Eastern Alumnus Vol. 6 No. 3 (December 1952)

December
1952

The Eastern Alumnus

Published in June, September, December and March by Eastern Illinois
State College, Charleston, Illinois

VOLUME 6 DECEMBER, 1952 NUMBER 3

Entered May 14, 1947, as second class matter, at the post office at
Charleston, Illinois, under authority of the act of Congress, August 24,
1912. Yearly subscription rate $1.50; two years $2.25; three years $3.00.
Renewals, $1.00 per year.

Board Approves STAN ELAM ------------------------------------------- Editor
Budget Totaling
K. E. HESLER ------------------------------------- Sports Editor

Nearly 7 Millions This college student music group is available to Eastern State Clubs

Increase for Educational Opera· planning their post-Christmas programs. It is composed of , I to r., Pat
tions Only 7.44 Per Cent; Buzzard
Makes Summary Statement Ex· Stanley, Grayville, accompanist; Don Decker, WCeasset y,Sableamri,tontee~·orS;hiralenyd
plaining College Needs. Strine, Mt. Carmel, contralto; Galen Talley,

A budget of $3,807,138 has Barbara Jackson, Charleston, Soprano.

been approved by the Teachers The Music Department at Eastern, as well as other departments, is

College Board for educational always ready to assist alumni with talent and entertainment from the

operations at Eastern during the campus.

1953-55 biennium. Of this amount, The background in this picture is the vaulted ceiling of the Booth

$690,000 would come from stu- Library lobby.

dent fees and the operation of such Training School First on Priority List;
auxiliary enterprises as the resi- Boa rd Also Desig notes Music,
dence halls and cafeteria. Vocational Buildings as Urgently Needed

In addition, the Board is asking requested totals 7.44 per cent, Eastern Illinois State College
that the state spend $2,950,000 to with a general revenue increase of
erect a laboratory school, a music l l . l 4 per cent. critically needs a laboratory train·
building, and a vocational educa-
tion building. The sum of $108,- "The contractual services budget ing school building to replace the
860 is being asked for rehabilita-
tion of old buildings. has been reduced 34 per cent by present structure, erected in 1911.
omitting repair projects and cover-
In an accompanying article (see ing only recurrent expenditures. In The Teachers College Board has
column three, this page), Eastern's spite of an increase in enrollment,
building needs are outlined in de- both on the undergraduate and approved such a building and has
tail. In a summary statement to graduate levels, the increase in also recommended that the state
appear in the January issue of personal services costs adds only appropriate funds to erect a voca·
Illinois Education, President Buz- one additional administrator, one tional education building and a
zard says of the operating budget: business employee, and one cleri- music building at Eastern during
cal employee. Other increases the next biennium. The total cost
"The proposed 1953-55 budget cover only routine salary schedule of this program would be $2,950,·
for Eastern has been planned in increments for faculty and em- 000, in addition to $108,860
anticipation of little change, with ployees, with funds to cover sab- recommended for rehabilitation of
increased costs chiefly in personal batical leaves, and a small emer- old structures.
services. Careful conserving of gency or adjustment allowance
funds from veteran's education for should increased enrollment con- The urgency of need is so criti-
two bienniums has provided bal- cal that the Board has found it
ances making possible a decrease tinue. The lack of proper class- necessary to secure bids for com-
in direct appropriations of state room facilities at Eastern prevents plete remodeling of the old train-
money. These funds cover the needed expansion of services un- ing school to make it safe for oc-
added expenditures budgeted for til additional new buildings are cupancy. The state fire marshal re-
all standard accounts except per- ported that old and defective wir-
sonal services; retirement, awards provided." ing constituted a serious fire haz-
and grants. The all-funds increase ard, aggravated by two flights of
narrow wooden stairs between the

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three floors. The state architect Dr. Harry L. Metter, bureau direct- for qualified public school music
found floors pulling away from or, had available for placement teachers, are often brought to noth-
the walls, indicating dangerous only 25 experienced and 24 inex- ing by the fact that difficulties in-
tructural instability. perienced candidates for these volved in securing instruments and
positions. Dr. Metter, who is the practice rooms are so great. Stu-
While the interior of the build- senior teacher placement officer dents drop out or transfer to other
ing is being renovated, the eight in Illinois, expects this high-de- major fields rather than endure
tlasses it houses will meet in a mand, low-supply situation to con- these frustrations.
temporary frame building used as tinue for many years. Could any-
a library during the post-war years thing make better sense than the Seeing Is Believing
l.Yhen Eastern waited for a new li- proposed expansion and modern-
brary building. Bids have already ization of the plant to prepare ele- To appreciate the need for new
been received for the $100,000 mentary teachers? music quarters at Eastern it is al-
~lus remodeling job. Owen Brosam most necessary to visit the cramp-
of Charleston is apparent low bid- President R. G. Buzzard of East- ed, gloomy, fourth floor rooms
der. ern describes the other two build- now used. Not planned for music
ings recommended for the Charles- instruction, the area cannot be
High School Will Move ton campus by the Teachers Col- adapted properly to its present use.
lege Board as "critically needed, Typical of the unsatisfactory situa-
It is the intention of administra- particularly so when the military tion is the scene in the office of
tive officials to use the renovated crisis results in another large vet- the department head, who must
building for the senior high school eran enrollment as it undoubtedly perform all of his various functions
at Eastern and to relieve pressure will." The vocational education while music students practice at a
for classrooms resulting from building would afford ample space piano only four feet from his desk
Japid growth of the fifth year pro- and modern equipment in the and telephone.
t:Jram. The Eastern State High fields of industrial arts, business
gchool is now housed at one end education, and home economics. State Needs Music Building
of the second floor of the admin- Present facilities were greatly over-
•tration building, Old Main. It is taxed in all of these areas after Public school music authorities
an entirely unsatisfactory situation World War II. Industrial arts equip- have said repeatedly that it is a
that has existed ever since the high ment, installed in 1927, is worn disgrace that not one of the four
&chool was established in 1921. and obsolete. state-supported teacher-education
institutions of Illinois has anything
The proposed laboratory train- New Services Proposed even approaching adequate faci-
fng school would include a nursery lities for the preparation of music
kchool and kindergarten, not pro- It is President Buzzard's conten- teachers.
vided at present because of limit- tion, supported by the Eastern Illi-
nois Area Advisory Council, that Less urgently needed but listed
ed space but certainly a requisite in the order of priority by Presi-
the college can perform a much- dent Buzzard for the Teachers Col-
in any modern plant for the prep- needed service for its section of the lege Board are: 1. A student union
aration of elementary teachers. state by providing low-cost two- building. 2. A woman's health edu-
fl.mong other facilities not now year terminal education to produce cation building. 3. A swimming
available in the training school but skilled "foreman-type" workers in pool addition to the men's health
definitely needed are an auditor- the industrial arts, printing, food education building. 4. A college
ium, physical education facilities, a handling, business, etc. The voca- auditorium. 5. Residence halls for
hot lunch room, visual aids room, tional education building would women (permitting both newly
reading-hearing-sight clinic, shop, permit Eastern to rffider this ser- erected halls to be used for' men
home economics, and science faci- vice. as originally intended).
lities. The new building provides
these, all under one roof. It would The music department at East- Eastern Has Campus Slums
be constructed to house 400 stu- ern undoubtedly operates under
dents, from nursery school through a greater handicap because of lack Not many colleges are ready to
grade nine. The site is already of physical space and equipment admit it, but World War II and its
owned by the college, with the ex- than does any other department. aftermath have left them with
~eption of three small residences, Effective recruitment efforts of "campus slums." Eastern is an ex-
l.vhose purchase would probably staff members, anxious to meet the ception. It has slums, all right, but
add $30,000 to the building cost continuing and increasing demand is willing to admit that the 30 or
estimated a-t $1,300,000. The site so "temporary" buildings now dis-
lies on the east side of the campus, gracing its beautiful campus are
just south of Hayes Street. inadequate by every standard that
can be applied. They must be re-
Need for Teachers Continues placed. Teachers colleges of the na-
tion have been stigmatized for
Ea st er n's teacher placement their generally inferior physical
bureau has, in the past five years, plants. Illinois has done better than
tveraged nearly 1,000 calls per most of the states, but let's recog-
J'ear for elementary teachers. This nize the fact that Illinois can do
year there were 2,771 such calls. better, and start from there.

PAGE THREE

Alumni Start Drive to Increase Lord Fund

Four Alumni Contribute $1000, In His Honor
Ask Association to Match It by
,, '
July 1, 1953.
Livingston C. Lord
The Alumni Association is cur-
rently planning an intensive six Kappa Delta Pi Another change is joint quarterly
months' drive to raise $1000 to meetings with the other honorarJ
match a grant of $1000 given by Makes Changes; Sets fraternities on campus. The speake4
four Eastern alumni to build up the for the fall quarter was Dr. Lynn
principal of the Livingston C. Lord Up Scholarship Fund Trank of the art department.
Memorial Scholarship Fund.
This year the Beta Psi Chapter of As KDP alumni know, this chap-,
According to the terms of the Kappa Delta Pi at Eastern has
offer, the Association will receive sixteen members, including facul- ter of Kappa Delta Pi has a scholar.;
the $1000 grant only if its cam- ty, and ten pledges. The chapter
paign succeeds before July 1, has been quite active so far under ship fund. The campus group plans
1953. Securities are now on de- the excellent leadership of Presi-
posit at the Charleston National dent Robert Climer, a graduate stu- to award the scholarship this year
Bank, to be turned over to the Fund dent. Several innovations are being
trustees when they give evidence tried out, one being informal at commencement. As yet there is
that the $1000 has been matched. luncheon-business meetings at the no decision as to the amount or
cafeteria instead of the formal the recipient. So far the fund con-
If $2000 can thus be added to business meetings at night. So far sists of $300, and efforts are being
the present $1800, the value of the they have been quite successful. made to increase that amount. Any
annual award can be raised to donations from chapter alumni, no
more than $100. It is now less than matter how small, would be great-
$50. The four donors have sug- ly appreciated, according to Mr.
gested that the Fund be invested Climer.
in sound stocks paying more than
the 2V2 per cent plus now received
from government coupon bonds.

Eastern alumni may expect to
receive a more detailed explana-
tion of the scholarship fund cam-
paign following meetings of the
Executive Committee of the Alumni
Association and of a newly ap-
pointed Lord Scholarship Commit-
tee. The campaign will probably
get underway in January.

The four donors are Arthur
Riche, ex-'l 0, and Mrs. Riche, the
former Grace Milholland, '10, of
Freeport, Ill.; and Lewis and Mary
Linder of Charleston. Lewis is Class
of '11 and his sister is Class of '15.

In October of this year Mrs.
Bette Lou Johnson, then president
of the Alumni Association, appoint-
ed a committee to take charge of
the Lord Scholarship, plan to in-
crease its value, and re-shape the
method of selecting its recipient.
This committee is composed of the
following persons: Stanley Elam,
'38, chairman; Miss Lillie Lauher,
'16, secretary - treasurer; Bruce
Rardin, '10; Esther McCrory, '10;
Lewis Linder, '11; Leah Todd, '16;
H. Nolan Sims, '30; Harold Fearn,
'39; Orla Adams, '40; and Robert
Black, '49.

PAGE FOUR

Eastern Gets .Advice From Area Council

Buzzard Address 90 ger responsibilities to its area than Cavi nses Win
simply the preparation of teachers.
Lay, School Leaders Parents' Contest
Dr. Buzzard quoted figures
New Alumni-Sponsored Group showing that large numbers of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Cavins of
Studies Role of Eastern in Serving students take advantage of East- Charleston won the prize given by
16-County Section of Illinois. ern's excellent program for low- a Parents' Day committee at East-
cost education without planning ern for the couple who have sent
More than ninety leaders of a to teach. Over the past fifteen the most children to Eastern. Prizes
years only 70 per cent of the grad- were awarded after the Parents'
26-county area discussed the place uates have entered teaching and Day football game on Nov. 8.
thousands have taken a few years
of Eastern in the state higher edu- of training without getting the de- Four of the Cavins children, Wal-
gree. lace, Theodore, Mildred, and Don
ation system, meeting in the Booth attended Eastern. Another son,
Dr. Buzzard stated his opinion Harold, is head of the health de-
Library on Eastern's campus last that two-year terminal education partment. Wallace is now a doctor
in such vocational areas as indus- of medicine, practicing in Lansing,
Nov. 19. trial arts, home economics, and Ill. Ted is teaching at Lake Forest.
business education is a legitimate Mildred is now Mrs. Arthur G.
The large turnout, including sev- aim for Eastern. This could be done Hughes and lives in Chicago. Don
eral persons from as far away as without impairing the teacher-edu- is living at Paris, Ill., near which
Collinsville and Mt. Carmel, in- cation program; in fact, it might he manages a farm. He recently
luded four newly elected mem- in the long run add to the number began teaching half-time in the
bers of the 68th General Assembly of graduates prepared to teach. Kansas schools at the request of
of Illinois. There were 38 school the superintendent.
administrators and a number of A panel of laymen and educa-
leachers in the group, plus several tors representing different inter- Prizes were also given to the
•vmen interested in higher educa- ests and sections of the state of- youngest parent, Mrs. Kenneth
tion. fered a wide variety of sugges- White, '35, of Mattoon, and to the
tions for improvement and exten- parents who came the farthest dis-
President R. G. Buzzard sketched sion of Eastern's educational offer- tance to see the Parents' Day
the development of higher educa- ings. game, Mr. and Mrs. Clark Leden of
tion in the Midwest, showing how near Rockford and Mr. and Mrs.
lastern's development through the The Advisory Council was es- Charles Larson of Winnebago, a
normal school and teachers college tablished in 1950 through the ef- distance of approximately 255
stages parallels that of similar in- forts of the Alumni Association un- miles.
ltitutions of this section. He point- der its president, Alexander Sum-
ed out the fact that Eastern is the mers, '36.
~nly four year, degree-granting in-
ltitution in the southeastern quar-
ter of the state and may have lar-

Is Eastern on Right Track? VIP's Offer Answers

L. to r.- Lee Piggot, Decatur High principal; Vernon Krantz, Mattoon superintendent; J. R. McCullough,
'49, an Oblong businessman; Eastern's Dr. Kevin Guinagh, newly elected Eastern Division of IEA president;
Panel Chairman Roe Wright, president of the Area Council and Robinson superintendent; Mrs. Russell Oplin-
ger, Decatur, past president of the Illinois Congress of PTA; Vernon Heath, Robinson, vice-president of the
Illinois Chamber of Commerce; Justus Gibson, Wabash County superintendent, Mt. Carmel; and James M.
liompson, Eastern's business education head. These men formed the Area Council panel (see above).

PAGE FIVE

Portrait

of an

Alumna

Emily Lynch, '27

Before he died over a year ago County Reporter," and her pro- his program. I took most of the
Lee Lynch, ex-'24, had broadcast grams at 8:30 and l 0:35 a.m. are telephone calls and always wrote
785 Sunday news programs over just as full of interest as those of about half of the programs."
Radio Stations WDZ of Tuscola and her more famous husband.
WLBH of Mattoon. He crammed "How much mail do you get as
hundreds of newsy personal items Emily began broadcasting with- a result of your program?"
into each half hour program, bas- in two weeks of Lee's death. Inter-
ing success on the formula that viewed recently about her work, "Hundreds of letter and cards.
names make news. He made the she said: My telephone rings from early
formula work because, besides na- morning until late at night."
tive wit and boundless energy, Lee "I had problems to overcome.
was interested in and curious I was afraid of the mike at first, "What are your most cherisheli
about people. Over the years his but the excitement kept me going.
taste developed and he grew in I felt as though I could do the comments on the program?"
stature. At the age of 47, Lee work, as I, too, had been trained " 'We always listen' is the one I
Lynch, the restless Training School in journalism. I was society editor
lad who was once verbally chas- at the Charleston Courier for nine like best! When people say this
tized by Livingston C. Lord, was on years and had taken courses in I mention them, as a rule, on some
the way to being a genuinely fine journalism at the U. of Ill." program to follow. Now and then
representative of his district in the I make some reference to Lee and
Illinois General Assembly. He had "Do you enjoy the work?" use a few of his famous quota·
the respect and confidence of both "Definitely yes, although it is tions. For instance, 'Watch the rail·
his colleagues and his constituency. confining and nerve-wracking at roads; it's always train time.' Peo-
t i m e s ." ple in these parts ~njoyed Lee's
There is a saying that some day "What are some of your rules programs so much, apparentll
a woman will make a good U. S. for success?" that they STILL like to hear some-
president-if she's married to him. "Say nothing to injure anyone thing he once said. However, I
To those who knew the team of and cover news of the area as com- don't do this sort of thing so often~
Lee and Emily Lynch, it was appar- pletely as possible. My program is I believe, that it is out of place."
ent that a large part of Lee's suc- the type Lee had, 'reporting news
cess could be attributed to his events, anniversaries, every-day "Do you entertain any thougtj
"better half." Radio Station WLBH happenings about neighbors and of taking Lee's place in the legis·
Iisteners today agree. friends in East Central Illinois." lature?"
"How much of the work of as-
Emily Heistand Lynch, Class of sembling his notes, etc., did you "Definitely no! I want no part of
'27 at Eastern, is the new "Coles do for Lee?" politics. I do, however, give some
"Lee wrote the commercials for thought to going back into news·
paper work."

