Towers Magazine Summer 1979

Volume 52 Number 4

Otterbein TOWERS (USPS 413-720) is published quarterly by the Alumni Council in the interest of alumni and friends. Second class postage paid at Westerville, Ohio 43081.

Editor: Jo Alice Bailey Povolny '74

1979-80 Alumni Council Executive Committee

President: William N. Freeman ' 57

President-elect: Waid Vance '47

Vice President: Virginia Phillippi Longmire ' 55

Past President: Nancy Myers Norris ' 61

Secretary: Edna Smith Zech '33

Ex-Officio Members

President of the College:

Thomas J. Kerr, IV H'71

Vice President for Development: Franklin D. Fite

Alumni Director: James W. Scarfpin

Council-at-large :

John F. McGee '38 Term Expires

Cindi Moore Reeves '75

Michael Cochran '66

Dave Lehman '70

Betsy Messmer Kennedy ' 59

Lloyd C. Savage '48

Alumni Trustees :

Harold F. Augspurger '41

Robert S. Agler '48

Denton Elliott ' 37

H. Wendell King '48

Student-elected Alumni Trustees:

Jim Black '77

Becky Coleman ' 78

Faculty Representatives:

Earl Hassenpflug ' 53

Marilyn Day '53

St ude nt Representatives :

Dave Bridgman '78

Karen Freeman '79

Ex -Officio :

Presidents/ Coordinators of Alumni Clubs

Assistant Director of Development

College Treasurer

Editor of TOWERS

Otterbein does not discriminate against qualified handicapped individuals.

TOWERS to Hove New Look

Dear Alumni and Friends , Beginning with the fall issue , OTTERBEIN TOWERS will have a new look. The format will change to an 8" x 11 " size which will appear three times per year in the fall, spring and summer. The winter issue of OTTERBEIN TOWERS will be a tabloid and will include the HONOR ROLL OF CONTRIBUTORS.

Due to the combined effects of inflation and fewer college-bound students, the College is attempting to cut expenses wherever possible. So that ' s what we are trying to do with our OTTERBEIN TOWERS budget.

We are combining publications when practical (i.e. the winter issue of OTTERBEIN TOWERS / HONOR ROLL OF CONTRIBUTORS) and, after much discussion, we have decided to revise the OTTERBEIN TOWERS mailing list. From now on donors to the Otterbein Annual Fund will receive all four issues of OTTERBEIN TOWERS per year. The first $3.00 of your Annual Fund gift will serve as your subscription rate . Non-donors wi II receive two issues per year - a magazine in the summer and the winter tabloid . We hope you enjoy receiving OTTERBEIN TOWERS. It is our way of letting you know what ' s happening on campus , what Otterbein alumni and friends are doing and how you can help Otterbein face the challenges of the times while continuing to offer a high-quality liberal arts education in the Christian tradition.

Sincerely,

Franklin D Fite Vice President for Development and Public Relations

On Our Cover

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Our cover illustration is by Sandy Martin , a junior at Otterbein. A resident of Navarre, Ohio, Sandy is a theatre major but she also enjoys drawing . We hope to share more of her artistic talents with you in upcoming issues of TOWERS.

A Message from the President

Dear Alumni and Friends,

I welcome this new TOWERS' feature. It provides me with an opportunity to communicate more personally with you. On a regular basis I will share my insight into Otterbein progress and possibilities I anticipate conveying perspective on the motivating sense of educational mission of Otterbein alumni, friends, faculty and staff - that sense which inspires Otterbein to carry forward its honored tradition of providing exceptional educational opportunity to students. In recording the implementation of inspiration, I hope to capture the essence which makes Otterbein so educationally exciting.

The basic Otterbein educational mission remains unchanged. Otterbein continues to offer a quality liberal arts education in the Christian tradition. This mission remains at the heart of all new programs created at the College in the 1970's. Otterbein has responded to changing student and social needs. The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre, Associate and Bachelor of Science in Nursing, cooperative education and internship programs all reflect changing career opportunities. The decline in professional opportunities for teachers has led fewer liberal arts students into education as a second field. More students now seek business administration as a second field to broaden their career opportunities .

Enrollment has held remarkably stable through the decade at about 1,400 full time equivalent students. The mix of students has undergone significant change In 1970 nearly all of the 1,400 students were 18 to 20 years old and enrolled full time. Now Otterbein has nearly 1,600 students but 300 are enrolled in an Adult Degree program, usually on a part time basis Most of these are between the ages of 25 and 40. This changing student mix has afforded all students new educational opportunities.

Two events of this past year provide special inspiration The opening of the Fine Arts Center and the naming of the Library demonstrate that Otterbein opportunity is the product of an exceptional sense of sharing. On April 7, we dedicated the magnificently renovated Alumni Gymnasium as the Battelle Fine Arts Center. For fifty years the building served generations of Otterbein students as a physical education center . It will now serve

students in music , art and dance for many more generations. The generous support of Battelle Memorial Institute, reflecting ever growing recognition of Otterbein's service to the Columbus metropolitan community, was a major factor making possible this exciting facility transformation . On June 2 we named the Otterbein Library the Courtright Memorial Library i n a special ceremony honoring A. Monroe Courtright '40, as benefactor and his parents for whom he named the library. Monroe Courtright was an outstanding alumnus who loved Otterbein and recognized the central role his experience at the College played in his life . The gift made through his estate is the largest in College history Generously, he wanted future students to have the educational opportunity that meant so much to him.

Looking ahead to the 1980's, higher education and Otterbein face many challenges . I will share our responses and discuss our opportunities with you. I assure you that vision and vitality abound .

Sincerely,

Thomas J. Kerr, IV President

Campus News

Alumni Day Ceremonies Honor

Alumni and Friends

Nine persons with outstanding Otterbein affiliations were honored at Otterbein College's Alumni Day ceremonies Saturday, June 9 at the Rike Physical Education Recreation Center. Granted Honorary Alumnus status during the day were Rev. Richard Pettit a retiring Board of Trustees member· Rev William Amy, a professor in the religion and philosophy department at Otterbein for 16 years; and Director of Otterbein Theatre , Dr. Charles W. Dodrill.

Distinguished Service awards were given to James Gallagher '68, a Columbus music teacher; Dr. Homer D . Cassel '17, a Dayton physician and member of the Board of Trustees for 28 years ; and Dwight " Smokey " Ballenger ' 39 , assistant basketball coach at Otterbein for the last 21 years and one of the original founders of "O" Club.

Special Achievement awards were presented to Phillip Charles '29 , a retired U.S. Government worker; Donald Henry '33, former head of the metallurgical department for General Motors Research Laboratories· and Phyllis Schultz ' 52 , a retired Navy commander . Chester R. Turner ' 43 , who has served the College since 1966 and as Alumni Director since 1971 , received special r ecognition for outstanding service Ch et a s sume d t h e p o sitio n of Director of Church Relations July 1 when James Scarfpin of Westerville became Director of A lumni Relations .

New Director of Alumni Relations Announced

Otterbein College welcomes new Director of Alumni Relations James W. Scarfpin. He replaces Chester R. Turner who is now serving Otterbein as Director of Church Relations.

Jim comes to Otterbein from The United Way of Franklin County in Columbus, Ohio, where he has served

as associate campaign director since 1978 . Prior to that time he was athletic director / director of physical education / head basketball coach/reserve baseball coach at The Columbus Academy from August 1975 to June 1978.

A graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University , Jim also holds a Master of Arts degree from The Ohio State University. Jim , a native of Westerville is married and lives in Westerville with his wife and daughter .

Com

menc e m e nt '79

- Seni ors Ca rry

"A Uniqu e Respon si bility"

Sunday, June 10, marked the end of four years of undergraduate education for 229 Otterbein Col lege seniors as the 123rd Commenceme nt closed the 132nd academic year.

Dr . Joh n Ellis, Deputy Commissioner for Educational Programs in the Office of Education of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare and former superintendent of Columbus City Schools, told the graduates they are "priv ileged persons who possess unique skills " that carry with them "a unique responsibility."

Ellis received an honorary Doctor of Pedagogy degree during the ceremonies. He was joined by two other honorary degree recipients, John E Fisher, President of Nationwide Insurance Companies, w ho received an honorary Doctor of Laws, and Janet Lou i se Roberts, Otterbein alumna from the Class of 1946 and author of numerous best-selling romantic novels, who was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humanities.

A lum ni Ch oir

- A Dr eam Come True

A long sought-after dream became reality for many alumni with the first annual concert of the Otterbein College Alumni Choir on Alumni Day 1979 in the recently dedicated Battelle Fine Arts Center .

