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THE 

ALUMNAE 
NEWS 


WOMAN'S  COLLEGE  OF  THE 
UNIVERSITY  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA 


APRIL     1947 


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THE  ALUMNAE  NEWS 

Published    Four    Times    a    Year:    July.    November,    February    and   April,    by   the 

Alumnae    and     Former    Students    Association,     Incorporated,    of    the    Woman's 

College   of   the   University   of   North    Carolina,   Greensboro. 

MEMBER  OF  AMERICAN  ALUMNI  COUNCIL 

CLARA  BOOTH  BYRD.  Editor 


Officers  and  trustees  of  the  Alumnae  Association 

President:    lone   H.   Grogan 

First   Vice  President:   Betty  Brown   Jester    (Mrs.   Carlton.   Jr.) 

Second  Vice  President:  Emily  S.  Austin 

Recording  Secretary:  York  Kiker 

Alumnae  Secretary:  Clara  B.  Byrd 

Board  of  Trustees:  Bettie  Baise,  Katherine  Sherrill,  Evelyn  Mendenhall 
TTiompson  (Mrs.  Blake) ,  Mary  Sterling  Swain  (Mrs.  Horace) . 
Mary  Elizabeth  Barwick.  Celia  Durham.  Annie  Beam  Funderburk 
(Mrs.  Kemp).  Virginia  Sloan  Swain   (Mrs.  L.  H.).  Betty  Yost. 


Vol.  XXXV 


APRIL,  1947 


No.  4 


CONTENTS 


Page 
Up  and  Down  the  Avenue   .  .  1 

The  Department  of  Classical  Civilization 

at  Woman's  College  ...        2 

Bii  Dr.  Charlton  C.  Jernic/an 

The  Family  Tree   3 

A  Look  at  Hawaii         4 

By  Charlesanna  I'ox 

Till;  Home  Economics  Foundation  at 

Wo.man's  College        6 

By  l-rancfs  Neivsomc  Miller 

Delegation  i  ro.m  Sir  Walter  Cabinet 

and  Guests  7 

NoTis  I  Ro.\i   Local  Associations 7 

Ni  w  s  I  ROM    nil    ;\lu.\inai:        10 

.VIakkii  II  27 

Nl  (  RDl  l)(,V     12 


Patronize  Our 

Advertisers 

Page 

Vicks     23 

Montaldo's    24 

The    College    Shop     25 

S.   H.   Kress  &   Co 25 

The    Lotus   Restaurant    25 

Efird's    Department    Store    25 

Matthew's   Grill    25 

Straughans*  Book  Shop    25 

Service    Taxi     26 

Wills   Book  &  Stationery   Co ;  26 

Odell   Hardware  Co 26 

Ellis    Stone    &    Co 26 

The     Book     Shop 27 

The    (Jrill— Eats     27 

Phil    R.    Carlton — 

Real    Estate.    Insurance.    Etc 27 

Blue    Bird    Taxi    27 

Greensboro    Bowling    Center    28 

Charles    Stores    28 

Jos.    J.    Stone    &    Co 28 

Sills— Shoes    29 

Manuel's    Restaurant     29 

Belk's    Department    Store    30 

Silver's— Sc-lOc-Sl. 00     30 

Walton's    30 

Woolworth's     31 

Yellow     Taxi     31 

Sears    Roebuck    32 

Bell's  Shoe  Store   32 

Dixie  Sundrv  Shop    32 

Greensboro    Nehi     Bottling    Co.— 

Roval    Crown    Cola    33 

Virtorv   Theatre    3.1 

The  Mecca- Restaurant    33 

Sehurn's    Bock   Cover 

Southern     Dairies     Back    Cover 

Monlgomcr.v    Ward    Back    Cover 

Kenrns   Paint  Co Back  Cover 

Mork.   .ludson   Vochrinecr Back   Cover 


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and  DOWN  the  Avenue 


5  Report  on  the  Appropriation  to 
Woman's  College.  In  brief,  the  rec- 
ommendation of  the  Budget  Commis- 
sion to  the  General  Assembly  during 
the  first  week  the  Assembly  met  in 
January,  was  in  the  end  voted  by  the 
1947  Legislature.  Although  not  every 
item  requested  was  granted,  neverthe- 
less the  Woman's  College  is  pleased 
with  the  generosity  of  the  1947  Legis- 
lature, and  is  convinced  that  the  fu- 
ture of  this  college  is  now  definitely 
assured.  To  the  members  of  the  Spe- 
cial Alumnae  Legislative  Committee, 
to  the  County  Alumnae  Legislative 
Chairmen,  to  any  and  all  alumnae  ev- 
erywhere, who  spoke  the  word  for 
their  College,  in  and  out  of  season  — 
our  gratitude.  The  appropriation  is  as 
follows: 

For  Maintenance $  983,143 

For  Permanent  Improvements: 

1.  Laundry  and  Shops           $  101,600 
Equipment      .  .  20,000 

2.  Student  Union 300,000 

Equipment  50,000 

3.  Two  Dormitories    (dupli- 
cation Weil-Winfield)  600,000 
Equipment 3  6,000 

4.  Dining  Hall    (300   addi- 
tional girls) 200,000 

Equipment   and 

renovation     25,000 

5.  Infirmary    250,000 

Equipment    3  0,000 

6.  Library    700,000 

Equipment     75,000 

7.  Home    Economics  520,000 
Renovation   present 

building     20,000 

Equipment    100,000 

8.  Survey,     relocation     and 
extension  of  utilities, 

walks,    and   drives         .  .        15  0,000 

Total    $3,177,600 

Alumnae  who  may  wish  to  compare 
tlpe  amount  appropriated  with  the 
amount  requested,  and  to  read  again 
the  items  which  were  requested  but 
not  considered  by  the  Legislature,  are 
referred  to  the  February  number  of 
the  Alumnae  News. 

5  Commencement   dates   this   year   are 
Friday  evening.  May  30  —  senior  ball; 


Saturday,  May  3  1  —  art  exhibit,  an- 
nual meeting  of  the  Alumnae  Associ- 
ation, Class  Day,  and  the  guest  per- 
formance by  Play-Likers;  Sunday, 
June  1  —  baccalaureate  sermon,  m- 
formal  gathering  on  the  lawn  of  the 
chancellor's  home,  concert;  Monday, 
June  2  —  graduating  exercises,  with 
Governor  Cherry,  President  Graham, 
Chancellor  Jackson,  and  a  representa- 
tive of  the  Senior  Class  as  speaker.  As 
usual,  alumnae  will  be  joyfully  wel- 
comed. Rooms  may  be  secured  m 
dormitories  without  charge  by  mak- 
ing your  request  through  the  alumnae 
office.  Because  of  the  continued 
crowded  conditions  in  the  dining  halls, 
and  the  shortage  of  help,  no  formal 
luncheons  or  dinners  will  be  served 
this  year.  But  even  with  such  things 
absent,  there  will  be  interest  and  en- 
tertainment enough  to  give  returning 
alumnae  a  really  happy  time.  So  come! 

y  The  fourth  Arts  Forum  was  held  on 
March  20-22,  bringing  to  this  cam- 
pus several  hundred  students  and 
members  of  the  faculty  from  many 
colleges  in  the  southeast.  As  usual  the 
departments  and  divisions  of  Art, 
English,  Dramatics,  Dance,  and  Music 
united  to  provide  here  an  event  which 
in  four  years  has  become  national  in 
scope  and  attendance.  Its  effect  upon 
the  creative  impulses  of  a  growing 
section  and  a  great  nation  are  sure  to 
be  large.  This  year  the  visiting  celeb- 
rities in  the  fields  represented  were 
Ernst  Bacon,  composer,  director  of  the 
School  of  Music,  Syracuse  University; 
Valerie  Bettis,  dancer,  choreographer, 
and  teacher;  Thomas  Munro,  critic, 
philosopher,  teacher  of  art,  chairman 
of  the  division  of  art.  Western  Reserve 
University;  Robert  Penn  Warren, 
poet,  novelist,  critic,  professor  of  Eng- 
lish, University  of  Minnesota;  author 
of  All  the  King's  Men. 

5  A  new  degree  will  be  offered  next 
year  for  majors  in  the  Art  Depart- 
ment —  B.F.A.,  bachelor  of  fine  arts. 
Already  some  eight  or  nine  students 
will  qualify  for  this  new  degree. 

5  An  event  of  outstanding  significance 
will  be  the  national  convention  of  the 


"Lilacs" —  Flower  arrangeineiif  used  in 
the  entrance  hall  of  Alumnae  House. 


Athletic  Federation  of  College  Wom- 
en, which  is  scheduled  to  meet  on  this 
campus  April  18,  19,  20.  This  is  the 
first  convention  to  be  held  since  the 
war  —  the  last  met  at  Wellesley  Col- 
lege. Again  students  and  members  of 
the  faculty  from  colleges  and  univer- 
sities throughout  the  nation  will  be 
guests  of  Woman's  College. 

5  The  Cover  Portrait  for  this  num- 
ber of  the  Alumnae  News  shows  the 
May  Queen,  Virginia  Wilkinson,  Wake 
Forest,  and  three  of  her  attendants 
(seated  left  to  right) :  Eleanor  Dickey, 
Dunn,  runner-up;  Rachel  Stacy,  Ruf- 
fin,  May  Day  chairman;  Betty  Lou 
Huffines,  Lenoir,  maid  of  honor,  b^' 
choice  of  the  queen. 


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when  Dr.  Mclver  was  preaching  the 
doctrine  of  woman's  education  in  the 
South,  he  expressed  the  ideal  of  the 
southern  college-bred  woman  in  terms 
of  cultural  as  well  as  practical  educa- 
tion. Accordingly,  the  study  of  Latin 
and  the  classical  cultures  was  given  .i 
prominent  place  in  the  early  curricu- 
lum of  this  College.  And  to  speak  of 
Latin  in  the  early  years  at  this  College 
is  to  speak  of  Miss  Viola  Boddie. 

Miss  Boddie  was  the  first  and  for 
many  years  the  very  dynamic  teacher 
in  the  Department  of  Latin.  In  those 
early  years  the  majority  of  the  stu- 
dents spent  much  time  in  the  study 
of  the  Latin  language,  and  it  was  Miss 
Boddie  who  became  for  many  of  them 
the  very  prototype  of  the  college  pro- 
fessor behind  whose  scholarly  facade 
the  inquiring  student  might  occasion- 
ally, if  she  were  lucky,  catch  glimpses 
of  the  warm  personality  that  gave  vi- 
tality to  her  teaching.  To  talk  with 
any  of  those  earlier  students  of  Latin, 
you  conceive  the  idea  that  here  was  a 
beautiful  woman  who  in  no  sense 
looked  the  part  of  the  stern  disciplin- 
arian, the  purveyor  of  ancient  truths, 
the  classroom  martinet,  or  the  social 
and  moral  arbiter  of  the  lives  of  her 
students.  And  yet  she  was  all  of  these 
and  more.  It  is  perhaps  the  greatest 
tribute  to  her  genius  that  under  her 
tutelage  the  study  of  Latin  became  a 
vehicle  for  the  study  of  life  and  man- 
ners. In  a  world  that  was  beginning 
to  make  a  fetish  of  the  "short-cut" 
method  of  achievement.  Miss  Boddie 
insisted  on  thorough  preparation  and 
clear  thinking.  If  she  could  flay  a 
careless  worker,  she  could  compliment 
the  careful.  The  student  soon  found 
that  the  only  way  to  win  her  applause 
was  to  do  an  honest  and  intelligent 
job.  It  was  in  this  way  that  the  moral 
discipline  of  the  Classics  was  made  a 
glowing  and  vital  thing  to  the  young 
people. 

In  193  5  the  Department  of  Latin 
was  renamed  the  Department  of  Clas- 
sical Civilization.  A  full  major  course 
of  study  in  ancient  Greek  was  now 
introduced  into  the  college  curricu- 
lum .ilong  with  Latin.  All  of  the  great 
classical  authors  are  now  open  to 
qualified  students.  It  is  not  unusual 
in  any  given  year  to  observe  classes  in 
v.iridii'.    pliases    ot    our    eultiir.i!    h.ick- 


By  Dr.  Charlton  C.  Jernigan 

Head  of  the  Department 


Dr.  Charlton  C.  Jernigan 

grounds,  from  Homer  to  late  Church 
Latin. 

In  point  of  numbers  the  department 
has  grown  from  thirty-three  students 
in  193  5  to  an  approximate  average  of 
one  hundred  and  fifty  or  one  hundred 
and  seventy-five.  During  the  present 
term,  for  example,  some  eighty-five 
freshmen  will  study  mythology,  and 
forty-five  upperclassmen  are  enrolled 
in  a  course  in  Greek  Literature.  Fur- 
thermore, a  full  series  of  courses  in 
both  Latin  and  Greek  are  well  attend- 
ed. The  beginning  Greek  course  — 
"Baby  Greek"  here  at  Woman's  Col- 
lege —  has  one  of  the  largest  enroll- 
ments in  the  nation.  Latin  classes  and 
advanced  Greek  also  flourish.  Miss 
Myrtle  Soles,  a  fine  young  teacher  —  a 
Woman's  College  graduate  of  the  Class 
of  1945,  has  been  added  to  the  Classics 
statF.  All  majors  in  the  department 
have  done  well.  Miss  Marilyn  Barke- 
lew,  a  1941  graduate,  distinguished 
herself  and  her  College  when  she  won 
the  outstanding  graduate  scholarship 
offered  in  the  English  Department  of 
the  University  of  Pennsylvania.  This 
brilliant  student  was  granted  the 
Irances  E.  Bennett  Scholarship  in  thai 
university  bv  virtue  of  her  record  in 
Greek  and  I  at  In  lierc  at  Woman's 
College. 

One  ot   the  most  conMtuclne  things 


achieved  in  the  Department  of  Clas- 
sical Civilization  was  the  organization 
of  the  Classical  Club.  Membership  in 
this  club  is  restricted  to  students  who 
have  made  a  grade  of  B  or  better  in 
either  Latin  or  Greek  or  both.  The 
fifty  members  represent  many  of  the 
most  intelligent  students  in  college. 
An  outstanding  group  of  twenty-five 
freshmen  and  sophomores  was  initiated 
recently.  The  monthly  programs  are 
in  the  hands  of  the  students.  Scholarly 
papers  are  read  and  criticized  at  the 
monthly  meetings,  and  all  this  work 
is  entirely  voluntary.  This  year  the 
members  of  the  club  put  on  a  drive 
to  collect  money  for  the  purchase  of 
books  for  Pierce  College,  an  American 
College  for  women  in  Athens,  Greece. 
The  sum  of  SI 55  was  collected. 

One  of  the  most  significant  addi- 
tions to  the  scholarship  of  the  campus 
is  the  recent  acquisition  of  the  library 
of  Professor  Charles  W.  Peppier,  the 
retired  head  of  the  Department  of 
Greek,  Duke  University.  This  dis- 
tinguished teacher's  library  represents 
one  of  the  most  valuable  collections  of 
books  on  classical  scholarship  to  be 
found  in  the  southern  region.  With 
its  purchase  of  these  books  — more 
than  two  hundred  items  —  the  ^'om- 
an's  College  Library  is  equal  in  cer- 
tain fields  of  Greek  scholarship  to 
many  of  the  better  graduate  libraries. 
Many  of  the  items  are  extremely  val- 
uable, and  a  few  almost  priceless.  To 
name  a  few  of  the  choicest,  there  are: 
Schmidt-Staehlin,  Gacbichtc  Jcr  gr'ic- 
chiichiii  Literatiir.  The  third  volume 
of  this  monumental  work  was  sent 
through  Siberia  to  Dr.  Peppier  just 
after  Hitler  had  closed  the  doors  of 
Germany.  It  is  unlikely  that  more 
than  a  very  few  copies  survived  the 
biblio-holocaust.  Engelmann-Preuss, 
Bihliothcca  Scripfornin  Classicoriim 
and  Klussmann's  Bihliothcca  Scrip- 
toriiiii  ct  Graccorum  ct  Latittorum  are 
merely  two  examples  of  many  great 
books  for  scholarly  reference.  Most 
of  the  greatest  editions  of  the  chief 
writers,  from  Homer  to  Theocritus, 
are  represented,  and  of  particular  note 
is  a  very  remarkable  collection  of  in- 
dexes to  the  major  authors  in  the 
Greek  field. 

It  is  the  intention  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Classical  Civilization  to  in- 
terpret for  today's  students  some  of 
the  glories  of  man's  past.  In  a  day 
w  lien  Latin  is  no  longer  for  man\'  tiie 
language  of  learning  and  the  limpid 
(ireek  speaks  to  but  few,  it  is  a  priv- 
ilege to  teach  it  to  those  who  would 
tr\'    ii.     1  lomer's    thunderous    hexame- 


April,  1947 


ters  can  still  be  heard;  Virgil's  state- 
liness  can  be  appreciated;  Sappho  and 
Catullus  still  give  pleasure  to  the  ini- 
tiated. The  New  Testament  in  Greek 
unfolds  new  truths  to  those  trained  in 
the  Greek  language.  All  this  is  done 
at  Woman's  College.  And  for  those 
who  approach  the  springs  of  western 
culture  through  the  medium  of  trans- 
lations, it  is  still  possible  to  wrestle  in 
the  pages  of  Aeschylus  with  some  of 
the  mightiest  religious  problems  that 
man  yet  faces;  to  see  through  Sopho- 
cles' eyes  man  in  his  noblest  moments; 
and  with  Euripides  to  gaze  critically 
upon  outworn  tradition  and  to  behold 
the  new  dawn  of  universal  brother- 
hood. Horace  can  be  heard  still  sing- 
ing, though  in  an  alien  tongue,  and 
the  power  of  law  and  discipline  can  be 
observed  in  the  tread,  now  muted,  of 
the  Roman  legion.  The  questing  stu- 
dents at  Woman's  College  still  stand 
on  the  streets  of  Athens  and  learn 
from  Socrates  to  think  on  truth  — 
still  can  learn  something  from  those 
who  saw  life  clearly  and  saw  it  whole. 

(Ed.  Note.  In  1935.  upon  the  retire- 
ment of  Miss  Boddie.  Dr.  Jercigan  was 
brought  from  Duke  University  to  be  head 
of  the  Department  of  Latin,  renamed  with 
his  coming  the  Department  of  Classical 
Civilization.  Since  he  has  been  with  us. 
Dr.  Jernigan  has  not  only  made  a  place 
for  himself  on  the  college  campus,  but 
has  entered  heartily  into  the  life  of  the 
city,  as  speaker  on  various  club  programs, 
as  teacher  of  a  Bible  Class  at  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church,  and  in  other  capaci- 
ties. He  is  married,  and  has  two  young 
sons.) 

Will  You   Help  Write    the 
History  of  the  Cornelian 
Society  ? 

Mr.  Adams,  our  college  librarian, 
says  that  a  student  came  to  the  library 
recently  trying  to  locate  material  on 
the  history  of  the  Cornelian  Society. 
"Our  files  produced  only  one  picture, 
that  of  the  society  in  1912.  But  — 
right  there  on  the  front  row  sat  this 
girl's  mother!  We  wish  we  could  have 
given  her  more  help  than  this,  how- 
ever; and  if  you  will  send  us  such 
things  as  programs,  more  pictures, 
perhaps  a  talk  you  made  before  the 
society  when  you  were  a  student,  or 
a  story  of  some  particularly  outstand- 
ing meeting  of  the  society  that  you 
remember  —  really  any  and  every- 
thing, we  shall  be  better  able  to  meet 
this  call  when  it  comes  again."  Do 
not  throw  out  anything  —  when  you 
get  into  your  next  fatal  housecleaning 
—  which  relates  to  the  College;  send 
it  to  the  College  Library. 


THE  FAMILY 
TREE 

Once  again  The  Alumnae  News  presents 
"The  Family  Tree,"  made  up  this  year  of  170 
branches  —  students  whose  mothers  were 
themselves  students  at  Woman's  College. 


42  SENIORS 

Julia  Ale.xander,  Asheboro Annie    (Moring)    Alexander  '10 

Frances   Prudence   Alexander,   Statesville    .  Margaret     (Willis)     Alexander     '15 
Elizabeth    (Applewhite)     Pearsall, 

■Wilmington      Elizabeth   (LeGwin)   Applewhite,  class  of  '07 

(deceased) 

Jeanne  Barber,    Goldston    Grace    (Goldston)    Barber,    class   of   '16 

Anne  Bailey  Blank.  Nashville.  Tenn Bertha    (McCoUum)    Blank,  class  of  '26 

Sue  Alice  Bruton.   Candor    Evelyn    (Burt)    Bruton,  class  of  '24 

Sarah   Fowler  Campbell,   'V/ashington. 

D.   C Sarah    (Archbell)    Campbell,    Com,    '22 

Lillian  Marian  Covington,  Charlotte,  ,  .     Lillian   May    (Davis)    Covington    '23 
Dorothy   Dalton   Deal,   Charlotte    .,  .Florence    (Miller)    Deal    '20" 

Betty   Brown   Denny.   Raleigh    Bessie    Brandt     (Brown)    Denny    '18 

Cornelia  Rux  Draughon,  'Whitakers    .  .  ,  ,  Sarah    CWhite)    Draughon,   class   of  '23 
Kathryn  Evangeline  Ferguson, 

'Weaverville     Evangeline    (Brown)    Ferguson,   class  of   '18 

Evelyn   Elizabeth   Glenn,   Greenville         ..Evelyn     (Hodges)     Glenn    '21 
Florence  'Virginia  Glenn,  Henderson    ,  ,  .  .  Malissa    (Hicks)    Glenn,   class   of   '22 

Juanita  Kesler  Henry,  Salisbury Juanita    (Kesler')    Henry    '20 

Arta   Pearl   Hiatt,   High   Point    Stella    (Anderson)    Hiatt,   Com.   '20 

Mary  Gaston  Irvin.  Charlotte Mary    (Gaston)     Irvin.    Com.    '19 

Jane   C   Irvin,   Charlotte    Mary    (Gaston)    Irvin,   Com.   '19 

Mary  Betty  Leigh,  Greensboro Nannie    (Marsh)    Leigh,   class  of   '19 

Dacia  Lewis.   Greensboro    Daphne     ("Waters)    Lewis,    class    of   '21 

Susan   Routh  McFadyen.   Greensboro.     ,  ,  Cleta   (Routh)   McFadyen,  class  of  '29    (dec") 

Julia  Ann  McLean.  Winston-Salem Nell    (Miller)    McLean,    class   of   '19 

Betty  Jean  Matthews,  Pilot  Mountain    .  ,  Hessie    (Johnston)    Matthews,  class  of  '21 

Nancy  E.  Newton,  Shelby    Elma    (Gaffney)    Newton,  Com,   '20 

Sarah   Suzanne   Norman,    Greensboro    .  ,  ,  Janet    (McNeely)    Norman,   class  of  '11 

Julia  Rue  Parham,  Oxford Helen     (Hunt)     Parham    '15 

Betty   Jean   Pickett,   Greensboro    Ruth    (Wilson)    Pickett,    Com.    '19 

Ruth  Shores  Poorc,  Mt,  Airy Edith    (Cockerham)    Poore,  class  of  '21 

Martha  Dell   Purvis,   Salisbury Belle    (Hicks)    Purvis    '10 

Dorothy  Douglass  Reynolds,  Raleigh.  .  .  ,  Mabel    (Howell)    Reynolds   '07 

Martha  K.   Sandlin,   Bryson  City    Hazel    (Fry)    Sandlin   '25 

Elizabeth  Dodson  Saville,  Lexington, 

■Va Priscilla    (Dodson)    Saville,    class   of    '17 

Sarah   Robertson   Stewart.   Fayetteville .  ,     Fan    (Robertson)    Stewart  '14 

Frances  Stockard.  Greensboro    Leone    (Blanchard)    Stockard   '18 

Nancy  Howard  Sutton,   Raleigh Maude    (Minish)    Sutton,  class  of  '15    (dec.) 

Sarah   Elizabeth   Sutton.    Raleigh Maude    (Minish)    Sutton,  class  of  '15    (dec.) 

Blanche   Hilman   Thomas,   Raleigh    Blanche    (WTiitmore)    Thomas,    class    of    '14 

Betty  Ruth  Tomlinson,  Wilson Gertrude    (Parker)    Tomlinson.    class   of   '  1 3 

(deceased) 

Jane  Tyson,   Carthage    Ruth    (Harris)    Tyson   '15 

Kathryn  Ivy  Waynick,  Greensboro Mary    (Holden)    Waynick,   class  of   '  1  6 

Hope  Willard.   Salisbury    Blanche   (Jenkins)   Willard,  Com.  '17 

Jessie  Moseley  Wooten.   Biltmore  Hortense    (Moseley)     Wooten    '21 

43  JUNIORS 

Katharine  Murray   Arrowood.   Barium 

Springs    Mary  Dimock    (Murray)    Arrowood,  class  of 

'20    (deceased) 
Frances  Donnell  Ashcraft.  Wadesboro    .  .  .  Fannie  Sue    (Donnell)    Ashcraft,  class  of  '21 


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Bcisv  Bennett  Barnes.  Wilson    Bessie    (Bennett)    Barnes     1  1 

Doris    Ward    Balchclor.    Nashville     Bessie  Lee    (Wardi    Batchclor.  class  of  '06 

*  Beverly  Irances  Bell.  Greensboro    .        .     Frances     (Watson)    Bell    '23 

Kaihcrine  Collins  Bennett.   Chapel    Hill     .Minnie    (Queen)    Bennett.   Com.     16 

Mary  Strudwick   Berry.   Greensboro       ...Mary    ( Strudwick )    Berry.     07 

l.aurena   Park   Booker.   Greensboro         .       Nina    (Park)    Booker,   class  of   '28   and   '38 

Patricia  Taylor  Boren.  Gastonia Sarah    (Jones)    Roberts,    class  of   '19 

f  Betsy  Ann  Bulluck.   Rocky  Mount  .Josephine    (Jenkins)    Bulluck    '23 

Barbara   Ruth  CIcgg.   Greensboro    Ruth    (Thompson)    Clegg.   Com.  '25 

Marjorie    Elaine   Coble.    Burlington    .  ,  .     Myrtle    (Nicholson)    Coble.   Sr..   class  of  '13 
Catharine   Long   Coulter.   Greensboro       .  .Annie   Ben    (Long)    Coulter.   Com.     19 

Florence   Allen  Draper.   Weldon    Allen     (Hart)     Draper,    class    of    '12 

Helen   Alice  DaX'ault.  Charlotte Grace    (Freeman)     DaVault.    Com.    '21 

Frances   Marie   Ferguson.    Kannapolis  Eva    (Scchler)    Ferguson.   Com.     19 

Jean  Rebecca  Ferguson.  Martinsville.  Va. .  Jeanie    (Payne)    Ferguson.  Com.     15 

Sue  Franconia   Gaines.   Tarboro    Claribel    (Fountain)    Gaines.   Com.    '22 

Jeanne   Rosvln   Harris.   Jacksonville.   Fla. .  Freda    (Lazarus)    Harris,   class  of  '26 

Blanche  Hale  Hicks.  Greensboro Tempie    (Bass)    Hicks,   class  of   '22 

Sallv  Loftin   Hudson.   Watha Hilda    (Loftin)    Hudson    '19 

Helen  Dunn  Hunter.  Charlotte Helen   Dunn    (Creasy)    Hunter  '22 

Kathcrine  Elizabeth  Jones.  Lenoir Mamie    (Snow)    Jones,   class  of   '  I  8 

Ann  Hoover  Johnson.  Burgaw Edith    (Hoover)    Johnson  '25 

Stella   Elizabeth    Kittrcll.   Greenville    ...  Elizabeth    (Hinton)    Kittrell     19 

Martha   Ann  Kluttz.   High  Point Annie  Laurie   (Farrell)    Kluttz,  Com.  '19 

Katherine   McRae   Malloy.    Laurinburg    .     Nan    (McArn)    Malloy.  class  of   '  1 0 

Susanne   Williams   Park.    Raleigh    Frances  M.    (Williams)    Park   '24 

Carolyn   Pleasants.   Greensboro Bess    (Townsend)    Pleasants,   class  of  '09 

Harriett   Faison  Riley,  Goldsboro    Virginia     (Kendall)    Riley,    class   of     15 

Nancy  Morton  Romefclt.  Glen  Rock, 

N.    J Mary    Parks     (Grey)    Romefclt     19 

Gladys  Elizabeth   Rowland,   Kittrell       .  .  .Maude    (Andrews)    Roland,   class  of  '18 

Miriam  Tate  Scott.  Mebanc Hazelecne    (Tate)    Scott.  Com.  '23 

Ann  Shuffler.   Wilmington    Lucile     (Kasehagen)     Shuffllcr    '24 

Mary   Ellis   Shulcr.    Rocky   Mount         .       Mary  E.    (White)    Shuler  '23 

Nancy   Norman   Souther.   Greensboro       .  .  Nelle    ( Schoolficid )    Souther.   Com.    '21 

Frances   Kissell   Suggs.   Gastonia    Sadie    (Moyle)    Suggs   '21 

Helen   Louise  Thigpen.   Scotland  Neck,  .  .  Hattie^  (Thigpcn)    Thigpcn.  class  of  '  1  6 

Marietta  Thompson.   High  Point Evelyn    (Mendenhall)   'Thompson  '24 

Fannie  Kate  Ward.  LaGrange May  Frazier    (Taylor)    Ward,  class  of  '27 

(Lottie)    Nell  Williams.   Monroe Kate     (Redfearn)     Williams,    class    of    '20 

Jean  Choatc  Whitener,   Newton Harriett    (Choate)    Whitcner,  class  of  '20 

Susan   Ann  Womack,   Reidsvillc  Ruth    (Winslow)    Womack   '21 

48  SOPHOMORES 

Sarah    Long   Allison.   Greensboro  .     .Mary  Sue   (Weaver)    Allison  '21 

X'irginia   Amerylis  Barringer.   Durham    .  .May   Lee    (Page)    Barringer,   class  of   '27 

Emma  Louise  Bridger.   Bladenboro Mary  Ida    (Butler)    Bridger.  class  of     19 

Cleo  King  Cannady,  Greensboro Edna    (Fisher)    Cannady,   class   of   '29 

Dorothy    Evelyn    Carter,    Morganton     ,  ,     Mary     (Kincaid)     Carter   '20 

Amelia   Boren  Cloninger,   Greensboro    .       Helen    (Boren)    Cloninger.    class  of   '27 

Elizabeth   Anne  Coble.  Burlington Myrtle    (Nicholson)    Coble,   class  of  '13 

Sarah    Catherine    Denny.    Raleigh     Bessie   Brandt    (Brown)    Denny     18 

Mary   Lou   Donnell.   Goldsboro    Edna    (Cartland)    Donncll.  class  of  '28 

Barbara  Lee  Duval.  Waxhaw    Rebecca    (Redwine)    Duval,   class  of   '27 

Mary  Louise  Eichhorn.   Greensboro Hermene    (Warlick)    Eichhorn   '26 

Martha  Trundle   Egerton.   Washington, 

D.   C IJorence    (Trundle)    Egerton.   class  of   '25 

Nancy   Beam   Funderburk,   Greensboro.  .     Annie    (Beam)    Funderburk     16 

Ruth  Goodwin  Gill.   Raleigh Rebecca    (Ogburn)    Gill    '27 

Lois  Gene  Glass.   Greensboro    Effie   (Couch)   Glass,  class  of    13    (dec.) 

Elizabeth   Irene  Graves.   Mebane  .  .  .     Mary   Williams    (Clark)    Graves,  class  of   '08 

Mary  Walters  Griffin,   Edenton  .       Belle    (Walters)    Griffin  '15 

Dorothy  Jean  Hand,  Gatesville        Jimmie    (Blanchard)    Hand   '24 

Marilyn   llandley,   Gold.sboro Elizabeth    (Dorrily)    Handley.   Com.   '  1  "^ 

Jean   Bryan   Hilton.   Greenville    Thelma    (Bryan)    Hilton,  class  of  '24 

Lucy    Adele    Holman.    Lexington       Lucy    (Peacock)    Holman.   Com.     15 

Frances  Gray  Hussey.  Greensboro  Minnie    M.    Hussey    '30 

Sally   Anderson    Irwin.   Charlotte    Mary    (Gaston)    Irwin.    Com.     19 

F.thel   Celeste   Johnston,    Pittsboro         .       Ethel    (Midvelte)    Johnston,   class  of  '26 

Ethel    Kcslcr,    Winlon-Salcm Iihel    ( Roval )    Kesler  '24 

Anna   Mendenhall   Kirknian.   Pleasant 

Garden  K.iie    (Hunt)    Kirkman      18 

Mary  Ellen   Knight,  Greensboro      Nell    (Flendrix)    Knight,   class  of   '05 

Ruth    McBrayer.    Latlimore         Annie  B.    (Blanlon)    McBrayer.  cla.ss  of    07 

Rachel   McCormick.   I'ayetlevillc         liula  M.    (Starling)    McCormick,  class  of  '21 


r<illo(to  Soil, 

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A  LOOK  at 
LOVELY  HAWAII 

Charlesanna  Fox  '3  0 

Disfrict  Librarian,  Fonrtcciith 

Naval  Disfrict,  Honolulu, 

Hatiaii 

Perhaps  other  people  remember 
more  from  geography  lessons  about 
Hawaii  than  I  did  but  the  thimbleful 
of  information  about  these  islands  I 
brought  with  me  has  been  greatly  ex- 
panded by  what  I  have  seen  and  by 
what  kamaiianas  (oldtimers)  have  told 
me.  The  few  words  I  knew:  Hawaii, 
M.iuna  Loa,  Oahu, —  have  been  added 
to  until  I  fancy  myself  a  kamaiiana, 
though  I  cannot  boast  of  having  been 
here   the  twenty  years  required! 

The  climate,  the  volcanic  nature  of 
the  islands,  the  beautiful  tropical  flora, 
the  balmy  nights,  the  clouds,  the  ocean 
of  a  thousand  blues  and  greens  have 
for  years  past  been  described  in  many 
ways  in  poetry  and  prose.  One's  first 
impression  is  surprise  and  elation  at 
the  lovely  sights.  Views  such  as  that 
at  the  Nuuanu  Pali  are  breathtaking 
—  within  a  short  distance  from  a 
glance  at  the  ocean  on  the  Honolulu 
side  of  Oahu  there  is  at  the  Pali  a 
panorama  of  the  windward  side.  On 
Oahu  it  is  impossible  to  be  more  than 
ten  miles  from  the  sea!  Each  island 
has  its  outstanding  features,  just  as 
the  states  on  the  mainland,  and  each 
should   be  visited  if  possible. 

