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Albert G. Dittes 
Dear Alumni, 
I feel honored to be your 
president this year. Even though I 
did not graduate from Madison 
Academy or College, my parents, 
Albert and Elinor Dittes, 
graduated from Madison and my 
grandfather's cousin, Frances 
Dittes, taught nutrition here for 
nearly 50 years. 
I, thus, grew up with the Madison 
tradition and have recently found 
it to be of tremendous historical · 
interest. 
Some original research 
into the life of Lida Funk Scott 
led the board to invite me to be a 
member. 
A 
clause 
in 
the 
constitution allows for one not a 
graduate of the college to serve on 
the board. 
The more I learn about the 
Madison story, the greater it 
becomes 
and 
the 
more 
significance it has. 
For example, I have taken two 
research 
trips 
to 
Andrews 
University during the past year, 
and found a tremendous interest 
in Madison among the historical 
people there. I uncovered some 
fascinating 
correspondence 
between Lida Scott and Percy 
Magan starting in 1916, the kind 
of letters, between famous people, 
you read in books. I photocopied 
all of them, and we have them in 
binders for you to read. It shows 
the 
crucially 
important 
role 
Madison had in the founding of 
Lorna Linda and upgrading it into 
an accredited four-year medical 
school. 
These letters are available at 
the 
alumni 
office, 
and 
we 
encourage you to order yourself a 
copy. Since producing them did 
involve some expense, a donation 
would be appreciated. 
I, also, found a chronology of 
the life of P. T. Magan written by 
Dr. Sutherland. 
It actually tells 
you as much about Dr. Sutherland 
as Magan, and that has been 
reproduced and made available to 
you. We are anxious for these 
materials to get into the hands of 
people interested in the Madison 
story. 
trip to Lorna Linda and found 
their 
historical 
people 
very 
interested in Madison. 
Their 
researcher, Richard A. Schaefer, 
told me he was revising their 
official history book for their 
centennial in 2005 and needed to 
document how the school raised 
money 
to 
start 
the 
White 
Memorial Hospital. 
At that 
important 
1915 
Fall 
Council 
meeting, 
a group of women 
offered to raise the money to 
build a hospital to honor the 
memory of Ellen White, but he 
didn't know any more. 
I was so glad to be able to tell 
him I could document how the 
money came. Many of you know 
that Dr. Sutherland encouraged 
Mrs. Scott to give $30,000 she 
had promised to Madison to Lorna 
Linda so his friend Percy Magan 
would have 
enough to start 
construction. 
He 
wanted 
documentation, and we sent it to 
him. 
So we have a tremendous 
story, and I want to devote this 
year to telling it to the people 
interested in hearing it. 
I spent three days in the 
Archives and Special Collections 
department 
at 
Lorna 
Linda 
University 
and 
also 
found 
correspondence of 
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E.A. Sutherland about the starting 
of Madison. I read through all the 
letters he wrote to Ellen White 
and Willie White. 
They reveal that the founders 
had a sanitarium in mind almost 
from the start, but the conference 
people built 
one 
south of 
Nashville. 
The original Madison 
Sanitarium opened in 1907. They 
did a lot of farming then. 
Dr. 
Sutherland 
made 
many 
fund 
raising trips. So we have a great 
story to tell. 
Let's keep this 
Madison tradition alive. 
Albert Dittes 
WHAT HATH GOD 
WROUGHT 
By Conn Arnold 
Indeed! 
What 
hath 
God 
wrought! Take a verbal walk with 
me through the ASI National 
Convention in Columbus, Ohio, 
August 7 -10, 2002. 
The first ASI Convention, 
though not officially so called, 
attracted some fifty delegates. 
They gathered on the Campus of 
Madison College; the year was 
1909. 
Coming 
from 
various 
Madison 
Units 
scattered 
throughout the South and some 
from the East, they assembled for 
instructions, 
inspiration 
and 
encouragement. But that wasn't 
the strength of this meeting -that 
was to be the sharing time when 
stories of Sharing Christ in their 
Marketplace ignited a fire in the 
hearts of the delegates, inspiring 
them to return home in search of 
new opportunities to be a witness 
to God's Everlasting Truth. That 
is 
the 
backbone 
of AS I' s 
effectiveness today. 
