Alumnus — January 1, 1950

Page Title Summary
1 The November issue Professor Palmer publishes article on mobile industrial arts unit.
1 The Homecoming play "Street Scene" plays to over 2750.
1 Summer session Will be only ten weeks long.
1 Theodore R. Cross Director of student counseling service and an assistant professor at Miami University.
2 Mason City alumni elect Haahr Group reorganizes; photo.
3 Approve journalism minor Seven courses totaling twenty-six hours will constitute minor.
3 Placement Bureaus helps in securing positions Procedures for registering; report on recent placements.
4 330 at Des Moines banquet Description of program; photo.
5 Bill Koll Wrestling guide features Koll on cover.
5 For business education majors Humorous test given by Professor Blanford.
6 Message from President Price Urges alumni to interest capable students in the teaching profession.
8 Your opportunity to help build Fund now at over $7600.
9 Investment in youth and the future Religious activities director urges alumni to contribute to chapel fund.
10 Panther Sports Parade Season previews for basketball and wrestling; season wrap-up for football; photo.
13 26 states, 4 countries send students Enrollment statistics.
13 2,800 winter registration Five per cent decline from last winter term.
14 Tina I. Nelson Went on a trip around the world.
14 Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Barnum The former Ethel Carter visited the campus October 5.
14 The new athletic field at Elma, Wash., has been named Davis Field for Paul A. Davis is superintendent of the Elma schools.
14 The Reverend Bedros X. Apelian Pastor of the Church in Radburn.
14 Eloise J. Miller Teaches American children at a mission school in New Guinea.
14 Jane Ishikawa Teaches in Wahiawa, Oahu, Hawaii.
14 Dorothy June Mugge Teaches at the Tokyo American school.
14 Bessie A. Gullickson Teaches the children of American occupation forces in Sapola Kokaido, Japan.
14 Chrystal E. Kolpin Teaches at the American army base in the Philippines.
14 Jeanne P. Throckmorten Teaches in Tokyo, Japan.
14 Katherine Sietmann Teaches in Yokohama.
14 Luella Kuethe Teaches at the Gimlet Heights Dependent school at Camp Wood in Kumamoto, Japan.
14 Elzora McCormick Teaches fourth grade in Venezuela, South America.
14 Dolores Mae Blesie Teaches at the Vienna Dependent school in New York.
14 Melvin P. McGovern Located in Japan.
15 Virgil J. O'Connor Captain in the Headquarters Air Weather Service in Washington D. C.; his wife is the former Marie Baker.
15 Edward Volberding Awarded the degree of certified public accountant by the Iowa board of accountancy.
15 Loren R. Nus Manager of radio station KAYX in Waterloo, Iowa.
15 Edward Davis Johnson Chosen as "Farmer of the Week" by the Red Oak Express.
15 Mr. and Mrs. Norman Mikkelson The former Veva Buchanan lives in Glenrock, Wyoming; Mr. Mikkelson us superintendent of the schools.
15 Margaret R. Murley Lives in Evanston, Illinois.
15 Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Cummings The former Elizabeth Reeve and her family live in Ottumwa, Iowa.
15 Mrs. Fred Prichard The former Helen Bobo paints and illustrates books.
15 Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Castle The former Lola M. Heiland lives in Clear Lake, Iowa.
15 Esther Knoer Teaches at the high school in Philadelphia, Pa.
15 Mrs. Ralph Broadston The former Lurene Allely teaches in Tok Junction, Alaska.
15 Leta Schneider Lives in Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
15 Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Nelson The former Opal Marie Cook lives in Grand Island, Nebraska.
15 Mrs. Georgiana R. Becker The former Georgiana Ruff teaches at the Harvard School for Boys in Chicago, Illinois.
15 Mr. and Mrs. T. Russell Hearne The former M. Elizabeth Williams teaches primary grades in Oelwein, Iowa.
16 Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon F. Smith The former Eloise Baer lives in Waterloo, Iowa.
16 Victor Hoemann Received his master's degree from the University of Missouri.
16 Lois Behner Young adult program director at the Y. W. C. A. in Hamilton, Ohio.
16 It was erroneously reported in the last Alumnus that Marvel Purvis Now secretary for Zurich Insurance Company in San Francisco, California.
16 Robert R. Kadesch Working on his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin.
16 Mr. and Mrs. William L. Phillips Mr. Phillips teaches at the University of Wisconsin; his wife is the former Mary Ellen Laury.
