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VOL. XLVlll INDIANAPOLIS, IND. - FEB. 1966 No. 2
1866 - Normal College of A.G.U. of Indiana University-1966 100th ANNIVERSARY
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD! Your Alma Mater, Normal College of A.G.U. of Indiana University, has the unique and distinct honor of being the oldest American institution for the training of teachers of physical and health ed- ucation and recreation. The school originated in New York City in 1866 by the American Turners, transferred later to Chicago, Milwau- kee, and finally moved to its present location in the east wing of the Athenaeum Turners, Indianapolis, in 1907. In 1941, the Normal College became a part of what is now the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation of Indiana University.
On Saturday, January 15, the Centennial Steering Committee met in Indianapolis to for- mulate plans to celebrate the lOOth Anniver- sary of the Normal College. It was decided that regional meetings would be held in the following cities: Cincinnati, March 5, with Rudie Memmel, Supervisor of Physical Edu-
cation for the Cincinnati Public Schools, as chairman; March 19 in Chicago, with Gladys Larsen, retired teacher from the Chicago Pub- lic Schools, as chairman; April 23 at St. Louis, with Lucille Spillman, professor at Harris Teachers College, as chairman, and March 26 in Buffalo, N.Y., with Mrs. John Stocker, teacher in the Buffalo Public Schools, as chair- man. Representatives from the Normal Col- lege, Indiana University Alumni Office, and from the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation will attend these regional meetings.
Homecoming will be held November 24, 25, and 26 in Indianapolis. A historical pag- eant of the Normal College will be presented by the students. William Streit, Director of Health & Hygiene for the Cincinnati Public Schools, Marge McCleish, Alumni President, and members of the faculty will work on this project.
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Published four times a year by the Alumni Association of the Normal College A.G.U. of In- diana University. Editor- Fred Martin, 415 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Indiana.
REPORTERS
BUFFALO
Mrs. Margery Stocker, 60 Wichita Road
Mrs. W. R. Van Nostrand, 68 Kinsey Avenue,
Kenmore
CHICAGO
Dorothea Winter, 7827 North Kilbourn, Skokie Gladys Larsen, 2432 Walters Ave., Northbrook
CINCINNATI Hazel Orr, 245 Hillcrest, Wyoming Rudolph Memmel, 3061 Werkridge Drive
CLEVELAND
George Heeschen, 4585 Liberty, South Euclid Sophie Lessing, 1873 Marloes
FLORIDA
Gertie Berry, 19730 N.W. 12th Ct., Miami
LOS ANGELES
Robert Flanegin, 3252 W. 112th St., Inglewood Paul Paulsen, 300 Mesa Lila, Glendale
LOUISVILLE
MILWAUKEE Esther Heiden, 7425 N. 107th St.
Esther Boettcher, 11562 N. Country Lane, Mequon, Wis.
PHILADELPHIA Martha Gable, 2601 Parkway
PITTSBURGH Karl Fehrenbach, 104 Woodsdale Road
ST. LOUIS Walter Eberhardt, 9539 Trinadad Lane Vera Ulbricht, 4008 Giles Avenue Marie Dittrich, 5219 Lisette
TRI-CITY DISTRICT Leo Doering, 204 8th St., Rock Island, Ill.
NEW YORK CITY
Henry Schroeder, 1450 Parkchester Rd., No. 2G
ROVING REPORTER R. R. Schreiber, 3747 North Linwood, Indian- Ann Ritsert, 4328 Foeburn Lane apolis, Indiana
ALUMNI OFFICERS
The Alumni Officers, elected for a three-year term at the annual business meeting of the Normal College Alumni Association at Camp Brosius August, 1963, are as follows:
President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer
Marge McCleish, Indianapolis, Indiana Charles Palmeri, Buffalo, New York Coila Stevens, Indianapolis, Indiana Norman Schulte, 2524 Losantville, Apt. 4 Cincinnati, Ohio 45237
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NORMAL COLLEGE CENTENNIAL STEERING COMMITTEE
1. Arthur S. Daniels, Dean 2. Peg Stocker 3. Lola Lohse 4. Marge Mc- Cleish 5. Bobbie Larsen 6. Bill Streit 7. Fred Martin 8. Clara Hester 9.
Rudie Memmel 10. Lucille Spillman 11. Harry Grabner 12. Rudy Schreib- er 13. John Brogneaux 14. Frank Jones 15 John Endwright, Associate Dean. Absent-Henry Montoye.
16. Nelson lelisfeil
Harry Grabner, Assistant Director of Recre- ation for the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana was appointed chairman to incorporate, in the centennial program, the significant role the American Turners have had in the history of the college.
An invitation has been extended to the Indiana H.P.E.R. Association to hold its annu- al meeting in conjunction with our Homecom- ing.
Two major banquets wilf be arranged for the Homecoming week end; one will be on a professional basis and the other one will be primarily for ente1tainment.
A collection of rare professional books will be on display at the Lilly Library.
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This is a brief resume of what has been planned by the steering committee. We shall keep you informed of the latest developments as they occur.
F.M.
BIRTHS
Congratulations to the following proud parents:
Ginger Lynn Florea, daughter of Phyllis (Minnich) and Richard Florea of Marion, In- diana, who was born November 19, 1965.
Jon David Williams, son of Sue (Coe) and Robert Williams of Indianapolis, who was born November 1, 1965.
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Ann Marie Ulrey, daughter of Joanne (Tedesco) and Norman Ulrey of Fort Wayne, Indiana, who was born November 7, 1965.
Michael George Heeschen, son of Terry (Laba) and Richard Heeschen of Tampa, Flor- ida, who was born October 10, 1965.
William Rollin Brand, son of Janice and William Brand of Bloomington, Indiana, who was born January 1, 1966.
MARRIAGES
Our sincere and best wishes are extended to the following newly-weds:
Gail Simkins, of Carney's Point, Tew Jer-
;ey and Bruce Anderson of Milroy, Indiana wer married ovember 27, 1965.
Patricia Torrey of Albion, Michigan and Pat Williams of Royal Oak, Michigan were married August 7, 1965.
OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY Our deepest sympathy is extended to the families and friends of the following who have passed away:
Gilb rt (Buck) DeBuck, class of 1923, pass d away October 9, 1963. Following his retirement from the Detroit Public School Sys- t m, he moved to Albuquerque, ew Mexico.
He is survived by his wife, Peggy Hitchens DeBuck, also of class '23, and two sons. The old st son is married and has two children and th youngest son is in the Army and stationed in G rmany.
Mrs. Mary (Shively) Hobson, class of '38, of Indianapolis, passed away last July, 1965.
Al in Romeiser, class of '15, passed away Sunday, February 6, 1966 in Memorial Clinic, Indianapoli .
He was an instructor and fencing coach at Illinois . from 1916 to 1918 and Director of Physical Fitness and Athletics during World War I at Camp Grant, Illinois. Following
\ orlcl War I he taught at the onnal College of Indiana U. In 1924 he taught at Manual High School until his retirement in 1962. He was also swimming instructor and pool man- ag r at Highland Country Club for 18 years and superintendent of the Indianapolis Star &
w r reational ar a, the Fourth Estate.
Al in Romeiser was formerly grand secre- tar -tr asur r of Phi Epsilon Kappa, national profe ·sional physi al education fraternity, and r c i d the fraternity's distinguished service
ALUMNI BULLETIN award. He was also business manager of the publication, The Physical Educator and editor of the Black & Gold.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Evelyn Cor- nell Romeiser, class of '21, and his son, Jack Romeiser, who is Assistant Director of First
Aid & Water Safety with the local Red Cross
Chapter.
BOBBIE LARSEN REPORTS FROM CHICAGO:
The Golden Wedding Anniversary of Her- wig Toeppen, cla s of '13, and Flora Busch Toeppen, class of '12, was also the occasion of a small A.G.U. reunion. Among those present were Florence Dodge Crull, class of '12, her husband, and Otto and Harriet Schrader Harz, both of class '14.
Dorothy Eck Bierley says she is still going strong teaching P.E. and hopes to make our next reunion.
Claire Daus Reisner spent Christmas in Dallas and is going to Maryland this spring.
Her mother died in August.
Lib Roth Hente wrote that Wally is now recovering from two coronary atta~ks. We hope he will soon be fully recovered.
Gretchen Stuart Osborn and her husband spent October in Mexico.
Leah Braden Ketchum's husband retired and they bought a trailer and traveled for two and a half months. They have an apt. in Boulder, Colorado, near their daughter and her family. Leah and orm are planning on hitching up a trailer and taking a tour of Mexico, California and Arizona, leaving in the middle of January.
Helen Homan Applegate, '13, enjoyed Europe this past year.
Vi Winterhoff Wirth took a trailer trip last year and also visited her daughter in Honolulu.
Al and Flora Helms toured Canada last year and were happily surprised in October, when George Jacquin attended the Denver Turner's lOOth anniversary. Their only regret was that George couldn't spend more time with them. Al is enjoying his retirement doing the things he wants to.
Emma Sollberger Johnson and her husband are both enjoying their retirement together.
Bill retired in Sept.
Dorothy Rath Applegate had a trip to Eu-
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rope last year, compliments of her company.
She enjoyed Rome immensely. Her youngest son was married this summer and Don, her oldest boy, became the father of twin sons in July.
Dorothy visited Lib and Wally Hente last August.
Laura Bel French spent Christmas in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Hazel Schueneman Gronemann has left the Rest Home to live with her nephew and his wife.
Vera Ulbrecht wrote on h r card, "Let's make a date right now for Thanksgiving '66."
(We sure will, Vera).
Ivan and Lucille Overman spent Christmas and ew Years in California with all their children.
Mary M. Lytle retired this year and loves it!
Catherine Zimmerman Green wrote that they are very happy in th ir new home.
Charlie Smidl is now teaching at Illinois Teachers College South for this semester.
Henry Smidl, who is retired, is in Sara- sota, Florida.
August Pritzlaff had neck smgery recently and is recuperating nicely.
I took several short trips; drove around Lake Superior, attended Homecoming and toured State Parks in Indiana and Illinois.
On December 21st I sailed on the Christ- mas ship to Denmark and Sweden. The ship was greeted by state dignitaries, bands, choral groups, etc. Spending Christmas in Denmark was a wonderful experience. The shops were glorious, the food superb, and the Christmas spirit was eve1·ywhere. It's quite a sight, Christ- mas Eve, to see all the members of a family hold hands and walk around the Christmas tree, singing Christmas carols and songs. Gifts were opened later. Many are made by family members and relatives. The feeling of com- mercialism, that we are familiar with, seemed to be completely missing.
How nice it was to return from Europe in January and to anticipate all my Christmas mail! I had a carton full and that included my Alumni Bulletin. It was fun to read all the messages and to be able to report on the activi- ties of some of our alums.
En route home from Emope, I visited Peg
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and Ja k Stocker, and Th r sa and Slim Pl tz.
Do plan on Home oming 66. W '11 hav fun!
RUDIE MEMMEL REPORTS FROM CINCINNATI N.C.A.G.U. ALUMNI NEWSLETTER ITEMS
Bob Colwell, Norwood High School, Norwood, 0.
After forty-two ears at orwood High School, I am planning to r tir this Jun . M wife and I plan to mov to Florid·:i in th Ft.
Lauderdal ar a. I ha thr e sons - on in Miami, with whom w ar sp nding our hristmas vacation, on in Dallas who we hop to see at Ea. t r tim , and th young st is located in Chillicoth , Ohio. Two boys ar married, and we hav thr e grandsons and on granddaughter. After locating in Florida, w hope to trav 1, play golf, and fish.
Maud Suter, Retired
This past summer was a v ry cl lightful 011e in California with most of the time being spent enjoying many h·ips from San Francisco. TWA brought me safely back to the Queen City. I am still doing volunteer work at the Jewish Hospital. May the ew Year bring to you at the ormal College and to my many Alumni friends the best of good health and content- ment.