The story of the birth of ASI 
is long and is not the purpose of 
this 
article, 
incidently 
not 
everyone knows that Madison is 
the Mother of ASI -
did you? 
Rather my assignment is to bring 
you a report of the convention. 
The date for the next convention 
will be listed at the end of this 
article. Plan to be there. 
Members from all 
over 
the 
North 
American 
Division 
and 
many 
foreign 
countries began to 
descend 
upon the 
Greater 
Columbus 
Convention center by 
twelve 
noon 
Wednesday( officers 
had 
arrived 
on 
Sunday to make their 
final 
preparations). 
Though not the largest attendance 
many said that in many ways this 
one was the best. 
By the time registration 
was 
over 
approximately one 
thousand eight hundred, 1, 800, 
ASI members and their families 
had arrived. The cafeteria served 
over two thousand for lunch with 
over three thousand attending 
church services on Sabbath. 
It has become a tradition for 
ASI to give financial assistance to 
some member organizations to 
help · them in their respective 
evangelistic endeavors. This year 
the goal was to meet applications 
of $2,350,000.00. 
There was 
great 
rejoicing 
when 
the 
announcement was made that the 
offering exceeded the goal by 
$150,000.00. 
One of the best ways to get 
acquainted with the scores of 
Units who are on the front line of 
evangelism is to visit them in the 
exhibit area. There were some 
three 
hundred 
booths where 
smiling, energetic workers told of 
their work and handed out reports 
of how God is blessing their 
ministry. 
Dot and I were excited and happy 
to represent the Madison College 
Alumni 
Association. 
It 
is 
impossible to express the joy we 
felt 
as alumni and/or alumni 
families stopped by to chat about 
their experience at Madison. They 
were 
eager 
to 
receive 
the 
materials telling again the story of 
the place that played such a 
positive influence in their lives. 
Yes, ASI has come a long way 
from 
1909 
when 
delegates 
gathered under that old tree for a 
picture. Indeed! What hath God 
wrought. 
The 
next 
ASI 
National 
Convention will be Albuquerque, 
N. M., Aug. 6-9, 2003. 
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Magan refutes story 
of Nellie Druillard 
sending him to 
Battle Creek 
In a letter written in 193 7, Percy 
T. Magan refuted a statement like 
that appearing in the last issue of 
the Survey, namely that after he 
became an Adventist in Nebraska, 
Miss 
Nellie 
Rankin 
(later 
Druillard) "advised him to go to 
the Battle Creek Sanitarium." 
"I have just read the sketch of 
dear old Aunt Nell's life in the 
Madison Survey of July 7, 1937," 
Magan wrote to his close friend 
Ed Sutherland. "In it I notice the 
following 
wording: 
'In 
her 
Nebraska 
days 
she 
became 
interested in a young Irish lad 
alone in a strange land, disowned 
by his parents. His name, Percy T. 
Magan, 
has 
become 
widely 
known, but only a few know that 
his education began when Nellie 
H. Druillard sent him to Battle 
Creek College." 
"I do not know who started the 
story, Ed, or where it came from, 
but it is very, very far from 
representing the facts in the case," 
he continued in his letter. "Mrs. 
Druillard had little or nothing to 
do with my going to Battle Creek." 
Magan then wrote out a brief 
sketch of his early experience as a 
new 
Adventist 
convert 
in 
Nebraska and the circumstances 
sending him to continue his education. 
"In the summer of 1887 I was 
"tent master" of a company which 
took up work at Cambridge, 
Nebraska. Elders L.A. Hoopes 
and J.E. Jayne were the preachers 
and 
Eliza Burleigh was 
the 
organist. In the end a bad wind 
storm tore the tent to pieces. 
Elders Hoopes and Jayne went off 
to their homes and I remained 
holding Bible studies and making 
an attempt at preaching in sod 
houses in that part of southern 
Nebraska and northern Kansas. 
Then I received orders to pack the 
remains of the tent and what other 
equipment we had and send it to 
Grand Island, Nebraska. This I 
did. I landed in Grand Island one 
evening with exactly 10 cents in 
my pocket. The camp meeting 
was held there and after the camp 
meeting I was assigned to work 
with Elder Daniel Nettleton. He 
followed the interest which had 
been generated by the camp 
meeting and a man by the name of 
Harr and I were supposed to work 
in the country around about. He 
left and went to the General 
Conference at Oakland and I was 
left alone. I worked until the 
following January, traveling about 
afoot in the snow, sleeping at any 
farm house where night happened 
to find me, holding Bible readings 
and preaching in school houses." 
