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college president). Bill and his wife ~ettyalso have a 12-year-old daughter who lS anAAU swimmer. They have lived in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania, for 15 years. Billworks in the industrial real estate and propertymanagement fields.Henry Triesler lives in Phoenix, Arizona,He left the army in '56 and started thePrecision Surface Grinding, Inc., in '58.Henry is a bachelor, enjoys gardening andscuba diving and is adviser to an explorerpost.Haul Beard Guyer is now administrativeassistant to Dr. Charles Taylor who is makinga study of the seminaries of the EpiscopalChurch.Charles Earl promised to be thinking ofus Rome time. He and Suz and five childrenask that "if you are ever in Rome,be sure to phone."Harold and Mary Hastings Phillips havea retail store in Laurel, Delaware. Theyhave a son at wake Forest College and ason in high school.Annetfe Hutchins spent reunion weekendmoving to a new apartment. Her addressis 5023 Riverdale Road, Riverdale.We enjoyed Thelma Bowen OUuU's letterfrom Canal Zone. Her husband Harry is adoctor at Gorgas General Hospital. Theyand their daughter Ann hope to be backin the country next year.It was a thoroughly enjoyable day-seeingold friends, old familiar buildings, and touringthe new additions to the college. Wemissed all who were not able to attend.Your friends told us the news about manyof you. We hope that next time it will bemore convenient to join us.Many months ago Helen Willard Buhrmanwrote from Smithsburg. She and Ted havethree sons. The eldest, Donald and his wifeJahn graduated from WMC in '65. Robertis a senior at Johns Hopkins. Jerold graduatedfrom Middletown High School lastJune. Helen has been teaching and takingcourses at University of Maryland in Frederick.She did research on the Buhrmanfamily that proved that she and Ted wererelated to the same forefather. HeleI?- tel.lsus that Jeanette Brannock Pomeroy IS stillteaching high school. She lives near Camhridgewith her three children, Martha,Fr~;s.anta~i:r;;d R~~~es LiI!P!I was honoredlast June upon her retirement. Shehad taught 37 years in Car:oll Coun.tyschools. She was presented WIth a certificateof honorary citizenship from ~ov.Tawes and received many commendationsfrom friends, former students and teachingassociates.1941Mr. Frank A. TarbuttonCountry Club EstatesRoute 3Chestertown, Maryland 21620I have recently received a letter fr~mlBarbara Zimmerman Cressman concernmgher son Barry. Barbara reports that herson Barry has been awarded a completescholarship by William and Mary College,to spend his Junior year as an exchangestudent St. Andrews University in Scotland.inThis summer, all five members of theCressman family are taking a six_weekcamping trip to Califonria and Oregon.C. Scott Couchman died suddenly thissummer in Hagerstown. He had been anelementary school supervisor for the WashingtonCounty Board of Education for thepast six years. Prior to this he had taughtin Carroll County, Hagerstown, and hasserved as principal at Mnugnnsvtlle a~dacting principal at North Potomac Jum~rHigh. Mr. Couchman is survived by hiswife, Catherine, a son, Robert S. Couchman,bts mother, a sister, and two grandchildren.19"Benjamin Mrs, G. Smith(Jeanne Dieffenbach)Forest Lane416Salisbury, Maryland 21801Sincere sympathy is extended to the familyand friends of Mary Gladys Rehmeyerwho died August 5, 1966. .I have sent a number of smcepostcardsour last column and have received ~~ny~~pl~~S~f::;,ryF{~r'ifal:l):i~oc~~~;;:n~S ~~~~and two children, John 12, and .Mary 1~.Mary jc is busy being a housewife and ISactive in the activities of her church. PeckBond writes that they expect a new daughterin August. Wonder just how he can t~il~~~~;~~~:~d~~t~ili:~~v~a:f~~h~o::~~for the coming school year. Ann MeethKlingaman finished her