ALUMNAE NEWS
BULLETIN OF
LONGWOOD December 1956
COLLEGE Volume XLII
Number
4
Longwood College
Bulletin of
FARMVILLE, VIRGINIA
ALUMNAE NUMBER Volume XLII
December, 1956
Number
4
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Published by
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LONGWOOD COLLEGE Message from the President
1
and
THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION Member
of
Inaugural Address of the President
The American Alumni Council Longwood
News Editorial Board:
College,
Mildred Davis. Helen Draper. Foster Gresham, Mary Clay Hiner, Meade Shackelford, and Margaret Simkins.
ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE BOARD Dabney
President,
Lancaster
S.
5
Faculty and College
of the
21
.Alumnae Secretary, Tliree Others Retire
22
Alumnae Have Home On Campus
24
Class Reunions
Dr.
Pioneer in Education
Ruth Covner,
R. C. Simonini, Chairman:
Dr. Francis G. Lankford
A
2
.
Longwood College
President Emeritus. Longwood College
— Founders
Day
1956
25
.Alumnae Chapter Activities
27
Memorial Fund Established
29
Ballot
31
—
President
Founders Day Program
Margaret Robinson Simkins
Honor First
3
D
Baylor Apts., 1019 Anne St., Portsmouth, Va.
Wall
Farmville, Va.
Ex-president
Frances Horton
In
Memoriam
37
News
38
Class
Seeond Vice-president L.
33
Roll
]' ice-president
Dorothy Diehi
Virginia
32
Farmville. \'a.
Births
54
Marriages
55
2124 Memorial Ave., S. W., Roanoke, Va.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Directors
Sammy
Scott
Tazewell,
\'a.
The History of Longwood College was Autumn, 1955.
reprinted from
The
Iron IV or ker,
Mary Clay Hiner
Farmville, Va.
Edith Estep Gray
Signpine, Va.
Lillian Beach
3802 Milam Drive, Alexandria,
Chairman
^^a.
Longwood of
Helen Costan, Chairman.
Standing Committees .Snack
Bar
1307
College has published the
Alumnae News
since
Because of the tremendous e.xpense involved in housing, feeding and educating 850 girls, the college does not have sufficient funds to enlarge the Alumnae News. Any material sent in by alumnae that does not appear in this issue was omitted solely because the magazine must 1941.
Oakwood
Court,
Lynchburg,
\'a.
Myrtle Dunton Curtis, Co-Chainnan. Alumnae House 3206 Noble Ave., Richmond.
Ya..
be limited to a specified
size.
Maria Bristow Starke, Co-chairman, Alumnae House Rustom, River Road, Richmond, Va.
COVER
Executive Secretary and Treasurer
Virginia
McLean Pharr
Farmville, Virginia
The
picture on the cover
is
the
Alumnae House.
Published quarterly by Longwood College, Farmville, Va. Second Class mailing privileges at Farmville, Va.
MESSAGE
FROM THE PRESIDENT
For Mrs. Lankford and for me this has been a busy and enjoyable first year at LongOur first reception for alumnae on Founder's Day was a particularly delightful occasion for us. ^^'e look forward with great pleasure to having more of you in our home wood.
for future Founder's \\'e
They
Day
receptions,
were pleased with the appropriations
made by the General Assembh' last winter. a much improved salary schedule for for a new dormitory, and for new classrooms
will enable us to put into effect this year
faculty.
We
also received appropriations
for the business education department.
completed, and
it
is
Preliminary plans for the dormitory have been
expected that construction will begin this
In the meantime,
fall.
our enrollment continues to increase, and we must make temporary housing arrangements until the new dormitory is completed. During the next two years we will also be able to advance further the renovation of our kitchen, to fireproof two stairways leading to the dormitory floors in the main building, to rewire most of the main building including improved lighting of classrooms, and to modernize the remaining old bathrooms in the main Ijuilding.
Also with funds contributed by the Alumnae Association we expect
This and other very helpful and are gratefully acknowledged. suitable floor surface in the Rotunda.
We
to install a
more
gifts of the associations will be
continue to be pleased with the high quality of student
who
seeks admission to
Longwood. The sympathetic understanding and help of alumnae have contributed greatly in directing well <|ualified high school seniors to Longwood. \\'e are proud of Longwood's reputation for high standards. With your continued help we are firmly resolved to maintain the high quality of Longwood's student bod}'. There are many more good things about your Alma ]Mater I would like to include in You will have to come for a visit and see for yourself. This we are always delighted to have you do.
this letter but space does not permit.
Sincerely F. G. L.ANKFtiRD. Jr. Presideiit
December, 1956
INAUGURAL ADDRESS of Francis G. Lankford,
Dr.
Mr. Xcwton, President Darden, Dr. Lancaster, Distin-
higher learning can have than to educate soundlv, voung
men and women
and Friends:
Guest.s, Faculty, Students,
to teach in
secondary schools.
This
is
a great occasion for
me and and
grateful to all of you
for sharing
tremendous inspiration
to be
sponsibilities with
good wishes of
the
am
I
with me.
it
deeplv It
is
a
mv new refriends whom I
launched into
In becoming president of
my
aware that among
Longwood
am
College, I
fullv
predecessors in this position have
been some of Virginia's most distinguished and beloved
Xo man
could follow in
challenged by their records of service to our
such persons as
office
and Dabney Lancaster without being
Ruffner, Jarman,
and
to this fine
beloved Commonwealth.
known Longwood College under Dr. Jarman and Dr. Lancaster. who enjoyed more
the
and alumnae.
students, faculty,
I
the challenge to carr}- forward the
men
devoted so
much
realize that
I
our countr}''s elementary and
always be true its
Longwocd,
at
history as a state college,
student preparing to teach will
find her respect
and fellow students for the profession of This very day, thousands of children in Vir-
facult}'
teaching.
sincere
work
the
of
which these
some
of the hopes
in the years that lie
my
also recognize that
damage
me
on
have for
I
tomorrow.
immediatelv ahead.
administration will be remem-
Had
their prep-
to
young minds
is
beyond estimate.
Inherent in any program for the pre]jaration of teachers
Xot
all
who
are
Indeed, the same
successful teachers. college education
in general.
admitted
secondary school graduates
have the scholastic capacity nor the personalitv
may
make
to
be said of a
Secondary schools cannot
prcp^rl}' be expected to prepare all of their graduates for
successful continuation of their education in college. as unreasonable to expect this of high
is
considered appropriate for
this occasion to set forth
will be a better place
such a program.
sure
for
aration for teaching been inadequate, then the possible
to
am
I
a sobering thought,
is
these teachers are teaching well today,
if
admin-
affection
to
America
This
College.
the princi])le of selection of those
with liumilitv
acce]it
Longwood we know that of
is
of their lives.
is
it
Longwood College I
has been throughout a
from
it
this
no college ever had presidents more respected for the work they did or
it
that
old college
;Many of you in
audience have istrations of
as
^Nlay
ginia and in other states are being taught by graduates
respect so highl}-.
educators.
President
Procession
iiauffural
:4uislied
Jr.,
would be
to
expect colleges to prepare
to continue their
For some, is
all
schools
It
as
it
of their graduates
education in university graduate study.
admissions
this principle of selection in college
in conflict with our democratic belief in equal
For those who see such
oppor-
bered far more by whatever results are achieved than bv
tunit}' for all.
the hopes expressed
remind them that the great genius. Thomas Jefferson,
this point in
a
a
today.
had been
some
elected president of
have
of your theories of education."
read between the lines
temptation to add: tical
will
some of your
It gives
me
believed
in
selective
system of education for Virginia.
Longwood a
chance
I
was sure
stronglv she
had
College.
to trv out I
could
to resist the
how imprac-
is
dominant purpose
the preparation of teachers.
function
the
1
of opportunity,
started the selective process
much
He
that
an
There
institution
of
simply
earlier
than
2th grade.
L'nquestionably, sal education as
we
in
America have accepted univer-
an essential element of Democracy.
in .\merica. as in
stop at
some
level both
achievement has
But
every other countrv in the world, formal
universal education must stop at some point.
theories are."
great satisfaction that the
imjiortant
would have
equality
would
but he proposed a
received from
was announced
I
it
'.\nd you will soon see
Longwood College no more
how
reminded of
clearly
of congratulations
letter
"And now ycu
She wrote:
is
was
former student of mine shortly after
that I
of
I
a conflict I
lieen
It
must
because the ceiling of educational
reached for
manv and
because the
tax resources of the state will not finance the continuation
Alumn.ae M.ac.azine
of formal education for all at a level be)-ond that point.
In America, we have attempted
an education
to assure
for
a level higher than most other nations of the world. would agree with the majority view in our country
all to I
that
Beyond
high school.
from systematic education in college must take
to profit
Moreover,
place.
this point, selection of those qualified
have an obligation
point of selection, the colleges
at this to
enforce a higher standard of achieve-
ment than was possible
This
education was the goal.
may
the great benefits that
when universal deny in any way
at the earlier level is
not to
accrue to hundreds of thou-
sands of individuals from informal studw ])rograms
extensive
within
training
for
Surely the night
industry,
and opportunity schools have demonstrated that most persons can continue to learn beyond high school. This is quite different, however, from saying that all of schools,
such persons are likely
demands
succeed in meeting
to be able to
of colleges
such as those represented here
today.
from realizing a goal of universal education through high In 1950, only
school.
and
1
7
}
64%
of Virginia's population 16
ears of age were enrolled in school.
The com-
25%
parative figure for the IS and 19 year age group was
We
and the extremists
arts
This debate
What should
are also a long
way from the goal of educating all who are qualified for college.
them?
to
This ques-
long before the present
in professional education.
not limited to the teaching profession.
is
be the balance between liberal and profes-
sional education
also of great concern to those
is
college curricula for the leader in business,
who plan
for the en-
gineer, for the architect, even for the professional agri-
Such debate
culturalist.
Without
good.
is
it
professional
education might become so narrowly vocational that the
uneducated specialist
And
the product.
is
the academic
might become so dissociated from
courses
us and so
around
life
with abstractions in the interest of aca-
filled
demic purity that we would be the victims again of
a sterile
medieval scholasticism.
The
teacher, as with
members
of other professions, will
member
with himself; he will be a
live
community,
will be a citizen of
as a practitioner of his
therefore,
tion,
should be remembered that we in Virginia are far
It
men
period of intense debate between the adherents of the liberal
should, with few exceptions, be the birthright of
it
every American boy and girl to have an education through
the
riculum should they find available tion has interested educated
His college educa-
profession.
must contribute
of a family; he
and nation, as well
state,
an enrichment of his
to
living as well as to the development of professional
Since the
petence.
turned
com-
we have
days of the Renaissance,
earl\'
humanities as the foundation of an educa-
to the
tion designed to equip a student to enjoy a full life.
harmonious development
The
body and morals was
of mind,
So long as these are the
the goal of the early humanists.
of those secondary graduates
accepted goals of the humanities, they are an essential
Every
part of the education of a teacher.
approximately a third of the graduates of
3'ear
Virginia high schools
who
graduating classes do not go to any college.
come much
we
until
Just as the humanities should be free to pursue their
are in the top fourth of their
we
Until
and
closer to universal high school education
much more
enroll in colleges
nearl}' all of those
purposes,
peculiar
is
as
so
must the professional courses be
pursue their practical, vocational purposes.
left free to
unwise for professional courses
therotical as
liberal college admissions.
excessiveh' professionalized.
There are some, of course, who would approve admissions
taxpayer should have the right a tax-supported
to
the
college.
to I
send his son or daughter
would remind them
taxing one man's
principle of
that
property to educate
another man's child has been accepted in our countrv since the
famous Kalamazoo decision of 1872.
world
conflict
that
it
able
among
is
available
of crucial interest to all, that the intellectually
to
ije
identified
and
a college education
it.
The claim
that our superiority in the air over to the superiority of our
is
very likely true
Korea was attributable
men who
These men were both carefully
piloted the Sabrejets.
selected
and thoroughly
Such may very well be the case
in other aspects
of the conflict that seems to be the lot of our age. ica
must not be found wanting
teachers nor of
its
ment
in the
Amer-
adequacy of
its
capacity for a full and rewarding personal
life,
and
the teacher
also needs thorough grounding in the content of his teach-
ing
However high
field.
may
attain
in
a degree of excellence a teacher
classroom, he will
the techniques of the
never teach with confidence
he has mastered the
until
content of his teaching field considerably bcn'ond the level
which he
at
is
teaching.
A\'ithout
be no enthusiasm in teaching. ing
cannot
successful.
be
confidence, there can
\\"ithout enthusiasm, teach-
Professional
education
for
teaching competence, education in the humanities for a full field,
life,
and thorough understanding
of
one's teaching
are the essential elements in an}' curriculum for the
preparation
of
teachers.
should be given
somewhat on
to
What
part
of
the
total
time
each of these elements will depend
the individual student
and on
the teaching
field.
Ever^â&#x20AC;˘one in this audience must crisis that faces puljlic
ether leaders.
become
competence,
professional
for
to
lie
keenly aware of the
education in our State and which
young men and women with demon-
results
from the decisions of the Supreme Court of the
capacity to maintain high standards of achieve-
United
States.
Given a group strated
made
them even though the individual's family
income does not (jermit
trained.
Indeed in the
between East and West there can be no doubt
us
Given preparation
selective
but would maintain that a
in private colleges
is
It
become excessively
unwise for academic courses
adequately prepared for college should we think of more
it
to
in college
of
and with
December, 1956
interest in teaching,
what cur-
Nor
is
there likelv to
as to be able at this point to say
fie
any of us
how our
so wise
difficulties will
be
finally
resolved.
opportunity
It
about
is
what
the final decisions as to schools,
shall be
we
stand ready to help
will
No
those schools as effective as possible. the preparation
shall
make
graduates will teach.
its
inspiration of a devoted faculty.
because
am
Its
program
member
to be a
intend to do
One wood
my
pledge
I
mention these things
I
newcomer
a great satisfaction to the
is
it
vails.
institution for
teachers can divorce itself from the
of
schools in which
that
make
done with our public
^^^latever schools the public wall decrees
Longwood College
have,
however,
encouraging,
is
be given the electorate to
to
that I
of a family where such a spirit pre-
Longwood
respect for this
all that I
can
to
nourish
of the responsibilities which
and
spirit
it.
will have at
I
Long-
which faces every college president
will be one
This
the years immediately ahead.
in
the responsibility
is
of pre-service education
must certainly be influenced by demands the schools make of their teachers. But Longwood must stand ready, too, to help teachers and
of maintaining an able faculty.
the
been the most important responsibility of a college presi-
school officials continue their education while in service.
difficult to
This means consultant help
increases in college enrollments anticipated
means opportunity
It
and
fied
and school systems.
to schools
for graduate study for those quali-
beyond the
interested in carrying their education
means opportunitv
It also
l)achelor"s degree.
who have
for teachers
not completed a bachelor's degree to do so while
For man}' teachers who have family
continuing to teach. responsibilities,
opportunity
may
it
very
or
in,
be necessary to provide such an near,
home communities.
their
This would extend the scope of our present offering lieyond
campus
the limits of the
in Farmville.
\\'e
do not pro-
few years are certain colleges for faculty
in service.
mav
I
add, such education in service should
not be limited to jirofessional education.
!Many develop-
ments are rapidly taking place in various
fields tauglit in
public schools.
Development rapidly since
would
I
of a
cite
\\'orl(I \\'ar II.
Many
of our ablest
mathe-
But high
belongs in secondarv mathematics courses.
know and understand
this
tent before they will be willing to substitute
We
it
new
ccn-
for con-
ventional topics. .\n invaluable tradition of
I
speak of the
them liness
code.
is a
me
to
Longwood College has beI moved here last July.
since
spirit of the students
and alumnae,
toward each other, and adherence It is a thrilling sight to
.\mong
warm
sincere devotion to their college, a
to a
friend-
high moral
observe these students each
evening after dinner voluntarily walk
to
a
neighboring
church and there conduct their own vesper services.
A
LTpperclassmen take
Longwood does not suft'er alone. prompt action to make her "at home
away from home."
No
homesick freshman
we absorb
as
am
The sympathetic understanding of classmates is personally expressed. Alumnae visit the college with as much joy as if we had a winning football team. Ijelieve this spirit is
nurtured by a genuine belief in the
dignity and worth of every individual.
This
is
conspicu-
ously demonstrated in the extremely wide participation
many
activities
pression of interest
believe will be pro-
And
all colleges.
numbers
these added
do
shall
I
is
all that
I
not sacrificed
In
of students.
fact,
hopeful that our enrollment increases will not be
endanger the distinct advantages that are
present in a smaller college.
A
few weeks ago. President Puse}- of Harvard University
"The Exploring
wrote in Fortune magazine en
Education."
would
I
now
like
to
borrow
\\'orld of
his concluding
paragrajth to use in closing this paper.
In the end, then, we return again
who
educated teacher, fessional, but
who must
is,
and
has cared
done too that
also be something
The
more
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;a per-
teacher's special job
to help them, with their
less for
little to
of those
minds and
find their successors. l:)e,
It is to
in all colleges
men and women whose
College contribute as
to a realization of this
be hoped
and schools
lives
and values
and our own.
devote whatever personal resources
Longwood
Scciet^
might, and has
it
will creatively touch our children's lives,
shall
wills, to
into full humanit}'.
such teachers than
IQSO there will
liy
more
I
liberally
nurture in }oung people the desire to extend them-
is to
selves,
help
the
to
of course, a competent pro-
son of exceptional quality.
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student struggles alone with jxt-
sonal problems arising from illness in her family or from
in
I
fully
I
as
have
.
.
to
possibly
hope.
at
other sources.
I
and
can to see that a high quality of teaching
grow beyond competence
come very apparent
of
Present salaries will not
have our share of the increased enroll-
will
ment which faces
new mathematics has gone forward very
school teachers must
the next
demands
to the
mathematics as an example.
maticians believe that some of the new content of this field
members.
creases are absolutely necessary
vided.
so large as to
school officials in our section of the state for education
add further
Moreover, in
enable us to compete for capable men and women such as Longwood has become accustomed to on its faculty. In-
we do propose
and
to
always
particular!}-
it
discharge this responsibility now.
I
to cooperate with existing extension divi-
this has
But increasing competition makes
dent.
pose to establish an extension division of our own, but
sions in an effort to help meet the needs of teachers
Indeed
which provide an opportunitv for exand talent. It is also nurtured bv the
RECEIVE DEGREES
Alumnae who received degrees at the August Commenceof Longwood College were: Mary Tyler Baker Baber
ment
'2i\ Isabel Bilisoly '35,
Mary
Lewis ginia
'33;
Reames
'19; ".
Pruden
'24; Catherine Cre'd's
Edmunds
Parker
Harris '28; Beatrice Jours
Lola Wescott Kellam Krieg "32; Daisy Vir-
Lambert
Ragland Cole
.\ugusta
'31
;
Marion Layne Puckette
Mildred Ragsdale Jackson
Catherine W'ilbourn
Ware
'33
'35:
Dandridge
'25;
Rebecca
and Lee Wood
'19.
Alumnae Magazine
Farmville Female Seminary
in 1859.
from an old drawing. This building, completed
in
1842,
now forms
part of Ruffner
Hall, the
administration building of the college.
LONGWOOD COLLEGE A PIONEER
Longwood in public
Dr.
IN
BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC EDUCATION By MEADE L. SHACKELFORD later
had been
started
inaugurated in December of 1955,
Worsham,
in 1832.
College, a pioneer first in private
education,
Lankford,
Francis G.
Jr.,
occasion he became the latest
On
president.
as
among
and presidents who have guided the was incorporated by the Legislature
institution
(now
Longwood
this
Farmville
itself
at
had
Prince
a
Edward Courthouse, now
dav school for
girls
known
as
sixteen principals institution since
of Virginia
Farmville Female Seminary Association in 1839. year history makes
and
it
as the
Its
116-
the fifth oldest educational
a college) for
women
in continuous oper-
ation in the United States.
Longwood is located in Farmville, a tobacco town Edward County, Virginia. The college had
Prince
in its
beginnings in the fourth decade of the nineteenth century,
when more than
a half million dollars
was paid
sold on the Farmville market each year.
was
the fourth largest in Virginia
have the best tobacco in the Gazeteer of 1835. of
little
led a
The
state,
for tobacco
This market
and was considered
to
according to Martin's
public education and few private schools for girls
group of public spirited citizens
to
make plans
for
a girls' school in Farmville, although a female seminary
December, 1956
...,.w.^,.><..../^ÂŁ
prosperity of the town in an era
^:n^..
<^
inscription appearing on a metal plate attached to tlie cornerstone of the first building of the Farmville Female Seminary. The building was completed in 1842 and workmen found the cornerstone while e.xcavating for a new building in 1897.
The
The at
Normal School 1884 when the
State Female
it
appeared
school
in
began as
A
institution.
a
state-operated
portion of this build-
ing was the original Farmville Fe-
male Seminary.
Immediately prior by the state, the known as Farmville
to its acquisition
school
was
College and was operated under the sponsorship of the Methodist Conference.
The property was deeded
to the State of Virginia in 1884.
Farmville Female Seminary established by a Miss
Although the Heustis school in Farmville closed before
Spence in 1833 and another female seminary established
1845, the Farmville Female Seminary, prospering at times
by the Reverend A.
and weathering storms
the
known how long persons
that
believe
Heustis in
J.
the
Heustis
second Farmville
with the
was
either school
1835, but in
it
not
is
Some
existence.
Although there were 20
this
in 1830, education for
women was
seminaries in Virginia not popular, and per-
haps was considered nothing more than a form of conspicious consumption.
Most
By 1845
nova for a brief period. twelve girls'
of the seminaries were short-
few achieved the brilliance of a super-
lived, although a
seminaries
\'irginia in 1839.
that
The Farmville Female Seminary Association The
girls'
has been in continuous
was connected
school
Female Seminary, but
been established.
fact has never
at others,
operation until the present time.
there were fewer than
had been in existence
in
Perhaps education for women would
Legislature
incorporated
the
Seminary Association on ]March
5,
Farmville 1839,
with
Female
W.
C.
James E. Venable, Thomas Flournoy, William Wilson, George Daniel, AMllis Blanton, and James B. Flourno}',
El}' as incorporators.
Three hundred shares of stock were
issued at §100 each in an effort to raise $30,000 for the erection of a building
and other items needed
to start the
school.
The Farmville Female Seminary
Association purchased
have received greater impetus had Thomas Jefferson, from
an acre of land on the heights of High
whom
Spruce Street from George Whitfield Read and his wife
Virginia received inspiration for popular education,
women
included
on March
But he wrote
in his educational plans.
14, 1818, in
answer
to a letter
from Nathaniel
Street,
west of
Charlotte for $1,400 by deed dated :May 26, 1842.
land consisted of two
lots
— 105
and 107
—
The
which James
Burwell, '"A plan of fem.ale education has never been a
^Madison, trustee for Josiah Chambers, had conveyed to
subject
George W. Read for $1,250 on April
of
systematic
my
occupied
contemplation with
me.
It
attention so far only as the education of
own daughters
required.''
has
my
3,
1836.
Completed in 1842, the building was described by the principal
a
decade later as "spacious and comfortable
Victorian architecture was in vogue
when
this
photograph of the State
Female Normal School was made in 1898.
sembled in
Students of the era are asin front of the
building and second floor windows. The presi-
dent of the school at this time
was
Dr. Robert Frazer.
Alumnae Magazine
The
Normal School
State Female
1909, 25 years after
in
under
opening
its
Here are
operation.
state
shown improvements and additions made by Dr. J. L. Jarman (president from 1902 until 1946) and another
change
in
architecture,
this
The dome
time to Jefifersonian.
of
^^f^lM^M
the Rotunda, in the center of the picture, has institution.
become symbolic This illustration
of the
is
from
the 1909 edition of the school year-
book, the
and
VIRGINIAN.
beauty
for
country."
workmen found and over
of
situation
surpassed
few in
by
In excavating for a new building in
the
1897,
the cornerstone of the original building,
the opening of a four-b}'-five inch hole
was a
Shortly after
completion of the building,
the
school
opened with Solomon Lee as principal and offered English,
The
Latin, Greek, French, and piano. five
months were $20
for piano,
tuition
fees
for
$15 for higher English,
$12.50 for lower English, and $5 for each foreign language,
metal plate bearing this inscription:
with board available at $8 to $10 a month.
Farmville Female Academy Built by Joint Stock
Company A
Within the hole was the back of a (the
few
exposed
letters
on
to the air)
;
it
1839
New
Testament
a newspaf>er, of which only a square
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
five, ten,
and twent}-
The beautiful now forms part of building of Longwood
and a Masonic emblem.
brick building of colonial architecture
Ruffner Hall, the administration
flourished in the next
decade as did the town of Farmville, one of the most
faded away shortly after being
inch was legible; three silver coins five cent pieces;
The Farmville Female Seminary I)
College.
prosperous in the history of Virginia.
had shipped
its
Farmville, which
tobacco in the early days by ox cart to
Richmond, or by batteau down the Appomattox River to now found itself linked to Petersburg and
Petersburg,
Lynchburg by the Southside Railroad. The population town grew from 800 in 1839 to 2,000 by 1860. During this period the Farmville Female Seminary hud a succession of principals. Mr. Lee was followed of the
An
aerial view of the I.imgwood College cinipu? today, l-mni kit In nght, ni iln i.in.L;ri>uiRl. the major buildings Student Piuilding; Tabb Hall (with the Colonnade in front) Ruli'ner Hall (with the Rotunda in the center) West and Jarman Hall (auditorium and music building). Immediately behind Ruttncr Hall are the Dining Room and nomics Building behind West Wing is Farmville Elementary School where students do practice teaching behind the ningham Hall (junior and senior dormitories), and behind Jarman Hall is Stevens Hall, the science building. :
:
December, 1956
;
:
are
a.->
ii>llo\\s:
Library: Home EcoLibrary is Cun-
\\'ing the
;
The Colonnade with
The Longwood
the Student Building in the background.
by his brother, the Reverend Lorenzo Lee, and later by
Lorenzo Coburn,
was mr.de
and he was succeeded by Benjamin
principal,
George La ^lonte, a graduate of Union College
Gould. in
In 1850 John B. Tinsley
a Northerner.
New York
Institute
Winchester,
in
Farmville
and former
joint principal of Valley
was the
principal
last
Female the
of
Female Seminary, which had an enrollment
of 94 students in 1859-60.
of
new
the
gospel,
and
College
Born
Female
and
the other stockholders in the Farmville
Seminary
Association,
school into a college.
holders secured Mr. five years of age, to
In the
decided
summer
to
expand
La Monte, an ambitious man twentymake the necessarv arrangements for
the addition of a curriculum at the college level
become the 1860, the
the
name
Female
first
president of the college.
charter of
the
the
of 1859 the stock-
was amended by the school
was chnncred
to
and
On May legislature
the
to
24,
and
Farmville
College.
Nearh' half of the members of the Board of Visitors
men
of the
day in
The college opened with a faculty of five, in addition La !Monte who taught Latin, higher mathematics, and Four members of the faculty had taught at literature. Female Seminary during
the Farmville
and the !Monte
fifth,
added
Arnaud the
to
Preot, as
staff
its
were limited to thirty in an
"Home
last year of
was a Frenchlinguist
a
At the beginning boarding students
pianist.
Optimistic in outlook, Mr. Ely, the president of the corporation,
were outstanding ministers of the
college
the remainder, prominent
to
existence,
Is
Street in Farmville.
Southside Virginia.
man La
A
House on High
President's
and
in the college
effort to give the
institution
and influence." Announcement for 1859-1860
The Annual Register and said, "The Pupils boarding
in this college, reside with the
family of the President, and
a
air
are under his guardianship.
In their evening studies they
will enjoy the benefit of his assistance
colleagues." liness
Thus was
and that of
his
atmosphere of friend-
which has characterized Longwood College through-
out the )'ears and
was
initiated the
is
as typical of the college today as
it
in the nineteenth century.
The
course
of
instruction
the intellectual, social,
was designed
and moral
faculties,
West Wing,
erectel
ministration of Dr.
to
"develop
and by im-
under the ad-
Jarman
in 1903.
Immediateh' adjacent, on the left, is Ruffner Hall, the administration building.
The
influence
sonian architecture classic
is
of Jeffer-
evident in the
beauty of this building.
Alumnae Magazine
Under
the
dome
of the
Rotunda
in
Ruffner Hall is the statue of Joan of Arc, patron saint of the college. Just inside the main entrance to the
Longwood campus,
this
also
As
its
focal point.
lobby
gathering place for students,
alumnae.
this is
most hallowed by
the spot perhaps its
is
a favorite
On
the three levels
within the Rotunda take place the traditional sings
when members
of
one class serenade those of another.
parting
a
thorough,
Christian education,
practical, fit
and
the pupil
charge of the responsible duties of phasis
vi'as
for
the
in the
faithful
dis-
scriptures,
Special
em-
life.''
placed on religious instruction, as the large
proportion of clergy on the Board of Visitors would indicate,
but the college did not become a church college until
some years
later.
The
students were permitted as they
are today to attend the churches of their
The Annual
Register and
evening for the reading and contemj)lation of the
and
accomplished,
own
Announcement
choice.
for
1859-60
and also
to sing
There were two academic departments preparatory and collegiate. legiate department,
ology,
the
philosophy.
history
The
of
France,
mental fac^s and truths of Christianity, and ... no pains
for the diploma,
Tabb
Hall, the
December, 1956
sophomore clormitory.
who did
botany, geology,
physi-
and Rome,
Greece
and
course of study led to a diploma con-
student
Sunday, the teachers and pupils will assemble for an hour
for the col-
chemistry,
ferring on the recipient the
Christian religion. ... In addition to public services on
the college:
of the fall session in 1860, included arithmetic, algebra,
geometry, astronomy,
a thorough and harmonious acquaintance with the funda-
impart a practical knowledge of the
in
The curriculum
which was started with the opening
said, ''The religious teachings of the college contemplate
will be spared to
sacred melodies."
not want to
title,
^listress of Art, but a
fuliill all of
and who embarked on
the requirements a
special course
of study, could obtain a certificate of proficiency.
There was a Literar^â&#x20AC;˘
society in the college
Society,
]]v
which
])ulilished
jtininr .Ininiitory NNing
'-â&#x20AC;˘!
a
known
Le Vert "The
as
newspaper,
L Mniiii:L;h,ini
1
l.ti
i
â&#x20AC;˘1
An
1880
diploma from Farmville
was from the was operated by the
College. This diploma
^W
J-acitltti
of #armd!le C^!leE|c hare
,^trari.!eil
school
Mh
when
it
Methodist Church, with the Reverend Paul Whitehead, a IMethodist
-~>-.-^;^,lCY:)iTiyKMV. OK Pr()FIC!K\('Y
At
minister, as president.
the college, like
many
institutions in the South,
tim of the
difficult
War
this
time
educational
was a
vic-
times resulting from
Between the States and the
Reconstruction Era.
-s^si^
In the issue of December was printed which gives an insight
Laureola."
25,
phvsical
the
plant of the college at that time:
My
liberty
was received
letter
of
in
In regard
of the college:
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
entirely apart
from scenes of excitement.
Building Recitation
is
It
large,
is
in
an elevated part of the town.
The
rooms spacious and complete in
would know more lights,
to the location
even
for
boarders,
particularly, are neat
prettil\
furnished,
of
all
their
which vou
and comfortal)le,
provided
and almost everything conducive
and happiness
College
Diningroom, Parlors, Chapel, and
appointments; the rooms
nicely,
take the
I
answering some of your inquiries through
the columns of the Laureola.
A
due time and
with
fires,
to the health
Women
class in geograjili^- .a tlir State Xnniial >iliiii'l tor in 1921. As is obvious, middy blouses were an essential part of a student's wardrobe during the early 1920's.
10
and Postwar Depression
future of Farmville Female College in 1859,
to the
encountered
the
college
the
War Between
problems
faced
the
bv
b}'
York,
left
The
Preot.
local ministers
in
1861,
similar
La Monte, who was
the
a
native of
1862 and was succeeded
college survived the filled
to
and more firmly established
the college in
who
advent of
with the
difficulties
States
older
colleges in the South.
Xew
war with
the aid of
vacancies on the faculty.
In
1865 prospects of peace and prosperity prompted William P. Elam and other residents of Farmville to advertise in the
newspapers for stock
had been
during the war.
until
lost
when
1869,
of president,
end fames
of their occupants.
Difficulties
In spite of the extreme optimism of the stockholders as
Dear Cousin:
Your
Wartime
1861, a letter
into
S.
and he
W.
F.
in the college
which
Preot headed the college
Nottingham assumed the duties
in turn
was succeeded by
the Rever-
Crawlev.
The Arts and Crafts Club sometime between 1910 and 1920. The club was directed by Raymond ^^ Long, now Director of the State Department of Conservation and Development.
Alumnae Magazine
May Day
exercises for students of
Farmville
the
sometime
in
Training
School
As
the 1920's.
a lab-
oratory for practice teaching,
the
Farmville Elementary School, as it is now called, has been an important aspect of
campus
life.
from
serve
teachers
balcony,
the
attempt
youngsters
a
in
Here, as
members ob-
students and faculty
to
May Day
The post-war
student the
direct
pageant.
was
depression
in
Farmville area in the early 1870's, and July
1,
at a
1870, the stockholders decided to
property and after paying
off
proceeds amongst themselves.
swing
full
meeting held
sell
the debts, It
was not
the
in
the college
distribute until
the
several
years later that they found a buyer and on January IS,
1873, they sold the property to G.
M.
more gloomy, than
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
in fact not
economy later,
of the area continued to worsen, for
"Tobacco
is
This economic climate was not inducive
President.
of
in 1875
the sponsorship of the IMethodist Conference.
erend Mr. Whitehead,
when he turned ated
it
it
operated
a
college
over to Miss Fannie Carter,
as a girls' school
was during
the
for the next
under
The Revuntil
1882
who
oper-
two years.
This
decade when tobacco sales in Prince Edward
County were at an all time low. John C. Page of Red Bank, near Farmville, wrote, "The prospect was never
before.
sad financial
in a
condition."
of a girls' school, especially in a
by the Prince Edward County Circuit Court
is
Page wrote
known
lower than was ever
Consequently this portion of Virginia
Bickers and the
school was incorporated as the Farmville College
The
paying expenses."
fifty
Reverend Paul Whitehead, a Methodist minister became
The
portion of Virginia
at present, in this
one farmer in
women was
to the
support
day when the education
As
considered a luxury.
of public-spirited citizens of Farmville
a result, a aroup
made
a concerted
proposed normal school
effort to get the State to locate a
for the preparation of public school teachers in Farmville.
Public Education in Virginia Establishment
of
schools in Virginia vi-ood
Constitution
Thomas
Jefferson,
uniform
a
was
system
of
free
public
first
provided for by the Under-
of
1869.
Almost a century before,
in
1779, just
a
few years after he
Througli the years Longwood has maintained a position of leadership in tlie cultural life of the
community. townspeople ean
Here
Farmville
and watch a Shakespearplay being presented by the students
(Charles) Coburn Players
peared at the College each
from
December, 19S6
who apsummer
l')10 to lOJO.
11
system of public education in Virginia, no concrete achieve-
ments had been made along
this line.
In light of the new constitutional provision for public Legislature
the
education,
Superintendent of
State
first
William Henry
Dr.
elected
Ruffner of Lexington the
Public Instruction and this scholarly crusader drew up the plan for the establishment and operation of the public
During the twelve years from 1870
schools.
1882
to
he led a valiant fight to prevent the diversion of public school funds to other purposes, to create an atmosphere
and
acceptance of free schools,
of
in
main detriments Student parlors are attractively furnished. This one Hall, the sophomore dormitory.
is
^
in
Tabb
schools
He was
into
successful
undertakings but he found one of the
of these
all
get
to
operation in every county in Virginia.
improvement of public education
to the
an adequate supply of capable
in Virginia to be the lack of
teachers.
This was a problem that had plagued Virginia since wrote the Declaration of Independence, had introduced in the ^'irginia Legislature
"A
Diffusion of Knowledge."
Jefferson believed the people
were capable of decisions s\'stem
bill for the
government and would make wise
self
provided they understood
was devised
iMore General
to enable
essarv understanding.
them
the to
issues,
and
his
achieve the nec-
Virginia did not accept Jefferson's
plan because of the social and educational traditions inherited from
and not were
England
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
for the masses.
made from time
to
that education
was
it
for the elite
its
earliest
days as a commonwealth, and ironically
as evident today as
it
has been
At various times Dr. Ruffner to
at
any time in our
tried to get the Legislature
appropriate funds to establish a normal school,
man
the
responsible
normal school
in
is
history.
for the
but
establishment of the
final
Farmville was Dr. Jabez L. ]\Ionroe
Curry, eminent statesman, educator, preacher, orator, and author. States
Dr. Curry was a member of both the United and Confederate Congresses and was Minister to
Thus, although several moves
Spain under President Cleveland.
time to establish an adequate
Howard
Alabama
College in
He was
in 1866-67
Richmond College
dent of the Board of Trustees of
of the
tion
Peabody Fund the
in
for
Curry was appointed Field Agent
Dr.
years.
thirteen
President of
and was Presi-
promotion of public educa-
for the
and held that position
South in 1881
was
twenty-two years.
It
agent of the Slater
Fund
in
this
capacity and
for the education of the
that he used his boundless energy
for
an Negro as
and compelling oratory
to arouse the public to the need of universal education as
He was the inspiration Negro and white normal schools
propounded by Horace Mann.
for the establishment of in twelve states.
Dr. Curry wrote the
lishment
first
teachers
of
the
bill for the estab-
normal school for white female
passed by the Virginia Legislature in
March
1884, two years after the retirement of Dr. Ruft'ner as State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
The The
act of
of the State
vided
that
State Female
Normal School
1884 made provision for the establishment
Female Nomial School the
property
of
deeded to the State of Virginia.
in
Farmville, pro-
Farmville
the
College
be
Accordingly the Rever-
end Whitehead deeded the property of the Farmville College to the town of Farmville on April 7, and on the same date the town of Farmville deeded ginia.
On
it
to the State of Vir-
April 9 the Board of Trustees held
its
first
meeting in Richmond and elected Dr. Ruffner principal or president of the college
Board The 12
first
faculty of the State
Female Normal School
in 1884.
of Trustees.
Abingdon was
and Dr. Curry president of the
Dr. John L. Buchanan, LL.D., of
elected
vice-president
of the
Board and
Alumnae Mag.^zine
Longwood
The
Library,
College
completed in 1939, is one of the more imposing structures on camIt houses more than 74,000 pus. books and many periodicals. Exhipaintings and other forms on loan from the ^'irginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, of
bits
of art,
are displayed periodically in the Library. Also located in the Li-
brary are the audio-visual
offices
and equipment, which include a bureau of teaching materials and a regional film library.
Judge
Nathaniel
Francis
Watkins,
teacher,
of Farmville was
ratus,
could foresee
elected treasurer-secretary.
Although in
added
Legislature
the
March had appropriated
$5,000 to be used for the tablishment school,
the
of
a
funds, and
it
in
normal
school
Trustees
of
The
until
The
Board
date
six
the opening
set
weeks
later
Dr. William
State
Henrv Ruffner
schools,
be far
to get the school
specifically
trained
for
and wide
to obtain
a
Normal School opened
thereby
profession,
on October 30.
October 30, to
guide
it
work,"
their
faculty of the
at
1884,
Farmville
at
the
an eminent
with
in its initial
Dr. Ruffner later said
li^ J
raising
the
standards
and affording women
and continu-
of
the
teaching
an oppor-
in Virginia
(The
tunity for higher learning at a state institution.
Normal School was learning for
women
the
first
institution
state
establi.-hed
in
Virginia.)
of higher
By
this
time Dr. Ruffner had assembled a faculty of eight, in-
cluding himself,
]
been defeated before
work
ing mission of providing trained teachers for the public
when the Board gave the order on September 17, "All that we had then was a principal, an appropriation, a rough scheme, and an old academy building. Not a
W
set to
believed that "instructors in a normal
group of educators
that
L
man would have
appointed time on
ordered
the school to be opened.
should
human mind
high calibre that he desired.
September 17, 1884, that the
Board
He
and he sought
getting the
was not
.
.
be done than any
the building had to be repaired and
lesser
in operation.
es-
and $10,000 a year dela)'
.
A
to."
to
he started, but Dr. Ruffner
for operating expenses, there
was
nor a book, nor a piece of furniture or appa-
and more things
to
instruct
the
1 1 1
girls
who "came
'H
r 111'^'^
_J
_
'
"'^'"^
1
ffiir
1
iOii
pi Pi
The
interior of the
December, 1956
Longwood
College Library.
Dr. John .Atkinson Cunningham
Dr. Robert Frazer
13
Student teaching in the Farmville Elementary Schoo-l.
rushing in
upon us
witli
The
laughing faces."
their
following year, the catalog listed:
One
"121 students, including
88 state students, 30 pay students, and three ministers'
Of
daughters." said,
"We
have been
our students. cheerful.
the original student laody, Dr.