Dr. William A. Wyman, Director of Choral Activities at Otterbe in from 1971-1975 and Dean of Music at Nebraska Wesleyan University, directed the choir. Mr. Dennis Kratzer , Director of Choral Activities at Otterbe in from

1975-1979, assisted with piano accompaniment. Sixty-four alumni from the classes of 1939-1979 participated in the concert. Mr. Lloyd Savage '48 was elected President and Mary Jane Stewart-Griffin '76 was elected to serve as Secretary-Treasurer for the Alumni Choir.

Many alumni have dreamed and talked of forming an alumni choir. Thanks to the di Ii gent efforts of Ji 11 Leasure '75, this dream finally came true. For two years Jill spent many long and often frustrating hours researching alumni records and organizing the choir. Assisting Jill in this effort were Betz Lowe Hull '74, Mary Jane '76 and Larry Griffin, Lloyd Savage '48, Deb Banwart James '77, Tom Lloyd '74, Gretchen Steck '73 and Mr. Dennis Kratzer and Mrs. Jan Robinson, secretary of the music department. Those eligible to participate are members of the Men's Glee Club and Women's Glee Club from 1930-1947, A Capella Choir from 1947-1970, and Concert Choir from 1971-present. If any member has been inadvertently overlooked, please contact the Alumni Office so that the mailing list may be updated for next year.

Library Rededicated as Courtright Memorial Library

Renaming and rededication of the Otterbein College Library as the Courtright Memorial Library occurred June 2, 1979.

The renaming of the library is in recognition of the generosity of the late owner and publisher of the Westerville Public Opinion, A. Monroe Courtright '40, and recognizes his wish to have the building named in memory of his parents, Robert and Ada Courtright.

Otterbein College President Thomas J . Kerr, IV presided over the ceremonies , while Rev. Millard J . Miller, a past trustee of Otterbein and a former pastor of Church of the Master led the Litany of Dedication. Rev. Chester R. Turner, Otterbein ' s Director of Church Relations, delivered the invocation. A personal tribute to A. Monroe Courtright was delivered by former Di rector of Alumni Relations at Otterbein, Dr Norman H. Dohn.

In speaking of Mr. Courtright, Dr. Dohn stated," . .. He was an original and we shall not see his like again. He

was a person passionately alive living each day as though it were his last absorbing and radiating the glories and miseries of his generation

And we are thankful that our lives have been enriched because he passed our way."

Mr . Courtright was connected with Otterbein in many capacities from his graduation until his death in August 1977

. From 1954 to 1955, he served as president of the Otterbein Alumni Association, and also was chairman of the campaign to raise funds for

Otterbein Memorial Stadium .

He was Westerville chairman of the Special Gifts Committee of the Venture into Opportunity campaign in the early 1970 ' s, which raised funds to build the Rike Center and to renovate Towers Hall, among other projects.

Courtright served as a member of the College's Development Board from its inception and was serving as its chairman at the time of his death. He also served as alumni representative on both the College Personnel Committee and the Administrative Council.

Campaign Update

In just over 20 months 1,025 alumni, parents and friends have pledged $2,100,500. The Decision for the Arts has a goal of $2.5 million for four specific projects.

Renovation of Alumni Gymnasium into Battelle Fine Arts Center has been completed.

A Scene Shop for Cowan Hall theatre , interior renovation of Towers Hall and payment of energy savings steps taken in 1970-76 are also to be funded.

Telethon - Coast to Coast

From Bangor to San Diego and Seattle to Miami, 100 students telephoned 3,200 alumni, parents and friends raising $54,000 in pledges for the 1979 Otterbein Fund.

Nationwide Insurance Companies generously provided its WATS lines at no cost to the College.

Alumni not reached in the spring will be called in the fall telethon scheduled for mid-October. Help make 1979 the most successful fund year in Otterbein College history.

Classical Guitarist is Affiliate Artist for 1979-80

The Affiliate Artist tor 1979-80 will be Stan Bumgarner, classical guitarist. His residency will mark the seventh consecutive year that Otterbein has been involved in the Affi Ii ate Artist program.

This year marks the second year that Ohio Farm Bureau / Nationwide Insurance has sponsored an Affiliate Artist with Otterbein College as the presenting institution. It is also the second year that the Ohio Arts Council has assisted by providing funding to Otterbein as the presenting institution. Between September, 1979 and June, 1980 Stan will be located in five different counties in the state of Ohio. Otterbein alumni from each of these counties will be involved in working with the program during the residency Mrs Melody Harris Blake '7 8 will be working with him in Muskingum County from November 5-14. He will be in Butler County from March 17-26. Mary Lord '45 will be the alumna to contact while he is there He will be in Harrison County on October 8-18 The Otterbein contact will be Mr. Leslie Early '50 of Tuscarawas County Shelby County is the fourth one participating . He will visit that area from February 22-March 2 with Amy Weinrich ' 72 as the alumni representative. Deborah James ' 77 will be making arrangements for him during his visit in Franklin County February 1-15.

Stan Bumgarner is very excited about this year, as he is about every residency experience . He enjoys performing before new audiences "getting them to ask questions, helping them to see that artists are just human beings ."

Stan knows this from personal

experience . A native of Taylorsville , North Carolina , his first introduction to music was studying piano and later switching to guitar . This led to membership in a rock band and he was able to vocalize, compose and try his hand at other instruments . He then graduated from Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, North Carolina with a music education major. Classical guitar studies with Jesus Silva followed at North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem and also in Sienna, Italy. He has had two other Affiliate Artist residencies, one in Denver , Colorado, and the other in Lake Charles, Louisiana He has also given a series of performances in Lewiston, New York, and for the North Carolina Visiting Artists Program. He will be performing at Otterbein February 13.

1979-80 Artist Series Schedule Announced

The Artist Series for 1979-80 promises to be an exciting one as Otterbein presents prominent artists from around the world. The season will open October 26 with the Chinese Acrobats of Taiwan. They will perform superhuman acts of levitation , juggling , tumbling and breathtaking balancing . Continuum will follow November 9 . This four - person ensemble will perform a concert featuring 20th century composers such as Ives, Copland and Babbitt. On January 17 , Les Grands Ballets Canadiens will perform a fully-staged and fully costumed production of the classic love story , Romeo and Juliet. Dizzy Gillespie will arrive on April 9 , and will thrill the audience with his distinctive jazz style. A poet, Donald Hall, will present a different kind of program for the Artist Series - a reading of his poetry May 7. This will be the last event in the 1979-80 season . Also appearing on the schedule of events will be Stan Bumgarner , classical guitarist. As an Affiliate Artist, he will be presenting a unique performance. Mark February 13 on your calendar for this event.

The Ohio Arts Council will be assisting in the funding of this program. For further information , please contact Deborah James , Public Relations Office , Otterbein College , Westerville , Ohio 43081.

Going south for the winter? So is the Otterbein basketball team.

Nov. 30 - Dec. 8

All Aboard with Clark Lord

by Bill Stewart

"Clark's housemother told me I'd have it made when I didn't play second fiddle to a boiler . "

That was back in the late 30's when Donna Love '39 was dating S. Clark Lord '39 on the Otterbein campus. As a student, Clark fired the boiler that heated William's Grill and several other establishments in downtown Westerville.

Since then Clark and Donna passed

all their exams, graduated from Otterbein, got married and crossed the country following Clark's profession as a chemical engineer and Donna's as a school teacher. The couple also raised a family of four - Deb '64, Jean '66, Sara '72 and Sam .

But with all that has happened in the last forty years, Donna still plays second fiddle to a boiler.

The boiler , however, isn't stationary. It rolls on 12 wheels over the 55 mile Cuyahoga Valley Line (CVL) through the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area in Northeast Ohio. It's the boiler better known as steam engine 4070.

"It all started when we moved back from Texas to Ohio in the early 50's," Clark explains.

"I went on a train trip out of Akron, talked to the president of the Midwest Railway Historical Foundation (MRHF) and started going to their meetings.

"After being initiated into the group, I served a two-year term as president. For the last 20 years I've been Publicity Director and Trip Chairman of MRHF, the group that owns Engine 4070 and the cars that operate as the Cuyahoga Valley Line."

But it's been the last five of those 20

years that have brought Clark closer to his boiler and Donna further away from the first chair in the violin section, for in 1975 the CVL commenced regularly scheduled operation between the Cleveland Zoo and the Hale Farm in the Cuyahoga Valley.

Since that time, the CVL has been lengthened and runs from Independence on the south side of Cleveland to Akron and Quaker Square. (The trip includes a visit to the renovated Quaker Oats factory.)

