970, and she works as a
Programmer at University Hospital
Schools.
PAMELA S. KLOCKSIEM (Bagpipes,
1964-68) Princes Lee Manor No. 6, 1020 S.
36th Street, Council Bluffs, Iowa 51501
Pam is a Recreation Program Supervisor
for Council Bluffs. She tells us: “My job
still occupies most of my time. I’m en­joying
work much more this year and feel
this is because I’m more established. I
especially enjoy working in the summer
programs.”
Maybe Florida or sunny California would
intrigue you, Pam? Wouldn’t be surprised
if you went south or west one day!!?
MARGARET JANE WEAVER (Drums,
Dancer, 1965-68 ) 263 G Street Southwest,
Washington, D.C. 20024
Janie is working in the Office of the U.S.
Senator, Jack Miller of Iowa. She reports:
“ I was a theatre major at the University
and hope to work administratively either
in a performing arts center on television
broadcasting company: eventually
planning on going back to school to get
M.A.T. and M.F.A. degrees” . She suggests
we might consider being in the Inaugural
Parade in Washington, D.C. in 1972. That’s
a thought, Jane, if we could find a sponsor.
GRETCHEN GROVERT (Bagpipes, 1965-
69) 66 Rue de Centenaire, Hyon, Belgique
Gretchen is in Belgium again this winter.
It is so great to hear from her: “ I decided
to spend a year abroad after graduation
improving my French and seeing Europe.
I am substitute teaching at SHAPE
American Elementary and High School.
SHAPE is Supreme Headquarters of Allied
Powers in Europe - NATO - and since it is
not a full time job it supports me and gives
me plenty of freedom to travel.. . I went to
Switzerland for 11 days on a Ski trip as a
chaperone for 180 fifth and sixth graders
from school. We took ski lessons, went up a
high ski lift, saw a Swiss farm, village,
shopped in Luzern - really neat! Its good to
get back to friends but Switzerland was
gorgeous in winter - blue skies and all.
Give everyone my love.” Gretchen, I often
think of our fun together on the last
Foreign Trip - and how lucky I was to stay
close to you when in German and French
speaking countries. You DID make
yourself understood!
TERRY O’BRIEN (Drums, 1965-69) 734
Carpenter, Oak Park, Illinois 60304
Terry is a ‘Programmer at Sears
Roebuck. She writes: “ I’m really disap­pointed;
almost every year I was in
Highlanders we came up to Chicago for a
performance. Now that I’m here
(Chicago) and could go watch my favorite
band, no Chicago trip! Oh, well, maybe
next year. Remember our slogan - “Oh, in
your fuzzy busby and kilt you surely must
be the strangest sight that ever Hit the
Sherman Hotel’ - Walter .. O’Brien.
I’m really having a good time in Chicago,
and love my job. But I miss drumming.
I’m attempting to teach myself guitar but
failing miserably. I need Connie Lock­wood,
I guess.. . I ought to be getting back
to Iowa City again real soon. I can only
come weekends and Highlanders don’t
always practice on Saturdays!”
Do come back, Terry. We miss you very
much, so drop in any time.
JOAN RANNIGER (Drums, 1965-69) Box
612, Shiprock, New Mexico, 87420
Joan writes: “My first year of teaching
has been spent on the Navajo Indian
Reservation working for the Bureau of
Indian Affairs. I have been team teaching
in a sixth grade classroom at the Shiprock
Boarding School. All of the 600 Navajo
students live in the dormitories and go
home only during the holidays and on
occasional weekends when their parents or
relatives come to get them. This fall three
other young teachers and I spent several
weekends touring parts of Arizona, New
Mexico, and Colorado.” It’s great to hear
from one of our favorite snare drummers
this first year away!
