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ALUMNAE SUPPLEMENT TO THE TWIG Officers, Trustees and Chairmen OFFICERS Mrs. R. Bruce Wilkins (Marguerite Mason), Durham ...President Mrs. C. T. Council, Jr. (Mataline Nye), Durham ...Vice President Mrs. M. E. Mitchell (Rachel Lovelace), Canton (Ashe ville Division), Vice President Mrs. Henry Lowrance (Martha Davis), Winston-Salem (Charlotte Division) Vice President Mrs. J. Carroll Abbott (Annie Sarah Barkwell, Elizabeth City (Elizabeth City Division) Vice President Mrs. E. M. Stanley (Lottie Belle Myers), Greensboro (Greensboro Division) ...Vice President Mrs. J. Sebron Royal (Fannie Turlington), Clinton (Wilmington Division) Vice President Mrs. Rand Bryan (Clarice Holder), Garner....Recording Secretary Mae Grimmer, Meredith College Executive Secretary and Treasurer Mrs. W. W. Parker (Ada Shearin), Henderson \ Alumnae-at- Mrs. J. M. Cheek (Maude Wall), Durham ( Large Lt. Betty Brown MacMillan, Washington, D. C. ....Commencement Speaker TRUSTEES Mrs. J. Wilbur Bunn (Maude Davis, ’10), Raleigh. Mrs. S. Justus Everett (Mar garet Shields, ’02), Greenville. Mrs. J. S. Farmer (Foy John son, ’07), Raleigh. Mrs. Walter Clark (Buna Law rence, ex-’20), Asheville. Mrs. C. Gordon Maddrey (Ma bel Claire Hoggard, ’28), Ahos- kie. Mrs. R. C. Josey, Jr., (Anna Kitchin, ex-’lO), Scotland Neck. Mrs. Cooper E. Taylor (Beth Carroll, ’22 ), Charlotte. CHAIRMEN Coupon and Magazine—Mrs. J. M. Cheek (Maude Wall, ’10), Durham. Editor of Supplement to Twig —Norma Rose, ’36, Meredith College. Friends of the L i b r a r y— Louise MacMillan, ex-’33, Thomasville. Hospitality—Mrs. W. L. Wyatt (Lulie Marshall, ’08); Catherine Wyatt, ’42, Raleigh. Ida Poteat Loan Fund—Mary Yarbrough, ’26, Meredith Col lege. Loyalty Fund—Mrs. Zeno ; Martin ( Margaret Craig, ’30), Raleigh. Nominatin g—Mrs. P. Y. Green (Melba Hunt, ’33), Bur lington. Obituary—Mrs. D. A. Rawley (Sarah Cooke, ’29), High Point. Reunion Classes— Social—Mrs. Albert L. Has kins, Jr., (Anne Simms, ’31), Raleigh. REUNION CLASS NOTES : 1933 Pat Ahernethy, Overseas— “I’m listed as Directing Hostess for the Theatre. ... As to my job itself, I am responsible to the Chief of Special Services ... on matters of policy and personnel pertaining to army hostesses. ... I have done such things as help write a theatre policy for Hostesses, to be published soon by U.S.F.E.T. Hq. I have written job descriptions for civilian per sonnel in setting up the program over here. I have interviewed newly arriving hostesses from the states, and then decided where to assign them. I’ve had to send a couple of misfits home. I’ve gone to specific spots where the hostesses have hit snags in the operation of the clubs to try to help them iron them out. I’ve figured budgets for Service Clubs for the 'Theatre for the next fiscal year. I’ve planned and conducted a conference of command hostesses. I’ve in spected areas that Special Serv ice officers wanted to deveiop into recreational areas and of fered suggestions. According to the Theatre Directive, I’m sup posed to consult with local Special Service officers on mat ters concerning the hostesses and Service Clubs, and I am charged with the responsibility of seeing that hostesses are prop erly utilized.—What it really boils down to, I guess you might say, is a job of policy making, personnel management, and trouble shooting. . . . It’s a new job on this sort of work, and there is no rule book to go by, but we’re working it out.’’ Jennie Ballard (Mrs. J. C. Gil lespie), Reidsville. “My days are not very exciting, but to cook, eat, and sleep when I get ready is to me rather nice. Be tween these activities, I enjoy a new experience, working with the children and young people in our country church. I teach W.M.U. study courses here and there. I am group leader of the Reidsville Division of the W.M.U. of our association. I never know when I awake whether it is to be a wedding, a funeral, or a good country dinner. So you can judge that I am still young enough to go, to have my own teeth, and to enjoy them.” Josephine Broadwell (Mrs. A. L. Butler), Clinton. “I live in Clinton. My husband is a lawyer. As to my activities, I am kept busy in the house and with civic activities. I am president of the Woman’s Club this year.” Evelyn Byrd, Charlotte. “To you who are married with days full of family cares, meal plan ning, and clubbing, ‘my day’ with pipettes, test tubes, and blood, might seem far away and most uninteresting. I love it, however! After two years of teaching in N. C., one year of studying for a M.'T., I landed in Danville, Virginia for a stay of seven delightful years in private practice. A year for hospital work brought me last May to Memorial Hospital, Charlotte, where I have supervision of the Blood Chemistry Department and the training of student tech nicians, who in time drift through this department. Can’t get away from ‘some’ teaching, it seems! Though my work is