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1 Untitled Sidewalk leading toward Auditorium Building in winter.
2 Winter quarter: classes are in session Cars parked in front of the Old Administration Building; photo.
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3 Tiny camera ace flashes big-wig dad Governor George A. Wilson visits campus for Dad's Day; photo.
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4 Faculty sharpen wits in quest for outstanding teaching work Committee will visit classes of all faculty with aim of improving teaching skills; will write reports; department heads and students will also rate faculty teaching ability.
5 Homecoming thrills thousands Highlights of Homecoming include parade (first in ten years), displays, game, and dance; photo.
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6 Journalists gather; Thomas talks; West Hall nears completion 125 gather at journalism conference; Norman Thomas speaks; new women's dorm will be ready for spring or summer quarter.
7 Miss Emma Lambert rests; Extension borrows Dr. Bender Professor Lambert suffers stroke, but plans to return to teaching; Paul Bender works in Extension this quarter.
8 Untitled Faculty members play in combo at Dad's Day event; photo.
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9 Pay checks flutter in 95% of 1938-1939 graduates found jobs; inventory of major courses of study that did best.
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10 The Athenia disaster--my story
Sweigard--Lula Edith (Classes of 1917 and 1918; Physical Education Faculty)
Personal account by alumna Lulu E. Sweigard of experiences onboard the S. S. Athenia when it was torpedoed by a German submarine; photo.
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11 Little prisoners, row on row!
Holmes--George Henry (Public Relations Director)
George Holmes believes that education is fostered in pleasant surroundings.
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12 We'd love to have you over
Horns--John W. (Art Faculty)
Experiences of a young male teacher in a small town.
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13 The Prowl
Burrell--Harry G. (Student--1941-1942; Bureau of Publications Staff)
View of new stadium; football wrap-up; basketball and wrestling preview; photo.
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14 Dr. Rodney M. Arey Died May 30, 1939.
15 Gweneth Brown Killed in auto accident, November 3, 1939.
16 Luella Rigby Jones Retires from missionary work in Burma; residing in Hollywood, California.
17 Mrs. Malcolm Ross (Mary Toreva Shutts) Died Nov. 12 in Vinton. She studied at the Chicago Baptist Missionary Training School, and taught several years before her marriage in 1938.
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18 Dad's Day visitor Paul R. Farlow visits daughter Kay Farlow; photo.
19 Reunions News of gatherings in Chicago and Sac County.
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20 Opened by censor
Reid--Mabel J. (Class of 1932)
Mabel Reid, missionary in Burma, recounts recent experiences.
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21 She accounts for barren gap
Havermale--Clara N. Tolstrup (Class of 1907)
Alumna was missionary in China; is now pastor's wife in Maryland.
22 She praises the library
Miller--Mary H. Mitchell (Classes of 1921 and 1925)
Mary Mitchell lives near New York City, but still misses ISTC Library.
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23 Cold--but they enjoyed it
Sandy--William Ross (Class of 1897)
W. R. Sandy recalls school in the 1880s; students lived in rooming houses far from campus and walked to the Hill every day; remembers chapel and other entertainments.
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24 Clarence Ray Aurner Resides in Iowa City, where he is engaged in private research. His wife, the former Nellie A. Slayton, is professor in the English Department at the University of Iowa. They have two children, Robert R. and Ruth Isabelle.
25 E. D. Y. Culbertson Resides in Topeka, Kan. To the Alumnus editor he writes, "Your October number is more than good. It is excellent in material selection and the mechanical arrangement."
26 I. N. Eaton Of Portland, Oregon, and his brother George D. Eaton, superintendent of schools at Forest City visited the College. I. N. Eaton is the father of Hazel E. Eaton, now wife of E. E. Sharp.
27 Louis G. Abel A Normal School athlete from 1900 to 1902; has been engaged in wholesale and retail oil business at Ft. Madison for twelve years. His friends will remember him as winner in the high jump at the state tract meet in 1901 and at the Emporia in 1902.
28 Marian E. Leonard For many years a primary teacher in the public schools of Chicago; retired in June, 1939, and is now living at Waukee.
29 Mrs. Edward I. Cantine (Etta A. Robinson) Resides in Portland, Oregon. Her husband is a civil engineer. They have three children, Helen Scott, Charles E., and Thomas Robinson.
30 Mrs. Emma Jenny Tate Now residing in Des Moines; husband Frank C. Tate died Jan. 8, 1916. He had been associated with the Iowa Geological Survey. They had three daughters, Kathryn, who died in March, 1936, Margaret, and Alice
31 Mrs. John A. Hull (Gladys Sigworth) Married in 1904; mother of three children and grandmother of three more. Her husband is an attorney, now serving as postmaster. They reside in Boone. Gladys has travelled in Europe and nearly all parts of the United States.
32 Mrs. Noah W. Gibson (Lillia Britten) Now resides in Fontanelle. Her husband is now retired. They have two children, Mary Gibson Hoagland, now teaching in Honolulu, and Paul Gibson, living in Chicago. Lillie taught at St. George school for girls in Chicago for ten years following 1927.
33 Mrs. W. A. Sexsmith (Nellie Weldy) Resides in New Sharon. Her four daughters, Dora, Blanche, Elna, and Ethel were students of the College. Her husband died April 22, 1937. Nellie has studied at the University of Iowa and took business training in Seattle.
