Scottish Highlander newsletter, 1976-1977

              HIGHLANDER
76-77
Dear Highlander Alums,
It seems like we just ended
the 1976-7 school year and the
1977-78 year is already upon us.
I would like to take this time to
tell you a little bit about last
year and some of our plans for
the coming year.
This past year was very ex­citing
for me as a new director
and for the group with all of the
activities and special events
both old and new th a t we
participated in.
The football season was very
successful, the shows were en­tertaining
and were very well
received. We also took an away
trip to Madison, Wisconsin and
everyone seemed to have a 1
very good time, including Mr.
& Mrs. Frank Piersol who went
along as our guests.
We then spent the rest of the
year preparing for the spring
concert, seminar, and Tartan
Ball held in conjunction with
the concert. The seminar and
Tartan Ball was a new event
for us, the University and the
surrounding area. We were
able to bring to Iowa City a
piper and a drummer from
Vancouver, British Columbia
and a dancer from Kansas Ci­ty,
Missouri as well as a tenor
drummer, entertainer from
Chicago-all of whom are cham­pions
in their respective areas.
They stayed for three days; the
first two days were spent giv­ing
intensive instruction to our
group and others who were in­terested
in learning and on
Saturday they were featured
guests on the spring concert.
The events were topped off
with a Tartan Ball held Satur­day
night at the Ironmen Inn.
The Ball was complete with
dinner, haggis, toasts, dancing,
playing, story telling and a
“small” measure of drinking.
We had over 225 people for the
Ball. All in all the three days
were a complete success and
thanks to the many donations
from you and friends we were
able to provide everything to
the Highlanders at no charge.
We were pleased enough with
the results to continue it next
year and hopefully make it an
annual event. The dates for
next year’s seminar, concert,
& Tartan Ball are April 20, 21,
& 22.
This next year promises to
be even busier and better than
la s t . We have sev en home
games and our away trip ten­t
a t iv e ly p la n n e d fo r th e
Mic.higan-Iowa game in Ann
Arbor, Michigan on October 29,
1977. We also plan to make as
many competitions as possible,
the first one this coming year
to be September 3 in Kansas
City.
The administrative and in­structor
personnel will be the
same so we should be old hands
at making things work and
with the ad d it ion of J ean
Slavata Costa as secretary last
year the office is running very
sm o o th ly . So u n l e s s th e
University of Iowa folds we
will be around being as active
as possible.
Thank you again for your
support both financially and
with your presence and letters.
It is because of you that we can
c o n t in u e s c h o la r sh ip and
travel funds and initiate new
programs like the seminar.
Sincerely,
Michael A. Pierce
Director-1976-77
The 1976-77 season was one of
great activity for the Scottish
Highlanders. The group main­tained
its traditional high level
of performance during the foot-b
a l l s e a s o n u n d e r th e
leadership of its new director,
Mickey Pier ce and his fine
staff.
The inauguration of the April
weekend of clinics and instruc-t
io n c u l im in a t in g in th e
H ig h la n d e r 's c o n c e r t and
Tartan Ball was an outstanding
success. It is our hope to build
upon this beginning and make
this annual event one of the
highlights of the entire year.
We are so fortunate to have
b e e n a b le to s e c u r e th e
services of Jean Costa to follow
in Nadine Thornton's footsteps
as secretary to the Highlan­d
ers. Her exp e r ien c e as a
former member of the group
p lu s h e r c o n t a g io u s e n ­th
u s ia sm for the program
make her a most valuable addi­tion
to the staff.
The staff next year is headed
by Director Mickey Pierce as­sisted
by Craig Hazelbaker,
p ip e in s tr u c to r and Todd
Snyder, drum instructor.
My congratulations for the
good work in 1977 and the best
of luck for 1978!
Sincerely,
Frank Piersol
Director, University Bands
Dear Highlander Friends,
Now that I have spent one
year as Highlander secretary I
can say that the job is the most
rewarding, busiest, most hec­tic
(sometimes), and like no
other job I've ever had. I am
secretary, chaperone, confi­d
a n t , b u s in e s s m a n a g e r ,
s eam s tr e s s , nurse and you
name it—if I can, I do. For
every headache there has been
a reward. I will say the job
keeps me young and I do love
it. It has brought back many
happy memories with a group
th a t th e r e is no l ik e s of
anywhere. To be an alum of
this group let alone a secretary
make me very proud.
I would like to take this op­portunity
to tell all you alums
out there, far and near, that
you are SUPER! and we do ap­preciate
and thank you for your
support. If you are in Iowa City
please stop by our office in the
Activities Center of the Iowa
Memorial Union any afternoon
Monday thru Friday between
12:30 to 4:30 P.M. and visit.
One of the things I like best
about my job is visiting with
people. For those of you that
w a n t to c a t c h up oji my
personal life see my note in the
1949-52 column.
My best to all,
Jean Slavata Costa
N A D IN E T H O R N T O N
(Secretary, 1954-1976), Mrs.
H.J. Thornton, 417 Ferson
Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa 52240
“It was a thrill to be back with
the Band-following a second re-tirement-
in time to go on the
1976 European Trip from May
16 to June 23! The personnel
was a bit different than past
trips, in that we had Lads as
w e l l a s L a s s ie s , an d we
t r a v e l l e d w i th o n ly on e
busload. But it proved to be a
very closely knit group, and I
loved every minute of it. Then,
I felt so good to be able to turn
over the office to Jean Costa, a
d e a r fr ie n d and Alum of
Highlanders, in the late sum­mer
of 1976. Of course, I've
been able to spend a lot of time
with my California Family,
and escaped the severe cold
Iowa winter. I’m told, getting
back to Iowa in April-just in
time for the exciting Highland
Arts Seminar and Tartan Ball.
As always, there is much ac­tivity
here in the beloved cam­pus
city. Many times, though.
I've wished there were “two of
m e" so that I could be in
California and Iowa City at the
same time! But I shall never
forget YOU ALL. I'm sure you
know every single one will be
forever very close and dear to
my h e a r t . Bon A c c o r d ! !
Nadine."
RICHARD T. FEDDERSEN
(1936-40 pipes), R.D. 1, North
Liberty, la. 52317
Dick is an in v e s to r - fa rm
management. He and wife,
Ann. have a son. Richard, who
is a medical student at Univ. of
Iowa and a daughter. Nancy
Ann, who is a s tu d en t at
Colorado State Univ.
D R . G .F . F IE S E L M A N
(1936-40 pipes), 1220-4th Ave.
W, Spencer, Iowa 51301.
George and wife, Ruth, have a
son , J oh n , in P u lm o n a r y
Medicine Fellowship and a
d augh te r, J an e M illeman,
w h o se h usb an d, Leo. is a
Urology resident (both in Iowa
City). George is in his third
y e a r on the Board of the
University of Iowa Foundation.
He gets much enjoyment from
t h e f o o t b a l l g a m e
performances of the Highlan­ders.
MARTIN GERBER (1937-41
drums), 3059 The Alameda,
Concord. Calif. 94520
Marty and his wife, Mary, have
five children all grown and liv­ing
nearby them in the Bay
Area (Marty says “won't tell
their ages-that is revealing!").
Marty is an Enviromentalist in
and near the city of Berkeley.
Marty writes, “Many years
ago-(here I go again) three of
us prior to a football game
(1939) wrote a street beat-still
doing it? We had some great
times-beautiful guys & gals
(when we behaved)”. We are
not using the Gerber street
beat today but I remember it
Marty 'cause we used it when I
was in the group. Come on out
and visit us sometime.
KARL F. BECK ( 1937-38
pipes), 2890 Pleasant Ridge
Ct., Bettendorf, Iowa 52722.
Karl and wife, Corene, have a
son, Timothy. Karl is an Inv.
Agent Specialist USARMCOM.
Karl writes, “I was one of the
first six pipers in the original
Highlanders. Believe me we
thrilled our listeners with our
music...I see all home games.”
D R . H . P A R K E R
NICKOLISEN (1938-42 pipes),
614 Frances BIdg., Sioux City,
Iowa 51101.
Dr. N ic k o l i s e n and w i fe ,
Norma, have one daughter,
Beth, and two sons, Bill & Bob.
Dr. N ic k o l is e n is an o ra l
su r g eo n . B e th N ic k o l is e n
Yoder w a s a p ip e r in the
Highlanders in 1964-65.
E U G E N E F . C H A L L E D.
(1939-41) snare drum, 3517
Cheyene BIdg., Sioux City,
Iowa 51104.
E u g en e is a p h a rm a c is t ,
working as a Medical Service
Representative for Ciba-Geigy
Corporation. He and wife,
P r isc illa , have a daughter,
Cynthia Wright, age 23 and
th e i r so n , W i l l iam , who
graduated from U. of Iowa in
1970 was killed while serving in
the Peace Corps in Iran.
W IL L IAM RAY Y A T E S
(1939-40 pipes), 9030 Western
Road, Bon Air, Virginia 23235.
William is a Deputy Commis­sioner
with the Virginia In­dustrial
Commission. “ This
judicial in nature and on a level
of the Iowa District Courts - I
hear and d ecid e con te s ted
cases involving on the job in-j
u r i e s . ” He a n d w i f e ,
Charlotte, have three children:
Bryan (23) is a student at Univ.
of Virginia; David (20) is a
student at Lynchburg, Virginia
College; and Steven (12) is a
7th g rad e r . His w i fe is a
librarian in a private school.
JAMES SLATER (1 9 3 9 - 4 2
s n a r e d r u m ) & GW E N
B U ST E R ( 1 9 4 3 - 4 7 s n a r e
d rum), Dr. & Mrs. J am e s
Slater, 855 W. Foothill, Ar­cadia,
Calif. 91006.
Gwen writes, “Our oldest son,
Jim (29) and his wife are both
e lem en ta r y te a ch e r s . Our
daughter, Robin (26), works as
a s p e e c h a i d in t h e
R e h a b i l i t a t io n U n it o f a
hospital and is completing an
M .S . a n d C e r t i f i c a t i o n
program in Speech Pathology.
Our youngest son is turning 18
and looking for work. I ’m
teaching first grade and lear­ning
Spanish. Jim has limited
his practice to Gyn, bowls, and
attends medical seminars.”
MARY LIZ GILLEN (1939-41 &
1946-48 snare drum & dancer),
Mrs. Robert J. Raim, 8716 E.
L a n c a s te r Road, T u c son ,
Arizona 85715.
Mary Liz is working as a clerk
in a local Junior High School
and has been attending the
Univ. of Arizona and w ill
r e c e iv e h e r t e a c h e r c e r ­tification
in June, 1977. Her
husband is a Certified Property
Manager-manages the Tucson
House. They have 4 children:
Jeffrey (22); Timothy (20);
Terence (19); and Kathleen
(16). Mary Liz says, “Would
love to see any ex-Highlanders
who come this way - and show
them the ‘Wild West’.
DR. F. BENJAMIN MERRITT
(1938-41 pipes), 2315 Simpson
St.. Dubuque. Iowa 52201.
Ben is a pediatrician and he
and his wife, Jacqueline, have
6 children: Catherine (27);
Stephen (26); William (25);
Elizabeth (23); Christopher
(22) ; and Amy (8).
RICHARD C. PARK (1941-42
drums), 614 Main, Victor, Iowa
52347.
Richard writes, “When you
were a member of the all male
Highlanders you should qualify
as an ‘old timer’ Alumni mem­ber.
It was and is a great
organization.”
C. DAVID CORNELL (1941-42
pipes), 638 Faculty Ct., Spring­field,
Ohio 45504.
David is Vice-President, Wit­tenberg
University, in Spring­field.
He has been at Witten-b
e r g U n i v . f o r o v e r a
year-after 4 years as Vice-
Pres. at Davidson College in
North Carolina. “It’s good to
be back where ‘Yankees’ are
appreciated! ”, he says. He has
4 children: Barbara (2 7 );
Bruce (24); Philip (18); and
Stewart (15).
M A R G A R E T B U R D IC K
(1942-44 p ip e s ) , Mrs. Owen
M o r g a n , 1 4 0 5 - 1 3 th S t . ,
Coralville, Iowa 52241.
Margaret is office coordinator
in the Anatomy Dept, at the
Univ. of Iowa. She has two
children: Chuck (27) and Mel
(25). Margaret writes; “At age
52, I remarried at Christmas
time 1976 after being alone for
10 years. I have a home again
and love my new life with
Owen who also works at Univ.
in the Business Office. We
never miss an Iowa football
game and always so proud of
the Highlanders.”
JOHN A. L IN K L E T T ER
(1942-43 pipes), 18 Park Ave.,
Old Greenwich, Conn. 06870.
John is Editor of Popular
Mechanics Magazine and his
wife, Joan, is school nurse in
S t am f o r d . T h e y h a v e 3
children: Gayle (25); Scott
(21); and John (18).
MAUREEN HARTER (1943
M a jo r e t te ), Mrs. Maureen
Soliday, 1133-16th St., Des
Moines, Iowa 50265.
Maureen is Executive Director
for Iowa Special Olympics, Inc.
and S a le s A s s o c ia te -N e i l
Adamson Gallery of Homes.
Maureen has 13 children: Jeff
(27); Karen (26); Melissa (25);
Heidi (23); Amanda (21); Jay
(19); Joel (18); Rebecca (16);
Sarah (15); Jon (14); Jerry
(13); Joshil (11); Jason (9).
“All of my children have atten-d
ed Iow a an d tw o h a v e
graduated from the University.
At present, Amanda is a senior
and Jay is a sophomore. I. too,
enjoy reading of the activities
of old friends from my Highlan­der
days” , writes Maureen.
ELEANOR NISSEN (1943-44 &
1945-47 pipes), Mrs. Robert T.
Bell, 1548 Melbrook Dr., Mun­ster,
Indiana 46321.
Eleanor and husband. Bob.
have 2 children: Bill (25) and
Kathy (23). Her husband is a
supervisor at the American Oil
Refinery in Whiting, Indiana.
Eleanor writes; “Most things
r em a in th e s am e h e r e .
Daughter Kathy graduated
with a d eg r e e in P h y s ic a l
Therapy and is working as a
therapist in a hospital in In­dianapolis.
Son Bill is still at
Univ. of Madison working
toward Ph.D. Have gone on
two business trips with my
husband this year - to San
Diego last fall and just got
back from Atlanta, Georgia
with a side trip to visit my
sister in Florida. This fall I met
a gal at an Alpha Xi alum
m e eting who said she was
taking bagpipe lessons. We in­tend
to get together soon and
see if I can still play the in­strument.