The  greatest  factor  in  living  here 
for  some  months  is  the  general  aware- 
ness of  the  whole  Pacific  area  which 
comes  to  us  malihinis  (newcomers). 
Association  with  the  University  of 
Hawaii,  the  exquisite  Academy  of 
Arts,  the  Bishop  Museum  (covering 
all  Polynesia,  Melanesia  and  Micron- 
esia), the  Library  of  Hawaii,  and  eve- 
ning classes  at  the  Y.W'.C.A.  and  city 
high  schools  eventually  makes  us  con- 
scious of  the  Pacific  as  a  unit  of  cul- 
ture. The  last  war  brought  the  geog- 
raph\'  of  the  Pacific  closer  to  our 
knowledge,  but  much  is  yet  to  be 
learned  aKnit  the  peoples,  their  migra- 


April,  1947 


tions,  languages,  customs,  legends,  and 
economy. 

One  evening  will  stand  out  in  my 
memory  of  Hawaii.  Dr.  Peter  H. 
Buck,  Curator  of  the  Museum,  spoke 
in  one  of  the  beautiful  patios  at  the 
Academy  of  Arts  about  the  canoes  on 
exhibit  there,  used  by  the  Polynesians. 
In  his  lecture,  he  included  chants  of 
the  Polynesian  sailors  learned  from  his 
Maori  mother's  people,  and  this  added 
reality  to  his  comments.  The  ac- 
complishment of  the  Polynesians  in 
crossing  approximately  2,000  miles  of 
sea  in  open  canoes  made  with  stone 
implements,  with  only  their  limited 
knowledge  of  currents  and  stars  to 
guide  them,  is  exceedingly  impressive. 
No  mags,  no  motors,  no  metal,  no 
compass  —  only  the  rudder,  oars,  and 
sails  of  matting  for  aid.  No  wonder 
chants  were  addressed  to  the  rudder 
and  to  the  oars  as  if  they  were  per- 
sonages! Another  evening  at  the 
Academy  I  was  thrilled  with  lolani 
Luahine's  dancing  of  the  ancient  hulas 
and  the  commentaries  by  Mary  Pukui. 
Too  much  has  been  lost  in  the  mod- 
ernization of  the  hulas  for  night 
clubs. 

Hawaiian  people  I  have  met  have  a 
dignity  and  graciousness  all  their  own. 
The  hospitality  they  offer  rivals  that 
for  which  the  South  is  famous. 

The  islands  are  dependent  upon 
shipping  to  an  extent  that  cannot  be 
realized  until  one  lives  here.  During 
the  shipping  strike  last  fall,  it  was  a 
curious  thing  to  see  what  items  dis- 
appeared from  the  stores.  The  lack 
of  rice  for  Japanese  and  Chinese  fami- 
lies caused  a  great  deal  of  hardship. 
Even  though  quantities  of  foodstuffs 
are  grown,  there  is  not  enough  for  all 
the  people  living  in  the  islands. 

Even  in  peace  time  the  Armed  Serv- 
ices are  much  in  evidence,  for  Oahu 
is  a  naval  base  and  an  armed  fort. 
Some  twenty  plantations  in  the  islands 
grow  sugar  cane  and  their  common 
experiments  in  growing  cane  are  out- 
standing in  this  kind  of  agriculture. 
The  second  large  industry  is  based  on 
pineapple  growing,  and  the  Dole  Pine- 
apple factory  is  well  worth  visiting 
for  a  study  of  its  methods.  Hawaii 
has  become  American  in  many  ways 
and  is  eager  now   to  become   a   state. 

My  work  as  Fourteenth  Naval  Dis- 
trict Librarian  has  been  strenuous,  for 
the  period  of  reorganization  now  fa- 
miliar to  all  of  us  hit  us  amidships. 
Peace  time  plans  have  been  made  and 
partially  executed  in  the  face  of  a 
vanishing  staff.    The  visit  of   the  Pa- 


Frances    Carolyn   Moore.    Reidsvillc    ,  .  .  .Ethel    (Wells)    Moore   '15 
Carolyn   Gray   Phillips,    Greensboro    .  .  .  .  Lela    (Wade)    Phillips  '20 

Anne    Elizabeth    Raiford.    Erwin       Margaret    (Matthews)    Raiford  '18 

Miriam   Irene  Reilley.   Charlotte Marie   E.    (Norwood)    Reilley   '16 

Elizabeth  Eamcs  Ricks.   Greenville    Beth    (Buerbaum)    Ricks,  class  of  '23 

Barbara  Jean  Royal.  Thomasville Mildred    (Long)   Royal,  class  of  '29 

Dorothy  Lee  Sale,  Hopewell,   Va Gladys    (Whitley)    Sale  '21 

Elizabeth  Gray  Sanders.  Lumberton    ,  .  .  .Lillian    (Proctor)    Sanders,  class  of  '14 

Ruth    Irene    Sellers,    Charlotte    Irene    (Templeton)    Sellers    '17 

Hazel   Montague   Sessoms,    Colerain       .  .  .Hazel    (Montague)    Sessoms,   class  of   '12 
Frances  McKellar  Sinclair,  West  End    .  .    Annie    (Gattis)    Sinclair,    class   of    '16 
Leila  Gallman  Stephens.   Harrisburg    .  .  .  .Nell    (Harry)    Stephens   '21 

Barbara  Link  Strelitz,   Lexington Myrtle    (Link)    Strelitz,   Com.   '18 

Alice  Elizabeth   Townscnd,    Greensboro      Evelyn    (McCullers)    Townsend    '18 

Martha   Maude   Wells.    Greensboro    Ola    (Stephenson)    Wells,  class  of  '23 

Cornelia  Anne  White,  Lenoir Cornelia     (Miller)     White,    class   of    '14 

Mildred  Holliday  Williamson, 

Wadesboro      Cyrette    (Holliday)    Williamson,   class  of  '14 

Mabel  Kathleen  Wilson,   Angier Kathleen    (McLamb)   Wilson,  class  of  '27 

Elinor  Spotswood  Woltz,   Raleigh Jessie    (McNeill)    Woltz,    '21 

30  FRESHMEN 

Ramona    Cecelia    Austin.    Hatteras    Inez    (Daniels)    Austin,   class  of  '  1 3 

Cornelia  Elizabeth  Ball.   Hamer,  S.  C.    ,  .  Viola   Leigh    (Johnston)    Boyle,  class  of  '25 

Alice  Mae  Brumfield,  Yadkinville Ethel     (Shore)    Brumfield    '18 

Ola  Jeaneane  Crawford,  Greensboro    .  ,  .  .Margaret    (Grady)    Crawford,   Com.    '24 

Frances  Gary  Davis,  Durham    Alice    (Yelverton)    Davis,   class  of   '14 

Nancy  Lee  Davis,   Richmond,  Va Ruth    (Reeves)    Davis,  class  of  '  1  0 

Sara  Louise  Dcbnam,  Roanoke  Rapids    .     Winifred    (Barwick)    Debnam  '25 
Jane  Briscoe  Edmunds.  Lynchburg.  Va.  .  .Isabel    (Bouldin)    Edmunds   '17 

Nancy  Farrington.   Thomasville    Mary    Louise     (Bailey)    Farrington    '25 

Eulene  Marie  Fisher.  Salisbury Lillie  Ethel    (Hedrick)    Fisher,  class  of  '26 

Dorothy   L,   Hill,   Monroe    Lucile    (Marsh)    Hill,   Com.  '19 

Mary  Elizabeth  Hutchinson,  Charlotte.  .     Bertie    (Benfield)    Hutchinson.   Com.   '16 

Mildred   Jewlene  Jester.   Durham Berlena    (Pendergrass)   Jester,  Jr.,  class  of  '29 

Mary  Elizabeth  Lyons,  Chap»fl   Hill      ,       Mary  Peebles    (Wadsworth)    Lyons  '21 
Jean   Hildebrand  Marrow.   Smithfield      ,     Pearl    (Hildebrand)    Marrow,   Com.   '13 

Ellen  Margaret  Metz,   Summerfield Margaret    (Medearis)    Metz,   class  of   '25 

Martha  Rose  Miller,  Mocksville Florence    (Throneberg)    Miller  '25 

Elizabeth  Janet  Norman,  Greensboro      ,    Janet    (McNeely)    Norman,  class  of   '  1 1 

Vivian  Lorraine  Pitt.  Oxford,   Pa Mary   Sibyl    (Smith)    Pitt,   class  of   '28 

Mary   Worth   Rock,    Plainficld,    N.    J.         Mary    (Worth)    Rock  '15 

Mary  Grey  Romefelt,  Glen  Rock.  N.  J.,     Mary   Parks    (Grey)    Romefelt   '19 

Gladys  Loftin   Rowe,   Aberdeen    Gladys    (Loftin)    Rowe,    class   of    '20 

Ann   Elizabeth    Royster.    Henderson    ,  .  .     Eva    (Moore)    Royster,    Com.    '15 

Mary  Lela  Saunders.  Danville,  Va Vail    (Gray)    Saunders  '26 

Eleanor  Green   Senter.   Raleigh    Nannie    (Williams)    Senter,   class  of  '27 

Betty    Ryan    Shuler.    Rocky   Mount    .  Mary    (White)    Shuler  '23 

Hattie  Elizabeth  Thigpen,   Scotland 

Neck    Hattie    (Thigpen)     Thigpen,    class    of    '16 

Margaret  Woodward  Thigpen, 

Scotland  Neck    Hattie    (Thigpen)     Thigpen,    class   of    '16 

Nell   Hoey   Warren,   Gastonia       Alice    (Phillips)    Warren,    Com.    '18 

5  COMMERCIAL 

Ann   Carr  ShafTer.   Washington         .  Mildred    (Shaw)    Howell,  Com.   '24 

Elizabeth  Carolyn   Rhyne,   Raleigh         ...  Elizabeth    (Gaston)    Tutt,   Com.   '27 

Jean  Neal  Covington,  Laurinburg Bessie    (Pitchford)    Covington,   class   of   '20 

Nancy  Louise  Shields,   Winston-Salem    .     Lola    (Johnson)    Shields,    class  of   '12 
Mary   Louise   Shields,   Winton-Salem  Lola    (Johnson)    Shields,    class  of   '  1 2 

2  SPECIAL 

Sarah  Mildred  Howell,  Greensboro    ...  .Mildred    (Shaw)   Howell,  class  of  '23-'24 
Marie  Teresa  Patton,  Greensboro Teresa     (Hubner)    Patton,    class   of     14 


cific  Fleet  during  March  for  maneu- 
vers will  add  to  our  schedule,  for  we 
have  a  book  exchange  for  libraries 
aboard  ships.  In  addition  to  our  ships' 
exchange,  the  professional  librarians 
(two  of  us  now)  visit  station  libra- 
ries, maintain  a  central  library,  and 
keep     in     touch     with     the     outlying 


islands  (including  Midway  and  Johns- 
ton) by  correspondence.  Since  almost 
all  of  the  branches  of  the  Navy  are 
represented  here  in  one  way  or  an- 
other, the  Fourteenth  Naval  District 
covers  the  activities  of  a  miniature 
Navy  and  is  a  stimulating  place  to 
work. 


The  Alumnae  News 


Ilie  Home  fcooomics  fouodation  at 

S   uOllGQG         Frances  Newsome  Miller  42 

J  Secretary  of  the  Foundation 


The  movement  for  est.iblishing  pri- 
vately financed  foundations  to  supple- 
ment the  State's  program  of  higher 
education  for  the  \outh  of  North  Car- 
olina has  rightfuli\-  embraced  \X'om- 
nn's  College. 

The  Home  Economics  Foundation, 
to  operate  through  Woman's  College, 
was  chartered  under  the  laws  of  the 
State  in  July,  1946,  and  was  organized 
at  a  meeting  on  the  Woman's  College 
campus  late  last  October.  The  success 
of  the  Foundation  was  assured  by  the 
acceptance  of  the  presidency  by  for- 
mer Lieutenant-Governor  R.  L.  Harris 
of  Roxboro. 

Actually,  the  work  of  forming  such 
a  Foundation  took  several  years.  The 
idea  was  birthed  by  two  of  our  own  — 
Miss  Margaret  Edwards,  head  of  the 
Department  of  Home  Economics  at 
Woman's  College,  and  Mrs.  Sue  Ram- 
sey J.  Ferguson  '18,  Taylorsville. 

In  1945,  Governor  Cherry  appoint- 
ed a  committee  from  the  University 
Board  of  Trustees  to  investigate  and 
report  on  the  advisability  of  organiz- 
ing such  a  Foundation.  That  commit- 
tee, headed  by  Charles  A.  Cannon  of 
Concord  and  composed  of  H.  D.  Bate- 
man  of  Wilson,  S.  M.  Blount  of  Wash- 
ington, Mrs.  R.  S.  Ferguson  of  Tay- 
lorsville, George  S.  Coble  of  Lexing- 
ton, and  Mrs.  L.  L.  Miller  of  Raleigh, 
served  as  the  core  from  which  the 
Foundation   sprang. 

The  Foundation  has  122  incorpora- 
tors, many  of  them  among  the  most 
prominent  cit I/ens  of  our  State.  Its 
directors  are  R.  I..  Harris,  Mrs.  Sue 
Ramsey  J.  Ferguson,  H.  IX  Bateman, 
S.  M.  Blount,  Charles  A.  Cannon, 
Cieorge  S.  Coble,  Mrs.  I'rances  New- 
some  Miller  '42,  Thurmond  Chatham 
of  Elkin.  Mrs.  B.  B.  Everett  of  Pal- 
myra, A.  G.  Meyers  of  Ciastonia,  John 
C.  Lockhart  of  Greensboro,  Mrs.  Eliza- 
beth Dillard  Reynolds  of  Winston- 
.Salem,  John  Ums'tead  of  Chapel  I  1111, 
James  A.  Gray  of  Winston-Salem,  1). 
Hiden  Ramsey  of  Asheville,  Mrs.  Lau- 
ra Weill  Cone  '10  of  Greensboro,  Mrs. 
Mav   Lovelace  Tomllnson    'll"  of   High 


Point,  J.  Spencer  Love  of  Greensboro, 
Emery  B.  Denny  of  Gastonia,  T.  Clar- 
ence Stone  of  Stoneville,  Tom  Pearsall 
of  Rocky  Mount,  James  Ficklen  of 
Greenville,  David  Clark  of  Charlotte, 
C.  A.  Fink  of  Spencer,  Joe  L.  Blvthe 
of  Charlotte,  Mrs.  Stella  Williams  An- 
derson '23  of  West  Jefferson,  and  Mrs. 
Rosa  Blakeney  Parker  '16  of  Albe- 
marle. 

The  need  for  the  Home  Economics 
Foundation,  functioning  through 
Woman's  College  in  service  to  all  our 
people,  is  clear.  Agriculture  and  in- 
dustry in  North  Carolina  have  done 
their  part  in  developing  the  material 
wealth  in  the  State.  But  their  develop- 
ments, which  have  brought  increased 
income  to  our  citizens,  are  of  little 
value  unless  the  total  social  life  of 
our  families  and  homes  parallels  the 
development    of   our   material    wealth. 

The  Home  Economics  Foundation 
is  a  means  for  bringing  to  all  classes 
of  people  the  knowledge  that  now  is 
ours  for  improvins^  all  phases  of  home 
life. 

In  the  Woman's  College  plans  for 
the  future,  there  is  a  prominent  place 
for  the  Home  Economics  Foundation. 
The  work  of  the  college  in  this  field 
already  has  received  recognition,  al- 
though it  has  been  limited  in  its  scope 
because  of  the  lack  of  funds  for  re- 
search and  further  work  in  fields 
above  the  undergraduate  level.  The 
Foundation  will  make  it  possible  for 
the  college  to  expand  its  research  and 
graduate  work  by  the  purchase  of 
special  equipment,  by  supplementing 
salaries  to  bring  to  Woman's  College 
outstanding  persons  in  the  field  of 
Ilome  Economics,  and  h\  providing 
for  the  distribution  of  information  to 
those  who  make  the  homes  and  those 
who  serve  the  homes  and  institutions 
in   North  Carolina. 

The  objectives  adopted  b\  the 
Foundation  are: 

1.  To  bi'iii-r  inahlt-  Wirtb  Carolina 
l.iniilics  to  live  ulih  m.iximum  valiu's  in 
lood.  hoiisiiit;.  ilotliinj;.  icxiilcs.  and  fur- 
niiiirc.  and  lo  condiui  iho  family  op-ra- 
lions  .ind  relationships  .it  minimum  costs 
in    moncv.   liim'.   and  labor. 


2.  To  serve  the  institutions  of  North 
Carolina  in  nutrition,  housing,  textiles, 
furniture,  clothing,  and  any  other  phase 
of  home  operation  leading  to  greater  serv- 
ice to  the  people  of  the  State. 

3.  To  serve  the  industries  of  the  State 
in  achieving  more  satisfactory  production 
from    the  consumer  standpoint. 

4.  To  develop  a  strong  teaching  pro- 
gram by  helping  to  obtain  and  keep  out- 
standing and  highly  trained  personnel  in 
this  field. 

5.  To  develop  strong  research  pro- 
grams in  foods,  nutrition,  clothing,  tex- 
tiles, housing,  equipment,  furnishings, 
consumer  buying,  standards  of  goods, 
money  management,  care  of  household 
goods,  child  care  and  training,  teacher 
education,    institution    management. 

6.  To  offer  short  service  courses  in 
the  home  communities  by  correspond- 
ence and  by  radio  on  various  subjects  of 
home  economics  for  all  citizens  of  the 
State. 

7.  To  publish  and  distribute  service 
bulletins  and  reports  of  research  and 
studies  on  various  subjects  of  home  eco- 
nomics. 

8.  To  sponsor  various  projects  to 
stimulate  and  help  to  improve  the  home 
and   institutional   life   of   this   State. 

A  number  of  ^'oman's  College 
alumnae  are  already  familiar  with  the 
purpose  and  plans  of  the  Home  Eco- 
nomics Foundation,  and  some  of  them 
are  giving  much  time  and  effort  to 
the  Foundation  during  its  early  and 
important  work. 

There  is  a  real  need  for  the  assist- 
ance of  every  alumna  —  in  supporting 
the  work  of  the  Foundation  through 
your  clubs,  your  classrooms,  and  your 
other  affiliations.  Each  of  you  has  seen 
ten  thousand  times  the  need  for  just 
such  a  Foundation  in  North  Carolina. 
You  have  seen  it  in  the  disrupted  fam- 
ilies of  your  community,  in  the  under- 
nourished children  of  your  classroom, 
in  poorly  clothed  people,  in  poorly 
constructed  houses,  and  in  pix)rlv 
managed  homes. 

Here,  surely,  is  one  opportunity  for 
Woman's  College  to  lead  the  State,  to 
lead  even  this  entire  region,  in  pro- 
viding the  means  for  the  most  impor- 
tant single  unit  in  a  happy  world  —  a 
happv  home. 


April,  1947 


Delegation  from  Sir  Walter  Cabinet  and  Guests 

Reading  from  left  to  right.  Front  row:  Mrs.  E.  T.  Tonisscn.  Mrs.  R.  S.  Fer- 
guson. Mrs.  R.  Gregg  Cherry.  Mrs.  Frank  Hutton.  Mrs.  Allison  Overby,  Mrs.  J.  V. 
Whitfield. 

Second  row:  Mrs.  Ronald  Hocutt,  Mrs.  Rivers  Johncon,  Mrs.  W.  H.  McDonald. 
Mrs.  W.  T.  Martin.  Mrs.  Paul  Reid,  Mrs.  A.  A.  F.  Seawell. 

Third  row:  Mrs.  A.  B.  Stoney.  Mrs.  J.  C.  Burleson,  Mrs.  Bill  Sharpe.  Mrs. 
George  Penny.  Mrs.  E.  B.  Denny. 

Fourth  row:  Mrs.  Walker  Stearns.  Mrs.  Richard  Hobbs,  Dr.  W.  C.  Jackson. 
Mrs.   Clarence  Stone.   Mrs.   J.   K.   Powell. 

Fifth  row:  Dr.  Graham.  Mrs.  Graham,  Mrs.  Grady  Rankin.  Mrs.  W.  C. 
Prcssley. 

Sixth  row:  Mrs.  J.  Melville  Broughton,  Mrs.  W.   C.   Jackson. 


The  campus  was  honored  on  February 
27  with  a  visit  by  a  delegation  from  the 
Sir  Walter  Cabinet  —  the  real  power,  as 
everybody  knows  of  course,  behind  the 
legislative  throne  in  Raleigh!  These  First 
Ladies  came  from  the  State  Capitol  in  an 
especially  chartered  bus.  Their  first  stop 
after  arrival  was  in  Alumnae  House.  Here 
they  were  greeted  by  alumnae  officials  and 
other  members  of  the  faculty  at  a  coca- 
cola  half  hour,  and  welcomed  in  brief 
talks  by  President  Frank  P.  Graham,  and 
Chancellor  W.  C.  Jackson.  A  tour  of 
the  campus  followed,  with  an  interlude 
for  luncheon  in  the  home  economics  build- 
ing, as  guests  of  the  Department  of  Home 
Economics.  Returning  to  Alumnae  House 
at  4:00  o'clock  for  coffee,  our  guests 
heard  a  bit  more  about  it  and  about,  the 
topic  always  being,  somehow,  the  Wom- 
an's College  —  what  it  is.  what  it  may 
become.  In  the  late  afternoon,  we  parted 
with  our  guests  reluctantly,  but  with  high 
hope  that  they  will  come  again  as  indi- 
viduals and  watch  with  us  the  progress 
of  their  state's  college  for  women. 

The  party  was  composed  of  the  follow- 
ing:   Mrs.    R.    Gregg   Cherry,    wife    of  the 


Governor  of  North  Carolina:  Mrs.  J.  Mel- 
ville Broughton,  wife  of  the  immediate  past 
Governor  of  this  state:  Mrs.  George  T. 
Penny,  wife  of  the  Senator  from  Guilford 
County:  Mrs.  R.  S.  Ferguson,  state  sen- 
ator from  the  28th  senatorial  district: 
Mrs.  Frank  Hutton.  wife  of  one  of  the 
Guilford  County  representatives:  Mrs. 
Frank  P.  Graham,  wife  of  the  President 
of  the  University  of  North  Carolina:  Mrs. 
J.  C.  Burleson,  Mrs.  E.  B.  Denny,  Mrs. 
Ronald  Hocutt,  Mrs.  Rivers  Johnson, 
Mrs.  W.  H.  McDonald.  Mrs  Allison  L. 
Overby,  Mrs.  J.  K.  Powell,  Mrs.  R.  Grady 
Rankin.  Mrs.  Paul  A.  Reid,  Mrs.  A.  A. 
F.  Seawell,  Mrs.  Walter  Stearns,  Mrs.  T. 
Clarence  Stone,  Mrs.  A.  B.  Stoney.  Mrs. 
E.  T.  Tonisscn,  Mrs.  J.  V.  Whitfield: 
also  the  following  guests:  Mrs.  R.  J. 
M.  Hobbs.  Mrs.  W.  T.  Martin.  Mrs.  Wil- 
liam T.  Pressly.  whose  husband  is  Presi- 
dent of  Peace  College.  Mrs.  Bill  Sharpe 
and  daughter.  Betty  Lou  Sharpe  '48. 
Betty  Brown  Denny  '47  and  Sarah'  Denny 
'49,  daughters  of  Mrs.  E.  B.  Denny,  and 
Frances  Stone  '47.  daughter  of  Mrs.  T. 
Clarence   Stone. 


Notes  from 

Local 

Associations 

Alamance  County  Association 

Initiated  by  Clyde  Norcum.  chairman 
of  rh;  Woman's  College  Alumnae  Associ- 
ation in  Alamance  County,  130  alumni 
and  alumnae  of  the  Consolidated  Univer- 
S-ty  in  this  county  gathered  on  the  eve- 
n'ng  of  February  11  for  a  dinner  meet- 
ing at  the  Alamance  Hotel,  Burlington. 
Judge  A.  M.  Carroll,  representing  Caro- 
lina, served  as  toastmaster  and  introduced 
th;  special  guests.  Chancellor  W.  C.  Jack- 
son, of  Woman's  College,  was  the  fea- 
tured speaker.  His  theme  in  brief  was  this 
—  We  have  not  profil:ed  by  past  mistakes 
made  in  post-war  reconstruction:  therefore 
the  need  is  even  more  apparent  for  a 
stronger,  more  thoroughly  consolidated 
University  of  North  Carolina.  The  busi- 
ness of  the  University  is  to  hold  the  light 
high  and  clear  —  a  great  university  is  the 
most  important  agency  which  exists  for 
the  furthering  of  civilization.  "We  have 
therefore  a  great  opportunity  in  the  three 
groups  represented  here  tonight  to  build 
a  great  country.  "  the  chancellor  said.  Bill 
Kirkpatrick.  alumnus  of  State  College,  was 
soloist  of  the  evening,  with  Virginia 
Caruthers  '43  accompanying.  Cora  Harden 
Stratford  '46  led  college  songs.  Jean 
Holmes  McAdams  '45  read  telegrams  of 
greeting  from  Clara  B.  Byrd.  alumnae  sec- 
retary at  Woman's  College,  absent  be- 
cause of  another  meeting:  from  Roy  L. 
Williamson,  of  State  College,  and  from 
Dean  E.  L.  Mackie.  of  Chapel  Hill.  Lucy 
Hatch  Brooks  16  was  in  charge  of  the 
effective  tri-color  decorations,  representing 
the  three  schools. 

Margaret  Plonk   Isley.   Secretcri/. 

Atlanta  (Ga.)  Club 

On  April  12,  the  Woman's  Club  House 
in  Atlanta  was  the  scene  of  a  lunrhcon. 
festive  in  the  college  colors,  gold  and 
white.  This  was  our  first  gathering  since 
the  war  ended.  "Vella  Swaim  Washburn, 
president,  spoke  words  of  welcome.  Eva 
Lee  Sink  Weir,  vice  president,  and  chair- 
man in  charge  of  arrangements,  graciously 
presided  and  introduced  the  speakers.  It 
was  a  great  pleasure  to  have  two  guests 
from  Woman's  .  College  —  Chancellor 
W.  C.  Jackson,  and  Clara  Byrd,  alumnae 
secretary. 

As  the  opening  feature  of  the  program. 
M'-s.  Weir  called  on  each  alumna  to  in- 
troduce herself  personally  and  profession- 
ally, and  we  learned  that  a  great  many  in- 
teresting people  and  interesting  jobs  are 
represented  in  our  group.  Dr.  Jackson 
made  a  fine  talk  on  "Taking  the  Long 
Look.  "  bringing  back  to  former  students 
present  recollections  of  hours  in  his  his- 
tory classroom.  Hi:  also  told  us  about 
the   expansion   program   ahead  of   the   col- 


The  Alumnae  News 


lege,  and  renewed  our  pride  in  our  alma 
mater.  At  our  request.  .Miss  Byrd  told  us 
about  the  now  famous  Arts  Forum  held 
annually  on  the  campus.  Also  at  our  re- 
quest, she  followed  with  her  conception 
of  the  enlarging  place  of  women  in  the 
work  of  the  world,  illustrating  from  our 
own  alumnae.  In  conclusion,  on  behalf 
of  the  Atlanta  Club,  she  presented  to  Mrs. 
Tallulah  DeRossctte  Peschaw.  class  of  00. 
and  Mrs.  Florence  Smith  Cannon.  Com. 
'95,  each,  a  book  as  a  remembrance  of 
the  college  —  a  gift  which  they  deeply 
appreciate. 

At  this  meeting,  new  officers  were 
elected  as  follows:  chairman.  Frances 
Mauney  White:  vice  chairman.  Catherine 
Wharton  Montague:  secretary.  Evelyn 
Cavileer  Bash:  treasurer.  Nell  Tyson 
Jcrnigan. 

Florence   Smith   Cannon. 

Retiring   Secretary 

Buncombe  County  Association 

With  Virginia  Terrell  Lathrop.  chair- 
man, presiding.  Buncombe  County  alum- 
nae met  for  their  fall  meeting  at  a  lunch- 
eon, held  on  December  14.  at  the  S  and 
W  Cafeteria.  Asheville.  The  legislative 
program  of  the  college  was  presented  and 
discussed,  and  a  Legislative  Committee, 
with  Lyal  Reynolds  Shoemaker  as  chair- 
man, was  named.  The  Chapel  Fund  also 
came  in  for  major  attention,  and  it  was 
decided  to  ask  every  alumna  in  western 
North  Carolina  to  take  individual  action 
to  secure  donations  for  this  fund.  An- 
other important  committee  —  one  to  in- 
terest high  school  girls  in  Woman's  Col- 
lege, has  Ruth  Fanning  as  chairman.  Ethel 
Keigcr  Bollinger  presented  the  statement 
of  Laura  Weill  Cone  concerning  main- 
taining Woman's  College  as  a  woman's 
college  —  not  as  a  co-educational  insti- 
tution, and  the  group  went  on  record  as 
endorsing  Mrs.  Cone's  stand. 

Davidson  County  Association 

Attractive  Municipal  Club  House.  Lex- 
ington, was  the  place  of  meeting  of  Da- 
vidson County  alumnae,  on  the  evening 
of  December  10.  Arriwona  Shoaf.  act- 
ing chairman,  under  whose  leadership  the 
group  assembled,  presided.  Flossie  Har- 
ris Spruill  introduced  the  chief  speaker. 
Dean  Harriet  Itlliott.  She  presented  in 
detail  the  request  for  permanent  improve- 
ments which  the  College  will  make  of 
the  forthcoming  Legislature,  urging  the 
alumnae  to  support  this  request  with  all 
their  power,  and  appealing  also  for  their 
further  support  in  keeping  Woman's  Col- 
lege a  college  strictly  for  women.  Miss 
lone  H.  Grogan.  president  of  the  Alumnae 
Association,  also  urged  the  support  of 
this  all-important  legislative  program. 
Clara  B.  Byrd.  alumnae  .secretary,  spoke 
briefly  for  the  future  advancement  of 
the  college  —  in  prestige,  scope  of  serv- 
ice, and  enrichment  of  opportunity.  At 
the  conclusion  of  the  program,  delicious 
ices,  in  Christmas  symbols  and  colors, 
and  cake  were  served  by  the  hostesses,  dur- 
ing which  much  conversation  brought  the 
grcup  still  further  up-to-date  with  hap- 
penings both  on  and  off  the  campus.  New 
oITi  I's  were  elected  as  follows:  Chairman. 
Arnw.  na  Shoaf:  vice  chairman.  Flossie 
Harris    Siruill;     secretary.    Louise    .Justice 


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Inez  Shuford  '3  9 
(Mrs.  Perry  Starnes) 

Chairman  of  the  Catauba  County 
Ahiinnac  Association 


Sink:    treasurer.   Mary   C.   Proctor  Adder- 
ton. 

Not  the  least  delightful  feature,  say  the 
folks  from  the  campus,  was  the  dinner 
party  given  for  them  by  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
J.  F.  Spruill  in  their  gracious  and  charm- 
ing  home. 

Louise    Justice    Sink.    Secretary. 

Forsyth  County  Association 

With  the  YWCA  in  Winston-Salem  as 
the  very  pleasant  setting.  Forsyth  alumnae 
gathered  on  the  evening  of  February  19. 
and  regardless  of  wind  and  weather,  had 
a  fine  and  well-attended  meeting.     Bonnie 


.\\  Nil    I'm  MUX   1  li  11  i(,  '20 
(Mrs.  A.  G.  Fcarrington) 

Chairman  nf  the  Fiirsy/h  County 
Ahimnar  Associa/ion 


Angelo.  chairman,  presided.  Mr.  C.  W. 
Phillips,  from  the  college,  was  the  chief 
speaker.  We  were  delighted  to  hear  him 
report  on  the  state  of  the  union,  as  well 
as  the  expansion  program  ahead  of  the 
college.  Miss  lone  H.  Grojan.  president 
of  the  Alumnae  Association,  was  also 
present.  She  talked  briefly  regarding  the 
work  of  the  Association.  The  question 
of  co-education  was  brought  up.  and 
promptly  put  down  in  the  negative  by 
our  group.  We  also  voted  to  purchase  a 
$100  bond  for  the  Chapel  Fund,  taking 
the  amount   from   our  present   treasury. 

The  following  new  officers  were  elect- 
ed: Chairman.  Annie  Preston  (Heilig) 
Fearrington:  vice  chairman.  Billie  (Wall) 
Carter:  secretary.  \'irginia  Harris:  treas- 
urer. Claude  Poindexter. 
Bonnie  Angelo.   Immediate  Past  Chairman 

Guilford  County  Association 

Guilford  County  alumnae  were  called 
to  meet  in  Alumnae  House  on  the  eve- 
ning of  November  22.  Betty  Brown 
Jester,  chairman,  presided.  At  this  meet- 
ing new  officers  were  elected  as  follows: 
Chairman.  Mary  Cecile  Higgins  Bridges: 
vice  chairman.  Florence  Pannill:  secre- 
tary, Margaret  Johnson:  treasurer.  Irene 
Rich  Murphy.  The  group  also  decided  to 
omit  the  Benefit  Bridge  Party,  at  which 
the  Scholarship  Fund  is  usually  raised. 
and  this  year  collect  the  fund  by  another 
method.  The  Bridge  Benefit  will  likely  be 
resumed   next   year. 

Netv  Jersey  Association 

Meeting  One:  Saturday.  October  26. 
was  the  birthday  of  the  New  Jersey 
Alumnae  Association.  Congratulations  to 
the  alumnae  of  New  Jersey:  congratula- 
tions to  the  Woman's  College:  an  orchid 
to  Katheryne  (Levis)  McCormick.  New 
Brunswick.  N.  J.,  who  so  successfully 
sponsored  the  event. 

Seventeen  alumnae  met  that  Saturday. 
from  3:00  o'clock  until  5:30.  at  the  New 
Jersey  Historical  Society.  Newark.  The 
first  hour  featured  a  tea.  much  happv 
conversation  about  it  and  about,  and  re- 
membering when.  Items  of  interest  and 
material  from  the  Alumnae  Office  were 
also  freely  circulated,  stimulating  still 
further,  if  that  could  be.  the  enthusiasm 
already  in  evidence.  At  4:00  o'clock,  these 
seventeen  got  down  to  business.  They 
voted  the  New  Jersey  Association  into 
being:  they  elected  Katheryne  McCormick 
chairman:  they  decided  to  have  another 
meeting  in  the  early  spring  when  addi- 
tional officers  would  be  chosen :  they  made 
each  person  present  a  member  of  the  at- 
tendance committee:  they  also  decided  that 
in  connection  with  the  second  meeting 
an  cflort  would  be  made  to  secure  $6.25 
from  every  alumna  possible,  so  that  one 
E  Bond  could  be  purchased  for  th:  Chapel 
Fund  for  everv  three  alumnae.  All  hail 
and   all   success! 

