Emeritus Club Newsletter Volume 46 Issue 2 West Virginia Wesleyan College Winter 2018 Page 2 Winter 2018
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Winter 2018 Page 1 Emeritus Club Newsletter Volume 46 Issue 2 West Virginia Wesleyan College Winter 2018 Page 2 Winter 2018 deep respect for Brooks. Thank you for your leader- Greetings from the ship, wise counsel and friendship, Brooks. Emeritus Club Coordinator! Beginning January 1, 2019, we will have a new slate of What a tremendous turnout for the Emeritus Club officers. Welcome to Nancy Titchenal Emeritus Club at Homecoming 2018! Cheshire '69, President; Dewayne R. Lowther '57, Vice With nearly 100 people attending the Class of '68 So- President; and Katy O'Brien Greenhill '67, Secretary. I cial and over 175 members joining us for the Emeritus look forward to working with our new officers as we Club Banquet; it was truly a special weekend. I hope begin the year by inviting our next 50th Reunion Class those of you who attended had a wonderful time remi- of Emeritus Club members – the Class of 1969. We are niscing and reconnecting with classmates. anticipating a large crowd returning to campus I would like to extend a most extraordinary thank you October 11-13, 2019. Mark your calendars! to our Immediate Past President, Brooks Jones '62. From all of us at West Virginia Wesleyan College, we When I arrived at Wesleyan in 1996, Brooks was the wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Director of Planned Giving in the Advancement Of- fice. It did not take me long to learn a few things about Brooks…his love for West Virginia Wesleyan College and the color orange, his wealth of knowledge and his Molly Patterson thoughtful advice. Many things have changed since Coordinator of the Emeritus Club 1996, but one thing that has remained constant is my 2018-2019 The Bill Foster Birthday Club West Virginia Wesleyan College Members and friends pay $1 for every year of age to Emeritus Club Leadership the Bill Foster Birthday Club. It is a tradition that was first suggested by former Officers: Wesleyan alumni director and Emeritus Club president Nancy Titchenal Cheshire '62, President William D. Foster '29. He committed to donating $1 Dewayne R. Lowther '57, Vice President for every year of his age on or around the time of his Katy O'Brien Greenhill '67, Secretary birthday and encouraged other Emeritus Club J. Brooks Jones '62, Immediate Past President members to do the same. (2016-2018) Dr. Harold T. Elmore, Hon. '82 & Directors: Mrs. Sylvia Conklyn Elmore (Buckhannon, WV) Eleanor Linger Miller '61, term expiring 2019 Dr. Thomas B. Courtice, Hon. '15 (Columbus, OH) Alan P. Machenberg '61, term expiring 2020 Mr. Robert L. Lynch '47 (Richmond, VA) Elise Mattox George '65, term expiring 2021 Rev. Frank Gulinello, Jr. '60 (Goffstown, NH) Col. Richard E. Conaway '52 (Annandale, VA) Coordinator of the Emeritus Club: To make your contribution to the Bill Foster Birthday Club, please Molly Patterson go online to www.wvwc.edu/give, or mail your donation to: The Emeritus Club, 59 College Avenue, Buckhannon, WV 26201 (Please make checks payable to The Emeritus Club.) We Love to Hear from You! Help keep your classmates, your friends, and your alma mater up-to-date! Send us items for the Emeritus Club Newsletter - anniversaries, visits with classmates, awards, accomplishments, new locations, or even stories of your time at Wesleyan. Email to Molly Patterson at [email protected] or call 304-473-8540 If your name is misspelled, omitted, or listed incorrectly, we sincerely apologize. Please bring the mistake to our attention in order that we may correct the error in our next newsletter. Page 2 Winter 2018 Winter 2018 Page 3 Meet the New Emeritus Club Officers Katy O'Brien Greenhill '67, Secretary, Dewayne Lowther '57, Vice President, Nancy Titchenal Cheshire '62, President Meet Incoming President study experiences in the Home Economics Depart- ment would be so valuable. My life journey brought Nancy Titchenal Cheshire ‘62 me to Fairmont State College as a faculty member in the Department of Family & Consumer Sciences. This On a beautiful autumn day in 1958, I stepped out of then led to the best position ever as an Early Childhood my parent's automobile and began a memorable and Professor and Early Childhood Program Coordinator meaningful experience. I was an incoming freshman at Pierpont Community & Technical College. As a fac- at West Virginia Wesleyan College. The beautiful cam- ulty member, I remembered and reflected on my Wes- pus was welcoming, but more importantly were the leyan work experiences and the learning gained from smiles and helpfulness of Wesleyan upperclassmen as Esther T. McAllister and Margaret Walls. they greeted new classmates that day. I knew then, I had made the