34 Stella Tuttle Retired after forty-two years of public school teaching. She resides in Clarkston, Wash.
35 W. R. Sandy Now resides in Puyallup, Washington. He entered the Normal School in 1889 and alternated teaching and attending school for a number of years. He attained his B. Di. Degree in 1895.
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36 Altah Caroline Cole and Alice E. Cole Twin sisters now living in Washington. Altah is married to Robert Averill and resides in Bellingham. They have one daughter. Alice is married to Victor Hutt and resides in Seattle.
37 Blanche Martin Is national sales manager of Child Development Inc., Chicago, where she resides.
38 L. Mabel Dimmitt Now resides at Huntington Park, California. She is a teacher in the third grade in the public schools.
39 Mabel Fonda Wells Is superintendent of education of crippled children in the Los Angeles Public Schools, where she has been teaching for seventeen years.
40 Maude E. Lane Now residing in Santa Barbara; has been writing for the Santa Barbara Guide Book during the past year. She has also been serving as reporter for the La Cumbre chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and was chosen as a delegate.
41 Mrs. Anna Soper Now residing in Mapleton. She taught twelve years after graduation; served as county superintendent of schools in Stanley County, South Dakota, 1931-1935. Her husband, Luverne W. Soper, was a rancher in Stanley County. He died in 1934.
42 Mrs. C. J. Estal (Mabel L. Kleckner) Student in 1900 and 1901; living in Green Mountain. She taught in Osceola and Bedford, and later substituted in the Green Mountain schools.
43 Mrs. E. L. Kriel (Jessie Farlow) Resides in Madison, Wisconsin; teaching choral speaking to children's groups. Last summer she was elected a member of the national council of Zeta Phi Eta, national professional speech sorority.
44 Mrs. E. R. Greive (Catherine O'Leary) lives in Hambrook, California, where her husband is a rancher. They have four children; celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in August. She writes that Grace Strain, a former Teachers College student, lives in Grant Pass, Oregon.
45 Mrs. Jessie Miller Wright Resides in Riverside, California, and teaches in the West Riverside schools. She spent ten weeks of last summer traveling in Canada, thirty-four states of the United States, and also went to Bermuda.
46 Mrs. Joseph Lynch (Gertrude Tyrrell) Supervisor of music in the Waverly Public Schools. Her husband is manager of a hotel in Waverly. Gertrude has taken graduate work at Northwestern University and the University of Southern California.
47 Mrs. L. F. Havermale (Clara Tolstrup) Residing in Arlington, Virginia; husband is a Methodist minister. They have one son, Jerrold Stanley. The family has traveled in Japan, China, the Philippines, Palestine, Egypt, Europe, and around the world. Clara has taken some graduate work.
48 Mrs. Laura Specht Price and Ida Louise Specht Are both teaching in California. Laura has been in Santa Barbara sixteen years and is now director of elementary education at the State College. Ida is teaching mathematics in Jefferson High School, Los Angeles.
49 Mrs. W. G. Merriam (Laura Bidlack) Now resides in North Dakota; mother of two daughters and grandmother of two more. W. G. is a farmer, rancher, and miner. As for her activities, she writes that hers is "a very busy life."
50 Phoebe J. Dixon Attending the University of Chicago this year. Since graduation she has attended several summer sessions of the University of California.
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51 1915 The Class of 1915, having graduated 25 years earlier, will be the honor group during the alumni reunion, June 2, 1940.
52 Dr. Alvin S. Tostlebe The outbreak of war in Europe changed his plans to spend this year in France; sailing date was September 20, and the declaration of war came in the first week of the month.
53 Fern E. Sharp Is an attorney at Elkader. His wife is the former Jessie A. Fritz. They have three children, Laura Mae, Eugene, and Betty.
54 Florence N. Brumbaugh Is professor of methods at Hunter College, New York City. Her address is Hotel Gramercy Park, New York City.
55 H. J. Kaufmann Now retired and is residing in Detroit, Mich.
56 James C. Knoepfler Son of the late Karl J. Knoepfler and the former Corrine Ponfoy Record, was awarded a scholarship to Dartmouth College. His grandfather, John B. Knoepfler, was head of the German Department at Teachers College from 1900 to 1924.
57 James O. Perrine, Jr. Son of J. O. Perrine, Upper Montclair, N. J., was in charge of the American Telephone and Telegraph booth at the New York World's Fair this past summer. His father, is now assistant vice-president of the A. T. and T. Co.
58 Louise E. Arildson Now residing in Nyack, N. Y. She and a friend, Florence L. Halstead, traveled through the West last summer. They visited in Salt Lake City, attended the Iowa picnic at Long Beach, and attended the San Francisco fair.
59 Mary Alice Slee Is head of the Department of Education at York College, York, Nebraska.
60 Mrs. Alexander Henry Bradford (Marguerite Griffen) Resident of Alaska for twenty years; resides in Dillingham, Bristol Bay, Bering Sea. Married J. C. Lowe in 1920, engaged in fur business, died in 1930. Married Bradford in 1931 who was interested in salmon canneries. He died in 1937.
61 Mrs. Arthur R. Kearns (O'Del Barr) Now residing at Mt. Vernon. She taught for five years, three of them in South Dakota. The Kearns have six children.
62 Mrs. Joseph Schonberner (Daisy P. Wilbur) Now living at Junction City, Kansas. She and her husband have two children, Sara Lois and Lucille Elizabeth. Joseph is retired chief clerk of the Union Pacific Railroad.