MARY MURPHY (Drums, 1965-69) 2014
5th Avenue S.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
“ I am still a student at the U. of Iowa,
majoring in special education,” reports
‘Murph’. It is so good to see her oc­casionally,
as she drops in the Office on
her way to a class. She continues: “At last
I am in my final semester at Iowa! Last
semester I student taught with a class of
primary mentally retarded kids - age
range 6 to 10 - Cedar Rapids. This semester
I will be student teaching in kindergarten
in Cedar Rapids. After that I will be off to
my own classroom. This coming summer I
HIGHLANDER NEWSLETTER
will be teaching a group of pre-school
mentally retarded children in Cedar
Rapids. I am really excited about this
position, as I have been thinking about pre­school
mentally retarded since I first
began thinking about teaching. As for the'
fall of 1970, nothing is definite yet. I may
remain in this area - being near the Uni­versity
has many advantages - or I may
travel, while I have the freedom, to some
part of the country I have not yet seen. I
hope, though, that wherever I am I will be
able to come back to Iowa City for the
Homecoming Coffee. Some of my closest
friends were introduced to me by
Highlanders, and it would be a joy to see
them again. Blessings to you all!”
Thanks, Murph, its SO great to hear about
your plans and to see you now and them.
Come whenever you can!
SUSAN B. PARRY (Mrs. Gary D. Gordon,
Bagpipes 1966-69 ) 3429 Lakeside Manor,
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Sue is a student intern in Pharmacy, and
her husband, Gary, will graduate in May,
1970, in Physical Education. It would be
nice to keep them near by. Remember to
send any forwarding address!
KATHLEEN MATT (Drums, 1962-65) 1612
Park Towne PI. N.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
52402
Kathy writes that she is 2nd grade teacher
at Linn-Mar Schools in Cedar Rapids.
“More skiing this winter in Colorado,
Wisconsin, Michigan. Spent most of last
summer in Greeley, Colorado at Colorado
State College attending a team teaching
workshop. Why didn’t the Colonel and Bill
start the Highlanders in Colorado? The
mountains would be great for bagpipe
music! Caught the Highlanders in a couple
performances at Iowa stadium. They get
better every year! I get goose bumps just
wishing I could join them!! Best of luck in
the 1970-71 season and pipe that football
team to the Rose Bowl. “Hi” to all old
buddies from the 1964 European Tour,
Love Kathy.”
Its really comforting to know we have
these Alums in Cedar Rapids schools, and
some living there and near by. Thanks for
all your cooperation and support to the
Band.
LAVONNE MERSCH (Mrs. Wayne
Tegler, Bagpipes & Dancer, 1946-48 ) 2018
Glendale Road, Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Lavonne writes that her husband is an
M.D. in private practice in Iowa City. “We
are in our new home and love it,” she
continues. Betsy is a dear (4 years old) and
I don’t know what we did without her. We
have become avid skiiers and just
returned from Aspen (our 2nd trip this
year). Our hospital chaplain usually goes
with us, plus many of the other doctors and
thfir wives.”
Always, it is good to know we have another
loyal Alum living in Iowa City!
EM EVANS (Em Merulla, Bagpipes, 1945-
47) 1650 McGowan Blvd., Marion, Iowa
Em writes: “Will be receiving an M.A.
from the University of Iowa in May, 1970,
in Behavior Disorders. I am a Learning
Disabilities Teacher in the Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, Community Schools. How about
that? 22 years between degrees. Never
give up, you know.” She continues: “As
many of you know, the second marriage
for me did not have a happy ending.
Anyhow, the boys and I are by ourselves
again and I am once again ‘Em Merulla’ .
Some friends say they never got used to
‘Em Hyduk’ anyhow. Last year was a hard
year but it is behind us. I am very proud of
my boys who have been very sturdy
through some very trying times. I am
fortunate to be teaching in Learning
Disabilities - a field which I really believe
in and I enjoy working with these children
so much.” Em’s boys are Anthony 18, who
will be at Iowa as a freshman this fall;
Michael 16, a junior in high school, and
James who is 12 and in 7th grade.
We send best wishes and our sincere good
luck and good fortune for you!
JANN MAYBERRY (Mrs. Brent Ruben,
Drums, 1963-66) 934A Westhampton
Village, Coralville, Iowa
Jann is teaching elementary school in
Iowa City and working toward an M.A.
Brent, her husband, is finishing up his Ph.
D. dissertation in Communication. Full
time member of the School of Journalism
Faculty, as a Research Associate, in
Communications Research Bureau.
It is good to keep in touch, Jann.
