When Old Friends Meet Again
The class of 1901 celebrating its
35th anniversary was represented
at the recent annual meeting by
the above group and Mr. R. M.
Kunitz, who failed to get in the
picture. Of the group O. H. Eich-
blatt was the recipient of many
congratulations over having a son
in this year’s graduating class. In
the picture left to right are: First
row—R. W. Yarbrough, San An-
tonio; C. A. Thanseiser, Houston;
R. E. Eberspacher, Houston. Top
row—Tom Athlee, Austin; O. H.
Eichblatt, Houston; W. M. Rust,
Houston.
The AGGIE’S photographer man-
aged to catch this many of the
1911 class while the group was
celebrating its Silver Anniversary
on the campus recently. The 1911
reunion was one of the most suc-
cessful held by any class during
the past several years.
First row, left to right—Bertram
Giesecke, Austin; E. E. McAdams,
Austin; Miller McCraw, Dallas;
Don Lee, Dallas; C. D. Dallymey-
er, Brenham; R. R. Montemayor,
Mexico; G. W. Barnes, College
Station; H. M. Pool, Columbus,
Ohio.
Second row—C. C. Morris, Cor-
sicana; M. J. Miller, Fort Worth;
J. T. Thomas, Fort Worth; C. P.
Dodson, Decatur; H. F. Grote,
Fredericksburg; C. H. Forsgard;
Lewis McMahan, Dallas.
Third row—Eddie Krauskoff,
Fredericksburg; P. D. Hanna, Col-
lege Station; T. P. Metcalfe,
Franklin; E. F. Moser, Dallas; J.
C. Lauderdale, Somerville; D. H.
B. Todd, Fort Worth; L. O. Than-
heiser, Houston; Dr. A. H. Neigh-
bors, Seguin; Scott Moore, Yoa-
kum,
Featured above is a group of
1926 class members present on the
campus for the recent class reun-
ions. This group was snapped on
the steps of the mess hall shortly
after the annual Joint Faculty-
Former Student Luncheon. In the
group are: First row, left to right
—Arthur Bayless, Dallas; Jack
Williams, San Marcos; L. A. Rob-
erts, New Orleans, La.; Thomas
A. Miller Houston; V. P. Parr,
Houston; W. T. Ellis, New Braun- |
fels; Johnie Wilson, San Antonio; |
Edward L. Wilson, Houston; M.
P. Mims, Conroe; R. M. Blair,
Corsicana.
Second row—W. F. Munnerlyn,
College Station; George Scott,
Waxahachie; Bill Pinson, Dallas;
Glenn Stinnett, Bryan; O. H.
Moore, Dallas; Hugh Wharton,
San Antonio; Phil Norton, College
Station; John B. Jones, Houston;
N. H. Gottwald, Harwood.
Third and fourth rows, left to
right—Jack Turner, Fort Worth;
R. A. Roberts, Beaumont; Dr. J.
D. Jones, Bastrop, Louisiana; A. N.
Saxon, Dallas; H. E. Belsher, Hous-
ton; E. J. Novasad, College Sta-
tion; Herbert Brehmer, San Anto-
nio; Julius Stein, San Antonio;
Russell G. White, San Antonio; W.
R. Kerr, Houston; Howard Mitchell,
College Station.
RE-UNION CLASS
REGISTRATIONS AT
ANNUAL MEETING
— —
1886
Dr. F. E. Giesecke, College Sta-
tion
M. D. Tilson, Texarkana
H. Richter, Cuero
T= 1901
R. Kunitz, Sinton
Tom Atlee, Austin
R. W. Yarbrough, San Antonio
R. E. Eberspacher, Houston
O. H. Eichblatt, Houston
W. M. Rust, Houston
C. A. Thanheiser, Houston
1906
W. T. Walker, San Saba
E. C. Carlyle, Bryan
John F. Armstrong, San Antonio
A. A. Wright, Fort Worth
R. L. Brandt, San Antonio
F. E. Lichte, Bryan
Benn Gleason, Hico
J. R. Tabor, Houston
Col. John H. Pirie, March Field,
California
F. G. Elliott, Waco
Robt. J. Potts, Waco
P. L. Downs, Jr., Temple
A. P. Rollins, Dallas
H. E. Burns, Dallas
W. O. Newton, Cameron
1911
H. M. Pool, Columbus, Ohio
D. H. B. Todd, Fort Worth
Richard Carey, Jr., Beaumont
Seth H. Martin, Mason
C. A. Martin, Menard
Sam H. Ray, Kansas City, Mo.