W. K. Streit
Bill Streit reports that amongst his many curricular and extra-curricular activities the following items may be of interest to Normal College Alumni. During these past few months Bill developed a brochure on the value of health examinations for five thousand public school employees; published a sixty-three page annual report of the Division of Health and Safety Services; sang in nine concerts given by the Kings Men from the Queen City and is chairman of Music Heritage Week in Cin- cinnati for May, 1966; conducted a Seminar on Smoking and Health involving four principal speakers from New York and Washington;
played Santa Claus for five boys clubs and the School for Handicapped Children; headed a delegation of teenagers to the state conf rence on traffic safety; spoke at the Freeway Driving Clinic sponsored by the Auto Club. Bill also manages to attend the regular weekly meetings of the H.otary Club, bowls regularly in the Fri- day afternoon Schoolmasters Bowling League,
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and even squeezes in an occasional evening of folk dancing at the Cincinnati Folk Dancers Club!
Bob Morgan, Class of 1933
Sorry to say I have had little contact with N.C.A.G.U. since graduating in 1933. Three homecomings, one at dear old Camp Brosius, and running into Mrs. Hester at a convention in Cincinnati some years ago have been the extent of my contacts with ormal since grad- uation. Thirty-two years, six children, and sev- en grandchildren later I am happy to enter a few items for the bulletin.
My oldest son Bob is teaching at Sycamore High School near Cincinnati and conducting canoe trips during summer months. Next son Jim is teaching at Cincinnati Norwood and also taking extension courses from Miami Uni- versity. The other two boys are in industry h re in Cincinnati. Oldest daughter Sandra is attending Miami University and plans to teach.
Young st daughter Patricia is a senior at Aiken High School in Cincinnati. My wife Florence is busy raising Bowers and supervising our nursing home near Cincinnati. I am teaching at Western Hills High School and plan to re- tire in three years. Hunting, fishing, and listen- ing to a pack of fox hounds takes all of my spare time!
Elsa Kramer, Class of 1917
Recently I have made a great change in my life. I sold my home and moved into Scar- let Oaks Manor in Cincinnati, Ohio, which is a senior citizen's home. It is located on a beau- tiful hilltop overlooking the Millcreek Valley.
No more leaves to rake nor snow to shovel. To date my health is of the best and I hope it continues.
With best wishes to everyone, particularly to those whom I knew while at Normal Col- leg , I remain a former graduate of Normal. I have many fond memories of my associations while there and since that time.
John W. Dalton
Joe Schweitzer and I drove up to Indian- apolis a month ago, and this was our first visit there in thirty-seven years. For whatever rea- son, I enjoyed the fact that the school is in many ways unchanged. The building, classes, Athenaeum, general surroundings are similar in app arance, at lea t to the extent that a re- turning alumnus can get a nostalgic satisfac-
ALUMNI BULLETIN tion from viewing the scenes of a collegiate youth.
We met Mr. Rinsch, who told of his book about the school which I will want to buy. A final nostalgic walk around to the various sites of some of the rooming houses we used wound up our tour of the school.
ow that I have retired, I am beginning to wonder if retiring is such a good idea. I have a good business going for us but my wife runs this, and it doesn't need me. I am going to Florida for a month or so and will look up Bill Bischoff there. I also plan to meet Joe and perhaps look up some of the other folks we were friends with while at school.
ROBERTA VAN NOSTRAND REPORTS FROM BUFFALO:
Evelyn (Johnson) and John Tanzine are living in Dublin, Georgia where John is still with the V.A. Hospital. Their oldest child, Janice, will attend the U. of Georgia this fall;
Johnny, Jr. is in the fifth grade.
Betty (Sullivan) Layman now lives in Tu- lare, Calif. and is Dean of Girls at the local high school.
Billie (Boettjer) Stewart had abdominal surgery last fall, but is back teaching now and feeling fine. She and her husband still fly when it is possible. Billie is President of the Airport Auxiliary.
Chet Lesniak is still at McKinley Boys' Vo- cational High School where our two boys, sophomores, are on the swimming team. Chet's son is a junior at Baldwin Wallace and Julie is a freshman at Appalachian State Teachers College in N. Carolina.
Marc Christman, son of Jack, plans to go to Rutgers U. where our oldest son, Randy, is a junior; both will be on the swim team.
Mollie (Weisheit) Engelhardt of Linthini- cum, Maryland is teaching first grade. Daugh- ter, Vicki is a junior in a Lutheran college and son, Henry, a senior at Methodist college.
I see Ed Leibinger at swim meets where he is either coaching or scouting; he's a won- derful fellow, as is Jack Christman - a real tribute to the teaching profession and our NCAGU - even though they have the strong- est swim team in the league and "clobber" the rest of us.
VISITOR IMPRESSED
Dudley Wills from New Zealand discu s s the elementary school program with Lola Lohse, Director, while Normal College stu- dents teach Cathedral school children. D. R.
Wills, National Advisor for Physical Edu ation in the Department of Education this month, is very much impressed by the unique program that our students are exposed to early in their college career. Normal College students con- duct physical education classes each Tuesday morning for boys and girls from Cathedral Elementary School under the supervision of the Normal College faculty.
GEORGE HEESCHEN REPORTS FROM CLEVELAND:
Sophi Lessing is still teaching at a local high school. Albina (Macyauskas) Walsh has taken a temporary leave of absence. Paul Fien- ing ran his usool camp again and is still at Collingwood High School. In the past three years, both Albina Walsh and Hilda (Wagner) Simons were on his staff. Paul's son, Jack, graduated from Case Tech and has his Mas- ters in Theory of Applied Mechanics. He is with Hamilton Standard of Hartford, Conn.
Paul, incidentally, is completing his 30th year at Collingwood.
Don Blanchard's son, Don, is now a third year naval officer as a dentist. His son, Chuck, captained the Notre Dame swimming team last year, and is now in graduate school at U.
of Ohio in Business and Economics.
'Cele and I have set quite a record these past few months. Besides trips to Florida to visit Dick and his wife, Terry (Laba) and their
Pag 7 family, and to S ra u. , .Y. to i it Laur I and h r famil , and to Ath n. to isit our young st son att nding Ohio U., we now ha eight grand hildr n. Th ight grandsons • re very nn , but th re ord, w think, is that th last four grandsons all arri d within I ss than nine months. Laur l's on was born in •cbru- ary J rry's son on May 30th G orge Jr.' (in Calif.) boy was born on Fath r's Da , and n Octob r 26th T rry br ught our fourth grand- son.