.Meeting  Two:  Twentv-two  alumnae 
in  New  Jersey,  representing  several  cities, 
gathered  at  the  Robert  Treat  Hotel.  New- 
ark, for  a  luncheon  meeting  on  March 
1 .  Katheryne  Levis  McCormick.  our  ef- 
ficient chairman,  presided,  and  as  special 
guest  for  the  occasion,  we  had  Miss  Byrd. 
our  alumnae  secretary,  from  the  College. 
During    the   first    half  of    the   program,    we 


April,  1947 


completed  the  organization  begun  at  the 
former  meeting,  electing  Doris  McRoberts 
and  Marilyn  Jackson,  vice  president  and 
secretary-treasurer,  respectively.  A  con- 
stitution and  by-laws  was  also  discussed 
and  adopted,  and  several  other  items  of 
business  handled.  The  group  decided  upon 
April  1  as  a  deadline  for  sending  in  con- 
tributions to  the  Chapel  Fund  —  our  first 
fund-raising  effort.  Plans  for  another 
meeting  before  June,  or  early  next  fall, 
were  also  discussed.  Miss  Byrd,  in  her 
talk,  brought  much  news  of  the  campus,  as 
well  as  information  about  the  proceedings 
of  the  Legislature.  We  were  much  encour- 
aged and  pleased  by  her  report,  and  also 
got  the  feeling  that  Greensboro  and  our 
College  are  not  after  all  very  far  away. 
Marilyn   Jackson,   Secretary. 

Pitt  County  Association 

Alumnae  of  Pitt  County,  together  with 
seniors  at  Woman's  College  home  for  the 
holidays,  met  for  luncheon  on  December 
3  0.  at  the  Old  Towne  Inn.  Greenville, 
with  State  Senator  Arthur  B.  Corey.  Rep. 
Sam  O.  Worthington.  and  Rep.  Frank 
M.  Kilpatrick,  of  Pitt  County,  as  special 
guests.  LaRue  McLawhorn  Castelloe, 
chairman  of  the  Pitt  County  Alumnae 
Association,   presided  and   did   the  honors. 

After  the  luncheon,  Elizabeth  Lewis 
Mims  presented  the  question  "Is  Woman's 
College  to  remain  definitely  a  woman's 
college?",  using  the  article  by  Laura  Weill 
Cone  on  that  subject  and  an  editorial  from 
the  Carolinian  as  the  basis  of  her  reply  in 
the  affirmative.  Following  her,  Elizabeth 
Hinton  Kittrell,  member  of  the  Special 
Alumnae  Legislative  Committee,  spoke  on 
the  subject  "Is  Woman's  College  to  grow 
and  develop  to  be  'second  to  none'  "?  In 
the  discussion,  the  seniors  took  part,  and 
alumnae  in  general  added  their  own  ideas 
from  time  to  time. 

Each  of  the  honor  guests  also  spoke 
briefly.  They  were  cognizant  of  the  needs 
of  the  educational  institutions  in  North 
Carolina,  of  the  health  program,  and  other 
important  measures  before  the  people  of 
the  state;  nevertheless  they  pledged  their 
support  of  Woman's  College  in  every 
way  possible.  Considering  the  nearness  of 
the  Christmas  festivities,  the  luncheon  was 
well  attended,  and  those  in  charge  ex- 
pressed themselves  as  believing  that  the 
occasion  will  bear  good  fruit. 

LaRue    McLawhorn     Castelloe. 

Chairman. 

Kichmond  (Va.)  Club 

Sponsored  by  th;  alumnae  of  the  Wom- 
an's College  Alumnae  Club,  a  dinner 
meeting  with  the  alumni  of  the  University 
of  North  Carolina,  Chapel  Hill,  and  the 
alumni  of  State  College,  Raleigh,  was 
held  on  the  evening  of  April  25,  in  Rich- 
mond. President  Frank  P.  Graham,  of 
the  Greater  University,  was  our  guest  and 
speaker  for  the  occasion.  It  was  a  great 
privilege  to  have  him  —  we  consiclered 
ourselves  most  fortunate.  Lapel  cards  were 
provided  for  all  those  who  attended,  and 
they  were  attractive  to  see  as  well  as  use- 
ful for  identification.  After  the  dinner, 
a  short  business  meeting  was  held  by  our 
group,  and  the  following  officers  elected 
to  serve  next  year:  Chairman.  Dovie  Kin- 
law:      vice     chairman.      Thclma      Bennett 


Bashaw:     secretary- treasurer,     Eleanor 
Bundy. 

Dovic    Kinlaw    Lee.    Retiring  Secretary. 

Thomasville  Association 

The  Thomasville  Alumnae  Club  enter- 
tained the  45  senior  high  school  girls  on 
Thursday  afternoon.  February  6.  The 
meeting,  held  in  the  attractive  high  school 
cafeteria,  was  in  charge  of  Maxine  Moore 
Hamilton,  chairman.  Dean  Harriet  El- 
liott and  Clara  B.  Byrd,  alumnae  secretary, 
were  special  guests  from  College.  Miss 
Elliott  in  her  talk  stressed  the  importance 
of  a  college  education  and  in  addition  gave 
a  general  picture  of  life  at  Woman's  Col- 
lege. Miss  Byrd  emphasized  certain  types 
of  student  activities.  Students  now  at 
Woman's  College  from  Thomasville  were 
also  special  guests,  and  were  presented  in- 
dividually to  the  group.  At  the  conclu- 
sion of  the  program,  a  plate  of  dainty  re- 
freshments, with  decorations  in  college 
colors,   was  served. 


Warren  County  Association 

Meeting  One:  With  Heath  Long  Beck- 
with  as  the  inspiring  and  guiding  spirit, 
alumnae  in  Warren  County  met  on  Octo- 
ber   21,    at    the   home    of    M.rs.    Beckwith. 


Heath  Long  '3  5 
(Mrs.  J.  P.  Beckwith) 

Cha'innan  of  the  Warren  County 
Alumnae  Association 

to  reorganize  the  Warren  County  Asso- 
ciation. In  her  opening  remarks,  Mrs. 
Beckwith  gave  a  report  of  the  regional 
meeting  held  in  Rocky  Mount  in  April 
previous,  reviewed  the  talk  by  Dean  El- 
liott on  the  London  Conference,  and 
showed  an  illustration  of  the  proposed 
expanded  campus  of  Woman's  College, 
with  Walker  Avenue  closed.  Copies  of 
the  Alumnae  News  were  passed  around, 
and  the  chairman  also  read  a  letter  from 
Clara  B.  Byrd,  alumnae  secretary,  giving 
suggestions  concerning  the  plan  of  organi- 
zation and  its  activities. 

At     this    meeting     a     constitution     was 
adopted    and    officers    elected    as    follows: 


Chairman.  Heath  Long  Beckwith:  vice 
chairman.  Minnie  Rodwell  Foster;  sec- 
retary-treasurer. Evelyn  Smithwick  Tur- 
ner. It  was  decided  to  meet  again  on  No- 
vember  18. 

Meeting  Two:  The  second  meeting 
of  the  Warren  County  Association  was 
held  as  scheduled  on  November  18.  at  the 
home  of  Evelyn  Smithwick  Turner.  War- 
rcnton,  with  Heath  Long  Beckwith  pre- 
siding. Various  items  were  taken  up  and 
discussed  with  interest  —  among  them  the 
Home  Economics  Foundation:  the  raising 
of  the  Chapel  Fund;  the  Legislative  pro- 
gram. Mrs.  Beckwith  stated  that  she  had 
talked  with  Rep.  John  H.  Carr.  member 
of  the  Budget  Commission,  urging  his 
support  of  the  request  made  by  Dean 
Jackson  for  appropriations  for  permanent 
improvements.  He  had  been  most  courte- 
ous, but  of  course  could  not  promise  any- 
thing at  that  time.  Regarding  the  Chapel 
Fund,  all  present  agreed  that  this  fund  is 
a  vvorthy  undertaking,  but  decided  to  take 
no  action  at  this  time  other  than  to  name 
Vernon  Batchelor  as  chairman  of  the 
Chapel  Fund  Committee,  Minnie  Rodwell 
Foster  was  appointed  chairman  of  the 
High  School  Committee.  It  was  decided 
to  have  simple  refreshments  at  each  meet- 
ing, and  to  hold  the  next  meeting  on  Jan- 
uary 6.  at  the  home  of  Miss  Batchelor. 
iVIeeting  Three:  Vernon  Batchelor  was 
hostess  to  our  group  on  the  evening  of 
January  6.  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Claude 
Bowers.  Heath  Long  Beckwith  presided. 
The  chairman  announced  one  new  com- 
mittee, in  addition  to  those  already  re- 
ported —  the  program  committee,  with 
Margaret  Paschal  Williams  as  chairman. 
The  Chapel  Fund  was  again  discussed. 
Every  one  was  asked  to  give  as  much  as 
possible  for  this  Fund  to  Miss  Batchelor. 
chairman  of  the  committee,  sometime  be- 
fore the  next  meeting.  Mrs.  Beckwith 
briefly  reviewed  the  Seminar  program 
held  at  the  College  last  fall.  The  group 
decided  to  have  another  meeting  this 
spring,  with  a  speaker  from  the  campus, 
if  possible.  The  chairman  was  asked  to 
contact  Miss  Byrd  about  this.  Mrs.  Beck- 
with, in  her  capacity  as  chairman  of  the 
Legislative  Committee,  told  of  her  work 
with  our  representative.  The  hostess,  as- 
sisted by  Mrs.  Bowers,  served  tea  and 
sandwiches  as  a  concluding  item  of  our 
very  good  meeting. 

On  May  10,  we  have  planned  a  lunch- 
eon meeting,  and  are  expecting  to  have 
with  us  at  that  time  two  guests  from  the 
college  —  Mr.  Gregory  D.  Ivy.  head  of 
the  Department  of  Art.  and  Miss  Byrd. 
our  alumnae  secretary. 
Evelyn   Smithwick    Turner.   Secretary. 

Wayne  Comity  Association 

Under  the  capable  leadership  of  Rachel 
Dunnagan  Woodward.  45  alumnae  of 
Wayne  County  and  their  guests  came  to- 
gether for  a  dinner  meeting  at  Hotel 
Goldsboro,  on  the  evening  of  December 
4.  The  tables  in  the  banquet  hall  were 
festive  with  Christmas  decorations,  and 
an  attractive  booklet,  carrying  the  pro- 
gram of  the  evening,  menu,  and  other  in- 
teresting items  lay  at  each  plate.  Mrs. 
Woodward,  as  presiding  chairman,  did 
the  honors  of  the  occasion.  Rachel  Clif- 
ford,    remembered    by    many    alumnae    as 


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The  Alumnae  News 


the  executive  secretary  for  the  50th  Anni- 
versary Celebration,  but  now  with  the 
Veterans  Administration,  introduced 
Chancellor  W.  C.  Jackson,  of  the  col- 
lege. He  made  the  principal  address  of  the 
evening,  presenting  forcefully  the  cause 
of  the  Woman's  College  in  general,  and 
the  legislative  program   in   particular.   The 


chairman  next  introduced  the  president  of 
the  Alumnae  Association.  Miss  lone  H. 
Grogan.  who  brought  a  short  message, 
and  the  alumnae  secretary.  Clara  B.  Byrd. 
who  spoke  briefly.  It  was  a  fine  evening, 
and  much  appreciation  was  expressed  to 
Mrs.  Woodward  and  her  assisting  com- 
mittees  for   their  excellent    work. 


J^ews  from  the  Alumnae 


1902 

To  those  who  knew  Daphne  Carra- 
way  —  and  her  friends  are  legion,  the  re- 
cent appearance  of  a  little  book  of 
stories,  entitled  The  Teachers  Book  Of 
Slories.  adapted  for  the  story  hour, 
from  the  Graphic  Press,  Inc..  Raleigh,  is 
a  happy  event.  Daphn;  passed  from  this 
earthly  plane  in  1933.  following  an  auto- 
mobile  accident,  but  she  left  behind  her  a 
host  of  happy  memories  of  her  art  as  a 
story  teller  —  an  art  which  people  in  all 
parts  of  the  United  States  had  enjoyed  as 
she  told  them  to  chatauqua  audiences  and 
to  community  gatherings.  Professionally 
she  was  known  as  'The  Dixie  Story 
Lady."    Her  ability  in  this  field  was  highly 


recognized  when  she  was  elected  president 
of  The  National  Story  League  of  America. 
The  book  about  which  we  are  writing 
contains  eight  stories:  the  foreword  is 
written  by  Miss  Hattie  S.  Parrott.  of  the 
State  Department  of  Public  Instruction. 
Follows  a  most  attractive  pen  and  ink 
sketch  of  Miss  Carraway.  We  commend 
the  book,  not  only  to  teachers,  but  to  any 
person  who  finds  enjoyment  and  release 
in  the  reading  of  a  good  story,  or  in 
hearing  one   told. 


1903 

Annie  (Kizer 
is  the  new  head 
lege    News    Bure 


I  Best's  son.  Tom  Jr.. 
Df  the  Wake  Forest  Col- 
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/)r.  \\'iii/>uni  T.  TlMiitias  ami  a  ,i;ro/(/)  of  s/iulcii/s,  in  fhc  library  of 
Ahninnir  Home 

Dr.  Thomas,  leader  ol  Christian  youth  in  numerous  world-wid:  enterprises,  spent 
February  8-12  at  Woman's  College  as  guest  of  the  Sophomore  Class.  He  came  under 
the  general  auspices  of  th.-  Department  of  ReFgious  Activities,  of  which  Miss  Maxine 
Garner  '3<)  is  director.  Alumnae  House  was  headcjuarters  for  Dr.  Thomas  while  he 
was  on   the   campus. 

After  seven  years  of  student  and  social  work  in  lap.in,  Winburn  T"homas  came 
to  this  country  as  executive  secretary   of   the   Student    X'olunleer   Movement   for  C'hris- 


tian    Missions.    He 


also    head    of    the    United    Slates    Christian    Council.    American 


Branch  of  the  World  Student  Christian  Federation.    Dr.  Thomas  spent  several   months 
in  late   1''46   with  university  students  in  all   four  zones  of  Germany. 

Shown  with  Dr.  Thomas  are  —  ironi  rotr,  left  to  right,  standing.  Ruth  Webb  '47. 
president  of  ihe  Senior  Class:  sealed.  Jocelyn  Hill  '47.  Clara  .lean  Cooke  '4''.  and 
Jean  Flanagan  '48;  second  row.  Carolvn  Phillips  '4  0.  Sarah  Woodhull  '4''.  Jan 
Shore  '49.  and  Nancy  Kendall  '4'>;   seated  al   window.  Blair  Mvrick  '47. 


time  newspaper  man  to  be  employed  by 
this  college.  He  is  handling  sports  pub- 
licity as  well   as  general  news. 

1909 

Okia  ( Dees )  Henley  writes  from 
Fieldston.  N.  Y.  "Our  family  numbers 
six  now.  for  in  addition  to  Charles  and 
me  and  our  two  sons,  w:  have  a  daughter- 
in-law  and  a  grandson.  Peter  Laurence 
Dees  II.  the  son  of  our  oldest  boy  Charles. 
Danny,  our  second  son.  is  a  second-year 
student  at  Columbia  University,  after  two 
years  at  Camp  Lejcune.  in  North  Caro- 
lina. He  was  separated  from  the  service 
in    Julv,    1946." 

1910 

Laura  (Vi'eill)  Cone's  son.  Edward 
Toner,  pianist,  was  presented  in  private 
concert  on  January  4.  in  Alumnae  House, 
to  about  125  guests.  The  young  man 
won  the  unstinted  appreciation  of  his  au- 
dience, not  only  for  his  brilliant  tech- 
nique, but  for  his  sympathetic  under- 
standing and  interpretation  of  the  works 
he   performed. 

1913 

Mildred  (Harrington)  Lynch's  only 
daughter.  Nancy,  had  her  coming-out 
party  the  day  after  Christmas,  at  the  fam- 
ily residence.  1170  Fifth  Avenue.  New 
York  City.  Nancy  is  a  freshman  this  year 
at  Smith  College.  She  likes  it  there,  and 
is  doing  well. 

1914 

Marguerite  (Brooks')  Dawkins  writes 
from  "Brookside."  her  country  home  at 
McLean.  Va.  "About  a  year  ago  Bob  and 
I  bought  a  28-acre  place  out  here  in 
\'irginia  —  all  woods,  laurel,  pines,  and 
streams.  We  are  just  a  mile  from  Great 
Falls.  The  house  consists  mainly  of  two 
old  log  cabins  brought  up  from  out  in 
the  country,  to  which  we  have  added 
two  wings.  We  are  just  crazy  about  the 
place.  And  after  four  and  a  half  hard 
years  as  chief  clerk  for  the  Coordinator 
of  Research  and  Development  for  the 
Navy  Department  in  Washington,  my  re- 
tirement to  the  woods  is  heavenly.  Even 
when  Bob  was  sent  unexpectedly  to  Ja- 
pan for  several  months.  I  did  not  get 
too  lonesome.  Peggy  (Plummer)  Stamps 
'4  2  and  her  husband  come  out  about 
every  other  week  end." 

Mary  (Green)  Matthews  entertained  at 
open  house,  held  on  New  Year's  Eve.  in 
Thomasville.  at  the  home  of  her  sister. 
Susan  (Green)  Finch  18.  with  whom 
Mary  lives.  Mary  is  the  first  president  of 
the  Thomasville   Branch  of  the  AAUW. 

Pauline  (White)  Miller  has  been  liv- 
ing in  Altadena.  Calif.,  for  15  years. 
since  the  retirement  of  her  husband.  Col. 
H.  S.  Miller,  from  the  U.  S.  Army.  They 
have  a  son.  Howard  S.  Jr..  who  served 
with  the  Marine  Corps  in  China,  from 
December.  1945.  until  his  discharge  in 
October.  1946.  In  China  he  was  assigned 
to  Headquarters  Division.  2nd  Battalion. 
5th  Regiment  of  the  1st  Division.  Pei- 
ping.  where  he  served  for  eight  months 
as  .squad  leader  on  guard  dutv  at  the 
Kailand   coal   mines.     As  he   was   returning 


April,  1947 


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to  the  United  States  a  short  time  after- 
wards, the  Marine  convoy  was  attacked 
by  Chinese  Communists.  The  Millers 
have  been  very  active  in  the  community 
life  of  Altadena.  Colonel  Miller  was 
h;ad  of  the  Altadena  Area  War  Council 
during  the  war.  Pauline  has  done  an 
endless  amount  of  publicity  work  for  the 
P.-T.A.  She  was  organizing  chairman  of 
the  Altadena  Youth  Program,  Inc.,  and 
is  at  present  one  of  the  directors  of  the 
organization.  She  is  one  of  the  vice  chair- 
men of  the  staff  assistants  of  Pasadena 
Red  Cross  Chapter,  and  chairman  of  Alta- 
dena Red  Cross  staff  assistants.  She  headed 
the  Altadena  office  during  the  Red  Cross 
drive  last  spring.  Pauline  is  regent  of  the 
Pasadena  Chapter  of  the  DAR.  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  College  Woman's  Club,  is  a 
past  president  of  the  Woman's  Circle  and 
the  Burbank  P.-T.  A.  Now  and  then 
Mrs.  Miller  is  guest  editor  for  the  local 
paper,  the  ALTADENAN.  She  is  also 
a  director  of  the  Altadena  Welfare  Board. 
All  this  among  many  other  things.  "Casa 
del  'Vistas"  is  the  name  of  the  ranch  home 
of  the  Millers. 

1915 

Hallie  Beavers  visited  in  the  States  last 
summer.  She  has  been  teaching  for  a 
number  of  years  in  Cristobal.  Canal  Zone, 
but  was  transferred  last  fall  to  Balboa. 

Ethel  (Wells)  Moore's  daughter.  Car- 
olyn, is  a  sophomore  at  Woman's  Col- 
lege. "1  help  my  husband  in  his  office 
during  the  week;  then  my  maid  goes 
home  on  Saturday  at  noon  —  you  know 
what  that  means  for  the  week  end.  Nev- 
ertheless. I  am  serving  this  year  as  presi- 
dent of  the  Reidsville  High  School  Par- 
ent-Teacher Association,  and  naturally, 
right  at  this  time,  we  are  very  busy." 
Ethel  is  also  active  in  the  work  of  her 
church.  She  is  superintendent  of  the  In- 
termediate Training  Union,  and  has  re- 
cently accepted  the  chairmanship  of  a  new 
committee  —  the  Council  on  Religious 
Education.  This  committee  is  composed 
of  the  pastor,  director  of  religious  educa- 
f'on.  chairman  of  deacons,  superintendent 
of  the  Sunday  School,  director  of  the 
training  union,  president  of  the  Woman's 
Missionary  Society,  head  of  the  music  de- 
partment,   and    other   church   leaders. 

1917 

Juanita  (McDougald)  Melchoir  still 
lives  in  Syracuse,  N.  Y..  where  she  is  a 
leader  in  civic  and  social  work.  She  and 
her  husband  spent  last  Christmas  in  North 
Carolina. 

1918 

Gladys  (Murrill)  Werner  writes  from 
Malverne.  L.  I.  "You  should  see  my 
granddaughter!  She  is  a  10-months-old 
blonde,  and  is  tops  in  my  estimation.  Her 
father  is  a  doctor  in  the  Navy,  temporar- 
ily.     My   other   three  children   are   still   in 


Florine  (Rawlins)  Hassell  is  president 
of  the  North  Carolina  Federation  of  Music 
Clubs.  The  Biennial  Convention  of  the 
National  Federation  of  Music  Clubs  will 
meet  in  Detroit.  Mich..  April  20-27  — 
the  first  national  meeting  of  this  organi- 
zation since  the  beginning  of  the  war.     It 


will  attract  thousands  of  musicians,  and 
Florine  has  been  busily  engaged  in  round- 
ing up  a  large  delegation  from  North  Car- 
olina, 

1919 

Rebecca  (Cushing)  Robertson  lives  in 
Montreal,  Canada,  She  has  two  children 
—  a  daughter  Josephine  14  and  a  son 
Charles  11.  Recently  Rebecca,  with  her 
husband  and  children,  visited  for  several 
days  in  New  York  City,  Included  in 
their  tour  was  a  visit  to  Dr.  Gudger  at 
the  American  Museum  of  Natural  History. 
Rebecca  says  she  still  has  plenty  of  tar 
on  her  heels,  even  after  16  years  of  Ca- 
nadian snow. 

Eoline  ■  (Everett)  May  writes  from 
Union.  S.  C  "where  we  are  living  on 
our  farm.  Route  2.  Gordon,  my  husband, 
is  associate  professor  of  mathematics  at 
Wofford  College,  and  commutes  daily  to 
his  classes  there.  The  boys  —  Graham 
and  Gaylord  —  you  haven't  forgotten 
they  are  twins!'  —  are  13  years  old,  and 
are  in  the  9th  grade  in  high  school.  They 
commute  to  Union  by  bus.  I  plant  flow- 
ers here  at  'Maylawn,"  do  all  the  other 
things  that  a  homemaker  does,  and  some- 
times dream  of  taking  advantage  of  the 
peace  and  serenity  of  the  place  to  put  into 
words  the  book  that  has  so  long  been  in 
my  mind.  It  has  taken  a  little  time  to 
get  adjusted  to  living  here  in  the  country 
after  so  many  years  in  Danville.  Va.  One 
Sunday  last  fall  we  drove  to  Brevard  and 
had  a  delightful  visit  with  Marjorie  Craig 
'19,  who  is  teaching  English,  you  know, 
in  Brevard  College.  Mary  Johnson,  an- 
other classmate,  came  over  for  a  visit  with 
us  the  latter  part  of  last  summer.  And 
so  time  goes  on !" 

lone  (Mebane)  Mann  was  on  the 
campus  a  few  hours  early  in  December, 
having  come  to  Greensboro  to  attend  a 
meeting  in  connection  with  Girls'  State. 
She  has  been  the  moving  spirit  in  this  fine 
undertaking. 

Alma  (Rightsell)  Pinnix,  president  of 
Pinnix  Realty  Company,  is  making  her 
headquarters  in  Charlotte,  while  she  and 
her  brother,  associated  with  her  in  busi- 
ness, are  selling  the  mill  village  of  Cramer- 
ton.    This  sale  involves  some  600  houses. 

1920 

Carrie  (Tabor)  Stevens  has  the  dis- 
tinction of  being  a  grandmother  —  her 
first  experience!  A  son,  Troy  Marcus 
Long,  Jr,,  was  born  on  December  22, 
1946,  to  Carrie's  oldest  daughter.  Blanche, 
class  of  1944,  and  a  graduate  of  Queens 
College. 

1921 

Vera  (Ward)  Peacock  lives  in  Chapel 
Hill,  where  her  husband  is  a  member  of 
the  University  faculty.  Their  oldest  son, 
Erie  E.  Jr..  is  a  student  in  the  Medical 
School  of  the  University,  and  is  the  presi- 
dent of  the  Whitehead  Medical  Society. 
This  organization  is  composed  of  the 
students  in  the  University  Medical  School. 
As  in  the  case  of  election  to  Phi  Beta 
Kappa,  the  presidency  of  the  Whitehead 
Society  is  the  reward  for  excellence  in 
scholastic  work  —  the  student  who  makes 
the  highest  grades  in  the  first  year  medical 


course  automatically  becomes  president  of 
the  society  at  the  beginning  of  his  second 
year.  Erie,  only  20  years  old,  was  dis- 
charged from  the  Navy  in  the  summer  of 
1945;  was  a  student  in  the  University  of 
Pittsburgh  Medical  School  in  the  1945 
fall  quarter,  but  transferred  to  the  Uni- 
versity of  North  Carolina  Medical  School 
in  January,  1946,  But  to  collect  "firsts" 
is  the  rule  in  the  Peacock  family!  Ward, 
the  other  son,  won  first  honors  in  last 
year's  senior  class  at  the  Gordon  Military 
College  High  School,  Barnesville,  Ga..  and 
was  valedictorian  of  his  class  at  gradua- 
tion last  June.  Vera  and  Mr.  Peacock 
of  course  sat  proudly  in  the  audience  — 
and  maybe,  as  is  the  way  of  parents  some- 
times, they  said  the  speech  too  as  they 
sat.  Ward  is  a  freshman  at  Carolina,  in 
the  General  College.  But  who  would  ex- 
pect otherwise  from  sons  of  "Vera  Ward, 
still  remembered  with  affection  on  the 
Woman's  College  campus,  not  only  for 
her  blonde  charm,  but  for  her  fine  work 
as  general  secretary  of  the  YWCA. 

1923 

Ida  Parker  writes  that  she  and  her 
family  have  at  last  deserted  "the  old 
homestead"  in  Rocky  Mount  for  one  of 
these  little  comfortable,  convenient,  mod- 
ern numbers,  with  no  mantels,  no  pan- 
elling, no  high  ceilings,  and  no  drafts! 
"Drop  in  for  a  cup  of  tea  sometime." 

1924 

If  the  Alumnae  oflice  were  called  upon 
to  put  a  title  under  the  Christmas  picture 
of  James  Lloyd,  young  son  of  Mary 
(Brannock)  Blauch.  and  Dr.  Blauch  — 
both  former  members  of  Woman's  Col- 
lege faculty,  taken  at  the  age  of  8  months, 
it  would  be  something  like  this  —  "The 
Happy  Warrior,"  although  there  were  a 
few  votes  for  "The  Happy  Judge!"  So 
it  remains  for  James  Lloyd  himself  to 
decide  whether  he  is  going  to  be  a  general 
in  the  Army,  or  make  the  Supreme  Court! 
At  any  rate,  all  of  us  unite  in  saying  that 
just  to  look  at  the  handsome  little  fellow 
brightens  up  the  whole  day. 

Marita  (Frye)  Carrithers  is  living  in 
Hickory,  teaching  in  the  city  schools. 

Florence  (Winstead)  Lee  directs  the 
choir  of  the  First  Baptist  Church,  in 
Rocky   Mount,    her  home. 

1925 

Estelle  (Aycock)  Ballance  lives  in  Fre- 
mont. She  has  four  children,  the  young- 
est of  whom  entered  school  last  Septem- 
ber. 

Blanche  (DcUinger)  Hamrick  is  living 
now  in  New  Orleans.  Her  daughter,  very 
talented  in  music,  is  a  student  at  Sophie 
Newcombe. 

Mattie  Erma  (Edwards)  Parker  taught 
last  fall  in  the  Department  of  English. 
State  College.  Her  husband  is  a  member 
of  the  faculty  there,  in  the  Department 
of  Geology. 

Margaret  Hight  is  dean  of  women  at 
Centenary  Junior  College,  Hackettestown, 
N.  J.  She  is  much  interested  in  the  drive, 
which  that  college  is  now  engaged  in  di- 
recting, for  a  larger  endowment  and  more 
buildings. 


12 


•The  Alumnae  News 


Fannie  (Northrop)  KIcizien  now  calls 
Saginaw.  Mich.,  home,  having  recently 
moved  there.  She  lived  for  three  years 
previous    in    Milwaukee.    Wis. 

Eulinc  Smith  wrote  from  Hamlet  the 
last  of  January  that  she  was  at  that  time 
awaiting  passage  back  to  Korea  to  re- 
sume her  work  on  the  mission  field.  Her 
namesake.  Euline  Fisher,  is  a  freshman 
at  Woman's  College. 

Maxine  (Taylor)  Fountain's  husband. 
Dr.  A.  M.  Fountain,  is  now  a  full  pro- 
fessor in  the  Department  of  English. 
State  College.  "The  Fountain  News 
Syndicate."  released  on  December  25. 
1946.  with  Marcia  and  Mark  Fountain 
II.  children  of  the  Fountains,  as  "editors." 
reached  a  high  water  mark  of  reader  in- 
terest in  Christmas  cards  this  year.  The 
story  appears  under  a  Raleigh  date  line, 
and  lists  from  day  to  day.  month  to 
month,  important  events  in  the  Fountain 
household  during  the  year  preceding.  Be 
sure  that  parties,  "with  ice  cream,"  came 
in  pretty  frequently  as  "outstanding 
items!"  Included  with  the  newspaper  are 
two  illustrations,  showing  Marcia  and 
Mark  II  sitting  in  their  minature  office, 
at  their  minature  desks.  Mark  II  is  evi- 
dently a  devotee  to  the  hunt  and  strike 
method  in  typewriting,  with  one  baby 
(ingcr  poised  over  the  keyboard  for  the 
"strike."  The  Alumnae  Office  registers 
its  appreciation  to  the  Fountains,  both 
seniors  and  juniors,  for  this  Christmas 
pleasure. 

Dr.  Lorna  W.  Thigpon  has  a  new  job 
in  Birmingham.  Ala.  She  is  associated 
there  with  the  Jcfferson-Hillman  Hospital. 
"This  is  a  large  hospital,  and  the  Uni- 
versity Medical  Center  is  located  here.  All 
together,   it   is  an   interesting  place  to  be.  " 

1926 

Dr.  Vance  (Thompson)  Alexander  is 
now  in  Berlin.  Germany,  where  her  hus- 
band, a  lieutenant  colonel  in  the  Medical 
Corps,  has  been  stationed  for  some  time. 
"We  reached  Berlin  last  September,  after 
a  30-day  trip  from  Colorado  Springs,  and 
are  already  getting  in  some  travel  to  Paris, 
the  French  Riviera.  Switzerland,  and  Hol- 
land. I  hope  to  get  to  England.  Travel 
is  difficult  here  too.  and  one  must  go 
ccjuipped  with  soap,  towels,  toilet  paper. 
blankets,  as  well   as  extra   food." 


1927 

Dr.  Eleanor  B.uton  spent  the  Christmas 
holidays  with  her  mother  in  Creensboro, 
She  has  recently  been  promoted  from  in- 
structor to  assistant  professor  of  zoology 
at  New  Jersey  College  for  Women. 

Minnie  B.  (Jones)  Ussery  lives  in 
Blacksburg.  Va..  where  her  husband  is  an 
associate  professor  of  physics  at  VPl.  "We 
have  been  in  Blacksburg  since  lO'^'i.  We 
have  three  daughters —  15.  5.  and  1. 
Four  years  ago  we  bought  our  home,  and 
you  can  imagine  how  thankful  we  are 
that  we  did  this,  now  that  housing  con- 
ditions are  so  difficult.  I  often  see  Jose- 
phine (Dudley)  Obenshain.  class  of  '17. 
She  is  the  proud  mother  of  three  boys, 
and  has  a  beautiful  new  home  on  a  large 
farm.  I  also  see  Rachel  (Moser)  Cobb 
"SI.  Her  husband  is  the  paMor  of  the 
I  utheran  church  here." 


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Mebane  Holoman  Burgwyn  '3  5 

Ric^c  Treasure.  By  M:bane  Holoman 
Burgwyn  '35.  New  York:  Oxford  Uni- 
versity  Press.    $2.50. 

River  Treasure  is  a  tender  story 
woven  from  tales  about  the  Occo- 
neeche  Neck  section  of  the  Roanoke 
River  in  eastern  North  Carohna,  and 
the  people  who  live  there.  The  setting 
is  country  which  the  author  knows 
like  a  book,  since  she  has  lived  in  east- 
ern North  Carolina  all  her  life.  Mrs. 
Burgwyn  says  she  wrote  R/ier  Treas- 
ure as  a  means  of  entertaining  her  four 
children;  and  incidentally,  one  might 
well  believe,  also  as  a  way  of  setting 
before  them  fine  principles  in  human 
relationships.  The  book  exhibits  all 
rhe  elements  which  children  —  adults 
too — like  in  a  story  —  continuity, 
suspense,  adventure,  the  triumph  of 
courage  and  justice.  The  central  fig- 
ure, Guy,  is  a  lovable  little  Negro 
boy,  who  is  sure  to  appeal  to  children 
everywhere.  The  author  has  done  an 
excellent  job  in  making  the  tales  of  a 
countryside  into  a  living  and  moxing 
story. 

The  noted  illustrator.  Ralph  Ray, 
native  of  Gastonia,  added  the  art  work 
which  makes  the  volume  complete. 

Mrs.  Burgwyn  is  the  daughter  of 
Vaughn  White  Holoman  "07,  a  for- 
mer president  of  the  Woman's  College 
Alumnae  Association.  She  is  the  daugh- 
ter-in-law of  Judge  W.  H.  S.  Bur- 
gwyn, of  the  North  Carolina  Superior 
Court. 

By  Rebecca    leftfess  '3  6 


1928 

Margaret  (Beam)  Van  Dusen  is  teach- 
ing at  Cecil's  Business  College.  Asheville. 
Her  son,  Donald,  is  a  student  at  the 
Loomis    School,    Windsor.    Conn. 

Hulda  (Brinkley)  Turner  is  a  member 
of  the  faculty  of  State  College,  Depart- 
ment of  English,  Her  husband  is  an  en- 
gineer with    the  State  of  North  Carolina. 