Emily says she will be glad to
hear from Eastern alumni and put
their news items on the radio.

PAGE SIX

Orval Funkhouser Heads Alumni; Bureau Reports High
Gets Exec Committee Assist
Demand for Teachers
Orval Funkhouser of Charleston New Officers
was elected president of the East- Elementary Shortage Most Acute;
ern Alumni Association, succeed- Pres. Funkhouser Only 57 Per Cent of Class of '52
ing Mrs. Bette Bails Johnson, at Take Teaching Positions.
the Homecoming business session. · Mrs. Lloyd Thudium (left), vice-
president, and Miss Leafy Demaree, The Placement Bureau at East-
Funkhouser took the diploma at secretary-treasurer. ern received more than twice as
Eastern in 1925 and the degree in many calls for teachers this year
1932. He played on and captained Burris Now a Dean than ever before, according to a
some of Eastern's greatest football Dr. Quincy Guy Burris, a mem- report by Dr. Harry L. Metter, di-
teams under Dr. C. P. Lantz. He has ber of the English department at rector of teacher training and
had some 20 years of public school Eastern from 1932 to 1938, has placement, but had candidates to
teaching and administrative ex- recently been named dean of the fil I fewer than five per cent of
l!hrience. At present he is manag- New Mexico Highlands University, them.
ing a large grain and cattle-feeding Las Vegas. He has been head of
farm near Charleston. During the the English and speech department The record number of vacancies
war he rose tb the rank of lieuten- at Highlands since leaving Eastern. reported to the bureau was 5,370.
ant colonel in the Army. Mrs. Funk- He will continue to act as depart- Previous high was 2,424, reported
houser is the former Lois Jessie ment head while serving as dean. in 1948. There were 454 students
Craig, '35. The Funkhousers have a Dr. Burris is known throughout the and alumni registered with the
Jllughter, Nancy, who is a fresh- Southwest for his work in forming bureau, of whom 252 accepted
man at Eastern State High School. the Highlands speech correction new positions. Fifty-eight returned
clinic, as well as for his many suc- to their old positions.
Mrs. Lloyd Thudium, the former cesses in the literary field .
katherine Hall, ex-'38, is the new Significantly, there were 2,657
'-ssociation vice-president, suc- vacancies reported for which no
ceeding Ernest Freeman. A former candidates were available. This
lfomecoming queen, Mrs. Thudium was a new high. In 1948 there
is the wife of Lloyd Thudium, '35, were l ,245 vacancies for which
and the mother of three children. Eastern could make no recommen-
She has been active in sorority and dation.
IVomen's Club work in Charleston.
Mr. Thudium is the owner of a The teacher shortage is acute in
IYmouth-DeSoto Agency. all fields, according to Dr. Metter,
but especially so in the elementary
Miss Leafy Demaree, Class of field. His office received 2,771
1917, succeeds Mrs. Tom Petty as calls for elementary teachers but
9<;retary-treasurer of the Associa- had available for placement only
tion. She has returned to Charles- 25 experienced and 24 inexperi-
ton after over 25 years in the enced candidates. Dr. Metter ex-
Cleveland, 0., public scholos. pects the shortage to continue for
several years.
The Association adopted a new
l:>nstitution providing for an execu- Salaries were, on the average,
tive council composed of the three somewhat higher than last year.
~fficers plus six elected members. Those for grade teachers were
slightly higher than for other teach-
Elected for a one year term were ers.
Bess Shrieve (Mrs. Ronald King),
'13; and Frank Chamberlin, '09. Eastern's Class of 1952 included
Harold Marker, '34, and Harrison 110 men and 99 women. Of
Read, '50, will serve two year these, only 120, or 57 per cent,
terms. Ogden Brainard, '25, and took teaching positions. Included
Mrs. Fred Frommel, '25, were among graduates not teaching are
elected to three year terms. All 33 in military service, 29 in other
lnembers of the executive commit- work, 14 in graduate study, nine
tee live in Charleston. married and not wishing positions,
and four unemployed or not re-
The nominating committee was porting, as of Nov. l.
l>mposed of Lester VanDeventer,
'38, cha~rman; Emily Heistand Dr. Metter's report breaks down
Lynch, '27, Rosalie Turner Josse- calls for teachers by subject-matter
rand, '39, and Don Griffin, '50. combinations and in other ways of
interest to young people consider-
ing teaching as a profession.

PAGE SEVEN

Homecoming Brings We Is All Friends, Isn't We?
Grads From 13 States

Homecoming activities on Octo- Sig Tau reunion? Former star athletes Cocky Davisson, Milt Shone-
ber 24 and 25 attracted crowds at baum, Kenny Grubb, Neal Hudson, Lou Stivers.
least as large as any in recent
years, according to official esti- Chatting before the alumni luncheon at Homecoming are (I to r.)
mates. The Saturday evening con- Jahala and Ray DeMoulin, '50, Dean H. F. Heller, Mrs. Franklyn AndreVvfll
cert appears to be gaining in popu- and Mrs. Heller.
larity. It brought over 2,000 lis-
teners to hear "America's leading
vocal stylist," Tony Pastor. About
1300 danced to his music follow-
ing the coronation of Queen Elaine
Myers.

The football game, disasterous
tho it was for Eastern's conference
hopes, attracted a near-capacity
crowd of some 4,500.

The Alumni Office reported a
registration of about 300 grad-
uates. This included only those
who visited the Main Building dur-
ing the morning and afternoon. \
About 200 persons visited the Sar-
gent Memorial Gallery exhibit of
contemporary American painting.

Several thousand Charlestonians
and visitors witnessed the parade,
characterized as one of the most
dazzling since the Golden Jubilee
Year, 1949.

Nearly 500 persons saw the tug-
of-war won by the sophomores
Friday afternoon, although other
undergrad competition failed to
draw customary crowds.

Thirteen states were represent-
ed by alumni registrants. Among
those coming farthest for the aut-
umn classic were the following:

Harold Stevens, '52, and John
Worland, '4 l, Cleveland, O.; Mr.
and Mrs. Maurice Cutler, '42, Ar-
lington, Va.; Jim Dukas, '51, Park-
ersburg, W. Va.; Jim Levitt, '4 l,
Peru, Nebr.; A. 0. Bainbridge, '06,
Saugatuck, Mich.; Earl Sheffield,
'48, Camp Gordon, Ga.; Ray and
Janice Carrell, '52, Augusta, Ga.;
Margaret McGill, 'l 9, Pine Ridge,
S. D.; Paul Wright, '4 l, Cincinnati,
O.; Charles Buzzard, '48, Washing-
ton, D. C.; and Mrs. Naomi Feller
Lugsch, '40, Ralston, Nebr.

Glendon Gabbard, Eastern's Among far-from-home alumni were Ens. Charles Buzzard of Wash-
dramatics director, is on a two year ington, D. C. (far left) and Jim Dukas, Parkersburg, W. Va. (sports shirt).
le ave to complete his doctorate de-
gree at Iowa. Mrs. Gabbard is
teaching freshman rhetoric at the
University.

PAGE EIGHT

Upper left - Visiting celebrities,
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Katsimpalis. Tom
teaches at Altamont.

Upper right-Java drinkers at the
registration desk are Arthur Aik-
man, Peyton Holaday, and Elmo
Hilderbrand. No, Mrs. Holaday,
Pasty is NOT drinking coffee.

Center right-Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Suddarth hit Homecoming lime-
light again.

Lower right-Cincinnati is far
away, but all four Wright brothers
made it to Homecoming this year.
Here they are with better halves.
Les and Bob live in Illinois.

L-ower left-Coach and Mrs. C.
P. Lantz in new role-enjoying a
Homecoming game. In the back-
ground are Marjorie Herman, 1951
Homecoming queen, and Dr. Byron
K. Barton, geography head.

PAGE NINE

Healey Faces New Problem: Improve on Perfection?

Three Vets,. Many Court Wizards
Hopefuls, Will Try To
Extend Victory String

For the first time in four years, Bob Lee, Coach Healey, Rog Dettro, Bud Patberg (kneeling)
the Eastern basketball team will
open a season without the services Campbell, 5'11" guard from Tay- Panthers to 122 wins in 154 games
of Torn Katsimpalis, said by many lorville; and Bill Parmentier, 5'10" for a winning average of 79.3 per
to be the greatest basketball play- guard from Gillespie. cent. Healey has seen his teams im-
er ever to don a Panther un iform. prove their record each year. In
Also gone from the Panther hard- The Panthers opened conference 1946-47 Eastern lost eight games.
wood is Jim Johnson, a name al- play on December 12 with a home Each year thereafter until 1951-
most as famous as that of Kat- game against Central Michigan. 52 the Panthers lost one less game.
si mpal is in recent years of basket- Michigan Normal traveled to Char- Last year Coach Healey's cagers
leston on December 13. Following lost two in the complete season,
ball at Eastern. the three opening home games, two less defeats than the year be-
But three members of the great the Panthers will go on the road fore. In November of this year
December 18 for a game with In- Healey received the Ph. D. degree
1951-52 squad that won the Inter- diana State at Terre Haute. from Indiana University.
state Intercollegiate Athletic Con-
ference crown by sweeping 12 suc- Eastern will be out to extend a The 1952-53 Schedule
cessive contests and went on to consecutive home floor winning
complete a regular schedule of 22 streak of 43 games that began in Dec. 8- lllinois College
games without a defeat will again February, 1949. The last team to at Cha rleston (won)
see action for Coach Bill Healey. down the Panthers at Charleston
The Panthers completed the 1951- was Indiana State. Dec. 12-Central Michigan
52 season with a record of 24 wins at Charleston* (won)
and two defeats, losing to Millikin Since coming to Eastern in 1946,
in the National Association of In- Coach Healey has directed the Dec. 13-Michigan Normal
at Charleston* (won)
tercollegiate Basketball District 20
playoffs at Champaign and later to
Morningside of Sioux City, la., in
the second round of competition
for the NAIB title in Kansas City.
The NAIB has now been renamed
the NAIA, the National Association

of Intercollegiate Athletics.
Starting lineup for the 1952-53

season opener against Illinois Col-
lege on Dec. 8, won 86-45, includ-
ed Roger Dettro, Norman Patberg,
and Bob Lee from last year's first
squad. Number one choice for the
starting center spot was lanky
Ed Taylor, 6'4" sophomore from
Vandalia, with Dwayne "Moose"
Roe, Danville senior, getting in for
plenty of action.

Martin Chilovich, a reserve for-

ward last season, in now in line
for the post vacated by Jim John-
son. Others on the first ten are
former reserves Nelson "Moon"
McMullen, sophomore forward;
Jack Kenny, sophomore center;
Kenny Ludwig, sophomore guard;
and another sophomore, forward

Gene Murray.
Three top prospects in the fresh:

man group are Ron Claussen, 6'2"
center from Chicago; Bill "Soupie"

PAGE TEN

Dec. 16-lndiana State Grid Team Begins, Ends Season on
at Terre Haute Victory Note; Large Gap in Middle

Dec. 18-Southern at Carbondale* Eastern won only two of its Scott Field, but despite a strong de-
Jan. 9-Western at Charleston* scheduled football games in the fensive stand by the Panther line,
Jan. l 0-Beloit at Beloit 1952 season-the first and final the Air Force eleven rolled over
Jan. 16-Northern at Charleston* games; but it was a new and dif- three touchdowns for a victorious
Jan. 17-lllinois Wesleyan ferent Panther eleven that won the final score of 18-13.
last game by a 7-0 score against
at Bloomington Northern at DeKalb. And so it went through the mid-
Jan. 20-McKendree at Charleston dle portion of the season. Three
Jan. 24-Franklin (Ind.) Although Coach Maynard "Pat" successive fumbles by the Panth-
O'Brien opened the season with ers in the first quarter of a game
at Charleston against Michigan Normal at Ypsi-
Jan. 26-Millikin at Decatur a squad expected to display plenty lanti gave the Michigan eleven the
Feb. 3-Millikin at Charleston o.f stiff defense, he had nothing edge they needed to defeat the
Feb. 6- Central Michigan except a question mark in the of- Panthers 13-7. Fumbles also hurt
fensive platoon. With the depart- Eastern when they traveled to
at Mt. Pleasant* ure of such backfield men as Don Maryville for a contest with North-
Feb. 7-Michigan Normal Henderson, J. D. Anderson, Joe west Missouri. Trailing by two
Patridge, and Ed Soergel by grad- touchdowns at half-time, Eastern
at Ypsilanti* uation in 1952, the Panthers had
Feb. 13-Southern at Charleston* only two regulars returning for the went on a gallant scoring spree
Feb. 14-lllinois Normal 1952 offensive unit-quarterback and rolled over three touchdowns
Paul Foreman and halfback Dave while the Missouri Bearcats were
at Normal* Cohrs. getting one; but the. Panther of-
Feb. 17-lndiana State
In the opening game of the sea- fense faded in the final moments
at Charleston son against Millikin, the Panthers of the game and Eastern went
Feb. 20-Western at Macomb* exploded with four touchdowns down to defeat, 19-27.
Feb. 21-Northern at DeKalb* to win 28-19 over the Big Blue,
Feb. 28-lllinois Normal who went on to share the CCI title. It was the Homecoming game
But the true offensive strength was against Southern Illinois University
at Charleston* somewhat less than the score seem- at Charleston that marked the
*-llAC game ed to indicate. The Panthers were halfway post of the season and the
unable to make consistent gains final phase in a series of games
Jim Scott, Former on the ground and through the air that had seen the Panther offense
against Millikin, even though long occasionally explode and falter,
News Sports Writer, runs and two long passes gave the scoring punch seemingly grow-
them the edge in the final score. ing weaker and weaker. Southern,
Authors Book the doormat of the 1951 season,
A similar exploding action gave was no towering monument of
Jim Scott, former sports writer Eastern two touchdowns against
for the student newspaper at East- (Continued on next page)
ern, is author of a biography of
Bob Mathias, the two-time Olympic Wear Eastern Grid Colors for Last Time
decathlon champion, published by
Jrentice-Hall. Nine seniors played their last football game for Eastern as the Pan-
thers downed Northern 7-0 at DeKalb. Left to right in the photo above
A native of Bethany, Scott was are, first row, Jim Brubeck, Taylorville; Dwayne Roe, Danville; John
~garded as one of the most capa-
ble sports writers of the old Simmons, Rossville; Gordon Watkins, Villa Grove; Ed Smitley, Paris;
"Teachers College News" era when second row, Coach Maynard O'Brien; Jack Adams, Dupo; Bill Myers,
he was covering Panther sports Charleston; Paul Foreman, Charleston; and Dave Cohrs, Mooseheart.
for Alexander· Summers, '36.

After leaving Eastern, Scott
wrote sports for the Decatur Her-
ald and Review. He later progres-
sed to Berkeley, Calif., where he
has been a sportswriter and long-
time friend of the Mathias family.

Scott's book is a detailed and
intimate account of how Mathias
overcame handicaps to hecome
recognized as an all-around athlete
on a par with the famous Jim
rnorpe, and possibly greater.

Forrest Kyle, sports editor of the
Decatur Herald, describes the book
as an inspirational story for young
athletes, told in a simple but dra-
matic style.