Yet in spite of all the attractions up and down the Cuyahoga Valley Line, it's "boiler" 4070 that packs over 500 people into the train each Saturday and Sunday from June through October.

Purchased by the MRHF in the fall of 1966, Engine 4070 is one of the association 's later purchases The first acquisition was Car #1, the John S. Foster , a lounge /observation car bought in 1954.

Compared to its rather youthful life running on the head end of the CVL's string of varnish (that's railroad talk for passenger cars), the 4070 has a rather long and storied past.

Built in 1918 for the Grand Trunk Railroad, the 2-8-2 (wheel arrangement) Mikado (descriptive name given to the engine derived from the fact that many were sold to Japan) is believed to be the last one of its type still in service in the United States.

From the time it was built during World War I and through the second World War, 4070 served primarily as a freight hauler But after WW II, 4070 was assigned to the Grand Trunk's Chicago Division and made both commuter and freight runs between Detroit and Kalamazoo, and Grand Rapids , Michigan.

In 1948, the 4070 was chosen for the honor of being the backup engine for President Truman's special campaign train.

The passenger cars also carry quite a bit of history with them as they glide through the Cuyahoga forests on the 100-year-old railroad right-of-way that is periodically bordered by the Cuyahoga River and the historical Ohio-Erie Canal. Many parts of this waterway are still intact

Of the 13 cars currently owned by the MRHF and run on the CVL, eight were owned by former railroads. The oldest is a 1914 combine (combination passenger car/baggage car) that was a part of the Norfolk and Western Railroad. Another is a former New York Central coach car that was used for many Notre Dame Football Specials. A Nickle Plate car used to serve on the "Blue Dart" between Cleveland and St. Louis, while the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is represented by John S . Foster which ran on the prestigious "Royal Blue" between Washington D.C. and New York City.

However, when it comes to relating stories from the past, one of the best histories to dig up is that of Clark Lord himself .

"He was always the coordinator between two instigators," says Dwight "Smokey" Ballenger '39, one of Clark's classmates and an All-Ohio center on Otterbein basketball teams of the late 30's.

"If there was something mischievous going on, Clark was usually behind it ," Ballenger relates. "He'd always be putting people up to doing things but he was never around to get caught.

"Probab ly one of the most memorable things Clark was involved with was the election of Gracie Burdge Augspurger '39 as Varsity O Queen two years in a row. The first year Clark was her campa ign chairman and he did such a good job that the election wasn't even close."

"The second year, I don't think we even counted the ballots."

But when the Clark Lord stories are told, some of the best come from his wife Donna.

"You know it's really surprising that we ever got together after some of the things that happened our first two years at Otterbein," says Donna.

"Our freshman year, Clark had taken it upon himself to make up a chart that graded all the freshman girls on campus. I don't suppose it was meant for circulation all over campus, but one day it turned up on one of the bulletin boards in Towers Hall and from what he said about me, I thought I was a total loss.

"L ater , I had my long hair cut off The next day on the way into Chapel, Clark stopped me and said 'Boy, you look like a real human being now .'

"Well, at least that started us talking and from that point we began seeing each other and started going steady our senior year."

Even though they were known as a rather eccentric couple ("Clark used to walk up one side of the street and I the other," says Donna) four children and a home on the north side of Akron attest to the fact that Clark Lord and Donna Love hit it off and are a pretty close couple in spite of their "b oiler problem."

Well at least as clo se as their pictures atop page 28 of the 1939 Sibyl.

Portrait of an Otterbein Family

W. B. Lambert, John W. Lambert 's grandson and a great-nephew to George A. Lambert, owns two of the seven Lambe rt automobiles in existence. He is shown here with a 1910 Lambert. Mr. Lambert is chairman of the board of Lambert, Inc. of Dayton, the original family business descended from the Buckeye Manufacturing Company.

by Mark Rowland

Lambert Hall, the center of music and art activities at Otterbein College for almost 70 years, passed to the wayside this spring with the completion of the Battelle Fine Arts Center. The four-story yellow brick structure was razed in late July, signaling the end of an age for a

proud building that served the College for seven decades.

Constructed in 1908-09 with a series of gifts donated by George A. Lambert, a manufacturer from Anderson , Indiana, the building was completed for a total cost of $28,000. Lambert added $3,000 to the original family pledge of $25 ,000 in order to complete the building after the 1908 recession slowed construction.

The building was named in honor of Lambert's late wife , Eva Glen Dora Lambert, who died in 1906. The Lamberts were strong supporters of the United Brethren Church, and George w as an Otterbein Trustee for 27 years, ser v ing as Chairman of the Board from 1914 to 1919. All three of George Lambert ' s children graduated from

A. 0. Barnes '28, G. A. Lambert 's grandson, is the only living Otterbein graduate from his family. He and his wife Mary live in Anderson, Indiana.

Otterbein - Homer in 1912 , Mary Esther Lambert Hursh in 1907 and Marguerite (Maggie) Lambert Barnes in 1903.

George Lambert's children continued the family's Otterbein tradition. Homer Lambert filled a seat on Otterbein ' s Board of Trustees after his father's death in 1929, serving until 1937 . Homer ' s daughter , Floribel Lambert Beck, was a 1939 Otterbein graduate. Mary Esther Lambert married a United Brethren missionary named Edwin Hursh - later an Otterbein professor , and Magg ie Lambert married B. 0. Barnes , a 1900 Otterbe in graduate.

Maggie Barnes died in 1916 , and B. 0. Barnes died two years late r in 1918, leaving three children in Anderson , Indiana. Edwin and Mary Lambert Hursh returned from their missionary post in Africa to raise the three Barnes children, first settling in Anderson in a house behind Homer Lambert's home on 8th Street, and in 1922 moving to Westerville, where Edwin Hursh took the

department chairman's position in sociology and psychology at Otterbein. At the spring commencement in 1922 , the Hurshes commemorated their arrival by donating a new organ to the Lambert Hall building.

Edwin Hursh was an Otterbein professor from 1922 to 1945, building the sociology department from a three-course program to an eleven-course program Mary Lambert Hursh occasionally gave organ lessons in Lambert Hall and taught sections of sociology, especially during WW II, when she served as special instructor .

The Hurshes, who were childless, built a house on Central College Road to live in with the Barnes children. All three of the Barnes graduated from Otterbein - A. 0. Barnes in 1928, Glendora Barnes Wales in 1930 and Dwight Lambert Barnes in 1934.

Dwight's son, Michael Lambert Barnes, was the only second generation Barnes to attend Otterbein, com ing here in the

mid-60s . The history of the Lambert family is strongly bound to their United Brethren Church roots in Anderson , Indiana . In 1894, George and his brother John William Lambert built a plant for the Buckeye Manufacturing Company in Anderson The plant was originally constructed to manufacture stationary gasoline engines, but the brothers soon entered a new field, with John Lambert serving as the catalyst.

In 1891, while living in Ohio City, Ohio, John Lambert had built a three-wheeled gasoline powered car, which many historians now feel was the first auto built in the United States, preceding the claims of the Duryea brothers. Lambert attempted to market the car through mail flyers, but sold none and gave up on the idea . Lambert later renewed his interest in horseless carriages, and in 1898 the family began marketing a four-wheeled carriage powered by a Buckeye engine , this time with some success . This experimentation continued until 1902, when the Union Automobile Company was formed in Union City, Indiana , just west of the Ohio border on State Route 32. Production soon climbed to ten cars a month , and one source lists that over 300 Union cars were sold between 1902 and 1905.

The Lambert family built a second

automobile plant in Anderson in 1904, and the company name changed to the Lambert Automobile Company in 1905 , signaling the end of the Union car. By 1910 , the Anderson plant had over 1,000 employees and the company produced 3 ,000 cars and trucks a year. George Lambert , for a time , served as president of the massive company, and John, who held over 600 patents in the automotive, gasoline engine and mechanical fields, was chief engineer and designer.

The company business had expanded to include trucks , fire engines and farm tractors, as well as autos and gasoline engines. The company built a plant in El Segundo, California , to handle the tractor demand in the Western farming communities But WW I cut short expansion , and ultimately signaled an end to the Lambert automobile industry.

During WW I , the Lambert factories converted to national defense , building shells , cassion wheels and military fire engines for the war effort. The Buckeye Manufacturing Company was now headed by John Lambert's son, A. Raymond Lambert

Following the war, a decision was made not to re-enter the automobile market. The Lamberts guessed that the medium sized independent manufacturer would not be able to compete with the large mass production companies. This did prove to be the

case, and the Lamberts entered the associated field of auto manufacturing making automotive parts and machine tools. This period did not pass without a historical footnote the Lamberts had at one time discussed joining forces with a brilliant inventor named Henry Ford and turned the offer down. They felt the Lambert auto was a superior machine.

