Alumnus — July 1, 1944

Page Title Summary
1 Enrollment holds its own Summer 1944 enrollment is 806; summer 1943 was 799.
1 Governor speaks to WAVES Governor Bourke Hickenlooper addresses graduating class of WAVES.
1 "Cry Havoc" thrills audience All-woman cast presents play about nurses on Bataan.
1 Play conference draws 400 13th annual conference condensed to one afternoon.
2 Stress needs of junior high school Twenty-one principals meet with officials and faculty on campus.
2 Men abhor slouchy slacks Debate rages in student newspaper over women's fashion.
2 Librarian Anne Duncan dies Miss Duncan died March 28, 1944; was head librarian for thirty years.
2 Students combine war work, studies Some students work in local plants and offices as well as campus jobs.
2 Big names on lecture series Mona Paulee presents concert.
3 Fifty-year medalists Eighteen alumni receive medals during campus reunion; photo.
3 Graduates are urged to teach courageously 132 students receive diplomas or degrees at spring Commencement; Liston Pope delivers address; award winners announced.
5 Chicago, Ill. Janet Little tells of her recent success in business.
5 Somewhere in China John W. Lee tells of his experiences in China; has met Chiang Kai-shek.
6 MacDill Field, Fla. Staff Sergeant R. H. Blaine fondly recalls ISTC.
6 Southwest Pacific Victor Argotsinger is clerk in South Pacific.
6 Iowa City, Iowa Former students meet in Chicago.
7 Dike, Iowa Parents write about son, Edward F. Volberding, who is in a POW camp.
7 Camp Sibert, Ala. Melvin Case talks about training.
7 Soldier feasts on music Ralph Moritz recounts many cultural opportunities he has had while in the service in England and Africa.
7 Oceanside, Calif. Glenn Gerdes is training in the Tractor Battalion.
8 They keep in touch Professor Riebe and Bob Brindley edit "Kampus to Khaki", a newsletter about campus activities; photo.
10 Campus publications tend the home fires Purple Pen, College Eye, Old Gold continue but reflect spirit of nation at war; photo.
12 Coach Starbeck's son dies Karl Richard Starbeck died May 31, 1944, of pericarditis.
12 Boehmler gift to college Katherine Sheridan Boehmler dies; leaves $18,000 to ISTC for scholarships; photo.
15 New radio hours New schedule features more music.
15 Nurses enrolled in science classes Ten students from Allen Hospital enroll for fifteen hours of science classes
15 William Veatch dies Well-known local photographer died May 20, 1944; photo.
16 Anne Stuart Duncan; builder of a great library Extensive tribute to life and achievements of Miss Duncan, who died March 28, 1944; photo.
19 Missing in action Chester Yeager and Robert T. Bragg are missing in action.
19 Roll of Honor Paul M. Adkins, Dorance S. Grange, John W. Lichty, and Ward S. Williams have been killed in active military service.
19 Podemski awarded Silver Star James Podemski earns decoration for gallantry in battle.
20 First Lieutenant Alice A. Parrish Serving as military police officer in WACs.
20 Major Clifford P. Archer Named executive officer of U. S. Armed Forces Institute in Southwest Pacific Area.
20 Prisoners of war Lloyd Oliver Haefs, Nichols Field, Ned C. White, and Hartley Westbrook are prisoners of war.
20 Dr. Bodein replaces Knoff Vernon P. Bodein named Director of Religious Activities.
21 Mrs. Mabel (Carlson) Reinertsen Lives in Washington, D. C.
21 Mrs. Charles T. Rudebeck The former Jessie Lawrence lives in Hudson, Iowa.
21 Mrs. Thorger Vig The former Carroll Cookman lives in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
21 Mrs. Charles Kehn The former Rose Teagarden teaches mathematics at the high school in Farmington, Arkansas.
21 Mrs. Oscar Baker The former Alice Boyer lives in Marshalltown, Iowa.
21 Mrs. Henry W. Gilbertson The former Hazel I. Brown lives in Bladensburg, Maryland.
21 Mrs. Alexander Allan The former Nan Mitchell is superintendent of the Ventura School for Girls in Ventura, California.
21 Mrs. H. E. Dieatrick The former Edith Schofield resumed her teaching duties due to the shortage of teachers.
21 Edna L. Thatcher Lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
21 Julia Jennings Teaches in Los Angeles, California.
21 Miss Stella Burrington Counselor at a Summer Camp in Oakdale, California.
21 Mrs. D. P. Gaylor The former Lena Livingston lives in Waterloo, Iowa.
21 Maud E. Lane Represented La Cumbre Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution at the 36th State Conference in Los Angeles, California.
21 Mrs. Esta Ross Stuart Lecturer in Education and supervisor of the Teaching of Business Subjects at the University of California.