Congratulations on your marriage.
LATE ARRIVALS!
I DR. K. L. KRABBENHOFT (Bagpipes,
1940-42 ) 52 Oxford Road, Pleasant Ridge,
Michigan
Dr. Kenneth and Gloria Ericksen Krab-benhoft
have three children: Kenneth, Jr.,
23, Douglas 21, and Karen 18. The doctor is
a Radiologist at Harper Hospital in
Detroit. He writes: “ It was great to meet
Fred Whyte on my home town street
Thanksgiving, 1969!!!”
Dr. K. and Fred were in Miles, Iowa, that
holiday weekend.
MARGERY McDONALD (Mrs. Chas. W.
McKinley Drums 1944-48) Maldor Manor
R.D. No. 2 Brownsville, Penna. 15417
Time for the newsletter to go to press so
it’s time for me to write my letter. Never
could meet a deadline.
Our children are growing up and away.
Karen Lane, 20, is a junior at Iowa
majoring in social work. Laura, 18, is a
senior at Greenbrier College at Lewisburg,
West Virginia in the high school division.
Leslie, 16, attends school in Pittsburgh but
is home every weekend, Margy, 14, and
Chuck, 12, keep things busy at home.
Chas is general manager of the daily
newspaper and printing plant. Newspaper
work provides lots of variety in activities
so he’s very busy.
I’m still kept busy with Chuck’s
rehabilitation program which doesn’t
allow much time for extra commitments.
We enjoyed seeing the Highlanders march
at Homecoming but we missed seeing old
friends.
Jan Gutz Way stopped to see us on her way
to Philadelphia this past fall. They had just
returned from two years in Australia . .
.John teaches Anatomy at Temple
University. I’m not sure about titles but
their address is 321 Conestoga Road.
Wayne, Pa. 19087
MICK FAGAN (Mrs. Francis Conway,
Drums & Dancer, 1953-56) 207 State Street,
Emmetsburg, Iowa 50536
“We are kept busy with our children’s
many activities - Sara 12, Susan 11, and
Mark 10 years old, and various community
projects,” writes Mick. “My husband, a
general practitioner, is very interested in
flying, and we have adopted it as a family
sport. We now have a new Piper Cherokee
Six, which holds all of us, so we spend lots
of time flying.”
Come fly our way! We’d love seeing you
any time.
KATHLEEN L. GOBIDAS (Drums, 1963-
65; 1966-67) c-o C.L. Gobidas, 635 37th
Street, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402
Kathleen is Executive Secretary and
Research Assistant for an Investment firm
in Boston. She writes: “ I can’t tell you how
many times I have thought of the
Highlanders with such great memories.
The experience is one I shall cherish for
the rest of my life.”
Again, we hear from one of our mighty
loyal and dear Alums. Thanks a million,
Kathleen, for remembering us, and do
come back to visit one day.
ELIZABETH GOELDNER (Mrs. Ronald
G. Whiting, Drums, 1961-65 ) 8543 Holmes,
Apt. 121, Kansas City, Missouri 64131
“ I’m a school counselor at Shawnee
Mission East High School in Kansas. Ron
is an attorney with the U.S. Labor
Department’s regional offices in Kansas
City. Last year Ron was at the main office
in Washington, D.C. and we enjoyed every
minute of living on the East coast. We took
full advantage of Washington, the
surrounding area and New York.
Washington in the spring is especially
beautiful, particularly when shared with
our many new friends.”
JANE LUND (Mrs. William Wingate
Cummings, Bagpipes, 1962-64) 1141 South
Birch, No. 401, Denver, Colorado 80222
Jane is a Caseworker with the Denver
Department of Welfare, and her husband
is a salesman with Faberge in the states of
Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, and Colorado.
1969-70. ACTIVITIES
This has been a very rich, and exciting
year for Highlander appearances! We
began the fall with an unforgettable trip
(?) to Richard-Gebaur Air Force Base,
Missouri (near Kansas City) to perform at
their Big Air Force Show - along with the
ThunderBirds, and other internationally
known talent. The weekend of September
13 & 14,1969, was one BIG way to start out
a new year! Commander James T. Jar­man,
Colonel, USAF, wrote: “The per­formance
of the Scottish Highlanders was
one of the most outstanding features and
highlights of our ‘Operation Handshake
1969’ . The trip there and back was ‘rough’,
literally, as we made it in an old womout
Air Force Base bus - but the fun time is all
that we recall later, and the fact that we
were so well received!
