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Warden and Norton as Evangelists
WICHITA SETS
MEETING MARK
A new high mark for A. & M.
meetings at Wichita Falls was es-
tablished when some 200 A. & M.
men and their families and friends
were present at a barbecue and
picnic held at Weeks Park and
with Homer Norton and Ben War-
den as Honor Guests. Both Nor-
ton and Warden made deep im-
pressions upon their listeners, and
both drew ovations at the conclu-
sion of their addresses. V. R.
Smitham, ’15, retiring president
of the club acted as master of
ceremonies.
New club officers elected in-
cluded Wilson Reedy, ’25, Presi-
dent, Harry Myers, ’18, Vice Pres-
ident, and John L. Gibbs, ’17, Sec-
retary-Treasurer, as presented by
a nominations committee of C. B.
Clement, ’14, G. C. McGown, ’14,
and LeRoy Ziegler. In charge of
the barbecue were Tom Clement,
’00, C. H. McDowell, ’12, McGown,
LeRoy Ziegler and others.
Among others introduced around
the council fire were W. C. “Hei-
nie” Weir, ’22, Vernon High Ath-
letic Director, and many other
coaches and athletic figures of the
AMARILLO
Although heavy rains thru-out
the Panhandle country held down
attendance from other places, the
Amarillo Club turned out in force
to welcome Ben Warden and Hom-
er Norton on their recent visit.
The meeting was held on the night
of April 18th., at the Capital Hotel
in Amarillo. Thad Ansley, ’25,
President of the Amarillo Club,
served as leader in arranging the
meectiger. Werden and Norton were
princrpal speakers at the enthu-
siastic gathering. The Amarillo
Club meets each Wednesday noon
at the Capital Hotel for lunch,
and visitors are always welcome.
LANGSTON PREAY
NEW BRAUNFELS
Election of John H. Langston,
’21, as president, and a big dance,
featured the April 21st. celebra-
tion and meeting of the New
Braunfels A. & M. Club. The party
was held at the New Braunfels
Country Club, with the A. & M.
men and their friends making a
crowd of some 200 people. Time
out was taken during the dance
for the business meeting.
In addition to Langston, other
officers included, Bert Nowotny,
’31, Vice President, Rudy Jahn, ’10,
Treasurer, Jerome Faust, '31, Sec-
retary, and Dr. W. A. Scholl, ’23,
Sergeant-at-Arms. E. Pete Now-
otny, ’26, is the retiring president.
The Grand March of the dance
was lead by Mr. and Mrs. John
Langston. College yells were lead
by Tug Pfeuffer, ’30, and Ogden
Eikel, present junior student.
Flowers for the beautifully deco-
rated club were furnished by Mrs.
Locke, mother of Howard Locke,
’32, of New Braunfels.
Other meetings thru the year
are being planned by the new
Braunfels Club.
MT. PLEASANT
PICKS DUCHESS
Featuring a contest to select a
Duchess to represent Northeast
Texas at the A. & M. Cotton Ball,
the Titus County A. & M. Club
celebrated with a big dance at
Mt. Pleasant on March 30, at the
Pennington Club. Miss Dorothy
Grissom of Mt. Pleasant was the
winner and the club was well rep-
resented at the big Cotton Ball.
J. B. Davis, ’33, and other A. &
M. men of Mt. Pleasant and Titus
County, took the lead in arrang-
ing plans for the dance and the
A. & M. meeting. The Titus County
Club holds several meetings and
social events each year and they
have become widely known for
their success.
GROGINSKI NEW
FT. WORTH PRES.
One hundred A. & M. men and
their ladies were present at the
Ft. Worth banquet at the Univer-
sity Club on the night of April
20, honoring Ben Warden, Asso-
ciation President and Homer Nor-
ton, new Athletic Head. Jow
Ridgeway served as Toastmaster,
after a welcome from P. M. Geren,
’12, President of the Ft. Worth
Club. Warden and Norton made
the principal addresses, their re-
marks being received with enthu-
siasm. Other guests were intro-
duced during the evening and del-
egations were present from De-
catur, Cleburne, Dallas, Denton,
Weatherford, Kaufman, Waxaha-
chie, and other cities.
In a short business session the
club elected Phillip Groginski, ’16,
as President, P. D. Henry, 26, and
Dr. C. B. Brewster, '28, as Vice
Presidents, Bob Haynie, ’27, Sec-
retary and Ardmore Healy, ’27,
Treasurer. Directors elected in-
cluded, P. M. Geren, ’12, A. A.
Wright, 06, D. O. Marshall, ’21,
S. J. Baker, 27, and O. G. Carl-
gon, ov.