As
Many
culture. ...
a
of
.
.
.
actualh' availalile the
body they are
bright, intelligent, literary
and
and
social
of our students have had experience
he planned
tary course
17 or 18 years." of
of
two years
duration, which prepared teachers for the primarv grades
through the high school
level.
According
the school offered in the advanced course:
to the catalog,
During Dr. Cunningham's administration enrollment increased from
and his greatest
interest
He
velop the mind. as
much on
her
described
the history of education.
professional
training
Students in both courses
by
observing
teaching
methods and by practice teaching in the Model School operated on the campus. .\11 of these subjects were not
The 14
dining room at
Longwood
College.
as,
school
to the
was
and de-
by placing each student
resources as possible without deny-
and
her
to
One
her parents.
method
his
of
develo]:nng
of his
mind
the
"Socratic with additions of his own," and said, "I
realize
ure
to
of ten years,
but his real
250,
to
to build character
built character
own
duty
Q,i
contril)Ution
His ambition was
teaching.
ing his
received
obstacles to get the
president in 1887.
teachers
and
all
Normal School running smoothly, he turned it over to Dr. John Atkinson Cunningham, who succeeded him as
English, Latin,
physics, zoology, botany, history, arts, philosophy,
what Dr.
soon as funds for expansion were
to offer as
algebra, trigonometry, analytical geometry, geology, chemistry,
Longwood.
}ear, but they were
After Dr. Ruffner surmounted
the
two courses, an elemen-
and an advanced course, each
at
secured.
as teachers, and some of them have reached middle age.
The average age is, I think, The curriculum consisted
first
rooms
Ruffner Ijelieved student teachers should master, and what
fortunate in the character of
them have had good
A number
Ruffner
of the attractive dorniitorv
any
due
to
efficiency
him."
I
have as a teacher
He
inspired
both
is
in large
the
meas-
faculty
and
students to greater learning and such effective teaching
methods that A. D. Ma\o, of the United States Bureau
A
scene in the snack bar at Longwood.
Alumx.^e Magazine
Jarman
Named
completed
Hall,
for Dr. Joseph L.
in
1951.
Jarman,
president of the college for 44 years, the building contains an auditorium
seating
Longwood
persons.
1,235
Players productions are held here as well as numerous other college and professional performances. tion to an auditorium,
In addi-
Jarman Hall
also houses music practice rooms,
a listening room for recorded music, and a library of recordings and music.
Education gave the teacher
of
trainiiii,'
the
at
Normal
Dr. Jarman expanded the state institution from a normal school into a four-year accredited college conferring
Curry
both the B.A. and B.S. degrees in the liberal arts as well
School the highest commendation.
Upon
the death of Dr.
Cuningham
in 1897, Dr.
secured Dr. Robert Fruzer as the third president of the
Normal great
Known
School.
Dr.
integrity.
panded
the
school
and in functions. cation and
a
as a
Frazer,
man
of broad culture
and
on becoming ])resident, ex-
in
numbers of students and faculty
He
established a department of edu-
department of physical culture, and also
organized the Virginia
Normal League.
In
Frazer resigned as president to become the
1902,
Dr.
agent of
field
the General Education Board.
in
1930, the
In
1902,
Dr.
in
the Twentieth Century
and educational
out his 44 years as president of
A
scene from a
circles
Longwood
Longwood Players production
in
inaugurated an honors course
inaugurated in a Virginia state
One magazine
said this of the college,
commending being
among
the very its
Ijest
and most carefully conducted
kind and as one after which similar
no matter where located might profitably model. its courses are modern and thoroughly up-to-the-
moment". physical plant which accom-
He
gr()Ui> of
through-
of Jeft'ersonian architecture
which
Jarman
Dr.
student body of more than
College.
Hall.
An
imposing buildings
at times
1,000.
interior scene uf LonguocKl's
Jarman
December, 1956
"The American
the State Teachers College at Farmville as
Jarman enlarged the modated 300 students to a
vital factor in the public school system of Virginia.
active in church, civic,
lie
Educational Review- (of Philadelphia) takes pleasure in
All of
Joseph L. Jarman became the fourth
to
Both the faculty and students of the college
college.
Southern schools of
president of the state school, which was by that time a
was
first
received national recognition.
schools,
Expansion
He
as degrees in education.
\\'hen
has housed a Dr. Jarman
modern auditorium
in
Hall.
IS
House, which contained an auditorium with a seating capacity of 730, the Rotunda, and East
Wing were
built.
The
House on High Street, which had formerly been Dr. Cunningham's private residence, was purchased in 1908, and the Infirmary and Elementary School were conPresident's
structed in 1912.
were
first
made
Plans for a student
in 1911,
building
activities
and the building was
finally
com-
pleted in 1924 with $50,000 appropriated for that purpose state and $100,000 donated by students, faculty, alumnae and other friends of the college. This proved
by the
to
be one of the most popular projects ever initiated on
As
the campus.
the Student Building
pletion in 1923, the college suffered
when
was nearing com-
its
first
major
fire,
Wing, which contained the dining hall, However, it was kitchen, and 40 bedrooms, burned. rebuilt within a year. The junior dormitory of Cunning-
ham to
the South
Hall was constructed in 1928
at a cost of
$125,000
provide space for 136 girls and relieve the crowded
conditions on the campus.
Also in 1928, the college pur-
chased 103 -acre Longwood Estate, a part of a tract of
land thought
The traditiiinal senior capiiing ccrcnioiiy at Lonuw Here Dr. Dabiiey S. Lancaster, president from 1940
I
College. to 1955.
"caps" a senior.
wood
have contained 20,000 acres when
to
granted by the
Crown
to Peter
Johnston in 1765.
home
Estate was later the
of
and
in 1S14,
was
Long-
General Joseph E.
The
Johnston, the Confederate military figure.
house burned
it
original
the present house built in the
following year was repaired in 1929 for use as a recrea-
The Library was completed
tion center.
arrived
on
the
campus
in
the senior
wing of Cunningham Hall
in
1939, and
in 1940.
1902, he found there Ruffner
Hall with the
many
Fleming
served
as
classroom
a
of
its
House,
wings,
which
and
dormitor_v
building,
and
small science building.
a
In
1903, the Fleming House was torn down,
was erected Dr. Joseph L. Jarnian
A\'est
Wing
at the west
end of
and
Ruffner Hall. In 1905, White
Foreign language students use records and tape recordings to improve their pronunciation.
16
At the same time that the campus was being enlarged, the college
was undergoing -other changes.
In 1914 the
name of the institution was changed from Normal School to the State Normal School
the
Female
for
Women
and the Board of Trustees was replaced by the State
Normal School Board this school
established to direct the affairs of
and the female normal schools established
Harrisonburg
in 1909,
at
Fredericksburg in 1911, and Rad-
The state did not provide a liberal arts women until 1932, when the school in Fred-
ford in 1912. college for
.Actual practice on
modern
office
machines
is
possible in business
education classes at Longwood.
Alumnae
Mag.\zine
converted to jNIary Washington
ericksburg was
school became the
College
In 1924, the Farmville
of the University of Virginia.
College at Farmville
State Teachers
under the Board of Virginia Teachers Colleges, and in 1929 the college was placed directly under the jurisdiction of the State
A
Board of Education. achievements during
of Dr. Jarman's tangible
list
44 years as president cannot begin
to
portray his
vast influence over thousands of Virginians
who passed
his
through the portals of the college or his service to educaDr.
in Virginia.
tion
Simpkins, Professor
Francis B.
History at Longwood, wrote of Dr.
of
months before he
retired in
"This love and reverence
Jarman
a
few
1946:
Jarman)
(of Dr.
of the rare personality he possesses.
is
the fruit
Handsome
of coun-
tenance and possessed of a winsome smile, he inspires without sacrifice of dignity.
friendliness
man
of profound piety
behavior of others.
.
.
.
.
he
yet
He
.
.
is
.
.
.
He
is
a
quite tolerant of the
has kept
(the
it
college)
Stevens Hall, the science building, was constructed during Dr. Lancaster's administration. In addition to the various science laboratories, it houses a science museum and equipment for the recording of weather conditions.
devoted to the task of training teachers while other institutions founded for the
same purpose have been diverted
other educational activities
to
...
he has fostered an
atmosphere of gentility and good breeding often associated
entire
walk
.
He
.
he
feels that
is
training citizens, wives and mothers,
Upon
retirement of Dr. selected
of
Jarman, the State Board of
Dabney Stewart Lancaster as He had been, since 1941, State
Dr.
president of the college.
Superintendent
Public
Instruction
in
Virginia,
Dr. as the
Lancaster,
two most
endeavor, tion
to
both
Longwood as president in 1946. who rates teaching and the ministry
a prominent
is
at
the
Episcopal Church. as
and far-reaching
effective
Chairman
and
school
He
influential leader in educa-
and
college
of the State Council of
and
in
the
in
Higher Education. Virginia
the exception of twelve years
the University of
level
recently began a four year term
Higher Standards With
fields of public
Alabama, Dr. Lancaster has spent
his
many wood campus.
action scene of hockey, one of the
sports on the
Long-
of
that
the
graduates
will
"the educated man."
human
welfare depends on the kind of
become educated men depends largely
Lancaster worked ceaselessly to raise the standards of the teaching profession.
During
the period
from 1941
to 1946,
when Dr. Lan-
caster served as State Superintendent of Public Instruction,
he insisted on far more adequate appropriations by had been forthcom-
the state for the public schools than ing,
.^fter the
Denny Commission urged
semblv provided the funds.
As head
critical
and
abilitv.
shortage
in
One was
1947 which
of
qualified
-As-
of the state teachers
college in Farmville, Dr. Lancaster did
the
appropriations
Dr. Lancaster's proposal, the General
in line with
much
teachers
to alleviate
of
character
of his most far-reaching improvements a selective
admissions program
set
up
raised the level of mental ability of the
entire student body.
Lcngwood's admissions program
is
agreement with the philosophy of Thomas Jefferson
ForTual affairs such as the Junior social
December, 1956
standards of the public
so
on the quality of the public schools and teachers. Dr.
in
An
manner
in the college
on the faculty of
the
students leaving our schools, and that in turn the ability
and
hence repeated Dr. Ruffner's route of a generation before
when he came
in the
raise
Virginia
of
of these students to
as well as teachers."
Education
system
Believing that
with the aristocratic tradition of an old Commonwealth. .
trying to
life
school
Dance are important
to caminis
life.
17 '\.
Stmlents
who
in tlie
believed that,
capable
those
of
Ha
biology laboratory in Stevens
after
a
A
period of education for
further education
should
be
During
encouraged, and helped to continue.
administration
all,
major
selected,
his
was strengthened so that 30 per cent members now hold doctorates and no permanent member holds less than a master's degree. A graduate program was added and other curricula expanded so that Longwood now confers 12 degrees, nine of which are in education, two in the liberal arts, and one in medical technolog}-. The first master's degree was conferred in the summer of 1956. The college was ap])roved by the American Association of University Women in 195,5. istration the faculty
its
name once more,
obtaining the
The omission more
in
of the
request.
include
enlarged
area
of
three
of
building;
science
the
new
Lancaster submitted plans for further ex-
to
the
library,
The plans
business education
a
now
being constructed, a
house,
and
classroom
a
Dr. Lancaster retired in July 1955.
Succeeding Dr. Lancaster as president of the college was Dr.
this
Francis
G. Lankford,
teaching of mathematics.
Jr.,
noted
on the
authorit)'
Dr. Lankford holds the B.S.
degree from Randolph-Macon College and M.S. and Ph.D.
He
degrees from the L^niversity of Virginia.
academic
post-doctoral at the
])lant
Dr.
additions
Ijuilding.
activities.
Expjansion of the jihvsical
Hall,
building, a dormitory building
new name from Longwood Estate. ''teachers" made the new name the
Stevens
home economics demonstration
word
keeping with
buildings:
construction
the
pansion for the six years ending in 1962.
time from the State Teachers College to Longw'ood College,
included
Jarman Hall.
in
Jarman Hall, the auditorium and music building; and Tabb Hall, the sophomore dormitory built to replace the At the Governor's \Miite House which burned in 1949.
admin-
of the
In 1949 the college changed
music lesson on the four-manual pipe organ
during Dr. Lancaster's
work
University of Michigan, and
Beta Kapjia.
He began
is
a
member
his teaching career as
".-\lice in
a
Land
sented before the
her
court
theater at
Day
1955.
in
the
of Phi
an instruc-
Wonder"
pre-
May Uueen
and
of
outdoor amphi-
Longwood
To
has done
Board Fellow
as a General Education
Estate,
May
the right, Alice stands
between the gryphon and the mock turtle.
The May Day Festival, held is more elaborate than
every spring,
are the usual
May Day
festivities
and attracts thousands of visitors each year.
it.fl»
18
*a.-J.I...^
' X-ij.
4sC2ili«*!dB. *kti<-.-.i..^-«
Alumnae M.\gazine
h The academic ation
day
Longwood
at
1^
h
procession on gradu-
Longwood
College.
confers twelve degrees,
nine of which are in education, in the liberal arts,
and one
in
two
medi-
cal technology.
tor at
Randolph-lMacon College
Since that time
in 1927.
he has been principal of the Heathsville High School, director of research for the at the University of
Richmond City
Longwood
Upon assuming
Schools, taught
Michigan, Harvard University, the
he believed
matics at the University of Virginia for 24 years except
the
As
director of
educational
his duties, Dr.
Lankford expressed pro-
found respect for the calling of teaching.
University of Texas, and has been a professor of mathe-
for brief leaves of absence.
well ([ualified to head a college so closely tied
public school system of Virginia.
to the
Longwood
future of Virginia
He
stated that
to be a type of institution vital to
and that he expects
emjihasis on the preparation of teachers.
He
to
found
research at the University of Virginia, in addition to his
college
teaching duties, he served as a consultant for both city
group of alumnae with extraordinary affection
and county schools two-year
research
all
over Virginia,
project
on
and completed a
experimental
teaching arithmetic in elementarv schools.
methods of
He came
to
Longwood's executive leadership since 19U2. Over the mantle is a portrait of Dr. J. L. Jarnian, president from 1902 to 1946. To the left is Dr. Francis G. Lankford, who came to Longwood in Tuly 1955. To the right is Dr. Dabney S. Lancaster, president from 1946 to 1955.
tvv'o
things for wliich he
Alma Mater and tude,
fine
s|iirit.
a student
at the
especially grateful
:
a
for their
body with "a wholesome
and sense of loyalty unmatched
atti-
an}--
where."
A
Joan of Arc presented to the Joan Alpha Kappa Gamma by Sculptrcs.s Anna Hyatt HunIt stands in the tington and her husband. Milton Huntington. colonnade leading from Rnffner Hall to the Student Building. This honorary leadership fraternity was founded at Longwood hidii/c ei|uestrian statue of
Chapter
oi
in
December, 1956
is
continue
1928.
19
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A
Student Body of High Calibre students are motivated by a tradition of cooperation, leadership, and loyalty as old
Longwood friendliness,
as the college
For
itself.
this spirit
two student organ-
Government
izations are largely responsible: the Student
Association and Alpha
Kappa Gamma,
the honorary lead-
In 1930 "The Virginian," the college yearbook, aptly
"To
our
live
at
life
make and
to leave
Farmville a
for
this
the
and for
this
to
best,
its
grow
into wider
accept the pervasive college spirit, little
we found
stronger than
honor system came into being
The
Student Government exists."
the
Joan of Arc,
for
its
Joan Chapter by the well-known sculptress, Anna Hyatt Huntington and her husband, Milton Huntington,
the Student Building.
The Rotunda, which
re-
the s}Tnbol of
is
college since
it
to
became a
Above the
to her. is
This statue serves
Alma Mater means dome of the Rotunda
statue in the
whose philosophies
a painting of four great educators
has grown with the vears, and received more and more
ferson,
During the nine years of Dr.
activities.
Lancaster's tenure, he never reversed a decision of the
bols of rest, recreation, study,
Longwood of
its
wider scope in another area, the
May
Student Council assumed the management of the
Day
Festival in 1955 for the
TKÂť
J^^^ JI^^BL
Longwood
theater on
'~
outdoor amphi-
natural
the
p
'
extrava-
ganza, presented each year in
-^^^^^ jSt
This
time.
first
known
far
is
tivities
and
May Day
attracts
fes-
thousands
The
each year.
visitors
students write, enact and di-
drama
a
rect
dance Miss Louise Clifton Walton, of Lynchburg made history when she received a M.A. Degree in Education at the end of the 195o summer This was the first session.
the ]\Iay
tion
Week
Master's Degree conferred by
the
fall
Longwood
of
perform-
Pole dance before
Queen and her
at the
many
organizations
the best
known
operate
of these
is
the
With-
Government Association
on the campus.
Probably
"Longwood Players."
Virginia.
ville,
Gamma's
Its
is
a group of buildings in
Farm-
graduates have carried Alpha
Kappa
charm and beauty on a
campus
fifteen-acre
motto, "Service through leadership," into every
state in the nation
and
into
many
foreign countries
.
.
.
wherever they make their homes.
BIBLIOGRAPHY A A
History of Prince Edzvard County by H. Clarence Bradshaw History of Education in Virginia, by Cornelius J. Heatwole The Beginnings of Public Education in Virginia, 1776-1860, by
A.
J.
Morrison
in J'irginia Before the Cii'il War, by William Arthur Maddox The Church, the State, and Education in J'irginia, by Sadie Bell
The Free School Idea
Secondary Education nott
in
J'irginia, 1845-1870,
by John
W.
Boit-
(unpublished dissertation in library of University of
Secondary Education
Bowman
from Shakespearian plays
in
J'irginia, 1870-1886,
by Raymond P. G.
(unpublished dissertation in library of L^niversity
of Virginia)
Development J.
A
of Public Schools in
L. Blair
Public Education Jl'ho's JJ'ho in
J'irginia, 1607-1952,
by Dr.
Buck
Documentary History Volume Y, by Edgar in
of Education in the Soutli Before 1S60, \\'.
Knight
the South,
by Edgar
W. Knight
Farmville Portraits, by Francis B. Simkins (un-
published, in
This
drama group has presented outstanding productions over a long period of years, ranging
of
Handbook",
initiates projects in con-
of the Student
men and women
Virginia)
publishes
nection with special events such as Founders Day.
framework
and meditation.
a proficient faculty of 75
whose home during the school year
opening of
semester,
"Student
and
W.
also
takes charge of the Orienta-
the
Jef-
and an enthusiastic student body of 900 young women
court.
The Student Council
College.
in the
and
song
in addition to
May
ing a
is
more elaborate
than the usual
of
Thomas
Curry, and Dr.
to the students as the
"^
Dell,
Estate,
M.
Between the portraits of the men are sym-
H. Ruffner.
Council.
As an example
L.
J.
1884, con-
her
all that
Horace Mann, Dr.
Col-
attended the
state institution in
Joan of Arc.
remind each student of
Longwood
women who have
lege to each of the 23,000
contributed to the founding of the college:
its
at
bronze equestrian statue of Joan of Arc presented to
governing body of the Student Government Association,
freedom in
chapter
patron saint.
the
tains a second statue of
it
1910)
(in
and the range of the Student Council, the
sponsibility
A
The
national organization.
Longwood was named
Government Associa-
stated the purpose of the Student
freedom, to
and since that time has been ex-
service
a
into
stands in the colonnade leading from Ruffner Hall to
ership fraternity on the campus.
tion:
womanly
for
panded
Longwood College
Martins Gaceteer, 1836 Richmond Enquirer, January
10,
library)
18oo
;
February
14,
1835;
May
20, 1835
to
"Dark
of the
Moon," a drama
sented last spring. is
^Much of the
in song
and dance pre-
social life of the students
The
Virginian, 1909
Minutes of Boards of Trustees, Longwood College, 1884-1914
centered in the eight national sororities, four of which Presidents'
were founded on the Longwood campus 1897, Sigma Sigma Sigma and Zeta
and Alpha Sigma Alpha at
20
:
Kappa Delta
Tau Alpha
in
in 1898,
in 1901.
The Joan Chapter of Alpha Kappa Gamma was founded Longwood in 1928 as an honorary leadership fraternity
Annual Reports, Longwood College, 1884-1914
Annual Announcement and Register, Farmville Female
College,
1859-1860 Letters from John C.
The
Page
of
Clay Bank
Chivalric Side of General Grant by son,
Harpers
Mary Lynn William-
JJ'eckly, July 10, 1909
AlUMN.AE M.4GAZINE
NEWS OF THE FACULTY AND COLLEGE by Helen Draper This past year Longwood's faculty members have con-
whose work was shown
at the
Virginia
Museum
of Fine
speeches
Richmond this fall. Dr. John W. Molnar was Guest Conductor of the .A.1IState High School Band in Charlottesville. His recent
vice-
publications include "Choral Library Procedures" in the
president of the council in charge of the college section of
Educational Music Magazine, Nov.-Dec, 1955, and ".An
tinued publishing numerous articles, attending conventions
and conferences, delivering
lectures
and making
before countless groups.
Our
president. Dr. Francis G. Lankford, Jr.,
is
the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
He
attended the organization's annual meeting in Milwaukee, Wis.,
in
.^pril,
and was chairman of
the planning
committee for the August meeting. Dr. R. C. Simonini,
Jr.,
Approach
and Mr. Foster B. Gresham,
many educa-
David Wiley was director of the stage settings for drama "The Eleventh Hour", which was given in Staunton this summer commemorating the one!Mr.
hundredth anniversary of Woodrow Wilson's
An
1956; and "Those European
Bulletin.
Dr. Francis B. Simkins presided at the annual dinner of the 21st meeting of the Southern Historical Association
at
birth.
also delivered the Stevens Lectures at
State College,
and the Walter L. Fleming Lec-
Louisiana State University.
He
has prepared
which
for publication a seventh-grade history of Virginia
article written
was
It
entitled "Students Direct
Team
Mr. Gresham serves as editor of the Virginia English
Memphis
The
Journal of Health, Physical Education and Recreation.
Dr. Simonini,
Schools" in the Virginia Journal of Education, Sept., 1955.
tures
Class," in
articles published,
States Informative Service,
He
in
Universities of Italy" in the United
department chairman, has had several
Memphis.
of Violin
by Mrs. Emily K. Landrum of the physical education department appeared in the National
tion groups on topics related to their fields.
at
Teaching
to the
Instrumentalist, Feb., 1956.
the historical
of the English department, have addressed
among them "The
Arts in
Their
Own
Learning in
Sports.''
members spent
Several faculty
summer
the
studying.
Mrs. Mildred Davis attended the Bread Loaf School of English, in Middlebury, Vermont. Miss Annie Lee Ross studied at the Colorado Springs Fine .Arts Center.
Emily Barksdale journeyed
to
Mexico
City,
Miss
where she took
several classes at the Universidad Nacional de ^Mexico,
Mrs. Kathleen G. Cover
Chapel
at
Hill,
N. C.
is
on leave of absence studying
Mrs. Cover
is
the recipient of a
has been accepted by the Virginia State Textbook Com-
grant from the Southern Fellowship Foundation, an agency
mission for the public schools.
of the Southern Universities, Inc., for the year 1956-57.
M. Johnson was
Dr. Edgar
elected first vice-president
of the Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers for a
He was
three-year term.
Board
to
having served in in the
also reappointed to the Advisory
Student Cooperative Associations for Virginia, this capacity since 1946.
Foreign Youth
Forum
in
ginia Conference preliminary to
He
participated
Richmond and the \\rthe White House Con-
ference on Education.
Dr. IMarvin
W.
Schlegel, professor of History,
and Dr.
Other faculty members spent the summer traveling. Miss ]Mary Nichols toured in Europe with a National Council of English Teachers party. ger
made
Miss Elizabeth Bur-
a 'round-the-world trip as a conclusion to her
activities at the fifth triennial conference of the Interna-
tional Federation of in
Women's Hockey
Sydney, Australia, in June.
Associations, held
Miss Burger was the
umpire-manager of the U. S. Woman's Hockey Team. Former members of Longwood's faculty and stafi" are
Our former
Dorothy B. Schlegel, of the English department, have
also in the news.
given numerous illustrated lectures on
Lancaster, has been called to more and higher service.
fifteen
all
phases of their
months' study and travel in Europe.
Dr. ^Marvin
Schlegel participated in a program to evaluate development
Society,
Association
of
attended
the
annual meeting of the
American Geographers, held
at
McGill
Longwood's professors have been outstanding
Wide acclaim was
in
by the National Symphony Orchestra
after
Jarman Hall winning the
Orchestra's 25th Anniversary Composition Contest.
compositions.
won
the
given Dr. Walter Hartley's com-
position "Concert Overture", performed in
Hartley has
Dr.
recognition on a national scale for his Miss Janice Lemen is one of six Virginians
December, 1956
Roy
Jesson,
now
a member of the music department Richmond, returned to Longwood on
several occasions to present
Dr. Malcolm
torium. at
programs in Jarman .Audi-
Graham
is
teaching mathematics
East Carolina College, Greenville, N. C.
Miss Nancy
Chambers, former Assistant Dean of W'omen, received
University, Montreal, Canada.
arts.
S.
Higher Education by the 1956 General Assembly. Dr.
of the University of
Dr. Charles F. Lane, president of the Virginia Geographical
Dabney
In .August he was named chairman of the State Council of
of social science teaching in Virginia, planned by the Vir-
ginia Social Science Associaton.
president. Dr.
M..\.
June.
in
a
Library Science from Columbia University in
Mrs. Vera Baron Remsburg, formerly of our science
summer W. T. Hodges (Nan
department, received a scholarship for
study in
science at Harvard.
Powell),
Mrs.
former English instructor, resigned as principal of Stuart
Hall
after serving twelve years,
and
is
living in Williams-
{Coiitiinicd on l^agc 30)
21
ALUMNAE SECRETARY THREE OTHERS RETIRE Ruth Harding Covnkr Beginning and bringing
4.
Ruth Harding Co\ner,
for the past eighteen years the
devoted and beloved Secretary of the Association of Alum-
nae of Lnngwood College 1,
from that post on July
retired
1956.
was then Farmville State Teachers College. After receiving the "Full Diploma" (with all the rights, privileges and responsibilities ap])ertaining thereto) she taught neurh both elementary and high schools in Susse.x
all subjects in
County,
Norfolk and
in
Alma Mater, in Charlotte
the Training
in
School at her
in addition to serving as school supervisor
M. Boyd
Co}-ner,
Professor
of
Psycholug}-
State
at
Teachers' College, had taught Ruth Harding and several years after her graduation gave evidence of his excellent
judgment by asking her
many
Coyner's
become his wife.
to
friends feel
Coyners" charming
Longwood
offer.
home has been alumnae,
students,
Professor
she too showed
that
judgment when she accepted his
for
annual alumnae fund. Establishing the college snack bar and soda foun-
tain which have ])roved to be great assets to the college.
sound
At any rate the
a center of hospitality
faculty,
and
friends
became
it
8.
Preparing a biographical
9.
Founding
the
Alumnae
members
to the college.
Serving as advisor
11.
DuPont
cipients of
Among
her accomplishments
as
Alum-
should
Ije
mentioned these:
New
alumnae chapters located
York,
Washington on the north
Philadelphia, to
Baltimore
in
and
Atlanta in the south; from
Accomac on the Eastern Shore and from the "Northern Neck" in the east to Blacksburg in the western part of Virginia. 2.
taries
The inaugurating (in
of a system of electing class secre-
the .senior class)
for sending in
news
for the
magazine. 3.
Publishing a handbook for the guidance of local
alumnae chapters. 22
girls
who were
re-
and enthusiastic labors
will testify gladly to her untiring for the Association
But
is
it
mind and
and
for the College.
of interest to record the qualities of heart
and
enable Ruth Coyner
and
spirit that
of
all
assist in
work
those
who came
for the college.
in
combined
girls
and
to
contact with
her to
and
sincerity, all
develop in her an almost uncanny ability to faces
and
details about
Longwood
their careers.
All w'ho loved
ant".
to inspire
Personal charm, friendli-
ness, interest in the interests of others,
and
Establishing eighteen
many
to the
were
portraits
office.
Those distinguished alumnae who have served as Presi-
remember names and
Ruth Coyner has made an outstanding record
from
Nine such
dents of the Association while Ruth Coyner was secretary
in September.
1.
of alumnae.
Scholarships.
many years. The Coyner's son, Boyd, Jr., has made a splendid record at Hampden-Sydney and at the University of Virginia and became a professor of histor}- at Southwestern at Memphis
centers
file
Council.
Encouraging the giving of portraits of former fac-
10.
ulty
project
a reality.
endiuse
for
nae Secretary.
Alumnae House
Starting and nurturing the
7.
until
presented during Mrs. Coyner's term of
County.
Jarman Organ.
Establishing the class agent system for raising the
5.
6.
Hailing from Emporia, Ruth Harding attended what
a successful conclusion
to
the raising of funds for the purchase of the
Longwood
join in saying,
We
salute
Ruth Harding Coyner
"Well done, good and faithful serv-
shall all miss her but
wish for her and hers
happiness and contentment in the years ahead. Virginia McLean Pharr became the Alumnae Secretary when Ruth Coyner retired. She received her B.A. degree from Longwood in 1952, and lives with her husband, James Macon Pharr, Jr., and two small children in Farmville.
Miss Lucile Jennings is now serving as hostess in the Alumnae House where she warml}^ welcomes visitors each afternoon.
Miss Virgilia Bugg,
retired registrar,
is
the
very able assistant to the secretary.
Alumnae Magazine
Miss Nancy Foster
Miss Nancy Foster
June
retired
6,
both facult}' and students
tirement,
In her re-
1956.
who knew
Miss Foster stuck
to the job with a
relentless fervor that pulled man}- a student of to that
freshman
passing grade so coveted even by the
Her course in the novel was a anywhere. As literary adviser
weakest of them.
worthy of note
will
Independent, self-sacrificing, schol-
realize a severe loss. arly, witty, fearless.
English up
her
caliber to
The
Virginian and the College Catalogue, she served with the
same pains-taking devotion dren's Literature", her
work was noteworthv.
to
w-ere
Now
services.
prettiest streets in
logue pamphlet put
she has returned
America," as one trave-
nice to
It is
it.
know
that
Miss Foster
will fall
back in that old aristocratic
sprang.
Doubtless she will continue to study, for by nature
she
is
Being able
a student.
circle
from which she
to take off a
hearing aid
It
in August, 1956.
present she
hard
to think of the college it
it,
seems.
without Miss Bugg,
But
is
it
Longwood
she laughingly says.
in
Mrs. Cynthia
August.
that her share of
Z.
Green
what had
"Virgilia
to
do more
Not only
to be done.
will
she be missed at the College, but in the town, and in
tlie
Episcopal Church.
In the future her time will be divided among her
Hampton, her two daughters
in
sister
Richmond, and a daugh-
Lynchburg.
MISS MINER RETIRES FROM ALUMNAE SERVICE
I.
Bugg
retired
from the
staff
She had been identified with Longwood first
as a
pupil in the Training
Mary Clay
Hiner, able assistant in the
Alumnae Asso-
ciation Office for the past nine years, retired
position in Julv.
After a brief but successful teaching period
Roanoke City
Schools, she
came back
to
Alma Mater
as assistant registrar under Miss Jennie Tabb.
In 1934,
deared herself a friend.
Association
paid a deserved tribute
to
of
Collegiate
her work
as secretary of the organization,
and by inviting her
to
lay
then
to
this
work.
Registrars
has
many alumnae
both as a teacher and as
Alma Mater, and devoted her mind and and
to the College, its students,
as vice-president
tion until her retirement in 1947.
its
Hiner has given of herself untiringly
alumnae
heart steadily in that posi-
Since that time. Miss in the
Alumnae work,
keeping in touch with the Alumnae, and serving the Asso-
annual meetings.
While her work always came
her
to
In 1Q21 she became a Professor of English in
electing her first
speak on the programs of their
from
the time she entered as a student in 1902; she has en-
she was appointed registrar, and for 22 years she has loyall}-
from that
Miss Hiner's connection with the Col-
lege has extended over a period of fifty-four years,
given herself wholeheartedly and
first
with her,
former
students will recall with pleasure her interest in extra-
December, 1956
from
retired
She was ever ready
School, then as a student in college, graduating with the
Virginia
pleasant
After eight years of faithful, efficient service in several different capacities,
class of 1913.
The
officer
College have more like her.
from early childhood,
in the
an
is
know that she is still in Farmville, at her home on High Street, and she is continuing her loyal and faithful service to her Alma Mater, working in the Alumnae Oflice.
years of service in the registrar's office of
Miss
is
such a veritable part of
Registrar Leaves Staff the college,
M
in that organization.
ter in
many
the College,
in the ^^'oman's Auxiliary.
reading mystery
After
most enthusiastic "rooters" for the home team,
was sponsor of the Choral Club. and to the church, she has given her life. For some time she was a member of the choir of Johns Memorial Church, and she has alwavs been active
To
in
stories,
the
or years, also, she
and thereby shutting out distracting noises gives her an good chance for undisturbed study and for
especially
May Longwood
She and Miss Brownie Taliaferro
always on the front seats at the basketball gamei,
among
Greenwood, Mississippi, where she owns a lovely home
on '"one of the
Mrs. Cynthia Green
to
For twenty-nine years Virginia has had the benefit of
Miss Foster's scholarly
BUGG
I.
curricular activities.
that has served as class-room
Likewise as co-author of a "Syllabus on Chil-
teacher.
ViRGILIA
ciation with the
same devotion which was so
characteristic
of her service to the College.
23
—
)))
:
Alumnae Have
Home
On Campus by Dorothy Diehl
Who
A
Here?
lung time ago, Geu. irant. and maybe even night an alumna visiting the campus slept in the Booker bed now in the Alumnae House.
Slept
Gen. Lee
— but
<
last
"The
finest and most beautiful building on the Camwas the praise given your Alumnae House by Dr.
pus,''
William Thorpe of Princeton University during
Longwood
at
house
is
He
as a visiting professor.
—
also said, ''The
2
chairs
The woodwork,
paneling, chair rails and
Dr. Thorpe
is
Many
you
of
should really come back and
visit
—
all
— Beautiful
and dining room
Sterling silver
—bought by the
Asso-
Office
bread tray,
of the
chairs for the hall
1
crystal
for
the
hall
the
Class of '54. 7
—The
—a
memorial
to
Miss Minnie Rice
given by Miss Rice's niece, Lucy Rice English '07 and her
not,
The
chairs
chair.
pieces of furniture are a sofa, a large what-
including a gentlemen's chair and a ladies'
The
portrait
of
Mahood, formerly hung in the parlor.
24
server, 2
1
tray,
and a
bon-bon dishes,
—designed
decorated "Iron Stone" platter
and
—given by Kate
She also gave money for a fireplace
set
of
etc.
Pottery and ilower bowl
)
—given by Mary Powers
'04.
Chinese embroidered linen tea cloth and napkins
13)
—given
1
fruit basket.
b}-
Maude
Two
14)
President
—Dr.
Foster Gill '01.
tea towels
and a book belonging
William Henry Ruffner
to
—given
our
first
by the
Lexington Chapter.
parlor
has been furnished with Miss Rice's antique furniture
family.
2
Kearney
the
6
A
of "26.
the
beautiful
'09.
andirons,
of
table
11)
Perry
of
the
A
sandwich
1
—given by Class —given by Virginia
hand painted tray painted by Myrtle Dunton Curtis '16.
'23.
'04.
10)
by
pieces of silver
1/2 dozen teaspoons,
stairs,
of
5
silver candelabras
The following Nelson Hinnan '06 9)
the
in
given by Mar)' B. Nichols
Two
8)
'11.
N. C, Chapter.
the Raleigh,
made was because
—given by Ada Bierbower '03.
7
and
by Miss
—given by Mary E. Peck — given by Emily Johnson —engraved cookie plate—given
Flat silver
— A Colonial rocker now Alumnae — A framed copy "I Am The Nation" —given by Eva Hendricks Warren 4 — A framed facsimile copy Declaration Independence — given by Coca-Cola Bottling Company Farmville. —A Colonial card and two given by Lynchburg Chapter. —A chandelier —given by 2
antique silver ladle
Flat silver
so far, are:
—given
ladle belonged to her great grandmother.
5)
ciation.
3
The 6)
Alumnae House,
Chapter.
punch bowd and cups
last
soft green carpets for the hall
the office, parlor,
Phyfe, double pedestal, table and six
then and you
Alumnae.
Gifts and purchases for the 1
Alumnae
An
4)
again this year to see
progress that has been
of the generosit}- of you, the
it
has been made in furnish-
for yourself the progress that
ing the house
to visiting
visited
Crystal
by
Lila and Willie London.
'13.
The Alumnae House was open Founders Day.
A Duncan
—given
"14.
—given by the Washington
3)
an authority on architecture and head of the American Civilization Program.
room
a very large lo^•ely cr}-stal chandelier
Maria Bristow Starke
of the Federalist style of
w-ainscoting in the house are wonderful."
for the dining
1
example
a very fine
architecture.
his stay
S
Miss Rice, painted by Julia
in the Library,
is
over the mantel
9
—The Lancaster Bedroom Antique bed — given by Nellie Preston match antique bed) Reproduction bed House Fund. drawers — bought by '99.
1
(to
2)
and
the
chest of
10— Blue Room 1
)
Completely
furniture
furnished
—bought by
the
in
Alumnae
reproduction
Sheraton
Association.
(Continued on page 30)
Alumnae Magazine
CLASS REUNIONS— FOUNDERS DAY Sydnor were
Members of each class Longwood for a reunion and one reunions
The
Day, 1956.
won
v^-ere
are invited to be guests of
every five years.
The
six
no idea," he
a real success on Founder's
who
I
enthusiastic degree Class of 1926
Jarman Cup for the largest percentage of Which of the Sevens or Twos will win 1957? Your classmates will be looking for
learned to read from her class book."
Cox and Jean Boatwright were present. There were few of us present in the flesh, but many
were here in regret
Trevvett was here for the 65 th an-
Lucy Irvine Irvine
niversary of the Class of 1891.
a letter of greeting, "I shall be thinking of you on
Day," she wrote, "in gratitude
Mel Holland Jones
for the
nie
dear by-gone days."
1896 was here, and
of the Class of
There were two members
Rosalie Bland sent greetings.
from the Class of 1901
— Alice Atkinson
Hunt Armistead.
sent
Founders
Szanto and Fan-
All of these were honored guests
luncheon meeting.
at the
CLASS OF
evidenced through the
as
spirit
letters
of
which make up a large pwrtion of the book of memby Emily Johnson and helpers and pre-
ories prepared
All die earlier classes were represented at the reunion
Maude
Susie Robin-
Lettie
vou on March, 23, 1957!
celebrations.
"I had
"of having mother come without me,
said,
son Turner, Rebekah Peck, Lucy Steptoe, Selina Hindle,
the
in
Just to see Pearl Boyer Stevens recalls
there.
the story her son gave us at our previous reunion.
attendance. it
1956
sented to the Millidge boys on Founders
There were
Day Assembly.
from Louise Ford Waller, loved president; Carrie Hunter Willis, Claire Gilliam Simpson, Merletters
McDonald
tie
John, Archie Blain Campbell, Sarah Stuart
Wrenn Parham, Ruth and Blanche Shepard, May Langslow Menin, Martha Smith Reed and Sue Groves, Effie
Booker Cook. page,
There was one
ABSENTEES;
upon our enchanted would impose this
blot
as chronicler I
sentence: five years of regret for the oft'ense to
change
it
"present" in 1961.
to
them a reunion of as
I
think
and a pledge we can prom-
1906-1956—That's a long time, but when one has passed through that number of years hapThe 12 members, pily occupied, the time seems short.
the Millidge boys have already told us several times that
out of a possible 40, of the Class of 1906 present showed
not to get an invitation.
1906.
was the
in their faces that such
case.
What
a good time
Beginning on Friday evening a class dinner arranged
Howard
Bess
in the
Tea Room with
How
Jenrette as toastmistress.
our eyes
room was something new. Longwood today is not the small normal school we knew in 1906; we were overjoyed at the changes which have been made. Those present were Merle Abbitt Kirk, Louise Adams Armstrong, Steptoe Campbell Wood, Carrie Dungan, Henrietta C. Dunlap, Margaret Parish Thomas, Susan Ford popped because
a tea
Dickinson, Bess
Ada May Smith
liams, drey.
Howard
Jenrette,
CLASS OF
Virginia
Clark, Iva Pearle
—Henrietta C. Dunlap,
Nunn
Vaughan Chil-
Backward, turn backward— and the
1911.
or,
so said
Judge Stanley
Millidge, elder son of our beloved Class Sponsor! ing him, "Farmville
not
Florida.
Wil-
reporter.
amazing thing actually happened
is
Quot-
the land of the 'Fountain of Youth',
Yesterday,
in
Florida,
we were
the
old
Millidge men; today, in Farmville we are the Millidge boys again!"
