ALUMNAE SUPPLEMENT TO THE TWIG
Carolyn Allen, Cherryville. At
the present time I am teaching fifth
grade boys and girls in Cherryville;
however, in June I am planning to
be married to Bill Stamey. After
June I shall live in Miami, Florida.
Barbara Baucom, Raleigh. Since
graduating from Meredith, I have
been teaching the fourth grade at
Boylan Heights School of Raleigh.
I have twenty-nine children this
term—and do they keep me busy!
I am looking forward to seeing my
classmates and friends at Com
mencement.
Dae Steele Bullock (Mrs. Clar
ence A. Gillespie), Williamstown,
Massachusetts. My husband and I
are living in Williamstown, Massa
chusetts, where he is attending Wil
liams College. We are fortunate to
have a lovely apartment in Grey-
lock Hall, a dormitory for married
veterans that was featured in Life
Magazine several months ago. After
his graduation in September we
shall continue our college life at
the Harvard Graduate School of
Business. After surviving one New
England winter, this Southern girl
longs for a bit of Meredith sunshine.
Eloise Carlton, St. Cloud, Florida.
This is my second year of teaching
the second grade here. I like teach
ing very much, but I plan to enter
Southwestern Theological Seminary
in the fall of ’46 and go into reli
gious education work. I would just
love to see any of the Meredith
girls! , -
Mildred Colvard, Mt. Gilead. I
am teaching home economics in
the Mt. Gilead High School, Mt.
Gilead.
Elva L. Creech (Sgt.), Swanna-
noa. I joined the WAC Sept. 23,
1944, and received my basic train
ing at Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. From
there I was sent to Cp. Blanding,
Florida, for one month course in
psychiatric social work. I was trans
ferred to Moore General Hospital in
December, ’44, and have been here
for sixteen months. My work is
very interesting, and I feel that it
will be most beneficial to me all of
my life. I will be eligible for dis
charge in September (and the first
thing I plan to do is to go to Mere
dith for a visit).
Susan Crump, Wagram. After
working at the Laurinburg-Maxton
Base from the time of my gradua
tion, on January 1 of this year I
started work for two lawyers in
Laurinburg. The job is very in
teresting and consists solely of short
hand and typing.
Fannie Memory Farmer, Chapel
Hill. I am afraid that I am not go
ing to be able to be at commence
ment as I shall be having exams.
I have been in law school since
July, 1944, and I graduate from the
University of North Carolina Law
School this July. I take the bar
exam in August, and then I hope
to practice law in Raleigh.
Medeline Hall Latta, Richmond,
Virginia. I am in my senior year at
the Presbyterian Training School,
working towards a B.R.E. degree.
After graduation I will be located
here in Richmond as pastor’s secre
tary in the Westminster Presby
terian Church. There are several
Meredith girls in Richmond whom
I see frequently. I hope I can get
to reunion, but am not sure that
I can.
Cornell Brunt (Mrs. David W.
Harris), Charlotte. David and I
are happy to be back in North Caro
lina after spending five months in
California. Since his discharge
from the army we have been living
in Charlotte. My only regret of my
Meredith days is that I didn’t take
a course in cooking. 1 am looking
forward to seeing many classmates
at our reunion this year.
Oneta Holder, Fayetteville. At
the present time I’m teaching thirty-
eight boys and girls in the sixth
grade at Massey Hill School here
in Fayetteville. I’ve enjoyed my
work immensely, and I’ve realized
more than ever before that teach
ing is a great field for service. In
June I plan to marry Franklin
Morrison of Philadelphia. We plan
to make our home in Philadelphia.
Julia Hoover (Mrs. John S. Far
rar, Jr.), Louisville, Kentucky. I
am with my husband who finishes
the Seminary this year. Since leav
ing Meredith, I have taught school
in Louisville, Kentucky, and have
attended classes at the Seminary.
My plans now are to teach school
again next year while my husband
continues his studies.
Grace Johnson, Johnson City,
New York. Sorry I can’t enclose a
picture of the family—as yet that
is one of my fondest dreams. At
present I am holding forth as a dieti
tian at Wilson Memorial Hospital,
Johnson City, New York. Most of
my time is spent supervising daily
routines and trying to cope with the
headaches of food shortages in menu
planning. I hope to be at Meredith
for graduation this year.
