western maryland college december, 1963 - Hoover Library

NEWS FROM ALUMNI
1913
Miss Irene W. Gillespie
12 E. MI. Vernon Place
Baltimore 2, Maryland
first of all, I wish to thank all of you
for yOUTpromptness and cooperation in returning
the cards to me. There are only
three that I have not heard from, and
realizing how easy it is to put things away
in a desk and so forget them, 1 am hoping
they will rome to light sometime in the
ncar future. If not, )IOU will probably hear
from me again.
Congratulations to Billy Cecil on his reo
covery from a throat operation. You can't
keep a good man down. Billy, our indefatigable
president, and his wife, Ruth
Stewart Cecil, 1911, have through the years
traveled extensively over the country east
of the Mississippi, keeping in touch with
classmates, and it is to them that we owe so
much for keeping a small and much scattered
group together.
Billy attended Johns Hopkins after leaving
Western Maryland, taking a degree in Mechanical
Engineering. After two years here
with the B. & O. R.R. he went with the
National Lead Co. in St. Louis and in 1925
was transferred to the Texas branch in Fort
Worth as manager. Since his retirement in
1956 he has continued his activities in the
Presbyterian Church, where he has served
as both deacon and elder. He is also a past
president of the Texas Society-Sons of the
American Revolution - and holds a Silver
Beaver from the Boy Scouts of America.
Billy and Ruth have one son who is with
the Du Pont Company of Delaware. There
are two grandchildren.
The sympathy of all of us goes out to
Isabel Miller Morris whose husband, Louis
Wright Morris, 1914, passed away peacefully
on September 7. Theirs was one of
many college strikes that proved fatal. They
have made their home for many years in
Decatur, Georgia, and Isabel speaks of a
happy and satisfactory life spent in a lovely
southern town. Louis was in the real estate
business and Isabel is now assisting in the
management of two apartment units which
he owned. She is also active in her D.A.R.
chapter, the Antique Lovers Club and many
various duties she has assumed at the Decatur
Presbyterian Church
One daughter, Nancy, and four grandchildren
live in Decatur.
Occasionally one hears HI have just been
a housewife." But when one looks beyond
the unsung home chores that most women
have, out to the community in which they
live, one can see a different picture. Church
work, charitable drives, community projects,
incidental work in institutions, all largely
done by housewives who can usually take
a few more steps when there is need. And
all this takes me to Henrietta Hoop Twigg.
Henrietta has been for forty-two years a
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member of the Women's Club of Westminster,
a past president of the Women's
Club of Hampstead and past president of
the First District of the Maryland Federation
of Women's Clubs. She was also at one time
Woman of the Year for Carroll County and
has been honored by thc Omicron Chapter
of Delta Kappa Gamma in Carroll County.
At the present time she is vice president of
the Carroll County Historical Society.
Homer Lee Twigg, 1913, Henrietta's husband
- another college strike that proved
fatal-is one of the football playing family
of Twiggs, so prominent in their school days.
An active Rotarian, he was until recently in
the fertilizer business in Hampstead but is
now in the insurance field.
Henrietta and Homer are the parents of
three daughters and one son and have 14
grandchildren. One grandson is an honor
student in the 1964 class at Western Maryland
and will enter the University of Maryland
Medical School in September
Martha Thomas Haskell is another housewife
who makes us sit up and take notice.
Martha was one of our honor students at
schoo!. She married an old sweetheart, Kenr
Hosken, soon after graduation and they
made their home in Frostburg. Besides being
a perfect jewel in her family, she has
been very active in all of the organizations
of the Baptist Church and Sunday School;
worker in the Hospital Auxiliary, and Republican
Women's Club and has time for
her recreation-the Bridge Club. In addition
to all this she has been for some time acting
as housemother and confidante of five college
girls who have been making their home
with her. And for this she is so admirably
suited.
Last summer Martha spent a month in
England with one of her sons and this
winter she is spending several months in
Durham, North Carolina, with another son.
I shall keep the delightful letter she wrote
about England and right now there is
nothing the writer would enjoy more than
a drive with Martha down some quiet English
lane, then to park our car "prettily" on
a "lay-by" and have our tea among the
flowers and birds.
We are so glad to hear from Irl C. Riggin.
After leaving Western Maryland Irl graduated
from Johns Hopkins Medical School
and later received an honorary Doctor of
Science degree from the Medical College of
Virginia. After a short time in general practice
he attended the School of Public Health
and Hygiene at Johns Hopkins and for 12
years was State Health Commissioner in
Lorain, Ohio.
He was awarded the Albert and Mary
Lasker Foundation Award in 1946. Since
1922 he has specialized in preventive medicine
and public health and at present is a
consultant on the staff of St. Joseph's Hospital
in Lorain, Ohio.
But, Dr. and Mrs. Riggin have two children
and four grandchildren who want more
of their time. And the fish bite and the
golf clubs in the corner beckon, so I suppose
the doctor will soon join the list of
retirees. He plays 18 holes of golf-public
health interest surely pays off.
Classmates, I will get around to all of you
in time but space is precious, so best wishes
until next time.
1915
Mrs. Robert B. Dexter (Margaret TI.IIl)
211 Kemble ROllld
Baltimore, Mlllryiand 21218
Margaret Wilson and Bill Clendaniel
(Captain William W., '14) live at 3715
Delverne Road, Baltimore 18. She is active
in Grace Methodist Church, The Woman's
Club of Roland Park, loves people and has
many friends.
Kate Howard Cissel is still residing in
Hebron, Maryland. Shortly after she retired
from teaching her husband passed away.
She has one son, an industrial designer in
New York City, who presently is designing
the Clairol Pavilion for the New York
World's Fair. She would be interested in a
Class letter.
Virgie Harris Pf/W, 1016 Windsor Road,
Baltimore 8, is a very busy person, interested
in Crace Methodist Church, music and
garden club activities. She has three children
and seven grandchildren.
Madeleine George Young died unexpectedly
October 11, 1963. She had been living
in Baltimore for many years. Her son, Dr.
Paul Young, is a specialist in arthritis in
Asheville, North Carolina. He has two children.
Sara Bennett Stanton lost her husband in
1951. She is the invaluable executive secretary
for The Woman's Club of Roland Park.
Sara has continued her interest in dramatics
and last October had a reunion of the
Starr Dramatic Club which she organized in
1931 and directed for 15 years at Starr
Methodist Church in Baltimore. She lives
at ll6 W. University Parkway, Baltimore
10. Her daughter and four grandchildren
live in Cambridge.
Dr. Palll R. Holtz is still very busy running
a medical clinic in Lander, Wyoming.
He lives at 550 W. Main Street. In summer
he tries to play some golf each day for the
winters arc long and cold. He says he has
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