EMERITUS FACULTY ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER

PALM BEACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDWARD M. EISSEY1 PRESIDENT

4200 Congress Avenue, Lake Worth, Florida 33461 December, 1994, Vol. Ill, No. I

FROM THE "EFA" PRESIDENT

By Lucille Dickinson

I wish for you every happiness for the holiday season.

I am most appreciative of the many people who have gotten the PBCC

f.eritus Faculty Association off to an ellent start for the 1994- 95

ason. I am particularly grateful to Dr. Edward Eissey and Dr. Lis Erling for providing us with meeting places and secretarial assistance. Dr. Erling is truly the backbone of our organization and has been most generous in every way. I feel highly honored that she has attended our meetings and has helped me in every way possible. Her secretary, Mrs. Janet Tedtmann has done a marvelous job of getting out our notices and keeping me informed.

I wish also to thank Dr. Harold Manor for making all of the arrangements for the very successful November meeting at the South Campus. Dr. Dan Terhune was a most gracious host, and Dr. Harris McGirt a good tour guide for the beautiful new buildings at the South Campus.

Also I am grateful to Dr. Paul

•raham for all his work in getting out 1is newsletter. My job as president

has been made very easy by such hard working and competent officers, as Mrs. Ruth Wing, Treasurer. and Mrs. Betty Morgan, Secretary.

Our next meeting will be Friday, February 3, 1995 at 12:30 p.m. on Central Campus. Dr. Manor, who is making all the arrangements, has asked Judge James Knott, an authority on local history, to be the speaker. We want to invite each member to bring a spouse or a friend to the luncheon. Any mid-year retirees are invited to be our guests at this time.

The final meeting of the year will most likely be May 5, 1995, on Central Campus. New retirees will be honored then.

I have asked Dr. Paul Graham to chair the Nominating Committee for next year's officers. Also , I have appointed Otis Harvey as our parlia­mentarian.

I have some sad notes to add. Dr. Mary Bosworth, Chairman of the Social Welt are Committee, informed me that Frankie Davis Sprague's husband, George, died November 16 after an illness with cancer. Also, Denny Dixon died on June 12 after a long stay in a nursing home, and Dr. Donald Butterworth, who was at the College from 1 964- 1978, passed away this past summer.

I hope to see many of you at our February meeting. Don't forget to bring a guest.

Happy New Year!

============================= Word has just been received of the

death of Dr. Reuben Ebert's wife (1965- 1967).

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'DAYS OF OUR LIVES' ===========================

Richard Bailey

Richard spends his days working in the yard and watching football games.

Paul Butler

Our sympathy is extended to Paul. His sister, who was retired from military service, died in Arizona. She was single, so Paul sold her home and took care of related business affairs.

Paul and Montine went to Indianapolis in July. She was attending her sorority meeting.

Olga Connelly

Olga enjoyed three weeks in France in July. She was visiting family there. Now at home, she is enjoying (?) therapy.

Paul Graham

In late May, Paul and Elizabeth Graham went on an 18-day trip, which included a week in the Canadian Rockies by bus. "There were 30 people in our group -- a Princess Tour. We walked on a

glacier, rafted down the river, saw black and brown bears, big horn sheep, mountain goats, elk, moose,

llllJJ.er. Included in our stopovers were .<e Louise and Banff. We sailed

from Vancouver on the Crown Princess with stops at Saskatchewan, Juneau and Skagway. Along the way we saw many glaciers, among them the ones in Glacier Bay. We flew up to Fairbanks, directly over Mt. McKinley. Then we came back to Anchorage on the train with a night in Devali Park. In the park, we went on a seven-hour trip through the wilds to see the animals. We did see two grizzly bears and many elk. After a short time in Anchorage we flew home. It was a wonderful trip!"

In October and November, Paul and Elizabeth both had cataracts removed from both eyes. All surgeries went well as did recoveries. Paul drives without glasses but uses them for reading. Elizabeth must wait a few weeks before getting new glasses. "Seeing is great!"

Ane Graham's son, Bill, won his third ~rm on the School Board. Mom and

Pop (especially Mom) are so-o-o glad to have it over!

James Gross

Jim has returned to Florida for the winter. He and Phyllis live in North Carolina during the summer.

Otis Harvey

Otis traveled to England in June with his long-time friend (and second cousin?), Bob Belinski. They used London as a base. and spent two weeks making side trips all over, including Avon on the Stratford.

Earl Huber

Earl wrote in August and reported that he and Nellie are both well. They are active in their church -- Nellie as

•e church librarian. Earl helping in e library and teaching Adult Sunday

School.

Nellie has gotten involved in genealogy to the point of authoring one book and co-authoring a second. She is a member of 13 genealogical societies.

Earl combines an active interest of fishing, boating, and bicycling with the quiet enjoyment of reading.

They have spent many summers and early falls in the Mount Washington Valley of New Hampshire. A family townhouse at Jackson gets much use by them. as well as their daughter and her family.

