1986 The Peru Stater (Nebraska)

The PERU STATER

NBA pioneer passes away

.An early leader of the National Education Association and 1913 graduate of the State Teachers College in Peru, Dr. Joy Eimer Morgan, passed away on Sunday, April 20 in Maryland at the age of 96.

Dr. Morgan founded the NEA Journal in !920, and served as its editoras well as head of the NEA div:i§ioti •.of publications and publicity until in 1954.

He was. hired for that post by the head of the NEA, J.W. Crabtree, president of the Peru college from 1904-10.

After retiring f rnm the NEA, Dr. Morgan was instrumental in establishing the "Senior Citizens of America" organization.

Dr. Morgan was, in 1961, the seco!'ld recipient of Peru State College's "Distinguished Service Award .. " That award 'is the highest honor the college can

bestow.

Part of the estate of Dr. Morgan has been. left to Peru State President Jerry Gallentine reports.

Attorneys representing Dr. Morgan informed Dr. Gallentine of the gift in May. The attorneys estimate the gift to be $240,000, making it the· largest single gift to Nebraska is .first college in sc;l;ioors history.

"We were; to ;put it mildly, pleasantly surprised" to learn of the gift, Dr. Gallentine said. "I had an opportunity to visit with Dr. Morgan in 1984, and found him to be a fascinating individual and a credit to the field of education."

"His actions,in leaving this gift to the collegewillinsurethat0r. Morgan will continue to have a positive influence on educating our Dr. Gallentine added.

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Peru State College's annual Homecoming celebration has been set for the weekend of Oct. 11, and all Peruvians are cordially invited to take part in festivities.

Highlighting the alumni activities will be reunions of the classes of 1976, 1966, t96I, 1956 and 1946, President Jerry Gallentine said.

Few details of other activities were available at presstime, but the traditional parade, coronation of royalty, and of course the football game are all on tap.

Filth generation gets Peru degree

by Mitch Fabry ('86)

For Jennifer .Joy-Krug of Stella, Nebraska, attending Peru State College has very special meaning.

On May 17th, Mr,s. Joy-Krug became the fifth generation of her family to graduate from Peru -a lineage that began with Anria Morehead one of the first two Peru graduates and Jennifer's great-great grandmother.

''Part of it is the area," Jennifer said. "We're all from around here and, especially in those · days, it wasn't practical to go far to school."

Jennifer is proud of maintaining the f:;imily tradition by teaching. Each of her family to complete their studies at Peru has gone on to a successful career in education.

IThe Eagles of Chadron State College will visit .the Oak Bowl for the afternoon football game.

Members of the honored classes are encouraged to contact Kent Propst at the college to see how they can help attract classmates to Homecoming '86.

"We can only plan and publicize the class reunion it is up to class members themselves to see to it that ,their classmates return," Propst said. "An invitation from unfamiliar· people on campus today is much less effective than a call or a nq,te from a classmate.

Anna Morehead Joy, who was born 22 years before the "State Normal School" was established in Peru in 1867, came to the Great Plains from Ohio in 1850. She lived in Iowa until the age of 12, when the Morehead·' clan moved to Kansas.

,BY the age of 16, Anna had earned · enough money·· from teaching part-time to come to Pawnee City, Nebraska to attend high school.

At Pawnee City, Miss Morehead studied under 1ohn MarshallMcKenzfo, who would be instrumental in founding the Peru Normal Sqhool. In August of 1867 - the college's first as a state institution - McKenzie became principal and teacher of mathematics, chemistry, natural science, and Latin at the newly-

Anna Morehead Joy

established schoot Shortly afterward, Anna Morehead came to Peru to further her education.

In the Spring of 1870, Miss Morehead, along with GeorJe Howard, received the first two diplomas a11d authorizations to teach from the Peru State Normal School. After teaching for several years, Anna married

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WilHalJl Augustus Joy; the two settled in ·· Their daughter, Jennie Lee Joy, would. be the next of the Joys to attend and graduate from the "Peru Normal". Jennie majored in elementary education, graduating from Peru in 1906. Although, like her

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Perusings

by Kent' Propst Alumni Affairs

A GREAT DAY

April 26, 1986. Al Wheeler Day.

If you weren't there, you should have been, whether or not you ever played ball for the guy, took a class from him, or even if you went to Peru before he arrived or after he retired.

That ol' Pale Blue & White spirit was much in evidence that day. There were a good number of non-athletes on hand, but the majority were what was known as "Wheelermen."

They had a ball; so did those of-.us currently affiliated with the Campus of a Thousand Oaks.

Thanks, Coach. And special thanks to Mrs. Fran Wheeler, native son Dr Al Wheeler Jr., and to all of those alums who called and wrote each other saying, "Let's meet in Peru on April 26."

Thanks to all of you, it is a day I - and many others will never forget. It was fun.

'WHY CAN'T ALL REUNIONS BE LIKE THIS?'

Al Wheeler Day also demonstrated how an alumni reunion can be successful.

One of the gents attending the gathering said "I' was here three years ago at fr :1mecoming for my cJass reunion, and only four of my classmates _showed up.·:

"I vowed I'd never come back to·Peru, I was so disappointed. Why can't you run an of your reunions like this?"

The fact of the matter is, we essentially do. We set the,date, send out the invites, and await the response. We also determine what kil)d of a program/will be involved. ·

What, then, made Al Day so successful?

ALUMNI INVOLVEMENT

It was the fact those involved got b\lSY and called and wrote their friends. They promoted it, they hu8tled it - and it paid off haDdsomely. ,

I doubt if more than a handful (and there were a couple of hundred in attendance) came exclusively· in response to the invitation from_PSC. Most came in response to the encouragement ·they got from their friends from college days.

WE HOST YOU HUSTLE

And that's my point. We at the college can only facilitate these reunions, whether they are geo'graphic (California, Colorado, etc.) or class reunions.

It's up to you folks to make them successful. It takes involvement, a little bit of time on your part. Nor can one alum alone do it several must get involved, and it's best if they represent different "cliques" or circles.

If you come to a reunion and are not happy with the attendance (or lack of), ask yourself how much effort you put into it, We didn't take credit for Al Wheeler Day-- the credit goes to the Wheelermen. They, not Peru State, made it successful. Nor do we accept the blame for theJlops. If you want to be a part of a happy reunion, get busy. Make it work.

WE'LL HELP

We '11 do .our share. We are most happy to provide you with lists of your classmates, their. addresses, and phone numbers when available. We print up and mail out the invitations on our dime. A good time is awaiting you at the next reunion if you do your .share.

Keep in touch!

Fond ....... recalled

Dear Peru SU,ter , Always pleaped to hear. about the of ,a Thousand Oaks. I attended there many years ago.

My uncle, Henry Landolt, had the small grocery store at the edge of campus. I have many fond memories of days spent on

Alumnotes ...

Writer reDects on 'rewarding years'

Dear Peru Stater

Bessie Carter Amman ('03) and Iva Schommer's ('13) accounts in "Peruviana" finds me reflecting on my 1916-17 year at Peru State Normal.· It was a rewarding year, extending into 1986 in California.

Majoring in Home Economics to prepare to teach cooking and sewing found me registered with instructors McKnight, Gregg, and a chemistry teacher (whose name I fail to recall), whose able teaching has registered with me all these years.

Professional training and practice since 1917 found me in

Idaho, Illinois, and ·Florida.

After 25 years, California has become my retirement home. It may interest the 1986 staff , and faculty to be informed of the fact that the Campus of a Thousand Oaks consists of no modern buildings in 1916 that exist in 1986;

There was a dormitory for women students and one for men students. There were boarding and rooming homes. I was a resident off campus in a home managed by a young widow named Allen, with her young son. There I assisted her for my board by toting water

from an artesian well nearby, and by washing the dishes for 20 boarders.

A Mrs. Wea·ns, was dean of women: She, to'a:· was an inspiration to naive students like me.

Helen Brich Hartsfield ('17)

(EDITOR'S NOTE: The campus does have three buildings remaining that were in existence when Mrs. Hartsfield attended Peru - the chapel/ gymnasium, the library, and the T.J. Majors Training School, which was finished that year. The President's home also remains.)

Enjoyed CaUforn-a alumni meeting

(EDITOR'S NOTE: The following was a letter to President Jerry Gallentine this past spring.)

Dear Dr. Jerry I want you to know how much I enjoyed being at the meeting of the California Alumni Association of Peru State College. It was also a real privilege to meet you and Mrs. Gallentine. You were both so friendly I expect I would soon be saying Jerrry and Shirley!

One who has ever been a Peruvian ·knows another one very quickly.

I was glad for Lyman (a son) to have the opportunity of seeing

the pictures of the campus, his first glimpse, and I think he was very impressed! I was impressed to see the lighting fixtures given by the Class of 1914 still in use. I went (to the meeting) thinking that I would know no one! I came home feeling that I knew most- everyone there. Peruvians cannot be strangers long - there is that wonderful spirit, loyalty, that one recognizes.

There's been rumors of abandonment of the college at different times, but I feel the state could not afford to lose the real value of the school. Nebraska would surely be the poorer without it. Let us hope

Fram fann• "ldd Queen"

Dear Peru Stater

Thanks so much for sending the Peru Stater - it brought back many happy memories of the time I spent at Peru State ('40-'41) as Margery Ann Kinsey!

I'm especially interested in. obtaining Wendell Hutchison's address in Wyoming. He was a good friend, and I would like to get in .touch with him again.

I lost my second husband in 1982. I keep busy and have had a rewarding career in the Nebraska Department of Social Services for 28 plus years, and I do not plan to retire yet - old Peruvians just keep going! ·

Peru State College will always be there, sending out its men and .women of character and .of purpose to all parts of the world.

I thank you and the others for the awards - the medal that will have my name etched on the back of it; the book by Barbara Clayburn, "Prairie Stationajaster"; and the white held together by t'he "bllle and white."

My good wishes to you and Mrs. Gallentine!

Daisy Wear

(EDITOR'S POSTSCRIPT:

Mrs. Wear is the former Daisy Clark, who attended school in Peru and Auburn and who married the late Dr. John Wear, Class of '14. Mrs. Wear was a visitor to Peru in June-and, as all who have met her know, she is a delight!).

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campus. Am a widow 86 years of age but I don't feel old. I'm very active for my years. My teaching Career: years, 10 of these as principal in Oceanside, Calif. Best wishes to all campus students. ·

Delia "Dee" Ernst Burck ('37)

My first husband, James Russell Wallace, and I met at Peru and were married 138 Russ died in 1980 - he retired from the U.S. Marine Corps as a Lt. Col. and had served in WW II and Korea as a fighter pilot. Our two fine sons and IO grandchildren all live in Lincoln, so. I'm hoping some will be future Peruvians!

Russ spent 18 years in Nebraska state government as director of state civiMefense and in the state Department ' of Social Services.

I shall always be grateful for the opportunities this little Shubert girl had at Peru. My greatest ., claim to fame was being selected by the football team to be the first and only "Gridiron Queen., in 1940. I co-reigned with the Homecoming Queen at the festivities - I still have the locket Jack Mcintire presented me.

Phyllis Davidson was a great lady and friend - she taught me how to dance, swim, and play tennis, but more than that provided some of us transportation to many away football and basketball games.

Jerry Joy is from Shubert, too- I remember when he started to Sunday School. My bestto all of ,-}'OU.

Margery Wallace McGrew

EDITOR Kent Pro'pst

ASSISTANT., Carolyn Bredemeier

SPORTS EDITOR Vince Henzel

REPORTER Mitch Fabry

PHOTOGRAPHY Lila Fike

GRAPHICS Paula Winkelman

PRESIDENT '., Dr. Jerry Gallentine

VICE PRESIDENT. Dr. Channing Cox

DEAN, STUDENT

AFFAIRS Jerry Joy

DEAN, ADMINISTRATIVE

AFFAIRS .' Dina Musil

DIVISIONAL CHAIRMEN -

Dr. Lester Russell, Applied Arts

Dr. Jim Thomas, Business

Dr, Bllian Lotven, Education

Dr. David Edris, Humanities

Dr. David Pippert, Natural Sciences

Dr_ Wayne Davidson, Physical Ed.

THE PERU STATER is published triannually by Peru State College and the Peru Achievement Foundation. This publication is printed by the Nebraska City News-Press. Send your changes of address, news notes, etc, to: The Peru Stater, Peru, Nebraska 68421 or call (402) 872-3815.

Jennifer Joy Krug

Filth generation

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mother Anna, it is not known exactly where .she (Jennie) tqught after leaving college, she is noted as having taught in the

Omaha Public School System for some time.

She also became the first of the family to further her education after graduation from Peru.

being sought

The college has received more than one inquiry lately from alums seeki11g :a meip:ento of 40 years ago or more small plaques showing Mt. Vernon and Eliza Morgan Halls. The profiles of the two halls looking to the north northwest, with Mt. Vernon in the foreground, were in relief

rather than adireet photograph. The items were quite popular in the late 1930's and early '40's. Anyone who has one that would be willing to part with it, now or in the future, is asked to send it to Kent Propst at the college. Such a plaque would mean much to those who have asked about them. 4

WANT·8D!

Peru State is looking for its "lost" alumni.

Anyone who can bring PSC up-to-date on the following grads, former stude;,nts, or former faculty I staff members should contact Kent Propst or Carolyn Bredemeier at the college right away.

CLASS OF 1976

Thomas H. Ballue

Mark A. Bohlken

Patricia L. Collins

Richard G. Debacker

John S. Gilmore

Crystal A. Seegel Horns

Annie M. Jones

Jay F. Lueke

Ann M. Boring Martinez

Alan R. Simmons

Robin C. Simmons

James K. Van Renan

Jerald D. Weber

Carol K. Shiells Woerlen

Raymond A. W oerlen

Shelly D. Able Wolf

Jennie studied at the University

of Chicago for awhile beginqing in 1921, then sought a masters degree in education from Columbia University of New York from 1925 through 1930.

The Joy family is uncertain, but believes that Jennie attained her ma'sters. degree through correspondence courses from Columbif since there is no record of having molled back east during this period.

While Jennie was working toward her advanced degree, her nieces Jessie, Sarah and Eileen were making their mark as the third generation of Joys to seek an education at Nebraska's oldest college.

The daughter of Jennie's brother Charles,, Walter Joy, Jessie Joy broke tradition only sliglitly by majoring in home economics rather than education at Peru. Upon graduation in 1930, she worked as a dietician at Mackinaw Island, Mich. for a long time before returning to Nebraska to pursue a teaching career.

Jessie. taught elementary school in Salem,, Neb. where she tutored her own nephew, Merle Joy, who is the father of the present-day Mrs. Joy-Krug.

Jessie's sisters, Sarah and Eileen Joy, likewise attended .Peru as education majoJ"S.

Sarah Joy, later to become Sarah Joy-Cox, enrolled at Peru in 1929 but did not graduate from the institution. Eileen Joy, later Mrs. Eileen Joy-Griffin, received her two-year degree in elementary education from the college in 1935.

Mrs. Joy-Griffin taught in several Nebraska commu"hities including Genoa, ·· Salem, and Papillion before her retirement. She now resides in the Los Angeles, Calif. area.

The fourth generation of Joys to learn at Peru also .the fast man of the family to attend the school.

Leon Joy, the nephew of Jessie, Sarah and Eileen and Mrs. JoyKrug's uncle, saw in an education from Peru the same opportunities his elders had seen. He attended as a secondary education major, graduating in 1951.

Mr. Joy later obtained his masters in education degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He was a teacher of mathematics at Falls City High School for 25 years btrfore retiring in 1983.

At Falls City, he instructed his niece, Jennifer, who wouldsoon become the fifth generation of the family t1 o graduate from what is.now Peru .State College.

Jennifer, now Mrs. Jennifer Joy-Krug, did not come to Peru State -immediately from high school. She enrolled at Doane College in Crete, Neb. for one year, then transferred to Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville before

•attending Peru.

"I really think Peru has a nice school," she said. "My upcle graduated from there and he is one of the most admired teachers I know."

"Peru made a good teacher of him," she added.

After more than a century of ties with Peru State, Jennifer says that the college and the Joy family have. de v e 1oped something of a close relationship. In that bonding, she notes that there is one aspect of which the Joys are particularly proudthe fact that the school, in all of its 'Stages of growth, has provided so many of her female ancestors with the chance to complete their educations. "For all those girls to be college-educated in that day .and age is really something," she enthused. "They had specific goqls set for themselves and, they , knew 'how tQ reach them." , Jennifer is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Merle Joy of Falls City. She and her husband, Rick, live in, Stella.

