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Monroe Shearer ‘50 and his wife Thelma Zimmerman ‘49 were married on Christmas Eve of 1946. This LVC love story started in the cafeteria. Thelma was a waitress there and that’s where their romance began. Thelma was a music education major at LVC and went on to teach music and give private lessons in schools in Fulton, Franklin, and Cumberland counties in PA, plus Frederick County, MD and Berkeley County, WV. As stated in a previous post, their family now includes 7 children, 22 grandchildren and 35 great grandchildren. Thelma passed away in 2012. (Photo courtesy of Monroe Shearer and Joyce Archer.)

The history of World War II should reassure us that we can survive this global threat. It can instruct us how to rise as a nation to meet the challenge. It can illustrate how we can  ready supplies, support our health-care workers, neighbors and communities. Just like Americans in 1941, we all need to be in this together. 

Here’s a classic photo of “Science For a Day” experiments in 1960.  We are taking a break from our WWII posts this week to give a shout out to all our LVC grads working in health care professions and as scientists. Thank you for work and as we students leave campus remember to stay safe.

Happy Friday everyone! Here is Thelma Shearer’s graduation photo from 1949. Thelma was a member of the managing board for the La Vie. She also worked in the cafeteria where she met Monroe Shearer ‘50. 

Hi Everyone! My name is Ian Rex and I just wanted to introduce myself as the new admin of the LVC Archives Blog! I’m a junior history major with an interest in WWII, more specifically Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. I’m hoping to share any interesting profiles on LVC students who served in the war. Hope you look forward to it! 

The Class Officers of 1970 lounging in style.

Until then...

A student pictured getting mail in her residence hall, 1970′s.