Sarah  (Foust)  Burton,  and  her  small 
step-son,  James,  came  to  Greensboro  last 
December  to  spend  the  holidays  with  her 
parents.  Sarah's  husband  is  a  member 
of  the  faculty  of  Notre  Dam::  University. 
They  make  their  residence  at  Mishawaka. 
Ind..   not  far  from  the  University. 

Mary  Lou  (Fuller)  Abbott  lives  at 
Lansdowne.  Pa.,  where  her  husband  is 
principal  of  the  high  school.  Mr.  Abbott 
is  now  Dr.  Abbott,  having  recently  re- 
ceived his  Ph.D.  degree  from  the  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania,  The  Abbotts 
have  two  beautiful  daughters,  10  and  12. 
The  family  visited  in  North  Carolina 
during  the  holidays,  and  stopped  in  Win- 
ston-S.ilem  for  a  short  visit  with  N'irginia 
(Battel    Johnson    '28. 

Molly  (Hall)  Clarke  is  living  in  Albu- 
querque, New  Mexico,  where  her  husband 
is  rector  in  an  Episcopal  Church.  They 
are  happily  settled  in  a  new  manse,  and 
are  enjoying  the  work.  The  Clarkes  have 
two   children.   Stephen   and  Kate. 

Caroline  (Harris)  Henry  is  living  in 
Tcxarkana.  Ark,  Her  husband.  Hugh. 
was  with  the  Red  Cross  during  the  war. 
serving  in  the  South  Pacific.  After  re- 
turning to  the  United  States,  they  spent 
some  time  travelling  about  the  countrv, 
making  plans  for  the  future.  To  help  the 
teacher  shortage.  Caroline  is  teaching  two 
math  classes  two  days  a  week  at  the 
Junior  College  in  Tcxarkana.  Hugh  is 
director  of  recreation   for  the  city. 

Mae  (Stoudemire)  Armstrong  lives  in 
Chapel  Hill,  where  her  husband  is  director 
of  admissions  at  the  University. 

Margaret  (Walters)  Bell  is  back  in 
Babylon,  Long  Island.  Her  husband. 
Larry,  was  overseas  for  several  years  dur- 
ing the  war. 

1929 

Born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs,  J.  Beachman 
Wray  (Margaret  McNairv).  a  son.  J. 
Beachman  Jr.".  November  14.  1146.  Wes- 
ley  Long   Hospital.   Greensboro. 

Katie  ( Gravely  1  Ramm  lives  in  Win- 
ston-Salem, where  her  husband,  a  lawyer, 
is  legal  counselor  for  R.  J.  Reynolds  To- 
bacco  Company. 

Dora  Ruth  Parks  is  executive  secretary 
for  the  West  \'irginia  Library  Commis- 
sion.   Morgantown, 

Mary  (Randolph!  Edgar  lives  in  At- 
lanta, Ga..  where  her  husband  is  an  air 
conditioning  engineer  with  Carrier  Cor- 
poration.    The  Edgars  have  three  children 

—  two    sons    5'..     and     3  '  _.     respectively 
and  a  daughter   1  '  _,. 

1930 

.Mildred  (Brown)  Albright  lives  in 
Memphis.    Tenn.      She    has    two    children 

—  daughter    Anne     6   '  _•     and    son     Billv 
3  'i, 

Elizabeth  (Clapp)  Collins  lives  in 
White    Plains,    N,    '^'.      Her   husband    is   a 


April,  1947 


physician.     They  have  one  daughter,  E>or- 
othy  Elizabeth,   born  November  3,    1946. 

Helen  (Felder)  Ortiz  writes  from  Chi- 
cago, where  she  is  living  now.  "You 
would  have  loved  my  2-year-old  Mickey 
at  her  first  Santa  Claus  conscious  Christ- 
mas. I  am  getting  back  my  own  Santa 
thrill    from   her." 

Charlesanna  Fox  has  been  in  Hono- 
lulu for  some  time,  serving  with  the  Navy, 
as  district  librarian  of  the  14th  Naval 
District.  "We  have  been  working  very 
hard  here,  especially  because  of  the  drastic 
cut  in  our  personnel  and  because  of  the 
back  log  of  work  resulting  from  the  end 
of  the  war  —  the  reorganization  of  all 
our  service  for  peace  time.  It  seems  to  me 
like  1942  in  reverse!  I  am  scheduled 
to  return  home  next  June,  since  my  con- 
tract with  the  Navy  will  end  then.  The 
14th  Naval  District,  with  which  1  am 
connected,  includes  the  Hawaiian  Islands, 
and  the  islands  as  far  away  as  Johnston 
and  Midway,  It  has  been  an  interesting 
experience  for  me  here,  and  I  shall  miss 
many  things  about  Hawaii  —  its  fruits 
and  flowers  and  beautiful  scenery.  But  it 
is  going  to  seem  mighty  good  to  be  back 
home  again." 

Pattie  Lyn  (Moore)  Newman  has  a 
small  daughter,  Kay.  They  live  in  West 
Palm  Beach,  Fla. 

After  Mat-Moore  (Taylor)  Merlin's 
marriage  in  January.  1946,  to  Ronald  G. 
G.  Stanton  —  an  Englishman  by  the  way., 
she  and  her  husband  remained  in  this 
country  for  a  few  weeks  and  then  returned 
to  England,  where  Mr.  Stanton  was  dis- 
charged from  His  Majesty's  Navy  in  April 
following.  In  May,  he  went  to  Hong 
Kong  to  take  up  his  work  with  the  Indo- 
China  Steam  Navigation  Company.  Be- 
cause of  priorities  in  travel  and  other  con- 
siderations. Mat-Moore  was  unable  to  go 
with  him.  She  did  make  the  trip  in 
July,  via  India,  landing  in  Bombay  and 
crossing  India  by  land  in  order  to  meet 
her  husband's  ship  at  Calcutta.  Unfortu- 
nately, she  landed  there  in  the  middle  of 
the  August.  1946.  riots,  and  had  quite 
an  exciting  and  dangerous  trip  across  the 
country.  Finally,  after  being  befriended 
by  two  British  colonels,  who  saw  to  it 
that  she  received  the  reservations  made 
from  England  by  her  husbands  company, 
and  after  being  whisked  through  the  be- 
sieged streets  of  Calcutta  in  the  truck  of 
a  fellow  traveler's  husband,  to  a  barri- 
caded hotel,  her  husband  was  able  to  get 
her  out  into  the  harbor  to  his  ship.  The 
ship  had  to  lie  over  there  for  several 
days  because  of  the  riots.  Mat-Moore 
and  Ronald  landed  in  Hong  Kong  on  Oc- 
tober 7,  1946.  They  are  living  at  13 
Cameron  Road.  Komloon.  Hong  Kong. 
China,  where  Mat  says  she  is  learning  to 
bargain   in   good  Japanese  style. 

1931 

Lucile  (Knight)  Coleman  has  a  little 
son,  Larry  3^.  He  and  Esther  (Shreve) 
Ruffin's  Johnny,  about  the  same  age, 
often  play  together  —  their  parents  live 
quite  near  each  other. 

Jane  (Johnson)  Knowles  lives  in 
Pittsburg,   Pa.,   where  she  is  homemaking. 

Lola  (Payne)  Blanks  lives  in  Balti- 
more. Md.  "I  am  enjoying  keeping  house 
here,  after  four  years  of  war  work.     I  am 


also  enjoying  a  course  in  industrial  rela- 
tions at  Johns  Hopkins  University." 

Esther  (Shreve)  Ruffin  has  two  chil- 
dren—  Patricia,  now  in  junior  high 
school,  and  Johnny  i  yi  ■  Johnny  can 
claim  that  measles  are  now  a  thing  of  the 
past,  "The  little  fellow  is  really  our 
sunshine,  and  we  will  hate  so  to  see  him 
uncomfortable.  Patricia,  in  high  school, 
loves  Latin  and  cooking  —  can  you  be- 
lieve itl  Sometimes  I  have  wished  that 
I  had  taken  home  economics  instead  of 
some  of  the  many  courses  —  interesting 
as  they  were  —  which  I  had  in  chemistry 
and  biology.  I  keep  busy  all  the  time 
with  'homework'  and  a  variety  of  outside 
interests.  No  big  accomplishments  —  just 
happy  days."  (But  perhaps  such  is  the 
greatest  accomplishment  of  all ! ) 

Jane  (Wharton)  Thayer  spent  two 
weeks  with  her  parents  in  Greensboro, 
during  the  holidays.  She  carried  back  to 
New  York  with  her  her  small  daughter 
Ann.  who  had  been  with  Jane's  parents 
for  a  month. 

1932 

Marian  (Anderson)  Owen  writes  from 
Ann  Arbor.  Mich.,  where  she  is  teaching 
in  the  School  of  Music.  "I  finished  my 
graduate  work  here  at  the  University  last 
year,  and  then  the  University  asked  me  to 
join  the  faculty  of  the  School  of  Music. 
I  am  very  busy  teaching  and  giving  recitals 
throughout  the  state,  and  all  in  all  en- 
joying  my    work   very    much." 

Gwendolyn  (Britt)  Clifton's  husband 
was  a  member  of  the  1947  Legislature, 
representing  Sampson  County  in  the 
Hous2.  Gwendolyn  spent  the  Legislative 
season  with  him  at  the  Sir  Walter  Hotel. 
"The  present  student  body  and  the  alum- 
nae may  know  that  I  am  acting  as  No.  I 
lobbyist  to  make  this  the  'Woman's  Col- 
lege Year.'  Deems  and  I  are  having  many 
new  and  interesting  experiences.  If  there 
is  any  way  that  I  may  serve  the  alumnae. 
I   shall   be   happy   to   do  so." 

Lucille  (Sharpe)  Long  is  homemaking 
in  Birmingham.  Ala.  She  has  two  daugh- 
ters—  Sandra    10  and  Mary  Lee  7. 

1933 

Jerrie  (Arthur)  Baker  is  homemaking 
in  Potsdam.   N.   Y. 

Margaret  Creech  is  working  in  the  ac- 
counting department  of  the  A  8  P  Tea 
Company,    Charlotte. 

Elizabeth  (Cromartie)  Carter  is  living 
in  Augusta,  Ga,  She  has  two  daughters 
—  Betty   and  Nancy. 

Arline  (Fonville)  Irvine  is  living  in 
Nashville.  Tenn,.  where  she  and  her  hus- 
band own  their  home.  During  the  war 
both  Arline  and  Mr.  Irvine  worked  at 
the  famous  atomic  bomb  plant.  Oak 
Ridge,  Tenn.  —  Walter  as  a  draftsman. 
Arline  in   the   office. 

Nina  (Hall)  McDonald  is  living  in 
Tryon.  where  her  husband  is  superintend- 
ent of  Southern  Mercerizing  Company. 
Nina  says  she  stopped  teaching  when  they 
moved  to  Tryon.  "We  have  one  little 
boy.  David  Hall  2  J6 .  Woman's  College 
is  still  dear  to  me,  and  I  think  of  the 
place  often."  Nina's  husband  served  his 
third  term  in  the  State  Legislature  this 
year,    representing   Polk   County. 

Blanche     (Mooring)     McKee    has    one 


child  —  Agnes  5  14.  The  McKees  live  in 
Charlotte. 

Ruth  (Owens)  Kruse  is  executive  di- 
rector of  the  "Traveler's  Aid  Society, 
Miami,  Fla.  Her  husband  is  a  major  in 
the  U.S.   Army. 

Julia  (Watson)  Maulden  is  jhe 
"Woman  of  the  Year"  —  1946 — ^in 
Kannapolis,  where  she  lives.  The  Daily 
Independent,  local  newspaper,  sponsors  an 
election  every  year  to  determine  the  man 
and  the  woman  whose  service  to  the 
city  is  considered  to  have  been  most  out- 
standing during  the  year.  Rev.  David 
F.  Cooper  was  elected  "Man  of  the  Year." 
The  two  were  honored  at  a  banquet  held 
in  the  Cannon  Memorial  YMCA,  with 
representatives  of  all  local  civic  organiza- 
tions, and  a  number  of  other  persons,  as 
especially  invited  guests.  On  this  occa- 
sion the  man  and  the  woman  of  the  year 
received  special  certificates,  and  they  will 
also  be  given  the  traditional  silver  plaques 
as  soon  as  they  are  again  available.  The 
plaques  are  awarded  as  tangible  evidence 
of  the  place  which  the  winners  have 
achieved  through  service  to  their  com- 
munity. 

1934 

Born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Howard  Dorsett 
(Louise  Nash),  a  daughter,  Marion, 
August  30,  1946.  The  Dorsetts  now  live 
in  Charlotte. 

Sara  (Fisher)  Beatty  lives  in  Char- 
lotte. She  has  two  children  —  a  son  5 
and  a   daughter   2. 

Martha  (Hudson)  Springs  also  makes 
her  home  in  Charlotte,  where  she  is  busily 
engaged  in  all  the  things  which  go  with 
housekeeping.  "We  have  two  sons  8  and 
10  and   two  daughters  7   and   2." 

Mary  Lib  (McDonald)  Croft  is  re- 
joicing in  the  establishment  of  her  own 
home  in  Durham.  Her  husband  returned 
from  Europe  some  months  ago. 

Claudia  (Moore)  Read,  still  at  Mary 
Washington  College,  Fredericksburg,  "Va., 
writes  that  she  and  Lib  (Mitchell)  Wood- 
ward '34,  who  also  lives  in  Fredericks- 
burg, see  each  other  all  along. 

Margaret  (Pleasants)  Little  has  two 
small  sons  —  Charles  III  4  ]/,  and  John 
Anderson  2.  Her  husband  teaches  math 
at  State  College,  Raleigh, 

Catherine  (Taylor)  Hodges  is  living 
in  Sao  Paulo,  Brazil,  where  her  husband 
is  representing  the  International  Harvester 
Export  Company.  They  were  sent  to 
Brazil  in  April,  1946,  after  their  return 
to  this  country  from  internment  in  the 
Philippines.  In  July  following,  a  daugh- 
ter, Candace,  was  born  in  the  British 
Hospital  in  Sao  Paulo.  Catherine  says 
the  baby  is  already  the  queen  of  the  house- 
hold, to  whom  they  all  pay  willing  hom- 
age. "In  short,  she  is  a  most  satisfactory 
young   lady." 

1935 

Born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  D.  Sherman 
(Suzanne  Ketchum) ,  a  second  daughter. 
Laura  Lyell,  October  13,  1946,  Williams- 
burg, Va.  Her  husband  is  a  member  of 
.  the  faculty  of  the  College  of  William  and 
Mary,  in  the  Department  of  Fine  Arts. 

Mary  (Benson)  Hassell  lives  in  Eden- 
ton,  where  she  is  filling  the  role  of  home- 
maker.  She  has  two  little  girls,  5  and 
1  ^<- 


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Cornelia  (Calvert)  Graham  lives  at 
Linwood.  "I  taught  in  high  school  for 
three  years  after  my  graduation,  then  mar- 
ried a  farmer,  and  now  have  two  boys  — 
one  7.  the  other  2." 

Joe  (Kiker)  Avett  lives  at  Norwood. 
where  she  is  homemaking.  That  job  in- 
cludes keeping  up  with  two  fine  daugh- 
ters—  one  6.  the  other  3;2.  "We  have 
recently  moved  into  our  own  new  home; 
and  after  the  moving  around  from  place 
to  place  which  was  a  part  of  the  war 
effort,  it  is  a  grand  and  glorious  experi- 
ence." 

Lena  (Madry )  Bazemorc  and  her  fam- 
ily have  recently  moved  to  Rocky  Mount. 
where  her  husband  is  associational  mis- 
sionary for  the  Roanoke  Association  of 
the  Baptist  Church.  There  arc  78  churches 
in  this  field.  Mr.  Bazcmore  was  formerly 
pastor  of  Corinth  Baptist  Church.  Eliza- 
beth City.  The  Bazemores  have  4-year- 
old  twins,  a  son  and  a  daughter  —  Billy 
and  Bernic.  "The  twins  gave  their  first 
public  performance'  today  at  our  divis- 
ional group  meeting  —  they  repeated  from 
memory  the  Lord's  Prayer.  1  had  hoped 
to  get  back  to  the  College  before  now  for 
a  visit  —  at  least  that  is  something  to 
look   forward   to.     I  still   love   the   place.  " 


1936 


li- 


Mary    Elizabeth    Bitting    is    doing 
brary  work  at  Duke  University. 

Amelia  (Block)  Myers  lives  in  Savan- 
nah. Ga.  She  and  her  small  son.  Stephen 
Jr..  visited  Amelia's  parents  in  Greens- 
boro for  two  or  three  weeks  last  Decem- 
ber. 

Dorothy  (Boyles)  Thomas  lives  in 
Winston -Salem,     where     she     is     occupied 


with  the  duties  of  wife  and  mother.  Be- 
fore her  marriage  she  taught  English  and 
French  in  high  school,  and  is  planning  to 
return    to    the    profession    next    year. 

Mildred  Bullock  teaches  an  eighth 
grade  in  the  Oxford  schools. 

Edna  (Cameron)  Lorenz  is  teaching 
English  and  history  in  the  Tonawanda, 
N.  Y.  High  School.  She  is  also  keeping 
house. 

Evelyn  (Cavilcer)  Bash  writes  from 
Atlanta.  Ga..  enclosing  a  picture  of  small 
daughter  Elaine,  "now  a  big  girl  a  year 
old."  Elaine  is  quite  adept.  Evelyn  says, 
at  saying  certain  words  —  however  some 
of  them  only  her  fond  parents  c.in  under- 
stand ! 

Edythe  (Latham)  Bloch.  living  in  New 
^'ork  City,  spent  the  Christmas  holidays 
in  Greensboro  with  her  parents.  While 
here  she  was  godmother  at  the  baptism 
of  her  small  niece.  Leslie  Edythe  Latham, 
at   Holy  Trinity  Episcopal   Church. 

Christiana  McFadyen  is  studying  this 
year  at  the  University  of  Chicago. 

Adelaide  (Porter)  McDonald  lives  in 
Bolton.  Ga..  near  Atlanta.  She  has  one 
child.  Allen  Jr.  Her  husband  is  a  stu- 
dent  in   Atlanta. 

Sue  ( Sewell )  Nelson  lives  in  Norfolk. 
Va..  where  she  is  teaching  a  sixth  grade 
in   the  public  school  system. 

Mary  Frances  (Young)  Plummer  lives 
in  Mobile.  Ala.,  where  her  husband  has 
a  bookstore.  They  have  a  small  daughter, 
Mary   Cameron. 

1937 

Rebecca  (Bohannon)  McKinney  teaches 
English,  sociology,  and  also  has  charge 
of   the   library   in   the   South   Boston.   \'a.. 


high  school.     In  addition  she  keeps  house. 

Hermine  Caraway  teaches  English  and 
history  in  the  Wadesboro  High  School. 

Hilda  (Dowdy)  Chapman  has  a 
daughter.  Jeanette  Sue,  born  S:ptember 
9,  1946.  "Her  3-year-old  brother  can 
hardly  wait  for  her  to  grow  large  enough 
to  play  with  him.  We  are  happy  to  have 
this  little  girl  —  you  may  remember  wc 
lost  our  first  child,  a  daughter,  in  1942. 
Sincerest  regards  to  all  my  friends  at 
Woman's   College.  " 

Eloise  (Efland)  Watson  lives  now  in 
Keene.  New  Hampshire.  She  says  that 
her  husband  has  been  discharged  from 
the  Service  and  is  practicing  law  with  his 
father.     The  W^atsons  have  a  daughter  2. 

Mary  Felmet  teaches  English,  history, 
and  economics  in  the  Forest  City  High 
School. 

Elizabeth  Grimsley  is  teaching  English 
and  history  in  Polkton  High  School.  She 
also  coaches  the  girls'   basketball   team. 

Mary  Lucille  Hankins  is  a  general  field 
representative  of  the  American  Red  Cross, 
with  headquarters  in  Augusta.  Ga. 

Thelma  Killian  is  doing  secretarial  work 
with  the  firm  of  Hayes  8  Hopson.  Ashe- 
ville.     She  is  living  at  home. 

Gladys  (Lowery)  Burns  is  teaching 
English  and  French  in  the  Wingate  High 
School. 

Mildred  (Underwood)  Blossom  lives 
in  Charleston,  S.  C  where  she  is  "mother 
and  housewife." 

Kate  Urquhart  is  now  in  New  York 
City,  associate  editor  of  Travel  and  Cam- 
era Magazine. 

1938 

Born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  \'.  Berry 
(Jesse    Douglas),     a     daughter.     Margaret 


^\  (il/nipsc  of  the  Lake — Wonuiii's  Collff^r  CuiiipHS 


April,  1947 


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Elizabeth.    October    16,     1046.    St.    Leo's 
Hospital.    Greensboro. 

Annie  Crosland  is  teaching  latin  and 
English  in  the  Rockingham  High  School. 
She  goes  home  on  week  ends  to  Bennetts- 
ville.   S.   C   to  be  with  her  mother. 

Sclma  (Hart)  Lawrence  teaches  a  sixth 
grade  in  the  Norfolk.  Va..  city  schools, 
and  in  addition  keeps  house. 

Harriet  (Heath)  Treverton  wrote  last 
fall  that  she  and  her  husband  were  on  their 
way  to  Wrangell.  to  .raise  minks.  "We 
will  drive  to  the  West  Coast,  and  then 
take  a  boat,  with  our  trailer.  We  expect 
to  go  first  to  the  University  of  Alaska, 
to  study  and  observe,  before  going  into 
our  own  business."  Harriet  was  married 
in  May.  1945.  For  several  years  previous, 
she  had  had  an  interesting  as  well  as  color- 
ful career.  For  some  time  after  her  gradu- 
ation, she  was  an  X-ray  technician  at  Ft. 
Bragg.  Leaving  there,  she  went  to  Gorgas 
Hospital,  in  the  Canal  Zone,  where  she 
remained  until  February,  1944,  The  fol- 
lowing month  she  enlisted  in  the  Service, 
and  enrolled  in  the  Physical  Therapy 
School  at  Walter  Reed  Hospital.  "This 
was  the  hardest  work  I  ever  did  in  all 
my  life,  but  it  was  also  the  most  satisfy- 
ing." After  receiving  her  commission  as  a 
lieutenant,  Harriet  was  assigned  to  Law- 
son  General  Hospital.  "There  I  taught 
amputees  how  to  walk,  dance,  and  so  on. 
In  May.  1945,  I  was  transferred  to  Mc- 
Guire  Hospital.  Richmond,  Va.,  to  work 
with  patients  who  had  received  spinal  in- 
juries, or  who  were  victims  of  infantile 
paralysis.  I  was  also  married  that  month. 
I  stayed  here  until  the  following  Novem- 
ber, when  I  left  for  Camp  Campbell,  Ky., 
where  my  husband  was  stationed.  We  are 
looking  forward  very  much  to  a  new 
venture  in  a  new  land  —  certainly  help- 
ing to  raise  minks  is  a  far  cry  from  the 
work   I    have   been   doing!" 

Clarice  (Jones)  Foster  is  homemaking 
in  Georgetown.  S.  C.  She  has  two  chil- 
dren. 

Dorothy  (Morrell)  Lonon  is  home- 
making  in  Marion. 

Mary  (Shaw)  Harper  is  living  in 
Joncsboro.  Her  husband  is  assistant  cash- 
ier of  the  Jonesboro  Branch  of  the  Bank 
of  Broadway.  The  Harpers  were  mar- 
ried while  Mary  was  overseas  with  the 
American  Red  Cross  and  Mr.  Harper  was 
in  the  Service.  They  have  a  daughter  a 
year  old. 

Ruth  (Westcott)  Kibler  lives  in 
Rochester.  N.  Y.  She  has  three  children 
—  William  5,  Mary  lYz.  Barbara  a  little 
over  1. 

1939 

Born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Forrest  W.  Rey- 
nolds (Jeanne  Carey),  a  son,  Douglas 
Gardner,    June    24.    1946. 

Born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  Coffin 
Ragsdale  (Margaret  Hill),  a  son.  Thomas 
Coffin  Jr.,  December  14.  1946.  Greens- 
boro. 

Born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  S.  Camp- 
bell (Eleanor  Kerchncr) ,  a  second  daugh- 
ter. Patricia  Anne.  October  1,  1946.  St. 
Leo's  Hospital,  Greensboro.  Big  sister 
Peggy  6  is  in  school  this  year.  Mr.  Camp- 
bell is  now  associated  with  Westbrook  In- 
surance Agency.  Charlotte.  At  home 
there. 


Born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Roy  Dwight 
Apple  (Evelyn  Shepherd),  a  son,  Nov- 
ember 2V  1946,  Wesley  Long  Hospital, 
Greensboro. 

Born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  B.  Nisbet 
(Mary  Jane  Mims),  a  son.  David  Mims. 
October  5,  1946,  Wesley  Long  Hospital, 
Greensboro. 

Born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  B. 
Creede  (Gertrude  Rainey)  ,  a  son,  Nov- 
ember 6,    1946,   Brooklyn.   N.  Y. 

Born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  B. 
Adams  (Annie  Laurie  Tuberville)  ,  a 
daughter,  Susan  Carter.  November  2. 
1946.  Wesley  Long  Hospital.  Greensboro. 
Born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  W.  L.  New- 
land  (Betsy  Wharton),  a  second  child,  a 
son.  Charles  Weare  Little,  II.  Albany. 
N.  Y.  "Our  oldest  son,  David  Hale,  was 
3    in   January." 

Imo  Jean  (Anthony)  Middlcton 
teaches  math  and  health  in  the  eighth 
grade.   Sherwood. 

Doris  (Bowman)  Fisher  has  a  daugh- 
ter about  a  year  old.  Doris  taught  the 
general  sciences  in  the  Concord  High 
School  until  the  early  spring  of  1946. 
The  Fishers  live   in  Concord. 

Elizabeth  (Brookshire)  Raper  is  doing 
library  work  in  Chapel  Hill. 

Helen  (Bumgarner)  Bell  lives  in 
Wilkesboro.  where  she  is  a  teller  in  the 
bank.  Since  her  graduation,  she  worked 
for  three  years  with  the  FBI.  Her  hus- 
band is  auditor  for  a  chain  of  banks  in 
western  North  Carolina.  The  Bells  have 
one   daughter   nearly    3. 

Geraldinc  Cox  is  working  in  the  li- 
brary of  the  University  of  Utah. 

Rachel  (Draughon)  Shores  is  home- 
making  in  Rockingham. 

Bettie  (Harward)  McGlauflin  writes 
from  Tokyo.  Japan.  "Son  Mike  and  I 
are  finally  and  firmly  here  in  Tokyo  with 
my  husband.  He  was  discharged  from 
the  Service  last  June,  and  is  now  a  budget 
an'alyst  with  THQ  of  Supreme  Command. 
Allied  Powers.  And  I?  —  well.  I  am  in 
school  again,  going  to  the  AEP  School 
here  and  learning  Japanese,  so  that  I  can 
talk  to  my  servant  who  speaks  no  Eng- 
lish. I  love  it  here,  and  shall  regret  to 
leave.  Some  day  I  will  write  you  about 
my  harrowing  trip  over  and  my  impres- 
sions of  Japan.  I  have  heard  about  sev- 
eral people  here  who  have  some  connection 
with  Woman's  College.  There  are  many 
Americans  in  Tokyo,  so  that  contrary  to 
common  acceptance,  one  just  doesn't  know 
them  all.  My  son  is  a  little  bewildered 
by  everything:  still  he  is  quite  adaptable 
for  a  conservative  3-year-old!"  Bettie's 
husband  was  a  captain  in  the  Army  at 
the  time  of  his  separation. 

Sarah  Wilson  Jones  received  her  M.A. 
degree  in  Business  Education  last  June, 
from   Woman's  College. 

Dorothy  (Kolman)  Wildman  writes 
from  Pittsficld.  Mass.,  with  enthusiasm 
for  the  new  apartment  into  which  her 
small  family  has  recently  moved.  "We 
hope  we  can  settle  here  for  a  long  time. 
My  husband  was  released  from  active 
duty  in  the  Service  in  May.  1946.  He 
was  a  major  in  the  Medical  Corps.  Soon 
after  his  separation,  he  resumed  his  prac- 
tice here.  I  was  very  proud  last  October 
when  the  Association  of  Military  Sur- 
geons presented  him  with  the  Welcome 
Award  —  highest  honor  that  organiza- 
tion   can    bestow  —  for    his    research    in 


malaria.  He  received  a  gold  medal  and  a 
cash  prize  of  $5  00  for  his  report  en- 
titled, 'Active  Immunization  Against  Ma- 
laria.' "  This  report  was  published  in  the 
January  number  of  The  Military  Surgeon. 
I  went  with  him  to  the  convention  of  the 
association  held  in  Detroit  —  it  was  a 
thrilling  trip.  Our  little  son  is  a  year  old 
now.  and  is  as  active  and  full  of  mischief 
as  all  little  boys  of  that  age.  He  keeps  his 
mama  very  busy,  but  he  is  worth  it  all, 
and  a  lot  of  fun.  As  you  know,  my  sister 
Helen  is  a  member  of  the  graduating  class 
this  year,  and  we  hope  to  be  back  on  the 
campus  next  June  to  see  her  graduate." 
Doris  Leach  is  teaching  English  and 
dramatics  in  Salem  Academy.  She  had 
previously  taught  for  two  years  at  Ward- 
Belmont. 

Claudeline  Lewis  writes  interestingly 
from  Cleveland.  Ohio,  where  she  is  an  in- 
structor this  year  in  child  welfare  in  the 
Graduate  School  of  Social  Work.  Western 
Reserve  University.  Claudeline  received 
her  master's  degree  from  Western  Reserve 
in  1941.  "1  think  I  wrote  you  that  dur- 
ing the  past  two  years  I  set  up  a  social 
service  department  in  Jones  Home  —  a 
home  here  in  Cleveland  for  dependent  and 
neglected  children.  I  came  to  this  new 
position  at  Western  Reserve  last  October. 
I  am  supposed  to  be  doing  full-time  work 
here,  but  I  am  still  pinch-hitting  at  my 
old  job  at  Jones  Home,  and  shall  be.  I 
suppose,  until  they  find  another  casework 
supervisor  to  take  my  place,  I  never 
thought  that  I  should  end  up  as  a  teacher; 
but  I  assure  you  my  new  work  is  fasci- 
nating—  quite  a  challenge  too.  And  just 
think! — Dorothy  Coley  '40  is  here  at 
Reserve,  a  graduate  student  in  social  work, 
on  a  Red  Cross  scholarship,  and  she  has 
signed  up  for  one  of  my  classes!  And 
then  another  'nicest  thing'  happened  to 
me  not  long  ago  —  I  went  to  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  American  School  of  Social 
work  in  Chicago,  and  whom  should  I 
see  but  Miss  Mereb  Mossman.  here  for 
several  months  to  do  a  survey  on  pre- 
professional  education  for  social  work. 
We  talked  practically  all  of  two  nights  — 
much  of  the  time  about  Woman's  Col- 
lege, so  that  now  I  feel  very  well  caught 
up  on  the  news.  But  the  ALUMNAE 
News  is  my  stand-by." 

Arlene  Litchfield  is  research  chemist  for 
Charles  Pfizer  Chemical  Laboratories, 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Josephine  (Lowrance)  Kummer  writes 
from  her  new  home  in  Elmwood  Park. 
111.  "After  my  husband  was  released 
from  the  Service,  he  returned  to  his  work 
as  an  air  conditioning  engineer  with  Car- 
rier Corporation  in  Chicago.  We  bought 
the  home  here  in  Elmwood  Park,  and 
have  done  a  great  deal  of  work,  adding 
some  of  the  things  that  were  omitted  in 
war  time  construction  —  have  done  a 
good  deal  of  redecorating  also." 

June  (Maupin)  Dixon  lives  in  Dan- 
ville, "Va.  She  writes  down  her  occupa- 
tion  as   "housewife." 

Marjorie  (Moseley)  Waters  teaches 
English  and  French  at  La  Crosse,  "Va. 

Louise  (Northcott)  Dennis  lives  in 
Asheville.  where  she  is  homemaking.  She 
has  one   daughter.   Jane   2. 

Margaret  (Poynor)  Kompier  lives  in 
Florence.  S.  C.  Her  husband  is  an  ac- 
countant with  Carbide  Chemical  Corpora- 


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lion.     They  have  one  daughter.   Margaret 

Ann   2 'A. 

Marjorie  (Pyc)  Bogle  is  living  in 
Philadelphia,  where  her  husband  is  study- 
ing  in  th:  Medical  School  of  the  Uni- 
versity   of    Pennsylvania. 

Gloria  Reagan  is  teaching  in  the  Oce- 
ana  High  School.   Virginia  Beach.  Va. 

Margaret  Ryan  is  now  Mrs.  T.  B.  Wat- 
kins.  Neptune  Beach.  Fla.  For  some  time 
after  her  graduation.  Margaret  was  con- 
nected with  Association  House.  Chicago. 
From  there  she  went  to  Hawaii,  fo  work 
at  Paloma  Settlement.  There  she  met 
her  husband.  They  have  a  son  2.  de- 
scribed as  "chubby,  blonde,  and  blue- 
eyed." 

Olena  (Swain)  Bunn  is  studying  at 
the  University  of  North  Carolina,  taking 
an  M.A.  degree.  Since  her  graduation  she 
has  taught  English  and  history  in  high 
schools  in  Indiana  and  Tennessee.  Last 
year  she  taught  in  Hugh  Morson  High 
School.   Raleigh. 

Helen  (  Veasey  )  Smith  is  living  in  At- 
lanta. Ga.  "My  husband,  two  children 
and  1  came  to  this  city  early  last  January, 
and  hope  to  be  settled  here  for  some  time. 
Philip  4  and  Sandra  Kaye  10  months 
keep  me  very  busy  and  very  much  at 
home.  My  husband  is  southeastern  dis- 
trict manager  for  Bendix-Westinghouse 
Automotive  Air  Brake  Company.  I  think 
of  the  College  often,  and  am  hoping  to 
come  back  for  a  visit  before  too  long.  In 
the  mean  time,  the  ALUMNAE  NEWS 
brings  the  College  to  me:  and  so  here 
enclosed   is  my   membership   fee." 

1940 

Born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Peter  Leary  III 
(Agnes  Sanford).  a  son.  Stephen  Phil- 
lips. October  19.  l'H6.  Washington.  D. 
C.  "After  leaving  Woman's  College  and 
teaching  a  year.  I  came  to  Washington  to 
study  art.  When  I  had  finished  my  course. 
I  taught  a  children's  art  course  at  Abbott 
Art  School,  and  worked  in  an  art  studio 
as  commercial  artist.  Pete  and  I  were 
married  in  May.  1945.  and  now  we  are 
three,  and  so  happy  about  it  all." 