We plan a trip to Los Ang l s n xt sum- m r to isit G o. Jr. and his wif . Lucill is now at th Childr n's Library at Lyn lhurst and enjoys it imm ns ly.
REPORT FROM THE NORMAL COLLEGE S hool has b en und rway now for thr months and we'r happy to r port that ry- thing is progr ssing along smoothly. At pr s- ent, all the students have their ey s set on the .final examinations which will begin the last ten days in January. It just doesn't se m pos- sible that the fast semester is coming to an end so soon.
The faculty, as usual, is as busy as ever.
We usually start the day off wjth a "Kaffee Klutch" before the .first class b gins. What do we talk about? Well, it can be about anything, such as food, religion, politics, edu ation, health, how to concoct a delicious recipe, medicine, etc. We no sooner become involved in something when we hav to cut-away to meet our first class.
Since we had no Homecoming this past November, everyone had the w ek-end off to relax and enjoy the pause that refreshes. But, next year we'll be looking forward to pr sent- ing a Homecoming that will be a Homecoming to be always remembered - our lOOth Anni- versary.
As the Christmas vacation drew near, Lola entered St. Vincent's Hospital for surgery.
We're happy to report that everythi:ng turned out nicely. Following her three day confine- ment in the hospital, she, Henry and Kitty departed for Georgia to spend Christmas with her son, David, who is a Lt. in the Air Force, and his wife, Joyce. Following their visit, they spent the remaining time at Fort M yers, Florida. Mrs. Hester, Mr. Rinsch and "yours
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truly" stayed in Indianapolis. Emil Rinsch's daughter, Emily Jean Williams and her family from Palm Springs, Calif., visited Emil for the holidays. Walt Lienert and Mary visited his parents in Chicago and Mrs. Straub spent Christmas with her mother in Louisville.
Last October, Mrs. Hester and Lola parti- cipated in the Indianapolis News' program.
While Karen Safford and Linda Crouch dem- onstrated exercises, Lola and Mrs. Hester dis- cussed the purpose and value of the exercises.
That same month, Mrs. Hester traveled to Fort Wayne with some of the students and con- ducted a lecture-demonstrntion on activities for the elementary grade schools at the Indiana State Teachers' session.
Our heartiest congratulations are extended to Tim Mosier (Soph) from Indianapolis and Dorothy Oppliger (Fresh.) from St. Louis on being elected to the Student Union Board of the Indianapolis campuses.
All-in-all, the faculty, staff, and students had a most pleasant Christmas and New Year.
We trust that all of yqu had the same. In closing, we want to thank all you alums for your Christmas greetings; it was certainly nice hearing from you and bringing us up-to-date on - what's new.
F.M.
LETTER FROM THE SOPHOMORE CLASS There's not much news from the sopho- mores this year. The fact that we are almost half-way through our second year of college is really wonderful news in itself. We all sur- vived the summer and returned to school as scheduled in September to find that we are now the "upper" of the two classes. The new semester brought with it new subjects, of course. Swprisingly enough, probably two of the most difficult classes this semester are square dancing and arts and crafts. Dance class will always be a problem for many; and it seems that every time we master one step, Mrs. Hester tries to teach us another, more complicated one. No wonder she complains about being tired at the end of the week. The mention of basket weaving has previously brought many jokes before this semester, but nov we k'Ilow that it is serious (and difficult) bu in s.
ALUMNI BULLETIN This year is also bringing with it our first experience at teaching. Stepping in front of a group of real children is quite different from last year's experience of teaching each other in class. It's very hard not to get nervous in ow· teaching, but we are sure that this experi- ence will pay off great dividends in our future days.
Christmas vacation was welcomed by all, but unfortunately, it means that the semester is almost over and that it is almost time for finals. This means that we had better start studying - and soon!
So, until we see you at the Spring Demon- stration, we remain
The Sophomores of '66 Karen Safford 48 YEARS OF SERVICE
Emil Rinsch, in a setting familiar to many, retires June 30.
On June 30th, a member of our "Family,"
Emil Rinsch, will close and lock his desk offi- cially for the last time as a member of the faculty. Emil will have completed a grand to- tal of 48 years of loyalty and devotion to the profession he loved so much -Teaching. Thir- ty-nine years yere spent at the Normal College of Indiana University.
Emil was born at Freelandville, Knox County, Indiana. His great-grandparents came from Germany in the 1840's.
He received his elementary and high school education in the Freelandville Consolidated High School; in summer he attended a para-
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chial school. After graduating from high school he attended Vincennes University. This insti- tution granted him an honorary Associate in Arts degree in May 1965. Emil transferred to Indiana University and from there he received his A.B. degree in 1923; his A.M. in 1927 and since then has completed all the course work for the Doctor's degree.
Emil Rinsch taught three years in a one- room country school; his daily pay was $2.15.
Besides teaching, he had such duties as bell ringer, supervise the recess and noon play- period, responsibility for the heat and cleanli- ness of the building and window washing. One day, the youngsters placed pop-corn kernels in a metal box which contained sand that is placed on the top of the stove to force the heat downward. As he said, "bedlam broke loose when the corn started to pop, but I let on as though I enjoyed the excitement as much as they did." In 1918, Emil Rinsch enlisted and served in the field artillery. After he was discharged, he taught grades seven and eight for three years and in a consolidated high school for three years; all in Knox County.
In the fall of 1927, he became a member of the Normal College faculty. Besides his teach- ing he was credit examiner and guided many of the non-resident students to fulfill their re- quirements for the Bachelor of Physical Edu- cation degree; he was a member of the Ad- ministrative Board and secretary to the Board of Trustees. After World War II, he was in charge of Veteran affairs.
While at Vincennes University, Emil struck up a friendship with a young lady, Vera White. This friendship blossomed throughout the years and culminated in their marriage in 1924. They have three children, Emily Jean Williams, Palm Springs, Calif., a registered dietician, graduate of I.U. with a year of in- ternship at University of Michigan; Charles, of Los Angeles, a statistician graduate of I. U.
School of Business and M.B.A. from Stanford U.; Elizabeth Ann Jones of Roachdale, Ind., a registered pharmacist, a graduate of Purdue.