In addition to Warden and Nor-
ton other speakers included, Tyree
L. Bell of Dallas, E. H. Astin, of
Bryan, and Secretary E. E. Mec-
Quillen, ’20, of College Station. A
delightful musical program pre-
ceded the speaking.
ANNUAL PARTY
AT PLAINVIEW
Nearly a hundred A. & M. men
were present at this year’s annual
Plains Dairy Show meeting on
April 17th. at the Hilton Hotel in
Plainview. This meeting is an an-
nual affair, with A. & M. men from
all over the Plains section joining
with the Plainview Club at the
party. The presence of Homer
Norton and Ben Warden made
this year’s meeting especially at-
tractive. Alec Bateman, ’13, of
Farwell, Roy B. Davis, 27, and A.
R. Nisbet, Jr., ’18, of Plainview,
were prime movers in arranging
this meeting.
W. L. “Runt” Stangel, ’15, of
Texas Tech, acted as toastmaster
for the occasion. In addition to
Norton and Warden, speakers in-
cluded Hon. Arthur P. Duggan,
'95, Representative Tarwater, Pete
Cawthorn, Texas Tech football
coach, and others.
PICK DIRECTOR
AT HUNTSVILLE
Huntsville, on the afternoon of
April 8th., was the scene of a
meeting of A. & M. men from the
seventh congressional district, for
the purpose of nominating an As-
sociation Director. S. J. Tread
away, '07, of Athens, was the unan-
imous choice for the honor. The
party was in the nature of a bar-
becue, with Wm. J. “Bill” Lawson,
22, and other Huntsville Aggies,
taking the lead in the arrange-
ments.
Most of the speaking program
came from College in the person
of Roswell Higginbotham, H. C.
“Dutch” Dillingham, ’22, and Carl
T. Sprague, ’22. Sprague enter-
tained around the camp fire with
selections from his Cowboy song
repertoire.
Among those present were the
following: Bob Jackson; Ross
Woodall; Ben W. Young, 30; W.
J. Lawson, 22; R. B. Weatherall,
Jr., ’32; James Davis, ’32; Mack
F. Leigh, ’28; Horace R. Leigh,
’29; R. B. Little, ’14; J. V. Butler,
’12; W. B. Davidson, 22; Therman
Henderson, ’31; J. R. Saunders,
27; C. F. Adickes, ’10, of Hunts-
ville; H. C. “Dutch” Dillingham,
22. C. T. Sprague, 22; R. G. Hig-
ginbotham, 21, of College Station;
J. M. Sandle, ’22, Shiro; Ira D.
Clarke, 27; S. J. Treadaway, ’07;
Frank LaRue, 26, G. M. Wood,
25, of Athens; R. Clint Wakefield,
27, Conroe; Jed N. Robinson, 28,
Longview.
FRENCH HEADS
ABILENE CLUB
Ben Warden and Homer Norton
Opened their West Texas tour with
a big meeting at Abilene that at-
tracted A. & M. men from most
cities within a radius of 100 miles.
As a result of the meeting a new
Club was organized at Abilene
with W. A. French, ’13, President,
Jack Christian, ’32, Vice President
and George J. Kempen, 21, Sec-
retary-Treasurer. French was gen-
eral chairman of the meeting and
T. J. McCarty, 21, acted as Toast-
master.
In addition to Warden and Nor-
ton other speakers included Hon.
W. J. Bryan, '79, Judge E. M.
Overshiner, 97, H. M. Rike, ’93,
of Haskell, W. W. “Rube” Whip-
key, "11, of Colorado, A. B. “Bugs”
Morris, 22, Abilene, Dewey May-
hew, Abilene High School Coach
and others. Delegations were pre-
sent from Sweetwater, Big Spring,
Haskell, Colorado, Ballinger, Brad-
shaw, Albany, Breckenridge, Baird,
Hamlin, Anson, Roby, Snyder and
other cities. Over a hundred men
attended the banquet.
Under the leadership of French
and his staff of officers the Abi-
lene Club is expected to have an
active year. Several meetings dur-
ing the year are being planned.
HUGON HEADS
UVALDE CLUB
April 21st. in Uvalde brought a
big meeting of A. & M. men and
the formation of a Uvalde County
A. & M. Club. Lee Hugon, 21,
former Aggie track star, was
elected president, with Fred W.
Hall, ’30, Vice President and R. P.
Ingrum, Jr., 28, as Secretary-
Treasurer. All the officers live at
Uvalde. A. & M. men from that
county and from surrounding coun-
ties will make up the ranks of the
new club.
Regular meetings of the club
will be held the first Monday night
of each month at 7:30 P. M. at the
Kincaid Hotel in Uvalde, and all
visitors will be welcomed.
