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19"Mrs. Otto Dieffenbach(Madeleine Gilbert)1300 Gateshead RoadBaltimore 4, MarylandNext June we are entitled to celebratethe 60th anniversary of our graduation fromWMC. Now don't you think that is worthyof a reunion?Think it over and notify me, your classsecretary, if you will be interested in attending.June 4, 1966, is the date. Let me hearfrom you yes or no-but please make it yes.Let us show them how many of us are stillaround with "oomph" enough to enjoy annffair of this kind.1925Mr. and Mrs. Sterling W. Edwards{Ellen Wheeler}Grindstone Run FarmMyersville, MarylandAl Darby, president of our class, writesthat the 1925 reunion was fine and we hada good turnout. Also that Caroline, '26, andDave Tayinr served a delightful lunch tothe entire class.Then we heard from Frances bderrickHull, of Packanack Lake, Wayne, New Jersey,which she says is a nice community tolive in, with lake privileges-swimming,boating, skating, etc., and only 20 milesfrom New York City. "I have been a bedsideteacher for Wayne Schools since I camehere. Tom, our son, will be teaching Englishin a prep school in Connecticut."Virginia Bell Lore of Solomons Islandentertained Adele Owings Clark in Septemberand a few days later drove with her toEaston to visit Lena Slocomb Cook, whowas recuperating from an automobile accidentwhich had occurred in March in NorthCarolina. Virginia keeps busy with her sixgrandchildren and wants to know what otherclassmate has been blessed with that many?She says her youngest "daughter lives onehalfmile from us so they are in every day,and our older daughter, husband and threechildren live on Long Island, New York, atManhasset. Charles Stewart, '26, lives threehouses from her. Emily Alnutt Loos' sisterMargaret lives nearby. We were up therein June and saw everybody." Emily regretsnot being at the last reunion and says, "Weretired to Florida in 1961 and love itthereis never a dull moment with yearroundgolf, swimming, traveling and goodfriends."Paul R. Kelbaugh has completed almost37 years at the Pan-American Union {Cenera!Secretariat of the Organization of AmericanStates) where he is now a Translator-Reviewer. He writes "My wife Peggy andson Duncan (12) and daughter Gretchen(9) will retire to our farm in New Bruns-Wick, Canada, on July 1, 1966, build ahouse there, and live happily thereafter. A{l-NEWS FROM ALUMNINOTICEThe following schedule is being observedfor Class Secretary columns: Dccemberreunionclasses only (that means classesending in one and six); February-nonreunionclasses; April - reunion classes;July-non-reunion classes; September-noclass news; October-all classes. Classeswithout secretaries will find their newsprinted as information and room indicate.dress will be: R,B. 1, Hathesay, New Brunswick.Our love to you and to all others ofthe Class of Twenty-fivers."From Maddox we hear from DorothyBaughman Saunders who says that slie hasbeen living most of the last 40 years insouthern Maryland. She tells, "At present,I am a social worker with the Welfare Boardmainly concerned with adoptions. My husband,walter, works on the Patuxent RiverNaval Air Station. He is also Lay Readerin charge of an Episcopal Parish at Wayside,Charles County."I have had six children. Is that a recordfor our class? (We think so and God blessyoul) My oldest son, Fred McWilliams, wasi!l during what would have been his collegeyears. He graduated from technicalschool and also works on the Naval Base inelectronics. Charles, who graduated fromJohns Hopkins, is a consultant in computerdesign. living near Philadelphia. Eliwbeth(McWilliams, '53) graduated from WesternMaryland and is now living in Baltimore.Tom. who graduated from Johns Hopkins,received his PhD. in Chemical Engineeringfrom the University of Maryland in 1964.He is now teaching at Old Dominion Collegein Norfolk, Virginia. So much forBatch One."Walter and I have a daughter, Florence,who graduated from Richmond ProfessionalInstitute. She is teaching at Mil!ersville,Anne Amndel County. She is now startingon her M.A. at Loyola. Our son, Walter, isnow in his last year at the U. S. Air ForceAcademy in Colorado. Although I have nothad time for writing that Creat AmericanNovel, there has never been a dull moment.Our chief recreation is our boat in whichwe hope to travel the Inland Waterway toFlorida. Except in appearance, I'm afraidthat I haven't changed much, being aboutas you remember me."Gertrude Jones Makosky took the "grandtour" this summer, visiting London, Copenhagen,Amsterdam, the Rhine Valley.Switzerland, Venice, Florence, Rome andParis. She traveled with Professor and Mrs.(WMC music department);Ccrald Colethey met Mr. and Mrs. (Kathleen Moore,'33) Raver in Venice and Dr. and Mrs.Robert Kersey (of music department) inLondon. Meanwhile husband Jolm Makoskystayed home and labored at the dean's deskin Elderdice Hall'94'Mrs. Stanley E. Skelton(Elinor Culligan)Larchwood Road3910Flllls Church, Virginia 22041News from far and near-California, From Van Nuys, William D.Burroughs, cx-'41, writes that he has beendistrict manager for the Jamison Cold StorageDoor Co. of Hagerstown since 1952. Heand his wife have a son Bruce, a senior atUCLA, and a daughter Debra, a freshmanat California Lutheran College. Bill has beenactive in the Kiwanis Club. He was presidentof the Rancho Park Club in 1959 andLt. Governor of Division I of the California-Nevada-Hawaii district in 1962.Closer to base, EliUlbeth Rankin Corbin,ex-'41, writes from Westminster that sheis one of five WMC graduates with twomore approaching college age. She has beenteaching and taking graduatekept busycourses as well as with family activities.Out of the Big Sky country, Kelsey andDoris Hess Milner live with their four children.Jean is a junior at University of Chicago;Kelsey is a sophomore at WashingtonState U.; Eric is a high school junior; andScott is in seventh grade. Doris loves thewilderness country and is a promoter of theBitterroot-Selway Wilderness near her Hamilton,Montana, home.West Virginia claims two of our members.RutlJ Mansberger Shearer is associate professorof education at Aldersoh-BroaddusCollege in Philippi, West Virginia. Her hus;band is president of the college. In September,1964, Ruth received her Ph.D. degreefrom Columbia University. To celebrate thisevent the Shearers traveled to Europe visitingall the countries from England to Austria.Our congratulations, Ruth.In Welch, West Virginia, you will BndJohn and Violet Younger Cook. John is onthe staff of Stevens Clinic/HospitaL Theirtwo girls Kathy and Peggy are cheerleadersfor their schools. They sing and play thepiano while their brother Terry plays theguitar. This surprises their non-musical parents.But Violet puts her many talents towork in PTA, medical Auxiliary, AAUW, andchurch activities. Last spring the Cookswere hosts to the Cherrys (Catherine Councell)of Ridgely. Catherine and her husbandhave two adopted children, Myron 10 andMartha 9.Last summer Jeannette Wigley Thomasand her family came east to see the World'sFair. They returned to their Rushville Mis,soon, home via Millersville where th;y visitedJeannette's family. While calling on hersister, Virginia Wigley Vogel, ex-'41 shesaw Anita Twigg Duvall who lives nearby,The oldest Thomas son is a junior at TarkioCollege and a daughter is a freshman atUniversityo£ Missouri.Such a nice long letter came from Hazelpogeseventeen