63 Mrs. Paul G. Ingraham (Marjorie Watkins) And physician husband reside in Mapleton. They have one son, Paul Watkins. They enjoyed a 6000 mile trip through the West last summer; met several alumni on trip.
64 Mrs. R. C. Keagy (Hildred Chamberlain) Has returned to Iowa and is living in Washington. The Reverend Keagy is minister of the Methodist Church. They formerly lived in Aberdeen, South Dakota.
65 Paul A. Davis Is now superintendent of schools at Elma, Washington. He received his B. A. from the University of Washington, and has spent two years in the United States air corps. He and his wife have one son.
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66 Dr. Anna D. Cordts Member of the College Extension Service faculty in 1926-1927; now professor of education at Rutgers University. She has done extensive research in the problems of teaching reading.
67 Ebelene Iblings Resumed her duties as kindergarten teacher in Seattle after a year's sabbatical leave. She and a friend made a round-the-world tour sailing from San Francisco in February, 1939, to Honolulu and then to Japan.
68 Frank Ward Major in the 17th United States Infantry, with headquarters at Ft. Crook, Nebraska. He and his wife, the former Mary Belle Nicosom, have three children. He has been to England, France, Japan, Siberia, China, Philippines, Hawaii, and Panama.
69 Gertrude Viantha Steiner Teaching mathematics in Washington Irving Junior High School, Hammond, Indiana, since 1927. She is vice-president of the Chicago area alumni group.
70 Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Thayer The former Margaret E. Godfrey and husband are residing at Fresno. They have two daughters, Catherine, and Marcha. Former residents of Topeka, Kan., they moved to California last June and are "real California boosters" by now.
71 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gilkerson The former Mary Lyon and husband, of Magnolia, visited their daughter, Mary Jean, on Dad's Day. It was the first visit to the college in twenty-one years for Mary Lyon Gilkerson.
72 Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Newkirk (Sylvia Pedersen) And family have moved to a new home in Santa Monica. They have five children, Charles, Jr., Mary Lou, Betty, William, and Bobby.
73 Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Schroeder Living at Charles City; have one son, Larry Lee. She is the former Audrey Sherman.
74 Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Laing Reside in Ypsilanti, Michigan, where he is connected with the Michigan State Normal College. His wife is the former Leela T. Linder. They have two children, Dorothy and Richard.
75 Mrs. Arthur E. Lindsay (Beatrice Erickson) Residing in Arthur, where her husband is a merchant. The Lindsays have three children, Robert, Marjorie, and Jane.
76 Mrs. Clarence Pederson (Grace Townsend) Resides in Canton, South Dakota, where her husband is manager of the Farmers Electrical Supply store.
77 Mrs. Donald C. McKee (Ruby Whitham) Is living in Joplin, Missouri. She and Donald have a nine-year-old son, Louis Carter. A shut-in, Ruby writes an appeal to hear from other members of the Class of 1918.
78 Mrs. J. B. Randolph (Mina Coronell McCleary) Living at Keota. Her husband is engaged in farming. Mina attended the college in the summer of 1936 and was married June 15, 1937.
79 Phi Sigma Phi Held a summer reunion and picnic at Washington Park, Cedar Falls, July 9. Husbands and children of sorority sisters were also included in the reunion. Members listed.
80 Robert John Ernst Is head of the Department of Commercial Education at Plymouth Teachers College, Plymouth, N. H. His wife is the former Florence Hull Nichols. He received his M. A. degree in 1925 from the University of Iowa.
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81 Allen Walker Read The son of Professor O. B. Read of the College Science Department, living in New York City, has returned to the United States this fall from London, England.
82 Bessie A. Young Is an instructor in the Commercial Department at the Waterloo West High School. She taught at the Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, Kirksville, last summer. She was in charge of the Shorthand Department.
83 E. A. Ralston Is superintendent of schools in Washington. Two new school buildings, Stewart and Lincoln, are being used for the first time this year in Washington. He was president of the Iowa State Teachers College Alumni Association in 1934-1935.
84 H. D. Harrington Is now teaching in the science division of the Chicago Teachers College. He was a member of the State Agricultural College faculty, Ft. Collins, Colorado. He currently resides in Chicago.
85 Harold C. Sheldon He is superintendent of schools in Beech. His wife is the former Joy Paton, and they have two girls and a boy. Harold took work in vocational guidance at Iowa State College.
86 Helga Urn Is teaching her fifth year at Red Oak this year. Previously she taught at Coin. She is teaching the fourth grade.
87 Ida M. Shafer Now employed as secretary to the registrar of Iowa State College, Ames.
88 Lee Smiley Teaching printing and art in the high school at Barrington, Illinois. He was art editor of the Old Gold, in 1924, and also was a member of the staff in 1927 and 1928.
89 Margaret Henderson Is teaching English at the Thornton Township High School and Junior College. She resides in Des Moines.
90 Martha A. Meyer Attended the National University at Mexico City during the summer of 1939. At present she is teaching in a Davenport junior high school, where she resides.
91 Martha Weisell Now living in Fort Wayne, where she has a teaching position in the Harrison Hill School. During the summer of 1939, she took a 13,000 mile trip through Western United States.
92 Mr. and Mrs. Cecil J. Bogard Residing in Indianapolis. Cecil is agency supervisor for the Bankers Life Insurance Co. of Iowa. His wife is the former Evelyn Patterson..
93 Mr. and Mrs. Harold Blanchard Are now living in Keokuk, where he is teaching physics and chemistry in the senior high school. Harold taught in the high school and junior college at Elkader last year. His wife is the former Elma Magee, student in 1925-1926.