PAGE ELEVEN

(Continued from preceding page) Football Squad Honors Harriers Once Again

strength in 1952; but the squad Dave Cohrs, Paul Foreman 'Bridesmaids' of IIAC
from Carbondale topped Eastern
22-7. Dave Cohrs and Paul Foreman, "Always a bridesmaid but never
both seniors on the Eastern foot- a bride." That's the comment of
Coach O'Brien, who had been ball team, were awarded titles of Dr. Clifton W. White, Eastern'a
trying various combinations in the "Most Valuable" and "Honorary cross country coach for the past
Eastern offensive backfield, now Captain" respectively by their six years, after his squad had
turned to the freshmen on the 1952 teammates. taken second place in the 1952 In·
squad. With Paul Foreman and terstate Intercollegiate At h I et it
Dave Cohrs forming a nucleus, a Cohrs, a Mooseheart High grad- Conference cross country meet at
backfield unit composed of Jim uate, led the Panther scoring at- Macomb.
Griffith, a converted end from tack during the 1952 nine-game
Brazil, Ind. at the fullback spot; season, running for seven touch- During the six-year period in
Joseph Reano, halfback from downs and 42 points. Eastern which Coach White has mentored
Eagarville; Gary Newell, fullback scored a total of 17 touchdowns the Panther harriers, Eastern has
from Pekin; and Jack Adams, sen- and 11 conversions for 113 points taken three seconds, two thirds,
ior halfback from Dupo, took over this season. and one fifth in league meets-btAll
the offensive duties. never a win.
Foreman, Eastern's first string
Against a strong Western squad quarterback, directed the Panther Eastern opened the 1952 long
at Macomb, the Panther defense attack and did most of the aerial distance season with only two reg-
held for only one touchdown, and work for the squad. He attempted ular lettermen returning - Jack
only a bad conversion attempt 97 passes and completed 31 for Sims, St. Elmo, and Jack Farris(
kept Eastern from repeating its 582 yards. Thirteen passes were Marshall. Farris, however, was
1951 performance of tying the sec- intercepted. Foreman also carried forced to leave the squad when a
ond rated team in the league. The the brunt of Eastern punting, kick- bothersome back began giving
final score gave Western a 7-6 ing 41 times for 1439 yards, an av- him too much trouble.
victory. erage of 35. 1 yards per kick. He
scored one touchdown. Foreman is With Farris gone, Coach White
Back at Charleston the following a graduate of Eastern State High. had one veteran, Sims, and five
week, the Panthers took on the freshmen to carry the Eastern
powerful Central Michigan eleven, In the final accounting, Eastern colors. The first-year harriers are
who had rolled relentlessly over held down the cellar position in Chuck Matheney, Paris; Fred Gore,
all conference opponents. For three the Interstate Intercollegiate Ath- Danville; James Mitchell, Newton;
quarters, Eastern held back the ebb letic Conference. The Panthers, in James Edmundson, Brownstowrll
tide of strength from Mt. Pleasant the seven school league, ranked and Duane Nichols, Macon. Sims
and gave up only two touchdowns; sixth in total offense and forward is a senior.
but the overpowering Central passing, seventh in rushing and
Michigan attack was too much, scoring, and fourth in punting. During the warmup period of
and in the final quarter the Chip- the season, the Eastern squad de-
pewas scored almost at will to gain However, on the defensive side feated and tied Southern, lost to
a final score of 41-0. In the six con- of the ledger, Eastern ranked sec- Normal and Northern and outran
ference games of the season, Cen- ond only to Central Michigan, the Western. Final standings in the
tral Michigan scored 240 points, undefeated I e a g u e champions. conference are determined solel~
averaging 40 points per game, by the league meet.
while its opponents totaled only Nine seniors played their final
33 points. game for Eastern in the contest Before going to Macomb for the
with Northern. They are Jack conference run, Coach White had
Another freshman halfback, John Adams, Dupo; Dave Cohrs, Moose- little hope of beating Michigan
O'Dell from East St. Louis, was h ea rt; Gordon Watkins, Villa Normal or Northern, but he saw
moved into the offensive platoon Grove; Paul Foreman, Charleston; a possibility of his well-balanced
as Eastern played host to Illinois Ed Smitley, Paris; John Simmons, squad taking over the third spot.
Normal. Eastern held the edge un- Rossville; Bill Myers, Charleston; As it happened, however, the East-
til late in the final quarter, when Jim Brubeck, Taylorville; and ern harriers outdid expectatio~
the outstanding passing of Wes Dwayne "Moose" Roe, Danville. and ran second behind powerf
Bair, Normal's quarterback, gave Dave Cohrs was named "Most Val- Michigan Normal, with the firs
the Panthers their seventh and uable" and Paul Foreman was runners having only a five point
final loss of the year by a 27-26 chosen as "Honorary Captain" for margin of victory.
score. 1952.
Hilah Cherry, ex-'55, was an at·
Steadily improving since the Only Panther to rate All-Confer- tendant to the student queen at
game with Southern, Eastern took ence in balloting by the players the University of Iowa's homeco111t
a victory over Northern at DeKalb themselves was Tackle Dwayne ing. Miss Cherry was also cast in
in the final game of the season on (Moose) Roe, a senior. It was Roe's the homecoming play at Iowa.
a 65 yard jaunt by John O'Dell and second consecutive year on the All- where she is majoring in dramatia
strong resistance by the Eastern llAC squad. Little Halfback Dave arts.
defensive platoon for a 7-0 shut- Cohrs received special mention.
out.

PAGE TWELVE

Athletes Pick All-Time All-Stars at Eastern

Nearly two years ago some 55 former Eastern have followed Eastern sports over the years some
athletes named several all-time all-star teams for the of the names that added luster to Lantzdom.
tollege as the Alumni Association and the school pre-
~ared to honor Dr. C. P. Lantz at the close of one of Interpreting a suggestion made by Otto Schmael-
the longest active careers in college coaching history. zle, 'l 7, now a leading secondary school administrator
on the West Coast, Alumnus editors have divided
The article listing the teams was crowded out of the Lantz era in half, naming all-star teams for the
the Alumnus several times, but here it is for what periods 1911-31 and 1932-51. It would be pleasant
it is worth. to recount some of the high points in athletics at
Charleston as reported by the former players who
It should be emphasized that these teams are nominated all-star candidates. Instead, we refer
the selections of interested alumni. They are not Dr. Alumnus readers to the excellent section in the C. H.
lantz's selection, for he has consistently begged off Coleman history of Eastern entitled "Sports and Phy-
when asked to do a chore of this kind. His reasons sical Education, l 9 l l-49," a fact- and name-packed
were that there have been too many good athletes account of the Lantz epoch up to the time of the his-
and the standards of comparison are too unreliable. tory's publication in 1949.
He thought he'd miss too many who ought to be on
the teams. Only one apology will be made for the teams
as listed. The voters who named them hadn't seen
The lists that follow undoubtedly do some in- the already fabulous basketball team of 1951-52!
justices, but they will serve to recall to those who

1911-31 Era*

Football, First Team Basketball, First Team Baseball, First Team

LE Ciney Rich, 'l 2 F Eric Brown, '25 P (left hand) Jesse Honn, '27
LT Leland Routledge, '29 F Earl .Anderson, 'l 6 P (right hand) Mack Gilbert, '24
LG Harland Baird, '32 C Clayton Towles, '27 P (right hand) James E. Hill, '13
C Frank (Hoot) Gibson, '30 G Maurice Foreman, '27 C Roscoe Hampton, 'l 8
RG Nolan Sims, '30 G Andrew Meurlot, '29 1B Bruce Corzine, '13
RT Burl Ives, '29 2B William Schernekau, 'l 4
RE Roscoe Hampton, '18 3B Steve Turner, '20
HB Ruel Hall, '29 SS Leslie Cook, '23*
HB Steve Turner, '20 LF Mack Moore, '19
FB Forrest Greathouse, '23 CF Cecil Flaherty, '13
QB Sumner Wilson, 'l 4 RF Forrest Greathouse, '23

Honorable Mention, Football-Bill P. Stone, '29; Errett Warner, '25; Charles Ashmore, '30; Pete Fenoglio,
'30; Mack Gilbert, '3 l; Earl Taubeneck, '15; Martin Schahrer, 'l 7; Fred Creamer, '30; Stan Wasem, '32; Sherman
Gilmore, '29; Homer Tohill, '34; Rex McMorris, '32; Forrest Buckler, '32; Eric Brown, '25; Johnny Powers, '33;
HaFry Parr, '29; Rex Benoit, '25; Vernon Replogle, '27; Orval Funkhouser, '32; Herman Cooper, '16; Stanley
Hill,'ll .

Honorable Mention, Basketball-Starr Cochran, '24; Grove Butler, '13; Wayne Cooper, '28; Otto Schmaelzle,
'l 7; Raymond Cook, 'l 9; Ralph Freeland, '26; Ferdinand Steinmetz, '13.

Honorable Mention, Baseball- Guy Fleming, '??; Dale Coyle, '23; Homer Sampson, 'l 2; Woodrow Viseur,
'33; Forrest Buckler, '32; W. H. Green, '27; Dee Bradey, '33. *Cook returned for his degree in 1936 and again
made the team.

Football, First Team 1932-51 Era Baseball, First Team

LE Joe Ward, '41 Basketball, First Team P (left hand) Carroll Endsley, '42
LT LeeRoy LaRose, '49 P (right hand) Okey Honefenger,
LG Don Davisson, '48 F John Wilson, '51
C Joe Snyder, '40 F Howard Ballard, '35 '36; Kenny Grubb, '51
RG Jim Hutton, '4 l C Tom Katsimpalis, '52 C Dave Hart, '41
RT Louis (Judy) Voris, '39 G Don Glover, '51 l B Merve Baker, '40
RE Harry Fitzhugh, '34 G Neal Hudson, '49 2B Leon Slovikoski, '49
HB Don Johnson, '49 Second Team 3B Jack Whitson, '51
HB John Stabler, '47 F Russell Curry, '37 SS Bill Lewis, '36
FB Chuck Gross, '49 F Bil I Glenn, .'41 LF Jim Phipps, '42
QB Bill Glenn, '4 l G Ray Suddarth, '41 CF Jimmie Tedrick, '37
G Paul Henry, '41 RF Hugh Phipps, '43
G Chuck McCord, '44
(Continued on next page)

PAGE THIRTEEN

(Continued from preceding page) Honorable Mention, Baseball - Second Team (Baseball)

Second Team (Football) Aaron Gray, '51; Bill Crum, '50; P• Earl Jones, '38; Ray DeMoulin,
Wendell Brown, '40; Lowell Clark, '50; Wes Hilligoss, '49
LE Bill Adair, '38 '47; Jack Haworth, '50; Earl Beno-
LT Ernie Pricco, '34 che, '50; Bob Alexander, '50; Irvin C John Strader, '39
LG Gerald Baker, '50 Singler, '32 Paul Jones, '42; Bill l B Art Glad, '49
C Louis Stivers, '49 Glenn, '41; Rolla Rand, '38; Dale 2B Otis Dappert, '32
RG Howard Barnes, '49 Treat, '42; Bill Waldrip, '40; Joe 3B Dave Kessinger, '38
RT Bernie Hayton, '47 Kirk, '32. SS Oliver Anderhalter, '43
RE Neal Hudson, '49 LF Ralph Carlock, '40
HB Earl Benoche, '50 CF J. D. Anderson, '52
HB Charles Hall, '40 RF Virgil Sweet, '50
FB Steve Davidson, '39
QB Ed Soergel, '52

Honorable Mention, Football- Paul Henry, '41; Ray Suddarth, '41; Mervin Baker, '40; Jim Stahl, '39; Paul
Barrick, '34; Ray Cole, '38; Joe Kruzich, '49; Russ Ghere, '50; Bob Johns, '35; Joe Kirk, '32; Dale Trulock, '38;
Harold Boggs, '35; Tom Carlyle, '49; Russell McConnell, '41; Martin Dennis, '39; Bill Snapp, '50; Paul Swick·
ard, '36; Harry Seckler, '35; Bob Smith, '50; Bill Thissell, '41.

Honorable Mention, Basketball-Alvin VonBehren, '33; Bob Olson, '49; Orvil Spurlin, '41; Jim Johnson,
'52; Bob Holmes, '38; Logan Fearn, '39; Jack Miller, '49; Elmo Hilderbrand, '49; Jim Sullivan, '49; Andy Sul-
livan, '46; Rolla Rand, '35; Hersch Jones, '40; Jimmie Tedrick, '37; Jack Austin, '36; Bill Waldrip, '40.

*Dates are either of graduation or last year played.

BIG AND LITTLE Twenty Year Pay-off

Campus News Notes President R. G. Buzzard of East-
ern was elected governor of Dis-
Big Wheels on Campus dred two are business majors, in- tirct 21 5 of Rotary International
cluding 91 freshmen. There are this fall. Dr. Buzzard has served
Eastern students who were 157 elementary education majors, as president of the Charleston Rot-
named to Who's Who among Stu- 56 of them freshmen. Other large ary Club and in many other capaci·
dents in American Colleges and departments are men's physical ties in that organization. A Rotarian
Universities this year are Juanee education, 81; home economics, for more than 20 years, he has a
Carlyle, Martin Chilovich, Dave 84; industrial arts, 60; and music, unique l 00 per cent attendance
Cohrs, Lois Dent, Roger Dettro, Paul 57. record since affiliating with the
Foreman, Jerry Griffith, Janice Charleston Club in 1933.
Jump, Ella Mae Kercheval, Marilyn There are 51 two-year general
Macy, Tom Northen, Norman Pat- students and 86 in the various Alumni Clubs Alerted
berg, Helen Vacketta, John Wag· pre-professional curricula. Of the
goner, and Charles Younger. latter, pre-engineering is the most Club officers of 16 county East-
popular with 43 students. ern State Clubs of Illinois received
Dick Davis, '52, entered military newsletters in early December list-
service in October. There are three unclassified and ing programs the Alumni Office
seven graduate students on cam- can bring from the campus for
Bob Slater, ex-'51, returned this pus. their annaul or semi-annual meet·
fall from military duty in Germany. ings. The club season begins in
Cpl. Slater entered service two Baby-Sitting Sorority earnest in January. The newsletter
years ago. His wife, Inez, lives at also made suggestions for build-
502 E. Monroe, Casey, Ill. Delta Zeta girls at Eastern got ing strong and active club organi·
national publicity as the result of zations.
Who Takes What? a baby-sitting project on election
day in November. The sorority Coleman Publishes
A summary of enrollment data girls baby-sat free of charge for
shows that there are 1,012 stu- voting Charlestonians. While the "Sarah Bush Lincoln, the Mother
dents enrolled in four-year curri- business did not prove to be "rush- Who Survived Him," is the title of
cula, with business education and ing," a number of faculty mem- another journal article by Dr. C.
elementary education claiming by bers, at least, took advantage of H. Coleman, social science depart·
far the largest number. Two hun- the offer. ment head at Eastern who is rapid·
ly becoming the nation's leading
authority on Lincoln's parents. The
article appears in the summer is-
sue of the Lincoln Herald.

PAGE FOURTEEN

Miss Neely Dies; ' ... a Joyful Hymn'
Sigma Tau Delta
Plans Memorial

Student's Tribute: 'Her Views Winnie Davis Neely
Were as Modern as Our Own, but
She also had her song, who stood alone
Tempered by Maturity.' And, in the general darkness of our kind,
Did not seek respite in our common groan.
On November 3, 1952, Miss Not hers the aching cry of minds made blind
Winnie Davis Neely, a member of By futile hope and transitory dream;
Eastern's faculty since 1934, died Not hers the wail of sorrow unconfined.
at her home in Athens, Tennessee. A joyful hymn to reason's crystal gleam
In ill health for over a year, Miss Instead was hers: its happy theme extolls
Neely left Eastern Illinois State Col- The clearly true, the real in living's scheme.
lege in June, 1951, and was un- As she behind her leaves earth's lesser souls,
able to return to her work. Her paean lends its power to our will
When mist of the unknowable uprolls.
What Miss Neely meant to East- May it our failing faiths with strength refill
ern can best be understood when To brave the gales that lash our rock-strewn hill.
one Iistens to her former students
as they look back on their experi- Don Musselman, '49
ences in her classes in freshman
English, in the novel, or in creative November 28, 1952
writing. Beth Hoffman writes,
"Miss Neely was my freshman Eng- given as a grand prize in the an- tered in the literary contest. This
lish teacher. Most of the class had nual literary contest sponsored by. year a grand prize will be award.:
been dreading that composition the Eastern State News and Sigma ed to the one of the three whose
course; but she encouraged us to work is considered the best by the
write naturally, just what we were Tau Delta. Each year in the past, judges.
thinking, so that it became inter- three prizes amounting to ten dol-
esting and even fun to express our lars each have been awarded the The name of this grand prize is
ideas in writing and then share the writer of the best short story, the "The Winnie Davis Neely Award
results with the rest of the class. best poem, and the best essay en-
(Continued on page 31)
"We could never become used
to our surprise that she, so much
older than we, was never 'old-
fashioned.' Her views of manners,
morals, and everyday campus hap-
penings were as modern as our
own, only tempered by maturity.
We were sorry when she was
forced to stop teaching in the mid-
dle of the year because of poor
health.

"Recently an acquaintance who
was also a member of that class
stopped me and asked me if I
knew how Miss Neely was 'get-
ting along.' When I told him of
her death the previous week, he
paid her a tribute as sincere as it
was simple: 'You know,' he re-
flected, 'I really liked her class.' "

In memory of Miss Neely and
for the encouragement of the kind
of writing which she so successful-
ly taught-creative writing-Sigma
Tau Delta, honorary English society
has established a memorial fund,
the interest from which will be

PAGE FIFTEEN

Keeping •In touch

Class of 1903 Chamberlin of 1517 Second St., sity, N. Y. Miss Gilchrist was a 40·
Charleston. Mr. Chamberlin, who year member of the Tri Kappa Sor·
Two members of the Class of is now manager of the Charleston ority at Columbia City and a mem·
'03 registered at Homecoming. Locker Plant, was for many years ber of the Saddle Club, serving as
They were Ernest N. Freeman, sec- employed with the post office. He secretary-treasurer for many years,
retary of the Coles County Airport took a recent trip that extended She leaves two brothers, John P.
Authority, and Josephine Harker from South America to Alaska. Gilchrist of Louisville, Ky., and
Stewart. Mrs. Stewart reports a Dixon Gilchrist of Dixon, Ky.
new grandson, born to her son Laura Beryl Coffman Munkelt,
John, who is with Station KDKA in '09, is now living at 3319 lngelow, Walter Wilson Jennings, 'l l, is
Pittsburgh, Pa. San Diego 6, Calif. now living at 1336 Fontaine Rd.,
Lexington 30, Ky. He is a full pro-
Class of 1904 Lida Hostetler Shriver, '0 9 , fessor in the College of Commerce.
writes from her new home in University of Kentucky.
Lucy DeWolfe, '04, visited the Tucson, Ariz., that she hopes to see
Eastern campus in October with more news of "old-timers" in the Class of 1912
Mrs. Josephine Harker Stewart, Alumnus. Mrs. Shriver's address is
'03. Miss DeWolfe lives in River- 1441 E. Edison St. Homecoming registrants includ-
side, Calif. Miss Leafy Demaree, ed Carrie Jordan {Mrs. T. H. Man-
'17, met them for luncheon at the Any offers from prospective uell), '12, teacher of third grade
college cafeteria. class correspondents? in the Dennis School, Decatur, and
Bessie Dimple Schriner {Mrs. M: A.
Class of 1906 Class of 1910 McDivitt), '12. Mr. Manuell is em-
ployed with the Westervelt Paper
Albert 0. Bainbridge, '06, was Among Homecoming registrants Co. of Decatur. Mr. McDivitt is de-
one of 300 Homecoming regis- were Jessie Hy,ffman, 'l 0, of R. ceased.
rants. His address is Box 503, R. 2, Charleston, and Edith Lowry
Saugatuck, Mich. {Mrs. Roy B. Robinson), 'l 0, of Florence Lelia Maxwell, '12, is
Westfield. retired and lives at 128 W. Polk,
Class of 1907 Charleston, Ill.
Levi Allen Butler, ex-'10, is a
Paul Black, '07, has a new ad- railroad car inspector in Charleston, Class of 1913
dress, 128 No. 13th St., Lincoln 8, Ill.
Nebr. Ruth Tolly {Mrs. Henry J. New-
Class of 1911 bauer), '13, now lives at 2101 N.
Charles W. Finley, '08, died of a E. 14th St., Oklahoma City, Okla.
heart attack last October at the age Edith Lanna Gilchrist, 'l l, diea
of 72. He was a retired college pro- last September 21 at the age of Class of 1914
fessor and author of textbooks 64. She had operated the Garden
who made his home near Keese- Gift Shop in Columbia City, Ind., Edna Kilgore {Mrs. M. E. O'Day),
ville, N. Y. He held the Ph. D. de- with Miss Mary Hallowell since ' 14, Lela Chenoweth {Mrs. C. T.
gree from Columbia University. 1923. She went to Columbia City Gates), '14; and Lola Chenoweth
Most of his active career was spent as a teacher immediately after her {Mrs. Willard P. Boyle), '14, were
as dean of instruction in the famed graduation from Eastern. She did Homecoming registrants. Mr.
Lincoln School, Teachers College, further work at Columbia Univer-
Columbia, where he went from
Western Illinois State College of
Macomb in 1917.