She said she could
order a set of pipes for me and
I may just get them. I keep
busy teaching piano and with
various organizations I belong
to plus some bridge groups."
WILLIE SEEMUTH <1943-44
dancer & drums), Mrs. Willie
Gutknecht, 6125 E. Indian
School Road, No. 291, Scott
sdale, Arizona 85251.
Willie enjoys working in a busy
re so rt hotel s e llin g unique
Boutique items. Her son, Jack
(29), is an ordained Pastor,
presently in Bisbee, Arizona.
Her daughter, Judy (28), son-in-
law Jim and grandson Ryan
( 2 y r s . ) n ow l i v e in
Sacramento, Calif, where Jim
attends law school. They all
r e tu r n to S c o t t s d a l e fo r
frequent visits. Willie always
enjoys receiving Highlander
news.
MARSENA NELSON (1943-47
s n a r e d r u m ) , M r s . J .G .
Gerlach, 8330 Crestwood Ave.,
Munster, Indiana 46321.
Marsena s husband, Guil, is a
C h em ic a l E n g in e e r w ith
Am o c o O il. T h ey h a v e a
daughter, Lynn (23), who. is
working on her Masters in
Audiolbgy at Purdue. Marsena
& Guil were at the Ohio State
game last fall and enjoyed see­ing
the Highlanders. In June of
1977 the Gerlachs pulled up
stakes, sold their house, and
moved to Tehran, Iran for
t h r e e y e a r s (G u i l w a s
t r a n s f e r r e d from Amoco
Production to Amoco Overseas
International and will be work­ing
down on Kharq Island in
the Gulf of Iran).
M A RG ER Y McDONALD
(1944- 48) Snare and Tenor
Dr um) Mr s . C h a s . W.
McKinley, 200 Indian Rock Dr.,
Brownsville, Pa. 15417.
Just finished proof reading the
Highlander letter. I'm im­p
res sed with the advanced
degrees and the extent of world
travel done by the younger
alums. It s wonderful!!
Chas. publishes a small daily
newspaper (8,000) plus many
other publications. This and
lots of meetings and conven­tions
keep us very busy.
Our children are all away
from home. Karen (28) was
married this summer and lives
in Chesapeake, Va., Laura (26)
lives in Norfolk, Va., Leslie
(23) is working in Iowa City,
(She doesn't want to leave),
Ma rg y (21) a t ten d s Ohio
University and Chuck (20) is at
Devereux in Philadelphia
At a recent UPI meeting in
Puerto Rico, we met Marge
MacDonald, the vice chairman
of the Scottish Nationalist
Party.
She spoke very confidently
about Scotland as an indepen­dent
nation in the not too dis­tant
future.
B e t t e r p r a c t i c e th o s e
bagpipes—another third world
power is about to emerge.
Scotland will deserve to be
piped in.
JOAN CARTER (1945-47 snare
drum), Mrs. David D. Ring,
186 0 M ou n ta in View Dr.,
Tiburon, California 94920.
Jojan is an RN working in a
P e d ia t r ic s o f f ic e and her
husband, David, is an attorney
with his own firm in San Fran­cisco.
They have 3 children:
Deborah (24); David (22); and
Diane (20). Joan says, “Oldest
daughter just married and
te a ch in g sp e c ia l education
class. My son just employed by
IBM following graduation at
U.C. D a v is . My y o u n g e s t
dau gh te r was a bagpiping
member of Prince Charles
Pipe Band in San Francisco.
Traveled to Scotland with Band
in 1973. Now she is studying at
U n i v . o f M a d r id f o r a
semester.”
MARIDEE HILL (1945- 47
snare drum & dancer), Mrs.
George J. H eg s trom , 3603
Oakland, Ames, Iowa 50010.
Maridee’s husband, George, is
an in te rn is t at McFarland
Clinic in Ames. They have 3
children: George III (27);
Morley (24); and Erik (22).
Maridee says she finally was
able to persuade her husband
to travel outside the U.S. so
have hopes of eventually going
to Scotland.
EM EVANS (1945-47 pipes),
Mrs. Charles A. Merulla, 1650
McGowan Blvd. Marion, Iowa
52302.
Em is a Learning Disabilities
teacher in Cedar Rapids Com­munity
Schools which she still
enjoys very much. She com­pleted
her Ed.S. deg re e at
Univ. of Iowa in 1976. Em
writes, “My three boys are
now young men. Jim (19) has
completed high school; the
o th e r two (A n th o n y - 2 5 &
Mike-23) are graduates of the
Univ. of Iowa. Jim is avid coin
collector; Mike races bicycles;
and Anthony is in graduate
school at Iowa (biochemistry).
I am s k i in g , b ik in g , and
generally very happy to have
grown children, work that I en­joy,
and friends who help make
time fly. Do come visit if ever
in Cedar Rapids-Marion area. ”
BARBARA HENDERSON
(1945-48 tenor drum), Mrs.
Jerry Korn, 319 Wolfe St., Alex­andria,
Virginia 22314.
Barbara’s husband, Jerry, is
Editor of Time/Life Books and
Barbara is a librarian. They
have 3 children: Ellen (27);
Maggie Bott (27); and Susan
Kiely (25). Barbara writes:
“Moved to beautiful Scottish
Old Town Alexandria where
pipes are hear at th opening of
new bu s in es ses . A genuine
h o gm an a y at New Y e a r 's
thrilled us. Looking forward to
Scottish Games this July. ”
JANET WAY (1945-48 snare &
tenor drums), Mrs. Janet Way,
321 Conestoga Rd., Wayne,
Pennsylvania 19087.
Janet writes: “I was promot­ed’
last July to chairperson of
the Springfield H.S. Guidance
Dept. Although I don’t enjoy
administrative headaches, de­veloping
a program and put­ting
some ideas to work is ex­citing.
Learning the art of
cross-country skiing was the
challenge of the past winter."
She has five children: Kathleen
(25); Margaret (23); Ben (22);
Steve (17); John (12).
PATRICIA MALLOY (1945-48
pipes), Mrs. Carl A. Bacino,
909 W. Boone, Marshalltown,
Iowa 50158.
P a t an d C a r l h a v e fo u r
children: Maribeth (27); Paul
(21); Carl (16); and Jim (14).
Pat is supervisor & reading
sp e c ia l is t at Marshalltown
Community College and Carl is
a self-employed grocer.
MARGARET MCCASLIN
(1945-49 pipes), Mrs. Charles
M. Schafer, 1314 Cedar River
Dr., Waverly, Iowa 50677.
M a c a n d C h u c k h a v e a
daughter, Hollis Hemingway
(2 3 ) . Chuck is a manufa c­turer’s
representative in the
furniture business and Mac
works at markets with him in
Chicago, D a lla s , and Min­neapolis.
Mac writes: “We just
returned from visiting our 1970
ex ch a n g e s tu d en t and her
family in Brazil. We were in
Rio for Carnival at their apart­ment
on Copacabana beach.
Seeing the Samba done by 12
groups performing from 7 P.M.
until 1 P.M. the following day
made me think of our stamina
in Highlanders during long
parades.”
BOBBIE GINTER (1945-49
drums & dancer), Mrs. Jack
Huston, 356 Alicia Way, Los
Altos, Calif. 94022.
Bobbie’s husband, Jack, is a
menswear retailer and Bobbie
works in the business with him.
T h e y h a v e 2 d a u g h t e r s :
Maridee (21) and Robin (19).
Bobbie says: “Jack and I can­not
be counted as members of
today’s mobile society. We’re
in the same business we star­ted
27 years ago, in the same
community and, even in the
same house for 21 years. The
business has expanded and the
kids have grown up. Maridee is
a sophomore at Western State
College of Colorado at Gun­nison
and Robin is a freshman
a t Arizona S ta te Univ. at
Tempe . . .How about gunning
for a Highlander reunion in
1980?”
JANE WALKER ( 1 9 4 7 - 4 8
pipes), Mrs. Paul Koss, 1333
Jones Street, San Francisco,
Calif. 94109.
J a n e ’s h u sb an d , P a u l , is
President of the Paul Koss Sup­ply
Company. “ The usual -
foreign travel and yachting,
hospital volunteer work and
this year a mid-January trip to
Iowa to attend a niece’s wed­ding.
I’d truly forgotten what
cold weather is like!!, writes
Jane.
VI RGI NI A WHE E L E R
(1947-49 pipes), Mrs. James W.
Spellman, 1306 Stephens Drive,
Normal, Illinois 61761.
“Seems we’ve been traveling
quite a bit - spent two weeks
l a s t s p r in g in B a h am a s
(business trip); two weeks in
Colorado last fall, during which
I visited Mary Rae Reimers
Christofferson (former piper).
F lew to D e law a r e to my
niece’s wedding in June - her
father, Norris Wheeler, was
one of those first Highlanders
in 1938-39 era. We leave in 10
days for two weeks in Acapulco
(another business trip) stop­p
in g in New O r le a n s fo r
another meeting. Will barely
be home long enough to unpack
before I hope to fly to Marina,
California for the birth of our
first grandchild (to daughter,
Barb & husband). I’ve always
said I was too young to be a
grandmother, but now that the
t im e is g e t t in g c lo s e , I ’m
beginning to get excited. Our
son, Jim, (26), finished up his
M.S. degree and he and his
w ife are liv in g in Wichita
where he is a geologist. Our
son, David (23), will finish
school at the end of the sum­mer
session here at I.S.U. I
keep busy with P.E.O., my
h o sp i ta l v o lu n t e e r w o rk,
needlepoint, and freezing all
the produce from Jim’s two
hugh gardens. Also keep in­v
o lv e d w i th ou r Ar t A s ­sociation
s, tennis, quilting,
camera clubs and church. We
get back to Iowa City a few
times every year to see my
Dad and his wife." Virginia's
letter was written on 3/22/77.
JU N E SCHMIDT (1 9 4 7 - 5 0
drums & dancer), Mrs. Robert
Roth, 235 S. Oak St., Itasca, Il­linois
60143.
June’s husband. Bob, is an ac­countant.
They have th re e
children: Dave (24); Dan (22);
and Ted (20).
PA T R IC IA M O REH EAD
(1947-50 pipes), Mrs. David J.
Bullock, 202 Crombie, Atlantic,
Iowa 50022.
Pat’s husband, Dave, is in the
S a le s D iv i s io n , L o r r a in e
L in g e r ie , O’Bry an B r o s . ,
Chicago. They have 4 children:
Susan Hansen (2 6 ); Cindy
(22); Leslie (19); and Betsy
(14). Pat writes: “Now that we
have 2 out of college, we’re
starting to travel again and
last April we went on an eight-day
golf trip to Scotland. Along
with playing all the famous golf
courses that we’d read about
and had seen in British Opens,
we crammed in a lot of sight­seeing.
What a thrill for me,
since I didn’t make that first
Highlander Trip! And I chatted
with a Mr. Robinson in the
courtyard of Holyrood House -
he had 2 Highlanders stay with
his family on that first trip.
T h is y e a r i t ’ s H aw a i i &
Colorado trips whenever we
c a n to s e e S u s i an d h e r
husband in Grand Junction and
Cindy in Vail.
HELEN MURCHISON (1948-50
p ip e s ) , Mr s . C l in to n E.
Thomas, 410 E. Park, Ot­tumwa,
Iowa 52501.
Helen’s husband, Clinton, is
manager of Prudential In­su
r a n c e Co. They h a v e 3
children: Nancy (26); Kathy
(24); and Julie (17), Helen says
they are members of Scottish
Heritage Society of Iowa and
she is learning to play the pipes
a g a in . D a u g h te r J u l ie is
registered for the fall term at
Iowa.
WANDA ELA INE KRAB-BENHOFT
(1948-51 p ip e s ),
Mrs. Paul Brechler, 2940 East
Bates Ave., Denver, Colorado
80210
Wanda is D ir e c to r of th e
Colorado Field Trip Education
and her husband, Paul, is Com­missioner
of the Rocky Moun­ta
in A th le t ic C on fe r en c e .
Wanda sends her best wishes to
all Highlanders!
MARCIA MARY HEALY
(1948-52 pipes), Mrs. Halsey M.
Cook, 24 W. Sa ra to g a St.,
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Marcia is an administrative in­tern
at Goucher College and
her husband, Halsey, is Rector
of Old St. Paul’s Parish. They
have 6 children: Cynthia (23);
B i l l ( 2 2 ) ; H e a th e r ( 2 0 ) ;
Kathleen (1 8 ); Halsey, Jr.
(14); and Jennifer (12). Marcia
writes: “Last summer I had a
dream come true—two weeks
of piping school in Brockville,
Ontario under Scots instruc­tors,
John MacLellan and John
Mackenzie, both consumate ar­tists.
I have hopes of going
again this summer. It was so
good to be playing again and
just wish I could get active in a
group again, too! My son, Hal,
Jr. went with me to learn
drumming. My eldest, Cindy,
marries on April 23rd and life
is joyful but hectic right now. .
»»
JOAN DURR (1949-51 pipes
& dancer), Mrs. Bob Fulton,
2606 E. Columbia, Davenport,
Iowa 52803
“Bob is still selling specialty
ste e l for Crucible Specialty
Metals, in West Liberty and
Bob (21) is a senior at Iowa U.)
I do some traveling with Bob
and also manage to get in lots
of golf in the summer and
bridge in the winter. Bob and I
celebrated our 25th anniver­sa
r y la s t y ea r by touring
Europe via Eurailpass in Sep­tember.
We had no t ie s to
reservations and so we were free
to stay in European hotels and
really meet the people of the
countries this time. A mar­v
e lo u s e x p e r ie n c e ! S t i l l
waiting to do Scotland and
Ireland sometime. Good luck to
the Highlanders this season.
They look better every year.”
JEAN SLAVATA (1949-52 pipes
& tenor drum), Mrs. Michael
L. Costa, 319 Court St. PI., Iowa
City, Iowa 52240.
My husband, Mick, is tem­porarily
on sick leave following
heart surgery from his job at
the V.A. Hospital in Iowa City
and I, of course, am secretary
in the Highlander Office. I so
often think how strange life is
that I should be back with a
group that has provided me
with such wonderful memories
in the past. Although Mick and
I do not have any children of
our own we helped raise my
sister’s (Edith’s) two children.
Edith’s husband, Arnie, died in
1964 and Edith died in 1969. Her
daughter, Susie, and son, Jim,
c am e to l i v e w i th us in
December of 1969. Susie went
to the University of Iowa, was
a dancer in the Highlanders
and went on the Foreign Tour
in 1972. She graduated from the
U n iv e r s i ty in E lem en ta r y
Education in May, 1975 and
was married in August, 1975.