94 Mr. and Mrs. Irwin B. Miller The former Mildred L. Johnson and husband are now living at Manson. They have two children, Keith and Roger.
95 Mrs. A. W. Price (Alda Martin) She and her husband moved in August from Council Bluffs to Harlan, where A. W. opened a radio service shop.
96 Mrs. Harold Holthaus (Gladyce Beatty) Living at Earlville, where she and her husband farm. They have two children, Wallace and Claryce Marie. Gladyce taught rural schools for four years in Delaware and Clayton Counties.
97 Mrs. Harold Toney (Marian Petersen), and Bessie Troutner And husband are now living in Lincoln, Illinois. The former Bessie Troutner and husband, Paul T. Betz, are also living in Lincoln. The Betzes have two children, Barbara and David.
98 Mrs. R. A. Burton (Jane Esther Helmer) Moved from Charles City and now resides in San Diego.
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99 Alice M. Wilson Is now living in Des Moines, where she is branch librarian of the Des Moines Public Library. She has served in that capacity for the past two years. She attended the ten weeks' session at the School of Librarianship of Denver University last summer.
100 Elma Lighter Is principal of the college junior high school and supervisor of English at Central State Teachers College, Mr. Pleasant, Mich. She received her master's degree from Columbia University and attended the Writers' Workshop at the University of Colorado.
101 Faye Kelley Is a member of the physical education staff of Illinois State Normal University, Normal, Illinois. She is a graduate of the National Recreation School and received her M. A. degree from New York University in 1939.
102 Godfrey Messer Is now principal of the state juvenile home at Toledo.
103 Helen Curtis Is a member of the New York State College faculty, Albany, where she resides. She directs the Student Christian Association and assists the dean of students with freshman activities.
104 Helga Christensen Is supervisor of art at Galesburg, where she resides.
105 James W. Kercheval Is serving as assistant professor of chemistry at Michigan State Normal College, Ypsilanti, this year.
106 Liberty Maye Mattson Moved from Lower Brule, South Dakota to Ft. Thompson. She has been transferred from a day school to the reservation boarding school, teaching third and fourth grades and performing dormitory duty.
107 Margaret M. Dunsmore Is teaching in the D. F. Hoffman School at East Moline, where she resides.
108 Melvin J. Slacks and Ruth Cavana Is working for the railroad retirement board in Chicago, under the Civil Service Commission. His wife is the former Ruth Cavana. They have three daughters, the youngest is a baby girl, Mirabel Ferry. They reside in Chicago.
109 Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Carver The former Ruth Eells and husband Lowell reside in Ames. Lowell is beginning his first year as instructor in the Industrial Arts Department at Iowa State College. Previously, he taught in Geneseo, Illinois, and Kenosha, Wisconsin, high schools.
110 Mrs. Cleo M. Pratt (Cleo Wright) Is now teaching in the Sioux City Schools. She has a son, Kenneth Lyman. They reside in Sioux City.
111 Mrs. Clifford E. Johnson (Irma R. Johnson) Is now living in Akron. She taught for five years in Akron before her marriage in 1936. The Johnsons have one daughter, Sylvia Ruth.
112 Mrs. G. T. Kesler (Lillie Nelson) Is now living in Minneapolis. Prior to her marriage in 1938, she taught primary grades in Swea City, Dows, and Eagle Grove.
113 Mrs. Henry W. Berkler (Gwendolyn Frost) Before her marriage, she taught music for five years. She is county music chairman of Buena Vista County and appeared with the county chorus at the state fair last summer. She and her husband reside on a farm five miles north of Storm Lake.
114 Mrs. K. B. Cunard (Irma Cornish) Is residing in Bellflower, California. She was married to Kenneth B. Cunard of Bellflower on June 11.
115 Mrs. Paul S. Kurtz (Ruth Kreikenbaum) Now residing in Fr. Madison. Paul is employed as a railway postal clerk. They have one son, Jack.
116 Mrs. Perry St. Louis (Grace Burkardt) Is now living in Slater, Colorado. For the last eight years she taught school at Savery, Wyoming. She was married in June.
117 Mrs. W. M. Sherman (Sybil Sheets) Is teaching English and dramatics at Liberty Consolidated School this year. She resides in Clemons.
118 Mrs. Walter Beisner (Bertha Briggs) Is now living at Tripoli, where she and her husband are engaged in farming. They have two children, Roxie Irene and Carl.
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119 Carl B. Johnson, Mary Jane Silence, Martha Brownlie, Kathleen Meyer, Evelyn Challe, Ethel Cox, Lois Kirkpatrick Six of the ten faculty members of the Albion school are graduates of Teachers College, and one other is a former student, who has not yet completed requirements for a degree.
120 Fred W. Schlesselman Is beginning his first year as assistant professor of art in the College of Fine Arts at Drake University. He married the former Norene Griebel on September 10. They reside in Des Moines.
121 Gelia Clemans Is attending the Frances Payne Bolton school of nursing of Western Reserve University, Cleveland, this year. She is the daughter of Bertha P. Clemans, Manchester.
122 Herbert Hoemann Has been working in the sales department of Allied Mills, Inc., for the past years, and is living at Effingham, Illinois, where he and his wife reside. He married Anna Linnemeyer on August 12, 2009.
123 Leola M. Catlin Resides in Yakima, Washington, where she is teaching fifth grade and music in the Broadway Grade School. This is her first year teaching out West.
