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1 Democracy's defense Commencement procession; photo.
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Carl--Loring Monroe (Class of 1946) 		Students head out for picnic; photo.
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3 Gift launches lecture fun Anonymous donor gives money for lecture and recital program.
4 Hazel M. Anderson Is teaching in Woodlawn Rural Addition at Cedar Falls, where she resides.
5 Worries are over now--or how to tickle tutors Highlights of recent Tutor Ticklers show.
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6 Teachers talk democracy Secondary School Subjects conference.
7 The fair six of College Hill 1941 Old Gold beauties; photo.
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8 Summer workshops announced New format workshop style will emphasize independent or small group work on solving educational problems.
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9 A poet, musician, and writer Dorothy Aldis, Cecil Leeson, and Sigrid Undset appear on campus.
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10 Tutors take to the air Ten students enroll in first flight course offered at ISTC; photo.
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11 How to win friends Student Council seeks to improve relations between students and faculty.
12 Time to dust off Shakespeare Will produce "Hamlet".
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13 It can happen here--and does Five Peterson siblings succeed at ISTC; photo.
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14 Chloris Anderson Has purchased a new home in Riverside, California.
15 Elmer E. Franklin Is Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction, principal and teacher at Elko, Nevada. He received a B. S. degree from Iowa State College in 1917. He has held the position of deputy superintendent since 1920.
16 Enoch Burton Gowin President of Gowin United Publishers in New York, where he resides. He received his Ph. B degree in 1909 and his Ph. M. degree in 1910, both from the University of Wisconsin, and his Ph. D. from Columbia University in 1918.
17 Gertrude F. Mitchell, Sara M. Riggs Gertrude writes asking for a copy of the January Alumnus which contains an article about a dear friend of hers, Sara M. Riggs.
18 Herman A. Mueller Addressed a meeting of the Ringgold County Historical Society at Mt. Ayr. He is the president of the Madison County Historical Society. He outlined the work of his own society and offered suggestions for the local society to follow.
19 J. Ernest Carman Has been professor and chairman of the Department of Geology at Ohio State University for a number of years; was awarded the honorary degree of doctor of science by Simpson College in June, 1940; has Ph. D., University of Chicago, 1915.
20 Jacob Otto Belz Was in the service of the Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, for many years, retired in 1938. He resides in East Falls Church, Virginia.
21 James Henry Seymour Is teaching for the twenty-seventh year on the faculty of State Teachers College, Valley City, North Dakota, where he resides; head of the Department of Agriculture; is a member of the North Dakota Academy of Science and the North Dakota Education Assoc.
22 Leigh E. Robinson Has been transferred from Klawock to Hoonah, Alaska. After a six-year stay at Klawock, the Robinsons have moved to their new location, where they are engaged in the Indian service.
23 Luella Wright Author of the January issue of the Palimpsest, monthly publication of the Iowa State Historical Society. She writes of "The Pioneer Greys," organizers of the first company of soldiers from Cedar Ralls for the Civil War in June 1861.
24 Mary E. Polley Residing in Manila, Philippine Islands; served the Bureau of Education of the islands for thirty-four years, retiring in 1935. From 1921, she was supervisor of teacher training and curriculum construction.
25 Mr. and Mrs. Reginald R. Stuart Reside in San Leandro, California. Reginald is head of the commercial department of Castlemont High School in Oakland, California; has been associated with the Oakland public schools since 1914.
26 Mrs. J. E. Odell (Ethel Helen Wood) Residing in Los Angeles; has taught in the Los Angeles City Schools for many years. She and her husband have three children, Helen, Everett, and Lois.
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27 Dr. Lulu E. Sweigard Recently presented with the research award of the American Academy of Physical Education in recognition of her work on the "Bilateral Asymmetry in the Alignment of the Skeletal Framework of the Human Body." She is a faculty member of New York University.
28 Earl Hodges Now in charge of schools at Mission San Jose, near Oakland, California. He is also in charge of an insurance firm and a large number of Nevada antimony mines.
29 Ethyl V. Oxley Has been teacher of Home Economics since September 1926, at the State Teachers College, Indiana, Pennsylvania. She received the M. A. degree from Columbia University in 1924.
30 Faith E. Kiddoo Is supervising teacher at the Michigan State Normal College at Ypsilanti, Michigan, where she resides. She received an M. A. from Columbia University in 1937.
31 Friends of Mrs. Marion McFarland Walker Resides in Winter Park, Florida. Her son, Theron W. Walker, handles investment securities as a member of the firm Bogardus, Frost, and Banning, located in Los Angeles, California.
32 G. Verne Orr Of Los Angeles, California; vice president in charge of sales of Chrysler Motors of California; selected as Consulting Professor on the faculty of the Leland Stanford University.
33 Hazel Clark Has taught in four different rural schools in the past twenty-five years. This year is one of four years that she has had a rest. She resides in Corydon, Iowa, and will teach again next fall.
34 Herbert G. Bley Is now outside production supervisor for the Vega Airplane Company at Burbank, California. He resides in West Los Angeles.
35 M. Grace Rogers Is teaching in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she resides.
36 Mrs. Dorothy Hotchkiss (Dorothy Condit)
Mrs. Margaret C. Robinson, (Margaret Condit) 		Dorothy and daughter, Betty, of Altadena, California, and Margaret, and daughter, Peggy, of Oak Park, Illinois, visited the parental home of Professor I. S. Condit during August, 1940.
37 Mrs. G. O. Flath (Isabel Proctor) Elected to the office of Worthy Grand Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star in North Dakota; also a delegate to the meeting of the General Grand Chapter in San Francisco during September; resides in Stanley, North Dakota.
