MARTHA ANN TARPLEY (Baker)
703 Green Street, Auburn, AL 36830
334‑821‑9229

July 16, 2008:  It was so exciting to receive the notice of the class of 1948 reunion‑and especially to have it come from Bobby Woeber!  Bob and I were classmates at Julia Ward Howe grade school starting in the 3rd grade.  I still have the class photos of both the 3rd and 4th grade and it is amazing to see how many of the JWH gang continued on through our senior year at MtL.  Shirley Johnson and Nancy Schell were my closest friends but I remember fondly Doris Springer, "Bunky" McVeigh, Carolyn Schrader, Joan Stark, Beverly Beck, Bud Keen, David Miller, Peggy Crissman and in later years Lucia Downing and Sparky Pricer (Deceasded). Shirley Johnson and I continue to stay in touch.

Shirley, Nancy and I often rode the Sunset Hills bus to Washington Road and then walked to the high school.  Icy, hilly sidewalks and roads were a big part of our winter.  At school I was active in all the choral activities and often worked in the library.

My home room teacher all three years of high school was Miss Helen Zahniser.  She was the French teacher and a wonderful one.  I took two years from her and was a good student but not one of her best; however, when I got to college I found I qualified for advanced French literature!  Another teacher who put me way ahead in my college years was Miss Pickens who taught English including literature, spelling, poetry memorization and, most importantly, theme writing.  My favorite teacher was Dr. Nelson Mills.  I took every course he taught - literature and public speaking I and II.

Memories from high school include a group of us (led by Ben MacDonald) writing a musical play called Matilda.  We produced and performed it on the Mellon stage with Sally Funk ('47) and Lois Koerber as leads.  I wonder if anyone else recalls this?

My dad was transferred to the small town of Louisiana, Missouri the fall of my senior year.  My mother and I remained behind so that I could complete high school.  I moved from Mt. Lebanon soon after graduation and have only visited the high school once (1952) since then.

In the fall of 1948 I enrolled at the University of Kentucky in Lexington as a journalism major.  I graduated in 1952 and after a short stint as a reporter for a Missouri weekly I returned to Kentucky as a fashion copywriter for Stewarts of Louisville.  Here I met my husband, Clinton Baker, and we married in 1955.  Clint was a marketing professor and as a faculty wife I lived in Bloomington, Indiana (IU), Columbia, South Carolina (USC), Terre Haute, Indiana (ISU) and finally in 1974 Auburn, Alabama (AU).  We have two children, both married.  Our son lives in Irving, Texas and has two children. Our daughter also has two children and lives in Birmingham, AL.

Over the years I have kept busy with scouts, church, and university activities plus indulging my love of books, music and the theatre.  I served on the Girl Scout council in Indiana as public relations coordinator and edited the cookie sale brochures.  In Auburn I have been active with the public library serving as president of the board of directors and also as chair of the building committee for two large city library facilities.  I laughed when I read that Tom Arganbright said he read that I was speaking to City Council.  I did a lot of lobbying for several years.  I also organized and continue to direct a daily telephone reassurance service for live‑alone Auburn residents and have written for the local newspapers including a monthly column.

My husband is retired and we are enjoying a more leisurely style of life.  We are in reasonably good health but due to walking difficulty we have pretty much given up travel.  At present I am recovering from a total knee replacement.

We regret that we will be unable to attend the 1948 class reunion but will certainly be there in spirit.  I am looking forward to hearing as much about it as possible.  My memories of you all are all good ones.  I think our generation may have been the last to have a "carefree" childhood with lots of time to play and the freedom to roam the neighborhood.  1948 was a very good year!

With love and best wishes to all, Martha

New news:  Shirley Johnson has talked with her and while she doesn't have an email address, she is found and can be contacted by mail or phone.  Cheers,  Tom, June 2004

From Tom Arganbright to Shirley Johnson Rogers, May 2004:  Using my investigation skills I learned in the Army Counter Intelligence Corps, I decided to see if I could find one of your high school friends.  I had our 1973 25th Reunion brochure which listed Martha Tarpley as Mrs. Clinton Baker in Columbia, SC and he was Marketing Professor at Univ. of So. Carolina.  I put Martha Tarpley Baker in Google search and up came a listing of a Mrs. Martha Tarpley Baker of the Auburn Alabama Public Library making motions (City Council I think).  On a national white pages phone directory website, I found her listing: (available to anyone requesting - just e-mail me)

How many Martha Tarpleys can be married to Clinton Baker?  My bet is this is she and if you call her and I'm correct, let me know. 