16 Ruth L. Lindberg Married William Meyer on October 15, 1949.
16 Max B. Ferguson Instructor in zoology at Iowa State college.
16 Helen Louise Church Circulation librarian at the Central Washington College of Education.
16 Mattie K. Harms Registrar at Wartburg college in Waverly, Iowa.
17 Returning Alumni Hold Short Reunion List of attending alumni; photo.
17 Josephine P. Deering Married P. W. Goodman on July 23, 1949.
17 E. Mildred Iverson Married Harvey L. Becker on October 15, 1949.
17 Grace Williams Richardson Married William B. Hitchcock.
17 Margaret R. Henderson Married Raymond A. Oleksy on August 28, 1949.
17 Arnold Grummer Assistant program director of the Iowa State Teachers College.
17 Nellie B. Ingelthron Married Rexford H. Blaine on October 29, 1949.
17 Helen Kathryn Ocker Married Thomas F. Frew on April 11, 1949.
17 Edward N. Vozbut Graduate assistant at the University of Nebraska.
17 Charles A. Siegel Teaches at the high school in Battle Ground, Washington.
18 Jeannette L. Lauman Married Earl J. Farlow on May 8, 1948.
18 Mary Margaret Furlong Married Paul V. Butler on November 25, 1948.
18 Zelma M. Laipple Married Charles M. Hoffman on June 19, 1949.
18 Walter A. Rodby Married Janice Jessee on August 14, 1949.
18 Dorothy Mildred Verlee Blanchard Married William Michael Ringer on December 5, 1948.
18 Avon Helen Turner Married Ivan Glen Burt on August 21, 1949.
18 Mary L. Beeson Married C. Harold Swanson on August 14, 1949.
18 Janice E. Junkin Married Edward E. McDonald on July 16, 1949.
18 Grace L. Kuntz Married Carter Rains on June 8, 1949.
18 Mabel Elizabeth Kubly Married Arnold Ramsvig on July 7, 1949.
18 Florence Lucille Hansen Married Roger N. Francoeur on July 22, 1949.
18 Grace A. Curran Married E. J. Whisler on July 1, 1949.
18 Frances C. King Married George Schafer on May 23, 1949.
18 Madge Govro Married Henry Ewald on September 23, 1949.
18 Ruth Graper Married Morris G. Cooper on August 15, 1949.
18 Elizabeth M. Curtis Married Alfred T. Davenport on August 24.
19 Jeanne Bailey Married Raymond Strackbein on August 7, 1949.
19 Marilyn Gustafson Married Robert R. Williams in August, 1949.
19 Mary Margaret Long Married John F. Wallace on May 29, 1949.
19 Jeanne L. Wright Married Haven E. Jones on August 27, 1949.
19 The marriage of Melvin R. Owen Married Velva Hullinger on August 7, 1949.
19 Jean L. Groteboer Married James M. Bone on August 6, 1949.
19 LaDean Timmerman Married Earl Wiebold on June 11, 1949.
19 Evelyn Perry Married Raymond Niemann on August 21, 1949.
19 Georgia McArthur Married Edward Thielen on September 1, 1949.
19 Maxine L. Cowles Married Paul G. Christensen on September 4, 1949.
19 Madeline Thomas Married Foster Mason on August 21, 1949.
19 Doris Elwick Married Chandler B. Cook on September 11.
19 Ruth Bauman Married Robert U. Gillespie in August, 1949.
20 Elwin R. Lindsey Married Barbara K. Barton in August, 1949.
20 Betty Schwendiman Married Nathan Kimpston in August, 1949.
20 Ellen Lee Heikens Married John B. Shaw in July, 1949.
20 Mae Jeanne Hollis Married Harlan Buss on August 21, 1949.
20 Pauline Wyrick Married Robert Orris in August, 1949.
20 Margaret Edwards Married Donald L. Porter on August 20, 1949.
20 Dorothy Zeller Married Harold McCarville in August, 1949.
20 Evelyn Ruchotzke Married Herbert Wiebel on August 14, 1949.
20 The marriage of Mary E. Sawyer Married Aaron L. Wheeler on September 24, 1949.
20 Stella Marie Thorson Married Lawrence Glew on September 25, 1949.
20 Alys Irene Thompson Married Charles McMunn on October 16.
20 Donna J. Jeffers Married Bond Marshall on September 17, 1949.
21 Iver Bidne Selected 'Dad of the Day' Iver Bidne and his family; photo.
21 Irene Healey Married Ross McCulla in August, 1949.
21 Lucille Thornton Married Lawrence Eilers in August, 1949.
21 Elinor Ann McKercher Married Charles M. Sorenson on August 14, 1949.
21 Doris Brown Married John W. Weber in August, 1949.
21 Joyce Evelyn Linn Married Donald Oelrich on August 7, 1949.
21 Marilyn June Sundell Married Dale Tellen on August 13, 1949.
21 Jeanette Harrison Married Charles H. Wright on August 14, 1949.
21 Faye Domer Married Floyd D. Neal on June 19, 1949.