Carrie Sutherlin, our beloved sponsor by
adoption, in her graciousness stretched the welcome all
the
way from
the
campus
to
great, or greater
the only thing that will keep
CLASS OF
— Irma Phillips
None
1916.
mat
110 Appomattox Street
Douglas sent a greeting being able
to the six
tis,
Ellen
CLASS OF wrote every
of the diploma class inviting
their 35th reunion, but only a
December, 1956
few were able
them
to
to attend.
Carolyn herself could not leave her mother, who has a heart condition.
gave a
Elizabeth
warm welcome
Moring Smith,
to the four
the president,
who came:
Claudine
Moring Hardaway, Lucille Chappell Jones, Beth Gannaway, and Sara Anderson Putnam.
DEGREE CLASS OF
1926.
The
highlight of the 30th
reunion of the class was the breakfast given by
Ann Smith
Longwood House on Saturday morning. Honored guests were Colonel Greene and Ann, Ann's husband and daughter, and Dr. W. D. Bowman, Olive Smith's husband. Another high moment came at dinner that evening in the College dining room, when Greene, beloved president, at
the loving cup
was awarded
to the class for the highest
Twice previously the class has Those present were Elise Anderson
Gladys Moses McAllister,
and Lucy Leake
her regrets
Carolyn Harrell, class secretary,
1921.
member
acted as class leader in the absence of all class officers.
Violet Marshall Miller
who came and
Goodwin Skinker, Olivia Newbill, and Thelma
received this award.
Goggin Rode', Penelope White West and Mary Allen
1916
Virginia Watkins
Parker Babb.
Emily, who is the cornerstone of our Washington Alumnae Chapter, mothered the idea of having the ]Millidge boys with us to its happy culmination. She also
Shaw McCue,
of the officers of the
be with them.
to
percentage of attendance.
Sallie
will be
Wallace.
Those present were Louise Bunch, Lelia Carter Thomas, Myrtle Dunton Curat not
where she hospitably shared with us her charming apartment.
magnitude, for
them from attending
Class could be present for the reunion.
the fiftieth anniversary class had!
by Carrie Dungan was enjoyed
ise
Cram, Laura Andersoti Moss, Gertrude Quinn Thomas,
Mamie Daniel
Barbee, Lucille Wright Eberwine, Ida Hill,
Mae
Marshall Edward, Cora
Helen Meeks Anthony, Sue Virginia Puckett Lush, Florence Riss Richardson, Ann Smith Greene, and Kate G. 25
Trent.
was
It
a
pleasure to have two of the associate
members present at the luncheon meeting. win and Margaret Barrett Knowles.
DIPLOM.-\ CL.\SS
OF
by Mr. T. A. McCorkle, McCorkle.
their
.\t
Mary Banks
in the
Robinson Simkins, Dorothy Rollins Pauly, and Elizabeth
CLASS OF
Chap-
Miss Burger and
celebrate.
F!ar
Mary Ouriis
Martin,
the
After
class.
" '46'" to her
CLASS OF
There were
1931.
\\"hile there
no
is
number
a goodly
of the
record of their
official
Betty we can be sure they had a good time Anderson Swope, Mabel Barksdale Xorris, Edith Coleman meetings,
;
Ann Drew, Elizabeth ButMabel Gregory Craig, Emilie Holladav, .Adele
Anderson, Annie Denit Darst, ton Lewis,
Hutchinson
\\'atkins, Olive Her,
Elizabeth Levick Beck-
ham, Lena Ma}ion Milam, Florence Moore Crothers,
-\llie
Oliver Baker, Rena Robertson, Frances Elizabeth Stephen-
son Kitchen and Evelyn West Allen.
CLASS OF
For those of us of
19.^6.
reunion in March, those few hours, all the
way back
The chant delicious ''I
I
it
was
''a
memorable
'36 who jumped Longwood for a
occasion.''
we crowded reminiscences to 19,i6.
and then
Into
that took us
filled in the years since.
unison as we i^arted on Sunday after a
in
breakfast
together
at
Longwood House, was
wouldn't have missed this for the world; I'm so glad
camel"
permanent
We
elected
secretary,
Helen Boswell Ames
along with me.
Our
to serve last
as
meeting
closed with the presentation of a beautiful engraved silver
tray to
grams
Miss Bedford our beloved honorary member. Teleof greetings for the class were received
from \\'innie
Frances Eubank and ISIary Robeson Pendleton; a special delivery letter
came from ^Margaret Clarke Hanger. Those
present were:
^Margaret Aldredge, Mattie Louise Bailey
Elam, Xancy Lee Bland Richardson, Helen Bosicell Ames,
Dorothy Deans
Alma
Elliott
Bohannon.
Evelyn
Dickerson
banquet on
the
Farrar Baab, Margaret Ferguson Motley, Ruth Gleaves.
Goggin Rode', Amanda Gray, Bessie Hart Payne, .Agnes Bondura)it Marcuson, K;!therine Harvey Xewmrn, Dora Parker Horton, Jeannette Jones Spivey, Dorothy Sallie
all
Saturday night our
of her
Red and Whites
Dove
I
dry your tears and plan
Ann
Mar\-
Esther Shevick, Caroh'n Babbitt Jones,
Mae
Jane Paulctt Taylor,
Ruby
Cardwell Coates,
Shirley Cruser AMiite.
Spradlin,
^Nlary
us,
which follows,
Those present were:
15th.
^^'aldron,
Keeton,
at the list
Xow
heart will ache.
attend our
to
of
We
hospitalitv.
you who were unable to be with
and when we take a glance
know }our
and
us by
to
^^e had a delightful evening chatting
home,
truly missed those of
E.
Lucille
Rosa Bell Sizemore, Katherine Allen, Mar-
Bell Barnes,
Harvie Cardwell, !Minnie Lee Grumpier Burger,
Louise Blane, Margaret Heuiett Moore, Glenn terson
Ann
Pat-
Marsh, Virginia Treakle Marshburn, Eleanor Bisese
Johnson, Frances Lee Stoneburner. Katherine Wright Sal-
mon,
]\Iargaret Orange, Dorothy Winslow Cole, Ruth Brooks Soyers, Dorothy Overcash, Anne Summers Lump-
Virginia
kin,
Shackelford Mclntyre,
scn. Mar}-
Mount-
Elizabeth
Rose Haivthorne L}le, Page Cook Ax-
castle L}le, ^Minnie
Ann Loving
.\rbo, Lois
Lloyd Sheppard Lewis.
Lorene Thomas Clarke, Jackie Parden Kilby, Mary Ellen
Xancy
Chapman,
Petty Peebles
McCauley
Gregorv,
Beverlv
Margaret Mclntyre Davis, .\nn Martin
Kell}',
Kinsey, Jane Philhower Young, Lillian Elliott Bondurant,
Lucie
McKenry
Baldi,
— Eleanor
dent (Bessy requests that each Virginia Treakle (Mrs. E.
Bisese Johnson, presi-
member
of the class send
W. Marshburn) Box
89.
An-
nandale, Va., a small donation to help with corresponding expenses.)
Frazier.
Anderson, ISIaude Duck Gwaltney, Margaret
and able
were surprised
I
and enjoying !Miss Burger's generous
garet
the hurdles of a busy life to get back to
a gala affair with
deeply touched with the gorgeous corsages sent
gracious advisor invited
Carhart, Margaret Petty Hinton.
class present.
The luncheon was
1946.
the Class of '46 almost 70 strong ready, willing to
Snack
Fretwell, Eloise
^'iola
'Moyer Scorgie, Virginia Richards Dofflemyer, Margaret
was welcomed
honorary member, and Mrs.
their
East Hayden,
Lillian
Bald-
West.
class
luncheon meeting
were these members: pell,
The
1926.
— Cassie
CL.A.SS
OF
1951.
how much 1906 who were
ing
jSIost of
last.
made and
it
This was our
meant
it
back,
I
first
reunion, but see-
members of the Class of know we will not let this be our to the
us could only be there for one day, but
in time
to
!Mrs. Brumfield.
—mostly
we
have lunch in the '"Rec" with Dr.
We
had fun passing pictures around
— some
McXaniee Ford, Evelyn Massey Coleman, Oliva Xewbill, Martha Nottingham Rice. Claudine O'Brien, Margaret
ture
Pollard Flippen, Mrs. X'ora B. Rawlinson, Susie Robin-
garet Robertson !Milroy, Frances Everett Brown, Shirley
son Turner, Edith Sanford Bland, Florence Sanford Lyne.
June Divers, Jean Cunningham Wilson, Iris Sutphin Wall, Betty Jones, Mary Jane Sta^isbury Peake, Jeanne Farmer Agee, Charlotte King Jones, Fran Harper,
Lelia Sanford
Shumate, Marcia H. Tick, Lottie ]Yest
McAnnally, and Ruby Blanton Wilkinson.
— "Tac" Waters
Mapp.
CLASS OF 194L
returning
of our classmates" children
Green and White's we hope.
On hand
were:
fu-
INIar-
Bloxton,
Georgia
The 14
members of the 15th reunion class were welcomed by their class man. Mr. French, and they had a great day together. They were Lou Anna Blanton X'ewton, Katherine Brewer Carter, Ruth Bryant Willis, Florence B. Brooks, Anne Cocks Vaughan, Rosa Courter Smith, Thelma Courtney Scott, Carolyn Ford Carter, Harriette Haskins Euljank. lean 26
the table
Bailey
Mason, Helen Smith
!Massie,
Frances
Cregar Thompson, Jimmy Thompson, Elsie Hauiey Burkholder, Grace
Thompson,
Jett Carter Groves,
Betsv Grave-
Peg Perry Yost, Bobbie Pollard \\"renn, Betty McRee Hodges, Dot Dunford, Katherine Terry, Ann Lynch Milly,
ler,
Patty Walker, X^^ncy Gillie
DesPortes,
Shirley
Blankenship,
x^nne
Kemp
Gravely,
presi-
Shelton,
— Betsy
dent.
Alumn.^e M.ag.azine
!
ALUMNAE CHAPTER and the executive board were
All chapter presidents
invited to the inauguration of Dr. Francis G. Lankford on
December
and the annual
12,
Council was omitted. council
siastic
We
chapter
the
made on
re])orts
excellent.
were proud of the splendid cooperation Longwood
Alumnae gave to
Despite the absence of this enthu-
beginning,
Founders Day were
meeting of the Alumnae
fall
to the effort of the Virginia State College
publicize the needs of higher education
Our alumnae held dinner meetings
for our
in
Virginia.
new
president,
Dr. Lankford, before most of the meetings of the state-
supported
colleges
Winchester,
Most of Alumnae Chapters !
in these cities
PETERSBURG— This
chapter had the distinction of
having Dr. Lankford for his
Room
Fiesta
on
a
a
to
work
fine
Longwood
Nan
of
for lunch in
Seuuird
Whitmore's
October 22. 1955, for a reorganizational
Margaret Simkins and Ruth Coyner were also
Much
new chapter
—
enthusiasm was shown for
Reames
:
there,
and
president, Frances Bell
Rosemary Elatn Pritchard;
Pritchett; vice-president,
Sylvia
was
the old Farmville spirit
the following officers were elected
retary,
visit
first
Through the alumnae met
present at this meeting.
and
Picardat;
sec-
Jean
treasurer,
was decided
from
this
to
award
a SI
In
area next year.
00 scholarship .\pril,
a
Nan Seward Brown. and about
number
of high
fifteen
home
of
new students entered Longwood in
the
fall.
— Sylvia
Picardat, secretary.
annual meeting was held in
February, when dues were collected and a gift was sent
Much
on Founders Day.
interest
was shown
meeting which Ruth Coyner might attend.
The
was
to contact
.\
in a spring
1956 reso-
each alumnae in this scattered area.
president attended the inauguration of Dr. Lankford.
—Pauline
Lanjord Stoner, president.
WINCHESTER— About Longwood attended
the
thirty
there.
110 registered from various places in Virginia.
spon-
money
sored a movie in the fall to raise
We
of this project
are offering two scholarships of $200 each to
girls in
1956-57.
Rose Smith, Elizabeth
Gills,
Richmond and Loulie
The
the girls.
select
she represented this
We
chapter at Dr. Lankford's inauguration.
Room
\\'e
our scholar-
for
Edna BoUck Dabney was chairman
ship.
financed a
Richmond Longwood to entertain prospective students fromthis area. The board, consisting of the officers and forty phoning chairmen, met in my home on February 25. Thirty were present \\'e made our annual contribution on Founders Day. Rosemary Howell and Nora Jones Cul-
party at the Clover
Club
in
December
for the
of
!
peper were in charge of plans for the annual spring lunch-
eon which was held
at the Ginter Park Methodist Church. Margaret Simkins, Dean Ruth Gleaves, and Olive Her
Our two
were our Farmville guests.
scholarships were
Ann Herring
presented to Jane Catherine Crawford and
Ruckman
at this time.
—Rosa
PORTSMOUTH—We
Courier Smith, president.
have not had
a
great deal of
organizational work but our teacher-alumnae have
many
contacts for good prospective students,
^^'e
made
have a
main
social
event of the year,
At our
ing for the state-supported college afterwards.
spring meeting the folowing officers were elected Jessie
Pickett
Snapp Fawcett;
Carter;
secretary,
Mary William
bution was sent on Founders
presi-
:
Betty
Jean
Calvert
Ho-
vice-president,
hannes; and treasurer, Betty Davis Edwards.
December, 1956
Portsmouth Chapter, or become a part of the Norfolk area
We made
group.
our annual contribution on Founders
—^Margaret Johnston, F.A.RMVILLE —This chapter
president. is
aiding two
A
contri-
Dav and Dorothy Overcash
Longwood
College girls this session, one with a loan from the Chapter
Loan Fund and the other with a scholarship from the Mary White Cox Scholarship Fund. From the annual $100 on Foun-
The fall meeting of the chapter was a tea given at Longwood House to honor Dr. and Mrs. Francis 115 members attended. G. Lankford, Jr. The spring meeting, our first meeting in the Alumnae House, was ders Day.
a program meeting with Dr. Lankford as speaker.
chapter members were hostesses coffee
Winchester Alumnae of
which was a dinner at the Country Club to honor Dr. and Mrs. Dabney S. Lancaster, who were attending the meet-
dent,
Ruth Coyner and many Longwood Faculty were
benefit card party the chapter contributed
PHILADELPHL\ —The
lution
October.
Both the Lankfords and the Lancasters were present, also
Day.
This was a most successful occa-
from the Petersburg-Hopewell area
Reames
student
to a
school seniors were entertained at a coffee in the
sion
alumnae attending
for
committee working on whether we shall revitalize our own
Pritchett. It
was given
when
the credit goes to the presidents of our
meeting.
tea
the Virginia Education Association meeting in
to
other of the state college alumnae or alumni
fifty
RICHMOND — A
Shore compose the committee
At most of these
Stine Cahill,
yjresident.
president enjoyed a lovely day
places:
meetings there were more Longwood Alumnae than any
Brown, about
—Martha
represent us then.
Staunton,
following
Lynchburg, Roanoke, and Wytheville.
Alumnae Chapter.
to
Richmond, Hampton, Norfolk,
the
at
Alexandria,
ACTIVITIES
was chosen
for
the
Local
Founders Day
hour given as the opening event in the .\luninae
House.
We
aided in securing rooms in town for visiting
Alumnae on Founders Day and
also participated in the
inauguration ceremonies held by the College in December for Dr. Lankford's installation.
the
Mary White Cox
officers
Blanton
for
this
year
Hanbur\-;
Pettigrew,
Mary
Jo Dearing was awarded
Scholarship for the year. are:
The new
vice-president,
Jennie
Mamie Wade Richardson Lancaster, Jane Hob-
other
Rives
first
vice-presidents,
son Chappell; and Florence Riss Richardson, treasurer.
—Mary Nichols,
president.
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SUFFOLK-NANSEMOND—Much enthusiasm for our Alma Mater was shown
We
Longwood.
Evelyn Traylor Macon, chairman be commended for her fine
of the student committee,
and
Peanut City Inn the following
Longwood came and talked with the girls who had expressed a preference for Longwood. Three groups of these girls were sent by the alumnae for weekend visits to Longwood. Dr. Lankford gave an outline of his plans for Longwood and Mrs. Coyner brought us
were elected: president, Lucille Garden Scott; vice-
up-to-date on the progress of the alumnae at a dinner
our fall meeting.
at
written invitations to every senior girl in the Suffolk
Nansemond County high schools, and had a large number of them present. Our guest speaker, Norman O. Myers, associate professor
business education at Longwood,
of
showed lovely colored ner meeting on officers
in attending
sent
March
6, at
Moore;
president, Margaret Hewlett
Ward;
Sheffield
At our din-
slides of the College.
Nimmo
Valla
treasurer,
Margaret
secretary,
Stallings;
re-
Anne Palmer Runnels was Our chapter Alumnae Fund on Founders Day, at
Lula Windley Hart.
porter,
job on this.
In the
High
C. Glass
to E.
to
is
Dr. Boggs from
fall.
School,
given before the Alumni Rally.
The
Rucker, represented the chapter
at
president, Corinne
the inauguration of
Dr. Lankford and on Founders Day.
Five meetings were
chairman of the nominating committee.
held during the year in homes of members.
contributed to the
Day
which time Lucille Wright Eberwine was our representative.
—Madeline Gary Brown, president.
WASHINGTON— All We
Alumnae House.
Before college opened last
of furnishing the dining room.
we
fall,
Cottage would be our
are working very hard on our project
Longwood from
entertained the freshmen entering
I.
On
pective students were invited.
nae and
Students and pros-
Lee Potter in Arlington.
October 10, the alum-
their friends gathered at Hecht's Arlington store
Auditorium
for
a
Our
show.
dessert-fashion
guest
of
honor at a small dinner party at the Old Club Restaurant in Alexandria on October 19
who was
ford, Jr.,
State
supported
Mann, Delegate
in
to the Virginia
Among
area.
this
House
dent, Josephine Snead; recording secretary, C\&o
Coleman; corresponding
and
members present brought a gift which was one-dollar, and many who were unable to attend
sold for sent con-
Kennedy, Emily Johnson, and
tributions.
Jessie Brett
Mary Anna
Mottley Stapf motored to Farmville for the
During
and
the
Christmas
Longwood
students
prosjjective students at a tea in her Arlington
home.
In February, a business luncheon was held at Olmsted's
Restaurant in Washington, and plans were bridge benefit and bazaar on
March
23.
We
made
for a
sent a check
In the lovely new home of Hoge we met for a tea in May. Dr. and Mrs. Lankford and Ruth Coyner were our guests. for
$106 on Founders Day.
Joyce Townsend
An
orchid and a gift were presented to Ruth Coyner, our
retiring
alumnae
secretary.
—Mary
Anna Mottle v
Stapf,
president.
September
nae gave a picnic supper
at
new
10, 1955, several
Gladys Griffin
Timberlake
to
meet the older students from this area.
28
was
to
for the
students going to
interest outstanding
alum-
Jeter's cottage
at
project
treasurer, Elizabeth Ballagh.
Reynolds
Theresa Evans Craft;
—Corinne Rucker,
pres-
ident.
LEXINGTON— The
William Henry Ruffner Chapter
County and Lexington sent greetings and a contribution on Founders Day. Two gifts, both belongof Rockbridge
ing to our to
the
first
College
president, Dr. Ruffner, were also presented
—namely,
two towels marked "W.H.R."
and a book, "Bee Culture".
Several Rockbridge County
seniors have visited
ments made us
Longwood Our major
high school students
realize that
he
is
continuing the fine work
done by Dr. Jarman and Dr. Lancaster.
—Henrietta
C.
Dunlap, president.
NORFOLK—The Norfolk Chapter has monthly lunchfirst Saturday of each month. When H. Wamsley and Mar}' Clay Hiner were in Norfolk last
eon meetings on the J.
October serving on the President's Panel on the needs of the state supported colleges,
we entertained them with
dinner prior to the meeting which was well attended
members
Our
also attended the panel at
Granby High
;
a
most
School.
school had one of the largest groups at the meeting,
Eva McKenny Guynn, our Lankford and Mary Oivens Carhart was our Founders Day representative. The Christmas luncheon to entertain students now in Longwood and prospective students was quite
having about forty present.
president, represented us at the inauguration of Dr.
a success.
To
increase our scholarship fund, a series of
subscription bridge parties was planned.
fund sponsors two
girls
Our
scholarship
from our local high schools.
Dr.
Lankford, Ruth Coyner and Virginia Wall were our guests at the
LYNCHBURG— On
secretary,
first
vice-presi-
Dr. Lankford's enthusiasm in Longwood's future improve-
of Burgesses,
six
Inauguration of Dr. Lankford.
Layne Shearer; second
was
alumni of the
those present were:
holidays, Emily Johnson entertained
meeting the following of-
Mr. Harrison
Emily Johnson, Jessie Brett Kenned)', Mary Anna Mottley Stapf, and Sarah Mapp Messick and her husband. We had a luncheon and gift sale meeting at O'Donell's Restaurant in downtown Washington in December. Each of the twentyalso our guest.
May
Longwood in the past 3'ear. The high day of the chapter was the luncheon in February when Dr. and Mrs. Lankford, and Ruth Coyner visited us.
was Dr. Francis G. Lank-
there for the meeting of
Colleges
At the
were elected: president, Lettie Cox Laughon:
vice-president, Louise
the Washington area at an outdoor supper in the garden of Mrs.
Our Founders
a table and two chairs for the hall of the
is
Alumnae House. ficers
of us in the chapter were de-
lighted to hear that the Duvall
gift
annual spring luncheon
Yacht Club
in
Guynn, presided
at the
Norfolk County and
Our president, Eva McKenny and Jean Hogge Shackelford was in
April.
charge of general arrangements.
—Peggy White,
secretary.
HAMPTON—The an's
Hampton Chapter met at the WomClub on November 1, 1951. The president, Jacqueline
Alumnae
M.agazine
—
Cock Ferraro presided and Nancy Louise Bush headed the committee on arrangements. About fifty were present. In-
are planning a meeting in the early
PENINSULA—The
cluded in this number were several Peninsula Chapter
Guests from Longwood were Dr. Lankford,
members.
H. Wamsley, and Mary Clay Hiner.
J.
gave
a delightful talk,
Alumnae House,
RALEIGH, size,
Longwood House,
the Slater System,
— Jacqueline Cock
Dr. Lankford
about the progress on the
telling
Ferraro, president.
X. C.
—Our
Longwood
chapter, while
everything in connection with Longwood.
when Ruth Coyner was Coyner with a
On
gift of loyalty.
Tena Ferguson Burden and
27,
sent as our Founders
Day
Eastman Nickels
Claire
Alumnae House, and our
and coming year are:
engraved
check, the yearly
Our officers for Eastman Nickels,
Claire
Lucy Manson Sharpe,
We
in early June.
gift a sterling silver
quota contribution to the Association.
president;
iMrs.
the night of February
home
entertained the chapter at her
the past
from the
Virginia Baskerville Ligon
entertained at Claire's home.
dish for the
small in
chapter
Nena
vice-president;
to enter
and Elizabeth Walkup,
historian.
— Claire Eastman
five
at
our annual spring lunch-
At the same time we had the senior Peninsula high schools
Longwood
who
girls
are planning
and presented The Jarman
in the fall,
Memorial Scholarship of $100 to !Miss Jane Denton, of Warwick. The money for our scholarship was raised through a combined card party and Fashion Show in February. We made a loan from our Student Loan Fund, and to help rebuild the
fund our chapter sponsored the Hygeia
Skating Rink each Saturday morning.
been a good
)-ear
Mary Ann King
are
We
feel
it
has
under the leadership of Hilda Abernathy
The
Jackson, our president.
other officers for next year
Barrett,
Elsie
vice-president;
first
Wente, second vice-president; Wilma Salmon Robinson,
and Mary Helmer,
secretary;
ham,
treasurer.
—Patsy Dale Bar-
secretary.
The following
Lochridge Sexton, secretary; Tena Ferguson Burden, treasurer;
the
we entertained with an who were at home Dr. and Mrs. Lankford and Dr. and
for the holiday.
keep the
to publicize
started
new Long^vood
Christmastime
At
is
Last Novem-
Chapter
informal tea for the Longwood students
to
and we presented
in Raleigh,
Alumnae.
eon in May.
Brewer Carter entertained the
Catherine
ber,
it
is
burning in our midst and
fires
Peninsula
year's activities with a buffet supper for
Mrs. Schlegel were our guests
big in spirit; and our main aim
is
etc.
—Nancy Pierpont
fall.
Mountcastle, president.
during the year:
chapters have responded at least once Bristol, Va.-Tenn., Culpeper, Tazewell,
Appomattox, Gloucester, Martinsville, Roanoke, Staunton,
Nickels, president.
GREENSBORO,
N.
C—Last October 18, Ruth Coyner
Warrenton and Pulaski.
and Celeste Richardson Blanton attended a dinner meeting of the Greensboro
Alumnae Chapter
at the
DANVILLE CHAPTER ORGANIZES
Starmount
An
Forest Country Club, with 22 former graduates attending.
Longwood assistant dean women, entertained them overnight. Odell Smith, the president, was toastmaster. We elected the following new
ber
enthusiastic chapter beginning
8,
Virginia Potts Redhead, former
was made on Novem-
1956 when over thirty Danville alumnae gathered
in the Averett
Auditorium
for
an organizational meeting.
of
Virginia Pharr and Virginia Wall went from Farmville to
officers: president,
treasurer, Elise
Turner Franklin.
Coyner attended "College Day"
The following day Ruth at the senior
were elected
senior girls from Greensboro
showed
a real interest in attending
high school.
a contribution on
Founders Day.
and Guilford County Longwood.
We
send
—Frances Millikan Ader-
Office
in the county
Longwood
among
who have
the members.
letters
from
The young
ladies
indicated an interest in attending
are being contacted personally.
attended Founders Day. in our beautiful
We
feel that a
The
president
graduate teaching
new George Wythe High School would
be a great help in stimulating interest in the college.
Mary Lu Campbell Graham,
BALTIMORE—Due
secretary.
and
illness
The Balch
son,
'47,
Ruth Coyner was scheduled
We
to attend this
meet-
much our former fine secretarj', Esther Atkinson Jerome, who moved to Arlington. Our former president, Isabel Williamson Hoyt, has a new baby. We ing.
miss very
December, 1956
Lou
Slides
Beall Wilson Memorial
Fund
for the
purchase
Longwood College by Violetta Sprigg Wilmemory of her father. Balch Beall W'ilson
in
was the son '62,
who
of Captain
at
the
James Eveleth AMlson, West Point,
Battle of Antietam
brother, an officer in the Confederate
fought against his
Army.
Balch Beall
Wilson was born on June 26, 1873 in the Casement at Ft. Monroe, Virginia, w'here Jeft'erson Davis was kept a \'ioletta
celled.
Helen Wentz Forbecker.
established at
and death of our
chapter president's mother, our annual meeting was can-
historian,
of library books in the field of Virginia history has been
prisoner. to the
;
Memorial Fund Established
cooperated with the other state-
do not meet regularly, but we circulate
Alumnae
meeting, and the following officers Marian Heard vice-president, Lee
was planned.
supported colleges when they met here last November.
the
first
president,
of the College were shown, and a meeting for February
hold, president.
WYTHEVILLE—We
:
Robertson; secretary, Clare Davis; treasurer, Betty Jefferson;
Many
We
help out at this
Frances Millikan Aderhold; secretary-
in
He
died on December 3, 1945.
Sprigg Wilson,
her father's honor,
is
who has established the Fund now librarian at the John W.
Daniel Elementary School in New-port News.
The Balch Beall Wilson Memorial Fund is similar Goldman Memorial Fund, established in 1948 by
to the
{Continued on page 30)
29
)
MEMORIAL FUND ESTABLISHED
Antique clock
3) 11
(Continued from payc 29)
—Lee Room
—given by Bessie Carter Taylor
'04.
Furnished in memory of Jessie Whitmore Booker '04
Goldman, alumna sustained by gifts of money
It is
of
Idea
Francis
be
on commemorative Such a memorial fund
who can
Dr. Beverley Ruffin,
—antique
furniture
Booker
Lamb
12—Pink
Hall
riet
to the Librarian of the college,
up by writing
set
College.
sent
days in the lives of loved ones.
may
Longwood
Furnished in
—given by her daughter and
'28
and
Elliott
Room Memorv
Booker
Har-
son,
Jr.
of the Class of '99
explain the i>lan in detail
Your Alumnae House
to interested persons.
and a source
is
truly a credit to the College
This has
of pride to the Association.
all
been accomplished not only through your generous support
NEWS OF THE FACULTY AND COLLEGE Miss Mamie L. Newman, former home economics member of the Peabody faculty
teacher at Longwood, and
staff
members marked
was appointed Mr. H. M.
the opening of the 1956-57 session.
Head
English.
He
activities
manager a
of the College,
Miss Virginia
made
and
assistant
\A'all,
an
is
professor
associate
War
International
of
House
Rome from
his family resided in
1947-54, where he was Bureau Chief for several news-
Last year he was an instructor in English .\lso joining the
the Universit}- of Illinois. as an associate professor
English
Dr. Gardner B. Taplin,
is
Mrs. Blanche C. Badger Bobbitt,
YOUR For President teacher
ful
now
— Elsie
who
sociation,
and
Presbyterian
1955 in Europe.
ters degree at
She
received
K. McCombs, and Mr. Walter E. Urben joined the music Mademoiselle Gene-
vears,
is
Public Relations
Mr. Albert Ray Merchent.
ginia
is
McLean Pharr
college
hostess.
of
Director of
took over the position of
Other new
\A'omen;
Mrs. Vir-
Alumnae
members include Mrs. Lucille P. Bradshaw, Mrs. Nancy Lyon Purdue, and Mrs. Connie Hubbard Gills. Secretary in July.
staff
(Continued from page 21 2)
Mahoghany
Bristow Starke
30
rocker
to
match
—given
by Maria
officer
of the
Johnson,
'11,
is
on the editorial
B.A.
and regularlv entertains present and prospective
students.
She has been president several times of the
Woman's Club
of Cherrydale, vice-president of the Ar-
lington Federation of
Woman's
Clubs, and historian of
the Northern District of Virginia Federation of
Woman's
Clubs.
A
ALUMNAE HAVE HOME ON CAMPUS
member and
active
degree at George Washington M.A. at Columbia. Emily has been Washington Alumnae Chapter several
Miss
Dean The
An
her
from Mexico City
Assistant
of the Forest
University, and her
president of the
new
was organist
She spent the summer of
Public Health Dept. in Washington.
came
the
at
She
S.
vieve Laloux of Paris, and Senorita Elena Flores
Thelma Souder is Mrs. Beulah Eva
students
Church.
— Emily
nomics; and Miss Josephine Bailey, organist, Mr. James
Spanish informant.
to
Richmond.
Columbia.
of the U.
to serve as
in
National Education Association, Elsie received her mas-
staff
is
highly success-
a
is
advisor
High School Teacher's As-
for several years
For Director
The French informant
'43,
and
has been President of the League of Richmond Teachers,
geography and history; Mrs. Frances N. Gee, home eco-
department.
CANDIDATES
Stossel,
dramatics
of
Dunber,
S.
it
staff
teaches mathematics: Mr.
Mr. Gary
1957
Westhampton Junior High School
Hill
sociology;
and send
1957 Contribution.
a
twice president of the Junior
Browning.
McD.
Fill out the card furnished in the Bulletin
today with your contribution, unless you have already
at
has produced several publications on Elizabeth Barrett
Robert
famous "Farm-
ing to the working projects.
Correspondent for the European Theater
He and
the
alive
of
Chicago,
in
Help keep
and growing by acting as class agent when called upon, visiting vour Alma Mater and by givville Spirit"
has published several novels, has been the
from 1941-45. papers.
your Alma Muter down.
let
made
registrar of the College.
James R. W'ellard
and was
Dean
Bittinger, assistant professor of history to the
registrar, has been
Dr.
Education Department,
of the
to the position of
post of Assistant Dean.
ex-officio.
W'e will continue to need your help and support, don't
appointments and seventeen new faculty and
Dr. Earl R. Boggs,
and appreciation.
a vote of gratitude
Coyner, and Margaret Robinson Simkins,
March.
since 1920, retired in
Two new
They are Aiaria Bristow Starke, Chairman, Myrtle Dunton Curtis, Bessie Carter Taylor, Carrie Spencer, Ruth Harding owe them
—
(Continued from page 21) burg.
—We
but by the untiring efforts of the House Committee
full
series of color slides on
"Longwood
Marvin W. Schlegel, is available on request for alumnae groups. This will be accompanied by a script, and may be obtained by contacting your Alumnae Office. College,
1955-56" token by
Dr.
'14.
Alumnae Magazine
SEVENTY-THIRD FOUNDERS DAY March 23, 1956
TENTATIVE PROGRAM Friday, M.-vrch 22
P.M. and
3 to 6
P.M.
Registration for
Room
10:15 A.M.
Registration for
Room
to 9
7
—Rotunda
S.A.TURDAY, IM.^RCH 23
8:15
to
9:15 A.M.
4:00
Coffee, .\lumnae House, Farmville
10:30 A.M.
.-\luninae-Student
12:45 P.M.
Truncheon
to
—Rotunda
Program
Alumnae Chapter, Hostess
—Jarman
Auditorium
— Recreation Hall
2:00 P.M.
.\lumnae Business Meeting
5:00 P.M.
Open House
6:30 P.M.
Supper
—President's Home, Dr. and Mrs.
Lankford
— College Dining Hall Spring Concert — Jarman Auditorium
8:00 P.M.
ATTENTION— PLEASE READ CAREFULLY Longwood
happy
is
to
welcome you back on Founders
College, so
we
reunions:
'92, '97, '02, 07, '12, '17,
Send
shall house reunion classes
all reservations to the
possible by INIarch 17, 1957. slip
even
if
she
is
prices:
coming
then '32,
Alumnae
Office,
Please cancel
just for the
In addition to
will be charged.
first,
'22, '27,
if
Da}-.
l.)ue to a full
all other
alumnae who wish
'37,
'47,
'42,
Longwood
and
to return.
alumnae have voted
Each alumna all
The
following classes will hold
"52.
College, Farmville, Ya.
you can't come.
day Saturday and check
this, the
enrollment, accomodations are limited in the
is
All reservations should be
requested to return her
functions she will attend.
to pa}^ for their
A
omi
made
if
reservation
registration fee of $1.50
meals during their
stay,
at the
following
breakfast, fifty cents; lunch, sixt}' cents; and dinner, seventy-five cents.
Rooms
will be available
from
March
3 V.'Sl.. Friday.
SAVE THIS FORM! You
will
need
it
22. 1''57. until 11 A.^I.
to attend Founders
Sunday, March 24, 1957.
Day!
RESERVATION FORM Name_ married,
last
name
maiden,
first
Address.
n
I
shall arrive
on March
wish a room reserved
I
name
first
_Cla
"°t°^
A.M. by P.M.
n
last
in the
"i^''"
plane or
dorniitorv with
OR
D I
I
studetit in college
do not wish a room reserved as I'm visiting "
should like to attend the following
:
In case you have not contributed to
December, 1956
Coffee
tlic
1957
J"
in
,
the city
Luncheon
Alumnae Fund,
,
Tea
,
Entertainment
a pledge card
is
included for your convenience.
31
.
PLEASE FILL THIS
OUT FOR YOUR BIOGRAPHICAL
FILE
AND RETURN AT ONCE MAIDEN NAME
in full, last
name
CLASS
first.
MARRIED NAME
.ADDRESS
CHILDREN colleges attended, degree and year
year of birth 1.
PRESENT OCCUPATION.
FORMER OCCUPATION STUDY
(S).
at other institutions,
CREATIVE ^^'ORK
(literary,
CLUB AFFILIATIONS,
LEADING OFFICES INTERESTS,
including dates and degrees artistic,
scientific,
if
any
including research; use separate sheet
necessary)
if
including social, cultural, religious, civic, professional, honorary
in organizations held
by you or your husband
not accounted for elsewhere, such as travel, hobbies,
HUSBAND'S COLLEGE
etc.
(S) and class; occupation
PLEASE HELP The nominating committee would welcome vice-presidents
and one
director.
The
elected
other nominations for the three officers to be elected in 19S8,
nominating committee will make only one nomination for each major
but any nomination received in writing before July
on the
ballot.
The
election
is
namely two
1,
office,
1957, endorsed by ten alumnae in good standing, will be printed
concluded on Founders Dav.
READ "YOUR 1957 CANDIDATES" ON PAGE 30 BEFORE YOU VOTE.
BALLOT BE SURE
PRESIDENT
TO VOTE AND RETURN THE BALLOT BEFORE MARCH
(vote for one)
NOMINATING C0:MMITTEE Dorothy Overcash,
Elsie Stossel, '43,
"46,
(vote for three)
Hampden-Sydney
Richmond .
Elizabeth Moving Smith, '23, Farmville
Lou Baker Harper,
'47,
Frances Walmsley Gee,
DIRECTOR
23, 1957
Farmville
'28,
Farmville
(vote for one)
Mattie Rodgers Smith Sydnor,
Emily Johnson,
'11,
Arlington
Jackie Jardine Wall,
'~>2x,
'27,
Farmville
Farmville
Alumnae
M.^g.^^zine
HONOR ROLL
1956 Contributors for the fund year
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;January through
September 1956-
â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are
by
listed
HONOR ROLL
1956
1886 Carrie Brightwell Hopkins Mary Louise McKinney
of
Number
of
Julia T. Armistead
Alumnae contacted
8395
Lee Cora Rogers Brooking Parker Mary V. Brooking Savedge
Alumnae who
1506
Isabel
1887 Julia Johnson
Eggleston
18S8 Susie Campbell Hundley 1891
Lucv Irvine Irvine
Maude
F.
Trevvett
1892 Boswell Gordon Mattie Gunn Dorin
Mayo
Myrtis Spain Hall Louise Twelvetrees Hamlett lSii3
Ada Mapp Guerrant Mittie Rogers Jones Bessie McD. Turner
Wicker
Isabel
1S94
Amount Contributed To Longwood House
$7343.00
To Alumnae House To Unrestricted Fund
$2157.00
Pauline Harris Richardson Florine Hunt Fowler Janie Staples Chappell 1895
$4950.00
Jessie E.
Yelton
Cox Locke
Beulah H. Finke Horn Mnude M. Foster Gill Julia Harris Butter worth Louise Hog wood Russell S. Elizabeth Palmer Sounders Elizabeth C. Pinner Edith Steigleider Robinson Pearle Watterson Showalter Frances White Mertins 1902
Georgia M. Bryan Hutt Cora Lee Cole Smith Ethel Cole Ould Rose Lee Dexter Mary P. Farthing Carrie S. Goode Bugg Claudine L. Kizer
WiUiams Mary Sue Raney Short
Martha Marsh Lewis Frances Y. Smith
Katherine H. Stone E. Linwood Stubbs
Katherine Vaughan Farrar Mamie Wade Pettigrew
Susie Fulks
Amelia Holland Jones Mary Byrd Taylor 1897
Martha Mason Kennerly* Given in her memory by Miss Bertha Gold, Mrs. P. Hamilton, Mrs,
L.
Peterson, and Mr. Luther J. Peterson.
Cassie H.
Martha Mason Kennerly* Given in memory by Mrs. S. A. Hooker, Mr. David Hooker, and Mr. and Mrs. Patrick O. Powell.
Emma Zillah
LeCato Eichelberger
Mapp Winn
Mary Massenburg Hardy* Given in her memory by her daughter, Elsie Hardy '31. 1898
Florence Brandis Davidson Loulie Cralle Lancaster Mattie Lee Cunningham Walker Laura Harris Hines
Mears Miller Missie Mease Belle
Kathleen Riley Gage Mary W, Roberts Pritchett Genevieve Venable HoUaday 1899 Carter Vaughan Martha "Pat" T. Featherston Florence Franke Lilv
Annette Leache Gemmell Ruby Leigh Orgain Sallie
Michie Bayley Preston
Nelly C.
Lucy Wright James 1900
Margaret Goode Moore
Houpt Ida Howard Chiles Annie Pollard Bealle Ella
Elizabeth Watkins Houston 1901 Alice Atkinson Szanto
Emma
J.
Barnes
December, 1956
G. Estelle
Maude Wallace 1904
Mary Baldwin Bynuni Ella Burger Morgan Mary Lou Campbell Graham Bessie Carter Taylor Inez Clary McGeorge Marie Etheridge Bratten Jessie Finke
Mary Frances Gray Munroe A. Gertrude Griffin BiUingsley Bertha E. Harris Woodson
Mary Herbert Peake Mary Clay Hiner Fannie Hodnett Moses Martha A. Holman Rand Jemina Hurt Byrd King Eckles Carrie McGeorge Burke Bettie Murfee Ray Mary Littlepage Powers Kearney Alda Reynolds Smith Ethel Reynolds White Lottie W. Snead Grimes Scotia Starke Haggerty Carrie Sutherlin
Beulah Tiller Graves 1905
Maude Anderson Soyars Lucy Morton Brooke Jennings
Guy Davis Mary French Day Parker Sally
Edith Leigh Dickey Morris
Mary Eweil Hundley Georgie R. Gravely Katharine Grayson Reid Willie K. Hodges Booth
Mary
S.