 JANE LAWRY TEXTER (Wiedenman)
Box 427
South Orleans, MA  02662

Activities Play Costume Committee, GAA Major Sports Letter, Gym Squad, Home Room Secretary, Library Squad

40th Reunion

From Patty Acosta, Jane's sister-in-law:  She has 2 daughters, Cheri Tyree and Penny Vigilanti and one son, Peter Wiedenman.   I now have Jane's e-mail so I hope I can get more information from her. - May, 2009

WALLACE THOMPSON
 1425 McFarland Road
Pittsburgh, PA  15216

Cafeteria Squad, H-Y, Home Room Basketball

Per Bob Woeber, Wally has a new titanium aortic valve. 

OLIVE H. TIMOTHY (Blattner),
  116 Crescent Drive
Pittsburgh, PA  15228

Arts & Crafts Squad, Cheering Squad, GAA, Scenery Squad, Y-Teens

50th Reunion

55th Reunion

Rich Ulam, Olive and Janice Smirh @ 60th Reunion

Corrinne Lightbown, Janice Smirh and Timmy @ 60th Reunion)

RICHARD J. ULAM
4618 Sea Grape
Ft. Lauderdale, FL  3308

Football, Home Room Basketball

40th Reunion

50th Reunion

55th Reunion

Dick, Olive "Timmy" Timothy and Janice Smirh @ 60th reunion

JEANNE VAYDA (McCallum)
 221 Westover Drive
Cherry Hill, NC  08034

JGAA, Library Squad, Ways & Means Squad, Y-Teens Committee Chairman

  50th Reunion

July 2008:  So sorry to miss the 60th reunion.  We have a full calendar of events in August at the Shore.  Hope you all have a wonderful time.  I'll be thinking of you.  Jeanne

From Mary Murrie Hardy, January 2007 - Hi Bill,  thought you might like to see this picture that was taken in October at Suzanne Divine Williams' place.  The lake in the background is right behind her daughter's house, and the good looking group are from left: Jeanne Vayda McCallum, Ann Bowman McClymonds, Mitzi Fantl Murphy, Nancy Godden, Anne Mosites Miller, Suzanne Divine Williams, and Ann Pritchard Evanson.  I took the picture.  We had a wonderful 4 days together in the New Jersey, Philadelphia area.  (Click on image to enlarge)

Merry Christmas to you. – December 2005

Thanks for the last message --- especially about Isaly's.  The shape of the ice cream cone comes up in conversation now and then.  It was a favorite place for many of us.

I'll look for Ward Jones' book.  Jeanne

Barbara Adams Norris sent this picture of the latest "DBC" reunion in Stone Harbor, NJ, July 7th, 2003.

Suzanne Divine Williams, Jeanne Vayda McCallum,  Ann Bowman McClymonds,  Barbara Adams Norris, Roseanne McIlvane Casey, Ann Mosites Miller, Nancy Godden, Ann Pritchard Evanson and Mary Murrie Hardy. (Click to enlarge)

June 2003:  Tom and I have two wonderful 40 something children with busy social lives and good jobs, but no husband or wife --- therefore no grandchildren to brag about.

Both live and work in Philadelphia so we see them often especially in the summer in Stone Harbor where we have a nice little house a block from the beach.  Tom has been retired from Rohm and Haas for nearly 10 years.  We've both been  volunteers in Philadelphia and Cherry Hill, NJ.  For the last 30 years, Independence National Historical Park has been our major focus.  Tom was chairman of the Friends group and I'm an Interpreter at Independence Hall and other buildings associated with the Park.   Jeanne

SHIRLEY VINCENT (Moore)
 Chesapeake Place Assisted Living
1508 Volvo Pkwy
Chesapeake, VA 23320
757- 547-4163

Activities Play Usher, Attendance Squad, Chorus, Honor Roll, Library Squad, Operetta