Armed and dangerous?

"Armed and dangerous" is the best caption for this picture, recently discovered by the PSC alumni office. Taken ,bY Dave Lainez, probably about 1972 or '73, it is entitled "Trap Shoot Winners" and includes (from left) Steve Adelson, Jim Desbien, Fred Robertson and Fritz Stehlik. Desbien and Robertson al"e both listed as "lost" alums can anyone fm PSC ·in on their whereabouts? If so, write to Kent Propst at the college.

Dr. Idris promoted to chair Hmnanlllas at PIC

Dr. David Edris, a member of the Peru State College music faculty since 1974, has been promoted to the position. of chairman of the division of humanities at PSC.

A professor of he replaces art professor D:r. Leland Sherwped ('57), who earlier announced plans to return to teaching at PSC on a full-time basis and to devote

more time to his watercolor paintings.

The humanities division at PSC includes all language arts, social sciences, and visual and performing arts.

Para Collagq i a affair• > ·

oEJ by Mitch Fabry A 1951 graduate of Nebraska

On Saturday, ,May 17th, the City High School, then-Carol name Chappell appeared three Wilton came to Peru State to times in the list of '86 graduates • .in elementary education. = from Peru State College•. J}1e ·. Upon receiving her two.::Y,ear. t two women by that name•who certificate; she taught for a time 0 received diplomas are related, . at Brock and Humphrey but are not sisters, nor even elementary schools.1n Neb.raska E--< cousins. before . moving with husband

Carol and Laura Chappell are Russ to Granite City, Ill. in 1962 mother and daughter. Russ had graduated from Peru

In an age when many are State in 1961, and Carol's sister returning to college to broaden Lois Wilton-Giles had already their horizons, it is not unusual graduated from. in 1958. to find older, non-traditional Both were education majors. students alongside the typical In 1984, Carol decided to college-age crowd on com- to Peru to obtain her .mencement At Peru State, Bachelor of Science degree. She the number of non-traditional attended classes during the students has risen steadily for summers of '84 and '85 while years, and. today they niake up staying with her father in nearly 40 percent of the student Nebraska City. body. This spring, she accumulated

Less common, however, is the the final 12 credit hours toward chance that-two generations of herB.S. the same family would find Having just completed her themselves completing their professional .semester .by studies at the exact same time assisting witl) the Peru Day Care and place. Such, is the case for center,. Carol feels that a four· Carol and Laura. year degree is essential. for

When Carol Chappell received teachers today, and added that her two-year diploma from PSC she plans to take more classes in 1959, she had a feeling that her after graduation, Studies related education· was riot entirely to special education and finished. computers are next, she said.

"I always told ·myself that I'd She. noted that Peru State has have my degrep before I was changed in appearance since she fifty," she says. left in 1959. The Student Center

The name "Chappell" was prominent at Peru State College in May, thanks to graduates Carol Wilton Chappell (left), her husband an '61PSC .alumnus Russ, and their daughter Laura (right). Carol is a Nebraska City native who earned a two-year degree from Peru in 1959 and completed a bachelors degree this past semester, in time to receive her diploma with her daughter. and the Al Wheeler Activity finds that to be too. She Center are new to her, bu.t the really likes the school. I guess.it change she found most pleasant could be me, maybe I'm the one · was in tl)e PSC.faculty, · who?s made it easier on myself." The teachers, she felt; were She resided on-campus this "more caring and understan.d- spring, staying in Eliza: Morgan ing"than when she was in school· Hall, .where she·lived·years ago before, but she was quick to add .during her freshman and that tl)e real difference may be in sophomore terms at Peni.

Alaba111a before coming PSC. Her emphasis. is on math r "She's following in her father's footsteps," Caro.l said. Laura's father Russ was also a secondary education major while at Peru. In addition to her husband, sister and daughter, Carol's mother was herself a Peru State herself. La u r a C hap p e 11, w h o

alu111nus. The late Dorothea "It seems much easier to graduated with a major in with the people secondary education, attended here now/' she said. "Laura the University of North

WeddJngs, . .

Al Carothers ('86) and Christina Hosfelt ('85) were· to be married in Jl.lly in Massena, Iowa. Chris has been serving as assistant coordinator of admissioM at PSC for the past year. · They Will reside in Ainsworth, Neb:

Shirley Wi11ter ('85) ai;id PSC studi;nt Mike. J)'ates were UL in Mai}t; Neb. Shirley will be

Otoe (Neb:) Co}lnty .this falt .·

Naomi Leakey Rusch ('85) arid

Gerald Furnas were married in July in Auburn, Neb. · ·

Shari Vaughn ('85) and Scott Teten were married in July in Auburn, Neb. Shari is employed at PSC by Servicemaster, Inc.

Samuel E. Smitb('66) andJana Bohling were. married ..•. t.his summer. Sam is a teacher in the. Johnson-Brock (Neb.) School District, and they reside in Brock. ·

Susan Honea ('85) and Ronnie Coonce were married in May. Mrs. Coonce is an elementary

teacher in La Vista, Neb. an<::l they live in Papillion.

Tallie Kerns ('77) an<;l Glenn Van Westen were to be married in July in Plattsmouth. She has been teaching school in Gilead, Neb.

Cindy J. Whitcomb {'84) of Humboldt, Kan. and former PS(: en,ipl?yee .G •. Hardy :were/ martied. ·last October.·

TJ1ey live riear Nebraska City.

Mark Fankhauser ('84) and .tyriette Bcl1terriach were married in February and· are making their home in Omaha.

Mark has been working for "Sweet 98" radio.

Bob Bowman ('85)· and Jody Johnston ('85) were married in February. They are both working in the Omaha area.

Margaret Gawart Parks ('71) and John Brust were married in January.

Chris Salberg ('86) and Michelle Workman ('SS) were married June 14. Michelle is attending graduate school at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.

·oolr Pounds ('83)·and Sherri Jameson were.to. marry in June fo Falls cHy, Neb. Don is a trooper for· the Nebraska State Pattol.

PSC faculty. mehlber Susan and former faculty Ross Udey were married spriiig.' ·

T(}dd. (''85) ari.d J\prt:tlee •Wall were to be matried in July in Clay Center, Kan. Todd is a coach. · and cbmptifor nator for the Effingham, Kan • school. qjstrict.

Virice Henzel ('86) and PSC student Boriilie Mick were married in June in Hampton, Neb. Vince ·has been the PSC sports iriformation .director for three years and is sports editor for this publication:

Tony Niday ('85) and Marsha Kentopp ('85) are to be married this · fall. Marsha has been teaching in Kansas, while 'Tony has been working for Hormel Co. in Iowa.

Rosemary Taylor (attd. '73-'74) and Tony Porto were married in

January. They are living in Lincoln, Neb., where Rosemary is an administrative secretary at Bryan Memorial Hospital.

John Nixon (at:td. '82-'83) and Kenna Richey were married .in in Falls City, Neb., where John is announcer and sports director for KTN Q radio.

Laurie DuBois, a PSC student, atqd Roger Roumpf were married in June in Nebraska City.

PSC students .Kim Searcey and Lonnie .Kosmkkiwere. married in June in Elk Creek, Ne!;>.

Teresa Eheler ('84.) and. Gary Smith were married in Apr:il. Teresa teaches•at a school n.ear Burwell, Neb. a.nd theyJive near Ericson.

Jim Landwehr

Hubel were to be married i.n July in Cedar Rapids, Neb.; where both are teachers.

Mike Voigtman ('85) and Shaye Wheeler were married in May in Omaha. Mike works for ,Fox Custom Cabinets & Mouldings in Omaha.

PSC student Arlene Scheinost and David Wiebusch were to be married in June in Syracuse, Neb.

Joan Vrtiska Fankhouser ('55)

Wilton graduated as an elementary educafo:m major in 1912, at the -ageof fifty. ·

and Jerry CoHins wer;e marded in December.

Charlotte Lash ('70) and Dan Grone were n,iarried in March in Lincoln, Neb. Charlotte .is a part-time student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and works for the UNL Cooperative· Sei:Vice;

Tammy Pike ('80} a.nd Allan Jeanneret were mlrl:rried in June; Former student ·Todd Green and'. Kimberly Stromberg ('83) were married in May. She:!:uts. teaching at schcfol riea.r Albion, •Neb. students .Brad Cari .weie in Blopinffeid, , Linda (att<.l and K.ennetp .. c.utler wer:.e marr.i·ed .fo • in City.. Lirida is the of D.on ·· ('60) and Nancy Rinne.('58) Kasbohm'. Carol Harvey, a PSC student, and Gregg Duryea were married last July in Dawson.

Mary Boyer, a PSC student, and William Kinnison were married in December in page 5)

Third May Reunion draws .ID-year· alama

'·back ID Peru

·Class ·ol '·1131

WANT8D!

Peru State College .is looking for its "lost" alumni. Anyone who can bring PSC up-to-date on the following grads, former students, or former faculty I staff members should contact Kent Propst or Carolyn Bredemeier at the college right away.

PSC will make sure these people receive tile Peru Stater and ot}ler information from the college regarding reunions iµid othe.r activities.

To bring PSC up-to-date, contact Kent Propst or Carolyn Bredemeier by writing them at Peru State College, Peru, Neb. 68421. And thanks!

CLASS OF 1926

Dorothea Poling Alber

Roy C. Busc.h

Helen B. Williams Caress

Muriel B. .Ellis

H.W. Glasgow

· Claire Beecham Hakenkamp

Oliver Hasselblad

tillian ·Cornford Jacks.on

Irene Fletcher Johnson

· Fern Ware Kent

Bernice Shire Luff

Richard Madden

Anna Myrtle Maxwell

Hazel Burns Mullins

Rebecca Graham Norris

Kathryn E. Rush O'Connor

John E. QNeil

Mabel Ord

Isabel Hartley Ptfden

Julian 'E. Poole.

Kenton Poynter

Devona Dickinson Pi;ice

Irene Clabough Pursley

Ed.na MagnesonShields

Lois Higgins Sperry

Viva. Marshall·Wary

For the third consecutive year, alums came from all across the country for PSC's annual "May Reunion" for 50-year grads, held May 16-17.

The Class of '36 was specially honored a half-century after leaving the Campus of a Thousand Oaks, but many others from the 1920s a11d '30s were also in attendance, including several who have been at all three "May·Reunions".

"This has turned out to be one of, if not the, best alumni gatherings we have had,'' noted Kent Propst ('8.1) of the PSC alumni affairs office. "Our 50-

yj::ar

Plans are already being made for the 1987 gathering, scheduled for May 15-16. The Class of '37 will be featured, but again, all former students from that year and earlier are encouraged to attend.

Friday's activit_ies included a reception, dinner, and a special program in the Benford Recital Hall of the Jindra Fine Arts Center. Hig.hlighting the program was each alum's selfintroduction aud, of course, the

movie fi•me.dib Peru in 1928-30. Though Saturday's weather was damp and gray, spirits were high as alums - including some unable to. attend Friday nightniet in the college Alumni Center to browse through annuals, visit; and take motor tours of the campus and community.

Members of the Class of '37 in particular - but an 50-year alums - are encouraged to mark down May.1S-l6, 1987 on their calendar and to begin now to make arrangements for a rendezvous in Old Peru see you there!

Your Paru Stater skipped spring ·edlttaa

The Stater is back. Did you missus?

Due to · an unusually busy spring term on the Campus of a Thousand Oaks, we were unable

to produce the spring issue. Our apologies are extended to our many faithful readers, some of whom have contacted us to ask where it was. We have included. all of the

engagements.

information in this edition that was to go the spring

Lois Gregg Dodson

P!Hase Prm t

Mabel Livingston 'Yilliams Address

(cont'd from page 4) Nebraska City, where they are residing. Tessie Adams. (attd. '84-'85) and Kevin Smith were. married in Decemberin Falls Grty. Tessie wort,cs af the Elks Lodge in Falls

City.

Jim Allen (attd. '83-'85) and Wendy Spears· were married· in March in Falls City.

PSC student Jim Krohn and Nancy Viele (attd. '83-'15) were married in June in Hooper, Neb.

So you aren't jllissing any news. about your favorite college; your classmates and your teachers; Kristen Morgan (attd. '11-13) and John George were married in March in Lincoln, Neb. They are residing in Evergreen, Ill. Kathleen Maddox ('M) and Gary Garver were. married m June. They reside in Auburn, Neb.

The Class of ·'36 enjoyed their 50-;year May Reunion this past spring, with a good number of classmates on band. Some of them available when pictures were taken included (from left) Velma Barstler Boden of Sterling, Neb.; Don Knapp of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.; Doris Deaver Nicholls of Sandy, Ore.; Henry Railsback of Barlesville, Okla.; Elinor Majors McGee of Fremont, Calif.; Clayborn Mort of Jacksonville, Fla.; Ruth Hanlon Wilson and Rex Wilson of O'Neill, Neb.; Lucille Bicknell Smith of Lafayette; Calif.; Chet Bowen of Omaha; Rachel Adamson Kerns ('36) of Humboldt; and Lorene Galloway Osborn of Vallejo, Calif.

alums are a joy to be around."

plctur88,

Classy lalks fro• '38

Members of fhe .Class of 'JS who celebr.ted the Slst i,mnivel'!l..ey oftheir leaving the of a Thousand Oaks during the annual .Reunion (from left) Al Knapp of ijµron, S.D.; James'Gillilall of Green Ridge, Mo.iDairellRailsback QfAmarillo, Tex.; Gt'.orgeand Vi:,,ian Hawkins of Linc;e>in, Neb.; and Dale Nichols of Sao'dy,Ore. Among the SO-year grads who' attended the May Reunion who were no,t on hand l'fhen pictures .were taken Floyd Chase ('29) of Omaha; Willard Shumard ('35) of San Mateo, Calif.; .irrielKerns ('37) of.Humbolclt, Neb.; Dr. Paul Landolt ('32) of Lincoln, Neb.; Marie Lash Hauptman ('j2) of Muncie, Ind.; Celia Group Chatelain ('15) of Silver Spring, Md.; Ernie Longfellow ('22) of Peru; Musetta Campbell Gilman ('34) of Lincoln, Neb.; and others.

News About People You Know

1900s

Grace Tolhurst Blessing. ('07) celebrated her lOOth birthday in December. She- resides at the Louisville (Neb:) Care Center.

1910s

Donaidfll) and Grace Hallett

Redfern 1 celebrated 70th wedding anniversary on 29, 1985 at the home of Wmard ('49) and Jean Meister ('48} Redfern in La Mirada, Calif. Their sons Loren ('37), Willard, and LeRoyf41)and his wife Nancy Jones ('42) Redfern ail helped celebrate the occasion. Don had a General Merchandise store in :Peru from ! 918.:.42: They moved to California in 1952, and Don worked at Long Beach City College until '63. Grace had an art studio in their home and gave lessons through the·summer of '84; They dm be contacted at 1 r70'1 Stude,baker Road, Norwalk, Calif. 90650.

1920s

Mrs. A.B. (Ethel) Clayburn ('24), widow of the long-time Peru State professor, was honored with a tea in April for her 95th birthday. Hosting\ the event were her children, Laurine Clayburn Johnson ('50) of San Jose, Calif., and Ansel ('52) and Barbara Bragg ('51) Clayburn of Peru. Ethel resides in the Good Samaritan Center in Auburn.

Marion Marsh Brown ('27), alumnus, former faculty member, and recipient of PSC's highest honor --the Distinguished Service Award had a feature story ·published in a January issue· of the Omaha World-Herald ''Magazine of the Midlands". She wrote of Wayne 'Lee of Lamar, Neb., who has published 50 oboks, all with a western setting 1ii;nd theme.

P.eru State Colle,e Js loo)I;hlg for its "lost" alumni.

Anyone who can bring PSC up-to-date on the·· folloWing grads, former students, or former faculty I staff members should contact Kent Propst or Carolyn Bredemeier ·at the college right away. ·

PSC wliJ make sure these people receive the• Peru Stater and .other ·information from the college·regar.ding reunions and other activitieS.

To bring PSC up-to-date, contact Kent Propst or Caroly11 Bredemeier by writing them at Per!)! State College, Peru, Neb. 68421. thoks?

CLASS OF 19.36

Edward J. Armstrong

Jesse N. Backemeyer

Doris l. Barker

Cora Mae ·Kennedy Bartel

Harriette.£, McGill Behney

Guinevere Strong Berg

Please Print

Elizabeth Cooper

Glen Cramer

Geta Graham

Irene Klauschie Graybill

Cleo K. Blakely Griffith

Edna Grummert

Ida P. Harrison

Katherine Stephens Herring

Harriett Beattie Hondros

Aileen Kelley Jacobsen

Ethel Gay Glosser Kiefer

Thelma Lindstrom

Mary P. Young McGee.