21 Rev. and Mrs. Peter Jacobs The former Edith M. Anderson lives in Shenandoah, Iowa.
21 Mrs. Hardy A. Ingham The former Minnie Townsend lives in Glendale, California.
21 Perry O. Cole Lives in Santa Maria, California.
21 Edward C. Bartlett Lives in Livingston, Montana.
21 Ella E. Moore Lives in Des Moines, Iowa.
21 Mrs. Harry J. Senecal The former Mina Van Winkle lives in Denver, Colorado.
21 Mrs. Ruia Bowersox Hurless Teaches rural school near Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
21 Mrs. Estelle Reuillard Youell Bookkeeper for the United Hillyard Branch of the Seattle First National Bank in Spokane, Washington.
21 Edgar R. Monroe Retired from farming; lives in Moulton, Iowa.
22 Eleanor M. Pahl Teaches kindergarten at Lincoln School in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
22 Mrs. K. E. Selby The former Bertha A. Morgan lives in Santa Barbara, California.
22 C. M. Stoner Instructor at Winterset, Iowa.
22 Mrs. H. B. Walden The former Carol Cundy teaches in Visalia, California.
22 Paul A. Young Home room director of the Township High School in Evanston, Illinois; studying at Northwestern.
22 Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Winter The former Bess Munson and her family live on a farm near Flandreau, South Dakota.
22 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rogers The former Lorreta E. O'Connor and her family moved to Waterloo, Iowa.
22 Mrs. D. W. Crow The former Flossie Lynn lives in Fontana, California.
22 Allen Walker Read Assistant editor in the staff that wrote a Dictionary of American English on Historical Principles; now in military service.
22 Mr. and Mrs. O. V. Hoffman The former Addie Beall and her family live in Maywood, Illinois.
22 Ruth E. Mead Lives in Newton, Iowa.
22 Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Akers The former Beatrice Hillman and her family live in Grover, South Dakota.
22 Helen Lorraine Bartlett Teaches second grade; lives in Elgin, Illinois.
22 Roy Edward Brown Tax expert at Rockefeller Plaza in New York.
22 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Ekdahl The former Anna Elizabeth Freeburg lives on a farm near Garvin, Minnesota.
22 Viola E. Leese Lives in Palo, Illinois.
22 Clara W. Scoggin Teaches in the Campus School at the Teachers College.
22 Mrs. Edward Farragher The former Marie Dally and her husband operate two hotels and two tourist courts in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
22 Helen C. Gutknecht Lives in Wilmington, California.
23 Wilhelmine L. Haley Serving overseas with the American Red Cross.
23 Mrs. Herbert B. Jacobson The former Hazel Townswick lives in Story City, Iowa.
23 Hoyt R. Matt Teaches industrial arts classes at the Stuart Junior High in Ottumwa, Iowa.
23 Lydia Wells Representative of the American Book Company; lives in Chicago, Illinois.
23 Merle Cooper Transferred to the Air Mechanics School in Amarillo, Texas.
23 Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Davis The former Gwen Kern and her family live in Cresco, Iowa.
23 Mrs. Ralph S. Bennett The former Berniece Zimmer is staying with her parents in Ida Grove, Iowa.
23 Mrs. Judson Clay Higgins The former Katherine Loveland lives in Glastonbury, Connecticut.
23 Mrs. Luther C. Larson The former Frieda E. Jacobs and her family live in Woden, Iowa.
23 Mr. and Mrs. Harold D. Radebaugh The former Marie K. Barber and her family live on a farm near Rippey, Iowa.
23 Goldy Schneider Teaches in East Chicago, Indiana.
23 Mr. and Mrs. Clifford H. Henry The former Ruth E. Wilkins lives in Enid, Oklahoma.
23 Mr. and Mrs. K. J. Boelter The former Dorothy Hinson and her family live in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
23 Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Bordeleau The former Ruth Peters and her family live in Great Falls, Montana.
23 Dorothy M. Wilson Daughter of W. Walter Wilson; sister, Sophie Wilson now works in the Boeing aircraft factory in Seattle, Washington.
23 Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Cooper The former Louise E. Brown worked for Garrett Freight Lines, Inc.; lives in Pocatello, Idaho.
23 Iris Elliott Lives in Dallas, Texas.
23 Dorothy Fear Will teach in Estherville, Iowa.
23 Russell R. Crabtree Transferred to the aircraft mechanics school at Amarillo Army Air Field in Amarillo, Texas.
23 Mrs. Donald Hrabak The former Lucille Stanek lives in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
23 Martha J. Leonard Lives in Waterloo, Iowa.
23 Mrs. Thomas l. Meece The former Zanet Boock lives in Schleswig, Iowa.
23 Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Riley The former Minerva Burton lives in Des Moines, Iowa.