The football games cam along next - wmi
Washington State on September 27, with
our special tribute to Iowa’s Iron Men of
1939. October 4 Iowa played Arizona and at
half time the Highlanders presented the
theme: “Big Ten Warm Up” , playing
‘Cock of the North” , greeting the Iowa
football players as they came on the field
with “When the Saints Come Marching
In” , and playing “Believe Me If All Those
Endearing Young Charms” , actually for
Our Iowa Alums - better known as “Old
Gold”
Many of you may have been here for
Homecoming, October 25th, when the
Highlanders made a ‘tour of the British
Isles’. This, too, was reported to be a fine
show’.
The weekend of November 7-9, found us on
our way to perform at the Iowa-Indiana
game. We stayed overnight at Holiday Inn
in Indianapolis, both coming and going!
We traveled by bus, and as always, found
the University of Iowa bus drivers com­petent,
and helpful en route. This out-of-state
trip is always looked forward to with
great excitement and pleasure. We often
meet Alums on such trips as well, and saw
with her husband as we were leaving
the field that Saturday.
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade per­formance
was probably the highlight of the
year. We had been invited late in the
summer, but it was only with GREAT
effort, and mostly on the part of the girls
themselves that we were able to accept the
trip. Without financial support, it was
necessary to go out and ‘beg’ from door to
door, and business to business - and we
found our many friends generous and
cooperative, so on November 26 we flew
Ozark from Cedar Rapids to New York,
stayed at the Penn-Garden Hotel and were
thrilled over the wonderful time everyone
had in the Big City.
It goes without saying that our television
exposure has been greatly received, at
football games and the Macy’s Parade,
and every active member is forever
grateful for this year’s opportunity to be
recognized as a member of the world-famed
Highlanders!
The Competition Band, made up of some 6
to 8 pipers, a couple of drummers, and
dancers, will be attending the Dunedin
Highland Games, in Dunedin, Florida,
April 16-18, 1970. The Highlanders have
been asked to appear in place of the United
States Air Force Bagpipe Band, which
unfortunately has been “ to costly to pay
the piper” . It seems the Air Force is
abolishing four other field bands and 60,000
military positions.” The Dunedin Games
wanted our full Band, but again, financial
difficulties make it impossible for us to
take more than our small number of
members. However, it is hoped that they
will be well received, and we know the trip
will be an enjoyable one.
Again, our sister-school at Ames, Iowa,
has invited us to come for VIESHEA DAY,
May 3rd. It still remains uncertain if we
will be able to raise enough money to take
this trip - even the few hundred miles north
to Ames.
During March there have been several
civic appearances made by the
Highlanders. For instance: at the K-Mart
Style Show on a Saturday afternoon,
March 14th. That same evening girls
danced the Irish Jig, accompanied by
pipers, at the American Legion Floor Show
celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. Both the
Children’s and Psychopathic Hospital
patients have been entertained by the
dancers, pipers and drummers in small
groups.
Some 20 girls, dressed in uniform, gave
our brilliant basketball team a big sendoff
to the NCAA Tournament, at the big rally
at the Iowa City Airport before their plane
took off for Ohio. Along with daily classes
and studying it isn’t easy to accept the
many invitations of townspeople
throughout the year, but we attempt to do
as many as possible. These folk, in turn,
are very generous and thoughtful to us as
well when we are out asking for donations
towards trips - such as the Macy’s Parade
last Thanksgiving Day. So we reciprocate
whenever we can.
ANNUAL HIGHLANDERS INITIATION
BANQUET
Sunday evening, March 15th, found 100
people assembled in the Iowa Memorial
Union Ballroom, attending the lovely
initiation banquet for the year 1969-70. The
BUI o’ Fare was made up of some Scottish
bits, such as rice Pitcaithly, Angus sauce,
Glasgow Stovies & Chives, Dundee peas,
tossed greens frae Hielan’ glens, brose and
butter, choice of Bannock, and top o’ the
mountain w’ flan, and Edinburg tea, along
with chicken breast! Guests included Mr.