M.Ed. last Februaryand still teaching biology at WoodlawnisHigh. Maru Tumlerl Gipe writes thatshe is working in the adoption service atthe Welfare Board in Cumberland. Marygets to my neck of the woods nocasionally,so I hope to sec her on her next tnp.Kitty Clemson Turner is busy with alumniwork for St. Mary's College and has alsobeen ehaionnn of the publications committeefor the Johns Hopkins Nurses AlumnaeAssn. She is also active in church, art, DARand CAR patriotic organizations.I finally caught up with Dottie WhortonJohns-at Ocean City. She and husbandGary are living in Charlotte, No~th Carolinaand have 3 boys and a little girl,Ste~(l, 15, Gregg, 13, Jeffrey, 11, and Lisa, 2.Jeannie Eckhardt McWilliams (Mac, '43)writes that they have cight, count 'em,eight, children. Gary 16, Linda 15, Wayne14 Beth 12, Ross 10, Brent 8, Carl 7,and Craig 3. There must be some kind oftrophy we should send Jeannie. She andMac are still living in Reisterstown whereMac practices medicine. Jane McComas Williams(Johnny '43) has three boys and onegirl-all busy keeping Mama and Papastepping.Kitty Voss Getz wrote me a long letter.She and Clenn were married in 1949 andhave three sons, Bob 15, Richard 13, andJohn 11. Kitty's letter is so full of heractivities that I have to catch my breath.She has done all kinds of social work andhas her Master's degree in S.W. from U.of Pennsylvania. They now live in SaltLake City, Utah.Dottie Thrush Bilh (Walle) also wroteme a nice newsy letter. She and Wane livein Silver Spring and have one son, Dcwane10. wane is a land planner for the MarylandNatlonul Capitol Park and PlanningCommission. Dottie is in her 20th year ofteaching at Richard Montgomery High.English and journalism are her subjects,with never a dull moment.Andy Chi writes that he is at the GoddardSpace Center. He sent me a publicationfrom there and 1 am sorry to say, ithas been lost. Andy is doing himself proudin his work and has received honors fromGoddard. He is married to the formerLousin H. J. Kok of Rotterdam, Holland,and they have a son David 3. If I catchup with that publication I will write aboutAndy's work in a future article.Viran L. Diefenbach, Assistant SurgeonCeneral, Chief of the Division of DentalHealth has been awarded the MeritoriousService Medal of the Public Health Servicein recognition of "his dedicated service andsuperior Qualities of leadership." In February1966, Viran chaired the first NationalDental Health Assembly, Emphasis: Fluoridation.So all of us are grateful to Vironfor fewer cavities. I quote from an announcementreceived from the U. S. Departmentof Health, Education and Welfare,"During Dr. Diefenbach's years inPublic Health Servtce, he has been n leaderin advancing knowledge and use of waterfluoridation, until today ahnost 70 millionAmericans are profiting from it." Our congratulations,Viron.In order that our column continue, I musthave something to write in it, so pleaseanswer my card when you get yours. Ofcourse if you have any news to send meanytime, you don't have to wait for a card.It has been good to hear from so many ofyou-now the rest of you get cracking anddrop me a line.,,,.Mrs. Watter C, West (Mildred Lloyd)Social ServiceSouthwest Florida Tuberculosis Hospital4001 Tampa Bay BoulevardP. O. Box 15031Tampa 3, FloridaEleallor (Polly) Higgifl8 Green is a GuidanceSecretary at the Carlisle (Pa.) SeniorHigh School. Husband, Dr. James Green,is a physician at Dunham Army Hospital atCarlisle Barracks. Son, Mike, a Soph. ofUniv. Delaware; son, Tim, a freshmanofat U. of Maine and son, Jim, jr., in lOtllgrade.Marie Wilson Lttterer is an illustrator forIllinois State Geological Survey. Husband,joseph, a professor in business udmtntsmi,tion at the University of Urbana. Threechildren, 13, 8 and 6 help them enjoy theirsummer place at Friendship Isle, Maine.pagetwenty-jiue