VOL. 86 NO.1 
A.S.I. President and 
Morning Star to 
Highlight Alumni Weekend 
By Albert Dittes 
Debbie 
Young, 
president 
of 
June 25. 
Adventist-
laymen' s 
Services 
a 
n 
d 
Industries 
(ASI), will 
be 
the 
featured 
speaker for 
alumni 
weekend 
Mrs. Young is a nurse in 
Ypsilanti, Mich., and will honor the 
Madison roots of ASI. 
The 
success of the Madison 
affiliated institutions led the General 
Conference leadership to encourage 
more laymen to work in rural areas. 
Delegates to the Columbia Union 
Conference session organized the 
Association 
of Self-Supporting 
Institutions (ASI) March 4 and 5, 
1947, in Cincinnati. 
Dr. E.A. 
Sutherland devoted five years after 
his retirement to organizing an ASI 
chapter in each conference in the 
United States. 
The concept was 
later 
broadened 
to 
include 
Adventist business people and other 
lay persons wanting to fulfill the 
trusston of the Church in the 
marketplace. It has since grown into 
a major denominational movement 
sponsoring many ministries and 
conducting a major convention each 
year. 
Homecoming this year 
will be held June 24-26, 
2005 
Come be with us on 
your way to the General 
Conference Session 
Another chance to help The 
White Memorial 
By Albert Dittes 
Madison has a rich tradition of 
helping 
the 
White 
Memorial 
Hospital in Los Angeles, and a 
current need there gives us another 
opportunity to keep it alive. 
What 
1s 
now 
the 
White 
Memorial Medical Center is raising 
$183 million to build· a mandated 
earthquake-proof structure. 
According to their fund raising 
brochure, the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency (FEMA) has 
pledged $90 million. Another $63 
million will come from reserves and 
borrowed funds, meaning the 
JANUARY-MARCH 2005 
medical 
center has 
started 
a 
campaign to raise $3 0 million from 
friends and supporters. 
They have $~.5 million so far, 
according to Mary Anne Chern, 
president of the White Memorial 
Medical 
Center 
Charitable 
Foundation. 
The 
medical 
center 
administration is aware of the great 
financial sacrifice Dr. Sutherland 
and Mrs. Scott made in behalf of the 
White and is willing to place their 
names on a historical plaque 
honoring the founders. 
"We have a picture of Ellen 
White on display in the current 
hospital lobby, and this picture will 
be moved into a prominent area in 
the new hospital as well," writes 
Beth Zachary, president and CEO. 
"I · believe a plaque documenting 
White Memorial's history with 
Madison College, and especially 
honoring Dr. Sutherland and Mrs. 
Scott, would be highly appropriate 
in the new hospital near Sister 
White's picture. I have asked Mary 
Anne Chern to follow up on this as 
the 
new 
hospital 
1s 
being 
constructed." 
Therefore, those of us at the 
Survey encourage you to support 
this campaign and maintain our 
tradition of support there. 
"Please tell your alumni that we 
will name a patient room in 
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recognition of a gift of $10,000 or 
more," writes Mary Anne Chern. 
"However, we will work with you 
on this amount, and I will commit to 
you that I will ensure they are 
recognized in the new hospital even 
if we don't raise as much as we 
might 
hope. 
We will 
also 
acknowledge any donors in honor of 
Dr. Sutherland and Lida Scott in 
our newsletter." 
The target date for completing 
this campaign is 2008. By then the 
medical center will have replaced its 
two oldest buildings dating back to 
1936 with a new six-story hospital 
called The Patient Tower and 
retrofit 
its 
two 
existing 
buildings-the North and East 
Towers. Bed size will total 359, 
according to its campaign brochure. 
Though the White Memorial 
Hospital no longer serves as the Los 
Angeles campus for the medical 
school, 
new 
LLU 
physician 
graduates 
do 
internships 
and 
residencies there. 
Make your donations to the 
White Memorial Medical Center, 
1720 Cesar E. Chavez Ave., Los 
Angeles, CA 
9003 3. 
More 
information is available on the 
Internet 
at 
www. WhiteMemorial. com. 
On your check, make the gift in 
memory of Edward A. Sutherland 
and Lida Funk Scott. 