The Lambert-Otterbein tie is carried outside the line of George Lambert and into the family of George's brothers and sisters. Besides John, George had brothers named Frank and Harry that sent sons, Arthur and Albert Lambert , to Otterbein in the early 1910's. These first cousins were joined by Albert Glunt, the son of George Lambert ' s sister, and Ralph Parent, who was a son of Eva Glen Dora Lambert's brother. These four first cousins even lived in the same rented house for some ti me while attending Otterbein.

The development of the fine arts program at Otterbein is paralleled by the involvement of the Lambert family in the institution. Since the completion of the Battelle Fine Arts Center, Lambert Hall ' s purpose is filled by an excellent new facility. Even though the building will be gone, a school's past is recorded in more than bricks and mortar , and the Lambert name will continue to hold a proud place in Otterbein history.

Football Season Opens Against Dayton

by Bill Stewart

" I ' m really excited about the upcoming season ," says fifth year Otterbein football coach Rich Seils. "We've got the potential to put together one of the most dynamic teams ever at Otterbein.

"And if we can develop the consistency we lacked offensively last year, our fans and opponents might be treated to one of the most diverse attacks they've ever seen "

What are the reasons for this outpouring of optimism from the usually quiet and conservative Seils?

- an All America candidate at fullback by the name of Wayne Cummerlander who already owns three of the six Otterbein rushing records and returns for his senior season as the Ohio Athletic Conference ' s leading active rusher with 2 ,108 yards .

- All America tracksters Kevin Brown , Dan Rader and Wayne Woodruff who add speed to burn to the backfield and wide receiver positions to complement Cummerlander ' s strength and durability

- the "quickest ever " defensive ends in All OAC choice Ric Lainhart and agg r essive youngster Jeff Humphrey . - veteran linebackers Greg Cobb and Randy Weisenstein who last year accounted for 262 tackles and four interceptions.

- and last but not least , starters Jeff Jones , Bob Spahr and Dave Vulgamore

returning to fill three of the four defensive backfield positions .

However, Seils ' enthusiasm caused by this fine list of assets mellows a bit when he talks about several big question marks. Who will quarterback the ' 79 Cardinals? Who will snap the ball to the QB? And who will replace the graduated defensive tackle duo of Dick Bonner and Tim Hart, the best tandem in the conference in ' 78?

" We 've got three good quarterbacks returning, but one , Scott Gasser, has no experience due to a preseason shoulder separation received during his freshman year. The other two , John Toeller and Joe Krumpak , split the duties last year ," says Seils. " So with that experience , it ' s still possible a freshman may step in and do the job."

"At center , senior Harley McCullough will get the first shot at the starting position , but beyond him , it ' s up for grabs ."

"And right now , there ' s any number

of people to try at defensive tackle. "

Once you get beyond the personnel, the toughest schedule in 20 years faces the Cardinals , one that includes four teams that were in the Top 20 last season.

"But every one is a toss up, " Seils adds. "Wit h a more potent offense and a strong defense, we should be in every game until the end."

And when the season starts at the University of Dayton on September 15 , Otterbein fans will have the same chance as last year to get the Cardinals off on the right foot.

Preceded by a 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. pep rally, Otterbein backers will gather for a pre-game dinner in the Associates Lounge at the University of Dayton Arena adjacent to the Flyers Welcome Stadium football home

Also, as last year , the Cardinal faithful will be treated to another fine fall performance by the Otterbein College Cardinal Marching Band.

Then at 7 :30 p.m. following pre-game festivities, the Football Cardinals will go to work seeking to avenge last season's loss to one of 1978's NCAA Division Ill playoff teams, the Flyers going 9-1-1 before being knocked off 24-21 by Carnegie-Mellon in the national quarterfinals

But for those that remember last year ' s 47-0 walloping the Cardinals took at the hands of the Flyers , by no means is there any reason to expect anything close to the same.

Due to NCAA ruling , all but three of last season's crop of upperclass scholarship athletes are gone. The remaining three are playing without aid given for athletic ability So that makes things a lot more even

Also gone from last year ' s Dayton team are 38 lettermen including the whole starting offensive backfield, both starting linebackers and record-setting kicking specialist Hartmut Strecker .

Yet Dayton does have a multitude of faces returning and the university will have two games under its belt before meeting Otterbein This might cause Dayton , in some people ' s minds , to be the favorite for the 7:30 p . m. Cardinal-Flyer date.

But according to the man , " every game's a toss up. "

All America candidate Wayne Cummerlander , with his three years and 2,108 yards of experience , should give the Cardinals a solid running game in ' 79.

Homecoming to Feature Cap-Otter Rivalry

The 54th renewal of the Otterbein-Capital football rivalry will highlight the Otterbein College Homecoming on October 20. But even with such a long Cap-Otter rivalry , this is the first time the Crusaders have been Homecoming visitors here since 1947

when Otterbein beat Capital 45-6. That contest was the last Homecoming played at Westerville High School.

However, Coach Rich Seils' gridders won ' t provide the only show in town on that autumn weekend. Otterbein College Theatre ' s opening production of the 1979-80 season , The Miracle Worker , will be produced on the Cowan Hall stage Wednesday, October 17, through

Saturday , October 20, with all shows beginning at 8:15 p . m.

Otterbein ' s outstanding Cardinal Marching Band will lead the traditional Homecoming parade up Main Street and through campus on Satu r day morning , then will perform during pregame and halftime ceremonies. The 1979 Homecoming Queen will also be crowned during halftime.

Sorority and fraternity luncheons , teas and open houses will again welcome Greek alumni back to campus.

The annual " O Club " dinner and meeting will be held Satu r day evening at a time and location to be announced later.

The Otterbein-Capital football rivalry goes all the way back to 1894 Since that ti me the Crusaders have cap tu red 29 games and the Cardinals 22. There have been two ties.

Since 1975 the Cardinals have been 2-1-1 against their rivals from downstream Alum Creek , the only loss being a 10-3 setback last year in Bexley.

The renewal of the Fighting Cardinals ' greatest football rivalry , plus the pageantry and hoopla surrounding an Otterbein Homecoming promise to make October 20 a big day on campus So watch your mail in mid-September for the brochure with full details, and order your tickets early! Join us in Westerville for the 1979 Homecoming!

Closs Notes

Everyone is listed under his/her preferred class year, not necessarily the year a degree was granted.

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Mr. and Mrs. Merton Oyler (BETTY WHITE) celebrated the i r 50th wedding anniversary on June 8, 1979. A luncheon was given in their honor by staff and residents of their retirement home, Nazareth Towers, Columbus, OH.

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DR. VERDA EVANS was the speaker on Founders Day for the Canton Reciprocity Bureau of the P.E.O. Sisterhood at the Commun ity Christian Church in Canton, OH.

Groundbreaking for a Garden of the Senses , an education in flora and fauna for the handicapped and the general public , was held at the new Wright State Center for Ambulatory Care in Dayton, OH and named in honor of FREDERICK A. WHITE.

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RICHARD MITCHELL resigned as vice president for instruction at Hocking Technical College in Athens, OH Mr. Mitchell joined the staff in 1969 as instructor of communications and during his tenure, served as admissions and placement officer , dean of planning and development and vice president for special services. He remains as a member of the college instructional staff and plans to spend more time as minister with the Ohio District of the Assemblies of God

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CONNIE O'BRIEN serves as editor of a monthly publication, the "Ohio Fire Chief. " He retired from the Greenville , OH Fire Department in December , 1978.

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WILMA MOSHOLDER represented Otterbe in College at the inauguration of the new president of Albright College on April 28, 1979.

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DR. ROBERT W. HOHN retired as professor of music education at Bowling Green State University. Dr. Hohn, a specialist in the field of voice and music education, has been involved in university music workshops, performances and research since he began teaching at Bowling Green in 1962. He is married to the former ESTHER DAY, '39, and has two children.

RUTH EHRLICH LUND, after 20 years with the United States Government abroad and seven years with the World Health Organization at the Regional Office for • Europe in Copenhagen, is returning to the United States.

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WILLIAM T. BUCKINGHAM graduated on June 9 , 1979, from Ohio University with a Master of Business Administration degree as part of the initial class of that school's Executive MBA Program. Mr. Buckingham also wrote a book as his thesis entitled An Analysis of Job Descriptions in Terms of Results Expected. He is presently associate sponsor with the Carnegie Organization and a five course instructor. He also owns and operates Buckingham Orchards , a 7,000 tree orchard in Delaware County, OH.