They are also proud grandparents of two grandsons and one granddaughter.
Emil was asked what his plans were fol- lowing his retirement and he commented,
"There are many things I would like to do,
Pag 9 but not till I have actually r tir d will I know anything d finit ly. Mrs. Rins h and I have enjoyed trav ling so much <luring the past fi y ars that we'll probably tak some mor trips if we possibly an; th r 's still so mu h to ee."
As a n w life b gin for Emil w all wish him and his Jovel wif , ra, th ry b t of v rything and sin r ly hop th ir dr :ims will mat rialize.
F.M.
LOST ALUMS
H re is a list of lost alums .and th last addr ss we have of some of th m. If you know th wh r abouts of any of th m your ditor will be d ply grat ful if you would forward the correct addr ss. Many thanks.
Sylvia Barker Castro Valley, Calif.
Fred Bifano Hayward, Calif Peg Blumenthal St. Petersburg, Fla.
Kenneth Brock Chicago, Ill.
Lorraine Chasteler South Bend, Ind.
Mrs. Gladys (Griffith) Cubbage Pittsburgh, Pa.
Albert Dischinger Westminster, Colo.
Major Clarence Edmonds APO 119, New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Marian (Conner) Fitch Wabash, Ind.
Euphemia Fosdick Washington, D.C. Herman Gawer Bronx, N.Y.
William S. Hansen Milwaukee, Wisc.
Edwin Hunt Buffalo, N.Y.
Ray Hein
Vermillion, S. Dakota Isabelle Hutchinson Miami, Fla.
Carl
J
oerscke Denver, Colo.Herman Kurtz Cheyenne, Wyo.
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Elizabeth Lemmon Garden City, N.Y.
Dr. David Miller Baltimore, Maryland Maybelle Miller Muncie, Ind.
Mike McNamara Rochester, N.Y.
Louise Schoepfel Franklin, Ind.
Mrs. Marguerite (Holzbauer) Steis Washington, D.C.
Mrs. Dorothy (Gordon) Somers Puento, Calif.
Mrs. Lois· (Riley) Storen Michigan City, Ind.
Mrs. Edna (Judson) Thomas Indianapolis, Ind.
Henry Wurth Schenectady, N.Y.
Mrs. Jean (Golightly) Webb Great Lakes, Ill.
Mrs. Janet (Funke) Morris Kansas City, Missouri Josephine Reilly Dallas, Texas
Miss Mildred Watcher Miami, Florida Estella Andrews Frieda Brister Charles Evans Harriet Fries Louis Kern
Mary Louise Viering
REPORT FROM THE FRESHMAN CLASS With three months of dancing, tactics, and gymnastics behind us, approximately forty stu- dents are being indoctrinated into the role of college freshmen by the ormal College facul- ty. The time is racing by quickly. It doesn't seem very long ago that most of us felt we had some skill in our area, but Mrs. Hester and Mr. Martin have certainly changed our unreasonabl ideas. Before we learned the fun- damentals of dance in Mrs. Hester's class, we first had to learn to walk correctly which led many of us to the conclusion that we had two left feet. Both Mrs. Hester and Mrs. Lohse are teaching us to read efficiently. With this and much more, we realize that we have a busy
chedule ahead of us.
ALUMNI BULLETIN On Thursday, December sixteenth, we had our Christmas Party; there was plenty of de- licious food and some really funny gifts.
Jim
Arvin was our Santa Claus. He played his part with such finesse that everyone was practically crying with laughter. Last Saturday was the annual Christmas dance at the Medical Center and we were proudly represented by Natalie Baker as our Queen Candidate from No1wal College. atalie is a freshman and her home is in Syracuse, ew York.
Even though we find it hard to believe the first time we saw the school, we all agree that we really like ormal and are glad we chose to attend it. Now, there is a general opinion that ormal College would not be Normal College if it wer n't in the old building. Our class has some significance in that it is the centennial class. Mrs. Lohse, Mrs. Hester, Mr.
Martin and Mr. Lienert have a great job ahead of them in preparing us for the centennial celebrations. (We'll try not to make it too hard for them!)
We are all looking forward to our next year and a half at ormal. The sophomores have been telling us all about camp at Brosius. Al- though some of the things are hard to believe, we are all looking forward to the month of June. The time is going so quickly that we'll soon be telling the freshmen next year about the fun we had our freshman year.
Deanna Webber HAROLD M. GEBHARDT HONORED
Harold M. Gebhardt, Dean of the Syracuse Physical Education Department, was honored by his former North High School students at a testimonial dinner, May 25, J 965.
Harold was appointed to the Syracuse school syst m in September 1924, and ha<;
compkte.d 41 years of continuous teaching. lu this span of time, he was assigned to only four schools.
As athletic director at North High for J4 years, he guided the destinies in athletics for a large number of orthside boys, many of them achieving prominence in athletics. The year- books at orth since 1928 show a long list of prominent men in the Syracuse community.
Thus, in appreciation for Geb's guidance and devotion over the long period of years, the North High School Alumni groups worked dili- gently to honor Harold Gebhardt.
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A TALENTED ARTIST RETIRED
Miss Julia Niebergall jots down some notes on music
This past year, Miss Julia Niebergall, our pianist for many, many years, retired. "Julie,"
as many of us call her, is a native Hoosier who became interested in playing the piano at the age of 12. Four years later, while she was a member of the Athenaeum Turner Classes, she was approached by Mr. Emil Rath, Direc- tor of the Normal College, and invited to be- come the pianist for the classes of the Normal College. She accepted the invitation and has continued playing in this capacity for over 40 years.
Her talent as a pianist was recognized by many. She played for the physical education classes at the Indiana Athletic Club, Hoosier Athletic Club and at Manual High School for 23 years. She still plays for the Athenaeum Classes.
Miss iebergall was asked, "What was the most humorous incident that you remember?"
She thought for awhile and then, with a chuckle, remarked, "I believe the one incident I'll always remember was the time Bates (our former custodian) varnished the piano keys the day of the exhibition. It wasn't until that eve- ning when I sat down at the piano for the opening number that I realized what had hap- pened. Then, there was a mad rush the last minute to remove the varnish, which we final- ly <lid, and then everything moved along
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EUGENE MITCHELL HONORED In the December issue of the Turner Top- ics, Chairman Eugen Mitchell, of the Ameri- can Turner Health & Physical Education Com- mittee, has been chos n as the Moline entry in the Jaycees stale competition for the bronze Physical Fitness Lead rship Award medallion.
