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Volume XLIV, Number 4
Contents
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Page Message from
tlie
President
1
LONGWOOD COLLEGE
OF
The Face
Alumnae Association
Number
Volume XLIV
We
Love
2
4
AJLimnae Support Institute of Sotithern Culture
6
Hiner Library
6
Fine Arts Festival Most Memorable
7
Founders Day Pictorial 1958
8
November 1958 Elizabeth
Editor
Board
Editorial
Shipplett Jones MILDRED Davis,
Emily Barksdale, Ray Merchent, Pat Tuggle Miller, Lillian Minkel
Ann
Assistanis
Brierley, Jo Dearing
MEMBER AMERICAN ALUMNI COUNCIL
Faculty
LONGWOOD COLLEGE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION
News
Endowment
10
Project Launching
11
Esecutire Board
Francis G. Lankeord, Jr., I'resideni. LongwooJ College Dabney S. Lancaster, President Emeritus. Longwood College
Dr.
Financial Budget
12
Dr.
Gifts
Made
to the
Alumnae House
12
President
W.
Elsie Stossel. 3105
Grace
St.,
RichmunJ,
Beyond Our Shores
13
Preview of 75th Anniversary Plans
16
Chapters Increase in Membership and Activities
17
Va. First
V ice
President
Mountain
Frances
Sale Lyle. Danville, Va.
Second
V ice
View
Ave.,
President
Maria
2604
Jackson, Richmond, Va.
Kensington
Ave.,
Chapter Officers
Named
18
Ex-President
Margaret Rohinsim
Among Our
Simkins. Farmville, Va.
Outstanding Alumnae
19
Ex-Secretary
Virginia McLean Pharr, 5211 Sheridan Lane, Richmond. Va. Directors
Harrison McLaughlin, Woodberry Forest, Orange, Va. Sammy Scott, Tazewell, Va. Emily Johnson, 3iS.Vt 9th St.. North Arlington, Va. Pat Tuggle Miller, Rt. 2, Laurel Sprmgs, Eilerson, Va.
Message from Your Alumnae President
21
Campus Highlights
22
Alumnae House Regulations
24
Granddaughters Club
24
Founders Day Program
25
Nancy
Chairman
of
Snack Bar Committee
Rosemary Howell. 2802 4.
milliard Road. Apt.
About Your Candidates and
26
Ballot
Richmond, Va.
of Alumnae House Committee Bristow Starke, "Rustom", River Road, Richmond, Va.
Chairman
Honor
27
Roll
Maria
Wedding
Bells
.30
Executive Secretary and Treasurer
Elizabeth
Shipplett Jones. Rt. 2, Farmville,
News
Stork
31
Va.
Betty Davis Edwards, 416
Joist
Rt.
1,
Appomattox, Va.
Josephine Hillsman.
Ann
32
Where Are You?
48
Hite Place,
Winchester, Va.
Joan Harvey,
News
Class
Class Representatives
Martinsville, Va.
In
Brierley, Farmville, Va.
Published quarterly
by Longwood
College,
Farmville,
Memoriam Va.
Second Class mailing privileges
51 and 52
at
Farmville,
Va.
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT The year, 1959, Longwood College.
is
a special anniversary for
Ir
^5
is
years
the
as
state college for
first
the
since
Alma Mater
State of Virginia established your
the education of
women. The primary purpose
of the stare in
establishing this college was to provide for
education of teachers to serve in schools.
the
tlie
public
This has continued to be the primary
purpose of Longwood, and with great distinction
to
it
been realized
li.is
the college.
Indeed,
we all enjoy a feeling of pride in the good name enjt)yed by Longwood in the held of teacher education. The prospect of continuing to
Dr. Francis G. Lankford,
Jr.
produce liberally educated and professionalh'
competent teachers is a bright one. We are each year enrolling a larger number of capable young women, and we continue to maintain high academic standards. Modifications in our
made in the years ahead made of teachers.
degree recjuirements will be the
nev.'
We
demands
Longwood alumnae everywhere
urge
celebrating
1959.
chairman of
to be
a
join
we
us
who
prepare our students to meet
are
here on
Miss Elizabeth Burger, Associate Professor of Science
committee
of this schedule as
to
as
it
programs during the
to plan a schedule of events.
develops.
We
also
hope that
We
at
campus Longwood,
the
in is
will certainly keep you informed
local chapters
v,'ill
arrange appropriate
year.
During 1959, we hope every one of you, who can, \s'ill visit the college. We want you some of the improvements made in recent years. For example, a beautiful new dormitory is nearing completion. This year's seniors are the first to^ occupy it. We would also to see
like to tell
you about our plans for further development.
Currently, architectural plans are
being drawn for another dormitory to house approximately 180 students. This should be ready for occupancy by I960. Plans are also under way for further renovation of Ruiifner, for an addition to the library,
We
and
for a
new home management
count on continued alumnae interest and loyalty
future of increased service for your
Alma
as
we
house.
look forward to a bright
Mater. Sincerely,
Francis G. Lankford, President
Jr.
"
THE FACE WE LOVE Hv [AMES M. Grainger
James M. Grainger
Note;
To
campus suggests
one college
observer,
casual
another, be the architecture classic. Tudor, or modern: for
for
by living
lay
sacrifice
well as by dying for
one spends a week, a month, four years on any campus,
devotion to the teaching of children, have given of themselves
be too complex for quick and
being
recognizable. It m-ay
icell
we may
easy analysis, or
not always consciously define
it
upon
Called
nood
College,
of Long-
to select those personality traits
most students and alumnae would begin
with her friendliness and her concern for the individual.
heard so much about the friendly
'I've
campus,"
high
ivrite
this
their
letters
is
its
letters to
confide
friendliness."
parents each
"We
fall.
freshtnen
in
want
to
Believing that such
expressions
we have sought
for
the probable source or origin of
here
exists
Farmville
at
to
a
some explanation as to this spirit which we feel
unique degree.
No
one
Al.
Grainger, ivho for forty years was chairman of
English
the
Department and intimately
associated-
with
and with the men and ivornen
the groivth of the college
who breathed life and being into her spirit. The following is part of Mr. Grainger's answer. Unfortunately we were unable to print the entire article. M. D. Davis
we would
Lankford the
their
has
account aptly
for
what President Francis G.
termed
"the
enduring
loyalt)'
alumnae" and "their extraordinary affection
Alma
for
Mater," the story must be written in terms
of the spirit of those dedicated
men
and women, teacher;
and students of teaching, who have made
home and who have given
their lives in
this their spiritual
whole or in part
to her, over the seventy-five years of her existence. "Greater
is
something
makes the difference
that
Normal School
the
in the
Teachers
or
fessional.
So whoever
it
was that
lengthened shadow
truth
about
Longwood
haunt her
"Every institution
said,
of
man,"
a
College,
halls,
our or
woman
those of us
is
She has
not.
own
—
have
known
Longwood,
or
man
a living, loving, lovable
mere shadow she
certainly
countenance, a look which
In spirit the true tradition of all
the
many
of
School," or State
"Farmville,"
A
being.
a face, a
for
but
not the shadow of any mere
recognize as in a portrait, a face
from home"
who
Normal
but rather a personality
person in her
is
half
hover round her Rotunda, and
To
Alma Mater seems
only
told
the shades
for
her by whatever name, "the old
we
we
all
love.
making
a
"home away
the students, especially the
new ones, Normal
goes back to the very beginnings of the Farmville School.
The
first
fatherly
man
with a big
principal.
their
laughing faces."
upon
W. H. He wrote
Dr.
heart.
the troops of girls that
Celeste E. If
there
does to the souls of those
Teachers College, or simply
more than mere
are
see?ned better qualified to answer our inquiry than Mr.
James
it
of
spirit
frequent her classrooms. this
ing of our college presidents throughout the years.
,
devote themselves to
of
be your home-away-from-home" has been the annual greet-
pleasantries
it
fine souls
school
first
their
in
"The most outstanding feature
application for admittance. of
seniors
what
of the spiritual
portrait
And
Mater.
College and that of other institutions, academic or pro-
the
school
Alma
call
between the
of your
spirit
makes up the composite
we
love of teaching and
who
even for ourselves.
of
as
down his life may be made what one loves. The
he
that
this
and the supreme
endless cumulative procession of those who, out of great
alike.
the distinctive individuality of that particular institution is
no man than
friend,"
his
But
much
the uninitiated, college catalogues look if
hath
love
the
"came rushing
Ruftner,
was a
affectionately of
in
upon us with
His Vice-Principal, so-called Miss
Bush from Connecticut,
to accept that position,
cences' prepared for the
whom
wrote
he had prevailed
later in her
"Reminis-
1909 Virginian, that she "took
charge of several things from planning the curriculum to giving out the wash": as also the teacher of
history, morals,
"The
and the catalog designated her
"geography, physiology. United States
and manners!
social life in those days," she wrote,
and wholesome.
The
students
took readily
"was simple to
the
idea
Alumnae Magazine
that
whom
were not boarding school misses over
they
young women
teachers must stand police guard, but
in
a professional school expected to carry themselves properly
without watching. The community was rather incredulous
was no terrorizing process behind
that there
They took
discreet behavior.
went on occasional riding
long, pleasant daily walks,
was
and
calls
visits freely"
.
.
.
was from the outset altogether
spirit of the school
admirable, seldom
our neighbors
parties, received
once a month, and made social
"The
their generally
a
homesick and never one
girl
refractory."
was soon changed
of Vice-Principal
title
to
become Head of the Home, when the purpose of the positions was more clearly defined. That the Normal School should have what was Lady Principal,
later
home department
called a
on
to
in charge of a head of the
and
in that era before the "deans" of this
home,
seemed
that,
strange to those accustomed to the usual college set
where entering freshmen were often of those "wise fools" the sophomores. tion of
what came
later to
the
to
left
up
mercy
So began the opera-
be called the
Home Department
and the home-like atmosphere has prevaded the
institution
ever since.
northern associates in the faculty, "who had cast
three
their lots
with the school
movement, perhaps
amid
and who had come
at its start"
Normal School considerable sacrifice. They left
south somewhat as missionaries at
of
the
from "a host of friends who
grateful acclaim
through" the delayed train "for
filed
In going
good-byes."
final
back north they could have the satisfaction of knowing they had helped notably
in
up
setting
in
the
heart
old Virginia a novel and needed institution for fessional
Mann
could be done, and
They had shown how
tradition.
now
it
their
part
also
toward
moving the prejudices and healing the wounds
re-
war.
of
Henceforth Virginia authorities would go north for many other teachers, and northern institutions would
Farmville to find teachers like Fannie others.
come
to
Wyche Dunn and
In time Dr. Ruft'ner's statesmanship proved
itself
Carrying forward on the same policy, Mrs. Portia Lee
Morrison became Head of the Ruffner's
students gathered around her on Sunday afternoons.
Dr. John A. Cunningham, second principal of the young Normal School, put good teaching first in his policy for the sound
emplified
it
and
administration
Home served
at
the
the close of Dr. for
institution
A man
educated
in
Virginia gentlewoman, she was the
M.
daughter of the
Rev.
Hampden-Sydney
College, and mother of Dr. Alfred Morri-
its
librarian.
was her supreme aim
J.
P.
Atkinson,
President
Says the Virginian for to
of
1909, "It
throw around the students
.
.
.
the atmosphere of a real true home, where gentle demeanor, unselfish consideration for others, vail.
Few
girls left the
November, 1958
harmony and
love pre-
Normal School without being
the
to help
consequences of war
tragic
of deep sympathies, broadly
and
languages,
sciences,
Army and
way
teaching as a
philosophy,
and
a
teacher and administrator of long and successful experience,
he brought to the position of teaching principal an ideal
One
equipment.
ambition was
and
"I
.
of .
measure due
in large
bear the same
courses
pupils
his
teach
to
.
that any
realize
efficiency
have
I
trust,"
teacher
a
as
is
Hundreds of other graduates During the ten years of his
testimony.
number
of students in the professional
two hundred and
to
fifty,
agents of the Peabody fund
office
"the best normal school
this
"His great
written,
and honor by
to him."
and before he died in pronounced
has
truth
grew from ninety-three
the South."
in
The welfare and happiness of the students in the school home continued one of his chief concerns. The Young Women's Christian Association, which for half a century held first place among student activities, was set up under his guidance, as
was
finance
an organization called the King's
also
Daughters which had
to raise fimds to help
as its object
Of
needy students through school.
was never anything
written, "There
ham took
more
a
in
this
lively interest."
year tenure of Dr. Robert Frazier,
who
Department of Education,
over
Daughters
the
as
was
it
which Dr. Cunning-
The Virginia Normal League, organized during took
the four-
also organized the
from
King's
the
agency to maintain a loan fund and
continued through the administration of President Jarman. Its service
was carried on by members of the and
Smithey,
students and faculty to
faculty
under
guidance, and the annual appeals of Miss Coulling,
his
Miss
Rice
made
it
for
possible
contributions
many
for
remain in school and prepare themselves
of Virginia children.
Fund which
A
and ex-
institution
Confederate
in the
to
and reconstruction.
were
President Jarman.
had served
from the
eighteen years, a period embracing the tenures of Presidents
son, later
He
the South recover
Cunningham and
Frazer and reaching well into that of
growth of the
himself. He, like Mrs. Morrison, was Virginia
Lee and Lanier turned
like
Miss
sound.
attested years later
by their endowing a section in the college library con-
Virginians could take over on
They had done
own.
their
pro-
tlie
education of teachers on sound principles and
Horace
in the
of
The
spiritual qualities."
was
girls
taining favorire books of hers which she used to read to
administration the
After three years Miss Bush herself departed with her
and
rare mental, social,
"enduring devotion" of her
born and bred.
Miss Bush's that of
better for the vitalizing influence of her strong personality,
combining
finally
The
resources of the
to
from
students
be teachers
Normal League
converted into the Robert Frazier Memorial still
carries
on
in
the
same
tradition
of
helpfulness.
In the
first
decade of our century
named Joseph dreamed Virginia,
under
the
a
dream.
shadow
of
a practical
young man
Having grown up
in
Thomas
at
Jefferson
Jarman had an eye for the classic clear vision of what a school should
Charlottesville, Joseph L. in architecture
look
like,
and a
outside and inside, which was to be
young women who had accepted the
call to
home
become
for
teachers
of
Virginia's
to
me
our
at
first
They deserved everything
children.
little
Commonwealth
the
could do for them.
"And," said he
"we want everything here
interview,
to
have a formative influence, an educational value in the lives
of our girls."
child
who "went
With Whitman he
held that for a
chapel exercises a religious service, like
family prayers
Attendance was required of
the old homes.
in
as
all
a
matter of course. The ministers of the town were scheduled
men
conduct the services and the
to
of the faculty in
were responsible when the ministers
rotation
failed
to
saw
appear. Often Dr. Jarman led the chapel exercises himself,
So young Mr. Jarman, when he became president of
Whatsoevers," or "Weary not in well-doing," or a favorite
"became
she)
(or
reading "The greatest of these
a part of him."
young Normal School, had
the
he
everything
forth"
himself deliberately
set
build here a school which, within the limitations of
to
town environment and
a small
utilizing a nondescript old
academy building, should grow gradually into symmetrical structure reflecting the
classic style
compact
a
and dignity
Psalm, and closing his prayer with "and save us
Amen." Knowing
Heaven, for
Christ's sake.
we
one cannot but
did,
all
feel
young
lated to give restive souls of
and of many
more eloquent or compelling.
—
"a
Virginia.
Nothing
protective,
graceful,
in
convenient,
but
gracious, home-like
homes
old
stately
course,
to
The
assembling
daily
and went
procuring the home-Hke buildings defamily
of
himself,
children
his
Jarman
sustain esprit de corps
to
far
sense of family
life
and friendship.
maintain his remarkable
to
his
He
countless undertakings ranging
what went on
human
—
always
He
on the merely
how
understood
ginning teacher might become
lost
and seem
the be-
from
far
two years of the old Normal
the hurried
School course, in the shifting mirage of educational
theory'.
His sympathies were always with her when after a
mal
wept on her
failure in her teaching she
of Sighs.
dis-
supervisor's
shoulder or on what they sometimes called
for
the
Bridge
(That was the covered passage-way between
concert
school
a
and
also
It
pleasant
a
enabled Dr.
influence
good
for
to
from "look your
raising
funds
for
prettiest"
Student
the
Building.
During most of
concrete,
practical,
check
constant
a
theoretical or philosophical.
home during
where student
and to him the
teach,
to
were
teaching
of
took a fatherly
in the classrooms
how
teachers strove to learn
and
also
and to assure their happy "cooperation" in
tenure,
he always insisted
definite,
faculty
through the half century of
the lives of "his girls"
in
attended the Training School which
problems
and
students
of
was "the heart of the Normal School." interest in
being
quently needed for the efficient conducting of school affairs
A man
above.
far better calcu-
folks a sense of
away from home,
President Jarman by no means confined his talents for
home-making
as
furnished the occasion for numerous announcements fre-
for the first time.
scribed
in
home away from home" through
the years for numberless Virginia girls
many
all
man
home than much preaching which might have seemed
at
of
the
such homely, down-to-
was probably
earth religious expressions
of other state buildings and of the University of Virginia
plush,
or the "Golden
love,"
is
period his main reliance in keeping
this
Mary
the home-like atmosphere around the place was Miss
White Cox,
a
daughter of Mr. Ben Cox, the Business
"Miss Mary White"
Manager. school and
She understood
and had the
grew up in the
literally
had been one of Mrs. Morrison's girls,
assistants.
including their love of fine clothes,
completely with
gift of identifying herself so
when
the students that on occasions
down
they "snook
town" or were guilty of some other breach of conduct, her unconscious reaction was "I was so mortified!"
She
Main Building and the Training School, then on the first floor of the West Wing.) Having been left an orphan and sent away from home to the Miller Manual
managed to give them the feeling that whatever they did wrong not only hurt them but her and the whole school
Training
he often said she was worth far more to him and the
the
School
at
no
fourteen
doubt heightened
Jarman's appreciation of the way his
even
at the
Normal
Dr.
sometimes
girls
felt,
"home town"
to Dr.
He
Jarman.
encouraged the students and faculty to participate actively in
community
aff^airs
operation of town and
and managed
gown
than any of the professionally trained deans or
school
personnel directors he might have employed, and hundreds
School.
Farmville was always
President Jarman so valued her natural tact that
family.
as
to
such
secure
few colleges seem
of students eflicient
to
a
minimum and "word
a quiet
he was long recognized
the mortifying,
to the needs of the
An
earnest
Christian
as
Farmville's
first
citizen.
In
he was always found responsive
community
or the college or both.
gentleman
himself,
religious
but
"Come
vised, "Just
to
rules"
home and to participate Women's Christian Association
in the
—
organization in the school
—but
to
him
also
my
and always
own home." He
said, "Practice
Young
Naturally, formal Student
System eased gracefully into
he
of the
made
the
daily
office after chapel."
are a lady," or
the most important
work
Mostly
themselves.
"You
There
was
ad-
are going
be a teacher," or "Don't do anything here that you
Sunday School and the church of tions at
to
remember you
wouldn't do in your
denomina-
usually resolved
in a quiet fatherly interview, the erring student
not religiose, he not only urged the students to attend their families'
love her and to emulate her quiet
to the wise" at chapel sufficed or occasionally
Because of his active leadership in countless undertakings,
religious affairs especially
to
For Dr. Jarman, problems of discipline were reduced
co-
to enjoy.
came
ways.
by the
hated "automatic case."
Government and this situation
the
when
Honor
instituted
about 1910 by students under the guidance of Mr.
J.
M.
Alumnae Magazine
Lear,
an extension and practical application
as
teaching of good
man must do
urged that the good family
community and
President
citizenship.
of
his
problem of suiting the curriculum
Jarman always
kept alive also because,
his part in the
improved year by
work-
that teachers should understand the
year, the preparation offered
and the curriculum must be reshaped
ernment. So the change in the form of discipline served
conditions.
the double purpose of better preparing the students to
whole philosophy of popular education was
meet
of constant change.
their
and
hereafter
responsibilities
civic
home
responsibility for the
shifting
from
discipline
the shoulders of the busy president to those of the students
themselves.
For Dr. Jarman constantly exemplified
own
more and more outside duties helping make the community and the state
his
precepts by assuming
involved in
a better place
to
He was
live.
Board of Education from 1910
appointed to the State
War, the Red
to raise funds for the
he headed drives
to 1918,
Cross, the hospital,
the Student Building, headed the Board of the Methodist
many more
Church, started the Lions Club, and
besides
Furthermore,
Yet,
during
women year,
made
of Virginia's children and to be
ever loyal alumnae.
as is
But
that,
as
the routine
matters, but
he
as
The
maintain and further the "home
to
efforts
Under the
Dabney
able leadership of Dr.
won
and
for
he
review and even
when he
For
this
brought up under
its
felt
the quality
was not education
and
If so, is
loyalty.
for the life
then the
"sentimental
education as practiced in the best
is
And
families.
reversed
Thus by giving erring ones
which teaches "Love thine enemy,"
coddling."
felt
occasionally
their eternal gratitude
will object, "This
Christian
individual
attention
smaller college an advantage over the
many
have been gives
that
the
With home eco-
one.
large
her
still
of hard knocks but sentimental coddling." religion
the
nomics and administration. Miss Ruth Cleaves, recently
of mercy had been strained.
another chance, he
to
Lancaster, his
efforts
re-
sentences pronounced by the court
Someone
spirit"
of the school did not stop with Dr. Jarman's administration.
in-
student decisions,
of
say,
another story.
it
serve to himself the responsibility
veto
home
at
head of the college family to
disciplinary
cumbent upon him
from some of
feel
to
Kipling would
offer
relief
could be
it
arriving at the portals of the school, year after
made
He needed
the
in the process
"with their laughing faces," eager to become teachers
was president and which was fledged teachers college.
improved
period
space permitted,
if
and Dr. Francis Lankford, new
full-
same
shown how adaptations were constantly being made to suit the demands and capacities of the crowds of young
successor,
developing into a
by students
to serve
this
those directly concerned with the institution of which he fast
was
Virginia
entering the institution constantly changed for the better
ings of civic affairs and participate effectively in the gov-
some of the
students
the
to
as the public schools in
thousands
of
devoted
discipline testify to
its
teachers
effectivene.ss
Throughout the history of the "old Normal School" and first
consideration was
Dean
retired
Women, made
of
An
tribution.
helps entering freshmen feel
Not
at
outstanding con-
program
home
in
September
college
in
been in operation
faculty advisory system has years.
own
her
efficient orientation
life;
a
many
for
monthly
to be underestimated are such things as
birthday dinners in the dining hall and attractive well-
equipped parlors and recreation rooms for Dr.
J. L.
from 1902
Jarman served
during the
1946.
to
privilege and
As the present writer enjoyed the
good fortune of being
last
social activities.
as President for forty-four years
thirty-four
of
a
member
these
years,
of the faculty his
first-hand
memories of the progress of the "home away from home"
by their "extraordinary affection for their Alma Mater."
the Teachers College, the
years of experience in the fields of
concern the contribution of Dr. Jarman more
naturally
than any other. always
the needs of the students in finding their place and be-
coming
at
home, whether
times terrifying
Home
—world
at large.
The whole
—some-
effort of the
Department, and the Administration, and likewise
of the Faculty and even of leaders
among
themselves, was to enable these young
upon
the students
women
entering
a difficult life of service to gain a sense of security,
intellecuial
as
VISIT
in the school family, in the pro-
fession of their choice, or in the great bewildering
well as physical.
their president, the faculty spent
Under
the guidance
many long
the
Alumnae House whenever
Please
notify
Secretary,
soon to
or
visit
"home on
Mrs.
School,"
purview not
just
the the
overall
the
curriculum
intelligent
growth and endeavor
"heart
of
included
November, 1958
for
lovely
alumnae
of
in
PLEASE VOTE ballot
today.
it
in
its
which every
have some appreciation.
Mark your
the
four years of liberal arts colleges
teacher should
Alumnae
Plan a trip
hours, some-
but the materials and activities for some fifteen to seventeen years of educational
Jones,
Longwood College and your
of the situation in relation particularly to the courses of
Normal
Shipplett
the campus."
times sleepless nights, year after year studying by a co-
The Training School being
they are visiting in Farmville.
Elizabeth
Miss Lucile Jennings, hostess.
operative plan the problems presented by the larger aspects
study."
ALUMNAE HOUSE
All alumnae are cordially invited to spend the night in
The
South Cunningham Hall, new dormitory, will be mally dedicated
Come and campus.
at
tour
for-
Founders Day, March 14, 1959. this
beautiful
new
addition
to
your
Alumnae Support
MINER LIBRARY
Institute
of Southern Culture
As
a tribute to
Miss Mary Clay Hiner, and
pression of the appreciation of the
By Francis
Simkins
B.
The
Southern Culture series of lectures
to
is
the
as
Longwood College
at
of
Institute
held
The purpose
in 1958.
promote the study of
civilization
known
venture
educational
second
its
been made and placed
of the Institute
traditional aspects of Southern lectures,
Mary Clay Hiner
Library in
walnut secretary has
beautiful
in the house.
One
shelf
partially
is
with contributed publications by alumnae and faculty
filled
through college courses, formal
A
Alumnae House.
the
an ex-
as
Association
work with the alumnae,
for her years of excellent voluntary
the Association has started a
Alumnae
members.
and the
Now
the committee for this project
is
asking for more
publication of these lectures.
names
of these publications to be contributed as well as for
Financial support of the Institute for a five-year period is
provided by the Longwood College Alumnae Association.
Under the
title
of Virginia in History and Tradition, the
Institute published in
1957 the
first
of
series of lectures.
its
This book contains "Education That Doesn't Educate" by
War
Francis B. Simkins; "The Civil
by Louis D. Rubin,
Jr.;
"Ellen
Literary Tradition" by C.
we wish
Hugh Holman;
"Assessment of
Essays on English Writers in the Southern Literary Messen-
who have
published. In addition,
contributions of other books which you think
Miss Hiner would enjoy: poetry, novels, books of Southern
and culture
life
—or
a contribution for the purchase of a
book.
Southern Fiction"
in
Glasgow and the Southern
Natural Qualities" by Gary Dunbar; "Critical
Virginia's
and addresses of alumnae
There will be an appropriate bookplate
in each
volume
but will you write a brief message and sign your in
name
any volume you send. Please mail them to Miss Mary
Longwood
Nichols,
College.
Let's
fill
the four shelves be-
on Founders Day 1959.
fore our seventy-fifth anniversary
ger" by Gardner B. Taplin; and a discussion of the writing of 'Virginia history by
and Lawrence Burnette,
Schlegel, sale
Ruth Mary
for
is
by the Longwood Business Office for $2.00 a copy.
The 1958
W.
Marshall
on
This book
Jr.
Mildred D. Davis, Chairman
W.
Spotswood Hunnicutt, Marvin
lectures
as
given
"Jamestown Revisited";
Dorothy
18
April
by
Chancellor
Woman's
W.
Gordon
College of the Uni-
North Carolina, on "The Changing South"; and
B. Schlegel of
The second portion They
Longwood College on "James Branch
of the 1958 lectures were given on
consisted of Richard K.
"Religion
Clyde in
Man,schreck of
L.
the
Meeker of Longwood
Duke and
on
University
many
to
interested in
it
hope that friends of the college might become
making the
permanent?
Institute
sessions of the Institute promise to be
interesting than ever before.
wood
supIs
faculty
one
and
M. Boyd Coyner,
Two members member
former
more
of the Longwill
perform.
retired professor of education, will ex-
plain the influence of
New
England on the inauguration
David Wiley
will
ap-
Longwood College on "The Southern
praise oratory in the
Old South. C. G. Gordon Moss
will
critically
a
is
that follows in the
and elsewhere. The Institute
is
venture
at
what
doing in Virginia
possible through the gen-
Longwood Alumnae
quality of the lectures
new
footsteps of
institutions of higher learning are
erous support of the
much
The
interest.
covers only a five-year period.
in 'Virginia.
Institute of Southern Culture
Longwood College
too
Alumnae
of teacher education
Promise";
and the Quasi-Southern Landscape."
The
port of the
and
South:
Charles F. Lane of
Problem
and evening sessions indicate growing
The 1959
College on "The Youngest Generation of Southern Fiction Writers";
Nichols
were by
Cabell and the Southern Romanticism."
July 9.
Coyner
P.
Fishwick of Washington and Lee University
Blackwell, Chancellor of versity of
on
H.
Association.
The
and the large audiences of students,
alumnae, and visitors that turned out for both the day
estimate
education
colonial
in
Virginia.
John Bettersworth of Mississippi State College the education of Southern
women
before the Civil War.
Dates for the 1959 lectures have been Institute will be held tute later.
is
on April
Dean
will tell of
24,
set.
The Spring
and the Summer
Insti-
scheduled for July, the exact date to be announced
Alumnae and
their friends are cordially invited
and
urged to attend.
Alumnae Magazine
FINE ARTS FESTIVAL
MOST MEMORABLE
Bv John W. Molnar
A
major accomplishment of the college year was the
presentation of the Festival of Fine Arts during the
week
Professor of
tant
"Sonata
E
in
II
April 21 to April 26.
Urben continued
of examples of the
and
music
The Festival included the offering work of the art, dance, drama, and
was
with fundamental emphasis
activities of the college,
upon the work of also
the
students,
although
faculty
effort
represented.
his
played
the
the
in
lUite
and Piano," by Bach. Mr.
playing with his usual style
recital,
facility.
On
Friday evening. Alpha Psi Omega, the theatrical
on campus, presented three one-act
ternity
With
Throughout the week, the Department of Art exhibited
who
Biology,
Flat for Flute
fra-
"A Boy
plays,
a Cart," by Frye, directed by Mr. Wiley, "Overtones,"
by Gerstenberg, and "Overruled," by Shaw, directed by
ad-
student art work in the department's newly renovated class-
vanced drama students under Mr. Wiley's supervision. Mr.
Recent faculty work was shown in
Wiley's expert direction and staging were in evidence, and
rooms and hallways.
Room
Browsing
the
sculpture,
of
the
and examples of
Here,
Library.
arts
and
paintings,
by Virginia
crafts
the
Bedford, Janice Lemen, and Annie Lee Ross of the art
were exhibited. In the lobby of Jarman Hall, where
staff
audiences of the performances of the other parts of the Festival could
view them, and giving an
an occasion
air of
them, were exhibited paintings by Horace Day, Pro-
to
Mary Baldwin
fessor of Art at
was given
College.
An
opportunity
public to express their preference for
to the
Longwood and Hampden-Sydney
students performing
the roles did so with assurance and poise.
The
Festival
was brought
on Saturday evening
to a close
with a choral concert by the combined choruses of the
The University Glee
University of Virginia and Longwood.
Club, under the direction of Mr. David H. Davis, sang a
group of numbers alone, mission, they
combined
Longwood
as did the
W.
the direction of Dr. John
Molnar.
to sing the
Choir, under
After the inter-
Schubert "Mass in G,"
one painting through voting; one of Mr. Day's paintings
with Miss Clair Everhard, of Charlottesville, Gay Allen, a
was purchased and added
Longwood
the
work of Virginian
On Monday
to the
artists
evening,
permanent
collection of
which the college
April
the
21,
acquiring.
is
Festival
opened
"The Medium," sung by pupils of Mr. James McCombs, Assistant Professor of Music. Mr. McCombs pro-
duced and directed the performance,
W.
by Mr. David
who
Wiley, Director of the Longwood Players, the
in
assisted
staging
Gay
and lighting.
JoAnn
Joann
Fivel,
Karen
Potts sang
Sloop,
Ann
and acted the
Allen,
Joan
aided
difficult parts
with an ease
The piano
and assurance that was highly commendable.
accompaniment was played by Margaret Moore and Nancy Taylor in a highly professional manner.
On
rial
Tuesday evening. Miss Josephine Bailey, Assistant
Johann Sebastian Bach on the Jarman Memo-
Organ.
musicianship,
Her
performance
colorful
but
demonstrated
authentic
excellent
registration,
and
superior technique.
On Wednesday
no time
lost
No
The
count was made of those viewing the
principal benefits of
was impressed by the
girls'
stration of creative ability.
observed by
of the College, and Dr. Molnar, the chairman, are worth
noting.
Not
was the excellent
the least all
spirit of
cooperation
the participants, both faculty and students,
the arranging of the program, allotment of rehearsal
in
time and space, and the
Another important benefit
like.
was the attention that was
called to the extent to
Arts are emphasized on the campus;
the Fine
achieved by concentrating
all
Not only were
which
this
was
the activities into one week,
and attitude of
air
a festival.
the students and patrons of the College of
made aware
of the College's activities
and learning, but over
a thousand
copies of the attractive program booklet were mailed to
all
parts of the state, to high schools, other colleges, and to
The work
the
of the dancers was
pupils.
press.
Urben, Assistant Professor of Music, for
to
Mr. Walter
his fine
piano
re-
ably assisted by Dr. Edgar F. Stiliwell, Assis-
Over
throughout the Plans
Thursday evening's audience was indebted
November, 1958
as
dancing and by their demon-
enhanced by the superior lighting provided by Mr. Wiley's
He was
Festival
made up of Miss Bedford, Mrs. Landrum, Mr. Wiley, Mr. Ray Merchent, Public Relations Director
in this field of culture
large audience
the
art ex-
the committee
the immediate area
The
the
but interest in them was very high.
under the dedicated direction of Emily K. Landrum, Associate Professor of Physical Education.
with
Well
in
hibits,
and the developing of the evening, Orchesis and the Department
Festival,
their regular class work.
over 1900 persons attended one or more of the perform-
of Physical Education entertained with an evening of dance,
cital.
from
ances.
displayed by
Professor of Music, presented an organ recital devoted to the music of
Over 275 students participated practically
Dorsey,
Barnes, Jean Helms, and
Nancy Taylor played
the organ and piano accompaniments.
auspiciously with a most excellent performance of Menotti's opera,
McCombs
senior music major, and Mr. James
singing the solo parts. Miss Bailey and
are
fifty
appeared
articles
in
newspapers
state.
being made for
next
year's
Festival.
dates have been set for April 13 through April 18. cordial invitation
Longwood during
is
extended to
all
the Festival week.
Alumnae
A
The most
to return to
FOUNDERS DAY 1
—
Coffee at the
Alumnae House.
2
— Speaker:
Dr. 5
Thomas
Jefferson
Wetenbaker.
— Reminiscing. 6— Pleasant
.5
—Talk
over
the
coffee
cups.
4
—
Registration.
chatter.
Alumnae Magazine
FOUNDERS DAY 1
— Gosh!
We
won!
2
—Graduates
of
1898 and 1908.
following luncheon.
November, 1958
3
—Dedication 5
—
of Peter
Play, "Easter"
Jofinston
Marker
by Arthur Strindburg.
at
Longwood
Estate.
4
—Business
——
—
— —
—
—
—
FACULTY NEWS By
a. R.
Merchent
New
Professor and Hostess Retire
Faculty
Miss Anna Katherine
Members
Applegate
Dowd
Miss Barbara Martha versity,
—
— A.B.
Memphis
B.S.
M.A. University of Alabama
and Health
Uni-
Indiana
Drama.
Instructor in Speech and
\-ersity
State
Uni-
Instructor in Physical
Edt/cation.
Miss Elizabeth Gibert
—
B.S.
Brenau College, M.Ed., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Edu-
University of South Carolina cation.
Mrs. Josephine Hutcheson Magnifico
—A.B.
win College, M.Ed. University of Virginia
Mary Bald-
Assistant Pro-
fessor of Mathematics.
Hamner
Miss Evelyn
Dr. Ethel j^LiiHtRLANi)
Mrs. Barbara Bell Pollard
—B.A. Westhampton College
Instructor in English.
Two members
of the
Longwood College family
June, at the end of the
last
1957-58
session.
retired
Dr. Ethel
Sutherland, past chairman of the Mathematics Department, retired after teaching
Longwood
at
College.
for
43
years,
them
12 of
the last
Miss Evelyn Hamner,
'09,
house-
mother, retired after serving for 14 years in that capacity. President Francis G. Lankford,
in
Jr.,
commenting on
Mr. Clifford Leroy Smith
Many
students
who
—
B.S.
Indiana
(Pa.)
State
Associate Professor of Music.
versity
Miss Virginia Hart Tyree University of Virginia
—A.B.
HoHins College, M.A.
Instructor in English.
Miss Jacqueline Christiane Ducousso
the retirement of Dr. Sutherland, stated that she "devoted
her entire resources to the students.
II
Teachers College, M.Ed., D.Ed., Pennsylvania State Uni-
gree
—
baccalaureate de-
from the Training College, Gers, France
Student
Assistant in French. disliked
and feared the study of mathematics came
self-confidence
and
to see its principles clearly
patient and dedicated
teaching."
He
to gain
under her
further stated
that
Miss Laura Molina City
—B.H. from Colegio
Mexico
Frances,
Student Assistant in Spanish.
she "was tremendously valuable in serving on faculty committees,
some of which were the Graduate Council, Com-
mittee on Admissions, and the Honors Committee."
Dr. Sutherland started her teaching career in 1912 and
remained in the profession until her retirement, with the exception of two years which she spent as a mathematics editor for a textbook
included
work
company.
Her teaching experience
at all levels of instruction.
She taught on
the elementary, junior and senior high school levels in
Her college teaching experience prior Longwood was at Teachers College, Columbia
Jersey. to
and
at East
to
New
coming
University,
Additions to the Administration Miss Ruth Jenelle Spear of Kinston, N. C, sistant
dean of
women
replacing
She holds the B.A. degree from Agnes Scott College and
M.A. degree
received her
in student personnel
other graduate
work
at
Emory
work
last
She has also completed
June from Syracuse University.
University.
Mrs. Marion Epes Councill of Farmville
is
a
new
house-
mother replacing Miss Evelyn Hamner. She attended Blackstone College and has lived in Hickory, N.
Carolina Teachers College.
the as-
is
Miss Thelma Souder.
C,
for the past
18 years. Dr. Sutherland attended Montclair Teachers College and has the B.S., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from Teachers College,
New
Columbia University. She now makes her home York City.
Mrs. Judith Littlepage Sawyer of Washington, D. a secretary in
of the Director of Public Relations.
Jean
"Many Longwood
remember Miss Hamner as their freshman dormitory hostess. Her friendly smile will be missed at Longwood by all of us. We wish her a happy retirement," Dr. Lankford commented. Miss Hamner came to Longwood from her home in Roanoke. students will
She had taught in the high schools of Walterboro and 10
C,
is
the offices of the Executive Secretary and
in
Parrott
Henderson
bachelor's degree
Florence,
S.
She replaced Mrs.
Mrs.
Sawyer
holds
a
from HoUins College.
C, and
burg, Bristol, and
('57).
in the elementary schools of Harrison-
Oak
Level.
She now makes her home
in
Richmond.
Alumnae Magazine
ALUMNAE BOARD
ENDOWMENT PROJECT
SELECTS
75th Anniversary Launching As reported by our
president,
Elsie
Alumnae News,
pages of the
the
on
Stossel,
later
anni-
seventy-fifth
Board
versary year will see the launching of perhaps the most
ambitious single project ever sponsored by this association:
The Longwood College Endowment Fund. Since you will be hearing more about this in your local chapters and in the bulletin from time to time, some further report on the selections of this objective and some reminders of the seem
successful undertakings of the past
pertinent.
an alumnae
Ever since Farmville graduates have had
the college,
the
all
many
activities of the association
How
subsidiary to the question:
do
their part to
of
higher
make
learning
and
jectives
—something
may be
goal
a
a finer institution
"home"
liveable
a
Such
student generations?
Longwood alumnae
can
alma mater
their
being
May meeting made
choice, acting unani-
its
long deliberation.
