Alumnus — January 1, 1945

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26	Lt. Lowell Cutshaw	The unit to which he is attached has been awarded the unit citation four times for participating in raids on the Philippine Islands. He was commissioned at Pecos, Texas, in March, 1944 and went overseas in June as pilot of a B-24.
26	Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Christiansen, (Margaret Kreager)	Are residing at Mingo, Iowa.
27	Capt. Murrey W. Fuller	Married on September 23, in Alexandria, Virginia. At the time of his induction into the Army, he was employed by the Natural Gas Pipe Line Company of America. His wife has been a radio operator for United Air Lines, Chicago.
27	Betty Garlick and Pvt. Howard Nelson	Married June 18, Fort Dodge, Iowa. Betty has taught in the Cedar Falls Public Schools for the past three years. Howard taught for one year in Bloomfield, Iowa, schools before entering the service. He is stationed at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas.
27	Marie Crowley	Married Eugene Thome, September 27. She has been an instructor in the rural schools near Raymond where Eugene farms.
27	Virginia Lee Davis	Married S/Sgt. Richard L. Berry, Jr., Waterloo, on September 22. S/Sgt. Berry attended the University of Iowa and enlisted in the Marine Corps in June 1942.
27	Esther Devries	Married S/Sgt. Marvin E. Casjens on September 11. Marvin recently returned from North Africa where he served with the Fifth Army. He has been awarded the Purple Heart with two oak leaf clusters, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, and the Bronze Star.
27	Burlette Erickson and Cpl. Richard H. Allen	Married on September 14. Cpl. Allen is stationed at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma. Burlette lives in Oakland, California, where she is employed as a dental assistant and nurse.
27	Lela Frieden	Married Arthur Dobson, June 12. Lela is teaching fourth grade in the schools at Anamosa, Iowa, where she resides. Her husband is a Pharmacist Mate First Class in the Navy.
27	Betty J. Foster	Married Cpl. Donald E. Willasson, Algona, on September 16. Betty will continue her work at the Title Insurance and Trust Company, Hollywood. Cpl. Willasson attended the University of Santa Clara, and is stationed at the Marine Corps base in San Diego.
27	Margaret A. Carr	Married James F. Haley of St. Louis, Mo., on August 12. James is a department manager with the S. G. Adams Company in St. Louis. Margaret has been employed for the last two and a half years with the Rural Electrification Administration in St. Louis.
27	Dorothy Clark and George T. Harris	Of Peoria, Illinois, were married October 6, in Waterloo. Dorothy has been a mathematics instructor in the schools at New Hampton, Iowa, for the past school year. George is employed as a representative of the Rath Packing Company in Peoria.
27	Anna Belle Carrothers	Married Sgt. Nyle A. Bergstrand, Manchester, Iowa, November 1. Anna is teaching in a rural school near Silver Creek, Iowa.
27	Marilyn Cozad	Married Pvt. Neil H. Parks, Waterloo, on October 17. Marilyn is a home economics instructor in the schools at Toledo, Iowa, and Pvt. Parks is stationed at Kingman Field, Arizona, with the Army Air Forces.
27	Norma Blackledge	Married Lt. D. J. Rubenbauer, Marshalltown, Iowa, September 21. Norma, who taught in the primary grades of the schools at Postville last year, will reside in Carlsbad, New Mexico, where Lt. Rubenbauer is stationed with the Army Air Forces.
27	Ens. Sylvia M. Boltz	Married Lt. (jg) Robert F. Tucker on August 20. Ens. Tucker is stationed at the Naval Air Technical Training Center, Memphis, Tennessee.
27	Kathryn R. Bolen	Married Harry C. Morgan on June 26, 1943. They are residing at Colfax, Iowa.
27	Norma A. Bollhoefer	Married H. T. Barnes on June 22. They reside in Ames, Iowa.
27	Adelaide Anderson	Married S/Sgt. Jerry J. Dykstra, Sibley, Iowa, June 10. She is teaching mathematics in the high school at Cresco, Iowa.
27	Harold W. Benda	Married Adele Guthormson on April 8 in New London, Conn. He is acting as head of the physics department in the U. S. Coast Guard Academy Preparatory School in Groton, Connecticut.
28	Winona V. Koefold	Married Pfc. Bernard T. George on December 25, 1943, in Jacksonville, Florida. Winona is teaching the sixth grade in the Aaron Palmer School, Marshalltown, Iowa, where she resides.
28	Hildred Newcomer	Married S/Sgt. Rabern P. Davis, August 18, in Trenton, New Jersey. Hildred is living for the present with Elaine C. Thompson, at Des Moines, Iowa, where both are working.
