Lycoming College - Lycoming County Women's History

Photo of class of 1923. On p. 47 in 100 years of tradition, class members are "Front: Eva Manley, Teressa Stanley, Helen Yeagle, Doris Eveleth, Dorothy Kurtz, Helen Fegley, Hannah Hill, Ernestine Laedlein, Bernice Kirkwood, Madeline Mignot. 2nd: Olive Allen, Bessie VanSickle, Helen Brooks, Miss Black, Miss Mann, Helen Frontz, Julia Buck, Jennie Buck, Sara Neff."

Photo of class of 1924. Class directory lists members as Gertrude Basley, Delia Bell, Helen Benjamin, Katherine Burns, Marion Collins, Mary Devlin, Mary Gittkowski, Gladys Gimmel, Amy Harman, Edna Johnson, Dorothy Kunkle, and Helen Reed.

Photo of class of 1924. The group photo, reproduced on p. 48 of 100 years of tradition, identifies the group as "Mrs. Johnson (?), Gladys Gimmel, Edna Johnson, Mary Gittkowski, Helen Benjamin, Gertrude Basley, Della Bell, Katherine Burns, Dorothy Kunkle, Helen Reed, Mary Devlin". The two women on the right are not identified, but according to the class directory, they should be Marion Collins and Amy Harman. A handwritten note on the photo reads, "My class at Williamsport Hospital - 1924." A handwritten note on an accompanying photo reads, "Class of 1924 - taken on lawn of contagious ward."

Photo of class of 1926. As identified in hand-written note on reverse: "front row: Mabel Grove, Margaret Blaker, Adessa Furst, Nellie Harkness, Aletha Riggs, Flora Johnson, Gertrude Smith. 2nd row: Mary Lindsay, Josephine Smith, Margaret Bryson, Miss Eckman - Instructor, Miss Hipple - Director of Nursing, Evelyn Richter, Caroline Guiser, Mary Louise Koch, Pauline Smith, Hazel Cleaver, Muriel Portmore, Madge Eberenz, Alice Heylmun. Picture donated by F. Jones."

Photo of class of 1939. From p. 55, 100 years of tradition: "Front: Thressa Worthington, Martha Emert, Frances Leeser, Betty Culver, Ada Schultz, Miriam Schultz; 2nd: Jamella Bell, Edna Martz, Martha Hoffman, Marjorie Parker, Marjorie Tenney; 3rd: Martha Hopkins, Bertha Hackenberg, Jane Bricker, Sarah McGinnis, Betty Schwoerer, Violet Wettlaufer; 4th: Jennie Wise, Ann Burgess, Elsie Watkins, Vera Kramer, Margaret Benson; Top: Mary Lowe - Class advisor, Miss Evans, Miss Erdman, Miss Hipple."

Photo of class of 1940. Stamped on verso: "Published Apr. 28, 1940." Attached is a clipping from the Williamsport Grit of that date: "First row, left to right: Dorothy Strayer, Anna Treese, Mary Bacchieri, Dora High, Rosemary Laidacker, Helen Heim, Eleanor Heckart. Second row: Lucille Keller, Genevieve Rizzo, Martha Albright, Claire Harris, Almeda Laudenslager, Eleanor Askey. Third row: Olga Larson, Helen Louise Penman, Martha Katzmaier, Sara Reeder, Dorothy Schultz, Martha McNearney. Fourth row: Laura Hayes, Beth Harbach, Anastasia Wiggins, Helen Waltz, Lily Iona Albert, Alyce Harris, Betty Snoody. Back row: Miss Winifred Evans, Miss Anna Erdmann; Miss Lulu M. Hipple, director of the school of nursing, and Miss Anna C. McKeague, superintendent of the hospital. This class of 27 nurses will be graduated at the forty-fifth annual commencement of the school of nursing of the Williamsport Hospital this Friday evening, May 3. The exercises will be held at the Lycoming Hotel at 8 p.m. Seth T. McCormick, Jr., president of the Williamsport Hospital Board of Managers, will preside. The program is to include an address by the Rev. J. Ray Houser, pastor of St. Mark's Lutheran Church."

Photo of class of 1941. Stamped on verso: "Published May 4, 1941." Attached is a clipping from the Williamsport Grit of that date: "Pictured here are members of the senior class in the Nurses' Training School at the Williamsport Hospital who will be graduated at exercises to be held at the Lycoming May 9. ... Twenty-nine students will receive their pins and diplomas in the school's forty-sixth commencement exercises. Honor student and recipient of the McCormick Award will not be announced until fall, when members of the class will have completed their work. ... The class will be entertained Tuesday evening at the annual alumnae banquet and dance at the Lycoming, of which event Miss Carmen Larson is chairman. ... Members of the class are: First row, left to right - Norma Jean Murphy, Lewisburg; Geraldine Knaus, Wellsboro; Dorothy Fornof, Lock Haven; Emmabelle Gloeckler, Williamsport; Beatrice Bottorf, Lock Haven; Annis Lundy, Williamsport; Betty Beach, Williamsport. ... Second row - Mary Hall, Hublersburg; Beatrice Craw, Williamsport; Rita Mayes, Mill Hall; June Wertz, Williamsport; Mary Calvert, Bodines; Agnes Peters, Unityville; Mary Gladewitz, Williamsport. ... Third row - Jane Mix, Williamsport; Margaret Carter, Jersey Shore; Ruth Day, Picture Rocks; Bettibel Wurster, Williamsport; Doris Thomas, Jersey Shorte; Eleanor Stutzman, Williamsport. ... Fourth row - Jean Kramer, Williamsport; Jane Trick, Watsontown; Margaret Quigley, Williamsport; Lorraine Rimert, Williamsport; Vera Robinson, Jersey Shore; Thelma Biddle, Turbotville. ... Fifth row - Miss Lulu M. Tipple [sic], director of the school; Ruth Elizabeth Neece, Williamsport; Miss Ethel DeWald, supervisor; Betty Gilbert, Montoursville; Betty Swartz, Williamsport."