21 Helen F. Schumacher Married Lavern H. Stubbe on October 8, 1949.
21 Flora May Warnke Married Weber Clayton on October 3, 1949.
21 Phyllis J. Handelen Married Donald R. Bloss on August 20, 1949.
22 Four Bates Hall Alumnae Hold Reunion in Newell List of attending alumni.
22 The marriage of Harry S. Gillespie Married Marjorie Earnest on August 19, 1949.
22 The marriage of Carl C. Haugen Married Ruth Heinrich in August, 1949.
22 Betty Swan Married William F. Brown on August 14, 1949.
22 Arlene Carlson Married Frank Franksain on June 5, 1949.
22 Geraldine Reints Married Melbourne L. Bruggeman on August 4, 1949.
22 June Maxine Arnold Married Donald W. Krebs on August 7, 1949.
22 Jeanne-Marie Empey Married Richard W. Jensen in September, 1949.
22 Shirley Jean Haakinson Married Dale Hewlett.
22 June Wilson Married Louis Thiesen on October 2, 1949.
22 Phyllis J. Claude Married John Hass on September 14, 1949.
22 Martha Jean Jungen Married Roger C. Ganske on August 13, 1949.
22 Harry W. Law, Jr. Married Vernice Louise Pierce in August, 1949.
22 Barbara Wilson Married Raymond Brees on August 1, 1949.
22 Mary Jean Quinn Married Albert W. Martin Jr. on May 29, 1949.
22 Jullia Ann Gillespie Married Donald R. McCarty on August 1, 1949.
22 Patricia Anne Kerr Married Richard F. Frakes on September 17.
22 Marie Johnson Married Jack Dettmann on August 21, 1949.
23 Frank Jewell 1917 Graduate Among Victims of Canada's 'Noronic' Fire Mr. Jewell and his wife died in a fire in Toronto, Canada, on September 17, 1949.
23 Mr. and Mrs. William J. Degnan The former Lolita A. Lillig and her husband are the parents of John William, who was born on June 1.
23 Mr. and Mrs. Dale H. Ross The parents of Jack George, who was born on September 17.
23 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Cox The former Mary A. Gugeler and her husband are the parents of Russell Allen, who was born on August 19, 1949.
23 Donna Augustine Married Kent R. Alexander on October 23, 1949.
23 Patricia Peters Married Robert Rose on August 21, 1949.
23 Helen Isaacson Married John Richard McIntyre on October 15, 1949.
23 June Schwerdtfeger Married Warren C. Harrison on October 1, 1949.
23 Helen Louise Witherspoon Married William E. Cade on June 30, 1949.
23 The marriage of Gerald I. Gorton Married Claire J. Lerdal in August, 1949.
23 Margaret E. Wilson Married George Colthurst on September 4, 1949.
23 Paula Jungkunz Married Norman R. Jespersen on August 9.
23 The marriage of Jack Wing Married Arlene Phillips in August, 1949.
23 The marriage of Ferdinand Klaren Married Frances Mae Fisher in July, 1949.
23 The marriage of James Hatch Married Evelyn Marcussen on August 18, 1949.
23 Erna Irene Gravesen Married Henry A. O'Connor on August 20, 1949.
23 The marriage of Rolland Brownell Married Dorothy Joanne in August, 1949.
24 Dr. Leonard O. Olsen Will Study in Oslo Dr. Olsen and his family will go to Norway as a visiting professor for six months.
24 Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hecht The former Florence Hackbarth and her husband are the parents of Noreen Beverly, who was born on August 25, 1949.
24 Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow W. Ferguson The former Regina Mary Drake and her husband are the parents of Lora Sue, who was born on March 16, 1949.
24 Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Van Houten The former Jane Louise Edwards and her husband are the parents of Leslie Louise, who was born on August 23, 1949.
24 Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Chandker The former Ruth M. Welhousen and her husband are the parents of Cynthua Oy, who was born on April 21, 1949.
24 Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Cartmell The former Evelyn E. Rehn and her husband are the parents of Ralph Belden, who was born on September 22, 1949.
24 Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Owen The former Marian Goodenow and her husband are the parents of Lynn Douglas, who was born on November 5.
24 Mr. and Mrs. Blake Blount The former Miriam Holst and her husband are the parents of Blake Jr., who was born on August 24, 1949.