"For several years I had 
terrible coughs in the winter and it 
was the consensus of opinion that 
I 
had 
tuberculosis 
or 
"consumption," as it was called in 
those days. You will remember 
that the bacillus of tuberculosis 
had not been discovered yet and 
Pasteur's work was in its infancy. 
At any rate I wasn't in the best of 
health and at a "worker's meeting" 
held in Lincoln, Nebraska it was 
voted that Elizabeth Yale, Fred 
Hebbard and Percy Magan should 
go to Battle Creek. Miss Hale and 
Miss Hebbard were quitting the 
work of the conference to get 
more schooling at the Battle 
Creek College and I was given a 
leave of absence because of my 
health. I had a little pay coming to 
me which paid my fare to Battle 
Creek and I went to work in the 
Battle Creek 
Sanitarium five 
hours a day for my board, room 
and treatment. I began to mend 
and entered the school of nursing, 
in the third class, I think, that the 
denomination ever conducted. I 
became acquainted 
with 
Ida 
Rankin (sister of Nellie Rankin 
Druillard) 
and 
she 
became 
interested in me and got old 
Brother Reuben Wright to pay for 
my schooling. You will remember 
in those days it cost $140 for 
board, room and tuition per 
annum. I entered the school in 
April, 1888, which left me only a 
couple of months of the school 
session. I worked during the 
summer nursing in the Battle 
Creek Sanitarium where I earned 
$15 a month and my board and 
room. In the fall of 1888 I re-
entered the school, rooming with 
you, as you will recall, in the old 
west hall. I stayed practically to 
the end of the year, and Reuben 
Wright paid the bill." 
"I am writing you this so you 
will know the facts in the case and 
from what I have said you will see 
that Aunt Nell had nothing to do 
with it any more than that she was 
very friendly and kindly but it is 
not a fact in any way that she ever 
sent me to college." 
This letter is a part of a 
collection of correspondence 
between Percy Magan, E. A. 
Sutherland and Lida Scott 
regarding Madison and Lorna 
Linda between 1919 -1942. It will 
be available at alumni 
homecoming for those who wish 
to study it further. 
COME HOME 
Madison College 
and 
Madison College 
Academy Home Coming 
June 27-28, 2003 
Speaker-AS! Secretary, 
Ron Christman 
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Vespers Concert by Ron 
Woolsey, son-in-law of 
Bob & Stella Sutherland 
Honor classes: 
1933, 1939, 1943, 1948, 
1953, 1958, 1963, 1968 
Attendees, workers and 
interested parties are 
welcome. 
FROM HERE AND THERE 
Arizona: George Ellis Burcaw, S 
'3 9-'41, wrote, by Email 
" Thank you for sending me the 
Madison Survey Vol. 82 No.4 
Sep.-Dec. 2001. 
Except for the 
words to a prayer that you sent me 
a few weeks ago I had heard 
nothing from you since December 
2001 and had to wonder whether 
the 
MC 
Alumni 
Assn. 
was 
defunct. 
I was sorry to learn of illness in 
your family but since you, your 
wife, and other close relatives 
must be close to 80 years of age 
we have to expect it, don't we? I 
am 81 + and in two months it will 
be 64 years since I arrived on the 
MC campus for the first time, in 
May 1939. 
Obviously, the MC Alumni 
Assn needs revitalizing and the 
needs and interests of us few 
survivors would be better served 
by 
a 
more 
secular 
approach ... something more like 
that of other schools, with actual 
news of fellow alumni, not just 
histories of the founding of the 
College and of the Seventh Day 
Adventist 
denomination. 
A 
reduced membership rate is called 
for, especially since publications 
are infrequent. 
This is not to 
criticize you and your years of 
dedication, but I think you will 
agree. You indicated, honestly, in 
your note that you no longer have 
the interest or energy you once 
did. (Who does?) 
You might check with other 
alumni on this, but I think your 
extreme emphasis on the church 
connection ignores what many 
alumni have felt about Madison 
College; 
that 
though 
church 
related, it was more. 