38 Mrs. Hazel Myers Peterson Has been supervisor of elementary education in the State Department of Public Instruction of South Dakota for four years. Previously, she was county superintendent of schools in Fall Pines County, South Dakota, for four years.
39 Mrs. Jerome L. Kuhl (Wilma N. Miller) Reports her new address as being on West Huisache, San Antonio, Texas.
40 Ruth E. Swezey Residing in Wilkes Barre, she is Director of Recreation at Wilkes Barre and Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania; has held that position for the last eight years; received the M. A. degree from New York University in June 1940.
41 Ruth Haddock Head of the Social Science Department in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, where she has resided for the past sixteen years; taught in rural schools of Adair and Cass Counties in Iowa; was principal of the high school at George, Iowa; taught in Waterloo, Iowa.
42 Ruth Youell Is bookkeeper and teller with the First National Bank at Wallace, Idaho, where she has been employed sixteen years; bank is the largest independent bank in Idaho; town is located in one of the largest mining districts in the United States.
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43 The Prowl Season previews and wrap-ups; photo.
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44 Cheers for "Miss Bishop" Enjoying movie version of Bess Streeter Aldrich's book.
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45 Asa Wood Is superintendent of schools in Libby, Montana. He received an M. A. degree from the University of Washington in 1927; was president of the Montana Education Association in 1930, and is president of the Inland Empire Education Association at Spokane.
46 Delinda Roggensack Music Supervisor in the public schools of Newton, Iowa; was the recipient of a 1940 Newton Community Service award.
47 Esther Lucille Brown, Hazel Hall Jacobsen, Mary Handorf Armstrong, Stella Handorf Rogers, Celia Natzke, Esther Oltrogge Johnson, Ruth Worley Scholin Another Round Robin letter has been reported--this time among members of the Classes of 1920 and 1921; started the circuit at a house party in 1920, and still receive letters about three times a year.
48 Frank Johnson Is now captain of Medical Administration Corps Reserves at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. His wife is the former Bernice Davin. He was formerly in business at Lake Crystal, Minnesota, but was assigned as a member of the Organized Reserves this year.
49 Laura P. Huber Is assistant secretary in the Y. W. C. A. in Rochester, New York. She received an M. A. degree in Chicago in 1940.
50 Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Price (Ruth Jean Souter) Reside in Maryville, Missouri; they have three children, John Milton, and twins, Sarah Margaret, and Patricia Jean; Ruth received her M. A. from Columbia University in 1925; is active in A. A. U. W. and Women's Federated Clubs. Her husband is a mortician.
51 Mrs. Camilla Fenn Chandler Has taught in the Los Angeles City Schools since 1923, and resides in Huntington Park, California. She received the B. E. degree from Santa Barbara State College in August 1940. She has two sons.
52 Mrs. Geraldine Schmitt, Louis A. Orr, Van A. Buboltz, Arnold Schneider, Paul White, L. E. Reynard, Lois Knudsen, Henriette Muller Six graduates of Teachers College took part in the Forth-Third Annual Convention of the National Business Teachers Association at Chicago during Christmas vacation. Others from Cedar Falls also attended.
53 Mrs. Harry Shannon (Amanda Emma Rummells) Residing in Waterloo, Iowa; writes that her two daughters are both enrolled at Teachers College. Virginia, is a sophomore kindergarten-primary student, and Elaine, is a freshman home economics major.
54 Mrs. John P. Hogan (Mary Ruth Fabrick) Residing in Brooklyn, New York; received an M. A. degree from Columbia in 1932, and a B. S. degree in Library Service in 1935; married on June 30, 1938; husband is in the restaurant business. She is a librarian in a Brooklyn high school.
55 Mrs. O. R. Black (Alona C. Carpenter) Formerly lived in Lincoln, Nebraska, now resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her husband, a cartoonist, is now with the Sunday Magazine Department of the Minneapolis Star-Journal.
56 Norman Birss Curtis Began as a special representative of the Business Education Service, United States Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, Washington, D. C., in January, 1941.
57 Robert John Ernst Is head of the Department of Commercial Teacher Training of the Plymouth Teachers College, Plymouth, New Hampshire; has held this position for fourteen years.
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58 Dr. L. H. Van Houten Was appointed President of the Pennsylvania State Teachers College at Edinboro, by Governor Arthur H. James, in December 1940. He has been acting president since the resignation of Dr. Carmon Ross on September 15, 1940.
59 Marie Harrison Has been a member of the education faculty of the State Teachers College at Johnson City, Tennessee, for eleven years. She spent last summer in Cedar Falls.
60 Mr. and Mrs. William E. Holland (Eleanor Henderson) Residing in Vinton, they are partners in the Alcorn and Holland furniture and undertaking establishment in Vinton.
61 Mrs. Benjamin Franklin, (Margaret Lavona Barnum) Married January 20, 1940; resides in New York City. Prior to marriage, she taught in Union, Iowa, Kearney, Nebraska, and for twelve years in Marshalltown, Iowa. Benjamin is a great-great-great nephew of the Benjamin Franklin of American history.
62 Mrs. L. F. Winter (Bess Munson) Formerly resided at Hinton, Iowa; now living at Flandreau, South Dakota.
63 Mrs. Lester Kline (Natalie Nagle) Formerly residing in Des Moines, Iowa; now living in Owatonna, Minnesota. She is the mother of two boys, Ned J., and Ronald Ray.