C. M. Henderson, Amarillo
O. L. Morton, Houston
A. H. Neighbors, Seguin
A. H. Potthast, Weimar
Kleber Trigg, Bastrop
E. F. Moser, Dallas
Lewis McMahon, Dallas
J. C. Lauderdale, Somerville
C. D. Dallmeyer, Brenham
Miller McCraw, Dallas
C. P. Dodson, Decatur
C. E. Standford, Conroe
H. P. Brown, Mathis
Scott Moore, Yoakum
Tom B. Darst, Richmond
R. B. Pearce, Dallas
H. H. Williamson, College Sta-
tion
C. C. Morris, Corsicana
Geo. W. Barnes, College Station
C. T. Huffines, Dallas
H. A. Dinter, Waco
C. L. Williford, Dallas
B. E. Giesecke, Austin
T. P. Metcalfe, Franklin
Melvin J. Miller, Ft. Worth
J. B. Thomas, Ft. Worth
E. E. McAdams, Austin
Parker D. Hanna, College Sta-
tion
E. Krauskope, Fredericksburg
H. F. Grote, Fredericksburg
R. R. Montemayor, Mexico, D. F.
L. O. Thanseiser, Houston
1916
Alex Dickie, Woodson
E. D. Baccus, Huntsville
C. H. Gunn, Port Arthur
Pat Olsen, Gatesville
Andrew Moses, Austin
Penrose B. Metcalfe, San Angelo
J. A. Herrington, Houston
Gey J. Cornett, Corpus Christi
L. H. August, Houston
R. A. Hall, Beeville
Major Edwin E. Aldridge
Jas. V. Curnutte, Jourdanton
M. A. Abernathy, Houston
J. S. Mogford, College Station
J. D. McIver, San Antonio
J. H. Thomason, Orange
J. V. Meyer, Houston
W. J. Skeeler, Orange
Geo. F. Brigance, Dallas
W. R. Nisbet, College Station
Major Ralph H. Wooten, Langley
Field, Va.
J. R. Hawes, Tyler
H. K. Deason, Pt. Arthur
C. A. Fuess, Dallas
George Moffett, Chillicothe
J. I. McGregor, Houston
W. A. Collins, Crockett
1921
Fred R. Brison, College Station
R. R. Childers, Jasper
Bryan Gouger, San Antonio
G. W. Martin, Dallas
A. S. Legg, Eagle Pass
Joe E. Woods, Cuero
F. M. Leverett, Port Arthur
Lewis K. Black, Temple
Charles Blumenthal, Houston
D. P. Clinton, Houston
Chicago Club Holds
San Jacinto Party
San Jacinto Day was celebrated
by the Chicago A. & M. Club with
a stag dinner at the Field Building
in Chicago. A feature of the occas-
ion was a farewell address to in-
dividual members of the club from
D. C. “Spike” Arnold, who has been
transferred from Chicago to Jack-
son, Mississippi and who for many
years was one of the active mem-
bers of the club.
Present at the dinner were the fol-
lowing: S. R. McMurray, ’25; A. P.
“Pope” Lancaster, ’22; George M.
Lewis, 24; O. A. Brouer, 25; A.
Y. Gunter, 27; T. Henry “Rags”
Ragsdale, ’25; C. C. “Sid” Neigh-
bors, 29; A. L. Van Nest, 28;
Louis H. “Luckie Louie” Powell,
14; Jack A. Witherspoon, ’26; R.
L. “Levi” Garrett, 24; W. H.
“Cotton” Davidson,” 24; S.-M.
“Put” Ritchie, ’29; W. P. “Mike”
McOsker, 19, and guest; D. P.
“Deeper” Tunstall, ’30; and G. R.
“Tommie” Thomason, 25.
The Chicago club also recently
held its annual spring golf tourna-
ment but no report has yet been
received as to its outcome.
Hawkins Candidate
Land Commissioner
John W. Hawkins, ’93, chief
clerk in the General Land Office,
Austin, has announced his candi-
dacy for State Land Commissioner
for the July Democratic primaries,
to succeed J. H. Walker, who will
not be a candidate for re-election.
Reared in Lavaca County, - Mr.
Hawkins received his early school
training at Hallettsville. He enter-
ed the General Land Office after
graduation from Texas A. & M.
in 1893. Mr. Hawkins served as
County Democratic Chairman of
Lavaca County in 1902 and 1903.
He is a member of the Christian
Church and the American Legion.
J. Harvey Briggs, 04, recently
announced the opening of a Sales
Agency for construction materials
with offices at 511 Builders Ex-
change Building, San Antonio. He
has been in this business for many,
many years in the Southwest and
is one of the best known men in
this field in Texas. His new agency
will distribute traprock for the
Southwest Stone Company of Dal-
las; limestone of McDonough
Brothers, Inc., and will also serve
as the Texas representative for the
Wire Reinforcement Institute of
Washington. A welcomed feature
of Mr. Briggs’ announcement is
the news that he will again publish
twice each month his famous
“CHATS”, which will be a newsy,
humorous, informal publication go-
ing to those engaged in the con-
struction field. The many friends
of Harvey Briggs will wish his
new undertaking every success.