It was a 
good 
school 
and 
a 
rare 
opportunity for 
poor young 
people to get a start on a higher 
education. 
I'll cite only one example: 
One of my best friends, with 
whom I am still in touch, was a 17 
year 
old 
from 
Connecticut, 
slightly built, away from home for 
the first time and the next day 
after his arrival on campus he was 
assigned to a work detail. 
The 
foreman handed him a heavy 
sledge hammer and said, "Break 
up this sidewalk." (For ten cents 
an hour.) 
He achieved much 
distinction 
later 
in 
life 
and 
became listed in "Who's Who in 
America." 
He 
owed 
his 
educational 
success 
in 
large 
measure to the excellent teaching 
and 
nurturing 
atmosphere of 
Madison College which gave him 
a start. Though not an Adventist, 
I have as warm an affection for 
Madison College as for any other 
school I have attended (there have 
been many) and for any other 
place of residence. 
Prof George Ellis Burcaw 
(I may have mentioned in the past 
that I am related to the Ellises of 
the 
Madison 
area 
and 
am 
descended 
from 
the 
pioneer 
Hamblens. 
My 
maternal 
grandfather 
William 
Henry 
Hamblen Ellis was a slave owner 
as a teen-ager before the Federal 
forces captured the region during 
the Civil War. His son, my uncle 
Harrell Craig Ellis, is still alive at 
95 or 96 years of age and living 
near Madison. 
My first cousin, 
Victor Ellis, is the town manager 
ofLakewood, not far from you.)" 
California: 
Vanessa 
Standish 
Ford, Sent dues and wrote: "I am 
so glad for another issue of the 
Survey. Thank you! I grew up in 
Madison 1921-193 7. My dad, H. 
E. Standish was the early builder 
and professor of industrial arts. 
My memory has a very special 
place 
for 
Madison! 
... Keep 
courage!" 
Colorado: Eaton, Robert & Ruby 
(Seibert), both BS '59, Sent dues 
and these words, "Dear Alumni 
Coordinator, What a great work 
you all are doing. We appreciate it 
very much. 
Ruby's still teaching here in 
Greeley and I substitute here and 
there. We have 2 daughters here 
with 5 grandchildren nearby. 
We plan on going East to see 
our 
daughter 
and 
family 
at 
Southern University during June. 
Maybe we will make it to the 
alumni weekend.(1959 graduates). 
Laura Mae(Slattery) Zollinger is 
now at Laurelbrook with husband, 
Glenn. (Editor: I spoke to her by 
phone while working on this issue. 
She has finished chemo. And is 
currently cancer free, still fighting 
arthritis but improving.) Thank 
you 
for 
your faithfulness 
in 
sending 
the 
newsletter. 
We 
always enjoy it very much." 
Kansas: Ruth Nestell, N '34, sent 
dues and wrote: "If I live until 
April 2003 I will be 94 years 
young. I live with my son and 
family, Clifford Nestell who is 
and 
has 
been Medical 
Staff 
Librarian 
here 
at 
Shawnee 
Mission Medical Center for 25 
years. 
My oldest son is a two time 
PhD. One in geology the other in 
mathematics and is and has taught 
at 
the 
University 
of Texas, 
Arlington Branch for 30 years. 
My daughter, Ann passed away in 
1982. God has been very good to 
me and mine. 
Lewis Nestell, who was my 
husband, 
was 
Principal 
and 
teacher at Fletcher Academy for 
over 50 years. He has been gone 
since 1985 or 1986. 
Time is short and soon will be 
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meet in the earth made new." 
Minnesota: Rea, Juanita N '62 
':June 2002 was my 40th year 
reuruon. 
I can't tell you what a 
disappointment the weekend was 
for me. The 2 fellow classmates 
that 
traveled 
with 
me 
also 
expressed their disappointment. 
To sit and listen to war stories 
over and over was a waste. Yes, I 
appreciate all the military people 
have done but reunions are to re-
unite the years at Madison, not 
one's experience away. 
Yes, 
Madison 
was 
a 
wonderful 
schooVplace 
but Madison no 
longer exists. There is nothing 
there 
that 
even 
resembles 
Madison and what it stands/stood 
for. The Survey has been a total 
bore for years. I learned about P. 
T. Magan 40 years ago. Why 
continue to print the same stuff? 
The article by Esther M. Sutton 
was the only thing worth reading. 
