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1973
Rebecca (Box) Rowe retired
from Wayne Highlands School
District after completing
36 years teaching biology,
chemistry and advanced
placement biology. She also
served as boys’ basketball
cheerleader coach for many
years.
1974
Mary (Perry) Baughman
celebrated Lycoming College
friendships, connecting for an
enjoyable (annual) gathering,
hosted this year by Michelle
’74 and Rod Templon ’74
in Pennington, N.J. Also in
attendance for a fun time of
double deck pinochle, fine food,
fond memories and good laughs
were: Ellen Weber ’74 , Karen
Uebele ’74, Nancy (Scholz)
Bastow ’74 and Carol Marple
Lynch (‘75). The one missing
“gal gang” member was Jane
(Woodruff) Bird ’75. Michelle,
Ellen, Nancy and Carol live
in N.J. Karen resides in York,
Maine; Mary in Sunnyvale, Tex.;
and Jane, in Marietta, Ga.
1976
Nancy (Gerber) Conrad,
Esquire, Lehigh County, was
elected to serve a three-year
term on the board of directors
of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.
She took office at PBI’s Annual
Meeting held in conjunction
with the Pennsylvania
Bar Association’s Annual
Meeting. Nancy is a partner
in the Commercial Litigation
Department and Chair of the
Labor and Employment Practice
Group with White and Williams
LLP, resident in the Lehigh
Valley Office. She practices in
the area of employment law
and litigation. In addition, her
practice includes the defense of
federal and state discrimination
claims, wrongful discharge,
and contract and injunction
proceedings. She also assists
employers with workplace
issues, including review of
handbooks and policies,
guidance on performance
management issues, employee
supervision and employee
training in the areas of anti-
harassment, EEO issues and
discipline/discharge. Nancy also
represents colleges, universities
and schools in employment and
education law matters related to
faculty, staff and students.
I have always loved Christmas and start playing
carols right after Halloween. So it wasn’t unusual that
my roommate and I were discussing dorm decorations
as we walked back to campus from Williamsport late
one afternoon. Passing by Old Main, we noticed a
forlorn evergreen tree thrown on the ground behind
the building. We immediately “topped” about three
feet for our room.
The following evening, we were aghast as we
entered the student union building and noticed a very
tall, fully decorated Christmas tree ... missing its top!
We had no idea that was its intended use, and kept the
secret for the next 50 years!
We didn’t look like tree thieves — we were involved
in many campus activities, and I was even named
Chieftain that year. We just couldn’t “come clean,”
although no one asked.
I hadn’t recalled this for 50 years. Now my three
children and their children have been told and they
kid me about respecting their trees!
Bonnie Byers ’66
PARDON GRANTED
Ever wish you had a presidential
pardon for your antics at Lycoming?
Come clean about your college
capers, and we’ll grant you one.
Send your story, along with
any photographic evidence, to
Your
conscience will thank you.
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