Photo of class of 1942. Stamped on verso: "Published April 12, 1942." Attached is a clipping from the Williamsport Grit of that date: "A class of 18 nurses will be graduated Friday in the forty-seventh annual commencement exercises of the Williamsport Hospital School of Nursing, to be held at 8 p.m. at the Lycoming Hotel. Dr. John W. Long, president of Williamsport Dickinson Junior College, will deliver the address. Members of the class, shown above, are, left to right: First row - Francis E. Fulton, Sara Hartranft, of Lewisburg; Dorothy L. Bernard, Lois D. Fisher, Victoria S. Gryboski, of Shamokin. Second row - Betty D. Gresh, of Watsontown; Beatrice I. Weigle, of Ralston; Sara L. Gerber; Elizabeth Runyan, Hilda M. Heilman, May L. Coder, of Lock Haven; Carmela C. DiMarco, Majele A. Bostian, of Lewisburg; Arlene C. Messner, of Roaring Branch; Janice L. Fish, of Morris; Sara J. Gaglione, Genevieve L. Rockey, of Loganton R.D., and Betty J. Dickson."

Photo of capping ceremony of class of 1950. On accompanying note: "Class of 1950 - 1st class to have everyone pass their state board exam the first time. Capping picture taken at the Y.M.C.A. - 1947. Front row - Doris Cohan Hess, June McCarty laudig, Faye Ertel Wurster, Sophia Paucke Ross, Marian Dochter Fedrowitz, Peggy Riss Bloom. 2nd row - Mickey McErn, Connie Stein Egli, Jane Alston Kehler, Marg Mosso Spangler, Jean Davis Ferrier, Dorothy English, Nellie Myers Walters, Lucille Lockard Dunn, Lorraine Bass Reeder. 3rd row - Marguerite Kessler, June English Rogers, Jackey Erney Dipple, Barb Leavy Spotts, Wendy Harlan, Leone Reynolds, Helen Holdren. Deceased members: Mary Mosso, Lorraine Bass, Jane Alston, Peggy Riss, Helen Holdren."

Photograph of graduating class of 1951. From p. 61 of 100 years of tradition, "Front: Constance Yearick, Mary Louise Wolfe, Cora Fry, Carolyn Stalcup, Sally Long; 2nd: Maxine Cline, Judy Hetter, Rozena Kreger, Jane Harbor, Lucille Williams, Olive Aderhold, Janet Musheno, Carol Andrews; 3rd: Shirley Eister, Charlotte Bamford, Mary Jane Webster, Elsie Chamberlain, Kathryn Bower, Marqueen Smith." On verso of photo, "1st row: Connie (Yearick) Shaible - works in rehab at Williamsport Hospital, Mary Louise Wolfe - working in OR at Williamsport Hospital, Cora Mae (Fry) Belcher - retired, husband is Dr. in the service, Carolyn (Stalcup) ? - retired from school nursing, Sara Jane Long - deceased ; 2nd row: Mary Lou (Cline) Ripka - deceased, Judy (Hetter) ? - married, retired, Rozena (Kreiger) Kinkade - deceased, Jane (Harber) Deibert - works in Dr.'s office, Lucille (Williams) Kates - retired to Florida, Olive (Aderhold) Russell - works in OR in Texas - going to retire this year, Janet (Musheno) Blair - moved to Florida, Carol (Andrews) Pysher - widow - works hospice in Arizona; 3rd row: Shirley (Eister) Suiter - ?, Shirley Breitenbaugh - joined the service?, Mary Jane (Webster) Cardone - retired, Elsie (Chamberlain) Reynolds - working in Hershey, Katie (Bower) Bigelow - works at Divine, Marqueen (Smith) Williams - retired."

Photo of graduation of class of 1952. Description from 100 years of tradition, p. 62: "Front: Emily Antes, Pauline Mattis, Maxine Moday, Delores Fleisher, Mildred Siddle, Madeline Douty, Patricia Tobin, Shirley Brectenbach; Middle: Joan Thomas, Jean Snyder, Carol Drake, June Smith, Phyllis Hoffman, Mary Bard, Pretta Kramer, Peggy Beaver, Barbara Vickery; Back: Patricia Brady, Doris Felix, Jeannette Code, Rachel Berger, Doris Glace, Naomi Kauffman, Shirley Kishbaugh, Mary Schriner, Betty Lechner."

Photo of class of 1954. As listed on p. 63, 100 years of tradition: "Front: Shirley Wachner, Joyce Artley, Mary Bair, Flo Livermore, Kay Connelly, Jane Pelky, Ethel Rae, Catherine Lyons; 2nd: Suzanne Stuempfle, JoAnne Donnell, Arnella Larson, Bea Frazer, Lois Huff, Mary Rougeux, Dolores Stanzione, Lorma Baker, Ruth Neff; 3rd: Nancy Eyer, Kathleen Wolfe, Jane Lanterman, Janet Cupp, Doris Abernatha, Marie Eck, Lila McQuillan."