Charles Novak

Laura Wright Pac.e

Esther Schwab1Pruitt

Harriett Scott

J.T. Shaw

Shlaes

Elsie Weber

Alvin Speedie

Geneva Lois Attebery Stanley

Irma Sullivan

Elizabeth Ware

Jeanne J. Winslow

Mel 0. Workman

Madge A. Peterson Young

Margaret O'Mara Kimmel ('10) of Roseburg, Ore., was interviewed this spring upon the occasion of her seefog for the second time in her life - Halley's Comet. She told the. Roseburg News-Review, "We didn7i realize what we were seeing and what agreatphenornenon itwas. A lot. of students thought it (getting up at 3 a.m.) was. a college trick, and they wouldn't go." She described the 1910 appearance of the comet·as "a big ball of fire with a flaming tail very plain and very visible."

Everett Fuller ('27), who passed away over 30 years ago, was honored once;' again this past March. Fuller, Who carved out a sterling reputation as a teacher and coach in Nebraska and Iowa, was posthumou§Iy inducted into the Hall of Fame for Coaches at' the foW:a Boys High .School BasketbaH Tournament in Des Moines in March.

1930s

Peru State tracked down a pail'• of previously "lost" alums when1 it received a · note from Dr; Dwight and Gwen Payne Waldo (cont'd on page .7)

Among those. attendmgPSC's third annual Mar Reunion recently were (from left) Salma Staben Hannnond of Bushnell, Neb.; Mrs• Clay Coy and Clay ('31) himself, residents of Coeur ···· D'Alene,.Idaho;and Derothy Cawthorne .Shumud·('M) of.San.Mateo, Calif,Severaluther alums were not present when phQtos were taken.

·.· Suno,D$(1'J,··

· ·who tp .attend the annu.lil California Alumni 'Reunion fo; April> recalled her.. days as reference librarfan;.under Grace •Peterson; That me my start and 1 .col;llplete9 'my master's.in library sc1enc;e at San State," she noted, She is retired.· after 15 years. ·as .in· the Cupertino, Calif. · and is active in ma,ny civic groups. "Greetings to all. Peruvians -we are a bree<J,

YaangmgradS,

Several younger alumni were on hand in May when Peru State College third.annual May Reunionfof' grads. Amongthose participating were(trom left) Gerald and Helen Hall Fichter (both .'39), now living in Florida; Dr. James Perdue ('37)ofFt. Morgan, Colo; Miriam Reel Ada,ms and Warren Adams ('37), Oregon residents; Margaret Majqrs Mclnnich;('30).of neaiby Brownville; and. Jane Dressler Powell ('37) of Denton;, T'eJ;•. Many. a,lums .ha:ve correspondence from the Fichter's in recent monthii, while Dr. Percllleis.,,_reeipient of the college's Distinguished Service Award, the highest honor the college c•..l>estow.

and six grandkids

Addie Ruzicka Williams ('41) of Nebraska City was honored ·this spring upon. her retirement from the Nebraska Job Service, where she has worked since

Prior to that she taught for five years in Pawnee (Neb.) County. ''I have seen· this busi.nes's c;h,ange from a pen-"and· (cpnl"d oa 8}

a····· G.hris:tian· Scienc.e practioner, a flealer through prayer He also ki::eps his eye on ( t,h'.at:rpJght,affect · the practice ()f· ('.hristian Science, the ai'tfole riotedi

educational organizations.

1940s

Robert Smith

Peru State ColJege:. is toqkjng for alumnk.

Anyone who clln• bring •}-lSC up-to-date on •• the: grads, former• · stude114s,. · or former. faculty/ staff members should contact Kent Propst or Carolyn Bredemeier at the · college right away.

PSC will make sure these people receive the Peru Stater and other information from the college regarding reunions. and other activities •

To bring PSC up-to.:date, contact Kent Propst or Carolyn ·Bredemeier by· writing them at Peru College, :Neb. 68421. And thanks! ·

Lois Duensing Achtemeier

· Lawren.ce. H. !\.nderson •

Margaret E. F:ar:is An<i.ers9n

Madeline Wrig})t .l)!l,rry. ·

C.E. Boatman

O.R. Brewer

Hazel .Merie

lna J. Hancock· Good •. Oavey

George Dee Rees Print

Kenneth w. Doermann Dorn

Melisa li:udwig Duey rvt'!rk·K :SpoFer Eastri<Jge

.1.,:•0na

Frances Laseur Halverson

Emma L. Howard

Evelyn. Kasten

Richard G. Kingsolver

Dorothy A Krause

Ruth Kroese

Donald Krup

Bob Luedke

Dorothy. G9olsby Mckinsey

Glenda. C9rnelius Murray

Doris Ganrt Niemiiao.••.

Shidey Penner

,Alvin JI Pierce

Ethel Prange

, .Qrleif'Rice

Cla'11lc Ll Rogers

AltifM. Schutte

Donald·w: Shrader'

Weav.et1.J;.

Dllane:E. White

W.cWhitham

Leta RookstoolWittcoxen

Mary W11rner Mruzik

Shod storywinner

. v by Dr. Ruth Crone ('42) Mary Elizabeth WernerMruzik ('40)· is the Missouri 2 State winner of the · General C: Federation of Women's Club's V short-short story contest.

..c Entitled "You Know Not The 8 Day Nor The Hour, "the story is

Rat." was also set ii:i the '30's but ha.d to do with a povertystrick en family .with eight children, living near. the Missouri River irt Nebraska.

At PSC, be.sides writing convocation skits and contributing to. "Sifting Sands," Mary Werner was ·on the Pedagogian staff and was editor Of the yearbook.

She took time out from writing for her and her husband Dick t.o have five children.

advisor for the Radar Defense System of New England, and helped develop a gjgital data transmission system now used.in • the ba:nking 'world. His "pride and joy" was constn1ciion of the famed haystack Radar Observatory in Westford. Mass. Cal lives with his wife, the former Betty Vance ('47) of Peru, who is the daughter of the late college maintenance man Stacy Vance • Edith Straube Sykes ('48) has retired froilJ teaching in the Denver Public Schools, after 27 years' service. She previously taught at rural schools near

Cook and Sterling in Nebraska, and at Council Bluffs, Iowa.

1950s

Jim Stolz; ('52) has.accepted the position of Technical Librarian at Northwest Christian College in Eugene, Ore: He had been serving as Director of Library Services at Clatsop Community College in Astoria, Ore. for the past I 0 years His wife who served as assistant librarian from 1950 to 1953 •. is retired and is recovering from a serious auto accident last fall.

Wilma Buckminster ('59) was awarded the Falls City (Neb.) PTA "Life Membership Award" for her involvement with and dedication to children. She has spent over 40 years teaching, mostly in the Falls City area.

Darrell Rosenquist ('55), who operates businesses in Peru, has been named Superintendent of Schools for Otoe County. He replaces Robert Smith ('47) in that position,, which expires at the end of the year.

Evelyn Stirba Rahe ( '58) has retired after 18 years teaching fo the Beatrice (Neb.) Schools. She (confd on p.1ge 10)

Mary Werner Mruzik '40 about her paternal grandfather and his influence on her. He had come to. live with his son and family when Mary was 16. Though .the elder Mr. Werner lived to be l 00, the story centers upon his time with them in the '30's.

In the '50's Mrs. Mruzik took first place in a natio.nal playwriting contest sponsored by Stanford. University. "River

Peruviana

(cont'd from page 7) pencil operation to computers," she reflected.

Dick. (attd. '40's), a native Peruvian and prrsipent of the Gran! {Neb.) Industrial Foupdation and the Grand Jsla:11d· Area ·Chamber of l1;;1.s J,een /elected '"the Nebraska has been head. Of.the.Grand Isiand organiz,a:tidns 1959.

Bob Fike (attd. ''46), who has been a carpenter at Peru State since 1968, was re.elected chairman of the Nemaha County (Neb.) Hospital board of directors in May.

Prior to their marriage, she had taught in public schools and had· been a first lieutenant in the WAC: Subsequently, when she worked for the Meiamec (Mo.) R-3 School District, .and the ,Special School of St. Louis County, she wrote original music programs for the children.

According to the' (Mo.) Journal, she wrote the GFWC winner in two months, "a relatively short time because she rushed to get the story done to meet the contest deadline. On the average, it takes Mruzik a year to finish a story."

She is quoted: "I am never satisfied. I always catch myself saying, 'l know this can .be better."'

Kansas, so may go back .in " Vester; who was back fo Peru in April for "AI Wheeler Day." taught and coached in and Oklahoma for 25 years, then spent another six· years as a principal in Oklahoma and Kansas. He was superintendent in Arapahoe.for seven years.

Jim Sandin ('47) of Lincoln was appointed deferred giving officer at Doane College in Crete, Neb. this spring. He had recently "ret.ired" as director of development and planned giving for Nebraskans for Public Television, Inc,., proceeds of which went to the Nebraska Educational Television Network. Jim was seen. regularly during Educational Television Network fundraising activities on the state's public television channel.

Ross Adams ('41) of Peru 1has ('47). of .Groton,

been elected president oL.the Mass visited hiS alma mater this Dist. 29 board.ot;ediicati:On in spring. Heis"Cnffoyingretirement

after careeras ;;i.n Vester Holman ('47) of educato1;.. ·inventor, scientist,. Arapahoe, Colo:; noted that·his. school district, of which he is himself as "just afarm kid from superintendent, voted in July '85 Nebraska," wqrked for Philco·· to. consolidate :with· another Corp., Bell Li:i.boratories, and district. So, he decided .to retire. others. He invei;lted a high-speed get.ting Hie {ever ,altiinetyr. and a:n auto pilot for .a!U q(ferefi a. col1ple o(jobsi.r,i S!Uall airErafh was a technical

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Pour gain top honors from Peru State Col,lage

A pioneer, an historian, a legislator and an educator were singled out to receive> special hon6rs from Peru State College during · ;l 986 Commencement exercises on Saturday, May 17.

·PSC President Jerry Gallentine announced the. names of three recipients of the college's Distinguished Service Awan:I thehighest ho.nor the college can bestow as well as PSC's firstever honorary doctorate.

The late Col. Thomas Jefferson "T:J." Majors, Dr. Verne Chatelain, and Dr. Leo Hauptman received Distingished Service Awards. State Senator CalviD Carsten was recognized with PSC's first honorary doctorate.

COL. T.J. MAJORS

Col. Majors, who passed away in Peru in 1932, is regarded by most as the father of the state college in Peru. He was, as a member of the first state instrumental in seeing Peru gain state funding in 1867, making the college

Dr. Verne E. Chatelain ('17), who was the first-ever .Chief Historian for the National Park Service, was the recipient of a Distinguished Service Award during Commencement exercises in May. He is shown here addressing the graduating Classof'86, with college President Jerry Gallentine in the background. Dr. Chatelain and his .wife, the former Celia Group ('15), liYe bt Silver Maryland.

Nebraska's oldest. "Historic Sites Act of 1935." He

A pioneering farmer, Civil War received a special commendaveteran, and statesman, Col. tion last yearfrom NPS director Majors was the Republican William Penn Mott for that Party for governor of effort.

Thomas J. Majors .('39) represented the rest of the Majors family in accepting the Distinguished Service Award on behalf of his grandfather, the late Col •. T.J. Majors, in May.Tom is a retired teacher and coach who currently raises cattle Erickson, Neb. Col. T .J. Majors, ,vho passed away in 1932, is widely regarded as the founder of the first state college in and the Majors family 1.;qntinues to serve Peru State College.

r. Leo Hauptman ('32) received the Distinguished Service Award from his alma mater during ceremonies in May. He devoted his career to education, much. of it at Ball State University .in lnd.iana. He and .his wife, the former Marie Lash ('32), .live in Muncie, Ind.

Nebraska in 1894. He was edged From 1936-42, Dr. Chatelain by fusion candidate Silas was research associate for theHolcomb {97,815 votes to Carnegie Institution of 94,613). Washington D.C. He was Col. Majors was Lt. Governor appointed by President Franklin of Nebraska in and D. Roosevelt as administrative and served in State and liason officer from 1942-45, 1egislatures in J867, 1869, 1887, doing investigative and 1889, and 1909. He also served personnel work in the war effort. the U.S. Congress in 1878-79, He wound up a brilliant career filling an unexpired term. by serving as professor of history Col. Majors, himself a student at the University of Maryland at the college during its first College Park. from 1945 'until his year, served the state Board of retirement in' 1970. Education from .l902-32.

Indiana, as .he was registrar at Ball State University in Muncie from 1946until retiring in 1974. Other professional positions included superintendent of schools at Nickerson (1932-34) and Alvo ( 1934-37) in Nebraska; advertising manager and public rela.ti.ons director. for. the Nebraska. State Teachers Association ( 1937-38); and director of research for the University of Nebraska's Teachers College (1938-41).

President Lyndon B. Johnson

DR. VERNE CHATELAIN awarded a citation "for your Though he was born in 1895 in contributions to American Waco, Nebraska, the family of education in 1965. The State of Dr. Verne Chatelain moved to Mary·land conf,S!rred its Pei;u shortly after.,his birtti: and "Distinguished Citizenship the family name fi9,:ures Award'' upon him in 1974, and prominently in.thtr history <yfthe the .University of Maryland community. ... presented him with its "1984

A 1917 graduate of the college Service Award." in Peru, Dr Chatela.in served as DR •. LEO HAUPTMAN a. faculty' at his' alma A.n educatm with a penchant mater from .192;i-3 I. In. '31, for poems, illustrative stories Horace.Albright, director qfthe and describes Dr. Nation'a"l Park Service, Leo Hauptman, who was born appointed Dr. Chatelain <l.S the near Julian in Otoe County. first Cheif Historian of the .The 1932 graduate of. Peru National Park Service. He was State College began his career: in also appointed Chief of the education even before receiving Branch of Historic Sites and his , degree, as he was Buildings for the NPS. superintendent of schools ih Dr. Chatelain served in that Burr, Neb from .1929-31. His for five years, during entire career was spent in service which time he drafted and to education. passage of the -Much of his career was spent in

His first position outside of his home state was as director of education and• psychologist for the public schools in LaPorte, Indiana from !94!-44. From I944-46 he was registrar and student director at Kalamazoo (Mich.)College. Dr. Hauptman ·was visiting Professor df Education at Eastern ·Michigan University at Ypsilanti during the summers of 1944 and '45.

Dr. Haup1tman's hobbies ·include a qollection · of ·over 20,000 poems, illustrative stories, and quotations.

CALVIN. CARSTEN

Peru State College's first-ever recipient of an honorary do-ctorate, State Senator Calvin Carsten, has spent his !ife in service to the State of Nebraska. A native of Avoca, he was elected to the state Legislature in 1970, and has been reelected to represent District 2 in 1974, 1978, and 1982. "

The ealthqualce. al '81

When Lenore Harris Hughes ('33) mentioned "The earthquake that shook the walls" at Peru State in the l 930's in a letter to the Peru Stater a year ago, editor Kent Propst asked if anyone knew moi:e about it. Gerald Fichter ('39) of Naples, f'la. got busy and did some research. He contacted the ·u .S. Department of the Interior last fall, and sure enough, he got what he sought.

A letter to Fichter from Carl W. of the U.S. Earthquakes Project for the Department of the Interior, wrote:

"The 1935 earthquake in Nebraska that you inquired about occurred on March I,

193S at about 5 a.m. CS I. It was located near Tecumseh, Nebraska '

"It had a magnitude of 4. 7 and an assigned intensity of VI (minor damage). The strongest effects' were'at Tecumseh where chimneys were cracked and a few collapsed, a few windows were broken, and plaster and stone walls were cracked.

"It was felt over an area of 5 0, 0 0 0 square miles. of Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, and Missouri."

So there's rhe story of earthquake. Gerald, who has been expending a lot of time helping Peru State keep track of alums of late, deserves yet another tip of the hat. Thanks!

lldmhoatal atcldnga 1 1RrA , ·m.

Ken Andersll"l of the Peru State College art department counsels Dorothy Armstrong Elliott ('42) of Aurora, Colo. on her etching techniques during a workshop held last April at PSC. Participants in a program known as the "Elderhostel"were on the PSC campus or in the.area ta.king part in such programs, according to coordinator Bob Baker. For Mrs. Elliott, it was a special visit: she is a native ofHowe as well as a 1942 grad date of Peru State. The "Elderhostel" program is open to older

Bill L. Herman

Jerome A. Hoffmari

Beverly J. Cook Hogue citizens and involves hundreds of locations across the country. For more information on the "Elderhostel",program, contact Baker at PSC.