124 Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Darrah (Imogene Anderson) Are now residing in Chicago, where he is the export manager for the Dixon Exporting Company. They have a daughter, Babs Karen.
125 Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Bosch (Violet A. Erickson) Are living on a farm near Melbourne. She is the former Violet Erickson. They are parents of a son, Dale Marvin.
126 Mrs. Earl Loveless (Mary Harryman) Is living in Birmingham, where her husband is engaged in electrical work and trucking. They have a baby girl, Nancy Kay. Prior to her marriage, Mary taught in the rural schools of Jefferson County and the consolidated school at Douds.
127 Mrs. Fred Stopplemoor (Ethel Hersey) Is living at Shell Rock. She has been serving as deputy county superintendent of schools, but resigned effective Jan. 1. Her husband is manager of a gas station in Shell Rock.
128 Mrs. Paul J. White (Marie c. Gillespie) Is living in Winterset, where her husband is news editor of the Madisonian. They have a son, John Paul.
129 Mrs. Thomas L. Simms (Elizabeth Ruggles) Is now teaching in the Murray schools. She was elected to fill a vacancy in the third and fourth grades and assumed her duties November 6.
130 Mrs. William E. Irwin (Florence Reineke) Is now living in St. Louis. Dr. Irwin is serving as animal pathologist with the Ralston Purina Mills.
131 Orville O. Orr Is an instructor in economics and coach of wrestling at Thomas Jefferson High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa, where they reside. He is married and has two children, Jack and Jean.
132 Russell M. Hackler Is teacher of physical education, football line coach, freshman basketball coach, and assistant track coach at Beloit College. He had served as director of athletics and social science instructor at the Montezuma High School.
133 Thorrel B. Fest Is assistant professor of speech at the University of North Dakota. The work includes direction of all constructive speech. His wife is the former Lucille Etzler, former student. Before going to Grand Forks, Thorrel taught in the Spencer schools.
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134 H. M. Nicholas Is teaching industrial arts and biology in the Bradford Township High School, Bradford, Illinois, this year.
135 Harriet A. Woods Is teaching this year in the Clarinda Junior College. She is in charge of work in teacher training and two classes of geography in the high school.
136 James Luker Received his commission as second lieutenant in the U. S. Army Aviation Corps and is stationed at Moffett Field, California. He is the nephew of C. W. Wester, Mathematics Department.
137 Margaret Kennedy Is now teaching in the grades of the Cherokee Public Schools.
138 Marguerite L. Miller Is director of the women's glee club at Ohio State University. The group appeared in a concert over the Columbia Broadcasting System December 2. She resides in Columbus, Ohio.
139 Mary Frances Shedd Has returned for her third year at Nashua as second grade teacher. She attended the University of Colorado at Boulder last summer.
140 Maurice Kramer Is manager of the convention bureau of the Davenport Chamber of Commerce, and is also President of the Davenport Junior Chamber of Commerce. Previously, he was personnel manager of the American Institute of Commerce at Davenport.
141 Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sanderman (Mabel LeNore Chamberlin) Are living on a farm northeast of Schaller. They have a baby girl, Karen Louise. Prior to marriage, she taught in rural schools near Schaller for eight years.
142 Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dahlin (Arlene Olson) Are residing on a two hundred acre farm near Fonda. They married on Feb. 12. He is vice president of the Iowa State Vegetable Growers Association.
143 Mr. and Mrs. Lynford Bower (Marie Magee) Reside at Brandon, where he is superintendent of schools. They have one son, Richard Edward. Lynford received his M. A. degree from the University of Iowa in 1938.
144 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shepard (Luella Scurry) Now reside in Silver Spring, Maryland. Paul is engaged in government service in Washington, D. C.
145 Mrs. Allen Palmer (Lovina Shafer) Married December 10, 1935. She and her husband Allen have one son, Larry Allen; they reside in Keota.
146 Mrs. Harold R. Murphy (Ora Irene Wilson) Is a substitute kindergarten teacher in Brooklyn, Iowa. She married on June 28. Harold is an employee of Iowa Southern Utilities.
147 Paul F. Hill Is now director of safety education for the State Department of Public Safety in Des Moines. His duties consist of educational promotion for safety.
148 Wendell Bragonier and Alice Dowden Has a teaching fellowship in the Botany Department of Iowa State College, Ames, this year. He has been teaching at Lincoln High School, Des Moines, for the last two years. He and his wife, Alice, have a son, Robert.
149 Wiert G. Johnson and Dorothy Anderson Married on June 10 and now reside in Sioux City, where he is teaching commercial law in Central High School. Before marriage, Dorothy taught at Bellevue one semester and then in Central High School, Sioux City.
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150 Bernadine Rench Is teaching ninth and tenth grade English and dramatics at Hawarden this year.
151 David M. Grant and Elinor Brokaw Is teaching debate and speech at Thomas Jefferson High School, Council Bluffs, this year. For the last two years he taught in the Estherville High School and Junior College. His wife is the former Elinor Brokaw.
152 Don Baldwin and Dorothy Lamb Is an instructor in English in the high school at Grosse Isle, Michigan. His wife is the former Dorothy Lamb, former secretary in the Bureau of Research.
153 Dorothy Millard Is teaching fourth grade of Emerson School, Sioux City, where she resides.
154 Evelyn, Florence, and Hazel Lindberg The three Lindberg sisters of Cedar Falls are living among exciting times in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is now the center of an important United States defense zone.