Anyone who
even casually acquainted with the
is
American
tion faces are the space to
who
and retain
secure
to
and
those students
all
faculty
a
institu-
and the them.
instruct
to
State Legislature seems to have anticipated the need
new dormitories and
for
accommodate
are qualified to receive a college education
means
situa-
colleges during the next decade
beyond knows that the two major problems each
or promises
do
to
has allocated the necessary funds
Although college faculty
so.
salaries
have considerably improved in recent years, business and industry
continue
qualified
teachers.
overbid
to
Colleges
the
for
are
services
already
of
well-
competing with
(Continued on Page 12)
future
for
requires
its
after
tion facing
Our
association their primary concern has been the welfare of
at
mously
ob-
specific
toward which our energies
tangible
directed.
Faculty
Members
Receive Honors
Naturally the needs of the college have changed through-
out the years, as have the enthusiasms of students and
1922
Since
graduates.
our
Building
Student
tangible evidence of the sacrifice of time and
been
has
money
of
Music
both students, faculty, and alumnae of earlier days.
from the Jarman organ reminds us of many other years alumnae
of
is
now
programs of three
more
a reality.
of Southern Culture
Institute fine
The
contributions.
Alumnae House
years
launched
—with
lectures each
project,
The
two years and four completed
—
has three
go on
the
alumnae endowment which
beginning.
The
association has helped in the
to
its
appointed
beautifully
Our newest
Dr.
Dr. Earl R. Boggs,
addition and replacement of needed equipment at Long-
wood
Estate;
has contributed to several
it
campus
scholar-
ship funds and had a part in a variety of worth-while activities too
numerous to mention
here.
Gardner
Dr. James H.
B.
Wellard*
Taplin*
Dean
was awarded
of the College,
an honorary doctorate by Morris Harvey College in August. the
Earlier
in
Service
Award
he
year
was awarded
leadership
for
in
the
the
Distinguished
field
of
education
by the Charlottesville chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, honorary
Now,
in this year that
commemorates our
seventy-fifth
we need a new goal, one appropriate for the occasion we celebrate. This does not mean that earlier commitments or lesser projects may not be our continued obligations or that individual alumnae may not earmark
educational fraternity for men.
anniversary,
their contribution to as a
some
special fund.
But the association
whole needs some challenging objective
mediate years ahead. That objective Last
spring the Seventy-Fifth
was asked smaU.
A
to
list
smdy
Anniversary Committee
the needs of the College, large and
on Founders Day, with the
alumnae present
write in their requests.
November, 1958
to
invitation
add further suggestions or to
From
that final
list
a
the
Alumnae
Longwood College for the past two years, Guggenheim Fellowship for the 1958-59
now
is
culture
He
found!
of proposed projects were read at the general
business meeting to all
we have
for the im-
Dr. Gardner B. Taplin, Associate Professor of English at
has received session.
He
in Italy studying the influence of Italian life
and
on American
will return to
literature in the
Longwood
in the
Nineteenth Century.
summer
of 1959.
Dr. James H. Wellard, Associate Professor of English, is
this year a visiting lecturer at the University of
Iran,
where he
is
Dr. Wellard's grant
government and
Tehran,
teaching journalism and public relations.
was made possible by the
a year's leave of absence granted
federal
by the
college.
The Camera
Artist.
11
BUDGET The budget its
May
Gifts
wliich follows was adopted by the board at
We
meeting.
now depend
on your
principally
contributions and the operation of the Snack Bar for our
Made
The following House since the
L Empire
revenue.
have been received
antique
ANTICIPATED REVENUE Snack Bar College (for operation of the
Mary Mercer
5,300.00
4,500.00
Alumnae House) ....
Martha
Schofield 'Watkins, '07.
silver candlesticks
50.00
$10,411.00
of
bowl from Raleigh, N. C. chapter and two
Silver
3.
561.00
Other Revenue
family
'97.
Antique lap desk in memory of Minnie V. Rice from
2. S
from the
sofa
Alumnae
at the
Alumnae News:
issue of the
last
Mason Kennerly,
Gifts
Alumnae House
to
gifts
of
Silver cream, sugar
4.
and
ANTICIPATED EXPENDITURES
from the Class of 1926
in
memory
Audrey Cheirning Roberts.
a
silver
and
bowl
tray
from
Georgiana Stephenson,
from Philadelphia chapter friends
memory
in
of
'04.
Salaries Secretary
(
half-time)
$2,050.00
Hostess
780.00
Office Assistant
720.00
Student Help
700.00
Social
120.00
Securitj'
Two
5.
from Class of 1926
silver candlesticks
in
memory
of Daisy Mitchell Vincent. 6.
One dozen punch
7.
Antique bedside pedestal from Ruth Harding Coyner,
8.
Old
aips from Mrs. M. H. Birtinger.
S 4,370.00
Alumnae House Maid
Service
S
College Operation and Maintenance.
.
561.00 9.
Other
expenses
English
Finley,
50.00
1
Antique sherbet
125.00
Epergne
Sheffield
from
Carey
Jeter
'15.
from Lucille Akers Harvey,
glasses
'54.
836.00
Magazine Publishing
10.
Two
11.
Old Venetian bowl and
from the Class of 1937.
old cranberry glass vases
§2,000.00
Office expenses
a
Portugese Madeira hand
1,200.00
embroidered banquet
Travel
(linen)
table
cloth
from the
150.00
Lynchburg chapter.
American Alumni Council
45.00
Scholarships
220.00
Founders Day Fund
500.00
Institute of
Southern Culture
12.
Two
milk glass ash
McNally,
trays
from Lottie
W bitebwst
'36.
1,000.00
5,115.00
Alumnae Board Selects Endowment Project
$10,321.00
Credit goes to you, because of your help, your support,
and your generosity. living
Let's
keep the "ole Farmville Spirit"
and the 75th year the best
yet.
{Continued from Page 11)
one another, and many of them are seeking endowment goals to
meet
this specific
Convinced that
one of you
and
to give
financial support
is
Association
may
I
ciation, expressed the
urge each
to give generously this year.
alumnae
bulletin,
on our brand-new project
Endowment Fund.
.
Your
needed to carry on the work of the
association, to publish your a brilliant start
drive,
and to make
—The
a major first
problem for our alma
vice president of the asso-
opinion of the entire Board in her
be used for the retention and attraction of able
Such a fund
which
will
faculty.
be administered by a Board of Trustees
will take charge of
all
matters regarding the in-
vestment and use of such funds.
Alumnae
back our Alma Mater and Alumnae
100%.
is
the major project of the association in
the year immediately ahead.
May we
attack
it
boldly and
courageously this year and maintain the same tenacity of Sincerely,
Francis 12
emergency.
motion that we begin an Alumnae Endowment Fund to
This, then, Let's
is
mater, Frances Sale Lyle,
Something from Everyone As chairman of your alumnae fund
this
purpose Sale
Lyle
we
displayed
in
the
raising
of
funds
fot
the
Student Building and the Jaiman organ.
Alumnae Magazine
—
BEYOND OUR SHORES response to a request for news sent to our
In
mony
foreign and Puerto Rican students,
We
have been received.
letters
interesting
are delighted to
Only lack of
publish excerpts from these letters.
space keeps us from publishing them
en-
in their
.
.
We
.
have some
verj' nice servants,
slowly getting ourselves adapted to
new
language,
where
Brazil,
ported,
tirety.
who was Miss Uniand we are this new country, new
Gladys Tender, the beautiful Peruvian verse
a
is
it
new
friends, is
alm(.)st
real
joy
it
climate
.
.
.
After living in
impossible to buy anything im-
to
go shopping here where you
can buy almost any foreign product you can wish for
Dalila Agostini '49 S.
I
Amend), 5338
(Mrs. Leonard D.
teaching seventh grade the
started
was amazed the
I
frozen foods
'49
of
fall
(
time
first
Having
hadn't seen for years.
I
went
I
into
a
American tinned and
to see all the
this
facility
in
Puerto Rico) and two years after was transferred to high school where
price!
a
at
supermarket in Lima
Columbia Ave., Tulsa, Okla.
buying American food and our cook being able
of
American
to
you
can
just
Michael and Patrick are
fine
and looking better here
cook
style,
imagine
the
extra
taught senior English.
I
pounds I'm putting on.
My
me
love for French and Spanish led
accept a
to
Methodist mission school in Sanrurce. Not only
call to a
was the experience of
that the climate
and
a beautiful school, a fine set-up,
that of living in the capital a
memorable
was
it
I
met Edward. He was
invited to preach one
met him,
him
Friday morning;
I
started to teach
and ended up marrying him. At the time he was
Spanish, a student
pastor from Chicago Lutheran Seminary doing a year of
what that faith
called "internship".
is
I
was
also quite a coincidence
had been receiving instructions
two months before
We
It
lived in
Tulsa
we plan
church
to build a
(Editor's Note: For more news of Julia Bidg.i Shinner,
Lutheran
the
we were
married,
Eric Walter
blue-eyed
As you
Kurt Edward joined spite of
of
I
S.
week
...
I
tell
have done
worked
in October,
three
who
his brother
two children and
to teach conversational
a
The
this year.
all
He
1955.
a nice
is
keeps us quite busy.
few months ago.
a
the church work,
In
manage
I
Spanish to a group of adults once
look forward to the day
can
I
visit Farmville;
have so many pleasant memories of the school, and T. C. diploma has opened
many
a
a
door for me.
in
me
your
in
Alma
I
could
nt)t
find
my
keeper.
Since he was
of
well.
graduated
I
someone
a
time to being
Later else
I
1951,
in
taught half a school year, and then
I
devoted
him
know what
dear and un-
I
was expecting
a
my
look
to
good mother and child
I
I
worked.
him
A month
him,
after a
(Mrs.
Patrick
Shinner), Naviera
J.
Peruana Interamazonica Casilla 361, Callao, Peru.
look after to the care
ago
found
I
attends to me, the house, and baby.
he
five years old;
is
began working
Carlitos
is
a
who now
in the kindergarten.
month ago not as a teacher, but as a of unemployment compensation
You probably already know that we've been
translator
in
living in Peru since last
service.
have to translate the interviews held with those
We've
July.
rented
a
I
people
I
the
a
office
who have worked
in
New
York and
are
unem-
ern house in San Isidro
These interviews which are made weekly go the state of New York. It is good work, and I like
which with
a lot; besides
it
more than
I
very nice, furnished
the
are
two
mod-
Mira-Flores best
resi-
dential districts in Lima.
As
a
don't
November, 1958
now
I
good house-
tried to
couldn't bear to leave
while
baby and
After Carlitos was born,
woman first
married.
I
my
person of advanced age, very good and responsible,
Julia Braga '47x
I
education teacher in a private school
finished the term
I
to
my
left
I
After
Mater.
could not teach the next year. since
Rosich), 19 Mayor
J.
you wish
letter
these years since
all
as a physical
Ponce;
When
(Mrs. Carlos
Ponce, Puerto Rico.
Street,
forgettable
was born
character
end of
at the
'51
Edna Rodriguez
and we enjoy the work
a fine one.
is
Patrick started to walk
where.
I
group we work with
doing
and he
was one year old and now runs around every-
the day he
mainly with the unchurched;
is
is
old
years
five
can already speak three languages.
Tulsa as mission pastor in
a lovely city
is
think he
I
not quite
is
see the Births.)
a year after
his first call to
here very much. Ed's work
very well, since he
met him.
Chicago for
and he accepted June, 1955.
I
in
last
speaks English and Portuguese well and he
picking up Spanish beautifully.
is
here that
He now
fall.
one, also,
Michael started kindergarten
cold.
is
matter of live
fact,
far
we
from
ployed.
if
me
gives
were
a
practice in English.
I
teacher, since in Puerto
am
to it
paid
Rico the
teachers receive a very low salary considering the role a
teacher plays.
I
am
very happy
in
my work
and have
the probability of a raise soon.
13
Yvette Ancey '48-'49 (Mme. Michel Ancey), 17 Rue
The when
three
first
was
I
wanted
I
degree
to take the last
needed
become
to
teacher
in
studious
because
years,
years
back
were
France
in
—
ately
started
so
a
step
first
I
d'aptitude
et
spring
les
Colleges"
in
That
is
1951.
name
mere diploma; that
In October, 1951,
and found very useful able
Then,
Farmville.
all
much
when
in spring
1952,
I
degree of Aggregation, and
final
fesseur de Lycee".
France and taught in
my
1952,
father died; and that
my
and
for myself
continued
I
I
was
mother, whose only child
ranged in ages from 11 to 18, and with
girls that age.
I
I
and
just lovely to see all those
was
works of
art.
girl myself,
—
I
visited
pupils
was
I
a
little
England and Scotland several times be-
to
am
cause
we must
and
always enjoy the opportunities which are given
I
not forget that
speak and write English.
to
I
an English teacher
this
de
I
was born
to us
Then,
in
We
1957,
me
went
I
me
a
to
interesting
During the
my
be a teacher
little
daughter
have called her Francoise,
course,
studying.
14
are
the
most
ever had. I
Now
am
still
not good any more.
I
teach
at
the
and
my
husband
International
France.
office
located
is
White House.
honeymoon
nice,
a
It
is
in
the
smart
is
November
In
1956.
in July
our vacations in Spain and
we
why my
1953,
Southern France;
trip in
have to
I
know
do not have the opportunity
I
who became my husband
last
I
English
is
met the boy
We year,
made our we spent
ate planning to spend the
next ones in Corsica.
Madeleine Bigot '50-'51 (Mme.
T.
Rowland),
Town
Khalispur, East Pakistan.
my
yes, that
was
College.
What
1950-51
Longwood
still
School of
year as a French student in
a splendid year too!
both a long time ago and only but yesterday,
because
good memories have had
I
After
home, ried
I
months
six
stay
a full,
mar-
Africa to
Tony
in
a British civil
engineer.
My
arrival,
vivid
happy
for
very
It I
seems
suppose
long
and
life since.
at
sailed to get
Rowland,
by
the way, coincided with
cyclone which delayed
a
our
wedding
by
We
have
days!
My on
three just
husband was then
a harbour construction
job,
in
place
a
Mtwara. In that place
I
had
to
bread and cut
daily
added teaching,
,
of practicing very often, and this
called isolated
bake our
my
jobs!
parents
)
Spanish and English, but
new
O
I4c
"Palais de I'Elysee", our
we
as
College.
du Faubourg Saint-Honore, near the
section of Paris, rue
among
we
(
and the
job;
band's hair
think that our experiences
saw Maria Jackson, who
Longwood
in
as a private secretary to the president of
and now that we have had her for about eight months,
thrilling
I
come back soon
"The Brandy of Napoleon".
Courvoisier,
because
continued to teach in Amiens and
on August 28.
Gaite, Paris
anniversary on April 20.
husband went on studying because he plans of classical languages.
la
am working
time as a bride
he was a distant relation) on July 18, 1955.
she'll
Also
Helen
seeing Miss
of
do hope
was
I
passed our sixth wedding
married Michel Ancey (Ancey like
next school year,
freshman when
a
to
summer 1955,
and again to Greece, but
Austria,
because
In
I
1
Denise Moni-agne '52-'53 (Mme. Adam), 4/6 Impasse
loved working
famous places and
had heard so much when
I
My
it.
studying classical languages in a Parisian Lycee
went
also
just
Paris:
in
pleasure
to see us here in France.
was
because
am.
I
the
cer-
Farmville very often, and in
in
all
had
I
I
"pro-
real
During the summer holiday of 1953 Greece and Italy with my mother
and 1954, it
a
imhappy period
a very
teach and definitely like
to
in
my
took and passed
became
it;
moved from the Alps to northern Amiens for five years. At Christmas
I
have
I
had been
I
was with you
I
I
town of
fun doing
the practical things
about teaching
learn
to
moment
et Colleges".
started teaching in a small
I
Alpine France, Bonneville, and had
for a
meant
it
that
for
French "Lycees
to teach in the
a
dans
rather a long
was allowed
1953,
Draper here
to-
by passing the
I'enseignement Lycees
So
with so many nationalities.
this daily contact
do remember you
I it
do enjoy
tainly
and
degree,
"certificat
NATO.
studying
rather hard for that "Ag-
wards
attended mainly by the
is
Dutch, German, Belgian, and Turkish pupils, and
spring
immedi-
I
gregation" the
it
not only French, but also American, Canadian, English,
I
French
a
"Lycee"
took
Fontainebleau, near Paris;
children of allied military officers of
Gabrielle D'Estrees, V.inves, Seine, France.
We
to the left
hus-
other It
all
piquancy of
Mtwara
for a brief period
life,
and
I
became quite an
in January 1954,
expert!
went on home leave
which we shared equally between England
Alumnae Magazine
and France. In March we were back
Kenya
in Africa, in
Geneviere Joatton '55-'56, 36 boulevarde de
two months, when we were Hving under tents
at first for
and not
far
ing, but
it
Mau Mau
from the
We
activities.
love camp-
Since
was
with
just a bit hectic
were moved back
Tanganyika
to
busy
a
much
My
in France.
Mount Kihmanjaro, a lovely sight, game country, but also near a first class modern little shopping the town of Moshi center. I had no female neighbors where we lived, but I did not miss it. We had many visitors; and by this time we had acquired a record player with a stock of good records; then, in June 1955, Anne was born; Helene having time
—
been born in June 1953.
few months
Then our
this time.
paper mill construction Pakistan
their
Here the place Bengali
can say
I
The climate
is
and
like
nice
to us,
experience.
My
back
trip
about
months.
after 18
months only and
three
We
the rest of the year!
for
learn.
to
bedrooms and
a healthy family
France on
to
SS. Liberie was a six-day
marvelous
with
holiday
of
sun,
fun,
food. You can imagine how much excited I was
are
a nice
One can be happy anywhere with what
are lucky to have:
derful
a
East
Hindustani and
even
fortunate in having air-conditioned
house and garden.
won-
on
In Tanganyika,
overpopulated.
Greek for
damp
Deer
a
friends,
that
is
was quite easy
kiswahili, vastly
is
sound
still
beastly hot
the
in
Maine, was
a
the population and the servants very friendly,
language,
camp
Francais" Isle,
for
fitm sent us here
All
job.
not a patch on East Africa.
is
we found
counselor at "Les chalets
plenty
1956 we were home again on leave
In August
and happiness
at
home.
and true French
my
to see again
Lyon, with
Catholic
many
I
plenty
of
my
had 40
St.,
New
the
College,
my
for
took an examination
New Yotk
in
present
I
City,
am
I
an orientation program for Spanish-speaking
in
children and their parents. the community.
I
am
am
I
assigned to a school and
and interpreter
On
my wedding which in
He
is
My
Lyon.
an
fiance's re-
ceived an education quite similar to mine, and makes
me
my
busy
When
life;
but
I
am
I
will be a
I I
will
Madame,
keep
will not
1
to get a patt-time
try
my
extremely busy. Besides
For
job.
job,
I
give
for
evening For the past three years
how-
class;
architect,
the time being
ttanslator
also
the Board of Education.
to
inter-
Guess why?
Church
Jeangabriel Mortamet.
is
very happy.
working
invited
all
my
love
I
any more.
to teach
me
reminds
that
order
in
At present
position.
name
(
Longwood), rhythmic, and
will take place in St. Bruno's
Longwood
Board of Education
qualify
to
going
September 6 you are
York, N. Y.
Aftet leaving
ever, I'm not
have 36 to take care
I
with children.
esting discussions
Bozzo), 87 Ellwood
S.
are
and attractive way with
drawing, singing
classes at
this
France, there
in
quite an exhausting job.
is
living
a
in
painting,
French
In
liills.
went on the same job
I
kids, this year
teach
to
try
I
two
its
much my second gtade
so
school that
students and teaching
Last year, of.
enjoyed
I
my
Unfortunately, as everywhere
year.
too
and
rivers
started teaching second grade in a private
I
school.
children and
my home town
family and friends and
two beautiful
its
October 1956,
of
Elba Castaner '53 (Mrs. Ralph
at
and
stay as a
just at the foot of
in a nice climate, near big
we
had quite
I
in U.S.A.
life,
our delight, for a survey job, in the bush this
to
Longwood,
left
I
June 1956,
in
We
the circumstances.
young baby under
a
Croix-
la
Rousse, Lyi)n, France.
English
to
classes
have )
I
;
am
young
workers
(
conversational
for
leader of Girl Scout leaders, so
I
attend a
taught three in-service courses in conversational Spanish.
These courses are taught
teachers
to
great deal of meetings.
who have
Spanish-
who had
old boy
Since completing
speaking children in their classrooms.
my
of master's degree at Middlebury College,
advanced study in the
field of
I
have done
a
I
his legs
give private lessons to a 7-year-
broken by a
car;
am
I
a
member
Music Club which sponsors extraordinary concerts
with the most famous musicians coming from France and
elementary edtication. Europe.
summer Ralph and I went to Middlebury for a week. The place always looks beautiful know. The New England scenery is breathtaking. Last
learned
some
Italian
from
my
husband.
I
College as I
you
how
ing projects. dishes.
My
mother,
who
I
to
my
most
interest-
The
other day
Bulletin
It
brought
to
me
My
to
learn
project
is
learning
how
to
sew.
an excellent seamstress, has been teaching
me.
November, 1958
it
I
had
a
great
from Longwood College.
you how glad
have learned to prepare Italian and Spanish
latest is
cook has been one of
Bascour '53-'54 (Mrs. Rolando de Cabeza),
Sar-
miento 80, Casa 1491, Santiago, Chile.
have taught
him Spanish; he speaks it quite well. We drove down to Key West, Fla., for our honeymoon, from there we went to Cuba. This summer we plan to visit Puerto Rico. Learning
Silvia
have
me
I
was.
so
many
was only that
I
last
surprise I
receive the
to
don't
need
to
enjoyed reading every page of nice
year
remembrances I
was
there.
I
that
it
tell it.
seemed
was very glad
Maty Cowles. Helen Warriner, and Fay
Greenland have done so well in their
studies.
(Continued on Page 20)
15
Longwood
Preview of 75th Anniversary Plans
(taken from compilation by R. C. Siminoni, Jr.)
Longwood Longwood College Our
became the
college
first
1.
we want
institution,
to
also
remember our one-
2.
(
1884)
fifth oldest
;
women
educational institution
(now
a college)
in the
United States from date of charter (1839).
In
the education of teachers by a legislative act in 1884.
women
First state institution of higher learning for
in Virginia
Virginia college for
recognizing our seventy-five years of teacher education as a state
College:
be celebrating the anniversary
will
of her seventy-five years of teacher education in the year,
1959.
''Firsts"
for
in continuous operation
and continue
First college to initiate
hundred and twenty-five years in the education of women.
gram wherein dormitory,
The existence of a girl's seminary on the present site of Longwood CoUege as early as 1839 has been substantiated by a copper plate removed from the cornerstone of the
ational facilities for
a
"home" pro-
dining, classroom, and recre-
women
students are housed under
the same roof (1841). 3.
present Rufl?ner Hall and the record of incorporation by
First
institution
state
inaugurate a
Virginia to
of
program of Honors Courses (1930).
the Legislature of Virginia. 4.
made
Plans are being
1959 to commemorate our
for
seventy-five years of teacher education here at
Alumnae
College.
Longwood
and
will be directed
projects.
toward
this
The Founders Day theme.
The Longwood College Fine Arts Week and the
Our own Mr. M. Boyd Coyner, is
6.
7.
retired
sorority,
Kappa
it is.
founded
Delta, national social sorority,
at
founded
social
the College in 1898.
Tau Alpha,
Zeta
of
founded
First chapter of
The culminating event
Sigma Sigma Sigma, national
founded
preparing a paper for the In-
Southern Culture on some influences that have
Virginia education what
service,
the College in 1897.
chapter
First
sorority,
made
at
First chapter of
sorority,
8.
stitute of
First chapter of
founded
Institute
of Southern Culture will be other highlighrs of the year's
professor of education,
5.
womanly
College in 1928.
at the
Student or-
ganizations are planning for this anniversary celebration.
special activities.
Alpha Kappa Gamma, national honorary
fraternity for leadership in
chapters will be emphasizing this anni-
versary in their programs
program
First circle of
at the
national
social
College in 1898.
Alpha Sigma Alpha, national at the
social
College in 1901.
of the seventy-fifth anniversary celebration will be held in
October, 1959,
when
a
forum on teacher education and
Chapters Grant Scholarships
a formal convocation will take place.
Longwood alumnae
We
sincerely
hope
will return to the fifth
that
many,
campus
for
if
not
all,
of our alumnae
some part of our seventy-
anniversary celebration.
This
Alma
Mater.
alumnae fund
to carry
on the work of the
association.
Chapter scholarships are cherished by deserving
who
George W. Jeffers C. G. Gordon Moss Margaret Simkins
are so loyal to their
evidenced by the work in chapters to interest
high school students in attending Longwood and in giving to the
Elizabeth Burger, Chairman
is
attend
Longwood.
The
following
chapters
girls
gave
Lynchburg,
Norfolk-
Portsmouth, Peninsula, Petersburg, Richmond,
Roanoke,
scholarships
this
year:
Farmville,
and Washington. Congratulations!
Elsie Stossel
Take an
active part in your
alumnae group.
Masters' Degrees Awarded Eight masters' degrees were awarded at In June Archie
lege this year.
Roanoke, received
Watson Yeatts in education.
a
M.A. degree
'55, of
in education,
E.
DATES TO REMEMBER
of
and Carolyn
FarmviUe, received a M.S. degree
of Farmville and to
wood
Col-
Jr.,
Kidd Austin
Vanny Zane Hammer and
FOUNDERS DAY
March 14
At the August commencement the M.S. de-
gree in education was awarded to Katie '53,
Longwood
McKinzie Boothe,
April 24.
.INSTITUTE OF
SOUTHERN CULTURE
'33,
Lin-
Kent, both of South Hill; the M.A. degree in
May
May
May Day
2
31
Baccalaureate,
Commencement
education was conferred upon Hilda B. Collins of Chase
McGuire
Newport News, and Robert
P.
Via of Crewe. Since the graduate program was begun
in
City, Frances
of
June 15-August 9
Summer
School
1955, a total of 19 degrees have been awarded.
16
Alumnae Magazine
Chapters Increase
Membership and
in
The Norfolk and Portsmouth chapter held six meetings last year. A tea was given in December honoring the
Longwood
home
girls
in
interested
girls
for the holidays
and the high school
Longwood.
attending
The
spring
luncheon was attended by Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wamsley. Mr. Wamsley told of the College, and Mrs. Wamsley
Our
*
Activities
Raleigh chapter has placed
including
Longwood
a wealth of material
data in the library of the high school.
meetings
pictorial
They held three
year.
last
The *Farmville lowed by
and
bulletins, folders, annuals,
chapter held a business meeting
(Edith Davis Brooks '51), spoke on the alumnae activities. raised for the chapter scholarship fund through
coffee
Money was
January and again were hostesses for the coffee
card parties.
Alumnae House on Founders Day. Their annual card
The *Philadelphia active chapter,
chapter,
which
is
our most northerly
membership and
constantly growing in
is
members from Pennsylvania,
attendance and draws
New
and Delaware. Three meetings were held during the year; the November meeting being a "Christmas Shopping" one at which time items made or bought by
Jersey,
the
members were auctioned
and brought funds into the
off.
This proved to be fun
treasury.
in February
and
April luncheon at the Country Club, 60 reservations
were made.
Mrs. Elizabeth
S.
the
for
in February
was cancelled due
Jones, alumnae
secretary,
S.
Jones were guests
luncheon in November. phant"
of
their
director of public relations of the College,
The Winchester chapter senior
and junior
terest
them
in
entertained
55
girls
Handley High School
classes of
Longwood.
was guest speaker.
An
of the to
m-
informal coke party was
given with slides of the college shown by Mr. Merchent, and eight to nine girls are definitely expecting to attend
Longwood
this
fall!
department spoke
at
Miss Mary Nichols of the English the spring luncheon. Miss Ruth
Wilson, dean of women, was a guest
Among
those
November, 1958
to
honor the
They enjoyed colored
slides
of the
Miss Ruth Wilson, dean of women, and Mrs. Elizabeth
A
at
S.
the dinner meeting in May.
busy and successful year was accomplished by the
Henry
Ruffner
Four meetings were held;
chapter
Lexington.
of
two being business meetings
and two luncheons. At the April luncheon. Dr. Lankford, Miss Wilson, and Mrs. Jones were guests. In
^Washington, our alumnae
chapter held a luncheon-
card parry-fashion show-benefit which proved most success-
In
ful.
May
a
delightful
tea
was given
at
one of the
member's home and was attended by Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Jones and children and Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Coyner.
The
chapter reported that approximately
this area are
attending
Longwood
this
25
girls
from
fall.
(Continued on Page 18)
the
at
to
chapter
a "white ele-
College and a skit showing college fashions of yesteryear.
also.
Lexington Chapter's spring Gertrude W'right Wells, Dr. Potter Hanes, Elizabeth Ruth Wilson, Louise Hurt Fauber, and Mary Sterrett Lipscomb.
present
luncheon were, right
Francis G. Lankford, Shipplett Jones, Miss
Lynchburg
and Nansemond County interested in
attending Longwood.
*William
at
at the *
The members had
Suffolk chapter met
the
Olive T. Her.
growing in the Baltimore chapter, and luncheon meeting in May, Mr. Ray Merchent,
snow, but indi-
to the severe
sale in February.
Members
Jones were guests
is
the
party
Dr. and Mrs. Lankford, Mrs. Ruth Coyner, and Mrs. Elizabeth
and Mr. James M. Helms, of the history department, spoke to the group. A special guest at the meeting was Miss
Enthusiasm
at
vidual parties brought $106.00 to the treasury.
seniors of Suffolk
Our Roanoke chapter was reorganized at the
fol-
The chapter members served alumnae board and council members in
a tea in January.
left,
Jr.,
Janie
attending the Lynchburg Chapter's fall luncheon standing: Dr. Francis G. Lankford, Jr., and Elizabeth Shipplett Jones. Seated from left to right, Mrs. Lankford,
Those are,
Lettie
Cox Laughon, and Ruth Harding Coyner. 17
)
The Alumnae
Roanoke
Named
Chapter Officers
been notihc-d of the election
Office has
of the following chapter officers:
Baltimore
—
Bondurant Carpenter;
dent, Catherine
Gomer;
Dillard
and
—
Jefferson;
Formville
—
and
historian,
Ann
president,
Winchester
first
Greensboro
—
—
Lexington
and treasurer
to
presi-
Margaret Sheffield Stallings.
Fawcett;
Mary
secretary,
Mary Lou Campbell Graham.
president,
Atkinson Jerome;
Esther
president,
Erma
Phillips
president, Sarah
Mapp
Alfrida Peterson
Wood;
first
Wallace; second vice
Messick; third vice president, secretary, Betty Gill
Umhau; and
treasurer, Eleanor Lester
be elected).
Turner Franklin, and
president, Elise
tary-treasurer,
president,
vice
Andrews; third vice president, Mary
(secretary
Ninimo
Snupp
Jean
presi-
Banks Frerweli; and fourth vice president, Ethel Gish
Wilmoth
Moore; vice
secretary,
treasurer, Valla
— —
Washington Holladay DeMuth;
Ward;
president, Jessie Pickett Carter; vice presi-
Betty
Wytherille
vice
dent, Jane Jones
—
Brockway
Caliert Hohannes; and treasurer, Betty Davis Edwards.
Helen Weiitz Forbecker.
Davidson Bruce; second vice
president, Margaret
president, Margaret Heidett
dent,
Lee Robertson; secretary, Claire Davis; treasurer, Betty
Lou
—
Ward; and
secretary, Betsy
Marian Lee Heard; vice president,
president,
Finks; vice president,
Nancy Gray Perdue.
treasurer,
dent, Joyce Galling
Brown.
librarian, Alice
Danville
presi-
Rat ch ford Schach;
treasurer, Harriet
Thomas
president, Alice
Low; and Suffolk
Markuson; vice
president, Jane Richards
—
Phyllis Jean Alley Carter; secretary, Betty
Yowell;
and
publicity
scrapbook, Emily Johnson.
secre-
Latawanna Couk Moring.
Chapters Increase
president, Janie Potter Hanes; vice president,
and
Membership
in
Activities
Gertrude Wright Wells; secretary, Louise H//rt Fauber; (Continued from Page
and treasurer, Mary Sterrett Lipscomb.
Lynchburg
—
Cox Laughon; second
Phyllis Burnett Martin;
Traylor Macon;
—
first
third vice president, Evelyn
Theresa
secretary,
Evans Craft;
and
Ratvls
Parker;
vice
first
president, Louise Ou'ens Carhart; second vice president, Margaret Bennett Ryder; secretary, Nellie
Culpepper Sykes; and scholarship
Peninsula
—
Gloria
treasurer,
Hunt
Kratzsch;
treasurer, Patricia
Petersburg
Anne
Mary King
president,
dent, Lorraine
attend at
vice presi-
Frances
and
Raine;
Reames
treasurer,
Richmond
at
fall
large
a
Dr. and Mrs.
Jones were guests.
S.
chapter
this
Warwick.
held
a
soda party
November
at
the
the chapter
Rotunda Club
in
members were
hostesses and financed the V. E. A. tea at
September.
John Marshall Hotel. "Naughty Marietta" put on
In
Members sold tickets for March by the Richmond
the
in
Opera Group. Mrs. Ruth Coyner and Mr. Merchent were guests at the chapter's annual luncheon in April. 7th, the
annual business luncheon
were
elected.
* at
Petersburg chapter had which time the new
Mrs. Elizabeth
S.
its
officeis
Jones, alumnae secretary,
was guest speaker. In February the chapter gave
a coffee
alumnae and high school students interested in attending Longwood. Slides of the College were shown. Our Greensboro chapter helped with "College Day"
Picardat; secretary,
vice
Helen
at
and
Parker;
*
7
for
Altuegg Brown.
Peggy Cabaniss Andrews;
Mcllivaine
Longwood
the Hotel
Lankford and Mrs. Elizabeth
On December first
Holland; second vice president,
Sylvia
will
May
The
1
Peninsula chapter entertained the high school
who
Jones.
Barrett;
secretary,
— president,
president,
Mae
treasurer, Charlotte Flaugher Ferro;
*
luncheon in
seniors
Freeman;
Ballagh.
Dorothy
president,
vice
vice president,
recording secretary, Elsie
treasurer, Elizabeth
Norfolk
Coleman;
president, Cleo Reynolds
president, Lettie
corresponding
The
Robertson
Hattie
Greensboro High School
had
its
annual dinner
at
in
October, and
that
night
the Country Club.
Brinkley.
Philadelphia
—
The Danville chapter had president,
Bragg
Elizabeth
Crafts;
vice
plans for the
president, Ehzabeth
Buck Muse;
fall.
Anne Node
secretary,
An
a
luncheon meeting and made
"open house" was held
in February.
Flanigan; and treasurer, Betty Barker Eraser.
Portsmouth Raleigh
—
—
Chapter reminders president, Margaret Johnston.
president, Viola Tuttle
Elizabeth
Walkup;
Feild
Claire
Richmond dent,
Williamson;
treasurer, Betty
Nena Lochridge
March; vice president,
L Keep your chapter grooving, encourage good ance and contact new alumnae in your area.
Elizabeth
secretary,
Peerman Coleman;
Sexton; and public relations
Keep
3.
Keep encouraging high
4.
Harriet
Moontaw
school
students
to
attend
officer,
Longwood.
president, Ella Pilkinton
Martha Higgins Walton;
giving, and supporting your alumnae association.
2.
historian,
Eastman Nickels.
—
attend-
Adams;
vice presi-
recording
secretary,
treasurer, Francis
Goldman;
Leek;
and corresponding secretary, Kitty Patrick Cassidy.
Keep nurturing your coming
to
see
us
Alma Mater by The Alumnae House is
love for your
often.
yours for you to enjoy. •Chapter represented
at fall
Board and Council meeting.
Alumnae Magazine
Among Our Editor's Note:
This
the
is
of a series of articles
first
Only three appear
concerning our outstanding alumnae.
due to space limitations.
in this issue
Outstanding Alumnae
you have sug-
If
We
(Editor's Note:
are grateful to Myrtle
permission to use exerpts of an
Barnes for
S.
article written
by her
for
Newport News Tn»ei-Herald about Nancy Nelson.)
the
gestions as to others to be included in future issues, please
advise the
Alumnae
Alma Hunt honored by
Office.
From
Nancy Nelson
Welsh people captivated by
.
"In America they
have an expression,
'We
like
"We
Welsh R o
t
summed up
the im-
Wales a
ar
i
a
n
Nancy Nelmade in
'55
son
Rotary fellow.
too,
way one
the
pression
as a
one
fancy Nancy'."
Tiiat's
one -year stay
The
Ike.'
British have
during
her
Part of Nancy's job as
Rotary fellow was visiting the various Rotary groups through
spread
and in England
country
that
talked to Rotary clubbers in Bangor, Purlhili
away, where the hotel
miles
17
village
hearing Nancy's
talk, cancelled
the
bill
)
(
quaint
a
manager,
and the
,
She was the only female panelist
convention.
She
too.
after
district
the
for
Overseas Students Society meeting at the University.
was
put on the spot about integration and
really
Rock," she
Her
recalls, "as I
am everywhere Wheel
the Inner
talk, to
group of Rotary)
in Prestatyn,
ments from the secretary
to her
"I
Little
speak."
I
of Prestatyn
Wales, brought these com-
mother
15
.
.
.
We
at
to
and
our annual chapter celebrations
honored by William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo., on
June 2 of
She
upon
degree
states that this
"first"
109 years of the college hers was the
the
In
zation
Southern
of
become Dean of
I
a
dean
is
Our
is
.
.
March
Ten
University.
become
that
the
members wish
classes
mission
to
World
the Baptist
and
a
seminar on T.
in
visits
to
S.
Eliot,
Rotary
still
remembered
we had
visits
have meant to them clearly in
a daughter
Nancy Nelson."
November, 1958
we
"We
have two sons,
should like her to be
just
visited the
to all the
coun-
.
.
.
Richmond named the Maude Trevvett School. "Miss school in
has been
^ •*'
^-^
Maude" that
^"'
'91
primary
k' »
specialized
starting
,'""
"~ '
',
lines
was
tunity,
children
M^
'
watching
t
joL.
a
right
wonderful oppor-
and their
Leicester,
parents in
England
1880.
She
enjoyed
she
growth
development. She of
in
convinced
grades,
along ethical and educational
Apparently some of the Welsh folk already have Nancy's
if
states
Alliance in London.
the British Isles and on the
one wrote her parents,
Alma
In 1951
A new
^^. -^
like
campus
and
except Bolivia and the Guianas; in 1955 she attended
thank you for
Continent.
but
WMU
South America, traveling
fields in
meet and hear
independent snidy, and continued
Clubs and historic places
and what her
received
Columbia
This work keeps her on the go most of the time as territory covers more than half of the states and
country.
focus, because
She
the college
left
took
it
was about
I
tunities, as well as responsibilities."
'|i
six
Farmville, and
years have been ones of tremendous oppor-
"tiicse
dress could not be found to represent your wonderful
Nancy took
of
Roanoke
William Jewell College.
Alma
years ago
enabling us to meet your daughter, a better Ambassa-
visit
at
visited
executive secretary of
"Miss Maude"
.
a very real joy to
president and
membership
a
a master's in student personnel administration at
so friendly, so interested in everything and it
with
women," Alma wrote.
of
the execu-
is
the classroom in
three hours to convince 'Miss Mary' that
be
to
left
Women
"After accepting the job
me
woman. She
a
Missionary Union, an organi-
Baptists
Alma
In 1944
1,300,000.
upon
Woman's
tive secretary of the
to
her.
the only
doctorate conferred
first
can without hesitation say that she has
everyone, that
plus
is
she will ever be able
claim.
to
they
Doctor of Hu-
a
manities
when
this year
conferred
tries
had the fortune to hear
Nancy
.
She was
'41.
be the host of
been the youngest and most charming speaker we have
her.
'29
stretches across the continent.
had the very happy privilege
your daughter
.
her
Dear Mrs. Nelson:
We
Hunt
Newport News:
in
.
Alma
distinguished alumnae,
to
Woman's
(
Baptist college
Ala.,
comes news of one of our
.
.