Mary Elizabeth Johnson (Mrs.
Harold Thompson), Midland, Cali
fornia. Life in a mining camp is
far more interesting than you’d ex
pect. My husband is financial su
pervisor for the largest gypsum
plant in the world—that’s Midland.
Besides enjoying the sunshine of the
desert, I am busy keeping house,
editing the bi-weekly community
paper and running a county branch
library. I often think of Meredith
with love, and I thoroughly enjoy
the TWIG.
Helen Knott, Wendell. There is
nothing that makes life as exciting
as incessant streams of activity, and
I am really having the time of my
life with fifty adolescent boys and
girls all my own for eight hours a
day. I do know that they are the
cutest and sweetest children to be
found anywhere, and if they are not
the most accomplished, they are
regular “quiz kids.” They never
cease to quiz me “Why?” and
“How?” Recently perplexed little
golden-haired Patty quizzed, “Miss
Knott, how many ten command
ments are there?” Several of my
girls want to go to Meredith. I do
hope they may go and learn to lovp
Her as I do!
Ann Ray Kramer, New Haven,
Connecticut. I have no charming
snapshots of “family, friends, or ac
tivities,” but I am interested in see
ing the forthcoming Alumnae Sup
plement to the TWIG. For over a
year now I’ve been here at Yale
learning the best Yankee methods
of spreading health and sunshine—
but I like it in spite of how I may
sound to the contrary! However,
the gleam that comes to my eye
(or eyes) is not from sober thoughts
of Nightingale and her deadly
lampshade but from thinking about
seeing so many Meredith friends
at Commencement! I forgot to say
simply that I get my Master of Nurs
ing degree in January, 1947.
Annie Mary Matthews (Mrs. E. B.
Luke), Schenectady, New York. For
the first time in five months of mar
ried life, I am keeping house. Just
three days ago Ed and I moved into
this apartment here in Schenectady.
Ed is working for General Electric,
and we’ve been here for about two
weeks. Before that we were in
Charlotte, for two and a half
months. There our housing con
sisted of a room in a tourist home!
Ed got home from three years in
the Pacific in November.
Betty Rose Prevatte, Henderson.
For the two years that I have been
away from Meredith, I have divided
my time between Lumberton and
Henderson, and my career as a
music teacher is now in its second
year. Henderson is conveniently
close to Raleigh, but I don’t get to
Meredith nearly as much as I would
like. However, Commencement this
year is going to be a real treat for
me to see all the Class of ’44 back
again, and also to see our “Little
Sister” graduate.
Ruth Rautenstrauch (Mrs. Robert
F.), Raleigh. I’m now working as a
Vocational Appraiser with the Vet
erans Guidance Center at North
Carolina State College. Also I am
doing graduate work at State in
Occupational Information and Guid
ance.
June Baker Rawlins (Mrs.), Bal
timore, Maryland. It is good to read
the TWIG, and I want to say that
I am living happily at 21 Shady
Nook Avenue in Baltimore with my
husband, who has just received his
M.D. and is now interning.
Rosalinda Sanella, Wilmington.
This is my second year in Wilming
ton. The first year after graduation
I taught public school music in this
city and also held an organ position
in one of the Baptist Churches. In
the afternoons after school I taught
piano to several students. This year
I am an associate piano teacher with
one of the known teachers in Wil
mington. I enjoy this work much
better than teaching in the public
schools, and I should teach in the
same place next year if my plans
didn’t call for another career—
marriage.
Mary Margaret Silver (Mrs. Lin-
wood Peterson), Enloe, Texas. Be
ing way out here in Texas, I always
look forward to the news the TWIG
brings. I especially enjoy the Alum
nae Supplement. My husband and
I came out here to continue his
work here in a small church. We
are enjoying our work in the church
very much, but we are looking for
ward to entering school again in
September.
Olene Sinclair, Louisville, Ken
tucky. On May 2 another sheepskin
came my way—in the form of Mas
ter of Religious Education from the
W.M.U. Training School in Louis
ville. Now after a month of teach
ing in Florida Bible Schools and
attending the Southern Baptist Con
vention, plus a trip to Cuba, I plan
to assist, for the fifth summer, in
North Carolina State Sunday School
fieldwork with rural churches and
attend Southwide Sunday School
Week at Ridgecrest. On August 1
my full-time work starts as Associa-
tional Fieldworker in South Fork
; Association with my home in New-
I ton.