Ellen  (Axley)  Eich  lives  in  Chatta- 
nooga. Tenn.,  where  she  is  librarian  at 
Hixon   High   School, 

Rachel  Bright  teaches  English  and  his- 
tory  in   Roxboro   High   School, 

Betty  (Burns)  Summerlin  is  living  in 
Anniston,  Ala,,  where  she  is  homcmak- 
ing.     Her  husband   is  a   banker. 

Dorothy  (Dennis)  Worthen  moved  the 
middle  of  last  December  to  Warrenville. 
N.  J.  "We  have  at  last  found  a  home  of 
our  own  in  Warrenville.  just  a  few  miles 
north  nf  Plainfield.  1  enjoy  the  AlUiM- 
NA1-:  Nl-WS  immensely  —  it  is  good  to 
keep  up  with  old  friends  and  well -loved 
places." 

India  (Efland)  Weber  is  living  at  Vir- 
ginia Beach,  where  her  husband  is  sta- 
tioned with  the  U.S.  Engineers  in  Nor- 
folk, 

Virginia  (Gaylord)  Ayscue  is  teaching 
I  nglish  in   Murfreesboro  High  School. 

RutI)  (Gordon)  Averitt  is  homemak- 
ing  in   llallsboro. 

Cclia  (Hall)  Willis  is  secretary  at  the 
Citizen  Bank  and  Trust  Company.  New 
Bern. 

Kalhryn  Holman  was  graduated  from 
.Johns  Hopkins  School  of  Nursing  in  Scp- 


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XHI  Ilk   HAMLhI    RuL,t;k.s     4(1 

Author    of    "South    of    Heaven."    a    first 

novel.    Wi(/?   her   in   the   Photograph 

are    (center t    Marion    Dillon    '4S 

and  Lois  Russell   '47 

Lettie  Hamlett  Rogers,  whose  mother 
is  Lettie  (Spalnhour)  Hamlett  '05.  grew 
up  in  China,  where  her  father  and  moth- 
er were  missionaries.  In  South  of  Heaven. 
a  first  novel.  Mrs.  Rogers,  describes  the 
life  of  a  foreign  family  in  that  land  of 
ancient  culture  —  especially  the  life  of  a 
child  of  American  parents  among  the 
Chinese  people.  The  book  is  not  propa- 
ganda: it  is  not  intended  to  work  refor- 
mation —  "it  is  just  a  good  story.  I 
hope."   says   the   author  herself. 

After  the  book  came  out  last  fall,  the 
college  library  and  the  dormitories  joint- 
ly sponored  an  "Autographing  Party." 
Each  dormitory  sold  as  many  copies  of 
South  of  Heaven  as  possible,  the  net  profit 
to  be  divided  among  the  dormitories  on 
the  basis  of  the  number  of  books  sold,  the 
fund  thus  raised  to  be  used  to  purchase 
books  for  the  dormitory  libraries.  As  the 
alumnae  know,  for  several  years  the  stu- 
dents have  been  buying  books  for  their 
dormitory  libraries  —  a  permanent  col- 
lection: and  considerable  headway  has 
been  made  on  the  project.  As  result  of 
the  autographing  party.  $167  was  netted. 
The  contest  culminated  in  a  tea.  given  in 
honor  of  the  author,  held  early  in  De- 
cember in  South  Spencer  Hall,  where  Let- 
tic  Ijved  as  a  student.  Lettie  makes  her 
home  in  Greensboro  with  Dr.  Lyda  Gor- 
don Shivers  and  Miss  Mereb  Mossman. 
l-oth  members  of  the  faculty  in  the  De- 
partment of  Sociology. 


tember.  1944.  She  is  living  now  in  Wash- 
ington. D.  C. 

Mildred  Haugh  is  still  associated  with 
the  Statler  Hotel  System.  Her  business 
address  is  Hotels  Statler  Company  Inc.. 
Hotel  Pennsylvania.  N.   Y. 

Grace  Evelyn  (Loving)  Gibson  is  liv- 
ing in  Laurinburg.  where  she  is  a  busy 
homemaker.  She  has  a  son,  John  McNeill, 
born  in  June.   1  946. 

Mary  Sue  Moser  is  home  demonstra- 
tion agent  in  Davidson  County.  "Inci- 
dentally. I  am  also  a  member  of  the  Busi- 
ness and  Professional  Women's  Club. 
Lexington,  also  member  of  a  garden  club, 
the  church  Guild.  North  Carolina  Home 
Economics  Association,  and  the  North 
Carolina   Home  Agents  Association." 

Marion  (Okcll)  Murch  writes  from 
East  Orange.  N.  J.  "My  husband,  a  cap- 
tain in  the  Army,  came  back  home  from 
overseas  about  a  year  ago.  and  was  de 
lighted  with  his   1  5-nionths-old  daughter. 


whom  he  had  not  seen  before.  After  a 
week  in  Florida,  we  settled  down  to  civil 
life  again  —  a  state  of  affairs  which  we 
have   enjoyed    very    much." 

Eunice  (Outlaw)  Stott  is  a  nutr'tlon- 
ist  with  th:  School-Health  Coordinating 
Service  of  the  State  Department  of  Health. 

Sarah  (Seawell)  Indcrfurth  has  two 
children  —  a  daughter  4  and  a  son  6 
months.     Charlotte  is  home. 

Ann  (Shook)  Peyton  is  living  in  Still- 
water. Okla.  She  was  married  in  April. 
1946. 

Elizabeth  (Quinn)  Wolf  is  living  in 
Sacramento.  Calif.  The  Wolfs  went  there 
to  make  their  home  after  their  marriage 
in  1945.  (This  was  Elizabeth's  sxond 
marriage.)  She  has  two  sons  —  Barney 
Nictschman.  and  Gregory  Wolf,  who  was 
born  in  August.  1946.  Elizabeth's  hus- 
band is  a  state  engineer. 

Maude  I.  Staton  has  been  stationed 
with  the  Signal  Corps,  in  Arlington.  Va.. 
for  about   3   years. 

1941 

Born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs,  William  Ernest 
Brackctt  Jr,  (Alice  Porter),  a  son,  Wil- 
liam Ernest  III.  November  12.  1946. 
B  Itm.ore  Hospital.   Ashcville. 

Born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  N.  Jarvis 
(Polly  Huff),  a  daughter,  Margaret  Alice, 
D:cember  20,  1946.  "And  of  course 
she's  headed  for  W.C.  a  few  years  hence! 
Enclosed  is  my  membership  fee  —  I 
would    not    willingly    miss   a    single    copy 

of  the  Alumnae  News." 

Mary  Anderson  enrolled  at  Teachers 
College.  Columbia  University,  last  Janu- 
ary, where  she  is  working  toward  a  mast- 
er's degree  in  foods  and  nutrition.  She 
had  previously  been  a  dietition  in  the 
main  kitchen  of  the  Union  Memorial 
Hospital.   Baltimore.   Md. 

Dorothy  (Banks)  Armstrong  resigned 
the  first  of  last  July  as  home  demonstra- 
tion agent  in  Carteret  County.  She  and 
her  husband  spent  the  next  two  months 
visiting  his  people  in  Montana  and  Wash- 
ington. "We  drove  through  the  country, 
stopping  at  many  places  of  interest  on  the 
way.  Our  little  daughter.  Elizabeth  Glenn, 
was   born    last    November    21.  " 

Sue  (Bishop)  Collins  is  temporarily 
in  Texas,  where  her  husband,  a  captain  in 
the  AAF.  has  been  stationed  for  some 
time. 

Florence  (Calvert)  Glenn  lives  in 
Chatsworth.  Ga.  Her  husband  is  a  mining 
engineer. 

Pfc,  Roxie  Carswell  is  now  in  Wies- 
baden, Germany,  where  she  is  on  duty 
with  the  3  264th  Signal  Photographic 
Service  Company,   located  ther:, 

Mary  Evelyn  (Case)  Corbett  lives  at 
Pantego.  During  the  summer  months  she 
and  her  husband  are  engaged  in  business 
at    White    Lake   Crystal    Beach. 

Helen  Fondren  is  a  field  secretary  for 
the  Girl  Scouts,  with  headquarters  in  Co- 
lumbia, S,  C, 

Katy  Ruth  Grayson  teaches  English  and 
French  in  the  Forest  City  High  School. 
".After  my  graduation  from  college.  1 
began  to  teach  at  Boiling  Springs,  but 
two  years  ago  came  to  Forest  City.  " 

Sigrid  (Heine)  Brown  writes  from 
Mount  Clemens.  Mich.  "My  husband  re- 
turned to  the  States  in  July.  1945.  after 
two  years  overseas  in   the  European  War 


April,  1947 


17 


Theatre.  He  was  a  prisoner  of  war  in 
Germany  for  15  months,  but  he  was  in 
good  health  and  suffered  no  ill  eflccts 
from  his  imprisonment.  Before  he  was 
discharged,  he  had  a  90-day  recuperation 
leave,  and  as  soon  as  that  was  over,  the 
last  of  October,  he  was  formally  separated 
and  went  back  to  his  old  job.  In  the 
meantime,  we  had  been  married  —  on 
August  8.  A  little  cous'n,  the  5 -year-old 
daughter  of  Judy  (Ullrich)  Capps  '37. 
was  one  of  the  flower  girls,  Joan  (Bluc- 
thenthal)  Pomerantz  '41  was  present  as 
a  guest.  In  December  of  that  year  wc 
were  fortunate  enough  to  find  a  4 -room 
apartment,  and  have  been  living  in  it 
ever  since.  Guy,  my  husband,  goes  to  law 
school  in  the  evening  at  the  Detroit  Col- 
lege of  law  —  he  finished  his  freshman 
year  there  in  January.  During  the  day. 
he  is  probation  officer  for  our  county,  and 
I  have  the  job  he  had  before  the  war  — 
deputy  county  clerk  of  our  two-circuit 
courts  in  Macomb  County.  I  like  the 
work  very  much,  but  I  am  planning  to 
give  it  up  some  time  this  year  in  order 
to  be  more  completely  a  homemaker. 
Away  up  here,  of  course  I  do  not  very 
often  see  many  of  my  college  classmates. 
But  I  believe  a  good  many  of  the  girls 
in  our  class  would  be  interested  to  know 
what  happened  to  Martha  Jean  Eddy. 
She  started  out  with  the  '4rs.  but  at  the 
end  of  her  Sophomore  year  transferred 
to  Northwestern  University,  to  the  De- 
partment of  Speech,  where  she  was  gradu- 
ated in  1941.  For  some  time  she  was  a 
radio  actress  with  NBC  and  CBS,  until 
her  marriage  to  Lt.  A.  F.  Peddie  Jr., 
USNR,  They  have  recently  moved  to 
Omaha.  Neb.,  where  Mr.  Peddie  is  an 
a:-nouncer  with  KOAD,  the  main  radio 
station  in  that  city.  During  the  war, 
Martha  Jean  taught  at  one  of  the  Uni- 
versity extension  schools  in  California.  You 
might  like  to  know  too  that  Betty 
(Smith)  Parke  '42  lives  only  one  hun- 
dred miles  north  of  me,  and  we  hope  to 
get  together  some  time  before  long.  Mary 
(Lewark)  Adams,  who  was  also  a  mem- 
ber of  our  class  for  two  years,  is  in  Ger- 
many with  her  husband,  a  lieutenant  in 
the  Air  Forces.  They  have  a  3 -year-old 
son.  Don  Jr.  Josephine  (Nichols")  Klos- 
terman  —  another  two-year  member  of 
our  class  —  has  a  son  nearly  a  year  old. 
Both  Mary  and  Josephine  were  from  Mt. 
Clemens,  my  home  town.  And  of  course 
you  remember  that  Judy  (Ullrich)  Capps 
was  a  Mt.  Clemens  girl  also.  Marjorie 
(Roys)  Lashley,  another  Michigan  girl, 
who  married  a  Greensboro  boy,  works  in 
the  same  building  in  which  I  work.  "We 
see  one  another  all  along.  I  certainly  do 
enjoy  the  ALUMNAE  NEWS.  I  am  so  far 
away  from  Woman's  College  and  the  girls 
I  knew  there,  that  the  NEWS  is  my  one 
way  of  keeping  up  with  them  and  the 
college.  Please  keep  our  magazine  coming 
out    my    way.  " 

Mildred  (Howard)  Williams  lives  in 
Richmond.  Va.  She  is  studying  this  year 
at  the  University  of  Richmond. 

Clara  (Hunter)  Fitzhugh  visited  her 
parents  in  Greensboro  last  fall.  She  has 
been  hoping  to  join  her  husband  in  Ger- 
many, where  he  is  stationed  with  the 
Army. 

Stella  (Johnston)  Moore  is  in  the  of- 
fice   of    credit    manager    for    the    Firestone 


Jean  McDonald  Bouvier  '41 

London,   England 
Before   Christmas,    1946 
Dear  Miss  Byrd: 

Thanks  so  much  for  your  very  nice 
letter.  I'm  sending  a  wartime  snap  of 
Johnny  along  to  you.  I'm  afraid  in  the 
mad  dash  and  rush  of  getting  over  here 
I  left  all  of  my  pictures  home.  This  one 
is  a  bit  weatherbeaten. 

We  moved  to  an  adorable  little  cottage 
a  couple  of  weeks  ago  but  expect  to  move 
out  again  in  a  few  more  weeks.  In  fact, 
our  living  address  seems  more  uncertain 
than  it  was  when  the  Army  controlled  it. 
We  are  fortunate  in  having  Johnny's 
mother  continue  to  shelter  us  while  we 
join    the   throng   of   "flat  "    hunters. 

I  have  been  "wrassling"  with  the  ra- 
tions and  queues  and  doing  the  cooking. 
I  have  progressed  to  the  superior  stage  of 
occasionally  being  able  to  direct  someone 
else  to  which  counter  one  gets  one  ticket 
exchanged,  and  so  forth,  on  the  rather 
complicated  red  tape  system.  The  rations 
are  quite  meager  and  variety  is  something 
we  dream  about  on  our  return  to  the 
U.  S.  A.  But  we  really  make  out  quite 
well,  after  all,  and  at  least  know  we  are 
going  to  get  a  certain  amount  of  butter 
and    sugar,    for    instance,    each    week.     Of 


Store.  Hickory.  "I  taught  commercial 
work  one  year  at  Berryhill.  after  my 
graduation  from  W.C.  While  my  hus- 
band was  in  the  Army.  I  worked  in  the 
training  department  of  U.S.  Rubber  Com- 
pany, and  later  in  the  office  of  Davidson 
Cotton  Mill." 

Helen  K-iser  is  stenographer  for  the 
FBI,  Charlotte  —  a  position  she  has  held 
since    graduation    from    college. 

Florence  Kitchin  is  dietition  at  Agnes 
Scott  College. 

Jean     (McDonald)     Le  Bouvier    writes 


course  the  weeks  we  get  an  egg  are  red 
letter  occasions.  I  will  say  this  is  the 
country  to  go  through  the  experimental 
cooking  stages  in  because  the  competition 
of  meals  in  a  British  restaurant  is  negli- 
gible. 

I  think  that  if  I  wanted  people  on 
the  street  to  recognize  my  nationality  im- 
mediately I  still  wouldn't  have  to  put  a 
huge  great  AMERICAN  sign  on  me.  At 
least  wc  always  seem  able  to  spot  other 
American  civilians  in  a  crowd.  We  don't 
always  know  what  it  is.  but  before  we 
hear  them  speak  we  can  recognize  them.  It 
is  amazing  how  it  does  seem  to  be  stamped 
on  us  by  our  clothes,  faces,  or  gestures, 
despite  the  fact  that  we  are  such  a  poly- 
get   nation. 

After  Christmas,  1946 
This  seems  to  be  a  continued  next 
week  effort.  We  have  just  finished  our 
Christmas  —  it  was  a  nice  one.  The 
main  difference  in  a  Christmas  over  here 
is  the  "Boxing  Day"  which  follows  it.  I 
think  the  term  boxing  originated  from 
the  practice  of  delivering  box's  of  food. 
and  such,  to  the  poor  the  day  after  Christ- 
mas. Anyway  it  still  holds  good  for  a 
bank  holiday.  We  even  followed  the  tra- 
dition enough  to  go  to  the  circus  then  — 
everything  complete,  with  a  Scotch  bag- 
pipe band  merrily  piping  such  auld  Scotch 
airs  as  "I'm  A  Yankee  Doodle  Dandy," 
"Over  There,"  and  the  U.  S,  Marine 
Hymn !    I  hope  you   are  still   having  good 


"Johnny" 

holidays  and  whatever  year  we  make  it 
back  to  the  States,  I've  talked  about  W.  C. 
so  much  that  we  will  have  to  pay  it  a 
visit ! 

Sincerely, 
Jean    (McDonald)    Bouvier   '41 


from  Portman  Square,  London,  where 
she  has  been  living  since  her  marriage 
last  September.  •  "If  it  is  possible.  I 
should  very  much  like  to  have  the  ALUM- 
NAE News  sent  to  my  new  name  and  ad- 
dress, but  if  you  cannot  send  it  out  of 
the  country,  will  you  please  continue  to 
send  it  to  me  at  my  old  home  in  South 
Orange.  N.  J.,  and  my  mother  will  send 
it  on  to  me  here.  In  any  event,  I  want 
to  be  sure  not  to  miss  any  copies.  The 
best  of  everything  to  you.  I  wish  I  could 
drop  in  at  W.C.  again." 


IS 


The  Alumnae  News 


Blanche  Moore  is  secretary  to  Thomas 
J.  Pearsall.  speaker  of  the  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives in  the  1947  General  As- 
sembly. Blanche  served  in  the  WAC  ciur- 
inj  the  war.  with  tour  of  duty  in  the 
Philippines   and   iN'cw    Guinea. 

Emma  K.  I  Moselcy )  Cross  is  home- 
making  in  W'arrenton.  She  has  one 
daughter.  Nancy  Kclley.  born  in  Feb- 
ruary. 1946.  Her  husband  is  a  dealer 
in  hardware,  furniture,  and  building  sup- 
plies. 

Helen  (Mullican)  Hicks  is  living  now 
in  New  York,  where  her  husband  is 
working  on  his  doctor's  degree  in  theology 
at  Union  Theological  Seminary.  'I  have 
returned  to  my  profession  as  a  dietitian, 
and  am  back  at  New  York  Hospital, 
where  I  did  my  graduate  work.  I  am  in 
charge  of  the  cafeteria  for  doctors  and 
nurses  there.  We  serve  about  2200  meals 
a  day.  My  husband  and  I  live  in  Hasting 
Hall  at  Union,  in  two  small  rooms:  but 
we  enjoy  dormitory  life,  along  with  other 
married  students." 

Jane  Parker  holds  a  law  degree  from 
Duke  University  Law  School,  class  of 
1943.  She  is  now  employed  in  the 
Claims  Division.  Department  of  Justice. 
Washington.  D.  C. 

Ellen  (Self)  Parker  is  homemaking 
in    Henderson. 

1942 

Born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Floyd  C.  Melby 
(Betty  O'Neal),  twin  daughters.  Carol 
Jean  and  Joyce  Helen.  November  25, 
1946.  Raleigh.  "My  husband  is  study- 
ing engineering  at  State  College,  along 
with  many  other  veterans.  We  lived  for 
ten  months  at  the  college  trailer  camp, 
but  moved  to  a  pre-fab  apartment  before 
Christmas.  It  is  wonderful  to  have  so 
much  space!  There  are  a  number  of 
W.C.  graduates  here  —  in  the  trailer 
camp  and  in  the  pre-fabs.  We  have  good 
times  talking  about  our  years  at  Woman's 
College.  Enclosed  is  my  membership  fee 
—  I  am  looking  forward  to  the  next 
number  of   our   magazine.  ' 

Christine  (Allen)  Wright  is  living  in 
New  York  City.  Small  daughter  Laur- 
inda  "is  our  center  of  interest,  naturally. 
She  is  a  model  now  for  Harry  Conovcrs 
Agency,  and  so  you  may  be  seeing  her 
picture  in  some  newspaper  or  magazine 
dur'ng   1947." 

Alice  (Arey)  Croxson  is  living  in 
Charlotte,  where  her  husband  is  connected 
with  the  Aniline  Dye  Products  Company. 
The  Croxsons  have  one  daughter.  I.inda. 
born    last   September. 

Elizabeth  (Blauvelt)  Pratt  writes  from 
Upper  Montdair.  N.  J.  "My  husband 
has  returned  to  his  work  with  Bakclite. 
after  separation  from  the  Service,  and 
since  the  housing  situation  is  so  discour 
aging,  we  are  living  temporarily  with  my 
family." 

Cleo  (Brendle)  Wahrip  is  leaching 
home  economics  this  year  in  the  Greens- 
boro   Senior    High    School. 

Jessie  (Brum)  Nichols  lives  in  Anac 
onda,  Mont.,  where  she  is  leaching  I  ng 
lish  in  the  high  school  Her  husband  is 
rector  a(  St.  Mark's  Episcopal  Church 
Anaconda. 

Kalherine  (Coan)  Tobin  is  living  in 
Syracuse.  N.  Y..  where  she  is  connected 
with    (he    jdverlising    department    of    the 


electronics     division    of    General     Electric. 

Mary  Frances  (Cox)  Wyszynski  was 
discharged  from  the  American  Red  Cross 
some  months  ago.  She  afterwards  became 
associated  with  the  USO  in  Balboa.  Canal 
Zone,  where  she  was  married  last  Sep- 
tember. Her  husband,  a  sergeant  in  the 
Army,  saw  service  in  the  Pacific  before 
being  transferred  to  the  Canal  Zone.  He 
expects  to  receive  his  discharge  in  Nov- 
ember.   1947. 

Catherine  Hilderman  is  a  member  of 
the  faculty  of  Meredith  College,  as  teacher 
of  English  and  drama. 

Doris  (Holmes)  Tincher  lives  in  Nash- 
ville,  Tenn.     Her  husband  is  an  attorney. 

Elizabeth  Jung  writes  from  Honolulu. 
"I  came  out  here  in  March.  1945.  intend- 
ing to  remain  only  a  month  and  then 
dash  back  to  my  job  in  Washington.  D. 
C.  But  here  I  still  am!  I  am  really  con- 
sidering the  matter  of  submitting  a  rec- 
ommendation to  the  administration  at 
Woman's  College  —  that  all  students  of 
the  social  sciences,  botany,  education  — 
well,  perhaps  all  students  —  should  take 
a  survey  course  in  what  goes  on  in  Ha- 
waii! There  is  certainly  much  to  be 
learned  here.  To  the  close  observer.  Ha- 
waii has  a  compact  history  of  the  social 
processes  of  this  era.  The  statement  so 
often  heard,  that  there  is  no  place  like  it. 
is  no  exaggeration  as  I  see  it.  My  status 
here  is  still  uncertain.  I  do  not  want 
to  leave  the  territory  until  I  have  seen 
everything,  and  yet  I  am  beginning  to  get 
homesick.  While  here  I  am  taking  some 
courses  in  Chinese  at  the  University  of 
Hawaii.  This  is  by  far  the  most  difficult 
subject  I  have  ever  tried  to  learn,  regard- 
less of  my  racial  descent.  But  you  must 
come  here  yourself  to  see  just  what  I 
mean." 

Faye  (Kornegay)  Isherwood  is  living 
now  in  Roehester.  N.  Y.  "After  my  mar- 
riage in  January.  1946.  I  went  with  my 
husband  to  his  USCG  unit  in  Ketchikan. 
Alaska.  While  there  I  taught  in  the 
schools  for  several  months,  and  saw  much 
of  this  really  beautiful  country.  We  re- 
terned   to   the  United   States  in  May." 

Margaret  (Little)  Boxman  spent  six 
months  in  Holland,  when  she  accom- 
panied her  husband  back  there  to  receive 
his  discharge  from  the  Dutch  Navy.  She 
recently  made  an  interesting  talk  at  a 
luncheon  of  the  Lady  Lions,  held  in 
Greensboro,  giving  numerous  details  about 
her  visit  to  Holland. 

Peggy  (Plummer)  Stamps  has  been 
given  credit  as  co-finder,  along  with  two 
doctors,  of  a  brand  new  disease  —  Rick- 
ettsialpox. Public  Health  Reports.  Vol. 
61.  November  8.  1946.  carries  the  story 
of  the  new  disease  and  its  discovery.  "As 
if."  says  Peggy,  "we  didn't  have  enough 
before!  But  we  are  glad  enough  to  know 
it.  if  they  are  sticking  around."  The 
article  is  signed  by  Robert  J.  Huebner. 
senior  a.ssistant  surgeon.  Peggy  Stamps, 
bacteriologist,  and  Charles  Armstrong, 
medical  director.  United  States  Public 
Health  Service.  We  are  proud  to  have 
Peggy  in  such  distinguished  conipanv. 
doing   such   distinguished   work. 

Frances  (Ramsey)  Murphy  lives  in 
Everett.  Wash.,  w'here  her  husband  is  a 
r.idio  tester  with  Western  Electric.  The 
Murphys  have  two  sons  —  Dannv  2'. 
and  Rickic   1. 

Hilda    (Renegar)    Fisher  and   her   sister 


are  now  at  Mt.  Sinai  Hospital.  New  York 
City.  They  are  both  associated  with  the 
private  pavilion  of  the  hospital  —  Hilda 
as  an  assistant  dietitian,  her  sister  as  a 
charge  nurse.  "Vi'e  left  the  North  Caro- 
lina Baptist  Hospital  in  Winston-Salem 
last  fall,  beginning  our  work  here  in  Oc- 
tober. We  live  at  the  nurses'  residence, 
and  both  of  us  very  much  like  New  York 
and  our  work  at  Sinai.  The  city  is  inter- 
esting,   and    our    work    is    likewise." 

Theo  (Roberts)  Creadick  is  living  in 
New  Haven.  Conn.  Her  husband  is  an 
architect.  "We  are  planning  to  stay  here 
until  next  summer,  and  then  in  the  early 
fall  drive  out  to  Los  Angeles,  where  we 
will  make  our  home.  Right  now  I  am 
taking  advantage  of  the  GI  Bill  and  going 
to  art  school  here  in  New  Haven — all 
day.  five  days  a  week,  and  loving  it!  This 
is  something  I  have  always  wanted  to  do 
but   never  had   time   for  before." 

Mary  (Sadler)  Johnson  is  living  in 
Raleigh,  where  her  husband  is  a  student  at 
State  College.  They  hope  to  locate  in 
Charlotte  at  the  close  of  the  term  next 
June. 

Doris  Sharpe  is  teaching  English  this 
year  at  State  College.   Raleigh. 

Catherine  (Webb)  White  lives  in 
Bristol.  Tenn.  She  has  a  son.  Harry  Jr.. 
nearly   2. 

Fannie  Ray  (Williams)  Betts  has 
moved  from  Aberdeen.  Md..  to  Charlotte. 
"We  have  a  son,  Donald  3,  and  a  little 
girl,   Marianna,   born   last   July." 

Blanche  ( Woolard )  Haggard  lives  in 
Raleigh.  Her  husband  is  a  member  of  the 
faculty  of  State  College. 

1943 

Born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Paul  W.  Lentz 
(Mary  Frances  Hopkins),  a  daughter.  Oc- 
tober 25.  1946,  Sternberger  Hospital, 
Greensboro. 

Born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  G.  Taylor 
(Elo!se  Rankin),  a  son.  Roger  Greer 
Taylor  Jr..   January   9.   High  Point. 

Born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joe  Sloop  (Mar- 
garet Sherrill).  a  son.  Joe  Edmiston  Jr.. 
October  6.    1946.  Mt.  Ulla. 

Betty  (Bendigo)  RatclifT  lives  in 
Greensboro.  She  has  two  children  —  a 
boy  and  a  girl. 

Jean  Booth  is  in  New  York  City,  pri- 
vate secretary  to  the  manager  of  Double- 
dav  Book  Shops.  "Incidentally.  I  am 
studying  voice."' 

Grace  ( Hollingsworth)  Carroll  now 
lives  in  Greensboro,  where  her  husband 
has  opened  an  advertising  agency.  Grace 
works   with   him. 

Mary  Louise  Clements  is  supervisor  of 
music   in   the  Shelbv  city  schools. 

Dorothy  (Cox)  Schmidt  lives  in  Silver 
Spring.  Md.  Her  husband  is  temporarily 
an  associate  in  the  Department  of  Chem- 
istry. George  Washington  L'niversitv.  He 
plans  to  resume  his  medical  course  next 
fall. 

.Xnnabcl  (Embrev)  Hansen  writes  from 
Schenectady.  N.  Y.  "After  months  of 
living  like  tourists,  we  have  found  a  6- 
room  flat,  where  we  have  been  settling 
into  a  semblance  of  family  life.  We  are 
still  buying  furniture  for  our  place,  and 
are  comtortablc.  even  though  one  of  the 
bedrooms  is  still  filled  with  an  assortment 
of  luggage,  boxes,  and  so  on.  My  young 
son   Alan    is   now    9    months  old.      How 


April,  1947 


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can  time  fly  like  this!  And  he  already 
has  quite  a  bag  of  tricks  with  which  to 
cajole  his  fond  parents  into  doing  his 
will.  When  the  last  number  of  the  ALUM- 
NAE News  came,  I  stopped  everything 
until  I  had  read  it  from  cover  to  cover. 
Our  class  is  doing  well  at  marrying,  home- 
making,  and  having  babies  —  don't  you 
think.'  And  here  again  time  flies,  for  it 
seems  only  yesterday  since  we  were  re- 
ceiving our  diplomas  on  that  platform  in 
Aycock.  Right  now.  here  in  Schenectady, 
we  are  virtual  prisoners  of  winter  —  ice. 
snow,  sleet,  rain,  wind  —  everything  of 
that  order.  Alan  and  I  are  surely  look- 
ing forward  to  spring  and  summer,  so 
that  we  can  get  out  of  doors.  Feeding 
time  right  now  for  him.  and  so  again, 
keep  up  the  good  work  on  the  NEWS,  and 
good-by   for  this  time. 

Anna  (Fake)  Townscnd  is  living  now 
in  Charlottesville.  Va..  where  her  hus- 
band is  attending  the  University  of  Vir- 
ginia. Anna's  stock  rates  high  in  the 
Alumnae  Office,  for  when  she  sent  in  her 
last  check  for  alumnae  fee.  she  wrote  on 
it.  for  the  bank  and  all  the  world  to  see 
—  "For  the  best  magazine  published  in 
North   Carolina!" 

Frances  (Glaze)  Koestline.  wife  of  a 
minister,  writes  that  at  the  General  Con- 
ference last  October,  her  husband  was  un- 
expectedly moved  from  his  former  ap- 
pointment at  Welcome  to  the  pastorate 
of  the  Methodist  Church  at  Davidson  — 
a  considerable  promotion  for  him.  "At 
first  we  wondered  what  in  the  world  two 
Methodists  could  do  in  this  strong  Pres- 
byterian community,  but  we  have  received 
such  an  enthusiastic  and  whole-hearted 
welcome  from  Methodists  and  Presby- 
terian alike  that  we  have  come  to  feel 
there  is  a  well  defined  niche  for  us  in  the 
community  life  here.  We  have  two 
churches  and  an  8-room  parsonage.  Plenty 
of  room  now  for  the  nursery  we  have 
been  wanting.  Heretofore,  our  daughter 
Twinkle's  'room'  has  been  a  bed  in  the 
corner,  with  toys  generally  strewed  all 
over  the  house.  Right  now  I  am  in  the 
process  of  redecorating  a  bedroom  to  be 
all  her  own.  She  celebrated  her  second 
birthday  in  the  midst  of  the  moving 
melee,  and  seems  totally  undistrubed  by 
her  change  of  residence.  My  parents  live 
in  Charlotte,  only  a  few  miles  away,  you 
know,  so  that  a  weekly  visit  there  seems 
quite  the  proper  thing.  Last  summer  1 
saw  my  college  roommate.  Louise  Boat- 
man. She  received  her  M.A.  degree  from 
Boston  University,  as  you  may  know,  and 
is  doing  psychiatric  social  work  in  Boston, 
and  loving  it.  She  is  so  enthusiastic  about 
her  job  that  I  am  convinced  she  has  the 
light  one." 

Margaret  (Grantham)  Sherry  is  living 
in  Appleton,  Wis.     She  has  a  son. 

Betsy  Hammer  is  vice  president  of  Ki 
Chapter.  Beta  Sigma  Phi  Sorority.  Wash- 
ington. D.  C.  In  this  capacity.  Betsy  is 
chairman  of  the  rushing  committee,  and 
has  brought  forth  some  very  novel  and 
profitable  ideas  on  how  to  do  it. 

Mary  Louise  Hammer  is  editorial  as- 
sistant for  Crown  Publishers.  New  York 
City.  "I  am  rooming  with  Sally  Sieber 
'42.  who  has  a  position  here  with  the 
American   Broadcasting   Company." 

Jane  Holcombe  is  a  dietitian  this  year 
at  Yale  University. 

Margaret      (Kinlaw)      Shields     lives     at 


Robbins.  She  says  she  is  learning  first- 
hand what  a  busy  life  a  housekeeper  can 
have. 

Peggy  (Lincoln)  Bates  writes  from 
Schenectady.  N.  Y.  "Thought  you  would 
be  interested  to  know  that  Alice  (Peters) 
MacMackin  '41,  Marguerite  McCollum 
'40  and  I  got  together  recently,  and  have 
plans  for  another  W.C.  talk-fest  soon. 
Alice  and  I  went  over  yesterday  to  see 
Woody  (Hewitt)  Campbell  '45.  who  is 
at  Ellis  Hospital  recovering  from  an  ap- 
pendectomy. All  four  of  us  are  sur- 
prised to  find  so  many  Woman's  College 
alumnae  this  far  away  from  North  Caro- 
lina. Mary  Palmer  '43  is  visiting  me 
now,  and  after  her  marriage  this  spring 
to  an  Albany,  N.  Y.,  boy,  Ben  Douglas, 
she  too  will  be  in  this  neck  of  the  woods." 

Helen  (Little)  Dobrowolski  is  teaching 
in    a    private   school,    Washington.    D.    C. 

Geraldine  (Norman)  Taylor  sends  us 
a  Greensboro  address  —  "my  fourth  ad- 
dress in  as  many  years!  My  husband  will 
be  leaving  soon  to  enter  an  aviation  me- 
chanic school,  and  so  for  the  time  being 
our  daughter  and  I  will  be  with  my  fam- 
ily here  in  Greensboro.  Our  daughter  is 
a  mischievous  2  J4  !  — into  everything 
most  of  the  time.  She  asks  her  share  of 
questions  too  and  gets  her  full  quota  of 
attention.  As  you  know,  my  sister.  Ella 
Mae  '45,  is  managing  the  home  economics 
cafeteria  at  Woman's  College.  My  young- 
est sister.  Helen,  is  a  junior  there.  It  is 
good  to  have  our  family  so  well  repre- 
sented. Enclosed  is  my  fee  for  the  NEWS 
—  be  sure  to  keep  it  coming  to  me." 