She and her husband, .Tom
Thrams, live in Mason City,
Iowa where Susie teaches a
combined class of 1st & 2nd
graders and Tom works at
KGLO radio & television sta­tion.
Jim went to the Universi­ty
of Northern Iowa at Cedar
Falls, Iowa, played football for
UNI, and graduated in May,
1977. At present he is working
in Cedar Falls. Outside of my
work in the Highlander Office I
keep busy with sewing, bowl­ing,
biking, and, of course,
housework.
HELLO to all the people who
wrote notes to me on their let­ters
it was such fun to hear
from you. As Marcia Healy
Cook so aptly put it: “I ’m sure
erformance standards are
ig h e r n ow , but w e had
something warm and full of
fellowship^that made up for a
few bloopers.”
‘BARBARA WICK (1 9 4 9 - 5 3
snare & tenor drums), Mrs.
Jav Timmerman, 5 Glendale
, Terrace, Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Barbara is president of the
Iowa City School Board. The
Timmerman daughters are
Barb (19) who has completed
her junior year at the Univ. of
Iowa and Betsy (17) who will
enter the Univ. of Iowa this fall
and is r e g i s t e r e d fo r the
Highlanders. It is with deep
sympathy that we report the
death in April, 1977 of Dr. Jay
T immerman, husband and
f a t h e r , w h o w a s a
dermatologist in private prac­tice
in Iowa City.
BARBARA BEALS (1950-52
pipes), Mrs. Donald J. Moulin,
1 4 4 P a r s o n a g e Ro a d ,
Greenwich, Connecticut 06830.
Barbara’s husband, Donald, is
a partner with Peat, Marwick,
Mitchell & Co. Barbara & Don
have 2 children: Leslie (18)
and Lauren (16). “Just moved
to Greenw ich, Connecticut
after 20 years in California-A
Big Change. Not too excited
about snow, sleet, etc. which I
thought I left in m idw es t.”
writes Barb.
MARIANNE COOK (1950-53
pipes), Mrs. Don Shannon, 1417
Sumner Drive, Erie, Penn­sylvania
16505.
Marianne’s husband, Don, is a
p h a rm a c is t and “ C o o k ie”
helps in their store. They have
three children: Kathleen (19)
went to Kentucky U.; Julie (16)
is a Junior in High School; and
Michael (13) is in 8th grade.
Cookie writes: “My middle girl
wants to go to Iowa for Med.
S ch o o l—How about th a t ? ”
(Send her on out, Cookie, and
then you & Don can have an ex­cuse
to come to Iowa City for a
visit. You and I and Kitty (she
lives at 1212 W. Benton in Iowa
City) can get to g e th e r and
reminisce about our ’52 trip-
POW!)
E UNI CE ACHENBACH
(1950-54 snare), Mrs. Everett
H. EIDE, 2723 Waunona Way,
Madison. Wisconsin 53713
Eunice got her M.S. degree in
Communicative Disorders at
the Univ. of Wisconsin in June.
She is a Speech and Language
therapist. Her husband is a
sales representative for Mun-singwear,
Inc. She writes:
“With two of our children,
Linda (20) and Peter (18), in
college next year we decided
that two incomes would be bet­ter
than one for a few years,
and I am enjoying entering my
field again a fter a 21 y ea r
‘leave of absence.’ I will be em­ployed
in the Madison Public
Schools this fall.” The other
Eide children are: Erica (12)
and Kristin (8 ). Eunice extends
a warm welcome to any ex-
Kilties who happen their way.
JEAN WEEMS (1951-52, pipes
& dance) Mrs. Edward E. Sch-m
i e d e l , 7 0 0 - 2n d A v e n u e ,
Charles City, Iowa 50616
Jean says that she is an ex­school
teacher, working as a
medical assistant for her doc-tor-
husband. and she hates
housework, and loves people.
She adds: “Ed and I just retur­ned
from a trip to Australia,
New Zealan d, and s e v e r a l
islands in the South Pacific.
Our d a u g h t e r , B a r b a r a ,
graduated from la. U. last May
and t e a c h e s 1s t g r a d e in
Omaha. Amy, 19, is a freshman
at Iowa. We always get to see
the Highlanders eve ry fall.
Even though I have been to
Europe four times since, that
first trip over on the fiberty ship
will never be forgotten.” The
Schmiedels have another son
Jim, 12. It is good to know that
the family like IOWA, and we
hope Jim will come here, too,
so that Jean will continue to
come to the games and enjoy
Highlanders.
KAY TYRRELL (1 9 5 1 - 5 2 ),
pipes) Mrs. Donald A. Crosby.
4 1 5 D o u g l a s C o u r t .
Whitewater, Wisconsin 53190
Kay is on the staff of First
United Methodist Church, serv­ing
as secretary to two pastors,
which she "enjoys immense­ly."
Her husband is a salesman
fort-an e l e c t r i c a l su p p ly
'isV h-o 1 e s a 1 e ) h o u s e in
Janesville. Their children are
Randy 22. Christophen 19j and
Jvevin 13. loJBrrn
JANE ANUNDSEN *(195 1-54,
sn a re) Mrs. James Bullard, 132
Pleasant Hill Dr., De corah,
Iowa 52101
We are a skiing alid back­packing
family. Most of our
vacations are in the Rockies,
both in the U.S. and Canada.
The entire family is registered
as National Ski Patrol mem­bers:
Bruce 21, Brad 19; Beth
16. Jim, my husband has made
one tr ip to N ep a l and Mt.
Everest as the trip physican.
The sons are in college and our
daughter is in high school.”
(ALEDA) LEE LUNDQUIST
(1951-54, pipes & drums) Mrs.
Arlyn M. Moeller, 1605 Carla
Court, E s sex v ille , Michigan
48732.
Lee says that she is taking
c o u r s e s toward a m a s te r s
degree in Art. Her husband is a
practicing Family physician.
T h e ir l i f e is b usy: “ The
population both human and
animal, is decreasing for a
c h a n g e in th e M o e l l e r
household. We’re down to one
16 year old daughter, Lisa, 2
dogs and 1 cat. Our foster son,
Virgil, has moved into his own
place; son Mark, 21, is a senior
at University of Michigan, and
in the process of applying to
medical school, and daughter,
Laurie, 20, is a sophomore at
Mich. State. Arlyn and I keep
busy in community work, at
present both of us are very in­volved
in the building of a new
hospital in our city. Last year
and this, I am chairman of a
c d u n t r y -w id e Art F la i r ,
drawing people from all over
Michigan and some adjoining
states. Our Family still enjoys
skiing and boating and now our
‘hideaway’, and old farmhouse,
near Charlevoix, which we are
remodeling and decorating - is
a real family ‘Do-it’yourself-project.
Enjoyed the news of
the Highlanders latest trip and
of the upcoming seminar. I’m
sure it will be a su c c e s s .”
Thank you fo r you r good
report.
JEANETTE NOBLE (1951-54,
Snare & tenor) Mrs. George
Conger, 485 Delaware Avenue,
Akron, Ohio 44303
Jeanette and George have four
children: Ann 21, Sue 20, Janne
17, and Nancy 14. Her husband
is a physician in Akron.
JAN MEYER (1952-55, Snare)
Mrs. Don Waldron, Box 32,
Winter Park, Colorado, 80482
How great it would be to drop
in on TIMBER HOUSE SKI
LODGE and su r p r is e the
Waldrons, owners & managers
of th is fa b u lou s- sou n d in g
place! To be in Winter Park
during any season, and to find
a Highlander Alum to greet us
seems to be an ideal situation.
Jan writes very typically of
‘teen-agers’ ; the Waldron’s
four sons: “Our family is fine
(at the moment). Never know
what to expect next, however.
S c o t t , 2 1 , f i ni shed his
sophomore year at UNC in
Gree ley. Sold car because
p a ren ts would not pay for
payments, gas. or insurance.
Otherwise O.K. Craig. 18.
(going on 19 Friday the 13th).
starving in Denver because
parents won’t pay apartment
rent, or food. Also can’t find a
job. (Shades of the garrets of
Paris). Just bought a car. Todd
17, senior in high school. Sold
car because parents won’t pay
payments, insurance, gas or
snow tires. Plays basketball
and has senioritis. Brian. 16.
nas just learned to drive. Hope
h e ’ll learn something about
cars from brothers. At 6 ’4 ”
tall, no one can sit in back seat.
Alstr good basketball player.
Thej^are;PSaily good kids, and
am 4urt?<tH&y'll grow up in spite
of us. "Meanwhile, parents are
struggling'With long hair, grey
hair, b a ld n e s s , w a is t lin e s ,
lod g e M a in ten an c e , s ta f f ,
guests, etc. etc. Hope all are
fine and would love to have you
come visit Beautiful Winter
Park. Don, Jan & Boys.” The
above was taken from their
Ch ristmas le t te r , and is a
delightful resume of a wonder­ful
family!
CAROL JOHNSON (1952-56,
Bass) Mrs. Clarence A. Bates,
P . O. B o x S. , Or c a s ,
Washington 98280
“ Clarence is in a n^w pro­fession:
Servpro of Bellingham
- an in-home cleaning service.
I ’m doing the same,” reports
Carol Lee. “Our four oldest
have flown the nest, and are on
their own or trying the college
routine. With only two at home,
Kathy 16, and Kerry 15, we feel
we might eventually be done
with child raising and have a
life of our own. We are plan­ning
a trip to Iowa in July for
my highschool class reunion.
We are still enjoying our island
life and feel very fortunate
w ith w h a t we h a v e . The!
seminar sounded great! ” Carol
is also working in tax prepara­tion
and bookkeeping fields.
J A N E T B R O O K M A N
(1953-56), pipes) Mrs. Paul
Kruse, Walthill, Nebraska
68067
Paul farms, feeds cattle, and
Janet teaches sixth grade in
Pender, Nebr. "Our family is
probably like bunches of other
f am i l i e s w h e r e th e r e are
teenagers and busy parents -
fa irly w i ld !” Janet writes.
“ E v e n in g s a t h om e a r e
cherished and seeing all five of
us at the dinner table is a treat.
I went to summer school last
year to gain more knowledge
about teaching children who
are learning Disabled, which
was really super, but the sum­mer
was gone before I knew it.
So I'm really looking forward
to this summer when I can re­lax
with our family. My sister,
Syd, lives just a mile from me.
Our h u s b a n d s , who a r e
brothers, farm together. Our
kids are really good friends,
and we all have a great time. If
any of you ever drive through
Eastern Nebraska we d love to
see you so stop in. We re only
about 30 minutes south of Sioux
C ity . H a v e a n o th e r good
year!" The Kruse children are
Pete 17, Andy 13, and Gretchen
8.
MICK FAGAN (1953-56, drums
& d a n c e ) Mrs. F r a n c is S.
Conway, 207 State Street, Em-metsburg,
Iowa 50536
Dr. Conway is a general practi­tioner,
and Mick helps out in
his office part-time as book-k
e e p e r and i n s u r a n c e
secretary. “Our oldest children
are now away at school, so
things are pretty quiet around
here. Sara (19) is a sophomore
at St. Mary's of Notre Dame,
South Bend, Indiana. Susan
(1 8 ) is a fr eshm an at the
University of Northern Iowa,
Cedar Falls, Iowa. Mark (17) is
a junior in high school. He is in­v
o lv ed in fo o tb a ll, tra ck ,
baseball and golf, so we enjoy
following all of his team ac­tivities.
Our football team won
2nd place in the State Football
Playoffs this year, so we had a
great time footballing' until
the middle of November. John
(12) is in 6th grade, and Kathy
(8 ), is in 2nd grade, and fast
outgrowing her position as
baby' of the family. We had a
really great trip to Texas and
Mexico last June in a Win­nebago
Motor Home. What a
way to go! We are convinced
that is the way to travel with a
family. We plan to do the same
th is y ea r , and are looking
forward to it with great an­t
ic ip a t io n .” Mick su g g e s ts
Highlander? ?ould make an ap­p
e a r a n c e at the J a y c e e s .
Chamber of Commerce, and/or
St. Patrick's Association in
Em m e tsbu rg . We'd like to
have invitations if we could
come at a time agreeable to
both concerned!
MARGARET ANN BATHKE
(1953-56, pipes) Mrs. Lester C.
Johnson, 520 Second Avenue
N.E., Clarion. Iowa 50525
Margaret's husband is an at­torney
in Clarion. Leslie, their
d augh te r is 19. Rob is 17.
"Thank goodne ss for good
season tickets so we could en­joy
the games and watch the
Highlanders at close range
during halftime. Leslie is a
freshman at Ellsworth College,
Iowa Falls, Rob a junior in
highschool-our kids are well &
happy, just what everyone
dreams of! Les & I journeyed
to Europe ag a in, with la.
Alum. Oktoberfest in Germany
the best! ”
DOROTHY ROUDABUSH
(1953-57 snare drum), Mrs.
Fred E. Carpenter, Jr., 7 Lar-chwood
Court, Newton, Iowa
50208.
Dorothy's husband, Fred, is an
E y e , E a r , N o se & Throat
Physician. “Family activities
keep us all busy—enjoyed all
the home football games last
fall & looking forward to this
year. Have taken on another
big responsibility for the next
two years—I am chairman of
n e a r l y 5 0 , 0 0 0 h o s p i t a l
auxiliaries throughout Iowa
which involves quite a bit of
travel and meetings to par­ticipate
in and plan.” says
Dorothy. They have two sons:
“ T h r e e ” (9Vfe) and Sco tty
(4 Vi).
NAN BORRESON ( 1953-57
pipes & dancer), Mrs. Russell
B om b e r g e r , 4 0 3 2 Costado
Place, Pebble Beach, Califor­nia
93953
“I am Executive Director of
a n o n -p r o f it e d u c a t io n a l
o rganization that provides
programs for gifted children.
Our children are: Ann (14) and
Jane (8 ).”
DOROTHY SCHWENGEL
(1953-57 p ip e s ), Mrs. Lloyd
Neale Cosby, 407 Willow Oaks
B lv d . , Hampton, V irg in ia
23669.
The Co sby c h i ld r e n a re :
Cameron (13) and Scott (8 ). “ I
am always happy for the op­portunity
to hear about the
Highlanders and to be able to
contribute.”
SUSAN SALIE (1954-56 pipes),
Mrs. James D. McKnight, Cin-cpac
Box 15, EPO San Fran­cisco,
California 96610.
Susan is an admin, aide and
work for E.F. Hutton & Co.
