Class Notes

Marjorie Storms “Jerse” Reddoch saying hello after 72 years! I married my Marine, 1st Lt. Ruskin Reddoch, from Troy, AL. on June 4, 1945, graduation day, in the Baptist church. Dr. Robert Caverlee performed the ceremony at 4 p.m. Levin Houston and Dr. Ritter were ushers. Bridesmaids were: Lillie Macheras, Janice Seay, Betty Cook, and Betty Cochrane. Hilda Parks played the organ. We went on to Camp Lejeune N.C., for nine months. The Rev. Robert Caverlee performed the ceremony, and Levin Houston and Charles Ritter were ushers. Bridesmaids included Lillie Macheras Babalas, Betty Cook Schlichting, Betty Jones Cockrell, and Jenise Seay Williams ’46, all of whom have passed away. Hildy Parks Cohen, also now deceased, played the organ.

At 93 and 98, we are both enjoying assisted living at the lovely “Allegro” in Tarpon Springs, FL, where we have lived for one year and a half. Our careers were teaching and coaching at Tarpon Springs High School since 1953 for Rusty. He has a Little League ballpark named after him. I opened my Reddoch School of the Art in 1953 until 1983 and exhibited and sold my art work. I studied at UMW with a major in art and science. My mural class with Emil Schnellock as teacher and Dr. Hugo Iltis were my guiding lights. My mural oil painting of the N.J. state seal was viewed still on the walls in James Monroe Hall. Earning an A made me proud of my garden state and its two Grecian maidens holding the cornucopias.

Our joys today, at these ripe ages, are our three daughters, three sons in law, seven grandchildren, six spouses, and 18 great-grandchildren. A New Jersey girl and an Alabama boy met on a train in ’43!
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