Agnes  (Pettit)  Reily  is  living  now  at 
Lake  Charles,  La.  "We  spent  last  sum- 
mer   in    Vernon.    Texas,    where    my   hus- 


band was  working.  I  was  discharged 
from  the  Navy  in  November.  1945,  and 
my  husband  was  discharged  in  July. 
1946.  He  was  at  Lake  Charles.  My  hus- 
band is  now  an  instructor  in  math  at 
John  McNeese  Junior  College.  I  always 
look  forward  to  receiving  the  ALUMNAE 
News,  and  reading  about  Woman's  Col- 
lege and   my  college  friends.  " 

Sara  (Queen)  Brown  has  been  living 
in  Clyde  since  her  marriage  last  June. 
Her  husband  is  in  business  there  as  a 
merchant. 

Claire  (Reaben)  Wadd;ll  has  a  son 
born  last  September  3  —  John  Hall 
Waddell.  The  Waddells  live  in  Hender- 
sonville. 

Merle  (Swain)  Cory  lived  for  some 
time  in  California  —  first  in  the  southern 
part,  and  later  in  San  Francisco.  Her 
son.  Christopher  Jon,  was  born  in  San 
Francisco  about  a  year  go,  "My  husband 
was  stationed  on  the  West  Coast,  and  I 
was  there  with  him.  We  found  San 
Francisco,  especially,  an  interesting  and 
fascinating   city." 

Lydia  (Taylor)  Dorsett  is  living  this 
year  in  Winter  Park.  Fla..  where  her  hus- 
band is  a  member  of  the  drama  faculty 
at  Rollins  College.  Last  summer  they 
both  worked  with  the  production  staff 
of  the  Lost  Colony,  at  Manteo.  Mr.  Dor- 
sett  will  be  remembered  by  many  recent 
alumnae  as  a  member  of  the  faculty  at 
Woman's  College,  also  working  in  drama. 

Ann  (Walker)  Vernon  and  her  husband 
are  living  in  Chapel  Hill,  where  Mr.  Ver- 
non is  a  student  in  the  Law  School.  "It 
is  a  grand  place  to  be,  even  though  things 
are  a  little  crowded.  I  have  seen  quite  a 
number  of  W.  C.  alumnae  here.     It  is  al- 


Vicw  of  flower  garden  developed  by  Flossie  A.  Byrd  '03  at  her  home  in  Greens- 
boro. For  more  than  ten  years  this  garden  was  included  among  the  beautiful  gardens 
opened  to  the  public  every  spring  under  the  sponsorship  of  the  Greensboro  Garden 
Council.  It  has  also  been  on  exhibit  for  other  tours:  and  in  recent  years  was  listed 
among   the  gardens  to   be  visited   on   the  State  Garden   Pilgrimage. 


20 


The  Alumnae  News 


ways    good    to    get    the    ALUMNAE    NEWS 
and  catch  up  on  campus  happenings." 

jMartha  (Williams)  Meyer  is  living  in 
Carnegie.  Pa.,  at  Roslyn  Farms.  She  is 
a  busy  homemaker. 

1944 

Born  to  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Francis  P.  King 
(Frances  Keel  I  .  a  daughter.  Sallic  Hay- 
wood. October  8.  1946.  Richmond.  Va. 
"My  husband  is  serving  his  internship 
here  at  the  Medical  College  of  X'irginla 
Hospital." 

Born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Waiter  C.  West 
II  (Nancy  Kirbyl.  a  son.  Walter  Carr  III. 
January   6.   Memorial  Hospital.  Charlotte. 

Born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Allyn  Park 
(Anne  McBridc),  a  daughter.  Virginia 
Christine.    January    1.   Marshville. 

Coris  Bradley  attended  the  National 
Convention  of  the  Methodist  Youth  Fel- 
lowship, held  in  Grand  Rapids.  M:ch..  last 
summer.  "I  am  teaching  again  at  LaFa- 
yettc  High  School,  and  staying  at  home." 

Margaret  Jo  Brock  is  private  secretary 
in  a  law  firm  in  New  York  City.  Inci- 
dentally, she  is  taking  a  cours:  this  win- 
ter, at  New^  York  University,  in  inter- 
national  politics. 

Elizabeth  Clay  is  a  director  of  reli- 
gious education,  working  in  connection 
with  the  program  of  rural  work  carried 
on  by  the  Episcopal  Church  in  the  vicin- 
ity of  Kansas  City.  Mo. 

Mary  Agnes  (Cochrane)  Ward  is  liv- 
ing now  in  Troy,  N.  Y.  "My  husband  and 
I  finally  have  an  apartment  in  the  R.  P.  I. 
housing  project  for  veteran  students,  and 
it  is  wonderful  to  be  able  to  use  our 
own   things  and   feel  settled   for  a   while." 

Frances  (Cooper)  Gorman  is  spending 
this  year  at  the  University  of  Florida, 
where  she  is  an  assistant  in  the  English 
Department,  and  is  also  taking  courses 
leading  to  an  M.A.  degree. 

Mary  (Daniels)  Jones  is  working  in 
the  certifying  office  of  the  War  Assets 
Administration,  Raleigh.  Her  husband  is 
a  student  at  State  College. 

Stella  Efland  writes  from  Beacon.  N.  Y. 
She  says  she  often  meets  W.  C.  alumnae 
when  she  is  in  New  York  Cuv,  about  60 
miles  away  from  Beacon. 

Sara  (Fulton)  Bitting  is  living  in 
Winston-Salem,  and  is  continuing  to 
teach  in  the  city  schools  there  since  hct 
marriage  last  August.  "Since  my  gradu- 
ation from  college,  I  have  taught  English 
and  the  social  studies  in  the  eighth  grade 
at  Gray  High  School  here.  I  have  really 
enjoyed  my  experience  as  a  teacher.  The 
summer  of  1945  I  spent  in  Penns  Grove. 
N.  J.,  with  Rosalie  (Watson)  Powell 
'44.  my  college  roommate,  and  while 
there,  worked  with  her  in  a  DuPont  lab- 
oratory, getting  some  very  valuable  expe- 
rience. Since  housing  conditions  are  so 
crowded  at  Chapel  Hill.  I  decided  to  stay 
here  while  Joe  completes  his  senor  year 
al  the  University,  Of  course  I  can  hardly 
wait  until  his  graduation  day  comes,  when 
1  can  begin  housekeeping  as  a  full-time 
job." 

f'rances  (Fountain)  Shaw  and  her  hus- 
band are  living  in  the  Chap.l  Hill  trailer 
camp,  while  he  is  completing  the  work 
for  his  degree  from  the  University,  Dur 
ing  the  war  Mr,  Shaw  served  in  the 
Pacific,     Frances    is    working    in    the   office 


of  the  Hospital  Savings  Association. 
Chapel   Hill. 

Ruth  (Greene)  Fulton  writes  from 
Orlando.  Fla..  where  she  is  living  at  pres- 
ent while  her  husband  is  attending  a  busi- 
ness school,  preparatory  to  returning  to 
Kings  Mountain,  to  enter  business  with 
his  father  there.  They  were  married  last 
summer,  "We  have  a  charming  little 
apartment  here,  and  I  like  being  a  house- 
wife, I  like  Orlando  too.  We  certainly 
could  not  have  chosen  a  more  beautiful 
place  in  which  to  enjoy  a  long  honey- 
moon.    The   weather   is   wonderful   here." 

Evelyn  (Hansen)  Sweet  lives  in  San- 
turce.  Porto  Rico.  "This  last  year  has 
been  quite  a  full  one  for  me.  Not  the 
least  exciting  event  was  the  arrival  of 
our  daughter.  Barbara  Janice,  last  July  8. 
Needless  to  say.  my  time  is  well  filled  — 
so  well  filled  in  fact  that  sometimes  I 
wonder  where  time  went  before  she  came. 
Of  course  her  parents  are  just  plain 
happy!" 

Margaret  (Hardee)  Whitaker  is  director 
of  women's  and  girls'  activities  for  the 
City  Recreation  Department.  Durham. 

Rachel  Herring  is  home  demonstration 
agent  in  Harnett  Countv.  with  headquar- 
ters at  Lillington. 

Sarah  Hopper  has  been  bookmobile  li- 
brarian for  the  Cumberland  County  Pub- 
lic Library  since  June.  1946.  In  May 
preceding,  she  had  received  the  B.S.  de- 
gree in  Library  Science  from  Louisiana 
State  University.  "As  you  may  know, 
the  public  library  is  located  in  the  his- 
torical market  house  in  Fayetteville,  Cre- 
ating additional  library  service  through- 
out the  highways  and  byways  of  the 
county  has  proved  to  be  a  fascinating  job, 
another  advantage  of  living  in  Fayette- 
ville is  the  large  number  of  Woman's 
College  girls  who  are  here." 

Betty  Lou  (Howscr)  Surratt  is  one  of 
the  many  trailer-wives  whose  husbands 
are  studying  on  a  college  campus  this 
winter.  She  is  with  the  group  at  State 
College.  Raleigh,  together  with  their  little 
daughter  Sherry  20  months  old.  "There 
is  a  number  of  W.C.  graduates  in  the 
trailer  camp  here,  and  we  sometimes  get 
together  in  an  informal  reunion.  Please 
keep  the  ALUMNAK  NhwS  coming  my 
wav  —  I  look  forward  so  much  to  re- 
ceiving  it." 

Edna  Anne  (Johnston)  Lamson  is 
teaching  art  in  the  Hugh  Morson  and 
Needham  Broughton  High  Schools,  Ra- 
leigh, 

M  a  r  y  Elizabeth  Kirschncr's  engage- 
ment has  been  announced  to  David  R, 
Monroe,  the  wedding  to  take  place  the 
coming  summer.  The  young  man  is  a 
graduate  of  Oberlin  College.  He  served 
four  years  in  the  Army  —  two  of  these 
years  in  the  Pacific  and  Korean  Area.  He 
was  discharged  with  the  rank  of  captain. 
Mr.  Monroe  is  now  connected  with  a 
furniture  establishment  as  sales  manager. 

Dorothy  (Levis)  Munroc  is  living  in 
Newark.  Del.  She  is  teaching  chemistrv 
again,  part  time,  at  the  University  of 
Delaware,  "But  this  time  all  my  students 
happen  to  be  boys,  since  boys  outnum- 
ber the  girls  here  about  5  to  1 .  I  am 
reluctant  to  admit  it,  but  I  find  boys  more 
interesting  to  teach  than  girls.  Perhaps 
thai  is  due  to  the  subject  I  am  teaching, 
or  to  my  limited  experience,  Mv  hus- 
band s    schedule    is    so    arranged    that    he 


can  be  at  home  with  our  small  son.  now 
nearly  a  year  old,  while  I  am  at  school." 
Adorable"  is  one  of  the  words  that 
could  be  truly  used  in  describing  Janet 
Ann.  Susannah  (Matthews)  Newsome's 
small  daughter,  as  she  appeared  on  a  most 
attractive  Christmas  card.  But  that  is  not 
the  only  word  applicable  to  Janet  Ann, 
for  the  young  lady  is  most  daintily  im- 
pressive. 

Kathryn  (O'Brien)  Pratt  is  writing 
now  from  Charleston,  S.  C.  321 
Churchill  Road.  Palmetto  Gardens,  in- 
stead of  from  Maplewocd.  N.  J.  "After 
living  from  pillar  to  post  for  a  year.  Bill 
and  I  have  been  able  to  buy  our  first 
home,  and  are  now  getting  settled.  I  am 
still  working  for  the  Navy,  doing  a  pub- 
lic relations  job  at  the  Naval  Base,  and 
loving  every  minute  of  it.  We  put  out 
vast  quantities  of  publicity  for  the  Navy, 
sending  it  to  all  papers  in  the  Carolinas 
and  Georgia.  Last  summer  three  of  us  — 
Ann  (Murphy)  Parker  '44.  Mary  Agnes 
(Cochrane)  Ward  '44  and  I,  and  our 
husbands  —  had  a  reunion  at  Ann's  home. 
Myrtle  Beach,  S,  C.  Our  husbands  met 
for  the  first  time  then.  The  poor  men 
didn't  have  a  chance  however  —  what 
with  W,  C,  gossip  going  on  all  the 
week  end!  Ann  lives  in  Nashville,  Tenn,, 
now  and  Mac  is  in  Troy,  N,  Y,:  so  you 
see  the  Yankees  and  the  Rebels  got  all 
mixed   up  after  four  years  at  W.C.  " 

Mary  Louise  (Phillips)  Roth  lives  in 
Albuquerque.  New  Mex.,  where  she  says 
that  being  the  wife  of  a  college  man  is 
almost  like  being  in  school  again,  "Foot- 
ball games,  dances,  and  even  helping  out 
with  the  lessons,  brings  it  all  back.  I  am 
working  as  credit  manager  in  one  of 
the  best  stores  here.  One  of  the  best 
parts  about  the  job  is  the  access  it  gives 
me  to  nylons  and  other  scarce  articles. 
John  and  I  have  a  nice  apartment  and  we 
enjoy   it." 

Ann  (Rainey)  Weidman  is  living  in 
New  York  City.  "We  are  here  for  good. 
I  hope.  You  see  we  moved  seven  times 
in  ten  months,  and  so  the  word  per- 
manent address'  sounds  mighty  pleasant  in 
our  cars.  As  you  know,  after  my  gradu- 
ation I  worked  in  Washington  City  for 
a  year,  doing  code  for  the  Signal  Corps 
—  I  roomed  with  Mary  Grandy  '44.  I 
was  married  while  in  Washington,  and 
went  with  my  husband  to  Tallahassee, 
Fla,,  where  I  remained  until  he  was  dis- 
charged from  the  Air  Corps,  Wc  had  a 
five- room  furnished  apartment  there,  and 
believe  it  or  not,  we  paid  only  S40  a 
month  for  it!  And  then  after  the  many 
months  of  moving  from  place  to  place, 
as  I  have  mentioned,  we  find  ourselves  in 
Big  Town,  I  am  working  for  the  Penn- 
zoil  Company,  exporters,  with  offices  in 
Rockefeller  Center,  1  have  also  located 
Lucy  Stubbs  '45  here  in  the  center.  The 
town   is  really  full   of  us  alumnae." 

Catherine  Reaves  is  in  High  Point, 
working  in  the  laboratory  of  the  High 
Point    Memorial    Hospital. 

Aliron  (Rice)  \Villard  writes  from 
Somerville.  Mass,  "We  have  a  son.  Scott 
Everett,  who  was  born  last  July  II,  at 
Mi.ssachusetts  Women's  Hospital,  Boston. 
Mv  husband  is  studying  in  the  School 
of  Business  Administration.  Harvard  Uni- 
verisiv.  and  hopes  to  receive  his  M.B.A. 
degree  in   February.    1947." 


April,  1947 


21 


Doris  (Sabiston)  Keller  is  living  in 
Jacksonville.  "After  my  husband  was 
discharged  from  the  Navy,  we  settled  here, 
and  I  have  been  deep  in  the  maze  of 
housekeeping  and  working  as  part-time 
laboratory  and  X-ray  technician  at  the 
hospital  here."  Doris  is  also  an  officer 
in  the  newly  organized  Woman's  Auxili- 
ary of  the  American  Legion,  in  Jackson- 
ville, and  has  given  S3veral  radio  pro- 
grams in  connection  with  this  work.  She 
is  also  circle  leader  of  the  Woman's  So- 
ciety of  Christian  Service  in  her  church. 
"There  is  quite  a  colony  of  Woman's  Col- 
lege graduates  living  in  this  town,  and 
we  enjoy  seeing  one  another  all  along. 
The  Alumnae  News  is  certainly  my  fa- 
vorite magazine,  so  be  sure  to  send  me 
every   number." 

Ruth  (Schohn)  Pilling  writes  from 
Maiden,  Mass.  "I  look  forward  eagerly 
to  receiving  the  ALUMNAE  NEWS  each 
time  it  is  published.  I  also  enjoy  all  other 
bulletins  which  come  to  me  from  the 
college,  and  often  relive  the  wonderful 
years  I  had  there.  Come  on.  you  '44's, 
and  give  more  and  more  news  about  your- 
selves. Here  goes  for  me.  I  finished  teach- 
ing in  Greenwich.  Conn.,  High  School  last 
year,  and  spent  the  summer  planning  my 
wedding  and  flying  back  and  forth  to 
Boston.  My  husband  is  from  Maiden,  a 
suburb  of  Boston,  and  since  our  mar- 
riage last  September,  we  have  been  liv- 
ing in  Maiden.  Because  of  the  acute 
housing  shortage  here,  we  are  temporarily 
with  his  people.  Of  course  we  are  eager 
to  have  a  home  of  our  own  as  soon  as 
wc  can  find  one,  but  with  the  present 
arrangement,  both  of  us  are  able  to  go 
to  school  at  night  and  enjoy  all  sorts  of 
other  activities  that  housekeeping  might 
certainly  interfere  with.  I  have  been  doing 
substitute  teaching  in  the  Maiden  schools, 
and  expect  to  begin  work  shortly  in  the 
editorial  department  of  the  Christian 
Science  Monitor.  Although  Russ,  my  hus- 
band, and  I  are  both  Yankees,  we  lost 
our    hearts    to    North    Carolina    long    ago 

—  I  when  I  was  at  Woman's  College, 
and  he  when  at  State  College  during  the 
war.  We  are  hoping  to  take  a  trip  back 
one  of  these  days  to  see  or  friends  there." 

Hilda  Scott  is  now  connected  with  the 
YWCA  in  Charleston.  S.  C. 

Mable  Stircwalt  is  teaching  a  sixth 
grade  at  Aycock  School,  Kannapolis.  and 
directing   the   school    glee    club. 

Myra  Stowe  is  spending  her  third  year 
at  Sullins  College,  and  her  second  there 
as  head  of  the  Department  of  Physical 
Education.     "My   work   is  still   interesting 

—  few  dull  moments.  I  spent  the  sum- 
mer at  Camp  Wyonegonic,  Maine,  as  head 
of  the  waterfront.  Really  love  that  sec- 
tion of  the  country  more  and  more.  Days 
off.  we  spent  riding  tramways  in  various 
New  Hampshire  ski  centers,  as  well  as  eat- 
ing a  lobster  or  two  on  the  rockbound 
coast.     What   a    life!" 

Ruth  (Turner)  Semaschko  is  now  in 
Germany  with  her  husband,  a  captain  in 
the  Army,  who  is  stationed  with  the 
Military  Government  in  Esslingen.  "I  have 
been  here  since  the  latter  part  of  August, 
so  that  the  strangeness  of  the  place  is 
beginning  to  wear  off^.  The  countryside  is 
really  beautiful  —  makes  one  wonder  why 
they  ever  wanted  to  start  a  war!  But  the 
bombed  out  towns  are  something  that  I 
could  not  even  begin  to  describe,  especial- 


ly Pforzheim,  which  the  newspaper  re- 
porters who  have  just  completed  a  tour 
of  Europe  placed  second  to  Berlin  in  its 
demolished    condition." 

Billic  Upchurch  is  a  chemist  —  in  the 
rayon  analytical  research  laboratory,  the 
DuPont  Company.  Richmond.  Va.  "I 
am  enjoying  my  work  here  very  much, 
but  miss  Woman's  College  more  than 
you   could    imagine." 

1945 

Mamie  Addington  is  a  chemist  with 
the  DuPont  Company  in  Charleston.  W. 
Va. 

Roberta  Barnett  is  living  in  Chambers- 
burg.  Pa.,  where  she  says  she  has  settled 
down  to  a  routine  job  of  school  teaching. 
"I  always  said  I  would  not  teach,  but  here 
1  am  at  Penn  Hall  Junior  College,  teach- 
ing Spanish,  and  what  is  more  —  loving 
it!  I  spent  six  weeks  at  Duke  Univer- 
sity last  summer  studying.  In  September 
I  returned  to  take  the  oral  examinations 
for  my  master's  degree.  I  flew  home  to 
Washington  that  very  night,  and  came  on 
up  here  the  next  day.  I  enjoy  the 
Alumnae  News  very  much,  and  miss  It 
when  it  do:s  not  come.  So  here  is  my  fee." 

Rachel  Baxter  is  associated  with  Pratt 
and  Whitney  Aircraft.  West  Hartford. 
Conn.,    as   an   engineering   aide. 

Dorothy  Beatty  writes  from  Washing- 
ton, D.  C  that  not  long  ago  she  noticed 
the  slogan,  "We  Strive  to  Excel,"  painted 
in  bright  red  letters  on  a  truck  of  the 
Crusty  Pie  Sompany.  "I  immediately 
thought,"  writes  Dorothy,  "that  they 
must  be  smart  too,  for  you  see  their  mot- 
to is  the  same  as  that  of  our  class!" 

Margaret  (Bilyeu)  Gargano  is  living  in 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.  She  is  engaged  in  writ- 
ing scripts  for  the  radio. 


Jean  Dickson  and  Polly  Hill  now  have 
an  apartment  together  in  Somerville,  N. 
J.  "Ruth  Eifort  visited  us  recently,  and 
one  of  the  'features'  of  the  occasion  was 
a  daily  session  about  WCUNC." 

Minerva  Falkncr  is  doing  secretarial 
work  in  the  Rural  Rehabilitation  Di- 
vision, FHA,  with  headquarters  in  Ra- 
leigh, 

Anna  Graham  is  instructor  in  physical 
education,  St.  Mary's  School,  Raleigh. 
She  is  also  active  in  the  Raleigh  Little 
Theater. 

Mary  Hicks  is  still  a  chemist  with  the 
Texas  Company,  in  Beacon,  N.  Y.  "I 
still   like   the  job  very   much." 

Betty  (Hudston)  Driscoll  has  charge  of 
the  band  and  glee  club  in  the  Spencer 
High  School.  "My  husband  and  I  flew  to 
the  West  Coast  last  summer  —  had  a 
wonderful   time." 

Elaine  (Miller)  Odenwald  is  living  in 
St.  Paul.  Minn.  She  wrote  last  fall  about 
their  success  in  getting  an  apartment  ■ — 
"all  of  four  rooms!  Perhaps  that  sounds 
like  a  big  one  in  these  crowded  times,  but 
even  so  there  is  not  enough  room  for 
everything.  " 

■loey  Miller  finished  a  year  as  student 
dietitian  at  Indiana  University  the  latter 
part  of  November,  and  immediately  ac- 
cepted a  job  on  the  staff  of  the  Methodist 
Hospital  in  Indianapolis.  "I  like  this 
section  of  the  country  so  well  that,  as  you 
see,  I  have  decided  to  stay  a  while.  Be- 
fore I  commenced  my  new  work,  I  went 
back  to  North  Carolina  for  a  short  vaca- 
tion, and  while  there,  stopped  for  a  bit 
in  Greensboro,  where  I  saw  several  former 
college  friends.  I  attended  the  Convention 
of  the  American  Dietetic  Association  the 
middle  of  October,  and  while  there  saw 
Miss     Blanche     Tansil.     formerly     of     the 


"Storm  at  Gallup" 

By   Gregory   D.    Ivy,    Head   of    the   Art   Department.    Woman's   College,   University 
of  North  Carolina. 


The  Alumnae  News 


Home  Economics  Department.  Woman's 
College,  but  now  at  the  University  of 
Mississippi." 

Barbara  Pettit  writes  about  her  cn- 
gagcmeni  to  Eugene  Graf  —  the  wedding 
to  be  some  time  in  the  spring  of  1947. 
"1  have  a  new  job  also  —  in  the  beauty 
department  of  Harper's  Bazaar,  New 
York   City,   and   I   love   it." 

Shirley  Pridgcn  is  a  laboratory  tech- 
nician with  V'ick  Chemical  Company. 
Greensboro. 

Alise  (Reid)  Irvin  writes  from  Shelby, 
where  she  is  keeping  house  and  working 
at  the  public  library.  "I  find  library 
work  very  interesting  and  also  very  dif- 
ferent from  teaching.  I  greatly  enjoy  the 
Alumnae  News,  and  would  not  miss  a 
copy    for  anything.  " 

Lillian  Somers  is  teach  ng  a  first  grade 
for  the  second   year  in   Broadway. 

Martha  Ann  Strowd  received  her  M.A. 
degree  from  Duke  University  last  June, 
and  this  year  is  head  of  the  English  De- 
partment. Fairfax  Hall.  Waynesboro.  W. 
\'a.  She  enjoys  the  work  there  very 
much. 

Julia  (Tavlori  Morton's  small  daugh- 
ter. Julia  Taylor,  might  easily  win  a 
beauty  contest  —  as  s;en  from  the  van- 
tage ground  of  a  Christmas  card.  She  is 
quite  complete  —  bright  eyes,  smile,  and 
all: 

Kay  Tolhurst  had  a  unique  job  last 
summer  —  she  worked  at  the  State  Po- 
lice Headquarters,  in  the  communications 
department.  Hartford.  Conn.  "In  Sep- 
tember I  returned  to  teach  kindergarten  in 
East   Stratford. 

Marguerite  Waldenmaier  is  teaching  a 
first  grade  in  Stantonsburg.  "and  I  am 
crazy    about    my    work." 

Ella  Gray  Wilson  writes  that  she  is 
spending  h:r  second  year  as  "teacher '"  to  a 
lar5e  group  of  eight-graders  in  the  Dunn 
High  School.  "'I  find  teaching  interest- 
ing and  fascinating  work,  although  it  is 
trying  at  times.  Most  of  all,  I  enjoy 
coaching  the  girls'  basketball  team  of 
th?  high  school,  even  though  to  do  so 
r. quires  a  great  deal  of  extra  time  and 
work.  Last  year  my  team  was  runner-up 
in  the  Harnett  County  Tournament,  and 
this  year  we  are  planning  big  on  being 
the  county  winner.  On  the  first  day  of 
fchool  last  fall,  my  present  roommate  and 
I  met  for  the  first  time,  we  thought:  but 
a  little  later  we  recognized  each  other  as 
Woman's  College  alumnae,  although  we 
didn't  know  each  other's  name,  when 
we  were  [here.  She  is  Eunice  Fisher  '46. 
She  teaches  history  in  our  high  school. 
In  the  early  fall  I  spent  a  week  end  with 
Dadic  Glisson.  also  '46.  in  Wilmington 
Enclosed  is  my  check  for  the  Alumn.\E 
NlAVS.  /Ceep  It  rolling,  for  it  keeps  mc 
rolling." 

Cornelia  (Woodlief)  Parker  is  living 
now  in  Wilson,  where  she  is  teaching  a 
second  grade.  "Of  course  the  most  im- 
portant thing  that  has  happened  to  mc 
since  I  left  W.C.  was  my  marriage  last 
July.  We  live  in  a  garage  apartment,  but 
I  assure  you  it  seems  like  a  mansion  to 
us  after  having  such  a  dilTicult  time  find- 
ing any  place  at  all  to  call  home.  About 
the  funniest  thing  you  ever  saw  is  us" 
washing  dishes  in  the  bath  room!  That  is 
fun.  though,  so  long  as  Lee  is  there  to 
make  sure  (hat  the  dishes  gel  dried  but 
quick !     And  of  all  things,   we  have  a  dog 


Elizablth  Chapman  '46 

Elizabeth  Chapman,  Pittsburgh, 
Pa.,  is  in  Nome,  Alaska,  teaching 
grades  4  and  5  in  the  public  schools. 
"I  came  up  on  August  2  8  by  Pan 
American  Airways.  \('hen  1  accepted 
the  job,  I  thought  I  was  going  to  be 
teaching  high  school  music  and  Eng- 
lish, but  due  to  the  shortage  of  teach- 
ers here,  I  was  asked  to  teach  grades 
4  and  5.  I  have  42  students,  and  of 
that  group  3  5  are  Eskimos.  Mv  com- 
plaints are  just  three  —  that  I  haven't 
enough  seats  for  all  of  them,  only  half 
as  many  books  as  I  need,  and  more 
smell    than   I   can   manage! 

"This  'smell'  is  a  smell  that  I  have 
never  smelled  before,  and  it  is  terrific! 
It  comes  from  the  seal  oil  and  the  dried 
fish  that  the  children  eat.  It  was  much 
worse  after  winter  set  in,  for  then  I 
had  in  addition  to  the  seal  oil  and 
dried  fish  the  smell  of  the  skins  in 
their  mukluks  (winter  shoes),  and  in 
their  parkas,  which  the  natives  tan 
with  urine.  I  wasn't  able  to  open  the 
windows  cither,  since  the  temperature 
was  often   below   zero. 

"Nome  is  an  interesting  place,  how- 


loo  in  our  mansion."  He  usually  sleeps 
on  the  steps  leading  up  to  our  room,  and 
is  much  impressed  with  his  importance, 
posing  as  vociferous  guardian  and  care- 
taker. Lee  is  an  announcer  at  the  radio 
station  here,  but  the  pup  has  not  yet 
recognized  his  voice  over  the  radio  —  so 
lar  as  we  can  tell.  1  still  mi.ss  those  good 
bull  sessions  we  had  at  W.C  and  had 
lime    for    too.     They    are    an    important 


ever.  The  main  street  (or  Front 
Street)  runs  parallel  to  the  Bering  Sea. 
All  of  the  streets  here  art  dirt,  and 
all  of  the  sidewalks  are  made  of  wood. 
The  population  is  1600  and  half  of 
these  are  Eskimos.  The  temperature, 
which  I  have  already  mentioned,  really 
goes  down  at  times  to  around  47  be- 
low. But  the  worst  thing  here  is  a 
cold,  cold  wind  that  blows  in  from 
the  Bering  Sea.  The  highest  speed  re- 
corded on  that  wind  was  56  miles  per 
hour.  A  bright  spot  is  this  —  that 
there  is  a  lot  of  gold  right  on  the 
beach  here,  and  one  can  make  around 
ten  dollars  for  an  average  day's  work. 

"Nome  is  built  on  a  glacier  —  one 
will  strike  solid  ice  three  or  four  feet 
under  the  ground.  All  the  land  is 
tundra  and  extremely  swampy.  The 
ground  shifts  so  much  too  that  a  good 
many  of  the  little  houses  are  on  a 
slant  caused  by  the  ground  moving 
about  so  often.  But  —  believe  it  or 
not  —  there  are  no  shortages  in  this 
place.  Soap  and  soap  flakes,  Crisco, 
chocolate,  butter,  meat  —  all  are  here 
in  plenty.  Prices  are  high  though.  A 
hamburger  costs  50  cents;  a  cheese- 
burger 75  cents;  milk  2  5  cents  a 
glass;  ice  cream  25  cents  a  dish;  a 
bottle  of  coke  20  cents;  a  fountain 
ccke  2  5  cents;  reindeer  steak  SI. 2 5  a 
pound;  canned  soup  50  cents  a  bowl, 
and  a  nickel  candy  bar  at  home  is  10 
cents  here.  Fresh  foods  are  still  more 
expensive,  and  one  doesn't  buy  them 
except  for  a  splurge.  Nothing  at  all 
is  rationed,  and  I  am  told  that  there 
was  no  rationing  during  the  war 
either.  On  the  other  side  of  the  pic- 
ture, vou  will  be  glad  to  hear  that 
salaries  are  high  enough  to  take  care 
cf  these  high  prices.  My  salary  is 
S.i22  a  month.  Waitresses  get  $10  a 
day,  and  maids  a  dollar  an  hour.  One 
thing  I  miss  is  trees  —  there  are  none 
here.  And  the  only  animals  I  have 
seen  in  Nome  are  white  rabbits,  Eski- 
mo dogs,  two  horses  that  some  one 
brought  here,  seals,  wolves  that  never 
come  to  town;  and  occasionally  I  have 
seen   some  white   whales. 

"All  in  all,  Nome  is  a  wonderful 
place.  Any  time  you  want  to  find  a 
nice  vacation  spot  —  this  is  it!" 


pan  of  college  life.  This  is  all  for  now. 
except  this  —  do  not  forget  to  send  me 
the  next  number  of  the  NEWS.  1  will  do 
as  always  —  put  everything  aside  while 
I   read   it    from   back   to   front.  ' 

Jeanne  Yarrow  has  been  in  Paris  for 
some  time. 

Nancy  Yokely  writes  from  Kingsport. 
Tenn.  "The  last  time  I  wrote  I  was  secre- 
tary to  the  manager  of  Acetate  Yarn  Sales  at 


April,  1947 


23 


Tennessee  Eastman  Corportion  in  Kings- 
port,  Tenn.  But  for  the  past  year  I  have 
been  a  Sales  Correspondent  in  the  Cellu- 
los;  Products  Sales  Division,  selling  Ten- 
ite,  our  cellulose  ester  plastic.  It  is  most 
interesting  work  and  consists  of  answer- 
ing various  inquiries  about  our  plastic. 
The  shorthand  and  typing  which  I  strug- 
gled over  in  school  are  no  longer  needed 
as  1  dictate  my  letters  on  an  Ediphone 
and  they  are  transcribed  by  the  Central 
Stenographic  Department.  The  territory  I 
cover  —  by  letter — is  one  half  of  New 
York  City.  We  have  of  course  a  sales 
office  in  New  York,  as  well  as  in  nine 
other  cities,  and  our  staff  there  is  the 
largest  we  have,  consisting  of  four  full- 
fledged  salesmen.  In  theory  my  work  is 
to  coordinate  the  work  of  the  salesman 
with  that  of  the  home  office,  here  in 
Kingsport.  It  is  here  that  we  produce 
the  plastic  material  in  the  form  of 
granules  and  pellets  which  is  supplied  to 
extruders  and  molders  of  consumer  articles. 
Examples:  steering  wheels,  radio  cabinets, 
combs,  brushes,  compacts,  etc.  Actually 
the  most  interesting  letters  I  receive  are 
those  from  every  type  of  Tom,  Dick,  and 
Harry  over  and  above  my  125  regular 
customers.  School  kids  may  write  in  for 
color  samples,  or  some  man  who  has 
patented  a  new  gadget  may  write  in  re- 
questing the  recommended  type  of  Tenite 
to  use  in  his  particular  application.  (By 
this  I  mean  he  knows  there  are  certain 
physical  properties,  such  as  impact 
strength,  which  will  be  required  to  make 
his  product  durable  and  attractive.)  A 
few  times  I  have  even  carried  on  spirited 
correspondence  with  inmates  of  various  in- 
stitutions who  wanted  scrap  sheets  of 
plastic  from  which  to  carve  objects.  Oh. 
It  is  all  very  interesting!  Kingsport  is  a 
rather  picturesque  town  under  the  layers 
of  foot,  dust,  and  smoke.  As  yet  it  lacks 
a  lot  as  far  as  entertainment  and  civic 
pride  are  concerned.  But  it  is  a  growing 
city,  the  last  census  giving  somewhere 
around  45,000  people.  Numerous  articles 
have  been  written  on  its  being  the 
planned  industrial  city  of  the  South.' 
You  may  have  read  the  one  in  Readers' 
Digest  sometime  last  year.  Actually  we 
have  to  throw  up  our  hands  in  disgust  at 
the  horrible  bus  schedules  and  other  in- 
conveniences native  to  a  fast  growing  city. 
Our  shopping  district  is  limited  to  one 
fairly  good  store  (similar  to  Meyer's,  but 
with  far  less  merchandise)  and  dress 
shops  of  various  types.  One  either  eats 
at  the  Kingsport  Inn,  McGil's  Restaurant, 
or  the  Snack  Shop,  and  none  of  these 
places  would  require  full  dress.  There  is 
much  more  I  would  like  to  tell  you  about 
Kingsport  and  my  work,  but  it  looks 
like  I'm  situated  here  for  'some  time  to 
come  so  there  will  be  numerous  chances 
later  on.     It's  a  grand  old  life!" 