50th Reunion 

Shirley's daughter-in-law phoned me this evening and gave me the following info.   Shirley is now in Assisted Living – see address above.   She is physically in pretty good shape.   She has a computer in her room and I gave Nancy our website address.  Nancy said there is a chance they could drive her up for the reunion, but that may not work out depending on her husband's schedule. -  Tom – July 2008

CHARLES E. VOGEL
2026 Croghan Drive
Carnegie, PA  15106
 Chuck's Biography

Band, Lantern

8th grade: 

1998	1999	Son's plane
60th Reunion	Chuck and Brenda @ 60th Reunion

May 2008 :  Bill, No, I cannot plan to attend the reunion.  I'm having some back surgery in about a week and I am not scheduling anything for this summer.  I should be fine, but I don't want to commit to anything and then have to back out.  Chuck.

Chuck writes in May, 2008:  My wife and I moved into a new condominium and are very pleased.  Our new address is 2026 Croghan Drive, Carnegie, PA 15106

August, 2000: Two years ago my baby son, Keith, and I took a three week trip around the USA in his Beechcraft Bonanza.  We had a wonderful time of talking, flying, sightseeing, and just having fun.  

This past spring Brenda, my wife, and I went out to Seattle to help remodel a house that Keith and his wife had recently purchased.  Brenda flew home commercial after four weeks, but I stayed a couple more weeks and then Keith flew me home in his Bonanza.  

The Bonanza is a pretty fast small plane and we made it in 15 hours and 15 minutes flying time.  It took four hops at about 4 hours each and we stayed overnight once.  Quite an experience.  I'm attaching a pictures (See left).

By the way Keith is now 40 years old (my baby) and just retired from Microsoft after 12 years employment there.  The stock options were very good to him.

I continue as Tour Guide Coordinator for Heinz Hall, the home of the Pittsburgh Symphony and am doing a number of volunteer activities.  Recently I was the Conference  Administrator for something called Alpha - a Christian program out of England that is designed to reach the unchurched or new Christians.  As a result of that I have now been asked by the Alpha organization to help train future Alpha Conference Administrators.  I'll be in Philadelphia in September doing that.  Chuck

Yes we did all the usual tourist things:  The helicopter ride over the volcano, a Luau, hiked up Diamond Head, a dinner cruise, etc., etc.

One day we rented a small plane and my son (He's the pilot) and I flew along the west coast of Hawaii.  Flying over there is "interesting" with the trade winds out of the North East.  The women decided to stay at the condo and swim.   Basically chickens.

You may be interested to know that our accommodations were "free".  That is they were covered by our membership in the Hilton Grand Vacation Club.  That cost multi-thousand dollars to join but gives us a two bedroom condo for a week in some 3000 different locations around the world each year.  There are
also various ways to pick up a bonus which allowed us to have two bedrooms
for two weeks in Hawaii this year.

This coming winter we're going to Sanibel Island, Florida for a week and taking another couple with us at no cost for the accommodations.  On this trip we're also getting air transportation at no direct cost to us.  Chuck Vogel. Phone/FAX: 412/344-3369

Chuck's Biography

December 1998 report:
The Where’s and What’s of Chuck Vogel

Following graduation from Mt. Lebanon High School, I attended Westminster College, Drew University and then Carnegie Tech.  These exposed me to both a liberal and technical education.

Shortly after graduating from Westminster I was married and started to work for Westinghouse at one of their Nuclear Divisions – all peaceful applications.   Ultimately I spent most of my years at the Commercial Nuclear Fuel Division of Westinghouse where we designed and fabricated fuel for commercial power plants around the world.

My first wife and I had four children, three boys and one girl.  Unfortunately one boy developed cancer and died at the age of 20.  After about 21 years of marriage that union fell apart.  Subsequently I married a wonderful woman by the name of Brenda.  She has been a blessing to the children and me.  We celebrate 25 years of marriage in 1999 but have no children of our own.  Brenda had never been married before.

I retired from Westinghouse in 1991.  During the years there I spent most of my time managing an engineering group of one sort or another.  However for the last few years I got involved in Total Quality and actually retired from the position of Total Quality Manager for the Nuclear Fuel Division.  We had won the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and that gave me the opportunity to speak and visit with many companies about TQM.

Retirement has been a busy time.  About two years after I retired I became the Council Steward (Executive Director) of the United Methodist Church of Western Pennsylvania.  This kept me busy for 2 years.