64 Mrs. V. A. Goodell (Wanda R. Kammerer) Has changed her address from Milford, Iowa, to Lake Park, Iowa.
65 Myrtle Haase, and Irene Bailey Formerly living in Afton, Wyoming; is now public health nurse at Worland, Wyoming. She met Irene Bailey, at teacher at Worland, and they talked about familiar faces and places.
66 Thorval Christoffersen Is taking charge of a group of delinquent and part time boys at the Glendale Junior College, Glendale, California.
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67 Ethel Gertrude Cocking "The first beauty trailer" is the project of Ethel; she and her sister operate the unique enterprise; A Paramount news cameraman took pictures for a movie short. Resides in Manchester, Iowa.
68 George A. Taylor Living in Santa Catalina, California, he is doing commercial art work for Neisser, Meyerhoff, Inc.
69 Josephine Deering Residing in Des Moines; spent last summer vacationing with her father at Grand Ridge, Florida; also visited at Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, Lookout Mountain at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Grant's Park at Atlanta.
70 Mildred A. Warden Of Melbourne; has accepted a position as second grade teacher at Webster City for this year. She had been teaching first grade in the Hampton schools for several years.
71 Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Hoppe (Ruth Thomas Bliss) Residing in Chicago, Illinois; were campus visitors in July. Ruth is a commercial teacher in Steinmetz High School in Chicago; received the Ph. B. degree from the University of Chicago in 1932 and the M. A. degree from DePaul University in 1936.
72 Mr. and Mrs. San Houston, (Elsie Bruene) Sam has accepted a position in University High School in Iowa City, where they reside. He will continue to work on his doctorate at the University of Iowa. He and Elsie have a son, Sam Frederic.
73 Mrs. Albert W. Payne (Ida Epley) Ida and her husband Albert operate a general store in Empire, Colorado, where they reside.
74 Mrs. B. C. Anderson (Viola Charters) Living on a farm near Dows. Her husband works for the Skelly Oil Company. Viola gives violin and piano lessons in her spare time.
75 Mrs. Ella Mae Griffith Tompkins And husband John T. Tompkins live on a ten acre tract near San Juan, Texas. She has taught in the San Juan Grammar School for the past fifteen years, and has been principal for the last eight years. She has attended the State University of Texas.
76 Mrs. John Scholtes (Dolores Thoma) Married in August 1933 to John, a railroad man; have two children, Dorothy Ann and Joan Thoma; reside in Sioux City. Dolores taught one year, then in 1930 finished nurse's training at Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines; public health nurse four years.
77 Mrs. Lambert J. Runquist (Delpha J. Primus) Married June 21, 1939 and residing in Rockwell City, where her husband is clerk of courts of Calhoun County.
78 Wilma Pelham Is teaching seventh and eighth grade departmental work in the La Habra, California, schools this year. This will be her second year there. She attended Santa Barbara State College, California, receiving a B. A. degree in June 1939.
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79 Clarence W. Failor Is now director of guidance of the Poughkeepsie, New York, public schools; is chairman of the regional conference committee of the National Vocational Guidance Association; taught courses in guidance and personnel at Cornell University last summer.
80 Franklin H. Thompson Is now working as assistant professor in the Arts Workshop of the Burris Laboratory School of the Ball State Teachers College at Muncie, Indiana, where he resides. In June 1940, he received his master's degree from the Iowa State College.
81 Harold Eugene Zickefoose Is now teaching in the senior high school in Dubuque. He received his M. A. in 1931 at the University of Iowa. In 1935 he married Mabel Bramsen. They reside in Dubuque, Iowa.
82 Harold F. Wilson Married Kathryn I. Peterson, June 6, 1938. He is a teacher and coordinator of distributive education at Hot Springs, South Dakota, where they reside. He has attended summer sessions at Colorado State College at Fort Collins, Colorado.
83 Martha A. Meyer Is now teaching Spanish in the Davenport, Iowa, High Schools. She formerly taught English in the junior high schools. The past two summers she attended the National University of Mexico City and traveled extensively in Mexico.
84 Mary Dorothy Hess Substitute teacher in the Davenport Public Schools; resides in Bettendorf, Iowa. Received M. S. degree from Northwestern University.
85 Miriam B. Baker Is now one of the field nurses in the Visiting Nurses Association of Omaha, Nebraska, where she resides. In 1936 she graduated from the University of Iowa School of Nursing; in 1939 received the bachelor of science degree from the University of Minnesota.
86 Mr. and Mrs. Galen Schrock (Alice Dail Delp) Are living on a farm near Hampton, Iowa. They have two daughters, Sharon and Sandra, and a son, Dean.
87 Mrs. Daniel Gettinger (Fern McKinley) Is living on a farm near Van Wert. She is the mother of two children, Mary Lou and Lila Lee.
88 Mrs. Leo Joss (Vola D. Goll) Is now living at New Richland, Minnesota. She was married in March 1940.
89 Mrs. Telmer Sime (Mamie A. Pederson) Is now living in Rolfe, Iowa. She taught in McCallsburg and Swea City before her marriage. The Simes operate the Sime Refrigerated Locker Plant in Rolfe.
90 Mrs. Thomas Larrison (Audrey T. Bertness) Her husband is a dental technician; now owns and operates a dental laboratory in Chicago, where they reside. They have two children, Richard and Carol Jo. From 1928 to 1930, Audrey taught in the Lincoln-Lee school in Albert City.
91 Mrs. Ubbe Reiter (Marie Volberding) Is now living at Northwood, Iowa, where her husband owns an electric shop. They have one child, Janice.