Class of 1909 This float representing a space ship taking off won first prize for
Sigma Pi fraternity in the 1952 "Out of This World" Homecoming. It
Two members of the Class of was the fourth straight first for Sig Pi.
'09 registered at Homecoming:
Ferdinand F. Homann of 809 Wa-
bash Ave., Mattoon, and Frank W.

PAGE SIXTEEN

O'Day and Mr. Boyle are both de-
ceased. Mrs. Boyle is now teaching
at Freeport, Ill., where her ad-
dress is l 06 E. Jefferson. She took
the B. S. in Ed. degree at Eastern
in 1950. Mrs. O'Day now operates
the O'Day Tavern in Charleston
and lives at 1018 Fourth St. Mr.
and Mrs. Gates live at 708 Johnson
in Charleston. Their son Edward,
Class of 1938 at Eastern, is a highly
successful dentist in Charleston.

Class of 1915

Maurice L. Hampton, '15, has
moved from Evanston, Ill., where
he was for 32 years teacher and
business manager of the high
school, to a remodelled home three
miles west of Charleston. He and
Mrs. Hampton now term themsel-
ves "farmers;"

Class of 1916

Irene Couchman (Mrs.. R. G.
Buzzard), '16, represented her class
at Homecoming registration.

Miss Flossie Wiley, '16, a loyal
Alumnus subscriber, is principal of
an elementary school in Urbana
and lives at 205 W. Elm in that
city.

Class of 1917

Lone Class of '17 registrant at Newton Tarble, ex-'l 0, is shown above with Lefty O'Doul, now
Homecoming was Vivian Morea manager of the San Francisco Seals, and Joe DiMaggio, who needs no
Johnson (Mrs. William Mendell), introduction. The picture was taken when Tarble, a good friend of
who writes that until recently she O'Doul, made the trip to Japan last year with a group of big league
taught kindergarten with her all-stars on an exhibition tour. Newt has a fine fund of stories growing
~aughter in Elmwood Park, Ill., out of the trip. He is himself a member of the famed Tarble-to-Tarble
Now she is a grandmother, how- battery at Eastern when the sports program was young.
ever, and hopes the new grand-
kiaughter will attend Eastern some Mr. Tarble now lives at 270 South Beverly Glen Blvd., Los Angeles
day. Last year Mrs. Mendell, her 24, Calif. He is a next door neighbor of Phil Harris of radio and movie
husband, hel'I daughter, and her fame, with whom he frequently golfs at the Bell-Aire Country Club.
son-in-law were all teaching. Mr. Mr. Tarble's daughter, incidentally, is club champion in her division.
Mendell is an accountant.
Mr. Tarble was a visitor in the Mid-west last September. He holds
Verna Lee Watson (Mrs. C. C. the chief financial interest in the Snap-on Wrench Co. of Kenosha, Wis.
Wood), '17, is living at 609 Mission
Rd., El Paso, Tex. High School. He was called back Class of 1919
for a month of teaching this fall,
Fern Esther Todd (Mrs. Martin but succeeded once again in re- Margaret Marie McGill, '19,
Benzinger), '17, has a new address: tiring. He is now busy building traveled from Pine Ridge, South
l 238 Twenty-sixth Ave., San Fran- Dakota, to visit Eastern's thirty-
cisco 22, Calif. a modern ranch-type home. Rocky eighth Homecoming. Miss McGill
reports having had some pleasant is assistant director of nurses at
Julia Crimmins (Mrs. Fred T. pheasant hunts with another re- the Indian Hospital in Pine Ridge.
Wood), '17, now lives at 8211 tired athletic director, Charlie
Drexel Ave., Chicago, Ill. Lantz. Mildred Jones (Mrs. Harry Cad-
enhead), 'l 9, now lives at 143 Cal-
Class of 1918

Roscoe (Rocky) Hampton, '18, is
living on a farm west of Charleston
since retiring as teacher and ath-
letic director at Evanston Township

PAGE SEVENTEEN

lan<PS,t, Evanston, Ill. Edwin Thompson, '24, now lives school experience was as superin-
at Thompsonville, Ill. tendent at Arlington Heights, Ill.
Class of 1920
Class of 1925 Then, as it has to many top-
Veva Giffin (Mrs. P. A. Moody), notch schoolmen, business and in-
'20, writes that she and her hus- Ruth Fawley (Mrs. E. L. O'Hair), dustry made a more tempting of-
bana are enjoying their new home '25, was a Homecoming registrant. fer. Mr. Baker became the first
at 401 Fairfax Dr., Winston-Salem, She lives at 1443 N. Third, Spring- person ever to take a sales man·
N. C. "Life is supposed to be at an field, Ill., where her husband is in agement position with Uarco, Inc.,
easier p~ce here," she says, "but the employ of the State of Illinois. a nation-wide specialty-printing
as yet I seem unable to find it that concern, without sales experien<W
way." Mr. and Mrs. Moody were Nellie Marie Shull (Mrs. George H e confirmed the company's
formerly at Downers Grove, 111. I'. Rodgers), '25, attended Home- judgement by leading the nation
coming. Her home is on R. R. 2 in sales in his division, whose
Class of 1921 near Lerna, where Mr. Rodgers headquarters were in Cleveland,
farms. 0. This was in 1942.
Homecomer Lucile Rhoads (Mrs.
L. A. Krabbe), '21, is teaching at Class of 1926 Nearly ten years later Mr. Baker
Dieterich, where her husband received one of the Alumni Office
operates a general merchandise Gordon A. Cook, '16, '26, was a invitations to return to Eastern to
store. Homecoming visitor at Eastern. He bid his former coach farewell after
now teaches at Herrick, 111. 41 years at the alma mater. Mr.
Many homecomers did not Baker decided to take a few days
register this year because there Mrs. Ruby Doty Wood, '26, now off, come to Charleston, visit old
was no provision for so doing Iives at 1440 N. W. 34th St., friends, and take in the ceremon-
after the football game. Thus Miami 42, Fla. ies in honor of Dr. Lantz.
they were unable to take advan-
tage of the offer of a free copy Mrs. Leatha Arterburn Reynolds, While in Charleston he learhed
of the college history to each '26, is now teaching in the Hudson that F. M. Miller, furniture dealer,
registrant. The Alumni Office Burr School in Chicago. Her ad- was in poor health and interested
plans to set up registration faci· dress is 651 Barry Ave., Chicago. in selling his retail store. Mr. Baker
lities at the coronation dance had worked at Miller's the winter
next year. Nadine Parker (Mrs. Stewart after he dropped out of school in
Kincaid), ex-'26, is teaching third 1918. He liked the furniture busi·
Meanwhile, the offer of a grade at Redmon School. She is ness. This was the opportunity he
free copy of the history with a residing at 114 E. Monroe, Paris, was looking for-a chance to re-
new, renewal, or extension sub- 111. duce the tempo of activity-and to-
scription to the Alumnus holds day he is owner and manager of
good. Hazel Hall (Mrs. Frank Anken- the Miller Furniture Company in
brandt), '14, '26, now lives at Charleston.
Class of 1923 Franklin House, Apt. A-1, Wayne,
Pa. Her husband, Major Anken- Class of 1927
Homecoming registrant Mildred brandt, is a professor at Valley
M. Conner, '23, reports a new ad- Forge Military Academy. Neva Sloan, '27, teacher at Char·
dress, Brocton, Ill., where she leston High School, was a Home-
teaches second grade. For Vernon Baker, Class of '26 coming registrant. Miss Sloan serv-
at Eastern, the Lantz Jubilee last ed as one of the house decorations
Dorothy Legitt, '23, has moved spring brought to full circle a car- judges for the celebration.
from St. Louis to Decatur, where eer that began in Charleston many
her address is 133 N. Taylor Ave. years ago. Mr. Baker took his first Grace Acord (Mrs. Ray Winters),
Miss Leggitt has for many years work at Eastern in 1917-18, .then '27, now lives at 514 Vil Ia Drive,
been a supervisory and critic teach- dropped out to farm. He returned Corpus Christi, Tex.
er and has taught and directed seven years later and did three
summer workshops in various uni· years' work in a year and two Class of 1928
versifies and colleges. quarters1 partly he says, because
Miss Ford said he couldn't do it. William Jennings Jones, '28, of
Gertrude Trager (Mrs. C. W. R. R. 6, Newton, Ill., was a Home-
Cook), '23, is the mother of three During the following two de- comer. He teaches in the Willow
boys, Thomas, Peter, and John. cades Mr. Baker devoted himself Hill schools.
The Cooks live at 703 Oakdale, to school work, taking the M. A.
Chicago 14. (with honors) at the University Lillian Mida Tevault (Mrs. Don-
of Chicago and securing some ad- ald Bell), '28, a Homecoming regis-
Omar Dale Alcorn Sr., '23, is ditional work at Harvard. His last trant, is the wife of the manager of
now superintendent of schools at the A. & P. Food Market in Char-
Odin, Ill. leston.

Class of 1924 Walter M. Scruggs, '28, and his
son Eugene were Homecoming
Corinne Foltz (Mrs. W. A. registrants.
Schouten), '24, represented her
class at the Homecoming registra- Edna Stewart (Mrs. Harry Dixon),
tion desk. Her husband is a furni- '28, is ill at her home on R. R. 4,
ture dealer in Charleston.

PAGE EIGHTEEN

Robinson. is at 505 East Monroe St. Alden Cutshall, '32, having re-
Nellie Bosley (Mrs. Ralph A. turned from the Philippines a year
Mamie McVickar (Mrs. Harley ago, is now living at 667 N. Eliza-
Parkison), '28, now lives at 111 McCane), '31, has a new address: beth in Lombard, Ill. Mr. Cutshall
Second Ave., North Jacksonville 42 Narbrook Park, Narberth, Pa. gets many requests to talk on his
Beach, Fla., where she and her experiences in the Philippines and
husband operate the Parkison Theodore Whitesel, '31, formerly to show colored slides of the Is-
Camera and Developing Store. Mr. a professor at the University of lands.
Parkison was Class of '32. Arkansas, has moved to Missoula,
Mont., and Montana State Univer- Mary E. Holmes, '32, is now liv-
Harry "Stormy'' Parr, ex-'28, is sity. His home is at 1325 Gerald ing at 624 East Green St., Cham-
the manager of a grain elevator in Ave. paign, Ill.
~ewton, Ill.
Waneta Sedgwick (Mrs. William Class of 1933
Class of 1929 Catey), '31, now lives at Greenup,
Ill. For many years she taught at Lloyd H. Garrison, '33, made the
Marian Frances Rambo, Virginia Illinois State Normal University. Homecoming trip from Palatine, Ill.,
Gwin (Mrs. Robert T. Lynch), and where he is employed as a receiv-
Irene Funk (Mrs. L. S. Phipps), Class of 1932 ing clerk.
Class of '29, were Homecoming
registrants. Miss Rambo continues Among Homecoming registrants Walter G. Bertschinger, '33, now
to teach third grade at Paris, where were Orval Funkhouser, '32; Helen Iives at 919 Meadowbrook, Jack-
her home is at 219 W. Madison. Shinn (Mrs. Howard Hutton), '32; son, Miss.
Mrs. Lynch's husband is a postal and Agnes Gray (Mrs. Henry Bo-
rtmployee in Charleston. Mrs. gardus), '32. Mr. Funkhouser is W. S. Harwood, 33, has moved
Phipps still lives at 1068 Seventh now farming near Charleston. Mrs. to 2941 North Maryland Ave., Mil-
in Charleston but may leave this Hutton is the wife of a farmer. Mrs. waukee 11, Wis.
winter. Her husband, a Charleston Bogardus operates a trailer park
realtor, died recently. on R. R. 3, Belvidere, Ill. Her hus- Class of 1934
band is zone manager of the In-
Class of 1930 vestors Diversified Service of Belvi- Visiting alumnus Clarence E.
dere.
Thelma Freeman (Mrs. Scott Har- Taylor, '34, reports that he and
rison), '30, was a Homecoming reg- Clarence E. Muchmore, '30, '32, Mrs. Taylor, the former Phyllis Ad-
istrant. She teaches first and sec- has a new Memphis, Tenn., ad- kins, '35, are parents of another
ond grade at Lerna, near which her dress: 3527 Old Millington Rd. son, Bruce Edward, born July 11 of
husband is a farmer. this year. Mr. Taylor is a teacher

Vivian Marshall (Mrs. William
ltteberry), '30, has a new ad-
dress: 229 W. Harding Rd., Lom-
bard, 111.

Gladys Squires, '30, now lives
at 5456 Greenwood, Chicago 15,
Ill.

Mildred Green (Mrs. Ralph A.
Waggoner), '30, now lives at 2004
S. Vine St., Muncie, Ind.

Manson C. Couch, ex-'30, is
a grade school principal at Law-
~enceville, Ill. His students nomi-
nated him this year for the radio
Quiz Kids' "Best Teacher Contest."

Class of 1931

Sam Gray, '31, and Mildred Current and past officers of the live-wire Fayette County Easter11
Mayes (Mrs. Earl H. Bivin), '31, State Club, I. to r., are: (Standing) Aline Burner, Maurice Wilson, Helen
were among Homecoming regist- Barr, Nettie Bingham, and Gertrude Leigh. (Seated) Louise Brock-Jpnes,
rants. Mr. Gray continues to teach Laura Greer, and Eula Durston. Mrs. Greer is now president, Mrs. Brock-
in the high school at St. Francis- Jones vice-president, and Miss Durston secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Brock-
ville. Mrs. Bivin reports that she Jones made up the Thanksgiving-theme table decorations for the club's
has been chosen worthy matron of November meeting, at which Dr. C. H. Coleman talked about Lincoln's
0. E. S. Glenwood No. 459. Mr. ancestry. Fayette County alumni will meet again in the spring.
Bivin is a funeral director at Mor-
risonville, Ill.

Vera Laverne Gray (Mrs. John
E7raham), '31, has moved from
Ohio to Paris, Ill., where her home

PAGE NINETEEN

at Decatur High School. with the U. S. Naval Reserve. He Richland Center, Wis. His home is
Thelma Noyes (Mrs. C. A. Butch- had served for 17 months in charge at 769 E. Kinder St. in that city.
of all Naval deguassing activities,
er), '34, now lives at 504 North with offices in Washington, D. C. Elmer John Haire, '37, is super-
Forest, Bradley, Ill. He holds the rank of lieutenant intendent of the Byron, Ill., High
commander. Gray will manage a School .
Paul Phillip Barrick, '34, is now real estate agency in Houston, Tex.,
freshman adviser at the Niles for Eddie Dwyer, former manager Helen H. Anderson (Mrs. George
Township High School. His address of the St. Louis Cardinals, begin- L. Pedersen), '37, is now living at
is 4815 Greenwood, Skokie, Ill. ning in December. He has resigned East Moline, Ill., and teaching
as assistant professor of mathe- home economics in the high school
Class of 1935 matics at the University of Houston, there. Her address is P. 0. Box
where he taught for several years. 344.
Among Class of '35 registrants Gray stated that he organized a
at Homecoming were Leslie R. Young Republican group in Hous- Elizabeth Gabel Lambird, '37, is
Wright, Clara Barber (Mrs. Joe S. ton, and that the Republican party now living at Barkwell Apt. 301,
McCoy), and Phyllis Adkins (Mrs. in Texas "has shaken off its old Robinson, Ill.
C. E. Taylor). Wright is teaching in- conservative leadership." Gray now
lives at 2926 Pine Gully, Houston Eva C. Honn, ' 37, is now living
dustrial arts in Lawrenceville, 111. 17. at 1212 Wabash, Mattoon, Ill.