Kottner, Director of the Union, and his
wife, the Associate Director, Mr. Dalton
and his wife, Allin Dakin, Administrative
Dean of the University, Mrs. Earl E.
Harper, widow of the late Director of the
Union and close father-friend of the
Highlanders from 1955-66, Colonel and
Mrs. Brooks T. Booker, once head of
R.O.T.C. here, and now Director of Con­ferences
and Institutes in the Union, Bob
Steenrod, the P.A. Announcer for all
football games last fall as well as the out of
state Big Ten game at Bloomington, *
Indiana, with Kathy Monahan, Drum
Major, moderator for the evening.
The decoration committee outdid them­selves
with beautiful programs made of
tartan cloth, decorated on the outside with
appropriate design of thistles, dancers,
pipers, and drummers, and given to the
right girl - a dancer, piper or drummer.
Heather, both purple and white, sent to us
from the Whyte gardens in Bellevue,
Washington, was placed about the tables,
some of it tied with lavendar ribbon as
corsages for the newly initiated. Feather
bonnets with their red hackles were center
pieces for the individual tables throughout
the room, and Highlander dolls were used
on the main speakers table, along with
colorful plaids and tartans. Scottish
posters decorated the room. A center stage
was draped in tartan, for initiation
ceremonies, when some 33 girls received
the distinction of being made a member of
the Order of the Garter. The Skit, always
put on by those to be initiated, was cleverly
planned as usual, the Chorus sang ap- *
propriate numbers, awards were given to
lead members, along with the usual four-year
certificates given out by the alternate
Drum Major, and Kathy, Drum Major, to
the following seniors: Gwen Chuck, Betsy
Cutler, Nancy Bergert, Debbie Hanson,
Rachel Haverkamp, Karen Mohr, Kathy
Monahan, Sue Shea, Linda Veenker, Sue
Kuntz, Sharon Murphy, and Joanne
Walton. Since this was toe final banquet
John Stewart, Assistant Director for 5
years, would attend, a fun, but touching
ceremony was given in his honor - with
speeches, clever and sincere, and
demonstrations indicating the Band’s
admiration for all that he had done for
them since he came in 1965 as Assistant to
Bill Adamson.
The usual beautiful red roses were
presented to Nadine, secretary, and the
other awards to lead drummers, dancer,
pipers, and choral director. As mentioned
in another part of this letter, the second-semester
award for the Adamson- *
Highlander Scholarship was given to
Kathy Monahan. This is well deserved, as
very few girls have given so much as our
Drum Major of the past two years.
If it is possible, the Banquets get better
and better!!! *
ADAMSON-HIGHLANDER
SHIPS
SCHOLAR-Due
to an increase in the tuition fees this
past year, we have found it diffiuclt to give
as many awards as we would like to do!
However, the first semester of 1969-70, we *
gave $150 each to the following girls:
Margaret Hamilton, and Judy Wierenga.
Margaret is a piper, and our choral
director. She comes from Council Bluffs,
Iowa, and is a Junior Music Major. This
year she is in the University Symphony ♦
Band as well as Highlanders, and is an
Advisor in her dorm - Carrie Stanley Hall.
Judy is in Nursing, her sophomore year.
Her parents live in Tustin, California, and
HIGHLANDER NEWSLETTER
she has been a dancer with us for nearly
two years. She sings very well, and has
contributed equally in her talents.
It has been our custom for the last couple
of years to give the scholarships) for the
second semester, as a surprise-award at
the Annual Initiation Banquet.
Our Drum Major, Kathy Monahan, was
awarded $200 as the second semester
recipient of the scholarship. Everyone was
especially delighted that she received it,
for no one is more deserving. There is
hopes that next year we can give out more,
but it is necessary to build up our Fund
before more than one girl can be awarded
this honor. Again thanks to our loyal
Alums for supporting this part of our
* organization.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS
Perhaps one of the most interesting bits of
news for those who were in Highlanders
under Director Alan G. McIvor, 1966-68, is
his marriage to Marilyn Ramsey which
took place at the Macalester Plymouth
United Church, Saint Paul, Minnesota,
October 4, 1969. “Al” , as we affectionatly
called him, is Associate Director in the
Office of Admissions at Macalester
College.