1946 

Born  to  Ensign  and  Mrs.  H.  N.  Jones 
II  (Laura  Owen),  a  son,  Harry  New  III, 
December   13.    1946,   Newport  News,  'Va. 

Excerpts  from  a  letter  from  the  class 
president: 

"Dear  Miss  Byrd:  I  am  still  measuring 
life  by  semesters.  We  are  now  just  be- 
fore taking  inventory  at  Davison's,  and 
to  my  boss.  I  referred  to  the  next  season 
as  next  semester!     I   do  almost   feel   quali- 


fied to  carry  on  class  meetings  in  Atlanta 
since  we  nearly  have  a  quorum  working 
down  here!  There  are  about  fifteen  of  our 
class  nursing  infant  careers  here.  Al- 
though we  have  not  all  been  together  at 
one  time,  we  do  bump  into  each  other 
frequently  and  it  makes  me  feel  so  at  home 
to  talk  over  old  times  and  exchange  gos- 
sip. Joyce,  Mary  Nell  Thompson,  Lolly 
Cochrane,  and  I  are  living  together.  And 
finding  rooms  was  just  about  as  much  an 
accomplishment  as  getting  that  diploma 
last  June!  Politically,  Georgia  is  so  much 
talked  about  that  I  need  not  dwell  on 
that.  Culturally,  Atlanta  offers  delight- 
ful concerts  and  shows.  Socially  —  the 
phase  I  enjoy  most  —  there's  no  end  of 
entertainment!  We  are  enjoying  life  at 
its  best,  from  a  convertible  to  crepe  su- 
zettes!  Incidentally,  Lolly  got  the  con- 
vertible for  Christmas.  Letters  from  sev- 
eral of  our  friends  indicate  that  about  six 
of  our  W.C.  crowd  now  working  in  Vir- 
ginia, New  Jersey,  and  Chapel  Hill  arc 
planning  to  visit  us  in  March.  That  — 
we  will  call  a  'floor  party.'  since  bed 
space  won't  accommodate  more  than  two! 
This,  however,  is  incidental  because  I'm 
certain  that  sleep  won't  be  a  major  item 
of  interest  that  week-end.  I  had  hoped 
I  would  get  back  to  W.C.  for  a  week-end 
this  year,  but  I  am  not  yet  sur:  that  I 
shall  be  able  to  do  it,  but  I  do  want  to  go 
very  much.  My  job  is  fascinating  —  each 
day  difl^erent.  I  am  the  assistant  buyer 
for  blouses  and  sweaters  at  Davison- 
Paxon.  Merchandising  becomes  more  and 
more  a  game  as  the  market  approaches 
normalcy.  Please  remember  that  every 
little  word  from  College  is  more  than 
welcome.  I  miss  W.C,  and  have  never 
become  quite  reconciled  to  the  grim  reality 
that   school    days   are   really    over! 

"Betty  Jane  Surratt." 

Doris  Braswell  and  Irene  Wo.Tible  de- 
cided to  remain  in  Asheville  at  the  con- 
clusion of  their  s  x  months  of  training 
in  the  retail  training  program  given  by 
Bon  Marche,  a  department  store  there. 
"Our  cours;  is  completed,  and  we  have 
decided  to  stay  with  the  store  —  Irene 
as  assistant  personnel  director,  and  I  as 
assistant  buyer  in  the  blouse,  neckwear, 
and  scarf  department.  Irene  and  I  have 
finally  found  a  nice  three-room  apartment 
and  are  we  lucky,  with  housing  condi- 
tions what  they  are!  We  find  the  retail 
world  interesting,  and  hope  to  remain  in 
the  work,  with  a  bigger  and  better  ca- 
reer. " 

Dorothy  Nelms  is  assistant  in  the  Re- 
search and  Media  Department,  Lindsey 
and  Company,  Advertising,  Richmond. 
Va. 

Betty  Jane  Owen  is  assistant  in  the 
Department  of  Health  and  Physical  Edu- 
cation, Greensboro  College.  Last  summer 
she  was  on  the  staff  of  Camp  Trebor. 
Fryeburg.   Maine. 

Musa  Queensbury  has  an  interesting 
position  as  recreation  director  in  an  ele- 
mentary school,  Winston-Salem.  "I  am 
certainly  enjoying  the  ALUMNAE  NEWS 
and  would  not  miss  it  for  anything." 

Mary   A.    Riddle,    social    work,    Shelby. 

Marguerite  Rinehart,  French  and  Span- 
ish,  Barnard  School,   New   York  City. 

Lillian  Rivers,  art.  Carr  Junior  High 
School.  Durham. 

Susie  (Robbins)  Mowbray,  homemak- 
ing.  Rocky  Mount. 


Peggy  Joyce  Roberts,  2nd  grade.  Win- 
ston-Salem public  schools.  "Keeping  in 
step  with  40  second  graders  is  not  ex- 
actly restful,  but  there's  never  a  dull  mo- 
ment. I  truly  miss  W.C.  —  even  the  Fri- 
day  night  fish." 

Mildred  Rodgers,  working  for  Mc- 
Graw-Hill Publishing  Company.  New 
York  City.  "I  spent  my  vacation  last 
summer  attending  the  Art  Colony  at 
Beaufort:  then  on  here  to  New  York  — 
same  kind  of  job." 

Elizabeth  Roe,  intern  in  dietetics.  Medi- 
cal College  of  Virginia,  Richmond, 
spent  last  summer  as  assistant  dietitian 
and   counselor  at   Mary    Gwynn's   camp.  " 

Jean  Ross,  graduate  study  in  English. 
University  of  North  Carolina,  Chapel 
Hill. 

Celia  Rothgeb.  laboratory  technician. 
Agronomy  Department.  State  College. 
Raleigh.  "I  like  my  work  here  very  much 
—  analyzing  plants  and  soil.  Came  here 
the  first  of  last  July.  I  certainly  have 
enjoyed  my  copies  of  the  ALUMNAE 
News,  and  am  looking  forward  to  more." 

Hellen  Rouse,  music,  Junior  High 
School,  Wilmington.  "I  directed  music 
in  a  scout  camp  last  summer,  and  this 
winter  am  finding  Wilmington  a  grand 
place  to  be." 

Betty  (Routh)  Trospcr.  1st  grade. 
Hayes-Barton  School.  Raleigh.  "We  are 
keeping   house   in   a   trailer   on   State   Col- 


DO  THIS 


If  Baby 
Has  a  Cold 


Best-known  home  remedy  you 
can  use  to  relieve  distress  of 
baby's  cold  is  to  rub  his  littlo 
tliroat,  cliest  and  back  with 
Vicks  VapoRub  at  bedtime. 
Results  are  so  good  because 
VapoRub: 

Penetrates  to  cold-irritated 
upper  broncliial  tubes  witli  spe- 
cial soothing  medicinal  vapors. 

Stimulctes  chest  and  back 
surfaces  like  a  nice  warming 
poultice. 

While  baby  sleevs  VapoRub's 
penetrating-stimulating  action 
keeps  working  for  hours  to 
bring  relief.  Often  by  morning 
most  distress  of  tlie  cold  is  gone. 
Try  Vicks  VapoRub  tonight! 


The  Alumnae  News 


MONTALDO'S 


Mainstay  of  your  new  Spring  ward- 
robe .  .  crown  print  dress  with  the 
new  peg-top  skirt  and  graceful 
cut-away  hemline 


lege  campus,  while  Gregg  goes  to  school.  " 

Catherine  (Rowe)  Carey  homcmaking. 
Chicago  where  her  husband  is  a  student  at 
the  University  of  Chicago. 

Ann  Rowland.  5th  grade.  Henderson 
public  .schools. 

Anita   Rozier.  at  home.  Lumbcrton. 

Joyce  Ruckcr.  training  for  buyer,  Dav- 
ison   Paxon   Company.    Atlanta,    Ga. 

Catherine  Sanders,  at  home.  Clover. 
S.  C. 

Helen  Sanford.  writing  publicity,  pub- 
lic  relations   office,   Salem   College. 

Betty  Jane  Sarratt.  training  foi  execu- 
tive. Davison-Paxon  Company.  Atlanta. 
Ga.  "Thanks  for  the  Al.U.MNAI-  Nl-ws 
—  I   read   them  every   word." 

Adelene  S.ott.  working  for  Tennessee 
hastman   Corporation.   Kingsport.    Tenn. 

Sarah  Secrest.  ^rd  grade.  Monroe  pub- 
li;  schools.  "There  is  never  a  dull  mo- 
ment wiih  my  children,  and  I  certainly 
enjoy  my  work.  I;arly  last  summer  I 
taught  1  .  ■»-.  and  S  year  olds  in  Bible 
school." 

Marjorie  (Self  I  Amos,  keeping  house, 
Greensboro.  "During  vacation  last  sum 
mer  I  design.d  garments  for  children  and 
m.ule  |i.iilerns  for  the  .1  anil  .1  .Manu- 
l.ulurers,   W'inslon  Salem." 


Virginia  Setzer.  dietitian.  Lowrance 
Hospital.    Mooresville. 

Jane  Severance,  laboratory  technician. 
Ashcvillc.  "Last  summer  I  spent  a  week 
at  Wrightsville  Beach  with  three  other 
W.C.  girls.  I  did  some  temporary  work 
in  the  lab  of  a  big  industrial  plant  at 
I:nka.  served  as  nurse  for  two  weeks  at  a 
children's  camp,  and  finally  spent  three 
days  hiking  through  the  Smokies.  Some 
vacation.     I  assure  you!" 

Amy  Shaw,  physical  education,  Choate 
School,   Brooklinc.  Mass. 

Dorothy  Shields.  home  economics. 
Scotland   Neck    High   School. 

Elizabeth  Shipman.  music.  Winston- 
Salem. 

Margaret  Short,  case  work  assistant. 
Mills  Home,  Thomasville. 

Nancy  Shuford,  assistant  personnel  di- 
rector. Granite  Falls  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany. 

Myra  Siff,   at  home.  Newton.  Mass. 

Andris  (Sigmon)  Williams,  homcmak- 
ing. Louisville.   Ky. 

Marilyn  Silverstein.  psychiatric  social 
work.  Rockland  State  Hospital.  Orange- 
burg.  N.   Y. 

Betty  Jo  Singletary.  working  in 
Straughan's  Book  Shop.   Greensboro. 

Gloria  Small.  5th  grade.  Goldsboro 
public   schools. 

Shirley  Smiley,  clinical  chemistry,  lab- 
oratory. Norfolk  General  Hospital.  Nor- 
folk. Va.  "Last  summer  I  was  X-ray 
technician  in  Raleigh  General  Hospital. 
Beckley.    W.    Va." 

Caroline  Smith,  at  home,  Frceport. 
LI,   N,  Y. 

Doris  E,  Smith,  Airline  hostess.  PCA, 
with  headquarters  in  Washington.  D.  C. 
"I  flew  out  of  Chicago  during  the  month 
of  July,  but  since  August  I  have  been 
stationed  in  Washington.  So  far  have  cov- 
ered about  1  5  states  and  seen  all  the  great 
cities  —  have  flown  over  the  Great  Lakes 
too." 

Doris  O.   Smith,   at  home.   Greensboro. 

Ernestine  Smith,  secretary  to  a  lawyer. 
Spindale. 

Gloria  Smith.  English,  Grang:r  High 
School.   Kinston. 

June  Smith,  laboratory  assistant.  Hood 
College.  "Last  summer  I  worked  at  Vir- 
gin a  Beach  for  two  months  with  four 
other  members  of  the  Class  —  it  was  a 
most  interesting  experience." 

Margaret  Smith.  flight  stewardess. 
Universal  Airlines,  with  headquarters  at 
Miami.  Fla.  "This  is  a  small  charter'  air 
line,  but  it  offers  excitement  and  interest- 
ing travel.  Our  work  is  not  too  hard 
either.  We  have  only  two  routes  to  fly  — 
one  to  San  Juan.  Puerto  Rico,  and  th: 
other  to  New  York  City.  My  schedule 
goes  like  this:  One  day  I  fly  to  San  Juan, 
spend  day  and  night  there,  and  then  fly 
back  to  Miami,  my  home  base.  Then  I 
have  four  days  ofl^.  I  fly  next  to  Newark. 
N.  J.,  remain  there  or  go  over  to  New 
^'ork  City  for  a  day  and  night  and  then 
flv  back  lo  Miami.  I  have  an  apartment 
on  Miami  Beach  with  three  other  girls. 
Miami  is  a   wonderful  place  to  tive." 

Marguerite  (Smith)  Wood,  homemak- 
ing.  Dorchester.  Mass.  "My  husband  is 
a  student  at  the  Music  School  of  Boston 
L'niversity.  I  am  planning  to  work  laier 
on  —  I  hope  in  one  of  the  chemical  lab 
or.iiories:  and  I  mav  go  back  to  school 
for  advanced  siudv   in   chemistry." 


Marjorie  Smith,  home  economics.  Bur- 
gaw  High  School. 

Rebecca  Smith,  technician.  Raiford  Me- 
morial Hospital.  Franklin.  Va.  "I  am 
planning  to  attend  Whcaton  College,  near 
Chicago,    next   spring.  " 

Ruby  Smith,  office  work,  as  supervisor 
of  the  cashier's  department.  Fashion  Flo. 
Inc.  —  now  North  Carolina's  only  mail 
order  house. 

Sue  Smith,  graduate  work.  School  of 
Social  Sciences.  University  of  North  Caro- 
lina.  Chapel   Hill. 

Evelyn  (Smithwick)  Turner,  home- 
making.  Warrenton.  "On  our  honey- 
moon last  summer  Bob  and  I  visited  Nags 
Head.  New  York  City,  some  of  the  larger 
cities  of  Canada.  Philadelphia  and  Wash- 
ington. It  was  a  grand  trip,  but  we  were 
glad  to  get  home  and  settle  down  to 
housekeeping.  I  surely  have  enjoyed  the 
ALUMNAE  News,  and  enclosed  is  a  check 
to  cover  my  alumnae  fee.  " 

Angela  Snell.  graduate  assistant.  De- 
partment of  Psychology.  Indiana  Uni- 
versity. 

Evelyn  A.  Snow,  secretary.  Production 
Department.  Shelby  Mutual  Casualty 
Company.  Greensboro.  "I  had  a  wonder- 
ful week  in  New  York  City  right  after 
graduation." 

Hazel  Soles,  secretary,  Greensboro. 

Fannie  Sowers.  5  th  grade.  Lexington 
public    schools. 

Dorothy  Spears.  English  and  sociology. 
Albemarle  High  School.  "I  thoroughly 
enjoyed     receiving     the     numbers     of     the 

Alumnae   News    which   have  come   to 

me.  and  am  looking  forward  to  the  next 
copy." 

Julia  Spence.  physical  education.  For- 
est Hill  School.  Danville.  Va. 

Evelyn  Spencer,  home  economics.  Jones- 
ville  High  School. 

Dorothy  Spruill.  associate  director  of 
Y  Teen  Program,  "^'WCA,  Winston-Sa- 
lem. 

Elizabeth  Stacy,   secretary.  Durham. 

Jane  Stafford,  dietitian.  Annie  Penn 
Memorial    Hospital.    Reidsville. 

Dora  Staton.  music  in  elementary 
grades.    Wilmington    public    schools. 

Helen  Staton.  graduate  study  in  chem- 
istry. University  of  North  Carolina. 
Chapel  Hill.  "Last  summer  I  was  lab- 
oratory assistant  to  M  ss  Barrow,  in  the 
Chemistry  Department,  at  Woman  s  Col- 
lege. My  weeks  with  her  in  this  job 
were    simply    fascinating." 

Frances  Stephenson.  4th  grade.  Mount 
Pleasant   public  school. 

iVlildred  (Sternberger)  Shavian,  home- 
maker.  Toledo.  Ohio.  "The  ALUMNAE 
News  is  terrific:" 

Jean  Stockton,  physical  education.  High 
Point  Junior  High  School.  "Last  sum- 
mer. I  was  water  front  director  at  Camp 
Shirley  Rogers.  Roaring  Gap.  After  that, 
a  week  of  real  vacation  at  Mvrtle  Beach, 
S.  C. 

Cora  Stratford.  7th  grade.  Graham 
public  schools.  "I  had  a  wonderful  vaca- 
tion last  summer,  seeing  Florida.  Texas, 
and  California, '"  Cora  made  her  debut 
at  the  Debutante  Ball  held  in  Raleigh  last 
summer. 

Carol  Street,  taking  business  course. 
Winston  Salem. 

■  lane  Street.  i;raduaie  studv  in  child 
welfare.  L'niversiiv  k^\  Iowa.  .Line  has 
an    assislanlship   in    the   L'niversitv. 


April,  1947 


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Phyllis  (Strickland)  Benedict,  in  charge 
of  art  reference  room,  library  of  Uni- 
versity of  New  Hampshire.  Her  husband 
is  this  year  completing  the  work  for  his 
master's  degree  in  education  from  this 
University. 

Caroline  (Summerlin)  Barbce.  secre- 
tary. Greensboro.  "My  husband  will  com- 
plete his  college  work  at  Guilford  College 
;n  January.  After  that  we  are  not  sure 
where   we   shall   be.  " 

Elizabeth  Summersett.  secretary  to  the 
executive  secretary  of  Methodist  Board  of 
Education.  Western  North  Carolina  Con- 
ference. "1  began  this  work  shortly  after 
graduation  —  on  June  10.  Spent  three 
weeks  as  a  member  of  the  staff  of  Youth 
Assemblies.  Lake  Junaluska.  Then  v-fent 
to  Myrtle  Beach  during  the  month  of 
July,  for  vacation.  I  like  my  work  very 
much.  And  I  meet  W.C.  alumnae  every- 
where!" 

Zoe  Swecker.  Freshman  history.  Wom- 
an's College.  UNC. 

Emily  Teagu;,  home  economics.  Albe- 
marle  High   School. 

Lucile  Tegg.  graduate  student  in  music. 
Woman's   College.    UNC. 

Maxine  Templeton.  assistant  home 
demonstration  agent.  Randolph  County, 
with    headquarters   in    Asheboro. 

Claire  Thatcher,  home  economics,  Wac- 
camaw   High   School.   Ash. 

Doris  Theodore,  laboratory  technician. 
Baker's    Sanatorium.    Lumberton. 

Jane  Thomason.  continuity  director, 
radio  station  WTIK.  Durham.  "I  com- 
pleted my  work  at  Woman's  College  in 
January.  1946,  and  spent  the  spring 
term  doing  graduate  work  in  English  at 
Duke    University." 

Helen  (Thompson)  Efland.  home  eco- 
nomics, Rolesville  High  School.  "I  started 
my  work  here  on  July  15.  since  this  job 
runs  for  1  1  months  in  the  year.  I  like 
to  teach,  and  am  extremely  proud  of  my 
EHA  Club.  Fifty  of  my  girls  are  mem- 
bers this  year.  My  husband  is  a  student 
at  State  College.  He  commutes  back  and 
forth  every  day.  Luckily  we  are  not  far 
away." 

Margaret  Thomas.  secretary.  Local 
Government   Commission.    Raleigh. 

Mary  Glenn  (Thompson)  Hiers. 
church  secretary.  Tampa.  Fla.  "I  am 
secretary  at  the  First  Christian  Church 
here  —  a  job  I  sorta  fell  into,  but  I  like 
it  very  much  indeed.  We  live  about  15 
blocks  away,  but  I  make  direct  bus  con- 
nections in  about  five  minutes.  I  am  back 
home  every  afternoon  by  4:00  o'clock, 
and  have  time  to  begin  dinner  before  my 
husband  comes  in.  Speaking  of  cooking. 
I  had  never  cooked  a  whole  meal  in  my 
life  before  last  June.  But  there  is  always 
a  beginning  to  everything!  1  might  say  we 
haven't  suffered  too  much  by  my  ama- 
teur status.  Some  one  was  kind  enough 
to  give  us  a  Good  Housekeeping  Cook 
Book,  and  I  have  been  a  faithful  student 
of  its  pages.  Lucky,  my  husband,  and  I 
spent  our  honeymoon  in  New  Orleans. 
It  was  our  first  visit  to  this  famous  South- 
ern city,  and  we  were  particularly  fasci- 
nated by  the  French  quarter.  Believe  it 
or  not.  an  apartment  was  waiting  for  us 
when  we  got  back  to  Tampa.  We  have 
three  rooms  —  the  usual  living  room, 
bedroom,  and  kitchen,  plus  bath  and  a 
large  closet.  I  had  never  before  spent  an 
entire  summer  in  Tampa,   although  I  had 


heard  much  about  the  terrific  heat  of  the 
city.  Our  bedroom  has  nine  windows, 
and  that  fact  helped  a  great  deal.  I  sup- 
pose you  know  that  Lucky  and  I  were 
married  at  the  First  Baptist  Church.  Ham- 
let, on  June  5.  just  two  days  after  I  was 
graduated.  Joanna  Tucker  and  La  Verne 
Barrs.  both  '4  6's.  were  bridesmaids,  as 
was  Connie  Steed.  Com.  '45.  Dot 
Spruill  '46  was  soloist.  We  had  been 
in  our  apartment  here  only  about  10  days 
when  we  had  our  first  guests.  Helen 
(Denning)  Lowdermilk  '46  and  her  hus- 
band, Johnny,  stopped  by  to  see  us  on 
their  honeymoon.  Lucky  and  I  insisted 
that  they  stay  in  Tampa  for  a  few  days, 
and  so  we  moved  over  to  stay  with 
Lucky's  parents,  and  let  the  other  newly- 
weds  have  our  place.  Helen  is  teaching  in 
Thomasville  this  year,  and  her  husband  is 
attending  High  Point  Co'lege.  Best 
wishes  to  all  the  folks  at  W.C.  —  it 
really  didn't  seem  right  not  to  pack  up 
and  go  back  last  September.  " 

Mary  Nell  Thompson,  secretary.  Delta 
Air  Lines,  Inc..  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Betty  Jo  Thornton,  price  clerk,  OPA, 
Williamson,    W.    Va. 

Margaret  Jean  Thornton,  assistant  in 
health  education.  YWCA.   Richmond.  Va. 

Lucy  Thurston.  home  eeonomics. 
Stony   Point   High  School. 

Josie  Tomlinson.  Spanish  and  English, 
Roxboro   High    School. 

Nina  Trogdon.  5  th  grade.  Winston- 
Salem   public  schools. 

Alice  (Trosper)  Thomas,  assistant 
psychomctrist.  Veterans  Administration 
Guidance  Center,  State  College.  Raleigh. 
"In  this  work,  we  test  disabled  veterans 
to  determine  what  kind  of  job  it  would 
be  best   for  them   to  take  up." 

Louise  Troutman.  secretary.  Moores- 
ville  Furniture  Company.  Mooresville. 

Harriett  Tucker,  English,  Laurinburg 
High  School.  "I  attended  summer  school 
at  the  University  of  North  Carolina. 
Chapel   Hill,   last  summer." 

Joanna  Tucker  has  a  new  position  — 
she  is  now  assistant  librarian  in  the  Chil- 
dren's Division,  Mount  Pleasant  Branch, 
Public  Library,   Washington  City.    , 

Louise  Turner,  secretary  to  Chancellor 
Jackson,    Woman's   College,    UNC. 

Celeste  Ulrich.  teaching  fellowship  in 
correctives.  University  of  North  Carolina. 
Chapel  Hill.  "I  taught  in  the  summer 
session  of  Wonjan's  College  last  summer 
and  then  took  a  job  for  a  few  weeks  at  a 
camp  in  New  York.  After  that  I  had  a 
vacation  of  ten  days  in  Maine  —  and  was 
it  a  vacation!  We  camped  out  all  the 
time,  slept  on  the  ground,  and  walked 
from  place  to  place.  Maine  is  a  wonder- 
ful state,  but  1  can't  get  that  Carolina 
sand  out  of  my  shoes.  You  see  where  I 
am  this  year.  " 

Phyllis  Vreeland.  civilian  personnel  of- 
fice. Army  Air  Base.  Pope  Field.  Ft. 
Bragg.  "After  graduation  last  June.  I 
went  to  Bayview  on  a  house  party  with 
several  other  W.C.  girls.  Then  I  trav- 
eled on  to  Florida  —  a  state  I  had  never 
visited  before,  and  saw  all  there  was  to 
see  from  Jacksonville  to  Miami,  includ- 
ing Palm  Beach.  Of  course  I  saw  many 
beautiful  places,  but  North  Carolina  still 
suits   me.  " 

Elizabeth  'V.'aite.  keeping  house.  Cam- 
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back  to  Camden,  to  do  substitute  teach- 
ing in  a  high  school  until  my  father  re- 
turned from  the  Command  of  the  India- 
Burma  Theater." 

Margaret  Wallace,  case  worker.  Depart- 
ment of  Public  Welfare.  Randolph  Coun- 
ty,  with  headquarters  in   Asheboro. 

Edith  Warner.  X-ray  and  clinical  tech- 
nician.   Randolph   Hospital.   Asheboro. 

Doris  Watkins.  training  course  for 
food  supervisor.  Hotel  Statler.  Cleveland. 
Ohio. 

Marceline  Weathers.  5th  grade,  Lewis 
School.    Kinston. 

Elizabeth     (Webster)     Hincs.    extension 
work    in    poultry.    State   College.    Raleigh. 
Sarah    Weeks,    secretary.    Veterans    Ad- 
ministration.   Washington.    D.    C. 

Mary  Whisnant.  computer.  National 
Advisory  Committee  for  Aeronautics, 
l.angley  Field.   Va. 

Merryl  Whisnant.  4th  grad:.  Winston- 
Salem   public  schools. 

Eleanor  White,  director  of  women's 
and  girl's  activities.  YWCA.  Portsmouth, 
\'a.  "This  work  is  extremely  interesting. 
The  Y  here  is  unique  in  that  it  is  a  fam- 
ily Y  —  we  have  programs  for  men. 
women,  boys  and  girls.  I  am  the  only 
full  time  worker  in  the  women's  depart- 
ment, and  so  am  responsible  for  both  the 
physical  activities  and  the  club  work.  I 
have  8  Tri-Hi-Y  Clubs  to  supervise, 
and  am  hoping  to  organize  four  more  in 
the  near  future.  I  spent  the  month  of 
August  in  California  with  my  sister. 
Nancy  (White)  Kerch  '41.  I  look  for- 
ward to  receiving  the  next  number  of  the 
AlumN.A.E  News  —  please  send  it  to  me 
here  at   the   Y." 

Elizabeth  White,  secretary  to  the  treas- 
urer of  the  American  Trust  Company. 
Charlotte.  "I  started  to  work  the  first 
of  last  July,  and  so  I  really  didn't  have 
too  much  time  for  a  vacation,  although 
I  did  get  to  the  beach  for  a  litth  while. 
My  roommate  at  college.  Peggy  Guin 
46.  came  down  from  Washington.  D.  C. 
and  went  with  my  family  and  me  to 
Myrtle.  Beach.  I  like  my  work  here  very 
much.      We   have   a   caf:teria   in    the   bank 


which  serves  delicious  meals  at  reasonable 
prices.  This  is  quite  an  advantage.  I  run 
into  W.C.  girls  all  along  —  many  of 
them  are  working  here  in  Charlotte,  or 
living  here.  I  must  not  close  without 
telling  you  that  I  flew  to  Washington 
not  long  ago.  with  another  Charlotte 
girl,  and  spent  a  night  with  Peggy.  From 
there  we  went  on  over  to  Annapolis  to 
see  the  Navy-Villanova  football  game, 
and  then  had  dinner  on  the  battleship 
North  Carolina.'  which  was  docked  a 
few  miles  out  in  the  bay.  This  was  my 
first  trip  on  a  big  airliner,  and  it  was 
most  thrilling.  " 

Josie  Nance  White.  1st  grade.  A.  T. 
Allen   School.   Salisbury. 

Mary  Ruth  W'hitener.  assistant  home 
demonstration  agent.  Rowan  County, 
with  headquarters  at   Salisbury. 

Evelyn  (  Whittengton  )  Bingham,  keep- 
ing house,  Jacksonville.  Fla.  "As  soon 
as  my  husband  finishes  his  work  here  in 
the  Navy  Hospital,  we  hope  to  go  back 
to  North  Carolina.' 

Nelda  Widenhouse.  psychiatric  social 
work.  Rockland  State  Hospital,  Orange- 
burg.  N.   Y. 

Mary  Elizabeth  Willard.  chemist.  Gas 
and   Oil    Inspection   Laboratory.   Raleigh. 

Helena  Williams,  physical  education 
and  biology.  Chatham  Hall.  Chatham.  \'a. 
"Last  summer  I  was  boating  counselor  at 
Camp   Trebor.   Fryeburg.   Maine.  " 

Janis  (Williams)  Jervis.  graduate 
work.   University  of  New   Hampshire. 

Mary  Elizabeth  (Williamson)  Nowlan. 
homemaking.  Sterling  House  Project. 
Occanside.    Calif. 

Nancy  Williard.  personnel  worker. 
Rich's  Department  Store.  Atlanta.  Ga. 

Lucy  Willmott.  working  in  New  Or- 
leans.   La. 

Wendellyn  (Wilson")  Glenn,  keeping 
house.   Guilford  College. 

Ruth  (Winterling)  Diercks.  keeping 
house.    White   Lake.    Wis. 

Irene  Womble.  taking  merchandise 
training  course.   Bon  Marche.  Asheville. 

Marjorie  (Wvatt)  Howie,  homemak- 
ing.   Richmond.    \'a. 

Jacquelyn        ( ^'elverton )       Woodward. 


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home  service  representative,  Stephenson 
Appliance   Company.    Raleigh. 

Catherine  Yoe.  research  physicist,  re- 
search laboratory.  Georgia  Tech.,  Atlanta. 
Ga. 

Myrtle  York,  case  worker,  Public  Wel- 
fare Department.  Randolph  County,  with 
headquarters   at   Asheboro. 

Betty  Yost,  secretary.  Pilot  Life  In- 
surance Company,   Greensboro. 

Winnie  Yount,  research  chemist,  Plas- 
kon  Division.  Libbcy-Owens-Ford  Glass 
Company.    Toledo.    Ohio. 

Eleanor  Younts.  assistant  director,  and 
recreation  director.  Memorial  Foundation. 
Richmond.  Va.  "This  is  a  home  for 
girls  between  the  ages  of  12-17,  who  are 
receiving  psychiatric  treatment  from  the 
Memorial  Guidance  Clinic.  Later  on.  I 
plan  to  do  post  graduate  study  at  the 
Social  Work  School  of  the  College  of 
William   and   Mary." 

Christine  Zachary.  student  dietitian. 
University  Hospital,  University  of  Mich- 
igan. "Last  summer  I  was  assistant  man- 
ager of  the  home  economics  cafeteria  at 
Woman's    College." 


MARRIED 


Catherine  (Nash)  Mclvcr  '04  to  Ernest 
Day  Pitcher.  February  15.  At  home 
Leaksville. 

Mary  Haynes  '20  to  Major  J.  N.  G. 
Nesbit.  December  28.  1946.  The  bride- 
groom is  a  research  and  consulting  engi- 
neer. He  was  formerly  dean  of  the  En- 
gineering School  of  Georgia  Tech,  going 
from  there  to  the  University  of  Mary- 
land, where  he  served  as  head  of  the  De- 
partment of  Engineering.  At  home  Wash- 
ington,  D.   C. 

Katherine  (Harkey)  Dempsey  '25  to 
Llywn   Tudhope.    February    23.    home   of 


the  bride's  father.  Greensboro.  Mr.  Tud- 
hope served  for  three  years  in  the  U.S. 
Navy,  two  years  of  which  were  spent  in 
the  South  Pacific.  He  is  now  a  civil 
engineer  for  the  City  of  Greensboro.  At 
home  there. 

Martha  'Virginia  Jacobs  '25  to  Robert 
John  Eula.  January  18,  Community 
Church  by  the  Sea.  Aruba.  Netherlands, 
West  Indies.  Mr.  Eula  is  connected  with 
the  Lago  Oil  and  Transport  Company  at 
Aruba.  The  bride  is  teaching  in  the  Lago 
School.      At   home   Aruba. 

Mat-Moore  (Taylor)  Merlin  '30  to 
Ronald  G.  G.  Stanton.  January  2.  1946 
Enfield  —  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  par 
cats,  on  their  44th  wedding  anniversary 
The  bridegroom,  a  lieutenant  in  His  Maj 
esty's  Navy,  was  captured  by  the  Jap 
anes;  shortly  after  the  bombing  of  Pearl 
Harbor,  and  held  prisoner  in  Sumatra  and 
other  points  in  the  Far  East.  He  is  a 
native  of  Southport.  England,  and  is  now 
connected  in  business  with  the  Indo- 
China  Steam  Navigation  Company,  Hong 
Kong.   China.      At  home   there. 

Celia  Gerskov  '3  1  to  Murray  Gray. 
November  17.  1946,  at  the  home  of 
friends.  Greensboro.  Mr.  Gray  served 
for  five  years  with  the  U.S.  Army  and 
was  a  captain  at  the  time  of  his  release. 
He  is  a  graduate  of  St.  John's  College, 
and  has  resumed  law  practice  in  New 
York  City.     At  home  there. 

Iris  Stith  '32  to  Harry  L.  Reed.  Oc- 
tober 12.  1946.  Winston-Salem.  At 
home  Harrisburg.  111.,  where  the  bride- 
groom  is   a   banker. 

Ruel  Capel  '37  to  Eugene  Stedman 
Horney.  February  15.  College  Park  Bap- 
tist Church,  Greensboro.  Mr.  Horney  is 
a  graduate  of  State  College.  Raleigh.  He 
served  four  years  with  the  Army  and  at 
the  time  of  his  release  held  the  rank  of 
major.  Mr.  Horney  is  now  with  Wrenn 
Hosiery  Mill.  Thomasville.  At  home 
there. 