He and Mrs. Wright, the former C I a r a Balmer ( M r s . Walter Hazel Haskett, '37, received the
Rosemary Baker, '36, have two Treece), '36, is the mother of twin Doctor of Education degree from
sons. Mrs. McCoy is teaching third sons born Oct. 2. They have been New York University on Oct. 27.
grade in the Palestine schools. Mr. named John Walter and James She recently joined the faculty at
McCoy is a Standard Oil Co. agent. Balmer. The Treeces live at 408 S. Hunter College in New York as as-
Mrs. Taylor is the mother of a son Randall Ave., Madison, Wis., sistant professor in home econom-
born in July (see Class of 1934). where Mr. Treece, '37, is studying ics. Before taking this position she
toward a doctorate in geography at was for five years an instructor. in
Hazel Weakley, '35, is professor home economics in the School of
of education at Drake University, the University of Wisconsin while Education and N. Y. U. She is a
Des Moines, la. Dr. Weakley lives employed full time as statistical program chairman of the South-
at 736 Fourth St., West Des Moines. quality control supervisor by the eastern District of the Greater New
Liberty Powder Defense Corp. at York Home Economics Association,
Glenn Walker, '35, now lives at the Badger Ordnance Works. The and maintains membership in Kap-
8430 W. 86th St., Overland Park, Treeces also have two daughters, pa Delta Pi and Pi Lamba Theta,
Kan. He is a salesman for the Mc- Margaret Ann, 7, and Donna Lu- honorary fraternities for leaders in
Kay Chain Co. cille, 4. education. Miss Haskett has stud-
ied both at the University of Lon-
Louise McNutt, '35, an education Class of 1937 don and the University of Heidel-
editor with the Scott, Foresman berg. Nationally known in home
Publishing Co., has moved to 6030 Among Homecoming registrants economics education, she is sched-
Sheridan Rd., Apt. 1908, Chicago were Nelson L. Lowry, '37, and uled to speak in December before
40. Ruth Walker (Mrs. James W. Hack- the annual meeting of the Ameri-
er), '37. Lowry is now dean of can Vocational Association, Bos-
Virgil Thompson, '35, now lives boys at Arlington Heights Town- ton, Mass., and before a state-wide
at 5146 Fourteenth St. S. W., Can- ship High School. He took the Ad- audience at Penn State, Harrisburg,
ton, 0. vanced Certificate in Education at Pa.
the University of Illinois this year.
Leonard A. Graham, ex-'35, is Mrs. Hacker Iives at 1931 South Class of 1938
now living at Shobonier, Ill. Eleventh in Charleston, where her
husband is a sheet metal worker. Homecoming registrants includ-
Harry Sockler, '35, compiled a ed Robert A. Wright, '38; Tom End·
6- 1 record as coach of Western Vivian Keplinger (Mrs. James sley, '38; Dr. Edward C. Gates, '38;
High at Macomb this season. Stoltz), '37, is teaching grades four James N. Sherrick, '38, Roberta
Among Western's victims was and five at Sumner, Ill. Walters (Mrs. W . K. Musgrave), '38;
previously undefeated Hamilton. and Stanley Elam, '38, Wright is
The training school team piled up Joe Henderson, '37, lives at supervisor of elementary schools
225 points to the opposition's 49. 6817 S. Union St. in Chicago, at Casey and lives at 406 N. Ninth.
where he is a production engineer. Endsley is superintendent of
Class of 1936 schools at Herrick. Dr. Gates is a
Ray Baker, '37, who was form- Charleston dentist Iiving at 1415
Elizabeth Wilson, '36, formerly a erly with Radio Station WVLN, Ol- Ninth in Charleston. Sherrick is a
Fenger High teacher in Chicago, is ney, is now station manager at lawyer at 305 Ash St. in Villa
now librarian at the Clara Barton Grove. He is the father of a son,
Elementary School of Long Beach, John David, born recently. Mrs.
Calif. Her address is 272 E. Forhan Musgrave is teller in a bank at
St., Long Beach 5. Robinson. Her husband is deceas-
ed. Elam is director of public rela-
Harry Lovelass, '36, principal of
the University High School at Nor-
mal, Ill., has moved to 27 Broad-
way Place in Normal.

Dean Gray, '36, was an Alumni
Office visitor in November follow-
ing his release from active duty

PAGE TWENTY

rions and alumni services at East- Dale "Rabbit'' Smith, '39, above, now teaches in the Brownstown,
ern. is now coaching at St. Charles in Ill., school,s.
the strong Little Seven Conference.
Mary Farrar (Mrs. C. Edward Crystal Funkhouser (Mrs. Carl
Ward), '38, now lives at 1238 W. end grade in Central City School, Redden), '39, is doing substitute
Main, Whitewater, Wis. Mrs. Ward Centralia, where she lives at 219 teaching in both grade and high
is the daughter of Roscoe Farrar, N. Cherry. Mrs. Taylor is the wife school at Calumet City, Ill., and
Class of '03, Humboldt, 111. of a farmer at Windsor, Ill. also works occasionally in the Cal
City public library. She is also ac-
Hoyt Coverstone, '38, now lives Dale C. Smith, '39, and his wife tive in Girl Scout work and PTA.
at 35 Greenridge Dr., Decatur, Ill., Imogene both received the M. A. Mr. Redden is breaking in as an
where he is an analytical chemist degree from the University of engineer for Standard Oil at Whit-
at the A. E. Staley plant. Colorado, Boulder, in August. Mrs. ing, Ind., where he has worked
Smith is an Illinois State Normal for ten years.
Neva Marx (Mrs. Omar D. Mor- University graduate. Smith was
gan), '38, now lives at 4320 Ro- elected to membership in Phi Del- Alene Moon (Mrs. Merle K.
wait Dr., College Park, Md. She ta Kappa at Colorado. Hampton), '39, now lives at 22
was formerly principal of the Eu- Rebecca St., Glenwood, 111., fol-
gene Field School, Normal, Ill. In a letter to the Alumni Office, lowing the death of her husband
Smith states that he hopes to secure on Aug. 4 as the result of an
Col. Joe Kelly, '38, is currently an administrative position next auto accident Aug. 2. Mrs. Hamp-
issigned to the 580th Air Resupply year. He is now varsity basketball ton has two children, Nancy, 8,
and Communications Wing, Whee- coach at St. Charles High School, and Kenneth, 5. Her sister, Mrs.
lus Field, Tripoli. Mrs. Kelly, the in the strong Little Seven Confer- Geraldine Nilsson, '37 is her near
former Bee Roberts, and son Tony ence which includes such schools neighbor at 19 Rebecca St.
are living in Danville, Ill . They as Dundee, Wheaton, Sycamore,
may join Col. Kelly later. He writes Batavia, Geneva, West Chicago, Class of 1940
that while the immediate area of and Naperville. Smith, who sent
Tripoli is new to him, he is an old Dave Cohrs to Eastern from Moose- Zola Martin (Mrs. Paul E. Wat-
hand in the Mediterranean. Dur- heart states that St. Charles had kins}, '40, Naomi Feller (Mrs. Neil
inf World War II he was in North one oI f its best seasons •in years •in D. Lugsch), '40; Betty Jane Ford
!Africa, Sicily, and Italy. footba 11 and that one or two of the (Mrs. Nelson Lowry), '40; The~ma
athletes may attend Eastern. He Moon (Mrs. Herman Monts), 40;
Bernadine Wade, '38, lives now was assistant and varsity scout in and Park M. Fe'llers, '40, were
at 504 Marshall St., Paris, Ill. football at St. Charles. Homecoming registrants. M rs .
Watkins teaches grade two at
Verniece Sylvester (Mrs. Yeazel), Olive Greer, '39, is a primary Hume. Husband Paul is a mechanic
'38, now lives at Catlin, Ill. teacher in Decatur, Ill., where she at Brocton. Mrs. Lugsch is home
lives at 1333 N. Gulick Ave. service adviser for the Omaha Pub-
Mary Ann Richardson (Mrs. Ger- lic Power Dist., Ralston, Nebr.,
ald Henderson), ex-'38, is a house- Robert E. Hallowell, '39, profes- where her husband is an engineer.
wife and lives at Casey, 111. sor of French at the University of They live at 7909 Oakwood,. Rals-
Illinois, now lives at 911 Linview ton. Mrs. Lowry is a housewife at
Dale B. Harris, ex-'38, is now Drive, Urbana. 120 N. Forest, Palatine, Ill. Mrs.
engaged in farming at Newman, Monts is a housewife at 1703 Sev-
Ill. He and Mrs. Harris have a Vera Grove (Mrs. Joe Kite}, '39, enth, Charleston. Mr. Monts, '36,
tfaughter, Linda Lou, now two has left his position in the Coles
County Welfare office to sell for
years old. the State Farm Insurance Co. He
Gail R. Bell, ex-'38, of 456 For- and Orla Adams, '40, secured the
dismissal of the Coles County Wel-
est Green Ave., Webster Grove, fare director for mal-administra-
Mo., recently became manager of tion. Mr. Adams is now studying
a new A. & P. superrnarket in St. law at the U. of Ill. Mr. Fellers is a
Louis where he was previously a teacher in the Hillsboro, 111., High
price1 analyst. BeU is a major in School and lives at 303 W. Sum-
the Army reserve. mer, Hillsboro.

Paul V. Wakefield, '38, director Carolyn Gilbert (Mrs. Robert C.
of music at Beecher City, was Ryle}, '40, whose husband died of
named president of the Beecher polio in September, has returned
City Kiwanis Club this fall. to her former position in the
health education department at
Class of 1939 Eastern. Most of her work is in
public school health education
Edna Abenbrink (Mrs. Arthur through the Extension Division.

Kresin), '39; Ruth Preston, '39; Bet-

ty Eller, '39; and Florence Curry

(Mrs. Ray Taylor), '39, were Hom~­

coming registrants. Mrs. Kresin

now lives at 508 N. Center St., Tus-

cola. Her husband is a farmer. The

Kresins have two daughters, Suel-

lPerne~t4o~ and Margaret Jo, 2. Miss
lives at 900 S. 16th St., in

Mattoon. Miss Eller is teaching sec-

PAGE TWENTY-ONE

Mary Rogers (Mrs. Fred Snede- of the Dodds School in Springfield, the new department there.
ker), '40, is a housewife at 4310 in which city he coached for many Wendell A. Blair, '42, is mana-
Duplessis, New Orleans, la., where years.
Mr. Snedeker, also Class of '40, is ger of the procurement depart1
a masonry contractor. John M. Smith, '41, is principal ment, U. 0. Colson Co., Paris, Ill.
of the Garfield School, Pekin, Ill., His home is at 428 E. Wood, Paris.
Edna Russell (Mrs. Danforth), where his address is 12 Rosenberg
'40, is teaching Latin and English Ct. Frances Magers (Mrs. Ernest
at ·the high school in Newton, Ill., Cramer), '42, is a housewife at 137
where she lives at 319 S. Lafay- M. Lucille Greer, '41, is an ele- Winding lane, Rantoul, Ill.
ette St. mentary teacher in Decatur, where
her address is 1333 N. Gulick. Margaret Chamberlin (Mrs. Don
Lutie Beatrice Sharp, '40, died Smith), '42, now lives at 910 Mar-
last May at her home in Edgerton, Irma Jean Woerner (Mrs. Kula- ket St., Metropolis, Ill.
0., where she taught for many vic), '41, is a housewife at 817 A
years. North Madison St., Peoria, Ill. Marion Ryan, '42, is head ac-
countant in the Los Angeles Branch
Russell Farnsworth, '40, is now Emily Marie Witt (Mrs. E. H. of the International Harvester Co.,
employed in Redwood City, Calif., McKelfresh), '41, now lives at Ford Pasadena, Calif. His address is
where he lives at 553 Oak Park City, Pa. She has one child, Wendy, 1416 S. Fair Oales Ave., S. Pasa-
Way. 4. dena.

Bill Waldrip, '40, is off to a good Russell A. Myers, '41, is an edu- Ila Snow (Mrs. R. E. Swisherl
start in basketball at Cumberland cational consultant to the director '42, is now in England, where Lt.
High in the Eastern Illinois League. of training, Naval Air Technical Swisher is on duty with the U. S.
In his first game the Pirates beat Training Center, Norman, Okla. Navy. She may be addressed in
Cowden there 70-14, then topped His home is at 1220 W. Brooks in care of her husband, Staff Box 7,
Oblong in the second, 60-51. Cum- Norman. CINCNELM, FPO New York, N. Y.
berland is playing in its spacious
gymnasium at the new school Carolyn Kilgore Hazen, '41 , is Marjorie Welch (Mrs. laurel Guf-
building between Toledo and married and living at 8408 Wade fey), '42, is now living at 406 W.
Greenup. Park Avenue, Cleveland 3, 0. Fayette, Effingham, Ill., where the
Guffeys operate a dry cleaning es-
Class of 1941 Emily Marie Witt (Mrs. E. H. Mc- tablishment.
Kelfresh), '41, is now living at
Jim Wyeth, Paul Wright, Jim Ford City, Pa. Jane Abbott (Mrs. Herschel
Levitt, Phyllis Stuebe (Mrs. Jacob Mahon), '42, now lives in Charles,
Ousley), Jim Hutton, Donna Hub· Sophia Fleming, '41, now has ton, Ill.
bard, Vernon Stovall, Doyle Sisson, the address of 800 South Central,
and Ray Suddarth, all Class of '41, Casey, Ill. John Wozencraft, '42, a membei
were Homecoming registrants. of the State Department staff in
Class of 1942 Washington, lives at 1121 N. Kens-
Wyeth recently took the M. A. ington, Apt. 6, Arlington, Va.
at Northwestern University. He Seven members of the Class of
teaches at Rantoul High School and 1942 were Homecoming regis- Emily Ruth Bainbridge (Mrs. Ver-
lives at 215 E. Sangamon in Ran- trants. non Stovall), '42, now living at
toul. Wright is an inspector for the 509 S. May, Joliet, Ill., became the
U. S. Civil Service Commission in Dorothy Hensen (Mrs. William mother of a daughter, Mary Louise,
Cincinnati, 0. He reports that he Wise), '42, is now at 4931 Kirk St., on June 30, 1952.
and Mrs. Wright, the former Mary Skokie, Ill. (See William Wise, '47).
Grissom, '41, have two prospective Maurice Ray Cutler, ex-'42, is
Eastern students, Bobby, 9, and Jim Phipps, '42, coach at Niles working as a landscape architect,
Larry, 7. Levitt is an associate pro- Township High School, lives at National Park Service, Departmeflll
fessor of speech and English at 4832 Hul l St., Skokie, Ill. of Interior. His address is 6510-
the State Teachers College, Peru, 29th St. N., Arlington 13, Va. Mrs.
Nebr. Mrs. Ousley is teaching first Dorothy Fern Provines, '42, is as- Cutler, the former Joan Shoot, '43,
grade at St. Elmo, Ill., where her sistant county superintendent of works as a budget analyst, Depart-
husband, a 1948 grad at Eastern, schools in Richland County and ment of Defense.
is an electrician for the Carter Oil lives on R. R. 4, Olney.
Co. Hutton is pastor of the First Irma Snyder (Mrs. Guy L.
Baptist Church at Trenton, Ill. Miss Joan Eckert (Mrs. Jim Hutton), Rhodes), ex-'42, is working as a
Hubbard is teaching in the Wash: ex-'42, lives at Trenton, Ill., where waitress in Chicago. Her address
ington Kindergarten, Pana. Stovall the Rev. Hutton is a minister. is 511 W. Melrose, Chicago, Ill.
is a chemist in the Bio-Process Co.,
a division of Armour Laboratories, John W. Eaton, '42, moved from Zalla Bryant (Mrs. C. H. O'BrienJ
Joliet, Ill. His address is 509 South Indiana University to Northern Illi- '42, has a new address: 835 Elev·
May. Sisson continues to teach bio- nois State Teachers College of De- enth; Charleston, 111.
1ogy in the Kewanee, Ill., High Kalb recently. He is an assistant
School. Suddarth is now principal professor of business education in Jack Grantham, '42, took the Ph.
D. in chemistry at Duke UniversifJI
PAGE TWENTY-TWO in 1950 and is now employed witl
the Tennessee Eastman Co., Kings-
port, Tenn., as a research chemist
He is pictured in a recent Eastman
publication, "Highlights," run-
ning tests to determine the gum