( s t o c k b r o k e r s ) and her
husband, Jim, is a CDR in the
U.S. Navy. “We are expecting
orders anytime now and will
leave here late in the summer.
Jim Jr. is a freshman at the U.
of Denver. Doesn’t time go
fast. Maybe one of these days I
will make it back to a tea or
dinner or performance at the
U. of I. Sure hope so.” writes
Susan.
KERIN KAE OKERLIN
(1954-57 snare drum), Mrs.
Wayne Moldenhauer, 1250
Nowata, Dubuque, Iowa 52001.
Kerin writes: “My husband is
a ch ild r en ’s d en tis t. I am
majoring in ‘2 teenagers’ this
year. I got a bagpipe for my
40th birthday! I planned to take
some lessons in Iowa City but
broke my hand. I w ill be
looking forward to bringing my
daughter. Kris (14) to the
S e m i n a r . ’ ’ The o t h e r
Moldenhauer children are:
Robert (16); Gretchen (11);
Susan (9) and Peter (7).
ELAINE J. ROGGENKAMP
(1954-57, snare) Mrs. Terry L.
Fisher, 4650 Duffer Ct., Pfaff-town,
North Carolina 27040.
“ We are still enjoying North
Carolina’s weather although
last winter was a bit rough-even
this far south,” reports
Elaine. “Terry has had an in­teresting
year with his work in
foreign sales for Western Elec­tric.
He has been to four con­tinents
outside our own—just
returned from a trip to South
America recently. Our older
daughter, Lori, I6V2, will be a
s e n io r th is fa l l at S a lem
Academy in Winston Salem—
sh e’s already thinking about
college in another year. We
have a tall 13 year old son,
David, who lo v e s sp o r t s—
f o o tb a l l , b a s k e tb a l l and
baseball. His Dad is coaching
his Senior Little League team
this season so we have yet to
see what this may prove. Four
year old Andrea has grown up
fast with an older brother and
sister. She seems to be good
and ready to start school this
fall. She got to visit Disney
World (or Mickey Mouse Land,
as she calls it) this past April
when the fam ily d ro v e to
Florida. Always good to hear
about former Highlanders in
the Newsletter—one does lose
contact with the group after 20
years!”
ANN HICKERSON (1954-58,
drum) 347 East 53rd Street,
New York, New York, 10022.
Ann is a Speech Pathologist in
the Brooklyn VA Hospital. And
how about your Highland dan­cer
twin, Martha? We miss
hearing from her.
KAREN GREENWOOD
( 1954-58, drums) Mrs. Don
Spiekerman, 24232 Castilla
Lane, Mission Viejo, California
92673.
“ I learned to ride a horse, out
of necessity, then got to ride it
5 miles on the hottest day in
A u gu s t when th e s t a b l e s
c h a n g e d l o c a t i o n s . T he
highlight of the year?? Ex­changed
LWML Presidency for
S e c r e ta r y -m em b e r sh ip of
Golden West Game Breeders
(Don is President). He and I
are also Community leaders
for the 4-H Club, and since the
two oldest girls are in lots of
projects, we are BUSY!” Don
is self-employed—Coatings,
e p o x y , r e s in s , an d f o r ­mulations.
Karen continues:
“Elizabeth, 11, and Penny, 9,
keep capturing ribbons bet­ween
4-H Fair, County Fair,
and Cooking Contests, even
they lose count. Jill, 6 , won
county-wide competition in
Bobwhite quail and won top—a
big trophy and rosette—not too
shabby for her age! So. quail
a n d E n d a n g e r e d S p e c i e
pheasants are our hobbies.
Also raise dwarf rabbits and
Peruvian & Teddy cavies; and
kids ride horses (not kept on
our 1/5 acre! ) Our 4 acres in
Trabino still waits—maybe this
year we move! I still sew, keep
track of the calendar of event-s—
chase Roger—that 3 year
old is too fearless and indepen­dent.
How time f lie s when
y o u ’re o ld ( e r ) and busy!
Always enjoy the Newsletter
and news. Have missed a few
copies along the line. Just
brings back news of th o se
years you remember and folk
you wonder about. Highlanders
is a very strong memory—a
part of life never to repeat, but
always to cherish.” Yes, you
have beautifully stated the
deep sen t im en t of many a
H ig h la n d e r who has had
precious years with the Band.
Thank you for your comments!
CAROL CRAWFORD (1954-58,
Pipes) Mrs. Lehan J. Ryan, 909
Osceola Avenue, St. Paul, Min­nesota
55105.
It was good to get this greeting
from Carol: “Hi. Jean! I’m so
glad you are there! See you at
a Highlander coffee. All the
Ryans are still here in St. Paul.
Jay still practices with the Op-penheimer
Law firm. 1 do a
variety of things, including
t e a c h i n g a c o u r s e in
e d u c a t io n a l p la n n in g at
Metropolitan State University.
Our son, Dennis, 18, will be
going off to college next fall—
not sure where yet. Dave, 15, is
a high school freshman. We
still live on an island in nor­thern
Minnesota in the sum­mer.
Occasionally we make it
to Homecoming, and I am
becoming accustomed to being
one of the older Highlanders at
the coffee! Hope to see some of
my old cohorts from the 1956
European trip there.”
JUDITH CLARK (1956- 60,
Snare drum) Mrs. David L.
Turpin, 3120 S.W. 302 Place,
F ed e r a l Way, Washington
98003.
“ We s ta y v e r y busy with
politics, family, work, and en­joying
this beautiful area. We
have been hit by the drought—
but western Washingtonians
have a difficult time remem­bering
that we shouldn’t be
happy about our warm sunny
w in te r w e a th e r . ( I t w i l l
probably rain all summer to
make up). The children are
growing. Barbara, 14, is in high
school already. Paul 9, and
Matt, 1, keep us hopping.”
Judy is a Citizen a c t iv i s t -
registered lobbyist, and Dave
is an orthodontist.
DONNI S KEMPENAAR
(1956-60, Snare drum), Mrs.
John Grier, 501 Orchard Drive,
Marshalltown, Iowa 50158.
John is an a tto rn ey , th eir
children are Alison 14, Doug 13,
and John 9. Donnis writes: “ I
am planning to danc e the
Highland Fling for my music
c l u b ’s ‘ h id d e n t a l e n t s ’
program. I have a feeling the
club members will suggest I
keep my dancing talent hidden
in the future!”
CAROLYN FOOTE (1956-60,
Pip es) Mrs. John Heitz, 301
Brentwood Drive, N.E., Cedar
Rapids, Iowa 52402.
Carolyn is a Reading Coor­d
in a to r at K-12 Linn Mar
School District. John is P.E.
Instructor, Linn Mar High
School, Coach—Coe College.
“ I’m still on campus at least
once a week completing the
cou rse work for my Ph.A.
d e g r e e in e l eme n t a r y
education. Next school year I’ll
be doing the dissertation. Our
family is very, very busy but
that’s the only way we’d be
happy. Susan is 9, and Jennifer
is 2 years old. I enjoy receiving
the Newsletter each year! So
glad the organization is alive
and well.” And it’s because of
you loyal Alums that we have
this great spirit. Thank you!!
MA RGA R E T OSBORN
(1956-60, Snare & Tenor) Mrs.
Bill Nowysz, 225 Lee Street,
Iowa City, Iowa 52240.
Margaret’s husband is an ar­chitect,
with Wehner, Nowysz
and Pattschull. He designed
Things, Things, and Things, a
most unusual shop in Iowa
City, as well as many other
projects. Margaret and Bill
have two children: Gina 15,
and Bill 13. She writes: “ I
visited Highlander Lorraine
Miller in Soquel, California last
summer. She is now Lorraine
Song and has 2 little girls. My
main intere s ts are historic
preservation and international
relations. The houses I own are
old and I do as much of my own
repair work as I can. Since
belonging to the International
Host Family Program we have
established relationships with
students and scholars from the
Soviet Union (2), Colombia (1),
Nigeria (1), and Iran.”
SYBIL NORTON (1956-60),
Pipes) Mrs. Hugh Wiegman,
212 W. 26th, Hays, Kansas 67601
Thank you, Sybil, for the
‘greeting as a new secretary’.
T'is good to hear from old
friends! Sybil states that she is
a housek e ep e r , cook, ta x i
driver, mother, and pilot. Her
husband is a radiologist. She
continues: “In the spring of
1976, I got my instrument rat­ing
and D e cem b er 24, my
multi-engine. Did get back to
Iow a City la s t y e a r , but
basically ‘lived’ in the hospital.
Rachel, our one year old, has a
language disorder and slow
mo t o r d e v e l o p m e n t .
Fortunately, we do have won­derful
facilities here for in­tensive
development training
but we will be checking back
with Iowa City periodically.
I'm looking forward to at least
being able to get to a phone
while there. Hugh and his as­sociate
have a third man com­ing
in July, 1977. We will be
moving in June. No need to
worry about address - Hays
isn't that big. Probably will ac­tu
a l ly be m o v in g tw ic e -
something temporary while we
build. Jay, 11, went back to tak­ing
piano lessons after a two
year lay-off and has started on
the tuba. Stacy, 9, started
piano and violin. Molly, 8 , con­tinues
dancing and twirling (I
am now a m a s te r tuu-tuu
m ak e r ! ) Always enjoy the
Newsletter!”
MARGARET LADD (1956-60,
Snare drum. Drum Major - 3
yrs) Mrs. William Dekock, 2404
Grande Avenue S.E., Cedar
Rapids, Iowa 52403
Margie’s husband. Bill, is an
o r th o d o n t i s t , p r a c t ic in g
privately in Cedar Rapids, and
t e a c h e s p a r t- t im e a t the
University of Iowa College of
Dentistry, Orthodontic Depart­ment.
“When I recently attended the
Annual Conference of Junior
L e a g u e s in Los A n g e le s ,
California, in the company of
my close ex-Highlander friend,
Judy Croft Carmichael, we ran
into other Highlanders who
were in school at Iowa during
. th e la te f i f t ie s ! B a rb a ra
Ratcliffe McRoberts was a de­legate
from the Des Moines
L e a g u e , fo r o n e . At th e
A m e r ic a n A s s o c ia t io n of
Orthodontics meeting in Atlan­ta,
Georgia, in May, 1977, my
husband and I had a good chat
with Judy Clark Turpin and
h u sb a n d , D a v e . (J u d y is
another ex-Highlander who
played first snare for 3 years.)
I r e la te this only b e cau se
Highlanders was our common
bond via which we went to two
R o s e Bowl P a r a d e s , and
games, and a trip to Europe
to g e th er! Seventeen years
later we are still seeing each
other regularly and share some
great memories from those
y e a r s . Suzanne Raymond
Barnes, Gale Chandler Beer,
Judy Carmichael, Ann Sum-merwill
Swaney and I all see
ea ch other often in Cedar
Rapids. We could have our own
bagpipe band!"
The Little Dekocks are: Edith
Esther 5 ‘2, Gregory William
8 *2, and Nicholas Edward 10l/2.
O.K. Let’s have you perform
for us at a Highlander banquet
sometime!
(JO ANN) KAY LESCH
(1957-60, Pipes) Mrs. Gordon
Williams, 305 Kelly Street,
Charles City, Iowa 50616
Kay's husband is a dentist in
Charles City. Since you’re an
Iowan still, hope you can come
to some of our co f fe e get-t
o g e t h e r s . How about
Homecoming?!
RUTH GULDNER (1957-61),
Snare & Tenor drums) Mrs.
Martin Miller, 602 Glenview
Drive, Oxford, Ohio 45056
Ruth writes that their family is
about the sam e as before:
“ Kids a r e g r o w in g up,
Christine 10, and Mark 7. They
have lots of varied interests
which require more and more
time, but life is so interesting
for kids nowadays. I went back
to work ‘2 time plus this year,
am really enjoying being back
in the working world, as Media
Specialist - McGuffey School.
Our happiest times still seem
to come when we leave the
familiar behind, spend time in
new places. Camping still pro­ves
to be our method of travel­ing
and last summer took us
east to New England & Nova
Scotia. This summer we leave
our tent behind however and
h ea d o f f to E n g lan d and
Scotland to retrace the steps of
the 1960 trip, now 16 years ago.
We are all eager for June to
come and find, quite by acci­dent,
that we are to be in Lon­don
during the Silver Jubilee
week.” You speak of wishing to
read a summary of the Euro­pean
trip - the 1976 itinerary
was given in the last Newslet­ter,
but perhaps you didn’t re­c
e iv e a c o p y ? We’ll sen d
another one along. Yes! the
Arts Seminar was a success,
and we w ish many m o r e
Highlanders than were able to
come, had been here. Perhaps
another year you can make it?
Take an extra look at Scotland
for all of us. Bon Voyage!!
GALE CHANDLER (1958-60,
Drums) Mrs. Dean Beer, 3314
Shasta Drive, Cedar Rapids,
Iowa 52402
G a l e ’s h u sb a n d D ean is
Mortgage Loan Manager of
Life Investors Insurance Com­pany.
They have four children:
Mike is 15, Amy 13, Andy 10
and Melissa 5.
NANCY H E N D E R S ON
(1959-61, P ip e s , Dancer on
Drum) Nancy S. Kegley 1507
Grand Avenue, Ames, Iowa
50010
Nancy has been an elementary
t e a c h e r o f f and on s in c e
graduation, and a professional
puppeteer for the past eight
years. “Also," she writes, “I
am half owner of an import
cheese and gourmet shop in
Ames called Cheese N’ Pup­pets.
Think of Highlander ex­periences
often and have fan­tasies
of still being able to do
the drum dance and play the
pipes.” Children are Rachel
Elizabeth, and Neil Raymond.
T'was great seeing you at the
Tartan Ball!
MARY HELSCHER (1959-62,
Pipes) Mrs. Yaro Chmelar,
R.R.l, Washington, Iowa 52353
‘‘My’ professional' work is
m a n a g in g an e x c lu s iv e ,
private 24-hour-a-day girls'
school with a limited enroll­ment
of 4 young girls! My
husband's work is financing
this venture. We own 450 acres,
so there is plenty of work to do,
and plenty of room for the
youngsters to run. Last year
we developed some timber
land into a private park, com­plete
with swings over creek,
volley ball court, and lots of
shade to just loaf in. We love
the privacy and quietude. A
special hello through this letter
to Janet Gutz Way, Georgia
F o n k e n a n d C o n n i e
McBurney!" What a wonderful
thing to be doing! The Chmelar
children are Ann, 9; Karen 7;
Nancy 5 and Cathy 1.