23 Liberty Maye Mattson Intermediate teacher at the Rosebud Indian Reservation in Parmalee, South Dakota.
24 Mrs. C. C. Horn The former C. Marie Morrison lives in Rock Hill Village, Missouri.
24 Mrs. Roy Buckingham The former Ethel Engelmann gave up teaching in Riverside, California, to be with her husband at Camp Haan, California.
24 Mrs. Paul Hanson The former Hazel Erickson lives in Paton, Iowa.
24 Mrs. E. G. Kraska The former Geraldine Ann Callahan lives with her parents in Duncombe, Iowa.
24 M/Sgt. Milo B. Hopper Gunner and radio operator on a B-17 overseas.
24 R. A. Long Superintendent in Collins, Iowa.
24 Mrs. Harlan S. MacMillan The former Eleanor Brown lives in Mason City, Iowa.
24 Mrs. Robert Maurray The former Wilma Adeline Wikert lives in Graettinger, Iowa.
24 Mrs. Rutherford D. Rogers The former Margaret Stoddard lives in Washington, D. C.
24 James W. Freeman Discharged from the army due to a bad knee; works at La Plant Choate Manufacturing Company in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
24 Mrs. Roland Smith The former Bessie M. Garner lives in New Hartford, Iowa.
24 Mrs. Burlin B. Hamer The former Marjorie Lebert is the commercial teacher in Eldora, Iowa.
24 Mrs. J. Gordon Hollis's The former Melva Miller now lives in Waterloo, Iowa.
24 Mrs. F. G. Loomis Art teacher at River Forest Township High School in Oak Park, Illinois.
24 Harriet Marshall Airline hostess with Mid-Continent Airlines in Kansas City, Missouri.
24 Mrs. Bernard Neuman The former Palma Lande lives in Ellsworth, Iowa.
24 Mrs. Henry Smith Jr. The former V. Ione Johnson lives in Guernsey, Iowa.
24 Zinita B. Appleton Lives in Yakima, Washington.
24 Mr. and Mrs. Ralph T. Oswald The former Marie I. Lennox was transferred to Norfolk Dam in Mountain Home, Arkansas.
24 Mrs. Vernon Stribley The former Ruth Ransom lives in Ionia, Iowa.
24 The address of Mrs. Vincent H. Carstensen The former Lenore Jay lives in Long Island, New York.
24 Russell E. Sohner Lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
24 Helen L. Phelps Lives in Washington, D. C.
24 Mrs. Raymond Rasmussen The former Mildred McAfee lives in New Hartford, Iowa.
24 Mr. and Mrs. Rollo C. Keithahn The former Lena Madsen lives in Mason City, Iowa.
24 Mr. and Mrs. Robert McKee The former Gertrude Gardiner gave birth to a boy on April 22, 1944; first grandchild of Sybil Lincoln Gardiner.
24 Edna Howe Teaches commercial subjects at George Rogers Clark School in Hammond, Indiana.
24 Lucile McAvoy Instructor at Bloomfield, Iowa; married Morgan Simpson.
25 Maxine McLeod Works for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington, D. C.
25 Mrs. Bernard T. George The former Winona Koefoed lives in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
25 Charlotte Matsuda Went to New York to take courses for her advanced degree.
25 Captain H. J. Finn Stationed at Marine Corps Air Station in Mojave, California.
25 Grace Heidebrink Teaches at the grade school in Saginaw, Michigan.
25 S/Sgt. Robert E. Larson Works for the Western Personnel Reassignment Center at Camp White.
25 Mrs. Clarence Wood The former Sidney Wright lives in Redfield, Iowa.
25 Genevieve Carroll Teaches at Jefferson School in Muscatine, Iowa.
25 John R. Gilles Manufacturing engineer for Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in Burbank, California.
25 Ellis A. Juhl Lieutenant senior grade in the U. S. N. R. and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
25 Ruth M. Welhousen Transferred to an Army Air Base in Grand Island, Nebraska.
25 Mrs. A. S. Tucker The former Floy Porteous lives in West Union, Iowa.
25 Maxine McLeod Works for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington, D. C.
25 Mrs. Harold Nelson The former Dorothy Underwood teaches in Ruthven, Iowa.
25 Mrs. John Colwell The former Josephine Conklin teaches in Marble Rock, Iowa.
25 Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Cummings The former Neva Trottnow lives in Baltimore, Maryland; Mr. Cummings is a petty officer second class.
25 1st Lt. James P. Hagerstrom Returned from the South Pacific and was rewarded medals for flying.