A single state winn r will be selected by a state s lection committee on the basis of his or h r contribution to the nation's fitness move- m nt as expressed by the President's Council on Physical Fitness.
Twelve state entries and one from the Dis- trict of Columbia will r ceive expense-paid trips to ew York City or Washington, D.C. to enter National judging.
Three national winn rs will be named, ach receiving a $1,000 cash award from the United State Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Turner Mitch 11 has been named by the American Turners as the representative on the Men's Gymnastic Olympic ommittee and w nt to Washing, D.C., ovember 29 and 30, 1965 for the organi'.lation of this committee.
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OUR THANKS TO PRISCILLA BROWN We wish to acknowledge our thanks and appreciation to Miss Priscilla Brown for the pictures appearing in this bulletin of the Cen- tennial Steering Committe and of our dis- tinguished visitor from New Zealand, Mr.
Dudley Wills.
Miss Brown, who is recognized by many for her photographic ability, is associate editor of The Reporter for the Indianapolis Divisions of Indiana University.
HONOR STUDENTS
We congratulate the following students, who are on campus, for being placed on the Dean's Honor List last year. To receive this special recognition a student must make a 3.3 grade average:
JUNIORS
Ann Elizabeth Gates, Indianapolis Carol Jean Smith, Cincinnati
SENIORS
Katherine Mary Brown, Buffalo Deanna Sue Gray, Indianapolis Russell F. Leach, Monongahela, Pa.
William C. Melloh, Indianapolis Carol Ann Patterson, Indianapolis Robert T. Schreiber, Indianapolis
NEWS
Sarah Whittemore Mann, '25, has retired from her job in Philadelphia and is living now in ew Smyrna Beach, Florida.
Herbert Schack sent Christmas greetings from Europe. Herb writes that he's on a year's leave after 34 years and that he and his family expect to spend Christmas in Munich, Ger- many.
Dr. "Rudy" Schreiber informed us that his son, William, and Patricia Caito of Indianapo- lis were married January 29, and son Robert, and Deanna Gray of Indianapolis will be mar- ri d August 20.
Eileen Rose Stewart of Indianapolis and Richard Michael Grindle of Columbus, Ind.
are planning a February 12 wedding. Eileen t ach · in the Indianapolis Public School Sys- tem.
John Meredith, who joined the Marine Corps, visited us recently. At present he is sta- tioned at Camp Pendleton, San Diego, Calif., and xpects to leave for Vietnam this March.
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John certainly looks fine and asked to be re- membered to all his classmates.
Editor's note: John will certainly enjoy hearing from his classmates so here's his address: his mail will be forwarded: Pvt. John Meredith Platoon 1006 - Marine Corps Recruit Depot - San Diego, California.
Ellen Eberhardt, Al and Agne's daughter, a nurse, married Tom Burkemper, a St. Louis U. law graduate on ovember 20.
Kay Kittlaus, daughter of Lou and Pauline Kittlaus is enjoying her studies at Drake U. Kay is a sophomore.
Emil and Te Pletz recently visited St.
Louis and had reunions all over town. Walter Eberhardt was the recipient of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, St. Louis Physi- cal Fitness Leadership Award. Eberhardt's radio exercise program is now in its 38th year.
Bill and Dot Meissner, spent Sept. to ov.
touring Europe. Bill, a classmate of Walter Eberhardt, purchased a Popular Science maga- zine in Germany, and there was a picture of
"Doc" doing an exercise with Stan Musial, he added, "it's a small world."
Dr. Henry Schneider is a successful proc- tologist in Philadelphia and has been active with the Temple U. Medical Alumni.
Grover Mueller, former Director of Physi- cal and Health Education, divides his time be- tween Philadelphia and Melbourne, Fla.
Dorothea (Holoubek) and Adolp Winter celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary, Dec. 22. Their son, Clyde is in his fourth year at the U. of Ill., Chicago; Glenn is in his sec- ond year at the U. of Chicago; Lois is in the sixth grade and Michael is in the fifth. Their shop keeps both of them busy. However, Dor- othea does manage to participate in the Great Books Program and her weekly gym session.
Marie (Kolb) Weasner is still in physical education part time. The Weasner family (Marie, Harold, Linda and Karla) experienced some outdoor living this past year; visited Bar Harbor, Me., Fundy, ew Brunswick and Cape Briton, ova Scotia. Even their pet chihuahua survived the trip.
Glenn Lohr is teaching health and physical education and also coaches swimming and tennis at Oakfield High School, Oakfield, N.Y.
Andy Ricigliano is teaching at School No.
34, Rochester, .Y., and working part time as
Director of Recreation at the Charlotte High School. Between jobs he is doing graduate work at Brockport.
Harry Grabner will I ave for Vienna, Aus- tria the end of this month (Jan.) to spend 20 days visiting some of his r latives and sight- seeing.
Ted Wood and his family have established residence in ew Whiteland, Ind. Ted i teaching in the "Break-0-Day" lementary school.
Ruth (Shimer) Angleton, formerly from Mi- ami, Fla., has moved to Huntington, Ind. and is teaching in the Union Township and Roa- noke School System.
Kathy Zimlich, daughter of Mrs. Con- stanc Zimlich of Indianapolis and Lawson Clark, on of Dr. and Mrs. Lawson Clark of Indianapolis, are planning a July 29 wedding.
Th y will live in Bloomington while he con- tinu s his graduate work in Law at Indiana University.
Sue Ganser is teaching at Illinois State University, ormal, Illinois and enjoys her po- sition very much.
Agnes Rifner Schortgen is the proud moth- er of eight children; six are in school and two at home.
Dorothy Spaulding Broadwell reports that everything is moving along smoothly. Ithaca College is growing and the campus is very attractive. Herb won the Country Club Cham- pionship this year - been runner-up twice - so it was a successful summer in his book.