Now I am doing consulting for four companies.  Two are small high-tech companies – one in pharmaceuticals and one makes robots for hazardous environments.  A third company designs and builds Columbariums (structures which hold the cremated remains of deceased individuals).  The fourth company I do some work for is The United Methodist Foundation of Western Pennsylvania - an investment service for churches.

Other things I do to fill in my spare time:

•  Coordinator of Tour Guides at Heinz Hall, the home of the Pittsburgh Symphony

•  I’m on the Board of Directors at Olmsted Manor Retreat and Convention Center on the edge of the Allegheny Forest near Kane, PA.

•  I served on the Board of The Methodist Theological School of Ohio

•  Occasionally fill-in with our Church Choir

•  We are part of a quartet and sing several times a year at various functions.

•  I seem to be playing handbells at church quite a bit although I am not a regular.

•  I serve on a couple of committees at our local church

•  I am on a Financial Task Force for the Western Pennsylvania Conference of The United Methodist Church.

•  At a district level I serve on the Board of Ordained Ministry. We screen ministerial candidates for the Conference).

Chuck

 COL. ROBERT E. WALKER
 600 Royal Oak
Ingram TX   78025

Activities Key, Band, Football, Home Room Officer, Operetta Stage Crew, Traffic Squad Chairman

7th grade

40th Reunion

I regret that family circumstances will not permit my wife, Lou, and I from attending.  We send our best wishes to the rallying Class of '48 from the great state of Texas and the beautiful Hill Country.  Respectfully, Bob – August 2008

May 2007 - It has been my privilege to mentor elementary students at Ingram Elementary School for the past 7 years.   This has been  a wonderful experience.   Many of these youngsters come from broken homes and live with a single parent.   With over 800 children in the school, the need for mentoring many is urgent.  I am impressed with the 80 plus mentors that willingly give of their time to extend a reaching hand to those children in need.  There is a wonderful cross-section of mentor support -- retired school teachers, retired engineers, retired military folks, current employees of local banks, local construction employees, school board members, and the Superintendent of Ingram Schools.   It is most gratifying to reflect on the past experience as we see so many of these children excel in academics and personal relationships many as a result of  their mentoring experience.

The Mentoring Supervisor asked if I would make a presentation to the Kindergarten and First Graders about Vietnam military service.   I was pleased to do so, but it was conditional -- I had to be in uniform (25 years after retiring) and I agreed to do so.   The presentation went well as I read a book: "The Wall" concerning a man and his son visiting the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington D.C.   After that presentation I was asked to make the same presentation to the entire school as a Veteran's Day experience for the children.   It was a memorable experience -- A color guard of Vietnam Veterans, the pledge of allegiance, the "Star Spangled Banner", special presentations by the children and my brief summary of Vietnam experience and again -- reading "The Wall".   With 800 children attending – it was indeed impressive -- they were reverent – quiet and well-behaved.   These children are brought up regardless of their difficult home life, to respect this country and those who have served to preserve their freedom and opportunities -- Respectfully,   Bob Walker

June 2006 - Our son, John, His wife, Diane, and their 3 children, Cameron, Sara, and Lauren moved to Pittsburgh from San Antonio on June 13.  John accepted a position with Del Monte Foods in Pittsburgh and went to work for them in February.

His office is right at the intersection of the 3 rivers and he is pleased to be able to see the baseball park and Heinz field from his office window.  They purchased a home in Cranberry TWP and are busy unpacking in their 3000 sq foot home & 3 car garage.

They feel very much at home as my sister, Marilyn Holstead, and her husband, Bob, are in Venetia.  Nieces, Carrie and Christy, are also in the Pittsburgh area.  Bob

June 2004 - Bob writes:  We are greatly blessed with youngsters who have become major contributors to the communities.  Our daughter has been a major contributor in the Air Intelligence Agency as a GS-13. Planning and managing air intelligence activities for many years while supporting a husband in his duties with the United States Air Force has been very impressive. 

Dedication and sacrifice has been a major part of her life -- Our son has established himself with excellence as a marketer and exceptional ability to apply his talent to promoting the products that he has demonstrated.