28	Lucille Neal	Married to Harold C. Ellis, Waterloo, June 18. They are living in Waterloo.
28	Elfrieda Mary Lehmann and Pvt. Clarence L. Devine	Married August 12, in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Elfrieda is an instructor in commercial education in the high school at Belle Plaine, Iowa. Clarence is stationed at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma.
28	Melvina J. McChane	Married Lt. Harold R. Chambers, November 19, 1943. Melvina taught two years in the rural schools of Black Hawk County and one year in the sixth grade at Dunkerton, Iowa. Lt. Chambers is stationed in England as navigator on a B-24 bomber.
28	Marion Mohler	Married Cpl. Clarence Welle, Pella, on September 22 at Toledo, Iowa. Marion is teaching in a rural school near Montour, Iowa. Cpl. Welle is home on furlough after spending twenty-nine months overseas in Ireland, Africa, and Italy.
28	Malinda Klempau and Dr. Roland J. Gibbs	Married October 22, in Ames, Iowa. Malinda has been employed in the National Bank of Waterloo; and Roland, who graduated in August, from a veterinary medicine course, is employed by the United States Bureau of Animal Industry at Ames, where they reside.
28	Wanda Ruth Knudtson	Married Lt. William F. Palmer of the Army Air Forces, May 27. Wanda is teaching third and fourth grades at Ottosen this year.
28	Virginia R. Lewis	She and Pfc. George H. Pool were married, June 11. Virginia was grade school music supervisor in Cedar Falls prior to her marriage. Pfc. Pool is stationed at O'Reilly General Hospital, Springfield, Missouri, where they reside.
28	Staff Sgt. Harold T. Larsen	Married Helen King on November 11, in Bend, Oregon. Sgt. Larsen is stationed at the Army Air Base, Redmond, Oregon.
28	Virginia L. Hemer	Married James H. Boggs, November 29, 1943, in Seattle. Virginia is working in Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, San Diego, while her husband is in the Marine Corps.
28	Betty Lou Higgins and Lt. C. H. Veenker	Married January 1, 1944. Betty is the children's librarian at the Ames Public Library. Lt. Veenker is with the Marine Corps overseas.
28	Doris Henningsen and Robert Orcutt	Married on February 13, 1944. Doris is teaching in the schools at Graettinger, Iowa. Her husband is stationed at Yuma, Arizona, with the Army Air Forces.
28	Helen Doris Hollis	Married Charles B. Wright on October 7, in Waterloo. Helen taught for two years at Ferguson, one year at Traer, and is now teaching in the schools at Marshalltown, Iowa. Charles is an arc welder in the Farm Machinery Company, Marshalltown.
28	Betty Ann Hook	Married Officer Candidate Evan L. Hultman, Waterloo, October 14, Ft. Benning. Betty had been employed at John Deere Tractor Company, Waterloo. Lt. Hultman attended Iowa State college, Ames, before entering the service in September, 1943.
28	Myrtle Grum	Married Aviation Machinist Mate Second Class Hershal Tally on March 20, 1944, San Diego. Myrtle was employed for the past year at the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Company in San Diego. They reside in Oakland, California.
28	Dorothy M. Hankner	Married Clifford L. Syverson, August 11. Dorothy has been teaching in the North Grant School, Ames, Iowa, and Clifford is enrolled in the division of veterinary medicine, Iowa State College, Ames, where they reside.
29	Lela Van Engen	Married Gardner M. Naden, July 25. Lela is continuing her teaching at the University of Wyoming. Gardner is on the radio theory staff at the Maritime Radio School, Gallups Island, Boston.
29	Elnora Mae Vierow	Married Alfred H. Kueker, Tripoli, September 7. They will reside in Waterloo, and Elnora will resume teaching in Black Hawk County.
29	Iva Lee Vermillion and Ens. Jerome F. Taylor	Married October 18. Ens. Taylor was home on leave from sea duty. Iva is teaching in the sixth grade in the schools at Pella, Iowa.
29	Doris Veit	Married Capt. Ira E. Larson, Lansing, Iowa, September 30. Doris is principal of Lansing High School.
29	Lt. John D. Stevenson	Married Rebekah Wilcox, Waco, Texas, on September 1 at Boca Raton Army Air Field. John enlisted in the Army, October, 1943. He received his commission as radar observer night fighter at Boca Raton Field in October. Rebekah is a graduate of Baylor.
29	Nadine E. Stueben	Married Robert Stoakes, Traer, on October 14. Nadine has taught in rural schools near Traer for the past ten years, and Robert is engaged in farming in that vicinity.
