PERSONALS from ALUMNICLASS OF '02Dr. Gideon r. Humphreys retired from <strong>the</strong>presidency of High Point College, North Carolina,in July.CLASS OF '21)Diffendal, ex-'29, left Elizabeth Aug. 30 forOkinawa where she will serve as assistant librarianwith <strong>the</strong> Army Special Services <strong>the</strong>re.CLASS OF '31Col.) Ralph M. Chaplain (Lt. Heed has beentransferred to duty with <strong>the</strong> 4th Army Hdqs.,Fort Sam Houston. Chaplain Reed has beenresponsible for assignment of chaplains of tenAir' Force bases in <strong>the</strong> southwest and California.CLASS OF '32ry Virginia Weeks Married: Ma and HalTYJones on Nov. 28, 1948 in Bakel' Chapel.Capt. Bradley Bowman, ex-'32, has been appointedRegular Army Warrant Officer, JG.He is now Chief of <strong>the</strong> Central Brauch,Hawaiian Ordnance Dept., Oahu, T.H.CLASS OF '33and Mrs. Milson Born to Mr. Ravel' (KathleenMoore, '33) a daughter, Anne, on Aug. 3.CLASS OF '36Mary Ann Smith am! Marj-ied : Paul ReyerShipley on Aug. 13, in Waynesboro.CLASS OF '37Dodson was granted Stanley L. <strong>the</strong> MasterEducation degree at W.M.C. this summer.ofHe is teaching at Charlotte Hall.CLASS OF '38Ireland is teaching Mary Lou at Mt. AiryHigh School.CLASS OF '39Born to Mr. and Mrs. John E. Cross (MaryClemson, '39) a daughter, Mary, on June 27.. Born to Mr. and Mrs. William Griffin(Charlotte Dreschler', '39) son, Wi!liamaEdward, Oct. 13, 1948.onCLASS OF '40Rev. and MI·S. T. B01"n to Howard Link(Yvonne Earl, '43) a son, Jeffry Paul, on July25. . Engaged; Martha C. Payne to GeorgeA. Kohler, '38 of Smithsburg, Md.... DonaldHumphries has been promoted to Major,Air Corps, and has been assigned AssistantAil' Force Attache at <strong>the</strong> U.S. Embassy inBagdad, 'Irak. He will leave for duty Jan. 15,1950.CLASS Ol~ '41Married: Mrs. Maitland Hansel Barnes andMr. Hal'1'J' on July 25 in Westminster.Rev. Rete.r (Ruth Beard, '41)in Glyndon, where Rev. Reter isGlyndon Methodist Church.Hazel Beard and C. Albert Guyer onAug. 24 in Westminster. Their present addressis Mc.Pheraon Collcge, Mcpherson, Kan ..Mr. and MI·S. William M. Banks have twodaughters, Mary Anginnette, born on Aug. 8,1945, and Ruth Jean on Nov. 26, 1948.CLASS OF '42Married; Helen Wampler and Lewis Fowler,'42, on Sept. 2, in Sykesville. Mr. Fowler isemployed by Helwig Leitch, Inc., in Baltimore.. Born to Mr. and Mr-s. Bayne R. DudleyElise Wide-sum, '41) a son, Bayne Richard,Jr., on Dec. II, 1948.CLASS OF '43Engaged: Verna E. Cooper to Charles MintonPreston of Aberdeen. Martin K.M.D., has been licensed to practicein Mal'~'land.. Born to Mr. andMrs. Emanuel J. Kaplan, a daughter, MorleyJean, on Dec. 24, 1948.CLASS OF '44Mavr-ied:: Ka<strong>the</strong>r-ine Stuart Kolb andEarnest Sowell. are residing at 173!) AddisonSt. Calif. Married'Lois Miriam Corbett and James Booth Higmanon AUJi;. 27, in Thurmont. . Married; RebeccaIrene Beard and Benjamin Hansin onAug. 11, in Chicago. Theil' address is 2342 N.Hamlin Ave., Chicago, Tll. .. Mary Rehmeyeris teaching music in Manchester H.S.CLASS OF '45Engaged: Jean E. Andrews to Donald K.Richards of Princeton, N. J. . Married:Prances A. Brown and William A. Crawfordon July 2, in Westminster. . Engaged:Anita M. Richardson to William Bruce Oswald.Born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reindollm-,Jr. (Priscilla Hess, '45) twin sons,Richard Henry and Robert William on July6. . Married; E<strong>the</strong>l Stevens and WayneArter of Clinton, Oklahoma, on Aug. 13, inNew York City. Mrs. Jean SmY1.'k Wood, '45,was <strong>the</strong> maid of honor.CLASS OF '46Engaged: Glor-ia Louise Mathias to LeonardA. Diffenderfer. .. Born to Mr. and Mrs.Paul F. Jackson (Sophie Jones, '46) a daughter,Susan Carol, on July 2. .. Ir-ene VanFossen Myers is teaching at westminsterElementary School.