I Etta Taylor, Burlington. Since I
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
The library has received
gifts recently from the follow
ing friends of the Library:
Mrs. T. M. (Elizabeth Briggs)
Pittman, Mr. S. G. Riley, and
the Chapel Hill Chapter of
Meredith Alumnae.
Anne C. Poteat, ’38, of Meredith Col
lege and Lewisburg. Pennsylvania, and
Mr. Rabon Rose, on April 22. At home.
Austin, Texas, after June 15.
Alva Brown, ex-’41, of Belcross, and
Mr. Thomas Milton Noblitt, on May 4. At
home. Cobool, Mo.
Rowena Daniel, ’42, of Langley Field,
and Henderson, and Mr. John V. Becker,
on May 4. At home, Langley Field, Vir
ginia. „ „
Polly Wall, ’42, of Washington. D. C.,
and Mr. John Wesley Sternberg, on April
5. At home, Washington.
Jane Allen Butler, ex-’43, of Cherryville,
and Lt. Blaine A. Dellinger, on March 30.
At home, Jacksonville, Fla.
Veronica Britt, ’45, of Clarkton, and
Mr. Worth Warner, on April At
home, Lumberton.
Hattie Ward, ’45 of Willlamston, and
Ensign William Harold Meyer, on March
22. At home. New London, Conn.
Ethel Chiffelle, ex-’46, of Slatersville,
R. I., and Mr. Harry Conyers Patterson, on
March 23. At home, Philadelphia, Penn
sylvania.
Jean Godwin, ex-’47, of Dunn, and Dr.
G. A. Lazenby, Jr., on March 21. At
home, Statesville.
d^ijituarp
We regret the lost of Mary Shields, stu
dent in the College from 1917 to 1920, who
passed away at her home in Scotland
Neck, on April 2. We extend deepest
sympathy to her sister, Katherine Shields
Whitehead (Mrs. J. L.), ’26, of Washing
ton, other members of her family, and
friends.
Born to:
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Carson (Carolyn
Aydlett, ’38), of Rutherfordton, a daugh
ter, Mary Sloan, on September 30.
Rev. and Mrs. Ernest Russell (Dorothy
Crutchfield, ’36), of Louisville, Ky., a
daughter, Elizabeth Dowd, on March 5.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Lewis (Kathleen
Goodwin, ’31), of Raleigh, a son, James
Michael, on April 6.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Edward Young
(Laura Frances Peck, ’45), of Norwood, a
son, Robert Edward, Jr., on April 9.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Stamey (Frances
James, ’40), of Raleigh, a son, Robert
Wayne, on April 10.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Wesley Barnhill (Un
dine Weeks, ’35), of Enfield, a son, Larry
Jonathan, on April 13.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Pridgen, Jr.
(Mary Frances Cooper, ’42), of Raleigh, a
daughter, Pamela Jean, on April 27.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Nelson, Jr., of
Raleigh, a son, Marvin Thomas, on April
11. Mrs. Nelson will be remembered as
Miss Polly Baise, secretary to the bursar,
1941-1944.
was graduated in January, 1944, I
have been “case-working” in Ala
mance County, and have liked it so
well that my plans for graduate
work have not yet materialized. I
live in Burlington, and commute
daily to Graham for work. My
status is still very single, and I’ll
be happy about it for a while yet!
Helen Warren Jackson (Mrs. C.
Devane), Newton. After gradua
tion, I was Home Service Repre
sentative with the Carolina Power
& Light Company until my hus
band’s return to the States last No
vember. Since the first of the year,
we’ve been living in Newton where
Devane is going through a training
period with the Burlington Mills,
and I’m attending business school.
My housekeeping duties consist of
keeping one room clean; and as for
meal planning—I read a menu three
times a day. (If anyone knows the
secret of finding a house or an
apartment, please let us in on it).
Am looking forward to seeing Mere
dith friends at graduation.