29	Alice Marie Thierman	Married Lt. Franklin M. Rogers, March 29, 1944. Alice received an M. A. degree from Northwestern University. Lt. Rogers is an instructor at the Army Air Field, Victorville, California. They reside in San Bernardino.
29	Clarice Shawver	Married Dr. Harold Laird, June 24. Clarice previously taught in Lincoln School, Wauwatosa, and is now doing substitute teaching and volunteer work at a hospital. Harold is an electrical engineer with Globe Union, Incorporated. They reside in Wauwatosa.
29	Ida Shafer	Married John Garner, on November 25, 1943. They reside in Davenport, Iowa.
29	Carol Reed	Married Sgt. William W. Moss in Waterloo, September 27. Sgt. Moss is a laboratory technician stationed at Camp Ellis, with the Army Medical Corps. Carol is teaching at Roland.
29	Lt. Mary Elizabeth Robinson	Married Capt. James A. Hemstreet of Scotia, New York, on September 19. She entered the WAC, July 15; is now stationed at Winter General Hospital in Topeka as a medical department dietician. James is stationed at Camp Polk, Louisiana.
29	Wilma Ross	Married Sgt. Perry J. Clapsaddle, Monterey, California, on October 28. She taught in the schools at Armstrong and Allerton, Iowa. Sgt. Clapsaddle had returned home after spending nineteen months in Iceland.
29	Maxine Russell	Married James Bossom on September 16. She teaches fourth grade at Mallard and he is engaged in farming.
29	Anne Semm and Fred Fischer	Married August 13; now reside at Cresco, Iowa, where Fred is art supervisor in the public schools.
29	First Lieutenant Ralph Edgar Piper	Married Sara Bray of Memphis, on April 22 in West Dearborn, Michigan. Lt. Piper is now stationed at Romulus Air Field. Sara was formerly a stewardess on Chicago Southern Airlines.
29	Mildred Irene Phillips	Married Cpt. Thomas Rommes, Crookston, Minn., November 29, 1942. She taught third grade at Letts and Ackley, was radio operator for United Air Lines, Oakland, Cal. Recently she was an instructor in the Electronic Radio Television Institute, Omaha.
29	Angela Pitzen	Married Albert A. May, Chief Petty Officer in the Navy, on August 5. She taught at Stacyville and Waterloo before marriage. Albert returned to the states in July after two years in the South Pacific. They reside in Oakland, California.
30	Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Groff	Who reside in Clear Lake, Iowa, announce the birth of a son, Lynn Ellis.
30	Lt. and Mrs. Reid C. Giese, (Margaret Paden)	Announce the birth of twin daughters, Janet Lee and Judith Ann. Lt. Giese is stationed at Ft. Benning, and Margaret lives at Sumner, Iowa.
30	Mr. and Mrs. Loran Hadley, (Esther Betz)	Announce the birth of a son, La Verne Dean. Loran is engaged in farming. Their address is Rowan, Iowa.
30	Mr. and Mrs. Harry Carney, (Jean Horgan)	Announce the birth of a daughter, Mary Catherine. Harry is an insurance claims investigator and adjustor in Alexandria, Virginia, where they reside.
30	Lt. (jg) and Mrs. William Close, (Eleanor Hartz)	Announce the birth of a daughter, Sue Ellen. Lt. Close is with the Coast Guard and recently met Ed Wittman and Dale Gidley. Eleanor is living at Marengo, Iowa, c/o James Hartz.
30	Lt. (jg) and Mrs. Frank N. Crowell, (Dixie Neal)	Announce the birth of a daughter, Diane Marie. Lt. Crowell is stationed in Hawaii as a member of the Naval Reserve. Dixie lives at Pleasantville, Iowa.
30	Mr. and Mrs. Ralph C. Evans	Announce the birth of a daughter, Karen Yvonne. Ralph received a B. S. degree in 1932.
30	Mr. and Mrs. Robert Freeman, (Evelyn McKellips)	Announce the birth of a daughter, Lynn Cler.
30	Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Frerichs, (Wilma Muller)	Announce the birth of a daughter, Kathyrn Ann. Wilma resides in Denver, Colorado. Her husband is in the Army.
30	Marcia Yaggy	Married Lt. John E. Meyer, Waverly, on October 4. Lt. Meyer was on leave after completing thirty-five missions as a bombardier-navigator in the European theater. He has the Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters.
30	Mr. and Mrs. Lou A. Ackley, (Wilda May Jarvis)	Announce the birth of a son, Paul Edward, born September 27. They live near Bedford, Iowa, where Lou is engaged in farming.