GEORGIA FONKEN (1959-63,
P ip e s ) Mr s . R od e r ick T.
Welch, 1445 N. State Parkway,
Apt. 20-B, Chicago Illinois 60610
Georgia is the Production
Manager of an advertising
agency. Her husband is the
Circulation Manager of the
Chicago D a ily News. ‘‘My
parents live in Iowa City so I
get back a few times a year,”
continues Georgia. "The cam­pus
has grown so much and the
town is changing. But there are
s t ill many familiar haunts.
Since graduation I've been
working in Chicago in advertis­ing
as a graphic designer. I’ve
run into many Iowa art grads
here and keep in touch with a
few. I ’m married to a N.Y.
newspaper man - transplanted
in Chicago. We live downtown
on the lakefront and enjoy the"
city life. The ad agency I work
for has moved to the 76th floor
of the Standard Oil Building.
Our offices look down on the ci­ty
and have an airplane view of
the skyline. It s a beautiful
s ig h t- e x c e p t on days when
we’re lost in the clouds, still a
very strange feeling to me.
There are parades for any re­ason
in Chicago and many have
bagpipe bands. That ‘beautiful
sound' marching down State
Street brings back many happy
memories. Good luck to all the
new Highlanders.”
GL END A C H A N D L E R
(1960-63, Pipes) Mrs. Fredric
W. Corrigan, 6611 Larch Lane,
Memphis, Tennessee 38138
“We are s t i l l en jo y in g the
Memphis sunshine," reports
Glenaa. Our children are Amy
5, Molly 3, and Fredric Glen
one year old.”
PATRICIA LEAMER (1960-64,
pipes) 1924 South Lemon, Sioux
ity, Iowa 51106
Pat is teaching the 7th and 8th
grade English classes in Sioux
City.
YVONNE ADDIS (1961-62),
Pipes) Yvonne Nutting, Route
3, Mason City, Iowa 50401
Yvonne is a teacher of pre­school
handicapped children.
F o rm e r ly , sh e was a kin­dergarten
teacher, learning
d i s a b i l i t i e s t e a c h e r and
elementary school counselor.
“I am president of the County
Association for Children with
Learning Disabilities and on
the State Board of Governors
for the Council for Exceptional
Children.”
MARGARET DOOLITTLE
(1961-63, Snare & Dancer) Mrs.
Ralph Childers, 3818 Cottage
Grove, Des Moines, Iowa 50311
Vlargaret received an M.S.
d e g r e e in c o u n s e l in g and
personnel services from Drake
University in 1976, and plans to
get a Master of Public Ad­ministration
degree, 1977 from
Drake U. She has a new posi­tion
in the Bureau of Monitoring
a n d E v a l u a t i o n , I owa
Departmental Social Services,
and is doing quality control and
client impact evaluation of
social services. Her husband is
S ta te In -Se rv ic e T ra in in g
Consultant for Iowa Vocational
Rehabilitation. Becky, their
8*2 year old daughter, swam
with the Des Moines central
YM-YWCA team last winter,
competed in butterfly, breast
stroke and free sty le swim­ming.
Margaret concludes:
“She (Becky) wants to be a
basketball player when she
grows up. Ralph is working on
a Doctor of Education degree
in counseling at Drake and
hopes to finish in May. 1979."
Truly an ambitious family!
MARLENE WYNN (1961-63.
Snare Drum) Mrs. Parke H.
Behn, 100 River Ridge Road,
Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
Marlene taught high school
English for five years, but now
is an active homemaker and
community volunteer. “ I serve
on Board of Directors of UNI
Alumni Association, it would
be fun to have Highlanders per­form
in ‘ou r ’ Un i-Dom e !”
Marlene suggests! Indeed, we
would certainly appreciate an
invitation, and would like to
think we could accept?? She
concludes: “ I would be happy
to work toward that goal -
Athletic business manager and
band man at UNI are friends - 1
c o - c h a ir ed th e U n i-D om e
Grand Opening and worked
w ith both of th em .” The
children are Brock 7, and Beth
4.
ELAINE HIGGINS (1961-64,
Pipes) Mrs. Larry M. Conley,
3312 Candlewood Drive, Baker­sfield,
California 93306
Elaine is an English teacher at
Foothill High School. Larry is a
m ed ica l te ch n o lo g is t . ‘‘On
June 27, 1976, our daughter,
K r is te n Lynn, w a s b o rn ,
making life ev en more in­teresting
and much busier. I
am teaching 3 periods a day,
which allows me to be home by
noon to spend all afternoon
with Patrick, 6 y ea r s , and
Kristi. I love this schedule. Our
fam ily tra v e led to Iowa at
Christmas, the first time we
had been back for 3M> years.”
LYNNE E. HOHENSHELL
(1961-64, Head Dancer) Mrs.
Steven S. Miller, 44-27th Street
N.W., Cedar Rapids, Iowa
52405
L yn n e t e a c h e s 8th g r a d e
Langu a g e Arts (p a r t- t im e
4hrs. daily), and her husband is
S pe c i a l E d u c a t i o n C o ­ordinator.
Grant Wood area.
She wrote they were expecting
their second child in May. 1977,
a future Highlander? Lance is 5
years old. “We come to most
. football games at Iowa regar­dless
of the season record. I’m
glad to see the Highlanders
return to the traditional songs
and dances of several years
ago. Dancing and piping the
‘Yellow Submarine’ always
seemed out of character to
me” .
GLENDA SANDERS (1961-64,
Drum) Mrs. Larry L. Herb,
11424 Green Street, Carmel, In­diana
46032
Blenda’s husband is District
A g en t with N o r thw e s te rn
Mutual Life Insurance. Their
children are Michael 7, Tommy
4, and the fo rmer Student
M an a g e r for H ig h la n d e r s
says: “Our most exciting event
of 1976 was the birth of our
daughter, Katherine, on July
26th. We felt fortunate to enjoy
two trips during 1976-one to
Philadelphia and Valley Forge
and the other to Washington,
D.C. We mis sed se e in g the
Highlanders perform this year.
Best wishes.” Congratulations
on the future Highlander? or
ma yb e three H ighlan de rs ,
since we are now co-ed!!
DARLENE BRADY (1961-65,
Drum, and Drum Major) Mrs.
David Hi Hayes, 1446 Apple
B lo s s om L a n e , G r a f t o n ,
Wisconsin 53024
Darlene writes that Dave is a
Physical Education teacher
and Coach at Grafton High
School, and she enjoys being
home with the children, Kathy
9, Andrea 7, and Eric 5, and
babysitting for “2 extras”.
ELIZABETH GOELDNER
(1961-65), Drum) Mrs. Ronald
G. Whiting, 11200 Waycross
Way, Kensington, Maryland
10795
Ron is a Counsel for Trial
Litigation for the U.S. Labor
Department. “ I’m a volunteer
docent at the Smithsonian and
treasurer for Matthew’s Co-op
Nursery School. (Matthew is 3)
We have been exploring the
east coast and like it, “con­cludes
Liz.
CHARLOTTE J . WHITE
(1961-65, Snare drum) Mrs.
Ro g e r Burt, 1214 Parkway
Drive, Bettendorf, Iowa 52722
Charlotte is Nursing Instructor
at Marycrest College. Her
husband is A s s is tan t Vice-
President and Trust Officer in
the First National Bank of
Davenport. Kevin is six years
old!
SUSAN MITCHELL (1961-65),
Pipes) Mrs. John R. Adamson,
6 0 0 Mohican R o ad , Carol
Stream, Illinois 60187
John is City Manager of Carol
Stream, a western suburb of
Chicago. “Michelle, 9%, is in
th e fourth g r a d e ,” w r ite s
S u s ie , ‘ ‘She h a s been ic e
skating for a year and really
enjoys figure skating. She has
won first places in two com­petitions
and a second place!
Figure skating makes our life
around here hectic. Three mor­nings
a week its skating before
school as well as four days af­ter
school and Saturdays. In
addition there is Girl Scouts,
PTA, etc. e tc .” Susie is the
newly elected PTA President
for the coming year. In her
spare time she’s the Girl Scout
Coordinator for Coral Stream.
Sounds as though you may
h a v e a p o te n t ia l O lym p ic
skating star?! But don’t let her
forget her Highland dancing!
P E N N Y K L O C K S I EM
(1961-65, Pipes) Mrs. James M.
Hall, 722 Alpine Drive, Iowa
City, Iowa 52240
Penny is an assistant professor
in the Department of Speech
Pathology and Audiology at the
U n i v e r s i t y i f Iow a . J im
m an a g e s the Mall Store of
West Music Company, and is a
professional musician. Penny
says: “ I wish you great suc­c
e s s with the Highland Arts
Seminar-it’s a fantastic idea
and hope it can develop into a
regular gathering for ‘clans
persons’ in the MidWest!” And
the latest news from the Halls
i s th e a r r iv a l of a so n -
Christopher James, May 19,
1977. Congratulations and best
wishes to the Halls!
LINDA LOUISE LEE (1962-64,
Pipes) Mrs. Ken Nading, 112
1st Avenue N.W., Oelwein,
Iowa 50662
Ken is a Swine Specialist, Occo
Feed, in Oelwein. They have
two daughters: Laura Lee 4,
and Jennifer Rebecca 2 years
old.
KATHLEEN MATT (1962-65,
Snare drum) Mrs. Bill Cox.
4 0 4 1 C o t ta g e G ro v e . D e s
Moines, Iowa 50311
Kathy writes: ‘We have had
quite a bit of excitement during
the past year. We were skiing
in Colorado a year ago. In the
summer we visited family in
Michigan, and my aunts, un­cles
and cousins got to meet
my little family for the first
time! (Christopher 4; Patricia
2*2; and Kelly Elizabe th 5
months). In September we
bought tickets in a raffle and
won a new car! But the best
came in Feburary, ‘77, when
our Kelly Elizabeth arrived on
the 10th. Six weeks after her
birth we were scared out of our
wits when she came down with
spinal meningitis. But thanks
to her doctors and good nursing
care as well as hundreds of
p ra y e r s , sh e is doing well
en ou gh fo r us to b r e a th e
easier. She is out of danger,
and if all goes well we should
have our Kelly home in about a
week! (this was Apr. 1st).’’ We
DO hope all is well with Kelly
at this much later date? Kathy
concludes: “ I s t ill keep in
touch with Jean Morrissey,
L o r n a C h a d e k Fe s l e r ,
Charlotte Whit Burt, and Sue
Schafer Klaessy. In fact the
K la e s s y s an d C o x e s g e t
together 2 or 3 times a year!
I’m grateful for this Newslet­ter
to keep up with news of
other ex-Highlanders from the
early and mid-sixties. It even
h e lp e d M a g g ie D o o l i t t l e
Childers and me to discover we
live down the street from each
o th e r ! K eep up th e good
work!”
JOY ENGEL (1962-65, Pipes &
Dancer) Mrs. Allen G. Lang, 1
S. Creekside, Ames, Iowa 50010
“Allen is orthopedic surgeon at
McFarland Clinic in Ames and
I am busy with my own ac­tivities
and keeping up with the
three children: Christy 8: Jen­ny
6; and Jamie 2.”
SUE MONTGOMERY (1962-65,
Drums) Mrs. Stephen Wolken,
777 Keswick Drive, Iowa City,
Iowa 52240
‘ ‘My h u s b a n d i s an
Ophthalmologist at Towncrest,
Iowa City. We go to all the foot­ball
games and the Highlan­ders
really look great. My twin
sister, Ann, who was also a
H i g h l a n d e r , c o m e s fo r
Homecoming. We hope we can
come to the Coffee you usually
h a v e in the morning. Our
children are Wendy 8 ‘2, Mark
6 *2 and Jeffrey 4 .” It is good to
know we ha v e some lo ca l
Highlander Alums to support
us ‘at home’!
MARY ANN HAASE ( 1962-66,
Dancer) Mrs. Norman Engel,
3609 Cedarwood Court, Betten­dorf,
Iowa 52722
“The biggest event of our lives
was the birth of our daughter,
Cammie Kay, on June 8 ,1 9 7 6 .1
managed to finish the school
year and am on a two-year
parental leave. I ’m thinking
about graduate work at Iowa
this fall but am not sure I m re­ady
to study again. We've
taken some nice trips-to the
Virgin Islands for Xmas’ 75,
and to Hawaii for three weeks
in January. We found traveling
with a baby easier than an­ticipated
and she introduced’
us to many people."
DONNA ROGERS ( 1962-66,
Pipes) Mrs. Dennis Rogers, 7
Howard Road, Chelmsford,
Mass. 01824
“We really enjoy our young
son, Daniel, and I am using my
maternity leave to take him
many new places," writes Don­na.
“I can pursue my hobbies
of sewing and furniture re­finishing.
My husband and I
h a v e done a lot of corss-c
o u n tr y sk iin g and snow-shoeing
in New Hampshire and
and in th e sum m e r en jo y
bicycling in Concord and on the
Cape. We enjoy New Englan-d
. . . I t ’s a lo n g wa y from
Massachusetts to Iowa but the
m em o r ie s are a s fr esh as
y e s t e r d a y . B e s t w i sh e s ."
Thanks, Donna for thinking of
us and remembering us so
vividly. The latest sport of the
Rogers is racquetball. And
they do keep in Shape!'
ROSE HARMS (1963-65, Pipes)
Mrs. Jermaine Ramsey, 15
Poplar Place, LaGrange, Il-linois
60525
"The past year I’ve been busy
getting a home back together
as we had Mary K., born 1/7/76
(our bicentennial baby) and
moved 1/30/76 to LaGrange,"
reports Rose. “Evangeline. 10.
and Hansel 9, are now taking
violin lessons and we hope to
add piano and bagpipes to that
in the next year. (The other
children are Ellen 8, and Jerry
II or Too, 2 ‘2 ) The girls have
paper routes. I'm keeping busy
making sure that they all get
where they are supposed to be
a t th e a p p o in te d t im e s !
(Scouts, doctors, dentists, e tc .)
We are looking forward to
ev entu a lly moving back to
Iowa and to an acreage where
kids and animals alike can run
free. I’m sure some of you re­member
Sobaka, the German
Sheperd I used to bring to prac­tice.
She died 2 years ago but
we had gotten a puppy named,
Drug, which means friend in
Russian, but a male. Him, 1
could do without, for tfyears I
have tried in vain to train him
to be a house dog, but finally
gave up and built him a kennel
outside. I would like to say Hi!
to all those I was associated
with and to the girls I met last
e a r a t th e H ig h la n d e r
omecoming Coffee. We will
be seeing you again next fall,
a s we a r e g e t t in g s e a so n
tickets. Love to all, Rose.”