92 Mrs. Verna B. Applebaum (Verna B. Wickens) Is now living in Akron, Ohio.
93 Ray McBurney Has been appointed educational adviser of the C. C. C. camp at Whiting. Three years prior to this assignment he was superintendent of schools at Persia, Iowa.
94 Rev. Calvin Schnucker Is pastor of the Ramsey Reform Church at Titonka, where he resides. He has recently been named program director for the Iowa Christian Rural Fellowship.
95 Rose L. Wilcox Is vocal music supervisor in the Marion schools. In June 1940, she received the master of music degree from Northwestern University. Her boy's glee club received a plaque from the University of Iowa for outstanding work in May.
96 The Rev. Harlan W. Faris Is the minister of the Methodist Church at Belmond. Last year he received a B. D. degree from the Garrett Biblical Institute at Evanston, Illinois. He also preached at Cherry Valley, Illinois, while attending the institute.
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97 Alfred D. Sabin Varsity tennis coach at the senior high school in Rockford, Illinois; coached his team to a Big Seven championship last year for the first time in the school's history. He also coaches sophomore football and basketball at Rockford.
98 Alice M. Hammond Formerly resided at Farley, Iowa, and is now living at Portland, Oregon.
99 Beth Hart Residing in Plymouth, Iowa; won a week's cruise on the Great Lakes, with all expenses paid, for herself and a guest last August. She submitted the best statement concerning a favorite program broadcast by KGLO, Mason City.
100 Cecil L. Reafs Is working in the soil conservation service of the United States Department of Agriculture, at the Great Plains station located at Mandan, North Dakota, where he resides.
101 Lily Baral Is now working as a medical social worker in St. Louis, Missouri, where she resides. She received her M. A. degree in June 1940, at the University of Chicago.
102 Lloyd Haberichter Is principal of the Wapello Consolidated Schools; They have two children: Donna Mae and James Lloyd. He spent the summers of 1939 and 1940 working at the New York's World Fair, as supervisor and assistant manager of the American Express concession.
103 Mr. and Mrs. Burl R. Horstmann Reside at Pleasantville, Iowa. They have three children, Burl, Jr., and twins, Larry Gene and Jerry Dean.
104 Mrs. Albert Schrader (Louise Tabat) Is now employed as a color artist for a photographic concern. On November 23, 1939, in Los Angeles, she married the well-known ecclesiastical sculptor, Albert Schrader; they reside in Hollywood, California.
105 Mrs. Eugene Knight (Leona Alice Williams) Married June 1, 1940 and is now living at Peoria, Illinois.
106 Mrs. H. F. Ricketts (Kathryn Larrison) Reside in Mitchell, South Dakota; has had her story, "Mrs. Duck and her Glasses" accepted for publication in the Children's Activities Magazine. Her husband is employed by the Federal Civil Service Commission.
107 Mrs. K. H. Knilans (Irene Dvorak) Reside in Glencoe, Illinois. Her husband is a building construction superintendent and is employed by a Chicago contractor. They are the parents of a daughter, Patricia Kay.
108 Mrs. LeRoy K. Smith (Wanda M. Sherwood) Married June 4, 1939 and is living in Centerville.
109 Mrs. Nina L. Gibbs (Nina L. Foster) Formerly lived at Earlville; now residing at Manchester, Iowa.
110 Mrs. Roy L. Berkholz (Alta Mae Lewis) Resides in Des Moines. Her husband, employed by the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company, was transferred there July 1. She announces the birth of a son, Fred Roy. They also have a daughter, Mary.
111 Mrs. S. Dale Moon (Violet A. Norman) Now resides in Berkeley, California.
112 Mrs. T. J. Andersen (Hazel J. Robinson) Is living near Cedar Falls.
113 Mrs. Walter W. Bohlen (Dorothy M. Dawson) Is now living at Tipton. Previous to her marriage, August 21, 1940, she taught music in the McKinley High School in Cedar Rapids.
114 Mrs. Wayne B. Lee (Ruth Janet Sea) Formerly lived on R. F. D. No. 7, Ottumwa, Iowa; now living at Cedar, Iowa.
115 Olive S. Squires Was appointed postmaster at Palo, Iowa, by the Civil Service Commission on November 23, 1940. She had been teaching at New Albin, Iowa, and in rural schools in Linn County.
116 Rev. and Mrs. Harold Putney (Lillian Barber) Living in Webster City, Iowa, where he is the minister of the First Congregational Church. They have one daughter, Mary Jo.
117 Willis D. Stanley Formerly of Boone; now coaching at Afton, Iowa, where he resides.
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118 A creative faculty Extensive bibliography of faculty publications and creative efforts; photo.
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119 Summation of placements Table showing placements of ISTC graduates, 1939-1940.
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120 Burl V. Berry Has accepted a position as physical training supervisor in the East Moline, Illinois, Junior High Schools. For the past five years, he has been coach and physical education instructor at North English School in Des Moines.
121 Carl F. Zimmerman Is now office deputy for the county superintendent of schools, Grant County, New Mexico; resides in Silver City, New Mexico. He was an active participant in dramatics, editor of the Mustang, official publication of student body.
122 Catherine B. Ascherl Has accepted position at State Hospital, Caro, Michigan. She was formerly a psychiatric social worker at Caro and director of public welfare at Orange City. She started work at her new position on September 26, 1940.
123 Helen Phelps Is now working in the personnel office of the United States Government Printing office in Washington, D. C., where she resides.
124 Herbert Hoemann Now resides in Decatur, Illinois. He is working for Allied Mills Incorporated. He is the supervisor of eleven feed stores in Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky.
125 Leola Catlin Is again teaching in Yakima, Washington, where she resides. She teaches music, reading, and art in the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades.