It was good to see the few friends 
but now I know why so few 
bother to spend their vacation at 
reunion time. It's for the locals to 
host but so much history that we 
all learned about years ago. I 
surely hope I'm the only one who 
feels 
this 
disappointed 
about 
Madison and the "reunion" time". 
Nita 
Missouri: Coffee, Amos N '46 
CME '56, Sent dues and help with 
this note: "I look forward to the 
alumni 
letter each issue and 
appreciate keeping up with the 
happenings of so many of my old 
friends and acquaintances. 
I was sorry to hear of the 
passing of James 
Zeigler. 
I 
remember him and Freda fondly. 
They were both very kind to me in 
my old nurses training days in the 
early to mid '40s. They were 
especially good friends with my 
sister, Doris Morris. 
Keep up the good work. My 
best to you and all my Madison 
friends. 
Missouri: Gertrude Scheible N 
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'43, Sent this message with dues 
and a request for a copy of God's 
Beautiful Farm, "God bless you 
all for continuing to work for 
Madison College! 
At 94 years old, a 1943 Nurse 
graduate I am still grateful for my 
training at Madison Hospital. 
I. 
will 
send 
another 
contribution as 
soon as 
my 
finances permit later. 
Greetings to all who still are 
involved 
with the 
sacrificial 
wonderful work of Madison." 
North Carolina: Everett, BS '42 
& Ruth S '40 Marley, sent dues 
and " Thanks Bob and Mavis for 
the Survey. Keep up the good 
work. We appreciate it." 
Oreeon: Trussell, Kenneth, MCA 
'4 9, B S '51 & Lorene, "Thanks 
for keeping us informed of the 
Madison News. "They sent dues 
and some extra. 
SouthCarolina: 
Moore 
Shirley(Throckmorton)S '39-'41: 
Sent dues and generous help with 
these words, " Enclosed is a check 
which will permit you to publish 
another month 
of the Survey. 
When I visited Madison some 
years back, we were talked into 
making a lifetime contribution. It 
was $100. I think Elmer and I 
both were urged to ')oin". I 
cannot remember whether we did 
or not. ... We knew it couldn't 
last. 
I hope you have some more of 
pr. Magan's life. Please publish 
tt. 
Do you have an address for 
Dr. John R. Schaefer? Elmer 
roomed with him at Madison and 
we were all friends but I have lost 
track of him. He graduated from 
Madison and Lorna Linda. I 
would truly love to get a current 
address for him. 
Tennessee: Pride, Forrest N '46 
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BS ;47, Anes.'52, & Margaret 
(Bull) N '45, wrote and ordered 
God's Beautiful Farm. He wrote 
on 10/8/02, "Dear Bob, I enjoyed 
talking to you a few minutes ago 
and am glad your wife is doing 
well after her surgery. I am sorry 
that she had to have surgery but 
am looking forward to the coming 
of the Lord and getting a new 
body and not being ill any more. 
One thing I didn't tell you 
when I talked to you about my life 
work as an anesthetist. When I 
came back from the war, George 
Cothren took me in and taught me 
to give anesthetics. I lacked a 
month of giving anesthetics and I 
came back to be in the 2nd class of 
the School of Anesthesia. George 
was keeping track of all the 
anesthetics he gave and so I 
started doing the same thing. In 
1979 when I had to retire I had 
given 25,054 anesthetics and I 
only lost one! That man had put a 
pistol to his temple and shot. The 
family wanted a doctor to operate 
on him. He told them that he 
wouldn't live but they said that 
they preferred he die that way 
rather than suffer a long time 
before passing away." 
A note in March, "We were 
glad to get the Survey and get the 
news about everybody. I wish 
Madison was still in existence but 
that's not so. We, like everyone 
else are adding on years. I'm 85. 
Margaret is 82. So we can't get 
too far from home. Margaret got 
Forrest & Margaret Pride 
her RN while I was in the army. 
We're looking forward to the next 
issue of the Madison Survey. " 
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Tennessee: Bill Dysinger, MCA 
'45, SMC '51, CME '55, has 
retired from teaching at Lorna 
Linda University and lives with 
his 
wife, 
Yvonne, 
in 
Williamsport, Tenn. The latest 
family newsletter shows that they 
are still active. "God's protecting 
hand was certainly felt as we 
embarked on a previously planned 
survey trip for the SDA Northern 
Asia Pacific Division (NAPD) 
just seven days following Sept. 