His dedication and sacrifice to work for and attain a Masters Degree from the University of Texas, San Antonio has been most impressive -- with a full time job doing a great deal of traveling on business and fulfilling the needs of 3 young children involved in many activities has been most impressive.  His charming and very supportive wife deserves many, many accolades for her many sacrifices but certainly her dedicated support to his goals.  We are very blessed with what our children have attained and humbly grateful for God's many blessings.

August 2003:  The Texas Hill Country has been a great experience after living in Southern California for 27 years.  We are pleased with having both of our children and all of our Grandchildren living in San Antonio -- just 60 miles away.

We regret that we will be unable to attend the reunion at this time due to pressing family problems.   We are most grateful for the enthusiasm of "1948".

We will plan on attending the 60th.  Best wishes to all Bob & Lou 

PATRICIA EILENE WARD (Mundy)
10514 N. Ashgler Circle
Collierville, TN  38017

GAA, Honor Roll, Information Squad, Medical Squad, Ways & Means Squad, Y-Teens

Letter of September 1999: I have enjoyed reading about all you interesting classmates.  I guess it is about time I add a few words.

My greatest accomplishment has been raising seven great kids.

I graduate from Nursing School and joined the Air Force Nurse Corps.  I met my husband while in the A.F.   We have been married for 45 years.

My husband Bill joined International Paper in 1958 and we lived in several
southern cities and in Connecticut when he worked in New York City.

He retired several years ago and we moved to Mobile, Alabama.  We have had a very happy life raising our four boys and three girls.  We did the usual parental things like going to all the Little League baseball games, foot ball, etc.

Six of the children are college graduates and are doing very well in the corporate world.  We are very proud of all of them.

We also have 13 grandchildren who we love to spoil.  The children live in Memphis, Chicago, Bellview, Florida and one here in Mobile.  I get a lot of traveling in just visiting them.

It doesn't seem possible that it has been more than 50 years since our graduation.   I don't feel any older but a look in the mirror at a white head and wrinkled face tell me that it must be true!

It is always fun hearing the latest news.   Pat Ward Mundy 

ANN WEISENBERGER (Tattersall)
1006 Yacht Court
New Bern, NC 28560

Chorus, GAA, Honor Award Committee, Y-Teens

My husband John (Lebo '46) and I are enjoying the good life in Coastal Carolina in a dear historical small town.   Enjoying playing bridge, canasta, taking cruises, reading lots of books and our dog Lucy.   I am a proud grandmother of 10 with 5 graduations to attend this spring from Penn State, Delaware, and high schools across country.   Blessed to say I am a 3 year cancer survivor.   And I still cheer for the Steelers!

My kids are teaching me the internet this year!   Can't ever stop learning.   Hope to hear from our class soon. -  Ann, March 2009

We (my husband John and I) have retired to Fairfield Harbor, near New Bern.  We are enjoying golf, sailing, bridge, bicycling, and in general a life of leisure.  I have raised four children (three boys and one girl) and have ten grandchildren!  How time flies!   Best regards,  Anne Weisenberger Tattersall - Unknown date.

DAVID PAUL WEISS, Jr.
17230 Twin Maple Lane
Leesburg, VA  20176

Football, Home Room Basketball

Found by Bob Woeber, May 2008:  Home schooled, didn't graduate with class

RICHARD W. WHITMORE,
 1 Loggerhead Court
Hilton Head Island, SC  29926
 Richard's Biography

Honor Roll, Latin Newsletter, Make-up Editor, Physics Laboratory Squad, Traffic Squad

Betsy Harriman Whitmore MtL class of '50 & Richard at25th

Richard & Pat, 45th Reunion

50th Reunion

Richard & Pat @ 50th

June 2008:  Dick writes:  I don't plan to come.  Sorry but plans just didn't work out to be in Pittsburgh that weekend.  Enjoy the reunion and have fun y'all, Dick Whitmore

February 2008:  Bill,  I was sorry to hear of Bill Vetter's death. During high school we lived across the street from each other and played a lot of basketball using a board on my garage in the back yard.  I lost track of him after that although I believe he lived there for a couple of more years before he married.  I guess I never attended any of the reunions that he did.