CLASS OF '47Born to Mr. and Mrs. James W. Green(Peggy Nichols, ex-'47) a son, George W., onJune 3rd .... Louise Brown is teaching atMt. High School. Married: BettyJoy and Harold L. DeHoff on July 9,in Catonsville. Vann D. Johnson, whohandled <strong>the</strong> at W.M.C. insports1947, is attending Network Studiosout on <strong>the</strong> Murried:West Coast.Julia Taylor and Fer-n R. Hitchcock, inAugust .... Married: Fern Annette Ray,and Robert Grumbine, '47, on Aug. 29.CLASS OF '48Engaged: Sar-ah Louise to Johfl HellryClarke, Jr., of Pocomoke Married:Eleanor Walsh Lee and KunkelGenu'd F.on Sept. 17, in Havre de Grace. . Mar-ried: Phyllis Lowery Davidson and ThomasSorden Pippin, Jr., Aug. 27 in Old011Parish. The Pippins will make <strong>the</strong>ir homeCentreville. Engaged: Ruth Aileen Heapsto Charles A. Burkins, ex-'48. Mm-rled:Ruth Inez Wright and James Doherty, onC.July 9 in Westminster. Murried: ElizabethJane Ranck, '49 and Linden Summers,'48, in May. Mr. and Mrs. James DonaldSmyth (Charlotte Haile, ex-'48) had <strong>the</strong>irsecond child, a son, in <strong>the</strong> cartv part of <strong>the</strong>summer. Married: Louise Beamurand J. Eder 14, at St.James onJohn's Church in ·Westminster.. . .lessa-LStarkey has been made Pl'incillal of ElmerWolfeH.S.CLASS OF '49Blettner is engaged Jean Louise to Ober S.Hea-r, Jr. .. Married: AtHl1"1lSpeicher, ex-'49 and James Carroll Hahn on Aug. 13 illGl·antsville.. Ma rried: "Ruth E. Anderson.Burgess, J'r., in Baltimore on'48, and LionelJUly 2... Married: Carolyn Benson and WiIlimnS. Schaeffer in Westminster on July 25.The Scbueffers are living in waouesbe, Wis., at1018 Lindbergh Ave ... Mrs. Geo)"geSpittel1(Louise Stagg, '49) is teaching at. WestminsterElementary School . Louise SunderlandSapp and William Louis Hawkins, '48,were married on June 26 in Baker Chapel ...Mary Ada Twigg is teaching at SykesvilleElementary School.. Jean Muriel Sauseand Ronald F. Heeman were married June on8. The bride's sister, Gladys Sause. '48, wasmaid of honor. .. Married: Es<strong>the</strong>l' Gutbub~~~p:.illi~l~ :l\~~' il~~d~~Ck~u:;-,!~, i~.e~e~~~Won a 1785 dollar scholarship aWaJ'd in <strong>the</strong>field of physical <strong>the</strong>rapy from <strong>the</strong> NationalFoundation for Infantile Paralysis. Mrs.Patricia Outerbridge Corrado is inteaching<strong>the</strong> Manchester Elementar)' School. JeanDaughtrey and Frances Jane Conoway areteaching <strong>the</strong> Mt. Ail'yElementnry School.inSi Tullai is teaching at Hampstead HighSchool and coach of <strong>the</strong> athletic teamsis<strong>the</strong>re .... Married: Charlotte Ann Goorb-ichand K. <strong>Hoover</strong> in August.. . FloydThomas attending <strong>the</strong> Johns Hopkins graduateschool doing wor-k in <strong>the</strong> field of philosophy.His wife (Dolores Hartke, '45) is liln-ariunat Sparrows Point High School. ..Irma Eney is teaching at Westminster HighSchool. Mari-ied: Lenore Estelle Hoffmanand Henry William Loock, Jr., OIl Aug. 20 inCatonsville, Mm-ried: Mary Ruth Woodfield,'48 and Thomas Joseph 'I'er-eshineki inGalesville, on Aug. 13.CLASS OF '50Marr-ied : Boyer '47 and Richard Ra:1-dall, .lr, in Md., 011 Aug. 20..Married: Sabra McDor-man and Joseph R.Kittner JUlie 24 in Baltimore. "Joe" is nowonstudent assistant on <strong>the</strong> football coaching staffunder Charlie Havens .... Mart-led: MarvFrances Keiser, '48 and Daniel Br-adley 0;1A L1g. 27 in Waynesboro, Va.; .Iack Blades wasbest man and Mrs. Carl Leroy Webb (DorothyWilder, '48), was matron of honor. . Married: Betty Jane Ken and John Daniel Hessonon July 23 in westminster.CLASS OF '52Phyllis Marie Scott, Engaged: ex-'52, andWilliam Carl Pugh of Baltimore.The Alumni and friends of westernMar'vland College were saddened to learnof <strong>the</strong> passing of Rev. William A. Ledfor-d.August 27, i::J Mar-tinsburg.W. Va. Rev. Ledford, of 1910 and1913 at <strong>the</strong> Westminster TheologicalSCI:linary had served <strong>the</strong> Emory Ch-cuttand New Windsor Circuit in Carrollcounty befor-e going south. At <strong>the</strong> time ofhis death he was serving <strong>the</strong> Bunker HillMethodist Church in West Virginia.The passing of Mrs. Marie NobleShroyer, graduate of WMC, class of1913, came as a shock to <strong>the</strong> <strong>college</strong> personnel,its Alumni, and friends.The late Mrs. Shroyer, wife of Rev.Dr. Montgomery J. Slll"oyer, facultymember of <strong>the</strong> Westminster TheologicalSeminary, died in University Hospital,September 24.A daughter of <strong>the</strong> late Rufus F. andKate Sewall Noble, she is survived byher husband and a daughter, Mrs.CharlesI. Wallace.