:ta:rry E: Hopkins

n ;Doug • Yorba Linda, Callf. still. · , ., ·manages to get himself into hot .Ana whil'e

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·taulbt a· total· of 43 years, includ!ng 'Se.veral ·· years in as NebraJ!ka.

MUclrea Bowen f58I, wlto has taught English and speech in Humboldt (Neb:) for 23 yean,'retired.at the :end of the spring terin. She ptans tO keep b\isy ·as a consultant for Mary Kay Cosmetics and will continue to teach dance in her home studio. · ·

Wilma ·Jeffries· Parkison ('56). and her husband, of San qiego, .· Calif. celet>fated ·.their SOth wedding anniversary lJ! March. ·

LaVonda Aufenkamp Aber-

C\ulpter I services to. children.

The remedial reading teacher at Nebraska City Junior · High School, she has beeri with· the. program since its beginning Husband William ('51) is vice principal at Nebraska City High and also teaches "bookkeeping.

:Rorma Jean :Neubauer

Wiekhorst ('57) was honored upon her retirement from the Hayward School in Nebraska City this spring, where she taught for 29 years. A silver maple tree was planted on the

football, basketball and track· ed ti> help. organize;,.. .··. Margaret Robert Strong .for Coach Jack Mcintire ('41) next year's n,ieeflilg. iri Edythe Clayton P. Swanson,.

water sometimes, according to childrell. of PSC Will make· s•ne t.hese • Bill Schock of C:itr, alums: SheriN.qrrls, the Peru Stater . Journal •. Seems s · Lee ('60) an,d Peggy Eickhoff andot1.1ermformation.from the ; ·•/; ; youngest daughter, He1d1, is a ('58) No,rris .?f Topeka, Kan., college regarding and. RonaldG. ·;;' cheerleader for the University of has been the :N'o. I singlestennis other. activities. •Carol. E: Brunnet Mall.i' California at Los Angeles·'' player for. Ar1zona State To PSC upwto-date, Dotothy LycinsM:CMas (UCLA). Schock-wrote, "as.you University the··two;.titlle AU;. contact Propst or Carolyn Dean R Moyer can imagine if you know Doug, American and · j 985 female . Bredemeier by writing. them at • Sandra Shaw•Percetr he was down on the sidelines of theYear at who Peru State (:ollege, Peru, Neb. Clara,L. Person during the UCLA-Iowa Rose has also beeI1 on the Dean',s list 68421. And thanks! William Pope Bowl pictures at ASU, hasan,nounce,dpians to CLASS OF 1956 Orla!1?o S; Rodriquez of He1d1.· Doug said ·"They turn professionaL· .: · .Susan Alberson Ackerman Patricia Rogers threw me out several but I . William. Quentin Pharoa.b ('S6) J. Allen Joa?n R .. Roos Ryans always got back m. ··That of Lincoln, Calif. was unable to Kay Phelps Besom Dwight L. figures," opined Schock, who attend· the apnual .Northern Albert. C?errie Schmidt also that "H.e meeting this Shirley Mae. Htld Burton McClure. Sevick was. a whiz - and s sptiq.g' .due,. t<)a. ptevions Byerhoff J. Wor.kmaqShearQµ not usmgtlie WOTd loosely - tn Elgin, Dwight.Clason Tola.P. Stauffer - aatJaY f5llofNebr8slca ('.:ity was ..-- one of 18 Nebraskans honored at the statt of activities celebrating 20 years of Title I-

and then on to Peru State to. Sacramento; Final determina- Ben Colhns .Geraldme R Meyer Tuner c8ritinue his sports achieve- ··tion of the, site for the '8? ArpeanJ. Ediger Edward ff. Volktner rilents."' Doug is one ofonly two meeting has yet to be made. R. Goin Ehlers Elmer L•. Voss !ern State athletes ever to earn Weddel ('56) of Falls Bill.Everett Weresh State College Athlete of the City, a volunteer reading teacher Yvonne Fairfield luamta R W.erner Year" honors from the Omaha in the.Falls City GEDprogram, · MY1:na Richard, A. Whited World-Herald. was honored as the Nebraska ·Lucille White Grubb Shelly Whited The sons of Pat and June; "Celebrate Literacy" award Ruby A. Mueller Heinke Winslow Hauptman Novacek (both '57)1 winner by the Nebraska State Glen. Q, Henner Viva L Zang h · d k bl · Please Pnnt aveenJo?e remar a Readmg Council m February., m athletics themselves, 1t has. Mrs. Weddel, who was trained been .note? recently. Son is. as a nurse before earning' her his year w1tl1 the. teaching degree from Peru State, St. Cardmal fo,?tball has taught in Nebraska City, as a tight end; son Bump· 1s. Falls City, and in Maryland. Her participating in football and track at the University of (cont'd on 14)

Mrs'. ·Pauline Scott

Max Kems

Radio KAUB

·Maxine Trauernicht

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Coatney

Mr. ·and Mrs. Hanford Miller

·Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wilson

Mr. arid Mrs. Glen Sheeley

'1vk and lV(rs. Dee Jarvis

·Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Merchant

Ruth VanZant

·

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Iverson

Quercus Club

Oakdale Club

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Groves

: Alice Olson

Dr. and Mrs. Wm. McClintock

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Gress

Mr. and Mrs. James Lyons

Mary Anna Gnade

Mr. and Mrs'. Darrell Chandler

Dr. and Mrs. Walter Parks

Kucera · City Retired Teachers

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Smith

Mr. and Mrs, Jack Longfellow

Silas Summers

Margaret Johnson Treat

John Billings

Mr. Mrs. Michael Chu

Glady'i William ss·elman

Maynard hnson Harry Letle

AL WHEELER

D,AY

It was a tip of the hat to a grand old man, and what a celebration it turned out to be!

"It" was Peru State College's "Al Wheeler Day," held on Saturday, April 26. And "if' will long be remembered by the over 200 people in attendance, the bulk of whom played ball under the late, great "Coach AL"

Organized by a group of Wheelermen, with help from current PSC officials, "Al Wheeler Day" had many

-The dedication.of the college's beautiful health and physical education facility as the "Al Wheeler Activity Center. A large bronze plaque, oversized portrait, and other items recalling the college's glory days under Coach Wheeler are on permanent display;

-Induction of Wheeler into the brand-new Peru State College Athletic Hall of Fame. Coach Wheeler was the lone initial inductee;

-A noon luncheon in the college Student Center that attracted over 160 people, including a number of state and national dignitaries;

-An alumni football game in Wheeler's beloved Oak Bowl, putting alums against the current crop of Bobcat regulars, who prevailed 14-0;

-A reception, hosted by the Peru VFW Club, which packed that facility from wall-to-wall;

· -A prime rib buffet dinner in the college Student Center that served over 180 people.

Special and honored guests at aJl activities were Mrs. Fran Wheeler, who herself served Peru State from 1942-65, and Dr. Al Wheeler Jr., son of Al and Fran Wheeler. Trying to recount all of the activities of that day would take up too much space, but a few of the more memorable m 0 ments should be noted.

A letter from President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan recognizing Al Wheeler was read by PSC President Jerry Gallentine. Also on hand to offer congratulations was U.S. Congressman Douglas Bereuter of Nebraska, who was instrumental in gaining appoval for construction .of the Wheeler Activity Center when Bereuter was in the Nebraska legislature.

Dr. Harry Fritz, the head of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, recalled Coach Wheeler's involvement on the national level. Fritz noted that Wheeler was inducted into the NAIA Football Coaches Hall of Fame four years before he stepped down as head coach of the Bobcats. State Senator Wiley Remmers, a 1938 grad now residing near Au.burn, recalled watching the Wheeler era develop itHo one of the most respectable small-college athletic programs in the nation.

April

I am pleased to send wa: gathered at Peru State C for the dedication of the Center. My special reg1 and Al, Jr.

This is a- fitting tribute director. Coach Wheele1 Americans value most hi1 counselors of our. vouth. named in his memoi-v, A1 legacy of responsible acl generations.

i Nancy joins me in sendir God bless you.

Mrs. Fran Wheeler

Thomas L. Morrissey, a Tecumseh (Neb.) attorney and the

tings to all those :in Peru, Nebraska eeler Activity to Mrs. Wheeler

ti State's late athletic iz.ed those qualities the teachers and the new facility s outstanding iiiVtiimPcnt will inspire future

wishes to everyone.

Saturday, April 26, > 1986

current chairman of PSC's governing boa'rd, spoke of his days in high school football and of the sterling reputation of the Wheeler athletic dynasty.

, Jack Mcintire ('41 ), one of Wheeler's finest products who came back to coach alongside his former mentor, delivered one of the most touching testimonials that day. He echoed the sentiments of all when he said, "My only regret is that Al could not be with us today."

Coach Newt Kyle, who had the fortune to coach alongside Wheeler when Kyle guided some of PSC's best basketball squads in the late 1940s and early '50s and who had the misfortune to coach against him wben Kyle left for Tarkio (Mo.) College, spoke of Wheeler's high standards .both as a coach and as an educator. -

Dr. Al Wlieeler Jr. reflected on v.:.hat Peru meant to 'his father, and·why, with his record of success, he chose·to stay at the Campus of a Thousan9 Oaks. ·

.Others o.n the program were PSC Presi.dent Jerry Gallentine; Jerry Jox ('65), dean of student who served as Master of Ceremopies; Maxine Mehus, PSC athletic d,irector, who formi;t!fy inducted Wheeler into the PSC Hall of Fame; anci Rev Ben D.uerfeldt C54), who delivered the invpcation and .the ' ·· /;( ' ,,,,, ,;,, ,: ' ' '

SpeCialmeritiori must be rriade of the event's planning conimittee, headed by Jack Hallstrom: ('50) of Omaha. Alums who ':1-greed .to serve on, .the committee included: Wendell.''Red"Holmes('54), Ja.ck Mclntire('41), fred Applegate ('56), Don B.ecker {'46), Jack Brawn.er ('52), Ken Clark ('58), Bob Gibson ('62); Ross Pilkington ('61 ), .Jerry Grancer ('58), Curt Lindell ('54), ' Max Moore ('57), R<?senquist ('55), Tom Hallstrom ('49), Duane Haith ('65), Myrt fli;tll ('47), Chuck Krurrime ('57), Don Roddy ('58); Jim Lane ('51 ), Bob Gomon Logsdon ('47), Curt Sederburg ('54), Gene Larsen ('54), Cecil McKriight ('52), Bob Ryan ('52), Ross Adams ('41), and Wayne Linder ('49).

A special program was printed up for the occasion which includes photos, testimonial letters and ofher memorabilia from the Wheeler era. Individuals unable to attend can get a copy of the program by sendi.Q_g s5 to cover the cost of production, postage and handling, to Carolxn Bredemeier at the Peru Achievement Foundation, Peru State College:-Peru, Neb. 68421.

April 26, 1986 will long be remembered as "Al Wheeler Day", thanks to all of the alums, men and women alike, from both coasts .and all points in between, who took the time that day to sax:

"Thanks, Coach AL"

Major alft• to benefit scores of ·Peru students

Cµrrent and future Peru State ti' stu<.Ients are the biggest beneficiaries gifts to I tiE) the Peru Achie.vement' E Foundation in recent months,. according to President Jerry 1 0 Gallentine. 1 g:; Several significant gifts to Peru 1 1 State have been received or 1 announced that will assets of the Peru Achievement: Foundation almost twofold, Dr., Gallentine said;

Charles Pratt ('67) has established a.n endowed scholarship· in memory of his wife, the former Elaine Gerdes ('64). The SJ0,000 endowment will provide scholarships for two residents of Nemaha (Neb.)

County 'with demonstrated. financial need; consideration may be given to. elementary education majors.

Charles Masopust of New York City has established two endowed scholarship funds in· memory of his family.

The "Joseph and Hollis Masopust Scholarships" are named after Charles' late brother and sister-in-law. Joe Masopust formerly headed the Peru Achievement Foundation, and both he and his wife, the former Hollis Hutchinson ('54), were extremely active in college affairs.

Another endowment will fund the "John and Frances

Masopust Scholarships," in memory of Charles' and Joseph's parents. Both endowments are s10,ooo.

The Omaha World-Herald Foundation has awarded PSC $25,000 to endow some of Peru State's most prestigious scholarships. Only Nebraska residents who compile a 24 ACT score and rank in the upper quarter of their graduating classes are eligible to apply for the scholarships. '

The college has been named as part owner of several trusts established by the family of the late Martha Greenlee Jones ('12) in western Nebraska. To date, proceeds to the college total S35,000; however, by the time all

Robert A. Jones ('56) of Qn}aha has been to vice andhea.It!i: compliance officer Contirteri:.:·.c tal General Insurance Co. of Omaha, Jones, who. has· been involved .· in the insurance industry since 1960, has been with Continental General since 1964.

of the various trusts are dissolved the -college will likely receive in excess. of $200,000. The Greenlee Jones bequest is unrestricted, and thus can be used for a variety of needed projects including, but not necessarily restricted to, scholarships for deserving students.

As announced in the previous Pe.ru Stater, the brother of the iate PSC physical education teacher Phyllis Davidson has established a large scholarship fund memorializing Miss Davidson.

The late Hobart Davidson left the college better than $}36,000 in his will to endow many

1960s

scholarships. Recipients must meet strict academic criteria. In some are specified for older, "non-traditional" students, and some are earmarked for out-of-state students. Others will go to "traditional-age" Nebraska residents.

Finally, the college has received word that it will be the recipient of the remainder of the .estate of the_ late Joy Elmer Morgan ('13). Attorneys administering the Morgan estate estimate that the college will receive S240,000. The college has not yet learned of any restrictions placed on Dr. Morgan's bequest. (See related story).

who has .been with the Auburn district for 24 years, she teaches English and social studies.

Donna Heinz Kroese ('60) is part owner of Weigel's Jewelry Store in Beatrice (Neb.). Donna· and her husband live in Lincoln, ··and she teaches in the Lincoln Public School system.

Jack Mast

A.E. "Jack" Staples

Peru State College's V-12 1programin V-12ers

PSC's ann_..aJ;alumni r.eunionin Norther!) California this past spring. V-12ers and the college are cPnsidering organization of a reunion of that group; interested are,ask.ec:l to contact Kent Propst. at,. the college •.·(P:hoto ·.Carlos Harrison)

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,(cont'd from page 10) background in art has allowed her to give lessons .in that discipline and to judge local and area competitions, toq. Persons familiar with folklore

Southeast Nebraska have no heard of the legendary Antoine of the A Nebraska in the works who in Verdon and Falls City in Southeast Nebraska, d.id extensive research on the Barada family in hopes of documenting as true many of the legendary feats. ''But then, I decided that whether the story was fact or

fiction, I just wanted to tell it for the future," she told the Falls City Journal.

PSC received word from Mary Jane Montz Mayfield ('52) that she and husband, -Gary Mayfield ('58), are living in Marquette, Kan., where Gary is elementary school principal.

Bm 1'hw.mn1m ('51) of Nebraska City, a businessman in tha.t had· rownville's as wen as PS C's Dr, Lei1.:m:lSherwood Nebraska and wildlife for l 5

Jackie Cole '58) has retired from the Denver: Public Schools. Jackie notes that her brother Bob (attcl. '46-' '47) runs the Mustang Motel in Syracuse, Neb., and sister Loisr Cole Smith (attd. '47) lives in 1 California. 1

Dt. Ron Witt ('58), associate superintendent of the Millard Public was one of six people honored at the second annual Millard· Hall of Fame Banquet held this past spring. Dr. Witt, who earned his master's degree from the University of Nebraska-Omaha and ·his doctofafo from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, <has been with MPS for 28 years.

Evelyn Stirba Rahe ('58) of DeWitt, Neb. has retired after 18 years. teaching fifth grade students in Jjeatrice. Her career in education totals 43 years in Nebraska and California.

Jon AppJeget ('59) of Fremont· received one of the most prestigious of the rna·ny awards he has received when he was named the Omaha WorldHera!d "High School Coach of Year" this past spring. His Femont track teams have won four of the past Class A (large. state track and fielq championships, and this became first Class A school to win three consecutive state crowns. He is the fourth PSC alum to receive the honor, Zorn ('28) of Gothenburg in Den Miller ('35) of Col.um bus in '59, and Jack Mcintire ('41) of Falls City in '55. Jon credits his success in part to the influence of other coaches he has been associated with, including Darrel Genzlinger ('48).