Earl , in looking back on his years at PBCC, has a special fondness for the professional and personal relationships he enjoyed with the Administration and faculty and staff.

Phyllis Leapman

Phyllis wrote in July that her early retirement due to a leg injury was compounded by more surgery and illness. A stroke, which left her unable to drive, has put on hold her plans to work in nursing and perform volunteer work at her temple.

Phyllis and her husband are presently building a villa in Boynton after selling their home in Boca.

A late summer trip to New England, where Phyllis grew up and attended school, was to include visits with friends, children, and two lovely granddaughters.

Phyllis tells us she is already missing the students and faculty at PBCC.

Frank McLaughlin

Frank is enjoying his grandchildren. He tells us he has been at home all of the time. "I would consider a week with my wife in Tahoe a trip away from home." (Perhaps Marjorie enjoyed the trip more than Frank.)

Harold Manor

Harold and Dorothy Manor accompanied their daughter and son­in- law. Marcia and Heinz to England, Wales and Germany. After visiting Oxford and the Cotswalds. they went to Cardiff to meet the woodcarver that Marcia represents in the USA. "We went to a Craft Fair in North Wales in the Cambrian Mis. and then flew to Frankfort, Germany where we visited Heinz's family in Frankfort and in the Bavarian Alps. We also went to Bertesgarten and revisited Salzburg, Austria. We went to East Germany where Heinz lived until the Russians occupied the area. We visited the Niethammer Paper factory and home which is now a nursing home. We saw extensive restoration work being done in Dresden and visited Meissen before returning to Frankfort and flying home."

"We returned to Atlanta to assist Marcia at a Craft Show in Atlanta where she displayed and sold traditional hand carved 'Lovespoons' from Wales. Carved by Paul Curtis, the carver she represents. It was a most interesting week! The following week we went to Athens to attend the graduation of our grandson from the College of Business of the University of Georgia."

Larry Mayfield

In October, Larry had a serious bout with kidney stones. The "crushing" method of getting rid of them did not work. A newer method finally worked and the stones are gone! The recovery is going slowly, but as soon as Larry feels stronger, he and Nell will come to Lake Worth for the winter months.

Betty Morgan

Betty continues her volunteer work at St. Mary's Hospital and with Hospice. She went on a cruise from Tampa to Mexico. While on this cruise, Betty was enrolled in a class in discipling.

Betty and Gwen went to Indiana for a vacation. They returned to Florida via New Orleans. A week there was an

• perience.

In March, Betty toured the Holy Land.

Buck Rader

Buck is enjoying his life of leisure. Since our last letter, he visited his daughter, Sybil, in Atlanta. While there he went hunting.

Jim Tanner

Jim is in good company most of the time. His golf foursome includes Bob Moss, Charles Graham, and sometimes Julio Rive.

Jim and Norma are excited about the wedding of the year. Jeff is to be married in December. The future Mrs. Tanner was a student at Florida State University the same time Jeff was there. She is a graduate student at University of Central Florida. Her major is speech therapy. Jeff is

~nning to move from Jacksonville to ~;lando.

The Tanners and two couples who enjoy boating recently attended the Island Regatta Races.

Leon Warner

Coinciding with press time for our April newsletter, we heard from Leon. "I noticed in the (previous) newsletter my birth date is unknown. Please note I celebrate my birthday with such notables as Paul Glynn and Hal Foster, although my date of birth precedes theirs by a substantial amount.

"Since leaving the college, Alice and I did a lot of 'RVing· through Canada and most of the United States. More recently we have spent our summers in Land Harbor, North Carolina and the rest of the time in Briar Creek,

. afety Harbor, Florida.

"Do a lot of golfing, bowling and

shuffling with the rest of the 'old fogies' in spite of a slow down from open heart surgery.

"While Paul Glynn keeps me informed abcut some of the college's activities, it is nice to hear about my former (not old) colleagues. Best wishes to y'all."

Don Whitmer

Don tells us they met friends and family for a Thanksgiving camp out at Oleana State Park.

Don and Rae enjoyed two months in North Georgia, Alabama, and the Smokies. The Bluegrass Festival, the Gold Day Rush, the Apple Festival were some of the special interests they enjoyed.

Joan Young

Joan is currently taking a course at PBCC, "Court Systems and Procedures".

Joan is a life member of FACC. She represented PBCC's chapter as a delegate at the annual FACC Convention at the Bonavenure Resort & Hotel, Ft. Lauderdale. She was elected Secretary of the Retirees Commission for 94-95.

As a life member of UFF/FTP/NEA, Joan is working as editor of UF­PBCC's newsletter, (Focus on Faculty), Chair of the Publications Committee, and records keeper.

Joan was again published in a national puzzle magazine, the January 1994 issue of the New York Herald Tribune Crossword Puzzles.

In May and June, Joan drove almost 7000 miles, visiting her daughter and granddaughters in Long Beach, CA and gambling in Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe, and Biloxi. She drove another 3000 miles in June and July, visiting relatives and friends in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Georgia.

