Ellis C. Dwyer
taught math and coached at Chester High from 1935 to 1942 then at Radner from 1942 to 1974. He has 10 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. His oldest grandchild is a medical doctor.
Al Gardiner
writes that his wife, Mildred, died on December 19, 1998. Mildred often accompanied her husband to Reunion weekends and enjoyed her visits to campus.
1937
Robert B. White
is still going strong, putting in 25 miles a week on a treadmill and an exercycle at a cardiac rehabilitation center in Salisbury, MD. He sees classmate Charles Berry ’36 occasionally while out shopping. His family is in great shape with two married children, three married grandchildren and four great grandchildren. He and his wife Evelyn have a grand time traveling. Robert will be 82 in February.
1938
Charles Benham
writes, “After a decade and a half of busy but enjoyable retirement, it was wonderful to say hello again to many classmates at our 60th reunion. And here’s another hello to those who couldn’t make it.”
Margaret Walters Carroll
and her husband, William, enjoyed the class of ’38’s 60th reunion and the rededication of William Smith Hall.
Bill Doering
celebrated his 84th birthday by passing a host of physical exams with good marks.
Leon D. Horowitz
enjoyed a happy 60th reunion
1939
Dr. George M. Eisentrout
has been elected president of the Washington State Retired Teachers Association. He will assume the presidency of this 16,000-member association in June 1999. In 1979 George completed 31 years of teaching and administrative work in Washington’s schools plus two years in Delaware schools. He spent five years in the military during World War II.
Bernice Smith Holsinger
writes, “I hope more of the Class of ’39 will be back for our 60th reunion than were there for our 50th! Jean Richardson Davis ’39 and I were the only gals among a handful of the fellows.”
Clarence L. Kibler
and his wife, Mary, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on October 25, 1998.
1940
Robert L. Everett
and his wife, Eve, celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary on August 18, 1998. They have two children, Robert L. and Martha Lynn. Both are teachers in Smyrna, DE, schools.
1942
Robert Carter
reports he is “still healthy, busy, happy!”
Henry F. Maguire, MD
writes that son Michael is practicing pediatric orthopedics in Ventura, CA, and that he and wife, Kath, had an interesting river boat trip to Russia last year.
1946
Elizabeth (Betty) Blackway Ruff
“had a wonderful trip west this
1947
Pat Bacon Gressitt
said he “didn’t realize how much fun reunions could be until I listened to the tall tales told to my daughter Lyell by friends who remembered ex-pilots that I’d deleted from my memory bank. Hope to make it in ’99.”
1949
Our 50th Reunion goal is a 50% increase in class donations to the WC Fund.
1951
Robert O. Johnson
and his wife, Iola, ’52 live in River Bend, NC, just off Route 17, the Ocean Highway. “Babe” invites anyone going north or south, “please call and drop by and say hello. Our number is (252) 637-9430.”
James R. Trader
writes “I’m still doing research on the Traders in America for a book I hope to publish. I served four years as president, and currently am vice president, of the Coalition to Protect Maryland Burial Sites, Inc., an organization dedicated to the protection and preservation in human burial sites threatened daily with destruction. As part of this work I have recorded the location of 625 burial sites in Wicomico and Worcester counties. Regards to all my classmates and friends.”
1953
Stephen J. MacHale, Jr.
says he’s still enjoying the good life in retirement, golfing only on days that end in ‘y.’
1954
Our 45th Reunion goal is 45 Class donors to the WC Fund. We need 14 new donors!
Robert Lipsitz
was inducted into the Washington College Hall of Fame on October 3, 1998.