Birmingham,
is
and came to Virginia with is
a
naturalized
and takes her civic responsibilities
American
seriously,
and
a native
her
citizen,
voting
in
{Continued on Page 23)
19
and when he came
Beyond Our Shores
.
am working
I
again.
am
I
me
my work
very glad;
(United States Operations Mission to Chile) the Embassy, so
work
all
related to
am
I
was
I
Americans and Chilean,
born.
harmony and understanding, and
in
entertaining.
—
almost the same kind of work
my baby was
doing before
we
is
it
very
is
Inter-American Affairs
It is at the Institute of
interesting.
the library, he said something to
to
.
.
{Continued from Page 15)
it
how many books
as
who
is
very
my
and
nice,
you may imagine
ceptionist;
I
Company,
Ltd.).
I
not married.
my
Elena asking everybody
fell
My
had planned to tour
Italy
we
and that was the end of our
Paris,
holiday. life
advantage of
full
hours a day
'2
that
all
Paris
my
job with
am
to
re-
Indies.
work
My
a stenographer for
as
boss
the
to
assistant
is
—he
follows
writes books about
one
everywhere.
father
and
I
these days?
this!
I
Mr.
do pretty well
work
I
really enjoy
owned by
it.
Oh, by the way,
How
I'm supposed to write on what
that
isn't
my
the corporation
Nice and sunny.
for.
doing, but really, there girls
in
dear friends, the typewriter, shorthand
the private pool
at
with the
who works 81 week and who, when she is
that of a girl
is
for five days a
takes
I
few days before the date
a
ill
had decided to leave Italian
I
You know what
notebook, and a pencil. I
Greenland, Last year Fay and
be the
told
little
Coyner would get a laugh about
am
me
boss
(Cali-
from Longwood; Mr. and Mrs. Schlegel and Fay
I
that
Psychology
psychology.
American group Caltex
have had the pleasure to welcome in Paris three dear
together, but
know
General Manager.
fornia Texas Oil
friends
guess some
an executive secretary (bi-lingual) for
as
re-
'59x, Central Romana, La Romana,
the Personnel Department.
the French affiliate of the
I
I
Louis,
France.
am working
very
name!
his
Daphne R-Arango
St.
felt
ception in honor of Mr. Hill, the American Ambassador,
Dominican Republic, West
Paris,
really I
very
is
very pleased indeed.
Michelle Bodo '54-'55, 32 rue du Buisson
and
are here?
This year the Institute gave a
important, you know.
I
is
the roof
have been
much: movies, get together
work with me,
the pool
once in a
and week-end dances.
while, sleep and loaf,
not working, theatres,
affords:
movies, art exhibitions, and of course, cafes!
Geneviere Laloux '56-'57 (Mrs. Apt. 529, 1107 I
am now
of Illinois.
I
W.
Green, Urbana,
Hem
to give
Produced by
111.
doing part-time research
would love
LONGWOOD COLLEGE CHINA Chand Jain),
the University
at
as to the place,
where we
(Clipping
most
Champaign-Urbana
from
Genevieve Laloux chose a
shall live;
likely
my
Plates, 101 4
broad gold embroidered border in
silk
"Miss
Courier:
a light turquoise
Indian
when
sari
with
tional
Hem Chand Jain at 7:30 p. m., Wednesday, The Reverend John Price, director of InternaProgram of the University YMCA officiated at the 5.
double ring ceremony
at
YMCA
the
before
each $2.50
inch size
Tea Cups and Saucers
each
2.50
After-Dinner Cups and Saucers
each
2.50
Salad Plates
each
1.50
Bread and Butter Plates
each
1.25
Ash Trays
each
1.25
she became
the bride of
March
Blue
Scene
hus-
will devote our time to teaching.
I
—Mulberry or — Rotunda
Colors
you information about
our plans for next year; however, they are not yet fixed,
band and
Wedgwood
150 guests.
Flowers, garlands, greenery, and chandeliers decorated the
scene
of
event.
the
Organ music provided the back-
Proceeds from the sale of
ground.") of
Elena
Since
The
de
Flores
Mexico D. I
left
library
is
F.,
Vega
la
'56-'57,
Niagara
Longwood,
I
started to
in
work
itself,
and
social activities, as dances, parties
Last year
20
we had
and so
the visit of Dr. Milton
Longwood
to
College,
Express or postage charges
collect.
A
full series
of color slides
on "Longwood College,
1955-56" taken by Dr. Marvin
W.
Schlegel,
is
avail-
program which
includes lectures, concerts, art exhibits, and other cultural
and
make checks payable
it
organization dedicated to furthering understanding between States through a
china go to the Association
as a librarian.
Mexico City
belongs to the Mexican American Cultural Institute, an
Mexico and the United
this
orders and
32-2,
Farmville, Va.
my home
all
THE ASSOCIATION OF ALUMNAE,
Mexico.
near
Alumnae. Send
S.
forth.
able
on request
for
alumnae groups.
obtained by contacting your
Alumnae
This
may be
Office.
Eisenhower,
Alumnae Magazine
—
MESSAGE FROM YOUR
ALUMNAE PRESIDENT By
.
.
Elsie Stossel, President
Elsie Stossel
alumnae.
its
Surely our
alumnae have shown great enthusiasm over the years
in
—
the
the
projects
undertaken
has
association
the
that
Student Building, the Jarman organ, and most recently the
Now
Alumnae House.
furnishing of the
on the campus has been completed
it
we
time that
is
home
that our
a worth-while contribution to
Longwood College
turn
make
our thoughts and our energies to a project that will
its
Perhaps you may wish
has been said that the success of a college can be
It
measured by the enthusiasm of
a list of
more than
a dozen fine suggestions, your as the
next major
to
show your
name
interest in a
plates for the
more
identification
It is
identical bronze
markers can be purchased for
on the campus.
If individuals
hoped
all
that
buildings
or groups are interested in
supplying one or more of these markers they can do so
by contacting the Business Office for information on the cost.
You
read
in
List
tiie
Alumnae House
the
Board of Directors unanimously chose
Suitable
of college buildings has long been a need.
this
in
seventy-fifth anniversary year.
From
tangible way.
bulletin
of the establishment
Mary Clay Hiner
of the
in
Library to
contain books written by faculty and alumnae of the col-
The bookcase
lege.
has been installed and one shelf
filled
project of the association the establishment of an Al/n)iiiae
with books and pamphlets.
Endowment Fund, This fund would be used
mittee to discover alumnae wht) have written books so
the dis-
at
cretion of a Board of Trustees, appointed for the purpose
of administering
hope and
new
this
for
it
the
good of the
We
college.
project will receive your hearty
approval
financial support.
It
seems
this
fitting at
anniversary time that emphasis
The
tunities of our college.
Southern Culture,
Institute of
already an alumnae project, has had a most successful be-
form
The 1957
we may
At
lectures
happy
know
recently elected
A
and Tradition.
copy
members.
Individual
copies
first
members
vice president; Maria
they will have
much
to contribute to the
We
work
of
the association. All of your committees have been busy in the past year.
The as
the
meeting your Board of Directors was
welcome the three
Harrison McLaughlin of Woodberry Forest, director.
Constitution Committee with Virginia
has been sent to each local chapter president for circu-
among
to
Jackson of Lexington, second vice president; and Nancy
have been published in book
entitled Virginia In History
lation
secure them?
their spring
Frances Sale Lyle of Danville,
be placed on improving the cultural and scholastic oppor-
ginning.
that
do
Won't you help your com-
its
McLean Pharr
chairman has revised the constitution and brought
may be
with current practices. Their work was approved
it
in line
at
the annual meeting on the past Founders Day.
purchased for $2.00 by writing the Business Office of the college.
We
hope
that local
a part during
1959
alumnae chapters
in
seventy-fifth anniversary of our like to
have
official
Founders Day on March
also
Alma
14.
program
Plan is
Mater.
now
to
to have
We
should for
come, for an
being arranged.
It
has
been suggested that chapters might wish to com-
memorate the occasion by having birthday
own
want
from every chapter
representatives
especially interesting
will
the year long celebration of the
communities.
November, 1958
parties in their
The Snack Bar Committee with Helen Costan and Rosemary Howell, co-chairmen, has spent much time in putting the policies of the Snack Bar into writing.
The Alumnae Magazine Committee and the Founders Day Committee are always among our hardest working groups. The results of their work is quite visible in our excellent
magazine and the
fine
programs prepared
for
Founders Day. (Cotitinued on Page 47)
21
—
,
CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS 1957-1958 SEPTEMBER:
Seventeen seniors began eight weeks of
Roanoke on September
practice teaching in
the
This was
3rd.
off-campus experiment ever conducted by Long-
first
wood College. The results were so successful that seventy or more girls will go to Roanoke during the first semester 1958-59 session
of the
.
.
.
When
classes
began
the
at
College on September 20th, sevenry-eight girls were making lesson plans
—
32
Mr. Clown", 1957 Circus production
"Say,
Sue LaFontaine (SomerviUe, N.
7.
sor),
The freshman
ringmaster.
as
910 students
.
.
.
.
.
.
Fall
enrollment
at
in the
ele-
the College
was
September 23rd was the date of senior
capping.
was named Best
Lucy Wilson (Hopewell)
Rat of 1958
at
Big Rat Court held on October 7
on December 14
Four Freshmen were here!
Dabney
went
to
June
Strother
the
.
(Grundy)
Fund
and Carol Wolfe
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
were awarded
(Arlington)
college athletics.
Annie V. Weaver (Madison) and Margaret
Dowdy (Lynch
Station)
.
were recipients of blue blazers
Betty Bland Barnette
.
.
Tobaccoland
at
reigned as Queen
(EUerson)
Richmond
Tobacco Festival in
the
The Asian flu epidemic postponed Circus indefinitely The Freshman Class elected Ann Hardy (Norfolk) as its president Norrish Munson (Roanoke) and Catherine Ozmon (Portsmouth) emceed the weekly Longwood Hour .
.
.
.
.
.
.
over
)
.
.
.
Margaret Shropshire
.
WFLO,
.
W.
.
.
)
was elected
Annette Grain
.
Madonna
was chosen
(Williamsburg)
Ridgeway
(
Commission
for
annual
the
C. A. Christmas Pageant.
Senior Personalities chosen for the Feature
1958 Virginian were Margaret Marodith
Section of the
(Richmond) and Mary Ann Barnett (Chester-
Nichols field)
.
.
Examinations.
.
Nancy Richardson
.
white blazers for outstanding ability and participation in
of
Boston
JANUARY:
was chosen general
Heights)
(Colonial
chairman of AKG's annual Circus
first
Mae
.
Proceeds of this event
Lancaster Scholarship
S.
.
.
The V. M. I. Glee Club joined Longwood Choir in the annual Christmas Concert on Sunday, December 15 "Christmas Fantasy", the Christmas water pageant, was directed by Janet Lloyd (South
Y. .
October 10 found Jarman Hall with a capacity crowd the
.
Alcock (Hampton), was chairman of senior dance held
president of Freshman
OCTOBER:
won
Shirley
skit
class
with the seniors placing second
place,
.
mentary school
J.),
reigned as queen of festivities with Betty Spivey (Wind-
the
46
the high school and
at
DECEMBER:
was held December
.
FEBRUARY: man
Louise B. Heier (Warwick) served as chair-
Dance, held in February
for Junior
Mary Ann Barnett Boston) served
.
.
Major-Minor
May Day
1958
heads
Colonnade,
Nancy Brubeck
for
Linda
The following The
.
announced:
editor-in-chief;
business manager;
(Zuni)
Doles
.
(Staunton)
(Norfolk)
Griggs
.
were
1958-59
publication
Rotunda,
.
General Manager and Business Manager
as
Gwynn
.
.
and Janet Lloyd (South
(Chesterfield)
respectively for the
Betty
.
Chairman was Amanda Dillon (Ashland)
Election
The
Barbara
editor-in-chief;
Hurst (Roanoke) business manager; The Virginian, Bar-
the local radio station.
bara Bishop (Roanoke) editor-in-chief; Dorothy June Bos-
NOVEMBER: girls
Alpha Kappa
Gamma
tapped the following
well
business manager.
(Stafford)
on November 12: Seniors Ellen Callaway (Bluefield),
Mary Anne
Foster (Poquoson), Anita Heflin (Ashland),
Kate Krehbiel (Oakton), Sue Taylor
Waugaman (Roanoke),
(
Richmond ), Carolyn
Carol Wolfe (Arlington); Juniors
MARCH:
Players and the
on March 15 ...
and Helen Jean Young (Covington)
elected for the
(Marion) fall
was leading
drama, "The Lady's
Donna Boone lady in the Longwood Players' Not For Burning" The fol.
.
.
.
lowing seniors were selected
for
Who's
A
minstrel
Freshman Production
this
show was the theme
year
.
.
Major
.
W.
(Covington), president of the Y.
C.
Dolores
Grain (Williamsburg), Suzanne Faison (Norfolk), Mary
ciation
Anne
a candidate for a scholarship to an English
,
Linda Garrison (Williamsburg),
Charlotte Hall (Chatham), Lucia Hart (York,
S.
C), Anita
Heflin (Ashland), Susanne LaFontaine (SomerviUe, N. J.) Frances Patton (Roanoke), June Strother (Colonial
Heights), Sue Taylor (Richmond), lottesville),
Carolyn
Wolfe (ArHngton). 22
Mary Lee Teel (Char-
Waugaman (Roanoke),
and Carol
were
A.,
Elizabeth
McLaughlin (Richmond), president of House Council, and
Students in American Universities and Colleges: Annette
Foster (Poquoson)
for the
officers
coming term: Barbara Odom (Suffolk), president of the Student Government, Helen Jean Young
.
Who Among
Hampden-Sydney Jongleurs
was the highlight of the annual Founders Day program
Nancy Brubeck (Staunton), Minnie Lee Dean (Radford), Louise Norman (Richmond), Barbara Odom (Suffolk), .
the spring production presented by
"Easter",
Longwood
the
.
.
.
Dove .
Lillian
.
.
(Fieldale), president of the Athletic Asso-
Molly
Workman
Rosson (Trevilians) was elected
of the incoming seniors
(Springfield)
I960 and .
.
.
was chosen
(Norfolk)
—
was chosen
Ann Hardy
Class of 1959. as
president
(Norfolk)
The Chicago Opera
for
summer
as
school
as the president
Jean O'Connell of the
Class
of
the Class of 1961
Ballet, internationally celebrated
dancers, presented a dazzling performance to the
Longwood
Alumnae Magazine
,,
March 26
students and local citizens on
dance
.
The Crew-Cuts
.
Misses Draper and Barksdale, accompanied by
.
.
.
.
for their annual spring
were signed by the Cotillion Club
Chantal Perrotte and Elena Vinos, attended a meeting of the Foreign Students Service Council in Washington, D. C. .
.
The
.
FBLA
regional
Convention was held hete
.
and
Rosson
Lillian
AKG's
auctioneers for
as
(Trevilians)
membership
for
sheets
bidders
of
the laundry, use
to
home
Burger's
.
.
money
spring
raising project.
two
in the dining hall, sending
smoking
Privileges such as
private
a
parlor
Miss
at
Dance, were sold to the highest
after Junior
Ruth Denton (Abingdon), Carol Matthews
.
Odom
(Salem), and Barbara
attended the Stu-
(Suffolk)
Wauga-
Chain
Daisy
traditional
and
Graduation. Dr. John R. Mayor, Director of edu-
Advancement of
cation for the Association for the
commencement
were conferred upon
Mr. Ray Merchent and Dr. Francis B. Simkins served
.
JUNE:
delivered the
APRIL: Alpha Kappa Gamma tapped Senior Amanda DiUion (Ashland) and Juniors Donna Boone (Marion), Dolores "Delo" Dove (Fieldale), Louise Heier (War.
the
Lantern Parade.
at
Longwood.
wick)
ing of rhe Senior Class history by Carolyn "Ti Pi"
man (Roanoke) and
were
127
address on June
two master's degrees
seniors;
(Richmond), Anita
graduates: Judith Margaret Alexander
Allen
(
Ashland ) Cornelia Anne Batte ,
Winifred Elaine Biddlecomb
(
McKenney )
Buchanan (Browns-
burg), Ella Virginia Carter (Bedford), Marjorie
mond (King George),
Ann
Elizabeth
Foster
Hart (York,
S.
C), Norma
(
Cris-
L.
(Richmond),
Raye Handy (Dan-
Foster (Poquoson), Elaine
Matjorie Allgood Harrison
ville),
Ann
(Fairport), Elizabeth
Brierley (Farmville), Eliza Johnstone
Mary Anne
Science,
Degrees
Dr. Lankford announced 22 honors
also conferred.
Hefltii
1.
Warfield), Lucia Ellen
Louise Jenrett (Portsmouth),
elected the following girls chairmen for 1958-59:
N. J.), Sylvia Louise Moore Gloucester ) Mary Elizabeth Picinich Richmond ) Nancy Elizabeth Richardson (Grundy), Elizabeth Lacy Ruckman (Richmond), Patricia Ann Walton (Covington), Bernard Leroy Warren (Cumberland), Ellen Ann Webb (Wardtown) Summer school opened on June 9 for the three- week session and on June 16 for the regular
Haile (Tappahannock) publications, Sue Benton (Suffolk),
eight-week session. Elsie Dick
Government
dent Intercollegiate Association of Student
Associations held April 9-12 in Spartanburg,
FBLA
ness Executive of Virginia at the State
held
Roanoke
in
DeHaven
(
Radford )
.
Busi-
Convention
The student body unanimously Hannah
.
Kathe Hegnsle
activities,
MAY:
.
.
.
.
Ogburn (McKenney) was chosen Miss Futute
Lois
lyn
C.
S.
(
Richmond )
calendar, and Caro-
,
assembly.
,
May Day
festivities,
held in Jarman Hall because of the rainy weather. Suzanne
Ann
(Lynchburg)
Jeter Collins
Queen of her Maid
as
May
the of
witii
Honor
.
Linda Doles (Zuni) succeeded Ella Carter (Bedford)
.
.
as
vice president of Virginia Intercollegiate Press Association at the
annual convention held in Richmond. At this meet-
ing the Rotunda received a
first
class
issued by the Associated Collegiate Press
and Donna Boone
(Suffolk)
(
rating
(excellent) .
.
(Marion)
.
(
,
president
of
Richardson
Gertrude Cr/niipler Marshall enrollment for the
summer
biology student trainee
.
.
at the University of
were
visiting
Sydney Jongleur,
.
.
Mary Beth
Picinich
pleted her honors
Phyllis
was selected as "Miss Longwood"
(Norfolk)
Bridgforth .
FarmviUe Lions Club,
sponsored by the
contest
to a
(Richmond)
successfully
in biology
by passing an
program
comoral
examination given by a three-man committee of visiting professors
.
.
.
"Blue Ridge Farm", an
Horace Day became the wards
its
fifth
oil
by Virginia
the
artists.
showing of fourteen works by Mr. Day during the
Festival
At Senior Assembly, announcement was made of the recipient of the Dabney S. Lancaster Scholarship Louise Heier (Warwick). Lou is the fourth girl to
—
.
.
.
Also
of 1959
.
.
.
Examinations
November, 1958
at this
as
AUGUST:
.
.
the
six
.
.
.
Nancy Morris
Achievement Award
in
Dr. Davis Y. Paschall, state superintendent of
commencement speaker 9.
at
summer
Twenty-six bachelor
graduate degrees were conferred; honor graduates
were Nancy Elvira Anderson (Crewe) and Lorah Brewer Hull
(Hampton).
Among Our
Outstanding Alumnae
(Continued from Page 19)
every election. Miss Trevvett retired 19 years ago, traveled bit, and now lives at Hermitage The venerable educatot believes, "Be
quite a
long as possible."
One
can truly be said by
member of Day featured
the Class
by those
the read-
teacher,
Class
.
won
school graduation held on August
and
also traveled in Europe,
World's Fair
public instruaion, was
time Marodith Nichols
honorary
at
to-
This
of Fine Arts ...
(Richmond) was chosen
school session reached 441 ...
London. She
Brussels
painting was chosen by vote of the student body from a
receive this honor
and Total
painting by
purchase of the College
collection of paintings
secretary.
,
)
.
freshman mathematics.
award wenr
best actor
Suffolk
Government,
president,
vice
summer appointment as Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn. She and Mary Beth Picinich, '58, each worked there for ten weeks during the summer months Patricia Anne Leake (Norfolk) received an Institute of International Education scholarship for summer study a
HampdenGarnett Smith (Richmond) ... In a
The
(
Church) was elected
Student
Natalie Tudor (Critz) received a
(Darlington Heights)
stage.
Falls
(
School
(Arlington),
"Oscars" for best performances of the year on the Long-
wood
.
.
Summer
the
Vicki Brinkley
awarded
(Somerville,
.
Addie
"Peter Pan" was the theme of
"Traci" Faison (Norfolk) ruled as
Susanne LaFontaine
whom was
—Methodist Home. as
independent as
of her principals wrote that, "It
tliose
with
whom
she worked and
she taught that Miss Maude, as a primary
rivalled
by few and surpassed by none." 23
-
.
.
ALUMNAE HOUSE REGULATIONS The following regulations governing the use of Alumnae House were approved by the Board January
the
1-12
17,
13-25
5.00
26-50
12.50
51-75
20.00
76-100
25.00
1958. 1.
The Alumnae House may be used
for
overnight
lodging by Alumnae and by guests of the college
approved by the Dean of
No
of the College.
one
Women
else
may
or the President
Alumnae
use the
Above 100
25.00 plus S5.00 for each 25 or fraction thereof above 100.
House
for overnight lodging.
Reservations must be
7.
2.
$ 2.50
There
will
be no charge for the use of the Alumnae
made with
the
Alumnae House
Hostess.
House
overnight lodging.
for
No
8. 3.
Any alumnae group may
use the
Alumnae House
for
may be
alcoholic beverages
House
at
served in the
Alumnae
any time.
meetings or parties without charge. 4.
5.
The Alumnae House Hostess may use the Alumnae House for personal parties or meetings without charge.
Upon
Dean
approval by the College
of
Women,
college group may use the Alumnae House
approved by
if
and the Dean of
hostess
Charges for these groups
the
Any
1 1
of
the
College.
the
Alumnae
use of the
Alumnae House not covered by these Alumnae House
Hostess and reported annually to the Executive Board. 12.
Any
modifications in these regulations must be ap-
proved by the Executive Board of the Association
be according to the
shall
Alumnae House on
regulations must be approved by the
Alumnae House
Women
held in the
The Alumnae House is closed when House Hostess is on vacation.
10.
any
Other groups may use the Alumnae House for parties or meetings
may be
parties
Sundays.
for a col-
lege party or meeting without charge. 6.
No
9.
and the President of the College.
following schedule:
GRANDDAUGHTERS CLUB CLASS OF I960
Editor's Note: The names of the students appear according to their class and are followed by their mother's
maiden name and
class.
Anne Batte (Hazel Poarch '29); Hannah Bowles (Mary Ware ent. '22); Betty Jo Cook (Josie Spencer '33); Jane (Janie
White
'31 );
Clute
Mary Lee Teel (Mary Page Wilmoth (Ethel Gish ent. '20).
'02);
and Patricia
CLASS OF 1959 Betty Sue Barbee
(Mamie Daniel
Ella Louise
Coggin '28); Sue Ann
Belle
'89
ent. ent.
—grandmother);
'33);
Echols ent. '38); Felecia Elliott '26); Sharon Fosque
ent.
Gaskins (Bessie Land
(Betty Carroll Lazenby
(Gladys Phillips '25); Beverly
Hamlet ( 'Virginia Mary Helen Jones (Mary Hazel McMillan '31); Katherine Key CVeta Martin '24); Nancy Knight ( Rosa Townes '26 ) Rebecca McGrath ( Rebecca Gillette '37); Lyn Madrin (Eva Powers Madrin '21, '50); Dickerson
ent. '24); Freida
'34);
Imogene Black-
Dean (Yates
Gray (Edith Estep '20); Faye
Sara
Oliver
(Eureka
—
Wenner '19, '28 ^grand(Feme Randolph ent. '25);
Oliver
mother); Joyce Pendleton
Louise Ponton (Eulalie Dickerson ent.
Nellie ChamJo Lynn Holland bers* '28); Emily Johnson (Louise Barksdale ent. '31);
(Chloe
Edith Richardson '29
Nancy Knowles
)
(
;
(Margaret
Barrett
'26);
Shirley
Lucy
(Alice Michael ent. '25); Agnes Lowry (Agnes Meredith ent.
'28);
Dorothy Marshall (Florence Nash
Hodges
Elizabeth Nichols (Eunice
ent. '16);
ent.
'24);
(Rosa Hunt
24
(
ent.
'03
Helen Glenn
—grandmother); '24
)
and
Snow
ent.
'05
(Bessie Barksdale ent. ent.
'22);
17); Helen Rilee
—grandmother); '26);
Ann
Scott
Roache
Evelyn
(Maud Raiford
Tae Wamsley (Margaret Hiner*
—grand—
'14
mother); Claudia Whipple (Lucy T. Bidgood*
ent. '86
grandmother, Claudia Fleming '30).
Betty Rawls
(Victoria (Edith Daughtrey ent. '27); Betty Spivey Gwaltney '28); Ann Wallace (Robbie Lee Raney '19); Julia Grey Wallace (Margaret Barham '27); Jackie Waller
Young
(Zelma
Sylvia Cogville
Garrett (Lottie Dixon Garrett '33, '54); Shirley Grizzard (
Blair
Martha
;
'26);
well (Imogene Carter ent. '25); Minnie Lee
Crowder '29);
Wooding
Clark (Sue
CLASS OF 1958
Crute
Nancye Allen (Cleo (Mary Luther Nunn*
CLASS OF 1961 Margaret Blackwell (Imogene Carter
ent. '25); Harriet
Butterworth (Mildred Elmore '30); Eileen Cahill (Martha
Helen Jean *
Deceased.
(Continued on Page 29)
Alumnae Magazine
SEVENTY-FIFTH FOUNDERS DAY March 14, 1959
TENTATIVE PROGRAM March
Friday, 3 to 6 P.
M. and
13
7 to 9 P.
7:00 and 9:00
Saturday,
March
Room
—Rotunda
M.
Registration for
M.
Spring Water Pageant
P.
14
8:15 to 10:15 A.M.
Room
Registration for
9:15 A.M.
—Rotunda
Alumnae House, Farmviile Alumnae Chapter,
Coflee,
Hostess
4:00
Alumnae-Student Program
12:45 P.M.
Luncheon
to
10:30 A.M.
Alumnae Business Meeting
5:00 P.M.
Open House
slip
is
even
happy if
to
welcome
you are coming
Supper
8:00 P.M.
Open House '04,
'09,
just
for the day Saturday.
Please check
1959 RESERVATION
name
fill
in
and return
to the
Alumnae
'19, '24,
'29,
'34,
'39,
'44,
'49,
and
'54.
Long-
are requested to return the following reservation
functions you will attend.
FORM Office before
MARCH
Maiden,
first
A.IHrp^s
I
Dining Hall
'14,
all
Home, Dr. and Mrs. Lankford
Alumnae House
at
Alumnae back on Founders Day. You
all
last
President's
—College
6:30 P.M.
Please
Married,
—
Auditorium
Dining Hall
2:00 P.M.
Classes holding reunions this year will be '89, '94, '99,
wood
—College
—Jarman
6
last
name
first
Class
Founders Day on_
shall arrive for
date
I
should like a reservation
n
I
n
I
should
like
Jo not wish
to
a
at
the College for the following nights
:_
room with.
room
reserved as I'm visiting
a student in college^ in
I
expect to attend the following:
Luncheon
Coffee
Tea
town
,
Entertainment
REGISTRATION FEE— $1.00 (Check may be enclosed with
The
A
cost of the
this
form, or fee
Founders Day Luncheon
charge for other meals
November, 1958
is
made
at
is
the
may be
paid at Registration Desk)
included in the Registration Fee.
following rates;
breakfast,
fifty
cents;
lunch, sixty cents;
and dinner, seventy-five
cents.
25
ABOUT YOUR CANDIDATES For
Presiileiit
—Minnie
Newport News. dent
Peninsula
the
of
Woman's
Lee Cnniipler Burger,
Minnie Lee
member
a
is
of
its
of
presi-
For Director
WUham
and she serves
school,
as
She
Lettie
She
is
Woman's
of the
Club, a
member
of the
Minnie Lee and
'23,
Lexington. Janie
H. Ruffner Chapter. She teaches president of the
For Director
N. C. Thelma
VMI
Roanoke chapter
—Thelma is
of
Alumnae.
Croye Smith,
'33,
of
Raleigh,
very active in the alumnae chapter, and
has a responsible office in the
Women
of the Church of
the Presbyterian Church.
Faculty
—
Lettie
Cox Laughon,
a retired school teacher,
to the
National
of the
BPWC.
For Director
NEA
and she has been a delegate She
convention.
is
Please help the nominating committee
Lynchburg.
'12,
immediate past president of the Lynchburg chapter.
Duvahl has
member
MAKE NOMINATIONS
Director is
a
Newport News Opera
board.
in
Wives Club. For
is
of the "Virginia Cancer Sociery, and also a board
—Janie Potter Hanes,
president of the
She received her M.D. from Medical College
of "Virginia.
member
active
is
her family attend the First Methodist Church.
is
gynecologist.
the
She
Chapter.
Club, and sings with the
Society and
'46,
immediate past
is
also a
member
elected
by
May
next year.
These suggestions should be sent in
1959.
Also the constitution states that any
1,
may send
ten alumnae in good standing
—Dr.
Duvahl Ridgway,
distinguislied
herself
as
'.33,
of Roanoke.
an obstretician and
If
received in writing by August
1,
it
in a nomination.
will
be printed on
the Ballot.
Read about your candidates, above, before you
BE SURE
by sending in
your suggestions for the vice presidents and a director to be
vote!
TO VOTE AND RETURN THE BALLOT BEFORE
MARCH
14,
1959
BALLOT PRESIDENT
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
(vote for one)
Minnie Lee Grumpier Burger
'AG
Phyllis Alley Carter '49x,
Ruth D. Hunt
DIRECTORS
Cox Laughon
Duvahl Ridgway
'12
Rocky Mount
Mildred Ragsdale Jackson
'25, '56,
Lucy Bralley Johnson
Hylas
'46,
Jeanne Hamilton Lafoon
'33
Thelma Croye Smith
26
Roanoke
(vote for two)
Janie Potter Hanes '23
Lettie
'32,
(vote for three)
'33
'54,
Lexington
Farmville
Louise Layne Shearer '19x, Lynchburg
Alumnae Magazine
HONOR ROLL
1958 Contributors for the year are listed by
Alumnae
This
classes.
list
was compiled from the contribution cards received
at
the
Office.
Margaret Garnett Trim Carrie Brighcwell
Gay Wilbourn Ruth Harding Coyner Wanda Harkradcr Darde Wii Hit Warren Jones Starritt Elsie
Hopkins
Mary Louise McKinney
STATI STI CS
:
Margaret Meagher 1891
Maude
Frances Trevvetr
1892
Number
of
Number
of
Alumnae
9,625
contacted
Alumnae who contributed
1,061 .
Blanche Gilbert
Lola B. Bland Pearle Cunningham Boyle Sarah Ferguson Thomas Janie Staples Chappell
1895
Mary Sue Raney Short Linwood Srubbs 1896 Rosalie Bland
Mary Frances Gray Munroe Mary Clay Hiner Fannie Hodnert Moses Jemima C Hurt Blanche Johnston Mitchell
McGeorge Gwathmey McGeorge Burke
Bessie Carrie Bettie
Murfee Ray
Mary Littlepage Powers Kearney Alda Reynolds Smith Lottie Wood Snead Grimes Scotia Stark Haggerty
W.
Bertha
Statrett
Carrie Sutherlin
Myrtle Brown Crump Pcpkins Amelia HoUand Jones Bessie Rimour Venable
.
.S5,717.'30
Mary Hannah Taylor Ruble
L.
Venable 1897
Emma
LeCato Eichelberger
Bland WiUiams Annie H. Cunningham Laura Harris Hines Lillie
Belle
Edith Leigh Dickey Morris Mary Ewell Hundley Georgie R. Gravely
Mears Miller
Lemon Davis
Bessie Clair Woodruff
Matilda Jones Plumley Nelly C. Preston
1900
Margaret
Goode Moore
Julia Harris Butterworth
Ida
Howard
Chiles Ehzabeth Pierce Harris Annie Pollard Bealle
Ehzaberh Watkins Houston
Adams Armstrong
Bessie Curtis Sinclair Henrietta C. Dunlap Elise Holland Perkins Bess Howard Jenrette Florence L. Ingram Nell D. Ingram Elizabeth B. Kizer Virginia Nelson Hinman Virginia Nunn Williams Minnie Esrelle Price Pearle Baughan Childrey Elizabeth Verser Hobson Pauline Brooks Williamson
1901 Jessie
Cox Locke
1907 Alice Lee Castle
Beulah Finke Horn
Maude Foster Gill Elizabeth Palmer Saunders Elizabeth Pinner Edith Steigleder Robinson Frances White Mertins
C
1902
Ould Rose Lee Dexter Ethel Cole Carrie
Bugg
1906 Louise
Marrha Feathersion
Goode Bugg
Claudine L. Kizer Frances Y. Smith 1903
Ruth Clendening Gaver
Beryi Morris Flannagan Lucy Rice English Leonora Ryland Dew
Evelyn Shirk Cary 1908 Virginia Blanton Hanburv Belle Burke Clara Burrus Frazer
Rosa Caldwell Mann Grace Graham Beville Georgeanna Newby Page
Mary
Frayser
Mary Henry Shackleford Mattox
Pearle
Whitman Knox 1904
Ella
Burger Morgan
Mary Lou Campbell Graham Bessie Carter Taylor Inez Clary McGeorge Marie Etheridge Bratten Jessie Virginia Finke
November, 1958
1911
Kathleen Baldwin MacDonald Carrie Lee Bell Elbert Pearl Berger Turnbull Sue Cook Booker Lucile Cousins James Nelie Fitzpatrick Jordan Mary Gladys Garnert Morris
Simpson Elizabeth Haskins Perkinson Emily W. Johnson Virginia Howard Johnson ElEe B. Milligan Lucy Phelps
Groves Mildred Sutherland Perdue
Anne
Parker
Thom
P. Dupuy Parish
Emma
Evelyn Natalie
Hamner Hardy Graham
Mamie Jones Johnson Hallie May McCormick Kendall Countess Muse Bareford Antoinette Nidermaier Phipps Blanche Nidermaier Vermillion Mary Perkins Fletcher Florence B. Rawlings
Martha Ritter Beaton Lucy Robins Archer
1914
Martha
J. Bill
Lockev Delp Rector Ethel Fox Hirst Carrie Galusha Mcllwaine
H.Jones Meta Jordan Woods Manning Harper Mary Susan Minton Reynolds
Pearl
Juanita
Grace
Sr.
Moorman
C.
Eleanor Parrott Hutcheson Bess M, Ritter Nellie Rogers Cornett
Constance Rumbough Josephine C. Shetrard
Alma Thomas Mary Margaret Umberger Groseclo Sadie Upson Stiff Elizabeth Wall Ward
Emma Ruth Webb Watkins Grace Welker Cofer
1915 Lula Belle Berger Terry CaUie Bolton Tvler Mary Elizabeth Codd Parker
Martha Drumeller Elizaberh Ewald Lively Francis I. Goldman Hill
Christine
MacKan Walke
Lucy A. Moss Harriettc Parrish Caldwell
Oast Fannie Scott Crowder Spitler
Booton
Mattie Belle Towler Snead
1912
Mary W. Anderson Latham Sallie Blankenship Adams Jean Boarwright Goodman Leta R. Christian Louise Davis Thacker
Hawthorne Lueck Myrrle E. Huddle Amelie Jones Garrison Amenra Matthews Crabill Annie Moring Fallwell Elizaberh
Louise Poindexter Susie Powell Peters
Annie Belle Robertson Paul Lelia E. Robertson Willie Robertson Brady* Given in her memory bv Annie Robei son Paul. L.
Summers Thomas Ross
1913 Ethel Abbitt Burke Ora Alphin Turpin Eva Anderson Grimes
Kathleen Barnett Fringer Ada R. Bierbower Thelma Blanron Rockwell Florence Boston Decker Virgilia
Bugg
Minnie Butler Albrighr Ola Chanell Berryman Sallie
Chew
1916 Eleanor Abbitt Scott Margaret Barnard Cassidy Lelia Carter
Thomas
Mae Cox Wdson Myrtle Dunton Curtis Peatl Ellett
Crowgey
Annie Sue Fulton Clark Louise Fulton Brenda GrifEn Doggett
Ruth Jamison Elizabeth Jarman
Nancy Dixie
Grace Freeman Huffman
Hardy
E. Lewis
McCabe
Hairston
Mary Ruth
Russell Piggott Russell Westover Alice Smith Starke Strohecker Nora
Anne Tucker Bradshaw Lucile Woodson Nicholson 1917 Elsie Bagby Butt Annie Lucile Ayre
May
Blankinship
Woods
Ruth Blanton Wood Kathleen Bondurant Wilson Lee Drumeller Vought Louis Drumeller East Lucille Geddy Crutcher
Ruth Howard Wilson Elizabeth Malcolm Hinternhoff
Marv Upson Williams Grace Walker Welch Kate Wooldridge Watkins 1918
Leslie
Katharine G. Diggs Jennie Earnest Mayo
Shepherd
Carey Jeter Finlev
Anna
Ruth Ward Sadler Anne Wilkinson Cox Edith Willis Reed Lillian L. Wilson
Mary
Hall
Bessie Bucher Pike
Sallie Perkins
Annie
Alice E. Carter Carrie Caruthers Johnson
Stull
Vera Tignor Sandidge
Thurzetta
1909
M.
Lucile Watson Rose EfEe Belle Wrenn Parham
Vedah May Warson Dressier
Annie Bidgood Wood Minnie Blanton Button
Elsie
Annie Tignor
Mary Carherine
Carrie Rennie Eason Sarah Virginia Stuart
Lockett Walton Marshall
McGehee
Daisy Stephenson Donaldson Maude Wallace Grace Warren Rowell
Moorman Morgan McCabe
Mary Paxton Trautmann Hattie Robertson Jarratt Caroline Roper White Mary Elizabeth Taylor Clark
Mildred Turner Price Alma Taylor Fincham
Mildred D. Cook
Grace B. Holmes Lena Marshall Carter Anna C. Paxton Mary Peck
Coppedge
Isabel Dunlap Harper Lucy Elcan Gilliam Emily Eirrh Smith Estelle Hall Dalton Julia Johnson Davis
Claire Gilliam
Kathleen Riley Gage Mary Roberts Pritchett 1899
Bessie
Willie Hodges Booth Ellen Moore Lee Wilson
Maude Newcomb Batte Alice Paulett Creyke Fannie May Pierce Alice Ware Eubank Frances R. Wolfe
Eileen Spaulding O'Brien
Ann Woodroof 1910 Florence Acree Conkling Julia Armistead Lee Cora Brooking Parker Mary Brooking Savedge
Julia Paulett
Soyars
Mary Day Parker
Betsey
Anne Mapp Winn
Frances Stoner Binns Lula Sutherlin Barksdale Virginia Tinsley
Willie
1905
Florence
Maud Anderson
Minnigerode Claytor Annie Moss McClure Margaret Percivall Whittle Katherine Ragsdale Brent Verna Reynolds Burton Halhe Rodes Willberger Mary Sterling Smith I!mily
Amount
Mattie Gunn Dorin Louise Twelvetrees Hamlet
1894
Nena Lochridge Sexton Alice Martin Horgan Jennie Martin Purdum Gertrude Martin Welch
Martha
S.