An announcement came in late spring,
1969, announcing the marriage of Winter
Ellen Taylor, Bagpiper 1962-1964, to Mr.
Robert Owen Stephenson on May 17 at the
Highlawn Presbyterian Church in Hun­tington,
West Virginia. Winter-Ellen came
from Chesapeake, Ohio, to become a
member of our Band.
On August 10,1969, Lorraine Carol Miller,
1956-58 Bagpiper, was married to Mr. Soon
Ho Song at the Seoul Union Church, 194
TnSa Dong, Chong Ro Ku, Seoul, Korea.
Susan Beth Parry, loyal Highlander piper
1966-1969, was married to Mr. Gary David
Gordon at the Westminster Presbyterian
Church in Decatur, Illinois, September,
1969. We are happy to have this couple
continue to live in Iowa City, Gary is a
senior in the University, Sue is employed
as an intern-pharmacist at Osco Drug
Company.
Phyllis Thudium, drummer 1967-69,
married Rex Nelson McKee this fall. Her
husband is a senior in the College of
Pharmacy, and Phyllis is a junior in
Pharmacy. Their temporary address
while in Iowa City is 129 Stadium Park,
Iowa City.
Barbara Higgins, 1965-1968 Drummer, also
was married in 1969 and is now Mrs. David
Dahlheimer, 248 Crestview Avenue,
Waterloo, Iowa 50701.
Our Drum Major of 1967-68, Barbara
Brewer Sheplee wrote the Highlanders the
following note of congratulation in
November, 1969: “You all most certainly
deserve a pat on the back. Both the
Homecoming and Indiana TV per­formances
were great. I enjoyed seeing
you all so much at Homecoming. Keep up
the good work. If you’re ever close to
Minneapolis, do give us a call at New
Prague, 100 2nd Street, S.E.”
A very tragic note tells of the brief illness
and sudden death of a Bass and Snare
drummer in 1947-51, Edith Slavata
Fransen Grill, September 8, 1969 and a
most loyal Alum. Our sympathy to her
family. Edith was a physical education
teacher at South East Junior High. She has
a son, James, and daughter Susan, as well
as her Mother, and Highlander sister -
Jean Slavata Costa, and and husband, of
"only 4 months, who survive.
Donna Hartjen wrote a brief note that she
is teaching an emotionally disturbed
children’s class and going to graduate
school at Mount Prospect, Illinois, 1212 A
Boxwood Drive, 60056. She, too, enjoys
getting the Newsletter.
Mrs. Firzlaff, (mother of our dear
Eleanor, 1958-60 drummer & dancer, who
was killed in an auto accident in 1962,) sent
financial aid to us for the Macy’s Parade
• Trip and she wrote, in part: “We were in
Scotland a year ago and it brought back
fond memories. George Douglas from
Elgin, whom I know has been a host to
many Highlanders, came down to Edin­burgh
when he knew we were going to be
there and insisted we go up to their home.
We certainly enjoyed the two days spent
with them.”
Janet Gutz Way wrote at Christmas time:
“We’ve come up from under” (They were
in Australia for a couple of years, you
know), “ John is at Temple and we’ve
bought a home in Wayne -15 miles out of
Philadelphia. Our two years in Australia
and a beautiful trip home are cherished
memories of all our family . . .Hope you’ve
had a good year. We saw the Highlanders
on TV this fall - it brought pride and tears -
for we miss Iowa City.” And how very
much we miss you, Janet. Do come back
one day.
Speaking of Australia: A very dear, old
friend of ours always sends beautiful
Christmas cards and greeting to the
Highlanders: “ I hope this card finds you
all well and happy. The best of wishes to
the girls of the Band” Willaim Darwin,
‘Balmoral’ , 30 Monash Street, Ascot Vale,
Victoria, 3032, Australia. He will be
remembered by the 1960 Foreign Trip
personnel as the kindly gentleman who
came by bus with us on the tour of many
Scottish cities. In the 1930’s, he, too, had an
all-girts bagpipe band which went around
the world, played for the King and Queen,
and was world renowned! Then, in 1960, he
took the Iowa Band to his heart, and has
forever been generous and thoughtful in
his remembrances.