Dr. Roger Rohlfs ('64), assistant superintendent for secondary education for the Fremont (Neb.) Public Schools, ;has been selected for mempership in the Nebraska Schoolmaster's Club. Membership in this organization, formed in 1898 to improve knowledge and understanding of educational issues, is limited to 250 mt:nibers.. '" < ;. " '· ;;

Oorotlly Willberger Rieb('6l) has recently been recognized as the 1986 "Teacher of the Year" by the Auburn Edu.cation Association. A published.author

JoAnn Scheitel Koso ('.69) of .Rulo (Neb.) was recently installed as : 198..6.:87 state president of Nebraska Federation of Business and (,If} ' ''. ··:· ,',f .·'""· ',,1!< " ,' " Womt:n'.s Clubs, lnC.. Mrs. Koso is a teacher intht: Falls City Public Schools.

Karen Cahow ('65) received a (confd on pa8e 15)

(left) and

(right), products of

wfio attended

PSC recognized by national IA group

The annual nieeting of the International Technology Education Association, held March 26-27 in Kansas City, Mo., in a significant amount of notoriety for Peru State College, according to Dr. Lester Russell ('51 ), chairman of the PSC Applied Arts division. PSC students, faculty, and alumni played a major role in the· convention, Dr. Russell said, particularly in regards to the activities of Epsilon Pi Tau, where they served ;i\S the host chapter.

Epsilon Pi Tau is the national honor a r y fraternity for industrial education. It is governed by a board of six regional directors from across the _U.S., · including Dr. C. Thomas Dean ('42) 1 of t,he Western Region. Dr. Dean is a Professor EIIJ.eritus of California Sta;te U.niversity, Lon:g, Beach:

Each. the meeting, a number of qutstanding leaders in in.dustdal education are inducted intothe organization in an "Exemplary Initiation," Dr. Russell explained. These are

people recognized as making significant contributions to industrial education but who have not prev;iously been initiated into Epsilon Pi Tau.

The compl,icated initiation ritual into the national organization was done completely ·from memory by a group of six Peru State College students (State College students "Eta Chapter")and one recent graduate this year, supervised by PSC faculty member Dr. Lester Russell and by Dr. Jerry Streichler, national Epsilon Pi Tau executive secretary.

The ritual team from PSC included Chris Salberg, a. senior from. Springfield; Roy Hammond, a senior from Burr; Kenneth Kerby, a junior from Bellevue; Andrew Andreas, a junior from Omaha; Kevin Schlange, a 1985 graduate Qf Peru State from Auburn; Mark McConnaughey, a senior from Aubumi :and·Bri1;1n Bra,dley, a senior from Auburn.

Making the even

·· special •for PSC was the factthat two Peru State College graduates were ail)ong the eight

1986 "Exemplary lp.itiates."

Larry Peterson ('72), industrial arts teacher at Auburn High School, had the good fortune to be inducted by· three of his former AHS students {McCo nnaugh ey, Bradley and Schlange). Terry Neddenriep ('74), industriaL arts teacher at Bradshaw Higli School, was also . an inductee.

Another "Exemplary Initiate" with ties to the college was C. Victor Larson, project director of vocational and adult education for the Omaha Public Schools. His father E. Albin Larson, was a 1933 graduate of Peru State and a charter member of the Eta Chapter. His uncle, A. V. Larson, was ·the faculty sponsor as well.

Accompanying the PSC students to the convention were PSC faculty members Dr. Russell, Kennard .Larson ('72), Robley Evans, and John Gray.

(cont'd from page H) master of education degree in

spring.

sc.1ence .arts. dmsion held November. Pam

degfee. "K:ansas State arts at·Nebras)[a City •

his team to. a ·berth in the,J986

,Nan¢Y ·· e has··been Boy's State Basketball Tourney AIJYOIJe. who an JH'illg •rsc Norma: I:>'. · ·, • appointed:· h.ead1 footQa1;l:1coach this past spring. on the•/ and head· boys. coach. at YivialJ Roesdl (attd. sum.mer : Jtads, :·or .J';tlallc,y ·. Consolidated High school '63) retireq this year after R'.ichard'G'e£;l)er. ···. School ·Stella, Neb, a career teaching physical ·FlOfencei/Gilliland · Blanche ·education in the Falls City. Citrolyn Bredemefer•·at' ,t'1e.l\ loyceKennedy Hall (Neb.) Public Schqols. tight away-.. · Edna McGovern Harroun tea.cher in th.e Plattsmouth Shirley Tankersley Gilfert PSC will make SQJ.'e these Carolyn Hinrichs (Neb.) P?blic Schools. ·She ('6',), an· English teacher in pe<>ple tbe,Pe,...Stater David Hoffman re,gan. her teaching career in Nebraska City, has published a 81Jd other infor1pation from 1he Catherine Repp Johnson 1936, and taughtin Plattsmouth story on. "The Home of Arbor r.egarding re.unions and · Jack Johnson from I93943and from'l9.63,;.86. •Day and More" in the "Family , Joseph w. Lee

A.rlene Howell HosehM' ('61). Mot()r Coaching" magazine. -J'o PSC ·llP:'to-date, Beverly Leeper Malon! retired after 37 years ofteaching> The article is designed to attract Kent_Pr,opst. Car-0lyn. Tom It Mincer · ·. in the Murray !Neb,) area. .· · toui'ism to· Nebraska City. .,· Ka.ren ·:Fankhauser Mont- ·to .. Jo:inin.g· the ·MurraY, Lydia.lbiesfeldEgger('64)and Perq g0mery .i m:"64; , 'her Gerald celebrated '841.J! A.nd t•kst. 'Larry w. M'drgan she ·taughl in: rural scnotjls fo <their 40th wedding anniversary

CLASS OF 1961

Allen

Sara Blue Anqerson

Lorna Andrews

David Pardue that area. ···.. last November, They reside in

Jetry G. P1;1rtridge

The·(amiliar sigh,t>·of Russell Douglas, Neb

Eulalia Schauer · Hicks ('63) running up and·down (:hades and Teri lijsby Steen

industrial

spring .when. a lip<len tree.was planted -at that in honor. ·. ·. ···

Betty King Lamberf {'67), a 21year veteran t>f kinde.rgarten in the Plattsmouth (Neb.-) pu.blic schools,· retjred this ·spiing. :Mrs.. Lainbe.,rt previously · taught in rural. schools and in Murray in Cass County. She began her teaching career in '42.

·Thomas D. Castle ('65) Wa.$ ·awarded. a doctorate in Educational· Admlnist.ration from Drake University in Des , Mofoes, Iowa in May. He is. assistant principal ;at Va.Dey High School in West Des Moines.

Tom Sheehan · the basketball court officiating (both '67) were unable to attend Baehr

Donna L. Johnson· Snyder games .ea.me to an end this pa$t the Northern California alqmni

Janice Magill Barnard. Sherrill Tarring school year: who .has meeting becapse of job

Peg Malcom Brady

Sharon L. Bailey Brown

Kathleen Rhoten Westerfield committments. , They are

Pamela y ost was honored by Nebraska's stationed at Ft. Ord, California,

Homesteader Conference for 25 and "We'd love to talk to anyone years of officiating. ·"Some of in this area." Teri added, "The them (fans) have challenged my .college memories we have of ancestry as well as my eyesight Peru are great!" for several years;" he. said. He is · Elfrieda Gawart ('61), who principal at Tri-County High retired last. year after 24 years School irt DeWitt, Neb. teaching at the Hayward Larry Cornelius ('64), teacher Elementary School in Nebraska and coach at Filley (Neb.), led City, was honored this past

Lynda Stephens f68) of Shenandoah, Iowa writes that she. has taught first and third grades and Remedial Reading and Chapter I reading since '71 at South Page. (Iowa) schools. She and her husband Bill live in rural Shenandoah along with their two sons. "Thanks to you, my years in education have been very rewarding!" she writes. "I wo\dd love it if one or both of my children could attend Peru State Really enjoyed classes

(cont'd on page 16)

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e with Dr. Sherwood, Mr. Brady, ;..; Coach "Mac" and B Lit keep informed as to what they are doing now."

I A great note from formerly t "lost" alums Madon and 0. Barbara Lasko Miller ('65) was received last December.

relative, Helen Kettering of Santa Anna, Calif. spotted them on the "lost alumni" lfst and helped get them back in touch with ·.PSC: "Through it (Stater) '"'.e were .a:ble to catch up on many timely news items plus find the whereabouts and doings of many old friends," Marion said. They taught for a year in Trenton (Neb.) after graduation, then moved to Barbara's hometown in Fairfield, Conn.; where Marion began work in a t bank and Barbara was more l than occupie.d ·· with three children. Thc:y ·nioved to

•terbury, Conn. in ·'12, where they now Jive. Marion is assistant vice president and and security officer at the .new Bank of Waterbury. Barbara has oeen appointed banquet manager of a brandnew 400-room Sheraton Hotel and Convention Center:

Kay Rasmusi.en George ('64) was featured in a "Teacher Profile" in a December '85 issue of the West Point (Neb.) News. It pointed out that Kay teaches fifth and sixth grade science at West Point Elementary School.

Husband Jerry ('62) is a math teacher. at West Point JuniorSenior Ron Callan ('61) was among41 Ne.braska teachers honored with Cooper Foundation Awards for excellence. in teaching. Callan has taught biology at Columbus (Neb.) High School for 25years. He and fellow CHS science teacher Jack Young , worked together on a project that.earned them the honor and a Sl,000 award.

('66) was honored by the Elk Creek (Neb.) School Board for 25 years' servi.ce to that school system. Previously she taught in rural schools id Johnson, Richardson, and· Pawnee Counties.

Rosemary Rottman Lucky ('60) was another of 41 Nebraska teachers to receive Cooper F oundatio,n Awards for e.xcellence in teaching. The Bellevue (Neb.) East High educator was one of a dozen teachers recognized in the · category of written communication. Rosemary has been with East High for almost 18 years.

When Nebraska celebrated "Teacher Recognition Day" in March, Mrs. Emma Sinnen Ocker ('65) of Cook (Neb.) was featured in an article in the Syrcause (Neb.) JournalDemocrat; Mrs. Ocker, who retired in '68, taught in rural

schools from 1921 until retiring except for a 17:-year break lo raise a family. S.he chose to teach in rural schools because. of the independence offered there. Reporter Sue Beach observed, "The price for was something a lot of people wouldn't want to pay: muddy roads, outdoor toilets, water

from a pump outside, stoves that

Reunion notes

A number of reunions have been staged in recent months, and more are on tap; PSC officials have noted

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

Thirty-:-nine people met in San Jose on April 12 for the annual gathering of Peru alumni in Northern California; according to organizer Carlos Harrison ('51) of San Mateo.

Among the highlights was the gathering of persons involved in PSC's V-5 and V-12 military programs of the mid-1940s. Another highlight was the presentation of bronze medallions to 50;.year grads Lorene Galloway Osborn ('36), Lucille Bicknell Smith ('36), Elinor Majors McGee ('36), Adelaide Prokop Bernica ('22), and Daisy Clark Wear, widow of Dr. John Wear ('14).

Andy Lakey (V-12, '45)and his wife Mildred the greatest distance to attend the meeting, driving in from Fall River Mills, Calif. ,

The I 987 meeting will most likely be held in Sacramento, noted PSC President Jerry Gallentine, who along with his wife, Shirley, represented the college at the meeting.

LINCOLN AREA

Alums living in the Lincoln, Neb. area gathered on May 5 at Jax Shack for a dinner reunion. Over 40 people attended the gathering; organized once again by Jim Robinson ('73).

President Jerry Qallentine brought alums up-to-date on recent developments at the college. He also encouraged alums to consider contacting their state senators to urge the legislators to improve their support of Nebraska's first college.

Each alum was given the opportunity to introducethemselfand tell those assembled about their lives since leaving the campus, OMAHA

AREA

Peru State College is looking for .its "lost" alumni.

Anyone who can bring PSC up-to-date on the following grads, former stµdents, or former faculty/ stafff members should contact Kent Propst or Carolyn Bredemeier at the college right

PSC will make sure these people receive the Peru Stater and other in(ormation from the college regarding reunions and other activities.

To bring PSC up-to-date, contact Kent Propst or Carolyn Bredemeier by writing them at Peru State College, Peru, Neb. 68421. And thanks!

CLASS OF 1966

Dennis M. Alessandrini ;..

Alicia A. Andrews

Marilyn J. Bailie

Sidney N. Baney

Edward L. Baroud

Shirley Barr

Eieanof L. Berry

Barbara Borgeson

Roger L. Capps

James 0. Carlisle

WayneT. Clark

Stephen R. Decatur didn't get started in the morning

Eugene Fitzpatrick until she arrived, and

Henry Gra.ce preparations for daily lessons

Kathlec:n Hennig for eight grades and a class of

March L. Tinkham Jacques kindergarteners."

James A. Jennings

Harlan "Keith" Richey ('60),

Robert D. guidance counselor at the Falls

Dale L Kreimer City (Neb.) Middle School, has

Larry R. Lines been named head football coach

Margaret Chilvers Lines for Falls City High for the Judy Hoyt Madden coming year:

Phil Madden

Michael E. f\- •. '

Donna Van.Buskirk McCoy \

Edythe G. McLeod, care with;a

Robert B. Murray/ , his

Ronald L. Mustard wife aµd!:.t.wo

Diana D. Pierson OUonoghue they

Ross L. Oestmann •

Charles P. Richards ··· Mrs. Marion Gomon ('65), the

Samuel B. Sadich, Jr. ·wife of the ·late Peru State

Marcia Scharp President Neal Gomon, has

Gayle Schoen retired from the Auburn Public.

.MargaretSlayter : Schdol System: She spt'.nt 19

.Joseph c Smith · year5 with the district, teaching

Edwin Stillinger third graders.

Thomas E. Hugh Roberts. Hilt ('66) received a

Patricia A. McKee Thompson doctorate in. education from Ronald E: Wiksell Kansas Sta'te University this

J.V. Wildinger, Jr.' spring. Dr. Hilt has been a Barbara L. Gordon faculty member at Pittspurg

PSC's first alumni gathering .in Omaha in several years was held on June 7, with a small but spirited group in attendance. College officials updated alums on the campus today, and President Jerry Gallentine encouraged the Omahans to help promote the college to their state senators and others.

SaraBeth Donovan ('85), organizer of the meeting, was chosen t.o fulfill those .duties again in '87. · · · ·

A number of recent grads were in attendance, hut earlier alurns were by and large not present. · -

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

, An effort was made to reorganize the SouthemCalifornia alu.mni chapter for an April meeting, but lack of response resulted in cancellation of the gathering.

The college would $till be willing to 'stage a Southern California meeting, but a person or persons willing t6 help are needed. If interested, contact Kent Propst at the college

ARIZONA ALUMS

PSC is giving thought to holding an alumni gathering in the Phoenix area next spring. Individuals interested in attending and/ or helping to promote such a gathering are asked to get in touch with Kent Propst at PSC.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN

The annual Rocky Mountain alumni meeting will be held during the last weekend in September.

A location has not been determined at press time; but invitations will be sent sometime in August. Phil Herbster ('69), elected vice president last fall,· will be taking over, since Art Majors ('51) has left Colorado Springs· to return to his alma mater as a development

V-5 AND V-12

Scores of young men attended Peru State in the ll}id-1940s under the V-12 and V-5 military programs.

There has been talk of staging a reunion or reunions of these people, possibly having one in California and another a.t PSC. Anyone with an interest in taking part should contact Kent Propst at the college.

Brian A. Collins

Please Print

Doroghy L. Bock Wilhs (Kan.) State University for the Mark E. Zimmerman past 17 years. Dr. Hilt and his Name-------------------,------wife, the former Mary Elaine Jones ('6(J), are parents two sons and. four daughters. Address--------------------:---

Richard Berthold ('67) has been named superintendent of the Bradshaw (Neb.) Schools.

·He has been principal and athletic director at Bradshaw for

I I years. Previously he taught in Tabor, Iowa; Plattsmouth, Neb.; and Central City, Neb.

1970s

Gerald and Diane Melichar Bender ('71) are the new owners of the Hallmark gift shop in

Nebraska City_.. Gerald is resident .director and Diane teaches at the Nebraska School for the Visually Handicapped in Nebraska City.

Loretta Davis ('73) of Omaha was.. presented the-"Teacher of (cont'd on page 17)

Mrs •. LeAnna Sodmann Frank

own•••

One of America's '.fastest-growing ·businesses

by Mitch Fabry

in national woodcarving contests and has her work sold through art galleries in Arizona. Missouri, and Colorado.