Bass
Kennedy Ruth Coleman Brown
Jessie Brett
27
Elizabeth
Mary Blackwell Parker Kathleen Sanford Harrison Louise Shoffner Putney
Cooke Graham
Arah Easterdav Dishman Ruth W. Harris Noia Johnson Bell Edna Kent Tilman Kathleen Moorman Mary Noel Hock Judith Shumate Mansfield Julia Stover Cacothers
Degree 1919 Margaret Shannon Morton Janet H, Peek
Catharme Riddle
Diploma 1924
Reva Blankenbaker Holden Dons Cochran Klotz Abbve M. Edwards Ethel Gish Wilmoth Gladys Hubbard Webb Elizabeth Jones Watkins Dorothy Luck Wilkinson
Veta Martin
Key
Belle Oliver Hart
Diploma 1919 Sally
Julia
Reid Crumpler
Frances
Barlow Smith
Mabel Boteler Kishpaugh Mvrtle Davis Watson Olive Ferguson Rives Vivian E. Glazebrook Elvira H. Jones Jean Morris Frances Louise Murphy
Ruby Overton Brooks
Degree 1925 Dorothy Askew Gayle Ruth L. Bartholomew
Mary Hunt Stump Lucile Walton Susie Watson St. Amant lean West Shields
Margaret Rogers Sanderson Rice Royall Sledd Jones Louise Thacker Murrey
Degree 1920
Diploma 1925
Diploma 1920 Mcintosh Gladys Camper Moss Irene Bridges
Emily
L. Clark
Mary
Mallie V. Barns Elizabeth Earnest Lucile Franklin Richardson Katherine Goode
Mary Haskins Ferguson Thelma Johnson Ross
Ethel Gildersleeve
Verliner Crawley
Emily Lawrence Hofler Hattie Lvthgoe Gwinn Gladys Phillips Fosque Dorothy Rawls Parker Sue Roper Pace
Elfreth Friend Shelburne
Olive Smith
Aldona McCalmont Bradshaw
Selina H. Hindle
Eleanor McCormick Mitchell Janie Rew Mapp Annie C. Salley Portia L. Spencer Louise Trotter Wooten Annie Winslow Baxter
Ruth Jennings Adams Gladvs Moses McAllister
E.
Wood
Elizabeth
Bowman
Bugg Hughes
Sue Puckett Lush Fannie B. Shorter Ann Smith Greene Kate G. Trent Martina Willis Lucille Wright Eberwine
Degree 1921 Helen Draper
Diploma 1926
Edith Harrell McCarthy Katharine Stallard Washington
Diploma 1921 Irene Anderson Turner Sally Barksdale Hargrett
Sue Brown Harrison Flora Clingenpeel Patterson Justine Gibson Patton Carolyn L. Harrell
Frances Jordan Moore Frances MacKan Adams Mildred Mitchell Holt
Omohundro Alice M. Presson Cobb Lila W. Sinclair Ruby
Diploma 1922 Bristow Trevvett Catherine Brooking Pnddy Lillian
Margaret Dozies Carter Virginia Hardin Cowling Alise
Hams
Nettie Lucille
Mary Mary
Mary Banks Fretwell Mary A. Billups Mary Billups Hartman Thelma Deaton Beam Sarah Virginia Hall Kent Ellen Hufton Shackelford Kathryne Landrum Smith Esther Love Roane Catherine Rvland Daisy Belle Shafer Wilroy
Mary Thomas White Edna Welchim Lena Welchlin
Paulett
Anna Vries Carter Thelma Yost Lehmann
Rahily
McNulty Oertly Rash Rooke
Christine Reid Anderson S.
Simmons
Deg
1923
Mary George Bolen Eilen Carlson Hopper Anne Meredith Jeffers Elizabeth Moring Smith Mary Nichols Marjorie S. Thompson Lois T. Williams
Diploma 1923 Charlotte Anderson Eaton Lois Childress Bennallack Violet Cleasby Elizabeth Coleman Echols
Jane Dyer Groseclose Lillian Griffin Turner Margaret Mason Cooper Janie Potter Hanes Alice Rumbough Stacy Bettie Shepard
Degree 1927
Hammond
Virginia Graves Krebs Elva Hedly Redding
Louise Richardson Lacy Carrie Flournoy Spencer Mildred Spindle Virginia Vincent Saffelle Orline White
Diploma 1927 Margaret Barham Wallace
Duke
Virginia Fitzpatrick Harper Louise Gary Alkrie Elizabeth Gordon Chenery
Kathryn Hargrave Rowell Laura Hurt Elmore Ormond Marshall Gary Maude Rountree Taylor Lena Somers Pennington Evelyn Thurston Daughtry Margaret Watkins Bridgeforth Katherine Wilkinson Williamso
Mary Williams Powell
Hill
Degree 1924
28
Sylvia Yost
Diploma 1929 Eunice Bassett Leyland Joy Burch Sheffey Elsie Clements Hanna Katherine Cooke Butler Mabel Cowand Smith Mildred Deans Shepherd Elizabeth Lacy Helen McHenry McComb
Pugh Rhodes Glenna Watts Shepard Alice
Alice
Wimbish Manning Degree 19^0
Alice Hamner Woll Susie Hyatt Winslow Margaret Leonard Dillard Etta Marshall Stubbs Grace B. Moran
Alyce Page Adams McLemore Harriet
Booker Lamb
Rachel Royall Laura Smith Langan
Mildred Elmore Butterworch Judith Fenner Barnard Louise Hurt Fauber Susie Reames Beville Louise Seay Harrup
Degree 1931 Frances Armentrout Irwin Carolyn Cogbill Eleanor H, Dashiell Mildred F. DeHart Annie Etta Denit Darst Elizabeth Dutton Lewis Pauline Gibb Bradshaw
Mabel Gregory Craig Alice Harrison Dunlap Catherine Jones Hanger Martha Laing Pearson Catherine McAllister Wayland Margaret Nuttall Coaker Georgia Putney Goodman Ehzabeth Temple Lucy Lee WiUiams Irene Wilson Hardy Susan Yancey Farnsworth
Diploma 1931 Esther Kutz Rusmisel Pauline Lanford Stoner
Degree 1932
Mary Bristow Garber Louise Clavton Fannie Haskins Withers Rurh Dudley Hunt Ellen Jones Huffman Elizabeth McCauley Campbell Cleo Quisenberrv Kent Catherine Ritter Zeno Nancv Shaner Stickler Elsie
b. Story
Martha von Schilling Katherine Watkins
Stuart
Diploma 1952 Lou Covington Rogers
Ann
E.
Davis
Virginia Huntsberry Shockev
Marv Sue Jacob Frances E. Newman Estes Mary Virginia Robinson
Annie Louise Via Beverlv Wilkinson Powell Maria Dorothy Williams
Diploma 1934 Edna Dawley Gibbs
Goodwin Smith Chesta Hubbard Momssette Virginia Inge Eddins Pauline Jones Walker Sara
Laeta Barham Hirons Sarah Beck Crinkley Christine Childrey Chiles
Lena Gardner Sammons Ila Harper Rickman Elizabeth B. Haskins
McCoy
Degree 1933
Ann Mann Wilds Maude Rhodes Cox Nelle Ryan Gardner Virginia Saunders Nott Elizabeth Vassar Pickett
Diploma 1935 Louise Ridgway Freese Alise Wells Stoner
Degree 1936 Helen Boswell Ames Berkely Gregory Burch Margaret Clark Hanger
Audrey Clements Lawrence Winnie F. Eubank
Kennedy
Ida Bell Foster
Amanda Gray Susan Gresham Toms Eugenia Harris Bvrdie Mae Hillsman Lucv Potter Kirks Dorothv Rhodes Putney Elizabeth Sutton Stetrner Susie Robinson Turner Marcia Hundley Vick Tac Waters Mapp Mary Lee Wells Miller
Sara
Diploma 1936 Canada Glover Degree 1937
Mary Adams Cooper M. Bland M. Dungan Merwyn Gathright Rhodes
Janice Carrie
Martha Hamlet Davis Frances Hudgins Finley Katherine Irbv Hubbard
Mamie McDamel Ruth Myers Margaret Pittard Chewning Virginia Tilman Aebersold Marguerite York Rupp
Diploma 1937 Ruth James Moore
Frances E. Armistead
Lucille Crute Coltrane
Diploma 1928
Margaret Otten Stuart Margaret Parker Pond Alice Rowell Whitley Edith S. Shanks
Bonnie
Via
Lillian
Winston Cobb Weaver
Frances Treakle Whaley Elizabeth Weston Yeary
Degree 1934 Nannie Cooper Terry Alice Disharoon Elliott Margaret Morton Garnett Nancy Harrison McLaughlin Frances R. Horton Margaret Hunter Watson Ruth N. Jarratt Alice McKay Washington Mary Berkeley Nelson
Ann Jones Bmns Lucille Jones Clarke Jean McClure Thomas
Mae Bramm
Margaret Grace Lifsey Virginia Moore Raine Marnetta Souder
Mary Olston Rush Anne Watkins
Degree 1935
Diploma 1930 Mayo Beatv Dotson Marv Canada Butler
Harriett Elizabeth Brown Alice Carter Stone
Hazel
Ruth Haskins Barner Avis C. Hunt Jennie Hurt Butler Beulah Jones Schuleen Marjorie O'Flaherty Davis
Roche Michaux Padgett
Degree 1928
Henrietta Jane Treakle
Agnes Walker
Margaret Walton
Emma Woods Hollomon
Elizabeth Crute Goode Harrier L. Foster
Daphne GiUiam Wool
Louise
Page Trent Bird Clotilda Waddell Hiden Lorena Wilcox Leath
Ethel Bibb Rodes A, Scott
Sammy
Degree 1926
Kathleen Gilliam Smith Katherine Krebs Kearsley Agnes Lash Richardson
Helen
Rhodes
Lillian
Moore
Beulah Green
Degree 1929 Kathryn Bully Nancy Denit Eastman Margaret G. Finch Margaret Hubbard Seely
M, Walker
Lily
Ruby
Audrey White Harris
Louise Bares Chase Louise Bland Morgan
Diploma 1933 Catherine Davis Sumner Frances Dorin Mears
Lois Virginia
Cox
Rachel McDaniel Biscoe Fay Martin Barrow Marguerite Massey Morton Harriet Moomow Leek Katherine PanniU Gay A. Richardson
Duvahl
B.
Ridgway
Degree 1938
Mary Allen Westmoreland Mary Clay Atwill Marv S. Berger Geneva Blackwell Camp Sarah Katherine Carter
Mary Cox Beck Richie
Ellis
Chandler
Virginia Elizabeth Gates
Edith Maria Hammack Evelyn Hastings Palmore Nora Jones Culpeper
Mary Harward Smith
Hildegarde Ross Sarah Rowell Johnson Jane Royall Phlegar Virginia Santord Reveley
Blanche Lane Peele Lillian Minkel
Florence Nash Marshall
Dorothy Wootton Britton
Norvell
Edrie Brinkley Clay Bertha Chappell Lane
Montague Jones
Alumnae Magazine
.
Mabel Murden Johnson Alice Nelson King Virginia Price Waller
Mary Putney Osborn Nan C. Seward Brown Elizabeth Shipplett Jones
Louhe
Shore Florence Rose Smith Nannie Trent Carlton Elise Turner Franklin Margaret Tutpin Burke F.
March Mary Vaughan Driscoll
Helen Hardy Wheat Betty Harpet Wvatt Elizabeth E.
Leona
1939
Dorothy Adkins Young Louise Anthony McCain Evelyn Beale Crenshaw Pattie Bounds Sellers Elizabeth Buike Murkland Dressier Turner Ann Dugger Mcintosh Jane Fowler Olson Betty
W.
Gates
Nancy Hunter Cathetine Maynard Pierce Virginia Oakes Morgan Fannie
Mae
Putney Boykin
Anna Ramsey James Annie Taylor Owens Doris Thomas Carrie Yeatts Barbee 19-40
Frances Alvis Hulberc Anne BiUups Jones Anita Carrington Taylor Laura Crawley Birkland Judith Gathright Cooke Charligne Hall Chapman Jane Hardy McCue
Mildred Harry Dodge Mary Louise Holland
Rosemary Howell Sara Keesee Hikheimer Irene Kitchen Elizabeth Harris Loving Helen Riss McDowell Anna Maxey Boelt Lorana T. Moomaw
Mary Simmons Goodrich Myra Smith Ferguson Nancy Smith Hundley 1941 Lucille Barnett
Myttlc Borum Bradley Laura Boteler Cowne Rebecca Corr Garnett
Dunn Whitlow Mary Sue Edmonson McGhe.
Elizabeth Garrett Rountrey
Grant Hovle Louise Hall Ziikle Nell Sue Hall Wilbourne Harriette Haskins Eubank Maiian Lee Heard Marie Louise Kendrick Eunice M. Lipscomb Effie
Maude McChesnev Wine Mary Hille McCoy Frances Pritchett Lippincott
Dorothy Scott Geneva E. Smith Helen Ttuitt Forrestine Whitaket Holt Nancy Wolfe Borden
Anna Parker Hampton Gloria Pollard Thompson
Annie Oakes Burton Hope Duke Beck Constance Heather Poland Lucye HiUsman Martha Hylton
Jerohen Titmus Helen Williamson Fofesman Nancy Williamson Cole
Kimbfough Pettus Joan Matie Moore Emma Moss
1942
Helen M. Hawkins Kathiyn Hawthorne Smith Polly Hughes Weatheis Arlene Hunt Mildred Morris Hertzberg Virginia Morris Jones Mary Mottley Stapf Nancy Naff" Austin Elizabeth Parker Stokes Maty Purdum Davies Beverley Purkins Schaaf Frances Rosebro Garrett Julia Smith Borum Helen Wentz Forbecker
1943 Bartlett Straughan Margaret Bowling Bowden Evelyn S. Breedlove Ann Brooks Givens
May
Dorothy Childress Marie Davis Lilly Gray Zehmer
Hill
November, 1958
Dorothy Toland Cooper Jo Anne Dyer Ridenour Dolly Baker Harrell Martha Isaacs Slayton Barbara Mitchell Dorothy Motris Bettv Jean Persinger
Wade Davis Margaret White Crooks
Harriette
Ann Wendenburg
Ann Younger
Dorothy Vaden
Frances Pattetson
Georgia Bailev Mason
Jane Ruffin House Edith Sanfoid Kearns Mary Preston Sheffey
Betty Bakei Rhyne Ann Burnette Younget Edith Duma Lindsey Charlotte Jones Gteenbaum Gtetna Perkins Virginia Spencer Wnek Kathryn Terry Wilson
Lipscomb
Maug
Ransdcll
White Dorothy L. Cummings Eula Doggett Drewerv Shirley Cruser
Evelyn Grizzard Graybeal Dorothy Davis Holland
Copeland Johnson Lillian Livesay Edwards
1952
Shirley Livesay Virginia McLean Phatr Rachael Peters
Thomas
1953 Hortense Connelly Iva Forgie
Mary
Ann Hundley Brame Marshburn
Martha Watkins Meigler
Virginia Anderson Justis Edith Apperson Margaret Mae Ballard
Rachacl Brugh Holmes Doris Burks Stanley Anne Dickinson Catlson Margaret Ellett Andetson Annie Ellis Lewis Marv Fontaine Crenshaw Kathetine Kearsley Williams Barbara Kellam Grubbs Betty O'Connor Newlander
Elizabeth Elliott Belle Branson Fitzgerald
Betty Hancock Beard Virginia Hansel
Mary Lu James Saavedra Elizabeth
J. Jenkins Margaret Barrett Knowles
Gladys Marsh Harvey
Jackie Pond Frances Raine
Betty Jo Jennings Curran Anne C. Jones Sarah Jones Light Bessie Chapman Layne Maude Collins Shelton Margaret Steele Sutphin
Evelyn
Rowe
Elva Fleming Warren
Honorary Members
Helen Tanner Margaret Taylor Barlow
Mary B. Barlow Houston Blackwell
Betty Tvler
Sibyl
Henry Vincent Worthy Johnson Crafts Dabney S. Lancastet
Bettie Van de Riet Baecher Freia Goetz Vaughan
Field
Christine Shiflet Maxey Cornelia Smith Goddin Eloise Sfancell Godsey
GRANDDAUGHTERS CLUB
Tavlor Burnam
Violetta
1957
Gale Branch Gillespie Anne Ligon Caldwell Maude Moseley Cook Nancy Deaton Jones Lotetta June Dressier
Erma Poarch
Ann Gray Cook
Ann
1956 Virginia Co%vles
Joan Darnell Cowley Maty Davis Freddie Sue Garber Srewart Mildied Ragsdale Jackson Georgia Mabrey Jackson Beatrice Jones Lewis Elizabeth Clay Sutherland Maude Clav Sutherland Helen Wilder Colley
Dolores Hoback Kanner Marie Jackson
Buck
Anne Ward
Betty Jane West
Berty Borkev Banks
Margaret H. Pattie Margie Pierce Harrison Esthet Shevick Mildred Shiflett Toomer
Mary Overbev
Shirley
Bobbie Wall Edwards
1946
Silver
Marjorie Smallwood Summei Frances Spindler McAllister
1951
Rachel joyner Taylor
Spradlin Virginia Treakle
1955
Annie Swann
Margaret Stewart Eleanor Wade Ttemblay
Wente
Martha Jane Bailey Judith Cable Funk
Carol Stoops Droessler
Martha Higgins Walton Nell Hollowav Elwang Doiothy Hudson
Kitty Maddox Nell Morrison
Else
Patsy
Ellen Stone Davis
Bernice Blair Perkins Lelia Dowell Ringler Edith Garcia Uribe
Nellie Kathatine Allen Lucille Bell Batnes Lucy Brallev Johnson
Hattie Pugh Jean Smith Lindsey Virginia Sutherland
Jean Pritchett Williams Patsy Ritter Jack
1945 Marilyn Bell Roper
Wilson
iConlinutd jrom Page 2-n 1948
Virginia Barksdale Rotter Elizaberh Louise Barlow Virginia Dawley Capron Caroline Eason Roberts Elizabeth Faison Elizabeth Gunter Travers
Anne Perrow Ellen Porter Koolman
Kathetine Buck
Eason Mercer Joscelvn Gillum Silva Katherine Johnson Hawthorn
Anne Carmines
Lucille Mann Pierce Sarah Mapp Messick Ora Mitchell Parker
Bowie Brooks Marian Breeden Nancy Bruce Maitland
Julia
Stetrett
Elizabeth Islin SafFelle
Dorothy Batten Kitchin
Virginia
1944
Mary
Holland Cox Wanda Doll Dolis Home Gwaltnev Elsie
Flotence Catr McClanahan
1947
Blanche Daughtrev Helen Dunkley
Nell Hurt Copley
1950 Frances Allen Jean Anderson Smith Marjorie Boswick Michael
Mary Quillen Reid
Anne Rogers Stark Jerry Smith Shawen Elsie Stossel
Anne Cock Bruno Avis
1954
Tillett
Watson Puce Mary Louise Wells
Vitginia
Sarah Wade Owen Janie Patterson
Viola Turtle
Katherine D. White Janie Lee Young Green
Elizabeth Spindler Scott
Ruth
McCoy
Moomaw
Estalme Anderson
McCtaw
Martha Anderson Rollings Catherine F. Bickle Louise Brooks Howard
Nancy Chambers Sue Davis Breeding Jean Edgerton Winch Marian Hahn Sledd
Nancy Hughes Robinson
Stine ent. '33
)
Jane Freeman
;
Betty Sue Dickenson (
(
Elizabeth
Rebecca Dryclen '31);
Rowe '28) Gorham ;
Cherry
Ann Harrell (Margaret Cobb Ann Whiting Hill (Ann Elizabeth Guy '31); Margaret Ann Jefferies Mattie 'Virginia Hanes grand(Helen Crisman '25); Betty
'27);
—
(
Elizabeth Moseley
Anne Motley Tiedemann Bettv Scroggins Nichols Ella
Smith Harrell
Betty Jean Snapp Fawcett Ruth Stephenson
mother); Jean Johnson (Louise Johnson '32); Anne Lee Lillaston
(Anna Lee Bowden
'30);
Peggy MuUin; Mary-
Ellen
anna Overholt (Mary Ida Burroughs
Coralie Woolridge
Parker (Ora Mitchell Parker '54); Constance Porter (Vir-
Ward Faircloth Marian Wittkamp 1949
Dalila Agostini Amend Phyllis Alley Carter Lois Callahan
Katy
Ellis
Reid
ent. '21); Clara
Lee
ginia
Coleman
'33); 'Wirtley Raine ("Virginia
Sally
Thomas
(Louise Dyer "Whitlock '30); Janet Under-
wood (Bertha
Bernice Harris
'03
Sylvia
Holhngsworth Maty Hundley Abbitt
ent.
Nancy Jessee Woodwatd Jesse Pickett Carter Violet Ritchie Morgan Ethel Sims
Bonner
Moore
Eraser ent. '27); Marie Waller (Rosa
—grandmother —grandmother )
Dorothy
;
'05
Etheridge ent. '21
)
;
Wheeler
and Hannah White
(
(
'28);
Hunt
Mayme
Margaret
)
29
Anne Davis Hill '58; Mrs. Harry Foster Hayes Jeanne Lynch Hobbs '55; Mrs. James
7iJeddca<^ ^eili^ Anne
Shirleye
Adams
Mrs.
'56;
John
Franklin Daniel
wood Warheld, Jackson Yates
Ames
Patricia
Mrs. Calvin Nor-
'58;
Jr.
Anderson
Essie Juanita
Mrs. Charles
'59;
III
Custis
Ashby
'57;
Montellouse Robinson,
lard
Emily Wren Atkinson Dupriest Williams Madeline Elnore Bailey
'58;
Mrs. Wil-
Jr.
Baird
Leslie
Wendell Harmon Nancy Lou Baker Emory Cooper, Jr.
Mary Ann
Mrs. William
'5S;
Ronald
Mrs.
'54;
Lawrence
Mrs.
Mrs. Frank Joseph
mond Eugene Reed Beck
Mrs.
William Everett
'57;
Mrs. Joseph
S.
Ann Browder
Mrs.
'57;
Dillon
Calvin Hamlett Margaret Ada Brown '48x; Mrs. Clinton Wright Taylor Alice Eliza Buck '56; Mrs. Glenn C.
Bramble Dorothy Huntington Bullock Robert David Kidwell
Ann Newcomb
6lx;
Mrs.
Burgess '55; Mrs. Wilbur L.
Margaret Jane Cadwallader '58x; Mrs. Loren Hiddleson Anne Ligon Caldwell '57; Mrs. Charles
Osborn Cake Alice Lee Callaway '56x; Mrs. Alexander
Theodore Papp, Jr. Notre Shirilee Campbell '6lx; Mrs. Richard
Henry
Margaret Anne Capehart '60x; Mrs. George Carroll Wilkinson, Jr. Barbara Ann Carter '56; Mrs. Parke Hunter Cox, Jr. Frances Eleanor Cartwright '59; Mrs. Wil-
Helen
Marie
Moore Casey
'51x;
Mrs.
Walter
Beville Plane Betty June Chaney '56x; Mrs. James Boyce
Clark Janet Elizabeth Chase '60x; Mrs. Bronson
Ewing Stoneman Nancy Cowan Childress
'60x; Mrs. William Cirgus Smith Carolyn Hopkins Clark '57; Mrs. Gerald
Ray Doyle Jacqueline Withers Clarke '59x; Mrs. Jack
Woodrow Johnson Olivia
Anne Coleman
Whitehead Alfriend Nancy Holland Cousins Ray Niblack Annette Grain
'58;
30
'57;
Mrs. Rhea Hinson, Jr. '49; Mrs. James Na-
East
Watkins Gaynelle Edwards '55; Mrs. William Henry thaniel
Riddick
II
Martha Davis Elder
'57;
Mrs. John Wil-
liam Hauck Ann Elliott '60x; Mrs. James Norphlett Haskett Barbara Lee Felthaus '57x; Mrs. William
Henry Beckstoffer
Adams Fitzgerald '59; Mrs. Charles David Tarter Rosalie Ann Fore '59x; Mrs. George Jean Glass Elizabeth Sharon Fosque '60x; Mrs. John Peyton Snead IV Hurt Friend '58x; Mrs. Taliaferro Crawford Dickerson III Charlotte Ann Fudge '57; Mrs. Granville M. Grant Nancy Hathaway Gailey '58x; Mrs. John Arthur Heuser Carolyn Faye Garner '58; Mrs. Billie Douglas Jacobs Linda Ann Garrison '58; Mrs. Thomas Pollard Bowe, Jr. Rosalie Rosencrance Gear '58; Mrs. Stephen Carroll Pool Sarah Wilson Glenn '57x; Mrs. Carl Joseph
Koenig
Mary Constance Gouyer M. Sanders
'57x; Mrs.
Edward
Charlotte Louise Greeley '43; Mrs. James J.
Murphy Ann Grubb
'58;
Mrs. Benjamin Lee
Hall
Annabelle Gwaltney Cleveland Nelms
'60x;
Mrs.
'56;
Mrs.
Robert
Mrs. Monte
Doris Rea
Home
Howard
Miller
Sarah Coleman Hackworth '58; Mrs. Walter Ridgway Ryan, Jr. Bettie Louise Haga 59x; Mrs. Wallace
Lowman McGinness Hannah Spencer Haile
'59x; Mrs. Dabney Overton, Jr. Evelyn Finks Hall '56; Mrs. Stephen Douglas English III Patsy Jane Hamner '56; Mrs. Alvin H.
Smirh Elaine Raye Handy '58; Mrs. Arthur Hatheld Parker Jacqueline Lou Harnsberger '58; Mrs. Rob-
Mrs. Richard
Mrs. William Atwill Gwaltney Margaret Ann Hudnall '57; Mrs. Stephen '54;
Emily Anne Irby
Mrs. John Feland
'58;
McDowell
Ann Jarman
Cornelia
'59x;
Mrs.
Howard
Edward Huffman Elizabeth Jeanette Jenkins '57; Mrs. John Faulconer Ware, Jr.
Ann Mae
Jeter
Mrs.
'58;
Billy
Charles
Collins
Genevieve Joatton (French informant
'55-
'56); Mrs. Jeangabriel Mortamet Ann Harris Johnson '47x; Mrs. Robert
Donald Thomas, Jr. Carmen Linnea Johnson
'60x; Mrs.
Neill
Zilles Baxter
Lenora
Ann
Jones
Mrs.
'56;
James
L.
Mitchell, Jr.
Maggie Jane Kell
Mrs.
'59;
Hampton H.
Newbill, Jr. Edith Kay Kellam '60x; Mrs. Robert Lee Spruell Helen Beth Kelsey '56; Mrs. Charles L. Breckinbridge Carol Catherine King '58; Mrs. Malcolm
Bruce Robertson Virginia Leigh King '55; Mrs. L. N. Mitchell Elleanor Gage Koch '54; Mrs. Hugh Man-
Wilson
uel
Janet Cowling vin Boyd
Kuyk
Susanne LaFontaine
'57x; Mrs. '58;
James Cal-
Mrs. James David
George Genevieve Laloux (French informant '56-
Hem Chand
'57); Mrs. Betty
Ray Lazenby
'59x;
Jain
Mrs. Charles R.
Markham Gail Alden Leonard '56; Mrs. Norman Leigh Negaard Martha Jane Lloyd '58x; Mrs. Paul Edward
Westphal,
Jr.
Virginia Lee Londeree '58; Mrs. Robert Saunders Fulcher Winnie Hope Louhoff '56; Mrs. Joe Green Davis, Jr. Geraldine Garland Luck '57x; Mrs. Zenon Josef Siekirski Frances Marcella
Thomas Wynne
Herbert Jo
Ann McLelland
McBride
Mrs.
'60x;
Short '56x; Mrs. Francis Ben-
jamin Garey Jean McNeal Louis Greene
Shirley
Bett^-e Belle
Maas
'56;
'58;
Mrs.
Everett
Mrs. Richard Shaw
Tilley
Nancy Lee Maddox
'50;
kins Carrington Emily Elizabeth Mallory sell
Mrs. John Wat'60x;
Mrs. Rus-
Bertram Crews
Beverly Jean Marsh '53; Mrs. Robert
York
Martha Ann Marks '59x; Mrs. George Edward Dobyns Virginia Carolyn Michael '53; Mrs. Iver
Holmes Lewis Margaret Hawkins '57; Mrs. Frank Ennis Alberta Ellen Hawley '52; Mrs. Fred W.
Jerrold Johnson, Jr. Linda Ann Miller '58; Mrs. Doc Stovall Kathryn Rebecca Miller '55; Mrs. William
Harpine Eva Hedley Redding
Mary Florence
ert
May '5^x;
Mrs. Robert Bruce Allen '6lx; Mrs. Thomas
Crenshaw Oliver Knight II
Lillian Beale
Sandra Dyer
Shirley
Little
liam Charles
Mrs. Richard
Ketcham
Sara Alice Dusinberre '58x; Mrs. Richard Strong Knapp Martha Elizabeth Dyches '6lx; Mrs. John Shackelford Draper
Sarah
Gillespie, Jr.
Virginia
Boone
Sandra
Anne Blankenship '56; Mrs. Gene Rogers McCain Waynne Page Boyden '59x; Mrs. Alvin Webb Dunbar Shirley
Gale Selwyn Branch
'54;
W.
Sherrie
Mrs.
'60x;
Kermit Sharpley, Jr. Rosa Kent Bishop '53x; Harvey Kline
Patricia
Sue Donnelly
Patricia
Anne Mercer
Barnett '58;
Jean
Waters
Piatt
Mrs. Bernard
'58;
Trapp, Jr. Suzanne Hall Barr '58; Mrs. Robert Gentry Kendall Margaret Frances Beavers '57; Mrs. RayBeatrice
Irving
Louisa Fontaine Washington Dawson '46x; Mrs. John R. Smucker Mary Leigh Deane '58; Mrs. Willie Edward Boisseau Jane Denton 60x; Mrs. William Holland Ellen Brent Dize '55; Mrs. Paul
Leroy Warren
Rebecca
W.
Wallace
Mae Alcock
Shirley
Virginia Clare Davis '55; Mrs.
Francis Dorsey, Jr. Betty Holmes Hodnett '57; Brinkley Jackson
De La
Barre '27; Mrs. Richard
Anita Louise Heflin '58; Mrs. James Roderick Allen, Jr.
Lantz Simpson Miller '58; Mrs. John Ramsey Aldridge Bonnie Jean Moore '56; Mrs. Thomas Lee Vest
(Continued on Page 50)
Alumnae Magazine
Tommy
Edith Jones Bayly '45, a son,
St(n^
Joan Knight Jones Loy
Ifcii/^i^
Alexander,
Mary Ka>r Borkey
Betty Adams Coleman '46, a daughter. Elizabeth Ann Colleen Agee Rixey '47x, a daughter. Sarah
Bradish Doris Allen Mays '59x, a son, Larry Wayne Jean Anderson Smith '50, a daughter, Re-
Ann
becca
Jean Anderson Guthrie '55, and Derwood F. Guthrie '58, a daughter, Cyndia Faye Lillian Anderson Nichols '39, a daughter, Carol Sue Barbara Andrews Morgan '56x, a daughter, Barbara Gayle Frances Andrews Hicks '53, a son, James
Thomas Virginia Ayres Johnston '57x, a dau.ghter Frances Bacon Nicodemus '5^x; a daughter, Cynthia Carmen
Georgia Bailey Mason
William
'51. a son.
'
Albert, Jr.
Virginia Baker Crawley '37, a daughter Margaret Bear Morrison '45, a daughter, Billups
Bottom
'58x,
Pamela Elizabeth Connie Blaiikenship Charles Edward. Jr.
a
daughter,
'52,
Faris
a
son,
Marjorie Bosuick Michael '50, a daughter, Alice Caroline Susie Bowie Brooks '50, a daughter, Cary Sara Lu Bradshau' Chenery '52, a son, Alan III
Bradshaw Butler '55, a daughter, Deborah Anne Braga Shinner 47x, a son, Anthony Julia Sylvia
Norman Mary Brame
Trotter '52, a daughter, Leigh
Harper Barbara Brown Moore Allen Beatrice Brtich
Nomeka
Wilson
'52,
a son, Charles
'47x, a son,
Mark
Bryant Sours '50x, a son, David
Elizabeth
Buck
Muse
'50,
a
daughter,
Katherine Tucker Margaret Bullock Mills '59x, a daughter,
Ann
Elizabeth
Josephine Bt/rley Kathleen Ellen
Adams
'55x, a daughter,
Mary Campbell Higgins Phyllis
Campbell Lee
Clayton,
'55x, a son '56x, a son,
John
Jr.
Betty Cantrell Frazier
Owen
'58x, a son, Stephen
Jean Carrello Lynch '50x, a son, James Michael Barbara Caskey Hopkins '53, a daughter, Lisa
'57, a
son
Linwood
a son. '55,
a daughter,
Susan Lee
Mary Lou Dondley Lindsey
'45, a daughter,
Jan Betty Drumheller Staples '57x, a son, Bryan
Keith Arlene Duncan Garrett '58x, a daughter, Susan Dianne Jean Edgerton Winch '48, a daughter,
Dawson Elizabeth Georgia Edmonds Shoop
'57x, a daughter,
Debbie Hilda Eduards Tall
'50, a daughter,
Marie
Gay
Joyce Cheatha?u Harvey '53, a son, John Hunter, Jr.
Lillian Elliott
min
a
daughter,
'47.
son,
a
Bondurant
'46, a son, Benja-
Batten
Earless
'56,
a
daughter,
Andrea Leigh Lelia
Mae
Ferratt Leggett '50, a daughter,
Robin Lee Eishback Crosen Carolyn Lynn Rebecca Fizer Allison '56, Shirley
'56,
a
daughter,
Jane
Anne Ford
Francis '49, a son, Robert Ford
Elizabeth Forrest Somma '55x, a son, Forrest Anthony Mary Frances "Penny" Gilmer Brandon 52x, a son, Alfred Blair Esther Gojfigon Maxey '49, a daughter,
Marjorie Ann Sarah Graham Wells '52, a daughter, Margaret Hardy Alice Green Phaler '45, a son, Billy Berry-
man
Robin Marian Hahn Randolph
'44x,
a
son,
'52.
a
daughter,
'48,
a
son,
James
Debra Kay Ruth Hill Bailey
'39,
Purnell Jane Hobson Lanier
a '44,
daughter, Jeanne a
son,
William
Dews
Ann Coleman Ross '56, a man Noram Jean Croft Atkins
daughter Hersey Hutt Coyle '45, a son, Joe Mary Lu James Saavedra '57x, a daughter,
son,
John Cole-
Susan Elizabeth
Robbie Cromar Rilee Smith
Nell Dalton Michael
November, 1958
'50, a daughter, Ellen
'52,
a
son,
Robert
'48,
a daughter,
Ann
Nancy Hughes Goodman
Goodman
Ginna
daughter,
a
Virginia McLean Pharr a daughter, Elizabeth Anne Pat Maddox Goodloe '45, a son, Neal, Jr. '52,
Mallory Hutcheson '56x, a son, Willard Edward June Manlore Pruden '55. a son. Thomas E. Shirley
Lucy
Mann
Pierce
'54.
William
son.
a
Katherine Miller Hendrick '55x, a daughter, Katherine Duncan Audrey Morse Tillet '55, a son Rebecca Norfleet Meyer '46, a son, Robert Norfleet Stokes Overbey Sylvia Overton
Howard
'52, a
son
McLaughlin '57x, a son, William Woods Mary Sue Owens Hopkins '58x, a daughBetty
Susan Cathleen
Rea
Pairet
Watson
'49,
a daughter,
Parker Dobyns '57, a daughter, Denise Cecile Parr Tunstall '45, twin daughters, Jane Ann and Betty Gray Virginia Parson Parson '45, a son, George Patti
Lee Patti Poffenberger
Krause '55x, a daughter,
Marcia Kaye Porter Koolman Anneka Ellen
Ellen
Ruth Radgona Heaps
a
daughter,
a son,
'55,
Hunt Moore
'57 and Herbert
a son,
David Hindle
'A6, a
Patricia
Jackie Jardine Wall '52x, a daughter, Marjorie Lancaster
Annette Jones Birdsong Lee
'50, a son,
Warren
Charles
Jr.
Reames
Sylvia
'54,
'49,
'54.
Picardat a son, Scott Keiter '55, a daughter, Bonnie
Beth '53, a son,
Walter Anderson III Robinson and Mrs. Robinson a daughter, Barbara William
Eric L.
Nancy Hughes Robinson
'56, a daughter,
'45,
Mary Meade Robertson Edwards Sledd
Edward, Jr. Emily Hastings Baxter '51x, a son, James Edwards Nancy Jean Haynes Hall '53x, a daughter,
Ncjvella
Hahn
McGuire
Susan Jane
Naomi Reed Duncan
Elizabeth Harris Floyd '50, a son, Robert
H,
Anne Helen
William,
DeHart
Greenall
Charles. Jr. Shirley Grogan
Jill
.Jr.
Maria Maxey
Ccick Bruno '41, a daughter, Elena Leoni Jean Coghill Patterson '56x, a son, James William, Jr.
Ann
James
Eugenia Korahaes Bowers '53, a son, Michael James Ruth Lacy Smith '52, a daughter, Kay Kendall Trianne Lampkin Freese '54, a son, Timothy Lewis Shirley Lewis Massey '55x, a son Marlene Lucas Willis '55, a son Geraldine Lucy Doyle '55, a daughter, Beverley Alison Anne Lush Thrift '56, a daughter, Judith
ter,
a daughter,
Virginia
Meryl
a son,
Maricle Ko(jns Cohron '58x, a son, Glenn,
Leslie, Jr.
Elliott
Joanne
'50,
III
Ill
Eduards Edwards '56, Deborah Susan Margaret Ellett Anderson
Jean
Clifford Ellett
McCain '56, a son Babbitt Field '49. a son, Peyton Bobbitt Betty Scott Borkey Banks '52, a son Shirley Blankenship
Jackie
Jeffries
Adams
Elizabeth
Nancy Dee Deaton Jones Donnie Dei'ine Clark '55, Hardy III Martha Donaldson Crute
Fairfax
Mary Lou Patti
Jane Danby Crute '46x. a son, Joseph David, Jr. Christine Davis Grizzard '52. a daughtet, Terry Christine Joan DeAlba Dawson '55, a daughter,
Robert
daughter
'52, a
Adams
Rebecca Kelsey
Meade
'57, a son,
Jr.
Betty
Romeo Wingheld
'49,
a
'54,
daughter,
Susan Frances Rosenkrans Witt '58x, a son Jane Ruffin House '45, a daughter, Elizabeth Fuller Wilma Salmon Robinson '55, a daughter,
Evelyn Salmon Edith Sanjord Kearns '45, a son, John Sanford Gladys Savedge Baker '52, a daughter,
Wanda Page Romelia Sayre Summerell Susan Read Fannie Scott Janie
Scott
HiUman
'44, a daughter,
'56x, a son
McIIwaine
'55,
a
daughter,
Susan Claire Jo Shaffner Anderson Ethel Shockley Southall
'45, a
daughter a daughter,
'49.
Susan Kaye
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Creyke on the death of her father, Mr. R. H. Paulett, age 97 Mary French .
.
(iC<Wi- 'HcC(a4, One of our oldest alumnae, Helen M. '95, died in August. She was very outstanding in the field of nursing. During her career she served as head of the ward and teacher of nurses in Millard Fillmore Hospital in Buffalo, N. Y., on the board
Wicker,
examiners for nurses for the state of York, and as a Red Cross Nurse during World War I. After her retirement of
New
12 years ago, she lived Black Mountain, N. C.
home
her
at
in
Miss Mattie Spencer Willis '07x, passed
away on May 1, 1958, in Farmville, where she had lived for more than 50 years. She attended Peabody Conservatory of Music and began her long and successful career as a music teacher with the Schemmel Conservatory of Music. After the Conservatory closed. Miss Willis opened her own school of music. She was an active member of the Methodist Church.
Elizabeth Wall Ward '14, retired in June after 44 years of teaching. She has one son, an engineer in New York, and two grandsons Blanche Adams Chap.
.
man
'15,
died
late
She
July
was
member
Woman's
and
held
many
.