126 Marione L. Ross On June 2, 1940 married Dr. Galen C. Boller; reside at Traer, where he took over the practice of Dr. John C. Herman. She taught for two years in the grades at Gladbrook, three years at Longfellow school in Iowa City, and was principal for two years.
127 Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Johnson (Alice Harbaugh) They are living in Brownwood, Texas.
128 Mr. and Mrs. Ray Thornberry (Louise Johnson) Formerly lived in Fort Dodge, recently moved to Iowa City, Iowa, where he owns and operates the Hawkeye Tent and Awning Company. They have a daughter, Sharon Rae.
129 Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Huntoon (Olive Sinclair) Live in Emporium, Pennsylvania. He is a research physicist for the Sylvania Hygrade Corporation at Emporium.
130 Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Baker Married in the fall of 1938; reside in Cedar Rapids. She is the former Lillian Ulch of Solon.
131 Mrs. E. H. Potter (Arla Holden) Reports her new address in Iowa City, Iowa.
132 Mrs. Ervin Koke (Ruth Noren) And son, Herbert Ervin, have returned to their home in Detroit, Michigan, after visiting with her parents at Marshalltown. Ervin is associated with the Motor Products Corporation in Detroit.
133 Mrs. Kermit Louis Buntrock (May Lucile Wilson) Married June 9, 1939; is living in Storm Lake. He is news editor and photographer for the Storm Lake Register and Pilot-Tribune. He also teaches journalism at Buena Vista College in Storm Lake. May taught physical education in the Storm Lake schools.
134 Mrs. L. W. Spivey (Muriel Goughnour) She is moving from Ankeny to Kalona, Iowa.
135 Mrs. Oran J. Allan (Margaret Riggs) A niece of the late Sara M. Riggs; resides in Jacksonville, Florida. Her husband is employed by Starret Brothers and Ecken, Inc., working for the government. Margaret is stock record and price clerk at the new army camp at Camp Blanding.
136 Mrs. Wallace Warden (Pearl Stevenson) Has accepted a contract for a school in Timber Creek township in Marshall County for this year. Their first daughter Julia Mary, died in October 1937. Their second daughter, Edith Marlene, died January 26, 1940.
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137 Carl E. Benander Is a theological student at the Augustana Theological Seminary, Rock Island, Illinois; to be ordained into the ministry of the Lutheran Church in June 1943. On November 24, 1938, he married Beverly Idell Brooks. They have a daughter, Carlene Marie.
138 Hugh Derham Has accepted a position as shorthand instructor in the Austin High School, El Paso, Texas; received his master's degree at Drake University. He was formerly of the Cedar Falls high school commercial department.
139 James Curtis Now a graduate student teaching on half-time assistantship at the University of Iowa. He married Gail Beddow on August 24, 1938, and resides in Iowa City, Iowa.
140 John M. Speer, Louise Hearst John Speer, married to the former Louise Hearst, is a member of the Industrial Arts Department of the Seattle, Washington, High Schools. He is president of the Seattle Industrial Arts Association this year. They reside in Seattle.
141 Lorinne Crawford Married in 1937 to Fred M. Thomas, chief engineer of DeHavilland aircraft organization in its propeller division. They have a daughter, Lileo. Lorinne was selected a beauty by Bing Crosby, went to Hollywood, and started her dancing career, then New York.
142 Marguerite Louise Miller On June 8, 1940, married Howard Wilson of Newport, Rhode Island. He is an instructor in theory and piano at Ohio State University. She has been teaching voice for the past two years at the Ohio State University at Columbus.
143 Marian F. Wood Has accepted a position in the office of the Tribune-Record, a boulevard newspaper in Los Angeles. Previously she taught at Raymond. She resides in Los Angeles.
144 Marjorie J. Palmquist Is teaching public school music methods, and is supervisor of music and of practice teachers in music at the campus training school at Murray State Teachers College, Murray, Kentucky. She received her M. A. degree in music from the University of Iowa.
145 Maude L. Rupp Is the owner and operator of a tea room at Dallas, Texas.
146 Mrs. Bridget A. Wells Is teaching English and history in the Methodist-English High School in Rangoon, Burma; also editor of the high school section of the Church School Magazine and is sponsor of the Literary Guild, which she organized to encourage original literary work.
147 Mrs. Floyd Stahl (Eleanor Finkenbinder) Married August 2, 1939, and resides at Chatsworth, Illinois.
148 Mrs. Maynard A. Rake (Virginia Schuhart) Is living in Buffalo Center, Iowa, where Maynard is assistant manager of the Buffalo Center Lumber Company. She taught the seventh and eighth grades in the Rake Independent School for three years before her marriage.
149 Paul D. Beckman Married June 10, 1940, to Lois M. Myron of Fargo, North Dakota; resigned a position at University High School in Iowa City to accept one in the Davenport High School. He also does work in the special schools there.
150 Rachel Rosenberger Has received an M. S. degree from the Eastman School of Music at Rochester, New York. She is teaching violin at South Georgia Teachers College, Collegeboro, Georgia this year. She was music counselor in a girls' camp in Augusta, Maine, last summer.
151 Reva McNabb Is part-time teacher and case worker in the Frances De Pauw School in Los Angeles, California, where she resides. The school is a Methodist Mission School for Spanish-speaking girls from broken or underprivileged homes.
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152 Catherine Jo Ecklund Now teaching the fifth grade at Holbrook, Arizona. Received a B. A. from Arizona State Teachers College.