155 Harold E. Harryman Is teaching at the Cedar Falls High School. Since graduation he has taken advanced work at the University of Iowa. He and his wife, Ethel, have two daughters, Marilyn Jean and Shirley Ann.
156 Joseph B. Anderson Is assistant principal and science teacher at the Garner High School. Last year he attended Iowa State College, taking work in zoology for his master's degree, with a minor in education.
157 Madeline Marie Anderson, and Mary Sydness Is teaching in the Commercial Department of the Woodward High School. Mary Sydness is working in the alumni office of Iowa State College
158 Margaret Robertson Is teaching in Montezuma this year.
159 Marjorie E. Schnable Married Harold L. Bitting of Freeport, Illinois, September 1. Harold is now head of the Economics Department of the Freeport High School. Marjorie taught at Dike and Sioux Center before her marriage. They reside in Freeport.
160 Marjorie Palmquist Is studying on her master's degree in music at the University of Iowa this year, in Iowa City, where she resides. She expects to graduate in June.
161 Mildred Cunning Is teaching commercial subjects in the Pleasantville High School this year.
162 Mr. and Mrs. Markus Zimmerman The former Wilmetta "Billie" Whitelock, and husband, of Huron, Ohio, have a daughter, Peggy Ann. Wilmetta was society editor of the College Eye in 1936-1937.
163 Mrs. Charles L. Lehman (Audrey G. Fritz) Is residing in Algona, where her husband is sales manager of a garage. They were married on September 2.
164 Mrs. Dalton Dooley (Esther Mae Heller) Is living in Aredale, where her husband operates a hatchery. They have one son, Dickie Dean Dooley.
165 Mrs. F. N. Wheelan (Loretta Walker) Is now residing in Omaha, where her husband is on the faculty of Creighton University.
166 Mrs. Howard Boeke (Anna Mae Erb) Resides in Rockford, Illinois. Before her marriage to Howard Boeke of Brandt, South Dakota, June 15, she taught in the primary grades at Alpine, near Rockford.
167 Nora M. Bowen Is enrolled in the graduate school of Northwestern University, where she is working on her M. A. degree in music education. She was vocal music supervisor at Sidney last year. She resides in Evanston.
168 Recene Ashton Is a member of the faculty of the New Mexico State Teachers College, Silver City. She is supervisor of third and fourth grades in the training school and also teaches a college course in children's literature.
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169 Reva Milroy Married G. F. Montgomery of Boston, June 8. They now reside in Des Moines. He is employed by the Iowa State Department of Health.
170 Adelaide C. Gray Married Dale P. Carpenter Sept. 30. Dale, a graduate of Drake University law school, is practicing law at Coon Rapids, where they reside.
171 Allen Carpenter Is now teaching in Washington Irving Junior High School, Des Moines; has written a series of newspaper articles on Iowa history. An "Iowa at War" series appeared in a Des Moines paper, and another in a Waterloo newspaper.
172 Andrew Roeder and Ray Shepard Are now residing in Sioux City. Andrew teaches commerce at the National Business Training College, and Ray is teacher of English and advisor of the annual at Central High School.
173 Beulah Carlisle Is now teaching in the Ft. Dodge schools. Her address is in care of the Y. W. C. A., Ft. Dodge.
174 Clarence W. Hach Is teaching journalism and English in the Davenport Senior High School. He taught in Crystal Lake in 1937-1938.
175 Cleo Bouchton Married R. S. Geary, August 16. He is salesman for the Brown Camp Hardware Company, Des Moines.
176 Don Stout Has accepted a position as field representative of the American Red Cross. He taught at Sibley following his graduation, and cooperated in Red Cross Work. His radio play, dramatizing Red Cross work in Sibley, attracted attention of national headquarters
177 Doris Priest Married Everett S. Bennett Aug. 12., and reside in Los Angeles. Before marriage, she taught in Hammond, Indiana, public schools. Everett is in the electroplating and enameling business.
178 Edwin Ball Is a graduate assistant in botany at the University of Wisconsin.
179 Eileen Rutherford and Lela Van Engen Are teaching in the Iowa City schools. Eileen is teaching in the junior high opportunity room, while Lela is teaching grade 4A in Longfellow School. They reside in Iowa City.
180 Harold Simmers Is now teaching history and serving as assistant coach in the Marengo Community High School, Marengo, Illinois.
181 John H. Calhoun Is now teaching at Griswold, where he is head basketball and assistant football coach.
182 Marjorie Bywater Is teaching art and penmanship in the Polk School at Cedar Rapids, where she resides. Previously, she taught two years at Clear Lake Junior High School and in the primary grades of the Carpenter Consolidated School.
183 Mr. and Mrs. Leland Snell Living in Clarence, where Leland is athletic coach. Mrs. Snell is the former Freda VanDeHaar, and taught at Laurel following graduation.
184 Mrs. Boyd Emde (Wilma Raben) And husband reside in Wellman, where he is engaged in farming. She taught second and third grades in Wellman for two years following her graduation.
185 Mrs. Gary Hertz (Dorothy F. Meyer) Is living in Whiting, where her husband is principal of the school. They were married April 15, 1939.
186 Mrs. Vern Frieden (Joyce Pixler) Married Vern Frieden on June 20 and resides in West Union.
187 Raymond Manship and Henrietta Jackson Married June 8, and reside at Van Horne, where Raymond is superintendent of schools. Before marriage Henrietta taught four years at Newhall and five years in the second grade of the Anamosa schools.