A 1969 Newsletter was sent to the widow of
a former male Highlander, Robert
LaBarre, because it contaned pictures of
the 1937 Highlanders. She is now Mrs.
Donald C. Ferris, 804 S. Jones Street,
Algona, Iowa 50511, and wrote: “ Enjoyed
the Newsletter of the Highlanders
especially so as may late husband’s pic­ture
was in it. Would it be possible for you
to send me three more to send to the
children& Also, names of the members
that year as I’ve forgotten so many of
them. Always wanted the girls to go to
Iowa to try out for the Highlanders but
they both graduated from Iowa State - Sue
in 1961, and Chr. in 1963. Brian is attending
Winona State in Minnesota.” Pictures
were sent to Mrs. Ferris in November, and
we hope she could recall the names as she
compared them with the pictures!
Bill Adamson and Mary Lee, Wynding
Hills Road, East Granby, Connecticut
06026 wrote us too late for the last
Newsletter, so the belated note is used
here!! “We think Connecticut is great but
find that it a long way back to Iowa. And
we particularly miss the football games.
Vacations are usually spent camping and
backpacking in Vermont, New Hampshire,
or Maine. The boy, Billy, who will be 1U
July 25th, and Gary, only two years
younger, are good mountain climbers and
each carries his own pack.” You may
recall that the Adamsons’ oldest son, Bill,
is Senior Sales Engineer with Hamilton
Standard, a division of United Aircraft
Corporation. They have been in Con­necticut
over 8 years now.
Mrs. George F.N. Dailey, wife of Colonel
Dailey, who is the man who really ‘gave
birth’ to the Highlanders in 1935, has
written us very gracious and heart­warming
letters recently. November 12th
she said: “Congratulations for the victory
at Indiana and especially I am sure the
Band and Highlanders added a great deal
with fine performances from both
organizations . . .Everything about SUI is
very dear to my heart. There are so many
happy and interesting things and days to
recall, some of them amusing. I remember
telling Col. Dailey that those midwestern
boys were not going to want to wear
‘skirts’ (kilts) and he said, ‘you just don’t
know boys’ . I realized that when I saw
those first five ‘swish’ around in their kilts,
the Colonel was right! We never went on
any trips to Europe, but I chaperoned the
Highlanders when they went to New York
World’s Fair, West Point, and Washington,
D.C. and that was something to remem­ber.
What they called me at Iowa I don’t
know but I heard that at the University of
Illinois they called me ‘Ma Dailey’ ! . .
.Greet the Clan for me and tell them to
play ‘A Hundred Pipers’ and others of
those much beloved Scottish songs ‘in
memory’ . I just have to tellyou of the
feeling of pride I had when I watched the
Highlanders perform on TV. They were
beautiful and seemed to be enjoying
themselves so very much. I am sure
Colonel Dailey would have thrilled to
watch them. Everything is spirit-lifting
about the whole performance - those
valiant young football players are such a
credit, too, to the University. Again I
recall when we first went to Iowa City . .
.those were the days. Five years was quite
a long time for Service people to spend in
one place. Colonel Dailey did not want to
go there in the first place as he was due for
the War College, but General McArthur
and he had sat at the same table at West
Point and he was a friend of the President
at Iowa (Mr. Gilmore) so McArthur
persuaded the Colonel to go to Iowa.
Altogether ‘we’ were at four universities
as Commandant of Cadets - Illinois,
Vermont, LSU, and Iowa - Iowa was the
school most important to us. With warm
regards and best wishes for further suc­cess
- Josephine Dailey, 3375 Highland
Drive, Carlsbad, California 92008.
It must be that many of the male members
who read these loving words from Mrs.
Dailey will want to send her a line. It is
quite evident that she would greatly ap­preciate
letters of ‘remembering’. It
certainly is a thrill to hear so glowingly
from Colonel George F.N. Dailey’s widow.