24 Mr. and Mrs. Hubert L. Missildine The parents of Ronald Bruce, who was born on March 18, 1949.
24 Mr. and Mrs. Carlton M. Dailey The parents of Diann Jo, who was born on August 5, 1949.
24 Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Naden The former Lela Van Engen and her husband are the parents of Nancy Ruth, who was born on July 1, 1949
24 Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Haering The former Laura Wiegand and her husband are the parents of Cherlynn Laurie Adele, who was born on July 29, 1949.
24 Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Lovercheck The former Leila A. Miller and her husband are the parents of Dale Robert, who was born on September 27.
24 Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Anderson The former Betty Marie Feddersen and her husband are the parents of Paul Andrew, who was born on July 21, 1949.
25 Circle Letter' Holds Friendship Since 1892 Six Iowa women have kept a letter going between them since their last term in school in 1892.
25 Mr. and Mrs. Max Gradwell The former Mary Isabelle Whisler and her husband are the parents of Mary Elizabeth, who was born on November 2, 1949.
25 Mr. and Mrs. Ira E. Larson The former Doris Veit and her husband are the parents of Peter Lewis, who was born on August 30, 1949.
25 Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Dunlap The former Luella Weidauer and her husband are the parents of Stephen James, who was born on January 12, 1949.
25 Mr. and Mrs. O. Lee Minear The former Mary Ella Jones and her husband are the parents of Mary Beth, who was born in January, 1949.
25 Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Sandvig The former Faye Allen and her husband are the parents of Sharon Faye, who was born on October 1, 1949.
25 Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lawrence The former Lois Wanda Miller and her husband are the parents of Mark, who was born in December, 1949.
25 A son, Jeffrey Hugh, was born to Mr. and Mrs. John B. Green The former Myrna Missildine and her husband are the parents of Jeffrey, who was born on May 12, 1949.
25 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schoenfield, Jr. The former Mary E. Case and her husband are the parents of Thomas Allen, who was born on September 25.
25 Mr. and Mrs. John Richard Porter The former Kathleen M. Kossack and her husband are the Patricia Ellen, who was born on September 13.
25 Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kercheval The former Helendora Refshauge and her husband are the parents of Mary Andrea, who was born on August 20.
25 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Leahy The former Geraldine McBride and her husband are the parents of Rita Ann, who was born on August 25, 1949.
25 Mr. and Mrs. Art Bonath The former Doris J. Ellerbrock and her husband are the parents of Keane Alan, who was born on August 14.
25 Mr. and Mrs. George DeBakey The former Marjorie J. Armstrong and her husband are the parents of George, who was born on October 2, 1949.
25 Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gumbel The former Shirley Nathlie Bergum and her husband are the parents of Eric Julius, who was born on April 24, 1949.
26 Mr. and Mrs. Tom J. Chandler The parents of Steven Tom, who was born on November 5.
26 One of Teachers College's oldest alumni, Edgar T. Bedell Died on October 24, in LeMars, Iowa.
26 Matt C. Cunningham Died on September 16, 1949.
26 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Belville Ferrell The parents of Jeffrey Lynn, who was born in May, 1949.
26 Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Kalinich The parents of John Perry, who was born on September 20.
26 Mr. and Mrs. Van P. Combs The former Margaret Meyer Combs and her husband are the parents of Joseph Edmund, who was born on October 12, 1949.
26 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bigler The parents of Sherila Irene, who was born on November 9, 1949.
26 Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Lekwa The former Maxine Dillon and her husband are the parents of Steven Dillon, who was born on May 13, 1949.
26 Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Waack The parents of Matthew William, who was born on September 26, 1949.
26 Mr. and Mrs. Melvin M. Reimer The former Viola Barth Riemer and her husband are the parents of Jo Ann Ruth, who was born on October 1, 1949.
26 Mr. and Mrs. Nick W. Avelchas The former Jeanne De Bettignies and her husband are the parents of Cheryl Anne, who was born on July 26.
26 Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Sheerer The parents of Chari Ann, who was born on September 23.
26 Mr. and Mrs. Sam Tassio The parents of Gary Lee, who was born on September 17, 1949.
26 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pastorino The parents of Nancy Ann, who was born on August 25.
26 Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Talcott The former Barbara Jean McCollough and her husband are the parents of Thomas Newton, who was born on June 8, 1949.
26 Mr. and Mrs. Glenn E. Willig The former Meredith Anne Baker and her husband are the parents of Deborah Ann, who was born on July 27, 1949.
26 Mr. and Mrs. Dale Holquist The former Jeanette Lund and her husband are the parents of Connie Dayle, who was born on August 12.