153 Darrell Black
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154 Dorothy Galloway Has completed three years of service as instructor in the United Presbyterian Memorial Institute for Egyptian Girls, and returned to Cedar Falls. She sailed June 4, 1940, from Alexander, Egypt, landing in New York June 24.
155 Dorothy Millard Is teaching fourth grade in the Emerson School of the Sioux City public schools.
156 Elizabeth Mills Is teaching English in the Adel high school. She attended summer classes at Stanford University last summer.
157 G. Gordon Ellis Is now teaching guidance classes under Dr. A. H. Edgerton at the University of Wisconsin. He received his M. A. degree in 1940 at the University of Wisconsin, and is now working toward a Ph. D. degree in education. He resides in Madison, Wisconsin.
158 Griffen Eggers Is serving as coach at the Audubon, Iowa, High School this year. He taught at Paullina for two years previously.
159 Harold E. Charter Has reported his new address as Moscow, Idaho. He received an M. S. degree in botany with a major in plant ecology at the University of Idaho, Moscow, in June 1940.
160 Henry M. Collins Received the M. A. degree from Northwestern University in August 1940. He is now a member of the faculty of the State Teachers College at Whitewater, Wisconsin. He previously taught at Dunlap, Iowa. He and his wife have one son, Keith Miles.
161 J. Quentin Kongsback Is instrumental instructor in the Ackley, Iowa, schools and also director of the municipal band. He received the M. A. degree from the University of Iowa in June.
162 James W. Freeman Is now superintendent of the Wadena public schools. He taught last year at Goodell. On May 4, 1940, he married Ione Knain, a graduate of Valley City Teachers College, Valley City, North Dakota.
163 Jvone Lowrie Is serving as Music Department accompanist at Teachers College. She received the M. A. degree at the American Conservatory of Music, Chicago, Illinois; she served as staff accompanist; accompanied Janet Fairbanks, opera singer.
164 Marjorie Wamsley Is teaching fourth and fifth grades in the Franklin School in Hampton, where she resides. She previously taught at Lytton.
165 May Gravon Is teaching kindergarten and second grade in Colton, California, where she resides. She traveled through the West last summer, visited five weeks at her home in Minnesota, and continued her travels in the East and South.
166 Mr. and Mrs. William Bress (Marjorie Bonath) The former Marjorie Bonath, and husband, are residing at Primghar, Iowa. They have a son, Larry William.
167 Mrs. Glenn Lemonds (Lairna Banks) Married to Glenn Lemonds May 29, 1940 and is now living in Paullina, Iowa. She attended the summer sessions at Teachers College during the summers of 1937 and 1938.
168 Mrs. Jessie Parrott Loomis Has accepted an instructorship in the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, for this year. She married Dr. Frederic G. Loomis, a graduate of the University of Iowa medical school, who is now interning in the City of Detroit Receiving Hospital.
169 Pauline McNally Is now enrolled in Columbia University's School of Library Service. She has been given a leave of absence from the Waterloo Public Library. She resides in New York, New York.
170 Wendell Rider Is now doing graduate work at the Eastman School of Music. He is doing his work in musicology; resides in Rochester, New York.
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171 Doris Kirgis Has accepted a position in the Washington School in Clinton, Iowa, where she resides. Prior to this she taught for one year at Renwick.
172 Edythe Leinbaugh Teaching the third grade at Tipton, Iowa. She is sponsoring and directing work with puppets in her class; group of her students presented a puppet show in the high school February 4, 1941.
173 Glenn D. Smith Has been elected industrial arts instructor for the seventh and eighth grades in the elementary school, Yuba City, California. He spent last summer attending classes at Chico State College.
174 Gordon Hoxie Is attending the University of Wisconsin to receive his M. A. degree. He received a scholarship to work in American history. He resides in Madison.
175 Hazel Lincoln Has now returned to Union College for her second year as instructor in Barbourville, Kentucky.
176 Helen M. Webber Has accepted a position as fourth grade teacher in Emerson School at Waterloo, Iowa. She taught previously at Carrollton, Glidden, Grundy Center, and Ames.
177 J. B. Paul Won the second award in Class A of the annual newspaper national snapshot contest sponsored by the Eastman Kodak Company, and the $250 that went with it. He is teaching physics and industrial arts at the Ogden, Iowa, High School.
178 Jean Norris Is now secretary to Attorney E. H. McCoy of Waterloo. Previously she was secretary to Dr. E. C. Denny, head of the Education Department of Teachers College. She resides in Waterloo, Iowa.
179 John W. Simpson Has been the superintendent of the Liberty Consolidated Schools in Clemons, Iowa, since September 1940. He married Mary Gee May 31, 1938. They have a daughter, Karen Suzanne, born in Ames.
180 Lawrence Dennis Is now a visual education field representative and publicity writer for the Iowa Tuberculosis Association, with headquarters in Des Moines. He also served as correspondent for the Des Moines Register.
181 Lillian B. Thada Is now teaching third grade in the Logan School at Fairfield, Iowa, where she resides. She had previously taught at Marion.
182 Lois V. Hamer Elected principal of the Carson, Iowa, High School. She has been taking work at Northwestern University to complete requirements towards an M. A. degree in supervision. She has previously taught at Baldwin for two years.
183 Lucille Smith Is now located at Fonda, Iowa, where she is teaching this year.
184 Luella Kuethe Is now teaching fourth grade in the Sherman School at Tacoma, Washington, where she resides.
185 Lynniel A. Moore Is now editor in the Supreme Court Reporter's office at the Statehouse, Des Moines. She is doing graduate work towards her master's degree at the University of Iowa.