FROM HERE AND THERE 
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Alabama: M .. E. Culpepper, Active 
Interest, sent dues and these words, 
"Dear Albert & Bob, Keep up the 
good work on the Survey, hope to 
see you this year. I started my 88th 
year, 57 of those in the Seventh-day 
Adventist church." 
California: Fred Black, S '35-'38, 
BS '39, wrote, "Enclosed is my 
dues. 
My wife, Dorothy, died this past 
May 12. I met her at Madison in 
193 5 
and 
we 
were 
married 
November 9, 1939. We couldn't 
have the wedding on the campus, so 
we went to the B & W Cafeteria and 
asked to rent an upstairs room for 
our wedding. The manager told us 
we could have any room we needed 
and it wouldn't cost us anything. A 
lot of our friends attended-like Ben 
and Edith Brost, Ivan Teel and Ruby 
Johnson, also Roy and Lillian Reid. 
My best man was John Kayner. I 
will never forget my experiences I 
had at Madison. 
Hope all is well with you folks." 
California: Dora Huff Blessing, S 
'46 -'49, sent dues and help and 
wrote, "Dear Bob and Stella, 
Thanks for keeping me posted with 
the Madison survey & Alumni 
News". The "1 OOth Anniversary" 
information has, of course, been 
especially interesting. The schools 
have received a bountiful abundance 
of Heaven's Blessings, and shared 
with each other in God's love. 
These days, when I am becoming 
a "wobble legged lady in upper 
eighties", my "travel time" is so 
limited as compared with former 
years! However, considering the 
polio I had as a child, followed by 
leg surgery in teen-age, to correct 
some of the effects ( and which 
included four months in a body cast) 
and which was (followed by 
unfortunate transverse "fracture of 
hip", as a result of "no control by 
parents" 
over 
"kids 
knocking 
travelers off the Greyhound Bus.") 
My 88th birthday is coming up in 
a couple of days. 
Would you like to wish me a 
happy birthday and years that 
follow? 
Thanks again for the Madison 
Survey and for keeping in touch. 
A student requested Bill Dodge 
to become editor of printing a year 
book. (The first one of Madison 
College.) He agreed, and we got a 
group together, 
and with my 
suggestion, 
named 
our 
book 
Madison 
College 
Yearbook 
"Cumberland Echos". 
California: Daniel Y Loh, S '50-
'55, sent dues and these words, 
"Thank you! Keep up the good 
work." 
California: Irene Felice Osborne, S 
'35-'37, N '39, sent dues and note, 
"Hi Bob & Stella, Good work!!! 
I had another surgery-total 
shoulder, left. I'm the biotic woman 
+one-ha-I'm 88 and going strong. 
Have a youth group here and the 
kid's Sabbath School-would love 
to see you some day. If David ever 
comes to Madison I'll hitch a ride." 
Colorado: Eva Jo Aldrich Tautz, 
MCA '54, sent dues and office help 
with these words, "I was happy to 
receive the last Madison Survey and 
to see some pictures of people that 
I knew when I attended Madison 
Academy and my folks were in 
Nurses Training at Madison., 1950 
to 1955; People like Terry Brown, 
Lynne 
Jensen 
Wetmore, 
Pat 
Mitzelfelt, Carlos McDonald and 
Billy Wilson. 
I'm writing to bring you up to 
date regarding the death of my 
parents John Martin Aldrich, N '54 
and Dorothy Aldrich Rich, B SN 
'55. 
I still live in Denver with my 
wonderful husband of 43 years, Don 
Tautz. We have two children and 
their families near by and one son 
and his wife in California. God is 
good and I'm very thankful. Keep 
up your good work with the Alumni 
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letter with a note on the back and of 
course her dues, " I read all the 
Madison news, the day it comes. 
It was a wonderful family during 
my college and R. N. education. 
Age 86! Hard to believe." 
Ore2on: Agnes Offenburg Dorosh, 
N '54, and Steven BSN '57, sent 
dues and this brief note, "We sure 
appreciate the Madison Survey. 
Thanks for all your hard work. May 
God bless you." 
