Gretchen has some memories she would like to share:

I already have Oct. 9-11 on my calendar.  Several of my Alpha Gam sisters are also planning on it.

I taught English, drama, and directed plays in Hoopeston, IL and West Chicago high schools for five years before marrying and moving to Colorado.  I had two sons, Dana, born in 1972, and Nick, born in 1979.  My marriage ended in divorce, and I went back to teaching English and speech, and coached the competitive speech team at Westminster High School for 21 years before I retired in 2010.  I now read, hike, play bridge, volunteer at our local food bank, and perform with a nonprofit educational group called The Legendary Ladies. <www.legendaryladies.org>; We portray women who helped settle the West; my two characters are Helen Hunt Jackson, author and Indian rights advocate, and Silver Heels, a dance hall girl who nursed miners through a smallpox epidemic.  I have one granddaughter who is a horsewoman, so I enjoy going to her shows and watching her sail over the jumps. The best thing about retirement is the absence of the morning alarm!

I would love to read about other classmates – I always go to the 1965 page in the IWU newsletters.