Moore Beaman
Fannie May Pierce Ursula Tuck Buckley Frances R. Wolfe Clair
Woodruff
BugfiT
M. Robertson Jarratt A. Rogers Rvnex Elizabeth Taylor Clark
Merle Abbitt Kirk Louise Adams Armstrong Hattie Bugg Duvall Steptoe Campbell Wood Nettie Chappell Tsa
M. Compton
Nell Ingram Lizzie B. Kizer
Virginia Kent Nelson Hinman Virginia Nunn V/illiams Ada May Smith Clark
Georgiana
E.
1911
Kathleen Baldwin McDonald Pearl Berger Turnbull Pearl Bowyer Stevens
Carrie Dungan Henrietta C. Dunlap Margaret Parish Thomas Susan Ford Dickinson Mary Elaine Harris Warren Elise Holland Perkins Bess Howard Jenrette Florence L. Ingram
Stephenson
Iva Pearle Vaughan Childrey Elizabeth Verser Hobson Pauline Brooks Williamson
1903
Ruth Clendening Gaver Elmer L. Crigler Holmes Mary O. Frayser McGehee Martha M. Goggin Woodson Harriet P. Hankins Grace B. Holmes Anna C. Paxton Mary Peck Mar>' Henry Shackleford Mattox
Hall Dalton
Mary Hester Jones Alphin Mary Lackey Sterrett Willie B. Moorman Morgan Mae Northern Pearson Julia Paulett McCabe
Maud Mary
I'JIHi
Garrow
Maggie Humphries Magee Julia Johnson Davis
Lilian G. Cook Ramsay Sue B. Cook Booker Nelle Fitzpatrick Jordan
Louise Ford Waller
Man- Gladys Garnett Morris Eloise Gassman Cook
1907
Vivian Boisseau Bowles Louise Farinholt Cottrell Belle Gilliam Marshall Carrie Mason
Norfleet
Nellie Moreland
Slaven Beryl Morris Flannagan Lucy Rice English
Leonora Ryland Dew Louise Semones Fannie B. Shorter Clara Smith Stoneburner Virginia Stubblefield Hazel Marie Thompson Mattie Spencer Willis
Huey
Mary Harper White Elizabeth Haskins Selina H. Hindle
Blanton Hanbury Burrus Frazer
Virginia
Gerald ine N. Grace Belle
Fitzgerald
Graham
Emily W. Johnson
Beville
Mauzy Myers Georgeanna Ward Newby Page
Mullie
Mildred T. Price Alma Louise Taylor Fincham Lockett Walton Marshall Lois Watkins Franklin Vedah May Watson Dressier
Frances Land Chappell* Given in her memory by her husband. Mr. J. W. Chappell.
Landrum
Lucy B. Leake Sydner Myrtle Ligon Crute
NeU Maupin Rebekah Peck Lucy Phelps
Mamie Ragsdale Turner Susie Robinson Turner Kathleen Saville Mai-y
Mildred Blanton Button Alice Carter Ce rrie Caruthers Johnson Zula Cutchins
Mary Dupuy
Fmma
Farish Mattie Bell Fretwell Evelyn Hamner Chess Hardbarger
Hardy Graham
Martin Rice Antoinette Nidermaier Phipps Blanche Nidermaier Vermillion Countess Muse Bareford Mary Robertson Perkins Fletcher Kate F. Perry Florence B. Rawlings Mary Josephine Reed Johnson Lucy Robins Archer Lula Sutherlin Barksdale Virginia
Tinsley
Allen
Shaw McCue
Blanche Shepard Spencer Ruth Shepherd Forbes Lucy Steptoe
Anne
P.
Thom
Vera Tignor Sandidge Lucile Watson Rose Penelope White West Effie Belle
Wrenn Parham 1912
Sue D. Adams Davis Virginia Baskerville Ligon Sallie Blankenship Adams Jean Boatwright Goodman
Irene E. Briggs Nellie Bristow Sandidge
Agnes Burger Williams Lillie Canody Denning Leta Christian Lettie
1909
Belle
Howard Johnson
Virginia
Tressie Ola Jones Parker Pearl Justice Freeman
Hagan
Burke
Natalie
Perkinson
Etta Hope Owens
Iva Wilkerson Etheridge Elsie E. Wilson
1908 Clitra
Goggin Rode'
Sallie
Elsie
1896 Rosalie Bland
Nancy H.
$236.00
Hattie Hessie Chernault
Lola Belle Bland
Mabyn Branch Simpson Sarah Ferguson Thomas
Coppedge Dunlap Harper Emily Firth Smith
Bessie
contributed
May
Lalla
gifts.
1910 Ola Lee Abbitt Throckmorton. Florence Acree Conkling
STATISTICS Xumber
*Denotes memorial
classes.
Cox Laughon
Louise Davis Thacker Elizabeth Hawthorne Lueck Myrtle E. Huddle
Kemp McDonough Amenta Matthews CrabiU Avis
Pearl D. Matthews Laura E. Maxey Annette Penn
Frances Louise Poindexter Annie Belle Robertson Paul
Annie L. Summers Ruth A. Ward Sadler Anne Wilkinson Cox Edith Willis Reed 1913
Ora Alphin Turpin Preston Ambler Eva E. Anderson Grimes Madeline Askew Harman Etta Rose Bailey Kathleen Bar net t Fringer
33
Ada R. Bierbower Margaret Boatwright Mclntyre Florence Boston Decker
Bugg
Virgilia
Minnie Rachel Butler Albright
Chew
Sallie Bailie
Leslie
Wilson Daughtrey Antoinette Davis Schaefer Jennie Earnest Mayo Florence E. Garbee Margaret B. Garnett Trim Elsie L. Gay Wilbourn Ruth Harding Coyner Wanda Harkrader Darden Winnie Hiner Bertha M. Hunt Annie Warren Jones Starritt Nena Loch ridge Sexton Lucy Maclin Somers Alice Belle Martin Horgan Gertrude Mai-tin Welch Jennie Martin Purdum Annie R. Moss McClure Annie Lee Mvers Williams Ruth Percivall Whittle
Rex
Price
Bessie
Katheiine Ragsdale Brent Ethel Rodes Haliic Rodes Willburger Mary Sterling Smith Eileen Spaulding Soles Elsie Mildred Stull Annie Tignor Bettie Lee Vermillera Ann Woodruff Hal) 1^14 Dorothy Batten Kitchin
Martha
J.
Bill
Bowles Goodman Maria Bristow Starke Mary Bi-uce Martin Bessie Bond Bucher Pike Ida
Alice
Dadmun Murphy
Lnckey
Delph
E.
Rector
Mary Dornin Stant Irene Dunn Clark K. Ethel Fox Hirst Virginia Lee Fuller Carrie Galusha Mcllwaine Ruth Gleaves Alice M. Howison Brown
Johnson Bondurant Pearl H. Jones Meta Jordan Woods Ira McAlphin Ebeling
Nancy
Susie
L.
McCraw HJUsman
Lila Haskins
McGehee Vreeland
Juanita Manning Harper
Mary Susan Minton
Re>'noIds
Grace St.C. Moorman Eleanor Parrott Hutcheson Nellie Jordan Rogers Coi-nett Constance Rumbough Josephine C. Sherrard
Myrtle Harrison
Ruth Jamison Elizabeth
Jarman Hardy
Lillian
Hobson Smith Starke Todd
Virginia Watkins Douglas Lucile B. Woodson Nicholson 1917
Annie
Estelle
Blankinship
Florence Middleton Crockett
Moore Bondurant Agnes Murphy Lillian Obenshain Cocks Mollie
Durham
Pearson
Pugh Evans
Hat tie F. Robertson Brinkley ?4argaret M. Sinclair Gladys Tucker Rollins Mary Ellen White Hemingway Marguerite Wiatt Hoy Kate Louise Wooldridge Watkins
W, Zimmerman
Mattie
Lucy D. Allen Selma Batten Mary Berger
Miller
Carrie Bolton Tyler
Booker Dillard Elizabeth Codd Parker
Mildretl
Mary Olivia
Compton
Evelyn Dinwiddle Bass Martha E. Drumeller
Ewald Lively Francis Idear Goldman Katherine Gray Stables Eli7.abeth
K. Eugenia Harris Mary Catherine Hill Shepherd Carey Jeter Finley Christine Mackan Waike
Mary Diana Minton Pearl Moore Cosby Nellie W. Nance Perkins Oast Claiborne Perrow Louise Pruden Apperson Rebecca Ragsdale Darby Sallie
Fannie Scott Crowder Pattifc
Scott Mallory
1918
Laura Boteler Cowne Brett Kennedy
Bessie Eberwine
Garrett
Tompkins
Katharine Gilbert Josephine Gleaves Frances Azile Hancock Dallas Ann Elizabeth Harris Loving Jessie Kellam Harshaw Louie Locke Ernestine McClung Rice Lucille
Mann
Pollard
Kathleen Moorman Clara Neblett Burrier Mary M. Noel Hock Bernice Nuckols Stanley Alma L. Roberston Eutsler M. Louise Rowlett Wingo Kathleen Savillc Frances Treakle Whaley Katherine Watkins Florence Williamson Quillen
Degree 1919 Laura A. Meredith Margaret Shannon Morton Janet H. Peek Catharine Riddle
Dipiima
1919
Catherine Armstrong Watkins
Marie Adams McDermott
Main
Janice Bland Bettie Carter Bell Ruth Carwile Blake Grace Chambers Feinthel Myrtle Davis Watson Blanche Dosewell Olive Ferguson Rives Mattie Leigh Fretwell Whitlock Elvira H, Jones
1916
Louise Bunch
34
Rew Mapp
Mary Margaret Reynolds Johnson Portia L. Spencer Louise Trotter Wooten
Mary Tune Jessie Walden Walker Sanderford Annie Marie Winslow Baxter
Ridley
Degree 1921 Meile Davis Helen Draper Mary A. Stephenson
Diploma
Sallie
Barlow
Smith
1921
Sarah Rebecca Andrews Putnam Grace Bargamin Bohannon Sally Barksdale Hargiott Sue Lewis Brown Harrison Ann Armistead Bulloch Davis Myrtle Chappell McCutchen
Roy Dameron
Beth Gannaway
Jessie Spitler Mabel E. Spratley
Margaret T. Barnard Cassidy Martha King Bugg Newbill
Janie
Elinor
Lois Averill
Hov/dershell
Winnie Lewis Minor Mary Lindsey Lane Eleanor McCormick Mitchell Mildred Martin Watkins Marie Moore McClay Florence Penick Lybrook Eliza Ramsey Emory
Regis Cassidy Gannaway B. Collie Williams Viola Colonna Evelyn Coman Adair
Marnetta Souder Anna Rebecca Spitler Booton Patsy Watkins Josephine Wayts
Edith Estep Gray A. Fretwell Wilson Elf ret h Friend Shelburne Kathleen Gilliam Smith Christie Harris Katharine Krebs Kearsley Odell Lavinder Martin
Jessie
Nellie
Blanche Adams Chapman
Woods
Ruth Marsden Blanton Wood M. Kathleen Bondurant Wilson Jeannette Carney Alma Craddock Burton Lee Drumeller Vought Louis Drumeller East Tena Ferguson Burden Lucille Geddy Crutcher Marv Hester Wiedemer Ruth C. Howard Wilson Louise Layne Shearer Marion R. Linton Annie H. Loving Page D..rothy Loving McEIfresh Elizabeth Malcolm Hinternhoff
Clara Irene
Charlotte Baird Ferebee Alta Barnes Lowrv Clair Blair Hackley Irene Bi idges Mcintosh Louise Brightwell Watson Gladys Camper Moss Virginia Lee Carter Harrington Emily Clark Verliner Crawley
Maymie
Ayre
Brooke Bagley Butt
Elsie
May
L.
Katherine Ellis Hunt Katherine Field Campbell
Lucy Ackerly
Diploma 1920 Bettie Sue Bailey Barnes
Anne Tucker Bradshaw
Ward Emma Ruth Webb Watkins 1915
Ethel Gildersleeve
Mary Lancaster Wall
Russell Piggott Russell Westover
Alice
Mary
P, Nichols Florence Saville Anderson Lois T. Williams
Diploma 1923 Degree 1920
Margaret Page Massey Thelma Parker Babb Lucy Ellen Parsons Mabel L. Piince
Ruth
Blanche Jenkins Fulcher Anne Meredith Jeffers Elizabeth Moring Smith
Worsham
Ellen L. Lash Nancy E. Lewis Dixie McCabe Haii-ston Olivia Newbill
Mary
Willis
Grace Richardson Fletcher Ellen Robertson Fugate Margaret Rogers Lily Sanderson Rice Geneva Walden
Goodwin Skinker Brenda Griffin Doggett Ellen
Vemah
Wall
Gladys Owen Evans Anna Townsend Penny Myrtle Reveley Brown
Louise Fulton
Alma Thomas Mary TrevilUan Grice Mary Margaret Umberger Groseclose Elizabeth Walkup Elizabeth
Gladys Oliver Wenner Ruby Overton Brooks
Pearl Ellett Crowgey Annie Sue Fulton Clark
Lula Jones
Marian Camper Fuller Patty Dyer Sanford Theresa Evans Craft Laura Holland Bow^n
Jean Morris
Elvira W. Carr Bentley Leha R. Carter Thomas Myrtle Dunton Curtis
Daphne
Gilliam Wool Reva Graves Gregory
Carolyn L. Harrell Frances Jordan Moore Frances MacKan Adams Mildred Mitchell Holt Elizabeth Moring Smith Virginia Morrison Harper
Grace Oakes Buiton Mildred O'Brien Alvis Ruby Paulett Omohundro
Margaret D, Tray lor Dorothy Wells Greve Edna Mae Wilkinson Coralie Woolridge Thelma Yost Lehmann
Diploma
1922
Dolly Baker Harrell Mary H. Bassett Mprv Terrell Beazley
Htlen Black Gibson Lillian Bristow Trevvett Catherine Brooking Priddy Omara Daniel
Charlotte Anderson Eaton Doris C. Beale Kilmartin Gracie Betts Gwaltney
Edna Blanton Smith Genevieve Bonne well Altwegg Lucy Reid Brown Jones S. Ehzabeth Button Rosenberger Kathleen Carroll Price Pauline Chapman Ramsey Elizabeth Coleman Echols Isabel Crowder Callender Kathleen Crute Headlee Irene Dunn Clarke Susie V. Floyd LiUian Grifhn Tuner Bernice Johnson Sykes Patience Moore Britt Louise Parsons Kain Olive Payne Wilkerson Janie Potter Hanes Nina Quarles Cunningham Alice Lee Rumbough Stacy Margaret Shackelford Walker Betty Shepard Hammond Louise A. Stephenson
Elizabeth
Degree 1924 Martha Anderson Bailey Dorothv Diehl Ethel Gish Wilmoth Katherine Harper Roberta Hodgkin Casteen Pearl Matthews Belle Oliver Hart Virginia W'all Louise Wiley Mottley
Edna Mae Wilkinson Diploma
Alise Harris Rahily
Georgia Holman Putney Nettie R. NcNulty Oertly Sarah E. Moore Sue V. Puckett Lush Lucille Rash Rooke Mary Christine Reid Anderson Mary S Simmons Doris Thomas Lily Thornhill Reams Clotilda Rodes Waddell Hiden Nancy Watkins Lorena Wilcox Leath Gwendolyn Wright Kraeraer
Degree 1923
Marv George Bolen Ola Brightwell Harris
1924
Cassie Baldwin Louise Bates Chase
Reva Blankenbaker Holden Susan Feild Brown Gi-aham
Marv
E. Carrington Mabel Allen Cathey Walker Margaret Daniel Hopkins Marv Lee Folk Edith Goode Gills Marshall Greathead
Gladys Griffin Jeter L. Frances Harris Lillian A. Minkel Caroline Morrow Stovall Alice Mottley Overton Alean Mundy Johnston Alma Porter Myrtle Price Thomas Elizabeth Rothiock Blount Linda Thomasson Wilkinson Julia Tu:nbull Ellis
Degree 1925 Dorothy Askew Gayle Ruth Bartholomew Margaret Griggs Cox Eula B. Harris Mary L. Haskins Ferguson
Mary
E.
Hunt Stump
Virginia Lindsey Kathleen Morgan Hogg Mary Rives Richardson Lancaster Lucile Walton
Jean West Shields
Diploma 1925
Copelia Dixon Snead
Agnes Fulcher Tune Annie Gannaway
Walkup
Martha WeUs Catlin Mildred Woodhouse White
Elizabeth Berkeley Virginia Virginia
Ballagh G.
Burch
Burnette Williams
Cowherd Adkins
Harriet Cowles Carter Blanche Craig Garbee Elizabeth Crockett Fisher Pauline Deaver Siler Mabel Edwards Hines Nellie
Ferrell
Lucile Franklin Richardson Margaret Fuller Adams Freia Goetz Vaughan
Katherine Goode Mary Gose Pope Dorothy Hughes Harris Virginia Hunter Marshall
Nancy Ora Jeter Eva McKenney Guynn Janie Martin Kay
Alumnae Magazine
t
Alma Matthews Vaughan Ragsdale Jackson Dorothy Rawles Parker Sue E. Roper Pace Corinne Rucker Virginia Clarice Spencer Hiley Mildred
Berta A. Thompson
Margaret B. Turpin Burke Margaret Vaden Fleet Degree 1926 Anderson Cram Laura Anderson Moss Ciissie Baldwin Margaret Barrett Knowles Eleanor Bennett Ryder Elise
Bugg Hughes Audrey Chewning Roberts Elizabeth
Msmie Daniel Barbee Elizabeth Diehl Ryan Mae Marshall Edwards
Harriet R. Booker Lamb Harriett Elizabeth Brown Alice B. Carter Stone Kathrine Davis Hawthorne Evelyn V. Dulaney Cassidy
Marion Fitchett Elizabeth Hutt
Long
Martin Cora Judson Jones Marshall Margaret Lifsey Edith Virginia Moore Raine Gladys E. Oliver Wenner Marnetta Souder Georgiana Stephenson Frances Treakle Whaley Frances Walmsley Gee
Ward
Elizabeth Elizabeth Elizabeth
Weston Yeary G. Woodson Diploma 192S
Eleanor
Amory Boyette
Anne Smith Greene Olive Smith Bowman
Burnett Martin Bertha McCoy Chappell Lane Martha C. Cooke Elder Alice Carmine Davis Wolf Miriam Feagans Victoria Gwaltney Spivey Elizabeth Haskins Helen H. Jones Davis Kathryn L. Kesler Frances Malbon White Kathleen Sanford Harrison Carolyn Sinclair Smith Florence Rose Smith Odell Smith Doris Bruce Steere Harwell
Kate G. Trent Martina Willis Lucille Wright
Elsie D. Story Blannie Tanner Bass Audrey E. White Harris
Phyllis
Ida Hill Selina Hindle
Rulh Jennings Adams Cora Helen Meeks Anthony Gladys Moses McAllister Lilian Via Nunn Sue Puckett Lush Gertude Quinn Thomas Florence Riss Richardson Elizabeth H. Roberts Mary Louise Rowlett Wingo Daisy Shafer Wilroy Fannie Shorter
Eber\vine
Diploma 1926
Amory Heptinstall Mary Banks Fretwell Mary A. Billups Virginia Blankenship McGehee Mary Alice Blanton Roberts Mildred
Degree Myron Barnes Dixon Mary Elizabeth Bowers Meredith KathiTn Bully Joy Burch ShelTey Rebecca Cocks Payne 1929
Laila Caiter Eioise Chappell Bessie Cook Durfee Lillian East Hayden
Nancy Denit Eastman Mary Oliver Ellington Thelma Garrett Mottley
Gwendolyn Edye Mitchell Bessie F. Farmer Reynolds Alice Frood Morrissette Sara Virginia Hall Kent Chestor Hufton Shackelford
Martha Henderlite Plunkett Margaret Hubbard Secly
Kathryne Landrum Smith Hallie
McCraw
Mary Owens Carhart Ruth Ponton Catherine Ryland Mary Thelma Thomas White Dorothy Weltzel Wright Degree 1927 Elsie EHzabeth AUgood Cook Alene Alphin Mann Mary E. Carrington Grace Chambers Feinthel Maude Clark Fugate Elizabeth Crute Goode Virginia Fitzpatrick Harper Harriet L. Foster Madeline Gary Brown Gilliam
Wilson
Florence Messick Clay Lavalettc Morton Wilkins Blanche Price Paulette Lucretia Province Hart
Rhodes Virginia Rucker Crigler
Lillian
Viola M. Martin Catherine Moffitt Walters
Daphne
Henderlite
Rachel
Wool
Kitty Griggs Newman Elizabeth Hopkins Wagner
Louise Pruden Apperson Louise Richardson Lacy Carrie Spencer Mildred Spindle Dorothy S(4uires Cundiff Helen Thomas
Agnes Watkins Margaret Watkins Bridgeforth Mary Wisely Watkins Diploma 1927 Leiia Darby Bain Eraser Margaret Barham Wallace Helen Costan
Sammy
Scott
Mabel Spratley Margaret Walton Gay Dee Watkins Draucker Glenna Watts Shepard Gladys E. Wilkinson Phyllis Wood Sims
Lucy
G.
Adams
Louise Barlow Gibson Eunice H. Bassett Leyland
Maiy Bernard Hamilton Beth Brockenbrough Lineweaver Elsie Clements Hanna Katherine Cooke Butler Mabel Cowand Mildred Deans Shepherd Lula J. Hammond Wells Byrdie Mae Hillsman Helen Hodges Watkins Elizabeth Lacy Helen McHenry McComb Eleanor Mallory Parker Frances Millikan Aderhold Margaret Northcross Ellis Lfctitia Penn Ballenger Margaret Pumphrey Ferguson Elva Reynolds Powell Nellie Royall Rhodes Margaret Rutherford Yancey Geneva E, Smith Degree 1930 A. Irving Armstrong
Laura Logan Hurt Elmore Evelyn Ticer Jones Welch Edith Lamphier Owings
S.
Lotts Magann Ormond Marshall Gary Ethel Miles Gibbs Mattie Rogers Smith Sydnor
Lena Somers Pennington Mary Evelyn Thurston Daughtry Mary E. Williams Powell
Annie Lee Bowden R. Alice
Hamner Woll
Mabel Hayes Thomson Leyburn Hyatt Winslow Blanche Murrell Jones
Norman O'Brien Rachel L. Royall Evelyn Traylor Macon
Lucille
Mary Jane Vaden Nancy Watkins Linda Wilkinson Bock
Diploma 1930
December, 1956
Katherine Chambers Large Sue Baylis Cross Helen Dunkley
Dorothv Bloomfield Tunstall Lois Virginia Cox Martha B. Gunter Meidling Lucille
Ingram Tu ner Leake Gottschalk
Susie Reames Beville Beryl Rogers Loulie F. Shore Irma L. Vaughan Beale Lillian L. Via
Irene
Frances Whitehead Meyer
Duvahl B. Ridgeway
Degree M, Elizabeth Anderson Swope Frances Armentrout Irwin Mabel C. Barksdale Norris Permele Byrd Cosby Verna Coleman Williams Eleanor H. Dashiell
Jane Royall Phlegar
Marguerite Massey Morton Clara E. Mistr Harriet Moomaw Leek Gay A. Richardson Hildegarde Ross
1931
Mildred F. DeHart Annie Denit Darst Catharine Diehl Lancaster Mildred Dixon Wood Elizabeth Dutton Lewis Pauline Gibb Bradshaw Beatrice A. Goode Staples Mabel P. Gregory Craig Emilie Holladay Adele Hutchinson Watkins Iska French Hutt Hoole* Given in her memory by her mother, Georgia
Bryan Hutt Her Catherine Jones Hanger Catherine McAllister Wayland Clara L. McAllister Parsons Sue G. Moomaw Buchanan Florence Moore Crothers '02
Olive T.
Margaret Nuttall Coaker Georgia R. Putney Goodman Rena M. Robertson Mary K. Rucker Evelyn Cole Simpson Frances Elizabeth Stephenson Kitchen Ida Julia Trolan Allen Evelyn W. West Allen
Lucy Lee Williams
Hardy Dorothy M. Wood Deane Irene Wilson
1931 Diploma Clare Booth Loyd Kalypso A. Costan Furniss Dorothy Goodloe Broadwater Mary Frances Harris Campbell Lelia Frances Jennings Sheffield Esther Kutz Rusmisel Pauline Lanford Stoner Margaret Lester Miller Sarah Mapp Messick Lena M. May ton Milam Ellie V. Morris Hixson
Mary
Virginia
Sanford
Reveley
Woodruth Towler Motley Patsy Watkins Imogene West Tunstall 1933 Diploma Frances Dixon Adkins Edith Hailey B ooks Louise Hartness Russell Avis Hunt Jennie Hurt Butler Beatrice Jones Lewis
Mary Alston Rush Audrey Smith Topping Anne V. Watkins Mary White Guillot 1934 Degree
Louise Bulloch English Mary Burgess Eraser Fisher Margaret Morton Garnet K. Elizabeth Gills Eva Harris Gold L. Frances Harris Mary Easley Hill Steger Frances R. Horton
Margaret F. Hunter Watson Ruth N. Jarratt Alice W. McKay Washington
Mann Maynard Marsh Jac Morton Hawkins Margaret Murry Holland Mary Berkeley Nelson
Gloria Lottie
Margaret Otten Stuart Margaret Parker Pond Edith S. Shanks Sarah Hyde Thomas Douglas Helen L. Westmoi-eland Beverly Wilkinson Powell Maria Williams 1934 Diploma
Ophelia Booker Barnes Burnlev Brockenbrough Kinney Edna V. Dawley Gibbs Elsie
Freeman
Chesta Hubbard Morrissette Sally Virginia Inge Eddins Bessie Strick Cartwright Kathryn Woodson Batte
Dana Tweedy Evans Flora Belle Williams 19^>2
1935 Degree
Degree
A. Louise Clayton Mary Lvnn Connally Lueile Floyd Hight Ruth Floyd Speer Susie V. Floyd Evelyn Gilliam Holmes
Fannie Haskins Withers Sara Hubaid Dana Ellen Earle Jones Elizabeth McCauley
Huffman
Campbell Catherine Marchant Freed Irene Meador Cleo Quisenberry Kent Catherine Ritter Zeno Doris Robertson Adkisson
Nancy Shaner
Laeta Barham Hirons Nancv Burgwm Leake Christine Childrey Chiles
Lena MacDonald Gardner Sammons Ila Harper Rickman Elizabeth B. Haskins Irving Flippen
Anne
Jessica Jones Binns
Bonnie McCoy
Mann Wilds Maude Rhodes Cox Minnie Lee Rodgers Elizabeth Vasser Pickett Katharine Walton Fontaine Mary Wicker Witcher Elizabeth
Ruth D. Hunt
Strickler
Elsie Story
Martha von Schilling Stuart Katherine Watkins Jane Witt Kisler Cora Belle Womeldorf 1932 Diploma Dallas
Maude Crews
Ann Lillaston
Mayo Beaty Dotson Degree 1928 Alyce Page Adams McLemore Hazel M. Bramm
Louise Hurt Fauber Emma Louise Pulliam Willis
Diploma 1929
Louise Duke Louise Gary Alkire Katherine Hatch Whitfield Flora Hudson .Slayton
Stella
Julia A. Feagans Ethel Irene Fenimore
E. Davis
Margaret Eley Brothers Elizabeth Eubank Davidson Virginia Ann Huntsberry Shoi ^^y Marv Ellen Johnson Garber Emiiy A. McAllister Bell Frances Newman Estes Dorothy Nuckols Dotson Mary Virginia Robinson Marion L. Sadler Josephine Sneed. Helen Ward Forrest Katherine D. White 1933 Degree
Frances E. Armistead Margaret Armtrong Ottley Fay Martin Barrow
1935 Diploma Murkland Dressier Turner
Harriet Garnett Pais Charligne Hall Chapman Vivian McCrury Hall Jones
Audrey B. Hawthorne BeBe Russell Barnes Alise Wells Stoner Alice Zeigler Blackard
1936 Degree Dorothy Billings Nancy Leigh Bland Richardson Ruby Blanton Wilkinson Agnes Bondurant Marcuson Helen Bos well Ames Berkeley G. Burch Sarah L. Canada Glover Elsie Carter Harris Mary Chenault Gillikin Margaret Clark Hanger Audrey Clements Lawrence
Omara
Daniel
Dorothy Deans Bohannon
Winnie F- Eubank Josephine Cleaves Ruth Cleaves
Amanda Gray
35
Murkland Dressier Turner
K. Eugenia Harris Bessie
Dru Hart Payne
Drainc
Williams
Eloise
Mae Hillsman Elizabeth Huse Ware Byrdie
1940
Jeannette Jones Spivey
Dorothy McNamee Fore Evelyn Massey Coleman
Agnes Murphy Olivia S. Newbill
Claudine O'Brien
Margaret Pollard Flippen Nora Berden Rawlinson Dorothy Rhodes Putney Sallie Goggin Rode* Kitty Smoot Major Elizabeth Sutton Stettner Susie Robinson Turner
Marcia Vick Susan Waldo O'Hara Tac Waters Mapp Lottie West McAnally 1936 Diploma
Evelyn Dickerson Frazier Mildred Hoge Shackelford Lucille Johnston Gertrude Levy Conn Cleo Reynolds Coleman Juanita Zeigler Stokely
Frances Alvis Hulbert Lucy S. Blackwell Jones
Hazel-Wood Burbank Thomas Anita Mildred Carrington Taylor Laura Nell Crawley Birkland
Mary Louise Cunningham Warren Martha Denny Judith Gathright Cooke Charligne Hall Chapman
Jane Hardy McCue Carolyn L. Harrell Mildred Harry Dodge Mai-y Louise Holland
Rosemary W. Howell Irene M. Kitchen Elizabeth Harris Loving Martha McCorkle Taylor Anna Maxey Boelt Margaret Northcross Ellis Jane Powell Johnson Marian Shelton Combs Mary Sue Simmons Goodrich Nancy Smith Hundley Olivia Stephenson Lennon Mildred
E.
Janice M. Bland
Isabel Williamson Eliza Wise
Mary Virginia Blankenship Cramer Cassie Boswell Habel Claire Eastman Nichols Bessie Eberwine Martha Gwaltney Everett
Martha Hamlet Davis Katherine Hurt Stahl Katherine Irby Hubbard Gertrude Manning Wilson Ruth Hunter Myers Margaret E. Pittard Chewning Marian Barclift Pond Ruth Ponton Virginia Tilman Aebersold Flora Belle WiUiams Marguerite York Rupp
Hoyt
1941
M. Alice Hoggs
Lou Anna Blanton Newton Laura Boteler Cowne Faye Brandon Cross Florence Boatwright Brooks Bernice Callis Hudson Yates Carr Garnett Rosa Courter Smith
Thelma Courtney Scott Rachael DeBerry Warren Helen Dunkley Elizabeth Garrett Rountrey Louise Hall Zirkle Nell Sue Hall Wilbourne Harriette Ann Haskins Eubank
Nancy Ora Jeter Louise Kendrick
1937 Diploma
Frances Bradshaw Bruce Hortense Connelly Brenda Doggett Garner
Ruth James Moore Ellen Skillman Knight 193S Degree Allen Westmoreland Margaret Bailey Bowors Bruce Crowell Rucker Blanche Doswell Richie Ellis Chandler Edith Hammack Nora F. Jones Culpeper
Mary Dudley
Hallie
McCraw
Carrie D.
Mahood
Minkel Grace Allen Pittard Sydnor
Lillian
Isabel
Hille
McCoy
Jean Moyer Scorgie Caralie Nelson Brown Ruth Lea Purdum Nash Virginia
Richards
Nellie Russell Shelton
Geneva Smith Doris Trimyer Gresham Helen Truitt Georgia Watson Wilkerson Elizabeth West Eunice Westbrook Martha Whelchel Plummer Mary Elizabeth White GuiUot
Louise Price Waller
Anna Crump
Shiflett
Reed
F. Rose Smith Stieffen Shaw Elise B. Turner Franklin
Gay
Margaret Turpin Burke Tuttle March Mary Vaughan Driscoll
Viola
Audrey White Harris Katherine D. White 1939
Lucy G. Adams Dorothy Adkins Young Louise Anthony McCain Bonnalyn Avery Bugg Marguerite Blackwell Seely Elizabeth Burke S. Elizabeth Button Rosenberger
1942
Rachel Abernathy Paulson
Peggy Ann Allen Cooper Virginia S. Barksdale Rotter Elizabeth L. Barlow Vera Baron Remsburg Elizabeth Boatwright Marie Cardwell Foster Mai-y Owen Carson Roberts Martha Cottrell Harwood Iva Cummings Johnson Caroline Eason Roberts Irma D. Graff Holland Jean Addison Hall Bass Myrtle Harrison Helen M. Hawkins Mary Venable Hughes Charlotte Jones Corson
Sarah Button Rex Harriet Cowles Carter Helen Costan Charlotte H. Davis McCarty Florence Garbee Lavelette Glenn Henry Marshall Greathead Thelma Houpe Foster Lenoir Hubbard Coleman
Polly Keller St. Clair Shirley McCalley King
Anne W. Kelly Bowman Elsie Landrum Catherine Maynard Pierce
Betty Peerman Coleman Louise Phillips Mancil Lula Power Muller Mary Lillian Purdum Davies V. Beverley Purkins, Schoaf Georgia Holman Putney
Fannie Putney Boykin Beverley
Sexton
Hathaway
Margaret Sinclair Marguerite Snell Trent Margaret Stallard Woolling Annie Laurie Taylor Owens Doris Thomas Elizabeth Tindall
36
Duncan
Mary McCormick Leary Viola Martin Catherine Moffitt Walters Mildred Morris Hertzberg Virginia Morris Jones
Evelyn Pankey McCorkle Elizabeth Ann Parker Stokes
Eva Reid
Lilly
Gray Zehmer
Helen Wiley Hardy Wheat Hallie Hillsman Fleetwood M. Lucille Johnston Baylis
Kunz
Margaret Mish Timberlake Leona Moomaw Janie V. Patterson Agnes Pierce Piland Etta Marsh Pilkington Adams
Alma Porter Elizabeth Reid Paradis Rosalie Rogers Talbert Alice Lee Rumbough Stacy Stella Scott Bosworth
Dawn
Shanklin Campbell Jane Lee Sink Givens Smith Shawen
Jeraldine
Elsie Stossel
Barbara Tripp Friend 1944 Lucille
Cheatham Moseley
Elizabeth Jones Clark Mildred J. Corvin Lingerfelt Barbara L. Dickenson Phillips Mildred A. Droste
Eason Mercer Dorothy Flo Wei's Johnson, Julia
Edith Gills Joscelyn Gillum Silva Sarah M. Hardy Blanton
Sue Harper Schumann Audrey B. Hawthorne Frances Lee Hawthorne Browder Mary K. Ingham Murphy Anne Leake Josephine Bishop Paxton Ruth B. Rose Brewer Romelia Say re Summerell Grace Scales Evans Jeanne Strick Moomaw Mary Tune Katherine R. Vaughan Ann Hardy Williams Helen Williamson Foresman Nancy Williamson Cole Mildred Willson Gertrude Wright Wells
Dofflemyer
Margaret Robinson Simkins Dorothy Rollins Pauly Dorothy A. Scott Mildred Frances Shaw
Nancy Wolfe Borden
Plummer Kay
Virginia
Eunice Lipscomb Louie Locke
Mary
Beatrice Barnette McArthur Grace Collins Boddie Lucy Davis Gunn
Tyler Irving
Grace Waring Putney 1937 Degree
1943 Lillian Agnew Leath Hannah Briggs Allen Julia Ethel Ay res Youngblood
Verelle
Frances Rosebro Garrett Mary Lou Shannon Delaney Julia Ellen Smith Borum Florence Thierry Leake
1945 E. Kyle Ainsworth Watson Mildred O'Brien Alvis
Mary Ann Biggs Prillaman Helen Chapman Cobbs Betsy Brooks Dillard Gomer Lillian Noble Goddin Hamilton
Anne Hamhn Parrott Dorothy Hudson Rachel Joyner Taylor Rebecca Lacy Old Lillian R. Livesay Edwards Nancye Bruce Noel Frances Gihner Patterson Lillian Alleyne Phillips Bryson Gwynn A. Roberts Morgan Lucy Manson Sharpe
Mary
Sterrett
Lipscomb
Eleanor H. Wade Tremblay Mary Paul Wallace Mary Franklin Woodward Potts 1946
Mary Spradlin Agnes Stokes Richardson
Anne Summers Lumpkin Mildred Lorene Thomas Clarke Virginia Treakle Marshbum Martha E. Watkins Mergler Katherine Wright Salmon 1947
Lucy Allen Ruth Anderson Smith Virginia Anderson Justis
Mae
Ballard Hilda Bennett Garrett
Mary Stewart Buford Peery Mary Armistead Catlett Rosa Chandler Elliott E. Lorene Claiborne Ward Betty Deuel Cock Elam Patsy Dale Barham Shirley Mae Didlake Irby Julia Edmonds
Margaret Elsie
Edith C. Bryant Grizzard
Anderson
Mary EUen Johnson Garber Geraldine Joyner West Barbara Kellam Grubbs Katharine Kearsley Williams Mary Cabell Overbey Field Doris R. Ramsey Christine Shifiet Maxey Cornelia C. Smith Goddia
Lynn Sprye Cavedo 1948
Hilda Abernathy Jackson Catharine Bickle Marjorie Ann Burns
Nancy H. Chambers Elizabeth
Lloyd
Collier
Sue Duval Davis Breeding ilkerson V. Adeline Dodd Jean Edgerton Winch Dorothy Lee Fultz Elliott Marian Hahn Sledd
W
Mary Helmer Nancy Hughes Robinson George Anne Lewis Hart Elizabeth Ogburn Anne Dudley Payne Betty Jean Snapp Fawcett Ruth B. Stephenson Harriette Sutherlin Overstreet Helen Reeves Williams White
Ruth M. Eggleston Katy Ellis Reid Ethel Irene Fenimore June Gianniny Jeffrey Louise Harr>- Bagby Shirley
Buck
Louise Bunch
Anne Marie Carmines
Ellett
Freeman
Louise Harrell Clark Anna Stuart Headlee Lambdin Audrey Jane Hudson Grinstead
1949
Nancy Ann Broughman Terry Barbara W. Brown
Ransdell
Wright
Page Cook Axson Alice Courter Burton Sue Baylis Cross Shirley N. Cruser White Dorothy L. Cummings Bailie W. Daughtrey Phyllis
Louisa Dawson
Mary Anne Dove Waldron Julia Feagans
Miriam Feagans Charlotte Baird Ferebee
Ruth Fleming Scott
Jane Philhower Young Virginia Price Perrow Virginia Shackelford Mclntyre Lois Lloyd Shepperd Lewis Mildred Louise Shiflett Toomer Florence Smith Carr
Lois K. Callahan Gwendolyn Cress Tibbs Jennie Lee Cross H. Dorothy Daniel
Carolyn Bobbitt Jones
Margaret Claiborne Viola Colonna
Beverly Peebles Kelly
N. Marian Wittkamp Coralie Woolridge
Elizabeth Burger Ella Banks Abraham Gloria Allen Kent Nellie Katharine Allen M. Ellen Bailey Mary Terrell Beazley Lucille Bell Barnes Eleanor Bisese Johnson
Alice Buck Nell Morrison
Luverta Joyner Gumskowski Rosa Hill Yonce Martha Holman LeStourgeon Ruby E. Keeton Frances Lee Stoneburner Mary Catherine Lynch Bo wen. Margaret A. Mclntyre Davis Katherine A. Maddox Thomas Ann Beaman Martin Kinsey PoUy Moore Light Rebecca Norfleet Meyer Margaret Orange Jackie Parden Kilby Jean Parry Whitaker Glenn Ann Patterson Marsh Jane Paulette Taylor
Irving
Kathryn L. Kesler Alfreda Lewis Moore Betty
Pairet
Watson
Ruby Pugh Ethel Shockley Southall Gwendolyn R. Smith Kennedy Elizabeth V. Spindler Scott Lee Staples Lambert Betty Tilson Walker Virginia Watson Price 1950
Mary Louise Alphin Hurley Mary Puckett Asher Winifred Beard Marjorie Bos wick
Michael
Alumnae Magazine
Anderson Bowles Virginia C. Bowie Brooks V. Page Bumette Johnson Anne Grace Oakes Burton
Frances Everett Brown Betsy Gravely Emily Hastings Baxter Elsie Hawley Burkholder
Dolores Duncan Smallwood Jacqueline Eagle
Charlotte
Nellie
Harris Floyd Constance Heather Poland Jean Hogge Shackelford Catherine Johnston Wilck Nancy Kibler Smith Patsy Kimbrough Pettus Willard Leeper Virginia Crumley Leeper Patsy C, Lindsev
Patricia
Helen Travnham
Ruth Walker McGhee Peggy White Sarah Wilkinson Baldwin Ann Younger
Bettie
Lou Van de Riet Baecher
Freia A. Goetz
Vaughan
Johanna
Mary Crawford Andrews Mary Lee Folk
Wanda
Betty M. Foster Dolores L. Hoback
Fay Sharon Greenland
Elizabeth Eubank Davidson L. Doll
Katharine Gilbert
Kanner
1956
June Horton McKown Dorothy Batten Kitchin Elizabeth Ann McClung Grigg
Josephine Sneed
Edna Lucille Mann Pierce Sara Mapp Messick Mildred Parker Candler
Thompson Frances Turner Widgen
Ora Mitchell Parker Jean A. Pearce Shell
Mary Jo Smith Fore
June M. Divers
Lucille
Betty Jane West
Doris R. Horne
Frances Ramsey Hunter Jean Ridenour Appich
Helen Connelly Button Jean Cunningham Wilson
i
Catherine Hamilton Dorothy Hughes Harris Peggy Hood Smith
Rachael E. Peters
Lindsey
Shahan
Elsie Holland Cux Nellie Culpeper
Eugenia Moore Elsie Rae Page Bonner Carter
Biddlecomb
Marie Ash Carr Edith Haley Brooks
Hornsby
Dorothy Toland Cooper Nell Crocker Owen Barbara Ann Moore Curling Betty Joan Davis Edwards Donnetta Devine Clark Elizabeth Durfee Coleman Dolly Baker Harrell C. Rebecca Hines Bowling Margaret Lester Miller Barbara Mitchell Dorothy Morris Nancy Nelson Joyce Pomeroy Wilma Salmon Robinson Sh rley Anne Wa rd
Betty Tyler
Walker
Jackie Jardine Wall Virginia McLean Pharr
1951
Duma
Ellen Booth Marj' C. Boswell
Helen M. Tanner Margaret O. Tavlor Barlow
Maria Jackson
Mary Maxwell Acree Cumbia Ann Burnette Younger
Edith
1955
Mary
Shelton
Collins
Wicke Tompkins
Lee Drumeller Vought Wary Denny Wilson Parr
1954
Annie M. Swann
Catherine
Frances Dunlap Powell
1952
Carol Stoops
Mildred
C. Jones
Maude
Sutherland
F.