Rose’s husband, Jerry, is a
Steel Sales Representative.
C H R I S T I N E F I S H E R
(1963-65, Tenor Drums) Mrs.
H a r ry R. O s tr a n d e r , 723
Keswick Drive, Iowa City,
Iowa 52240
Chris says: “Every year I end
up forgetting to mail this Ques­tionnaire
in because I don’t feel
like we have too much news.
But I’ll get it sent in no matter
what this year! ” Good for you!
She continues. “Harry and I
have been at Iowa now 8 years
and we love all it has to offer. I
get a lump everytime I see the
Highlanders perform-we never
m is s a fo o tba ll game-or a
wrestling meet-or a basketball
game. I want to say hello to all
the gang who went to Europe in
‘64. What super memories we
all have, and I mean ALL of us
who have been or are Highlan­ders.”
And this is so true of
almost every Highlander who
had the opportunity to go on the
quadrennial trips! Harry is
D ir e c to r of R e c r e a t io n a l
Services, University of Iowa.
The Ostranders have three
children: Jeff 8, Molly 6, and
Mark Rolland 2. Another fine
Alum who lives in our midst.’.
SHIRLEY BELL (1963-66,
Dancer) Mrs. Gerald Holmes,
3008 Circle Hill Court, N.E.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402
Shirley's husband is a cor­porate
attorney with Life In­vestors.
She writes: “This has
been a busy year with the addi­tion
of Nicholas to our family,
plus the many activities of our
other two sons: Christopher, 8,
and Andrew 4. We are building
a new house and have encoun­tered
the usual headaches it br-in
g s , but we a r e lo o k in g
forward to the ad d it ion a l
space. We attended several
football games last fall and
s e e in g th e H ig h la n d e r s
perform broughtljack many
memories of the years I spent
with them." And we must say,
that the Cedar Rapids Alums
a re m igh ty g r e a t to have
nearby, as well!!
JU D Y SCH AFENACKER
(1963-67, Drums) Mrs. John
B a k e r , 1 1 1 3 G a l e s ,
Manchester, Iowa 52057.
Judy's husband is Assistant
Princpal of the Manchester
High School. Their children
are Mary Beth 6. K.J. 4. and we
will be anxious to hear about
the expected (? ) arrival in
May, 1977.
MARSHA MORGAN (1964-67,
Snare Drum) Mrs. Gary Smith,
6626 S. 129th Street, Omaha,
Nebraska 68137.
"Though I am not teaching pre­sently,
( I taught for 3 year s) I
am keeping busy with a college
graduate course in Education,
participation in tennis and golf,
teaching a weekly church class
for fourth graders, playing
bridge in a ladies' and a couple
group, and membership in
A.A.U.W. and a craft group. In
addition, and most important­ly,
is my time at home with
Laura 5, and Meg 4. Laura un-b
e l i e v e a b l y s t a r t s k in ­dergarten
next year and Meg
will be in pre-school. Gary,
who is a Safety Engineer for
Alexander & Alexander Ins.
Agency, keeps me busy, too, as
a bookkeeper for a couple of
laundromat business he has as
a sideline." Whee! Don't tell
me H ig h la n d e r d rum m e r
Alums aren't fully occupied in
their later lives-away from
campus!! Keep up the good,
busy life!!
SUSAN ALLERS (1964-67,
Pipes) Mrs. Craig D. Cloyed,
3067 S. Emporia Court, Denver,
Colorado 80231
S u s a n t e a c h e s Home
Economics, and her husband,
Craig, is a Pension Specialist.
BARBARA MYATT (1964-67,
Drums) Mrs. Tom Pestka,
R .# l, Preston, Ia. 52069
The Pestkas teach at East Cen­tral,
Miles, la. Barb teaching
5th grade and Tom is PE &
coaches baseball and basket­ball.
“We live in the country
and own an 80 acre farm-which
Tom works in his ‘s p a r e ’
time,” reports Barbara. “We
raise corn and hogs. I teach 25
fifth graders in a self-contained
classroom. And all my spare
time is devoted to our very ac­tive
and lovable boy, Lucas 2
yrs."
HE ATHE R ADAMSON
(1964-68. Dancer) Mrs. Thomas
R. Stockman. 214 Woodridge
Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Healther is an Ophthalmic
Technician at Ophthalmic As­sociation,
and Tom is Data
Processing Officer at the First
National Bank. “It's been an
exciting year at our house,"
Heather tells us. "In October
we adopted a baby boy, one
month old, and named him Scot
Thomas. He certainly brings a
lot of happiness to our home.
Big Sister' Kristin, 4V2, thinks
h e r b a b y b r o th e r is th e
greatest. She is quite the ‘little
mother'. I'm still working...but
only 3 days a week now so that
I can have more time at home
with the kids. Tom is still at the
B a n k a n d e n j o y in g th e
challenge in the Data Process­ing
Area. He is also active in
officiating High School football
and boys & girls H.S. basket­ball.
We had an enjoyable
Christmas. Mom & Charlie
came to spend the Holidays
with us. John, Susie & Michelle
Adamson also came for a few
days then. Of course everyone
had to view the new addition to
our family! Bill, Marylee and
Family had just moved into a
new home in Connecticut and
were having a house full of
Holiday guests also. We plan a
vacation to Colorado Springs to
visit Mom (Fran Adamson) &
Charlie in June. It's fun to plan
for their beautiful weather
when it's freezing here!"
It is especially good to hear of
these very special people-the
Bill Adamsons, who really
gave the Highlanders their
stability and colorful back­ground
!!
MICKEY MCGINNIS (1964-68,
P i p e s ) Mr s . E. Br y on
Marsolais, 2835 Drummond
Road, Shaker Heights, Ohio
44120
Bryon is an O r th o p a ed ic
Surgeon. Micky writes: "I was
sorry to hear about Mary Jane
and Cindy. Such young people
to die like that! We are all do­ing
well. Annette is 4, and go­ing
to Hathaway Brown where
she is very happy. Byron is still
at Case Western R e s e r v e
University Hospital. He travels
quite a bit which with two kids
is hard for me to go along,
however, Byron and I did go to
Los Vegas and Florida this
winter. I'm not working but am
very anxious to start again.
Even Annette asks why I don’t
work any more, but I haven't
worked since Charlie was born.
He is a year old now."
PAM KLOCKSIEM (1964-68,
Pipes) 1020 S. 36th Street #6,
Council Bluffs, Iowa 51501
Pam is Recreation Supervisor
with the Council Bluffs Parks,
Recreation, and Public Proper­ty
Department-but listen to
this!! “I’m still very busy as
Pipe Major of the Omaha Pipes
and Drums. Last summer saw
us appearing in parades, doing
performances, etc., and we
were the proud winners of five
trophies in various parades!”
She continues: “We have a fine
c la s s of twelve prospective
pipers. I have found teaching
has been an excellent way to
review piping fundamentals!
This past year I have also com­bined
my Scottish and needle­point
intere st and am now
n e e d le p o in t in g a u th e n t ic
tartan. I have done quite a bit
of s tu d y in g the h is to ry of
various tartans and have found
it v e ry in te r e s t in g . I find
m y s e l f lo o k in g at ta r ta n
material in a completely dif­fe
r en t w a y - takin g th r ead
counts, etc!" It would be great
to have you nearer us so that
you could help the Highlanders
as well as Omaha pipers!! And
we hope you're not giving up
your Highland dancing? Keep
up the ex c it in g avocat ion.
Pam.
BARBARA BREWER (1964-68.
drum. Drum Major, ‘67-‘68)
Mrs. Merve Sheplee, 100 2nd
Street S.E., New Prague, Min­nesota
50671
“Both Merve and I devote the
majority of winter months to
school act ivitie s. I ’m a 5th
grade teacher, and Merve is
head basketball coach and in­structor.
We enjoy golfing and
biking during summer along
with traveling (California last
summer). Certainly glad to see
and visit with Highlanders at
Homecoming."
TERESA O BRIEN (1965-69,
snare) Mrs. Bill McCombs, 728
Crestline, Wichita, Kansas
67212
Terry is a Systems Analyst at
City of Wichita, and Bill is a TV
engineer at KAKE-TV. She
writes: I got promoted last
year and have to keep provid­ing
work for other people as
well as myself, so I ve been re-a
lly busy. Supervising was
something new for me, but I m
enjoying my work more. Bill
got his amateur radio (H.im)
license, so keeps a c t iv e at
home as well as at work. We
have a dog-a ‘Scottie mix',
named Nickel-and enjoy her
company."
DONNA ENSLOW (1965-69,
pipes) Mrs. Michael Ryan, 2111
Pioneer Rd., Evanston, Illinois
60201
“In the past year, Mike and I
have bought a home, and I
gave birth to twins on January
20-a boy and girl. Timothy and
Jaimee. They're fantastic and
keep me hopping. They were a
little early, 5 weeks, small at
birth, but both are fine now.
Jaimee has very strong lungs,
and is destined to be a piper.
I'm sure Tim is using his sis­ter's
head for a drum, so who
knows? Hope you come back
to N o r thw e s te r n soon to
perform?" Mike is a telephone
repairman, and Donna must be
really BUSY with twins. Con­gratulations
!!
LINDA LARSON (1965-69,
snare) Mrs. Mike Kennedy, 89
Brentwood Drive, Palatine, Il­linois
60067
Linda is doing two part-time
jobs: contract programming,
and her new son, Jim, and Lin­da
spend two afternoons a
week at Harper College's Day
Care Center. Husband and
Daddy is a Security Analyst for
Sears Investment Management
Company. They spent a few
weeks last winter in Florida,
“getting away from the cold
m id w e s t e r n w e a th e r fo r
a w h i l e S h e continues “Jim
has been growing up fast and
doesn’t seem like a baby any
more. We’re learning lots and
lots about parenthood! One
highlight of last year was our
Virgin Island trip in June. We
chartered a boat with another
couple and sailed in and around
the British Virgin Islands with
them, followed by the two of us
going on to St. John where we
honeymooned five years ago. ”
CYNTHIA MACLAREN
(1965-69, pipes, Pipe Major)
Mrs. Charles W. Terrett, Rt. 1
Southern Heights. Hickman,
Kentucky 42050
Cyndy was a teacher in 7th and
8lh grade English and History,
and Charles is principal of the
local high school in Hickman.
Their recent, happy news is the
arrival of Carolyn Renee June
20th. Congratulations and Best
Wishes!
MARY SUSAN BARTON
(1966-67, Dance) Mrs. Daniel
Johnannsen, 525 East Street,
Green River, Wyoming 82935
“I attended U. of I. two years,
married, then in succession at­tended
University of California
at San Diego, University of Il­linois
at Champaign-Urbana,
University of Eastern New
Mexico, and Graduated Cum
Laude. I teach part time. Dan
is an en g in e e r , with P e te r
Kiewitt Sons. Inc.. and we have
two children, Chris 4, and Cory
1. ”
JEAN ROHLF (1966-68, drum)
Mrs. Randall Jordison, 2004
Rochester Court, Iowa City,
Iowa 52240
Jean is a very active citizen -
Alumnae Panhellenic, Univer­sity
Club, Alpha Chi Omega
Rush Advisor, PEO, St. An­drew
P r e sb y te r ia n Church
(teaching 7, 8 Sunday School,
adult study group member,
c om m i t t e e s for C h r is t ian
E d u c a t io n ) , v o lu n te er and
volunteer board at University
Hospital, formed babysitting
c o - o p fo r tw e l v e y o u n g
fam i l ie s , group lead er for
University Club interest group
on young children, modeled in
University Club Spring Style
Show, and she concludes: “We
do fam ily b a b y s i t t in g for
parents who leave town., and
also do sewing in our home and
s e l l many p atchwork and
c a l ic o c ra f ts : make some
clothing items and home acces­sories.
My business is called
POTPOURRI, and my Christ­mas
business is very good.
Randy is Administrator of In­ternal
Medicine -- University
H o sp ita ls a/i[d C lin ic s . He
recently became an elder in
our chucqh and is also our
church ti^asurer. We attend
many Iovya sports events and
really enjoy wrestling. Most
f ree tijp'e is s p e n t wi th
daughter! Amanda, who was
born October 24, 1975.” What a
busy exciting life this Highlan­der
Alum leads!!
SUSAN PARRY (1 9 6 6 - 6 9 ,
pipes) Mrs. Gary D. Gordon,
1119 Hiawatha Lane, Caman-che.
Iowa 52730
Gary is Admissions Coun­selor:
recruiter for Juniro Col­lege.
three days a week Sue is
part-time hospital pharmacist.
“ 1977 finds us still in Caman-che.
We are busy with our
respective jobs and our 2 year
old daughter, Kim. Who ever
said the ‘terrible twos’ hasn’t
met Kim. We are enjoying
seeing through her eyes the
joys and discoveries of life. We
are a very fortunate couple.”
Why no.t begin teaching Kim
Highlander dances, the Fling,
or baby pipes???
PAMELA HELEN AUSTIN
(1966-69, Dance) Mrs. John C.
Hendricks, 1945 18th Avenue
N.W., Rochester, Minnesota
55901
Pam writes: “MT (ASCP);
now teaching Lab Medicine at
Mayo Clinic; husband - M.D.,
G en e ra l Surgeon at Mayo
Clinic. We’ll be in Rochester
for another couple years, when
John will then receive his as­s
ig nm e n t for Army duty.
We’ve enjoyed being closer to
I owa Ci t y for f o o t ba l l
weekends but rather hope that
the duty assignment will be for
Germany. The Highlander tour
in ’68, and then studying in
England have left us eager to
return to Europe. Memories of
travel with the Highlanders
can’t be replaced - tremendous
opportunities and exper ien­c
e s .” It could be you’ll be there
in 1980? Germany, that is, and
Highlanders may be coming
once again, so keep in touch!
KAREN MOHR ( 1 9 6 6 - 7 0 ,
pipes) & FRED J. WHYTE,
(1968-70, Director) 2125 Ad­miral
Drive West, Virginia
Beach, Virginia 23451
The Whytes report: “ 1976 was
highlighted by our re-location
to Virginia, where Fred’s com­pany
has constructed a U.S.
based manufacturing facility.