Helen Smith Clark, our former secretary, is recovering from a back injury - fractw·ed a v rtebrae. Her son will graduate this year with a d gree in Metallurgical Engineering.
Pauline McBride Bennett, who is in Japan, reports that Mrs. Hester will probably be glad to hear that she is now a 120 lb. weakling.
Beverly Stierly Blewett is still teaching and very active in the Association. Her daughter is very much interested in following her "mom's"
footsteps.
Staff Sergeant Pat Bolton is teaching R.O.
T.C. at Kemper Military School and Jr. Col- lege, Booneville, Missouri. The Bolton's have three children - James 7, Robert 5, and Pa- tricia 4.
Doris and Esther Kirk, Ft. Lauderdale, re- port they are living dangerously now. They've
Pag 13 had a hurricane, a w k of high winds, f 1- low d by 24 in h s of rain on da and 14 inch s another day. At I ast th y ha e on
onsolation - no snow to sho 1.
'Moe" Pennock from Oakvill , Ontario in- forms us that four tra k and 6 ld pupils from his school hav b n off r cl s holarships in
.S.A. ( ongratulations!, "Mo .")
The Normal College stud nts will pr s nt their annual pring d monslralion Friday May 13 at 8:00 p.m. W hop that many of you will b abl to mak it; th stud nt. will b looking forward to s ing o 1. Th d mon- stration will be follow d by a clan .
Martha Gable is pr sid nl of the Phih1- d lphia hapt r, Am ri an Wom n in Radio and TV. She has be n invil cl to s r again on th U.S. Olympi Wom n's ymnasti · Committee to plan for the Olympic Games in 1968 in Mexico City.
Danny Schafer and Tom Davis are on the I.U. varsity gym team.
Joseph A. Stevens, class of '17, from Co- lumbus, Ohio writes that he is looking forward to attending Homecoming this ovember.
FROM OUR MAIL DEPARTMENT
Greetings from the Fedoskys:
It has been a fine y ar for us. Our biggest excitement was the birth of K ane Eubank Fedosky at Wilderness Campsites this summ r.
- not really at camp, but at a little hospital not far from camp. He really thrived on the outdoor life and has turned out to be a real joy with his happy grin and xcited squeal.
ow Eddie might agre that our biggest excitement was the day he caught his Musky.
Perhaps Dad's biggest thrill wa guiding his swimmers to their first swimming season in d cades and then having on of his boys score in the ational Championships. But all in all, we are thankful for ea h new day and the chall ge it brings.
Betty (Orbaugh) Moos writes from the Evergree State:
I just received the last bulletin and it sounds like you're all busy as always. The Hom coming sounded like so much fun.
We've all been just fine. We had our first case of broken bon s wh n our youngest daughter, Tammi Sue, jumped from a tree and broke both bones in her left forearm.
Lorri is 101/2 now and is in the 5th grade.
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Tammi is a 2nd grader and is almost 8.
I hope to get to Indianapolis to say "hello"
one of these days.
Pat (Leffler) Alexander, '47, Writes:
Thank you so much for taking the trouble to forward the Alumni Bulletin to me at our new address. I always read it from cover to cover to find familiar names. It seems so long ago since I was at Normal College but the members of classes from 50 years ago make the few years that have passed since my time seem very insignificant.
Art an I have three sons: Fred 14, Jim 13, and Brian 9. In 1960 I returned to college at Butler, and received my B.S. in 1964. I am teaching biology and sponsoring the newspa- per at Howe High School, as well as working on my master's degree at the present time.
Should have the M.S. at the end of the com- ing summer season.
Remember me to everyone and a big "hel- lo" to those in the freshman class of '47 who migh remember me.
Loretta (Thompson) Feigl Writes:
We are all fine. Arrived home late in Au- gust following our summer session at I. U.
Frank is very busy with his teaching and I'm teaching 5th grade this year - reading, writ- ing, science, arithmetic, social studies, lan- guage, health, art, and physical education. Oh, yes! spelling, too! It really keeps me busy with so many new books. I'm sure it will be easier next year; I'm enjoying it.
The children are happy to be home with their friends. Eric Lee is 10 and in the 5th grade now. Toni Lynn, our daughter, is 8 and in the 3rd grade.
We certainly enjoyed Homecoming at Camp Brosius. Needless to say, both children are asking when they can go to camp.
Violet Johnson Writes:
I guess you really thought I had gotten lost or just forgot about home. Well, I had really planned to write sooner, but I just never got around to it.
I'm teaching at Harry C. Davis Junior High School in Cleveland, Ohio. I have five regular physical education classes and, you won't be- lieve it, a modem dance class. My one and only program, Christmas Open House, was really great. All the parents and faculty en- joyed it. The boys and girls in dance did some interpretation of Christmas Carols and my
ALUMNI BULLETIN 7B's did an exercise routine to Rudolph the Red ose Reindeer while my 9A's went through some simple routines on the parallel bars, buck and side horses.
I hope to see all of you at the spring demonstration.
Paul Chappelle Writes from San Lorenzo, Cali:
Warren Steele is a Supervisor with the Oakland Recreation Dept. and this is his 18th year. Also, he's been very active with the Calif.
Recreation Society. Warren was the Produc- tion Manager for the 39th Christmas Pageant that included 1700 children from the Oakland Public Schools.
His wife, Clara, continues to teach in the San Lorenzo United School District. His daughter, Joanne, i in her second year of high school, and son, David, is in the junior high 7th grade.
I'm still teaching at Merritt College - same college, just a different name. Coached the soccer team this fall; what an experience. Had 11 different countries represented; we were lucky, too - won 10, lost 3. I've had many unique experiences. While in high school, I started the first swimming and wrestling teams.
At the college I started the first swimming, wrestling and soccer teams. Enjoy what I'm doing - just not enough time!
I'm Vice-President and Clinic Chairman this year and will be State President, in 1966, of the Calif. Coaches Association.
Marian keeps busy - busy with her many family activities. Just think, next year we'll have all three of our children in high school.
Suzanne is 16, Steve is 14 and Pam is 13.
Terry (Laba) Heeschen Writes:
The major event, of course, was the birth of our second son and third child, Michael George on Oct. 26. Pam and David are pleased as we are and hold their ears as we do when he cries - he's the loudest yet!