Thomas
Nellie Garrett
Billie
Ijois
Dean
C. Short
Ann
Anne
Bobbie Wall Edwards Elizabeth Wilson East
Joan M. Moore Emma M. Moss Marie Louise Redd
Virginia
Eva McKennev Guynn Betty C. Hancock Beard Virginia Lee Hansel
Edith G. Walker Hostetter
McGhee Nancy Lee Maddox Stuart
Dorothy E. Stringfield
Blannie Tanner Bass Helen E. Castros Anne Conley Bromley Hortense Connelly Anne Marie Gray Cook
Gretna Perkins Bobbie Pollard Wrenn Corinne Rucker Lester H. Smallwood Jr. Helen C. Smith Massie Virginia Mildred Spencer Wnek Mary Jane Stansbury Peake Iris Sutphin Wall Grace Adair Thompson
Elizabeth G-
Ellen M. Porter Koolman Hattie W. Pugh Betsy Jean Robertson
1953
Peggy Dee Hoover Newhall King Jones Lillie Lankford Middleton
Margaret Farmer Newman Charlotte Flaugher Ferro Jane Gray Comerford
Nancy
Eleanor Weddle
Mildred Rassdale Jackson Beatrice Jones Lewis
Honorar>' Members Harriet Baker Houston Blackwell Mrs. Norman O. Myers
9n, TyiumDhLaiYL Kate ("Daisy") Ashley Riidolphi, Ellen
Bahh White,
Nancy Urquhart Eertlia
'96
Boykiii Harrell, '32
Braitlin'aitc
Flora Anne Bruce.
Frances Land Chappell, ent
Mary Lazeson
'!'&
Beale,
ent
'05
'07
Sarah
Jones,
I.eatlierinan
Muyskens,
Elizabeth Lewis Powers,
Alice Bland Coleman,
'01
Blanche Bonner McClintic,
Olivia Deislier, ent '09
Lucy Lee
Mildred Finney Lancaster, ent Garrett Johnson,
'15
Hannah Handctt Morgan,
Lelia
J.
Helen Jarinan
Barnett, '92 '21
Stipes,
Grace Jones Chinn, Jessie
'29
Hancs Lancaster, Harris
Lee King.
'28
'38,
'44
'30
ent '93
A'irginia
'94
U'harey McGehee, ent
Mary Moore
'89
Moore Green,
Elizabeth Helena Roberts,
Marianna Robinson Rogers.
'31, '33
Phelps, '03
SMid
'44
'00
Stonaker, '23
Alary Speight,
Mary '30
'15
'34x
'11
Elizabeth Tjirpin Williams. '10
Helen Warriner Coleman, Nannie Watkins,
Bettie
Ann
'18,
'48
'II
Mildred Boiling White, JVhiteluirst
Maud Wicker,
December, 1956
'95
'26
Daisy Szi'etnani Hughes.
Tarpley. '10
Xancy Rebecca Ogburn.
May
Chenery
Carrie Samuels Spencer, ent '87
'38
Harris, '06
Maymie Olive Myers
Harriet
Rateliffe
^h^Crazi^ Kuykendall, ent '02 Ethel
Mann Rhudy,
\'irginia
Alice Putney,
Mary Beverly
Maggie Sibley Smith,
'13
Shirley McKinney. '56x
Evelyn
'15
'18
(Mrs.) Virginia H. Ruftin. ent
Fannie Ligon,
E.
'54
Ethel Lie/on Miller, '07 'OS
Mary
Louise Price Miller,
'39
Lennie AJay Clemmer,
Lemma
'06
'9()
'31,
'40
Parsons, '14
'96
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assignment to French ^Morocco for two Martha Alarsli Lewis years' duty '02, a widow since 1934, lives at Wicomico .
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Annie Gresham Lyons '03, agent, writes from San Antonio, Texas: "1812 Daughters and DAR here in Texas have claims on me this March, but I'll get back to Alma
Church
.
.
loyal
a
.
class
A'laude 2\Iater one of these days." Wallace '03, before her retirement from teaching in Clarkston, Wash., was recognized by Delta Kappa Gamma honor society, as one of the superior teachers in her area Ella V. Moore Rector '04 is young people's organizer in her husband's church in Berkeley Springs. W. Va. Charlotte Siiead Grimes is .
.
Martha
The family
Mason of
Kennerly.
1S'.17
Martha Mason KennerU'.
of 1897, requested no flowers at funeral, but that her friends send
Class lier
her beloved Longwood College Alumnae Association. After 60 years what a tribute to her first Alma contributions
to
Mater On May 21. 1956, this distinguished and loyal alumna died at the home of her niece, Mrs. Sherman Hooker, in Tucson, Ariz. Born at Greenway Court, White Stone, Va., in 1872, she was the daughter of Capt. Joseph M. Kennerly !
and Josepha Ann Beale Kennerly. After her elementary education at home under a governess, she graduated from the State
Female Normal School, now Longwood College, in February, 1897. She taught several
years
in
\'irginia,
then
entered
Adelphi
College, Brooklyn. N. Y., and received her B.S. degree in 1903. Later she taught there under Miss Bessie Gaines. In 1913 she became a member of the
biology department at Hunter College in New York where she taught until her retirement in 1943, having been made associate professor in 1924. She received the M.A. degree from Columbia University and did further graduate study at Woods Hole and Cornell. .\lso she traveled extensively. She is survived by two nieces, Mrs. Sherman Hooker, 3210 E. Willard, Tucson. Ariz., and Mrs. John C. Digges, White Post, Va. Martha Kennerly was a great teacher, who continued to love her native \^irginia and Longwood College. She gave to the .Alumnae House a valuable original oil painting "Christ in the Tomb" by Newman and to the Morrison Memorial
Library at Longwood a copy of Campbell's History of I'irgiiiia, which had been given her by the family of Dr. J. A. Cunningham, at his death. Sara Ferguson Thomas, who would have graduated with the famous Class of 1894. sustained a broken hip several months ago, but has recovered sufficiently to get around the house in a walker, so the Bristol Herald Courier reports Bessie Lindsey Farmer '96 who has had two long hospital experiences in the last two years, writes that she will be glad to continue her work as class agent It was a disappointment not to see Mattie Lee Cunninghnm Walker '98 on Founders Day. She wrote, "Each day I kept hoping would be able to come, but my bad I knee prevented, so you see I could not trip around and enjoy the wonderful crowd as I have done for so many years." Vennie Cox Mattoon '00 spent a winter recently with her son Ray, a lieutenant .
.
colonel
38
in
the
Army,
just
before
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his
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quite
a
Her
last
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.
retirement. a vivid picture of
gave
letter
her
since
traveller
Carrie Dungan '06 is president of the Farmville Branch of A.A.U.W. and vice-president of Psi Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Louise Semones, '06, retired several years ago after teaching in Danville for 41 years ... A letter from Nellie Moreland Slaven, '07, told of her activities during the past half century and of her intentions (jf being present for the reunion of the class of 1907. She has lived in
southern Florida
.
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.
Washington government in
taught
Newport News in
.
for the past 21 years, in service until 10 years ago.
Prior to that she had taught
and
.
in
Hampton
Susan Wright Danville, Arkansas, and Idaho .
.
.
Ruby Leigh Orgain,
has three daughters and two sons. The older son was an officer in World War II the other is a specialist in agricul;
.
.
.
Command who returned to the States in .August after a two-year tour in Formosa. Beryl has five grandchildren Grace Graham Beville '08 is well known in Florida for her creative writing in children's literature Alma Louise Taylor Finchani '08. of "Finch Haven" near Culpeper, is a busy grandmother, but does much community and church work .
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The Raleigh Nezfs and Observer
carried a lovely picture of Julia Forbes Thornton last year at the time of the presentation to the State of a renlica of the historic Norcom home, in Edenton. N. C. Julia, as honorary president general of Colonial Dames of the X\"II Century, participated presentation cerein the monies. Mary Jones .-\dams '10 is a hostess at
Southwestern
Memphis,
in
Tenn
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Judith Savillc for several years suijerintendent of nurses in Palmerton, Pa., is now with the E.xecutive Department of Shepherd Pratt Hospital in Baltimore ... A Pittsylvania newspaper carried a well deserved tribute to Olive Myers Tarpley, at the time of her death last fall. She was active in the Danville Business and Professional \\'oman's Club, the Mt. Herman Woman's Club, and the Epsilon Chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society Myrtle Steele Seay .
.
.
in the A'irginia
DAR. Carrie Bell Elbert '11, who married again after the death of her first husband, is again a widow. She lives in Redondo Beach, Calif Kathleen Saville is now living in a cottage on her home place in Rockbridge County and keeps busy writing Violet Marshall Miller, whose daughter, Mary Beatrice, is also a graduate of Longwood, is an active member of the Greensboro, N. C, Alumnae .
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Chapter
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Mary
.Allen
Shan'
McCue
in St.
CatherMilligan
Director of L'pper School
is
upon
Beryl Morris Flannagan Henderson, N. C. has two sons. Eric G., Jr.. an architect, and Stephen, a mechanical engineer, both in business with their father. Her daughter is married to a major in the U. S. Air
Maude Augusta new chairman of
.
.
the
is
Junior .American citizens
ine's
of
.
Rogers McLean
After
Washington
economics
tural
for
nine years after leaving Farmville. touring the West in 1916, she was called to Washington to work for "uncle Sam", and did efficient work in the War Risk Dept. until her retirement several years ago. She still resides in
'99
in
Richmond
.
.
.
Effie
her retirement from her position with the Pennsylvania Railroad moved back to her old home in Cape Charles Iva JVilkersoii Etheridge had the misfortune of breaking her hip more than a year ago, but is now able to get about on crutches. Edith Willis Reed '12 is president of the National Commission of Children's Work for the Methodist Church Mr. Hill Sandidge, vice-president of Richmond's Central National Bank, is Nellie Bristoiv Sandidge's son. -Ada Bierbower '13. retiring elementary supervisor of Nottoway County, was recognized in June as Blackstone's "Woman of the Year." She is now living in Farmville across the street from the .
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Alumnae House
PTA
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The Clarke School
Charlottesville celebrated the school's 2Sth anniversary in May and at the same time honored Florence Buford who has been principal of the school ever since it opened its doors Blanche McClintic, who died after a lingering illness last year, was one of the most beloved teachers in the Covington schools. The Covington I'irginian concluded an editorial on her passing with this paragraph "The parents and grandparents of our school children give honor to her memory and are grateful that they too were among the fortunate number who started their school days under the guidance of 'Miss Blanche' "... Annie Moss McClure teaches fifth grade in one of rapidly Hempstead, L. I.'s growing schools. Her oldest son, John, is working in Kansas with juvenile delinquents. Her younger son is in the Army. in
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:
Lenuna
Garrett
away on September sympathy
to
Johnson,
'IS.
passed
The class extends her family. Her two daugh15.
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ton
Beth Johnson Wright '44, and WinsJoIduoh Biggs, '53, are graduates
Longwood.
of
Callie Bolton Tyler is a world traveler. Last summer she visited most of the European countries and the Holy Land Elizabeth Jarrett, who has taught . . in many Christian Workers' schools .
throughout Methodism, is now giving full time as consultant to churches wishing program of to develop an expanding Christian Education The Daily Press in January carried an excellent picture of Blanche Adams Chapman and a long article about her interest in research and her authorship of valuable Virginia gene.
.
.
alogies.
Margaret Barnard Cassidy
makes
'16
a charming hostess in Edmarton Guest House, her home near Endless Caverns
Evelyn Goodiviu Skinker is librarian Marine Corps School at Quantico To Thelma Parker Babb. the Class of 1916 extends sympathy on the death of her husband, Livingston H. Babb, of
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in
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Ivor
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carried
.
The Tiincs-Dispalch
recently of Ruth picture outgoing president of the Vir-
a
Jamison,
.
Home Economics Association Louise Fletcher is doing associational missionary work in Scott County, with headquarters at Gate City Brenda Doggett and her husband live Griffin alone on a farm in Isle of Wight, she writes, but haven't much time to be lonely, for their four married children live near enough for tlie nine grandchildren to spend much time with them Aurelia Kayton Porter is hospital director, Barney Convalescent Hospital, in Dayton, Ohio, and also a member of civic and church boards in her city Lelia Rebecca Carter Thomas has been .
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clerk
for
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and auditors. Katharine Gilbert '18, Grace Richardson Fletcher '19x, and ilildred Ra;isdalc Jackson '25 attended the summer session at Longwood Frances Azile Hancock Dallas is a teller in a Richmond bank .
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Clara AU'blctt Rurrier writes "We are wintering in Richmond and it's good to :
December, 19S6
Bernice Nuckols grade teacher at .
.
Richmond. She
in
the
is
"All
entitled
article
Aboard for Antarctica," of The Instructor.
June issue
in the
To Kate Co.r Bond, the Class of 1919 extends sympathy on the death of her husband, Ivan F. Bond Myrtle ReveIcy Brown, loyal class agent as always, found time this year to write each classmate, even though it had to be done "enroute on the Super Chief to California, seeking a little sun and change for a not too well husband." Anna Penny Willis is interested in writing. Many of her poems, short stories, and articles have been published, and one of her plays has been produced in major networks Catherine Riddle, who was in a bad automobile accident last summer, writes that she is about as good as new again. Bessie Mead's 16-year-old daughter is living with Catherine while her mother and father are in Japan where he is in charge of Fukuoka Army Hospital. .
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Rash Rooke
Lucille
member
'22 is an active Highland Park Woman's
of the
Club, Garden Club. Citizen's Association, and the Country Club of \'irginia Sarah Stubblefield has the enviable record of having taught 29 years and missed only one day. She has taught in the Methodist Sunday School for almost as many years Nancy Reed Quarles '57, daughter of Nancy Crisinan Quarles. was maid of honor to Queen Shenandoah XXIX at the Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester in April. Her father, super.
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.
.
intendent of the city schools, has been the author and narrator of the festival's
Pageant
annual
Spring
of
time
since
Lilliam Griffin Turner
formerly a homemaker and church '23.
teacher, is now school worker in Smithfield To Mary Tyler Baker Baber, the Class of 1923 extends sympathy on the death of her husband, a prominent civic leader in .
Cumberland County
.
.
Margaret Glenn
.
.
,
Van Huss,
of Elizabethton, Tenn., has 17 and 13. Her husband died in 1954 Maria Sterrett Swecker's daughter received last year's National Geographic Society award for her essay on conservation. Margaret Hubbard Seely '29 and family, after 30 months in Japan, now live in Wahoo, Neb., where Colonel Seely is commanding oflncer of the Ordnance plant Lillian Rhodes, who "has lived ail over the United States," has settled down in Fairmont, W'. Va.. built a house, and doesn't think she will move again. She is art chairman at Fairmont State College .'\lma Hunt, executive secretary of the Woman's Missionary Union, Baptist Church, writes of her work "My territory covers 24 states so I have This wide and wonderful contacts past summer I was sent to the Baptist
two
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:
"By some
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World
Alliance meeting in London and the opportunity to visit mission points in Europe and the Near East." Audrey Frank Birdsall's son Gilbert was a special guest at a recognition dinner at the National 4-H Club Congress held
given
.
.
Chicago Leyland is in
teacher,
last fall
club
.
.
.
Eunice Basseit
mother of two and church worker
the
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sons, .
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Elva Reynolds Powell, who was teacher of the year for her county in 1953, had to give up her regular work that very year for a very serious operation. .She
miracle,
am
I
able to
do most of the things I've always done, even substitute teaching." Evelyn Thompson Law and her daughter have recently returned from a summer in Europe. They visited England and the .
Continent.
Her
son
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at Aledical College
is
Richmond Roberta Skipwith Self lives in Montgomery, Ala. We trust that her son who was ill in March has entire-
ini
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ly recovered former missionary .
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now
Joy Burch
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nurse
infirmary
Shetfey,
Belgian Congo,
in the
Lynchburg
at
College.
Esther Kut:: Rusmisel '31 is active in the Woman's the community church, Club, and Boy Scouts in Great Neck, L. I. She has a daughter 16 and a son Frances Elizabeth Stephenson 10 Kitchen is bank teller and secretary in Wakefield Mabel Barksdale Norris, formerly "forelady" with E. I. duPont Co.. has returned to her first love teaching Jane Brou'ii West, we are glad to know, is able to lead a normal life, after several years' invalidism from and two polio. husband, her Jane, daughters and a son are living in Lombard, III, where he is associated with a Dorothy Goodlarge steel corporation he Broadwater, of Middleboro, Ky.. was unable to attend her 25th reunion in March on account of the illness of her daughter Caroline, but she and her husband later brought their children to see .
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Alma Maters. Longwood, and William and Mary. Lois Cox '3i has returned to the Maryland School for the Blind in Overlea. Martha Md.. to be its principal Guntcr Meidling, formerly engaged in
their
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Research at Aberdeen Proving
Ballistic
teaching at home again in Katie Kidd Austin has recently been appointed Elementary Supervisor in Buckingham County Margaret G. Brown is reading consultant with Allyn and Bacon, with headquarters Irene Leake Gottsin Dallas, Texas chalk lives just seven minutes from Times is
Lynchburg
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Elizabeth Glenn Cockrell '34
sons, .
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writes
Ground,
1936.
Railway for 10
she is also correspondent for the Crewe Chronicle Ellen Lash is a member of the Executive Committee of the Virginia Association of English Teachers. Hattie Robertson Brinkley '17 has held offices in most of the church and community organizations in which she has worked garden club, Chapter, hospital board, and the Woman's Society in her church \n article on Southside ^^irginia's scientific tobacco growing and curing, written by Lee DrumcUcr \'ought was published in the March Bulletin of the Virginia Geographic Society Louise Gibson Sterrett, postmistress at Rockbridge Baths, was one of the 11 alumnae who joined the group that went to New York in June on the Blue and Gray Clipper Theater Train Kate Louise Ji'ooldridc/e Watkins before her marriage taught in the Roanoke schools, and in the summer worked in Home Mission fields for her church. Slie has a son and a daughter, both graduates of the University of Rochester Gladys Tucker Rollins is president of the Charleston. W. Va., Chai)ter of UDC, officer in the Iris Garden Club, and member of other community and civic clubs. She has three sons, the oldest a junior partner in his father's company of accountants
years
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charming
ginia
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be back in \'irginia." Stanley is a fourth
is
active
community aflfairs in Kilmarnock. She Betsey Wilkinson has two sons Darden was pictured in the Roanoke in
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U'orld Nezvs
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over the caption Educational Fundamentals. Betsey was reading to her first graders while they were taking their Dorothy daily 30-minutes rest period Eubank Allen, husband Dr. J. P. Allen, and daughter Patsy went to Switzerland last year where he has served as visiting professor at the theological seminary at Nancy Harrison McRuschlikon Laughlin's husband, Sam. is head of the science department at Woodberry Forest and director of Camp Briar Hills in the summer .. Maria D. Williams received her M.S. degree at the University of Florida in August. Alaude Rhodes Cox. '35. is working as
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last fall
added
to
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secretary at Smithfield High School. She has three children: Herbert. 13. Nancy. Jessica Jones 10. and Robert. 8. Binns, homemaker. mother of two sons, .
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substitute teacher, worker in civic and religious groups, is one of the outstanding citizens of Glen Allen.
Cleo Reynolds Coleman. '38, has two Brenda Lou 7 and Bruce 4 Margaret Lee Bailey Bowers of ArlingBecky 4 ton also has two children The class of 1938 extends and John 1 children
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sympathy to Elizabeth Harris Miller on the death of her husband, Robert Morton Ritchie Miller, in February, 1956. Ellis Chandler is a busy housewife and substitute teacher in Lawrenceville. She .
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has two daughters, Judy and Mary Anne Grace Allen Pittard Sydnor reports "a wonderful trip last August through New England and up the St. Lawrence." .
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June 1905 Edith Dickey (Mrs. John R. Morris) 834 Locust Ave., Charlottesville, Va. (Mrs. J. Secretary: Clair Woodruff Luckin Bugg) Farmville, Va. Lucy Brooke Jennings of Chevy Chase, D. C, is making plans to be at the Lucy Alumnae Meeting in 1960 President:
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Simpson retired in 1953 48 years of service in teaching. Since her retirement she has been called to teach mathematics in the College of William and Mary and V.P.I, evening schools. Lucy's daughter Helen teaches English in Blair Junior High School in Norfolk Alice Paidett Creyke writes very interestingly of her sons, Geoffrey a lawyer in Washington, D. C. Jr., and Dick, a producer of instructional films Ellen Lee for Esquire and Coronet Wilson, our politically minded member, has a lawyer son living in Roanoke Mary Eivell Hundley keeps young by working with the youth of her community Myra Howard spoke on Friendship with South American Countries at the Round Dozen Club in Pulaski recently after
Alaiison
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Davis teaches Spanish at the University Zula Cutchins calls herAlabama self an old maid in her letter, which proves to me that she has not lost her sense of humor. She spends some of her spare "Miss Issie" time writing poetry as Isabelle Harrison was lovingly called at St. Christopher's School in Richmond, where for 27 years, she was receptionist, secretary, registrar, and "pal" of thousands of boys, retired last year and is living in Richmond Minnie Blanton Button and Martha Blanton still live in Farmville and are fortunate to be able to keep in touch with our Alma Mater. Minnie carries on the work of her late husband in the insurance business. Martha of
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Randolph Chapter, DAR The class was saddened to hear of the death of Lennie May Clemmer in May. for Judith
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Antown library Nidermaier Phipps is a past president of the Clintwood Senior Woman's Club. She is at present District Chairlibrarian in the
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of the Federation
Minnie Blanton (Mrs. H. E. Button Jr.) Farmville, Va.
President:
Secretary: Blanche Nidermaier (Mrs. C. E. A^ermillion) Box 183, Dublin, Va.
seems that 13 has been a lucky number for our class of 13, for after 47 years we are all still living and approaching our fiftieth anniversary. I do hope at that time we can have a complete reunion, which will be a wonderful experience Happy Wilder is still a popular teacher in the South Boston school, and someone identified her as "the girl with the beautiful name". Katherine Pennyhacker Wright, our class treasurer, still has her home in \\'aynesboro, and spends her winters in Broadway Lucy Robins Archer and her husband live at his old home place, "Malvern" on the James River, near Richmond. She enjoys her church work. She writes that she often sees Miss Eloise Harrison, under whom It
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Margaret
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Loan Funds,
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teaches an adult Bible class in the Presbyterian Church. She ow-ns and operates the Dickenson County Hospital since the death of her husband. Dr. R. L. Phipps, in 1951 As for me, the only spectacular thing I ever did was to mother a beautiful daughter who now has a son who is the joy of my life. (Editor's note: Mrs. Vermillion celebrated her 45th wedding anniversary in July and does extensive church work in Dublin.) .
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1921
President: Elizabeth Moring (Mrs. W. E. Smith) Farmville, Va. Secretary: Carolyn L. Harrell, 113 3Sth
Newport News, Va. Sarah Andrezvs Putnam was kind enough to write me about Founders Day. She enjoyed her week-end stay with her St.,
daughter, Anne Price White, then a freshman. In addition to her daughter, she has a son, Jack, who is making a career of the Navy. She makes her home in Arlington and is a research analyst for the Defense Department Only about five members of our class were present on Founders Daj'. Elizabeth iloring Smith is in and out of the College frequently keeping up with its activities. Beth Gannaway is still teaching and conducting European tours during the summer months. Lucille Chappell Jones who has two children and two grandchildren lives on a farm in Prince Edward. .
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River Road, Richmond, \"a. Kathleen Browning Holland, who lives in Bethesda, Md., lost her husband about two years ago. We extend our deepest sympathy to her Susan Minton ^NIcReynolds' husband had the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity conferred upon him recently by Randolph Macon College Josephine Sherrard has just completed 20 years of nursing at the .
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Crippled Childrens' Hospital in Richmond Evelyn Purccll Davis and her husband Judge Davis of Charleston, W. Va., .
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issued invitations in June to the marriage of their daughter, Staige, to Lt. WilLeli.i. liam Nolley of Richmond Kabler Boggs lives in Little Rock. Ark., and is the wife of Dr. Marion Boggs, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church Annie Irene D-unn Clarke is there completing her 42nd year of teaching this Lila year. She has two grandchildren McGehee Vreeland writes from Charlotte, N. C, "My days are full. I find tutoring very interesting and am eternally grateful .
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for the training I got at Longwood ... cherish every hour at the College" .
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Mary Margaret Uniberger Groseclose, we are happy to report, has recovered from two serious eye operations
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Jones Elcan's son, Cleveland, is editor of the /roil. Worker Magazine, which published the history of Longwood last year Anne Stone Stewart's daughter Barbara was married recently to a young Lutheran minister ... A Charlotte, N. C, newspaper carried this note about IMarie O'Neill's husband that her classmates .
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"The Charlotte be interested in Boys' Qioir \\-as founded and has been supervised for many years by James P. McAIillan. The Choir has often been re-
w-ill
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Myrtle Chappell McCutchen lives in Santa Clara, Calif., and is doing work and substitute teaching. Caralie Woolridge has taught in Norfolk since 1921. After attending several colleges,
DAR
she received a B.S. at Longwood in 1948. She teaches in the Walter H. Taylor School and is superintendent of the Primary Department in her church school. Mary Nichols whom we counted a member of our class for two years was in Europe for the summer. Grace Oakcs
away suddenly
Burton's husband passed
President and Acting Secretary Maria Bristow (Mrs. T. J. Starke) "Rustom",
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January 1909
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Dorothea Buck Latin American Fund, and the Mary Macon Student Loan Fund and also Scholarship Fund for teaching of the mentally handicapped child. She
were delighted to have a newsy from Betsey Lemon Davis. She
married Charles Jones Davis, of Rocky Mount, Va., in 1909. Betsey has six children, two daughters who attended Longwood College, Catherine 'ii, now Mrs. William C. Sumner of Roanoke, and Betsey '45x, now Mrs. Jackson Betts of Kenbridge; four sons, and 17 grandchildren. She is hoping that one of her six granddaughters will come to Longwood Clair Woodruff Bugg has just had a paper, "The Marriage of Pocahontas", published in the July and August numbers of the Norfolk and l!^estern Manazine. This story was written
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ferred to as the most professional organization of its kind in this section of the country."
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Our sympathy
July.
is
extended to
She is the author of a book of poems which is to be published in a revised edition in November, and teaches in
her.
Danville.
Jane Bacon Lacy's husband is Greek and Latin Professor in Catholic University of America and a writer. His book, "Pearl of Great Price", an account conversion to the Catholic faith, published some years ago. Jane writes "We have three children. The eldest boy is a businessman in Kansas City in a construction firm founded by his grandfather. Our second boy has just completed his first year at Catholic University. Our daughter who is in the Convent of the Sisters of Notre Dame in Cleveland, has just received the habit of the order and the white veil of a novice. It is a teaching order so she is keeping the family tradition. For the four consecutive years of her high school work, she won a medal in the National Latin Contest" Reva Graves Gregory is a member of UDC, DAR, \\'oman's Club, of
his
was
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and
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and
W.S.C.S..
an
officer
in
most
of these organizations, besides being the Among those organist in her cliurch serving on the state level this year in the Business and Professional Woman's Club will be Audrey Glenn Mustoe. of .
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Anna Vries Carter is Newsoms Elementary School.
Hot Springs principal of
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She has two sons, one with a Master's degree from the University of North Carolina and the other a senior in high school
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When
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the
president
of the
Corporation in Richmond, Ind.. died in 1952, he left the management of his business to his wife, Ann Bullock Davis. Ann also has a gracious home,
Davis
two small 180 acres
boys, .
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and manages a farm of Moore and her
Ida Saville
Alumnae Magazine
Cleveland, Tenn. He. live in formerly agricultural missionary to India, has been and continues prominent in
husband
V.P.I, projects.
wood
Alildred Hall Clark is principal of the Urbanna Elementary School and lives at Wake Ringgold Front Aliller is in the Philippines where she is teach-
Diploma 1924 :
ville,
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Last
year
she taught on Okinawa. She visited New Zealand, Tasmania, Java, and Bali this summer Winnie Sutherland, who holds a ALA. degree from the University of Virginia, is supervisor of secondary schools in Fairfax County Doris Cochran Klotz has been elected president of the Southside District V.F.W.C. As for me, I have been most active in community projects. have one son ing
President Nancy Lyne ( Mrs. Garrett A. Taylor) "Old Waverly", Gordons-
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winter.
this
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Ruth Winer
Secretary:
Morton
(Mrs.
B. Brown) Standard Furniture Company, Strawberry St., Cape Charles, V'a.,
Louise Bates Chase lives in Scarsdale, N. Y., substitutes in the Westchester County schools, and is writing a children's education program for TV or radio Elizabeth Rothrock Blount .
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and husband live in Arlington. He with the Department of Agriculture ;
is
his
win trophies at the National Dahlia Shows in Washington. They have lived in many cities, but are settled in Arlington now. One child, a son with a Master's degree, is married Reva Blankenbaker Holden is a grandmother and lives in Passiac, N. J., with her son. One of her daughters is in the Air Force. Reva is at present a reporter for the Aletropolitan School Study Council. She has travelled in the U. S. and Canada Doris Crocker Warthen, with her three daughters and husband, never has a dull moment. She is a member of the PTA, Garden Club, Woman's Club and her church in Lynchburg. Her husband has published Longwood's yearbook for many years Mary Friend Best, her doctor husband, and son live in the state of Texas and love it there Elizabeth Paylor Hart of Farmviile holds offices in her church and teaches a Sunday School class. Her home is two doors from where Miss Munoz and dahlias Capitol
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Harriett once lived. Remember? Her son attends R.P.I, in Richmond Etta Sazi'yer Hart, also of Farmviile has a son, Charles Willard, Jr. He is a medical writer for a pharmaceutical company in Philadelphia Isabel Bilisoly Pruden received her B.S. degree from Longwood .
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summer. She her husband teaches. She stated this
lives
in
and
with
two
Portsmouth sons and
Elizabeth Brady
tliat
married her brother and lives in Louisiana Ruby Walton Gentry teaches and lives in Warwick. She vacationed with her husband and daughter in Maine. She wrote that Kathleen Smith Baker lives .
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Tnrnbull Ellis has a very busy Living in Wilmington, Del., she is
Julia life.
in the SPCA, Red Cross, and Community Chest. She is president of the Immanual Church Guild and works
active
on the "A Day ject to pairs.
raise
She
and Doris
in
New
Old
money
the
for
Castle" pro-
church
re-
Mary Tnrnbull Harding Cochran Klotz each fall when sees
she journeys to Emporia for quail shooting W'ith her husband, who works for the duPont Company Alary Piercy .
Abercrombie
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Appalachia is active in church work, garden club, music club. Woman's Club, A.L.A., and the Girl Scouts. She and her husband have one grandchild,
of
their
only
daughter's
son
Gladys Griffin Jeter teaches in Lynchburg. She received a B.S. degree from Lynchburg College in 1954 She has been commuting to the L^niversity of Virginia each summer for a ALE. degree. Her daughter .-Knn is a junior at Long.
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who graduated from William and Mary and worked towards a Alaster's degree at the L'niversity of Connecticut where he met his wife, an honor graduate. He ser\-ed two years in the Armed Forces and was an instructor while at Camp Gordon Over here on the Eastern Shore I meet three of our classmates. Alice Disharoon Elliott, whose husband is a retired captain, has three children and recently purchased a home in Onancock. Alabel Cathey Walters and her husband built a beautiful home in Exmore. Their son is in the Armed Forces. Lelia Ackiss Charnock lives just outside of Cape Charles in her new home with her husband and three children and is teaching again at .
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Halifax counties, Ruth Jennings Adams married and is now a calculator operator and clerk in her husband's tobacco auction warehouse in South Boston. She lives in nearby Clover Peggy Lou St^^arnes .
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Senter resumed teaching in Salem after the death of her husband in 1954. She has two children Peggy Gene, a college :
sophomore
who wants
research, and
to do scientific a high school senior
Bill,
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Cheriton.
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? Selina Hindle retired in 1953 after 42 years of public service. She is now making some of her dreams come true enjoying church and garden club work, and looking after her little home. She says the latchstring is always out for any members of the class who might be After teaching French in Amelia and English for 14 years in Amelia and
class
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December, 1956
Degree 1926
Ann Smith (Airs. James F. Greene) 2808 Alarion Road, Country Club Hills, Camp Hill, Pa. Secretary: Olive Smith (Mrs. Warren D. Bowman) Bridgewater, Va. President:
Elizabeth Roberts passed away on Alay 1956, at her home in Bridgetown. Elizabeth, a most loved and respected member of her class, was one of the most faithful members of the group, always ready and willing to do more than her part. She attended all of the Alumnae meetings of her chapter and acted as secretary to the chapter for a number of years. She had many friends among her business associates, and in her church group. She was administrative assistant in military personnel. Office of Quartermaster General, Department of the Army. 22,
Eleanor Bennett Ryder has been teaching the third grade for the past few years in Norfolk. Her husband is a chemist for the Royster Guano Company. Son Douglas graduated from William and Alary in '52 and is in advertising work in San Francisco. Daughter Eleanor will graduate from Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, in instrumental music next Mary Booker lives in Southyear east Washington. She is busy buying a house and working for the Government in the office of the Quartermaster General Ida Hill has completed of the Army 31 years of teaching mathematics and science. 19 years of which were at Deal Junior High, Washington, D. C. .She was elected to Alpha Delta Kappa Honor Sorority for teachers in Alay and is recording secretary of her chapter. Recently, she and her sister received appointments to a Chemistry-Physics Teacher National Institute sponsored by the Science Foundation and held at American LTniversity. As part of this program, she worked with research scientists in Polymers at the National Bureau of Stand.
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Ann Smith Colonel
James
Greene, '2<>. with her family: F. Greene. William. James, Jr.,
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Ann Smith Greene had two weddings
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Jim, Jr., on August 25, on October 6. Those of us atended the reunion wish to thank for the lovely breakfast she planned
the family
and
who Ann
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Billy,
Bessie Longwood House Gordon Jones writes she is having a time
for us at
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keeping up with Farmviile soil .
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dear
old
Sue Puckett Lush
is
chairman of councils of the Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers. She and her husband and daughter, Rhoda, who graduates from high school next June, plan to fly to Panama, w'here Dr. Lush interned, and visit Thelma IVoolfolk Alonogan. Thelma has lived in the Canal Zone for 20 years and writes she is up to her neck in Girl Scout work, chairman of \'olunteer Services for the Canal Zone Chapter of the Red Cross, and completing a Gray Lady assignment recruiting and training 25 Gray Ladies and nine Gray Alen for a mental hospital. These workers, as well as the patients, are of West Indian or Panamanian backstate
round. The Gray Men are the first in the history of the Chapter. She has two ilaughters, Elizabeth 17, and Kay 15 .Audrey Chc^cning Roberts, we are grateful to report, has entirely recovered from her serious operation a year ago. â&#x20AC;˘
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extend our sympathy to Kate Trent whose mother died recently after a long illness at the Southside Hospital in Farmviile. Bugg Hughes' daughter Elizabeth is a sophomore at the LTniversity Texas studying to be a speech therapist.
Alartha has the record for teaching in our
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Duncan Giddens keeps
busy
quite
sub-
stituting in the Suffolk schools, taking an active part in church activities and
traveling with her husband. They came to see me on their 20th wedding anni-
versary Margaret Mackascy Parker and her husband Gilbert celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary this year. They still live in Petersburg Annie Gris Mclnlosh Boxley is the publisher of the Louisa County newspaper, Tlie Central I'irginian Evelyn Thurston Daughtry .
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has left the teaching profession since her father's death. She is now secretary and treasurer of his company Caroll .
White's
Cromivell
from \',E.S. and ington and Lee.
is
son. Jay, graduated a freshman at Wash-
grand letter from Liz Scott Southall. She has three children, Eliza 17, Lucy and \'alentine S. Her husband is 14, Commonwealth's Attorney in Amelia where they have lived for 18 years Marion Grimes Hemingway still lives in Norfolk where her husband is in the a
and Lucy Susan,
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junior high in Dallas is director of elementary education for Gloucester, Mass. She and her mother have just bought an ndorahle old Cape Cod house. Come on, girls, let's go! She says they can look down on 13, is in
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Martina Willis
Lobster Cove, a mecca for artists, where, by the way, Lilian Nunn spent two summers studying under the famous painter Romona. Lilian lives in Denver, but as art consultant in the Rocky Mountain area for her firm, she spends much of her time traveling. She writes "I get home to Denver every third week end by plane ... I was on the plane just ahead of the one that was exploded by bombs a :
few
minutes
number
after
Denver.
left
it
My
wasn't up !" Mamie Daniel Barbee is a substitute teacher in the Richmond schools. She has three children, a son and two daughters, one of whom, Betty Sue, is a sophomore at Longwood Florence Riss Richardson is assistant in the Treasurer's Ortice at Longwood and has been taking some work in the graduate program recently launched at our Alina ^Iater Another of our just
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West is Hattye Blankenship who teaches home economics in Gallup. X. Mex. She came home to Norton this summer and renewed many FarmviUe
class in the
She keeps in touch with Clara TJioiiipson Caulk in St. Michaels. Md. Olive Smith Bowman has been
acquaintances. .
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part-time instructor in mathematics
and Bridgewater College, for the past five j'ears and is taking graduate work to renew her teachers certificate. violin
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Son, Warren, Jr., is a physician at the Indian Hospital, Zuni, N. Mex. Daughter Helen is married and has a baby son.
Ruth
is
a
sophomore, majoring
college
music, and Jean is a junior in high school with leanings toward the nursingprofession.
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Diploma President:
Leigh) Secretary:
1927
Mebane Hunt (Mrs. William address
unknown.
Wallace 514 22nd Va.
St..
\'irginia Beach,
Sara Doll Burgess lives in Hickory, N. C, where her husband is a C.P.;\. Their son Arthur is in junior high, and Betty is a college sophomore Mary .