We are enjoying the proximity
to Chesapeake Bay and the
Atlantic Ocean, and live about
M> mile from the sight of the
Pilgrim’s original landing at
Cape Henry in 1607. Karen is
fully ‘retired’ now, and enjoys
her role as a housewife. Fred
has been solicited by several of
the local pipe bands and has
made the a cq u a in tan c e of
other piobaireachd-playing
p ip e r s in th e a r e a . Our
daughter, Jean Ann, was 2
years old in January, and her
little brother and/or sister is
due in October. We were able
to attend the Ohio State game
in October and see the band
p e r fo rm . K a r e n ’s s i s t e r ,
Cheryl, now a Sophomore, is
the third member of the Mohr
F am i ly to be an a c t i v e
Highlander. We fondly recall
th e m an y f in e m em o r ie s
Highlanders provided us, and
ap pr e c ia te correspondence
from any a lum s .” Fred is
Product Manager, of the Stihl
Company, Inc.
DEBORAH ANN HANSON
(1966-71), Bass drum) 1331 S.
Maple, D 23, Sioux City, Iowa
51106
Debby is Rehabilitation Coun­selo
r, as s igned to Western
Iowa Tech Community College.
She writes: “Really no news.
My sister, Geraldine Hanson
King (Bass drum, 1954-58) is
now residing at,J|63 Union,
Montclair, N.Y/Jf}7042. She
works for Hartz Mt. Sternco.
Other s is te r , Nancy Lynne
Hangon LaDue (pipes & drum,
1947-60) lives at 1313 Knobhill
Lane. Burnsville, Minnesota
55337. All of us to-gather over
Christmas this year for the
first time in 15 years. Missed
you at the Minnesota vs. Iowa
game this past year. Always
look forward to se e in g the
group.” How lucky Highlan­ders
were to have three Han­son
DRUMMERS!!
GAIL SHOENTHAL (1967-70,
Dancer) Mrs. Fred Luncin, Rt.
4 Alexander Lake, Merrill,
Wisconsin 54452
Gail’s husband is C.P.A. with
Koenig & Lundin S.C.. and Gail
is Director of Merrill Daycare
and Preschool Center.
Gail says: ‘‘To all our past
Highlander friends: Fred and I
live in a beautiful northwoods
vacationland - come up and
visit us and take your pick of
d ow n h ill or c r o s s c o u n tr y
skiing, snowmobiling, water-skiing,
camping - the beer and
homemade Brats are delicious
and we love company! Our
best to all of you.” The Lundins
have a son, Andrew Frederick,
who must be close to a year old
now. Thanks for the generous
invitation to your beautiful
vacation spot. You may have a
big ‘run-in’ of Highlander com­pany!!
KATHY STU F F ( 1967 -71,
P ip e s ) Mrs. Steve Knutson,
2107'N. Ardell Place. Peroria,
Illinois 61604
K a t h y i s a M e d i c a l
T e ch n o lo g is t at Methodist
Hospital, and Steve is Assistant
Manager and Pharmacist with
Super Drugs in Peoria. “We
saw an L.A. Bagpipe Band at
Disneyland on a vacation in
California last summer - a very
sentimental thrill runs up and
down my spine whenever I
h ea r bagpipes! I ’m taking
guitar lessons, and have also
been playing piano a ccom ­paniment
for fashion shows.”
MARGO M. LAWSON (1967-71,
P ip e s ) 4309 Pamlico Drive,
Raleigh, North Carolina 27609
Margo is a student at U.N.C.,
Chapel Hill, doing graduate
work in Reading and Language
A r ts. “ I am working on a
Master’s degree and should
receive it in early 1978,” writes
Margo. “I hope then to apply to
th e U.S. D e p a r tm e n t of
D e f e n s e O v e r s e a s S ch o o l
System (You now have to be
certified in 2 subjects in order
to be considered and my M.A.
will make me qualified). With
luck, I’ll be located somewhere
in Germany or the British
Isles. Oh! to get back again!”
We w ish you th e b e s t of
everything.
LINDA REHMKE (1967-71,
Pipes) Mrs. Larry D. Nielsen,
R.R. 2, Independence, Iowa
50644
“ I’ve been teaching English,
Speech and Drama at the In­dependence
High School, but
right now I’m enjoying being a
“ Mommy” ’, reports Linda.
“ This year we purchased a
farm (220 acres). Although my
husband is still working for a
CPA firm, we love the peace of
farm living. Our daughter,
Alicia, was born in November,
’76, so there may be another
g en e ra t ion of Highlanders
coming?!”
CAROLE TORAN (1967-71,
D a n c e r ) Mrs. D on a ld D.
Kucharo, Jr., 4405 Amesbury
Drive, Bettendorf, Iowa 52722
“ We have had a busy year
building a house of our own,”
writes Carole. “Construction
began a year or more ago and
we have been in for eight mon­ths
already. We are really en­joying
the house - it’s like a
new toy to us! All else is about
the same. Don continues to sell
machinery and do re-building.
I am working part-time at the
c h i ld r e n ’s sh op w h e r e I
previously worked full time for
two years.” Keep coming over
to visit. We do enjoy seeing
you.
JEANNETTE MUNSINGER
(1968-71, Dancer) Mrs. Thomas
R. Schierbrock, 1003 W. Olive,
Redlands, California 92373
“ Still practice the Fling But
can’t remember the order of
th e s t e p s fo r th e Sw o rd
D a n c e ,” reports J ean e t te .
We’ll send off copies of the dan­ces
we have on file. As years go
on the choreography changes a
bit with new Highland dancers
who h a v e been in s tru c ted
elsewhere, but we hope these
dance instructions we have will
help? Jeannette says “hello to
Cocrand and Lucy, and to all
the girls of '68 class.” She is
Department Head of Home
E con om ic s-E .M . Cape Jr.
H ig h , R e d la n d s , and her
husband is a dentist, stationed
at NFB Norton Air Force Base
in San Bernardino.
CAROLYN ROACH (1968-72,
P i p e s ) P.O. Bo x 2 0 4 ,
Wheatland, Iowa 52777
“ During the summers I’m
back in Iowa City working on
my M.A. in Linguistics. I’m a
high school teacher - Spanish I,
II, III, IV. English I, II.” What
a heavy schedule! Drop in to
see us one day when you’re
back on campus. Office is in
Student A c t iv it ie sa Center,
basement floor of Iowa Union,
now!
NANCY F E S ENMEYER
(1968-72, Pipes) Permanent ad­dress
(parents) 2330 Lorton
Place, Davenport, Iowa 52803
Nancy has her M.A. as of 1974,
and she is Speech Pathologist
wi t h Gr ant Wood Ar ea
Education Agency in Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. She writes of a
strenuous trip she had last
summer (1976): “ I spent 33
d a y s b a c k p a c k in g in th e
W y om in g m o u n ta in s on a
wilderness expedition conduc­te
d by N a t io n a l O utdo o r
Leadership School of Lander,
Wyoming. I was surprised to
find myself carrying a 70 pound
pack through deep snow (in
June); wading icy mountain
creeks, crossing other falls by
Tyrolean Traverse on ropes;
crunching o v e r endle ss ice
fields; etc; etc. It was quite an
experience-blisters, cold toes,
cut up hands and all. I did learn
a great deal about wilderness
mountainerring on this expen-dition.
Back in Iowa City for
the fall, and I took creative
writing at U. of I. and a course
in hand book binding." Since
Nancy has had a temporary
‘home’ in Iowa City, it has been
good to see her at Highlander
affairs and on campus.
DR. SUSAN RAE JENSEN
(M.D.), (1968-72 Pipes) Univer­sity
of Iowa Hospital, Internal
Medicine Dept., Hospital Staff.
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Susan completed her intern­ship
in Internal Medicine at the
University of Colorado, and
has returned to Iowa City for
h e r m e d ic a l r e s id e n c y at
U n iv e r s ity Hospitals, as of
June, 1977. She writes: “ 1 gave
a voice concert in April '76 for
the Department of Music at
Iowa, and hope to give one this
year. The best of luck to all the
Highlanders-am anxious to see
you again!” We do not have an
Iowa City a d d r e s s at this
writing, only her appointment
at the University Hospitals.
C o n g r a tu la t io n s , S ue , on
receiving your M.D. degree in
1976!!
CINDY BACHMAN (1968-72,
Pipes) Bristol 18, 400 West 17th
St., Leadville, Colorado 80461
Ci ndy is a Spe e c h and
Language Pathologist. “ I am
happily situated in the gifhest
mountain town in the U.S.-
Leadville. The e lev a t ion is
10,200 feet. In the 1890’s Lead­ville
was a bustling boom town
with 80,000 gold and s ilv e r
miners along with Matt Dillon,
Doc Holliday and many other
famous Western heroes. Today
it is a small mountain town
located within 40 minutes of 5
great .pki areas. During the
week I ’m pathologist in the
schools, but on weekends I’m
on the slopes! It’s also a great
place for canoeing, rafting,
hiking, cross country skiing,
and just about anything else!
Needless to say, I’m really en­jo
y in g m y s e l f in Colorful
Colorado!” Watch your step!!
But it does sound great!!
N A N C Y P A T T E R S O N
(1969-70, Dancer) Mrs. Daniel
W. G illogly. 422 Hamilton,
Evanston, Illinois 60202
Daniel works as an Assistant
U.S. Attorney in Chicago, and
Nancy is in U.S. District Court
Clerk’s Office as secretary.
She says: “ Just a commen-t...
The times we’ve come out
for Homecoming, I always en­joyed
your shows. I wouldn’t
miss them for the world! You
guys are really terrific and I’ll
always have a special memory
of belonging to such a fun
organization. A lot has changed
since I was there-but th a t ’s
alright! If you ever quit your
jam s e s s io n s b efo r e g am e
time, I’ll be really disappoin­ted.”
DEBBIE FLOYD (1969-72,
Pipes) Mrs. Bruce Crandall,
411-12th Avenue S.E., Min­neapolis,
Minnesota 55414
De b b i e is an r e c r e a t i o n
therapist at a long-term mental
health facility. Her husband is
looking for career in sports-related
field. “Moved here in
September, ’76,” writes Deb­bie,
“Like area very much. Am
looking into becoming member
of one of many pipe bands in
Twin Cities. I’m very anxious
to hear from some of my many
friends in Highlanders! Think
of you often!” Maybe, once the
Newsletter is printed (?) you
can find addresses of friends,
so you, too, can write them.
Good luck. Hope you get to pipe
again in a band to your liking.
BARBARA MOHR (1969-73,
Drum Major ’71-’73) Mrs. Lynn
Conner, 4061 Bethel Drive, St.
Paul, Minnesota 55112
S i n c e r e c e i v i n g B a r b ’s
questionnaire, it is most likely
the Conners are about to move,
or already have found a new
h ome ? ? At any rate, s he
wr i t e s : “ Ly nn wi l l be
g r a d u a t i n g from Be th e l
Theological Seminary in May,
1977. He will be looking for a
position in a church. I am
looking forward to leaving the
classroom (taught in Junior
high school in Minneapolis) for
a while and spending time at
home. Wish' I could be more
sp ecific. Many changes are
coming: we are expecting to
move this summer, and we are
expecting a baby in August!”
We know you’ll let us know as
soon as you can of the new ar­r
iva l and a new addres s .
Congratulat ions!! (Daniel
James Conner arrived July 27.
1977)
LYNN F I LLENWARTH
(1969-73, Tenor drum) Arnolds
Park, Iowa 51331
Lynn is an attorney in Esther-ville,
Iowa, at Fillenwarth &
Fillenwarth Law Firm.
SUSAN M. GU RWE L L
(1969-73, Pipes) 8415 Franklin
Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa
50322
This active piper is a social
worker and she reports: “Still
playing pipes. Have joined the
Scottish Heritage Society of
Iowa and wa s e l e c t ed in
D e c em b e r as r e c o r d i n g
secretary of that organization.
Anyone interested in joining
can contact me or Kaye Cald­well
, 1308-60th Street, Des
Moines. We are looking for
drummers so that we can start
a band. I am still working for
the State at Woodward State
Hospital School. I frequently
s e e Sue Todd S e id en h e ld ’s
mother, who also works there.
T em p o r a r i l y I ’v e b e e n
s i d e l i n e d by open he a r t
surgery done at U. hospitals in
Iowa Ci ty, but should be
carousing around soon. Thanks
especially to Craig Hazelbaker
for stopping by and cheering
me up. I have heard from Dan
MacRae, former pipe instruc­tor.
His new address is: 1715
Knollwood P201 Kalamazoo,
Michigan 49006. ...He still plays
pipes, but not as often as he
would like to play.” We trust
your surgery has been most
su c c e s s fu l . H e r e ’s to your
recovery-and best of luck!
SHARON (Elsie) PLUMBER
(1970-72, Tenor drum) Mrs.
Dan Moore, 22-C Schilletter
Village, Ames, Iowa 50010
Sharon, or Elsie, as we know
her better, was teaching 3rd
n
d
s
r
e
i-
1,
grade (for the fifth year) and
her husband was a senior in
Horticulture at I.S.U. “We
w e r e m a r r i e d in J u n e ,
1976...and Dan will continue
with a degree in landscape ar-c
h i t e c t u r e a f t e r a J u l y
graduation in horticulture. And
I’ve been lucky to have a job
teaching at Sawyer School in
Ames, in this age of declining
enrollments!”
CORY JANE S IMP SON
(1970-73, Dancer) Mrs. William
L e e Ch r i s t i a n , 506 E.
Maywood, Leoria, Illinois 61603
Cory is a Dental Hygienist for
Periodontist, and her husband
is a high school instructor of
mathematics, at Peoria and Il­l
in o is Central College. He
received the 1976 award for the
most outstanding teacher that
year. Cory also reports: I’m a
member of the Junior League
of Peoria, Board of Directors
for Kickapoo Council of Girl
Scouts; treasurer for Peoria
Dental Hygienist Society.” In­deed,
the Christians are very
active in their particular fields.
Best wishes and future succes­ses!
P AULA SUE THOMAS
(1970-74, P ip e s ) co Darkan
P o s t , Da r k a n , We s t e r n
Austrialia 6392.
Paula went to Australia in
May, 1975. She was home for
her summer holidays ov er
Christmas, 1976, and at that
time visited some of her for­mer
Highlander friends in
Iowa City. At the present time
she is engaged to an ‘Aussie’ so
it looks like she may be staying
‘down under’ except for oc­casional
visits bacjf home.
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KATHLE EN DONAHUE
(1970-74, Tenor drum) Mrs.
Dave McClure, 366 Foulois
Drive, Loring AFB, Maine
04751
“ I ’m present ly a Special
Education teacher and Dave is
a pilot with the Air Force.