Husband Bernie Hajny ('81) teaches. and coaches at Junior High

for I9S5bythe :Ra Co.t!egr; qf ansiness; hr Ornhha. She has been

he value of a quality college edycation has· made itself apparent .Peru State alums Guy and Rita Lammie of Colorado Springs,

Corporate headquarters for R & D Systems Co. are located in Colorado Springs, Colo. This is an artist's rendition of the facil!ty, co-owned by alums Guy and Rita Gobber Lammie ('74). R & D Systems was ranked its the 53rd fastest-growing private company in America bf Inc. Magazine in 1985.· .•

• J ('72)an<i his , Robert Bl'lice Peruvtana \ Penise, are prouq parents · 7 ., ·daughtei, Ann, aretheproud·pa:rents·of a (cont'd from page 17) ; born tn They live in .Kylene Renea, born § are proud paterits of a,.second Auburn, Neb. · last November. ·.·• oE) son, Bryan Anthony, born last James ('73) and Bonnie Bob McKelvey ·{'74) and his ...: November.. Steve is the chief Armstrong ('70) Hinton ·of wife, Kathy, parents ·-M medical at Tti-· Oma:ha are the proud · ;,e County Lexington, an They. 'xeside in

.··. .·· ·. .· ·. HayLyn; who .wa:s·bor#.inApHt Fremont, <Neb. · U SteveMollms(•)andhiswife:. Rantly Wolbmburg ('75) and

0. Laura are pwud parents of.a · husband, Ja1rtie.,iue prone,! his. wife, Teresa, are proud

..,g daughter, Saraij born in : of a son hoi:n in May; of a daughter, Jill April. They reside .in Auburn:·.·· iheylive in Tahµage, Jl.jeb. Susanne, born in January. They John Whis'ier Jr; f77) and ·ms: · 'vem ('73) and Jane Frericks .live in DeWitt. .··· wife\Barbara are proud parents · ('71). Degroot are th¢. proud Kevin ('16) .·and t!f their thi.rd •child, • Audra., parents ofa s9n, C()rey ;Ryan, Pfeiffer> .of born.Jn April. They liye b()rn in Ma,Y.Th(! Dedt9qts llve Fari;tiingwn, Conn.· are pt'<>ud in Peru. ·..

J.t1Ue. Vasey

husband Mark are the proud ('73) Davis are proud patents of residentsof Fam1ington, Conn. parentsof a son Corey Mark, a son bqrn last October. They · born in March. The family lives reside in Johnson, Neb. the parents Ofa daughter, Carla in Grand Island. David Snyder ('70) and his Jean, born last February. They Leon ('73) and Becky Pieper wife, Carla, are proud parents of live in Lincoln, Neb. ('74) Golden of Omaha are the a son, Trevor David, born last .Hill Howery ('74) has proud parents of daugther Erin October .They live in Colum,f;)µs,' j(),it1e<:fthe. staff of Key Realty in Marie, born in April. Neb. · loWii· She .aI\d her

Cindy Burton Kopf ('79) and Cheryl Bruns Edmisten ('79) ···husband, Jon, live in fhurman, her husband, Tom, are proud and her husband Scooter 'are 1o·wa with tJteii two.sons, · parents of a son, Brian Thomas, proud parents of a son, Nicolas . ·Zwygai:t f78) has born in May. l:h,ey reside near. Ryan, born lasi November: accepted·· a' position·.· .as area FallS ,$::'.ity, Neb. · · They.live in Nebraska CitY. service manager' ·with the

Obituarie

Richard Hartley ("27) passed 'away recently in Oregon; He was a retired faculty member. from the University oft WisconsinLaCrosse.

Minnie Mead'··\·Uiben ('62) passed away fo She 'had been a Nebraska City resident.

Dora Clutter Krebsbach ('27), who had been living in Beatrice (Neb.) passed away in May.

Holly W. Osborne ('36) passed away in Austin, Texas in May. He was a retired major with the U.S. Army.

Fem Mayfield ('51) passed away in March 1984, the Stater has learned, She had been living in Blackwell, Okla.

Robert Gess ('57) passed away in March in Omaha: :He taught and coached in· Tobias; Neb., and l h:ad been l4viing in Louisville, Neb.

Wayne West ('54) passed away : last November,; He refirei:H·n 73 \>afterteachingin CouncilB.tuffs, Iowa:

·Adam• Ttaudt ('28) passed away: last• Novembeb Me had ·taught irr Sioux City;: ldwa:East Nigh School from 1925-61:

Marshall<Jones ('14) passed ;away last November in Arizona. He was a retired livestockbuyer.

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.Decetn:ber in• had ·faµgbt in• Public f Qr,Jna.11Y """' '"· "'' ;-

'7:'' 1.".. .:,

.Jolin Collin('39) passed away 'in November in CaHfornia. He ·graduated from the•·. loca.1 high schoolas well as college, and had : taught math and science until retiring.

Edna Clark Rutz (attd. '28-'30) passed away in January in Dawso:i;i, Neb. She taught in rutal schools in that area for many yeJtrs .. .cylene Parrish (attd. '22,;'23) passed. : away ,in 2xFellr;uary ·in ,[{:ansas·.City; M1-:She Jiad,been an· intetiqr: de.corntor in Kansas

<:·CilYr wher-e:shdived'.forthe pa:st 48.years.,

· ;Lois N l'.l'is ('58) passed away

··· · · · "'·.. inFebruary·in;FallsCity· Neb. "Dutch." Lorbeer. · · · ·· ·•· · ·· ·. '. · .···· ... ··· ·..'·•. · •. ·• .. "''·, d .. .SJ;J.e taught m rural. schools in the Pormer Pe;ru an,, :table. E,;0 e;k .aliea until. retiring in co,a.ch Ernest. F. Q-.tc,h.. .t]'J;.

Chevrolet Division in master of arts Dallas, Patricia StukenhQltz Cook Phil {;haJ?man ·js the an art teacher in the Falls assistant mep.'s basketball City (Neb.) Public at Prairie View (Tex.) & M painted a)arge(4-.fuot by t>·foot) University,, A. .recent v[sito.r to .portrait of Coach Al Wht!eler his alma mater; Phil: notes that C38;.'t>St whichfrow adorns the started Prairie View's newly-dedicated ·Al : .,;fi.13.s! · Activity Center ori. :the PSC · ·· ·f)togiam"lashfall. : · ·· · · campus. Pat also had 'art Apn.Billings.Bei:kheimer ('79) exhibition on display at PSC in · .repor;ts that she is alive and well March and April. · and living in Ariz. She is Dennis Obermeyer ('70) has teaching freshmen_ and resigned his position as physical sophomore student.s. i°'. an education instructor head track student" program and cross country and lit South Mountain High assistant football coach at Peru State .in order to complete work

o.n his doctorate at the University of Missouri. He' had P<>; irt; , been on sabbatical leave during was in a Mar.ch issue the 1985-86 academic year. The the_ Lincoln Journal-Star. The Campus of a Thousand Oaks was not based on his wishes both he and wife Carole business ('73) the best! rather on his success tram1ng ... hunting dogs. Journal-Star Thomas Dennis ('72). earned a reporter Gary Svoboda noted master of fine arts degree from that Paul has "become one of the Wichita State (Kan.) University leading winners on the Midwest in painting this past spring. The ( "d W h" 'd cont onpage19) 1c 1ta res1 ent already holds a ·

Nebraska for many years. A tragic automobile accident near Palmyra, Neb, this spring took the lives of three generations of the same faJl1ily, all. with ties to Peru State College. Killed were Fannie Erisman Collins (attd. '06); her daughter, Marjorie (:ollins Volkman ('75); and Marjorie's daughter, Mary Volkman Meyer ('76). Both Marjorie and Mary had been teaching in rural schools near Peru.

NelJ Graf Brunsdon ('54) passed away in February in Winston, Ore,

..Helen Best Drew (attd. passed inJull;e ill.Lincoln; was a retired teacher from the Omaha'·Pubifo Schools.

PSC student Nancy .Watson passed away in June in Nebraska CitY: Edith ('69)passed away in June in FairbUJ:y, Nep. Ruth Arlene Rider. Tobin ('52) passed away in in Kansas. She was a schoolteacher in Nebraska and Kans.as. ' Elsie Wynn Roberts ('16) passed away in March in Sidney, Iowa.

Lucile Chism Hampel ('15) passed away in April in Auburn, The Verdon, Neb. res.ident taught in Nebraska .Pen.i St;ltj;: rhas. · tbat.,l)avid away in March Rapids, Iowa.

Jl(1ward, away this .• ,li:i:: administrator in Wyoming arid· in the

; rQ$a'lta,.

.J.9,rbeer. .r.!'l.way Jast ,:f:cMµrieJ.: ('25) Qdtober in Ruth Ewers ··McGinley "27-'29); pas>s.ed away:;in

, November in U>enver; C<>lo; Harry ; ('16) passed away in December in Syracuse, .Neb. H.e was a.certified public accountant working in Chicago until retiring to Syracuse in '54. Mable. Abbott Tasler Mcconnaughey •passed away in $he taught school; for

·· '.Grant· Merrick '('20) ·Passed a:waiY Diego, Calif. last;·N'°vember: She .had resided inTucson, Ariz; forthe past23' years.

Ruby Breunsback Russell ('40) passed. away in February in Lincqln. She had. been a resident of Summerfield, Kan. Ruby had taught .in. ruraL s.cbo,ols in Pawnee and Gage Counties in

Marian

Deck

Marian Deck Strafiss" ('46) passed away fo December fo Cedar Rapids, lowa. Her parents, the Earl Deck's, operated a hardware store; .in Peru for many years, and her mother was a nurse in Peru. She taught in Bern, Kan. before marryirigErdest Strauss ('47) iri 1947.

.Glenvil· .. ··· Ohio'w·a• Giltner ' "' '" • '.t' Fairfield, and Trumbull:befo.re ·retiril}g·j11.t968. .·· ;

· .Emma .('lil:)· passed Neb;· She was an elementary· schoolteacher jn that community for mapy years, Gladys Maj(jrs Gale ('03), .the last surviving child of. the late Col. T,J. Majors, passed aw.ay in April in Beatrice, Neb. (cont'd on page 19)

stiiiuss "46

Peruviana

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Field Trial Association circuit."

The former Bobcat football standout said "Being in athletics, I always was a competitor .l've got my athletes (the dogs)here. If we win, I feel real good. I'm not above taking my steak at the banquet and going down and giving it to one of my dogs because he did a good job!"

Barbara Lyons Pierce ('18) and her husband, Dale, are proud . parents of a second daughter. ·Polly Nicole, born last live in Sidney, Iowa. of '74 grads, Mjke Nannen .and Jim Landwehr, were featured in the Syracuse (Neb.) newspaper this winter whenit did a feature on Syracuse natives\who have gone. on to successful. basket ball. coabhing

,.Qbituaries

careers.· Mike coaches at ·.Red Cloud, Neb., and Jim at Cedar ·Rapids, Neb;

Nancy •Herrick Brewer ('79) was spotlighted in an article in the .Humboldt (Neb.) Standard last fall. She has taught math and computer education at Humboldt for seven years. Her daughter Teri is a PSC student.

member frorn passed away in .Mankato, Minn. He was professor emeritus at Mankato State University.

Burt Mahoney ('51) passed •away last September in Minneapolis, Minn. He was a teacher and school' administra·for in Illinois and Minnesota. ·

.friend Bob Utermohlen ('SO)

;,:,:said Burt always described his

Dr. D'onald Buskirk ('70) is ·teaching at the University of Nebraska. He earned his doctorate from Oklahoma State in '80, then taught at Purdue

Nebraska. Arland ,. ('71), · an elementary school teacher in Louisville, Neb., has been selected to represent Educational Service Unit #3 at a math, science and foreign ·fanguage workshop in Kearney. He is one of only 20 elementary science and diath teachers in the state who will be trained to help other elementary math and science teachers improve their instruction.

kindergarten and remedial m< reading teacher at the Julian as ·elant :

(Neb.) elementary school, and cont.ro'ller.. Sta•R1te is a !"'.l' her husband Dan received ··the worldwide distributor of water Southeast Quad County Pork pumps, valves and filtefs. He.has S Producers "Achievement been general accounting fr Award" for 1985. supervisor at American Meter Danfol Lee Wirth ('72) of Co. inNebraskaCityforthepast Talladega, Alabama has been five years.

r:cognized as an "Outstanding y·7

Mary Jane Vanderloo 8rooks has b'een librarian at Weeping Water (Neb.) for the coming school year. Her husband instrumental musk teacher at Plattsmouth Middle School.

Phil Fritz (att. of Verdon, Neb., was honored as the ·Falls City Jaycees' ":Outstanding Young Farmer" fof 1985. ·

l 98.5 by the company that' publishes the directory. He is an instructor with the Alabama School of Handicapped, at the1

He was chosen for his work the schoolchildren and work in Talladega. civic

Ralph ;\mold ('75) received a doctorate from fowa State University in animal nutrition in ·May.

'Young Man of America" for/ for three years before returning to Ne.braska Stephen Sim ('73) received the "Woodbadgc Award" in Scouting recently. He has served as district camping· chairman for the Three Rivers District in the Comhusker Council of Boy Scouts of America. He h<l,§ been a scout kader in. Beatrice, Walthill,. Bancroft and Lyo,nsin /'

..•·.state ·.42.

· ·• Mid ·a:r¢$ide.il'.t:of'•:lulian, •. · passed •away ·where had li:Ved since 1944. Zora M. 1'ennant'('41) passed Auburn, She a of 4& years' away in April in Norfolk,, Neb. scqn:s of.students, 11 teaching in Nebraska and Her career iri education was exti:emely actjvein sc, California. largely spentin Lincoln, Neb. comnmnitv affairs; <:. PSC•recentlyreceivednoticeof She .received a distinguished Alwyn Young ('42), :the death of.BerniceHaPte1'Ross service award from the. Lincoln beena reside.nt of Adams;NeK; ('28), who had been living in Are a Re t ired Te ache rs · passed a way last autumn..

•• • Aurora. Neb. Association in 1965. · PSC has learned of the deattis college also recently Esther Roos Teten ('28) passyd of D;J. Cljlrk ('31) of Tecumseh, received belated notice on the away in April in Lincoln, Neb. Neb,; Marjorie Nottingham Doris Jacka Wragge She was a longtime teacher in ('66) of Robinson, Kan.; Paul who passed away in 1980. rural schools, mostly in Otoe Tigard ('29); Buehler {'34);

Edith Dort passtd away County.

Eva

this in Dorothy Collins Thornton Rose Hammn

She in that community ('51) has passed away, it has been Falls, Iowa; and Viola Fentiman for 37 years. reported to PSC. She had been Miller ('59).

:Peggy Deterding Dodge ('59) residing in Coin,. Iowa. · Louis L. Decker (attd. '21-'23, passed away in March in · Mabel Chambers Garber ('64) grad. '32) passed away last McCook, Neb. She had taught passed away in May in December in Pueblo, Colo. in Kansas and in Nebraska. Randolph, Iowa. She taught Dorothy Kelley 1'horntonf51)

Larry Anderson ('67), who.had schools int.he Randolph area'for passed away in February in spent his entire career teaching 20 years. Shenandoah, Iowa. She was a social studies and coaching at Alberta Yates Ubben Conaway 21-year teaching veteran in Iowa Tecumseh (Neb.), passed away Hanks ('28) passed away in in Coin and at South Page in May after suffering a heart April in Torrington, Wyo. She schools. attack in the classroom. He and had/been a schoolteacher in Raymond ·Glathar, who his·. wife, .the. forme.r Carolyn western Nebraska: worked for Peru State from

Betty have {tne son. Air Force MajorJodyBukacek ('71) has been decorated with the · second award of the Meritorious ·Service Medal at Tinker. Air Force Base in Oklahoma. The medal is awarded r OU t Standing bat achievement. Jody is physicaI sciences lab chief· with a passed been livitig Word has been receive\! deaths of· Willard Shernum:{'49) of Lincoln, Neb.; Datus ('24) of San Gabriel, Calif.; Emma Mattill ('14) of Bozeman, Mont.; and Kenneth DuBois ('36) of Geneva, Neb Josephine Shacldeton Ha.mer ('38) passed away in April. She was a resident of Beatrice, Neb. Bess MarieRouseJJuck.ingham passed away'Jast fall, She. had ··been

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Bobcat .Sports

Doc's cure is victory

They call him "Dr. Victory."