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estate business. Her son Billy 22. back at the University of Virginia after serving two years in the Army. Peyton, her 16-year-old daughter, is a junior at Maury High. Marion teaches second grade at The Ferebee School Louise (inry Alkire's older son Gary is a first classman (senior) at the Naval Academy. Bill is 16 and a junior at Baltimore Polytechnic. Louise and her husband celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary this year Sara Cross Squires is living in Alexandria where David is a real estate broker. Sally, 18, graduated from St. Agnes in June with athletic honors and is a college freshtnan. Emily, 15, is a is
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sophomore there and quite a nice pianist. Sara is president of the Hunting Creek Garden Club and enjoj's membership in the (iarden Club of Virginia Living in Farmville gives Kitty Hatch Whitfield the opportunity of a close contact with the College girls. It really keeps her young She is a very active alumna and has been a second mother to my daughter Julia Grey, who loves Longwood with the same devotion all of us did. Remember '57 is our 30th year. Let's return for Founders Day and re-live the memories of yester year .
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1932 President:
Henrietta Cornwell (Mrs. F.
Win-
Greystone Terrace,
chester, Va.
Secretary
Nancy Shaner
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(
Mrs. M. P.
Strickler) Oceana, \'a. Let's renew interest with the celebration of our 25th anniversary in March of 1957! Frances Barrell Stallings .
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writes that "There isn't anything very interesting about me. I have three children, two boys and a girl. The two older children are in school but David is only 2. ^ly time is all filled up with household duties and Sunday school and church work" Kathryn Claud Stewart has been married for 18 years; and has two daughters, Kay 16 and Betty 14. She belongs to the .
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Suffolk-Nansemond Alumnae Chapter, and enjoys talking about Farmville at least twice a year. She sees Charlotte Mutehins Roberts quite often. Charlotte has one daughter who is attending college, and she has gone back to teachin,g Kathryn Claud writes of the passing of one of our classmates. Nancy Boykin Harrell, Kathryn's She first cousin. died in the sjiring, leaving her husband and three children, ages 18, 14, and 7. Nancy, with her winning smile and vivacious personality, was loved by us all. Our deepest sympathy is extended her family Ellen Earl Jones Huffman keeps busy, she writes, with Girl Scout Council work. Woman's Club, and church work. Her daughter "Ginger" is now 13 Helen Ward Forrest of the Diploma class is a teacher at Fort Monroe Post School. In her home county, she is a member of the official board of Trinity Methodist Church, and of the Poquoson School Board. She has two sons, Fayette and Clinton ^[ary Ellen Johnson Garber's husband, for five consecutive terms a member of the Richmond City Council, is the newly elected mayor of that city. Alary Ellen received her degree from Longwood in 1947. .
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Degree is this news from the Ethel LaBoyteaux is a Gray Lady at McGuire's \'eterans' Hospital in RichMoffett Beall. Moffett .(rjiimond strong Beall's daughter, now a sophomore at Swarthmore was awarded the Peaslee Scholarship last year for a year's study at the University of Aix-Marseille in France. Her fluent knowledge of French made her eligible for this honor Mary E. Carrington, who has recovered from the serious heart condition that kept her out of school for so many weeks last year, is again teaching mathematics in the high school in Durham, N. C. She is Worthy Chaplain in the White Shrine, a step above the Eastern Star in Masonic interests. Mildred Spindle, teacher and guidance counselor in the Alexandria schools, is an active member of the North \"irginia Langnage Arts Association and Northern Virginia Guidance and Personnel Workei-s.
There
class
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Peggv Barham (Mrs. D. O.
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real
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M.
She and her husband
Jimny live in Boykins, but spend their summer weekends at their cottage at Sand Bridge near A'irginia Beach ... I had
Cora Helen Meeks Anthony, '26. and her husband, Mark, with their children. Frances
Claiborne Hall. Stuait. Va. home of Mabel Barksdale Norris, '31
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1936 President:
Itasca
Mapp) 87 Post Secretary: son Ames
Waters (Mrs. H. W. St., Warwick, \'a.
Helen Boswell )
Smithfield,
(Airs.
Hanger
Alargaret Clarke
where her husband
J.
Wil-
^'a. is
in
Maine
a major in the Air
is
Mary Taylor and Harry Jr. are Kathleen Ranson a full-time received her AI. A. degree at George Peabody College in 1941 and her doctorForce. 11,
Her
Sara
8,
four children,
Betsy job .
6, .
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University of Alissouri in 1952. associate professor of education and supervisor of elementary education in Central Alissouri State College. Last summer she took a trin around the world. In 1952 she went to South Ameriate at
She
is
tlie
now
Alumnae Magazine
!
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in 1953, to Europe and the Middle East. In 19S1 slie represented Longwood College at the inauguration of Dr. \\'oodward at Central College of Fayette, AIo.
ca,
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Lucy Potter Kirks
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Washing-
lives in
ton where her husband is a lawyer. They have a young lady 9, with platinum blonde pig-tails to her waist and "a oneman demolition squad" who was 3 on Kitty Woodson Batte Halloween and her husband have recenth' bought a house in Alexandria. Kitty has gone back to teaching in a church nursery school .
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Pa.,
lives
in
her 5-year-old son
lost
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Tom
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Newport News and is She has two precious children, David 5 and Linda 4 Florence Sanford Lyne is living just out of Richmond. She is kept on the run with a son at V.P.L and another around Lelia Sanford Shumate, her busS band, and three sons, 12. 2. and 4 months
Hartman
lives
teaching
again.
in
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.
Standardsville teaching in La Plata.
are living
O'Brien
in
is
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Claudine
Md
Dot Deans Bohannon, who lives in ,\ltaShe vista. was down for the reunion. has three children, Rebecca, .A^lvah III, and Dorothy, and hardly looks a day older Jeanette Jones Spivey came all the way from Harrington Park, N. J., to be with us. She and her husband have just bought a new home. Jeanette has two children, Barbara 17 and Woody and is church organist and piano 13, Martha Nottingham Rice teacher was busy as a bee carting all of us around Founders Day week-end. She came up in a brand-new station wagon. She lives in Richmond with her husband and two .
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children
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Marion Vniberfier Hoffman
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has been in Montevideo, L^rugiiay for the past two or three years. Her husband is in the Navy. She lost her little girl while there but she has two sons and a
new baby
girl
to
help
fill
She was due back
Doris
in
empty
the the
.
.
Bessie
teaching
is
Norfolk
in
Hart Payne who
lives
in
is teaching again after taking Lottie time out to rear three children ]]'est McAnally has a full hapiiy life with her many activities in Richmond. .
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Her husband practices dentistry there Ruby Blanton Wilkerson lives in Richmond and has the cutest little 3-year-old ..
is
lives in
as petite
and, to
.
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my
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Claudia Harteaching in Newport News knowledge, has one daughter
Newport News
per Sturm
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Margaret Farrar and cute as ever. She
you've ever seen
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a member of the State Advisory ComThe Times-Herald mittee for Hi-Y in the early summer carried an interesting group picture, Gertrude Le'i'v Conn was presenting the Newport News Chapter Scholarship to Wirtley Anne Raine for 1956 while Dr. and Mrs. .
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Lankford looked on ... .\ bit of news from the home front am happy and content living in our new home, "Whispering Pines" on Cypress River just out of Smithfield. After working 16 years as
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assistant
dental I
am
in
my
enjoying
my
husband's ofifice "retirement" to the son. Wilson, Jr.. is
extent. Our a student at Hampden-Sydney. A trip last fall encircling the United States, the northern part of Mexico and the soutlicrn part of Canada convinced me that I can prod Wilson further than Virgin.ia Beach on vacation. fullest
1937
Mary Bowles
President'
Powell
(Airs. R. C. 1636 Mt. \'ernon .Avenue.
Jr.)
Petersburg, Va.
Secretary: Lucy Charles C. Epes
Warwick, is
our
bi.g
Moseley
P. Jr.
news
for the '37ers this time
anniversary
reunion
—come
\'irginia Founders Day in March Tihnan .Aebersold who taught for ei.ght years after her graduation, keeps busy now with her home, her three children, and her work in tlie Women of the Church and in the hospital auxiliary Katherine Milby Fincham last year received a law degree from George Washington University and passed the State Bar. She is one of Virginia's experts Rebecca Glenn Schutlz is on taxes .
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executive secretary of the Red Cross in .Antia her home city, Muncie, Tnd. Hastings Burrell of the Diploma class .
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lives in
Orange where
lier
husband Dick
instructor in mathematics and head football coach at Woodbury Forrest is
.
Meet me
at
Longwood
in
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March
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December, 1956
1939 President:
the chest last January, but has
in
\'era
Ebel
(Mrs.
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made
a complete recovery. Frankie Bryan Finch skis and skates with her husband, her daughter 12 and her son 7 during the long winther months in Minnesota. She directs the Junior Choir in her church, teaches modern dance to teenagers at the YWC.\ and belongs to a performing modern dance group along with her daughter. They have recently purchased a building site with a lake and are planning their new home Juanita Carson Ritch, whose husband is a commander in the Navy, is now .
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located
.A.rlington
in
bought a home. Elsie
where
they
Their son
13
is
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liave .
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Dodd Sindles new modern
did substitute teaching in a school last year. She was vice-president of her woman's club and joined the .A.AUW'. \\'ith her husband Hal, she flew to Phoeni.x, .Ariz., for a vacation in March .Ann Dugger Mcintosh has four children and a successful career as a journalist in KingsVera Ebel Elmore enjoys tree, S. C. occasional camping trips with her family. Her children are Ann 9. Bobby 7, and Fanny Maj' Putney Boykins, John 4 Elizabeth Tindall Duncan, and Elizabeth Burke attended the luncheon of the Richmond Chapter of the Longwood Alumnae. Elizabeth Burke is teaching at Patrick Henry School in Richmond. Elizabeth Duncan is vice-president of her garden club, on the board of directors of the PT.A, is active in church work, and has time to enjoy her two boys. .
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Miriam Fieklcn Howell has
R.
B.
a daughter
family traveled fmm Waynesville, N. C, to spend a weekend with Louise Bryan Ballard in Cornelia, 12 and a son
\^a.
20th
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CMrs.
507 River Road,
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Mrs. Nora Berden Rawlinson came Lansing, Mich., for all the way from the reunion. You may be sure a royal welcome was accorded her. She leads a busy lift as teacher and homemaker. She has seven sons and daughters all of them college graduates before she came to Longwood for her degree. Later she received her Master's degree from .
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every year to serve as an effective class Winnie agent. She has four children Frances Eubank, in addition to active club and school work, has been appointed
The
Coates
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Pan-Hellenic Association, church circle, and garden club. Peggy Yonng Roper taught her oldest son last year Doris Adkins Pritchard has a son 13 and a daughter 11 Lillian Anderson, Nicklos has a daughter 2^ and lives on Long Island. N. Y. Jacqueline Seal Grove's husband is an attorney in Washington. They have a son 14 and a daughter 10, and are remodeling an old farm house on five acres near Vienna. Their son was accidentally shot .
C. active
Evelyn Masscy Ridge Sanatarium Coleman, busy housewife, finds time
States
Chatham
Baab
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Juanita Zeigler Stokeley has moved her new home in Preston Woods, Kingsport. Tenn. Alice Zeigler Blackard '32 is her near neighbor Mary .Adeline Chcrnault Gilliken teaches foods and works in the drug room in the Blue
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last April.
girl
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Roanoke Rapids, N.
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Daniel
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AAUW,
PT.A., her
visiting Billie and Nat Omara is principal of the elementary
Hawaii
Dorothy Adkins Young has three boys but manages to participate 6, and 2
9,
in the
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into
teaching in Richmond. She could not be with us for the reunion due to illness Margaret Pollard in the family Flippen is living in Crewe where her Nell Boszivll liusband is a minister
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Drive,
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Margaret
Cox who
Hiirtt
is
spot.
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Lawn
Willow
Acting Secretary: Sara Button (Mrs. G. L. Rex, Jr.) 1505 Greenleaf Lane, Charlottesville, Va.
Evelyn Dickerson Frazier is in church and civic work in her community. She has two sons. Hancock and Edward
in March as a result of polio. She has a daughter 4 and a son 9 who have been a great confort to her during these recent months. Please know that our thoughts Cleaves are with you, ^Margaret
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Elmore) 907 Richmond, Va.
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school in
Middleton,
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Billy
Wilkinson Knighton lives in Salem. She has a son 5 and fears that people will think he is her grandson
,
the University of Michigan "Tac" IVatcrs Mapp is so slender and "willowy" that she must be the envy of her two teen-age daughters. She lives in Warwick and has found time to take up her teaching career again Majorie Booton is still working in the art field in Washington and, unless I miss my guess, is having as much fun as anyone in the Class of '36 Chubby Gray '36 and Emilie HoUaday spent the summ.er in
8.
Her
Mildred at the end of June Gentry Gibson has been working as a Theresa bookkeeper in Charlottesville Graff Jamison stays busy in Roanoke with her two boys and many acti\ ities. Nancy Gray Perdue spent a month in Florida this summer with her family. Her girls. Holly and Linda, are 9. Nancy won second place in the ^'-Pres. Cup Golf Tournament at Hidden ^'alley Country Club. She is secretary of the PT.A and publicity chairman for the southwest district of the ^'irginia Federation Sarah Hayes Arniof Garden Clubs istead's husband. Bob, was sworn in as a circuit judge last spring. They have two children and live in Williamsburg Virginia Irby Smith and her husband are very active in a newly organized Charlottesville. in Church Methodist "Ginny" is treasurer of the WSCS. She has been doing substitute teaching, is chairman of the Troop Committee for her Ga.,
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sandwich
daughter's
Brownie troop and helped Albemarle Girl Scout Day Camp this year Margaret Motley
to
on the
involving
Adams
since
staff of the
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of leaders for the Girl
Scouts.
1940 Powell
Tane
President:
Box
Johnson)
328,
(Mrs.
Wytheville,
R.
E.
\'a.
Secretary: Helen Reiff (Mrs. David A. Scott) 207 Latimer Aveime, Wilmington 4, Del.
.-Xcting
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activities
Myra Smith
Ferguson
enjoyed
her
recent visit to Farmville with Harriette Haskins Eubank so much that she thinks we should all try to return for our reunion in 1960. (We think that's a good In May, Myra, Harriette, idea too!) Sudie Dunton Brothers, and "Sis" Sturgis
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.
ing so
much time due
She and her
sister
to her bad back. sights in their vacation in
saw the
New York City on June. "Moo" says it feels a little funny to teach the seventh grade children of girls with whom she went to school. Frances DeBerry Tindall is teaching in the primary grades in Scottsville. FlazelWood Burbank Thomas, in addition to caring for her baby girl, still finds time to keep house, sew, help Bruce build an addition to her home, bake her own bread, and act as secretarj' to the Philadelphia Alumnae Chapter. Rosemary Howell is still teaching at Hermitage High School, near Richmond, and as she 12 is a home economics teacher, it's a months' job. Rosemary writes that she is already look-ing forward to our ne.xt reunion. Sara Kecsce Hiltzheimer has moved to Danville where her husband, Fitz, has been sent by his insurance company. They are very happy there, and Sara plans to do her bit to relieve the teacher shortage by being an elementary school librarian this fall.
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and also a trainer
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between many
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2.
in
May as Chairman of the Albemarle Day Camp Committee for the Girl Scouts. I am vice-president of the Council Board
conducts training for board members on the Albemarle Girl Scout Council Board. She is very active in church and civic organizations in Charlottesville and recently joined a garden club. Her daughter, Patsy, is 12 Catherine Mayiiard Pierce has two sons and is superintendent of one of the Sunday School departments in her church Nellie Putney Casteen has two daughters and teaches at Deep Creek High School in Norfolk County Ruth Read Blackman and her doctor husband live in a home on the grounds of Blue Ridge Sanatorium. They have a son 2 Beverly Sexton Hathaway has moved into a new home on the outskirts of Bristol, Tenn. Margaret Stallard Woolling took over a teaching job for the last si.x weeks of school in the spring of 1956 for a teacher who had an accident. She also managed to keep up with her house, her two girls, 13 and 8, and their many pets Frances Steed Edwards and her husband, Doug, have bought a home in Takoma Park, Md. They have .
and
it
our three daughters aged 13, I have been particularly busy
two boys, 10 and 7, and a little girl and a new baby boy. They are up
PTA, and
their ears in Scouts,
4.
to other civic
organizations. Frances suffered a badly broken leg before her baby was born last spring, but is was on the mend when she wrote She chats with Alarguerite Blackwell Seely on the telephone occasionally. ^Marguerite is doing substitute teaching and her daughter is now in kindergarten ... In the summer of 195.S Frances and Doug had a reunion with Pattie Bounds Sellers and her husband, along with some other Longwood Alum.
nae
and
.
.
husbands,
\'irginia Beach.
at
They
Pine
Tree
Inn,
talked so long they
held up closing hour.
Jane Saunders McMurran and her husband have done over a house on the river near Warwick. They have one son Mary SuUenhurger Richardson and Bruce added a son to their family of four girls last year (September, 1955) and bought a home just outside of Charlottesville "Dibbs" Tyree Balboni in San .A.ntonio, Texas, is a busy mama with Betty 5!^, Nancy I'j, and baby Laura Lee Marjorie ]]'icks Jones has a daughter who is a sophomore in high school and a son in junior high "Bunny" Yoncc Hunter has just completed her third term as president of the Eagle Rock Garden Club and two years as publicity chairman of Shenandoah District. She is secretary of so .
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many
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organizations she has a time keeping minutes straight. .All this plus various committees, church organizations, bridge clubs, and two boys keep her plenty busy Katherine Habel has been appointed home demonstration agent for Prince Edward County The^Class of 19,39 extends its deepest sympathy to Virginia Read Turner Yelverton on the death of her 15-year-old son Hugh, III, on August 19, 1956, in an .automobile accident Ruth hliU Bailey's husband. Rev. E. Purnell Bailey, was awarded the degree of Doctor of Divinity by Randolph-Macon College last spring. He preached the baccabureate sermon at Longwood in June, 1956 ... It has been so wonderful to hear from so many of my classmates that writing this letter has really been fun even though I have had .
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Crockett, with their husbands and children had a reunion of their suite of '40 at Myra's home and talked their heads off! Elizabeth Kent Willis writes that she, her husband who is a design engineer for the H.A.C.A. at Langley Field, and their three sons are an e.xtremely happy and lucky family whose days are occupied with Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, and good scouts
and
!
her
Mary Lou Cunningham Warren husband are building a home
Yorktown. In addition to caring her new baby daughter, Elizabeth Scales DeShazo occasionally finds time to accompany her husband to Washington and Baltimore to see the Yanks Lorana Moomaw wrote a play ball nice, chatty letter, and we're so happy to hear that she was able to teach a whole year without absence after missnear for
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x40. of Japan, with Key. Tajima, and their children, Kazuko, Aiko, and Nobuko
Fumi ^yakallama Tajima,
Fumi JJ'akayaina Tajima wrote a fascinating letter of her work with her pastor husband in the suburbs of Kobe, Japan. In addition to caring for three children, she is helping to raise money for a new building for their little congregation of 35 which has, nevertheless, tripled in the past year.
Helen Riss
McDowell was awarded
a
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"Suite-mates of 1940" Harriette Ilasl\-inn Eubank, Myra Smith Ferguson. Sudie Diuiton Brothers, and Mary Catherine Sturyis Crockett
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University of Virginia for having completed all work for Doctor of Education degree e.xcept the dissertaShe is supervising principal of the tion. .Allendale Elementary School. Josie Lee Cogsdale Taylor enjoys taking care of her four kiddies, but has time for little else except church and school activities, lean Clarke Fuller accompanied her hus-
certificate
at
band to Florida, and Astoria in connection
later to the Waldorfon trips he won in
New York
with his business. This is tenth year teaching at Fielddale High School. Marian Harden Park and her family planned to vacation in New Mexico and Colorado this year. She states that they love living in Nocona, Texas, where her husband is a Baptist minister. -Mice Burroughs Hope writes that the
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Jean's
Children
of
.Tosie
Lee Cogxdale Taylor,
'40
new bedroom which her husband and the
Alumn.^e Magazine
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arts and crafts at Camp Glen Laurel, Little Switzerland, N. C. Bill Stone Burchard lives in Alassachusetts. She and her husband have three
Plummer taught
has been running after Ginnie Lynn, our jet-propelled 2-year-old! I sew most of our dresses and there's little time left. In March, Dave accepted a position with the engineering department of the duPont
Company
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1941 Lea Davis Nash
Purdum (Mrs. Ruth Culpeper,
Bo.x 367,
)
^a.
^-^i&l^ Sons
of
Alice Burroughs Hope, '41.) Chris, Robin, and Mark
two older boys added
:
home
Caralie
mond
Brown
St.,
Larry,
B.
both scholastic and extra-curricular lines. Agnes Crockett Jacoby, who taught home economics at Rural Retreat last year, plans to open a kindergarten at her home Wytheville this fall. Jane Po'well in Johnson says that this has been a healthy, busy, but far more newsworthy year for her. Jane ran into Mary Catherine Sturgis Crockett with her two cute children in Newport News. "Sis" and her doctor husband are now living in Norfolk where he is with the U. S. Public Health
(Mrs. RayW. Franklin
4100
)
Tem
Harriette Haskins 146 Jr.)
:
Elmore Eubank, Wythe Parkway, Hampton, (Airs.
is
activity. She is justifiably proud of young Rob's achievements at school, along
Nelson
Richmond, Ya.
Secretary Pro
her pride and joy (along with the boys!) Olivia Stephenson Lennon is a busy pastor's wife at Clover. Laura Nell Craii.:lc-y Birkland belongs to her local Woman's Club and does church work as assistant organist and with the choir. Her daughter 2 manages to fill the rest of her time In spite of Isabel Williamson Hoyt's four children, she manages to do some Mother's Club work at St. Paul's School where her children attend, Junior League volunteer work, and some community to their
J.
Nelson Brown, our Class Secretary, who has kept us all informed of the activities of our classmates for the past 15 years. She has done a wonderful job and we are sorry she had to give it up. I am going to try to carry on her good work with help from all of you. Alary Hille McCoy received her Alaster's degree in home economics from the University of Wisconsin in June. She is now back in Blacksburg at her job with the Extension. Naucy Fulton Harpaster of Broadmoor in Shrevesport, La., and is in his fourth year there. The cliurch is engaged in a $230,000 educational annex. They also are having the pleasure of living in a brand new par-
back's
husband
A'lethodist
is
Church
sonage with their two children, Nancy 9J4 and Fran 5. Caralie Xelson Brown's husband, Rev. Raymond B. Brown, minister for the Tabernacle Baptist Church has been elected president of the Alinisters Association of Richmond. Caralie is superintendent of the Young People's Department of their church Living in Warwick is Effie Grant Hoyle and family of three girls and a boy Georgia Watson \\'ilkerson has a 300-acre farm three miles northeast of Farmville. She and her husband have a son 10. Georgia is home demonstration agent for the \'irginia Extension Service in Cumberland County. Still on the move is Pat Gihson Stuart's husband. Pat and the children are leaving Florida shortly for New York. From there they will sail to the Mediterranean area for three months of ship following Ruth WinsiL-ad A'laloney has moved back to Warwick from Austin, Texas. Her husband is associated with the N.A.C.A. at Langley Air Force Base. They have two boys and a girl. Laura Boteler Cowne has been teaching in Fredericksburg since the death of her husband in 1954. She and her mother-in-law, Effie Boteler Cowne '01 visited the Alumnae House in July while returning home from Fort Brag.g, N. C, after a visit This bit of news will put us "local girls" to shame. Jean itoyer Scorgie attended our reunion from Pittsburgh, Pa., leaving husband and four children behind. Dorothy Rollins Pauley .
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Jack, and
'40,
Jim
Martha Meade Hardazcay Agnew just go along. I cook, wash, mind Jimmy, hang up clothes, put away clothes, put on clothes, patch knees, weed Service. reports,
"We
a few flowers, and stay outside as much time as is left" don't blame her for that, for she and Perk have such a lovely home, "Inverness", outside of Burkeville. As for me and mine, after reading of the noteworthy activities of the rest of you, I feel asliamed to report tliat my only activity of the past year !
December. 1956
We
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Stuart,
\'a.
Let's give a vote of thanks to Caralie
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Sons of Martha Meade Hardaway Acrnew.
schools are Jack Cock Ferraro and Susie Pearl Crocker Jones, Jack teaches social studies and science in the George Wythe Junior High School in Hampton. Susie Pearl teaches in the elementary grades in Warwick Beverly Blair Henkel is clerk at Churchland Elementary School. Her son Bob is in second grade. Anna George Dashiell and her family have moved into a new home. Anna is teaching in elementary school in Portsmouth. Last summer was a busj' one for Libby West. She chaperoned two students at the National Association of Student .
Secretary:
came from
.
Falls,
Ohio
.
.
Convention
.
Toledo,
at
Ohio,
where a student and she were responsible a discussion group. Libby sponsors both the council at Cradock High and the Tri C Federation of Student Councils. She has also had a very interesting trip to Pennsylvania, New York, and Canada Rachael DcBerry Warren deserves an "A" for effort for trying to attend our class reunion. She and her husband got as far as Blackstone to leave their 2-year-old daughter with her tnother when her husband was taken ill with the measles and the mumps, thus making it necessary for them to return to Portsmouth at once Bert .1/fLaughlin Johnson has her fifth son. They for
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are living in Florida. Alargo Gerlaugh has been promoted from the fourth grade to the fifth grade teaching in Alartinsville Louise Painter Stultz is now living in Danville. One of Richmond's newcomers is "Boo" Barham Sion. She and her husband have three boys. Alartha Smith White and her husband have had their third boy. They live in Richmond also Louise Hall Zirkle of Knoxville, Tenn., her husband George, two daughters and a son stopped by and picked up her twin sister Nell Hall Wilburne and her two children and all vacationed together .
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at
Daytona Beach,
Fla. Louise
and George
are building a new home. She has just been elected president of the Akima Club (formerly a Junior Woman's Club). Add to this a trip to the American .Academy of Pediatrics in Houston. Te.xas, with a stop over to see New Orleans that just about finished up a very busy
and interesting summer ... I have been so busy helping plan a new home, getting the builders started, taking care of my two, Ellen 10 and Julian III 7 plus .getting information together for the Bulletin that I haven't had time for anything else. Our new house is supposed to be finished in time for Santa Claus so I will tell you more about it next year.
1942
Dodson Katherine Alarv (Mrs. C. N. P'lyler) Gatesville, N. C.
President:
Acting Secretarv Alartv Roberts (Airs. A. AI. Edwards) 2919 Yorkshire Blvd., Louisville 5, Ky. :
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Elizabeth Garrett Rountrey and husband had a lovely vacation in Florida this summer Kay PhilHt^s Coenen has increased her family to four two boys .
Council
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Chagrin
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children. Each summer thej' visit relatives in Newport News. Teaching in our local
.
President: Ruth Lea
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One pleasant surprise as a result of the inquiries was a telephone call from
and two girls now and a seaplane. Kay lives on Hampton Creek in Hampton, and her husband has recently acquired
Nancy Najf Austin on her way through Louisville to Roanoke in July. Nancy
seaplane in wliich he flies his family all over the countryside and even as far Alartha Whelehel as New York City
and dau.ghter
a
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and Billy and their two sons 8 and 5 3 moved from Alemphis to Frances Louis last January St. Rosebro Garrett visited Roanoke in June. .
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Irma Graff Holland had a luncheon for her with May Winn Webb, Jane En.gleby Haynie, Sara Clinc Dabney, Mary Lou Shannon Delaney, and Nell Hurt attending. May has three boys and teaches at the New Cove Spring High School in Roanoke. Jane has four children Becky Lowry Carwile has three boys and is Den Mother and Sunday School tea:her Connie Conson McCIanan has recently moved to San Diego, Calif. ,with her three children and husband who is Helen Hawkins teaches in the Navy in Arlington County and sponsors and coaches a bowling league for children .\rlene in addition to Girl Scout work Hunt w-as awarded a blaster of Arts Syracuse University in degree from .
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\'irginia Dazi'lcy Capron Minnesota \\here her husband a college professor. They have a son Rachel Abcntathy Paulson and fami-
August is
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recently moved to Gloucester. Her son Ernie' is 11. She plans to teach in Glouctster High School. She and Noblin Woodson attend the same church. Em.ma has three small sons. Eva Reid Verelle and husband live in Richmond but spend their w^eekends at their trailer on the Piankatank River. Eva's father, Mr. Reid, our night watchman, joins Jean Steel Armthem occasionally istead writes from South Hill that there are never any dull moments with three ly
Emma
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active
boys,
.
.
Ashby
Howard
7,
5,
and
Spencer 2. She is in a missionary circle and garden club. Marie Thompson Tucker is a busy garden club member and flower
Lumpkin at Park
show judge. Estelle Paidcttc and her husband both teach
View
High
organized
Estelle
School.
and sponsors an enthusiastic junior garden club in South Hill. Story sent news from She and her husband and daugh8 entertained Libby Carter Penn family. Libby has two girlsand Betty 5. Libby and her are busy restoring an old home
Royall
Ellen Suffolk. ter
Ann
and her
Lane 8 husband in Waynesboro. Ann Boszt'ell Kay also lives in Waynesboro and has four chil-
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boys it's reported). Betty Hazc'kins Deyerle lives in Roanoke and has a son and a daughter. Jean Shulkcuni Baker and husband live in Wilmington. dren
(all
Dot Johnson Watson makes Camden, S. C, her home. She has four Jane children, two boys and tw'O girls Del.
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Royall Phlegar, our class advisor, is enjoying her new home in Edge water in Norfolk. Our other advisor, Rachel Roj'all, lives in Tazewell and teaches in Ginny the new high school there Barksdalc Rotter lives in Madison, N. J., .
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and has two daughters. She is a member Miriam of the iMasterwork Chorus Hanvey Smith last spring received her Master's degree in psychology at Kansas State College. Miriam and her husband have adopted a baby boy. They left in August for a three-year tour of duty in England. Elizabeth Ann Parker Stokes has two children. Porky 7 and Cindy 4. She was co-chairman of the city and county Garden Club show held in OctoIva Cunnniugs Johnson and ber family divide their time between Nag's Head and Franklin. She is teaching now that her children, Laura Lee 9 and Buddy Caroline Eason 6. are in school Roberts and family have moved from Fredericksburg to a new manse in Clifton Peg Forge. They have two boys .
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a new home about 10 miles from Cherry Point, N. C. Besides being busy moving to a larger house in Falls Church, Irma Page Anderson has been substitutto
ing in the public schools, helping with the Brownies, a sorority chapter, and the Woman's Club. Living in Mountain is Winifred whose husband, Dave, is
\'iew, Calif.,
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W.
:
Agnes Patterson (Mrs. H.
Kelly Jr.)
Box
446, Fairfa.x, \'a.,
The heartfelt sympathy of wood alumnae is extended
Hodges
all
Long-
to
Mary
Han-ie Reaves, whose husband, Edward Merril Reaves, was a victim of the tragic two-plane crash in Grand Canyon, Ariz. Mary has been living in Prairie Village, Kansas, and has three daughters Two especially outstanding teachers from our class are Leona Moomaw and Charlotte Greeley. Leona is now a member of Delta Kappa Gamma and was the first teacher in Roanoke to appear on, television. Charlotte has done a great deal of work in public health research in A\'ashington. Elizabeth Walker Bailey has received her Master of Education degree at the LTniversity of Virginia. Rose Pharis is working for an insurance and real .
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companj^ in
estate
superintendent
and
Alartinsville
is
nursery at her church there. Alargaret Lovins is welfare chairman of the Southside District of \'irginia Federation of \\'omen's Clubs. Last August Betty Youngbcrg Ottesen received her !M.A. in elementary educaof
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she has been teaching in Cincinnati for three years. Ada Claire Snyder Snj'der, who teaches in Warrenton, also seems to have busy days landscaping her yard and playing with her husband in national bridge tournaments. Out in California \\'arwick Mitchell Garfield is an instructional reserve for the Los Angeles City Schools. She does a type of supervision in elementary education, observes, helps new teachers get adjusted, and finds instructional materials. Warwick wrote that she loves teaching and that she, her husband, son, and daughLast ter enjoy living in California summer .A.my Read Dickey, Frank, and their three daughters travelled by train from their home in Dewitt, N. Y., to San Antonio, Texas, to visit Frank's parents. Also doing quite a bit of travelling was May Bartlett Straughan, who left her daughter, Frances 4, with her parents while she and her husband spent 6Y2 weeks touring Europe. Maj' and her family ha\-e moved from New York City to Charleston, W. Va. and they plan to visit Dorothy Childress Hill in Orange soon Susie Moore Cieszko and family, Ed, Ned, Martin, and Anne, have moved 10,
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Hampton. This June Anne Moore AgriJoice Stoakes Duffy, Elizabeth Walts Davis, Alice Belote Curling, and families gathered at Margaret Finney Powell's on the Eastern Shore for a
cola,
with
dinner
trimmings.
the
all
she and her husband move to Farmville. Her backyard will adjoin Mrginia Campfield Hay's, so those two will probably be found spending all of their time hanging on the backj-ard fence Jane Lee Sink Givens and her year-old son, Mark, are anxiously awaiting the return of Jane Lee's husband, Jim, who has been in Inchon, Korea. They are now livin.g in Mountain View, Calif Alice Seebcrt Godwin has been active in in Bluefield, W. \'a., wdiere she, her husband, two daughters, and a son now .
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Barbara Tripp Friend has been an
li\"e.
member
acti\e
Longwood Alumnae
of the
group and the American Cancer Society in Richmond. Barbara Drczcry Grace keeps busy being a mother and a wife, with three children Diana, Ellen, and Eva Marie. She is active in the PTA, Brownies, and the church in Portsmouth Shirley Turner A'anLandingham's husband, John H. VanLandingham Jr., was chosen by the Petersburg Chamber of Commerce as the city's Outstanding
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Sarah Massie Goode Gregory's husband,
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Stella Scott Bosworth wrote that she e.xpects to see a great many alumnae after
President: Betty Boutchard (Mrs. S. C. Maclntire HL) Villa Rica, Ga. Secretaries
JJ'right Heron, assistant to the
director of libraries at Stanford University Opal Nelson Pegram and John are living in Bluefield, W. Va Lilly Bee Gray Zehmer is teaching in
turkey
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Junior Woman's Club. !Mary Charlotte Jones Carson keeps busy with Junior Woman's Club and church work. She has two boys, Craig S and Charles 2. Imogene Hutter Gilmer is teaching at Cumberland High School. She has one Polly Keller St. Clair son, Bobby lives in Louisville and has two sons, Lowry 9 and Shelton 4. She is busy with Cub Scouting The Edwards have three little people Robin 5, John 4, and ville
in
lives
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of her 2 J 2-year-old son, John, manages to take a botany course each semester at N. C. State, where her husband teaches. Hallie Hillstnan Fleetwood is the recently installed president of the Farm-
Kossen,
House
member of the Virginia They live in Roanoke
a
is
of Delegates.
Imogene Claytor Withers and her moved to Goldsboro, N. C, in January when Lawson was made head .
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family
of the Goldsboro branch of the \\'achovia
Bank
and Trust Company. Imogene. Lawson, and Emily 8, Kate 6. and David 2 have met many nice people there. They Many have recently built a new home others are building homes. Nancye Allen .
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Fitzpatrick says that their every free as well as many stolen ones are spent in inspecting theirs which is in the process of being built. While ice skatin.g last winter she broke her ankle and while recuperating in Hebron, she saw Anne
moment
Ellett
Hardy, who had
new
just
come home
Pagie Francis son Hickman and family have moved from Indianapolis to Charleston, W. Va., Bob having been transferred there in Au.gust Virginia Firesheets DuPriest is taking art classes and substituting; Preston is president of the Crewe PT.\. Susan, A^irginia's older daughter is in second Vir.ginia Corbin Lamb has grade moved to Kensington, ]Md., on the outskirts of Washington. The Capitol is a special place to them since it is Johnny's home, his working place, and also the place the\' met Anne Fitzgerald v.TOte from Richmond where she is teaching mathematics at Highland Springs and is superintendent of the junior department in her church. This summer Anne did with
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Alumx.^e
]M.\g.\zine
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some painting
(in
oils)
of
landscapes
a
Ann. Lucille Lewis excited over her new baby, a girl this time after two boys.
and Virginia scenes and also completed several Chippendale trays and tule-ware. She sent the news along that Dot Marrow
Ward
has
moved
into
a
new home
in
Richmond.
1944 President: Faye Nimmo (Mrs. Jack W. Webb) 424 Parkway, Bluefield, W. Va.
25,
Va.
From Dreama
Athens, Greece, we hear of IVaid Johnson. Her husband, Lt. Col. Johnson, is with the Joint United State Military Advisory Group of the Air Force. Dreama has two little girls and is working with a Brownie group she loves. Lucille Cox Pace answered our card from Bordeau.x, France, where her husband is in the Air Force. She has done some substitute teaching since her girl 10 and boy 5 are settled in school Jenny Clardy Rowe wrote from Newfoundland where she and two boys have been living for two years. Her husband is stationed there with the Navy. Jenny taught first grade on the Base last year. They're looking forward to returning to the States soon. Virginia Mae Ellett .
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Tucker now lives in Gridley, Calif., in the Sacramento Valley which she writes is the "Peach Bowl of the World." Her husband is an automobile dealer, and with their two boys they are active in Cub Scouts and Little League baseball .
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Pat, and Lee, sons of
Hannah Lee Crawford
Reynolds, '44
and
surviving the constant 9S-degree temperature. note from Mary E. Pcarsall LeGrande finds her living in Kent, Ohio, where Bruce teaches at the University to
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working on his doctorate. "Mep" is active in the League of Women Voters and leads a group of Camp Fire Girls. They have four children. A little nearer home is Louise Bell Lyons in Arlington, where her husband is minister of the Arlington Alethodist Church. She sings and
is
church choir, bowls with the church league and keeps busy with her two children who are 5; '2 and 4. ^Margaret Thomas Basilone took time out before flying to New York for vacation to write a note from Springfield. Her husband in the
PhD
working on his town L^niversity. Gertrude Wright visited Margaret Ingham Murphy
paper
George-
at
They have two
boys.
Wells from Lexington recently M. K. and son have just returned home to Wilmington, N. C.. from a trip to Canada. While in Quebec, she took some post-graduate work at Laval University and attended the first North -American Conference of Aledical Technologists. Also studying this summer was Mildred Willson who just returned to Richmond from Nashville, Tenn., where .
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she took a course in pre-school work at Scarrett College. She is educational director of Lakeside Presbyterian Church
Alary House Smoot who lives in Kingsport, Tenn.. has just moved into a new home on Patrick Henry Lake. Her little girl is almost 2 Sue Harper Schumann has four children, and she still finds time to keep up with several classmates. She and Lewis plan to visit .
and Ruwland Lynn, ehildi-un Fiances Lee Han'thornc Browder, '44
pf
From
Chicago, Mary Sue Palmer Parvin wrote that she is teaching again now that Corky and Anna Lee are in school
Carolyn Early Leach and husband Dick have bought a farm in Ohio and
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think
is
it
a wonderful
place
for
their
two boys. Carolyn can't seem to stay away from teaching and is back for her eighth year Nell Richard Bell reports six Bells now. She invites any of us coming that way to visit them in Taylor, S. C. From Florence, Ala., Romelia Sayrc Summerall is eager for news of home. She is the only Virginia graduate !
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chapter there. Her husband is pastor of the First Presbyterian Church there they have a son Paul ... A new Te.xan is Hannah Crazvford in
the
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Reynolds who moved to Houston in April. were happy to hear that the hot climate has helped Hannah Lee. She. Chuck, and the two boys are busy ad-
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December, 1956
Virginia Sezvard Harris' husband has been transferred from Surry to Richmond. Virginia is busy with church and Woman's Club work and is her husband's secretary. Her daughter Shirley entered school in September, as did Alary "Lib" Griz::ard Darby's daughter Joanne Gene Seymour Raper is happy to be back in Virginia after four years in .-Mabama. They live in a new home near Suffolk with the two boys who are 8 and 3. Eileen Boivles Johnson is still teaching in South Norfolk and loves it. Besides school, she is superintendent of an adult Sunday School department, is active in club work, and sings with the Woman's Club Chorus Kitty Vaughan wrote that she had a wonderful trip to Bermuda .
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the summer. She sees Mary Wilson Carper who is working at the University of Virginia. Elizabeth Tennant Shiflett works with an advertising firm in Atlanta, Ga. Sara Hardy Blanton has been help-
in
justing
is
Beverly
all
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Secretaries: Mildred Corvin (Mrs. L. H. Lingerfelt) 1202 Bobbiedell Lane, Richmond 26, Va., and F. Lee Hawthorne (Mrs. J. R. Browder) 5302
Media Road, Richmond
Alary
daughter,
Armstrong was
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Sara Jeffries Gilliam. "Jeiif" also wrote quite a few news items. She and Theo with
Sue and Lewis attended Joscelyn Gillum's wedding in March, 1955. Joscelyn Gilliim Silva wrote that she and Rene now live in New Jersey with a wonderful view of
New York to the city
City .
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she loves having access
Jane Smith Dunlap, of
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Plainview, Minn., has five children. Doesn't she hold the record for our class ? .