Club,
her home professional of the Smith-
member
a
national societies such
the '16x,
as
Anne Tucker Bradshaw
Rochester
.
.
.
in
principal
of
Henrico County
for
1^ years, died in June. She held a master's degree from Columbia University. Sympathy is extended to her husband, I. J. Stone and three sisters, all of Richmond
Sympathy is extended to Jean Steel Armistead of South Hill on the death of her husband, James Ashby Armistead in August Lottie Dixon Garrett '54, received a M.Ed, degree from William and Mary this summer For the second .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
consecutive year the University of Virginia has been given a grant for the Frank Spindler Scholarship in Audio-Visual Education. The scholarship carried a stipend of S 1,600-53.000 and was established by Encyclopedia Britannica Films as a memorial to Mr. Spindler. Mr. Spindler's three daughters Betty Spindler Scott '51, Judith '53, and Frances Spindler McAllister '55 are all graduates of Longwood.
—
— not
reported
in
ALUMNAE NEWS.
Bon
Paxton,
C.
Air,
Virginia.
of
the University
.
Two members
.
a
.
of the Class of
1903
The Woman's Club
—come
So Willie is the "First Lady" of the Class of 1905 for 1958! brary
1909
associate professor of library science
Rutgers University. The other is married, has two boys, and teaches .
.
Acting Secretary: Mary P. Dupuy, sham, Virginia.
A
.
entitled
'Longwood
original
acre
College' The land purchased for the erection of the Farmville Female Academy was owned by George Whitfield Read who was the great-grandfather of my husband." .
.
.
.
.
of
.
died in Danville in July, after a time of teaching there.
life-
Gladys Virginia Allan Weidner '21, of for 12 years. She holds a B.S. degree from Radford and is now working on her M.A. She has four children and three grandchildren; her younger daughter plans to attend Longwood in the fall of '59 Margaret
Roanoke has taught
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
32
is
in
his
final
year
at
.
.
.
.
.
reports
job
.
.
.
.
Hampton
in
Mary Peck
.
is
in Fincastle a
full-time
Mary Shackleford Mattox
grandchild off
.
housekeeping
that .
.
.
.
.
.
Etta Sinclair .
Washington
Anderson
Maude Wallace,
.
State,
still
has one lives
in
far-
Virginia planning a trip loves
Grace B. Holmes is around the world Pearl Whitman Knox has six daughters, and 10 grandchildren
,
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Eleanor
White Yancey
still
lives
in
Tulsa, Okla., has two children and four grandchildren. She spends much of her rime in South America with her daughter and family. Her son and family live in Bismarck, N. D. Nellie White Hurdle .
.
.
Salem Mildred D. Cook lives in Richmond, as do Minnie Taylor Bentley and Harriet Coulcs Thornton. lives in
.
.
.
The
burnt-orange"
whose
West Point
Edith Leigh Dickey (Mrs. John R. Morris), 834 Locust Avenue,
President:
Charlortesville, Virginia.
Clair Woodruff (Mrs. J. L. Bugg), "06 High Street, Farmville, Va. Sympathy is extended to Alice Paulett
Secretary:
fiftieth
by
and
letter
•
largest
to the In
1909.
her
Alma
will
be
a
The warm words
person forecast a revival the old spirit, on Founders
.
The
.
familiar roster of '54,
to
class
Emma
by 17.
of
in
ties,
Day, 1959 the
June,
reunion
part of her seventy-fifth.
that
Farish's
Memoriam
date,
reduced
is
name must be added list
of this issue.
A
lovable classmate who longed to reMany of the class contacts give an interesting profile of mature American women retrenchment of business and orloyal,
rurn
.
.
.
:
responsibilities, devotion to church duties, increasing time for travel, reading, hobbies, enjoyment of grandchilVirginia Bennett Turk, of dren Decatur, Ga., has a daughter nearby, two sons on Arizona and Puerto Rican Air Force bases. To visit them and the four "handsomest and smartest of grandsons" Virginia and her husband make frequent trips. She sends do all others as affectionate regards to all who belong to
ganizational
.
.
.
—
"the old happy days at S.N.S." Annie Bidgood Wood, a frequent Farmville visi.
tor,
1905
anniversary
the twenty-fifth
Mater;
of
whose graduation blended with
class
.
Virginia Robertson Enright '31 and her husband are now living in New London, Conn., after two years duty in Europe. Her husband is chief-of-staff there. Their
son
.
Foster
.
.
Masoji Cooper of Blackville, S. C, has two sons, Hugh, Jr., and Charles, both college students. Her husband is an official with the Southern Railway Ruth Bartholomew '25, of Paine College in Augusta, Ga., wrote interestingly of her recent sabbatical leave spent teaching in Rhodesia. Thelma Deaton Beam has a nursery school in Gaffney, S. C. 'Virginia Waddell Blanton's ('27x) husband, Hugh L. Blanton, is superintendent of Nottoway County School division. .
Fla.
Wor-
the "sage-
call to the colors this year:
Williamsburg
my
Mary
Lamb
Avenue, Richmond, Virginia.
who
to
true.
Florence Rawlings, 3124
President:
of the old
interest
She writes: news that was of family was the one
'57
Memorial
of Brookneal
sponsored a program under the title "Billy Booth Night." The mayor, town council, former pupils, and others took parr. Many gifts were given the honored guest including a television set, and an arm bouquet which was showered with money gifts to make Mrs. Booth's "dream" the enlargement of the Patrick Henry Memorial Li-
in Florida, has six grandchildren. Three of her daughters and a daughter-in-law graduated from Longwood Harriet Hankins, retired lieutenant colonel, is back home in
great
the
in
Henry
Patrick
of
librarian
Library.
Sympathy is extended to the brother and sister of Dandridge Ragland '19, '56,
story
.
former teacher, active in many community as former town recorder, and now
is
green and
"One
.
.
affairs,
Hannon lives in Dade City, Mary Gilkerson Coleman's son is Commandant at the Military Department of Alabama State College. A granddaughter has been accepted at Longwood for 1958-59 Marrha Goggin Woodson, wintering
year's
last
.
at-
Clendening Gaver and Anna C. Paxton. Others joined them in spirit through letters and a few pictures. One of Ruth Clendening Gaver's daughis
.
.
March, Ruth
in
.
.
tended in person the 55th reunion of the class
.
—
1903 Anna
Secretary:
DAR
.
erroneously
as
'40,
.
.
Glen Echo School
at
.
of
of
Third
the
of
Head Stone
Josephine
ters
.
'40,
.
versity of Pennsylvania
.
Nanouski
president
is
American Legion Auxiliary
District,
was awarded the degree of bachelor of laws on June 12, 1958, conferred by the Tidewater Chapter of Blackstone School of Law (William and Mary) Kate WooUridge Watkins' son was graduated from the Uni.
McLain
Mabel
.
.
Richmond
at
a
genealogist, a charter
spent a month in Virginia spring helping her uncle. Dr. F. L. Day, celebrate his 90th birthday. Before returning to Florida she visited in Long Edith Whitley Island and New York is busy with community activities and serves the Suffolk Library as a substitute librarian Elizabeth Wade Wootton has spent much time in Farmville this spring with her brother, Archie V. Wade Susie Chilton Parker has retired from 25 years of teaching and planned to spend the summer in Spain and England . Sympathy is extended to Janie May Crute Traywick of Cameron, S. C. on the death of her husband, Dr. A. P. Traywick, in The Lynchburg Neu-s of May 20, July 1958, carried a most interesting article concerning Willie Hodges Booth, Brookneal's beloved citizen, who had served as this
.
in
Smithfield.
in
.
Day Parker
finds
Roanoke many
in
.
.
outlets
for
her interests Lillian Delp Perkins has spent much of her married life in Fairfax County. Her husband's death occurred November last after a long invalidism. A foster son is her only family. A new home replaced one destroyed by hre, the landscaping and gardening for which is her greatest pleasure. Another interest is .
.
.
Alumnae Magazine
Sallie Fitzgerald Herndon Library Flournoy, Brunswick County, continues to of her home, her family, her life, a Ruth Kizer characteristic contribution Trevey, began and ended her teaching
the
.
.
.
make
"resigned
care-
the
keep house
to
Hallie McCormick Kendall, College Park, Ga., breaks the aforesaid pattern. She is a broker and a realtor, one with no thought of stopping: ". thing about being a realtor, you do not have to stop so long as you can keep on She also the 'phone and keep going." belongs to many clubs and patriotic organizations. Her only son is a commercial airline captain, and Hallie herself crisscrosses the continent and to Europe, by air. Ethel Mills Moore's home is "Moorraont" on beautiful Clark Mountain, near Rapidan. Here, above the frost line, her husband planted large peach orchards. Since his death in '56, Ethel continues his work together with her son, whose family is very dear to her Lillian Minor has been a Norfolk teacher for some years while Oxford, N. C. continues to be "home" Mary Perkins Fletcher, whose husband died three years ago, keeps busy with home, the "Thrift Shop", church auxiliary, and ten grandchildren. She lives in Warrenton, but spends much time with the latter in Norfolk and Virginia Beach Josephine Reed Johnson writes for herself and her sister-in-law, Carrie Caruthers Johnson, who .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
are neighbors in Waverly.
ness woman, recent illness.
.
.
Carrie, a busi-
recovering well from a Josephine describes the five
is
grandchildren as the "pride and joy of our lives." Her days are full; says Josephine, "I keep on the go and enjoy life" Susie Shelton Moody and her husband no longer live in the old Surry County house, but in a small one adjacent, where the farm and garden is their income. Their son and his wife are their comforts and their stay Frances Stoner Binns, Fredericksburg, is another whose life has spread beyond her home in many interests .
.
.
.
and
.
.
Her paintings
services.
are
Woman's Club
part of the local
yearly
a
exhibits.
Her daughter Virginia
is a technician with Foundation, Boston; Dorothy is at present with her parents Lula Sutherlin Barksdale follows her interests in Halifax County, her home. Her family is truly one of Longwood; her daughter, Virginia, is a "granddaughter" ('42) while her son, military executive of VMI, married a Longwood girl.
Children's
Research
.
.
second pattern also emerges, those long periods continued, or still follow, their vocations Carrie Bliss since 1935 has been Superintendent of the Department of Public 'Welfare of Prince Edward County Alice Carter for
.
.
is
.
.
.
now homemaker
two nephews strong
ties
to
.
Farraville
for her brother and 'Warrenton. She keeps old returning now and again
in
by .
.
Evelyn
.
Hamner
retired
year after 14 good years as a LongHostess Chess Hardbarger, veteran business woman, used her ability this year to further the erection of the handsome new building for Galilee Episcopal Church, Virginia Beach. She finds it "easier to realize that next year is our this
wood
.
.
.
November, 1958
.
.
same way
in
March
.
.
.
Though
.
nominally retired
Betty 'Wright's present attainments in the field of service for the hard of hearing are striking. In 195" she edited "Look, Listen and Lipread" for the Volta Bureau; she is consultant on Hearing Problems for the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, is preparing a pamphlet on
"Age and Hearing Loss", and makes talks and serves clubs and organizations of Essex County in numerous capacities ... So we came toward the end of roll call The following new-s came from the associate members: Sophie Booker Packer, living at Hampden-Sydney, is supervisor of out-patients for Southside Hospital in Farm.
viUe
.
.
Bessie Flournoy is an independent home owner and life-long resident of Brunswick Counrj' Blanche Gentry Douglas, who had the unique privilege of completing two years of work for Randolph-Macon while enrolled in Farmville, and then took a prolonged European tour in lieu of her degree, lived and .
.
.
.
many
taught for 1955 she
.
years in Arlington.
been
has
Chesterfield,
.
resident
a
Richmond
.
.
.
Since
at
The
Grace Mallory
Hobbs, Lawrenceville, is a useful citizen of her native town Kate Perry of Culpeper, loyal alumna, says there is nothing going on in her life "to make good reading not even a hobby." There is evidence, however, that perhaps Kate's hobby is Longwood College Virginia Tinsley also of Culpeper has been true to .
.
.
Street,
Acting Secretary: Lettie Cox (Mrs. W. E. Laughon ) Old Forest Road, Lynchburg, ,
Virginia.
Esme Hoivell Smith
.
.
.
her teacher's training. The last 32 teaching years were in Mitchell's School, Culpeper
Counry.
There she has been made a life member of the PTA that in 1916 she helped organize. Retirement is not dull for Virginia; interest in church and civic affairs, and flowers and fishing for sparetime fun May Founders Day find this class together, and again willing to accept .
.
.
the
'"What's past is prelude" motto. In 1959, for the second time, the Class of 1909 will be the 'Women of the Year.
1911 Louise Ford (Mrs. S. G. Waller), 39 North Royal Avenue, Front Royal, Virginia.
Acting Secretary: Emily 'W. Johnson, 3833 9th Street, North, Arlington 3, Virginia. our
annals
are
For the missed Founders took the life of my eldest niece on March 10 ... I was coming for the Institute of Southern Culture lectures, but illness struck me down first
time in
Day.
in
A
many
brief.
a year, I
accident
tragic
Richmond; and Martha Smith Reed and
her sister Janet
('15),
my
got on
took
care
of
me
... At
the Convention of the Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs, I saw Pearl Justice Freeman. She is the new editor of the Virginia until
I
Woman
feet
Do come Founders Day 75th anniversary. That's to be a gala day you should not miss. Club
for the
.
.
.
where
principal of
is
summer
Last
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married and scattered from CaliWest Virginia. She has seven Elizabeth Hart Kelley St. Anne's in Charlottesville for 20 years. Her only son is at Lake Charles, La., AFB. She has two granddaughters find Eunice Watkins ter
all
fornia
to
grandchildren has taught at
.
.
Wood
.
.
.
We
.
living in Charlottesville; she
is
the
grandmother of ten. She says her only accomplishment is baby-sitting which is rewarding but interesting only on the home front Pearl Matthews taught 22 years in Petersburg and 12 years as elementary school principal in Southampton; she re,
.
.
For ten summers she has hotel staff at Massanetta Katie Porter was at Founders Day she is most happy with her teaching in Portsmouth; she spends her summers at tired
1955.
in
been on Springs
—
camp
a
the
.
.
.
New England Margaret taught until 1943; then she with the government for several
in
.
Woodward cast her lot
.
.
After that she went into welfare work and is now superintendent of the Hanover County Welfare Department. She years.
has just returned from a trip to New England and Canada; last year she vacationed in Bermuda.
1913 Acting Secretary: Nena Lochridge (Mrs. John W. Sexton), 2506 Fairview Road, Raleigh, N. C.
Those of you who did not attend our reunion certainly missed a won-
forty-fifth
derful time. The "Grand Finale" was the breakfast given by our six classmates, who live in Farmville. It was so nice to have Carrie Rennie Eason, the charming wife
Class Man, the late Mr. Thomas Eason, as our honor guest. A visit to our Alma Mater is like a return to the "Foun-
of our
tain
There we
Youth".
of
Our
"girls" again.
are
all
classmates are
just
going strong, and I do mean "going". Preston Ambler sailed for Amsterdam in still
'58. She planned to attend the Brussels World's Fair. Since her main interest is archaeology, Italy would be given
June
President:
Again
lives in Bristol
an elementary school. she had a trip to Canada, which was most enjoyable after a busy winter. Esme has three sons and a daugh-
she
—
.
A
who
Leta Christian, 1311 Clover Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
President:
.
more
In the fall as a primary teacher. 1909, in Laurel, Miss., she started the She confirst kmdergarten in that state. tinued her primary work, through the
fully"
.
1952
.
of
she
.
schools, until in
.
career
Lynchburg
one could ever be so young as in 1909"! Cassie Laird has had many years of English teaching in Randolph-Henry High School in Charlotte County, returning each summer to her Tazewell home Florence Rawlings, long a Richmond teacher, is one of the few who have never returned since graduation day. Her effeaive leadership will be needed again in the same place, in
.
years, in
how
anniversary than to recall
fiftieth class
most time. Preston is second vice president of the Lynchburg Chapter of the Archaelogical Institute of America Emily Minnigerode Claytor also toured Europe last summer Minnie Butler Albright was a delegate to the sixty-seventh Conti.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Congress of the DAR last spring W^oodruff Hall spent a month
nental .
.
Ann
cruising the Mediterranean, visiting fifteen ports Margaret God bey Smith was .
.
.
leaving her little green cottage overlooking River, to visit her son on the West Coast. She wishes her college friends would write to her Eva Anderson Grimes says her life centers around her two grandchildren. She took them all over the West last year. Eva is artive in the Episcopal church and the in Smithfield Antoinette Davis Schaefei is taking a different kind of trip. She is
New
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DAR
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ranch style home Olive Foster Jennings husband has retired after is 33 years as Superintendent of the Charles City and New Kent County schools. Their son Foster is a partner of a business concern in Richmond. Robert is a doctor in Bessie Price Rex returned the Navy to Farmville after her husband's death. She a much beloved hostess at Longwood. is Both her son and daughter are married.
moving
.
.
Bessie,
too,
devotion to us, as our
lovely
a
into
Lynchburg happy her
in
.
a
grandmother
.
.
.
being "the enjoys on a farm outside Culpeper StuU is enjoying retirement. She had been associated with Woodward and Lothrop in Washington, D. C. She is an ardent fan of the Washington Senators Annie Tignor is happy to be a She was with a "lady of leisure" too. Elizabeth Downey is Portsmouth bank still in the first grade, but is soon to be .
.
.
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.
retirement class Kathleen Gillespie Vicars has been a widow for 30 years. She has two children and two grandchildren but, being alone in Wise, has returned to teaching. In addition to schoolwork, she is very active in the
to
church and civic
.
.
.
... A wonderful
affairs
came from Verna Reynolds Burton in Syracuse. N. Y. Her husband is assistant vice president of Lamson and Co. Her letter
with the Bureau of Aeronautics Margaret Garnet! Trim is working for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington, son
is
D. C.
.
.
.
most interested in the Association for Research and Enlightenment Kathleen Bamett Fringer is very active in the Methodist Church in Catawba Wanda Harkrader Darden is an adopted "Tarheel" like I am. Her husband is president of Barnes-Sawyer Grocery Co. .
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.
.
She
is
Ahoskie.
in
One
of their sons
is
a doctor
there. The younger son is a dentist in Chapel Hill. Wanda is a member of our "grandmothers club" too, as she has three granddaughters and one grandson One letter received, and especially appreciated, was not from a classmate. It was written by the sister-in-law of Bertha Hunt. She said Bertha claimed she had nothing to write of herself. However, the writer wanted us to know Bertha had lived a wonderful life of service to teaching and her church. Also, she was a much beloved citizen of Poquoson All of us wish to extend our sincere sympathy to Julia Rollins Ashby. Her husband, David Hunter Ashby, was buried this past April in Arlington Cemetery after a lingering illness The "newsreel" has run out. Love to .
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President:
Audrey" We extend sympathy to Mary Booker in her "little corner in southeast Washington" over the recent deaths of her youngest brother and only sister Martina Willis fills her days with .
Ann Smith
(Mrs.
J.
2808 Merion Road, Camp
F.
Greene), Penn-
Hill,
Acting Secretary: Olive Smith (Mrs. Bowman), 409 East College
W.
D.
Street,
1961, here we come! Ann Smith Greene expects us all to be present at the next reunion and invites us to have breakfast with her. This is an ultimatum to win the Jarman cup again! Ann is enjoying two granddaughters. Jim, Jr. is stationed at Groton, Conn., on a submarine Our hearts are saddened by news of the death of another classmate, Audrey Cheu ning Roberts. Ann writes that pieces of silver have been placed in the Alumnae .
.
.
in-
.
.
.
teacher replacements, curriculum revisions,
reading programs and such-like in Gloucester, Mass., where she lives with Elizabeth Bugg Hughes her mother enjoys family fishing trips in west Texas. Daughter Susan finished junior high and older daughter, Martha, a senior at University of Texas, was voted one of 25 most outstanding students Fannie Belle Shorter has retired and enjoys her summer cottage, garden, and friends at Bethany Beach, Del. Address is Darlington Heights, Va. Cora Helen Meeks Anthony teaches first grade, is deaconess in her church, and helps her two daughters with their ten or more ponies which have won ribbons in the Amelia Horse Show. Her husband is a superintendent in the Nitrogen Division Plant in Hopewell After many years of teaching, Ruth Jennings Adams
remedial
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
now works
calculator
a
as
.
.
and clerk
in
her husband's tobacco warehouse in South Boston during fall months and has many household and church interests during the rest of the year in Clover Hatrye Blankenship advises us all to take a trip .
.
.
to Hawaii. She found it a "Garden of Eden." After school closed, she dashed to Florida and Virginia, then back to "loafing" in Gallup, New Mexico, where she lives with her sister Sue Puckett Lush is busy with office work for her husband. Daughter Rhoda graduates from high school in February. Hobbies are African violets, roses, a fish pond, and "sitting when not preparing food." (don't we all?) .
.
Lucille find
completion
.
.
Wright Eberwine and her husdays
their
Army
with
filled
They
of
await
guard
coast
church
Bruce, in
July
Jr.'s
and
Mary Vaughan work with Amherst to take care of her 87-ycar-old mother and invalid brother The last communication from Ida Hill was postmarked from IverJohn's
service
.
up her company
had
ro give the telephone
.
.
(Mrs.
Again, I was asked to solicit news for our 1928 column, and must say that the response to requests was disappointing. Perhaps all of us are too busy for letter writing anymore. Perhaps those who have not written about themselves will help Liz Il//tt Martin (Ashland, Virginia), by sending her "newsy letters during the year. It is quite interesting to keep the contacts with one another. "
Bramm most
Hazel
de-
interestingly
teaching career of 38 years, if she had it to do again
her
scribes
convinced that
would
she
still
of
Thirty-five
choose
the
be a teacher. have been with Most of the time has to
years
first grade pupils. been spent in Bristol, Virginia and TennShe sees Margaret Ferguson in Bristol quite often. She is still teaching there.
essee.
Alice Carter Stone of Rustburg is very arrival of her second grandElizabeth's (see births). a girl husband teaches at Wesleyan College, Macon, Ga. Alice is a frequent traveler
happy over the
child,
to
Macon.
Davidson Taliaferro, Virginia Beach, is really busy caring for a home, a husband, and three dogs at the beach. For ten years she has been VocaOh! tional Counselor at Maury. This year she is trying a very ambitious plan, working with the Junior Chamber of Commerce and ten civic clubs on her Guidance program. Her 30th year of teaching is flitting Louise McCormick Brown suspects by.
Helen
!
!
some alumnae are setting the world on Louise left fire, so Helen has it blazing. Virginia in 1950 and finally became a true westerner "pardner".
She had
a
few
months of adjustment to make, and now loves the "wide open spaces," and friendly people. Her husband has been with Con-
.
regular in
.
Scotland, in 1957. She writes, "I'm taking a tour of ten countries in Europe. ncss,
far we have just seen Scotland. Last night we saw the lassies dance the highland fling and the lads play the bagpipes." Ida received a National Science Foundation fellowship to attend Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, for eight weeks this summer ... So many of the letters contained expressions of deep appreciation of Miss Mary Clay Hiner and her beautiful
So
Acting Secretary: Elizabeth Weston A. D. Yeary), Ewing, Virginia.
.
.
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.
Updyke (Mrs. R. S. Cushwa), 1516 Maiden Lane, Roanoke Apartment, S. W., Roanoke, Virginia. Virginia
President:
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Bridgewater, Virginia.
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responsibilities.
sylvania.
an
Jr., is in residency at University Pennsylvania; Helen and family spent year at Harvard where her husband received the master's degree; Ruth graduated summa cum laude in music from Bridgewater and was married in July; Jean finished high school and enters school of nursing in September. I am still teaching math and engineering drawing at Bridgewater Thus, the wheels of time roll on.
Daisy Mitchell, Elizabeth Roberts, and
for
band
1926
is
1928 House as "tokens of the love and sweet memories we all cherish in our hearts
.
each of you.
.
.
Kate Wooldridge Watkins '17 and family.
.
promoted
.
MCV
Grace
Elsie
Mary Clay
last
farmer's wife" .
Truly
Warren,
Huffman
Freeman
"Man" through
we adore you. Miss The Bowman's report:
all. .
class
lovely spirit
spiration to
of
.
is
Her
the years.
all
.
.
Oil Company for over 25 years, is district manager, with headquarters Amarillo, Texas, where they have lived since leaving Albuquerque, N. M., in 1956. She says she is a doting grandmother with two precious grandchildren. Their daughtinental
and in
ter's husband is presently stationed at Camp Lejeune, N. C. Their son is a pre-med student at the University of New Mexico. Louise leads a busy life, enjoying church
work,
civic
work, and
DAR.
Thomas
Johnston left Lee returned to Staunton where her husband is now employed. With her family she came to Longwood on Founders
Marjorie County, and
Day
for
the
presentation
of
the
Peter
Alumnae Magazine
,
Alice K'iley Brown Pasadena, Md., since our Liz Hull last letter was published Martin, as usual, is very busy. Her husband is recovering from a recent illness. Her father and an aunt are now making She has a high their home with her. school daughter and is teaching yet Those who do not get to Longwood often should do so. The changes will not appear too drastic. I returned ten years too late Aileen McCleiiuy Harvey, three other classmates and I had lunch together. Aileen has a seven-year-old son, and is still in On Sunday the teaching profession morning I met Harriett Booker Lamb at the Weyanoke Hotel. She and her husband made an extended tour of Europe Frances W'almsley during the early fall
Johnston marker
moved
has
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to
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.
who
Gee,
teaches
.
Home
wood, was attending
.
.
.
Economics
at
Long-
a conference in Rich-
mond. I decided that our class reunion must have been held a few years ago. Mrs. Bondurant. of the city, kindly adopted me. Those familiar faces, the Coyners. Misses Hiners, Miss Sutherland, Dr. Jeflers, and a few others were wonderful to see. That was my most interesting venture of the year.
Marshall (Mrs. J. W. Stubbs), Box 402, White Salmon, WashEtta
ington.
Acting Secretary: Clara J. Norfleet, 1112 Roscneath Road, Richmond, Virginia.
seems that after 30 years that we wouldn't be a disappointment to Dr. Jarman and all the other members of the It
You remember that we were
faculty.
Etta Norfolk Panhellenic Association Marshall Stubbs was visiting me in January, and we heard Virginia's husband speaking in the General Assembly Nellie Long Tyler's husband is with Ordnance in the Defense Department at the Pentagon. They have a new split-level home in Springheld. She has two daughters, one married to a West Point graduate and the other a recent graduate of Mary Washington College .
.
.
that
after
.
now
is
believe
I
risque,
little
it
on
called
was thought
maybe we were
be
to
just a
little
ahead of our time. I am sure that today the same show would be considered old fashioned. At any rate I have learned from many nice letters received that we didn't turn out to be similar to the Our Gang
.
which gave us such a even have celebrities such as Mary Blackwell Parker who has been a private secretary to a high official in the U. S. Department of Agriculture for 16 years. She is on the proverbial Washington merry-go-round and sees all the visiting royalty Susie Belle Webber Ligon has been on the Roanoke City School Board for four years and has been fighting for characters
We
bad name.
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.
secretary to the Treasurer
Susie of the
and Western Railroad Company.
who
a daughter
Belle
is
Norfolk She has
teaches in Martinsville
.
.
Catherine's in
.
.
a
.
.
.
.
on the grandma
list
Does
too.
that
make
all feel old? Alice re-entered the teaching profession three years ago in Warwick
.
.
.
Arnold Whitehiirst Stevenson
on the other
of
side
is
now
Mason-Dixon
rhe
line but we won't call her a Yankee yet. She is married and living in Madison, N. J., and has two girls, one attending Denison Universiry in Ohio. Arnold is now teaching third grade Louise Belle is teaching fifth grade in Norfolk Garland Spencer Griffin, Betty Lee Hall Charnock, and Helen Slurgis Taylor all live in Richmond and have had or do have children .
Thomas
attending
where
1
am
Jefferson teacher
High School .
.
Helen's
.
older daughter. Sue, graduated from Longwood in June Etta Marshall Stubbs is now living in White Salmon, Wash., a .
in
the
Wild West.
She
every
other year the same old Etta with plenty at
least
and is still of enthusiasm and interest in many affairs. She served with the Red Cross in recreation camp services during the war. She married after the war and has been living in rhe West for the past nine years. She spends most of her time collecting antiques Sympathy is extended to Phyllis Pedigo Grant on the death of her husband, Clinton P. Grant, of Greenwich, Conn., in July.
married
Acting
is
says
a
family
is
a
full-time
job Eleanor Amory Boyette is now living in Portsmouth. Her husband and Virginia Buxton's husband are both working for the Life Insurance Company of Virginia Virginia Rice Webb is the wife of the Provost of the College of William and Mary in Norfolk. They have two children, one son, age 20, who is studying naval architecture at MIT and a daughter, age 14, who is attending junior high school. Virginia has been elected president of the Women of the Church .
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November, 1958
.
(
Mrs.
J.
W.Jones
)
21" Sinclair Avenue, Norfolk, Virginia. Susie
Shepherd
.
raising
that
.
Diploma 1932
Secretary:
.
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.
1933 Margaret Gathright (Mrs. M. Newell), 1209 Confederate Ave-
W.
Richmond, Virginia.
nue,
Secretary: Sarah Rowell (Mrs. T. C. Johnson), 2305 Lafayette Avenue, Richmond,
Virginia.
Our 25th reunion passed with so many members who had happily planned
of our
attend unable to do so because of
to
(Mrs.
Gilliam), Box 32, Dillwyn, Vir-
P.
ginia.
Mary
Virginia
Robertson
assistant
is
for John Knox Press in RichLouise Phillips Barnes of Bloxom has two daughters. The older daughter is married and has a son. Her younger daughter is a high school freshman. Louise says. She, I hope, will make a decision to attend Longwood College." She teaches the fourth grade in Bloxom Vivian Clark Singleton lives near Darlington Heights in Prince Edward County. She taught for 20 years before her marriage
book editor
mond
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ill-
Madge ness and various other reasons Blalock and Lucille Criile Coltrane were .
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the only two who spent Friday and SaturViola Tiittle day nights at Longwood.
March and Beulah Mae Brinkley of the diploma class spent the nights also. Duvahl Ridgway, Martha Giinter Meidling, Doreen Smith Franklin, Virginia Sanford Reveley, Flarriet Moomaw Leek, and Jane Royall Phlegar completed the list. Lucille, Madge, Viola and Miss Her had a most enjoyable time at Sunday breakfast at the Weyanoke.
We of
were saddened
to hear of the passing of our members: Duvahl's Martha's mother, and Jennie
relatives
mother,
Wheeler Singer's father who succumbed at 90 in Hopewell where he had
the age of
been a
city
sergeant and a long-time
cratic party leader
1957
—
I
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Demo-
My news letter for ALUMNAE NEWS
.
failed to get in the
didn't
make
the
deadline.
that
news can bear repeating
who
didn't get to read
Some
of
those item was
for
One
it.
delightful visit to me by Marguerite Massey Morron of Post Oak. It was just wonderful seeing Marguerite she is the same bright sweet girl as always not a white hair in that pretty red). Another item was the complete surprise of seeing Mr. Bailey, whom all Baptist girls of '33 will remember as their beloved Sunday a
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(
School teacher at the Farmville Baptist Church. He and his charming wife now live in Richmond where he is quite an active church and social worker and even though he is 75 years of age, just recently traveled to California by plane for a conference meeting of leaders connected with the Billy Graham Crusade Dot Lane Ellington of Suffolk has had quite a siege with her little girl Kay who has been ill .
.
L.
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.
President:
.
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.
Helen Williams Buckwalter now living in Englewood, N. J. Helen
.
.
visiting
one-horse town visits Virginia
.
.
nolds lives ten miles out of Lynchburg on sons, the younger of whom is a senior in high school. The class extends their deepest sympathy to her in the passing of her husband in October, 1957 Susie Shepherd Gilliam's daughter Sue graduated from the University of North Carolina in June and is teaching in the Washington area Lou Covington Rogers has begun her twentieth year of teaching in Appomattox County.
.
.
us
President: Martha Kello
.
.
.
.
Route 460 with her two
.
Kathleen daughter in college Tonnes Lipscomb spends a great deal of time traveling with her husband who is on the tobacco market. She keeps her hands in the teaching profession by substituting in her hometown of Melton, N. C. Alice Davis Wolfe is still singing but it doesn't sound like it used to, so she says. She has three children the oldest son is now in Tripoli with the air force. She is
She has
Virginia Buxlon Weedon has a private kindergarten in Port Norfolk with an enrollment of 53. She taught for 11 years in Portsmouth, but resigned after getting .
.
.
.
teaching conditions.
better
in
in 1945. Her housework on the farm and Dewey church work keep her busy Bradley Bennett has been postmistress in Ringgold for 20 years and she also taught for 16 years Elizabeth Coleman Rey-
Richmond Jeanette Morris Smith now lives in Tampa, Fla. St.
.
comedy
.
.
living
her old home place in Tabb. She has one son in high school. She says she spends her time collecting antiques and participatHelen Jones Davis ing in civic affairs in Newport is married to an obstetrician News. She has a daughter 15, who attends
.
the carpet.
.
.
Carolyn Sinclair Smith
.
freshman production a
.
—
Diploma 1928 President:
of the First Presbyterian Church. She has just completed a term as president of the
.
for some time. I certainly hope she is much improved by now Fay Fuller Cridlin and her husband visited the ColThis was her first trip lege in August. back since her graduation Phillip J. Weaver, husband of Winston Cobb Weaver, is rhe new superintendent of Greensboro, N. city school system. Her son was president of the Sternberger School student council last year Sara James Nichols, who is teaching in Norfolk, expects to get her M.Ed, degree from the .
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University
Congratula-
of Virginia soon.
and very best wishes to Sara, who fond old roomie for four years ... I wish that the members of our class form the nice habit of writing me would I hear all their news at least once a year. from so few of them and I know there's so much interesting news if we could only tions
my
was
get
it
for our Bulletin.
Waters
Tac
Mapp), 87
.
(Mrs.
Post Street,
.
.
.
Hallett
1938
Newport News, President:
Virginia
(Mrs. Madeline McGlothlin Watson, Jr.), 1011 Hampton
O. B. Ridge, Bedford, Virginia.
Helen Boswell (Mrs. Secretary: Wilson Ames), Box 128, Smithfield,
Acting J.
.
vention "best exhibit in grand cup class" Sue Carter AUard's husband graduated from Longwood in June; now they are both teaching school in Maryland. .
1936 President:
T. W. Bloomfield, was returned for his fourth term on the Farmville Town Council. He led the balloting in the June Margo Kent Zink has served election for the past year as president of the Virginia Professional Photographers Association. She also won at the annual con-
is assistant supereducation with the State Education in Richmond
Nora Junes Culpeper
Virginia.
Agnes Bondurant Marcuson lives in Southampton area of Chesterfield County Carl, 12, with her husband and two boys and Sammy, 6. She teaches one of the women's classes at Grove Avenue Baptist
—
Church, and has recently found time to Kathleen renew her teaching certificate Ranson has been promoted to Professor of Education at Central Missouri State She taught College, Warrensburg, Mo. .
.
.
three graduate courses in the 1958 summer session at the University of West Virginia,
W.
Grace Eubank Spencer has recently opened a tearoom in Margaret Warwick (Newport News) Clark Hanger still lives in northern Maine. school in missile Her husband went to Alabama this summer. Meanwhile, Margaret and children kept house for his father Helen Boswell Ames' son, in Virginia
Morgantown,
Va.
.
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.
John Wilson Ames, Jr., received his B.S. degree from Hampden-Sydney College in June, 1958. dental class of
He
the
entered
MCV
freshman
in September.
visor
teacher
of
Department
of
Caroline Alsop lives in Charlottesville where she is County Home Demonstration Agent in Albemarle County. She received a' M.Ed, degree from the University of Virginia Maryland in January, 1958 Waller is charter member and Price treasurer of the newly organized Henderson, N. C, branch of the A. A. U. W. She was initiated into Xi Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma in October, 1957 Turner Franklin, of Greensboro, Elsie N. C, is quite active in local civic and church work; she is president of the Longwood Alumnae Chapter there, chairman of her auxiliary group; her husband is a member of the Board of Directors of the Greensboro Country Club. They have two Kath14 and 6 years of age boys erine Carter has done graduate work at UniHopkins Tulane University and Johns .
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.
1937
Secretary: Lucy P. Moseley
(Mrs. Charles
sending out SOS postal card reminders I had difficulty getting responses, but Midge Davis House, bless her
Even
after
did write me a newsy letter. Her husband is personnel manager for the Inheart,
dustrial
Rayon
Company
in
Covington
where they've been living
for the past 12 Midge keeps busy teaching Sunday School, garden clubbing, and playing lots of bridge. She promises faithfully not to get the flu our next reunion time and will attend our 25th in 1962. Her husband Bill is godfather to Rose Somers Burne's fourth son, and they have a wonderful Hold your hats time spoiling him for a surprise; the stork was hovering over Virginia Baker Crawley's home again after a vacation of ten years when she wrote me. makIt's arrived a lovely little daughter ing a grand total of three girls and one Merwyn Gathboy for the Crawleys right Rhodes responded with a long distance call! She has two sons, 10 and 11 years.
.
.
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.
.
Den Mother, an officer PTA and the Woman's Club and
years old,
the
is
a
in is
back teaching again. She was good enough to win blue, red, and yellow ribbons in a recent flower show. Talk about energy Her husband runs a cleaning, she's it! pressing, and clothing store in Gloucester Ann Robinette Bloomfield's husband. .
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For the past six years she has taught at the Margaret Brent School in Sympathy is extended Baltimore, Md. to Otis Goodivyn Jones and her family on the death of her husband in August. .
.
Kameron, daughter
of Marguerite Blackwell Seely '39.
Dorothy ¥ord Hirschberg is teaching in She and her husband celebrated their fifteenth wedding anniversary in June.
Chicago.
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They enjoy cruising the latest adventure took them 400 miles down the Mississippi River Jane Fouler Olson lives in Upland, Neb., where her husband is an irrigation specialist. She has two boys, 6 and 4 and two girls, 11 and 7. Jane is Alpha very active in church work Garnett Smith is visiting teacher in Maditwo and County. She has sons, Roy son Frank Mildred Gentry Gibson is .
.
.
.
President: Vera Ebel (Mrs. R. B. Elmore), U. S. O. M. to Panama, Box J. Balboa,
Canal Zone. Acting Secretary: Elizabeth Burke, Stephens Church, Virginia.
Saint
.
.
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.
has already
made
.
.
a preliminary application
Carol is 13 to Longwood! an eighth grader. Lucy is 4 and getting dull "promises to keep life from Virginia for many years to come" Carroll Worsley lives in Alexandria and
for admission
and
.
works for "Uncle Sam". Diana, 11, and Bill, 6
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Her children .
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Elsie
are
Dodd
Mich., just outSindles side Detroit, teaches in the city schools. She has enjoyed landscaping her yard Amanda D. Paris teaches second grade She has two daughters, five in Crewe. grandchildren, and one great-grandchild! She received a loving cup in horticulture from her garden club in May. She traveled of
Laki.
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manager for Motor Specialty Company in Charlottesville. She has a daughter 2 Nancy Gray Perdue continues to be interested in golf. She is secretary of the PTA and treasurer of the Garden Club. The twins are now 10. Last sum.
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mer she
Lucy Adams is principal of the Farmville Elementary School. This year she became a member of Delta Kappa Gamma See Births for news of Lillian Anderson Elizabeth Button Rosenberger Nichols teaching principal of Jefferson School is Sarah Button Rex County Culpeper in has had a busy year as president of the Albemarle Girl Scout Council. Betty Ann, who is 15 and a junior in high school, .
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office
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507 River Road, New-
C. Epes, Jr.), port News, Virginia.
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versity.
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Mary Bowles (Mrs. R. C. President: Powell, Jr.), 1636 Mount Vernon Avenue, Petersburg, Virginia.