Tennessee: George Barnett, S '38-
, 3 9, sent this note with dues, "There 
are a few who will not let the 
memory of Madison College die. I 
wonder if those people responsible 
for abandoning and closing Madison 
hate you. I am very proud of you. 
I was a student 1938-1939. I 
worked mostly on the beautiful 
farm, therefore, I remember fondly 
these people; George Juhl, James 
Blair, Dr. Cyrus Kendall, Dr. 
Johnson, Pop Mathews. There are 
many more but the 85 year old disks 
in my computer are getting floppy. 
Keep it up." 
Tennessee: Joel, BS '50, CME '57 
and Mary Lillie Everett, BS 45, sent 
this message along with dues for 
'05, "Sorry-no time for a real letter. 
We are fine and counting our 
blessings at ages 83 and 81. God is 
good! Have a good day and keep 
looking up! 
Tennessee: T. Henry, X-ray '63 & 
Matjorie Hancock Scoggins, PT 
'60, N '63, sent dues and change of 
address with these words, "We 
appreciate receiving the Madison 
Survey. Please note the change in 
address. Marjorie and I have retired 
and recently relocated to the 
Knoxville area. We chose to retire 
here as our son and his family 
located in Knoxville in 2002. Two 
of our children continue to live in 
the Lorna Linda, Calif Area and 
thus we have reasons to make 
regular trips back there. Now that 
we are back in Tennesse we hope to 
be able to attend the alumni reunions 
and the KY-TN campmeeting." 
Tennessee: Velma Stewart Smith, 
MCA '48, N 
'52, sent dues 
accompanied with this note, "Just a 
note to go with our dues. Needless 
to say we will never tire of reading 
the Madison Survey! We hope you 
can keep it coming forever. 
We are still on our "estate" of26 
acres where Robert keeps busy with 
usual tasks of keeping it up. I am 
still 
working 
for 
Adventa 
Hospice-tried to retire three times 
but it just doesn't "take". I just don't 
seem 
to 
have 
any 
leisure 
skills-maybe one of these days. 
We put a home on our property 
for my brother, Ervin Stewart BS 
49'. His wife, Jeanie, passed away 
last January. He is in excellent 
health, walking his mile every day, 
fixing his own meals, laundry etc. (at 
84 years old!) 
My sister, Violet Lang, N '50 & 
Harold have moved from Andrews 
University to Portland, Or. To be 
near their daughter, Sharon and 
family. 
We appreciate all the work that 
you do to keep us all connected to 
the wonderful memories ofMadison. 
Texas: Lloyd L. Fitch, N & Anes. 
'64 sent these words with dues, "It 
was good to see Henry Bedford's 
picture in our alumni paper. He has 
been a fine Christian in our work for 
so many years. 
What a pleasure to have known 
him in our profession! ! 
May God help us to be such 
witnesses for Him." 
Texas: Eugene Wood, Lab-X-ray 
'39, DO '57, also sent dues and 
extra and these words. "Dear Albert 
& Bob, Madison, beautiful Madison, 
still lives on, through the Madison 
Survey. Thanks for the Survey, I'm 
sending dues. 
I remember one time my parents 
and sister visited me and they were 
amazed 
at 
Madison 
and 
it's 
beautiful campus. 
Dr. Bralliar, was a very remarkable 
man. He knew the names of every 
plant, vine, bush, flower, tree, on 
the place, when to plant and how to 
plant etc. 
The Madison Survey keeps our 
minds fresh of how Madison once 
looked. I am very glad I was once 
there. 
I appreciate Albert giving us a 
history of early Madison. Pictures 
interest. 
So keep the Madison Survey 
going. I'll try and keep up my dues. 
Days are getting shorter it seems. 
February 1, 2005 I will be 93 years 
old but I have the past, the future 
doesn't hold much for me it seems. 
P. S. I guess I should say the future 
does hold something for me, and 
that's the Blessed Hope of the 
coming of the Lord. Keep looking 
up and bless you both. 
Virginia: Rose Walden Couch, PT 
'61, sent dues with this message, 
"dear friends, I am sending dues for 
the years '04 and '05. 
I have many fond memories of 
attending Madison College. Thanks 
much for sending the Survey. 
My husband and I are blessed 
greatly with good health. We have 
two 
grown 
children 
and 
six 
grandchildren thus far. 