Margaret Webb (Mrs. Samuel
Wilson), Greensboro. Just at pres
ent I am enjoying the fact that my
husband is home from the Philip
pines and out of the army. We are
marking time until June when we
will go to Chapel Hill, if we can
find a place to hang our hats. My
husband will enter the University
there. I am looking forward to
Commencement and our reunion.
Ann Carolyn White, Chicago,
Illinois. I am sorry that I shall not
be able to return for the class re
union this year. I am still in school,
and the term does not coincide with
that at Meredith. I received my
Master’s in s ociology at Cornell
University last February. Since Oc
tober I have been continuing my
studies at the University of Chicago.
It looks as though I shall be in
school for some time. I extend
greetings to my class.
Mary Elizabeth Wrenn, Louis
ville, Kentucky. In May, I com
pleted my first year of study at the
Woman’s Missionary Union Train
ing School in Louisville. I am work
ing toward the degree of Master of
Religious Education. This summer
I shall be working as educational
director in Northside Baptist
Church, Richmond, Virginia. In the
fall I expect to return to the Train
ing School. There are so many
Meredith girls here, that it seems
almost like a “branch office” of
Meredith.
Nathalie Woodward, Raleigh. My
two years away from Meredith
have been full years, but I don’t
believe an account of my activi
ties will make very interesting
reading. For the most part, my
time was spent at the University of
Maryland doing graduate work in
sociology. After finishing there, I
taught school for two months.
Thinking I had made enough money
Mabel Spencer Warren (Mrs. Albert), of
Roxboro, student in the College 1905-1906,
passed away on April 27. We regret her
loss, and extend deepest sympathy to her
family and friends.
We extend deepest sympathy to:
Annie Dove Denmark, ’08, president of
Anderson College, Anderson, S. C., in the
passing of her brother. E. C. Denmark, at
his home in Goldsboro, on March 23.
Mattie Stinson Swarlien (Mrs. Oscar
Earle), ’38, of Takoma Park, Md., in the
passing of her father, J. B. Stinson, at his
home in Goldston, on March 28.
Ada Canady McMillan (Mrs. Ada B.),
ex-’20, of Parkton; Pearl Canady Mc
Gowan ^Mrs. F. W.), ’27, of Kenansville,
and Ethel Canady, ex-’28, of Hope Mills,
,in the passing of their father, David
Murphy Canady, on March 31.
Margaret Denmark, ex-’39, of Durham,
in the passing of her father, Joe Denmark,
at his home in Goldsboro, on April 6.
Elizabeth Parker Reynolds (Mrs, G. D.
B. ), ’02, of Albemarle, in the passing of
her husband, George D. B. Reynolds, on
April 9.
Sarah Briggs, ’31, Academic Dean,
Penn Hall Junior College, Chambersburg,
Pennsylvania, and Eliza Briggs Culberson
(Mrs. George R.), ’34, of Raleigh, in the
passing of their mother, Mrs. Willis G.
Briggs, at her home in Raleigh, on April
11.
Nancy Britt Hampton (Mrs. M. O.), ’31,
of Asheville; Nancy Britt Hughes (Mrs.
E. R.), ’31, and Helen Britt Cauthern, ex-
’33, of Raleigh, in the passing of their
father, Charles S. Britt, on April 26.
Garnett Eighme Seifert (Mrs. Chas.
Wm.), ’35, of Salem Depot, New Hamp
shire, and Helen Eighme Asbury (Mrs.
Louis H., Jr.), of Charlotte, in the passing
of their father, Frank Eighme, at his home
in Raleigh, on April 27.
Patsy McLawhorn, ex-’46, of Winter-
ville, in the passing of her mother, Mrs.
Janie T. McLawhorn, on April 27.
CHAPTER ACTIVITIES
(Continued from preceding page)
Craven County Chapter
The Craven County Chapter met
on April 17 with Ida Cahoon Saw
yer in New Bern. In the absence
of the president, Mary Davenport
Anderson presided. There was a
special discussion of commencement
plans and alumnae were urged to
attend. The group will meet in
May with Louise Turlington May
nard.