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Sara
Wayne
Fraiiee Forsythe and
her husband have bought a home in Marietta, Ga. Rosemary Elam Pritchard says her children, church, and club work keep her busy Mary Afoore MeCorhle Anderson wrote that she lives on a farm near Lexington. She has two daugliters, 4 and 3. She sometimes sees Lois Alpliin Dunlap who now has three boys and lives in Lexington .A.nne .
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lives in
Library Ernestine Morgan Holloman has two children and does some substitute teaching. Her husband is a minister in Sparta Dorothy Massic Faulconer, who holds a Alaster's degree from the University of A'irginia. has recently been named Supervisor of Buckingham County Schools Betty Watts, Virginia Methodist Director of Youth Work, was a participant in the first conference in the new Methodist .Assembly Center in Blackstone this year ,\udrey Hawthorne has done graduate work at the University .
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A'irginia and is now a teacher of remedial reading in the Richmond schools Alary Tune teaches in Brookneal she recently enjoyed a trip to the west coast Kitty Laneastcr Johnson lives at Buckroe Beach. Her husband is an aeronautical engineer at Langley Field. of
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lackie
children,
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Betsy Bullock Walker and family are living in a new home in NiElizabeth .'Vnn Joragara Falls, N. Y. dan Robson is now living in Richmond and works for Alcoa Aluminum. She and her husband are busy remodeling an old house Jeanne Strick Aloomaw won a scholarship to Duke and studied there Betty Albright Tredthis summer wa}- now works for the Highway Department. She and her husband are buying Elizabeth a new house in Richmond Craig S
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Crump works for the Bank X'irginia. Her two children, 4 and Scoff
of 3.
are in nursery school Jane Hohson Chappell has been working at the Farmville Baptist Church and is active in Junior \\'oman's Club work. She and son Tommy spent some time in Kentucky while her husband was on the tobacco Frances Stroliecker market there Aly life is that teaches in Hampton "Airs. of the typical Suburbia" with children and gardening my favorite pastimes. Beverly has started school now Rowland Lynn 3 is teaching me what boys are like! I enjoy working in the ^^"oman's Club and teaching Sunday School. .
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1945 President: Eleanor Wade (Airs. E. G. Tremblay) 2649 Jefferson Park. Charlottesville.
\'a.
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Hampton and has
Secretarv
Ala
Anne
Jarratt
(Mrs.
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Jr.
Biandon
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turned
from a two-weeks' vacation to Norfolk and the Beach. She and Bob went ice skating in mid-summer, and
Dody Jones Anfin of Radford will have the distinction of having the first member of the Longwood Granddaughters' Club from the Class of '45. She married a widower in 1951 who has two children Judy who was 17 in July and John who was 14 in December. Judy plans to enter
Virginia Shackelford Alclntyre ^^rote
from South Carolina that Alaggie McIntyre Davis had been visiting in Alarion for a month. Mrginia and the three girls vacationed in Gloucester with her family
Nancy McCauley Gregory wrote fiom Java that her husband was recently elected chairman of the Board of Deacons' of their church they both teach young adult .
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Anne
her kindergarten this winter Helen writes that since 1946 she has been teaching seventh gradt at Onancock. During two of her recent summer \-acations she had wonderful tours of the
Shcppard
engineer
the
at
Depot, Yorktown Butler has four children Stuart 6, Janie 4, and .
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The
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Mary
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Eleanor
Butlers
two children
live
Barhamsville where Joseph is in the Rachel Joyner Taylor lumber business and Harold reside in Norfolk. He is .
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Broad Creek Elementary Michael School. They have two children
principal
of
4 and Lynn
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Elizabeth Jtlast Halstead and Bill are in Atlanta, Ga. They have three little Anne Hamlin Parrott. daughters Emory, and their two daughters live in Shirley Easterly Abilene, Texas Osborne and Piper have moved to Black Mountain. N. C. He is head chemical dyer of the Old Fort Finishing Plant at .
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Fort, N. C.
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They have two
children.
Frances J!'eiit:ci Diane 4 and Ken Gayle flew to Europe in July. She visited London. Paris. Germany, Switzerland, and Italy Edith Sanford Kearns and Jack have moved to Silver Spring. Aid. He is a mechanical engineer for the Johns-Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory where Edith worked before her marriage. They have a little Virginia Lee Abernathy girl, Gwen Courter. her husband, and Susan 2' j live on a Golden Guernsey dairy farm, four miles from Amelia Court House Martha Hite Graves and George have moved into a new home in Kirkland, Wash., a suburb of Seattle. He is an engineer for the Boeing Airplane Company. They have a son, Merrick, 2, and a baby girl. Georgianne ... Jo Shaffncr Anderson, Merle, and their daughter. Barby 3, have moved into their new home in Oak Lawn, 111., just outside Chicago Helen IVilson Cover and "Chuck" Kemper, have a daughter, Julia Meade our little son "Trip", and I are enjoying our new home. Come to see us .
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little
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word from ^"irginia Lee Price Perrow. At the time of her writing, she and Joe
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tinuing to work in the District of Columbia in Social Service work. "Although legally not her own." she says she claims an average of 70 children with whom she works continuously children who are in placements outside their own homes Margie Pierce Harrison writes that their church, St. Peter's Episcopal at New Kent, will be one of the historical points open during the Jamestown Festival _next year. Their little girl, Kendall, is 5 Becky Norfleet Meyer wrote from Jefferson, Ohio, that she was busier than ever. See list of Births for news of her and many others Carolyn Boothe Saunders, her husband, and three children have moved to Warrenton where he is now the pastor of the Warrenton Baptist Church. Their summer's vacation included a week at Ridgecrest at the Foreign Missions Conference. Rebecca is 9, Burrell, 4, and Rachel, 7 months.
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own with six dift'erent apartments therein .. From Kensington, Conn., comes
Frances Lee Stoneburner said, "Our tenth reunion w-as more like a class meeting than a reunion." Her three children, Martha 8. Lewis 5, and Frank, Jr., 1 keep her busy Louise Blane is con.
news
many
of
of
Pierce Aladdox's daughter Kindergarten. Joe still teaches business but works for the T\'A in the summer Katheryne Tindall Hundley and Louis are living in Lexington where he is teaching at ^''AII. He recently received his PhD degree in biologi,' at Glenn Ann Patterson Alarsh, VPI who lives in Strasburg, continues her art
Evelyn
Gwyn
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urines
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hobby
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oils, pastels, and figLee Crnmpler Burger, a construction worker
Alinnie
whose husband
Warwick Junior Woman's
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is a member of the Club, the Newport News Opera Society, the garden club, and the Alethodist choir Dorothy IVinslon' Cole wrote of her interest in boatin.g. She belongs to the Willoughby Yacht Club and is secretary of the Bowling
the
in
area,
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League
in
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Norfolk
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Page Cook Axson
helps in the Woman's Club, the Alusic Club, and other community organizations Anne Carmines Ransdell, former
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accountant and bookkeeper, lives in Williamsburg where her husband is manager Jane of one of the chain stores Philhozaer Young has held many offices in church and community organizations in she is organist and choir Aiken, S. C. director of her church. They moved recently into a lovely new eight-room home
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1946 Eleanor Eisese (Mrs. Robert Johnson) 2110'^ Creecy Avenue. Wilmington, N. C.
President:
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Secretary: Virginia Treakle (Mrs. Earl W. Alarshburn) Box 89, Annandale,
Eleanor Biscse Johnson (Bessy) wrote, she and her family had just re-
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"First Craig,
and
son
of
Sallie.
Cousins"
Frances Treakle Rountree '48, Daughter of Virginia Treakle Marshburn '46.
Toomer wrote from
Burns, Colo., to say they are still on the ranch in winter and up in the cow Lt. (jg) Katherine camp in summer .Allen, who has been stationed in Washington, D. C, for several years, expects to be transferred to Norfolk Sarah IVoodiivtrd Tuoh}' and Ed have lived in the Chevy Chase area for five years. She .
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numbers four now. Paul travels quite a bit but is home on week ends Aleg is Also 4H and Charles Randolph is 1 from Stamford came a letter from Luverta Joyner Gumkowski, saying that she and Eddie are the parents of three healthy youngsters, and in addition, are kept busy running an apartment house which they
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Stamford, Conn., to say that her family
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Bessy managed to "stay up", while Bob flat on his face Shirley Cniscr \\"hite wrote of the pleasure she had in seeing Bessy and Bob in their recent vacation. She said of our reunion "It was the best week end I have spent in many a fell
in
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Johnson.
Bisetie
of
Tom
W oodivard
Franklin
Potts and Joseph and
Ann, Rob. and Mark, children
Carol
have moved into a new home in Winchester. Nancy is active in garden club
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West and of Canada Ruby Keeton was a summer school student at Longwood, working on her ALA. degree Alartha U'atkins Alergler's two kiddies, Debbie 5 and Donnie 3, keep her busy Peggy T. Ross Byrd writes from far-off
building a new- home at Queen's Lake, Williamsburg. They have a little daughter, Catherine Sheppard. Reginald is a mechanical
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Phillips
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preparing
in
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sum-
this
studying,
in
materials, and renovating her basement to meet the needs of 15 children who are
Gloria and Mozelle 3;,2 Beane and her husband are
6,
moments
spare
mer were spent
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the fall of '57. Dody and Lloyd's little daughter, Alary Todd, is nearly 4. Mary ll'atkins Alorgan and Fred visited them last winter. The Mor"Gin T." gans reside in Natchez, !Miss. PuUcn Palmer's husband, a commander in tlie Navy, is a surgeon at the Naval Hospital at Camp Lejeune. N. C. Gin T. and John have three children Ben
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went to the University of Virginia and completed her training in medical technology, and for the past three years she has been working in the new clinical of Institute National in Bethesda. Ed is in the same field, and does research at Walter Reed Army Aledical Center w'here he works on the Rh blood factor and related Carolyn Babbitt Jones wrote subjects that Jacqueline Babbitt Field '49 is home from Hawaii with her two children her first trip home in four years As we assembled for our tenth reunion at Founders Day, one of our classmates was unable to come because of the untimely death of her brother. Because of our iove for Agnes Stakes Richardson in her hour of bereavement, we wired her and received in return a note of
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appreciation to the entire class ... In the midst of preparing this newsletter. I have had lots of help from Sallie, our 2-year-old who has the reputation already of talking as much as her mother stay busy with our activities at Duke Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, where Earl is the minister. 1
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1947 :Margaret Ellett (Mrs. J. B. Anderson) 460 10th Street, Wytheville,
President:
Va.
Brugh (Mrs. G. B. Paul's Episcopal Church, Edenton, N. C.
Secretary: Rachael
Holmes)
St.
Dorothy Ozi'cns Hubbard was
still
so
shocked over the news of her twin daughters in April 1955 that she didn't get the news in for the previous Bulletin. Sandra
and Terry keep "Dot" stepping
in
addi-
tion to caring for 3-year-old Lynne. According to the number of our classmates
port, Tenn.,
AAUW
branch of
Hair has been hard
at
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around
Evelyn
work on her M.Ed
at the University of \'irginia. Janice Halstead has been a working girl Audrey in Richmond for four years Hudson Grinstead teaches in the Danville school system. Her husband is a certified watchmaker, so she says he keeps things ticking around home Martha Webb Delano wrote about the May reunion of the "Lotts, Harrison, .
returned to teaching this fall after getting little Kim off to a good start in this world. Virginia Mae Packctt Barnes and family enjoy spending their summers at Wildwood. N. J. Peggy FinI: Brown from Sonora. Texas, where Al is rector of St. Church, visited her John's Episcopal folks in \'ienna recently. Peggy has two sons. I wish that many of you would follow Martha IVchb Delano's good example. Even tho' she is kept busy with life
on the dairy farm and caring for Susan and Chip, she still found time to send some news to share Sutton Bland Hutcherson sees Ellen Moore Turner when she comes home for a visit from North Carolina and also Ann U'illis Holden when she comes from Petersburg. Judy Rieck Bass is now living in the .
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Sutton keeps in touch with Stewart Bujord Perry w'ho has a son and a daughter Nellie Smith area.
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Margaret Ellett Anderson away from their families to meet many of you at Long-
Goddin
and
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Newport News to accept a position of a similar nature in the New Orleans, La., shipyard. Frances and Craig will be joining him soon . Katie Laivrence Graves writes that her husband, Matt, graduated a year ago from the school of Veterinary Medicine at Texas & M. Since then they have been living in .
Fink and Webb" suite at Marion l.otts Mears' home in College Park, Md. Gene Harrison Knopp, her daughter and two sons have moved from Richmond to Minneapolis, Minn., where Alan has accepted a position. Marion Lotts ]Mears
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two boys, 5 and Ijj Jean Tolley Bourne lives near Natural Bridge. She
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Ellen McMnllen Graves only a few miles from Katie. She
Madison lives
has a
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Ann.
little girl
"Mitty" Hahn Sledd writes that Hunter, her husband, is now vice president and general manager of Taylor and Sledd, Inc. in Richmond. She and Hunter went to a Florida Citrus Convention in
Miami Beach
where they stayed
last fall
Martha Fountainbleau Anderson Rollings w'ent back to teaching last fall and with a 2-year-old daughter Faye at home it proved to be a really Ruth Stephenson has busy year been teaching at Bellwood School in Petersburg for three years. Last year she
at the fabulous
.
was chairman
.
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.
.
Welfare Committee County and Colonial Jean Edgertan \\'inch is
of the
Chesterfield
for
Heights
.
.
.
attending Longwood Alumnae meetings in Philadelphia and is enjoying her year-
Ann
daughter Sentinan has
old
Chuck
Ruby
.
.
children
Debra
and
2,
.
three
Griffith
— David
4,
Her husband
1.
Dick is still teaching science in Brocton, N. Y. He was awarded a GE Fellowship for study at L'nion College in Schenectady,
each hopes to take time
wood
to celebrate the tenth class reunion
on Founders Day next March. I hope that many of you will be there to make our celebration an eventful one with fond reminiscing and much merrymaking During the past year I have enjoyed Patsy Dale visiting in the homes of .
Barham
in
.
Mankin
Shirley
\\'arwick.
.
Nelson in Highland Springs, and Beatrice Bnieh Wilson in Fairfax. "The Holmesteaders" had their first family vacation in June and journeyed to the lovely mountains of Waynesville. N. C. The four small ones thrilled at the sight of real bears in the Great Smokies and the Sue
Cherokee Indians.
Charles.
1948
N. Y.,
President and Acting Secretary
"Peep-
:
Brooks (Mrs. John W. Howard 1404 Ruffner Road. Alexandria.
sie" Tr.) \^a.
Hilda Abernathy (Mrs. E. Jackson) 55 Raleigh Road. War-
Secretary; E. Rachael Bruyh Holmes, '47, and "The HoJmestedders". Rosemary. George, Jr., J.-ane, and Rachael
who have
a trio of girls. Longwood's enrollment increase considerably should within a few years Cab Oz'crby Field writes "We have moved into our new house on Lake Barcroft. I am not !
.
.
.
:
with my husband anymore keeping house for him and two
working just
Bassett hounds !" ... A newsy letter from Betty Deuel Cock Elam indicates that her four young ladies keep her busy but happy. She is an officer in the Kings-
December, 1956
v.ick,
\'a.
—
Johnny and I have two boys Johnny 1. Johnny is assistant 4, and Bill. cashier of the First and Citizens National Bank in Alexandria, and is managing
Woody
brandies La^'ergne Tuck of Bassett has a daughter Claudia
its
.
.
.
Dot Tuck Johnson also of Bassett works in her husband's law oftice. She and Joe have three children Diane, Roband Jeff \'irginia Marshall bie, Walker has just returned from Panama. She and her husband Chris, who is in Nancy the .^rmy, have two children .
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l.ita
.
.
Braford says she loves country
life
last
summer
.
.
.
Sue Davis Breed-
ing writes that she stays at home tendirig Sara Squires is still three children Evelyn Moore Coleman, teaching Dr. Lankford's secretary, was at Founders along with Harriette Sutherlin Daj-, Overstreet and Ruth Brown from our class ... It was so good to hear from .
.
Julia
III,
one of
Breeding '48. with her children, Nancy, and Ralph
Davis
.
.
.
.
Baohcr Nelson who
is
living
in
Galax. Slie has two girls, Barbara 7 and Judy 2. She sees "Liz" Harrell \'aughan
and George Alice
real often.
Ann Abernathy
Phillips
and C.
C. where he is with a large starch concern. They have two girls. Pamela and Terry Anne Randolph Homes works for an insurance company in Richmond --doing secretarial work. She is going to Pan B. have
moved
to Greenville, S.
.
.
•
.American Business Night School tak-ing shorthand. She recently spent an enjoyable
week end bers
in
New York
received her
.
.
.
Nancy Cham-
Master's degree June
49
—
in the school of Library Science at Columbia. Hoot is now working in the University of Kentucky library in Lexington, Ky. Lois Fuller Robertson and husband have been living in Arabia now for the past nine years. He is with the Arabian .American Oil Company. They have two children, Ale.x 8 and Ponza o. Lois has her own dancing school in the American Colony Elizabeth Motley Lentz and Stan, of Aberdeen, Aid., vaca-
5th
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tioned in California and Mexico this summer. Elizabeth was honored by becoming
member
a
February
says her 2-year-old her every minute.
.
and Forrest an investment Betty Bnrchctt Almarode is
and Dick moved into their new home in McBryde Village, Blacksburg last August. Dick is in the vocational education depart-
ment
VPI
teaching distributive educaMillie MclVillianis Hayes, husband Jack, and Claiborne 3 are still living in Warwick. Jack works at Langley for the Neva Brmiklcy Parker and Gene are living in Warwick. She was chairman of our annual spring alumnae luncheon and did a grand job Mary Helmer, Janie Hanks Phillips, and Eloise tion
at
.
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NACA
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.
Hanes Henley are
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Marion where Giles is at the A'irHouse Motor Hotel. They have two sons. Brad and Mike, and a new baby. Edna Earle Waters Mizelle has a in
is
ginia
where he
.
.
occupies
Billy
Wommack
Jane Burchett live in Suffolk
counselor
son
last
Owen
Dorothy Bcvard
.
.
.
Gamma
Delta Kappa
of
Wilnia Allen, Speight and Charles are in Hampton. He is an engineer for the Newport News SB and DD Company Martha Moorehead Landerman and Stuart live at Willoughby in Norfolk where he is stationed Betty Jane Brockzcay Low and family moved into their new house in September. Son "Sammy" is 2J'2 Martha Cillum Burr's husband, David, conducted the first service on June 17 in the lovely new building of the Charlottesville Presbyterian Church where he is pastor. Ann Snead Whitcomb and Peck are members of the church Betty Tilson Walker living
.
Warwick
in
all
.
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.
Catherine Bickle received a nice write up in her church newspaper under Who's W'ho in Central Church School from which I quote "Catherine is superintendent of the Youth Division of her church in Staunton, is secretary of the Commission on Education, and is a member of a circle. She is also a member
new house and son. Nancy lessee Woodward has moved to Louisa where they are building a new home. -\ page in the January number of the Richmond School Bulletin was devoted to the Children's Room, officially named "The John B. Tabb Memorial Library' honor of Jennie Master Tabb's uncle Ruth M. Eggleston is librarian there "a young woman devoted to her job, enthusastic about children, and eager to improve their reading habits and tastes. Erla Brown is working in Richmond as a lab technician at the Blood Bank. Anne
Woman's
Timior
the
Club,
East loves her job as a private secretary Richmond Rives Edwards Clark
in
.
moved from
.
.
California to Bonifay.
Fla.,
Kings'
the
of
UDC, DAR,
Emily Smith Auxiliary, and she is on the Board
of Trustees of
Daughters'
Hospital." Congratulations, Catherine, on the fine w'Ork you are doing "BeBe" Gcycr Redmond has three children Frankie 5, Jimmy 3, and Patti 1. Jeane Bentley visited her .
.
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I
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.
heard Mildred Shepherd Blakey works
for the State Corporation Commission in Richmond. Hope to see you at our tenth
reunion in
'58.
1949 President:
Esther Gv,ttigan Maxey's '49
Ritchie (Mrs. Gloucester, Va.
A'iolet
Morgan)
J.
V.
Forbes Jr.) town, Aid. I
never
Route
f^Mrs. 3,
know where
Box to
Richard A. 6, Hagers-
begin
one of
these letters so guess I'll just close my eyes and reach into the stack of notes Here's a letter from Joyce Tozcnsend Hoge. She and Bill and their three sons have moved into a new antique brick split level home. Bill is a stock broker in Washington. Son Curtis is 7, Bobby, AlA,
and
Terry, teaching in
Jennie Lee Cross is University Park, Md., and \]A.
Martha
Ashby Srm^h lives in Chevy Chase, Md. "The Smiths have one son. Joyce saw Dot Sholu'ell Strickland in South Boston this summer. Stopping in Richmond, Joyce visited Betty Spindler Scott in her lovely new air-conditioned rambler overlooking the James. Son, Ricky is 3 and his sister Elizabeth is 1. Janie Fo.r White and Ernie and their children, Alickey and Robin, visited Joyce recentlv.
50
little
son.
Bill
where her husband does forestry work ^'irginia Hollificid Meredith and dies have an apartment a block from the water at \'irginia Beach but are planning to build a home in Bay Colony this fall. Ginny enjoyed teaching fourth grade last year. Connie Living Horden and her husband Hal, a Naval pilot, were .
Secretary: Jean Cake
Ozi'oi Bowling and Laura Jean Comerford Chumney and their husbands.
The Chumnej's have moved into a new home in Richmond where he has recently been
appointed administrative assistant C. Brinkley, \''irginia Commissioner of Agriculture. He is president of the Virginia Seedsmen's Association the youngest man ever to hold this office. Laura Jean is Bible teacher in her church
Parke
to
—
Their two children, Kevin and Karlee Jean, are 5 and 3 We moved to Hampton in January when Dick completed his seiwice with the Navy, and are now in Hagerstown, where he is a management trainee with Montgomery Ward. David is a lively 3-year-old and little Beth is I Many thanks to all of you who wrote such grand letters sending news. circle.
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1950
Norma Roady,
President:
1108
Wickham
Avenue, Newport News, Va. Secretary
Carol Bird Stoops, 103 South Road, Lindamere, Wilmington, Del. :
had a very quick
to Virginia was able to \Tsit with Charlotte Flaugher Ferro, Jim, Angela, and little Jimmy. Charlotte and Jim spent several weeks in Europe this winter and are now in the middle of plans for a beautiful new home in Norfolk. Charlotte and I were pleased to find Ann Orgain's ('49) exhibition in the Boardwalk .-Art Show. Lizzie Bragg Crafts, Buddy and their California born and widely traveled daughter Lynn spent several days with us at Christmas and are living near Philadelphia now. Lizzie and I represented our class at the recent meeting of the Philadelphia area LongI
Beach
trip
summer where
this
I
.
.
their neighbors for awhile.
They
live in
Oceana now. Among Ginny's visitors were Grace Mallory Rives and daughter, and Dolly Ann Freeman Sydnor and family think she has three children now. The last news I had of Anne Gallozvay Reddish was, "I have a dog and a new
—
Chevrolet convertible." Lee Staples bert, at a
Naval Base
in
Lam-
French Morocco,
expected to return to the State in the fall with her husband and 3-year-old son, Gwen Smith Kentiedy has tnoved to Tullahoma, Tenn., and Phyllis Baglcy Hoefer has gone 'way out to Lincoln, Neb. Ruthellen Mears Taylor is back in Richmond ... I saw Cathryn Mosteller Garrett occasionally in our Junior League work. In June. Dick .-aid .
.
.
pic-
Jean Edgcrton Winch's ('48) sweet daughter Anne Edgerton. In July Lizzie, Buddy and I went to Baltimore for Anna Nock Flanigan's wedding. Nock and Joe are living in Philadelphia. Peggy .Ann -Ames was her attendant, and we particd with .\nnette Jones Birdsong and Tom, Hank Hardin Luck and David, Peggy White, Margaret Wall Irby '49 and John, Harriet Ratchjord Schach and Will. Harriet's daughter, Carey, has dark tures
summer and is Patti's godmother Norman Soyars Watkins has a girl 2. Bill has his own law office in Farmville. .
Ann
wood Alumnae. There we admired
—
last
attended the Presbyterian Conference at While there I saw
Massanetta Springs.
in
:
of
I
of
curly hair. This spring I spent a week in Williamsburg with Suzie Bowie Brooks, G. T. and their two big boys. Then in Richmond I visited several days with Cab and Elinor Overbey '48 ) who are both teaching there. Cab and I spent an evenShirley Hillstcad Lorraine, ing with Kemper and their four wee ones. Chatted with Jane Williams Chambliss. Jane, Russ, and their two children have moved (
into their
new home
in
Richmond. Spent
Patsy afternoon with Pettus and her two boys,
an
Richard
.
Kimbrongh and
Regi
Mary Lou Wilson McGee, and new son, are now living in .
.
dau.ghter .Alexandria, where her husband is pastor Paul of one of the Baptist churches Price received his blaster's degree in education this summer from the L^niversity of Virginia. He is principal at Craigsville Higli School Corky Corvin is still working in Washington, D. C. Betty House Higginbotham has three children now two girls and a boy Jane Hunt Ghisclin Lindley and Don The are living in Columbus, Ohio .
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AlUMX.^E
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]SL4G.A2IXE
:
!
Norfolk girls, Peggy White, Curly Diggs Lane, Frankie Dodson White, Lelia Mae Ferratt Leggett, Jean Hobbs Alton, Charlotte Flaughcr Ferro, Hank Hardin Luck, etc., get together quite often Harriette Bozvtitig Stokes and her son Bill spent a day with Lucy I'aughan Taylor and her three. Chuck, Nancy, and Annie Swann teaches at the Sarah new Tazewell High School but still spends her summers at home in Norfolk Dolores Duncan Smallwood and .
.
.
.
.
picture of Debbie at Nice note from Ray Phillips Vaughan, Frank, Jan, and Lee. .Also picture of Doris Old Davis' daughter Patricia Gail taken in their new home. They visited by Jean Anderson Smith, her husband, son and daughter. Pat Paddison Evans and Carroll report that Wyndee is mighty excited about Santa
Christmas
.
Lynda Black Washburn has Janice Diane,
Lester are at Peahody College in Nashville where Lester is doing graduate work in educational administration. Betty Lewis Shank Blount and her children are living in Roanoke with her family since the sudden death of her husband Strousse in his private plane .
.
.
of the artistic
She
She sends her best to all us gals Becky Mann is also abroad only in the Far East, teaching in Japan. In the summer of 1955 she went with a Methodist Youth Caravan to England, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, and France.
Harding
Greensboro.
in
a unit
is
My
.
.
ville
:
to believe we've been out of school five long years. Can't thank the ones of you enough that came back for the celebration in March. I hope there will be as good a showing in 1961. We'll be looking for the rest of you next time had the pleasure of visiting Helen I
Agnew Koonce I
while
was working
in
High Point when
the furniture market
at
See Marriage and Birtli our class June Divers is teaching Latin and history in Smith High School. Norfolk Saw in the paper that Nancy Gillie Shelton
there in July
.
.
.
news
for
lists
of
.
.
.
was
visiting
relatives
husband John was
BraijQ
Crafts.
'.50.
Bird
Carol
Lynn
and
Crafts,
Stoops
.
regretted missing Patsy I Ritter Jack's wedding this summer. Sister M. John Therese (Mary Miller) professed her first vows at Saint Mary's House of Studies, Notre Dame, Ind., in August. She has greatly enjoyed hearing from those of you who have kept in touch with her. She is teaching at Academy of the Holy Cross in Rockville, Md. Louise Turner Cundiff, Bobby, and their son are living in Rochmond while Bobby is taking a course in hospital supervision Hilda Edicards Tall has been living in Elizabeth City, N. C, since her marriage last fall Last October I attended Jean Carrello's marriage to Ron Lynch in D. C. Pat Davis Gray and Basil are still in .
course this year
.
completed
.
.
Auxiliary in her church Jett Carter Groves is living here in ^Martinsville. She and her husband Irving have just
moved
new
a
into
.
.
home
.
.
Emily
.
Miami ...
.
County while
.
Ruth Walker McGhee and Stuart havi! two children Carrie Ann O'Laughlin received her Master's degree from the University of Maine and is teaching in .
didn't
Helen Smith Massie is owner and manager of a fuel oil business in Amherst. She is past president of the Junior W'oman's Club and first vice-president of the Woman's his
Lizzie
.
Peggy Perry
:
MCV. He
at
.
but
here,
a chance to see her Yost taught in Henrico
get
.
Hastings
husband
whose
Baxter
is a doctor in the Navy is currently living on the Naval .Air Station in Willow Grove, Pa., with Don and their two
Her Longwood
children. at
Sarah
sister .
.
.
is a A'irginia
sophomore Westbrook
Goggin is living in .Alexandria with her husband Mel and two young ones I am now working for two doctors at .
the
local
Avith
hospital
Capital
after
.Airlines
in
a
short
.
.
job
Washington,
D. C.
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December, 1956
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1952 President: Peggy land .Ames)
Harris
(Mrs.
Gar-
Jean Ridenour (Mrs. Charles Jr.) 4605 Stuart .Avenue, Richmond. \^a. Red and \Miite, it's Red and "It's
Secretary:
W. Appich
.
.
winter John Huegel is now an elementary school principal in Danville Maria Jackson is completing work on her Master's at the University of last
hard
it's
in
,
.
President and Secretary Betsy Gravely, 201 Starling Avenue, Martinsville, Va.
This was our reunion year and
won an honorable mention
the \'irginia Press Association feature writing contest for 1956 Eleanor Weddle received her M.S. from the University of Tennessee and is teaching at Longwood College. Congratulations to Harold Hutter, now a captain in the Marines and stationed at Parris Island. He spent three months in Puerto Rico
1951
is
.
Hearld,
award
.
.
.
.
Heart, pub.
.
with refugees on the Iron Curtain. Then she went to Norway just to visit Our other celebrities are Jackie Sardine Wall, who was author of "Seen and Heard" series in the Farm-
Nancy Lee Maddox 1956 was here to visit me in August Keep in touch with me through the year. We want news of YOU. lished in
.
Worked
.
.
.
—
.
Sonnets and Songs of
teaching art at Great Bridge. Lou Bergman Phelps ('49) is teaching there too. Ruth had a visit from Jame Smith Tyndall and her Dana.
member.
.
.
re-
all
received
."^sher
the work. Her boys are fine. Virginia IVilkins Floyd has a daughter, Jennie 3. Frances Garnett was the efficient March of Dimes Director for Buckingham CounGrace Oakes Burton ty this year has a new volume of poems to her credit.
.
.
Ruth we
Puckett
.
manager for Tupper Ware home parties. She loves Tro.xie
sender in the U. S. when hers arrived with interesting note from D. C. before I had fully digested my Thanksgiving turkey. Attractive card from Ruth HatliaZi'ay Anderson. Dick, Pamela, and Grey
— typical
.
and her family are living
Johnson ('52) and Maude Savage Smith ('49) who live near by Jacky Eagle scooped the earliest Bird Christmas card .
is
of a .
three sons.
M.A. from Columbia LTniversity last Ann "Hank" Sa'wyer Knight June
AAUW.
.
who
News
port her
.
.
the pride of every girl that's headed a letter postmarked Germany from Joan Pritehett Mathews and her three black cocker spaniels. Pen and Ink, and Billy the Kid II. They are champion stock and have brought home some beautiful trophies and ribbons in Southwest United States, Germany, Austria, and France. Pritch is president of the Air Force Officer's Wives Club of Bermerhaven, and at one time had a 15-minute radio program over AFN Bremerhaven. Last summer she and Bobby visited Italy, Spain, France, and England.
here"
Hagan has a daughter 3''2. Her husband Bob is loan corporation in New-
Slavin
manager
December Jane Richards MarkuKatie son has a son, Richard Severin Bondurant Carpenter, Jim, and their two children are living in Annapolis where They visit Katie is active in back and forth with Gris Boxley Cousins C'49) and her family, two children, and a dog. Katie also sees Conway Rice .
White,
.
Claus.
.
last
.
.
—
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.
Cute
California.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Nancy Walker Reams, who is with Piedmont Airlines, party on weekends together. Nancy and Bill came by for a good visit with Charlie and me last fall. Maria was in Richmond in the spring for Ann Moody's wedding also in the party were Bootie Poarch, Pat Tuggle Miller, and Rachael Peters Sue Highfield Herr is a psychiatric nurse in Chapel Hill while her husband is working on his PhD. She has a daughter 3 .. "Boots" Russell is Service Club Director for the Air Force at Sarah Olmsted Air Force Base, Pa. Graham Wells visited May Henry Sadler Alidgett. A. B.. and baby boy. May Henry sees Jerry Korbach Hermbree and Betty Barnes Lampert now and then. Shirley Grogan Duncan, Mildred Bright Hatcher, and Lucy Jane Perkinson Angle, and latter's daughter have frequent gab -"essions in Danville. Shirley and Fred visited Connie Blankcnship Paris in Richmond Virginia. There she and
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Whenever B. B. IVilson Thompson leaves Virginia Beach for Farmville she plays bridge with Jackie Jardine ^\'all and Frances Thomas Pairet. The Class wishes to express its sympathy to Frances Ginny Mcin the loss of her father Lean Pharr is filling in as Longwood Alumnae Secretary for a year. Ginny. .
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.
.
.
Macon, and little Steve and Ginny Leigh have been living in Farmville for over Alargaret Jones Cunningham a year and !Monk and her two boys are now living in Cumberland. Md. Dot Gregory Alorrison and her little girl see lots of Longwoodites in Charlottesville. Mary Helen "Cookie" Blair writes that Blair and Gin Reed are putting on extra pounds .
in
.
.
Fayetteville. Audrey Pettit Mesmer. and their two girls spent a vacation Paulv's Island, S. C. They are still Florida where Bill is attending L^ni-
Bill
at in
Law School Rice Johnson has been teaching
vcrsity of Florida
.
.
.
Connie in
An51
napolis, Md., hut she and Asa will be in Charlottesville after February Nancy Carbce O'Connell teaches English in Ridgefield, N. C, while Jack is an editor .
with
McGraw
that
it
.
Hill Publishers. She writes great to live so close to New York City Nora Pollard Burgess was in Texas for four months but now she and her husband are stationed at Army Chemical Center, Edgewood, Md. M\' card caught Sadie Crcgar Stone just before she and Jake moved to Chicago Lucyle Humpries returned to teach at St. Andrews Episcopal School in Hilton Village from New York City ... Jo Price Greenburg and her captain is
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
husband are stationed at Manhatten Beach Air Force Station, Brooklyn, N. Y. Jo has been teaching in Texas this past year Dolores Hoback Kanner's husband Al received his M. D. in June and is now interning in Madison, Wise. "Hoey" is engaged in enzyme research there as a .
.
Poconos.
Elsie
George
.
Rae Page Bonner and
young
and
visited
Jay
their
Virginia, then went on to Niagara Falls before returning home to Stokes Overbey Howard Lodi, N. J. and Robert vacationed in Florida. Stokes is teaching in Charlotte, N. C. Beebie families
in
.
.
.
Hancock Beard was in Florida in August, but has moved into her new home in Norfolk Frances Ann Ra)nscy Hun.
.
.
and Bill are do-it-yourself fans having remodeled some of their house in Appomattox. Lynchburg now has Mary Brame Trotter, Ed., and little Nick. Marian Bcckner Riggins and Bill went to Cape Cod for a few weeks. Jan Peebles Host, Parker, and their two boys Tom 5 and David 2 have a new home in Warwick. In Pulaski is Nell ter
Smith. Audrey
Daltoii
Ramsey Long
is
.
.
.
.
Henry Henry
.
are
living
Martinsville where
in
with duPont; their
is
girl
little
Dale is ly'i. They have recently bought a house Jan Van Horn Page and Jerry have two boys Jeanne Mercer Luttrell is teaching again at Saluda High School this year Ann Keith Hundley Brame, Harper, and little Marilyn are .
.
.
.
.
living
.
.
.
Warwick
in
.
.
.
Baker
Betty
.
Kulp and
Sis Burton Holland are both living in Norfolk, where their husbands are stationed with the Navy. Both have little girls Joyce Catling and Nancy .
.
.
Lawrence are teaching in Suffolk Frances Howell Abernathy lives there .
.
.
.
They
project assistant.
spent last Christ-
Nancy Honnsell mas in Bermuda Brame is home in Culpeper until the Navy can give Bob a permanent address. They have acquired a baby bo.xer .
.
.
.
.
Bunnie Rocks travels all around. year she taught in Savannah, Ga., flew down to Florida on weekends. took up water skiing and sailing,
summer
taught
which she
after
school
She then
Waynesboro
in
visited in
.
Last and
Houston, Texas.
Dot Frahcr Now she is in Hampton Garber teaches Sunday School in Sarasota, Fla., and works in Rudy's office Edith Goff Street and H. A. spent their vacation at Virginia Beach. She has taken up golf lessons and is drawing up .
.
plans
for
new
their
.
.
Richmond
house.
seems to be most popular among our class members. Margie Hood Caldwell is here. Anne Rosson White teaches at Laburnum Elementary School. Maxine Watts Peschel is a librarian. She and
Roy
see
some
of
Mary
working for Halifax Department of Public Welfare, keeps house, and takes care of her daughter, Janice Elaine. principal of Luray High School
The new Margie
is
Traylor Nolen's husband, Hugh. Charlie and I saw Anne Moseley Akers and Tom and Bruce in Roanoke. Moe is president of a garden club. They visited Boston last summer. Nancy Walthal Avery, Ed, and their little boy are back home in Alberta. We are proud to hear that Elvin S. Elmore has sent her three sons to college on a teacher's salary one is in dental school and the oldest, Shep Elmore CSl) received his M.S. at
.
.
Moore Karr
Borkey and Walter. Charlie and I had Pat Tnggle Miller and Bill, Betty Scott Borkey Banks and Franklin, and Harriet Biittcru'orfh Miller ('51) and Bill to a bufTet dinner last spring. Pat and I met Penny Gilmer at Sunday School last
summer. Branchy Fristoe Choate is in Richmond while her husband is working on his M. S. at RPL New houses in Richmond belong to Elsie Baker Tokarz, Tommy, and their little boy. Bobby Betty Scott and Franklin Banks also, Mary Crawford Andrews and Frank. They spent two weeks in Florida, but now .Vlary is teaching in Richmond while Frank is atending MCV. Also in Richmond in her new home is Gladys Savedge Baker and her new little girl Clara CuUip Winkler taught in Pulaski with Marty Miller Mason. Now Clara is in
University of Virginia last June. Frances Turner Widgeon is helping her husband in his new Western Auto Parts store in Cheriton. .^nne Motley Ryland is rearing a lovely family of two girls and a boy in Dahlgren. She and Bobby Brou-n Moore are the only ones in our Lucy Jane class with three children Morton Pratt is teaching in Richardson Park, Del. ... In Crewe is Joan Missimer Mary Jo Smith Fore is teachRoss ing in Winchester ... I wish I could be the first to announce about all the .
.
.
.
.
.
.
Roanoke. Flora Ballozve deHart and Allen are working on their Masters at the University of Virginia.
time
Flora
teaching
is
at
At the same Lane High
Bristow is teaching at Jackson School in Newport News. Norma Saunders loves teaching at James Blair in Williamsburg. Peggy Harris Amti is also there. In Shipman is Lee Wood Dowdy teaching at Lovingston Elementary while Ned is working with Central Virginia Electric Corporation Midge Woods .'\kers, Pete and School.
Elsie
Stonewall
.
their
.
.
two
ingham, Ala.
many
girls are living in
little .
.
.
Our
interesting
Mathews
and
Ed
Birm-
gals have been on Sue A^elson vacationed in the
trips.
.
Nell Bradshazc Green, Abie, boy are living in Rich-
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and their
mond
little
Mary Meade Robertson Edwards and her husband are both teaching .
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High School this year. They have a little girl 2 Billie Dunlafr Powell moved back to Portsmouth in
at Farmville
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Octciber after 2J 2 years in Te.xas. Wilson going into private practice as a doctor there Sarah McElroy Harvie and is
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Jack have bought a house in West End in Richmond. Jack is Boys' Work Secretary for the there, since graduating from college in June .Margie Hall ;Massey, Bill, and' their little boy and girl also live in Richmond. They have a new home right off Cherokee Road.
YMCA
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1954 President
Nell
;
our
fifth
reunion
some big plans
March.
in
in
the
We
have
to
make
making
an extra special weekend for us
it
all.
Secretary
Moneda
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Key,
329-B
Jean Hodges has been appointed disdirector of the \'irginia Tidewater Area Council of Girl Scouts Betty Benton Odom is now living in Suffolk Betty Islin Saffelle has moved to Salisbury, N. C, and is teaching there Sylvia Reames Picardat and Bob spent two fine weeks at Daytona Beach, trict
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Va.
ville,
degree from Theological Seminary
in
May
Lucy Page Hall Kennedy and
Clip-
Baptist .