It is always good to read about 
people we knew while there. Thanks 
again." 
Virginia: Jacque Kunau Small, S 
'54-'57 & Sam sent dues and new 
address and this comment, "It has 
been years since we have received a 
Madison Survey. How we enjoyed 
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this December 2004 copy. The 
pictures were great. Please note our 
change of address .. " 
Washington: 
Dorothy Medlin 
Kellogg, N '43, sent dues and 
wrote, "Greetings from the North 
west. Enclosed find my· dues and 
office help. 
As I look out my window the 
view is a picture of a beautiful 
winter wonderland. The first snow 
of the season. My son, David, 
bought a lot of new ski equipment 
planning to go ski-ing during 
christmas vacation, but all the ski 
areas around here were closed due 
to the lack of snow. So he packed 
up his family and new ski equipment 
and went to Canada and had a great 
time. 
Dorothy Wayne Bowes, N '41, 
called and asked me if I still have 
my latest Madison Survey. She said 
she has looked high and low and 
can't find hers anywhere. I assured 
her that I still have mine and will be 
happy to bring it over as soon as the 
roads thaw a little as I don't have 
studded tires on my car. 
Her son, Rick Bowes, has 
been the senior pastor here at the 
Walla Walla City Church for 
many years but has decided to 
accept a call to another church 
and will be moving. So Dorothy 
will also move to be near them, 
but 
she 
will 
still 
be 
tn 
Washington just across the 
Columbia River from Portland, 
' Oregon. 
She will be greatly missed 
around here. There seems to be a 
special closeness of eternal 
endurance 
among 
Madison 
friends. 
Thanks a million for keeping 
the 
Madison 
home 
fires 
burning." 
~ 
Resting Until The 
Resurrection 
Aldrich, John Martin (Henry) N 
'54, expired July 2003. Following 
graduation he and his wife, Dorothy, 
BSN 
'55 
moved 
to Denver, 
Colorado. John worked for a Private 
Duty Registry until he joined the 
clinic at Dow Chemical Company 
from which he retired in the '80s. 
Bailey, Lloyd G., N '49, age 90, 
expired December 1 7, 2004 at 
Madison 
Healthcare 
and 
Rehabilitation Center in Madison, 
Tenn. Originally from Michigan he 
came to Madison College and 
graduated from the Nurses Course 
in 1949. He retired from the 
Veterans Administration Hospital 
System. He was a Navy veteran of 
WW II, 1941-1943. He was member 
of the Tryon, North Carolina 
Seventh-day Adventist Church. For 
the past two and a half years he has 
lived in the Nashville area to be near 
family. He is preceded by the demise 
ofhis wife, Virginia Rowland Bailey, 
N '56, BS '59; two brothers; two 
sisters. Survived by one brother; Dr. 
David(Judy) Bailey of Peoria, Ill.,; 
one daughter, Barbara Pearce of 
Madison, 
Tenn., 
Three 
grandchildren, 
Shellie F oxx of 
Gallatin, Tenn., Kellie Matchim of 
White House, Tenn. And Wesley 
Walker of Asheville, NC; Four 
great-grandchildren; 
nieces 
and 
nephews. 
Rich, Dorothy Aldrich, BSN '55, 
expired 
December 
28, 
2004. 
Dorothy worked at Porter Hospital 
in Denver her whole employment 
history following graduation. She 
worked in all of the departments and 
at the time of her retirement in the 
'80s she was the night supervisor. 
She is survived by daughter, Eva Jo 
Aldrich Tautz, Madison Academy 
'54, three grandchildren and five 
great-grandchildren. She is greatly 
missed by her family. 
Helen Deal Sandborn, BS '37, age 
93 expired 
April 
24, 
2005. 
She 
came 
to 
Madison 
College 
f r o m 
Michigan 
a 
n 
d 
received her BS in 1937 and 
obtained a Master's degree from 
Peabody College in 1959. She 
married William C. Sandborn. They 
were at Madison for many years. 
She taught English and worked as a 
dietician. Her husband served as 
Dean of the College and later as 
President. 