Henderson Chapter
The Henderson Chapter enter
tained the junior and senior girls of
the high schools in Vance County at
a social gathering on the evening of
April 1 at the home of Ada Shearin
Parker. Special guests appearing on
the program for the evening were
a group of girls from the College
who told about campus life and pre
sented a musical program. The stu
dents were accompanied by Mae
Grimmer and lone Kemp Knight.
Meredith colors of maroon and
white were used in the table decora
tions and refreshments. Assisting
Mrs. Parker with hospitalities were
Mattie Macon Norman Gardner,
Essie Daniel Dennis, Marie Fleming
Collins, Carolyn Duke, Betty Rose
Prevatte, Elma Massee Dale, Rugh
Sherman Garrett, Belle Greenway
Parham, Sarah Conyers Patterson,
Ellen Trogden, and Mabel Oldham
Young. Approximately forty high
school students were present.
Greensboro Chapter
The Greensboro Chapter held a
spring meeting on March 30 at the
home of Netta O. Liles Martin. Co
hostesses were Bessie Lee Moss
Yates and Helen Oldham Hayes.
The program was another in the
series on Russia, and the guest
speaker was Mrs. Lillian Parker
Wallace, assistant professor of his
tory at the College. Mrs. Wallace
traced the rapid development of
Russia as a background for the cur
rent situation and discussed the im
portance of Russia’s position in the
future plans for world peace. She
was introduced by one of her former
students, Lottie Belle Myers Stan
ley. During the business session the
chapter decided to present an album
of phonograph records to the public
library in honor of Dr. J. T. J. Bat
tle, a late citizen of Greensboro and
benefactor of Meredith. After the
meeting a social hour was enjoyed
by the nineteen members and spe
cial guests present.
The May meeting of the Chapter
will be held on the eighteenth of
this month at the home of Leitha
Lancaster Holt. As the final topic
in the study of Russia, a discussion
of Russian music will comprise the
program. The guest speaker will be
Mrs. Marc Friedlaender, an au
thority on Russian life. Serving as
co-hostesses will be Mary Shelton
Yarboro and Alma Dorset! Seawell.
Rocky Mount Chapter
The Rocky Mount Chapter was
reorganized at a meeting on Found
ers’ Day. Officers elected were Mary
C. Shearin Waters, president;
Esther Creech Gibson, vice-presi
dent; Elizabeth Coleman, secretary
treasurer; Ruth Tripp Butler, re
porter; and Ruth Privott Bell, pro
gram chairman. Plans were made
for the first group activity, a social
honoring the high school senior
girls.
to retire, I stopped, only to find that
I was sadly mistaken. May finds
rne working again at North Caro
lina State College. I am engaged in
social research in Greene County
temporarily, but in July, I shall be
among the unemployed again.
Wake County Chapter
The Wake County Chapter held a
dinner meeting on Tuesday, April
9, at the S & W Cafeteria -with
Martha Medlin Wardlaw presiding.
Miss Julia Harris, professor of Eng
lish at the College, spoke to the
group on “Thought Idiom in Litera
ture.” She was introduced by Mar
garet Craig Martin. In a business
session which followed Catherine
Wyatt was elected vice-president of
the chapter for a two-year term.
Approximately fifty alumnae were
in attendance.
Charlotte Chapter
The Charlotte Chapter reports a
meeting on March 12 at the home of
Beth Carroll Taylor. The last meet
ing of the chapter will be a picnic
on May 28 at “Scaly Bark,” the
country home of Mattie Jenkins
Henderson. Honor guest for the
occasion will be Catherine Hurley
Ruff, who is moving from Charlotte
in June. New officers will be elected
at that time.
ALUMNAE DAY ACTIVITIES
(Continued from preceding page)
mediately after the morning meet
ing of the Association. Madge Dan
iels Barber, ’20, of Ardmore, Penn
sylvania, will be toastmaster for the
occasion, and various presentations
and citations will be made during
the luncheon. Elizabeth Hostetler
Ponton, chairman of the reunion
classes, will be in charge of a special
feature, the recognition of those
classes which have made active
membership quotas. She reports in
creased interest among the reunion
groups.