25 First Lt. Allen E. Kane Lives in Iowa Falls, Iowa, with his wife, the former Lucille Simpson.
25 Arlene E. Peters Teaches at the J. B. Young Junior High School in Davenport; started working on her master's degree.
25 Gertrude Reihle Teaches at the Roosevelt Training School of Michigan State Normal College in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
25 Miss Jean I. Thompson Works at the Telephone Lounge at the U. S. Naval Hospital in Seattle, Washington.
25 1st Lt. Robert Ludtke Received many awards after spending sixteen months in the South Pacific; awaiting further assignments in Miami Beach, Florida.
25 Ensign Roy B. Minnis Writes that he receives all of the Alumnus magazines; talks to former students.
25 Arla Ruth (Taylor) Penly Lives in Newton, Iowa.
26 Mary Culbertson Married Private Merritt Ludwig on May 4, 1944.
26 Fern Betz Married Lt. Harold A. Hammelman on February 11, 1944.
26 Margaret Bunting Married the Reverend Robert Opfer in June, 1943.
26 Lucetta R. Cook Married Lieut. Don H. Howard on March 11, 1944.
26 Caroline Crow Married Pfc. Elwin Mateer on January 15, 1944.
26 Aleta Baird Married Ballard Heyworth on December 20, 1943.
26 Betty Bancroft Married Lt. P. J. Hughes on April 29, 1944.
26 Beverly Bartlett and W. C. Snyder Married in May 1943.
26 Cpl. Marion Beebe Married Staff Sgt. Donald Opdyke on October 29, 1943.
26 Margie Bentley Married Keith R. Pellersels on April 1, 1944.
26 Mrs. R. L. Mayes The former Dorothy N. Bolger lives in Creston, Iowa.
26 Aviation Cadet Thomas O. Tuttle At the Big Spring Bombardier School in Big Spring, Texas.
26 Mr. and Mrs. Luther S. Watson Mr. Watson works for Wood Brothers Thresher Company and Mrs. Watson, formerly, Millicent V. Thompson, works for Look Magazine; live in Des Moines, Iowa.
26 Ruth Lindberg Works for the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation; lives in Los Angeles, California.
26 Luella Weidauer Stenographer at the U. S. Naval Hospital in Great Lakes, Illinois.
27 Grace Bernice Krahl Married Willis Griffin on October 17, 1942.
27 Katherine Kyhl Married Frank A. Konz on April 8, 1944.
27 Elva Johnsen Married Herbert C. Pollei on February 27, 1942.
27 Inez M. Jennings Married Lt. Eugene A. Field on September 12, 1943.
27 Marjorie Kerr Married Cpl. Loren F. Ibbotson on April 21, 1944.
27 Marguerite Fern Kirchner Married Edward H. Grimm on June 24, 1942.
27 Ruth Hamer Married Ernest Riedesel, Jr., on April 16, 1944.
27 Alice Vergene Horsley Married Sgt. Joseph A. Davis on February 19, 1944.
27 Naomi Jewell Married Tech. Sgt. John Beebee on April 26, 1944.
27 Ensign Rosemary Fleming Married 2nd Lt. Herman S. Tharp on March 11, 1944.
27 Geneva M. Flynn Married C. F. Gorman on July 7, 1943.
27 Lt. Beulah M. Johnson Married Cpl. Swain A. Jensen on October 7, 1943.
27 Eva Mae Frieden Married Lt. Richard E. Melson on March 19, 1944.
27 Lela Galloway Married S. B. Noland on August 19, 1943.
27 Bette Gibson Married Pvt. Earl Kelly on May 27, 1944.
27 Geraldine Dodson Married Sgt. Clarence E. Wentler on February 17, 1944.
27 Mary E. Evans Married Milo Thistlewaite on June 3, 1942.
27 Evelyn L. Fagan Married John Allan Johnson on April 28, 1944.
28 Miss Arletta Marie Refshauge Married Pvt. K. L. Kober on February 14, 1944.
28 Helen Genevieve Norine Married Ensign Harris R. Magnusson on December 22, 1943.
28 Genevieve M. Nubson Married James E. Callender on March 31, 1943.
28 Betty Parmeter Married Paul B. Hiemenz on December 18, 1943.
28 Helen Peterson Married Sgt. Fred Kronnagel on November 3, 1943.
28 Meryl Pfaltzgraff Married Lt. Paul H. Nedtwig on January 18, 1944.
28 Inabelle Miller Married Sgt. John F. Payne on February 11, 1944.
28 Melvin J. Mohr Married Helen Geranim on October 10, 1943.
28 Fern Nichols Married John Bartusch.
28 Mary Evelyn Manz Married Max H. Fisher on September 13, 1943.
28 Jannette McCann Married John M. Davis on January 18, 1944.
28 Claudia McFarland Married Cpl. Robert Madsen on January 15, 1944.
28 Josephine Leichtman Married Cpl. Leo F. Honkomp on July 7, 1943.
28 Edythe Leinbaugh Married John Barlon on May 29, 1943.