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per
Master Southern
a
Education
of
.
received
are
living
Royal
Front
in
where
teaching this year, while Ted is serving with the Navy in Japan. They are eagerly awaiting his return in the fall of '57 Janet IViggins Pumphrey and Bill are living in Arlington where Janet is teaching this year. Bill is manager of a warehouse outlet in Sarah .\nn Jones Light's Washington husband. Heath, is the Episcopal minister in Boydton, and they have two boys Nanc3' Driskill Finley is living in AtTeachin.g lanta where Earl is working in .Arlington again this year is Celeste Bishop .'^nne Jones holds a teaching position in Alexandria where she and Nancy Nelson '55 share an apartment .\nn Murphy ^Morton and Bucky have a home in Falls Church Jean Kreicnhatim Zollman's husband is the assistant citv engineer of .Alexandria Wanda
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Fla. Mason Moore Barrett is now teaching in Atlanta, Ga. Lib Bosivell Lackey and Hal are in Oceana Ann Foster Posey is at Virginia Beach Lou Kitts is a lab technician at Nell Copley is a private secretary at .
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Annie Lee
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President: Polly Brothers (Mrs. H. G. Simpson) 60S Rives Road, Martins-
73rd
Newport News, Va.
Street,
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1953
Hanover
2303
Copley,
Avenue, Richmond, Va.
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babies that will arrive in the Fall, but the best way to learn is to come to
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Karlet Marshall and Echol are living in Roanoke, and she is teaching . Harriet Minichan Thomas and Hayes have bought their own home in Danville Polly Brothers Simpson and
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Reynolds Metal Company in Richmond. Also in Richmond are Patty Derring Coleman and Jo Anne Dyer Ridenour .
Mary Anne King Barrett is living Warwick Ann Thomas Wicke .
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and Ralph are living in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Jeanne Hamilton Lafoon, "Mike", ''Kipper", and Lisa are in Farmville June Johns. Ann Edmonds, and I are still living in Warwick Ann Mallory Hancock is in Norfolk. Last year she moved to a new junior high school and took over the dutv of heading the science department ... I saw Marj' Denny IVilson Parr at Pat .Altwegg's wedding she and ^^'ilton are still Norfolk. Also in Norfolk is in Trianne Lampkin Freese. her husband, and baby boy Grace Booker Barr and her husband are living in ^Moscow, U.S. S.R., where he is"vice consul, third secretary assigned to general service administration". Grace is teaching in the AmeriElleanor Koch is doing can Embassy Red Cross recreational work in the Far .
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Else Wente received her M.S. from the University of Tennessee in August and is now teaching in Newport
turned
home
mouth
is
News High
teach
East
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School
Doris Caiiascu Umberger is living in New Britain, Conn. Betsy Jean Robertson, Paty Donnelly, Rebecca Baird, and Frances Marker .
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Jane
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are teaching in Hampton Mary Lou Burnette is teaching at Quantico \^irginia Sutherland teaches in Dinwiddle .
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Wanda Home,
Portsmouth and Dolly Kempsville We are sorry
Doll, in in
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member
to report the death of a
Class
—
who
Sarah
died
in
baby boy are
Do
me
let
.
Lcathcnnan April. Her living in
still
hear from
of
our
Muyskens
feger
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of j'ou.
liII
now
is
her husband Phyllis tooK
Edwards) Box
Mrs. H. Robert
(
205, Wincliester, \'a.
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Longwood
also
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Anne
Thaxton Daniel taught in South Boston year and was very active in her church Carolyn Stanley is an art consultant for two schools in Alexandria Also teaching there is Beth Kent last
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Betty Davis
:
in Tenafly,
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to quote her,
President
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is
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1955
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N. J., while studying at Columbia. graduate work at Longwood in the sunmier Jean Anderson Guthrie is teaching in Cumberland Carolyn Watson Yeatts is at Amelia High School. She has been taking graduyear, but
ate classes at
husband and
Wyoming
;
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Owen
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to Virginia Beach in PortsDorothy T. Cooper Betty West returned to Chuckatuck to home economics Nell Crocker is also tliere. Phyllis Powell Swerttaught in Chesterfield County last
LOVE
the place" teaches math
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in Contey Leonard Fairfax County in Montross is Anna Our class president, Mae Sanders Betty Davis Edwards is busily engaged in teaching in Winchester and holding oflices. She is treasurer of the Longwood Alumnae Chapter there and secretary of the Winchester Education Association
Joan
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Secretary: Eloise Macon {^Irs. H. Melvin Smith) c/o Mrs. Evelyn T. Macon, 1110 Griiifin Street, Lynchburg, Va.
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In addition to raising Cynthia, the first
baby born to one of our '55 graduates, Barbara Moore Curling is librarian in elementary schools in Henrico three County. In Raleigh, N. C, we find Roberta Naomi CuniKing McGuire teaching bia King taught social studies in Beaufort, N. C, while her husband studied at Southeastern Seminary at \\'ake Forest Edna Trader Cain taught home economics in Texas last year where her Air Force husband is stationed They have been to Mexico Jean Lynch Hobbs was awarded a Master's degree at the .
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LIniversity of Pittsburgh last June Sally Wilsor. has been working on
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her Master's degree in music Pollyanna Martin Foard, her husband, and son spent another summer at Oak Ridge. .
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.
working on his PhD. now Marlene Lucas is enjoying being a home
Don
is
.
economist
witli
.\ppalachian
baby of the class of '55: Cynthia, daughter of Barbara Moore Curling.
one year the members of our class have scattered to the "Four Winds". Already many have changed addresses so that our letters didn't reach their destination. So please, be sure to drop us a line this spring, so we can keep in touch Wedding bells have rung for nearly 50% of us. Some already have their hands full with a "little one". So be sure to check the lists of Marriages and Births in the back for these. Congratulations are in order for those who have completed that first loiifj year of teaching and have started another. In Roanoke we find Betty Jean Persinger, Virginia Burgess, Mary Ann Ward Deaton, and Phoebe Warner Emily Kesler is at one of the oldest schools in the state Academy Street School in Salem Grace Garnctt is in Lynchburg Donnie Dn'inc Clark, in Richmond Clare Davis, in Danville. In Henrico in
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County Shirley Ward lish and biology .
Coates ing
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EngSpencer
teacliing
Karen
Chesterfield County travelschools teaching music. She
in
Richmond where her husband a law student Nancy Taylor re-
lives is
to
is
is
in
.
December, 1956
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Electric
\\'orking in Staunton in the same oc"Tanley" is cupation is Jane Bailey still interested in dramatics. She had a part in the Virginia Museum play jili. Some of us Wilderness last winter are seeing the world because of LIncle .
amazing how
is
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Power Company in Roanoke. Also in Roanoke is Sally Cecil doing social work.
First
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Sam. Jean Carol Parker Harrell is in Georgia Audrey j\Iorsc Tillet is in W'ashington State Ann, Carter Wcndenburg Silver's husband has received his wings now in the Air Force Nan Picinich Jordan and Pete have returned from .\laska and are living in Charlottesville while he is attending L'niversity of ^^irginia doing graduate work Tanley, Louise Nelson Parris, Mary Cowles, Flip Blake, and Frances Northern were among those back to Longwood for graduation last Tune Mrs. Maria Warren Bromleigh's son. Gray, Jr., after appearing in The Covvnon Glory as narrator this summer, is now studying abroad as an Exeter scholar ... As for me, I'm back in Pittsburg teaching after a six month's "tour" of New Jersey and Massachusetts provided by LTncle Sam. :
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1956 President: Georgia Jackson, Street, Lexington, Va.
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Secretary: Joan Harvey, Route pomattox, Va.
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The summer fouPid some of the members of the Class of '56 quite busy working and traveling while others just enjoyed themselves loafing. Evelyn Hall and Bettye Maas went to Europe. Patsy Abcrnathy Rice joined her husband in Germany Dottie Rector and Nancy Cousins studied at the University of .
Virginia
.
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Nancy McLawhorn Rhue
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traveled to California Rose Frost served as a counselor for the Methodist Youth Caravan and worked in the St. Louis, Mo., Conference Jackie Marshall was playground director in Suffolk Joanne Earless served as counselor at a playground there Bootsie Miller worked in the shipyards Carolyn .
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Gray and Lee Hayes kept busy working at Fort Lee Joyce Clyingenpeel sang in The Contino)i Glory choir Mary Ann Maddox was back in Farmville working with the Baptist students in summer school. In Blackstone Julie Moncure served as a lifeguard Ann Weatherholts worked in the Clerk's office in Winchester ... At the University Hospital in Charlottesville, Winnie Louhoff Betty was busy keeping records Shackelford Ellison, Lorene Allen Roberts, and Audrey Beale Owen joined .
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their husbands Many entered the bonds of matrimony. See the list of Marriages for them Some were very lucky in having new homes in which to start houskeeping such as Becky Blair Butcher and Jean Edzcards Edwards. James Parker and Dottie Rector, who .
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both received scholarships, are at the University of Virginia working towards Masters degrees in speech and drama. -At the University of Tennessee Patsy Hamner is working towards her Master's degree in physical education. Georgia Jackson is at the Medical College of Virginia studying medical technology As fall approaclied quite a few of us were attending workshops and then beginning our first year of teaching. In .
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Richmond and Henrico County we find Lee Hayes, Gail Leonard Diane Hansen, Bettye Maas, Julie Aloncure, Jean Moseley, Virginia Ohenehain Cross, Helen Warriner, Jean Windley Pollock, Loretta Brooking, Barbara Mays, and Bonnie Moore. Shirleye .Adams, Virginia Cowles, and Jane Blake Lawrence are teaching Norfolk; Joyce Clingenpeel, Ann in Jor.es, and Shirley Wilbourne are in Norfolk County. In Portsmouth \\e find Mary Davis and Alargaret Aliller. Dale Brothers is in South Norfolk. Louise T. Caldwell and Phyllis Nurney are in
Newport in
Meeks is Catherine Hampton we find George Shirley Kemp, Norma Jeanne News.
Oceana.
Elliott,
Croft,
In
Joan Darnell, and Helen Kelsey.
Fairfax are Euphan Carter, Sue Barbara Williams. Janice Lee Haines, Mary Jo Hutchinson, Betty Pat Rodgers, Shirley Fishback Crosen, and Frances Edwards, Dottie ^^a^ace Jean Edzcards Edwards, Jo Tarpley, and Joan Harvey are teaching in Southhampton County. In Lynchburg we find Marguerite Franklin, Betty Jane Harlowe, and Mary Ann Maddox. Rose Frost and Janet Bain are in Petersburg. In Danville we find Nancy Riddle Tippett, Betty Rose Davis Wittkopp, Rheta Russell, and Kathryne Tompkins. Others
Those
at
Upson,
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53
June Gianninx Teffrev
Scott
son,
'49x. a
Allen
Martha Hilda Abcrnathy Jackson '48. a son, ^laury Hamilton Marjorie Agcc Milan '50, a daughter. Susan Christine Helen Agnew Koonce '51, a daughter Lorene AlUvi Roberts '56, a son Phyllis Alley Carter '49, a son Lovice Altizcr Harris '47, a son, Kevin Lee Elsie Baker Tokarz '52, a son, Robert
Thomas Thomas M. Beckham '52.x and Mrs. Beckham, a daughter, Nora Campbell
Capt.
Marion Bcekner Riggins
'52,
a son Wil-
liam ^Morris
Mary Evelyn Bennett
.\rrington '53. a son Betty Benton Odom '54, a daughter Mary Louise Blacknian Kayton '47, a son, Gilbert Stuart Sutton Bland Hutcherson '47, a daughter, Beverly Scott Carolyn Boothc Saunders '46, a daughter,
Rachel Williams Griswold Boxicy Cousins '49. a daughter Joyce Brisentine McGall '57x, a son Betty Jane Broekz^'ay Low '49, a son,
Thomas Edward
Meade
Nomeka Bryant Sours
John
'50x. a son.
W'illiam
Laura Bnehanan Hays
a son, Robert
'50.
Gresham Biiek
Elizabeth
Waters.
Muse
'50.
a
Lee
son.
Jr.
Mary Stewart
Biiford Perry '47, a son Betsy Bnllock Walker '44\. a dattghter.
Margaret Ann Paige Bnnn Prince
Hazel-Wood
'52,
a daughter
Burbank
Thomas
daughter, Beth Betty Burehett Alniarode Jane Burehett Pe.egy Cobiness Andrews
'40,
a
'48,
a daughter.
'48,
a daughter.
Nancy Wendell \'irginia Canipfield
Hay
a daughter.
Betty Jo Lee Crockett Ingle 'SOx. Michael Wayne Mary Minta Croivder W'hite '51, Charlotte Hall Davis Moore '52x, Gladys Doiody Putney '53x. a son, ter.
^'^rginia
a son.
son
a son
Lloyd
'50.
a son.
Charles
I\^
Anne
Ellett Hardy '43, a son Margaret EllctI Anderson '47. a
daugh-
Patty Armistead
Jane Englchy Haney
'42.
Charlotte Fills Maragon lean Freeman Bartrow Mary Nell
a daughter. Jan '55, '48,
a son a daughter,
Patricia Garth Rhodes '44x, a daughter, Melissa \\'atkins "BeBe" Geyer Redmond '48, a daughter, Patti
54
I\Iargaret a son, }\Iark
Edward
Margaret Massey Massey ]\Jish
'55,
Ben-
a son,
Andrew
Ellis '45, a son,
Timberlake
'43.
a
son,
Shannon
Joel
Babara ^Jonre Curling
Mary
'55. a daughter, Cynthia .Anne Motley Ryland '52, a daughter, Anne Sommerville Rebecca Norflcct ^leyer '46. a son. William John, Jr. Betty Cakes McGrew '55, a son. Craig
Jeanne Hamilton Lafoon '54, a daughter, Lisa Hamilton Rosalie Anne Hamlin Parrott '45, a son,
Louise Parcell W'^atts '43. a daughter, Trina Minette Mildred Parker Candler '54. a daughter
Dot Gregory Morrison Karen Ann
a daughter,
'52,
Elizabeth Gri:::ard Darby '44, a son, Irving Everett, HI Lucy Page Flail Kennedy '53, a son, Theodore Clifford, Jr. Alarjorie Flal! Massey '53, a daughter
Emory
W'ade, II
Sue Harper Schumann '44, a daughter Louise Harrell Clark '47, a son, Peter Emily Hastings Baxter 'Six, a son, Donald L., Jr. -\udra Hazekins James '52, a daughter, Randolph Bell Challice Haydon Parsons '53, a daughter Nancy Hayncs Hall '53x, a daughter, Karen Lou Lorraine
Hillstead
Shirley
'50.
son.
a
Kemper Hite Georgianne
Graves
'45.
daughter.
a
LeStourgeon
daughter, Joanne Betty House Higginbotham Fredrika Hitbard Nichols
'46,
'50,
son
a
a
'47,
a
son,
James Anderson Jane Lee Hutehcson Hanbury '42, a son, John Irvine Peggy Jacob Dichtel '48x, a daughter, Catherine Frederica Jacc|ueline (Jackie) Jardine W'all '52, a son Barrye Langhorne Sara Jeffreys Gilliam '44, a daughter, Virginia Ruftin Clara Jenkins Michael '48, a daughter Dot Johnson Watson '42, a daughter Martha Ellen Jones Holmes '46, a son, Peter Samuel Ruth Jones Duval! '42x, a daughter, Elizabeth Leigh Sarah Anne Jones Light '53, a son,
Nelson
Ann Darden Joyner Jordan
'51, a daughSuzanne Frances Kent Cralle '38, twins, a son, William Kent, and a daughter, Eliza-
ter,
Hill
beth
Patsy Kimbrongh Pettus Richard Emerson Julia
Koch French
son.
a
'50,
Bennett
a son.
'49x,
Livingston
Trianne J.ampkin Freese
'54,
Francis. Jr. Natalie Lancaster Robertson ter. Natalie Lancaster
Lawrence
a son. Ralph a
daugh-
Graves
son,
a
'48,
'44,
a daugh-
ter
Lucille Lezcis Armstrong Maryan Lucille
Braford
'48.
'44.
Bess McGlothlin Gish
'53.
'i7.
Maukin Nelson
son,
Pierce
Pifer Childress (Jill) daughter. Carolyn King \'irginia Lee Price Perrow '46,
\'irgilia
'51.
a
a
son.
Xaricy Pv.rdnni Hurt '53, a daughter .Audrey Kaittsey Long '52. a daughter. Janice Elaine Frances Ann Ramsey Hunter '52, a daugh-
Martha Elzie
ter,
Harriet Ratchford Schach
'50,
a daughter,
Carey Coeburn
Ann Rcaz'cs Poole a son, Heath, Jr. Nell Richard Bell '44. a _son Jean Ridenonr .Appich '52. a daughter, Mary Campbell Roberta Jean Robertson Stables '50, a '47,
Shirlev
son,
David Clinton,
III
Rosalie Rogers Talbert
'43,
a daughter.
'49,
a daughter,
Susan Mears Betty Romeo Wingfield Betsy Carolyn
Peggy T. Ross Byrd '46. a son. Charles Randolph Alay Henry Sadler Midgett '52. a son, Richard Sadler
Shumate
'36,
Gladys Saz'cdge Baker
'52,
Lclia Sanford
a sou a daughter
Elizabeth Scales DeShazo '40, a daughter, Elizabeth Scales Phil Sehlobohm Duval '40, a daughter
Sarah Schnlcr Pevehouse '55-x, a daughter, Sarah Seda Mary Lou Shannon Delaney '42, a son Shirley Sheppard Goodman '57x, a daughEthel Shoekley Southall
'49,
Dot
Shotti'ell Strickland
a son.
'53.
a
Wilson
a son, iMichael
'47, a
son
'49,
'49,
a daughter,
a
a daughter
Allen
son,
Davies
Peggy Simpson Kelsey 'S7x, a son. Esther Slagle Fulgham '50, a daughter, Deborah Jo Jane Smith Dunlap '44, a daughter, Mary Harrison Jane Smith Tindall '50, a son, Mark
Cook Betty Jean Snapp Fawcett ter, Carol Ann
a son
.\nne }[cClniig Grigg daughter. Pettice Elizabeth
McElroy Harvie
son,
a daughter.
F^lizabeth
Shirlej'
Coenan '41, a son, Stephen Evelyn Pierce Maddox '46, a son, David Phillips
Anne Sintpson Alston
Sarah Leathennau Aluvskcns '54, a David Frances Lee Stoneburner '40, a Frank, Jr. Carolyn Leffcl Graham '53. a son
.Sarah
Nancy Louise
ter,
Kay
Jane Gay
Margaret Lazcrence Grayson
Lit::
Glenn Ann Patterson, Marsh '4(). a son, John Robert The Rev'd Douglas L. Paulson '50 and Mrs. Paulson, a son, Fred Albert Joan Payne Southern '57x, a daughter Lucy Jane Perkinson Angle '52, a daugh-
ter '53.
Thomas Aladison
Nancy
Alan
William Spencer
Hoi man
Martha
Katie a
A'ladison
Hilda Edioards Tall
ter.
ter, Mary Ellen Rosalie Grecar Hamlin
Philip '43.
Emily Campfield Barbara Caskey Hopkins '53, a son, James Caskey a son. Lucille Cheatham Mosley '44, Robert Augustus Jenny Clardy Rowe '44. a son, Thomas Clement Dinny Crates Siersema '58x. a daughter. Laura Leigh Josie Lee Cogsdale Taylor '40. a daugh-
Howard,
Pollyanna Martin Foard jamin Martin
'38,
Thomas
Gates '5Sx, a son,
Gilhiin Burr '49, a son, Richard Sarah Graham \\'ells '52, a son, John Edward, I \Margaret Grayson Lawrence '44, a daugh-
Martha
Barbara Bro'a')i Aloore '52, a son, Paul Gregory ilartha Brou'n Hamrick '52x. a son. Richard M.. HI Nancy Bniee Maitland '50. a son. David
Mann Mann
Betty
Southern Stephen Byrd
Barbara
'48,
Meeker
a
'55,
daugha
son,
Elizabeth Amenable Spiiidler Scott '49 son, Charles Granville
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Alumnae
a
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M.ac..\zixe
;
Jarman
Elizabeth
Hankins
'53
Mrs.
;
Kimo Wilder AlcVay
Wjajvdaqadu
Frances Aliles Harper Ellsworth Powell
'51
Airs.
;
Pliillip
Hazel Alarie Hart '55; Mrs. J. B. Hilman Hilda Ann Hartis '55 Mrs. Alorris Hall Jean Ottley Heichelbcch '59x; Airs. ;
Holt Abernalhy
Patricia
wood Allen Rice Lois Ann Abshur '59x Hayden Elizaoeth
'56
Mrs.
El-
Mrs. Jerry Lowell
;
'4(j
Airs.
;
Herbert Rockwood Coleman Jr. Doris Elizabeth Allen 'S'Jx Mrs. Robert ;
Warner Mays Eva Lorene Allen
Alinta-Hopkins Critzer AIcDonald Ogilvie
'51
George
Airs.
;
Nell Elizabeth Cocker '55; Airs. Bernard
Owen Adams
Viannah
;
Mrs.
'56;
J.
F. Roberts
Jr.
VVilma Delois Allen '49; Mrs. Charles Fred Speight Jr. Mary Louise Alphin '5U Mrs. Homer Howard Hurley Patricia Palmer .Altwegg '54; Airs. Raymond AIcDonald Brown Jr. Jean Ruth Anderson '55; Mrs. Derwood ;
Virginia Lee Crockett '56x Carrol Ingle
Thelma Inez Crump H. Alihalcoe Claia Ruth CuUip Winkler
'59x
Charles
Airs.
;
'50;
Charles
Airs.
;
'52;
Airs.
William
Airs.
Airs. Glenn Preston Curtis '59x Slusher Cock Juanita Hazel Dayberry 'S6x Airs. John
Julia
;
;
Ruth Elizabeth Blackmail '58x Airs. Fred Bruce P-berwine Jr. Rebecca .Ann Blair '56 Airs. William
Frank Hodges Ir. Airs. Carl Ann Henly DeAlba â&#x20AC;˘58x Henry North Airs. Frances Harrison DeBerry '49 Eubank Dowiies Dunton Patty Aliller Derring '54; Airs. William Eugene Coleman, Jr. Ilia Atkinson DesPortes '54; Mrs. Tiby Bland Brown Donnetta Elizabeth Deviiie '55 Airs. Linwood Hardv Clark, Jr. Elizabeth D'lch] Laws '26; Airs. Lee Wiii-
Henrj' Butcher Nan Ellen Bland '54
Alary
Franklin Guthrie Flora Alice Ballowe '52, Mrs. Sheppard Allen deHart Airs. Howard Billie Jane Barber '51 Stair Winston Elizabeth Leigh Eentley '55.^; Airs. Neil Joseph Leverenz Johanna Alay Biddlecoinb '54; Airs. Don;
ald
Brooks Shahan ;
;
Mrs. Walter Clifton
Frank Lloyd
Airs.
Beale Elizabeth AIcKewn Boswell '54 Airs. Hal \'enion Lackey, Jr. Aluriel Olive Boswell '50; Airs. Alicbael ;
Flynn Sylvia Paige Bradshaw
'55; Airs.
Butler, Jr. Breslin '54.\
Richard
Alary Ann Mrs. Frederick Williams Siewers, Jr. Barbara Yvonne Brinkley '59x Airs. ;
;
William Drewry Andrews Jane Roberts Browder '49-x Airs. Robert Howland Hines Nancy Elaine Brown '55x Robert Ham;
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ilton
Alessick
Anne Brown '56 Mrs. Charles Alarvin Johnson Jane Burchett '48 Airs. Forrest Sinclaire Patricia
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;
Wommack Rufinia Alice Burnette '58x Airs. Joseph Lo.5an Richardson Virginia Page Burnette '50; Airs. John ;
Henry Johnson Hope Campbell
Phyllis
'56x
;
Airs.
John
Clayton Lee Sara Elizabeth Cantrell '58x
;
Airs.
Rob-
bie Frazier
Owen
Emily Claiborne Carper '46, Howard Robinson Marie Jean Carrello '50x Lynch Margaret Gail Carroll '58x ;
;
Airs.
;
William Branner Cridlin,
'57x
;
Edward
Garrett, Jr.
Jo .Anne Dyer '55 Airs. Henry Crump Ridenour Jr. Dorothy Alarie Edwads '54; Airs. Rolo Turner Lassiter, Jr. Hilda Alarie Edwards '50 Airs. Charles ;
;
Howard
Tall
HI
Jean Talmadge Edwards
Edwards Carol Lee Emrick Lee Fry
James
'56; Airs.
Cecil
'58x
Charles
Airs.
;
Carolyn Nelson Fauber '54.x; Airs. Fernando E. Rodriguez Rebecca Jane Fizer '56; Airs. Charles Alurray Allison Ernest
Airs. Anji James Foster '54 Betchel Posey III Martha Elizabeth Foster '59x ;
Thomas William Bryant Ada Branch Fristoe '52
Bowman Mae Gilchrest
Airs.
;
Airs.
Jr.
;
Joe
H. Eugene
;
R. Williams
Joan Marie Conley '55 Airs. Jack Leonard Betty Page Cory '57; Mrs. Charles A. Coppedge
Alma Jean Hopkins
;
Galen
Airs.
;
Airs.
Douglas
'58x
Richard Bollinger Frances Carol Hutson '56 Thomas Ferguson Betty Jo Jennings '53 Francis Curran Jr. Cora Alallin Johnson '56x
;
;
Airs.
Airs.
Glenn
How ard
Airs.
;
Airs.
Joseph
Airs.
William
Airs.
William
;
;
Edward Cox
Mary Ann Johnson
'53x
;
Fearney Kinder Alartha Alarie Joyner '56x ward Kirk Nicholson Wanda Jean Karlet '53;
Airs.
;
Ed-
Airs. Echol Speina Alarshall. Jr. Alary Aloore Karr '52 Airs. Walter Franklin Boikey Glenna [can Kesterson '56; Alr=;. Leon ;
F.
Cash
Mary Anne King
'54
Frederick
Airs.
;
Mitchell Barretl HI Claire A'irginia Kreienbaum
'54;
Airs.
Robert Alan Hannan Jean Rainey Kreienbaum
Airs.
Wil-
'53;
liam Alarshall ZoUman,
Mary Jane Lohr
'56;
Jr.
Airs.
Harry Em-
mick Lee Eleanor Alae Long '56x George Kelsinger Denise Aladelyn Love 'SO
Airs.
;
William Robert
Airs.
;
Nellie
Harman Lucy
'54;
Cleaton Nancy Jane
Airs.
William
Airs. Robert Lyon '58x Kendrick Perdue Christine McKai} Scharch '15; Airs. I. Wallace Walke Annie Griswold Mcintosh Boxley '27; Airs. John G. May Jr. Nancy Helen AIcLawhorn '56; Airs. William H. Rhue Airs. Shirley Winston Alallory 56x Benjamin Waller Hutcheson Betlv Hart Alann '58x Mrs. Thomas ;
L. Gates
David
Coates Sue Elizabeth Atason '5Sx Airs. James Wallace Paulson Airs. Nannie Alildred Alatthews '59x .Andrew B. Stanley Teressa .Ann Alattox '58x Airs. Rodnev ;
Young ;
Airs.
George
Edwin Ogburn Gravatt '59x;
Airs.
William Henry Deppenschmidt III Betty lane GrifTin '55 Mrs. Tohn ^^'alter Holland Roberta Ruth Hamlet '56; Airs. Thomas
Lee Wells .Ann
Elaine
Rawl Witten, Jr. Anne Elizabeth Hamner
'56; Airs. Roliert
Alontgomery
'58x
;
Airs.
Harry
Tildeii Gladding, Jr. Langston Aloody '52; Airs.
-Ann Francis Gabbert Morehead Britt Alartha Stuart D. Landerman Alotley Charlotte Lucille
;
Roy Bryant
'58x
;
'55
Alartha Caroline Goble '57x Aleredith
Elizabeth Curtis Hogge Charles R. Alorton Jr.
;
'5o
Betty Frances Gillett '54; Mrs. .Arthur Frederick Heald Nita Belle Goad '57; Airs. WilHam R.
Charlotte
Robert
Airs.
M. Hayden
A'irginia Hilda Alanvell '52; Airs. Airs.
;
Joyce
;
Thomas
;
'56x
Ron
Rcnald
Airs.
;
AIcLin
Airs.
;
Sheddan Choate, Jr. Shirley Patricia Garst Scott Alaupin Nettie Jane Gerald '58x -Arrington
Mrs.
;
Wilcox Waugh Airs.
Mrs. Ernest
;
Webster Nash
Bunyan Rowena Gibson
J.
Thomas
Airs.
;
Dorothy Anita Douglas '55 Mrs. William Hunter Daughtrey Jr. Lois Arlene Duncan '58.x; Airs. George
Robert
Audrey Dinsmore "Dinny" Coates '58x Mrs. Fldwin Wertz Siersema .Anne Renalds Cock '41 Mrs. Joseph F. Bruno Verna Louise Coleman 'i\ Airs. James ;
Ryan
Kay Donnelly Eugene Hawks
Ellis Airs.
Curtis Colen-an Charlotte Lockhart Cbadwick 'S8x
December, 1956
;
fiee ;
Seeley, Jr. Patricia Bodkin '55;
Sherman
;
William
Airs.
;
Yvonne Cross '56 Leland Brownley Alary Flournoy Crowgey Ala: tin Elden Jeness.
Claiidette
Mrs. Jack
;
Seaman
Russell
Marion Carol Hepler '58; Lee Odom Carolyn Rebecca Hines '55 Hooper Bowling, Jr. Jean Spotswood Hines '57 Watkins Alorris Virginia Lee Hinton '57;
.Alvin
'59x
'59x
;
;
Neil Airs. Airs.
Edwards
Frances .Anne Alurphy '53; Airs. Claiborne Barksdale Alorton, Jr. Ruth Ann Nock '50; Airs. Joseph Gratton Flanigan
55
;; ;;
Virginia Lee Obenchain '56; Mrs. John Armstrong Cross, Jr. Mrs. Bruce Dorothy Dallas Orr 'S6.x Humey Dovell Audrey Mayes Owen '56x Mrs. Robert Scott Beale Elizabeth Calvert Owen '56x Mrs. Colin Gansert Steele Jr. Barbara Ann Peach '57.x Mrs. Tony R. ;
Mrs. Joseph Shirley Ann Perkins '54x D. East Audrey Nolen Powell '55x; Mrs. Johnnie E. Pittard ;
'55
Ruth Riggins '57x Waller Johnson
;
Mcllwaine Irma Mae Setchel '58x Ward Lane Jr.
;
'50;
Ritter
'58x
^\illia^l
Don
;
Jane Shackleford Ellison
Margaret Ann Shelton
'56
'51
Mrs.
;
R.
Mrs. George
;
;
Mrs. Gerald
;
Carlos
Mrs. Sterling
Price Anderson. Jr.
Ann Salmon
'55
Thomas
Mrs.
;
Merrill Robinson
Mary Jean Sandvig Allen Chapman
Steck
Joanne
'55;
James
Mrs.
Robert
Edwards Evelyn
Elaine
'59x
Steele
Mrs.
;
Jack
'54x
;
Mrs. Collins
;
Mildred Sutherland Clark Melany
Airs.
King Sylvester
Shirley
Mrs.
'57; '57.x
ard John Levondoski Elizabeth Ann Temple '58x
{Continued from page 54)
Mary Frances Spurlock Taylor
William Alwood Turner White '55; Airs. Vinton Lee Twyman Elisabeth Ann Wilson '56; Airs. Alartin Q. Aliller, Jr. Alartha Alice Wilson '52; Airs. William
David
Cora Jacqueline
'52,
a
'49.
a son a daughter.
Anita Louise "Dibbs" Tyree Balboni Laura Lee
Bvers '53, a son, lohn Ray, III Iris Sntphin Wall '51, a son, Steven Ed-
I'anHorn Randolph
a son, Samuel a son,
Thomas
Page
'X7
,
a
son,
daugh-
a
daughter.
a
a daugh-
a
'53,
'46,
a
daughter,
a
daugh-
'43 a son,
George
'40-x,
Walker Bailey
Edna Earle Walters
Johnson,
Alizelle
'49.
a
.^on
Ann
Buckingham County
in
(Continued from page 53)
;
Rebecca
Carolyn Gray Fi::er .\llison, in Radford and Elizabeth Jl'ilson Aliller. in Staunton School for the Deaf and Blind Alanchester; Prillaman, in Alarion Ruffin Anderson, in South Hill Stephanie Bander Settle, in Greene CounRuth Shelton at Stratford College, ty in Danville Anne Snyder, in Winchester Alargaret Terrell, in Dinwiddle; ElizaJean Ward, beth Sutherland, Hopewell Fieldale Ann Weatherholtz, Princess Anne County Lou Wilder, Quantico and Becky Blair Butcher, Prince Edward County. Three are teaching in other states Betsy Il'elbon AUgood, Grand Rapids, Mich. Aluriel Boswell, in New and Nancy MeLaivhorne Rhue, Jersey the
at
;
;
;
;
;
Suzanne
;
;
;
;
;
;
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in
Alassachusetts.
a
'49,
Wendenhurg Hayden Judson, III
Carter
son,
Wil-
a daughter,
Silver
Virginia Westbrook Goggin Jl'illiatiison
Hoyt
'40,
'55,
a
'51, a son a daughter,
Leigh Williamson Ililson Jordan '54x, a daughter,
Enmia
Alartha
Anne
Helen IVilson Cover Alice
IJ' ilson
'45,
a
daughter
Thompson
'52,
a
William Wofford, Jr. Alary Lou Wilson AIcGee '50x, a son Alary Franklin H'oodzcard Potts '45, a son, James Woodward ^"irginia Dare ll'oody \\" right '52, a son, son,
Ephriam Bruce,
;
teaching in various parts of the State are Ann Lush and Jackie Alarshall in Chesterfield County Lois Alarshall in Lunenburg County Joan Willard. in Rural Retreat Joanne Farless, in Chuckatuck. Glenna Kestcrson Cash, in Lexington AloUy Ann Harvey, in Roanoke Mary Ellen Hawthorne, in Narrows Frances Hutson Ferguson, in Bassett Nancy Hartmann and Annie Leigh Lewis, in Alanassas; Anne Hamner Bryant, in Waynesboro; Evelyn Hall, in Pulaski; Blankenship, Alartinsville Shirley in Sarah Jane Bristine, in Suffolk; Nannie Andrews, at Whitmell Patricia Brown
Watson Price
A'irginia
Johnn}'
CLASS NEWS
'49,
Scott
Alartha
Jr.
Ruth Walker AIcGehee '50 and Stuart AIcGehee '50. a daughter, Brenda Nancy Walthall Averv '52, a son, Joseph
Pamela Gail
Watson Dudley
Jackie liam
David
son,
Walthall
Monroe Lorene Thomas Clarke
Kyle
;
son, '36,
Nobuko
Elizabeth
Mrs.
;
Laura '39,
Funii jl'alcayama Tajima ter,
'54
Robert
;
Isabel
William,
'52,
'44,
ter
Tan
Wood
Airs.
;
thaniel Alagee
Marion Umberger Hoffman '39,
'56
Clinton Alann Patricia Ann \\'orrell '58x Eugene Alondell Grizzard Flora Jo York '57x Airs. Ralph Na-
ter.
Sally Blaine Elizabeth Stone
Baxter Fances Thomas Pairct
Mrs. Welling-
;
;
Eleanor Jean Windley Edwin Pollock
Mrs. George
;
Tilman Aebersold
A^irginia
'51.
Airs.
;
Bruce
Mrs. Rich-
;
Thomas Basilone Thomas Anthony
ward Kathryn Terry Wilson
'57
;
Jr.
Billie
Warthen Downs
daughter, Janet Leigh Frances Steed Edwards Joanne Sterling Ferrell
Ward,
'54.x
Wofford Thompson '58,x
Alargaret
56
Barbara Joyce Tyer
Sherman Sarah Wilhoit Stephens
Edward Engstler ;
Caroline Traynham Edwin Hall Chauncy
Jactiueline
John
;
'50
Cook Chapman \'irginia
Mrs.
M'
V
Ludson Hardie Marion Bruce Ruffin
Ann Thomas '54; Mrs. Ralph Stephens Wicke Lucy Blakeslee Thwing '55; Mrs. Frank Elizabeth
ton
Alan Gildersleeve
Robins
Guy
Mrs.
;
Raymond Stringer, Jr. Mary Brownley Smith '51
;
Mrs.
Hall Mrs. Charles Bobbie Jo Rogers '5Sx Melvin Denny Barbara Deane Roller '57; Mrs. Harvie
Wilnia
William
Mrs.
;
'57 Jr.
Mrs. JefTerson
Betiv
Beitzen Jack
Marcia Lee
;
Henry
Airs.
;
Pocahontas "Polly" Simpson 'S7>i: Mrs. William E. Duncan Mrs. George Carolyn Fay Smith '57x
Mrs. Richard
;
Rhodes '58x
Amy
Ann
Mark
Mrs.
;
Scott '56 Mrs. Lewis Milford Harrison Mrs. Parke Galusha Janie Scott '55 Iris Priscilla
Thomas
White
Flournoy Matthew's
Howard Hillman
'55
Jr.
Ann A^anlandingham '58x Mrs. Carrington Richard Mothershead Jean Carter Watkins '51 Airs. Carson Elmore Saunders Jennie Sue Webb '49; Airs; Airs. Harry Stratton Aleade Elizabeth Elaine Welbon '56; Mrs. John
Cumbey Patsy
Ann
Bill
ilrs.
;
Norman Munro
Keiter Christine
Ivy
Reed
'57x
Scott
Anne Minter Thaxton Broaddus Daniel
Craig Gibson Fannie Hawthorne Scott '56x
Aubey
\"irginia
Ann
Mrs.. Charles
Barbara
;
L.
Nancy Ann Saunders '56.x; Henry Johnson III
;
;
Naomi
;; ;
Jr.
Some
are in other fields. Anne Brooking a social worker in Winchester. Elizabeth Pancake is doing VPI Extension work in Appomattox. Shirley Willhide is working in Washington, D. C. Ann Coleman Ross is working as secretary for the Savings & Loan Company in Ala-
is
Winfree is a minister. \\'right is minister of music director of religious education at
nassas.
Alary
Charles
Ann
and Chestnut Hill Baptist Church in Lynchburg. Pat Cantrell is secretary to the president of
Alagnusson
AICV. In Lunenburg Harold is
serving as principal, Rober-
Hamlet ^^'itten is doing secretarial work in Richmond ... I am looking
ta
forward to hearing from each of you. me all about the places you are going and the things you are doing. telling
Alumnae M.agazine
Calendar of College Events September
Opening
17
5
,
One Act
Plays
Artist
Series
October 8 October
—
13
Hockey Game, Westhampton
(there)
Madison
(here)
Game,
.Hockey
20
October
Alumnae Board Meeting
--
and 27
2(i
October 27
Circus
,
Walter Urben Recital
October 30
November
2 and 3
November
8
November
15,
November
17
Tidewater Hockey Tournament
November
Id,
and 17
--
6
December
7
__Water Pageant
_--VMI
._
December
14
December
15
December
16
French
12
January
25-31
Feburary 8
Basketball Game,
.
Basketball
(here)
Mary
(here)
Religious Basketball
2
Leaders of
Business
and 16
Spring
,
Freshman
April 6
June
Spring Vacation
--
Spanish Institute of
Movie
Southern Culture
May Day .
1
Dance
Artist Series
4
25-31
Day
Production
Cotillion
April 25
14
Play
Concert
Founder's .
.\pril 8
5
America
Spring
Marcl; 23
May May May May
(there)
Water Pageant Future
March 22 and 23
April 26
Week
Emphasis
Game, Westhampton
and 8
18-23
Roanoke (there)
Game. Madison
Basketball Game, William and
February 24-28
15,
Carnival
Examinations
—
March 29
Club
Sectional
February 22
April
Concert
Christmas
16
14.
Dance
Sophomore Production
1 1
January
Marcli
Fiesta
Senior
Miss Josephine Bailey Recital
January
9
— Spanish
Christmas Holidays
3
January 7
7
Glee Club
Y.W.C.A. Pageant
.
December 19-January
Marcli
Series
Artist
and 7
13
March
Play
(here)
Elem, District Teachers Meeting
December
March
Colonels
Little
Tlianksgiving Holidays
5
December
(there)
Fall
.
Hockey Game,
27
December
(here)
Hockey Game, William and Mary
November 21-26
February
Day
Rat
October 13 October
session
Hockey Game, Roanoke (here)
Ooctober 4 October
1956-57
of
Athletic Association Demonstration and Picnic
September 25
Music Recital
One Act Plays Examinations Class
Day
June 2
Baccalaureate Sermon
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