After leaving Madison, she 
taught English at Salem College 
West Virginia and her husband was 
Dean of Salem College. They 
moved to Kettering, Ohio where she 
taught English. Her husband started 
the college and was president until 
his death in 1969. Helen moved to 
Fletcher, 
North 
Carolina 
and 
worked as head dietician at Fletcher 
Hospital, now Park Ridge Hospital, 
until she was in her seventies. She 
vol~nteered at Park Ridge until she 
was eighty-seven. She is survived by 
son William Deal Sandborn, MD, 
MCA '57, S '60 (Vanderbilt '61), 
his wife, Marie King Sandborn, N 
'61, Daughter Marilyn Murdoch of 
California. He practices Psychiatry 
at Park Ridge Hospital She was 
blessed with grandchildren and 
great -grandchildren. 
Salazar, Oscar V., S '47-'48, age 
84, expired November 21, 2004. 
Born and raised in San Jose, Costa 
Rica 
he 
married 
Lilia Levy 
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and the Survey paper. You lost me 
for a while, but thanks to Jim 
Culpepper, "I'm found". 
Hawaii: Jo Sprague Wong, N '50, 
sent this newsy letter with her dues, 
"Aloha Bob, All my good wishes for 
a happy and healthy New Year! It 
has been 55 years since I left 
Madison with only one visit back, in 
1965 or '66. I am 79! Wow! 
I left Maui two years ago, after 
my husband died from lung cancer. 
It was hard to sell our home and 
relocate after 28 years, but, I needed 
to be on the Big Island with my two 
girls. I bought a nice home but 
much smaller than my Maui home. 
I retired from Maui Memorial 
Hospital in 1990, but I am a foster 
mom and I have two kids, a boy 
18-who is praying for a donor as he 
needs a bone marrow transplant ( he 
has had 44 blood transfusions so 
far) and a girl 15, whose parents 
have been in prison since she was 
small. I kept a baby for one year, 
but he was returned to his mom in 
September. I get him a few days 
almost every week! he still calls me 
mom! I adore him. 
I enjoy reading the Survey, and 
keep hoping some old friends will 
come to visit. Eloise Page Surdal 
visited me on Maui and also here 
after her husband passed away. It's 
a lovely day today, about 82 
degrees. It rains a lot here. I live 
four blocks from the ocean, so I 
walk there daily. Thank you for 
keeping us aware of our classmates. 
Much Aloha, Jo" 
Idaho: Rhea & Susan Harvey, S 
'40, sent dues and help with these 
words, "Greetings from Boise, 
Idaho where Susan and I are 
residing and working for Pacific 
Press for the last eight years." 
Louisiana: Nancy Carney Estey, 
BSN '55& Ted, S '53 -'56, sent 
dues and extra with this note, 
"Looking forward to homecoming in 
June. It will be my 50th from 
Nursing." 
Michiean: Kay Forrester Collins, 
N '63, sent dues accompanied with 
this letter, "My dear family and 
friends, No doubt this has been the 
most eventful, most traumatic, year 
of my life; however, I can only 
praise the Lord for His mercy and 
his comfort. He is so faithful and 
"an ever-present Help in trouble." 
As you 
know, I laid 
my Darling 
to 
rest 
April 
16, 
2004 
and 
m 
y 
preCiOUS 
Mother fell asleep in Jesus just three 
weeks later! Two horrendous losses! 
I really don't know how people cope 
without a living, loving, relationship 
with Jesus. He has surely carried me 
through all the grief and sorrow of 
my heart. 
I want to express my deepest 
appreciation to you, also, for all the 
love and support you gave to both 
of us, during his last illness, and for 
your kindness in expressing your 
heart-felt sympathy for me as Dan 
laid down his armor. Indeed, he 
fought a good fight; he had finished 
his course and I know there is a 
crown awaiting him when Jesus 
comes and calls him forth from his 
resting place. 
My whole life has been turned 
upside down-"like the mountains 
being carried into the midst of the 
sea"; however, in the depths of my 
greatest sorrow, I choose to trust 
the One who sees the big picture. He 
has spared my Darling from all the 
tempest ahead-he is forever safe 
and his commitment to his Savior is 
sealed for Eternity! 
I stood by Dan's side, in Public 
Evangelism, for over 30 years! 