IRENE PARKER GILLESPIE has been selected as district "Handicapped Professional Woman of the Year " by Pilot Club International, a civic service organization. Despite extensive paralysis and conf inement to a motorized wheelchair, Ms. Gillespie is active in the community, performs household tasks for her family and runs her own service organization, Home Health Aide Service, Inc.

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CLIFFORD KEARNS retired after 33 years of teaching instrumental music at the Circleville, OH junior high school. He a l so taught at the Xenia Orphanage , Brookline in MA., Clearview School in Lorraine and West Hocking and Laurelville .

VIC RITTER was named national first vice president of the Independent Telephone Pioneers Association at the annual ITPA meeting held in conjunction with the USITA National Convention in Atlanta, GA. Vic has been very active in the ITPA organization as a former president of the Buckeye Chapter. He is also a member of the Road Runners Chapter.

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DR. PAUL R. CONE will retire this year as executive vice president for Gilbralter Savings and Loan in Los Angeles, CA. His main responsibilities include the recruitment of management trainees and conducting management training seminars for officers of the bank throughout the 70 branches in the state. Dr. Cone plans to go into teaching after retirement.

THE REVEREND HAROLD E. DAVIDSON has completed 25 years as chaplain at the Buckeye Youth Center in Columbus, OH. The center houses about 400 delinquent boys.

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LAURENCE J. GILLUM is retiring after 33 years of public school service. He has been with Groveport, OH schools for 24 years having previously taught at Johnstown and Malta McConnelsville. He has twice served as president of the Groveport-Madison teachers association. He directed several of the school's spring musicals presenting two of them at the Ohio Theatre

ANNA SPARKS MAL TA has been included in the 1979-80 edition of Who's Who of American Women. She is presently employed

as chief psychiatric social worker in the Adolescent Unit of Harding Hospital, Worthington , OH.

DONALD SMITH is retiring after 30 years of teaching and administrative work in the Oak Hills School District in Cincinnati, OH. After teaching physical education and coaching at Bridgetown for 14 years, he served as assistant principal for one year before being named principal of C 0. Harrison Elementary School. Smith returned to B,·idgetown in 1969 when the school was converted to a junior high and has been principal since that time. Mr. Smith is married to the former MARION GANNON, '49 , and has two daughters.

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HERB ADAMS is regional credit manager of Johns-Manville. He is married to the former KLARA KRECH, '54, an English teacher at Anthony Wayne High School in Whitehouse, OH. They are the parents of four children, one attending Kent State, one at Bowling Green, one a high school senior and one a freshman in high school.

LAWRENCE C. MOODY has been promoted to Vice President of Governmental Affairs for the Cincinnati Insurance Company.

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CAROL BOYLES CRAMER has been teaching in Florida for 15 years. Carol has been active for Alpha Delta Kappa and has been serving on the Florida State Executive Board, current ly as recording secretary. She also serves as president of American Business Women ' s Association.

EVELYN STUMP LEE received a Master's in Education (Emphasis in Elementary Reading) from the University of Alaska on May 1, 1979. She also received her Learning Disabilities Certification.

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DON EDWARDS is in his 9th year of

teaching music at the school in Randolph Twp., OH, operated by the Montgomery County Board of Mental Retardation. Puppeteering in some form has been a part of his classroom curriculum the last four or five years. Outside his classroom, Don has demonstrated the making and operation of puppets in teacher classroom workshops and was featured in Ohio Schools magazine. He is also choir director at the First United Methodist Church on Salem Avenue in Dayton, OH , and directs a handbell choir.

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DON HUGHES has been selected for the distinction of having the Gahanna, OH Relays dedicated to him. This distinction is given to an individual who has made a contribution to the success of the Lincoln High School Track and Fie ld Program.

THE REVEREND ROBERT L. BURT gave the Keynote address for the Northwest Ohio Association of the First Church of Christ gathering in Galion, OH. Mr. Burt is in charge of assisting 39 state United Church of Christ conferences in establishing new congregations. He has been serving with that board since 1968. Previously he was an editor of youth publications for the church and was director of Tremont Church's Community Project in Cleveland, OH, an ecumenical effort working with youth gangs. He is married to the former DELORES LATIMER, '58.

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RALPH BARNHARD is teaching in the Chemistry Department at the University of Oregon. Ralph is married and has two daughters, age 10 and 12

HELEN WELLS MILLER will be teaching kindergarten classes at the Ascension Lutheran Church Pre-School in Columbus, OH. Helen has been on the Ascension staff for six years as a pre-school teacher and is organist for the Church of the Good Shepherd.

THE REVEREND JAMES E. NUHFER is now pastor of the Ohmer Park United Methodist Church in Dayton, OH. Mr Nuhfer was formerly pastor at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Findlay , OH.

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JOHN DUVAL, for seven years, has been the "Man for All Seasons" at the Manatee Players Riverfront Theatre. Director, designer, actor , carpenter and dream merchant, he is the vital force behind quality community theatre in Bradenton, FL. His current production is "Equus."

DAN B. JORDAN is the new coordinator of physical education at Willowbrook High School in Vi lla Park, IL. He has been active in coaching gymnastics, football and golf. He also served as interscholastic coordinator and intramural advisor.

EUGENE KIDWELL has been promoted to assistant principal for student affairs at Sandusky, OH High School. He has been with city schools for 17 years.

BARBARA L. MARTIN is senior computer programmer in Auto Systems in the home office of Nationwide Insurance Company in Columbus, OH.

DALE J. SAUER was awarded the Doctor of Ministry degree from the Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, IN, on June 3, 1979. Dr. Sauer is a pastoral counselor with the Buchanan Counseling Center.

LYNN T. SHERMAN was recently promoted to claims manager of the WV branch of Celina Mututal Insurance Company in Clarksburg, WV. His wife, the former BETH HANNING, '61, had been singing extensively throughout the community and teaching music in the Immaculate Conception High School in Washington , PA, prior to their move.

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JAMES GILTS is the new Director of Music at the First United Methodist Church in Stillwater, OH. He was formerly Director of Music at the First United Methodist Church in Dalton, GA.

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DICK MORROW, physical education teacher and coach at Worthington Estates School, was honored with an appreciation dinner on May 10, 1979. Dick has taught physical education and has been assistant high school football coach since 1967. In 1968, he started the Flip-twister unicycle/gymnastic group which has performed throughout Ohio. He is married to the former JOAN SOUDER, '65.

CHARLES B. WILLIAMS has been reelected to the Ohio Education Association executive committee for a three year term. He has also served as president of the Wooster Education Association.

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DIANE WEASTON KOCH participated in the 26th annual Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in Washington, D.C . She was co-recipient of an award for an article she co-authored in the November 1978 Modern Language Journal.

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HOWARD G. BERG has been promoted to the rank of major by the Air Force. He is a computer programmer/analyst for the Directorate for Technical Support under the Deputy Chief of Staff , Comptroller at Air Force Logistics Command headquarters , Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, OH.

T H E REVEREND GALEN BLACK was the 4th Lenten Luncheon speaker for the 1979 series sponsored by the Coshocton County Council of Churches held at the First Baptist Chu r ch in Coshocton, OH. Mr. Black received his Master of Divinity Degree in

1971 from the United Theological Seminary of Dayton and was ordained in July of 1971 at the Trinity United Methodist Church of New Springfield , OH. He is married to the former PAM WAYLAND, '68, and has three children.

DENNIS A. COWDEN has been promoted to the rank of major in the United States Air Force and is presently stationed at Headquarters Military Airlift Command, Scott Air Force Base near St. Louis, MO. He lives in O'Fallen, IL, with his wife, the former LINDA JOYCE, ' 69 , and children , Kenneth and Kristen.

FRANK GARLATHY has received a new appointement to Riverview United Methodist Church in Beaver Falls, PA. He is married to the former MARY KAY CAMPBELL, '68.

DORIS BOND SPAUR has joined Keith Oliver Realty in Mt. Vernon, OH , as a sales associate after completing her training at Central Ohio Technical College and the Union Professional Real Estate Training School.

I. BRUCE TURNER received a Ph.D. in history from the University of Illinois and M.S.L.S. from the University of Kentucky in 1977. He is presently Special Collections Librarian at SUNY-Oswego, teaching some courses and active in several local musical organizations.

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JUDI GARRATT was recently elected president of the Los Angeles chapter of the Mime Guild. Ms. Garratt has appeared in many famous nightclubs and on several national television series and guest shows . She currently teaches mime for actors at the Estelle Harmann Actors ' Workshop at Los Angeles, CA

PAUL HARRIS , JR. received a Doctor of Osteopathy degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine on June 3 , 1979.