30	Mr. and Mrs. Richard Carlson, (Anna L. Ball)	Announce the birth of a daughter, Diane Louise, born at Pequot Lakes, Minnesota. Prior to her marriage in 1940, Anna taught elementary grades at Royal, Iowa. Richard is engaged in construction work and contracting at Pequot Lakes.
30	Mr. and Mrs. Harold Beichley, (Wilma P. Haudorf)	Announce the birth of a son, Mark Preston. They also have a daughter, Marcia Joanne. They reside on a farm near Gladbrook.
30	Capt and Mrs. Lavern Carpenter, (Bernadine Rench)	Announce the birth of a son, George Bruce, born at San Luis Obispo. Capt. Carpenter is assigned to the Adjutant General Department of the Army.
30	Carol Vollum and Richard M. Morphew	Married September 17. Richard is employed in the division offices of the Illinois Central Railroad in Waterloo, where they reside.
30	Berneice Warnock	Married Donald Penningroth, Wellman, Iowa, August 9. Prior to her marriage, she taught in the schools at Kinross and Marengo, Iowa. They are living on a farm near Wellman.
30	Helen M. Wick	Married William McWhirt, March 18, 1944. They live in Inglewood, California.
30	Lt. (jg) Albert H. Vito, Jr.	Married Marjorie Osborne, San Diego, on October 28. He has just returned from fourteen months of service in the Pacific area, and is now stationed at the Naval Air Station, Ottumwa, Iowa, where they will reside.
31	Mr. and Mrs. Franz Schneider, (Sylvia Bagh)	Of North Chicago, announce the birth of a daughter, Sheryl Ann. Franz is stationed with the Navy there as a Fire Controlman First Class.
31	Chief Petty Officer and Mrs. Edgar Swanson, (Irene Warner)	Announce the birth of a daughter, Carol Lynn. C. P. O. Swanson is instructor in the Naval Training School at Ames, Iowa. Irene is office manager at Iowa State College in Ames where she is in charge of hiring all clerical help.
31	Mr. and Mrs. Alan D. Thompson, (Pauline Carlton)	Announce the birth of a son, Michael D. Pauline lives in Bedford, Iowa, with their two other children, David and Edward. Her husband is stationed in New Guinea with the Quartermaster Corps of the Army.
31	Lt. (jg) and Mrs. Nathanael R. Rathbone, (Madeline Briggs)	Announce the birth of a daughter, Julia Marie. Lt. Rathbone is a mines disposal officer in the Southwest Pacific.
31	Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Schultz, (Elsie M. Crane)	Announce the birth of a son, Douglas Darryl. They live on a farm near Kiron, Iowa.
31	Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Soenke, (Anna Placatka)	Of Norman, Oklahoma, announce the birth of a son, Alan James.
31	Mr. and Mrs. Gunther T. Steinberg, (Lucille Wood)	Of Chicago, announce the birth of a son, Gunther Craig. They also have a daughter. Gunther is economic statistician for Western Electric Company and part-time instructor in economics and statistics at the University of Chicago.
31	Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Meyers, (Vina Waugh)	Announce the birth of a son, James Henry. Henry operates a general store in Ocheyedan, Iowa, where they live.
31	Pvt. And Mrs. Cecil E. Mott	Announce the birth of a daughter, Andrea. Pvt. Mott is stationed at the Army Air Field in Pratt, Kansas.
31	Mr. and Mrs. Maynard A. Rake, (Virginia Grace Schuchart)	Announce the birth of a son, Marvin Leonard. They reside at Zearing, Iowa, and have one other son, Elwood Ralph.
31	Mr. and Mrs. Harold D. Justice, (Kathryn Hiller)	Announce the birth of a son, Robert Harold. They reside in Chicago, where Radio Technician Second Class Justice is stationed with the Naval Reserve. Kathryn was employed in the Bureau of Research at Teachers College before her marriage.
31	Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Kaufmann, (Mabel Jean Thomas)	Announce the birth of a daughter, Bonnie Jean. They live on a farm south of Beaman, Iowa.
31	Dr. and Mrs. Paul J. Laube, (Lavon Dunlea)	Announce the birth of a son, William Douglas, born in India; preparing to go to China as medical workers. Their son, David, is in New Haven, Conn. While in Africa, the Laubes met Graham Hovey, and are currently living in the same house as Charles Uban.
31	Sgt. And Mrs. James Masterson, (Marjorie Person)	Announce the birth of a son born at Cherokee, Iowa, where Marjorie resides.
31	Staff Sergeant and Mrs. Don Meggers, (Mary Prenosil)	Announce the birth of a son, Donald James, born at Brook General Hospital at Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, where they reside.