right choice in selecting Wesleyan as my Now, West Virginia Wesleyan has again provided me college home. I found my way to the fourth floor of a new and exciting learning adventure. When I joined Agnes Howard Hall and the adventure began! I never the Emeritus Club, I had no idea what an enjoyable dreamed at that time how special West Virginia Wes- and rewarding experience it would be. I love attending leyan would be to me. the summer Emeritus Club luncheon meetings. I visit with “old” friends, meet new friends and enjoy being Wesleyan not only provided me an excellent education, back on campus at my “Home Among the Hills.” And but my college experiences allowed me to grow so- Homecoming provides the wonderful opportunity of cially and spiritually as well. Lifelong friendships were greeting and welcoming new Emeritus Club members. formed. The foundation for a rewarding professional We are fortunate and blessed. career was laid. Never did I imagine that my work Page 4 Winter 2018 I look forward to greeting Emeritus Club members as We know you have many wonderful your president. We have the opportunity to support memories to share. each other and our alma mater. We have the opportu- nity to continue to grow as we learn about current and Lowther: Every time I hear “My Home Among The upcoming programs and activities at Wesleyan. The Hills” I am reminded that Ginnie and I had the privi- words of The Orange Line by Charles K. Dick has spe- lege of working for Bill James. I was given the oppor- cial meaning for Emeritus Club members because we tunity to work part time in the warehouse. This sup- have the privilege of reflecting on our past Wesleyan plemented the salary I received from the three small experiences... “I am your warm, enduring memories. churches I was appointed to serve. Later, Ginnie was I am your shared experiences. I am your friends, your hired full time to work in the office. We often wonder teachers. I am your link to the past. I am your dreams if she might have heard Bill James hum that tune. for the future. .We are the orange line.” Yes, indeed, O'Brien Greenhill: It might sound funny, but required we are the orange line and we are the West Virginia Chapel every Tuesday morning is a special memory. I Wesleyan Emeritus Club. know most all of us complained about having to attend, but I found myself enjoying the services. I have great Dewayne Lowther '57 and memories of the friendships I made, particularly in Al- Katy O'Brien Greenhill '67 to Serve pha Gamma Delta sorority. as Vice President and Secretary What excited you about being involved in a leadership position with the Emeritus Club? Dewayne Lowther '57 and Katy O'Brien Greenhill '67 will also begin their terms as Vice President and Secre- Lowther: It is rewarding to be in the company of oth- tary respectively on January 1. We asked both of them ers who acknowledge the value of their ongoing con- to answer a few questions to help you become more ac- nection to the Wesleyan Community! Since 2007, quainted. Ginnie and I have photographed Emeritus Club events, created printed visual essays and given them as gifts to How did you become a student at West the Alumni staff, along with CDs containing files for Virginia Wesleyan College? the photos. We estimate that we have over ten thou- Lowther: The summer after I graduated from Park- sand photos of Emeritus Club member events stored ersburg High School, Cebe Ross came to my home in on our computer hard drives. Emeritus club members Williamstown, called attention to the pre-ministerial who attend the three summer luncheons know that the program at Wesleyan and strongly suggested that since long lens we have on our cameras make it possible for I had expressed an interest in preparing to serve as a us to photograph without interrupting conversations. Methodist Minister in the West Virginia Annual Con- Our intent is to document the fact that Emeritus Club ference, I should enroll at Wesleyan. He spoke of the folks have a sparkle in their eyes and smiles on their advantages and supportive nature of that program, faces that come from continued involvement in the which provided ministers the opportunity to serve Wesleyan Community. rural Methodist churches in Central WV while at the O'Brien Greenhill: I am very eager to give back to same time preparing them to attend the Methodist Wesleyan, because it played such a pivotal role in my seminaries. Added to the persuasive and earnest sug- life. I love Wesleyan and Buckhannon and I look back gestion of Cebe was the fact that I already had strong at both with great fondness. I really want to help the ties to Wesleyan. College attract new students as I believe the best gift O'Brien Greenhill: While I grew up in Buckhannon, you can provide is a college educational experience.