What a privilege was mine to hear 
God's Truth preached with power 
and conviction for more than 200 
evangelistic series! Now, I walk the 
road alone-but I am not alone! 
Not only do I have a double-guard 
of angels with me at all times-for 
Dan prayed that his guardian angel 
would link up with mine; but this 
inspired thought has brought me 
such comfort also as I seek to win 
souls to the Savior I love: "All the 
resources of Heaven are at the 
command of those who are seeking 
to save the lost. Angels will help 
you reach the most careless and the 
most hardened."(C.O.L., Pg 179) 
On Memorial Day, we laid Dan, 
Mother and my brother, Jimmy, to 
rest in the cemetery behind the 
Wilson church in the beautiful 
Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Dan 
liked the area so much that, while 
we were doing an evangelistic series 
in the district, he actually purchased 
the grave plot-and that was over 8 
years ago! Together these three 
children of God rest and together 
they shall arise when Jesus comes 
and calls their names. In the 
meantime, I know they are guarded 
like precious jewels by Heavenly 
angels. 
In 
July, 
I 
took up 
my 
responsibilities as the Bible Worker 
for the Battle Creek Tabernacle. 
This is an entirely new experience 
for me but already I am being 
surrounded by wonderful people, 
both within the church and without, 
and their confidence and support 
means so much. I desire only to give 
myself in loving ministry to others 
and to hasten the Day of Glad-
reunion. I choose not to focus on 
my grief but in bringing happiness 
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into the lives ofbthers. Soon Jesus 
will return and wipe everybody's 
tears away-until that Day, may we 
each be faithful. 
P.S. I wrote a sequel to My Son 
Dan and Together With Jesus will 
be published in 2005." Because Dan 
believed in youth, a fund has been 
set 
up 
to 
support 
them. 
Contributions can be made to 
Michigan 
Youth 
Evangelism. 
Checks can be made to Michigan 
Conference 
with Dan 
Collins 
Memorial in the memo line. 
Missouri: Wm. "Mac" & Lillian 
Gray McKinney, S '47-'49, S '46-
, 49 sent dues and this note, " 
Thanks for sending the envelope. 
That envelope is my reminder to put 
money into when I open the mail. 
That envelope went into a 
special pocket above my desk and 
when I wrote checks it said write 
one for Madison.( Haven't some of 
you got one that is saying the 
same?) Have a good year." 
New Jersey: Beatrice Shafer, long 
time worker at Chestnut Hill, sent 
the following newsletter from Helen 
Rademan, BS '34, with these 
words, " ... She came to Chestnut 
Hill to teach for a year. I believe she 
was 18 years old." "Dear Family 
and friends, Happy New Year! I 
missed out on Christmas completely 
but I can't let the season go by 
without telling you how much it 
means to me to hear from you, any 
time at all, and especially when the 
year has had a lot of bumps in it. 
Last January I woke up on a 
bitterly cold morning to find that the 
furnace had expired. I summoned 
the 
plumbers 
who 
came 
immediately, along with an un-
summoned 
policeman, 
who 
informed me that I would not be 
allowed to stay in the house without 
heat. I went elsewhere, the plumbers 
worked in sub-zero temperature and 
by evening it was warm again in the 
house. Only for a couple of hours; 
then the furnace went on strike. I 
got out more blankets and went to 
bed. Next day, it was repaired. Cost: 
About five 
months of Social 
Security checks. 
In April I went to the hospital 
for what appeared to be a small 
surgery with a three-day stay. In 
stead, it stretched out to almost 
three weeks of X-rays, blood 
drawings, breathing therapy and 
what not. And then I couldn't walk 
so I went to rehab for a month. It 
was nice enough, but I was happy to 
get home in June. 
I was told to find a "primary 
doctor". The one I chose is young, 
handsome, 
kind, 
courteous, 
personable -and a real Sherlock 
Holmes when it comes to detecting 
problems. He pretty promptly hauled 
me back to the hospital with a whole 
new set of ailments. Result: I'm on a 
diet that eliminates any food with 
potassium 
or vitamin 
K 
and 
restricted carbs. I've lost about 18 
or 20 pounds. 
In October a friend and I took a 
three day trip to the Adirondacks, 
Lake Placid, Lake George and the 
Catskills. The weather was perfect 
and autumn foliage was gorgeous. 