31	Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Hansen	Announce the birth of a daughter, Carole Lee. Maynard is in the service stationed at Long Island, New York.
31	Lt. Ellis A. Juhl	And his wife, announce the birth of a daughter, Judith Ann. Lt. Juhl is in the personnel officer at the School of Communications, Harvard University Naval Training School. They reside in Cambridge.
31	Sgt. And Mrs. Francis Johnson, (Ethel M. Blain)	Announce the birth of a son, James Henry. Ethel taught in the Lincoln School, Cedar Falls, and Sgt. Johnson also lived in Cedar Falls before entering the service. He is stationed at Camp Carson, Colorado.
32	Ruth A. Packer	Died at the hospital in Charles City, Iowa, April 22, 1944. After graduation, Ruth taught home economics and English in the high school at Colwell, Iowa, for two years.
32	Mrs. Alfred C. Johnson, (Marjorie Cheney)	Died August 5, at her home in Cedar Heights in Cedar Falls. She served as supervisor of music in the Charles City and Garner Schools. She is survived by Alfred, whom she married in 1919, a son, Ivertin, in the armed services, and a daughter, Claudia.
32	Harry W. Heath	Died April 28, in Shellsburg, Iowa, where he had served as secretary of the Board of Education. He is survived by a daughter, Ethel, who is teaching in the schools at Vinton.
32	Mrs. R. A. Santee, (Mary Birdsall)	Died November 10 in New Rochelle, New York, where she had been visiting her daughter. She lived in Cedar Falls since her marriage in 1899. Surviving her are two daughters and a sister. Her husband preceded her in death in 1941.
32	Mrs. A. R. Johnson, (Camilla Richardson)	A student in the early 1900's, died November 15 in Waverly. Prior to her marriage she taught in the schools of Butler County. Surviving her are her husband, mother, and one sister.
32	Mrs. Clarence Young, (Jennie Sellers)	Student in the early 1900's, died November 16, at her home in Davenport. Before her marriage she taught for a number of years in the Wapello Public School. Her husband and a son, Robert, in the service, survive.
32	Dr. Karl B. Stein	The wife of Dr. Stein died October 8, in Sarasota, Florida. Dr. Stein preceded her in death on February 4, 1944, at Chicago, where he was founder and president of the Musical Dramatic Conservatory.
32	Mrs. A. Albert Allen, (Theodosia M. Cole)	Died September 15. Surviving are her husband who lives at Tingley, Iowa, and a son, Warren A.
32	Chief Yeoman and Mrs. Joseph Wilson, (Jeanne Russell)	Announce the birth of a son, Thomas Craig. They have another son, Jerry Dennis. They reside in Long Beach, California.
32	Alice Blake	Died July 23 at her home in Ackley, Iowa. The had taught in the schools at Aplington and Rockford, Iowa, and Tacoma and Seattle, Washington. She is survived by two sisters and one brother.
32	Charles J. Griffin	Died August 28, at his home in Montezuma, Iowa. Since 1928 he had been in the insurance business at Montezuma. In 1892, he married Mary Edworthy, who survives him; also a son, Cecil E., Montezuma.
32	Fred H. Dawson	Died August 3 at his home in Yale, Iowa. He had served as principal or superintendent of the schools at Hudson, Ocheyedan, Wallingford, and Nichols. Surviving are his wife, Rosine, and a son, R. V. Dawson.
32	J. E. Johnson	Died September 3 at his home in Sioux City, where he had lived since 1904. In 1905, he married Thyrza B. Horswell, who survives him.
32	Mrs. Roy L. Palmerton, (Jennie Harper)	Died August 14 in the Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. She was buried in the Nevada Cemetery in Nevada, Iowa. Her husband, the Rev. Roy L. Palmerton, survives her.
32	Lt. (jg) and Mrs. Charles L. Tubbs, (Dorothy Lee McLeod)	Announce the birth of a son, Charles Lee, Jr. Lt. Tubbs is technical observer and navigator at the Naval Operational Training Station in Hutchinson.
32	Mr. and Mrs. Walter Vining, (Marie Buffington)	Announce the birth of twin girls, Judith Lee and Joy Marie. They reside in Osage, Iowa, where Walter is engaged in farming.
32	Mr. and Mrs. Carl Williams, (Eileen Jones)	Announce the birth of a son, Wayne Allan. They have a daughter, Sylvia Marlene. The Williams family lives at Williamsburg, Iowa, where Carl is engaged in farming.
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	Current graduates and alumni	Statistical breakdown by curriculum of placements for 1944-1945.
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