1926
John L. Wilson, San Antonio
W. T. Ellis, New Braunfels
Jack Williams, San Marcos
W. M. Pinson, Dallas
Geo. W. Scott, Waxahachie
A. N. Saxon, Dallas
O. H. Moore, Dallas
J. D. Jones, Bastrop, Louisiana
R. A. Roberts, Uvalde
Harry B. Gerbens, Port Arthur
Marvin H. Mimms, Conroe
P. H. Norton, College Station
Ralph H. Gay, Orange
John B. Jones, Houston
L. A. Roberts, New Orleans, La.
V.: P.” Parr, Houston
W. F. Munnerlyn, Campus
Jack Turner, Fort Worth
C. D. Spesd, Jr., Houston
Julius A. Stein, San Antonio
Russell G. White, San Antonio
E. J. Novasad, East Bernard
Hugh E. Wharton, San Antonio
N. H. Gottwald, Harwood
Thomas A. Miller, Houston
Herbert Brenham, San Antonio
Arthur Bayless, Dallas
W. R. Kerr, Houston
R. H. Mitchell, College Station
Roy M. Blair, Corsicana
Peter J. Guelfi, Navasota
G. W. Stinnett, Bryan
H. E. Belsher, Houston
Barlow Irvin, San Antonio
E. L. Wilson, Houston
N. H. (Paul) Riveire, Fort Worth
W. R. Sherrill, College Station
C. J. Stromberger, San Antonio
“Tanlac’” Addresses
Message To ’21’ers
W. T. “Tanlac” Strange, Jr., 21,
manager of the Chamber of Com-
merce at Big Spring, Texas, sends
in his dues and the following mes-
sage to the members of the 1921
class:
“I regret that unforseen circum-
stances will prevent my attendance
‘May 2-3’ commemorating the 15th
Anniversary of the old class of
21.
“Please extend to these old bald-
headed men my actual understand-
ing of the complex problems of
their dotage.”
Gov. Allred Reported
D. Burns’ Grid Feats
Dorrence Burns, ’17, until re-
cently one of Governor Allred’s
secretaries, is now connected with
the State Pension Board at Austin.
Burns and Governor Allred were
both reared in Bowie, Montague
County, and have been friends from
boyhood.
Burns, while at A. & M., was a
member of the Aggie football team.
Governor Allred recalls the days
when he used to take down tele-
graphic reports of Burns’ plays in
big games while a large part of
Bowie looked on. The highlight in
Dorrence Burn’s athletic career in
A. & M. came at the closing min-
utes of a desperately fought grid
battle on the Cotton Palace Field
at Waco. Although the Baylor
BEARS had roundly outplayed the
Aggies for the entire game, there
had been no scores. Getting the
ball about the Baylor 30-yard line
on a fumble, and with the final
seconds ticking slowly away, Burns
was sent into the game and calmly
kicked a field goal from a difficult
angle to win the battle 3-0.
The many friends of Mr. and
Mrs. Irwin A. Uhr, ’17, were shock-
ed and grieved to learn of the
death of their 12-year old daugh-
ter, Virginia Louise, in Rochester,
Minnesota on May 26. Members of
the San Antonio A. & M. Club serv-
ed as pallbearers at the funeral,
which was held in San Antonio on
May 29. In addition to her parents,
Little Virginia Louise is survived
by a younger brother and grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Uhr,
and John Foshay. The little girl
was taken ill just as Irwin Uhr
was completing his splendid year
as president of the Association.
She was taken to Mayo Brothers
in Rochester but every resource of
medical science failed to save her.
Ed Graham, ’19, is with Kellog
Construction Company and can be
reached in care of Bubb Rudd, 2249
Pennsylvania, Beaumont, Texas.
Price Campbell, ’13, president of
the West Texas Utilities Company,
Abilene, and George Moffett, ’16,
. [farmer and - legislator, Chillicothe,
were members of the Resolutions
Committee, which served at the
recent annual meeting of the West
Texas Chamber of Commerce.
W. S. Fields, ’82, recently mov-
ed to Gladewater, where his ad-
dress is Route 2, Care of Tom Arm-
strong.
D. F. Van Cleve, 22, is presi-
dent of the Leader Building and
Loan Association at Nacogdoches.
Born in Eagle Pass, he attended
Texas A. & M. College for three
years, then went to work at an
oil refinery at Beaumont. After a
year he entered the building and
loan business with the Gibraltar
Savings and Building Association
of Beaumont and later became as-
sociated with the Home Building
and Loan Association of Salt Lake
City as sales manager for Texas;
and has been connected with the
building and loan and commercial
building business since that time.
He is now president of the Estate
Builders Company of Houston, and
the Leader Building and Loan As-
sociation.
I. G. Parr, ’33, is still operator
with the Sinclair Refining Company
and lives at 1506 Scharpe of that
city.
Parker W. Howe, 36, is living at
307 Montreal Avenue, Dallas, Tex-
as.