We co-operated: 
I chose the 
destination and she supplied the car 
and driving. 
When cold weather arrived I 
discovered that I'd left my winter 
jacket in the hospital or rehab. After 
three months there was no hope of 
getting it back; but I had one 
someone had given me ten years 
ago, too small and I never found 
anyone who could use it. Now it fits 
me. Then a friend brought me 
another. And at a church rummage 
sale I found a gray jacket and a red 
coat, too good a bargain to pass up 
($8 with a lot of other stuff thrown 
in.) And then I got a note from the 
rehab asking me to pick up the coat 
I'd left there. I should keep warm 
this winter! 
December 1Oth I had to go back 
to the hospital for tests. I was 
worried about a friend's cat I was 
committed to caring for while he 
was in Europe, and fretting because 
I couldn't put up a Christmas tree, 
but a young lady from church did 
both for me. I had Christmas Eve 
dinner with friends and Christmas 
day they served dinner at church. I'll 
say it again -friends are wonderful! 
Can't expect every year to be 
wonderful. I feel pretty well in spite 
of it all, and very thankful for God's 
blessings." 
New 
Mexico: 
Peggy Larcom 
Bryant, S, '48 and James "Jim", S 
'4 7-'48, came to Madison to attend 
a wedding in December and made a 
connection 
with 
the 
alumni 
association 
while 
here. 
Since 
returning home they have sent their 
dues for '05. We are always happy 
to find someone that had become 
lost to us. 
North Carolina: Betty Bicknell 
Donesky, N '51, S '58-'59, and 
Peter W., S '45-'47, sent dues and 
help with these words, "Thanks for 
the Survey! We always enjoy it! 
You probably heard that Peter had a 
very light stroke on July 5, 2003 
(no, we had not) It affected his 
memory somewhat. That's why we 
weren't at the reunion last year. 
Don't know about this one coming 
up. Keep up the good work! God 
bless." 
Ohio: Raymond G. Campbell, BS 
'61, sent dues and help. (Letter not 
printed by request.) 
Oregon: Frieda Brunner Tanner, N 
'45, sent a copy of her Christmas 
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Bonamuza in 194 3 and emigrated 
with his wife and children, Albert 
and Elena, in 1946. Oscar and Elena 
attended Madison College and 
moved on to attend Columbia Union 
College, Takoma Park, Maryland. 
He became a member of the Sligo 
Seventh-day Adventist Church and 
served as deacon for 56 years. A 
son, Le Roy was born in 1952. 
Following graduation from college 
Oscar 
worked 
for 
the 
State 
Department teaching Spanish to 
Foreign Service workers. Later he 
was hired by American University 
where he taught for 2 7 years as 
Associate Professor in the language 
department, retiring at age 70. 
Surviving are his wife, Lilia, sister 
Maria Elena, three children, Albert, 
Elena, 
and 
LeRoy, 
three 
grandchildren Danielle, Peter, and 
Albert, 
a 
great-granddaughter 
Nicole. ~~~ 
Lodging 
There is no on campus housing 
unless you are staying with friends. 
There are several nearby motels for 
your conv~nience. I list the motels 
and the toll free reservation number 
of each. They are all within a block 
or two of each other. They are 
within two miles of a major 
shopping mall. There are several 
eating establishments in the area. 
The 
TN. 
Christian 
Medical 
Center(Madison Hospital) is 6 -7 
Miles away. 
Motels 
Madison Area exit 95, Old Hickory 
Blvd (State 45) 
Madison Inn 118 Emmet Ave. In 
Madison 1-800-821-4148 
e have reserved a block o 
15 rooms here 
or (615) 865-4203 .. Ask for under 
the name Bob Sutherland and they 
will assign one to you. The price is 
the same as last year. Some are on 
the second floor so you who can't 
manage 
stairs 
better 
make 
reservations early. 
Friendship Inn 625 Gallatin Pike 
North (615)-865-2323 
**************************** 
1-65 N, exit 97, Long Hollow Pike 
area 
Baymont Inn, 120 Cartwright Ct. 1-
800-301-0200 
Comfort Inn, Conference Dr. 