CLIFF STEARNS is employed as Industrial Relations Coordinator for the Phillips Petroleum Company. Cliff and his wife and two children have lived overseas for 4½ years and have lost touch with their friends. They would like to hear from you. Their address is: 6644 Quail Ridge Road, Bartlesville, OK 74003.

GREG WINCE is completing his fifth year as executive director of CETA programs for Licking, Delaware, Perry and Muskingum Counties in Ohio . He is currently serving as chairman of the Ohio CETA Directors Association and the Licking County Recreation-Park Board. Greg is also resuming his duties as head basketball coach at the Ohio State University Newark Campus this fall. He is married to the former BEVERLY MILLER, ' 65, who is teaching part time at Ohio State. The Winces have three '69 nex t reunion June 1983

MRS. FRITZ CAUDLE (KERRY MAXWELL) is librarian at the Johnstown-Monroe High School in Ohio where a new library was built with a donation from a Johnstown businessman and family and furnished by the Johnstown-Monroe Board of Education The library is owned and operated by the school board but also open to the public

CAPT . FRAN K LI N E. MI L LE R is an Air Force computer programmer at Buckley Air Guard Base , CO. This fall , Franklin, along with his wife and two children , will move to Woomera , South Australia , where he will be reassigned.

ROBE RT N . DAUGHTERY has accepted the job of Western Reserve High School , OH principal He earned his master of art s from Eastern University in 1976. He was principal at Whiteoak High School since June , 1977 and athletic director since June , 1978. Prior to working in the Hillsboro area school district , he was employed by the Genesee , Ml, School District from 1969 to 1977.

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DAVID PARTRIDGE has earned a Master's in English from the Indiana University of PA, on May 29, 1979 .

ROBERT ELLIOTT RUCKER, II, has left for his assignment with Wycliffe Bible Translators as a translator in Papua New Guinea He will participate in four months of jungle camp training.

GAIL E. SNYDER completed a M.A. in Educational Supervision in December, 1973 and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Akron. Gail has been teaching three years at the Kirby Junior High in the Speech and Drama Department and has recently moved into an old Victorian boarding house which has been turned into apartments in the King William district of San Antonio, TX.

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CHRIS BOWER has been promoted to vice president and national sales manager for Master Manufacturing Corporation of Tucson, AZ. Representing the Tucson office, Chris placed 40 accounts in his first five weeks , which qualified him to attend the national convention in New Orleans, LA.

JEROME E. FERRIS has been appointed Assistant Secretary of Franklin Federal Savings and Loan Association. He is currently manager of the Loan Servicing Department. He has completed course work through the Society of Real Estate Appraisers as well as the Ohio Savings and Loan League. Jerome has been affiliated with the Association in various capacities since 1972. He and his wife Barbara, along with their two children, Joey and Jenny, live in Pickerington, OH.

DR. JOHN MclNTYRE was included in the 1979 edition of Outstanding Young Men in America. Dr . McIntyre is an assistant professor in the College of Education at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. His wife, the former CLAUDIA YEAKEL, '72, has started a small business, "Stitch 'n Stuff" which specializes in handicrafts. Claudia's products are sold in stores in California, Illinois, Kansas, New Jersey, New York and Ohio.

GREG RICE is now stationed at Laughlin Air Force Base, TX.

JEFF SAUER is a new sales associate at the Westerville, OH office of Brian P. Donahue Realtors. Jeff has completed courses in real estate appraisal and finance at Ohio State University.

MARK SAVAGE has been appointed the Upper Peninsula correspondent for WFRV-TV in Green Bay, Wisconsin, based in Escanaba, Ml. The job entails both reporting and photographing news events throughout Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

JERRY WEST has been awarded the "High School Social Studies Teacher of the Year" award as given by the Ohio Council of the Social Studies for 1979. Jerry is presently a teacher of Spanish and American History at Cuyahoga Falls High School and is the junior varsity wrestling coach.

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PAMELA KURTH GIBSON was awarded a degree of M.A.T. in Modern Languages from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

PETER J. HALLER has been appointed corporate personnel director at Blue Bird Baking Company, Dayton, OH, and is also a new member of the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce Labor Relations Board. His wife, the former LINDA LEATHERMAN, '72, has for the last five years, taught elementary

vocal music in the Trotwood City School System. This year she has also been working on the music curriculum committee for the district.

ED VAUGHAN, the former general manager of Beef 'n' Boards Dinner Theatre, has returned to Otterbein College to perform in various summer theatre plays He is also working as production stage manager at the Columbus Country Dinner Playhouse. Ed is married to the former LINDA SHEPPHARD, '72, and the father of a new daughter, Emily Marie.

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DANIEL E. BUDD has received a Master of Divinity degree from Eden Theological Seminary in Webster Groves , MO , on May 25, 1979.

MARGARET STEWART HAMIL TON has been named the new executive director of Action for Children (formerly Community Coordinated Child Care ) Margaret has been with Action for Children since 1974 and has served as Emergency Child Care Service Coordinator, Planning Coordinator and most recently as associate director for Program Planning. She has three daughters and is married to William Hamilton, Professor of English at Otterbein College.

EDWARD PARKS has graduated from the Howard University Law School, Washington, D.C., on May 12 , 1979. He is married to the former SEQUOYAH BENN, '76.

DEANNA HEMPY ROSHONG is a teacher in the Amanda Clearcreek, OH, School District and her husband, Carl, is director of purchasing for Toledo Edison Company in Toledo, OH.

CAROLYN BANKS SLAUGHTER has been named assistant manager of State Savings, Westerville, OH branch. Carolyn has been with State Savings for four years and is an instructor of financial education and teaches personal money management.

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JERRY DANIELS, head baseball coach for London, OH, High School, is also an associate scout for the Kansas City Royals.

MELLAR P. DAVIS is now entering his third year of residency in Internal Medicine at Riverside Hospital, Columbus, OH, and has been accepted at Mayo Clinic for a three year fellowship in Hematology-Oncology. Dr. Davis is married to the former DEBORAH DOAN, who attended Otterbein from 1970 to 1972. Deborah graduated from Wright State in 1975 with a BA in history and has one year at the University of Cincinnati in Law.

E. ZOE McCATHRIN, vice president and director of public relations for BancOhio Corporation, has been named president of the Central Ohio Chapter, Public Relations Society of America. Mrs. McCathrin is only the second woman to hold this office in its 29-year history.

MR. AND MRS. MICHAEL MacCARTER (NANCY DRUMMOND) are teaching in the Chillicothe, OH City School District. Nancy is teaching Art 1-12 and Mike secondary mathematics. Mike is currently completing his master's degree at Ohio University in Administrative Education.

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CYNTHIA BAIRD LEWIS and her husband, Tom, are residing in Mbabane, Swaziland, South Africa where both are missionaries and staff members with Campus Crusade for Christ.

JOHN E. SCHNEIDER was promoted to vice president in charge of operations for Abbott Food Company, Columbus, OH, in December, 1979.

MR. AND MRS. KENT WITT (JANE MELHORN) and son relocated in February to the Dallas, Texas area where Kent assumed the position of Regional Accounting Manager for Toledo Scale's service division.

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STEVEN JOHNSON is an Immunology Technician for Litton Bionetics, Inc. in Kensington, MD. Steve is married to the former DEBRA KASOW, '76, who is Assistant Executive Director of the Langley Park Boys' and Girls' Club in Hyattsville, MD.

DAWN KASOW is a manager trainee for Toys-R-Us Company in the Washington, D.C. area.

TOM McKELVEY has earned a master's degree in Industrial Management from Central Michigan University. Tom has been working for 2½ years for Columbus Products Company, one of White Consolidated Industries. He is presently working in the marketing department as a product service engineer. Columbus Products Company manufactures major appliances.

LEN ROBINSON has assumed the position as general sales manager and operations director with WFCB-FM, 94.3, in Chillicothe, OH. The station is a fully automated operation and one of the newest FM stations in Ohio. Len was previously a sales representative with WDIF-FM in Marion, OH.

BRENT WALKER received a Master's degree in French from Ohio State University on March 16, 1979. Brent now plans to leave for Japan where he will teach English and French at the ELE Institute in Hiroshima, and where he will continue his studies in Japanese language and culture.

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STEVE BLACK played a dual role in "Music Man" as Charlie Cowell, a traveling salesman and Olin, confidante of Mayor Shinn, at the Country Dinner Playhouse in Reynoldsburg, OH.

DIANE MacDONALD GAUGHAN has been named production director for Fort Steuben Mall in Steubenville, OH. She has previously worked for WSTV and WRKY radio stations in Steubenville.