186 Marian Caroline Clark Is now living in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
187 Mary Jean Landgraf Has completed a year of work in library science at Columbia University, where she received the B. S. degree in Library Science in June 1940. She is working in the Davenport, Iowa, Public Library.
188 Mrs. Earl Schuettpelz (Esther R. Greimann) Married August 21, 1939; resides in Marion, Iowa.
189 Mrs. Russell J. Smith (Vanda M. Gapinski) Is living at Anita, Iowa. Her husband manages a Jack Sprat Food Store at Anita. He formerly lived at Oelwein, and was also employed at the State Historical Building at Des Moines.
190 Norris T. Pritchard Is now an instructor in economics at Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota, where he resides. He received an M. A. degree in economics at the University of Iowa.
191 R. N. Hedemann Married to the former Gladys Curtis; R. N. is now superintendent of the Nichols public schools. He earned his B. A. degree by attending summer school and taking correspondence work; is now studying towards his master's degree at the University of Iowa.
192 Ruth E. Robinson Has accepted a position as high school teacher in English and dramatics at Nashua, Iowa. She previously taught at Dysart.
193 Sue Lund Was awarded the M. A. degree from the University of Wisconsin at its annual commencement June 17, 1940.
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194 She remembers the gay nineties--and what fun!
Chisholm--Belle Hayes 		Belle Hayes Chisholm recalls exciting trip to Des Moines in 1896, as representative of the Normal School.
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195 Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Spicer (Alice Reckler) The former Alice Reckler and her husband, of Monroe, Wisconsin, announce the birth of a son, Adrian William. D. W. is cheese quality specialist for Kraft Cheese Company.
196 Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Klein (Stella Gullaxson) The former Stella Gullaxson and her husband, of Syracuse, New York, announce the birth of a son, Lee Gordon. Harold is a sales engineer for Barber Greene Company. Stella taught for several years in the Granger Consolidated School, Naperville, Illinois.
197 Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Mortensen (Helen Jean Smith) The former Helen Jean Smith and her husband, of Santa Ana, California, announce the birth of a son, Harold James. They have a daughter, Holly Jacqueline. All four members of the family have the same initials, H. J. M.
198 Mr. and Mrs. Louis Warneke, (Louise Marion Kramer) The former Louise Marion Kramer and her husband, of Ackley, Iowa, announce the birth of a daughter, Lucille. They also have a son, Donald Louis.
199 Mr. and Mrs. Lowell B. Ales, (Wilma Hoffmeister) The former Wilma Hoffmeister and her husband, of Wheatland, Iowa, announce the birth of a son, Ronald Kent.
200 Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Abel (Louise A. Sater) The former Louise A. Sater and her husband, of Des Moines, announce the birth of a son, Charles Madison. They also have another son, Dick.
201 Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. Caviness (Irene De Long) The former Irene De Long and her husband, of Adel, Iowa, announce the birth of twin boys, Keith DeLong and Kenneth Orrin. They also have a daughter, Karen.
202 Mr. and Mrs. Royce M. Weatherly, (Grace J. Scholten) The former Grace J. Scholten and her husband, of Doon, Iowa, announce the birth of twin sons, Robert Dale and Richard Gale.
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203 Cora Irwin Mueller, wife of H. A. Mueller Died at her home in St. Charles, January 4, 1941. She is survived by her husband, three children, Byron Irwin, of La Harpe, Illinois; daughter (Jack Sayro) of Des Moines; and Herman A. Jr., of St Charles; two grandchildren, one sister, and two brothers.
204 J. F. Doderer Died at the San Antonio hospital, Upland, California, December 19, 1940, as a result of burns received while working in his lemon grove at Alta Loma, California. He is survived by his wife, one daughter (Harold Graham), one brother, and two sisters.
205 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Kemmerer, (Rosamond E. Stumbo) The former Rosamond E. Stumbo and her husband, of Boone, Iowa, announce the birth of a girl, Leila Rose.
206 Mr. and Mrs. Baird C. McIlroy, (Arlene D. Archer) The former Arlene D. Archer and her husband, Baird, announce the birth of a son, Reed Charles. Baird is an instructor in English and journalism in the Rock Island Senior High School at Rock Island, Illinois.
207 Mr. and Mrs. C. Raymond Stewart Announce the birth of a son, Larry Charles. Raymond is high school principal and coach at Courtland, Kansas.
208 Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Boyd, (Della M. Smith) The former Della M. Smith and her husband announce the birth of a daughter, Marilyn Elaine. They live on a farm near Winthrop, Iowa.
209 Mr. and Mrs. Harold Anderson, (Eleanore Crummer) The former Eleanore Crummer and her husband, of Des Moines, Iowa, announce the birth of a son, Raymond Alroy.
210 Mr. and Mrs. Howard G. Dunkerton, (Margaret Leask) The former Margaret Leask and her husband, of Waterloo, Iowa, announce the birth of a son, Howard Douglas. The Dunkertons have a daughter, Margaret Lynne. Howard and Margaret, are grandchildren of John M. Dunkerton of Des Moines.
211 Mr. and Mrs. James Clements, (Helen Reckler) The former Helen Reckler and her husband, of Grinnell, Iowa, announce the birth of a daughter, Mary Katherine.
212 Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Schrody, (Mary Alice Woolverton) The former Mary Alice Woolverton and her husband, of Wapello, Iowa, announce the birth of a son, David William. L. J. is a teacher in the high school at Wapello. They have another child, Alice Lee.
213 Mr. and Mrs. LaVern Drake, (Estella Hansen) The former Estelle Hansen and her husband, of Waterloo, Iowa, announce the birth of a son, Marc LaVern. Estelle taught in the public schools at Meservey and Klemme, Iowa.