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Shores,
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Maine and Canada last fall and to California and Mexico the year before Miriam Vicklen Howell's husband has been elected judge in Waynesville, N. C. to
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visited Julia Raney Gillespie ('38) and they didn't stop talking for three days! Caroline Guathmey Carol Bette, 8 Jones has two children and Alfred, 6. Last summer the family motored to Mobile, Ala. Among Caroline's many activities, she is vice president of the Woman's Club of King and Queen and president of the Woman's Missionary Society in her church Ruth Hill Bailey is the busy mother of four girls, Carol, 14, Anna, 9, Beth, 4, and Jeanne, 6 months, and the wife of Dr. A. Purnell Bailey, pastor of the Centenary Methodist Church in Richmond. Dr. Bailey delivered the Baccalaureate sermon in June at William and Mary. He writes a daily syndicated column and has a daily radio broadcast, and they both write a Sunday column for the Newport News Daily Press LeNoir Hubbard Coleman teaches world history and world geography at Farmville High School Frances Hollouay Swartz is teaching sixth grade in Covington. She has twin boys 9 and two girls 12 and 16 Elvira Ligon Taylor has three children, Daniel, 13, Anna Louise, 9, and Elizabeth West, 2. She teaches Sunday School in the local church Catherine Maynard Pierce is teaching history at Great Bridge High School in South Norfolk. She vacain Wrightsville,
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Frances Hudgins, a missionary to Thai-
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months she
Syms-Eaton
Museum
for
Lila
W.
Hampton
teacher in
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Hopewell
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director
is
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member
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The
family.
Tommy, is
age 5. Jona-
Thomas
We
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loss
of
their
3-year-old
son,
Norma Pamplin Taylor's Mary Lee, and Martha Welchel Plummet's daughter, Ann, have become as close friends as their mothers have been Norma's husband is labor refor years. lations manager for Dan River Mills to all of us
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daughter,
a
Ruby
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name
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Bane
in
lives
MCV
Richmond and
a techni-
is
Bess
at Beatrice Bland is a supervisor in Henrico County. She is very active in many organizations in her church as well as civic organizations Mable Burton Marks is teaching in Henrico
cian
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County.
and
She
also
active
is
civic organizations
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church
Annie Laurie
Taylor Owens is the principal of Temperanceville Elementary School Virginia Taylor Collins teaches first grade in Bridgeville, Del. She has five children. "Dibbs" Tyree Balboni, her husband, and three little girls in Baltimore, Ma. Louis is merchandise supervisor for the Army-Air Force post Exchanges regional offices. She plans to be in Farmville for the 20th reunion Rebecca Thornton Bristow is president of Virginia Department Auxiliary, United Spanish-American War Veterans. She is fifth grade teacher at Highland Park School in Richmond .
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Henry & During the sum-
assistant principal of Patrick
Westover Hills Schools.
mer
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I
am
director of a girl's
ginia Beach
Union
for
the
of Virginia
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attend the reunion.
November, 1958
.
camp
at Vir-
Woman's Missionary Make plans now to .
Windham Walsh
has
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.
returned
just
from Europe with her family. Her husband is in the Army and is now stationed at Fort Monroe. While abroad they lived the town where Romeo in Verona, Italy and Juliet are said to have lived. Bess says that it is quite an interesting and fascinating place. They were also in Austria and
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in
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Bryan, a cancer victim, was very distressing
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of the Historical Society
full
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than Jackson Christian II after his great Thomas Jonathan Jackson grandfather (General Stonewall) made history this past year. His mother accompanied him to New York to unveil a bust of General Stonewall Jackson in the Hall of Fame at New York wish to extend our University sympathy to Carolie Nelson Brown and her
Selma W'esl Moore
King and Queen Woman's Club and
and younger
8 years old
Tommy, whose
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returned in '57 from a three-year stay in She enjoyed it there but was glad Japan. to be back in the States; she now lives in Yardville, N. J. She has three boys 9, 11, and 14 . "Bunny" Yo7ice Hunter has three boys 2, 10, and 14. Her civic activities include serving as secretary of Young Democrats, Crippled Children's Society and N.F.I. P. Eloise Williams Draine has three children, Ann Walker, Carolyn, and Oliver Wendell, III. She is active in the .
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Her students say receiving honors. she makes history come alive to them lives in JacksonChristian Elenora Faison ville, Fla. with her twins a boy and a girl,
visiting
is
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still
the school board Sinclair
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She is in the same P. T. A. with Yates Carr Garnett Jane Jones Andrews and family have built a new home in Farmville, and Katherine it very much enjoying are Jarratt of Stony Creek works in the courthouse there and recently visited her classmate Emma Hutchinson Bugg in Warwick. Emma's husband is with the People's Life Insurance Company and has been transThey ferred to Warwick from Harborton. too have just moved into a new home Julia Hutchinson Bull's husband is back in the service and they are stationed in North Martha W^elchel Plummer Carolina went back to teaching this year. She is teaching the third grade in Hilton ElemenLibby West, a tary School, Warwick history teacher at Craddock High School, is
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Betty and Acting Secretary: Boutchard (Mrs. S. C. Maclntire III), 5861 Memorial Drive, Route 3, Stone Mountain, Georgia.
President
land, came to a Newport News church this past year and shared her experiences with Virginia Richards the Peninsula folks Dofflemyer has moved to Charlottesville.
Fanny Mae Putney keep me busy" She Boykins has moved to Arlington. visited David Terry Cave in Luray before David left for the West Coast to join her Yager Thompson Virginia husband. stopped to see Fanny Mae on her way to Long Island, N. Y. She hopes to fly home in time for our class's twentieth reunion teaching at Flossie Reynolds has been Beverly Liberty Academy in Bedford Sexton Hathaway teaches science in Bristol. She is president of the Classroom Teacher's Association and recording secretary of Ft. Dorothy Chiswell Chapter of DAR Rudder Fore teaches at William Campbell High School in Naruna. She has a daughShe has accompanied ter Linda who is 14. high school seniors on their class trip to New York City for the past two years Margaret Stallard Woolling teaches in the Country Day School for Girls at Virginia Beach. She and her family take an annual Margaret M. Sinclair trip to Florida went to Europe for the summer. During .
1943
Harriette Haskins (Mrs. J. ElEubank, Jr.), 4104 Chesapeake Avenue, Hampton, Virginia.
Secretary:
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Ruth Lea Purdum (Mrs. Ruth Lea Davies Nash), Box 367, Culpeper,
President;
Elizabeth Prince Barnes has three children two girls and a boy. She says "the usual PTA, Woman's Club, and church activities .
enjoying it to the utmost. This ends all took Ellen, "house talk" from me! 12 and Julian, 9, to New York City for a vacation this summer.
Meade
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Neale Kilduff received her Masters degree from the University of North Carolina. Amy Powell She has two boys 5 and 7 Sandidge and her husband celebrated their ISth wedding anniversary in June. They have daughters 15 and 11 and a son 8. She sees Kitty Rohtrts Wescott and Mary Elizabeth Badger Whittington quite often.
while there their
little girl,
now
Sarah,
They have another Lula (named for Bess's sister)
4,
daughter,
was born.
who
is
al-
Lucy Staples McLaughlin is living in Lancaster, Pa. Her husband, Guy, Armstrong Cork Company. Their is with daughters Susan and Cathy are now 1 Avis Dunn Whitlow of Danand 8 most
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N.
in Princeton,
living
Jim
is
still
York. Her three dren plus a large yard keep her busy
chil-
is
a
commuter
When Anne
J.
New
to
Ellett
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Hardy wrote, she
.
said
She is she was busy with final exams. teaching English and science at Amelia High School and was looking forward to vacation time so she could spend more time with their three children. Anne says she enjoys seeing a lot of Jane Scott Webb, Virginia who lives in Amelia, too Corbin Lamb is living in Ridley Park, Pa. are buying where she and her husband She stays busy with her a new home. .
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Cub
three children.
Scouts,
Boy Scouts and Dot
with active boys
goes
that
all
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Anderson Morgan's husband, John C. Morgan, Jr., is principal of Dillwyn Elementary School
.
Johnston is assistant Delaware County Christian
Lucille
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.
principal
of
Fifteen School in Newtown Square, Pa. years have passed so rapidly and yet 15 years is a right long time, but even after that length of time when old friends meet .
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fun.
still
certainly
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.
found
it
to
be true when some members of our class met in Farmville for Founders Day. Frances Parham Jeanes and Dot Childress Hill, the farmeis' wives, came from Orange Shirley Turner Van Landingham came over from Petersburg and Anne Ware Smith arrived from Richmond. Longwood was not co-ed in 1943 but our reunion was was because Buster (Anne's husband) there! Jerry Smith Shawen, Lilly Bee Gray Zehmer, Betty Harper Wyatt and Sarah Wade Owen drove up from Warwick, Betty Newport News, and Hampton Boutchard Maclntire was too far away in .
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make
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Stone Mountain, Ga., to Agnes Patterson Kelly was snowed in in Fairfax and Jean Hatton Lugar was unable Anne Ellett to come from Richmond Hardy and Jane Scott Webb were there Miggie Mish Timberlake from Amelia and Brookie Benton Dickerman came down from Staunton and Mamie Snow, too .
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the trip
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Elsie Stossel presided
very graciously over
alumnae meeting. We were rather proud of the showing our class made. Wish you had been there, too! the
1944 President:
Faye
Nimmo
(Mrs.
Jack
Webb), 215 Linden Avenue,
W.
Suffolk,
Virginia.
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schools in Amelia County. They have three For the past three years all children . . of the news from me has been "house". have now moved in and all of us are
We
Jennifer, 6 and Jan, 9, thrive in the land Nancye Allen Fitzpatrick of sunshine
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president of Delta Kappa Frances Dudley Brooks' husband, T. W. Brooks, has been elected Mary to the Farmville Town Council Hille McCoy has been appointed district home agent of the east central district of Ruth Turner Norton's husVirginia band, O. A. Norton, is superintendent of
ville
Edna Brown Lupton and her family have moved to Albuquerque, N. M., where her husband has been transferred. Their new home is just perfect and their children,
Mildren Corvin (Mrs. L. H. Bobbiedell Lane, 1202 Richmond 26, Virginia, and Frances Lee Hawthorne (Mrs. J. R. Browder), 5302 Media Road, Richmond 25, Virginia.
Secretaries:
Lingerfelt),
Here union! this will
it
We
is,
everyone,
our fifteenth
re-
hope each of you who reads
make
plans to
come
to
Longwood 37
in March. Do get your baby-sitters lined up; bring some snapshots and join us for
work of the Presbyterian Church, and is a member of Delta Kappa Gamma Mildred Coriin Lingerfelt visited in Roanoke recently and saw Caroline CaUivell Scott and children Frances Hau thorne Browder stays in practice by doing private tutoring for a nearby school. Children Beverly and Lynn keep her involved in PTA, Brownie Scouts, and Sunday School the
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Founders Day Mildred Willson has just returned from a trip to Miami Beach and Nassau. She l<eeps busy with her job .
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on the move.
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North Carolina.
When Mary Anne
Jarratt Kellogg had our secretary, and I was as on to do this newsletter, the deadI borrowed a line was almost at hand. mimeograph and with a little improvising ... I got the urgent plea off, and the response was most gratifying. Fll continue
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California for her vacation Elizabeth Joties Clark is elementary supervisor and director of audio-visual education for the Lynchburg school system. A widow since 1954. Mrs. Clark toured Europe the summer of 1956, is active in .
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planning to
to
.
be
there
.
.
Perhaps
.
Nancy,
news of our class is of Frances She is doing portrait painting and had her own one-man show last year. She writes that it "seemed pretty but judging by the write-ups papers, it was much more She has three children, a girl. 11, and boys, 6 and 5, and spent the past two summers in Europe, sightseeing and Lucy Messick Earle and studying art her daughter, Robbie, 2, live in a lovely old home (built in 1767) on an estate near Front Royal that has been in John's Virginia family for many generations Terrell Walsh writes from Littleton, N. H., where she is living "a busy, rather frantic, but terribly exciting life surrounded by four little ones, two boys and two girls, and three dogs, in a large cenrury-old house built by Ted's grandfather," that she teaches nursery school and works with the local theatrical gioup and is president of the Marilyn Bell Roper, local A.A.ij.W. in Charlottesville with her grocer owner husband, has two children, Lee, 5 and Kinny, 2, and is still writing "things that the latest, a musical don't get published Carol Diggs Gentry and comedy." Gerry have bought a home near Farmville so they'll have a place when he retires Virginia Via Allman, from the Army Roanoke, has two children. living in Woody, 5 and Bob Lee, 2, and writes that her husband has been promoted to assistant manager of Hotel Roanoke Mary Preston Sheffey has been teaching business and psychology and one art history class at Marion Junior College since her graduation Nell Holloiiay Elwang and Braxton have moved into their new home on the Chesapeake Bay. They have three children, Susan and Anne, in school, and Bill now 4. She writes that Lelia Hollotray Davis and family Charlie, will be three girls, and one little boy Mary in Newport, R. I., for a year .
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Bob Lee and Woody, children Via Allman '45.
of Virginia
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Franklin Wooiluard Potts, in Barhamsville, has been tutoring in English this year. Her children are Mary Jo, 5 and Jimmy, 2. Eleanor Coretl Orrell keeps busy helping her minister husband in Berryville and running after three little ones. .
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Williamsburg, have added two girls to one who was born while they were in Japan Pat is now 4. Edie, 2 and Jan, 1. Marthan Higgiiis Walton and Roland .
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Fox Hall in Daytona Beach, husband Bill works with a in Daytona Sara Moling McKinnon, whose husband, John, is pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, N. C, writes that she often sees Jo Beatly Chadwick and her family, who visited Betsy Fla.
TV
Betsy's
station
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are also living in that city Virginia Parson Parson, in Jarratt, stays busy with three boys. Tommy, 5, Andy, 3, and George Lee, 1 Hersey Hutt Coyle, living in Vienna, also has three boys, Jan, 5, David, 3, and Joe, 1. Hersey sent news of Theresa Hutt O'Flaherty, in Alexandria, with .
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Jane, 6, and Stuart,
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Danny,
7, Susan, 5, and Lucelle, 2, and of Edith Jones Bayly, in Waterford with two boys. Carter, 4 and Tommy, 1 . .
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8,
last year Mary Sterrett Lipswrites that she and her boys, Alex, 6 and Joe, 4, all love country life Alex, Sr. farms near Lexington Mary Lou Dondley Lindsay and her husband, in
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Winchester.
Norfolk
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comb
Richmond
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3, and Frances, 2 . Butler writes that her oldest is almost as large as she
11,
Caroline Huddle Guild and family. Corky, 10, and Daniel, 6, moved back to
that.
.
live in
.-),
successful", in the
Tommy,
They with Tom,
is.
W'etitiel Gayle.
than
7,
Nancy Harrell child, Helen,
the
biggest
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Kirk, Jane Waring, Elizabeth and Walter, children of Jane Rttfjin House '45.
to pinch hit until we can elect a new secretary at our fifteenth reunion in 1960. And, '45'ers, it's not too early to start
.
Reba Jones
resign
called
.
mouth
She flew
to
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Newman of Portsreceived a M.Ed, degree from William and Mary in August Betry Watts is now director of religious education at Reveille Methodist Church in Richmond. chines
Circle,
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to see you Founders Day Gene Seymour Raper now lives in Suffolk. Her two boys keep her active, but she hopes to come to Longwood in March Jerry Titmus has been teaching at Quantico Marine Base and enjoys being near Washington, D. C. She hopes to bring a carload to Longwood. Good for her! Dottie Sue Simmons Kessler is excited over her new home, now in the building stage. Husband Harry is adding much of the cabinet work, and the boys spend their time watching the ma.
G.
E.
Acting Secretary: Jane Ruffin (Mrs. Douglas T. House), Box 146, Louisburg,
Creenall DeHart lives in Radford and sends word of her new son Helen Ott Heltzel can look forward to a busy year as president of the PTA where her children, ages 10 and 7. attend school. Helen hopes .
(Mrs.
Tremblay), 2649 Jefferson Park Charlottesville, Virginia.
us in spirit at our reunion. She is teaching second grade, and her sister Julia, teaches in the same school Maryl .
Wade
Eleanor
President:
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1945
Melie
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v,'ork.
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would like to see any classmates who come south to Florence. Ala. Mary Sue Palmer Parvin wrote from Lombard, 111., that she will be with .
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Lakeside Presbyterian Church teaching the weekday kindergarten and Sunday School "MuUy" Bi/gg Holland spent her vacation in Missouri. She, Elam, and children drove out in June for a visit Romelia Sayre Summerell has a new daughter, who with big brother Paul, keeps her at
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Eleanor Hall Baker lives in Springfield and has one boy 3 Pat Maddox Goodloe and Neal have moved to Staunton where he has his own architectural office. They have three children, Cathy. 4, Robin, 3, and Neal, Jr., under 1. Pat wrote that she sees Bobbie Scott who is with the Welfare Department there Nell Fleming Joyner, in Isle of Wight, is working as a census enumerator for the U. S. Bureau of Census Mary Copely is teaching .
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in Mecklenburg Margaret Barksdah Woltz keeps too busy with three children, Robert, 9, Ben, 6, and Margee Ellen, 2, .
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do full-time teaching, but she has been having special classes in geometry and algebra for college bound servicemen in Clarksville Mildred O'Brien Alvis is to
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visiting .
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teacher
in
Appomattox
County
Eliza Jane Anderson Watson and science Greensboro,
teaches
a very successful
science
math and helped with
m
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fair there this year
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Elva Jane
Simmons
did only substitute work this year, in schools near Petersburg. It was nice to hear from some of the girls who were with us in school for only one or two years. Nettie Anne Paytas
Wiggins has kept her job
in
Emporia and
and church
Jeane,
Anne Hamlin
husband Emory is a geologist; they live in Abilene, Texas, with three children, girls Edith San ford 10 and 8, and a son 2 Kearnes and her family, husband Jack, 1
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Gwendolyn,
and her girls, Jane, 9 and Genevieve, 7, have moved to Greeneville, Tenn., where her husband is in the chemical business Mary Ann Biggs Prillaman is living in Richmond with her husband, who is in the insurance business, and their rn'o children, Beth, 12 and Allen, IOI/2
neer with the Physics Lab
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Betty Agnew Rosenburg helps her doctor husband by doing lab work for him. They live in Waverly and have three sons, 10, Ann Engarl Heller and her 8, and 6 husband and children, ages 7, 5, and 2, are in Winconsin this winter for a paper institute. Her husband and Betsy Caldwell Selvage's husband were roommates at VMI, and the two couples see each other often Sugar Baker Ellett works for several neurosurgeons in Roanoke. She and Watt have bought their home and have a boy Sara Eichan Hulett 14 and a girl 11 and family, husband Daniel, Mary Elizabeth, 4 and Lee Harris, 2, live in Charleston, W. Va., where Daniel is a chemical Margaret Hiner Bobbitt engineer wrote from Huntington, W. Va., that they were expecting their "other girl" this August to join Douglass, 9, Dick, 7, and .
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Sherrie, 5.
boys
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McClung
Delia Raiiiey
news of her family, now two two girls, from Athens, Ga., where her husband is an assistant prothe
sent
and
boys
fessor of bacteriology at the University of
Georgia ... Jo Shaffner Anderson's husband has been transferred to the New York office of American Can, and they have moved there with two daughters, 41/2 and 1 Elizabeth Mast Halstead keeps busy sewing for her three girls in Atlanta, Ga. Alice Green Phaler writes from Dunmore, Pa., that she's homesick for the .
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live in
and
S'/i,
Hyattsville,
Parrott's
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John
Sanford, 1, is an engiHopkins University
Md.
Jack
Johns Susan Diirrett Salter is working as a secretary at the Bloomfield Hills Country Club near their home in Detroit, Mich. Chip is 11. Susan keeps in touch with Alice Eetig Kelley whose husband Brad was named Remington Rand salesman of the year last year. Alice lives in Richmond; they have three children, Leslie, 6, Pam, 4 and Jan, 2 Martha Hile Graves and husband George flew with the children, Merrick and Georgiana, from Washington state to be with their .
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South, but that she has a full-time job caring for her sons, 5 and 1 Shirley Easterley Osborne writes that having her husband a superintendent in the textile mill in Atlanta, Ga., means a busy social life for her and the children, Diane, 5 .
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and Ken, 3 Roberta Dai is Huey, her CPA husband, and daughter, Susan Lee, Margaret 2Y2, live in Berhesda, Md. Bear Morrison finds that they like living in Westfield, N. J., where Bob is an engineer for Esso. She stays busy with civic .
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Virginia for the Martha taught a night class last Helen McGuire Hahn's youngest just before Easter, making two two boys for them. They live in families
in
...
ham, Ala. have
four
At
six
least
does
children;
holidays.
year
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was born and Birming-
girls
our class anyone have in
more.'
Mary Walton Rucker Dixon's husband Bob is with the shipyard in Portsmouth where they
live;
daughter
.
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Elizabeth
and a heard from Jones Mederias she was still .
Ann
they have a son
The
last
I
Hawaii, had one daughter, was teaching, and loved the "Islands" Evelyn in
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"Phe" Whittle Chafey writes that they quite pleased with California where they have been for five years. They have are
three
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.
also caring for her twins, a boy and a girl, now nearly 10. Jayne Broivn Rhodes is
and four children, Betsy, 6, Bobby, 2 and Mary
affairs
Nancy
7,
Lou,
Christian
was
Hill
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.
godmother
my
for
youngest daughter when she was christened last winter. She and Winfield, who is brother of Rosa Hill Yonce ('46) have
bought
a lovely
home
in
Richmond
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I taught here at Louisburg College for a while when we had only two little ones, but now with four Kirk, 6, Jane Waring, 5, Walter, 2 and Elizabeth, 1, my teaching, beyond Sunday School, is limited to shoe lace tying, and nose blowing, and all the million or so other things all you mothers of little ones know about. live in the country, and love it, but our only farming is a large vegetable garden, and I'm still
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We
trying to do
all
of Doug's secretarial and
bookkeeping work, which is a large order, believe me Thanks to all of you who wrote, and to those who didn't, "Let's hear from you another time." .
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Eleanor
President:
(Mrs.
Bisese
R.
B.
Johnson), 3606 Winston Boulevard, Wilmington, North Carolina. Secretary: Virginia Treakle
(Mrs. Earl
W.
Marshburn), Box 89, Annandale, Virginia.
We
have some news from far and wide concerning the gills of the Class of 1946. From our president, Bessy Eleanor Bisese Johnson come news of a new house purchased in September, 1957. At the time of her writing, she was having lots of fun with her small vegetable garden. Turn(
) ,
ing
farmer,
Nancy Jeanne, Bobby and Mary Lou, children of Margaret Bear Morrison '45.
November, 1958
Bessy!
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From
Jefferson,
Ohio, came a message from Becky Norfleet Gardner; her two little boys keep her Margaret Mclntyre Davis of busy Portsmouth enjoyed a summer vacation at her parent's new beach house in South Virginia Shackelford McCarolina lntyre had a July vacation with her folks .
Betsy,
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Ruth Fleming
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Scott
is
.
ing three
little
Among
ones.
her company
summer was Kitty Maddox Thomas Nancy Lee Maddox ('50). Agnes told of a recent visit in the home of Nancy McCauley Gregory, who taught last last
and
term in Chatham. Agnes says that Nancy's children, Hannah, 5V!2 and David, 3, are precious Carolyn Bobbitt Jones keeps busy in South Hill with her two children; .
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Jimmy, 8 and Beth, 4, as a Den Mother for a group of Cub Scouts, a substitute teacher in the schools, and director of the Daily Vacation Bible School in her church. Joneses are saving their pennies for a trip to Honolulu to see her sister, Jacqueline Bobbitt Field and her family Anne Carmines Ransdell wrote of the
The
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and community
civic
which
in
activities
she is engaged in Williamsburg as president of the Wesleyan Service Guild of the Methodist Church, chairman of the Public and International Affairs in the Junior Woman's Club, etc. She sees Margaret Orange almost every day as they both work with Colonial Williamsburg, Inc. Novella Hunt Moore and her family of six children visited Ann in May. Novella wrote also of her busy life with her family which last year included three school children and three preschoolers. I'm sure that Novella has won the class record for the largest family thus far! She lives in Poquoson where her husband is an automatic telephone equipment mechanic at Langley AFB Margie Pierce Harrison's son, Kendall is a second grader Emily Carper Robinson's Robbie is 2 Another school teacher, Betty Martin Shell, wrote from Manassas to say that her son enters the first grade in September, that her husband is a real estate appraiser in Arlington, and that they have moved into .
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their new home Martha Watkins Mergler wrote from Park Forest, 111., to say that she and her family of husband Don, Debbie, 7 and Donnie, 5, stay busy but long for a vacation to "ole Virginia". She has been active in PTA, church work, and Brownies; and her husband is PTA president Nell Morrison Buck wrote of news of Longwood and also of her family. She is still the sixth grade supervising teacher in the Training School Katheryne Tindall Hundley wrote from .
.
1946
.
.
in Gloucester
teaching school in the Chase City Elementary School; her husband is the assistant principal at Bluestone High; her daughter, Jane, was a second grader, and little B. M. is 2. They have a new home Agnes Stokes Richardson in Danville wrote of her happy family of five, includstill
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VMI
where she is secretary to the Dean of the faculty' and her husband is a professor. However, Kat planned to return to teaching this fall at Natural Bridge High School. She also wrote that Caroline Moon Dawson moved to Columbus, Ohio, where her husband is with Craddock-Terry Shoe Co. Bettie Jean Nixon Emswiler is living in Lynchburg now, according to Kat's letter.
has
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.
From River Edge, N. J., came a letter from Virginia Lee Price Perrow with news of her family including husband Joe, and sons, Joey, 7 and Billy, 2. She wrote also visit from Mary Sue Spradlin last Alice Buck Bramble wrote of her marriage to Glenn C. Bramble, a vice president and secretary of Maryland Casualty Co., on October 5, 1957. Part of their vacation this year included her husband's
of a year
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anyone who has less to do. She is as happy and as lovely as ever, too!
Lillian Livesay EdHarvard reunion wards better known as Bobbie wrote that her husband is still located in the Hampton area, her son. Berry is 9, while Ann Gary They have a new house and took 3. is Since a month's vacation to Canada Mr. Norfleet was afraid that there would Carlotta's letter, not be time to forward he answered it and gave me news of her whereabouts. She and her husband, Robert C. Wick, and their children, 4 and 2, live in Baton Rouge, La., where he is with the Esso Refinery. They moved into Frances Lee their new home in July Stoneburner writes that she is as busy as any mother can be with three children the ages of hers, Martha, 10, Lewis, 7, and "Hank", IVj. They vacationed six weeks at Gloucester on the North River. Frances club, is active in the garden Junior Woman's Club, and bridge club Evelyn Grizzard Graybeal wrote from her .
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Mo.
in Hattiesburg,
enjoying
.
.
Dorothy Davis Holland is now the principal of Huff Lane Elementary School in Roanoke Last Christmas I had a long, newsy, and interesting letter from Dorothy .
.
Cummings who
now
is
principal
of
the
Camp
School in Cabimas in VeneShe also sent colored pictures of her pupils Ellen Bailey completed the work and received her M.A. degree from the University of Virginia in 1957. She continues to teach the first grade in Brookneal Ann Martin Kinsey and her husband and son live near me in the metropolitan area Attending the wedding of Louisa Dawson to Rev. John Smucker on June 28 were Margaret Harvie Cardwell and Lucy Harvie. Ann Martin Kinsey also entertained for Louisa but was in Florida with her husband on temporary assignment at the time of the wedding From Glasgow, Scotland, came news of Margaret Pattie. She is still teaching there and planned to vacation in Ireland this year ... It has been lots of fun compiling Staff
"Chris" and Rick, children of Patsy Dale
Barham
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.
.
has been a wonderful year with .37 sixth graders but a busy one along with my
husband's church activities. Sallie is now 4 and eagerly awaiting the arrival of a baby brother or sister in the early fall. May I say "thank you" to all of the girls who have helped me in this enjoyable task by sending news for our annual Newsletter. The pleasure has been all mine!
the Class Newsletter for 10 out of the
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12
Alma
Mater. However, because of numerous other commitments and obligations, 1 shall have to resign as of January 1, 1959. The Marshburns have been a busy family this year as I started teaching school last August on two days' notice to fill a vacancy created "over-night" by a government transfer. It
years since
we
.
left
our
.
.
.
on a farm in Buckingham County becoming Mrs. Harry Wise. For the two years she has taught in Chesterfield County where we also find Doris Rose Ramsey. living
Class president Margaret EUetl Anderson sometimes wonders if she will make it through the day with her young trio John, age 4, Patty, age 2, and Clifford, 6 months. Her husband is now working with the N. & W. and travels about. They hope to be settled permanently somewhere in the fall Geraldine Joyner West is now living in Fayetteville, N. C, where her husband has a Western Auto Store in a new shopping center Mary Ellen Garher Johnson received the M.Ed, degree from the University of Virginia in June Mary Harrison Slate, Ed, and son Gilbert have moved to Richmond where Ed has been promoted to the office of the State highway contract engineer Herbert E. Maxey, husband of Christine Shiflet Maxey, has been named as a member of the Buckingham Welfare Board ... I had so much fun gleaning the news for our class. I do so very much wish that more of you would send me news about you and yours. Nothing could please me more than to be able to report on each and all of our class family. As for me, our year old twin girls keep me busy but happy along with the older "big four" ages 4, 5, 6 and 7. I heartily recommend twins to all you girls once you get over the shock of having had them! Believe me, being a parson's wife and mother of six is all anybody could ever hope for. .
1947
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Margaret Ellett (Mrs. J. B. Anderson), 460 10th Street, WytheviUe,
President:
Virginia.
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Secretary Rachael Brugh G. B. Holmes), 102 West Church Edenton, North Carolina.
Acting
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past
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after
'47.
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a
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zuela.
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their
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southern living and especially the trips they have taken. Carolyn is now 7 and David is 5. Evelyn is active in PTA and church, and Paul is associated with the Hercules Plant are
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to say that they
still
sent
snapshot of her small daughter and son; and, without a doubt, I have never seen prettier children anywhere. Would that more would follow suit and send me news, not only about themselves but about others, too. She wrote that Gene Harrison Knoop is now living in Pittsburgh with her three sons and one daughter Virginia Mae Fackett Barnes has a kindergarten in the basement of her beautiful new home in Heathsville Marion Lults Meats is kept busy keeping house and teaching in College Park, Md. Mary Wyatt Caldwell and Jack are the proud parents of a daughter after having two boys Lillian Stables wrote with much enthusiasm about the double wedding which she and her sister were planning for July. She will be
.
.
home
Webb Delano
Martha Frances
Mrs.
(
:
Street,
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and Lisa are now living in Winston-Salem, N. C, where her husband was recently transferred after having lived in Richmond for three years Martha Wells Hardy reports that Tom is going into practice .
general
surgery
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.
in
Roanoke
after
1 Y2
They have two girls, and 6, and the "crown prince", III, was born last November.
years of preparation.
ages
Tom
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"Cab" Orerbey Field tells me that everything is the same with them except the grocery bill. Perhaps her real "cool" foster son of 15 1/2 is the contributing factor for this statement! Constance Young Cox and her two young sons are now living in South Boston where her husband is dealer representative in that area for the Standard Beverly Buhon Collins Oil Company .
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Lee Carter Wilson wrote from Houston, Texas, where she and her husband were attending the Southern Baptist Convention while grandmother looked after their four children No one could have been happier upon the arrival of a son than was Beatrice Bruch Wilson even if she did already have three little "Miss Americas." Bea's husband. Buddy, is a civil engineer .
at
Melpar
Patsy Dale tribute
to
.
.
Electronics,
Falls
Church
.
.
.
Barham still finds time to conmany phases of community
so
work
Maureen, Reesa, Linda and Mark, children of Beatrice Bruch Wilson '47.
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in addition to caring for her two adorable children. Among many other things, she has been placement chairman for the Junior League at Warwick which involves supervising the volunteer services of about 100 members. Although she claims to never catch up on essential things, she says she wouldn't change places with
Robert Barnes, Jr. and Susan Webb, children of Martha Webb Delano '47.
Alumnae Magazine
1948 Brooks (Mrs. J. W. Howard, Jr.), 1404 Ruffner Road, AlexLouise
President:
andria, Virginia.
port News, Virginia.
was
March
a
day
grand time
—
at
least
Longwood
at
us
for
'48ers
that
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we were! Only wish all the class members could have been there. And in true '48 and Red and White style we won the Jarman Cup for the class with the highest percentage of attendance. Heading the strong
of '48ers who returned was our presifor four wonderful years, "Peepsie" Brooks Howard. Other celebrities back for our tenth class reunion were Student Government President Tucker Winn, Athletic Association President Jane Burchett Wommack, and Apple Blossom Festival Princess "Mitry" Hahn Sledd. The rest of us felt like celebrities too to be back at Longwood reliving all our four years there. We were "K. T." Rainey Wingo, Ethel Harrison Hughes, Virginia Bailey Vaughan, Edith Duffy White, Ella Stone Smith Harrell, Mary Ellen Temple Dorey, Betty Renn Walton, Martha Atiilerson Rollings, Estalist
dent
—
line
—
Anderson McCraw, Harriette Siitherlin Mildred Davis Dixon, Evelyn
to
be so kind. Letters brought
news from others this summer. Nancy "Hoot" Chambers, who is the University of Kentucky, traveled
still at
in July to an American In April she Indiana for a meeting, so as she says, "in addition to enjoying daily conabout 800,000 books, excuses tact with crop up for nice trips, too, in the library routine." Harriette Sutherlin Overstreet
San Francisco
to
Literary Association meeting.
went
to
Gertiude
luncheon was in we everyone in the dining hall. We were busy seeing each other and catching up on some of the news. After the luncheon Dr. Lankford spoke to us briefly. Then the heads were counted for the awarding of the cup. This award is generally made at one of the evening functions; so after being sure not a head was missed a number of our girls left the hall. After some requested that the cup be awarded at the luncheon because so many must leave shortly afterwards, this was done. The Class of 1948 won the cup. The honor of accepting it should have been "Peepsie's" but she had left, and so I made a very poor substitute for her. I was thrilled, however, to accept it for her and all you '4Sers. How about that? Best in attendance and yet hardly any were still in while
the joined
—
attendance!
We
We
can
still
pull the greatest!
rooms we'd had, the post rooms, all the old haunts. hardly recognized so great was the change. didn't think that we'd changed much or even aged in ten years, but we didn't get our pictures taken in 1948 nor did we ask anyone else who had known us in those days The tea at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Lankford was delightful. There we saw so many of our professors. Some of us dined at the College that night; others, at the Hotel Weyanoke. "Charlie Hop" let us adopt him for our classman for the weekend. saw the Longwood Players Spring play, and afterwards, "Tucker, "Pete", Jane and I paid Dr. Moss a little visit. then
office,
visited
sorority
Some we
We
—
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.
.
We
We
November, 1958
news
writes that their biggest
Nichols, Betty Burchett Almarode, Alfreda Peterson Wood, Hilda Abernathy Jackson. arrived progress so
—
—
a "cute
I
after
—
—
of their son in
and
—
photograph us, we went back to "the building" and several hours later we did give up to a few hours sleep. Sunday morning we had "brunch" at the 14 of us and "Charlie College Shoppe Hop" the others had not spent the night. Soon afterwards we departed for our homes promising ourselves and each other that ten years from now was too long to wait for another reunion so we'd all be back Although we all at Longwood next year. agreed that these ten years had not changed us much, the next ten, we felt, might not "Mitty"
Moore Coleman, Grace Kappes Bishop, Betty Jean Snapp Fawcett, Jeanne Toiler Bourne, "GeeGec" Yonce Gates, George Anne Lewis Hart, "Peggy" Cabiness Andrews, Carol Jenkins Michael, Nancye Foscue Hamner, Mary Lee Graham Page, Jane Maiitiply Cryer, "Dot" Tuck Johnson, LaVergne Tuck Woody, "Millie" McW'illiams Hayes, Anne Homes, Betty Scroggins
"Millie"
midnight
talking ourselves hoarse, eating, and posing for
Overstreet,
Anne Homes,
About
anywhere.
dren
Secretary: Hilda Abernathy (Mrs. E. E. Jackson), 55 Raleigh Road, New-
Alumnae
It
joined the rest of "the gang" at "Peepsie's" we looked at pictures of everyone's children and promptly agreed that there couldn't be a better looking group of chil-
home
December
the birth
is
They bought
'57.
Jane Burchett Wommack has a little born last summer "Addie" Dodd Wilkerson and Bob are building a new home in Spray, N. C. June Poole Canning is still living in Texas. They have an 18-month-old son, Barry. She sees Gertrude Driver Averette every summer .
.
Sentman '48, and children. Chuck, David and Debra.
Griffith
.
girl
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.
when .
Ruby
November
brick house" last
little
M.A. degree
and
daughter
a
new
home
February.
got
her
August and still teaches She and Jim moved into
last
seventh grade. a
North Carolina.
they vacation in has two sons
Anne Motley Tiedemann
.
.
.
Lawrence,
in
In the
Kansas, in of '58 she vaca-
summer
tioned in Alabama while Jim worked for Redstone Arsenal in HuntsviUe. Patsy Blair Patterson, Mac, and the girls, Patricia and Joanna, moved to Bluefield,
W.
Va.,
last
Mac
November.
is manager Nancy Taylor
of the Leggett's Store there.
Chambers
Appomattox. They have a son, Hal, 6, daughters, Nan, 2 and Julie, 1. Nancy writes that "Dot" Chambers Oliver and her daughter, Susan, 5, spent lives in
class
year
me
.
sponsor and yearbook advisor this "Mitty" Hahn Sledd wrote to .
.
May, just as she was finishing up her year as president of the Ginter Park in
Junior Woman's Club. She and Hunter have four sons now; their fourth was born in January. All three of the older boys are in school now. Hunter was made president and general manager of Taylor and
Mary Helmer is Sledd, Inc., last year . teaching summer school in Newport News Frances Treakle Rountree, Charles, Craig, and Jeffrey were here for a week in May. They like New Orleans June Clark Wood's husband, John Earl Wood, has been appointed instructor in mathematics at Hampden-Sydney College for 1958-59 Norma Soyars Watkins' husband, William F. Watkins, Jr., was elected mayor of the Town of Farmville in June. .
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He was
.
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.
unanimously elected
three months in Red House with her parents this past winter while her husband
to the president of the Junior Six And that's the news for this time. Let's plan to meet in Farmville for Founders
was
Day 1959.
They both took the to renew teaching Yes, these ten years have flown, and it's time for all of us to renew our certificates. After making plans to attend our reunion, Ruth B. Stephenson had to miss it because of illness in her family. She did graduate work at William and Mary last summer and hopes to continue work on her master's this year. Betty Renn Walton won a second prize on one of her roses at the Cumberland County Fair Nancy Hughes Robinson writes us of the birth of her first child last November (see Births). surely appreciate the teleState
in
Labrador.
also
office of state vice
Chamber .
.
Commerce from Region
of
.
Reading Course
1949
certificates.
.
.
gram on Founders Day, Nancy "Dot" Bevard Owen and family moved into their new home in January Ruby Griffith .
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.
Sentman has been taking a few graduate courses at the University of Buffalo .
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.
Rollings and Norman chaperoned the seniors from Dendron on their trip to New York. She was senior
Martha Anderson
Secretary: Jean Jr.),
4713
J.
V.
Cake (Mrs. R. A. Forbes, Oldgate Green, Westland
Gardens, Baltimore 27, Maryland. Acting Secretary: Jackie Watson (Mrs. R. W. Dudley), 508 North Broad Street, Suffolk, Virginia.
.
We
.
Violet Ritchie (Mrs. Morgan), Gloucester, Virginia.
President:
I'm filling in for Jean Cake Forbes, who in the throes of moving to Baltimore, where Dick is an accountant with Montgomery Ward. I've really enjoyed doing it because I received so many wonderful letters from you. So here's the news: Ruth Radogna Heaps and Charles are happily settled in Bel Air, Md., with their baby son "Chip" Ruth Stables Pennington moved to Petersburg in August where her is
.