content of gasoline. Grantham nell), '43, now lives at 809 E. Allen, Marlin), '44, has a change of ad-
worked for the Sinclair Oil Co. Farmer City, Ill. dress. It is now 6730 Senior Place,
from 1942 to 1944. At Duke he Norwood Park, Ill., c/o R. F. Bell.
did research on a U. S. Navy pro- Beulah McCall, ex-'43, is work-
ject in 1945 and 1946. ing as a bookkeeper at Cham- James Preston Hawkins, '46, has
paign, Ill. Her address is 208 E. a change of address to 2154 Astr.,
Manford Harmon, '42, has Clark. Eureka, Calif.
rnoved from St. Anne to Morton
High of Cicero, where he is teach- Charles E. Vail, ex-'43, graduat- Ruth Ellis (Mrs. Butler), '44, is
ing mathematics this year. His new ed from veterinary school at Iowa teaching math and Latin in the Blue
lddress is 6437 W. Twenty-seventh State College in June, 1952. He Mound, Ill., High School.
St., Berwyn, Ill. has a private practice in Hillsboro,
Ill. He and his wife, the former i.owell Gordon, '44, and Mrs.
Class of 1943 Jean Livingston, ex-'46, have a one Gordon, the former Dorothea
year old son, Charles Livingston. Townsend, '34, now live at 7824
Among Homecoming registrants Shamrock Rd., Kerrville, Tenn.
were Charles C. Newman, '43, Lt. Comdr. Robert L. Nichols, ex-
iuperintendent of schools at Hume, ,43, is electronics officer at the Jay L. Logue, '44, Eastern's most
Ill.; Louise Teagarden (Mrs. Wil Naval Air Station, Glenview, Ill., avid basketball fan, is married and
liam F. McConnell), '43; Hugh where he may be addressed in has moved from East Peoria, Ill.,
Phipps, '43, and Betty Ehrhart care of Box 13. He was transferred to North Jacksonville Beach, Fla.,
(Mrs. Henry Seaman), '43. Mrs. to Glenview from Lloyd Bennett where the Logues live at 1533
McConnell now lives at 308 E. Field, Brooklyn. Nichols may be Second St.
Ninth St., Bloomington, Ind., where remembered by Alumnus readers
her husband, an Air Force officer, as the author of an article about Class of 1945
is attending · language school. his trip to the Antarctic with Ad-
Phipps has left teaching to oper- miral Byrd. He would appreciate Theodorsa Ruhmann (Mrs. Ed-
ate a sports store in Skokie, Ill. hearing from Eastern classmates. ward Day), '45, a Homecoming
Mrs. Seaman, whose husband was registrant, reports the arrival of a
killed in the crash of a Naval air- Class of 1944 baby daughter, Lee Andrea, last
traft in Alaska, has "returned to Leo Clark Baker, '44, now lives June 26. The Days live at Ver-
Eastern to take her degree. She at 1415 Tenth St., Charleston, and milion, Ill. Ed teaches at Paris.
lives at 712 Edgar, Mattoon, Ill. is taking graduate work at Eastern.
His wife Lois teaches in the Wash- Lois Jean Williams, '45, teaches
Darrel Dean Clark, '43; former- ington School in Charleston. A in Charleston, where her home is
ly an insurance agent at Shelby- daughter, Jane, graduated from at 815 Eighteenth St.
ville, Ill., is now at 204 E. Datura Eastern in 1951 and a son, Wayne,
St., Sarasota, Fla. is a senior at Eastern State High. Mary Eleanor Grossman (Mrs.
John Mail), '45, has moved from
Linda Ratts (Mrf,. William E. Betty Edman (Mrs. Ray Sud- Anderson, Ind., to Buffalo, N. Y.,
Trump), '43, now lives at Church- darth), '44, has a new daughter where her address is 60 Bennett
ville, Pa. born September 8, 1952. The Sud- Village, Buffalo 14.
darths live at 610 S. Ames Ave.,
Frances Grace Ingram, '43, is Springfield, Ill. Bartley Greenwood, Jr., '45,
now Mrs. E. L. Mourer of 2940V2 coach at Onarga for several years,
E. Michig.an, Indianapolis, Ind. She Chuck McCord, '44, has a new is now a lieutenant in the 504th
taught three years in the Cham- Peoria address: 123 Hill Crest. Automatic Anti-Aircraft Gun Batta-
paign, Ill., school system before lion, Dearborn, Mich. He may be
going to Indianapolis. She contin- Don Grote, '44, has moved from addressed: 504th A.A.A. Gn. Bn.,
ues to teach second grade in a new Shelbyville, Ill., to Jennings, Mo., Main P. 0., Dearborn.
building at West Newton, Ind., where his address is 9414 Patton-
since her marriage. wood, Jennings 21. Ruth Henderson Gaertner, '45,
director of the cafeteria at Eastern,
Dale W. Johnson, '43, recently Jennie Goldsmith (Mrs. Charles published an article drawn from
lnarried Miss Julie Rogers and lives Cox), '44, who helps her husband her master's thesis in the October
in a new home at the corner of publish the Altamont News, sent issue of College and University
Winchell Dr. and High Rd., Kens- out a special edition on October 10 Business.
ington, Conn. He reports that his announcing the arrival of a "new
business, Johnson and Johnson printers devil," whose name is Jon James A. Reiss, ex-'45, is serv-
Real Estate and Insurance, is flour- Douglas. Doug has an older broth- ing as a corporal with the Army's
ishing. er, Greg. 504th Engineer Service Company
at the Rhine Military Post in south-
Juanita Edgar, '43, is now Mrs. Rebecca Henderson (Mrs. James ern Germany. He has been in Eu-
Frank Popp of 1805 S. Sixth St., rope since August, 1951. Reiss was
Springfield, 111. assistant manager of the Ramsey,
Ill., Lumber Co. before entering the
Grace Guthrie ( M r s . J o h n Army.
l!odge), '43, is a secretary in the
thuckles candy factory and lives Class of 1946
at 117 N. Franklin St., Danville, Ill.
Harvey W. Pulliam, '46, reported
Clarissa Joan Sheeks (Mrs. Bon- at Homecoming that he has a new
son, Timothy Joe. Pulliam is an in-
surance. broker at Newton, Ill. He

PAGE TWENTY-THREE.

recently spent five weeks at Hart- Freda Bower, '47, has moved ed out by Homecoming registranft
ford, Conn., the home office of from Petersburg, Ill., to Decatur, Clyde Keith, '48, is an account·
the Aetna Casualty and Surety Co. where she teaches in the senior
for which he works. high school. Her address in Deca- ant in Springfield, Ill., where he
tur fa 341 W. Mason. lives at 722 N. Fifth St.
Homecoming registrant Irma
Alice Hoult, '46, reports that she Capt. John E. Paul, '47, returned Veda Roberts (Mrs. Kenneth Laf-
is a homemaking teacher at Chris- to the U. S. in October for release foon), '48, teaches home economiCI
man. from active Army duty after five at Carmi, Ill., where her husband
months in Germany. He was sta- is employed as a clerk with the Car·
Lennie Gray (Mrs. Lawrence Dev- tioned on the Augsburg Military ter Oil Co. The Laffoons live at
erick), '46, lives at 1413 Thirteenth Post as assistant plans and training 808 W. Elm.
St., Charleston. Mr. Deverick, also officer. A professor of speech and
Class of '46, is an accountant. pathology in civilian life, he holds Robert McCarty, '48, returned
the Ph. D. from Purdue. His home from active duty with the military
Lucille (Ginger) Vail (Mrs. How- is at 136 S. Grant St., West Lafay- last May and is again teaching in
ard Dale Bell), '46, works in her ette, Ind. the Robinson High School. He lives
husband's jewelry store in Noko- on R. R. 3, Lawrenceville, Ill.
mis, Ill., where the Bells live at Stanley Young, '47, is teaching
603 School St. They have a son, manual arts in the therapy depart- Jacob Ousley, '48, lives at 214
Douglas Vail, age 2. ment of the Veterans' Hospital. S. Chestnut, St. Elmo, Ill. He is an
Swannanoa, N. C. electrical worker for an oil com-
Elizabeth VanMeter (Mrs. Ver- pany. Ousley was recalled to re-
non C. Cox), '46, reports on her Mildred Mills, '47, is a critic serve duty with the Navy in Dec-
Homecoming registration form that teacher in the teachers college, Fre- ember of 1950 and received his
she has two children, a girl, 3, and donia, N. Y., where she lives at discharge last April.
a boy, 18 months. Mr. Cox is an 18 White St. Miss Mills went on to
engineering supervisor at Tremont, take her Master's at Columbia after Kathleen Bell (Mrs. Peyton Hola-
111. winning national recognition in day), '48, is a housewife and
the Radio Quiz Kids' "Best Teach- mother at Metcalf, Ill., where her
Charles E. Weaver, '46, is now er" contest and finishing work for husband teaches science.
principal of the junior high schooi her Bachelor's at Eastern.
at Mt. Carmel, Ill. Don Davisson, '48, recently took
Dennis L. Gephart, '47, now a coaching position at Collinsville
Charlotte Simmonds (Mrs. Robert lives at 222 Annapolis Dr., Clare- High School. His address is 110
E. Collins), '46, is a teacher at Elm- mont, Calif. Rainbow Dr., Collinsville, Ill. The
wood School, Danville, Ill. Her ad- Davissons have one da ug hter,
dress is 312 E. Winter St., Danville. Jim Hanks, '47, is working for Susan.
the State Farm Life Insurance Co. in
Class of 1947 Mississippi. He was formerly as- Ruth Good, '48, left Paris, Ill.,
sistant superintendent in the Car- to teach third grade in the Rock-
Sammye Swango (Mrs. Arthur mi, Ill., schools. land Schools, Libertyville, Ill., this
Aikman), ex-'47, reports the birth year. Her address is 314 S. Mil-
of a second son, William Arthur, Forrest A. Boyer, '47, is now em- waukee Ave., Libertyville.
born last June. ployed as a draftsman by the Mis-
sissippi Valley Structural Steel Co., June Bubeck (Mrs. James Giffin),
Morris William Wise, '47, is di- Decatur, Ill. '48, is teaching fifth grade in Wil-
rector of the subscription and mette while Jim studies at North,
membership department of the Esther Cunningham (Mrs. Wil- western University. The Giffins
American Medical Association, and liam F. Brumley), '47, has a change live at 2614 Eastwood, Evanston.
lives in Skokie, Ill. of address to 1409 Vigo St., Vin-
cennes, Ind. Earl T. Sheffield, '48, is an in-
Beth Vail, '47, is assistant pro- structor in Company B, TSESS~
fessor of elementary education at Eugene Price, '47, has returned Camp Gordon, Ga.
Ball State Teachers College, Mun- from an 18 months' stay in Saudi,
cie, Ind. Her address is 3206 Devon Arabia, where he was employed Francis E. Bailey, '48, is sales
Rd., Muncie. as a secretary with an oil company, promotion analyst for the Standarll
and a two months' vacation tour of Oil Company, living at 868 W.
Don F. Tingley, '47, now lives at France and Italy. He is currently at Packard, Decatur, Ill. He married
233 E. Canedy, Springfield, 111. He home at 2409 Lafayette Ave., Mat- Mary Ann Sullens Dec. 16, 1951.
is director of the Illinois Junior toon.
Historian, having completed his J . P. Stanhope, '4 8, is a pri mary
work for the Ph. D. in history at Class of 1948 teacher in the Ullrich School, Deca·
the University of Illinois this year. tur, and lives at 1575 N. Main.
Most of the following items
Violet Drees (Mrs. Keith Howell), come from registration forms fill- Ens. Charles E. Buzzard, '48, may
'47, is the mother of a daughter, be addressed at the Naval PhotQ
Kerry Belinda, born Oct. 29, at Laboratory, N . A. S. , Anacosti•
Flora, Ill. Kerry has two brothers, Washington, D. C.
Home r and Alan. Mr. Howell is
Class of 1948. Ernest F. Cramer, '48, is instruct
tion section supervisor, Chanute
Doris Cihak (Mrs. Paul Spahr), AFB Technical School, Rantoul. His
'47, lives at 1467 E. Hickory, De- home is at 137 Winding Lane, Ran-
catur, Ill. toul.

Mary K. Schouten, '48, is a musiQ

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and physical education teacher at notes are taken from registration David Winnett, '49, broke his leg
Elkhart, 111. forms. for the second time last October.
The first break occurred six months
Albert H. Eckert, '48, may now Lt. Warren A. Freeland, '49, is earlier when Dave was involved in
be addressed at l 305 W. Semi- assistant to the adjutant general a run-away tractor accident. The
nary, Bloomington, Ill. Second Army Headquarters, Fort second happened when he was
Knox, Ky. He may be addressed at working under a combine and a
Doris Barnett, ex-'48, married 142-A Prichard Place, Fort Knox. wagon passed over his leg. Dave
James Williamson last May and has been associated with a farm
sailed for Australia October 24. Mr. and Mrs. James F. Knott, '49, machinery sales service in Gilles-
She has changed her citizenship to are now at 2144 Maple, Lawrence- pie, Ill.
Australia. vi Ile, Ill., where they teach.
Jack Watts, '49, who has been
William Stewart, '48, is teaching Thursa Marie Lyons, '22, '49, is teaching in North Carolina, is
at Bethany, Ill. teacher of sixth grade, Toledo, Ill. traveling this year on a Ford
Foundation scholarship.
Gerald F. Goetz, '48, has a Norma Jean Spaugh (Mrs. Wen-
dental office at 217 McNeill Bldg., dell Needham), '49, is assistant M/Sgt. William W. Monier, '49,
Tuscola, 111. home adviser in Macon County. was appointed first sergeant of the
Mr. Needham is a research chemist 87th Air Base Squadron, Geiger
Bernard Waren, '48, is owner of with the A. E. Staley Co. The Need- Air Force Base, Spokane, Wash.,
the Western Auto Store at Newton, hams live at 1736 E. William in De- this November. Sgt. Monier was
Ill. His home is at 333 E. Decatur catur. previously NCOIC of base opera-
St., Newton. tions at Geiger, where he has been
Wayne Dean Norviel, '49, is since Sept. 12. Monier joined the
Bob Brehm, '48, is helping bas- now employed as a Swift and Co. Air Force in 1943 and served as a
ketball coach Louid Baker at Arcola salesman at Harrisburg, Ill. wartime pilot. After a brief teach-
High School this season. He was ing career he was called back into
l>rmerly grade school basketball Carl W. Cohoon, '49, is employ- service. He and Mrs. Monier, the
coach at Arcola. ed as a business education teacher former Betty Carmichael, '48, are
at Lincoln, Ill. parents of Susan Sherra, born last
Ruth Longbons, '48, is now Mrs. April, and live at 3129 W. Second
Edd Keen and lives at 325 S. Lcr Bob Taylor and Bob Flaugher, Ave., Spokane.
cust, Denver, Colo. both '49, resigned their coaching
positions at Oakland, Ill., last Au- Sam C. Peticolas, '49, is now
Dr. Charles Arzeni, Jr. '48, is em- gust. Taylor took a coaching posi- teaching machine shop in East
~loyed with the Firestone Planta- tion in Florida and Flaugher is an High, Aurora, Ill., where he lives
tions Co., having taken his Ph. D. assistant in the Lakeview High at 536 New York St.
at the University of Michigan, and School at Decatur, 111.
is now doing scientific research in Peyton W. Holaday, '49, teaches
Harbel, Liberia, West Africa. Louis Urbancek, '49, calls upon general science, biology, and phy-
Chicago alumni to help make tha sics at Metcalf, Ill.
Shirley Middlesworth (Mrs. Don- Cook County Eastern State Club
ald Hill), '48, is the mother of a meeting a big success this year. Elmo Hilderbrand, '49, recently
son, David Lloyd, born October 18. Urbancek succeeds Dean Raymond took the M. A. degree from George
The Hills live at 1116 Patton Ave., Cook of Chicago Teachers College Peabody College for Teachers. He
Springfield, Ill., where Don, also as president of the Chicago Club. is coach at the North Clay Com-
Eastern Class of '48, is an adjuster Urbancek manages a Blue Cross of- munity High School, Louisville, 111.
with the State Farm Insurance Co. fice for the I. E. A. in Chicago.
Oscar Hicks, '49, coaches at East
New Coach Dick Lehr, '48, guid- Unity Junior High, Sidney, Ill.
ed his Bridgeport Bulldogs to a
first season victory over Noble, Helen Clara Harshbarger, '49,
71-50. has a new address: 409 N. Lafay-
ette, Sandwich, Ill. She teaches
Stanley F. Koester, '48, is now business education in Somonauk,
with the Shelbyville Daily News at Ill., High School.
Shelbyville, Ind. His address is 173
W. Pennsylvania St., Shelbyville. Neal Hudson, '49, basketball
coach at Cerro Gordo, is father of
Lt. Col. John Earl Conley, '48, has a baby girl. Neal is completing the
been transferred and can be reach- M. A. degree in administration at
ed at the following address: Box the University of Illinois.
2434, Wright Patterson AFB, Day-
ton, 0. Hal R. Hubbard, '49, now lives
at 128 W. Jackson, Charleston, Ill.
Marian Mills, '48, pays 70 cents He has set up an office in the Mil-
air mail charges on each copy of ler Building where he operates the
the Alumnus, which is sent to her Charleston Business Aids and the
Aruba, Ned Antilles, address. Charleston Credit Bureau.