We’re hoping to move soon,
hopefully closer to Iowa. I sure
miss Iowa City and the football
games, but my folks keep me
posted on how the Highlanders
are doing! When are we going
to the Rose Bowl??” You tell
us. We’ll be ready and eager to
go on a Rose Bowl Trip any
time!!
GAYLE J. BOERM (1970-74,
Dancer) Sundial III, 203, Route
7, St. Cloud, Minnesota 56301
“ 1 was an interior consultant
for a year with J.C. Penney’s,”
writes Gayle, “and have now
moved into the hiearchy of the
Company. Have lived in Min­neapolis’
St. Paul since Christ­mas
Eve, 1975. Very excited
about my new job as of April,
1977, in management trainee
work for Penneys in St. Cloud
(the party college town of Min­nesota).
Anyone passing close
by should stop or call.”
TERRI ANNE PUTNAM-
(1970-74), Drums) Mrs. Istvan
Toppler, Harden, Box 124 New
South Wales, Australia 2597
Here is another Highlander
living in Australia! Terri has
traveled to many foreign coun­tries
since her graduation. She
spent the summer of 1974 in a
Kibbutz in Israel. In January,
1975, she left for a teaching job
in Australia. Since that time
sh e has v a c a t io n ed in the
Philippines and has toured
Southern Asia, Israel and Ger­many.
This drummer has been
teaching English in the high
school of Harden. We hope to
get more word from this world
traveler!!
SHANNON KATHLEEN GAF­FNEY
(1970-74, Pipes, Drum
Major) Mrs. David Buelt, 6 0 0 4
1st Street E., Independence,
Iowa 50644
Ever since Dave and Shannon
were married in October, 1975,
they have been living in In­dependence.
Shannon got her
teach in g ce rtificat ion from
UNI in Cedar Falls, and has
s u b s t i t u t e t a ugh t in the
remedial reading field ever
since. “At this point,” she con­cludes,
“I won’t be very picky
in looking for a job for fall,
having completed the last 15
hours of graduate work in
reading, I’m reading for a full
time position.” Dave is a Sales
Representative for FMC Cor­poration.
CHRISTINE MARTIN (Juhl)
(1970-74, Dance r & Choral
Director) P.O. Box 3228, Sta­tion
A., Savannah, Georgia
51403
Chris is a Police Officer and
Systems Analyst responsible
for all pre-employment in­vestigations
for police person­nel.
“Although work keeps me ex­tremely
busy, I have returned
to school in order to get a B.A.
degree in Criminal Justice and
hope to finish by Christmas,
1977. My main outside work is
playing b a gpip es with the
Savannah Celtic Pipe Band.
We organized in October, '76,
and have quite a major dinner
dance performance as well as
ma r c h i n g in the ’77 St.
Patrick' s Day Parade. We
< number twenty, but our en­th
u s ia sm is as high as the
H i g h l a n d e r s . We w e a r
Maclean of Duart. Our Pipe
Major is Leonard Wood who
some of you may be acquainted
with. I wish I could join you for
fe stivit ie s and to see fellow
Alums. Drop a line, or drop by
if you’re ever near Savannah!"
JO ANN GILCHRIST (1970-75,
Pipes) 735 Michael Street, No.
86, Iowa City, Iowa 52240
“ I t ' s been 2 y e a r s s inc e
graduation but I still miss
p ra c t ic in g for the football
games, and the away trips. I
have my own set of pipes now
although it's not quite the same
to practice alone: I miss all the
friends I made in Highlanders.
I ’ve been saving up though,
since graduation, so that I can
return to Scotland in a couple
of years. I'd love to return to
the places we visited during
the Foreign Trip of 1 2 ." Jo
Ann is a Pharmacy Technician
at University Hospital, Iowa
City. Come in to see us when
you can !
W. RICHARD (DICK) LEMKE
(1971-72, Director) 816-12th
Avenue, Apt. #6, Huntington,
West Virginia 25701
Dick is now Director of Bands,
Marshall University, since Ju­ly,
1976. He had been at Edin-boro
State College in Pen­nsylvania
after leaving Iowa.
“ In a d d i t i o n to my a d ­ministrative
duties as Director
of Bands,” writes this former
Director, “ I also direct the
marching band, wind sym-phomy,
and symphoniorbands.
The band performed for Gov­ernor
Jay Rocke feller's in­auguration
in January, and I
am playing in the Charleston
and Huntington Symphony
Orchestras. Like the song says-
-‘West Vi r g in i a , a lmo s t
heaven.- In the years since I
was director, I have heard
nothing but good things about
the highlanders. I ’m hoping
that the group will continue to
have su c c e s s in the future.
Good luck! ” Dick is married to
Sandra Costanza.
JOHN BREZA (1971-73, Pipes)
Mrs. Jeffrey Anderson, tem­porary
address: 6813 Bellrose
#44, El Paso, Texas 79925:
J e f f ’s parents’ address: c/o
Richard Breza, R.D.; Box 88,
Solon, Iowa 52333
Joan says she is a homemaker;
and Jeff is a Lieutenant in the
United States Army, stationed
in El Paso. “This summer we
will be moving to Germany,
where Jeff will be stationed for
3 years. So far, we both enjoy
Army life.” There are other
Highlanders going to Germany
within the coming year. We
hope you’ll all me et there.
Check the Tom Wiederrechts
(Linnea McDonald and Tom
were married in June, and
soon will be in Germany!)
Happy landing to al l!!
MARTHA J. MOORE (1971-73,
Pipes) 728 East College, Iowa
City, Iowa 52240
Marty has been a Graduate
Re s e a r ch As s i s t a n t in a
Children’s Literature Study
and student at lowa, and is to
receive requirements for M.A.
in Elementary Administration
and cert i f icat ion in Early
Childhood in July, 1977. Do
send on a permanent address
as soon as you know it. Good
luck!
BARBARA SAUER (1971-74,
Pipes) PSC Box 2101, Minot Air
F o rc e Base, Minot, North
Dakota 58705
Barb is Miss i l e S y s t ems
Analyst in U.S. Air Force. She
writes: “Am just completing
first year in Air Force after 6
weeks in Texas and 6 months in
Illinois. Arrived in Minot early
January. Plan on vi si t ing
England and Scotland again in
near future. Really enjoy Air
Force-lots of interesting peo­ple.
Miss Highlanders very
much."
CHRISTINE ELAINE BROWN
(1971-74, Pipes) Lytton, Iowa
50561, c/o Robert Brown.
Chris joined the Peace Corps in
July, 1975, and has been in Up­per
Volta, West Africa since
that time. She completes her 2
years of service this summer
and will return home for a
vacation. At this time, she is
considering returning for a
t iird year. All these Highlan­ders
in the U .S. service, and/or
traveling abroad should ar­range
for a m e e tin g some
place some how!! Good luck.
PAM STONE (1971-75, Tenor
drum) RR 5 Kountry Lane,
Apts. #203B, Iowa City, Iowa
52240
Pam is Second grade teacher
in Lone Tree Eleme n t a r y
School, Lone Tree, Iowa. Do
drop in to see us one day.
JANET LANE ( 197 1-75,
Dancer) Mrs. David Rowley,
515 E. Jefferson Street, Iowa
City, Iowa 52240
Janet is Clinic Coordinator,
Diabetic Retinopathy Study, at
University Hospital, Iowa City.
Janet says: “Plan on being in
Iowa City at least two more
years as Dave is a Ph. D. can­didate
in the Department of
Anatomy, University of Iowa
Hospital.” Always good to have
some of our Alums “in town"!
SUSIE FRANSEN (1971-75
d a nc e r ) , Mrs . T h om a s
Thrams, 306 Gracious Estates,
Mason City, Iowa 50401. (See
Jean Slavata Costa’s note)
KAREN PARKER (1971-75,
Dance r ) 3 0 2 l/2 S. Gi lbert
Street, # 1 , Iowa City, Iowa
52240
Karen is working on an M.F.A.
in Theatre Design. She has had
various jobs on theatre produc­tions
at the University of Iowa
as she studies toward her
degree.
JANICE MILLER (1972-75,
Snare drum) Mrs. Karl B.
Schmidt, 3016 Stratford Lane,
S.W., Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404
Janice is a secretary at the
Dental Science Building, and
Karl is self-employed. The
Schmidts recently purchased a
house in Cedar Rapids, and are
living there now.
NANCY SUFFICOOL (1972-76,
Dancer) Mrs. Tom Sawyer,
1725 8th Avenue, Marion, Iowa
52302
Nancy is a Sales person at
Sears, and Tom is a State Cor­rectional
Officer.
DAWN LACINA (1972-76,
D a n c e r ) Mr s . D a v i d
McKenzie, 330 S. Linn Street,
Apt. 1, Iowa City, Iowa 52240.
Dawn is a nurse at Lone Tree
Care Center, Lone Tree, Iowa.
Her husband is a graduate stu­dent
in Electrical Engineering
at Iowa.
THOMAS P. WIEDERRECHT
(1972-76, Pipes, Drum Major,
’76) Box 7903, APO, New York,
New York 09012
June 19, 1977, was the mar­riage
date for Tom and Linnea
McDon a l n d , a Hi ghl an d
dancer. They will be living in
Kinsbach, Germany for four
years. And Tom adds: “We will
look forward to se e in g the
Highlanders there in 1980".
Wouldn't that be exciting?
Tom had his Basic Weather Of­fice
Training at the University
of Utah, Salt Lake City, and is
now a 2d. Lt. USAF.
NANCY VAINREB (1972-74,
Tenor drum) Mrs. Kenneth
Eberle, 270 Bon Aire, Iowa Ci­ty,
Iowa 52240: moving to Ft.
Leonard Wood, Missouri.
Nancy reports that she has
been a Rgistered Dietitian at
University Hospital, Iowa City,
but she and Kenneth are mov­ing
to Ft. Leonardwood, Mis­souri.
where her husband will
begin a General Dent istry
Residency for one year. Nancy
will have completed her M.A.
in Home Economics this last
spring, as Well.
TARINE A. UPDEGRAFF
(1972-76, Dancer) 1112 W. 41st
Terrace, Kansas City, Missouri
64111
Tarine is another Dietitian,
who is to take the exam to be
Registered, and then follow up
with a thesis. “I'm told the
local St. Andrews Society has a
Pipe Band in Kansas City.
However, the Pipe Major
doesn't believe in girl pipers-imagine-
but a friend of mine
and I are going to join the dan­c
e r s anyway. Old dancers
never die, you know, they just
creak...Best to everyone!”
PEGGY J. BOWEN (1972-76,
Dan c e r ) 265 21st Street ,
Marion, Iowa 52302
Peggy is Office Manager for
Distributor of Electronic Com­ponents
& Related Materials in
Marion. She continues: “Since
my major field was English
(Creative Writing) I have done
some writing in my spare time.
11 received my first official re­jection
slip from a magazine. I
am a member of the Order of
the Eastern Star (A Masonic
Fraternity) and this year hold
th office of Adah." Keep up the
writing, one day you'll be ac­cepted
!!
Performances of the Year.
1. Sept. 6. 1976-Muscular
Dystrophy Telethon at WMT in
Cedar Rapids, la.
2. Sept. 8. 1976-Police &
P ea c e Officers Meeting at
Highlander Inn, Iowa City.
3. Sept. 11. 1976-Sheep Em­pi
r e Da y s ( p a r a d e &
performance) in Keosqauqua,
Iowa.
4. Oct. 2, 1976-Parent s
Weekend at Cornell College,
Mt. Vernon, la.
5. Nov. 5-7, 1976-“Away’’
football game trip to Madison,
Wisconsin.
g 6. Feb. 28, 1977-Bankers Life
& Casualty Meeting at Altoona,
Iowa.
7. April 14, 15, & 16. 1977-
Seminar, Spring Concert. &
Tartan Ball.
8. May 28-29, 1977-Alma
Highland Festival in Alma,
Michigan.
9. June 11, 1977-Midlothian
Highland Games in Midlothian,
Illinois.
PLUS the usual home football
g a me s and n ume r o u s
performances at elementary
schools and nursing homes in
the Iowa City area.
Our Initiation Banquet was on
Feb. 26,1977.
1976-77 Adamson Highlander
Scholarship Recipients:
First Semester-Kim Clay,
DeeCort R. Hammitt, Paula
Shelton, Ann Den Uyl.
Second Semster-Sue Tracy,
Dawn Trickett.
These scholarships are made
possible through the donations
from you Alums-Thank you.
Our Homecoming Coffee is
scheduled for Oct. 15 from
10:00-11:30 A.M. in the Oriental
Room of the Iowa Memorial
Union.
Our Seminar, Concert, &
Tartan Ball is scheduled for
April 20 & 21 (Seminar) and
April 22 (Concert & Bal l).
Final Chord:
Jane Morrissey Gavitt, 34, of
1800 McGowan Blvd., Marion.
Iowa died on June 22, 1977
following a short illness
Highlander Marriages:
Linnea McDonald to Tom
Wiederrecht on June 19, 1977
Le tha Smi t h to Craig
Hazelbaker (Pipe Instructor)
on Aug. 12,1977
Ar ri val of P e r s p e c t i v e
Highlanders:
Elizabeth Anne Meeker, born
July 9, 1976 to former director
& wi fe, Howard & Marty
Meeker.
Tobin Edward Stewart, born
March 21, 1977 to former direc­tor
& ex-Highlander wife, John
& Susan (Shea) Stewart
As a closing note I would like
you all to know that once again
this letter was printed, at no
cost to the Highlanders, by
Brownsville Publishing Corp.
which is owned by Chuck &
Marge (McDonald) McKinley, *
a fai thful & g en e rou s ex-
Highlander & husband. I know
from all of your comments how
much you enjoy getting this
newsletter and if you would x
like to thank them personally
for making it possible their ad­d
r e s s is: 200 Indian Rock,
Brownsvi l le, Pen n sy lv an ia
15417.
Have a happy, healthy, and
prosperous year. We will look *
forward to hearing from all of
you and more again next year.
Bon Accord,
Jean Costa, Secretary
Scottish Highlanders
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE FOR 1977:
Sept. 10 Northwestern Home
Sept. 17 Iowa State Home
Sept. 24 Arizona Home
Oct. 1 LCLA Away
Oct. 8 Minnesota Home
Oct. 15 Ohio State Homecoming
Oct. 22 Purdue Away
Oct. 29 Michigan Away *
Nov. 5 Indiana Home (Dad's Day)
Nov. 12 Wisconsin Away
Nov. 19 Michigan St. Home
"This will be our "away " trip
Office of the Scottish Highlanders
University of Iowa
Iowa Memorial Union
Iowa City, Iowa