FRED RECTOR is now associated with ABN Realty Company in Westerville, OH. Fred has been in the real estate profession for two years and attended many professional schools and marketing seminars.

HOLLY ROWLES SNIDER is manager of the Fashion Bug in the Hocking Valley Mall in Lancaster, OH.

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DEANA WILLIAMS JONES is an English teacher in Lexington, Ohio schools and under her direction, the first all-student production of "A ll My Sons" was presented.

MARK R. THRESHER successfully completed the C.P.A. exam in May, 1978 and accepted a position with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Company, Public Accountants, Columbus, OH. Mark is married to the former DEBORAH SCOTT, '77, and they are residing in Westerville, OH.

ED WILLIAMS, who plays professional basketball in Belgium, has taken the time to help with a basketball clinic at the Reynoldsburg, OH High School for both boys and girls.

faculty

THERESA HAZUCHA, Instructor in Women's Physical Education, was recently made chairman-elect of the Sports Medicine Division of the Midwest Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (Midwest AH PER.)

PAUL REDDIT, Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy, has been elected the new president of the Ohio Academy of Religion.

friends

BETTIE BENUA was named executive vice president and treasurer of Ebco Manufacturing Company, Columbus, OH, on June 21, 1979.

marriages

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RICHARD W. ARGO to Karen Sue Atkinson, March 31, 1979.

MARILYN GRIMES DAVIDSON to Regis Birckbichler , on June 16, 1979.

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ALAN MYERS to Jann Scholten, on June 2, 1979 in Grand Rapids, Ml.

'78 MARK R. THRESHER to DEBORAH SCOTT, '77 on October 7, 1978 in Bradford, PA.

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OBERLYN MARIE CHRISTY to Gerald Mowery on May 19, 1979 at the Upper Arlington Lutheran Church, Upper Arlington, OH.

births

1 63 MR. AND MRS. PHILLIP E. HANKINS (DIANE FICHNER), a son, Blake Flichner, October 17, 1978.

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MARSHAL. DUDDING to Tommy Harmon on December 23, 1978 in St. Petersburg, FL.

DEANNA JANE HEMPY to Carl Kenneth Roshong on April 21, 1979 at St. John's Episcopal Church in Lancaster.

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CINDY ANSEL to Douglas S. Tenney on June 24, 1978 in Lancaster, OH.

CYNTHIA ELLEN BAIRD to Edward Thomas Lewis on April 8, 1979.

DENNIS LEE COCKAYNE to Kellie Anne Lamone on April 7, 1979 at St. Matthew Catholic Church in Gahanna , OH.

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CONNIE ANN LE MAY to James Mark Brown on May 19, 1979 in Aspen, CO.

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CARL DUFFORD to Gail Paulus on June 16, 1979 in New Philadelphia, OH.

JANET JAMES to David Sauter on April 21, 1979 at the First Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Ml.

HOLLY DIANE ROWLES to Rick Lee Snider on March 18 , 1979.

1 66 DR. AND MRS. FRED W. WORLEY, a duaghter, Emily, January 19, 1979. She joins sisters Jennifer, 7, and Amy, 3.

'67 MR. AND MRS. MERVIN CABRAL (MARGARET HENRY), twin daughters, Sharice Kapualani and Shantel Kehaulani, July 22 , 1978. They join brother, Kyle, 3.

MAJOR AND MRS. DENNIS A. COWDEN (LINDA JOYCE '69 ), daughter, Kristen Denise , born October 25, 1978 and adopted April 20, 1979. She joins brother, Kenneth, 6.

MR. AND MRS. BILL CURRIN (DEBBIE EWELL), a daughter, Bethany Lyn, December 28, 1978. She joins sister, Kristin, 6.

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MR. AND MRS. RICHARD ALBERT (MARY HARLAN '69), a daughter, Carrie Elizabeth, August 11, 1978. She joins sister, Wendy, 6.

MR. AND MRS. DON HULL (JUDY HOUK), a daughter, Julie Ann, June 8, 1979. She joins sisters, Susan, 6, and Amy, 3.

MR. AND MRS. LESLIE THYSELL (GLORIA McDOWELL), a daughter, Anna Laurel, April 18, 1979. She joins brother, Jayme, 3.

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MR. AND MRS. DANIEL BENDER (WENDY FLICKER), a daughter,

Katherine Elizabeth, February 12, 1979. She joins brother, John, 2½.

MR. AND MRS. ENOCH FARMER (RUTH STANLEY), a son, Andrew David, August 29, 1978 .

MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM GARDNER, a son, W. Adam, March 1, 1979.

MR. AND MRS. JOHN KRUSE (KATHRYN CARTER), a daughter, Megan, August 31, 1978.

CAPT. AND MRS. FRANKLIN E. MILLER, a daughter, Rose Mary, May 26, 1979. She joins brother, William, 5½.

MR. AND MRS. DARRELL J. MODER, a son, David Andrew , April 8 , 1979.

MR. AND MRS. ROBERT SHAUFF (BETTY HUGHES), a daughter, Rebecca, November 10, 1978.

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MR. AND MRS. DEAN W. GIBBONS (MARILYN POHL Y), a daughter, Tammy Elizabeth, May 11, 1979.

MR. AND MRS. JOHN R. ROBY (PAMELA HENNINGS), a son, Benjamin James, April 3, 1979. He jo i ns brother, Andrew John, 5½.

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MR. AND MRS. YALE C. CAMPBELL, JR. (BARBARA MacKENZIE), a son, Ryan MacKenzie, April 30, 1979. He joins brother, Curt, 2½.

MR. AND MRS. JAMES A. CARTER, a daughter, Lacy Marie, May 9, 1979.

MR. AND MRS. H. BRIAN HUTCHINSON (HELEN K. JOHNSON, '72), a daughter , Kristin Anne, January 18, 1979.

MR. AND MRS. PETER POLL (SUSAN BORG), twin sons, Nicholas John and David Er i c, February 27, 1979 .

MR. AND MRS. GREG RICE, a son, Jeb Stewart, June 7 , 1979.

MR. AND MRS. CHARLES M. SAVKO (GINA MAMPIERE), a daughter, Lauri Michele, June 16 , 1978. She joins sister, Lisa

MR. AND MRS. ED VAUGHAN (LINDA SHEPPARD, '72), a daughter, Emily Marie, May, 1979.

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MR. AND MRS. NEILE. BAVER, a daughter, Rebecca Jo, December 7, 1978. She joins sister Elizabeth, 1.

MR. AND MRS. RICHARD DOONE (MARGARET MORGAN), a daughter, Erin Elizabeth, May 6, 1979

MR. AND MRS. ALAN PATTERSON (KATHLEEN KOHLER), a daughter, Emily Elaine, May 1, 1979. She joins brother, Reid Alan, 1½.

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DR. AND MRS. MELLAR DAVIS (DEBORAH DOAN), a son, Luke Addison, March 16, 1979.

MR. AND MRS. CHARLES HOOK (MARCIA WURST, ' 71), a daughter, Betsy Michelle, February 13, 1979. She joins sister, Cyndi, 7, and brother, Jeff, 3.

MR. AND MRS. MICHAEL MacCARTER (NANCY DRUMMOND), a son, Nathan Michael, Apri I 16, 1978.

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MR. AND MRS. DAVID BRADFORD (GEORGIA CAMPBELL), a son, Matthew David, April 26, 1979 He joins brother, Nathan

MR. AND MRS. KENT WITT (JANE MELHORN), a son, Thomas Kent, Jr., August 12, 1978.

deaths

'12 JAY B. SNYDER passed away April 25, 1979. Mr. Snyder was formerly the

owner of the Snyder-Melick Funeral Home in Centerburg , OH. He was a member of the Centerburg United Methodist Church, member and past master of Bloomfield Lodge 422 F and AM; former superintendent of Ashville School ; charter member of Centerburg Lions Club and member of Hartford Grange. He is survived by his wife, HAZEL WALTERS '07, two daughters, one sister, four grandchildren and seven g reat-g randch i Id ren.

'13 FLORENCE ZUSMASTER LANTZER passed away in November, 1978.

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LVMAN S. HERT passed away May 29 , 1979 in Morrow Manor, Chesterville, OH. He taught at Cardington High School and Chesterville Junior High School. He also worked at North Industry and as a guard at HPM. He was a World War I veteran, serving in the 309th Engineers. He was also a member of the First United Methodist Church of Cardington and a 32nd Degree Mason Mr. Hert is survived by wife, DOROTHY SHAW ' 16, daughter MARILYN SPIRES '56, three grandsons, a sister and brother.