Class of 1949 Lavonne Largent (Mrs . Russell
Furr), '49, is teaching homemaking
Approximately half of the
Homecoming registrants were
~embers of the Classes of '49, '50,
'51, and '52. Most of the following

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at the Roanoke, Ill., High School. l 003 N. 89th St., E. St. Louis, Ill., Jack Crews, '50, above, made a
Mary Elizabeth Sharrett, '49, is because of the housing shortage in hit with Homecomers when his
Madison. Newton High School band played
sixth grade teacher in the Roose- before the football game.
velt School at Casey. Her address Robert Crookshank, '49, has a
is 5 W. Delaware. new Winston-Salem, N. C. address: Bob L. Marrs, '50, is coaching in
Apt. F-1, Sunnyside Homes. the high school at Fillmore, 111.
Freda Lou Roberts (Mrs. Lyle
Beals), '49, lives at 716V2 N. Audra Diel (Mrs. Burton L. Betty Jean Nixon, '50, is a secre-
Twelfth St., Mattoon, where Mr. Shann), '49, is teaching commerce tary in the Sangamo Electric Co.,
Roberts is a clerk with the Illinois in the high school at Equality, Ill. Springfield, Ill., where her home
Central railroad. The Bealses have is at 2108 N. Eighth St. Miss
a two year old daughter. James Cecil Bailey, '49, is teach- Nixon taught for two years at
ing industrial arts in the Hialeah, Charleston High.
Phillip E. Ayers, '49, is coach and Fla., Junior High. His address is
teacher in the Junior High School, 753 E. 40th St., Hialeah. Laura Fausett, '50, married Don-
Cisne, Ill. ald Harris recently. She teaches
Jeanne Ashby (Mrs. Ben Hall), music at Catlin while her husband
Louis Stivers, '49, coach at the '49, has a new address: 1104 Mat- continues as a student at the Uni-
Carlinville, Ill., High School, lives tis Ave., Champaign. versity of Illinois.
at 925 Johnson St. in that city.
Louis Urbancek, '49, lives at 447 Jack Oliver Pritts, '50, is the
Virginia Walker (Mrs. Ralph Wat- W. Deming Place, Chicago 14. He father of a son, Jeffrey, born Sept.
kins), '49, is teaching at Newton, is an office manager for the Blue 17. Jack is an underwriter for the
Ill. Mr. Watkins farms on R. R. 6, Cross. American Farmers Mutual Insur-
Newton. ance Co. His home is on R. R. 6
Maurine Jones (Mrs. Dean Mc- (Box 420), Decatur, Ill.
Ernie Waren, '49, teaches in the Mil Ian), '49, lives at 1439 Chrisler
high school at Roberts, Ill. Ave., Schenectady 3, N. Y. Mr. Ruth Matherly (Mrs. Elmo Hilder-
McMillan, Class of '50 at Eastern, brand), '50, reported an addition
George Reat, '49, moved this received the Master's Degree from due in the Hilderbrand family on
year from Arthur to Plato Center, Penn State in June. He is now em- Dec. l.
Ill., where he is principal of the ployed with General Electric at
Plato Center-Burlington Elementary Schenectady. P. S. The baby arrived on Dec. 8
School . and has been named David Elmo.
William Cooper, '49, is teaching
Mary Clawson (Mrs. Don A. commerce in the Bloomington, Ill., William E. Helmling, '50, is an
Brauer), '49, reports that she and High School. His address is 803 insurance agent in Paris, Ill., where
Don returned recently from Anch- E. Monroe St., Bloomington. he lives at 503 Sheriff.
orage, Alaska, where he was sta-
tioned while in service. He has William Campbell, '49, is teach- Mary Louise Humes, '50, lives al
begun teaching industrial arts at ing in the Oakland, Ill., High 511 N. Wood, Gibson City, where
Mt. Olive, Ill. School. she is employed as a high school
teacher.
Harold D. Cunningham, '49, is Amelia Anne Wright (Mrs. Mor-
now a production engineer at Mat- ris E. Webb), '49, lives at 711 Robert Huffman, '50, helps pub-
toon, where he lives at 23·13 Rich- Whitaker St., Savannah, Ga., lish the Hutsonville, Ill., Herald.
mond. He reports that while in where Mr. Webb, Class of '50 at
service he spent a year in Japan Eastern, is a salesman for Bur- Rita Frances Epley, '50, left the
and Korea. The Cunninghams have roughs. Monroe Center, Ill., schools to
a daughter, 2, and a son, four teach junior high classes at the
months of age. Wayne Sellers, '49, is at 301 A,
Valley Creek Homes, Selma, Ala-
Hope Brown Nelson, '49, teaches bama.
in Springfield. Her address is 318
S. State. Class of 1950

Everette Cooley, '49, and Mrs. Most of the 44 1950 graduates
Cooley, the former Luella Day, '46, who registered at Homecoming are
have a daughter, Gail Shannon, included in the following summary
born August 21. Luella reports that of class news:
the newcomer has vocal cords
Mario Lanza would be proud to Raymond Kolbus, '50, is an in-
own. Further Cooley-items: "Ever- ternal revenue agent. He lives on
ette has now started on his third R. R. 4, Mattoon, Ill.
year as biology teacher at Paris,
and in his spare time does barn Kenneth Knop, '50, is a teacher
building and crescent cutting under and coach at Strasburg, Ill.
the supervision of Ed Day ('43) ...
I have gone back to work tempor- Betty Dennis Knapp, '50, lives at
arily (until after Xmas) at the U. 0. 1133 Sixth in Charleston and
Colson Co., where I work in the teaches business at Mattoon High
office as an order editor." School.

Olin Kreuter, '49, is teaching in Roy E. Klay, '50, is teaching at
Madison, Ill., but lives at Apt. G, Mt. Auburn, Ill.

PAGE TWENTY:s1x Allan M. Katz, '50, is a chemist
for the State of Illinois. He lives
at North Second St., Benld, Ill.

lawthorne School, Mattoon, this mary Tankersley, ex-'52. the U. S. Army in Japan and Korea.
year. Dean McMillan, '50, took the M. Carl Wayne Williams, '50, lives

Bob and Almeta Greathouse Gar- A. in physics from Penn State last at 253 Park, Elkhart, Ind.
Leland Bruce Turner, '50, is
ner, '50 and '52, live at 804-B June. He is now employed with
lhestnut Dr., East Lansing, Mich. General Electric at Schenectady, teaching the intermediate grades
N. Y., where his address is 1439 at Decatur, where he lives at 1237
William Downey, ex-'50, is the Chrisler Ave. Mrs. McMillan is the E. Decatur St.
newly elected states attorney in former Maurine Jones.
James E. Sexson, '50, is teaching
Clark County, where he lives at Philip Emig, '50, is assistant pur- in the St. Louis Public Schools. He
tAarshal I. After two years of pre- chasing agent at the Kuehne Mfg. and Mrs. Sexson, the former Shel-
legal work at Eastern, Downey took Co., Mattoon, where he lives at ley Jane Swann, '51, live at 1464
the Bachelor's at the University of 1617 Edgar. Oriole Pl., Brentwood 17, Mo.
Illinois and completed his law
studies at Indiana University. He Ralph Leon Elliott, '50, lives at Charles Nelson Grote, '50, is
has practiced for a year at Mar- 1405 S. Fourteenth St., Mattoon.
shal I. He teaches building trades at Mat· teaching industrial arts at Nash-
toon High. ville, Ill., where his home is at 206
Clara R. Gentry Pritchett, '50, W. Lebanon.
has a change of address to Kin- James Richard Draper, '50, re-
mundy, Ill. cently received his discharge from Anna Butler (Mrs. Thomas Free-
the Army. He · has been at 30 l V2 land Brown), '50, is a secretary in
Carolie Wetherell, '50, has a E. Pine St., Robinson, Ill. the audio-visual center at Eastern.
ihange of address to 208 S. Wal- Her husband is a Charleston gar-
nut, Shelbyville, Ill. Artrel Mills, '50, was discharged age employee.
from the Army in October and is
Dennis Dale Van Blaricum, '50, now enrolled for fifth year work James Elliott Bradley, '50, is
at Eastern, hoping to take the Mas- teaching seventh grade at Atwood,
now lives at 4224 Prescott, Apt. Ill. He reports a daughter, Diane
3, Dallas, Tex. ter's degree next summer. Carol, born April 29.
George Warren Allison, '50, is
Jennie Fern Brown, '50, is now Paul Byers, '50, teaches business
teaching third grade at the Wil- teaching chemistry and mathemat- education at Hoopeston, Ill., where
liam Harris School in Decatur. Her ics at Olney, where his home is at he lives at 526 E. Main. The
address is 210 S. Fairview, De- 226 S. Elliott. Byerses have a daughter, Karen
Sue, born March 13, 1951.
catur, Ill. Arthur Aikman, '50, is teaching
Gale Clifford Peters, ex-'50, is Martha Irene Butler, '50, receiv-
in the elementary school at Loda, ed her commission as a second
now employed by the Parkersburg Ill. Aikman was recalled to the U. lieutenant in the U.S.A.F. last March
Rig and Reel Co. Gale taught at S. Navy in October of 1950 and re- 21. Before she left for her perman-
trete, 111., last year. ent station at Selfridge AFB, Mich.,
ceived his release last January. on Oct. 31, she was a Homecoming
Raymond l. DeMoulin, '50, is John Gibson, '50, is teaching in visitor.
now the basketball coach &t Ore-
gon High School, where his wife, the junior high school at Olney. George David, '50, is teaching
the former Jahala Foote, '50, is His address is l l l l Y2 E. Main St., art in the Olney, Ill., schools. He
teaching at the Oregon Element- Olney. lives on R. R. 4, Olney.
ary School.
Russell Furr, '50, teaches in the Milt Schonebaum, '50, is assist-
R. Keith Carrell, ex-'50, is now ant coach at Carlinville, Ill., High
war-king as an accountant for the Roanoke, Ill., schools. School this year.
Hayes Freight Lines. He lives at Charles LaVerne Shafer, '50, is
16th and Shelby, Mattoon, Ill. Robert G. Ray, '50, is a tool de-
employed in the Decatur Signal De- signer for the Heudaille Hershey
John Gibson, '50, is employed pot and lives at 118 N. Edward in Corp., Macon Arms Branch, Deca-
as science instructor in the junior Decatur. tur, ·Ill. He lives at 916 W. Wood
in that city.
high school in Olney, Ill. He and Richard Allen Bennett, '50, was
Mrs. Gibson, the former Martha Dean Alden Ruyle, '50, is pastor
Zimmerman of Charleston, are the released from the Navy in October of the First Southern Baptist Church,
parents of a baby girl, born Aug. 5. and is temporarily at Kansas, Ill. Charleston, 111.

Delcsris Bell (Mrs. Francis Pan- Robert Sterling, '50, may be ad- Ernest Raymond Cole, '50, was
key), '50, is now living on Route dressed at 33 l S. Rosewood Ave., discharged from the Army on Oct.
2, St. Elmo, Ill. Kankakt.e, Ill., where he teaches in 9 after two years of service, in-
the junior high school. cluding periods in Japan and
Gilbert L. Hassler, '50, is teach- Korea. He is now at 1434 Ninth,
ing at Reelsville High School in Jerry Dean Bell, '50, is principal Charleston.

Reelsville, Ind. of the Rochester, Ill., Junior High
Roy E. Klay, '50, will marry School.

Jeannine Taylor, an Illinois Nor- Paul T. Arnold, '50, is teaching
mal graduate, in Decembe·r. Miss at McLeansboro, Ill., where he and
Mrs. Arnold, the former Mary Cole,
Taylor is teaching home economics '52, live in the Underwood Apart-
in Pana and Mr. Klay teaches in
Mt. Auburn. ments. The Arnolds are parents of
Susan, now l V2 years old.
Bob Douthit, '50, is in the divi-
$_ipn band at Camp Breckinridge, Freeman L. Storm, '50, is farm-
Ky. He married the former Rose- ing near Gays, Ill.

Jeane T. Winkler, '50, is back at
Indianola after a tour of duty with

PAGE TWENTY-SEVEN

Joe Stringfellow, '50, lives at TV shows. He Iives at 7144 Ben- teaches physical education at Blue
Wyoming Hall, University of nett, Chicago 49. A Homecoming Mound, Ill.
Wyoming, Laramie, where he has a registrant, Kaplan remarked that
fellowship. his only claim to fame is having Charles John Kozlowski, '51, is
been guest lecturer a few times at assistant secretary of the Columbus
Lloyd Hughes Loftin, '50, has Southern California's seminar on Savings and Loan Co. of Chicago
moved from Midwest City, Okla., "Application of Film Techniques to and makes his home at 4616 S.
to Pauls Valley in the same state. Live TV." Homan Ave. in Chicago.

George L. McDermott, '50, has Helen Lucille McCaulley, '50, Maurice Ray Lee, '51 , made the
a new address: 14 Water St., Cort- teaches seventh grade English in change-over from civilian instruct-
the Mayo School, Paris, Ill. She or at Scott Air Force Base, Belle-
land, N. Y. lives on R. R. 3, Marshall, Ill. ville, to military duty in the Air
Charles Compton, '50, is now at Force recently.
James M. Rominger, '50, com-
310 Bardin Rd., Salinas, Calif. pleted basic combat training at the Leona Lee, '51, is teaching in Mt.
James H. Reed, '50, is now at Camp Gordon, Ga., Signal Corps Carmel, Ill.
Replacement Training Center in
1416 Spruce St., LaPorte, Ind. November. Mr. Rominger married Joan C. Madden, '51, is secre·
Paul Roosevelt, '50, 2401 Taylor, the former Redonda Moore of Al- tary to Dean H. F. Heller at East-
buquerque, who now lives in Char- ern. She lives at 401 Harrison,
Commerce, Tex., writes that he re- leston, Ill. He took the M. A. at the Charleston.
ceived the Master's Degree from University of New Mexico.
Northwestern University last Au- Jane Root (Mrs. John Miller),
gust. He is now an instructor in Class of 1951 '51, received the M. A. from Ball
speech correction, Department of State Teachers College this year.
Communications, East Texas State Don England, '51, is a salesman She is a guidance counselor at Ar-
Teachers College, Commerce. for the Standard Oil Co., and is thur, Ill., while her husband serves
making his home at 211 S. State, in the Army.
Ens. George L. Bailey, '50, is Pana, Ill.
aboard the USS Altair (AKS-32), Linda Levitt (Mrs. Harold McCoy),
Don and Berdina Bragg, '51, '51, is a housewife at Hillsdale, Ill.,
and can be addressed in care of live at 3010 E. Main, Danville, Ill. near Rockford. Mr. McCoy, '52,
the FPO, New York, N. Y. teaches and preaches.
Faye Elizabeth Hubbard (Mrs.
Betty June Jester, '50, is a child John R. Logan), '51, lives on R. R. Helen Marie Penn, '51, is a com-
welfare worker at Carbondale, Ill., l, Pana, Ill., while her husband merce teacher at Lovington, Ill.,
living at 408 W. Main St. in that serves in the Army in Korea. High School.

city. Margaret Elizabeth Yakey, '51, Lola Olds, '51 , teaches at Law-
James Mimicou, '50, is sales rencevi lie, Ill., where her address
is 1207 Eleventh.
manager for the Keystone Readers
Service in Evanston. His address is Harold Hankins, '51, is employl
1227 Darrow.
Helen Rennels (Mrs. Bob Waddell), ex-'50, has been in charge of
Wilma Ellen Grote, '50, is teach- record collecting and 12rogramming for the Andrews Listening Room at
ing in the grade school at Nash- Eastern's Booth Library. Here she examines part of an art display in the
adjoining Sargent Art Gallery.
ville, Ill.
Peggy June Gharst, '50, is at

116 Maple St., Minonk, Ill.
Francis F. Pankey, '50, is station-

ed with the U. S. Army in Pusan,
Korea, as a railway depot clerk.
He may be addressed as follows:
US 55082136, 68th Engr. Depot
Co., APO 59, c/o P. M., San Fran-
cisco, Calif.

George Thomas Clark, '50, is a
private in the Army. He may be
addressed a s f o I I o w s : U S
55254812, APO 872, c/o P. M.,
New York, N. Y.

Jack I. Zimmerman, '50, is at
2111 E. 67th St., Chicago, Ill.

Wilma McGee (Mrs. Nelson
Grote), '50, is teaching at Nash-

ville, Ill., in the junior high school.
Mary Jo Maisch Brown, '50, is

teaching music in the Illinois State
School and Colony, Lincoln, Ill. Her
address is 861 S. State St., Lincoln.