The meeting was the first gath-
ering of A. & M. men in Uvalde in
many years. Plans are being work-
ed out for other meetings that
would include all A. & M. men
within a radius of 75 miles of
Uvalde.
Among those present at the
party on April 21st. were, H. B.
Palmer, ’12; Lee R. Hugon, ’21;
J. A. Monagin, 24; L. D. Collins,
97:0. P.. Gil}, 27; B..P. Ingrum,
Jr., ’28; G. W. Barnett, ’28; Bert
J. McNelly, ’29; Fred W. Hall, ’30;
I. J. Gibbens, ’32; Bobby Smith,
33; M. H. Monagin, ’34; Lex A.
Harp, 25, from Uvalde; J. S. Mey,
28; S. E. Buntan, 29, from Del
Rio; A. L. “Dutch” Sebesta, ’32;
W. W. Ayers, ’35, from Carrizo
Springs; Harold Donoho, ’35; and
Irwin Fowler, ’35; from Sabinal;
J. L. Pingenot, '01, of Cline; Jay
Davis, ’10, Knippa; and Otis L.
Hatch, ’30, of Austin.
WANTED
AT ONCE
Boys or Men To Enlist
Others for the
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trails with packhorses or
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sightseeing by bus through
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MARCUS GIST, ’22
Odessa, Texas
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ELECT MAHAN
HONOR BOLTON
Jack Mahan, ’21, was elected
President when an A. & M. Club
was organized at Gainesville on
March 31st. The meeting was call-
ed for the purpose of honoring
Dean F. C. Bolton, with the club
organization resulting. The affair
was held at the Turner Hotel.
Jack Mahan served as toastmaster
for the dinner, the speakers being
Dean Bolton, L. L. Johnson, ’21,
Cooke County Farm Agent, and
Pat Hamilton, ’21, President of
the Denton A. & M. Club and
other honor guests. In charge of
arrangements for the affair was
John A Witherspoon, ’27.
Among those present were, Tom
Hemphill, ’19, Weldon Hemphill,
’32, Jack Howeth, ’08, L. L. John-
son, 21, Lee Joiner, L. M. Kuehn,
’26, Martin Ludemann, ’33, Walter
Ludemann, ’33, Jack Mahan, ’21,
Bill Ross, W. G. Ross, 733, John
A. Witherspoon, ’27, Pat Hamil-
ton, ’20, of Denton and D. D. Mur-
phree, 20, of San Antonio.
ORGANIZE CLUB
AT BELLVILLE
Bellville was the scene of the
first meeting and the organization
of an Austin County Club, on April
21st., when some twenty A. & M.
men gathered in honor of San
Jacintor Day. "=H. EF. Dutch
Granau, 07, of Bellville, was elect-
ed President of the new club, Carl
Schaer, 05, of Sealy, Vice Presi-
dent, and Jim A. Stark, ’21, of
Sealy, Secretary. It is planned to
hold four meetings of the club
each year, with a meeting in the
near future to which all A. & M.
men in surrounding counties would
be invited.
Among those present were, H.
F. Granau, '07, R. E. Trenkman,
24, WW. 1. Hill, ’87, 'H.' J." Miller,
83, H. E. Miller, ’16, R. W. Palm,
34, W. E. A. Meinscher, ’14, Wal-
ter Waak, ’15, Herbert Schroeter,
07, of Bellville; R. W. Guyler, ’81,
Wallis; R.“W,.  ‘Hintz 19," A. .D.
Armentrout, ’30, Carl Schaer, ’05,
G. B. ‘Hill, ’86,'H." A." Meyer,"’05,
and Jim Stark, 21, of Sealy; J.
B. Lloyd, ’31, New Ulm; L. A.
Machemehl, Jr., ’30, Brenham.
Robert Saibara, ’31, is operating
his own radio shop and service at
Webster, Texas.
PLAN MEETING
AT GALVESTON
Election of H. J. “Mike” Mikes-
ka, ’10, of Texas City, as their As-
sociation Director, plans for quar-
terly meetings of their club, and
other business matters were
handled by the Galvesten Club at
a meeting on April 4th. Thirty
men were present and the gather-
ing was an enthusiastic one. Ber-
tram B. Naschke, ’22, is President
of the Galveston Club.
The next meeting of the Club
will likely be held sometime dur-
ing the summer months at which
A ‘ ; time it is planned to invite Homer
Full details, with pictures, Norton and others from A. & M.
of the Re-Union Classes at as honor guests of the club. For
the annual meeting will be this meeting plans are under way
carried in the next issue of to make it the greatest gathering
The Aggie. of A. & M. men ever held in the
Island City.
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