Alumnus — October 1, 1945

Page	Title	Summary
31	Mr. and Mrs. Merton Bratton	Announce the birth of a daughter, Sharon Lorraine. They have two other children, Merton, Jr. and Charles. They live at Laurens, Iowa, where Merton is engaged in farming.
32	Mrs. R. D. Rogers, (Mable Lias)	Died March 24, 1944, in a hospital in La Grande, Ore. She is survived by two daughters. Her husband preceded her in death in 1941. Mable had had the main role in a color movie entitled "The Happy Farm Woman," made a few years ago.
32	Hazel Isabell Hamilton	Was killed in an automobile-train accident while on vacation this summer. She had been a teacher in the junior high school at Albert Lea, Minn., since 1937.
32	Lela A. Jarvis	Died June 5, 1945, at the hospital at Burlington, Iowa. She taught school at Red Oak, Mason City, Mt. Vernon and other schools in Iowa.
32	Frances Rose	Died in June 1945, at Cresco, Iowa. For more than 30 years she taught kindergarten and primary in the Cresco schools until her resignation this year. She is survived by two sisters.
32	Mrs. Mignon Dunn Draegert	Died August 1, 1945, at Rochester, Minn. She had lived in Austin, Minn., since 1912, and had served as the state and also the national musician for the V. F. W. post. Surviving are her husband, two sisters, and a brother.
32	Edna C. Battin	Died August 1, 1945. She had been head of the mathematics department at Colton Union High School for twenty years and was district president of the American Association of University Women. She is survived by her father, Dr. David Battin.
32	Mary C. Cronin	Died June 27, 1945, at the St. Francis hospital in Waterloo. She taught in Chisholm, Minn., before going to Waverly in 1934. She had been living in Waterloo since 1942. Surviving are her father, two sisters, and one brother.
32	Amelia F. Hieber	Died July 9, 1945, in San Gabriel, Cal. She had been living in California since 1908. Surviving are two sisters, Elizabeth Hieber Rall of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Sophia Hieber Pfeiffer of Pasadena, Cal.
32	Carrie Julina Lang	Died April 4, 1945, in Alhambra, Cal. From 1880 to 1899 she taught in Marshalltown, with intervals out to complete work at Iowa State Normal School. After graduation she taught in the Pasadena, Cal., schools, until her retirement in 1933.
32	Amelia Gifford, (Amelia Reed)	Died May 28, 1945, at Finley hospital at Dubuque, Iowa. She is survived by her husband and one daughter, one sister, one brother, and two grandchildren.
32	Mrs. LeRoy Pinckney, (Mayme B. Larsen)	Died July 25, 1945, at an Omaha, Neb., hospital. LeRoy preceded her in death, February 11, 1942. She and her husband had made their home in Shenandoah, Iowa. Surviving are three children, Lt. Robert L., Texas; Pfc. Darrell, Virginia; and Elaine.
32	Mrs. Alfred H. Eddy, (Eliza Montgomery)	Died at her home in Aurelia, Iowa, March 25, 1945. Following her graduation she taught school for five years. Surviving are her husband and two children, Margaret and Maurice.
32	Clarence E. Steele	Died July 17, 1945 at his home in Hagerstown, Md.; spent more than thirty years in service with the Young Men's Christian Association, the last 18 in Hagerstown, before retiring in 1935. He is survived by his wife, Maude, and three sons and two daughters.
	Untitled	Coach Buck Starbeck; photo.