David has grown this year and now stands almost a pound to the inch at 43 inches. Pam buzzes right along in school as she has in the past. Does very well in math and reading (and can beat everyone except one boy in running races.)
Terry's life has been plenty busy just with being a mother all over again and keeping the house going with all the out of town company that drops in.
Dick managed to publi h a hort book thi year, along with two of his co-work rs alled
"Program for Fitn ss' and publish cl by m.
C. Brown o. Other than that th job r mains about th same and all are still looking for- ward to his ompl ting his Doctorat in th n ar futur .
Cyrilla and Leo Doering write from Rock Island, Ill.:
On August 1, 1965, w brat cl our compl tion of one y ar's r sid n e in our n w horn . W love it very much and ar fast for- getting th old house. But th ~at s ha b n pla ing tricks on us, not 1 aving us fre to accomplish all the thi1 gs we had anticipat d wh n w earn here.
For me, it wa a matt r of my I ft leg which made it difficult to g t around and do things and now, the other leg has decided to act up and is giving me much pain and trouble.
Our son Joe and his wife, Vivian, and their six children are still in Escondido, Cali£. Leo and I keep up all our activities, concerts, lec- tures, recitals, birds, etc. and above all, music, lots of that.
Enjoy d r ading all the news in the last bulletin - brings back many good memories.
Shall try to gather all the local grad's next month and stir up some int r st in the lOOth Anniversary of the college this fall.
Jerry Barlow writes from Quantico, Virginia:
I'm in my fourth week of training out of a 10 week course. I thought I was in pr tty good shape until I arrived h re! ! ! There is a great mphasis on physical fitness, endurance, and leadership.
Pat (Torrey) Williams writes from Royal Oak, Mich.:
After I graduated in January last year, I started teaching in a junior high school in February in Southfield, Mich. I had wanted to t ach in a senior high school, but graduating and getting a job in the middle of the year limited my choice of jobs.
My husband, whom I met while complet- ing my last semester at Central Michigan U., teaches English and French and is also quite an athlete; formerly an all-state football player.
I'd like very much to see everyone again and the school. When is the next demonstra- tion? My husband has agreed to give into my pestering and take me to Indianapolis for a visit.
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Rudy Heis writes from Honolulu:
E rything i · di.ff r nt h .re. Th cit of Honolulu and its suburb a r sort pla ar a wh r th inainstr nm of tourists Hock for fun, sun, le., nnd .ntcrtainm nl. Th roads that ircl th island bring on rnor 'lo 1 t natur . Th she r peaked mountains, th crclant grandeur of th Island's forests and foliag and th e oti' Ilowrrs ·ire rather br , th taking. Th r is a11 o ·casional rain show r but this is usuall follow d b a bcau- tif ul rainbo of th most distinct olors. The
girls and their distinctive
\ oncl r \ h w didn't visit
w Y 'ar's v as a11oth •r first xp ri- nce. At the stroke of midnight, as if by com- mand, th re started a din of noise I never h ard before. It seemed that veryone had a supply of fir crackers and thes w re explod d at once. A if this w r not nough, all th autos started blaring their horns. This sym- phony of discorded sounds last d until th
arly morning hours. The hills on which resi- d ntial Honolulu is built s m d as if an army was rep lling the invading Martians with rapid firing ma hine guns.
W will stay here until th nd of F b., th n r turn to the mainland to visit with Bill Meissn r in Tucson and th n h ad for home, S n a Falls, .Y.
We ar planning to att nd Homecoming at Indianapolis in '66.
Larry and Gene Mitchell write from Moline:
W ar fine. K ping up with a 7th 6th, 5th, 2nd, and 1st graders plus "subbing" a littl , t aching swimming at the Y and working with Jr. irl Scouts seems to keep m oc- cupied.
In addition to his t a hing of elementary P.E. and evening instructing at th Molin Turners, ne has tak n on ational Chair- man of H alth & P.E. for th Turn rs and was r c ntly appointed to the Olympic Committee.
He ran a successful L ad rs Course at Algon- quin Turner Camp last summer for a we k.
The rest of the summer he managed a new pool c nd golf course for the Y.
This fall, Ken Buttgen invited us to attend a P.E. convention in Dav nport; it was really refreshing.
I had a pl asant chat with Harry Karstens
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while substituting at Washington Jr. High in Rock Island. Harry's oldest boy is a 9th grader.
Hank Kramback is still active in the Dav- enport School system.
Miss Abraham is still actively teaching physical education at John Deere Jr. High in Moline.
Bill Klier likes his gymnastic and pool manager post at Moline High, while Herb Klier is in Driver Education there.
We're planning to be on hand for the Cen- tennial in '66.
Shirley Diehl Beck writes Mrs. Hester:
Were you down here this summer? Since John joined the I. U. faculty and is usually busy in the summer, we take our vacation about the time you are scheduled to be on campus.
I became acquainted with and enjoyed very much, Bett Lou (Roth) Olliges. I substi- tuted for her occasionally, and we had a good time comparing notes. Our common back- ground was a good basis upon which to begin a friendship. She sold Normal College, because when she left, they really worked on me to take her job because they wanted another Normal College graduate. The head of the department said he had never heard of NCA-
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GU until she came, but he certainly does now I'll teach again some day, but right now I'm mor useful at home.
I direct d a Brownie Day Camp la t ar (170 little girls) and trained my own staff r ally njoyed it!
Esther Boettcher writes from Mequon, Wisc.:
You probably know by now that our Todd was married on Sept. 25th on Herb's bi1thday.
Marilyn, Todd's wife, teaches the primary grades.
On ovember 21st, H rb and I celebrat d our 25th anniversary. We had 60 people her for supper and dancing and two nights later we had 21; an accordionist friend provided th music.
Mary McCracken Jenkins writes from St. Petersburg, Fla.
I'm still principal at Blanton El m ntary School which is growing pupil and tea her- wise each year. Paul, Jr. is a s nior at Boca Ceiga High and wants to major in physical education and coaching when he goes to col- lege. Robert is eleven and is in the 6th grade.
Paul, Sr. is in his 12th year at Northeast High and is athletic director, business manager, and adviser to the school yearbook. His year- book won first place in two national contests last year.
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