1-800-228-5150 
Comfort Inn, two Mile Pky. 
Econolodge 
Rivergate, 
Long 
Hollow Pike 1-800-553-2666 
Hampton Inn, Northgate Cir. 
1-800-426-7866 
Holiday Inn Express, Conference 
Dr. 1-800-465-4329 
Motel 6, 328 Cartwright, 
1-800-466-8356 
Red Roof Inn, Long Hollow Pike 
1-800-843-7663 
Shoney's Inn, Long Hollow Pike 1-
800-222-2222 
**************************** 
Exit 96-Two Mile Pike 
Super 8, 622 Two Mile Parkway 
1-800-800-8000 
I advise early reservation to be 
certain of having lodging. 
~~~ 
Books inform 
Bibles transform 
New Book About Madison 
in the Making 
By Albert Dittes 
During the 2004 centennial year 
of Madison, I had the privilege of 
writing a series of articles about the 
founding of Madison for the local 
newspaper, the Madison Messenger. 
The publisher said he could use one 
or two stories a month, so I spent 
the year researching and writing 
them, learning more about Madison, 
a story never fully told. 
I am in the process of compiling 
these articles into a book tentatively 
entitled A Centennial Look at 
Madison Adventists and hope to 
have it ready for offer this summer 
at places like camp meeting, alumni 
weekend and General Conference 
and the ASI convention. 
Most of the articles are about the 
great Madison personalities. I lead 
off with a story some of you read in 
last year's 
Survey about the 
resignation of E.A. Sutherland as 
president of Emmanuel Missionary 
College, followed by a sketch ofhim 
entitled "The Mastermind behind 
Madison Adventists." Percy Magan 
provides another interesting study, 
"An American Success Story." 
These people turned out to be so 
fascinating, that I spent most of the 
year writing about them. 
The 
correspondence ofLida Funk Scott 
revealed an extraordinary life, a 
child of fortune who invested it all 
in the Lord's work, and whose 
money is still at work-big-time. 
Just look at Lorna Linda University. 
The 
correspondence of Nellie 
Druillard with personal friends 
Willie and Ellen White, on file at the 
White Estate Office at the General 
Conference, showed her to be as 
interesting 
a 
personality 
as 
Sutherland and Magan. She wrote 
how she felt to the Whites, 
providing a real close-up of that 
new, idealistic Madison enterprise 
and the people behind it. 
I discovered Floyd Bralliar in 
the Tennessean archives while 
researching a centennial history 
book for my hometown ofPortland, 
Tenn. (It's first election was May 
2, 1905.) He was a popular garden 
columnist 
for 
the 
Nashville 
Tennessean for years. His articles 
went all over the South, .. and people 
from all around the world wrote 
asking him for advice. A reporter 
from a Memphis newspaper wrote a 
full-page feature about him. 
Dr. Bralliar turned out to really 
know how to use the news media. 
Through him, or because of all his 
articles, Madison College exercised 
as much influence in the Nashville 
community as did the other colleges 
and universities in what was then 
called the Athens of the South. His 
effective public relations brought 
him to the attention of Secretary of 
State Cordell Hull, who in tum 
recommended him to Eleanor 
z 
Roosevelt. 
My guess is that Secretary Hull 
found out about Dr. Bralliar through 
his garden columns in the Nashville 
Tennessean. I know that elected 
representatives have to keep up with 
what's going on back 
home. 
I also wrote articles about the 
local medical impact of Madison 
College and the origins of what is 
now 
Tennessee Christian Medical 
Center. Another story chronicled 
the Middle Tennessee School of 
Anesthesia, and I finished up by 
writing about ·some of the street 
names in Madison. 
I hope to have it published in 
book form before long. If you want 
a copy, just send me your name and 
address, and I will let you know the 
cost. ~ 
If you can help me with, the addresses 
for the following, I would be grateful. 
My E-mail is birdhummer@aol.com 
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MADISON SURVEY & ALUMNI NEWS 
Albert G. Dittes 
President/Editor 
.Bob Sutherland 
Managing Editor & Executive Secretary 
Home Phone: 615-859-5181 
Office: 615-865-1615 
Toll Free 1-888-524-1615. 
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by Madison College Alumni Assoc. Inc. 
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