11, 2001. Bill's expertise had been 
requested to do a health survey to 
assess the need and opportunity 
for new health projects in that 
Division, the most populous on 
earth. 
"Every official in the 
countries . visited (South Korea, 
Japan, Tatwan, Hong Kong and 
China), 
willingly 
shared 
their 
statistics, 
1 0-year 
plans, 
and 
current priorities and concerns. 
We 
interviewed 
many 
government and private health 
agencies, universities, hospitals 
physicians, 
etc., 
and collected 
stacks 
of information. 
Bill 
studiously analyzed the data while 
Yvonne was his chief assistant. 
"Returning two more times to the 
NAPD 
in 
the 
following 
six 
months, a 200-page report with 
analyses 
and 
recommendations 
was completed and then presented 
to the 
health directors 
from 
throughout 
the 
Division 
in 
February, 2002 at a Division 
Health council in South Korea. 
Our study showed us that there 
are numerous ways in these "last 
days" where God's love can be 
demonstrated in these countries 
and we found them open to new 
initiatives in health. We did enjoy 
the volunteer work, but four round 
trips across the mighty Pacific 
Ocean in 10 months was a bit 
much! 
"During a visit to Lorna 
Linda University in March 2002, 
final arrangements were made for 
Bill to write a 'History of Public 
Health Education at Lorna Linda.' 
This book will be part of the 2005 
Centennial 
celebrations at the 
University. 
Much 
research, 
inspiration and writing time is 
needed." 
Tennessee: Kirkwood, Merle, S 
'40, '41 & June Hunt, N '44 sent 
dues and, ". . . As you probably 
already know, 
we've stopped 
traveling and have the motor 
home up for sale. 
We have a parents apartment 
in Merlene's new home near 
Collegedale. It seems good to me 
to be settled but Merle would 
rather be traveling. He loves that 
motor home! I don't mind it when 
it's sitting still. 
Will look forward to seeing 
you the last weekend in June. 
Tennessee: Velma Stewart Smith 
MCA '48, N 52, "Just a note to g~ 
with this check. 
First please 
change our address to 1175 Old 
Hwy 66, Rogersville, TN. 37857. 
Our 
Email 
is 
smithfhn@planetc. com and it is 
OK to publish it if you like. 
My class was 1952 from 
Nursing. We met with several of 
our class last year and it was great 
to see them again, I just wish 
more could have been there. 
We have 26 acres here with 
12 steers, 5 ducks, 2 geese( on a 
big pond) 5 chickens (3-5 eggs a 
day) 1 rooster and 1 cat. Also a 
large guest area, with 2 bedrooms, 
bath and living room on one end 
of the house so would love to 
have guests anytime. The church 
here is very spiritual with a great 
Pastor. 
I still work (20 hours per 
week) with Adventa Hospice and 
really enjoy it. Tried to retire but 
quickly discovered that I don't 
have any leisure skills, guess we 
just didn't have that course at dear 
'ole 
Madison! 
My 
husband, 
Robert, is very busy with all the 
"projects" 
that 
this 
kind 
of 
country requires. We are both in 
very good health (at 72 years) and 
for that we thank the Lord every 
day. 
Hope this little bit ($) will 
help toward expenses. God bless 
you all for the work you do. 
Hope to see you all at the next 
reunion!" 
Tennessee: Straw, Leland, JC 
'31, Alice (Goodge), BS '36, Sent 
this note with dues, "We are 
getting older and I had a little 
stroke (in April '02). I am better 
but still have trouble writing. 
Thank you for all you have 
done to keep Madison alive. I'm 
sure there will be a Little Creek 
and Madison in heaven forever. I 
will 
be 
thrilled, 
the 
choirs 
traveling every where. 
We will have been married 70 
years soon. 
Tennessee: 
Whitehead, 
Lois 
Thompson, S '56, sent dues and 
help with these words, "Bob, I 
hope Stella is all well. Give her 
my love. I broke my ankle a 
couple of years ago-know it is 
no fun! 
Keep the presses rolling!" 
Texas: Kretz, Kenneth, Anes. '7 5 
& Elayne(Hauck) S '61-'64, sent 
dues with this note, "Need to get 
back on track here for 2003. 