mostly bio-chemistry, one night ‘on call’ will keep me from get ting rusty!” Annette Donavant (Mrs. Wm. Coltrane), Greensboro. I—and my family, husband and six year old daughter—are back in the home town, Greensboro. In ad dition to keeping house, I am Director of the USO-Travelers Aid. These are full-time jobs, but I am hoping that I can break away long enough to enjoy re union at Meredith.” Helen Dozier (Mrs. Timothy Pietsch), Turlock, Cal. “I am ashamed that I have not been able to comply with all the re quests from Meredith, but I ap preciate being remembered and hearing about our friends. I can pray for you even though I can’t write as I would like to. We pray that there may be many missionaries coming from Mere dith. I have been here in Cali fornia with the children while Tim was in the army, but how thankful we are that he is back and out of the army. We are busy getting ready to go back to Japan at the earliest possible date. Tim is away now doing deputation work and trying to interest many in missions and get new missionaries. We go with him whenever possible. . . . Remember me to friends.” Annie Miles Harris (Mrs. C. S. Wester), Raleigh. “I am living in Raleigh, B 103 Boylan Apart ment. I have one child, Carl Harris Wester, age four.” Elizabeth Harris, Seaboard. “For the past two years I have been working in the bank here and am finding the work and being at home most enjoyable. Up until that time I had taught seventh grade in Weldon since my graduation. My time is filled with typical small town activi ties. I hope to attend commence ment this year and see many of you.” Sue Hord (Mrs. George W. Moss), Kings Mountain. “I really lead a double life—mother of two and school teacher to forty- two (8th grade). I stay busy, but always take time to read the Twig. My two daughters aspire to go to Meredith some day. It was grand to visit Mere dith during the Convention last November.” Eleanor Hunt (Mrs. R. D. Reynolds), Navy Yard, S. C. “Keeping house for and feeding a busy husband, fifteen piano pupils, and my church activities keep me well occupied the larg est part of my time. But I do think of Meredith very often and remember very pleasantly my four years there.” Melba Hunt (Mrs. P. Y. Greene), Burlington. “After graduating from Meredith I re ceived my Master’s Degree at Duke University, and my ‘doc tor’—Phares Y. Greene. We are living in Burlington, where he is practicing medicine. We do not have any children, but pos sess some lovely pieces of an tique furniture.” Martha Mull (Mrs. M. V. Par rish), Spring Hope. “I have been living here for quite a few years where my husband has been principal of the school. Meredith has some of our grad uates each year. My son and daughter, together with other home duties, keep me busy.” Mary Louise Smith (Mrs. J. W. Mason), Burlington. “Since graduating from Meredith I have lived in Burlington. . . . Keeping house, looking after my son, Douglas, who is in the first grade this year, and my three and a half year old daughter, Rita Louise, and traveling some with my traveling husband is about the extent of my activities. . . . I look forward to the Twig and enjoy every word of it.” Mary C. Shearin (Mrs. Wm. D. Waters), Rocky Mount. “I’m happy to be back in Rocky Mount again and most happy to have my third baby—a girl. I hope she’ll be a future Meredith REUNION CLASS LOYALTY FUND CHAIRMEN 1906—Essie Morgan Poteat (Mrs. Hubert), Wake Forest. 1911— Lila Stone Seymour (Mrs. A. T.), Apex. 1912— Elizabeth Bass Bab- ington (Mrs. R. K.), At lanta, Ga. 1913 — Lucy Grindstaff Howell (Mrs. Ralph W.), Asheville. 1914—Minnie Farrior, Ra leigh. 1921 — Jeannette Biggs, Knoxville, Tenn. 1930 — Sarah Cummings Harned (Mrs. F. F.), South Orange, N. J. 1931 — Vernona West, Mount Airy. 1932 — Clarice Holder Bryan (Mrs. Rand), Gar ner. 1933 — Elizabeth Harris, Seaboard. 1936 — Lucille Parker Guthrie (Mrs. C. H.), Beaufort. 1944—Richie Harris, Lin- colnton. Student Magazine Featnres Interesting Alumnae Careers Of interest to alumnae, as well as students, is a feature recently added to the Acorn, literary magazine published by the stu- ^ dents of the College. 'The editor,; Mary Jo Clayton of Millersville, j Md., introducing the new fea ture, wrote as follows: Thinking that present Mere-, dith girls would perhaps be in-1 terested in the pursuits of past! gradautes of the school, the Aconi this issue is beginning what might be called a Careers and Axlumnae Department. We hope that this feature will help to strengthen the feeling of con tinuity and common interest be tween past and present Meredith girls, and to arouse students to the varied possibilities for life after college. Advance plans called for articles on such people as a taxi dermist, a radio columnist, a novelist, a playwright, a church' organist, a laboratory techni- j cian, a nurse, and a Red Cross! Worker. Two of these have ap peared to date. I The November issue of the i Acorn carried an