.
.
husband, Aubrey,
is
teaching at Petersburg
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High
He
School.
degree
last
â&#x20AC;&#x201D; almost 6
received
Shore where he is a district representative for Armour Fertilizer Nancy Bruce Maitland and family have a home in Bon Air Nellie O'Brien Smith and Jim are in Appomattox where Jim is a county agent. Nellie is doing county library work "Cansie" Rippon Carignan, Bob, and their
Masters
his
summer. They have .
.
a daughter Spain Arnold.
Ann
Millie
.
.
two children also moved into Petersburg recently ... I got a wonderful letter from Jackie Babbitt Field 'way off in Honolulu. They have three children: John, Jr., Cathy and Peyton
Remmie, and
their
.
Jackie somehow finds time for work and volunteer hospital work Doris Lanier Cocke travels quite a a home economist. She did graduate
Bobbitt.
.
.
bit as
work at VPI Watkins lives Lambert and Coast
now
summer Richmond
this
in
.
.
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Anne
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Jack, children
rid
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Jim opened his own machine and welding shop in Richmond last April, and they are
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.
quite pleased with its success. They have three little boys; and Mildred
Harrison
Helen boasts
sons!
five
.
also
saw
Bullock recently, who Frieda Dansherger .
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.
(
next spring!
1950
Norma Roady. 1108 Wickham
President:
Avenue, Newport News,
Virginia.
child was
another boy.
am
enjoying our new Arlington and being a I
Longwood
Washington
home in North member of the Alumnae Club.
Earl received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Lora College (Dubuque, Iowa) on June 1. He has accepted a new position
Director of Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences at the National Science Foundation in Washington. Carol Joan will start off to seventh grade this fall just about two weeks before our baby is as
We
due. had a nice trip to Richmond and Williamsburg in April spent an afternoon with Patsy Kimbrough Pettus and her two
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
sons in their new Richmond home. Shirley Hillstead Lorraine and Kemper came 'by with their four beautiful children.
We
spent some time in Williamsburg with Suzie Bowie Brooks, "G.T.", and their three
They've
children.
just built a
wing on
.
Richmond and Joe
Cab Overbey Goodman
are
as
Stables' second They're living in
Richardson Winfield busy with her young son Carrie Ann O'Loughlin spent last summer in Detroit, Mich., and Kansas City-, Mo. Jean Oliver Heywood's teaching in Warwick, not far from the new home they've bought. Wendy's 5 now Katie Bondurant Carpenter and Jim have bought a new home in Baltimore where he is with the Department of Oceanography at Johns Hopkins. They see Gris Boxley Cousins .
.
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and
teaches
.
Polly
is
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.
who
has moved into a charming 14-room farmhouse near Baltimore. Margie Boswick Michael and family are there also Puckett Asher spent last summer in Europe and taught this year in Atlanta, Ga. I heard from Ruth Walker McGhee and Stuart and "Little McGhees Three" at Christmas Troxie Harding, who is busy teaching and building their dream house, still found time to make attractive Christmas cards Nomeka Bryant Sours, John, and two sons are in Roanoke Betty House Higginbotham, Hunter, Donna, Betty Bruce, and Jay are in Orange Jane Williams Chambliss, Russ, and the children have been transferred to Franklin where they have a new home. Sister M. John Therese (Mary Jean Miller) .
Carol Stoops (Mrs. Earl G. Droessler), 4733 North Dittmar Road, Arlington 7, Virginia.
Secretary:
.
Bobby Jean Robertson
.
Baker also has three sons; Hite, 6, Moorman, 4, and Randy, almost 2. This class seems to run to boys, doesn't it.'' Jean had a lovely letter from Dalila Agostini Amend in January. Refer to page 13) ... That's all the news you gals wrote in. I've loved hearing from all of you and doing this for Jean, and I do so hope we all meet in Farmville
.
.
.
Mandel
.
president of the Farmville Junior Woman's Club last year and loved it! Laura Jean Comerford Chumney writes that Dick has been made Assistant Commissioner of Agriculture with the State. They have a son, Kevin and a daughter, Karlee and were anticipating another addition in July Mildred Williams Keith's husband .
M.irLclla
Levi '49.
.
Margaret Ann Ames Davis lives in Salisbury, Md. Mary Lawless Cooper and family are now living in Miami, Fla., and urge everyone to do the same! Betty Romeo Wingfield and John live near Charlottesville on a Black Angus farm. They have two daughters, Lyn and Susan Marcella Mandel Levi and Kenneth live in Norfolk with their two little ones: Jack and Jill ... I got a nice long letter from Betty Ree Pairet Watson. Betty, we surely expect to see you at our tenth reunion, as you live so conveniently in Farmville. Speaking of the reunion, it is just about upon us, so phase, let's all try to be on hand! I'm already trying to find places to farm out my little ones, but with on three hand and the fourth expected in October, it won't be easy! For news of Betty Ree, Lee Staples Lambert, Betty Romeo Wingfield, Mary Towles Wahlrop Faris, and others, see the list of BIRTHS Iris Coleman Ferguson and Howard (also of Farmville) have two children: Jackie and Steve. She served as .
,,t
.
husband is pastor of Royster Memorial Presbyterian Church in Norfolk Anne Verser Hartman lives in Milwaukee Burr's
.
.
...
East
.
.
.
Joel are living on the West Martha Gillum and love it .
.
children are living in Washington, D. C, at Fort McNair "Eccie" Rippon Ayres, Roy, and Roy III are in Georgetown, Del., where Roy is teaching Dot Dot/tt Minchew and family live in Alexandria I ran into Dolores Duncan Smallwood and Lester one evening. He is principal of an Alexandria school Charlotte Flaugher Ferro, Jim, and three children have moved into a lovely new home they designed in Norfolk I am still trying to get together with Jacky Eagle and Corky Corvin who work in D. C. .
Lee Staples
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three
YWCA .
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taught
in
Lancaster,
Catholic
Pa.,
this
year
but
D. C. this summer Page Burnette Johnson of Crewe has a l6-months-old daughter, Let us hear from you. Judith Page Your news is what we are anxious to hear. studied
at
.
.
.
.
University
in
.
.
their
Kitty Carmichael Fisher who has three children, recently spent a week-
house
.
.
.
end with Lou Alyce Shelor Vaughan in West Virginia where Lou's husband is a Caroline Page O'Neill and veterinarian Frank have just moved into their new .
home
children
Roady
.
.
Charlottesville
in .
.
.
with
mo
their
Annie Swann and Norma same school in
are teaching in the
Barbara Sours is a visiting Danville. teacher in Danville; Martha "B" Hylton has returned to Danville to work Hilda Edieards Tall and Howard spent a weekend in Philadelphia with Lizzie Bragg Crafts and Buddy. Howard is now a lieutenant; they are stationed at Lakehurst, .
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Romeo
.
Anna Nock Flanigan and Joe trip to Acapulco, Mexico in March Pat Paddison Evans, Carroll, and their two children now live on the Eastern
N. J. had a Susan and Lyn, children of Betty Wingfield '49.
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.
Carol Stoops Droessler, Patsy Pettus, Shirley Hillstead '50
Kimbrough
and
their chil-
.
dren.
Alumnae Magazine
man
for his company. Betty Barnes Lamperr and Ralph are nearby; he is a steward in their church Gay Power Mitchell anJ husband have moved into their new home in Hanover County; also in a new home is Norma Gladding Godwin in Bloxom She teaches fifth grade Lauralee Frilli Whitmore teaches school in Front Royal and takes care of her two boys. Frances Thomas Pairet in Farmville gets to Roanoke occasionally to see Anne Moseley Akers. Anne and Tom see Joyce Clingenpeel AUman and Ollie in Roanoke. They adopted a little boy last year Phyllis Fiilcher Byrd teaches at Woodrow Wilson High School in Portsmouth. Last summer .
.
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.
.
.
.
she studied at the University of Switzerland Dolores Hoback Kanner is teaching in Madison, Wis., and working on her masters. She has quite a few speaking engagements Gene Moore is in the stationed at Barksdale AFB, La. Sara Cregar Stone and Jake are back in Warwick in a new home; she teaches sixth grade and plays bridge with Lucyle Humphries Shumate Audrey Pettit Mesner .
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WAF
Wendy
anJ Jay, thiklrcii
nt
Ann
arter
(
W'tiii/enb.'irg Silver '54.
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.
(Mrs. GarlanJ C. Ames, Jr.), 5301 Carnanvan Drive. NorVirginia.
folk,
Ridenour (Mrs. Charles W. Appich, Jr.), 4605 Stuart Avenue, Rich-
mond,
Bill
assistant
is
district
Virginia.
Bing Bang,
The Witch Doctor reports Bobbie Brown Moore and Ethel Strait Beall each have four children. They lead everyone Some of the Richmond crowd met for .
my
house
—
.
.
Par Tuggle
Humphries
Harris, Mary CrawMargaret Thomas Mayo, Shirley Livesay, Maria Jackson, Mary Moore Karr Borkey, and Ruth Lacy Smith. We are all sorry that Mary Moore broke her leg twice within seven months, both before and after the birth of her daughter. Maria spent the summer in Lexington writing Miller, Joy
Andrews,
jorj
.
Bunnie
attorney.
Ricks Austin and Milnes are there too Margaret M. Fischer is principal of Shelton Park School in Princess Anne. She received her master's degree from William and Mary in 1956 Flora Ballowe deHart received the M.A. degree at the University of Virginia in August Nell Daltoii Smith and Bill are back in Martinsville; they spent some time with Mary Helen Cook Blair and Bill Edith Keniion Shields and Bernie are heads of the physical education staff at Princess Anne County High School and do play.
Wing Wang Walla Walla
bridge recently at
.
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.
ground work in the summer Elsie Baker Tokarz and Tommy have a new house in Richmond; so does Gladys Savedge Baker Frances Turner Widgen .
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.
her thesis for her masters. Betty Scott Bijrkey Banks and I went out to Pat's country home for lunch, children included. Betty Scott and Franklin are now in Greensboro, N. C. Joy and I visited Maxine
.
.son
of Judy Cable iunk
5 Ix.
in Cheriton and is rearing two Frances Stringfellow Bayly and her husband have a television sales shop there Branchy Fristoe Choate's husband Mac wrote his masters thesis last summer. She teaches in the Richmond area also here teaching are Ann Oakley Kellam and Connie Blankenship Faris Chris Davis Grizzard, Tommy, and their daughter have
teaches
children.
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moved
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to Arlington Lucy Jane Morton and husband traveled in Europe last In Florida is Margaret Jones Cunningham Joan Missimer Ross is leaching in Crewe and traveling around .
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Pratt
...
fall
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the state with
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Gene
summer
the
in
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Jo Price Greenburg from New York visited in Danville Betty Jean Campbell Ethel Straw Johnson is in Lynchburg Beall is in Garner, N. C. Charlie and I with our boy and girl spent a weekend at Massanetta Springs and a week at Myrtle Beach and Sullivans Island, S. C, last summer. Maria Jackson and I worked on .
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Scholarship Committee for
the
mond Longwood Alumnae two
sent
girls
to
the
Rich-
We
Association,
Longwood
Please keep me posted and addresses.
Watts Peschell, whose husband graduated from the University of Richmond in June Dot Gregory Morrison's husband graduated from the University of Virginia; they are in Lynchburg where Ray works .
William,
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,
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Secretary: Jean
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and Bill live in Orlando, Fla. Jane Lee Kellogg George and Hank bought a new home in Norfolk Nancy Walker Reams' husband Bill received his law degree in June; they are in Culpeper where .
President: Peggy Harris
.
year.
new names
to
as
this
1954
.
with Mary Braiiie Trotter's husband. Mary and Marian Beckner Riggins see each other some. Marian and Bill spent several weekends at Virginia Beach last summer Jo Ann Yow Mills is in New York Midge Woods Akers and Emma Harris Allen are living in Florence, Ala. Both are active in church work Mrs. Graham Trent Chappell is second vice president of the Buckingham County Woman's Club, vice president of her Women of the Church, chaplain of the Curdsville Grange, and is substitute worker in the elementary school library "B.B." Wilson Thompson and family have a new apartment at Virginia Beach. They were in Georgia for their vacation. Also at the Beach is May Henry Sadler Midgett. A. B. no longer has his dairy farm but is handling bulk milk Jerry Korbach Hembree is in Norfolk; her husband was named outstanding sales.
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President Nell Copley, Blackstone, Virginia. :
Secretary: Virginia Sutherland, Virginia,
November, 1958
Street,
Sutherland,
Jean Baber Wakefield and John are ing
Cincinnati,
in
Burnette taught
Ohio
,
.
.
liv-
Mary Lou
year at Quantico. She is now working on her masters degree at Carver's School of Missions and Social last
Work
in Louisville, Ky. Gail Dixon Dickson and her husband have an apartment on the hospital grounds in Philadelphia, Pa., where he is interning. He received his M.D. degree in June Elleanor Koch Wilson and her husband are living in Richmond where she is teach.
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Second
1
Acting
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5
ing at
.
Ellen
Porter
Koolman
'5-i
Annette Ellen.
and daughter,
.
Ellen Porter Koolman is teaching Deep Creek Elementary School again .
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.
this
year after
the birth
last
fall
Doris
now
lives in Bellevue,
lived in
gon
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—
all
.
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.
of her daughter Garlasco Umberger
Wash,, after having Colorado, South Dakota and Orein the past year! Her husband
43
comb
writes she has been promoted to the Betty Oakes McGrew fourth grade there fills her time with her two children and her Clare Dans first grade class in Danville Wallace and Betty Lou Jefferson have also Betty Barr Gibbs been teaching there has such exciting news about her lovely new home. She is teaching in Fredericksburg Joyce Quick teaches in Alexandria; Betty Jane Wesf Burchett, in Oceana, Dot Vaden, in Warwick, and Libby Forrest Somma, Norfolk Carolyn Watson Yeatts received her M. S. degree from Longwood in June and teaches social studies in Crewe. .
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Bobbie Allen Garrett and husband both Reserve Bank of Richdoes Virginia Phelps Gentry. MarSumraerson has been working at the Hospital there. Barbara Mitchell and Dot Douglas Daughtrey have continued to work at the American Tobacco's Research Laboratory. Dot's Bill finished law school in June Nancy Birtlsall Bain is working at Fort Lee as secretary to the educational advisor there and keeping house in addition Housekeeping in Richmond are Ernestine Johnson Delaney, Geraldine Lucy Doyle, Donnie Devine Clark, and Barbara Moore Curling, who also has a new home Jean Carol Parker Harrell in Suffolk and June Manlove Pruden in Holland occasionally see one another as hubbies are in the same army reserve unit ... In Norfolk we find Wilma Salmon
work
mond
at the Federal as
gie Smallivood
MCV
.
Frank Cook,
sen of Lucy Thwiiig Chap-
Jr.,
man
'54.
an architectural hardware consultant, and his job requires frequent moves. Their Fay Greenland son Greg is 2 now traveled in Europe again this summer and now teaching in France, about sixty is miles outside of Paris. She received her master's degree from the University of Florida in June Elizabeth Browning has been appointed library supervisor in Henrico County Glenn Vought received his master's degree from the University of Virginia in June. He and his wife, Barbara Ricknian Vought '55 are living in Charlottesville where Glenn is teachIS
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,
ing
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...
teach
still
I
in Dinwiddle. This past year I served as chairman of the Dinwiddle County Chapter
Red Cross
of the Junior
you
at
.
Robinson whose husband teaches phys. ed. there, and Patsy W'aite Kennan and her air force husband are in Hampton From .
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University
the
at
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Hope
.
to see
Founders Day.
Donna
Jean, daughter of Jean Carol Parker Harrell '5 i.
.
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Warwick Joan DeAlba Dawson Jack is now a dentist there
writes that .
.
.
Nell
Mary Baldwin College
professor, Frances Spindler McAllister has been teaching a class of deaf children Judy Cable Funk says she is becoming a regular club woman and loving every minute of it along with keeping house for her husband and son. They planned to vacation in Connecticut last summer ... Jo Burley Adams keeps busy in Blacksburg in her new home with her two children while Don is at VPI. Also there we find Carolyn Vanture Culpepper â&#x20AC;˘whose husband is at VPI, and Nancy Jane Jcjnes Carter whose husband is teaching Becky Hines Bowling has lots to do taking care of her little daughter and lending a helping hand to her husband who has just won honors and a silo for his farm work Marlene Lucas Willis finds her life busy with housekeeping and serving as Roanoke Panhellenic president. Also in Roanoke is Martha Donaldsott Crute, and in Martinsville is Mary Campbell Higgins. Some of us have left ole Virginia Naomi Reed Keiter has been teaching at Prince Frederick, Md., as well as housekeeping Dot Armstrong works as a fashion writer for Cole of California and lives in an apartment in Los Angeles with Sally Cecil, who, after a tour of Europe, is back at social work. Flip Blake Sheldon is also in L. A. working for an employment agency .
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1955 Betty Davis
President:
4l6
wards),
Joist
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Owen has "retired" to housework Carrollton and Frances Northern Ashburn also has "retired" from her job in Kilmarnock Pat Boilkiti Beale writes that "they" have finished two years of army service, and her husband is continuing on his college work Betty Durfee Coleman is housekeeping in Amherst now ... In addition to the role she plays as wife of a Crocker
in
(Mrs. H. R. EdHite Place, Win-
.
chester, Virginia.
Macon (Mrs. H. Melvin Smith), 6625 Aylesboro Avenue, Pittsburgh 17, Pennsylvania.
Secretary: Eloise
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Holland teaches in Charlottesville and takes care of her little girl and her new house Joan Williams teaches in Martinsville ... In Front Royal we find Joyce Pomeroy teaching and doing part-
Helen W'aitman Wheeler is housekeeping in Hackensack, N. J., and Ann Carter Wetidenburg Silver is at Fort Dix, N. J. She writes that Hayden is new flying a good deal to all parts of Europe ... In North Carolina we find PoUyanna Martin Foard housekeeping in Raleigh, and Ellen Brenr Dize Boone in Dublin finding that the life
time secretarial work
of a Methodist minister's wife
I can certainly agree that, "all the world's a stage," and what fascinating roles members of the Class of 1955 play! Betty Jane
Griffin
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Academy
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,
at
Randolph-Macon
.
Audrey Powell Daniels
Pittard and teaching. Anne's
.
fulltime job
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Alabama Polytechnic Institute. then they go on tour Mary Hundley Hyatt wrote that her husband, a .
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captain in the marine corps, expects to be stationed abroad, but this went to press too soon to find out where Phyllis Powell
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.
And
has
teaching in Roanoke. Also there is Lou Seibel Rader teaching and busy with her new home . Virginia Ann Bmgess New-
.
â&#x20AC;˘It
Anne Thaxton
started his practice there as a veterinarian B. J. Peninger Breedlove has been .
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.
.
husband
really a
is
Frances Young Brown's husband has finished the service and is continuing his schooling in Florida. Also in Florida in their new home is Lucy Thuing Chapman and her printer husband Katherine Miller Henricks is now in Auburn, Ala., where her husband is a srudent
"Shu" Scarborough Gentry
teaching in Rockingham County and attending Madison College in the summer working toward her masters ... In Richmond we find Jackie White Twyman and Shirley Ward both teaching Virginia King Mitchell is teaching at Surry County High School ... In South Boston are is
.
Craig Alan, son of Betty Oakes '54.
McGrew
Swertfeger
summer
in
.
.
and Walter had a wonderful Europe and are now back in
Alumnae Magazine
New York
where Phyllis teaches and is working on her masters, and Walter is Roberta King finishing up his doctorate McGuire taught second grade on the base at Landstuhl, Germany, where her husband was stationed and really got to see Europe on leaves. Also in Germany is B. J. Staples Glasscock whose husband is stationed .
there
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After receiving her
.
M.
S.
degree
Columbia University, Europe where she is Beth Kent is in Germany teaching for a year Nancy in library science
Mary Cowles army
an
at
saiied to
librarian
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Nelson (see page 19) is teaching in HampHow I have enjoyed corresponding with you this spring. I only wish all of you would write and let me know where you are and what role you've been playing. Be sure to check the list of MARRIAGES and BIRTHS for the rest of the vital news Marion Webb Gaylor and her two precious ton
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little girls are living near me here in Pittsburg, so we get together for "a hand" of bridge as often as we can. And please, be sure to look me up if you're ever in the
Steel City.
.
Goddard
Betty Pat Rogers
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m
Twenty-Nine Palms,
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Johnson
.
Many
Gamma
.
was
Victoria
of
Delta Kappa
last
.
Secretary; Joan Harvey, Route Appomattox, Virginia.
1,
Box 200,
time since graduation has found us in various occupations and in numerous places. Quite a few of us are teaching: Ann W'eatherholtz Lackey in Montville, Conn.; Jewel Moncure and Euphan Carter in Hollywood, Fla.; Margaret years'
Sheppurd Farney, Lowville, N. Y.; Winnie Louhoff Davis, KiUeen, Texas; Diane Hansen, Germany; Mary Ann Maddox, France; and Patsy Abernalhy Rice and Woody, both teaching in Avon, Pa. Teaching in Virginia are Claudette Cross Brownley in Kilmar-
Mary Edmunds Harris, LawrenceviUe; Nancy Riddle Tippett and Helen Kelsey Breckinridge, Newport News; Marion Rufnock;
Anderson, South Hill; Margaret Lowry, Great Bridge; H. K. Magnusson, Farmville; Sarah Jane Brisentine, Lottie Bolton McDowell, and Virginia Chapman Eggert, Norfolk; Becky Blair Butcher, Prince Edward; Beatrice Jones Lewis, Wicomico Church; Bettye Maas Tilley, Shirleye Adams Daniel, and Jean Aioseley James, Henrico; Lee Wood Cole, Hickory; Shirley Blankenship McCain, Danville; Maude Clay Sutherland, Church Road; Elizabeth Sutherland Connelly, Dinwiddle; Frances Edwards and Joan Harvey, Franklin; Shirley Kemp, Hampton; Mary Baker Baber, Fluvanna; Sadie C. Marshall, Brookneal; Carolyn Gray, Portsmouth; Mary Ann W^right Kolmer, Highland Springs; Marguerite Franklin Grekos, Lynchburg; Joan Willard Whalem, Rural Retreat; Lois Ann Childers, Richmond; Mildred R. Jackson, Lexington; Lee Hayes, Manchester; and Bonnie Moore Vest, Salem Phyllis Nurney is vocafill
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NewMays Harris teaches in TownviUe, N. C, where Bob is working on his Th.M. degree at South-
tional office training co-ordinator in
port
News
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eastern Seminary is
Barbara
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in
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Skinner is assistant principal at Buckroe Junior High School in Hampton
November, 1958
is
in
is
in
in the is
in
Mary Esther, Fla., enjoying water skiing Norma Jean and swimming every day .
.
Croft Atkins is in Denver, Colo., where Patsy her husband Jim, is in school Hamner Smith is a psychometrist and .
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.
Marie housewife at Hampden-Sydney Swecker Harrison is in New York. Her husband Cary has received his M.A. degree in Business Administration from Columbia University Graduate School of Business .
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.
... In Narrows Mary Ellen Hawthorne Balarzs is a music teacher. She also serves as choir director and organist at the First Christian Church Audrey Owen Beale is in England where Bobby is stationed in .
.
rewarding stay in Europe thus
.
from
far
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
every standpoint tiavel, education, as well as a one-gal experiment in international relations.
recommend
heartily
I
a
trip
abroad for all alumnae of Lon.gwood." Carolyn Lowe King lives in Mainz, .
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.
Germany, where her husband is stationed with the Army Gerry Luck Siekirski traveled in Europe before her wedding. After a
.
.
honeymoon
in Florida they
Hampton where Zenon
moved
an officer at Nancy Lenz spent part of last summer touring in Europe Mary Lu James Saavedra, her husband, and daughter, Ginna Patricia, are in Mexico to
Langley Field
.
is
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.
.
City.
Mary Lu saw Helen Warriner
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.
('56)
several times while she was studying in Mexico. Jan Kuyk B[)yd lives in Bloomington, Ind., where Cal is in graduate school at the University of Indiana. Gayle Peoples Shiner is in South Carolina while Billy is in service Margaret Hawkins Ennis and Frank moved to Birmingham, Ala., last fall. Frank attends college there in his home town Norma Reamy Shanaberger and Paul are still in Van Nuys, Calif. Mary Ann Jennings Crafton and Rick spent their vacation traveling and visiting in Virginia last summer. Afterwards they moved to Bethlehem, Pa., where Rick had accepted a job with Bethlehem Steel ". and we shall then be Yankees." Sandra Dyer Hinson and Rea are now in Atlanta, Ga., where he is with Cone Mills, Inc. Elsie Wells teaches in San Diego, Calif. She spent the summer traveling in Mexico and going to California Western Judy Shields Durham and Pete live in Greensboro, where Judy is teaching this year. Pete is with Burlington Industries there Suzanne Garner .
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Leggett, Bill, and their son. Bill IV, live
the Air Force Ann Jones Mitchell is in San Marcos, Texas, where Jim is in the Army Jean Windley Pollock's husband is pastor of Selma and Belleview Presbyterian churches in Selma, N. C.
Angeles where they have bought a home which is a half-hour drive from the ocean. Bill still works as a nuclear engineer for Atomics International, a divi-
They
Margaret Beavers Reed and Buddy live at Fort Belvoir where Buddy is stationed with the Army. Diane Acree Sisson teaches in Henrico County and lives in "Vet Village" in Ashland where Winton attends Randolph-Macon Frances Bacon Nicodemus lives in Lee Hall where her husband is in the Marine Corps. Frances is working at the Naval Supply Center in Williamsburg and keeping house for Nick and their baby daughter Cindy. In Janu-
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are living in Henderson.
Others are working in various occupaGeorgia Jackson works at Lake
tions
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
Forest Hospital
Pancake
.
.
Illinois
in
Elizabeth agent is a seed
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home demonstration
a
is
in Louisa
.
Nancy Hartmann
analyst in the state office building in Rich-
mond
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ing on her University,
Anne M.A.
Field Brooking in social
work
is
at
workTulane
New
Orleans, La. She has a full coverage scholarship from the State's Department of Welfare and Institutions Virginia Cowles is attending the University of North Carolina Charles Winfree is associate minister at Clarendon Methodist Church, Arlington Pat Cantrell is secretary at the permanent Democratic State Headquarters, Richmond Sue Garber Stewart is secretary at Reynolds Metals Company in Richmond Please check the list of BIRTHS and MARRIAGES ... I shall be looking forward to hearing from each of you. .
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in Los
sion .
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North
of
American
Aviation,
Inc.
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ary when Nick gets out of service, they plan to go to Akron, Ohio, where he will continue his college education Martha Joyner DuLong lives at Langley AFB where her husband is a pilot Fred Stables is in the Army and planned to enroll in Officers' Candidate School, which would require six months' intensive training at Fort Benning. Last year he was stationed .
.
at
Fort Jackson,
S.
C.
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.
Charlotte
Fudge
.
Grant taught Wis.,
last
waukee
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Doug, is with the Army in Germany George P. Elliott teaches in Hampton. He has worked towards his M.A. degree for the past two summers at Longwood Charles
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.
Ashland where Don school Gail Leonard Negaard Bomberg, Germany, where Norm is Army Betty Cory Coppedge .
.
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is
Evelyn Hall English teaching in Pulaski while her husband, .
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The two
.
that she worked as secretary for the Air Force in Paris, France, and traveled whenever there was time. "Have had a richly
.
Lorene
housewives.
are
.
Forest
into
initiated fall.
Allen Roberts, Crewe; Ann Lush Thrift, Richmond; Joyce Clingenpeel Bailey, Jane Harluwe Harrison, Lynchburg; Joanne Farless Batten, Smithfield; Sue Moschler Baradell, Hampton; Becky Fizer Allison, Mt. Airy, Md.; Jean Coghill Patterson, Richmond; Jean Edivards Edwards, Sedley; Shirley Fishback Crosen, Sterling Molly A. Harvey Childers is in Roanoke where Melvin is interning at Roanoke Memorial Dale Brothers Birdsong and Bill are in Lawton, Okla., where he is stationed. Last April they had a nice trip to the West Coast Ann Coleman Ross and Don are in College Park, Md. Lou Wilder
CoUey
President: Georgia Jackson, Lake Hospital, Lake Forest, Illinois.
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1956
teaching
is
while Charles is stationed there with the Marines Suzanne Prillaman teaches in Chesterfield; during the summer she attended Cornell University James Parker is chairman of the department and assistant professor of speech and drama at Converse College, Spartanburg, S. C. Anna Boothe Calif.,
1957 President:
Frances
Raine,
71
Randolph
Road, Warwick, Virginia. Secretary: Jo Hillsman, Farmville, Virginia.
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From Europe Faye Evans wrote
Avenue, last
year
.
.
completed all the requirements for her master's degree at the University of North Carolina. She is teaching English at State Teachers
First
outside of Milwaukee, She and Joe are in MilBobbie Scott Williams has just
year.
College
in
Glenville,
W.
Va.,
this year.
Margaret Mustard received her master's degree from Emory University in June.
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She now
lives in
Christiansburg and works
Jeanette Morris in the library at VPI received her master's degree from Rutgers in June. She has a job as children's librarian in one of the branches of the Enoch .
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Harry Library in Baltimore Lancaster has completed part of his work toward his masters at Longwood in addition to writing a weekly national news summary for the Farmville Herald Jack Austin, in addition to teaching, did He spent graduate work at Longwood. the summer at Duke University on a from the National Science scholarship Pratt
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Camille Arwood is still Foundation working at Norfolk General Hospital, in September moved to a new ninewhich story building. She has finished her medical technologist classes and planned to take the national exam in July, after which she hoped to begin a research project .
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Nancy Quarles spent
summer
the
at
.
Moun-
tain Lake, University of 'Virginia Biological
This winter she
Station.
is
teaching biology
and general science in Fairfax County Anne Caldwell began work on her master's .
degree
University of Virginia
the
at
.
.
last
Bedford Counry Sarah Glenn Koenig graduated from Johnston-'Wilhs Hospital School of Nursing in August '57 and worked there last year. She and Carl are now living in '"Vet 'Village" on Randolph-Macon campus where
summer. .
.
She teaches
in
.
Carl
attending school; Sarah
is
working
is
Mabel Wells Simmons also graduated from Johnston-'Wilhs in '57. She and Wayne now live in South for a doctor there
Hill where
.
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.
Mabel works
Community
at the
Hospital Connie Gouyer Sanders received her B.S. degree in nursing in June Edward is at the University of Virginia. .
.
lieutenant
a
.
Army,
the
in
Connie soon as
and
planned to get
a job nursing as they got settled ... Jo Ann Webb Lewis finished her second year of school at the University of Tennessee and then took training for becoming a registered medical daughter technician. She, Robert, and
Teresa Ann are now living in Washington, D. C, where Robert is with Melpar, Inc. Carole Ogden worked in a Covington bank and was organist in a local church. .
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MCV
This year she planned to enter as a student nurse Cindy Baldwin did graduate work at VPI last summer; she works in Charlottesville still Pat Ashby Robinson teaches in Henrico; Jeanne Saunders, in Richmond and Daisy Jane Spain Garner, in Chesterfield Gale Branch Gillespie planned to teach in Charlottesville while Joe is in graduate school Evelyn Roioe Harper teaches in Blacksburg where Bob is a senior at VPI Peggy Packet! Straughan has a daughter Valerie Lynne and teaches in Northumberland High School Belle Fitzgerald and Frances Raine teach in Newport News; Frances taught in summer school there last summer Mary Robertson teaches in Suffolk and lives with Annie Mae Williams ('58) ... Joan Darnell Cowley teaches in Hampton; she and John have bought a house near the pharmacy where he works Margaret Hudnall Miller teaches in Warwick Ann White .
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Thomas Matthews
teaches in Blackstone. and Tommy were in an accident last year she has had facial plastic surgery and is getting along fine Jackie Pond. Pat Powell, and Carol Carson teach in Princess Anne County. Jackie and Pat worked at the beach last summer Liz Elliott
Ann
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.
Illinois
summer
last
.
.
Richard
and
Jackson
Hodnetl
Betty
.
live
Danville,
in
am very, very busy." Georgia Edof South Hill celebrated her fourth wedding anniversary in June. She has two children, Mike and Debbie. Also in South Hill is Yvonne Mewburn Bugg, a nurse in the local hospital Patricia . I
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monds Shoop
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where Betty teaches at George Washington High School and Richard is division per-
Shoop Lafoon
sonnel supervisor with Dan River Mills, Inc. Carol Phillips is a school librarian in Danville, and Jeanette Puckett and Jo Davis teach there also EUie Clements Trimble teaches in Churchville High School; Creed works in Waynesboro. They live in Staunton Anne Miller and Virginia Pearce teach at VSDB in Staunton Nannie Andrews teaches second grade at Whitnell Farm Life School in Pittsylvania County Emily Fallin graduated from Madison in June, 1958; she now
Railey Chitty lives in Murfreesboro, N. C. Nancy Yancy Arrington and her husband are in Danville where he is a student
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teaches in Harrisonburg
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Nancy
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Striplin
and Jo Hillsman have an apartment with Joan Williams ('55) in Martinsville and
High School.
teach at Martinsville
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NACA
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"
du Pont
Martinsville Drurnheller Staples works in Haden Stewart and Jean at
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in
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Betty
Lynchburg
Buddy
C
are
where Buddy is technical illustrator at Western Electric Jean Parrolt Henderson works for the Department of Health, Education and WelWinston-Salem, N.
in
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fare
in
She reported that
Charlottesville.
would be ar Coast Guard Academy for AVi months, but then they didn't know where Elsie Pannetl Sanderford and Sandy live in Weaverville, N. C, where Elsie works in a local bank Judy Knight Slaughter. Harry, and 2-yearold Laurie Anne live in Richmond. Judy is secretary at Reynolds Metals, and Harry is in school at RPI. She and Jean Gibson Smith planned to visit Longwood soon Betty Jean Jenkins Ware is employed by Reynolds Metals on the advertising staff. Jeff has, since September '57, been employed by Abbott Procter and Paine, where he is on a training program to become a stock broker Christie Hulvey Varner lives in Waynesboro where she works at Carl
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as a secretary Barbara Ames is still working and keeping house Norfolk but says "the house is a little .
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.
Hoy in
more furnished than
before." Elinor Everett has been working at the Pentagon for the Navy Department in the Atomic .
.
.
Energy Division. She finds her work interesting and exciting Adele Donaldson works for National Geographic Magazine in Washington Barbara Priddy Mesmer and her husband Wally live in Norfolk. Barbara has been working as assistant bookkeeper at Eastern Electric Corporation Liz Wilson Miller and Martin live in Staunton Ellen Ha?nlett Willis and Johnson live in Richmond Sylvia Oierton McLaughlin's family now includes two sons Betty Wheeler Staples and John live in Charlottesville where Betty works for two doctors and Shirley John is with Sperry Piedmont Fishback Crosen taught in Loudoun County part of last year but is now keeping house .
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for her family Mary Mayo Stenger lives in Crewe Charlotte Ellett Barnes and her doctor husband live in Roanoke and have three blonde curly headed girls, Margee Ann, Deborah Jean and Elizabeth Lynn ages 3V2> 2 and 1. "As you know .
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DTI
at
Fort
at
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back
are
JoAnn Funai Justis and Danny in Lynchburg after six months Benning and Fort Knox. Danny .
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works with General Electric "Peanuts" Winder Grimstead returned to Oscar F. Smith High School in South Norfolk this year. Betty Wheeler Staples and John and Judy Shields Durham and Pete spent the .
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.
of July with her in Norfolk. Peanuts planned to go to Theta's convention in August at Port Haven, Mich., with the Longwood group and also she ".
fourth
.
Cuba
to
.
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.
to visit
my
parents
Uncle Sam's fighting
are there with
Beverly Harlow Glascock
.
who
forces."
a medical
is
secretary in Charlottesville while
her hus-
band is in law school there ... In June "Butch" Forward completed her first year as an audiologist and speech correctionist in Washington, D. C. The Class of 1957 extends sympathy to Frances Raine on the death of her father and to Harry Lancaster on the death of his father Thank you for all the replies and for the news about others, too. Please keep writing even before I ask for news I love getting mail from you! .
.
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—
.
BE SURE to check the RIAGES and BIRTHS for
.
.
lists of MARadditional news.
.
.
DuPont
.
.
might go
Jean Mann works as secretary at Reynolds Metals Company in Richmond Jane Brugh works for at Langley Field Mary Hall Cook "Cookie works .
lives in Portsmouth and has two children, Bobby and Elaine Jane
1958 President:
Hauptman, 201
Shirley
Boyd
Avenue, Winchester. Virginia.
Box 193,
Secretary; Elizabeth A. Brierley, Farmville, Virginia.
Summer
activities
sent
of our class far and wide:
man worked
summer
at a
many members Shirley Hauptresort in
Hamp-
N. H., Mary Beth Picinich worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, and Suzanne "Traci" Faison traveled Most of us were sent in Mexico ton,
.
.
.
around attending and being in weddings for those who were in the spotlight on these occasions, be sure to check scurrying
the
list
—
MARRIAGES
of
.
.
.
Carolyn
Garner Jacobs and Billie settled in Maine, Sarah Hackworth Ryan and her husband, near Pensacola, Fla.; Ann Jeter Collins and Bill and Shirley Mae Alcock Wartield and her husband, in Texas; Anne Garrett Bailey and Clyde, in Fayette, Ala.; Sue LaFon-
George and David, in Washington, D. C; where Sue La is working for the American Alumni Council and David is an engineering student at George Washington University; and Madeline Bailey Warren and Bernard on Guam where Bernard is in the import-export business with Also busy last summer were his uncle Carol Lash who appeared as a dancer in Confederacy at Virginia Beach; "The Charlotte Hall who did some casework with juvenile offenders in Chatham; Pat Wilmoth who started work toward her master's degree at Longwood; Carolyn "TiPi" Waugaman who began work as a seed analyst in Richmond in July; and June Strother, who also began work in July, as a social worker in Chesterfield County. laine
.
.
.
"
Alumnae Magazine
.
)
)
(Montgomery County), Winifred
Longwood's were Nan
In the fall, those engaged in profession of teaching
own
comb
Brimmer, Maxine Crowder, Cornelia Anne Batte, Amanda Dillon, Sue Jett. Carol Lash, Marodith Nichols, and Sue Taylor in the Virginia Beach-Princess Anne area. Also
(Warwick);
Sally
McNeal
Shirley
Jester,
Greene, Betty Spencer, and Mary Lee Teel NewHampton Mary Beth Picinich port News Jane Crute and Margaret (
;
)
)
(
)
;
Charlotte Dowdy Southampton County Hall, Norma Jenrett, Bonnie Paxson, Penny Pond, Alice Sawyer, Jo Ann Scarborough, and Carolyn Ward (Norfolk-Portsmouth); Annie Mae Williams (Suffolk), Ann Gary (
)
;
.
Nansemond and Roselyn lipps York In the Richmond area are Jean Anderson, Suzanne Bjir Kendall, Anne Hill Hayes, Sylvia Moore Gray, Betty Jeanne Spruhan (
)
Atkinson Williams, (Henrico); Emily Bowles, Carol K/ng Robertson Hanover) Barbara Parkinson and Carolyn Wilson (Chesterfield); Linda Garrison Bowe (Richmond); Anne Marie Thacier Kitchen (Hopewell); Gwendolyn and White (Dinwiddle). In Lynchburg we Imd Mary Alice Henry, Sarah Pevehouse, Louise Price, and Pat Wilmoth. Eleanor Crouiler Blanks, Jo Maxey, and Virginia Umbarger teach in Roanoke. Virginia Russell and Elaine Handy Parker are in Dan(
;
ville
.
.
.
The Washington
area
Nancy Richardson,
Ellerson,
Elsie
and
at
.
