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mads the principal of the Hanover SeniorHigh School where he had served as assistantprincipal.Col. and To Mrs. James D. Catjngtollupon the birth of a son, Lee Scott, on October21, 1965. Mrs. Catington is the formerMartha Braswell of Adrian, Ceorgia, andDoug the Commander of the Cigli AirisBase, Isrmr, Turkey.And to William Beatty, who received hisM.B.A. from New York University. This happenedlast October also. Bill is AssistantProfessor in the School of Business Admin_istration, Rochester Institute of Technology,Rochester, New York. In addition, Bill hasbeen promoted to Major in the U. S. ArmyReserve.I had a nice letter from Bill in whichhe said he had had lunch in the ExecutiveDining Room of the National Council ofChurches in New York with Re!). 101mSchauer, lr., who is director of irrunigrationservices of Church World Service.Thanks, Bill, for the chatty letter. Andwhat has happened to the rest of the classof '40? I sent many a postcard, hoping fornews, and not a single reply! Very discouraging,to say the least! A few of usare still haVing babies, many of us haddaughters and sons who were graduatedfrom high school or college this year, anda few of us have been presented with grand,children. Please drop me a card and letme know what is going on in your family.I went to the \VMC graduation exercisesthis past June and there discovered thatthe daughters of two of our classmates werein the graduating class, Ethel MartindaleOste!)n and Kitty Jockel Reckard were theproud mamas.Our son, Jeffrey, was graduated fromGaithersburg High School, MontgomeryCounty, last June and was awarded a medalfor the outstanding mathematics and sciencestudent, He has .entered Carleton Collegein Northfield, Minnesota. Our other sonDavid, a high school junior, recently ob~tamed the rank of Eagle Scout in the BoyScouts.Now, how about the rest of you? Surelvyou're as proud of your children as we artofours. Let me hear from you soon! Remember,no news about the crass of '40 forTIiE MAGAZINE unless I hear from yonl1941Mrs. Stllnley E. Skelton(Elinor Culllglln)3910 Lnchwood RoadFlllls Church, VirginiaThe weather was perfect, the food wasdelicious, the company was the best any.where. The occasion was our 25th reunionlast June. About sixty of us gathered atthe Westminster Riding Club to greet oldfriends, tllke pictures, sign yearbooks andenjoy results of the questionnaire. We hadno trouble recogni2ing each other andneeded no bifocals to sign our names. Manyof us are slimmer than we were 25 yearsago. What little gray hair that was visibleonly enhanced our youthful features.pagetwenty-fourWe are grateful to Elise Wiedersum Dudleyand Judy Collinson Garber for arrangingthe luncheon activities. Also thanks toJudge Ed Weant for providing the location.To Bob Fall) go ccngmtulatlons for a jobwell done as chairman of our largest AlumniFund campaign, and thanks for all thecorrespondence and statistics that he com.piled for our information.Among those present, Larry and RachaelGreen Marsey had been married longest-25 years in July. Tim and Jean Lewis hadthe most children-six. He is a surgeon inCumberland. Arnold and Mildred GebhardtRaninen traveled the greatest distance, fromMilwaukee, Wisconsin. Tom and MildredMelvin Mulvey were close second, comingafrom ClarksvHle, Tennessee. Mildredhas been honored at the Southeast CentralRegional Conference of AAUW. She is presidentof the Clarksville Branch and treasurerof the Tennessee Division. Otherstraveling from afar were Frankie RoyerCopeland from Nappanee, Indiana, andMary Wright Carr from Beverly, Massachusetts.While staying in the familiar wallsof Blanche Ward, Mary completely recalledour class song (words later).Sidney and Dorothy Mansh came fromElkins Park, Pennsylvania. They have twosons, Mike and Steve. Std is VP of a garmentmanufacturing company.Tom and Ruth Arlher, '43, live in Westfield,New Jersey, where he is employed by·Merck & Co.Eastern Shore representatives presentwere Doris Benson Lankford, Ruth HarcumMessick, and Bob Faw. From D. C.area: Leigh and Peggy Moss ('43) Venzke,Viron Dieffenbach honored ... see class of '44.