188 Ruth C. Meyer Is teaching in the third and fourth grades at Durant, Iowa.
189 Shirley Sherman Is employed as counselor at Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri.
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190 Aletha Freet and Fred C. Liffring, Jr. Married October 1. Fred is employed by the Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern Railway in Cedar Falls, where they reside. Aletha has been teaching English and speech at the Edgewood High School for the last two years.
191 Amy Austin and Charles E. Hill Married September 2. Charles is teaching in Penn College, Oskaloosa, where they reside.
192 Dolores R. Stone Married George W. Mann, Chicago, June 12. He is an engraver with the Pontiac Engraving Co. She taught at Muscatine for four years prior to her marriage. They reside in Chicago.
193 Dorothy Jean Peterson Married Richard H. Mylin on August 18. They reside in Granite Falls, Minnesota, where he is music director in the high school.
194 Geraldine M. Schmitt Married Clarence C. Miller Aug. 21; reside in Evanston. Clarence is manager of the Emerson Manufacturing Co., Chicago. She was music supervisor at the Prescott Consolidated High School. Her mother, Geraldine T., teaches business classes.
195 Harriett Binkard and Robert Donovan Married August 27. She has served as a switchboard operator at the Commons. They reside at Dumont, where Charles is teaching.
196 Hattie Zoe Short Married Max Shoesmith on Aug 14. They reside at Guthrie Center, where Max is deputy clerk of Guthrie County. Hattie taught at Bristow, New Providence, and Guthrie Center and is a member of Phi Sigma Phi social sorority.
197 Inez Marie Johnson and Kermit Francis Hosch Married August 27. Kermit has taught at Baxter and Jefferson, and this year is teaching at State College, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Inez taught at Wartburg College and in the Oelwein and Des Moines schools.
198 Irene Glasnapp Married James R. Montz of Whitten, August 17. She had been teaching in Whitten Consolidated School for two years.
199 Irene Stearns Married Jack Jorday. They reside in Spencer.
200 Joyce Averill and Warren Raver Married June 4. She taught two years in Beaver before her marriage. He is assistant county engineer at Jefferson, where they reside.
201 LaVonne Walsh Married Stanley L. Bourne, Radcliffe, June 21; reside in Ellsworth. Before marriage LaVonne taught at Ellsworth and at Woolstock.
202 Lela Grace Good Married Elmer W. Specht, of Specht's Ferry, Iowa, on June 18; currently reside on a farm near Dubuque. Before marriage, she taught five years, the last year at Grandview.
203 Lillian Thein Married Marvin H. Tow, Oct. 16. He is associated with the United States Engineers at Vincennes, Indiana She taught in the home economics department of the city schools of Muskegon, Michigan in 1937-1939.
204 Mary Jean Hemsworth and William E. Day Married August 18. William teaches commercial subjects in the Clarinda High School. For the last two years Mary taught at Lake Center.
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205 Bernice Flynn Married Harold Morgensen August 23; reside in Cedar Falls. Before marriage she taught home economics in the Oneida High School.
206 Corinne Hubbard Married Ernest Hitzhusen, June 25, the 26th anniversary of the bride's parents. Corinne and Ernest reside at "Two Acres," near Cartersville.
207 Helen Geraldine Miller Married Carlos W. Bryan of Cedar, August 20. They reside at Troy, where he is principal of schools and coach. Helen taught at Cedar before her marriage.
208 Jack Kwolek Married Grace Freeburg, daughter of Dr. H. M. Freeburg on August 27. They reside in Otronto, where Jack teaches in the high school.
209 Margaret Elaine Jacobson and Meredith Dix Married August 29; reside in Van Horne, where he teaches in the high school. Margaret was a member of Phi Sigma Phi sorority.
210 Monica Robinson Married Kenneth Shaffer, Selma, July 2. They reside in Muscatine.
211 Mr. and Mrs. Cecil McMillen The former Vera Warden and her husband announce the birth of a son, Gene Weston; reside in Ames, Iowa. Cecil is an engineer associated with the state highway department.
212 Mr. and Mrs. David C. Bartelma The former Elsie Yearous and husband David announce the birth of a son, Robert Dale. David is instructor in physical education and head wrestling coach at the University of Minnesota. They reside in Minneapolis.
213 Mr. and Mrs. George Hilton Wilson The former Ida C. Nielsen and her husband announce the birth of a son, Wayne Hilton. They reside at Crescent Drive, Beverly Hills, Alexandria, Virginia.
214 Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Ralston The former Caroline Batten, and husband, announce the birth of a son, Thomas Batten. They reside in Oak Park, Illinois.
215 Mr. and Mrs. Iver Cook The former Helen Crooks, and husband, announce the birth of a son, Robert Willard. They reside at Nevada, Iowa.
216 Mr. and Mrs. Ivon McRae Pike The former Oneta Haney and her husband announce the birth of a daughter, Rachel Haney. They reside in Anaheim, California.
217 Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Leonard The former Blanche E. Klingaman and her husband announce the birth of a daughter, Linda Claire. They have one other daughter, Joellen Gail. They reside in Chula Vista, Calif.
218 Mr. and Mrs. Merle A. Heath The former Vivian S. Partington and her husband announce the birth of a son, Colin Partington. They reside in Waynesboro, Virginia.
219 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Clemens Smith The former Gladys Rowland and her husband announce the birth of a son, Adrian. Their address is Madison Rounds, Northamptonshire, England.