Thank you sincerely, our First Lady!
ANNUAL HOMECOMING COFFEE
Saturday, October 17, 1970, will be
HOMECOMING, and we will expect to see
a large crowd at our Coffee, to be held in
the Old Gold Room, Iowa Memorial Union,
from 10 to 11:30 a.m. before the big game.
Come one, come all, to see your old friends
once again!! IOWA plays PURDUE!
There should be big halftime and pre­game
shows by both the Hawkeye Marchi­ng
Band and your HIGHLANDERS.
A NIGHT IN THE HIGHLANDS (with
decorations depicting a Scottish Castle)
This year’s dinner and program given by
the active Highlanders is to be held on
April 10th, in the Ballroom of the Iowa
Memorial Union, and there will be another
exciting bit of entertainment, given by the
entire Band, in the form of piping, dancing
and singing. What great fun it would be 5
many of you can come! The tickets are
$4.00 per person, and it is possible to buy
them through the Ticket Office, Iowa
Memorial Union, but only until April 7th.
Last year over 250 attended, so we are
hopeful to have a crowd of 300 at least, this
year.
1970 OUT-OF-STATE HIGHLANDERS
TRIP
As of this writing, decisions have not been
made completely. The Marching Band
goes to Minnesota on October 31. We were
there as recently as 1966. The only other
two big Ten Games will be at Michigan
State, East Lansing on October 24, and
Michigan at Ann Arbor on November 14.
Most likely, we’ll choose the early date,
October 24th at East Lansing. See you
there, you Alums in Michigan????
JOHN STEWART, 1720 Iris Lane, Billings,
Montana 59102 (temporary address at
home)
Dear Scottish Highlanders: Well, another
Highlander year is drawing to a close and
with it, finally, my career at Iowa. I came
as Assistant Director to the late Bill
Adamson and abruptly became Director at
the age of 18. Then AI Mclvor came and I
resumed the Assistant’s position. AI left
and Fred came. I changed positions back.
Then Fred got a threatening letter from
the Draft Board and I again became
Director. Fred returned, and I again
resumed the assistantship. During my five
years I have been promoted and demoted
as many times, all the while fulfilling the
duties of both jobs. I believe I have seen
the girls’ enthusiasm mount and the
competition become more keen to the point
that now the University should not have
any reason to deny them University credit
for the great amount of time and very
great service they perform for the State of
Iowa. After 6 years of putting up with the
University and a 40 hour work week for
half time wages, I have amassed enough
hours to finally, reasonably see a proposed
graduation date of this summer with a
double degree in L.A. & Engineering (B.A.
& B.S.C.E.) I am really quite happy to
leave. Iowa U. is a great place to be from,
but in my opinion, being a lifelong native of
the mountains, Iowa is a great place to be
far from. I have received untold hours of
experience in feminine intuition, red tape
cutting and stabbing Public Relations and
Personnel and budgeting which will be
invaluable in the future. But the most
outstanding thing I have learned is that to
enjoy oneself in Europe, go only with one
girl, not 89. The headaches of being the
only eligible college male working and
escorting 150 coeds are enough to drive
any person insane if he ever attempts to
try to understand that inborn mystic,
femme logic. Hugh Hefner can have it. My
Harem will be! With the outstanding
Alumni’s support of this organization, and
spirit of its members, the Highlanders
should go a long way, and do credit to itself
and the State in the traditions set down by
Bill Adamson. Taking orders from the
Army Drill Sergeant this summer will be a
complete role reversal for me, but after
that I am looking forward to taking my job
in industry and working for superiors who
know something about the duties of the
tasks they assign me. When work is done
well and new ideas come to light
professionally, I will give credit where
credit is due. Good Luck, John.”
The above letter is a bit difficult to accept -
because we do NOT want to lose John. He
has been terrific in his patience and en­durance,
and in giving of his talents to the
Highlanders. There will always be fond
memories, and it will be difficult ever to
replace him. God Speed, and Bon Accord,
John!
Office Of The Scottish Highlanders
The University Of Iowa
Iowa Memorial Union
Iowa City, Iowa 52240