Office of Alumni Relations
Susquehanna University
514 University Avenue
Selinsgrove, PA 17870-1164
Fax: 570-372-2777
E-mail: swartzj@susqu.edu
Material received on campus by January 1, 2005 will be included in the winter issue.
| 1935
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| 70th Reunion
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Class Reporter:
Alfarata Stamets
3302 Cloverfield Road
Wedgewood Hills
Harrisburg, PA 17109
Robert Clark
Frey Village, Apt. 309
1020 North Union Street
Middletown, PA 17057
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Alfey Stamets ’35 is still living in suburban Harrisburg, Pa. At 91, she’s slowed down considerably, but she still enjoys reading and especially likes to “putter” in her flower garden. This year she’s very proud of the results. She planted three dozen pink geraniums and 101 (two flats) of pink and purple
petunias. Despite an “achin’ back,” Alfey enjoyed a terrific feeling of satisfaction.
Alfey spent 35 years teaching high school English in the Central Dauphin Schools, did a great deal of church-related work, especially with stewardship and youth, and enjoyed other organizational work. But no more! It seems there comes a time for a more relaxed and quieter way of life.
Much has happened to each of us since we left SU in 1935. As far as we know, there are only ten of us still left. To those of you who haven’t responded to Bob Clark’s or Alfey’s notes, please let us hear from you.
1936
Class Reporter:
Janet Earhart Harkins
437 Meer Avenue
Wyckoff, NJ 07481
1937
The Reverend Lester Karschner ’37 donates money earned by caning chairs to
scholarships for students to attend Susquehanna University and the Lutheran Seminary at Gettysburg. He is a resident of Kelly Manor in York, Pa.
| 1940
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| 65th Reunion
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Class Reporter:
William H. Gehron Sr.
747 Arch Street
Williamsport, PA 17701
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1941
Class Reporter:
Mary Emma Yoder Jones
R.R. 5, Box 3718
Altoona, PA 16601
1943
Class Reporter:
Ruth Eleanor McCorkill
418 Orange Street
Northumberland, PA 17857-1531
Ferne Lauver Zeigler, Emagean Pensyl Whitmoyer and Ruth Eleanor McCorkill enjoyed their 61st Reunion during Alumni Weekend, June 5. They had a personal tour of the recently renovated university archives in the lower level of the library. It was very impressive and brought back memories of their years on campus.
Thanks to a friend, Ruth viewed through a telescope on June 8 to see Venus pass in front of the sun. It looked like a small black dot on the lower right edge of the sun at 7:00 a.m. This was a memorable experience to see a rare event that had not occurred since 1882.
Ruth wishes more of her classmates lived closer to SU and were able to return for alumni events, concerts, candlelight services and theatrical programs. Please take time to write to Ruth about yourself and your family. Your friends are interested and care about you. Ruth’s phone number is 570-473-7457.
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| Enjoying breakfast at the Bistro in Bentley Village, Naples, Fla., are, left to right: President Jay Lemons, Rebecca Brandt ’07, Louise Kresge ’45 Isaacs, Alaina Prall ’07 and Larry Isaacs ’43.
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1944
Class Reporter:
Ethel Wilson Kerschner
263 West Butler Drive
Drums, PA 18222
| 1945
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| 60th Reunion
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Class Reporter:
Robert W. Surplus
122 Allen Douglas Drive
Richmond, KY 40475
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A musical tribute to the Reverend Herman Stuempfle Jr. ’45 was held in the Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, Pa., in April of 2004. The program featured 12 hymns written by Rev. Stuempfle. Although he didn’t begin writing hymns until he was in his 60s, he has composed nearly 600, of which more than 200 have been published.
Robert W. Surplus ’45 was honored by the Kentucky Music Educators Association at the annual conference in February 2004, when he was the recipient of the Citation for Service Award. Bob had previously received the Dis-tinguished Service Award in 1983. In addition to being listed in Who’s Who in America, Bob’s profile now appears in Who’s Who in the World.
Bob and his wife, Jean, continue to travel. Last summer they visited Eastern Europe and traveled by river boat from Budapest to the Black Sea. A highlight of their trip included sitting in the royal box for a performance of Don Giovanni at the same opera house in Prague where Mozart conducted its first performance. Other highlights included enjoying wonderful Gypsy music in restaurants in Budapest, Kalosca, Belgrade and Bucharest, and lunching with families in Slovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria. In March 2004, they traveled to Malta where they visited the oldest standing monuments in the world, which pre-date the pyramids by over a thousand years. Here, again, they enjoyed lunch with a local family and visited many ancient fortifications, museums and churches, including the cathedral built by the Knights of Saint John in Valetta, Malta’s capital.
1948
Class Reporter:
Robert F. Wohlsen
145 Herman Boulevard
Franklin Square, NY 11010-2725
| 1950
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| 55th Reunion
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1954
Class Reporter:
Faye Kostenbauder Williamson
2832 Sandyford Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19152
| 1955
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| 50th Reunion
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1957
Class Reporter:
Lynn Hassinger Askew
25 Gladys Avenue
Manville, NJ 08835-2347
1958
Alan Bortle ’58 owns an accounting firm in Santa Ana, Calif. Alan, a CPA and 43-year veteran of the company, first joined the organization as a staff accountant. Now, he hopes to retire in two years. His wife, Patricia Dawn ’58, is the mayor of Villa Park, Calif., the city in which they reside. She has served on the city council since 2002, and previously from 1996 to 2000. They have three daughters and three granddaughters.
1959
Class Reporter:
Jack Cisney
4802 Eoff Street
Benwood, WV 26031-1008