Bryte  Elizabeth  Kluttz  '37  to  Jack 
Jefferson  Crowell.  December  15.  1946. 
Mr.  Crowell  holds  a  position  with  Yad- 
kin Railroad  Company  in  Albemarle.  At 
home   there. 

Susannah  Hawkins  Thomas  '39  to 
John  Dargan  Watson.  January  4.  Cal- 
vary Episcopal  Church.  Wadesboro.  Mr. 
Watson  was  graduated  from  the  Univer- 
sity of  North  Carolina.  Chapel  Hill, 
where  he  became  a  member  of  Alpha  Tau 
Omega  Fraternity  and  of  the  Gimghoul 
Order.  He  also  has  a  Ph.D.  degree  in 
Engineering  from  Harvard  University.  He 
is  now  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Watson 
and  Hart,  engineers.  Greensboro  —  a 
business  which  he  established.  At  home 
Greensboro. 

Elizabeth  Mason  '40  to  Costin  Wood 
Page,  October  2.  1946.  St.  Albans  Epis- 
copal Church.  Philadelphia.  Pa.  Mr. 
Page  is  associated  with  his  father  in  Page 
Yarn  Company.  Greensboro.  At  home 
there. 

Eunice  Outlaw  '40  to  Percy  Clifton 
Stott  Jr..  December  14.  1946.  Baptist 
Church.  Zebulon.  Mr.  Stott  was  gradu- 
ated from  State  College.  Raleigh,  with  a 
degree   in    textile   engineering.      He    served 


four  years  in  the  U.S.  Navy,  saw  duty 
in  the  Pacific,  and  at  the  time  of  his  re- 
lease was  a  lieutenant.  He  is  now  em- 
ployed by  Burlington  Mills  Corporation, 
Burlington.     At   home   there. 

Theresa  Snow  '40  to  James  M.  Ed- 
wards, December  21,  1946,  First  Baptist 
Church,  Kerncrsville.  Mr.  Edwards  is  a 
graduate  of  Oak   Ridge  Military   Institute. 


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He  served  with  ihe  U.S.  Army  51  months, 
including  18  months  in  Europe,  and  is 
now  in  the  dairy  business  with  his  father. 
At   home  Kernersville. 

Nancy  Louise  Yates  '40  to  John  Carl 
McAmis  Jr..  December  14.  1946.  First 
Presbyterian  Church.  Greensboro.  Peggy 
Yates,  class  of  1944,  was  her  sister's  only 
attendant.  The  bridegroom  is  a  graduate 
of  the  University  of  Tennessee,  and  of 
Chrysler  Institute.  He  was  employed  on 
the  atomic  bomb  project  at  Oak  Ridge. 
Tenn..  previous  to  last  September,  when 
he  became  an  instructor  in  engineering 
at  the  University  of  Tennessee.  He  is  a 
memh-T  of  Sigma  Chi  Fraternity.  At 
home  Knoxville,  Tcnn. 

Mary  Ann  Cheek  '41  to  Jack  Dean 
Lawrence.  December  22,  1946,  First 
Baptist  Church.  Albemarle.  Mr.  Law- 
rence served  42  months  as  a  supply  of- 
fic;r  in  the  U.S.  Army.  He  is  now  a  stu- 
dent at  the  University  of  Tennessee  Col- 
lege of  Dentistry.  The  bride  is  continu- 
ing her  work  as  home  demonstration 
agent    in    Stanly    County. 

Ruth  Hous3  '41  to  Harry  Havins.  Jan- 
ua.y  25.  Trinity  Episcopal  Churrh,  Scot 
land  Neck.  Dur'nj  the  war.  Mr.  Havins 
spent  five  years  with  the  Armed  Forces, 
but  is  now  associat:d  with  the  United 
States  Weather  Bureau  as  a  radar  special- 
ist. 

Mary  Flnncttee  Lewis  '41  to  George 
Burwell  Smith.  March  8.  Methodist 
Church.  Farmville.  Mr.  Smith  is  with  the 
Soil  Conservation  Service  in  Mocksville. 
At  home  there. 

Majorie  D.  Bryant  '42  to  Everctte  Lee 
Burns.  February  15.  Jackson  Heights,  N. 
^',  The  br  dcgroom  is  a  pilot  for  Ameri- 
can   Airlines.      At  hom:   Jackson   Heights. 

Mary  Frances  Cox  '4  2  to  Sgt.  John 
Wyszynski.  U.S.  Marine  Corps.  Srptcm- 
ber  4,  1946,  Balboa,  Canal  Zone.  At 
home  Balboa.  The  bride  is  the  daughtei 
of    Frances     (Howard)     Cox    "17. 

Isabel  Edmunds  '42  to  Lt.  Donald  Ed- 
win Gillespie,  U.S.  Marine  Corps..  Feb- 
ruary 11.  Rivermont  Presbyterian 
Church.  Lynchburg,  Va.  Lieutenant 
Gillespie  entered  the  Marine  Corps  in 
1942  and  was  commissioned  as  a  naval 
aviator  the  next  year.  He  served  a  year 
in  the  Philippines  and  on  Okinawa  with 
the  Second  Marine  Air  Wing,  and  re- 
ceived the  Distinguished  Flying  Cross.  Air 
Medal  with  thr:c  gold  stars,  and  the 
Presidential  Unit  Citation.  He  is  now 
stationed  at  Corpus  Christi.  Texas.  At 
home  there.  The  bride  is  the  daughter 
and  namesake  of  Isabel  (Bouldin)  Ed- 
munds    17. 

Nell  Forbes  '42  to  Capi.  R.  A. 
Broom.-,  Jr.,  t^'bruary  28,  Berlin,  Ger- 
many, 

Lula  Foushcc  Hlnton  '42  to  Daniel 
\'ernon  Hoskins  Jr..  February  8.  Uni- 
vers  ty  Methodist  Church.  Chapel  Hill. 
.Mr.  Hoskins  served  with  the  U.S.  Arniv 
during  World  War  II.  and  is  now  em- 
ployed by  J.  W.  Sechrest  and  Son.  fun. 
eral  directors.  High  Point.  At  home 
there. 

I         N.incv  Dixon   King  '4  2   to  Colin  Shaw 
I    Smiil),    December    28.    Him    Street    Chris 


tian  Church,  Greensboro.  Mary  Eliza- 
beth King  '34  was  the  bride's  only  at- 
tendant. Miriam  (Day)  Raney  '4  3  was 
soprano  soloist.  Mr.  Smith  was  gradu- 
ated from  Davidson  College  and  taught 
a  year  at  Oak  Ridge  Military  Institute 
before  returning  to  Davidson  as  YMCA 
secretary.  He  was  in  the  USO  three  years 
and  toured  every  theater  of  w-ar.  He  is  a 
member  of  Sigma  Alpha  Epsilon  Fra- 
ternity. The  bridegroom  is  now  doing 
graduate  work  in  English  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  North  Carolina.  Chapel  Hill. 
At  home  there. 

Eleanor  Elizabeth  McNeill  '4  2  to  J. 
Frank  Pickard.  December  26.  1946.  First 
Baptist  Church.  Fairmont.  Mr.  Pickard 
is  a  graduate  of  the  School  of  Pharmacy 
of  the  University  of  North  Carolina. 
Chapel  Hill.  He  was  discharged  from  th: 
U.S.  Navy  in  February.  1946.  and  since 
that  time  has  been  pharmacist  at  Glen- 
wood  Drug  Store.  Greensboro.  At  home 
there. 

Mary  Eunice  Sink  '4  2  to  Ruben  Davis 
Golding.  December  10.  1946.  Chapel  of 
the  First  Methodist  Church.  El  Paso. 
Texas.  The  bridegroom  served  three  and 
one-half  years  in  th:  U.S.  Navy,  and  is 
now  in  business  with  his  brother  in  El 
Paso.     At   ho.Tie   there. 

Ann:  Turrentine  '4  2  to  John  Hayes. 
April  12.  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  par- 
ents. Ellzabethton.  Tenn.  During  the 
war.  the  bridegroom  served  in  the  Navy, 
attaining  the  rank  of  lieutenant,  senior 
grade.  He  is  now  connected  with  the 
Aetna  Insurance  Company,  as  an  ocean 
marine  underwriter.  At  home  Hartford. 
Conn. 

Dorothy  Cox  '4  3  to  William  Edward 
Schmidt.  January  25,  First  Congrega- 
tional Christian  Church,  Greensboro. 
Dorothy  Scott.  44  was  maid  of  honor. 
Dorothy  (Hendrix)  Spainhour  '4  3  was 
matron  of  honor.  Mr.  Schmidt  is  a 
graduate  of  George  Washington  Univer- 
sity, where  he  also  had  premedical  classes, 
and  plans  to  resume  medical  study  next 
fall-  Temporarily  he  is  an  associate  in 
the  Chemistry  Department  at  George 
Washington.  He  is  a  member  of  Alpha 
Chi  Sigma  Fraternity.  During  the  war 
he  served  1 5  months  aboard  the  hos- 
pital ship  Mercy,  with  the  Army  Medical 
Corps.     At  home  Silver  Spring.  Md. 

Katherine  Isabel  Jones  '4  3  to  William 
Joseph  Davenport.  December  28,  1946 
Centenary  Methodist  Church,  New  Bern 
Mr.  Davenport  is  a  graduate  of  Fish 
burne  Military  School,  and  of  the  Uni 
vcrsity  of  North  Carolina,  Chapel  Hill 
He  is  now  a  tobacconist  at  Louisville,  Ky 
At   home   there. 

Dr.  Marguerite  Elizabeth  Lazenby  '4  3 
to  Dr.  Jerome  Otis  Williams.  December 
18.  1946.  First  Baptist  Church.  States- 
ville.  Margaret  Willis  Alexander  '4  2  was 
a  bridesmaid.  Both  the  bride  and  bride 
groom  received  their  degrees  from  Bow- 
man Gray  School  of  Medicine  of  Wake 
Forest  College.  Winston-Salem,  in  De- 
cember, and  both  will  intern  at  Baptist 
Hospital.  The  bride  will  intern  in  pedi- 
atrics. Dr.  Williams  is  a  graduate  ol 
Carson-Newman  College,  and  did  gradu- 
ate work  at  the  University  of  Wyoming. 
Before    entering    medical    school    he   served 


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five   years   in    the   Army.      He   will    intern 
in  gynecology.     At  home  Winston-Salem. 

Evelyn  Mae  Toler  '4  3  to  Ernest 
Montrose  Taylor,  January  18.  Thorpe 
Memorial  Chapel.  First  Presbyterian 
Church.  Rocky  Mount.  Mr.  Taylor 
served  with  the  Army  during  the  war. 
At  present  he  is  employed  by  Sidney 
Blumenthal  and  Company.  Inc..  Rocky 
Mount.      At   home    there. 

Anna  Fawcett  Tomlinson  '4  3  to  Van 
Wyck  Hoke  Webb,  March  22.  Spring- 
field Friends  Church.  High  Point.  Mr. 
Webb  is  a  graduate  of  the  University  of 
North  Carolina.  During  the  war  he 
served  in  the  Navy,  and  was  a  lieutenant 
commander  at  the  time  of  his  discharge. 
He  is  now  state  agent  for  the  New  York 
Underwriters  Insurance  Company.  The 
bride  is  the  daughter  of  May  (Lovelace) 
Tomlinson     07. 

Ruth  Howard  Andrews  '44  to  Franklin 
Herman  Little.  February  8.  Hillyer  Me- 
morial Church.  Raleigh.  Nancy  Dixon 
(King)  Smith  '42  was  organist  for  the 
wedding  music.  Sally  Moseley  '46  was 
among  the  bridesmaids.  The  bridegroom 
was  a  student  at  Lcnoir-Rhyne  College 
before  entering  the  Coast  Guard  in  1942. 
He  is  now  sales  manager  for  the  Caro- 
lina Appliance  and  Stoker  Company.  Ra- 
leigh.    At  home  there. 

Jean  William  Bain  '44  to  Elmer  Paul 
Nance,  January  10.  First  Presbyterian 
Church.  Winston-Salem.  Charlotte  Mat- 
thews '41  and  Nancy  Hyatt  '4  6  were 
bridesmaids.     Mr.  Nance  served  four  years 


in  the  U.S.  Army,  42  months  of  which 
were  spent  overseas.  He  is  a  graduate 
of  the  University  of  North  Carolina. 
Chapel   Hill.      At   home   Lexington. 

Mary  Anne  Bristol  '44  to  Campbell 
Royston  King.  March  23.  1946.  Statcs- 
ville.  Mr.  King  is  an  industrial  engineer 
with  Carbide  and  Carbon  Chemical  Cor- 
poration.    At  home  Oak  Ridge.   Tcnn. 

Mary  Ada  Cox  '44  to  Robert  Mc- 
Cormick  Gage.  October  20.  1946.  Meth- 
odist Church.  Mt.  Olive.  The  bridegroom 
is  associated  with  the  Linde  Air  Products 
Corporation.  Bufl^alo.  N.  Y..  as  a  re- 
search chemist.     At  home  Buffalo. 

Sara  Fulton  '44  to  Joseph  A.  Bitting, 
August  31,  1946.  Christ  Episcopal 
Church.  Walnut  Cove.  Mr.  B'tting  had 
his  preparatory  work  at  Woodberry  For- 
est, and  will  be  graduated  from  the  Uni- 
versity of  North  Carolina,  Chapel  Hill, 
next  June. 

Ruth  Greene  '44  to  William  Sage  Ful- 
ton. June  8.  First  Baptist  Church. 
Waynesville.  Dortha  Greene  '4  6  was  a 
bridesmaid.  Zadie  Graves  '44  and  Sara 
(Queen)  Brown  '4  3  assisted  with  the 
reception.  The  bridegroom  is  a  graduate 
of  Erskine  College,  and  during  the  war 
served  four  years  with  the  9th  Air  Force 
—  3  3  months  in  the  European  Theater. 
He  is  now  taking  a  refresher  course  in 
accounting  at  a  business  school  in  Or- 
lando.  Fla.      At   home   there,   temporarily, 

Henria  Harris  '44  to  Lewis  Uden, 
August    14,    1946.      At   home   Leaksville. 


Lt.  Betty  Johnson  '44  to  Lt.  Wil- 
liam Joseph  Bernard  Dowling  Jr.,  AUS, 
January  19,  post  chapel,  Ft.  Benning, 
Ga.  Lieutenant  Dowling  is  an  alumnus 
of  the  University  of  Indiana.  He  served 
with  the  101st  Airborne  Division  in 
Europe,  and  was  a  German  prisoner  for 
five  months  after  the  Battle  of  the  Bulge. 
He  is  row  an  instructor  in  the  paratroop 
school.  Ft.  BcnninT.  The  bride  is  also 
at  Ft.  Benning.  stationed  with  the  Medi- 
cal Corps.     At  home  there. 

Ruth  Emilie  Schohn  '44  to  Russell 
Earl  Pilling.  September  7.  1946,  St, 
Paul's  Episcopal  Church,  Maiden,  Mass. 
At   home   Maiden. 

Mary  Walker  '44  to  James  Franklin 
Lankford.  December  17.  1946.  Raleigh. 
The  bridegroom  attended  the  University 
of  Georgia  before  entering  the  U.S.  Army. 
He  is  now  attending  State  College.  Ra- 
leigh.    At  home  there. 

Betty  Scott  Barber  '45  to  Robert  James 
Smith  Jr..  January  18,  Presbyterian 
Church,  Pittsboro.  Doris  E.  Smith  '46, 
Carolyn  Harward  '4  5  and  Eleanor  (John- 
son) Edward  '45  were  among  the  brides- 
maids. The  bridegroom  served  four  years 
with  the  U.S.  Coast  Guard.  He  is  a 
graduate  of  Davidron  College  and  a  mem- 
ber   of    Sigma    Alpha    Epsilon    Fraternity. 


A  Look-Ii!  at  a  House  Meeting  in  Weil  Hall 

In  such   groups  as  these,   the  processes  of  democratic  student   government   get  start 
and  impetus  in   the  campus   "precinct." 


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He  is  now  associated  in  business  with  the 
R,  J.  Smith  Lumber  Company.  Charlotte. 
At  home  there. 

Mary  Lou  Bennett  45  to  Richard 
Michael  Mansueto.  December  22.  1946, 
First  Baptist  Church.  Gre;nsboro.  Claric; 
Crutchfield  4  5.  Violet  Can;ega  '45  and 
Elizabeth  Gabriel  '46  were  bridesmaids. 
The  bridegroom  served  14  mo.nths  with 
the  AAF  in  the  China-BurmaTndia  The- 
ater. He  is  now  attending  Pace  Business 
Institute,  New  York  City.  At  home 
there. 

Nancy  Brunt  '45  to  Richard  Rollins 
Brown.  May  14.  1946.  First  Baptist 
Church.  Winston-Salem.  The  bride- 
groom is  in  the  insuran:e  business,  Vv'ake- 
field,   N.   H.     At  home  there. 

Marjorie  Lucill;  Causby  '45  to  Lt. 
Herbert  Houk  Avery,  Derembcr  1,  1946. 
First  Methodist  Church  Morganton.  Betty 
Lou  (Sloan)  Mitchell  '45  was  matron 
of  honor  and  only  attendant  of  the  bride. 
The  bridegroom  attended  the  North  Geor- 
gia Military  Acad.'my  and  Lenoir-Rhync 
College.  He  had  service  with  the  U.S. 
Marine  Corps  in  the  Pacific  Theater.  At 
home    Miami.    Fla. 

Nancy  Cowherd  '45  to  Lt.  Samuel 
Melvin  Drew  Jr..  AUS.  December  7. 
1946.  Riverside  Presbyterian  Church. 
Washington,  D,  C.  Lieutenant  Drew  is 
an  alumnus  of  the  University  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, where  he  was  a  member  of  Sigma 
Phi  Fraternity.  He  has  been  in  Service 
since  1941.  and  after  the  wedding  re- 
turned to  Germany,  where  he  has  been 
doing  occupational  work  for  a  year.  The 
bride    later    joined    him    there. 

Margaret  Mclver  Fonville  '4  5  to  Ens. 
Lewis  Mattison  Millsaps.  U.S.  Navy. 
March  8.  First  Christian  Church.  Bur- 
lington. Virginia  (Harrelson)  Fonville 
4  2  was  matron  of  honor  and  Mary 
F-rances  Grier  '46  was  the  bride's  maid 
of  honor.  Ensign  Millsaps  is  an  alumnus 
of  State  College.  Raleigh,  and  was  gradu- 
ated from  the  United  States  Naval  Acad- 
emy. He  served  in  the  South  Pacific  sev- 
eral months  before  being  sent  to  Green 
Cove  Springs.  Florida,  where  he  is  now 
stationed.  The  bride  is  the  daughter  of 
Anne  (Watkins)  Fonville  '14.  At  home 
Cireen    Cove    Springs. 

\'irginia  I  ulk  '45  to  Dr.  Arthur  Ken- 
neth Peiretii,  December  28,  1946,  First 
Baptist  Church,  Pilot  Mountain.  Patricia 
I  Hiatt )  McConnaughey  '45  and  Jane 
Gardner  '4  5  were  among  the  bridesmaids. 
Dr.  Petrotti  was  graduated  from  Fordham 
Preparatory  School  and  from  Fordham 
L'niversitv.  and  now  is  interning  at  St. 
lilizabeih  Hospital.  Elizabeth.  N.  J.  At 
home  there. 


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FR.^NCES   KENNEV   '49 

Winner  o/  Teague  Award  as  Outstanding 

Amateur  SportsiL'oman  in  North 

and   South    Carolina 

Even  good  and  excellent  swimmers — to 
say  nothing  of  the  no-swimmers-at-all — 
and  water  sports  fans  of  ever>'  vintage, 
stand  in  wide-eyed  wonder  and  admiration 
whenever  they  have  a  chance  to  watch 
Frances  Kenney.  sophomore,  perform  in 
the  swimming  pool  —  whether  in  the 
physical  education  building,  or  any  other 
place  where  there  is  deep  water!  Frances  is 
a  swimmeri  And  so  no  one  was  surprised 
when  not  long  ago  word  came  to  the 
campus  that  she  had  won  the  Tcaguo 
Award  for  women — an  award  established 
five  years  ago  in  memory  of  Judge  Teague 
of  High  Point,  who  was  interested  in 
the  development  of  athletics  in  the  Caro- 
linas.  This  award  was  presented  by  the 
sports  writers  of  the  newspapers  which 
receive  A.  P.  dispatches.  The  award  was 
won  first,  and  held  for  two  years,  by 
Estelle  Lawson  Page,  noted  golfer:  and 
for  the  last  two  years  by  Peggy  Pate. 
swimmer.  Now  again  a  dolphin  gets  the 
crown.  Frances  claims  she  had  her  first 
practice  in  the  creek  that  runs  through 
the  front  yard  of  her  two-storied  white 
house  in  Raleigh!  She  certainly  doesn't 
inherit  swimming.  Her  mother  claims 
that  she  can  float  —  the  rest  of  the  fam- 
ily sink!  Nick  Sacrinty.  football  hero  of 
Wake  Forest  College,  won  the  Teague 
award  this  year  for  best  amateur  sports- 
man in   the  Carolinas. 


April,  1947 


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Evelyn  Ann  Gulledge  '45  to  William 
Andrew  Corbett,  December  28,  1946, 
Morven  Baptist  Church,  M.orven.  Eliza- 
beth Winston  '45  was  maid  of  honor.  Mr. 
Corbett  was  graduated  from  Staunton 
Military  Academy.  He  served  three  years 
with  the  Army,  spending  15  months  in 
the  European  Theater  with  the  7  8th  In- 
fantry Division.  He  is  continuing  his 
work  in  commerce  at  the  University  of 
North  Carolina.  Chapel  Hill.  At  home 
there. 

Mary  Harrington  '4  5  to  William  Har- 
rell  Johnson,  August  17,  1946.  Page  Me- 
morial Methodist  Church,  Aberdeen.  Joan 
Weil  '45  and  Barbara  Hicks,  class  of  '45 
were  two  of  the  attendants.  Mr.  Harrell 
is  a  graduate  of  Wake  Forest  College, 
where  in  his  senior  year  he  was  president 
of  the  Student  Legislature  and  Pi  Kappa 
Alpha  Fraternity.  He  is  now  a  junior 
in  the  Dental  School,  Medical  College  of 
Virginia.  At  home  temporarily,  Rich- 
mond. 

Jean  Barbara  Holmes  '45  to  James  Glen 
McAdams  Jr.,  February  5,  Front  Street 
Methodist  Church,  Burlington.  The 
bridegroom  is  a  graduate  of  Saint  Bona- 
vcnture  University.  He  later  attended 
Duke  University,  Campbell  College,  and 
Bowling  Green  Business  University.  He 
served  in  the  Army  for  45  months  —  in 
the  European  Theater  with  the  393rd 
Combat  Engineer  Regiment.  Since  his 
discharge  he  has  become  associated  with 
his  father  at  McAdams  Office  Supply 
Company,  Burlington.     At  home  there. 

Carolyn  Lowrance  '4  5  to  Hubert  Mar- 
ion Johnson.  October  26,  1946,  States- 
ville.  The  bridegroom  is  manager  of  the 
Orange  Crush  Bottling  Company,  States- 
ville.     At  home  there. 

Eleanor  Molen  '45  to  Roger  W.  Ander- 
son, February  16,  Presbyterian  Church  of 
the  Covenant,  Greensboro.  Eleanor  Dare 
Taylor  '45  was  maid  of  honor.  The 
bridegroom  is  a  graduate  of  the  University 
of  North  Carolina,  Chapel  Hill,  where  he 
was  a  member  of  the  band  and  of  the 
glee  club  and  was  president  of  Delta  Sigma 
Phi  Fraternity.  Mr.  Anderson  received 
his  discharge  from  the  Army  Air  Forces 
last  February  after  service  of  three  years. 
He  is  now  employed  by  Western  Electric 
Company.  Temporarily  at  home  West- 
field,  N.  J. 

Mary  Louise  Owen  '45  to  Ernest  Ros- 
coe  Magness  Jr.,  November  28,  1946, 
Haymount  Methodist  Church,  Fayetteville. 
Ruth  Register  '4  5  was  the  bride's  only 
attendant.  Mr.  Magness  recently  received 
his  discharge  from  the  Army,  after  serv- 
ing three  years  in  this  country  and  in  the 


The  College  Collection 
Needs  Many  Annuals 

"Last  fall  Miss  Edna  Forney  brought 
to  the  library  a  copy  of  her  class  an- 
nual. It  was  a  gift  from  her.  The 
very  earliest  copy  of  the  annuals  to  be 
placed  in  the  library  is  that  of  the 
Class  of  1902  —  called  the  Decennial. 
Later  the  annual  was  called  Carolin- 
ian. Our  first  copy  of  this  vintage  is 
that  of  1909.  'We  need  Carolinians 
for  the  years  1912  and  1916.  The 
fact  is,  the  library  is  making  an  effort 
to  collect  two  copies  of  every  annual 
—  one  for  the  College  Collection  and 
one  for  the  stacks;  therefore,  second 
copies  of  any  of  these  earlier  annuals 
will  be  most  welcome."  The  Alum- 
nae News  is  here  quoting  Mr.  Charles 
M.  Adams,  Librarian  of  Woman's 
College. 

The  annual  is  now  named  Pine 
Needles.  The  college  library  is  eager 
to  receive  copies  for  the  years  1918, 
1925,  1928,  1934,  and  1935.  If  you 
have  a  copy  of  any  of  these  numbers 
which  you  can  spare,  the  library  will 
receive  it  with  gratitude.  The  College 
Collection  is  growing  slowly,  with 
the  help  of  the  alumnae.  Go  to  the 
library  to  see  it  when  you  visit  the 
campus  again. 


European  theater.  At  home  Boone,  where 
the  bridegroom  has  resumed  his  work  as 
a  junior  at  Appalachian  State  Teachers 
College. 

Catherine  Lugean  Riley  '4  5  to  Howell 
T.  Walker.  December  14.  1946,  Shiloh 
Presbyterian  Church,  Montrose.  Kay  Tol- 
hurst  '45  was  the  bride's  maid  of  honor. 
Mr.  Walker  is  an  alumnus  of  Armstrong 
College.  He  served  in  the  U.S.  Army 
until  his  recent  discharge.  At  home  Or- 
lando,  Fla. 

Ruby  Thompson  '45  to  Lt.  (j.g.) 
John  O.  Hooper,  USNR,  May  6,  1946, 
Chapel  of  Ramona,  San  Diego.  Calif.  The 
bridegroom    is   a   graduate   of   the   Univer- 


sity of  South  Carolina.  He  is  now  associ- 
ated with  the  American  President  Lines, 
San  Francisco,  Calif. 

Gladys  Wager  '4  5  to  Lawrence  Clyde 
Clarke  III,  December  18,  1946,  Presby- 
terian Church,  Chapel  Hill.  Helen  Gib- 
son  '4  5   and  Dorothy  Blocksidge,  class  of 

1945.  were  the  bride's  only  attendants. 
Mr.  Clarke  is  a  senior  at  the  University 
of  North  Carolina,  where  he  is  a  member 
of  Pi  Kappa  Alpha  Fraternity.  He  was 
released  from  active  duty  with  the  Navy 
in   March,    1946.      At   home  Chapel   Hill. 

Irene  Carr  Bowie  '46  to  Hugh  Crocker 
Murrill.  January  2,  Central  Methodist 
Church,  Monroe.  Mollie  (Bowie)  Marsh 
'44  was  her  sister's  matron  of  honor. 
Jane  (Austin)  Cunningham  '46  was  a 
bridesmaid.  The  bridegroom  is  a  graduate 
of  State  College.  Raleigh,  where  he  served 
as  president  of  the  student  body  and  was 
a  member  of  Kappa  Alpha  and  Tau  Beta 
Pi  Fraternities.  He  is  now  sales  engineer 
for  the  Charlotte  branch  of  the  Carrier 
Corporation.    At  home  Charlotte. 

Jean  Dunlap  '46  to  Charles  H.  Dickin- 
son. December  28.  1946.  First  Congre- 
gational Church.  Montclair,  N,  J.  At 
home  Montclair. 

Nancy  Barksdale  Edmunds  '46  to 
Walter.    Lewis     Hannah,     December     28, 

1946,  Rivcrmont     Presbyterian     Church, 


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Lynchburg.  \'a.  The  bride  is  the  daugh- 
ter of  Isabel  (Bouldin)  Edmunds  17. 
The  bridegroom  served  in  the  Army  for 
three  years.  He  is  row  attending  law 
school  at  Washington  and  Lee  University. 
At   home  Lexington.    V'a. 

Mary  Elizabeth  Friddle  46  to  Roy  J. 
Gibson.  November.  1946.  At  home 
Walnut  Cove. 

Doris  Funderburk  4  6  to  Ted  Osborne 
Morgan.  January  3.  First  Baptist  Church. 
Monroe. 

Lorena  Caddy  '46  to  Andrew  Watson 
Goodwin.  December  7.  1946.  home  of  the 
bride's  parents.  Raleigh.  Doris  (Funder- 
burk) Morgan  '46  was  soprano  soloist. 
The  bridegroom  attended  Guilford  Col- 
lege-two years  before  joining  the  AAF. 
in  which  he  served  as  a  pilot.  He  spent 
some  time  in  Los  Angeles.  Calif.,  where 
he  was  employed  in  the  script  department 
of  Eagle-Lion  Studios.  He  has  resumed 
his  studies  at  Guilford  College.  At  home 
Greensboro. 

Sarah  Secrcst  '46  to  Roier  William 
Handwork.  December  28.  1946.  at  the 
home  of  the  bride's  parents.  Monroe.  The 
bridegroom  is  an  alumnus  of  Kcnyon  Col- 
lege. He  served  during  the  war  with  the 
Army  Air  Forces.     At  home  Lakewood.  a 


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suburb  of  Cleveland.  Ohio.  He  is  now 
connected  with  the  firm  of  Electric  Con- 
troller.   Cleveland.    Ohio. 

Ada  Rcbekah  Smith  '46  to  Linwood 
Whedbee  Eure.  February  1.  at  the  home 
of  the  bride's  grandparents.  Greensboro. 
Mr.  Eure  is  manager  of  the  Franklin.  'Va.. 
Airport.  At  home  there.  The  bride  is 
the  daughter  of  Nettie  ( Dixon  1  Smith 
'09. 

Lucy  Thurston  '46  to  James  Lucius 
Lowe.  February  8.  Presbyterian  Church. 
Taylorsville.  Ruth  Cook  '46  was  a 
bridesmaid.      The   bridegroom   served   four 


years  in  the  Army,  spending  six  months 
in  Okinawa  and  Japan.  Since  receiving 
his  discharge,  he  has  taken  over  the  fam- 
ily business.  Lowe's  Hardware.  North 
Wilkesboro.     At  home  there. 

Betty  Louise  Yost  '46  to  Ford  Dean 
Little  Jr..  March  29.  Centenary  Metho- 
dist Church.  Greensboro.  Nancy  Shuford 
4  6  was  one  of  the  bridesmaids.  Mr. 
Little  served  in  the  U.S.  Army  three  years 
during  the  war  —  including  six  months 
in  Europe.  He  is  now  a  junior  at  David- 
son College.  His  fraternity  is  Sigma  Al- 
pha Epsilon. 


NECROLOGY 


Class  of  1907 

Mabel  Howell  (Mrs.  Ross  Reynolds) 
died  January  16.  Raleigh.  We  extend 
deepest  sympathy  to  her  daughter,  Doro- 
thy Reynolds  '47. 

Com.    '24 

Ruth  Holloway  (Mrs.  J.  D.  Brinkley) 
died  February  2.  Grace  Hospital,  Mor- 
ganton.      Her   home   was   in   Valdesc. 

Class  of  1944 

TO  MARGARET  JO 

In  memory  of  the  dearest  friend  I  ever 
had.  Margaret  Jo  Brock,  age  twenty-two. 
who  died  in  an  airplane  crash  in  the  early 
hours  of  the  morning.  March  8.  1947. 
near  Burlington.  North  Carolina: 

^'ou   went  away  in  beauty's  flower. 
Before   your   youth    was   spent: 
Ere  life  and  love  had  lived  their  hour 
God  called  you.   and   vou   went 

■^'ci    whispers   Faith    upon    the   wind: 
No   grief   to   you    was   given. 
You   left   our  love  and   went   to  find 
A  greater  one  in  heaven. 

— Bv  Kathryn   McGowan  Wvrick   '44. 

Class  oi-  l')45 

Dorothy  Winsome  Briti  died  June  19. 
l"4h.    Clinton.      She   h.id    been    ill    for   a 


long  time.  To  her  sister.  Gwendolyn 
(Britt)  Clifton  '32.  we  extend  deepest 
sympathy. 


We  Extend 
Deepest  Sympathy: 

To  Eunice  (Roberts)  Gardner  10.  in 
the  sudden  death  of  her  husband.  Novem- 
ber   18.    1946.   Shelby. 

To  Mary  Lou  (Alderman)  Parker  '20. 
Madge  (Alderman)  Marshall  '24.  and 
Alice  Alderman.  Com.  '21.  in  the  death 
of  their  father,  at  his  home  in  Gasionia. 
February   15.  following  a  short  illness. 

To  Sara  Wall  (Griggs)  Oden  '24.  in 
the  de.nh  of  her  father,  last  September. 
1«46. 

To  Mvrtlc  (Scholl)  Hopson  '25.  in 
the  death  of  her  mother  last  November. 
Myrtle's  mother  and  father  had  celebrated 
their  Golden  Wedding  anniversary  some 
months  previous,  and  shortly  before  Mrs. 
Scholl's  death,  an  article  had  been  pub- 
lished in  the  Ncii's  ami  Observer  describ- 
ing the  work  for  better  nutrition  which 
she  had  carried  on  for  years  in  the  Angier 
school . 


April,  1947 


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To  Trudy  (Raincy)  Crecde  '39,  in  the 
death  of  her  father,  the  last  of  November, 
1946. 

To  Marion  (Okell)  Murch  '40.  in  the 
death  of  her  father.   December   19.    1946. 

To  Carol  (Langston)  Gold  '41.  in 
the  death  of  her  husband,  who  was  killed 
in  an  automobile  accident  last  November, 
near  Jamestown. 

To  Ruth    (Hcffner)    McAllister  '42.   in 


the  death  of  her  husband,  as  the  result 
of  a  highway  accident,  August  8,  1946. 
They  were  married  in  May  previous. 

To  Agnes  (Pettit)  Reily  '43.  in  the 
death  of  her  mother.  February  19,  Ashe- 
ville. 

To  Frances  (Bryant)  Ausband  '44,  in 
the  death  of  her  little  girl,  named  Mar- 
garet Diana,  born  August  6,  1946,  who 
lived  only  one  day. 


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