interesting and informative article on Roxie Collie Simpson, ’32, taxidermist in the United States National Museum in Washington, D. C. Mary Jo Clayton gathered the material for the article from an interview with Mrs. Simpson, | whose work is especially con-, cerned with the bird exhibits in | the National History Branch of the Smithsonian Institute. The article recounts in some detail several processes in use at the museum and some of the prob lems with which the taxidermist is faced. Scattered throughout are amusing anecdotes furnished by Mrs. Simpson from her ex periences with such “friends” as a small python and a pet rac coon. Mrs. Simpson’s own career is sketched from the time when, as a child, she spent all her time in the out-of-doors with birds, flowers, and animals. Following up this love of nature, she took at Meredith a major in general science with a minor in mathe matics. After graduation, she began at once her five year ap prenticeship in taxidermy under the Director of the North Caro lina State Museum. While working there, she continued her study of the natural history of this state. Three summers she spent at the United States Fisheries Stations at Beaufort, N. C., studying marine inverte brates, marine fishes, and shore- birds. In 1937 she was appointed taxidermist and preparator at the N. C. State Museum and in that capacity she prepared small mammals, birds, and fish for ex hibit, cared for the collection of birds and mammals, and identi fied many zoological specimen received. In June 1944, she re signed this position to accept the work in Washington, where she is now engaged primarily in re modeling old bird skins. In the December issue of the Acorn Mary Jo had an article on Margaret Arlen of Radio Sta tion WABC, New York City. Margaret Arlen is the radio name of Margaret Hines Early, 1936 graduate of Meredith, who has served for the last two years as a popular women’s commen tator for a fifteen minute pro gram, every morning Monday through Friday, at 8:45 from WABC. After graduating from Mere dith, Miss Arlen engaged in teaching, social science work, writing, and editing before she finally brought such experiences as a background for her authori tative comments to her radio audience. She began her radio Granddaughter. I’m looking forward to seeing many old friends at our reunion. Please all members of the Class of ’33 be there.” Margaret Arlen career as director of women’s ac tivities at WGBR, Goldsboro, N. C., later served on the staff of WPTF, Raleigh, N. C., and was for a time program director of WRAL, Raleigh, before going to the WABC staff in New York. The article on Miss Arlen’s success in her field gives an ac count of her work for the war program and morale. For Christ mas 1943 and 1944 she con ducted through her daily broad cast drives for gifts and cheer for soldiers and WACS at the New York Port of Embarkation, the Thomas General Hospital, the Negro troops at (5amp Shanks, and the patients at Camp Shanks Hospital. From these two drives she realized 34,- 850 gifts and over $500 in cash. She issued also a request for Easter eggs for the 'Travelers Aid-USO centers at the Grand Central and the Pennsylvania Stations in New York City and conducted an intensive ten-day recruiting campaign for the Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Com pany .of the WAC last February. At the conclusion of the latter drive she was host to the broad cast ceremony last March at which approximately five hun dred recruits were inducted into the company. Other war work has included drives for recrea tional equipment and for stamps for wounded veterans who are interested in stamp-collecting as a hobby. Last October her cam paign for stamps netted over two million domestic and foreign is sues for distribution among seventy-four hospitals. In a recent nationwide broad cast Miss Arlen interviewed another Meredith alumna, Katherine Stinson, of Washing ton, D. C., who is now serving as aeronautical engineer in the C.A.A. Alumnae will await with in terest future articles in this series and join with the present student body in wishing “to strengthen the feeling of con tinuity and common interest be tween past and present Meredith " girls.” The Brotherly Love (Pennsyl vania ) out - of - state chapter leads in the coupon project, having sent in a count of 962 coupons. Elizabeth City, Durham, and Wake County are vying for cou pon leadership among chapters in the state. The coupon goal is one mil lion! The number collected to date is 438,721. The return in dollars and cents is $4.00 per thousand. The Brotherly Love Chapter has met its magazine quota. The Wake County Chapter lacks nine only of meeting its quota of fifty magazine sub scriptions. Groups have begun making plans for “interesting high school students in Meredith.” Among them are Ahoskie, Bur lington, Durham, Enfield, Hend erson, and Lillington.
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