Anne Simms Haskins, chairman
of the committee on arrangements
for the luncheon, reports that defi
nite plans have been made but that
the decorative scheme will not be
publicized in advance. Assisting her
with the arrangements are the fol
lowing committee members: Elea
nor Layfleld Smith, Martha Ruth
Kendall Murray, Stuart Weather-
spoon Upchurch, Gaynelle Hinton
Cooper, Virgie Egerton Simms, and
Margaret Craig Martin.
Alumnae headquarters will be
set up in the rotunda, where Lulie
Marshall Wyatt and Catherine
Wyatt, co-chairmen of the hospi
tality committee, will be in charge
of welcoming and registration. The
class dolls will again be on display.
FUND CHAIRMAN REPORTS
(Continued from preceding page)
com, Sonora Bland Benthall, Vir
ginia Branch, Elise Matthews
Bridger, Helen Moring Briggs,
Amelia Weathers Broughton, Mar
garet Broughton, Alice Bryan,
Julia Rosy Bryan, Pearl Williams
Buffaloe, Billie Bullard, Elizabeth
M. Burchard, ’45, Lorraine Sawyer
Burgess, Anne McCanless Butler,
Grace Moore Byrd, Annabel Brid
ger Caldwell, Louise Helsabeck
Campbell, Mary Pruette Carroll,
Annette Donavant Coltrane, Mar
garet Lassiter Conner, Sybil Smith
Cooper, Eleanor Covington, Lena
Covington, Gladys Cox, Bertha
Langston Creech, Annie Gibson
Crews, Esther McNeill Crump,
Jeannette Current, Gladys Currin.
Genie Thomas Davenport, Cor-
rine Gordan Davis, Zelma Hocutt
Dawson, Mary Lily Duncan, Jewell
Askew Edwards, Eunice Benton
Freeman, Lidie Penton Freeman,
Emily Boyd Garrison, Bess Wood-
house Gibson, Bessie Futrell Goode,
Nellie Olive Goodwin, Hazel Grady,
’45, Bonnie Lee Fox Grimsley,
Lorene Woody Hammett, Capt.
Eleanor G. Harrell, Frances Batch
elor Harris, Agnes Johnson Helsa
beck, Mattie Jenkins Henderson,
Virginia Crawford Henderson, ’31,
Life Member, Maysie Hendren,
Lula Belle Highsmith, Isabel Ross
Hines, Lucy Sanders Hood, Mabel
Andrews House, Josephine Phil
lips Hunter, Bessie Mull Jackson,
Belle Tyner Johnson, Kitty Poole
Johnson, Mary Lee Sears Johnston,
Flora Mae Cavenaugh Jones, Pau-
lyne Stroud Jones, Ruth Owen
Jones, Tura Thompson Jones, Anna
Kitchin Josey.
Mary Sullivan Kelley, Elizabeth
Culiom Kelly, Jessamine Poole
Lane, Elizabeth Johnson Lassiter,
Ruth Sample Lowery, Mary McCul-
lers, Emily Biggs McDowell, Emily
Huntley McKinnon, Margaret Lee
Liles McSwain, Margaret Martin
Clyde Parrish Mason, Ada Bright
Mims, Mary N. Moore, Rosetta Pur
vis Muchemore, Nancy Nuckols
Kate Gardner Nun, Maebelle Burk
ett Outlaw, Sadie R. Outlaw, Gladys
Blaylock Page, Maurine Winfree
Patterson, Kate Ford Peele, Antoin-
nette Charles Peterson, Sallie Josey
Phillips, Cora Tyner Pitman, Caro
lyn Peacock Poole, Gertrude Bostic
Pope, Margaret Haywood Powers
Fannie Powell Rand, June Baker
Rawlins, Kathleen Durham Reaves
Eleanor Hunt Reynolds, Elizabeth
Parker Reynolds, Susan Wall Rey
nolds, Fannie Turlington Royal
Katherine Thiem Ruffner. ’
Louise Sanderson, ’45, Edna Mar
tin Scarborough, Sarah Pope
Schoop, Ann Early Sermons Marv
Powell Josey Temple, Mrs. J. Clyde
Turner, honorary, Beulah Rowland
VanSant Louise Powell Varnedoe
Lillian Young Weathers, Bertha
Allen Wilder, Mary Shelton Yar
Middleton Hussey,
Alberta Atkinson McNeill, Blanch^e
Burke Satterfield.