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ELEANOR WHITNEY passed away July 8, 1979. She was a retired mathematics teacher in the Gahanna, OH, school system; also taught at Middleton, Westerville and Columbus, OH. Eleanor was past president of the Ohio Business and Professional Women's Club, a member of the Church of the Master, and associated with the Church of Messiah. She was also a member of the A.A.U.W., Westerville Historical Society and the President's Club of Otterbein College. She is survived by sister, JUDITH WHITNEY '27, and several cousins. Friends , if they wish, may contribute to the Eleanor Whitney Memorial Fund in care of the Otterbein College Library.

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DR. CALVIN R. BREDEN of Holiday, FL, passed away June 19, 1979. He was a retired research chemist for the Reaction Engineering Division of the

Argonne National Laboratories. He was a life member of the American Chemical Society and received his Ph.D. from Iowa State in 1930. He is survived by wife, Ruby; three sons; three brothers , COL. J. PAUL, '26, CHARLES LE VERE, '30, ROBERT E., '36, and one sister, VIVIAN B. LEAGUE, '33.

'24 LESTER M. MITCHELL of Ambridge, PA , passed away November 16, 1978.

'25 AARON GEORGE LUECHAUER passed away May 8, 1979.

'27 MRS. PAUL MURPHY (MARVE. LONG), passed away November 11 , 1978. She is survived by her husband , a brother , CENATE LONG, ' 29, and four sons.

'28 JOHN W. HUDOCK passed away December 31, 1978. He is survived by his wife, the former FLORENCE RAUCH, '26.

'29 W. QUENTIN KINTIGH passed away June 30, 1979. He is survived by wife, Rose, son and daughter-in-law, THOMAS, ' 62 and JUDY, '65; daughter and son-in-law, Marcia and Major Roger Allison; son, Lt. Dennis Kintigh, two sisters; two brothers , George and RICHARD, ' 31. Quentin was a retired guidance counselor for the Johnstown and Delaware, OH, High Schools, and retired from the Admissions Office of Otterbein College. He was a 50 year member of F. and A. M. Blendon Lodge, Mizpah Chapter, O.E.S.

We received word that CLARENCE W. SHANKEL TON of Dalton, OH passed away.

'30 MRS. ROBERT KARN (RUBY BRUNER) passed away April 17, 1979 at her home near Veedersburg, IN.

'31 THELMA 0. MANSON passed away February 13, 1979.

'33 LILLIAN DeWOLFE ANDRUS passed away July 13, 1979. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Westerville,

OH, and was a former employee of the Westerville Public Library. She is survived by husband, Richard, two sons, two daughters and four grandchildren.

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MRS. STANTON TENNEY (BETTY THUMA) died May 6, 1979. Betty was a member of the Fredericktown Education, Ohio Education and National Education Associations; Delta Kappa Gamma educational honorary, the Retired Teachers Association; the Golden Times Club and the Fredericktown United Methodist Church. She is survived by husband, Stanton; four sons; two daughters; 13 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; mother and three sisters.

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PAUL REBER passed away July 1, 1977 after a long illness.

GEORGE F. SIMMONS passed away June 26, 1979 after a long illness. Mr. Simmons graduated from Western Reserve College of Law. He had served as a Lieutenant J.G. U.S. Navy in World War II and was a member of American Legion Wendell L. Wilkie Post 19. He practiced law in the State of Ohio for 29 years and was a senior partner of the law firm Ferbstein, Stewart & Simmons. He was a member of the American Bar Association and the Ohio Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Mr. Simmons was an active member of the Church of the Master United Methodist, was president of the Board of Trustees and was a former president of the Akron Council of Churches. He was a member of the Otterbein College Development Board, past president of the Otterbein College Alumni Association, member of the Copley Board of Education for 16 years, 10 of which he was president of the board, honorary member of the Ohio Congress Parent Teachers Association, member of the Fairlawn Parks and Recreation Board and the Craftsman Park and Boat Club, past president of the Sertoma Club of Akron, Joppa Lodge 666 F.&A.M., Ancient Accepted Scotish Rite Valley of

Akron, Tadmor Temple Shrine and Yusef Khan Grotto. He is survived by his wife, JOAN ECKARD, '50, three daughters, PAMELA, '75, BRENDA, '77, Barbara and son , Robert, mother and brother

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MR. AND MRS. DAVID BOTDORF (PAT STEIN, '65) and their youngest son, Steven, age 5, of Belfont Heights, KY, were killed April 13, 1979 when their small plane crashed near Waverly in Pike County. The couple leaves two sons and one daughter, all older than Steven. David was a teacher before becoming associated with Armco Steel Company and later Ashland Oil Company. He was also a home builder in the Russell, KY, area.

'64 We received word that DAVID MARSHALL BARTLEY recently passed away.

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ROBERT E. RUBLE of Carroll, OH, was killed in a motorcycle accident on May 3, 1979.

A thank you for many kindnesses to a faithful member of Otterbein's President's Club. You have all done many fine things for ELEANOR WHITNEY, '22, throughout her life.

Many fine jokes and memorial tidbits have come her way in the last few months.

Thanks to all of you who helped in numerous ways.

Sincerely, Her Sister, JUDITH, '27

Otterbein Vs. U. of Dayton

September 15, 1979 m

5:00 pm 6:00 pm 7:30 pm Dayton Pep Rally Buffet Game

For Further Information: Contact Jim Scarfpin, Alumni Director, Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio 43081.

October 20, 1979

Emeriti Alumni

ROW 1: Lucile Lambert Webner, Isabel Jones Jacoby, Esther Groff Penick, Hazel Dehnhoff Young. ROW 2: Dewey A. Sheidler, Ruth Musselman Holman, Margaret Kum/er Toedtman, Verda Evans, Gladys Swigart, Isobel Wells, Elmer Funkhouser. ROW 3: Clair Siddall, Franklin W. Young, Char l es 0. Lambert, Harold N. Freeman, Jim Philips, Edith Hahn Richer, 8. F. (Ben) Richer, S. R. Wells.

Alumni Day- June 9, 1979

Class of 1929

Row 1: Dorothy Phill ip s Hydorn, Marion Carnes, Irene Bennert Wright, Enid Swarner Moore, Beulah Wingate Fritz, Katharin e Myers Mumma, Gladys Dickey Rosse/at, Lewis Frees. ROW 2: Virgi l L. Raver, Ina Weber White, Helena Baer Machamer, Virginia Nicholas Provost, Dorothy Shafer Van Kirk, Margaret Duerr Fogarty, Louise Secrest Bunce, Harold J. Young, Frank Mraz. ROW 3: Carlton L. Gee, Quentin Kintigh, James E Walter, Ruth E Weimer, Dick Sanders, Wendell H. Williams, Charles 0 Dodd, 8. W. "Dusty" Rhodes, Charles E. Mumma, Dow Shoemaker, Albert G. Mayer, Philipp L. Charles.

Class of 1954

ROW 1: Harry L. Koehl, Barbara Redinger Davis, Beverly Dodd Boring, Anne Liesmann Clare , Dotty Miles Conard, Waneta Williams Shilling, Eunice Jones Pettibone, Evelyn Stump Lee, Betty Knight Smythe, Ned Woolums. ROW 2: Charlotte Dunham, Carole S. Dougherty, Suzanne Bryan, Bob Eschbach, Don Shilling, Wilber Kirk, Wallace E. Conard, Glenn Miller, Louis Driever, Bill Cole, Jim Bloom.

Class of 1969

ROW 1: Jane Griggs, Dianne Fisher Abbott, Sue Cooksey Mullenix, Betty Wagner Kennedy, Becky Morgan Beebe, Sa ll y Price O'Donne ll , Betty Hughes Shauf/, Linda Bletz Buurma. ROW 2: Alan Howenstine, Nancy Lora Howenstine, Rebecca Rup l e, Linda Joyce Cowden, Kay Needham Hedges, Judy Cornwell Campbell, Ginnie Biemel Demo, Marcy Farkas Stevens, Peggy Nea l Koorn, Robert L. Joyce. ROW 3: Judy Wells Baker, Dee Dee Krumm Heffner, Dennis Heffner, Ronald Mowry, James Henry, Bob Dull, Michael G. Leadbetter, Franklin E. Miller, Bill Gardner, Steve Deringer, Marlene Lansman Deringer. ROW 4: Whitney Breidenbach Keyes, Sally Norton Nisley, W. Dean Rugh, Larry J. Evans, Loretta Evans Heigle, Susan Hieh/e Schnapp, Jane Whearty McMeekin, Paula K. Kurth, Brenton I. Chivington, Amy Doan Chivington, Fred Steck.

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