He quotes Shakespeare to bis players, preferes the democratic rather than the authoritarian, approach to coaching, and he usually coaches from the press box rather than the sidelines.

And Dr. Darrell Mudra ('51) wins. And wins. And.wins some more.

The former Bobcat standout has made a career of turning losing football programs into winning ones. His collegiate head coaching record stands at 183-74-3, and nine of his college football teams have made it to post-se,ason play.

His 1965 North Dakota State squad claimed the national {NCAA Div. II) championship, .as did his 1978 Eastern Illinois squad. The before he arrived at EIU (1977), the school v&1ce.

AA semifinals, and finished with an 11-2 mark. He was rewarded with a five-year contract.

Dr. Mudra has headed two major college football programs, the University of Arizona (his '68. squad played in the Sun Bowl) and Florida State University.

He also took the Montreal Alouettes to the Canadian Football League playoffs during his only season (1966) heading that club - one year after (he Alouettes struggled to. a 3-8 mark.

"Dr. Victory" simply d.oes not lose.· Only four of his squads have finished without winning records., ,in spite of the fact that each of the eight programs he has been hired to coach had losing 1llarks the year. before he arrived.

Dr Mudra, who was in Peruin

April to help eelebrate "Al Wheeler Day," is of the belief that:

"While the goal to become a professional star. is seldom realized, thousands of our youth

Softballers equal win recotd

The Lady Bobcat softball team equalled the school record for most wins in a season puring the 1986 campaign.

The squad closed with a 16-21 record, equalling the win total set back in I 982.

"I think we accomplis!Jed most of the things we wanted to this

Golf team Improving

For the third consecutive year, • the Peru· State golf team ended the season by placing fourth overall at the NAIA District 11 playoffs, held May 5-6 at the Holmes Park Golf Course in Lincoln, Neb.

season," said Coach Maxine Mebus. "With our returning nucleus, things look pretty good for next year."

Mebus, 'who also coached the '82 squad, will los,e, only two players to graduation. One of. them was All-District

Brenda McCarty of Chariton,

The other Paula team junior. • sophom<tre ·· ·

Minion.

D,ting 'Cats State·;

ptitentfally useful, ptoductive citizens as a result of .their contact with sports."

His coaching philosophy is mirrored in a new book he has written entitled The Creative .Edge in Sports Psychology. The book has· been published this summer by Championship Books of Des Moines, Iowa.

.Dr. Mudra came to Peru from Omaha to play for Coach Al Wheeler, who he terms "One of the great people of our time in promoting physical education ·and athletics."

"There is no question that the ·experience with A! was probably the most important for me in my · preparation to be a coach," Dr. Mudra said. "The record speaks for itself. He was an extraordinary pe.rson," And so is "Dr. Victory." His record, too, speaks for itself.

The Bobcats turned in one of their best team scores ever at the District meet, finishing with a total of 638 strokes. Peru State was edged for third by Kearney, which recorded a 635. score of 155 strokes.

Tony Ryan, a sophomor.e from Friend, 'Neb., turned in a twoday score of 159. Others who comp.eted for the Bobcats include Nick Harling with a 162, Chris Harrison, 163, and Ric.k Peterson, 167.

The Bobcats, who in third place at the end. of the first day of competition, cut 15 strokes off their 1985 total of 653.

Curt Lindell, Class of '54, was the earliest,gra.t.t•tir ,...,, '86 Alumni vs. Varsity football game in April. A Coach Al Wheeler's finest squads, Curt couldn't pilss opportunity of putting on the pads once more ,to try to boota:field goal. (We'll not mention the results of his kick other than to remind · fans of a win by the Varsity..• ) · ·

Two qualify ,for 'NAIA

"I think this was the besfteam Sprinter Jeff George and long we've had here," said Coach jumper Calaina Dightmah were Wayne Davidson. "Our main Peru State's representatives at goal now will be to replace our the NAIA outdoor track and graduating seniors and get after field championships held May it again."

Women's long jump in .a field of 24 entries. She posted a best leap oL18'-5W'; just missing the finals.

23-24 at Arkansas Tech

During the regular season, the I. in Russellville, Ark. Bobcats took fim place in a May George, a senior from Tampa, 1 triangular meet over Dana and Fla., placed fifth in his heat of Concordia at Nebraska City; the 100 meter dash preliminaries and third place in the Midland with a time of 10.9 seconds. Invitational held April 25th in Dightman, a sophot1lore from Fremont. · Lincoln, finished ninth in the

Dightnian, a Lincoln Northeast grad, was the NAIA District" rt champiOn in the>long ju.mp with a schoql/record of 18'- 7". George, a. of Srandon High School, had a personal best of J().63 secon(fsin the I00 meter dash 'earlier .t.his year;

Peru State Is seeking nominees for athletic Ball of Fama . .

Coach Al Wheeler is all alone in that big, blue building.

Cpach Wheeler became the first inductee into Peru State College's new .Athletic 'Hall of Fame this past spring. Now he's looking .for some company.

The college welcQmes nominations Jor : PSC Athletic Hall of Fame. Anyone

is eligible to submit a nomination, in. writing, to college officials.

There are several criteria governing eligibility that are too lengthy to go into in this publication. We should, mention, however, that there are }our .cat.egories eligible for consideration.

They are athletes, coaches, teams, and "meritorious service."

Anyone wishing ·to submit formal nomination can send them in writing to Kent Propst, :Peru State College, Peru, Neb. 68421. They will be forwarded to the :Hall of Fame: selection committee for consideration;

Persons submitting a So it nomination should be prepared your it to help supporting into this materials, too. 1or she )s..jµ<,fgftd the It should be· noted that a .honor::•& · maximum of .three people;per year can .be inducted (a .team .• counts as one inductee) Afairly lopg list of has· • already been· nominated. · todaf!

aralfy trip' A11111111i gridd•1•

A six-yard run by Vic Williams the alumni seven yard line. and .a three-yarder fr9m Barry Freshman quarterback Barry SLockard proved t9 be all the Lockard ran the option on third .scoring in the Varsity's 14-0win down for a three-yard score with <.over the Alumni in the 1986 9: 18 remaining. sp.ring football game played Mike Uaney, the Bobcats' April 26 in the Oak Bowl.. starting quarterback in both the The Alumni, under the 1980 and '81 seasons, was named direction of former head coach the alumni "Most Valuable 1:. Jerry Joy ('65), missed on three Player" on offense. Haney, a scoring opportunities, native of McCook and Peru ·.,including two in the first half, State's all-time leading passer, i'(hat could have lifted the completed seven of 13 passes for · graduate squad to victory. 61 yards. Split end Doug Jeff Frields ('82) Barlow, PSC's third all-time issed on field goal attempts of leading receiver, led the Alumni and 47 yards before with four catches for 31 yards. and sophomore D fi .b k K D · f b. k s·· 1 e ens1ve ac en ennmg. e ens1ve ac y vester ,

··t· h b k · Mik. ( 80), a. four-year starter from. · c n os ro e up a e !• · , • 1975 to '78, was honored as the ;•11,aney ( 82) pass m the end zone 1 "M t v · 1 bl Pl · " · ' d d f th. 1 , D. a umm · os a ua e ayer en e. or e. a um s · oug

1···•·· ('o"') l t · th on defense. Denning, now. ·

ow ··a. a e m e game.

• teaching and coachmg at Va. r.s.1ty.defep·s·e held.the 0 h. k h (N b) ·H'"i, S h 1 · • · ·• · ··. · · · S OS e 16'.• C 00 · It.imn1 u1 check througll much ·

assistant.

The game was played with four 12-minute quarters and a tenmi n ute · halftime, with nu kickoffs;. punts, or extra point attempts.

"It was a fot of fun," said defensive tackle Gus Krajicek ('75). "I hope they do this every year."

The spring game was followed by a reception at the Peru VFW Club, where many players gathered to rekindle friends}l,jps and remember. playing days.

Other former Bobcats participating i.ncluded (and years played):

Rick .. Reigert Dan Cotton ('72-'75), Bill Jlosack ('71-'74),. Dave ('81-'84), Mark Sievers ('80-'83), Al Carothers ('81-'84),KevinNiday ('77-'80), Mark Flectcher ('73'76), ''• ' ' ' ' Bob ('15),, Jeff Parker Paut'l\{ccune

for Tim Schllefer ('77,.'79), :KenDeD1Jing

'··· ·...... is Mike th7ir of;l}n JOO. )lick Neu,b11uer in· t 0 , 14-0 m the third Dr. Erv f9rpatr ·{'77-'80), Dan Todd the 1978 Boot HillBowhga,..e llaitey, t;wiriga recovery by football coach frorn 1964 to '68 Mark Wardia., (78-'fU), :Qoyd Class qf '1J2, liv.es Deµlling, Class of '30, '. J<:or loch pf aqd .Marquardt and Mai:ty teach,es ?1 Osbk0$h, Neb.; a11d Dorn, qass of "79; is a back, Kevm Hixson {'86) at · Peru State,'. :setived as Joy's II,averty.('78-'8,l). , Brownv11le, Neb. resident. ·

lbg· mbSt Willi :In·,past 24-saasons·

The· 1985-86 season was a State, ;'prqduptive one for the Peru "This was the same basketball. team as team thaC lost 20 games last

·•· ·., ,Bobcats niisied _the J;Jlay6ffs year,." said. Gibbs, in fifth

1 ,th a two::point foBe1levue season at the .helm. "\Vith the but equalled the highest of a couple of players, ; win total in the last 24 years. we nearly woh 20 games:"

··

T,he Bobcats' success evolved

The Bobcats, who were 10-,20a around sophomore Scott ago, improved to 19-12 and ·Perslgehl, who turned in a stellar were eliminated for poshseason season as the leading scorer

·play in. the NAIA District 11 (11.8) and rebounder

'·;with a 79-77 loss to Bellevue.on Persigehl, a Stanton, Neb.

'':,·February 21. native, was named to the All-

'./ Pem State finished third in the ''District first team in only his Athletic Conference second year.

'·{NAC) standings at 4-4 behind James Collins, a 5-10 junior Kearney State, 7-1, and Wayne guard, returned to spark the

· backcourt after a year's layoff With a broken hand. Collins; a Kans·asCity native, was named to the'• AHo.District· honorablementfoJ Hst :while being selected as the defensive "Player of the Year" irithe NAC.He averaged 7. 8 pci ints and led the team with 55 steals.

The' 'Boocats' improvement over the '84-85, season was keyed by the piay of newcomers Marty Voiles, Todd Leahy, and Curtis Scott at the forward positions. Voiles,la transfer from Rock Valley (Ill.) Community College, was second on the team ·in assists (97) while 7.7 points.

Leahy, a Coffeyville (Kan.) junior college transfer, provided

·· rebounding strength in addition to his 5.2 scoring average.Scott, a 6-5 power forward from

Southeast <:;ommunity .College;,· Yates, 6.:5 soph6mote ·Bruce was the Bobcats' second leading Knaak, and 6-4'freshman .Andy rebounder 1(4.3) while shooting Ball. · · · over 50 percent from the floor. The Bobcats, wh.o tied Gibbs' Wi(h anincieaseih depth, Peru personal high of 19 wins since $fate's leading scorers from the be;coroing head coach aLPSC, 1?84-85 squad, guard Todd missed several chances at' a 20· Hollingsworth and forward win season. Peru State lost by Kevin Griess, were· limited to one,;;point each , to traditional part-time status and reserve NCAA Division II pbwer roles. Hollingsworth dropped Central Missouri State and from I1:2 to8.3 poii:its'per game Doane while losing by two whileGriessaveraged8.6aftera poinfs to Mid-American 10.6 scoring mark his junior Nazarene (Kan.) and Bellevue. year. · The Bc»bcats completed a The Bobcats' playmaker, successfulhomestandwitha12sophomore Derald Cummings, 2 mark at the Al Wheeler dished out 131 assists in addition Activity Center, including a first to scoring seven points per place in their own tourname.nt. game. Cummings recorded the The Bobcats' 19 wins equalled second highest single-season the total of the 1982•83 tot{ll for assists in school. history. and was the most since the 19610ther varsity performers 62 team posted a 23,,.5 record included 6-6 sophomore Mike under Coach Jack Mcintire.,

Vince's Views Sluggers Sat ai•ifll · ..

by Vince

Qualifying for the playoffs, an increase in runs scored per ERA of6.40. K.rzycki,;hoalso

'breaking and/ or tying 27 school game, and earned honorable-ll'lention ' ,_ records, and produci°:g the most slugging percentage. selection as a junior, • • • 1 successful season m school On the mound,. the Bobcats ret:.o.rd for most pitching

1 &)ports Information

The. this. is after year of. running, history were all' accomplish- lowered their. team earned-run- appearancesin a season .(13).. ·

_sp1kmg, dnbblmg, .battmg, putting, and ments of the Peru State baseball average to 7.45 this year from a · ·

sprmtmg, it :was a good year of athletics at Peru State. team this spring. 10 14 average last season who also ?losed out

Our volleyball ,as the District runner-up in a s_chool The Bobcats, under the fewer walks and mor; th.eir .· caree,rs _Tony record most wins, the meµ s basketball team equalled best direction offirst year head coach strikeouts per inning. F()ster, ':"J1o put his best output m the last years; the Lady Bobcat softball tied the Paul Wyczawski, made their a 3-4re?ordan?a. school record for wins; the men's baseball team estabhshed a new first appearance in the NAIA "lthmk our semors.werea key Dick school record for "'.ins while_ qualifyi°:g_ for the a°:d t?e District 11 playoffs since 1984 , to our said Hanehnt;,. who p:ay.ed key PSC gQlf team conttnued their competitive showing at the District and only the fourth ever in "They provided stab1bty and a.s an and meet. baseball enroute to a 19-23 experience: lwish some ofthem relief p1tcherTodcj Andt;rs()n.

Now if that isn't a prosperous year, we haven't had. one! record. ' were coming back, because they Other honorable.,mention All-

SPRING GAME NOTES "A-11 - · 11·· 1 h k. b. d were just beginning to reach included m a , t m every o y h 1 ,, M t v ·1 · d B · L ·

If I had an influential say, I would like to see Peru State continue involved was pleased with the t eir potentia · ·· ar Y. 01 es an nan thespringfootballg·ame.Ifthisyearwasanyindication itcouldbe " 'dW k' "W · apd outfielder Pay Kryzcki. ·. · ' · outcome, sat yczaws i. e The forefront of that rou was · · · a successful, annual event. were right on target with where P Voiles, a3umor,:-college transfer Moreimporta.ntthanthe.game. andthescor.e are'theplayerswho· · ·d' ·t b ,, shortstop .Mark Wilhams, a from Rock Valley.· ·(III) , we wante o e. ···· · f · H · ·· · h · · · · · · · · comprise it. yearJs a:lumniteam was made up ofthe Wyczawski, who served as the semor rom ? was Community College, was truly fine players in recent weara Bobcat uniforlll, In fact, I head basebali coach at Yankton named to the NAIA Distnc.t 11 invaluable as a pitcher and 'had reason to believe that they could win the game! ·. '(S.D.) College, credits the for infielder. Voiles,. a native of The.spring game is on tl!'at turnaroundfromlast year's 6-30 time his .. Wtlha_ms hit Belvidere, Ill, started seven are tied together by the bond of all haymg been a; .Bobcat. It.was squad to jmproved hitting and 346 this while lead mg the games as a pitcher, including a 2really great to see so many alumni taking part. ..•.. · pitching. Bobcats m ?ome runs (8) and 6 record and a 7.92 ERA in an I hope ouradministration plans to continue this event; I know "Even though we tapered off at runs-batted-m (40). off-year. many of the alum.s who played expressed that same opinion the end of the season, we were Williams, who played all 42 Levin, a sophomore thir:d afterwards. still a good ball team games this season, made seven the Bobcats'

CALL HIM LaSORDA

It's hard to believe that coaching can make a complete turnaround, but it sure seems to appear that way this spring. Case 1n·point, PaulWyczaws\(i t,l:te •

A: ago, the Bobcats were suffe.firig tl:lrougn a rii'iseraole {);.30 season. 'This spring,· with the same Marty.Voiles,. Bobcats posted and .qualified for the Di.strict 11 playoffs. ·

. You may be able to interpret that in several ways: the competition is differe:n:t;'t'he :players have'matured, but hay it is COACHING!

Paul Wyczawski took in himself the hustle, ·determination; and enthusiasm for,baseball and implemented it in his team The results were p'O'sitive •

In my opinion, che should have been the District Coach of the Year,

For the time. being, Icall him Tommy LaSorda'°n campus. (He is the manager of the LA. Dodgers). I kidding.him that success will probably go to his head. We'll find out next year!