214 Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Downes, (Loretta Weitenhagen) The former Loretta Weitenhagen and her husband, of Fredericksburg, Iowa, announce the birth of a daughter, Lorely June.
215 Mr. and Mrs. Lyle J. Breitsprecher, (Mildred E. Svendson) The former Mildred E. Svendson and her husband, announce the birth of a son, Lee Edwin. They also have two daughters, Wanda Kay and JoAnn Emma. Lyle is a farmer at Ossian, Iowa.
216 Mr. and Mrs. Parce Hannan, (Dorothy Boyd) The former Dorothy Boyd and her husband, of Fairport, New York, announce the birth of a son, Jesse Boyd.
217 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Boardman Of Columbus, Ohio, announce the birth of a daughter, Sharon Lee. Thomas is field executive for the Central Ohio Area of Boy Scouts.
218 Mrs. E. E. Martin, (Maude Minnich) The former Maude Minnich of Pine River, Minnesota, died in June, 1940. She had been a teacher in the Pine River schools for many years.
219 Mrs. Fred E. Gates, (Viola Russell) The former Viola Russell died at her home in Marble Rock, Iowa, January 15, 1941. After graduation, she taught in the public schools in Waterloo and Cedar Falls for several years. In 1889, she married Fred E. Gates in Cedar Falls.
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220 Brayton Sweet Died January 22, 1941, at Sigourney, Iowa. He married in 1907 Elsie Bowman of Webster. He is survived by his wife, two children, a daughter (Harold Ewing), a son, Bowman H. Sweet of Pensacola, Florida, his mother, and brother. Retired January 1, 1938.
221 Elizabeth Vinall Of Alhambra, California, died July 11, 1940; daughter of H. G. Vinall of College Hill. Surviving her are four sisters, E. W. Guessford, Faye (I. L. Craig) , Ethel (G. F. Bigelow), and Helen Dennis. She taught for twenty-five years.
222 Mrs. Beniah Dimmitt, (Alice Peters) The former Alice Peters died January 18, 1941, at her home in Seattle, Washington, where she had lived 28 years. In 1908 she married Beniah Dimmitt. Following graduation, she taught in Ottumwa, Iowa, Great Falls, Montana, and Los Angeles, California.
223 Mrs. Clarence M. Parker, (Nora Mae McCaffree) Died at her home in Cedar Falls January 27, 1941; survived by her husband, her mother (J. W. McCaffree), and her sister, Pearl McCaffree, all of Cedar Falls. Two children died in infancy. She taught in Parkersburg, Cedar Falls, Red Oak, and Iowa City.
224 Mrs. George Pringle, (Kittie A. Lockwood) For many years a resident of Greene, Iowa, the former Kittie A. Lockwood, died September 23, 1940. She is survived by her husband and two step-children.
225 Mrs. Henry C. Lerche, (Kathryn Knoepfler) Died at her home in Fort Madison, Iowa, January 7, 1941. In 1912, she married Henry C. Lerche of Fort Madison. She was the daughter of Professor J. B. Knoepfler. After graduation she taught in the high schools at Cedar Falls and Fort Madison.
226 Mrs. Roy K. Worrell, (Harriet Mae Diddy) Died December 31, 1940, at her home in Pasadena, California. A former resident of Adel, Iowa, she lived in Pasadena since 1904; survived by her husband and four sons, Marion Worrell, LaCanada, Lyle and Eugene Worrell, Pasadena, and Ralph of Visalia.
227 Thaddeus M. Prall Of Sioux City, Iowa, died December 5, 1940; survived by his wife and two daughters. He received the M. A. degree at the University of Iowa in 1911. He was school superintendent at Avoca and Emmetsburg, Iowa, before becoming an insurance agent in 1914.
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228 Elena M. Oldis Died December 27, 1940, in Iowa City, Iowa; burial was at Preston, Iowa, her childhood residence. She taught mathematics in the high school of Oberlin, Kansas, for two years and since then has been similarly employed in the Iowa City high school.
229 Fern Louise Wathen Died January 3, 1941, at Iowa City, Iowa. Immediately after graduation, she taught the primary grades at Colesburg, Iowa. She later taught at West Union and Oelwein. In 1939, she gave up teaching and went to Tucson, Arizona.
230 Helen B. Witsey Died November 1, 1940, at her home in Chariton, Iowa. Following graduation, she taught in Lacona and Weldon, Iowa. She is survived by her mother, E. R. Wiltsey, of Chariton, a sister and a brother.
231 Mrs. Elizabeth Talcott Of Webster City, died January 23, 1941 in Muscatine, Iowa; survived by four daughters, Helen Sjetland, (George Brown), (Hoyt Ogram), and Margaret Talcott. Her husband died in 1938. She was superintendent of schools at Finchford for several years.
232 Mrs. Fred Taylor, (Edna May Rownd) The former Edna May Rownd died December 13, 1940. Mrs. Taylor had lived for many years in Lewiston, Montana.
233 Mrs. Harold Toney, (Marian Petersen) Of Red Oak, Iowa, died November 1, 1940. She taught at Waukon, Oelwein, and Council Bluffs prior to her marriage in 1936. She is survived by her husband, her parents, one sister, Elizabeth Petersen, and two brothers.
234 Rebecca Grace DeNoon Died in a Cedar Rapids hospital, January 15, 1941; survived by two sisters. She taught in the eighth grade in Centerville, Iowa, for eight years. In 1914 she began her work as mathematics teacher in Cedar Rapids; retired in 1937.