Sheldon Kaplan, ex-'50, who
finished his degree at U.C.L.A. in
1950, has returned to Chicago,

where he is a producer of WEN R-

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ed with the Sinclair Oil Co. in Mat- repairs electronic gear. Hq Det, 3 QM-, Bn. 3 Armed Div.,
~n, where his address is 612 Ft. Knox, Ky.
IVabash. Glenn Schauberger, '51, a teach-
er in Kansas, Ill., and Carolyn Wid- Walter l. Scott, '51, teaches so-
Charles T. Hall, '51, is teaching dersheim, an Eastern student, were cial science in the Sigel, Ill., con-
the seventh and eighth grades at married Sept. 13. solidated schools. His permanent
ll>atsburg, Ill. His address is Clay- address is 412 Taylor St., Charles-
ton, 111. Art Hughes, '51, is teaching at ton.
Manitou Springs, Colo.
Lois Guthrie, '51, is teaching at Cpl. John A. Sowinski, '51, may
Bethany, 111. Bob Mitchell, '51, is teaching in be addressed at MAG (HR), 26 M.
the Bradley-Bourbonnais system at C.A.S., Cherry Point, N. C. His
Frank Pitol, '51, is in military Bradley, Ill. His address is 311 S. serial number is 1219105.
lhrvice. His home address is 819 Blaine, Bradley.
leebler St., Collinsville, Ill. Neva Powell, '51, lives at 200 S.
·Clara Stein, '51, is teaching at Eucalyptus, Inglewood, Calif.
D. Eileen Smith (Mrs. Adrian Houston, Tex., where her address
Ernst), '51, teaches second grade is 2720 Palm St., Houston 4. Jane Bartholomew, '51, has
moved from Springfield to 5078
at Assumption, Ill., where her hus- Loren Eugene Klaus, '51 , is pri n- Balmoral Ave., Chicago 30, Ill.
band also teaches. ci pa 1 of the Elkhart Grade School
at Lincoln, Ill., where he lives at Elza Frank Cherry, '51 , has
James Dukas, '51, traveled from 127% S. Kickapoo. moved from Ottawa to Pleasant
•rkersburg, W. Va ., to attend Hill, Ill. He is the father of Patricia
lomecoming. He teaches mechani- Marilyn Meyer, '51, is now at Kay, born Nov. 26.
cal drawing at the Franklin Junior Strasburg, Ill., after teaching a year
•igh, Parkersburg. at Effingham. Georgianna Reburn, '51, teaches
first grade in Springfield, Ill.,
Jane Hesler (Mrs. Donald Duens- Jane Baker, '51, is a high school where her address is 1931 S. Park.
ing), '51, is the mother of Thirza music instructor at Wellington, Ill.
Ann, born May 20, 1952. Mr. Milford Albert Miller, Jr., '51, is
l>uensing is a salesman for the ln- Donald Dean Smith, '51, is in the now at 548 E. Oakland Blvd., Chi-
lestment Trust Co. of Algonquin, Air Force. His home address is 903 cago, Ill.
lihere the Duensings live at 326 W. Clark, Champaign, Ill.
Main St. Max Cougill, '51, operates a
Kenneth R. Wilson, '51, is a civi- grocery store on South Division St.
C. J. Doane, '51, received his lian instructor at Scott Field, Belle- in Charleston and lives at 203 Lin-
llscharge from the Marine Corps ville, Ill., where his address is coln.
this June and is now employed as 1516 E "B" St.
a foreman in the General Motors Alice Hanks (Mrs. Bob Stabler),
plant at Hoopeston, Ill., where the Marjorie R. Waddell, '51, is a '51, is teaching homemaking and
Doanes live at 421 E. Honeywell. stenographer-clerk with the Carter consumer education to boys and
Mrs. Doane, the former Carolyn Oil Co. in Mattoon, where she lives girls with IQ's ranging from 58 to
Petty, '51, is a speech correctionist at 150 l V2 Edgar Ave. 85 in a high school of about 1700
students at New Rochelle, N. Y.
In the Hoopeston schools. Last year Joanne Waddell, '51, teaches In a letter to the Alumni Office she
second grade in the Lowell School claims to have taught her students
she was a speech correctionist at at Mattoon. one thing in ten weeks, the loca-
Wilmington, N. C. tion of Illinois. The majority
Paul Max Thomas, '51, teaches thought it was close to Georgia;
Mary Virginia Gregoire, '51, is business education at Grant Park, the rest thought is was closer to
ieadting in the Scottland, Ill., 111. California.
lhools. Her home address is 2312
Prairie, Mattoon, 111. Max Syfert, '51, plays in the Pfc. William C. Hammond, '51,
276th Army Band at Camp Atter- 1343776 V.S.M.C., H & S Co. 1st
Walmer E. Goers, '51, teaches bury, Ind. He married the former Amtrac Bn., l st Marine Division,
Darlene Fink of Vandalia on Nov. FMF, FPO, San Francisco, Calif.,
math at Longview, Ill. 8. The Syferts live at Franklin, Ind. writes, in part: "Seems as though
Jeanne Barth, '51, teaches music the Marine Corps is blessed with
Eloise Knight (Mrs. Jerry Buffen- a number of the Class of '51. I had
at Sullivan, Ill. Her address is 525 meyer), '51, lives at Lerna and the pleasure of visiting with Paul
teaches commerce in the Charles- Burrus, Dave Smith, and Bill Sargent
N. Main. ton High School. Mr. Buffenmeyer while going through Camp Pendle-
Robert F. Beals, '51 , is in service is a helicopter mechanic in the U. ton (Calif.). Bill was on the dock
S. Army. playing the Marine Corps Hymn
now and is stationed in Germany. as we pulled out of San Diego Har·-
James Wendell lee, '51, is now Duane Bruce, '51 , is a rawin- bor!
sonde operator in the USAF. He
at 814 E. Fifth St., Flint, Mich. may be addressed as follows: Det- "While serving with the 11th
Nelson F. Leo, Jr., ex-'51, is now 11-2, 11th Wea. Sq., Chanute AFB, Marines (an artillery regiment) here
111. in Korea I ran across Aaron {Bud)
in the U. S. Air Force. Gray. We played against eiach
Claude Edward Towne, '51, Don Kelly Clark, '51, teaches other in an inter-battalion softball
business education in the Cumber- game . ..
works as a technical clerk with land High School. He lives on R.
lhternational Harvester in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Hammond are the
He is the father of a son, Curtis R. 3, Toledo, Ill.
Carl M. Collins, '51, teaches in- PAGE TWENTY-NINE
Earl, born Dec. 12, 1951.
Anna Belle Groves, '51 , is the dustrial arts at Newman, Ill.
Gene W. Scruggs, '51, is again
leography teacher at Mayo Junior
High School in Clinton, Ind. in the Army, stationed at Hq and

Don Rothschild, '51 , is in the
Signal Corps in Korea, where he

parents of a son born in Septem- Patricia Lou Brotherton, '52, is a Lee Henn, '52, may be addres,

ber. stewardess for Delta Air Lines and sed at 527 N. Pine, Momence, Ill.

Tommy V. Atkins, '51, recently lives at 5520 South Shore Drive, Bobby K. Cox, '52, gives R. R.

married Jean Ames, a former stu- Apt. 301, Chicago 37, Ill. 2, St. Elmo, Ill., as his permanent

dent. He is a service engineer for Harold L. Stevens, '52, is a sec- address. His Army address in No-

the Illinois Bell Telephone Co., and ond lieutenant in the U. S. A. F. vember was Pvt. Bobby K. Cox,

lives at 456 W. Wood, Decatur. and is presently at 2337 Fauver, US552961 l 6, 11th Student Com·

Dick Adams, '51, completed his Dayton l 0, 0. pany, Fort Monmouth, N. J.

basic combat training at Camp Dolores Ann Ashley, '52, is Dewey McEvoy Scheithe, '52, is

Gordon, Ga., in November. Dick teaching physical education at Ma- principal of a Glen Ellyn, Ill., ele-

recently married Patricia Andrews son City, Ill., where her address is mentary school. His address is 324

of Charleston, who now lives at 323 E. Chestnut. S. Lombard, Lombard, Ill.

805 Tenth in that city. He taught Dora Louise Bower, '52, is a Mary Lou Carrico (Mrs. Morris

at the University of Illinois while home economist for International Coon, Jr.), '52, teaches fourth

completing his Master's degree Harvester and lives at 620-B, S. E. grade in Fairfield, Ill. Her husband

there last year. Second, Evansville, Ind. is a draftsman there. The Coons

Class of 1952 Mary Louise Flanery, '52, teaches live at 907 W. Main, Fairfield.

Forty-seven Class of '52 mem- grade three at Vermilion, Ill., and Carolyn Jo Sweeney (Mrs. Ron-

bers registered at Homecoming. lives at 615 Ten Broeck, Paris. ald Miethe), '52, is teaching musia

Only those not mentioned in the Maralyn N. Davis, '52, teaches at Sullivan, Ill., while her hus,

last issue of the Alumnus are in- home economics at Moweaqua, Ill., band, a member of the Class of

cluded below. where her address is 430 E. Locust '53, completes his tour of duty in

Barbara Christman, '52, is home- Joseph P. Haverstuhl, '52, is em- the Navy.

making teacher in the Scottland, ployed with the E. J. & E. Railway Donna Sue Nichols (Mrs. Harold

Ill., High School. Co. at Gary, Ind. His address is 549 Hankins), '52, teaches physical ed-

Marion G. Rennels, '52, and Harrison St. ucation in the Mattoon, Ill., High

Mrs. Rennels, the former Rita Pifer, Florence Meyer (Mrs. Bert Her- School.

ex-'52, live at 1287 Bardstown Rd., man, Jr.), '52, is teaching fourth Jack Payan, '52, may be reached

Louisville, Ky. Mr. Rennels is a grade in the Mattoon schools. Her through his address at 3400 W.

compilations aid with the Army husband is a farmer on R. R. 3, l 66th St., Markham, Ill., while he

Map Service. Mattoon. is in service.

Nancy Louise McNamara, ex-'52, Charlotte Jean Horn, '52, is Robert Roseberry, '52, may be

is a receptionist in Mattoon, Ill., teaching at Libertyville, Ill., where reached through his Danville, Ill.,

and lives 521 Wabash. her address is 419 S. Milwaukee. address, 210 E. Raymond, while he

Dorothy May Schwartz, '52, is Harry 0. Miller, '52, is living at ;._ in the Army.

teaching second grade in Argenta 1527 Division in Charleston. lioward Emmett Sheffield, '52, is

and lives on R. R. l, Box 198, De- Richard E. Myers, '52, is with the an accountant for the Dexter and

catur, 111. Ohio Oil Co. in Robinson, Ill., Fournier Trucking Service and lives

Libby Lou Cochran, '52, is an where his address is 302 Condit St. at ~l26 W. Elm St., Hoopeston, Ill.

editorial writer for the Home Eco- Marilyn Jean Newlin, '52, teach- E:ill Tucker, '52, teaches speec~

nomics Editorial Food Service, Cer- es second grade at Bellwood, Ill., and English at the Effingham, Ill.,

eal Institute, Inc., in Chicago. Her where her address is 301 S. Third High School and lives at 507 Edgar

address is 1001 N. Dearborn, Chi- Ave. Ave., Effingham.

cago 10. . Ruby Lagesse, '52, is teaching Wilma Jean Yost, '52, teaches

Shirley Jean Coleman, '52, is in Chicago, where her address is vocal music at Argenta and lives at

employed with the Kuehne Mfg . 4613 N. Beacon, Chicago 40. l 336V2 N. Water, Decatur, Ill.

Co. of Mattoon. Her address is R. Ben L. Gaston, '52, is teaching Jim Johnson, '52, lives at 307

R. 3, Mattoon. at the Farmington, Ill., High School. W. l 44th St., c/o Mary Ross, New

Harry Lee Carlson, '52, is teach- William M. Isom, '52, is teach- York 30, N. Y., while attending

ing science in Decatur, where he ing in the Humboldt, Ill., Junior Columbia Univef"sity this year.

lives at 961 V2 N. Edward. The Carl- High. Phyllis Olson, ex-52, is attend.

sons are the parents of a son born Donald E. Rose, '52, is teaching ing the Barry-Castle Business Col-

this fall . in the Dwight, Ill., High School. lege in Champaign, Ill.

Ray Carrell, '52, and Mrs. Car- His address is 207 W. Seminole, J. R. H. L. Lilly, ex-'52, is living

rell, the former Janice Anderson, Dwight. in Beecher City, Ill. J. R. attended

'52, live at 1541 Walton Way, Au- Jack Morgan, '52, is a cost ac- the Mardi Gras in New Orleans

gusta, Ga. Ray, who is in service, countant with the Allison Plant 5, last year and made a fishing trip

is an instructor in the Southeastern Danville, Ind. His address is 401 to the Province of Ontario, Canada.

Signal School at Camp Gordon. N. Jefferson. William M. Isom, '52, is teaching

Janice is a stenographer for the Lynn Swango, '52, may be ad- at the junior high school, Hum-

Savannah River Project (Atomic dressed Pvt. Lynn Swango, US boldt, Ill.

Energy Commission), where Du- 55255534, Co. K, 53rd Abn. Inf. Herbert Gibson, ex-'52, will sing

Pont is developing the hydrogen Regt., lOlst Airborne Division, one of the four solo parts in the

bomb plant at Aiken, S. C. Camp Breckinridge, Ky. University of Illinois' Dec. 14 pro-

PAGE THIRTY

tluction of Handel's "The Messiah.'' Velma Cooper Schahrer, '52, is Quick, Shull, and
Gibson is a bass from Danville, Ill. a primary teacher in the Decatur,
Ill., Schools and lives at 1103 Cot- Giffin Take Leave
Ed Soergel, '52, played a defen- tage Hill, Decatur.
sive backfield position with the For Further Study
Toronto Argos who won the Cana- Gail Menk and Annette Tolly,
dian title this fall. Soergel enters both Class of '52, have written Three Eastern alumni who are
military service in January. words and music for songs appear- teaching at the alma mater are on
ing in "Together We Sing," a Fol- leave to complete or advance their
Howard (Pete) Edinger, '52, lett publication to be used in ele- work toward the doctorate degree
lompleted his basic training last mentary music. Dr. Irving Wolfe, this year. Otho Quick, '36, is
fall in the Signal Corps Replace- former Eastern music department studying industrial arts at the Uni-
ment Training Center, Camp Gor- head now in charge of the school versity of Minnesota; Carl Shull,
don, Ga., but has been retained as of music at Peabody College for '39, is studying art at Ohio State;
a training instructor. His address is Teachers, Tenn., prepared the book and Jim Giffin, '46, is studying
Pvt. Howard Edinger, US with the help of Margaret Fullerton business education at Northwest-
26343809, Co. 11 B.T.G., S.C.R.T.- of Iowa State University. Mr. Menk ern.
C., Camp Gordon, Ga. is taking advanced work in music
at Eastern and Miss Tolly is teach- Mr. Quick's address is MB5 l l
Bob Flick, '52, has an assistant- ing at Stewardson-Strasburg. University Village, Como and 29th
ship at the University of Florida, Ave., SE, Minneapolis 14, Minn.
Gainesville, and is living at 806 Class of 1953 Mr. Shull is at 26 East 2nd Ave.,
North West Eleventh Ave. in that Columbus, 0. Mr. Giffin is at 2614
city. Dennis Gregory, ex-'53, and Eastwood, Evanston, Ill.
Margaret Ann Wright, '52, were
William L. Raley, '52, was in 305 married in Kokomo, Ind., on Oct. Pem Hall Alumnae
A and E Maint, Sqd., Box 83, Mac- 11. Mr. Gregory is serving in the
Dill AFB, Tampa, Fla., las.t Septem- U. S. Navy at Charleston, S. C. He Honor Mrs. Phipps
ber, acording to word received by was a star end on two Eastern foot-
the Alumni Office. His grade was bal I teams. Mrs. Gregory is teach- Over l 00 persons attended the
A/2c, with the following service ing music and English in the Fair- honorary tea for Mrs. Gertrude
humber: 17319243. mount, Ill., High School. Phipps at Pemberton Hall during
the Homecoming celebration in
James G. Kehias, '52, a law stu- Marcel Pacatte, ex-'53, writes October. Something over 250 per-
dent at the University of Illinois, from Camp Chaffee, Ark., that a sons contributed to a fund of $375
lives at 616 E. Daniel St., Apt. 6. number of Easternites are there in given to Mrs. Phipps by Mary
artillery training, including Al Har- June Bland, who made the present·
Bill Balch, '52, is taking advan- ation speech. The guest book and
ced work in physical education at tig, Bob Stump, Jerry Harlow, Glen a billfold were also presented to
the University of Illinois. His ad- her. Mrs. Phipps said the honor
dress is 1620 Georgia Dr., Apt. (Shorty) Temple, and Jack McCor· "makes me feel very humble" and
A-1, Urbana. mick {who finished at Indiana stated that she hopes to make a
State). Hartig, Temple, and McCor- trip to California with the money
Russell Carter, '52, is bound for mick are in the same fire direction when she retires.
Army duty in Korea, as of early center battery. "It's just like going
December. to school again," Marcel says, "ex- {Continued from page 15)
cept there are no women and we
Loran Pixley, '52, is finishing carry rifles." for Creative Writing."
basic training at Camp Breckin- For the current year, The Winnie
tidge, Ky. Pacatte also notes that Don and
Howard Siegel and Bill Leeming Davis Neely Award amounts to
Richard Allison, '52, is awaiting are at Ft. Riley in counter intelli- $25, a gift from an anonymous
orders, having completed basic gence, George (Peanuts) Fruend at donor. For the following years,
training at Camp Breckinridge, Ky. the same place in finance, Lyle But· however, only the interest accruing
He was a Charleston visitor in early ton at Camp Breckinridge, Ky., in from the fund will be used.
December. cooking school, Charles Smith at
Ft. Leonard Wood in ordnance, Former students of Miss Neely
Glen Curtis, ex-'52, arrived in and Lynn Swango at Camp Breck- who want a part in the building
Korea in October and has been inridge. of this fund for the encourage-
serving with the Second Infantry ment of creative writing and to the
Division. It is this division which Pacatte is writing for the post memory of a fine lady and teacher
laptured Heartbreak Ridge a year newspaper at Camp Chaffee. He may make their checks payable to
ago and took Old Baldy last July. was sports editor of the News at The Winnie Davis Neely Memorial
SFC Curtis, a supply sergeant, was Eastern. Fund and send them to Miss
~tationed at Camp Cooke, Calif., Blanche Thomas, Registrar of East-
before going overseas. Anna Bruce, '53, winner of the ern Illinois State College.
L. C. Lord Scholarship this year,
Justin lsert, '52, may be addres- finished her studies this fall and PAGE THIRTY-ONE
sed in care of the Department of began teaching math and women's
loology and Entomology, Ohio physical education in the high
State University, Columbus. school at Woodlawn, Ill., on Dec. 8.

William A. Coulson, '52, is teach-
ing and coaching in the grade
school at Claremont, 111.