Aufill, McChesney will give program for OSU Emeriti dinner

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June 24, 2009

Anonymous The Stillwater News Press Wed Jun 24, 2009, 11:20 AM CDT

On July 6, the OSU Alumni Association will learn about the remarkable journeys of the Abernathy boys, who traveled across the country alone from 1909 to 1911.

The story of the boys will be told by two Yale elementary teachers, Melody Aufill and Donna McChesney.

Aufill and McChesney did more than learn about the journeys of the two boys, they experienced many of their travels themselves.

With a grant from the Fund for Teachers, they traveled by horseback from Guthrie to Frederick. They also traced the boys’ trips to New York City, Santa Fe and San Francisco.

When they began their travels, the Abernathy boys were only nine and five years old.

Their story was told in the book “Bud & Me, The True Adventures of the Abernathy Boys,” and the two teachers from Yale traveled 9,489 miles to recreate the Abernathy boys’ journeys.

Aufill has completed 13 years of elementary teaching.

She will finish her master’s degree in educational administration in December of 2009.

She currently teaches fifth grade at Yale elementary school, and she and her husband, Mike Aufill, have two children, Matthew and Gordon. Matthew will be a freshman at OU next year, and Gordon will be a freshman at OSU.

McChesney has taught for eight years. She has taught primarily in social studies, but currently teaches fifth grade at Yale.

She received her teaching degree from OSU and has a degree in recreation from Southern Illinois University.

The Emeriti Association’s First Monday Dinner will begin at 6 p.m. in Click Hall of the ConocoPhillips OSU Alumni Center.

To make reservations for the Emeriti dinner, call the Emeriti office at 744-5263 or e-mail emeriti@okstate.edu by Friday, July 3.

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