.
who
back
AFB
for
and Betsy
NACA
Peggy Dickerson Zillah H. Shafer is social worker
County; Anita Heflin Allen (Alexandria), and Carol Wolfe, in Falls Church Elsewhere are Mary Ann Burnett Trapp
Richmond
for
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
.
Hill,
during the past few years. all
who visit the campus. To all our committees go
them
worked
has
diligently
Their efforts can be seen by
hearty thanks, for
and plans become
that our projects
it is
reality.
work of the
know
a college great. to create an for as
many
that
We
even
as
association as
Lankford.
it
things contribute toward
strives
said,
down and
lift
mankind
a
"There
little
is
a loftier
higher."
our chapter scholarship programs and
small part in In this, a personal
making
my
this a better
last letter to
word and
November, 1958
it
.
notify
to
the
.
.
Alumnae
I
have seen the college
and have been privileged to
it
getting from Dr. Francis G.
is
should
tribute
be
paid
to
Mrs.
Lankford, too, for she has been a charming hostess to the
alumnae on numerous occasions.
We
are
fortunate to
have such loyal workers in the
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;board
members who
travel several
times a year to Farmville for meetings, committee chait-
It
amis
to
Through
we hope through
men and members,
local chapter officers
most especially our
staff at
new
of our
office assistant, are call
close with
has truly been a privilege
and members, and Ht)use.
Alumnae
executive secretary, Elizabeth Shipplett Jones,
the
I
Alumnae
Miss Lucille Jennings, our hostess, and Miss Virgilia Bugg, our
may
the
over the state are getting familiar with the friendly smile
each have some
the bulletin,
say that
Certainly
world through education.
we can
our proposed endowment fund
.
a part in helping
bition than merely to stand high in the world.
stoop
making
Longwood than we have known,
Henry Van Dyke has
.
know and work with some of the new faculty members as well as those ! knew and loved as a student. They have all faithfully served the Alumnae Association. We have much to be proud of in the growth of the college and
Alumnae Association
alumnae can have
liner
.
in
Be sure
different viewpoint
of the fine leadership
are
to be of service to the college.
We
.
Office of your address changes.
'We
from chapters or individual alumnae who
are interested in the
.
possible.
through
always happy to have ideas and suggestions for the work of these groups
a
.
.
(Continued from Page 21
The Alumnae House Committee
Up
.
.
to serve as your akimn.ie president.
from .
.
.
.
.
.
are
Message From Your Alumnae President
.
Doing secretarial work in Marge Crismond, Ruth Zich Shirley Grubh Hall, Jane R/ippert Pat Younger Brown, and Eliza Buc-
Hall,
.
.
Mrs. in Char.
.
.
.
County.
lotte
.
is
.
.
.
Orange, we find Meade Smith Falconer, Harold, and daughter Sarah Stephens Engstler, Bruce, Carol and sons Eddie and Stevie live in Scottsville where Bruce is with U. S. Rubber That's the news for this year. Many thanks to those who wrote and made this letter ton
secre-
is
.
.
at the Newport News Shipbuilding Dry Dock Company. Also working
tary
and
Warren, Annie V. Weaver, Judy Holderman, Ella Carter, Mary Anne Foster, and Kate Krehbiel ALL in Fairfax .
at
.
NACA,
.
.
.
"
Langley
.
.
.
.
Ann Hawks are
in
.
in
RPI, and
Somerville,
Alyce
also
Warthen, and Warthen, Jr., where Warthen attends T. C. Williams School of Law Betty "Boots" Cantrell Owen, Robbie, and son Stevie live in Luray where Robbie works for Southern States Irma Setchell Lane, Bobby and daughter, Gloria Jean live in Surry Christine Rhodes Cumbey, Johnny, and their precious little son Alan now live in Ivor where Johnny is station master for the N, & W. Margie Winn Bishop and Roger are in Waverly Linda Miller Stovall and Doc are in Hamp-
Longwood studying Sally Tilson, Lucia Hart, and Betsy Ruckman are sharing an apartment. Tilson and "Lucious work at
represented by Ellen Callaway, Ann Rountree, Carolyn Kelly, Janet Lloyd, Moonyeen
.
.
addition to teaching at St. Agnes' School in Alexandria, started on her masters at George Washington University. Back in school again are
well
is
.
Allen,
is
work.
is
a senior dentistry
.
.
working on her masters at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., and Bette-Vaughn Mosat teller, who is working on her M.A. Peabody Library School, Nashville, Tenn. Pat Walton also planned to do graduate
Hannah
.
.
,
Gay
.
.
.
.
who
Allen
is
student at MCV. Carole Stroiipe Wirt, Roy, and son Barry are in Columbus, Ga., until December when Roy gets out of the Army. After that time they expect to be back in the Roanoke area Caroline Oakey is an X-Ray technician in Roanoke Memorial Hospital Linda Chambers works in Lynchburg Patti Bilhips Bottom, "Skip", and little Pamela live in Blacksburg as do Mary Champ Williams Farnsworth and Hugh Betsy Barefoot Pettit and Jimmy live in Richmond where Betsy teaches first grade and Jimmy is special agent for Northwestern Mumal Life Insurance Carter Brenaman works at Atlantic Life Insurance Company in RichAlso in the Capital City are mond Ghadieick Charlotte Cridlin, Bill, and daughter Beth, and Betty Temple Downs,
,
side of the teacher's desk, are
)
(
,
.
Grain
Richmond where Bob
) ,
(
Tidewater Virginia are Judie Alexander, Sue Amory, Nancy Bakey Cooper, Mary Holland. Pat Patton, and Lucy Wootton in
Annette
hanan.
Biddle-
Middlesex Joan Leigh Coakley (King George), Nancy Drudge (New Kent), Pat Fore (Charlotte), Betty Jo Cook Prince Edward ) Rosalie Gear Pool (Amherst), Jackie Lou Harnsberger Lewis Marjorie Allgood Harrison (Giles), (Brunswick;, Virginia Londeree Fulcher (Pulaski), Irene Simmons (Bedford), (Albemarle), Jeanne Vestal Hellstrom Aliene Glascock and Nancy Thomas (Martinsville), Emily Irby McDowell (Harrisonburg Mary Jane McLaney ( Front Royal Teaching in Maryland are Kitty Watson and Kathy O'Leary (Aberdeen), Ellen Webb and Jacque Trader (Worcester County), and C. J. Allard and his wife. Also in the classroom, but on the other (
wood
of duty.
spirit
alive
It
is
giving devoted service far beyond such as these
who keep
the Long-
and the work of the association ever
moving forward. 47
,
WHERE ARE YOU? Note:
Editor's
,
Ah/mnae
help the
Please
Office
to locate the following persons.
This
the remaining list of alumnae is graduating since 1900 whose addresses are unknown. Last known residence, class, and maiden names know the adIf you are listed. dresses of any of the following, or
have
concerning
information
any
where they might be notify the
Alumnae
located, please
Office.
Mrs. Jean Moore Carpenter
(Jean
Moore
'26), Charlottesville
Kathleen Moore Luc>'
'22, '35, Baltimore,
D. Moore
Mildred Moore
Md.
Halifax
'33,
'15,
Norfolk
Varsenic Mooshy '20, Brooklyn, N. Y. Antoinette Morgan '07, Welch, W. Va. Gloria Jet Morgan '44, Danville Mrs, Bernice Morris Bush (Bernice Morris '29, '41), Harrisonburg Mrs. R. S. Shearer (Mary L. Morris '24)
Lynchburg ,
Betty Moses '29, New Mrs. Lois Moses Boles
York
City
(Lois Moses '35)
Fla.
Mrs. Charles A. Riddle (Harriet Judson Munoz '22) 'Washington, D. C. Ethel Elizabeth Murray '28, Richmond Mrs. Patricia M. Wilson (Patricia Murray '50) Ontario, Canada Mrs. Edward H. Henry (Mary Muse '20)
Church Mrs. William C. Farrar (Dorothy Anderson Myers '27) Charleston, W. Va. Falls
Mrs. T. A. Barrs
(
Mary Nanny
'15) South
Hill
Honolulu, Hawaii Mrs. Lucy Clark Newton
Roby Newton
Memphis, Tenn.
,
'30,
'37,
Covington
Richmond
Mrs. E. N. Duberry (Jane Potts '26) Petersburg Mrs. William J. Hanlon (Lucy Powell '16) Mesa, Ariz. Mrs. R. C. Martin Katharine Prebble '46 )
'19,
Richmond
Falls
Claudine O'Brien '36, La Plata, Md. Grace A. Olgers '37, Alexandria Eva Orr '15, Baltimore, Md. Mrs. R. G. Balderson (Bonnie Jean
Lovelace
Rocky Mt., N. C. Streeter (Ruth '40) Prince George
Pritchett
Ruth
Pugh
Ella
Owen
'55) Brosville
'42)
N. C.
Fayetteville, (
Harriet
M.
Pur-
Amherst
Mrs. H. E. Tuck (Mary Louise Puster '44) Berea, Ky. Mrs. Cary L. May (Mary Stuart Quaintance '33)
Charlottesville
Wm.
E.
Waples,
Jr.
(Mary Virginia
Ralph '30) Newport News Graciela Ramirez '48,
Iraida
Mayaguez,
P. R.
Lynchburg Mrs. H. N. Gordon (Annie Carol Parkinson '86) Omaha, Neb. Mrs. Frank H. Terry (Hilah Lee Parks '45) Petersburg '43,
Richmond
Mrs. '40
I. )
,
Mrs.
M. Hoge
J.
Harri-
Norfolk (Carolyn Roberts '30)
Annie Elizabeth Rives
'19,
Ashland (Frances Mrs. William White Ragland Roberts '29) Fort Du Pont, Del. Lt. Helen W. Roberts '25, Washington,
D. C. Mrs. Charles Edwin Cox, Falls
(Mary Elva
Jr.
Church
Mrs. John Doyle (Miriam Robinson '25)
Portsmouth Mrs. J. W. Miller (Jennie M. Rock '37) Lakeland, Fla. Blanche Rodisky '2", Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs. V. W. White (Anne Rosson White '52)
Richmond
Mrs. Frances Richardson (Hattie Frances Rothwell '31) Roanoke
Dorothy Rountree '30, Norfolk Mrs. Elizabeth Caro (Elizabeth E.
Rowe
M. Nelson
W. M. Sims (E. Elizabeth Rucker '38) Dunnsville Mrs. W. C. Crigler (Virginia Rucker '29) Madison, N. C. Mr. Edward F. Ruff '48, Bassett Mrs.
Ruth Salasky Mrs.
Arthur
'27,
Charlotte,
Raddell
Palm Beach, Mrs. G. B. Walton '04)
derlin '06)
(Etta
N. C. A. Sampson
Fla. (
Clara Charlotte San-
Norfolk
Wood Oden
(Martha Lorraine
Sanders '33) Richlands Mrs. R. G. Culbertson (Mary
S.
Sandidge
'17) Greenville, N. C.
Mrs. Leo Rossen Garrett '48)
Waynesboro
)
yj) Norfolk Mrs. Edwin W. Thompson (Leslie son Ritter '30) Richmond
Mrs. Philip
Mrs. Katherine Pugh Wilkinson (Katherine
Mrs.
Mrs. L. C. Painter (Ellen G. Painter '04) Alexandria Mrs. Jere P. Miller (Kathleen Painter '19) Modesta, Calif. Mrs. L. B. Spencer (Lizzie B. Panky '84)
Martha Catherine Parrish
(Lamma
Woodson
Price '31)
cell
Coldman
Pa.
Rosa Puckett '18
Mrs. George H. Cosby (Ellis Nowlin '25) Pittsburgh, Pa. Elizabeth Ogden '23,
Lynchburg Mrs. Milton Greenburg (Alma Jo Price '52) Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs. H. C. Paist (Anne Fleenor Price '43)
'29,
'43
Mrs. R. A. Caprio (Virainia Dare Ritchie
'16) Pensacola, Fla.
Collins, Colo.
G.
(A. Louise Rice '42)
Mrs. R. L. Shelby (Lillian Rice '13) Los Angeles, Calif. Mrs. Ralph D. Feagan (Mary R. Rice '21) Batesville, Ark. Essie Ruth Richardson '24, Norfolk Mrs. R. S. Downing (Mary Virginia Riggan
Robinson '54)
.
I.
'42) Arlington W. Verelle
,
Lodge
Mrs. J. C. Ellis (Sarah E. Pittman '33) Hilton Village Mrs. W. W. Jones (Nancy- Pitts 'A6) Huntington, W. Va. Laurie Louise Poole '2~' Stoney Creek Marguerite Poole '33, Petersburg Mrs. Joseph C. Bussey (Sarah Porter '21) Des Moines, Iowa Mrs. John Willett (Laura Margaret Portlock '25) Harrisonburg Mrs. Belva Salvo (Belva Potter '14), Fort
Wayne,
1
Bess Rice '00, Petersburg
Mrs. Arthur Shuster (Rosalind Peery '26) Greensboro, N. C. Patria M. Perez '50, Mayaguez, P. R. Annie H. Perkins '33, Petersburg Mrs. Francis E. Goodwin (Maxine Perkinson '33) Staunton Mrs. H. T. Harrell (Edna Perron '26) Norfolk Hazel Kathleen Peters '30 '39, Bristol Mabel Peterson '11, Norfolk Evelyn Phillips '33, Pleasant View Mrs. Henry Sinclair (Ida C. Phillips '08) Mr. Vernon, 111. Mrs. H. H. Hanger (Julia Phillips '16) Narberth, Pa. Ruth E. Phillips '38, Petersburg Mrs. Philip Dalton (Jettie Phipps '23) Clintwood Mrs. E. F. Watson (Mary Pierce '88)
Mrs.
Farmville Dorothy Reynolds 'l Mrs. J. C. Campbell (Stella Reynolds '05) McGaheysviUe Mrs. Edgar Fruit, Jr. (Sarah Emaline Rhea
Mrs. C.
Jerome Peck '18, Florence, S. C. Katherine H. Peery '40, New York City
Mrs.
Angeline Nicolos '39, Portsmouth (Patsy Nottingham Mrs. Rufus White '36) Maysville, Ky.
Noveck
)
(
Virginia Naylor '45, Norfolk Bettie Beale Neale '16, Heathsville Mrs. Gus Baldwin (Mabel W. Neblett '22 ) Rome, Ga. Mrs. J. J. Pegram (Opal L Nelson 'A^) Bluefield, ^r, Va. Mrs. Donald Hayselden (Lila Newsom '28)
Ida
'1'
Richmond
Mrs. Sallie Rives Morris Jennings (Sallie R. Morris '02 ) Daytona Beach, Fla. Charlotte E. Morton '39, Front Royal
Miami,
Mrs. Fred Martin (Virginia Estelle Parris '48) Danville Lelia E. Parsons '27 '37, Hopewell Mary Elsie Parterson '30, Richmond Mrs. L. F. Kinney (F. Kathryn Patterson
(Romanita
Ramirez
Eustis, Fla.
Mrs. Wilson (Mary Elizabeth Ramsey '23)
Bedford Mrs. E. Grace Ranson '25, Sandston (Frances Bland Mrs. Charles Trapnell Rawlings '32) Charleston, W. Va. Mrs. Gordon Davis (Bettie Reames '12) Camp Lee Mrs. G. D. Kratz (Margaret Revely '26)
Old Greenwich, Conn.
Cile Sarver '47,
Richmond
Mrs. Robert Davey Gibbons (Norma Jean Saunders '52 ) Crewe (Patsy Worrell Saunders Patsy Mrs. Saunders '35) Washington, D. C. Mrs. Robert L. Walker, Jr. (Elizabeth M.
SawTer '28) Clifton Forge Mrs. Floyd Armstrong (Virginia E. ScanIan '38)
Richmond
Mrs. George E. Morris, Jr. (Katherine E. Schroeder '31) Paranaque, Rizal, P. I. Mrs. William S. Musser (Eleanor Mc-
Cartney Scott '41) Marriottsville, Md. Rudolph Rogers (Sarah Lee Scott '31) Franklin
Mrs.
Susie V. Scott '22, SaltviUe
Mrs. Curtis Biscoe (Julia Scraggs '02) Fredericksburg Mrs. Marian Seay Mifsud (Marian Seay '30) New York City Mrs. Fred Killian (N. Page Seay '25)
Long
Island,
N. Y.
Alumnae Magazine
)
Beulah Sedwick '16) E. D. Haines Washington, D. C. Mrs. J. H. Melville (Mamie Sexton '23) Mrs.
(
New Orleans, La. Frances M. ShackelMrs. A. P. Grann, Jr. ford '46) Thunderbolt, Ga. Mrs. M. F. Anderson (Josephine Shaffner '45 Chicago, 111. Mrs. B. J. dark (Hessie A. Sharp '48) Camp Rucker. Ala. Mrs. M. S. Royall (F. Margaret Shaw '13) (
)
Richmond L. B. Shaw
Mr.
Mrs.
Wm.
J.
Richmond
'53,
Leak Jane Shaw Dudley Ohio (
'33) Cincinnati,
Mrs. Gertrude B. Bridgers (Gertrude Shepheard '29) Raleigh, N. C. Mrs. Livingston C. Hansborough (Alfreda Shields '34) Norfolk Mrs. R. W. Baker (Jean Winifred Shulk-
cum
Woodbury, N. J. G. White (Ruby Sibley
'42
)
Mrs, B. 'IS) Newport News Mary Frances Simpson '37 Mrs. Richard Lee Odom (Ada C. Smith '24 Alexandria Mrs. J. T. Walker, Jr. (Alma E. Smith )
Richmond
'27)
'27) Martinsville J.
(Helen
Smith
'35) '31;
)
Lelia Olivia Smith '28, Biscoe
Weadock
(Mildred
P.
Smith
Ahoskie, N. C.
Nellie C. Smith '42, Trourville Nettie Virginia Smith '22, 'Victoria Sally Ann Smith '51, Plant City, Fla. Sara Bell Smith '27, '40, Petersburg Edyth Solt '26, New York City Mrs. John B. Spiggle (A. Maud Southall '09) Danville Ruth E. Soyars '17, Max Meadows Morris Spencer '14, Norfolk
Helen
Spiral '27,
Newport News
Mrs. Davis O. Bradshaw (Louise A. Spracher '31) Bramwell, W. Va. Mrs. J. L. Moore (Betty F. Stanley '39) FayetteviUe.
N. C.
Blanche C. Steele '44, Roanoke Mrs. F. W. Butler, Jr. (Dee Steger '54) Memphis, Tenn.
Nannie
B. Steger '33.
Richmond
Mrs. H. G. Driscoll (EliEabeth Steger '23) Alexandria Frances Rebecca Stephens '39, Wytheville Katherine Stephens '03, Norfolk Mrs. O. B. Guthrie Margaret Stephens '05 ) Twenty-Nine Palms, Calif. Mrs. R. E. McKee (Louise H. Stephenson (
'36)
Clarksville,
Marion Stevens '50, Scottsburg Mrs. John F. McKenzie (Florence
L.
B.
Stevenson '41) Richmond Margaret Mitchell Stiff '32, Norfolk Chrystie A. Stokes '32, '37, Norfolk Mrs. A. P. West (Dorothy Ellen Stone '35)
Richmond Helen Elizabeth Taylor
'27,
Richmond
Mary Jane Taylor '34, Petersburg (Matilda Mrs. George Hoffman Taylor '28) Baltimore, Md. Sarah
Taylor
Irene
'42,
'36,
Baltimore,
Md.
)
Mathews Samuel
Cupertino, Calif. French (Cornelia
J.
Richmond
November, 1958
'i6)
W.
Story '38)
D.
Richmond
Thompson
Mrs.
Dorothy Thompson
(
Charlottesville
Emma Thompson J.
High
Richmond Thompson '41)
'38,
A. Marsh (Pearl P. Point,
N. C.
Willis Catherine Thompson '2~, Sago Mrs. Guy C. Summers (Mary Tidwell '24)
Roanoke Mrs. Arnold Graves
Beulah Tillar '04
(
Richmond Mrs. David L. Robertson (Evelyn Byrd Timberlake '40) Richmond Mrs. G. A. Drovin (Mary Tinsley '10)
Lillian Travis '23, Smithfield
Mrs. Robert G. Roberts (Laura Mae Trent '54) Gladys Elizabeth Truitt '27, Arlington Mrs. Alason F. Burnette (Virginia Sue Tuck '39) Blackstone Margaret R. Tucker '39, McKenney Mrs. Robert Cundiff (Louise Dare Turner
50) Richmond Robert
E.
Lee
Edwards
Elizabeth Turner '42)
Mrs. Robert
J.
(Margaret
Paces
'2~
Dillon
(
Viola B. H. Turner
'48) Altavista Mrs. Mary Tyler Peters '25, Rockville,
Md.
Eastville
Mrs. David Henkel (Lizzie Vaughan '96) Fredericksburg Margaret S. Vaughan '18, Little Rock, Ark. Mrs. William OUinger Mary Frances (
Vaughan
'47)
Walton
'36,
Richmond
Warner '43, Heathsville Mary Warren '96, Bristol, Tenn. L. Mrs. M. Bonham (Odelle Warren
Richmond
'98)
Tenn.
Bristol,
Mrs, John Welch (V. Sue Webb '53) Alexandria Mrs. J. L. McMillan (Eleanor Webster '22 Columbus, Ga. Mrs. J. L. Redding (Nancy Welborn '30) Arlington )
Charlotte
Welch
'97,
Roanoke
Mrs. Baggett Marshall (Katharine Weller '25) Alexandria Mrs. C. M. Kirby (Edith A. Wells '24)
Wilson, N. C.
May Wells
Lynchburg
'14)
Wesson
'31.
Merchant Norfolk
Margaret D. Wetzel '30, Mrs. John Walter Powell (Julia R. Whaley
Hong Kong, China
'30)
(Dorothy
Mrs. C. R. Stoddard
E.
White
Henderson, Nev. Mrs. R. R. McGregor (Eva Lovelace White 08) Charleston, S. C. Faye Wrenn White '51, Norfolk Mrs. Bundy (Nellie Alice White "43) Tazewell Mary Cooper Whiteside '51, Marshall Katherine H. Whitmore '48, Boykins Mrs. W. Y. Westervelt (Hennie A. Whiting 'S"') Knoxville, Tenn. Mrs. W. W. Seward (Virginia Widgeon '34) Norfolk Mrs. Jesse R. Noell (Janice E. Wilkerson '34)
Waynesboro
Katherine Frances Wilkerson '30, Waynesboro Mrs. Charles Traynhara (V. Elinor Wilkins '25) Danville Mrs. C. G. Porterheld (Lucille Williams '14)
Charlottesville
Mabel Lee Williams Mrs.
W.
J.
'29)
Mrs.
C
Krapp,
Jr.
'31, Jessup,
Md.
(Mattie B. Williams
Russell, Ky.
C. Atkinson
(Rosa M. Williams
'30) Farmville Sara Byrd Williams '45, Fort Lee Mrs. J. A. Northcott (Virginia A. liams '15) Williamsburg
Mrs. Philip Jones
New York
Katherine H. Underwood '38, Bedford Mrs. H. B. London (Caroline C. Upshur '38) Oklahoma City, Okla. Mrs. J. L. Johnson (Jean Snow Upshur '41)
)
'31)
Philadelphia, Pa.
Mrs. C. B. Tasker (Elizabeth Bryan Townsend '42) Arlington
Mrs.
J.
B. Barton (Mary Grace Walton Baton Rouge, La.
P.
B. Lorraine
'3", Marjorie E. Thompson Kimball, W. Va. Mrs. Raymond Belknap (Mary E. Thompson '34) Gretna
Mary
Mrs.
Mrs. Spence Andrews (Florence
(M. Lorene Thomas
Waynesboro
F. E.
'30)
(Marion
Guthrie
C.
'25)
)
Elizabeth
Crews
Mrs. A. William Cave, Jr. (David W. Terry '39) Beaufort. S. C. Frances Thackston '40, Zebulon. N. C. Mrs. R. C. Williams Anne DeGraffenreia Thomas '34 Norfolk Mrs. C. A. Kuhlke (Fannie Thomas '24) Savannah, Ga. Mrs. W. M. Bates (Frances S. Thomas '38)
Thomas
Marguerite Walden '26 LouHe Walker '29, Norfolk Mrs. K. I. Biederman (Mary D. Walker '25) York, Pa. Mrs. John P. Irby III (Margaret Clay Wall '49 Portsmouth Arabelle Waller '50, Havre De Grace, Md,
'06
24) Lynchburg
Richmond Wagner (Ann Parkinson Wag-
'23)
ner '54) Kinston, N. C.
Elizabeth
Mrs. Wilbur C. White (Margaret L. Taylor
Nina Turner
Ind.
Mrs. John Perkins (Louise Stephenson '24) Portsmouth Mrs. Belle Sterling Dale (Belle Sterling '10) Va. Beach, Va.
Mrs. L.
Wade
Mrs. Blanche Taylor Bradley (Blanche S. Taylor '29) Charlottesville Mrs. David Boyer (Frances Taylor '27) Pueblo, Colo. Mrs. Dollins (Gladys C. Taylor '39) South
Mrs. '41
Richmond
'26)
Mrs. R. G.
Inez Strong
Nellie E. Tarkington '30, Charleston. S. C. Frances H. Tarry '31, Townsville, N. C.
Mrs. Elbert Clarke
Mrs. John Hunt (Jessie C. Smith Lewisburg, W. Va. Mrs. Warren (Keith M. Smith
T-
Mary Sutherland '22, Church Road Hattie L Jane Swihart '51, Portsmouth
Mrs.
H. Barnes
Martinsville
Mrs. E.
Ruth W. Vest '18, W. Liberty, W. Va. Mrs. Robert D. Burger (Ruby Lee Vestal '34) Athens, Tenn. Mrs. N. Peralta Beauchamp De Alvarez (Ensache Vivaldi '43) Mayaguez, P. R. Mrs. Hugh McCuUoch (Margaret "Peggy"
(Mamie
Roanoke
'34)
Mrs.
(
Mrs. A. H. Howell (Catherine Gertrude Smith '28) Norfolk Mrs. William H. Casterline (Elsie B. Smith '42) Waco, Texas Mrs. S. J. Lovell (Ernestine May Smith Mrs.
C. C. Jones (Bessie Strother '12) Asheville, N. C. Anna C. Stump '30, Alexandria Marietta Sugg '25, Greenville, N. C.
Mrs. E. K. Hubbard
Mrs.
(Margaret Wilson '47)
Cir^'
Hugh Johnson
'31)
Wil-
Wimbrow
(Jewell
Portsmouth
S. Jane Withers Mrs. Dietrich Schroeder '31) Alexandria Vivian L. Mrs. Vivian W. Connorton Womack '38) Baltimore, Md. Edith Mary Wood '42, Petersburg Katherine Lucille Wood '40, Washington, (
(
D.
C.
Mrs. R. E. Swayze (Mary Rose Long Beach, Calif.
Wood
'30)
49
Edna Woodall
Woodall Robertson Newport News
Mrs.
Nancy
(Edna
'40)
Mrs. A. C. Campbell (L. Virginia ward 37) Gallatin, Tenn. Mary Lou Woodward '50, Bayside
Woodward
Ellen
Wood-
Mrs. John Knoell (Lillian '33) Overland Park, Kan. Mrs. Robert Jarman (Myrtle May Wrenn '28) Danville Margaret Elizabeth Wright '48, Norfolk Mrs. William Van Allen (Dorothy Alice
Wright '40) Falls Church Mrs. Marion Wright Freeman (Marion J. Wright '34) Newport, R. L Mrs. M. W. Thompson, Jr. (Nellie Virginia Yager '39) Evansville, Ind. Mrs. William E. Byrd (Elsie Berry Yates '41) Norfolk Frances A. Yester '36, Clarksburg, Mrs. Russell Greenway McAllister erine L. Young '33) Nathalie
Frances Young '25, Crewe Mrs. A. M. Ottesen Betty (
'43)
Cincinnati,
(
Va. Kath-
Mae Youngberg
Ohio
Mrs. C. H. Nininger '26)
W.
(
Eleanor Zacharios
Roanoke
(Continued from Page 31)
Sboop Lafoon
a
'57.K,
daughter,
Elaine Elizabeth Shorter Bowles '54x, a son Esther Slagle Fulghum '50, a son, Robert Slagle Meade Smith Falconer '58x, a daughter, Carol Dorothy Southall Womack '46x, a son,
Henry Edward Lee
Staples
Lambert
'49,
Keith
son,
a
Winston Sarah Stephens Engstler '58x, a son, George Stephens '46, a daughter, "Beth Elizabeth Stone Byers '53, a daughter, Elizabeth Carter Eleanor Strailiey Turner '57, a daughter,
Agnes Stokes Richardson
Janice Starnes Ethel Straw Beall '52, a son, Michael Carole Strotipe Wirt '58x, a son, Barry
Clark Lamont Harriette St/therlin Overstreet '48, a son, Robert Sutherlin Nancy Taylor Chambers '48, a daughter, Julie
Treakle
Rountree
a
'48,
son,
Jeffrey Cole
Ruth Turner Norton
'41, a daughter, Ellen
Cundiff Carolyn Vanture Culpepper '55x, a son Harriette
Wood Dowdy
a daughter
'52,
WEDDING
BELLS
{Continued from Page 30)
Moore
Sylvia Louise
'58;
Mrs. Nelson Tur-
ner Gray Jean Carol Moselcy '56; Mrs. Alpheus Bell
James Margaret Lynn Mustard '57x; Mrs. Charles
Kenneth
Stickley
Marie Orange '58x; Mrs, Charles Peter Hurak Anne Collier Orgain '49; Mrs. Harry Ber-
Joyce
Wade Davis
'50,
a
son,
Philip
Wade
Mrs. Frank D.
Breedlove
Deanne Phelps Wiley Williamson Virginia Anne Phelps Sylvia
'60x; '55;
Mrs. George Mrs.
Robert
Gentry Lois Anne Presson '59x; Mrs. Donald Purgold Davis Joyce Ruth Pulley '57; Mrs. Sydney E. Bryant Ruth Raney '59; Mrs. Stephen Green
Cowan III Mary Archer Reames
'60x; Mrs.
Lawrence
Cleveland Powell Marie Louise Redd '50; Mrs. Joseph Frederick Alexander Downing, Jr. Betty Pat Rogets '56; Mrs. Charles D.
Goddard Sue Ellen Rolston '58x; Mrs. Donald Lee Arlene June Rose 57x; Mrs. Kenneth McKeaver Sanderson Evelyn A. Rowe '57; Mrs. Robert Harper Mary Agnes Rowe '59x; Mrs. Harry Lee
Dunston Jane Gathright Ruppert '58; Mrs. Paul Childs Hall Frances LaWana Rutland '55; Mrs. J. T. Stewart Norma Jean Saunders '52; Mrs. Robert
Ann
El-
Jr.
Jo
Ann Webb Ann
Teresa
Joyce
50
'57x,
a
daughter,
West
Mrs.
'54;
Allen Robert
Buchert
Nancye
mond Simmons Henry Woody IV Vivian Lee Willett
Kay Speight
'6lx;
Mrs.
Carroll
Mince
Frances Willson Spindler '55; Mrs. James Leon McAllister, Jr.
Mrs. Lawrence Gail
'57;
Williams
Mary Champion Williams Farnsworth III Barbara Louise Wilson Irvin
Hugh
'58x; Mrs.
Harry
Mrs.
'59x;
Whelan
Marjorie Marie Winn '58x; Mrs. Roger Willard Bishop Carol Jean Wise '60x; Mrs. Robert Lawrence Cummings Alice Brookfield Wooding '45; Mrs. Lenton Alvin Rice
Mary Ann Wright Kolmer Jean
Mrs. John Wilson
'56;
Audrey Yancey
Willis McCauley,
58x;
Mrs.
Francis
Jr.
Mary Carter Younger '58; Mrs. Roderick Dew Brown Ruth Lang Zich '58; Mrs. Jerry Nelson Hill
YOUR CLASS FOR A WONDERFUL TIME AT FOUNDERS DAY
JOIN
IN MARCH! Da/e: March
(Come
13,
14,
15
for all or part of the time.)
Longwood College
REUNION
FESTIVITIES
For the following classes:
1954 1949 1944 1939 1934 1929 1924
1919 1914 1909 1904 1899 1894 1889
All other class
Garner Sandra Irvin
Lewis
Alan Schneider Betty Jane
Anne Schular '59x; Mrs. William McKinney Anne Sedivy '59x; Mrs. Mason
Llewellyn Brandon Daisy Jane Spain '5^; Mrs. Gary Nelson
Bruce
stroni
Frederick
daughter,
son,
Jr.
Mary Weston Walker '58; Mrs. Bobby James Gupton Patricia Anne Gray Warner '54x; Mrs. Warren Walter Bolander Lorene Eileen Wegner '53x; Mrs. Richard
Marjorie
a a
don Henry Connelly,
Margaret Ann Terrell '56; Mrs. Millard GrifBn Reese, Jr. Elna Vann Thacker '59; Mrs. Harold D. Blackwood Betty Ruth Thomas '58x; Mrs. Melvin Olt Davis Ellen Ellis Thomas 56x; Mrs. Wood Griffith van Valkenburgh Jeanne Vestal '58; Mrs. Anders Carl Hell-
Place:
Saunders '59x; Mrs. John
Harwood,
Elizabeth a daughter,
'52,
Stephen
Mrs. Benja-
min Herbert Hudson Carolyn Rudd Stonnell '58; Mrs. James Pemberton Baber Elizabeth Clay Sutherland '56; Mrs. Lan-
Davey Gibbons Shirley
Kimberly Ann Carolyn Watson Yeatts Linda Carol Watts
Mrs.
'55;
Joanne Preston White '60x; Mrs. William
'55;
Ghee '50, a daughter, Mary Mary Ann Ward Deaton '55,
Maxine Watts Peschel
Stanley
Swilling, Jr. Betty Jean Persinger
Haines Hutcheson Marjorie Fones Smallwood '55x; Mrs. John Walter Summerson Thelma Anne Smith '50x; Mrs. James
'55,
Faye
Lebo Berle Kent Stephenson '58x;
Smart West '52x; Mrs. Bruce Bonniwell Betty Jo Whitaker '6lx; Mrs. Donald Ed-
liotte
Helen Waitman Wheeler '55, a son, David William Mary Towles Waldrup Faris '49, a daughter, Frances Towles Ruth Walker McGhee '50 and Stuart Mc-
Carolyn
Randolph Edwards Frances Helen Patton '58; Mrs. Curtis Eugene Davis, Jr. Mary Dawn Perry '60x; Mrs. Berry Hughes
Duncan
Edward Mildred SutherlanJ Meleney '57x, a son,
Frances
Edwin
Mary Wyatt Caldwell '47, a daughter Constance Young Cox '47, a son, Robert Young
nard Smith Sarah Yvonne Patterson '60x; Mrs. Horace
STORK NEWS Patricia
Joan Willard Whalem '56, a son, James Roy, Jr. Carolyn Williams Eanes '58x, a daughter Bess Windham Walsh '41, a daughter, Lula Jean Windley Pollock '56, a son, Kennctli Lee
Grace Lillian Stables '47; Mrs. Harry Edward Wise Margaret Alice Stables '53; Mrs. David
Emerson Hawkes
Ill
Richmond May Woodly
'39,
\Y''ells Lindeman '46, a son, Gregg Gordon Martha Wells Hardy '47, a son, Thomas G.,
Janice
cordially Let's
Day
members
will
be
welcomed.
make our
"'Sth
Founders
a gala occasion.
Alumnae Magazine
Dr.
James
Elliott
Wolmsley
Dr. James Elliott Walmsley, retired professor of history at the college, died February 2,
from 1925
to
1948.
He
ginia extension service
was
affiliated
with
a
1958
was
also
from 1927
number
was national chairman of
articles.
He was
Dr.
FarmviUe.
He
taught at
Longwood
a lecturer for the University of Viruntil his retirement.
Dr.
Walmsley
of state, regional and national organiza-
tions in the fields of history
fraternity.
in
and
political science.
Gamma
Pi
the author of a
Walmsley taught
At one time he
Mu, honorary
number
social
science
of historical books and
the Men's Bible Class at Farmville
Methodist Church over 25 years.
Alumnae everywhere
will
mourn
his passing, as
he had endeared
himself to the students throughout his distinguished teaching career.
November, 1958
51
n^ema^cam
^« Sarah Helen
Adams Sheppard,
'25
Arnn
Ethel
Norville ]ones Leigh, ent '94
Bell, '03
Elizabeth Brooks
Julia Jane
Band Brooke
'18
Mary
E.
Kent
Jolly, '07 '11
Kipps Brickhead.
Willie Barrow, ent '86
Dorothy B. Leonard Moore,
Anna Grace Beard Lockwood, 21 Mary Hamill Bell Atwood, '20
Mary Holland Lewis Wood, ent '25 Judie M. McGiiire Cook, ent 09 Anne Redd Mcllwaine Dunn, '90
Ella
Neal Booker Binford, ent '00
May Bousman,
Nellie
Mary
'28
Annie
Audrey Carlyle
Chetviiiiig Roberts,
Compton,
'26
'15
Grace Ethel Cooley Duer, ent •04 Cralle Richardson, ent '84
Mary C.
'
Mamie C. Crews Nuckols, Mary M. Crump Bouldin,
Robbie
Mapp
Truitt, ent '26
Mary J. Neal Watkins, ent Mary R. Neale Curlett, '96 Addie R. Ogburn Johnson,
'96
ent '04
Farrall Burnell Olgers, ent '16
ent
14
Alice Lee Pace, ent '14
ent
i9
Virginia Pettigrew Clare. '19
Edith L. Didlake Pridham, ent '99
Florence
Lucille
'33
Hazel Meinhard Anderson, ent '22
Pearl Burke, ent '02
Olivia A.
Dixon Marks, ent '15 Morton Drnmmond
Anne
Carter Preston, '15
Ethel Reynolds White, '04
Jordan
ent '08
Mary
Elizabeth "Bessie" Rice, '00
Bessie Rivnour Venable, '96x
Clara Edwards Ballow, '90
Nora Roark Rudder,
Florence C. Edwards Jeffrey, '05
Elallie B.
Sarah Willie Estes, ent '08
Louise Semones, '07
Emma
Mabel Sm'uh Gunther. '11 Annie Swann Gordon, ent '97
Stockton Parish, '09
Lucy Irene Frith, ent
'21
Sarah P. Gantt, ent '21
Elizabeth
Moon Hancock
Talum Leach, '04x Alma L. Taylor Fincham, Davis
Bertha E. Harris Woodson,
'15
'04
Olive Harris Kydd, '15 Sarah Pauline Hawkes
Josephine Clayton
Mary
P.
Ann M.
Birdsall, '21
Head
Horner Walker.
ent '15
Rodes Wilberger.
'13
Ida
Grace Groves Kelly, '16
52
Batte, '02
Mary Campbell ]ones
Sadie Arnistrung Greer, 00
Stone, •40 '08
B. Irving Evans, '97
Pattie Prince Turnbull,
'08x
'11
Merrie Verser Howard, '96
Mary Venable Watkins Rogers, Florence Wayland Washer. '32 Helen Madison Wicker, '95 Mattie Spencer Willis.
'08
07x
Agnes M. W'ootton Spencer,
'95
Alumnae Magazine
ALMA MATER All hail.
Alma
Thy daughters
Thy
Mater, Dear Mother, to thee. true, faithful
be.
gentle instruction, thy influence so sweet,
Will go with them always
Thy
and loyal will
a
guide to their
feet.
loving protection, thy nurturing care,
Would
lead
All hail.
them
Alma
Thy daughters
to cherish things lovely
and
fair.
Mater, Dear Mother, to thee. true, faithful
and loyal will
be.
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REUNION CLASS PRESI DENTS! Write
to
your classmates to meet you at the College for the big
celebration
on Founders Day, March
be secured from the Alumnae
1
4,
1959-
Class
lists
Office.
WIN THE JARMAN CUP FOR THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF ATTENDANCE
may