our scholarship fund by selling Longwood playing cards. We have sold over 100 decks. One of the most delightful
these
meetings of the year was our November luncheon when
Corinne Rucker, represented the Chapter
Peggy White gave an illustrated talk on her trip to Europe She was assisted by Helen Hardin Luck last summer. Germany a couple of years, while her husband who lived in The Annual Spring Luncheon was was stationed there.
and on Founders Day. An annual contribution was made on Founders Day. The outstand-
Yacht and Country Club. Coyner were our guests Ruth Dr. and Mrs. Lancaster and This occasion was one of mixed feeling of of honor. pleasure and sadness, as this was Dr. Lancaster's last Howvisit with us as President of Longwood College.
Ruth Coyner, and Mrs. Cover from Farmville, and Frances
us again soon as another "old
Simonini gave a delightful talk on his recent year in
.
.
.
held on April
the Norfolk
2, at
we hope he will Grad" of Longwood.
visit
ever,
man
.
.
With Liz Bragg Crafts
as chair-
nominating committee, the following
of the
May
at the
were elected
luncheon meeting:
officers
President,
Hogge Shackelford; Second Vice-President, Grace Shriver Wiggins; Secretary, Peggy White; Treasurer, Winnie Beard; DoroScholarship Treasurer, Mary Denny Wilson Parr. Eva McKenny Guynn;
First Vice-President, Jean
—
WINCHESTER— Our We
ment as our major
wood
Chapter has held
project, believing
we can
to choose our
forth, for prospective
who
council
and
a
Long-
live in
home
of Margaret
.
Watkins Bridge-
high school students and Longwood
Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Winchester.
and Eleanor Weddle were present from Longpresident represented our Chapter at the fall
Bittinger
wood.
serve
.
held in January, at the
students
a fall
have concentrated on student recruit-
by influencing outstanding high school students A tea was Alma Mater as their college.
best
The
Election
meeting.
of
was held
officers
our
at
The officers are Martha Stine Cahill, president; Betty Jean Snapp Fawcett, vice-president; Mary William Calvert Hohanness, secretary; Mary Anderson Duckwall, treasurer. Plans were made for a luncheon spring meeting.
to be held next fall.
We
voted to send a contribution
Nancy Crisman
from the Chapter on Founders Day. Quarles was elected our Founders
Martha Stine
Day
September Marian Beckner Rig-
gins gave a get-together party for the to
Longwood
representative.
Cahill, president.
LYNCHBURG— In
new
students going
meet the old students from
to
Four meetings were held during
this area.
the year in the
.
homes
.
of
The Lynchburg Alumnae list was revised. In November each member was sent a letter followed by a telephone call. The letter outlined the plans for the
members.
.
.
year, the time
and place of meetings, and the needs of the
One
Chapter.
The
student used our loan fund this year.
calling committee
worked very hard
to
.
.
.
interest the
members and to notify all members of meetings. project was to interest outstanding high school students to attend Longwood. Our ''hats are off" to Evelyn
inactive
.
.
Our major Traylor
Macon
committee. the
day
for her fine job as
In the
at E, C.
fall
chairman of the student
Dr. Jeffers and Mr. French spent
Glass High School talking with the
who had expressed
December, 1955
meetings in the
a preference for
Longwood.
girls
Groups
of
to
Longwood
The
president,,
visits .
.
the council
at
fall
.
.
We
ing event of our year came in November.
had the
pleasure of having Dr. and Mrs. Lancaster, Dr. Simonini,
Horton, our National President, from Roanoke, as our guests at a luncheon at the
Oakwood Country
Club.
Dr.
Lancaster talked briefly on some news of Longwood.
Ruth
Coyner brought us up-to-date on alumnae work. Fulbright scholar.
Italy as a
were elected
at the
May
.
The
.
meeting:
dent; Phyllis Burnette Martin,
Dr.
following officers
Corinne Rucker, presivice-president; Jose-
first
phine Sneed, second vice-president; Evelyn Traylor Macon, third vice-president;
Cleo Reynolds Coleman, secretary;
and Elizabeth Ballagh, derful year
I
!
treasurer.
.
We
.
have had a won-
have not had a single refusal when
called on our girls to do things!
thy D. Diehl, president.
spring meeting.
were sent for week-end
girls
through invitations from the College.
.
— Corinne Rucker,
have
I
presi-
dent.
O—
GREENSBORO,
N. Last March eighteen Alumnae Longwood College nut witli Burnley Brockenbrough Kinney and Beth Brockenbrough Lineweaver in the Kinney home on Country Club Drive, to organize a Greensboro Alumnae Chapter. Odell Smith, a teacher at Central School, was elected president and Thelma Houpe Foster, secretary. The chapter decided to have one meeting a of
year, the
first
one to be a dinner meeting in
fall.
Letters
from Ruth Coyner were read by Winston Cobb Weaver. There are thirty-two alumnae plus one alumnus boro. It
was a delightful meeting!
in Greens-
—Winston Cobb Weaver,
acting secretary.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.— Carol this
Bird Stoops represented
newest chapter on Founders Day.
Seventeen Long-
wood girls attended two meetings, and much enthusiasm was shown in a Philadelphia Chapter, which would include It was decided to hold a fall meeting when this area. our Alumnae Secretary can attend. The following officers Pauline Lanford Stoner, president; Kath-
were elected:
erine Field Campbell, vice-president;
bank Thomas,
secretary;
Hazel-Wood Bur-
and Carol Stoops,
treasurer.
Pauline Lanford Stoner, president.
LEXINGTON— The of Rockbridge
William Henry Ruffner Chapter
County and Lexington sent greetings and
a contribution on Founders Day.
.
In the
.
dent attended the
Alumnae Council held
College and found
it
most helpful.
.
.
fall
our Presi-
at
Longwood
During the Christ-
mas holidays an informal social hour for the girls here from Longwood and some prospective high school girls was held at the home of the president. Four Lexington High School girls were taken to Longwood for a week-end in February. Twenty-two members attended our spring luncheon in early March, and we elected the following .
.
officers:
.
.
Henrietta Dunlap, president; Janie Potter Hanes,
vice-president;
Martha Anderson Bailey,
secretary;
and 25