Pat and I are still living in Hilton Head and enjoying every minute of it.  I gave up tennis a couple of years ago because of an arthritic wrist so I keep up my physical activity by walking about an hour per day and working out at a fitness club several times per week.  I also spend time working for a charity called Second Helpings.  We pickup surplus food from the supermarkets and distribute it to several social agencies who then distribute it to the needy.

Pat is still busy with her quilting and there will be a big show on the island this march.

This past fall we took a short trip to visit some of the national parks in Utah and Wyoming. I  think Bryce was the most amazing and beautiful of those we got to.  Picture attached!  We do make frequent trips to DC, Columbus and Chicago visiting family.

Just finished working in the yard today.  Beautiful day with about 70 degrees and plenty of sunshine.

Always thankful that I am here.  Richard (Dick) Whitmore

As of March, 2000 (From a visit to their lovely home):  He looks somewhat similar to what I remember from high school.  He is playing lots of tennis & rebuilding his back porch.  Pat is busy with quilting associations in the area.  Bill  <><

December 2001 update:  Through Classmates.com (or whatever its name is) I was able to contact a classmate that I remembered from the school I would have graduated from had my family not moved to Pittsburgh.

Everything here is about the same.  Pat is in Chicago this weekend so the dog and I are keeping each other company.   I hope to make it to Pittsburgh over Christmas.  Usually there for a day and a half or so to see some friends and my son. 

Our best to you and Kay.   Richard

Richard's Biography

B.S. Mathematics Carnegie Tech 1952

M.S. Statistics University of Michigan

2 years U.S. Army from College ROTC

30 years with U.S.Steel in Monroeville and Pittsburgh.  Started as a statistician in research in 1955.   Moved into the computer field very early on and did a variety of computer related jobs during my stay.

Probably contributed to the Y2K problem but hope no one is using any of my systems now.

Moved on to the University of Pittsburgh as manager of Computer Consulting.  Stayed there 10 years and retired.

My wife, Pat, and I moved to Hilton Head Island in April of 1998, after she retired from PNC Bank.

2 children from previous marriage.  Daughter Julie lives in Columbus and has 2 children. 
Son Mathew lives in Monroeville and works for National City Bank.  Not married.

Pat has 2 daughters, who live in Chicago and Seattle, so we have lots of excuses to go back north now and then.

I enjoy lots of tennis and also try to keep up my computer skills. Pat is into quilting.  We hope to do a lot of traveling, both here and abroad.

RALPH P. WIETHORN
2446 Pin Oak Place
Pittsburgh, PA  15220

Chorus, Boys' Glee Club, Activities Play, Business Squad

Found by Tom, May 2008:  Ralph Wiethorn was a broadcaster on WWSW and can't locate him but on People Search, it looks like 41 year old Eric is his son.

ART WILDER
  12210 E. Lake Road
Hammondsport. NY  14840

Found by Tom, May 2008:  Arthur H. Wilder worked in Corning, NY and this should be him, age 77.  Believe he was widowed and Kay would be second wife.

PAUL E. WILLIAMS
141 Village Court
Pittsburgh, PA

  15241Basketball, Football, Home Room President, Track

ROBERT A. WOEBER
 1828 Kent Road
Pittsburgh, PA  15241
 Bob's Biography

Honor Roll, Home Room VP, Lantern & Log Photographer, Printing Squad, Traffic Squad

45th Reunion
(Same picture series!)

50th Reunion
(Same picture series!)

50th Reunion

At Bud Stevenson's 70th Birthday Party
How come Bob ages but Margy doesn't?

Bob's Biography

What he says: (A short & stuffy autobiography only a Broker could love)

Graduated from Pitt in 1952.  Two years in Army.  Started in the brokerage business in 1954 with Singer, Deane & Scribner.  Joined Arthurs, Lestrange & Co. in 1960 as an OTC Market Maker.  Later Syndicate Manager, Sales Manager, and named Managing Partner in 1979 and President in 1986.  Been very active in industry affairs.

Married Margy Williams , (Class of 1952) in 1960.  Have 4 children, Bob, Linda, Jim and David, ages 37, 36, 32 and 26.  Too young to retire!

What everyone else says:

Investment Broker, part-time used-car Salesman & ex-Chippendale dancer.  Was Mt Lebanon 50th Reunion Coordinator & Treasurer until FDIC caught up to him.  His motto is, "Trust Me & send money, I really did send out 4,397 post cards."