While at home, she bowls four times a week with two ladies leagues, a Lakeside Village league, and the PBCC intramurals league .

ED PUGH AMERICAN

PATRIOT

ED PUGH, AMERICAN PATRIOT, is written about one of our own, by his widow Mary Alice Pugh. Ed served on the PBCC faculty from 1966 to 1988. Mary labored over the writing of this book over a five-year period. Her comments about the book follow.

"Historical projects and reenactments are a part of the book. In 1937- 38, along with 35 college students, Ed followed the diary of Revolutionary War soldiers who traveled from Ipswich, Mass., to Marietta, Ohio, to make the first settlement in the Northwest Territory. This United States government-sponsored project was on the 150th anniversary of that event. Life magazine reported the 1937-38 group lost as they crossed the Allegheny Mountains in a January snowstorm. Following the day-by­day diary, they built boats to float down the Ohio River to Marietta. Then for six months the group traveled through the six states of the Northwest Territory, leading local parades by day with their oxen and conestoga wagon and giving their 114-character pageant at night. The pageant, 'Freedom on the March', attracted as many as 30,000 spectators per performance and the parade as many as 100,000."

"In 1938, the 'Memorial to the Start Westward of the United States' was dedicated by President Franklin Roosevelt in Marietta. It was rededicated in 1988 'to the Sesquicentennial Pioneer Caravan and in memory of Edwin "Zeke" Pugh (1917- 1988), member of the 1937-1938 Caravan and leader of the 1987

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Bicentennial Trekkers'. The plaque with this inscription stands before the monument."

• wrote the pageant and spearheaded the celebration of his hometown's sesquicentennial in Wellsville, Ohio, in 1950; planned 'Ohio Week' as the Northeast Ohio Representative of the Ohio Sesquicentennial in 1953; chaired the centennial reenactment of the last day's ride and capture of the Confederate Raider, General John Hunt Morgan. who reached the northernmost point during the Civil War and was held captive in Wellsville in 1963; coordinated the events of the Bicentennial of the United States at Palm Beach Junior College in 1976 and organized the celebration of the Bicentennial of the Constitution at the College on September 17, 1987."

"At Palm Beach Junior College, as advisor of the Political Union, Ed made arrangements for the appearance of political candidates

nald Reagan, Hubert Humphrey, orge Wallace, and others, and phasized the importance of

registering to vote."

"During World War II, Ed served as a medic in the Pacific Islands - New Zealand, Fiji, Guadalcanal, Rendova, New Georgia, Bougainville, Philippines - a part of the war not recorded in the Archives of the Museum of Military History. He earned the Bronze Star and Purple Heart."

"Literary efforts included a historic guidebook of Western Pennsylvania for the University of Pittsburgh Press and publishing and editing the small­town newspaper in Wellsville."

"Most of all, Ed loved to teach specifically American History and Political Science, but generally good citizenship and patriotism. He was an American Patriot."

. he book is on sale at the college bookstore for $1 O. Proceeds will go

to the Ed Pugh Scholarship Fund at Palm Beach Community College.

A few words about Mary: She has recently traveled to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico with representatives of the Presbytery of Tropical Florida.

The group visited projects in partnership with the Peninsular Presbytery in Merida and vicinity. These include the San Pablo Seminary, Priscilla Girls School , churches. clinic. agricultural projects, and cottage industries. They took 14 packing boxes of toys to be distributed during the Christmas season to children in the 50 Presbyterian churches and orphanage.

----------------------------------------------------------NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE:

Paul Graham Bob Moss Jim Flatley

Information to

A be printed in the newsletter may be sen t to Paul Graham at his home address:

1401 Lakeview Drive Lake Worth, Florida 33461

If you find mistakes in this newsletter, please consider that they are there for a purpose. We publish something for everyone and some people are always looking for mistakes.

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NOMI NA TING COMMITTEE, 1995-96 OFFICERS:

Paul Graham, Chair Larry Mayfield Don Whitmer

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NEXT MEETING

The next meeting of the Emeritus Faculty Association will be a luncheon meeting held on Friday, Feb. 3, 1995 in the President's Dining Room on Central Campus at

..._ 12 noon. The ~ guest speaker ~ ~, will be Judge

James R. Knott. ~ He served on the

bench for 22 years and was

President of the County Historial Society of Palm Beach for 11 years. Topic: History of Palm Beach County. He will speak from memory and from his own research. Mid-year retirees will be our guests.

Look for further details in a letter in January. ----------------------------------------------------------

Lucille Dickinson President

Harold Manor Vice President

Betty Morgan Secretary

Ruth Wing Treasurer

Elisabeth W. Erling Liaison

PBCC DBOT and EFA

Edward M. Eissey serves as Palm Beach Community College President and the College is governed by the Palm Beach Community College District Board of Trustees. An Equal Opportunity Institution.