Somewhere we fell through the 
crack with the Madison Alumni 
paper!" 
Vira=inia: Paul A. Woods, BS '39, 
MD Lorna Linda '44, Sent dues 
and help with these words, "The 
September-December 
2001 
Survey has been received and read 
from cover to cover. Yes, I had 
missed 
the 
paper, 
but 
can 
understand 
your 
personal 
problems. May God continue to 
bless both you and Stella as the 
years 
begin 
to 
tell 
on 
our 
ambitions and performance. 
Wife, Elizabeth, and I now 
reside in a Retirement Home 
where all 3 meals are provided 
plus housekeeping service-even 
to making the beds etc.(maid 
service). 
We 
are 
independent 
patrons 
with 
an 
efficiency 
apartment with kitchen etc. Also 
keep one automobile here just a 
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few steps from my door. We were 
out riding just yesterday. 
Re: Stella's abdominal aortic 
aneurysm (AAA). I have followed 
my situation for five years and 
had a "stent" placed by a vascular 
surgeon November 2002. 
My 
checkups are satisfactory so far. 
Hospitalization for the procedure 
was just 2 days. God has been 
good to me. I quit flying about 5 
years ago because of the AAA. I 
am now 84 and active otherwise. 
I did not go to LLU for class 
reunion this March. First one I 
have missed in years. Our class of 
7 5 has about 40 still living and 
generally well. George Lane, Fred 
& Dorothy Black are retired and 
still living in Lorna Linda. 
Washin2ton: 
Ellen 
A.(Low) 
Hammond, MCA '32, N '35, Sent 
dues and wrote: "I am glad to 
continue the alumni dues. Even 
tho' I may not attend another 
homecoming, I do enjoy reading 
about Madison. 
I have fond memories of my 
nursing training (class of 35), 
friends and teachers. 
· · 
Please 
keep 
the 
Survey 
coming." 
Washin2ton: Kellogg, Do"rothy 
(Medlin), 
N 
'43, 
wrote, 
"Greetings from Walia Walla, 
Washington. Thanks so much for 
sending the Madison Survey. I 
read with interest the story of 
Percy T. Magan's early life and 
God's guidance. I made copies for 
each of my children. Many of us 
wouldn't be where we are today if 
it 
weren't 
for 
those 
early 
"Evangelistic Tents". 
Then in the "Resting until the 
Resurrection" who would have 
thought that Bob Kellogg's and 
Mr. 
Zeigler's 
obituary would 
appear in the Madison Su_rvey 
"side by side". That's one item of 
news I wish hadn't had to print. 
I'll always be grateful for 
God's direction in leading me to 
Madison College where I met the 
most wonderful Christian husband 
and so many years of happiness 
including 4 beautiful children. 
It is with sorrow that I write, 
but maybe I should adopt as my 
motto that which the graduating 
class of Walia Walia High School 
chose as their motto. "Don't cry 
because it's over. Smile because it 
happened." 
Resting until the 
Resurrection 
Bowman, Geneva, BS '41, died 
April 26, 2002. She graduated 
from the Florida San & Hospital 
Nursing program in 1933. She 
came to Madison in 193 9-41. In 
the 
years 
following, 
Geneva 
founded and was Director of the 
school of nursing at Branson 
Hospital in Canada for five years. 
In later years she was associate 
professor of nursing at Southern 
Missionary 
College 
(SMC 
) 
teaching pediatrics. She was 95. 
Gowan, 
Naomi May, 
died 
February 24, 2003. She was 93. 
She was the fourth of seven 
children born in Alabama to 
Thomas Richard and Mary Ella 
Gowan. 
Following 
graduation 
from nursing school she went to 
work for the Florida Hospital '34-
, 3 5 moving on to Washington San 
& Hospital '35-' 40, St. Helena 
'41-'49, Portland '49-'55. Along 
the way she earned a Master's 
degree. 
In 
1962 she became 
Director of Nurses and head of 
the school of Nursing at Jenny 
Edmundson Hospital in Iowa. 
From there she came to Madison 
in '66, where she worked until 
retirement in 197 4. In her later 
years she survived two bouts of 
cancer. In retirement she gave of 
herself as a volunteer at the 
hospital. 