COKE IS IT

The Oak Bowl will again have a new added lo.ok this fall. Two years ago it was the seeding of the field, and in '85 a new press box. This fall, a· new· scoreboard.

The folks at the Coca-Cola branch in Nebraska City have joined in an .effort with the Bank of Peru to provide a Qew scoreboard. The existing clock has been at the field for who knows how long!

I guess we'll all be drinking Coke at football and' basketball games for awhile.I'm going to have to adapt to the taste; you see, I Pepsi!

COMPLEX UPDATE

Last spring we reported that a new baseball diamond was being built west of the Centennial: Complex dormitories. After several delays, ground breaking has begun recently thanks to the effort of staff members, volunteers, Cola Company. Plans are for a regulation-size field. with Pepsi providing the electronic scoreboard. The field will unfort!!nately not have lights, but will allow Peru State to host the Districtpiayoffs in the future. Lights could eventually be added.

· The project is being built with the hopes of competition for the spring si;:ason in 1987. The Bobcats have played their home games · at the Aubu;:n Legion Field, and.this past year, at Tecumseh. Take care, and see you in the fall!!

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offensively," he said. "Our starts as a pitcher, including a 4- httterw1th,a .35 I i:i:verage pitching, although not great, 2 mark and a 5.73 earned-run- m a school-record 143 plate· showed a lot of frnprovement." average. ' appearances. Levin, one of As a team, the Bobcats hit .289 Jeff K.rzycki, a senior from several Bobcat. standouts from at the plate Jn. honorable- 111., .. ...

Lad.Y 'lats showing 111uch prorQlsa

fhe Peru State wo'men's basketball team showed positive for the future after the 1985.:86 campaign with a. 7-20 record under first · year head coach

Wayne

The Lady Bobcats dropped to an 0-8 mark· before picking up the,ir first win, a 54-51 victory at Concordia (Neb.) College. Peru · State posted a ·7-12 record during the remaining 19 games of the season, while winning four of the final seven.

Dr. Davidson, who formerly coached men's basketball at Tarkio (Mo.) College, said that starting four freshmen in the lineup played a key role in the team's outcome.

"It's hard to get really consistent play from that many freshmen," he said "The ···positive thing is· that we came back from 0-8 and began to play everybody well. Our freshmen helped us to win some;: big games.'?

Two of those big wins included a conference victory at Wayne State and a 76-72 upset

Hastings College at home behind Connie Viner's 26 points. A transfer from Iowa Western Community College, Viner led the Lady Bobcats in scoring at 13. 9 per game. Viner was named to the honorable-mention AllDistrict 11 list. A 5-8 freshman, Viner led Peru State in scoring in 16 of the 27 games played this year; Tammy Freeburg, a 5-9 freshman forward, also finished the season in double-figures at 11.2 per game. A former secondteam All-Stater from Plattsmouth High School, Freeburg averaged 15.0 points per game in the final three contests, with a season-high 0(45 points against Tarkio.

The Lady Bobcats' inside game received a boost from 5-1 l freshman Kristi Olberding, who chipped in 7.0 points and 7.0 rebounds. Olberding, who averaged 14.0 points and 9.7 rebotfnds during the final three games, is a former All:State center from Falls City Sacred Heart.

"The thing you have to look at

is all the close games, particularly at. home," .said Davidson. really made a strong surge in the latterpart of January. and early February." The Lady Bobcats-,whowere425 the prior year, dropped four home games by five. point$ or le.ss.,. includipg to Da.na and State. "I thfok there is asolidbase t() build' our p.ro.gram • on/" Davidson added. accomplished some.of the things. we set out to d.O .this. year.''

For. the. second straight yyar; the Lady Bobcats will.e.Xpedno seniors on the squad, but inherita solid January tr.ipto San Qiego; (:;;a.lit to participate in a tourriey is also in the works.

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Eclipse victory m•k

Air Logistics

Rist ('71) has been elected .member of the Humboldt Chamber of Commerce. aught for fO years in bus, Neb. prior to il1gto his hometown. He is ·· of the Humboldt an Legion Club.

en Hazard Simmons '13-'75) and her father, azard, have formed the Title & · ct Co. in Nebraska City. company offers abstract;itle insurance, record and filing. e11 is a registered tor. ·

nd Mary Cotton Pease 9)'are the proud parents

n, Tyler James, born last

They live in Irwin, Equally proud grandt( are Jim ('56) and ret Ulbrick ('57) Cotton dbine, Iowa.

el Kinnison ('79), a with the Internal e · Service of Lincoln has been accepted for ship in the Nebrask.a of Certified Public

Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Meyer ('82) are the proud parents of a daughter who was born in May. They live in Fairbury, Neb.

Steve Adams ('84) and his wife, Kristi, are proud parents of a daughter Whitney Jane, born in M<tY· They live in Lincoln, Neb.

Annette Svoboda ('82) Boeche and her husband, Jim, are proud parents of son Andrew James, born in October. They are residents of York, Neb,

Kathy Beach Lechner ('82) and her husband, Richard, are proud parents of daughter Maggie Patricia, born. last December.

the parents of a daughter, Amy, born in June. They live in Natoma, Kan.

Robin MaY;el' ('86) name<i vice president of the Farmers Bank of Clatonia (Ne.b.)

Rhonda l..iewer Reid ('83) has been hired as 'resource room teacher at Central Elementary School in Plattsmouth, Neb. for 1986-87.

Becky Niday ('80) is an employment assistant for {::areer 'Designs/ Job-Link in Beatrice, Neb.

They Jive in Unadilla, Neb. Reed, who been S d R B h d ('82 ) coordmator of adm1ss1ons at · an ra ogge e ren s d h h b d G PSC smce 1982, resigned m June an er us an ary are . . ' ' to accept the pos1t10n of proud parents of a son, Joshua C l b 1 t D b Th assistant director of. umvers1ty ar, orn as ecem er. ey l · A b N b relations at Nebraska Wesleyan 1ve m u urn, e U L' 1 K •t·h d B mvers1ty m inco n. e1 an renda San .ort , M K (b th ,82 ) d Beth , Propst ( 82), former c 1m o are prou t f d h h assistant. coordmator of paren s o a aug ter w o was b · M h Th · 1 adm1ss1ons at PSC, has returned orn in arc ey 1ve in H b ldt N b to her alma mater as coordinator umo, e. fd Linda Post (attd. '85) and her 0 a misswns.

Okla pride for Barratt

The University of Oklahoma's marching band, the Pride of Oklahoma, has added .an assistant director to the "Pride" staff.

Roland Barrett ('77), a Peru native, writes drills and musical arrangements for the marching

"I feel lucky to be associa\ed with a program that is so good," · 0 Barrett said. "It didn't take me long to develop my loyalties for' O.U.," he said when asked how a he felt about coming to the 5 Sooner state from Nebraska. ...,,

"We are fortunate to have a tO man of Roland's caliber at the > university," said Gene Thrailkill, director of the "Pride." "He already has been a positive force in our campus program and our recruiting efforts throughout the state."

Barrett directs and writes special arrangements for. the band to. use while entertaining the crowd at the games. He has done arrangements for the bar1d in the 1984 .and 1985 Orange Bowl.

husband, Stan, are proud Lyndora "Susie" Palmer ('86) parents of a son, Ryan has hired to teach special born in March. They are education and coac? .for tht! Roland Barr:ett 77 Syrcause (Neb.) residents. Malcolm (Neb.) J>ubhc Schools. l>a11d and recruits for the Angie· Koberstein Osborn Tim ('36) is working <ls "Pfide''througboutthe state. He (attd. '78-'79) andher hps,band, a11 at t.he also the basketball pep Jerry,. are proud pl:\rents<Jfson ·.•. ·.··. Jason Patric, born Jast ·. has.beet!· .• Novemb.er. They reside. in Nebraska City. ·. tbe of Oklal'toma,. •... · ·

Pat (atttf. '80·'82)alld Conriie PSC's 1985

K ·N ··b '·.· · " ··· '· d t · hired by the P.o.tt·, earney, e o. .· > , '> >·. announce ·the birth o.f a ·son, Schoolsto Br.ent Jeffrey, bor.n · in November. their htgh.school.'. · .·.····>.!!,;..< •. ··•·· ';,t. Barr;y ···('86> .•.· nas:'

hired a al\la ·· ,c'

Before being hired as assistant.'. director Barrett worked as a graduate assistant for )he "Pride" under ThrailkiJI. Barrett received his.Master()[ Music Edpcation fFom < May1985. Hewasban49ir! at f airbury. '"<lnd

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ninga ('83) has been ·· head basketball rlington (Neb.) High had been a successful sketball coach in Neb. His wife is the , llY Sandfort ('82).

;beliking Simpson ('81) \. husband Jay are proud fa son, Jason Robert, .March. They live in ,Neb.

Mrs. Brad Johnson Louisville, Neb. are arents of a daughter ynn, who was born in !fd. '77-'79, '83-'84)and .oody ('84) Jones are the parents of daughter · ri, born in April. The side in Auburn, Neb. i) and Kathleen Pietzyk rare proud parents of a , Jordan Brooke, born They live in Elk Creek, ('82) and Diana latton are the proud of a daughter, Amber born in April. They are aCity re·sidents.

Andersen

Alice Andersen ('84) has graduated from Air. Force Basic training at Lackland AFB in Texas. The former Lady Bobcat basketball standout had been living in Arizona.

Bruce "Todd" Kiplinger ('86) has been hired as /a speical education teacher and athletic coach by the A.insworth (Neb.) Public Schools.

Sid Bruggeman ('86) has been named recipient of a. fellowship to attend graduate school at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

Kim Gerking ('85) will serve as a second grade teacher in the Talmage 1 (Neb.) elementary school this coming year.

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Darrell Uribe ('85) is currently Sally Martineau <'2i6J an auditor for the State of hlis birt!d an office Nebraska. lll;tinager for the N°'dh Chicago Michelle Workman ('85) has Tribune in Chicago, Ill. · been accepted into graduate Brian Flagg ('36) has been hired school at .the University of by the Auburn (Neb.) Pamida, Nebraska-Omaha. Inc. store.

Becky Kohrs ('85) has joined Mary Furnas ('86) has joined the staff in the Peru State the firm Career Design of College business office. Her Omaha's "Job Links" center in husband Lee ('82) is teaching Peru as a trainer. computer science at PSC.

Julie Gottula ('86) has been Sharon Lechner ('85) has been employed by Pamida, Inc. of hired to teach at a rural school in Aubu.rn.

Otoe County of Nebraska.

1 Jody Guyett ('86) has been.

Margaret Price ('85) has appointed a child counselor in

Auburnstore::c :''\ y 1 ':Kevin· Hixson hired to coach anti J physical education for Clarkson (Neb.) Public Scho0:1s: Martina Conn ('86) will continue as co-owner and comanager of Kelly's Cafe and the Arbor Manor steakhouse in .Auburn.

Jim Krajicek ('36) has accepted a graduate teaching assistantship at Southeast Missouri State University.

Craig ('83) and his wife, have pt:trcliased•B & R Block franchises in Falls City., Neb •.. a11d ·Hiawatha1 Kaili.Jn. addition,> Craig' ••a. in region, TheY<andtheir; t.hree chilc$ren reside. in Falls City.

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Alice

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Peruviana

·(cont'd from page '23) · .coach in Big Springs, Neb., earned a spot in the Nebraska

.£ State Basketball Tourney

.S this past year. His teams have lost only six games in three seasons at Big Springs.

grade and serve as head volleyball coach for Ord High.

Renee Chaney ('81) coached her Syracuse .(Neb.) High girl's basketball squad to the state tourney this past ·season, t.oo. Assistant coaching with the who posted a 19-5 record, was Tim Boerner ('83).

Marsha Kentopp ('85), assistant volleyball coach at Seneca (Kan.) High, helped her school earn a spot in the Kansas State tourney this past season. Her junior varsity sqaud al.so posted a sparkling 11-1 record.

WHAT'S

Diana Shores Watton ('83) of Nebraska City has been named "Woman of the Year" by .the River Country Chapter of the American Business Women's Association. She is an accountant for the firm of Goracke & Wilcox in l'{ebraska City. Her husband M.ark ('82) teaches arid coaches at Lourdes Central High. School in Nebraska City.

Susan 'D. Thomas ('85) graduated Cum Laude with a bachelor of science degree in nursing from· Creighton

We hope you enjoy reading about the accomplishments of your friends and classmates in the "Peruviana" section of the.Peru Stater.

BUT

University this spring. She received an award for best presentation of a senior paper; her topic was "Malignant Hyperthermia." She is employed by the Nemaha County Hospital in Auburn.

Lori Vrtiska ('84) received a master of science degree in preventive medicine and epidemiology fro.m the University of WisconsinMadison School of Medicine this spring. Her thesis is to be submitted for publicatios in a professional journal. Lori's mother is the former Doris Wagner ('47) and her father, Floyd, heads the Peru Achievement Foundation.

Debra Snodgrass Shallenberger ('81) of Nebraska City has been recognized as an "Outstanding Young Woman of America" for 1985. She has been a substitute teacher for the Nebraska City Public Schools and at Educational Service Unit #4 in their behaviorally impared program. Deb also teaches courses for Southeast Community College.

Brad Osthus ('84) has been named district executive for the Aborland District of the. Cornhusker Council of Boy Scouts of America. He lives in Lincoln.

Mike McDonald ('86) has been giyen. i:t. fell9wship through Idaho State University and the Idaho Fish and Game Commission. He will attend graduate school at ISU while working under the fellowship. The fellowship involves monitoring herds of mule deer.

Remember, your schoolmates will enjoy reading about you every bit as much as you like to see their names in the ST ATER!

HERE'S SOME MORE "PERUVIANA"

(Please type or print legibly, and serui to: The Peru Stater, Peru State College, Peru, Nebraska 6842 l. We reserve the right to edit the information.)

Janine Uldrich Kattes ('83) and her husband, Jim, took part in a fun activity rec!:(ntly when they embarked .on an eight-day trail ride in Nebraska.as part of the River City Roundup festival in Omaha. The ' trip started at Ogallala in Western Nebraska and ended in Omal)a. Janine has accepted a job as teachers aide with the Auburn Public Schools.

· Mitch Egger ('84) spent the past school y.ear as physical education teacher at the Westridge elementary school in Waterloo, Neb. (This item was to have appeared in the previous Stater, but a "gremlin" ate part of it. ed.).

Jeff and Robin Nelson Smith (both '83) are the (understandably) proud parents of a daughter, Taylor Brooke, born April 25. Robin is director of career ·planning and placement services at Peru State, and Jeff recently ended a successful high school coaching career in Pawnee City (Neb.) to take the position of assistant men's basketball coach and admiSsions counselor for his alma mater.

Proud grandfather df Taylor is Bruce Smith ('59) of Lincoln.

Stephanie Mowry Shrader ('84) has joined the staff of the River Country Industrial Development Corporation, helping in business developresearch and

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Mike Drotzmann '83

Mike Drotzmann ('83), an industrial arts teacher at Iroquois (S.D.) High School for the past three years, was named "Industrial Arts Teacher of the Year" by the Northeast Area I.A. Teachers Association this past year. He was a finalist for the state "Teacher of the Year" award. Mike, who participated in footbaH and basketball at PSC, also serves as head boys track coach, head junior high boys basketball coach, and assistant varsity football coach at IHS.

Rhonda McNutt Artist ('83) of Farragut, Iowa, was the "featured teacher;, in the clarinda(lowa) Herald.::Journa1 ·· this past winter. The article notes that she is the sixth grade teacher at South Page schools.

Janet Dunn ('82) moved to Lincoln (Neb.) this past spring to accept the position of internal auditor for Commerce Group, Inc.

Jeff Slagle ('86) has been named recipient of a s4,soo scholarship for 1986-87 to the Creighton University School of Law.

Kip Allison ('83) and his father Gary were featured in a January issue of the "Farm Journal" for their high-tech farming operation. The feature noted that they "eliminate in-the-field guesswork" by using a computer program that shows the amount of chemical needed on specific fields. Meanwhile, Kip's better half, the former Julie Brinkman ('79), continues in the banking field fo York County.

Whitney be,.en promoted staff s¢i:,gean.t -vyith ·· the U.S. Army, and has been appointed manager of the NCO club on the Ft. Lenard wood post in Missouri. He and his wife, the former Lori Last (attd. '78-'79) live on base.

Jeff Carney (attd. '84-'85) has been appointed editor and general manager of the Ashland (Neb.) Gazette.