220 Ruth Inez Straight and Leon Krafft Married Leon Krafft, August 30. They reside at Rudd, where Leon is in charge of the band and music in the high school. He was a member of Alpha Delta Alpha and Phi Mu Alpha.
221 Wallace Stewart Married Betty Jo Pope, Riverside, California, Nov. 3. They reside in Banning, where Wallace is employed at the Banning Water Co. He was a football letterman in 1934 and 1935 and a member of Lambda Gamma Nu fraternity.
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222 Dr. and Mrs. Rex Speelmon The former Florence Stevens and her husband announce the birth of twin daughters, Patricia Ann and Martha Jean. They reside in Spokane, Washington.
223 Emma Serepta Yule Died April 16, 1939. She was in educational work in the Philippine Islands for twenty-seven years; retired in 1936; home located in Los Angeles.
224 Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Carter The former Thelma Price and husband announce the birth of a son, Charles Price. C. V. is principal of the Menlo Consolidated School. They reside in Menlo.
225 Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ehen The former Erna Oster and her husband announce the birth of a daughter, Mary Evelyn. They reside in Harcourt.
226 Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Tripp The former Violet Alberts and her husband announce the birth of a daughter, Barbara Ann. D. C. teaches social science in the Junior High School at Mason City, where they reside.
227 Mr. and Mrs. Delbert McCrary The former Arlene Handorf and her husband announce the birth of a son, Marlyn. They reside in Marshalltown.
228 Mr. and Mrs. Donald Chehock The former Margaret A. McHugh and her husband announce the birth of a son, Bryan Donald. They reside in Osage.
229 Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Cundy Announce the birth of a son, Richard Lee. Howard is statistician of the Chicago office of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company.
230 Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wardell The former Beryl Lansing and her husband announce the birth of a baby girl, Kay Marie. They reside in Oelwein.
231 Mr. and Mrs. Logan J. Bennett (Eleanor McMillin) Announce the birth of a son, Logan J. Bennett, Jr. They have an older child, Ann. Logan is the leader of the Pennsylvania Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit. They reside in Lemont, Pennsylvania.
232 Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Greenley The former Leona R. Aden and her husband announce the birth of a son, LeRoy Oliver.
233 Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Geidl The former Marguerite I. Martin and her husband announce the birth of a daughter, Carolyn Ann. They reside in Sioux City.
234 Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Grier The former Eleanor Louise Yerkes and her husband Paul announce the birth of a daughter, Diane Jean. Paul is principal and athletic coach at Remsen, where they reside.
235 Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Castle The former Lola Mae Heiland and her husband Paul announce the birth of a son, Thomas Leon. Paul is superintendent of schools at Plymouth.
236 Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Phillips The former Helen Brown and her husband announce the birth of a son, Steven Ray. R. V. is a railway postal clerk. They reside in Cedar Falls.
237 Mr. and Mrs. Russell H. Platz The former Lydia Stockdale and husband Russell announce the birth of a daughter, Mary Lee. They have another daughter, Darlys Jean. Russell has been high school instrumental instructor and music critic teacher for Luther College, Decorah, since 1937.
238 Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Warden The former Pearl Stevenson and her husband announce the birth of a daughter, Edith Marlene. Their first child, Julia Mary, died on Oct. 14, 1938, shortly after birth.
239 Mr. and Mrs. Wesley A. Erbe The former Margaret Coddington and her husband Wesley announce the birth of a son, Richard Wesley. Wesley is principal and registrar of the high school and junior college, Maquoketa.
240 S. E. McMahon Died at Algona, August 26; served as an attorney in Algona for a number of years; received his LL. B. degree from the University of Michigan in 1893.
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241 Ada Williams Died March 14, 1934, at Pasadena. For thirty-five years she was superintendent of the Pasadena, Calif., Methodist Chinese mission. She had been living with her sister, Aletha B. Williams, in Pasadena.
242 Elizabeth Jacobs Died in her hometown, Osage, Oct. 22, 1937; survived by brother, Sam Jacobs. Elizabeth taught in Monona, Sioux Falls, S. D. and Osage, where she had been for the last 21 years. She was a graduate of Osage High School and the Cedar Valley Seminary, Osage.
243 John S. Goldthwaite Died at his home in Alhambra, California, in February, 1939. He is survived by his widow, the former Stella Savage. John, after teaching in Washington for several years, moved to California, where he taught in the Los Angeles high schools for 25 years.
244 Lorne F. Parker Died at home, in Cherokee, Oct. 2, at the age of 57. He had been associated with the First Abstract and Loan Co., and the Cherokee Livestock Auction Co., in Cherokee. He was an officer of the Cherokee First National Bank from 1921 to 1930.
245 Minnie Alice Scott Died June 7, 1939. She taught in the public schools of Ft. Dodge for a number of years.
246 Mrs. Bess A. Ross Killed in a highway accident near Long Beach, Calif., Aug. 7, when struck by a gas main rolling down a mountainside; prominent in Long Beach society; widow of Charles F. Ross, Long Beach shoe dealer; resident of Long Beach since 1902.
247 Mrs. Esther Vanderhule Lewis Died in Philadelphia, Dec. 19, 1938; survived by her husband and two children. She had been living in the East since 1929. Her family home was Yankton, South Dakota.
248 Mrs. Russel M. Tree (Marguerite Hardaway) Died June 4; survived by her husband; resided at Port Huron, Mich.
249 Mrs. Wilber H. Schilling (Vida Keene) Died Aug. 17. She lived in Minneapolis for many years.