Surviving 
are 
a 
brother, 
Thomas Richard Gowan and a 
niece, Sherry. 
Phyllis Savage Harris: LPN, 
died Oct. 21, 2001 at Tennessee 
Christian Medical Center. 
She was born April 10, 1920, 
in Richland County, Wis., the 
second child of Philip and Nona 
Ewers Savage. 
She graduated 
from 
Highlanddale 
Academy, 
excelling in out-of-door sports. 
She married Eugene C. Harris 
July 3, 1940, and later earned a 
nursing 
degree 
at 
Madison 
College. She worked as a nurse 
for 50 years. 
She was a member of the 
Madison Boulevard SDA Church 
and a Daughter of the Union 
Veterans of the Civil War. 
Surviving are her husband, 
E.C. Harris; two sons, Greg and 
Bradford 
Harris; 
eight 
grandchildren; 
five 
great 
grandchildren; two sisters, Iris 
Savage Keairnes of Fayetteville, 
N.C. 
and 
Mavis 
Savage 
Sutherland of Lawrenceburg, 
Tenn. 
One son, Philip, and one 
sister, Wanda Savage Talmage 
preceded her in death. 
Higgins, Duane, PACE '51, who 
served as an administrator in the 
Adventist 
Health 
System for 
many years, died August 8, 2002 
in Orlando, Fla. 
He was born in Maple Hill, 
Kansas, December 25, 1946. By 
the time Duane was six years old, 
he was routing out of bed long 
before daybreak to help milk the 
cows. He and his siblings walked 
each day to a little one-room, 
eight-grade school, where they 
learned the three R' s and core 
values that have stuck with them. 
He attended the local public 
school 
until 
enrolling 
in 
Enterprise Academy as a junior. 
Duane finished academy in 1944 
and then attended Union College 
until being drafted into the U. S. 
Army during the closing days of 
World War II. He worked as an 
X-ray technician in the Panama 
Canal Zone : :~~fti~rig · · to the 
family farm whel)._ discharged. He 
married 
June Pickel,-
then a 
secretary 
in 
the ·Kansas 
Conference Office, March 21, 
1948. They moved to Madison the 
following September. Jlere he 
completed the three year PACE 
Accounting 
course. 
After 
graduation, 
he 
started 
his 
professional career as auditor for 
the Kansas Conference. 
They 
later 
returned 
to 
Madison College to work in the 
business 
office 
subsequently 
moving to Watkins Memorial 
Hospital in Ellijay, Georgia as 
administrator. "Duane not only 
administered the hospital, but he 
hunted down the clients who were 
delinquent in their payments," 
according to his family eulogy. 
"He filled 
tn 
as 
an 
X-ray 
technician, 
lab 
assistant 
or 
wherever else was needed. In fact, 
one night when many nurses were 
sick, he even worked the floor to 
see that the patients were cared 
for." 
Higgins next presided over the 
closing of Dr. Phillips Memorial 
Hospital 
in 
West 
Orlando, 
Florida, in 
1962. "Getting it 
closed was fraught with problems, 
not the least of which was 
security," states the eulogy. "The 
empty building was a magnet for 
vandalism. 
Not 
only 
did 
he 
oversee the closing down of the 
business 
operation, 
but 
he 
doubled as night watchman to 
ensure that the facility wasn't 
damaged. Not until years later 
did he tell his family just how 
dangerous the assignment was 
or that he kept his shotgun with 
him, just in case." 
June Pickel Higgins of Winter 
Springs, Florida; three children, 
Duane, Richard and Pam; and five 
grandchildren. 
"The 
beauty 
of Duane's 
religion was that he lived it more 
than he talked it," states his 
eulogy. "It was his willingness to 
do whatever needed to be done, 
and for whomever, that made his 
life so impressive. He was a 
friend 
of Jesus 
and 
looked 
forward to Christ's coming. 
Coupon 
1. SUTvey & Dues 1 yr. (25) ___ 
_ 
2. Sending $ __ for office help. 
3. C'.rod' s Beautiful Fann ($1 0) ............ · 
He next became purchasing 
director for Florida Hospital and 
later ·vice-president for materials 
management at Adventist Health 
System/ Sunbelt and worked for 
the health system or its affiliates 
until his retirement. 
4. Sending $ __ for Heritage House Restoration. 
Surviving him are his wife 
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