The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current, December 15, 1937, Image 4

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    Horace K. Fawcett, 24, is still
ranching in the Del Rio country
and gets his mail at Del Rio. He
and Mrs. Fawcett have three fine
children.
J. D. Craven, ’37, gets his mail
at Box 566, Taft, Texas.
_R. S. Williams, ’15, is living at
Mertzon, Texas.
Albert C. Giesecke, '09, is an of-
ficial of the Minnesota Power and
Light Company at Duluth, Minn.,
where he lives at 111 Snively
Road. He has been with this comp-
any for a number of years.
Herbert W. Hartung, ’37, last
year’s yell leader, is living at the
down town Y. M. C. A., 16th and
Locust, St. Louis, Mo. He is with
the Goodrich Tire Company.
H. H. Bryan, ’28, recently com-
pleted his eighth year as superin-
tendent of one of the largest vege-
table growing farms in the South
at Darien, Georgia. He reports that
he will have a youngster ready to
enter A. & M. in September 1949.
Thos. C. Bain, 27, is with the
Texas Cities Gas Company at
Waco, Texas.
John W. Shepperson, ’37, is in
partnership with his father in the
furniture business in San Angelo.
He reports that J. J. “Stubby” |
Chatmas, Jr., ’37, and J. M. Hol-
_ lingsworth, ’37, as being traveling
auditors for the Oliver Farm
Equipment Sales Company.
Joe L. “Dody” Brown, ’37, is
with the San Antonio Light and
lives at 213 East Huisache, San
Antonio.
Bailey G. Carnahan, 37, is tak-
ing graduate work at Harvard.
W. A. “Doc” Ruhmann, ’37, is
teaching vocational agriculture at
Johnson City, Texas.
Edwin D. Martin, ’27, is princi-
pal of the Alexander Hamilton
Junior High School at Houston.
While in school at A. & M., he
served as principal of the Consoli-
Thomas H. Wallace, ’26, who has
been with the Gulf Oil Corporation
for several years, has been trans-
ferred to England, where he will
be in charge of field operations and
drilling in the southern part of
that nation. His new assignment
will be with the Gulf Exploration
Company. Wallace is. said to be
one of the youngest men in the
history of the Gulf to be entrusted
with as important a job as the
above. Although his address in
England is unknown, mail will be
forwarded to him if sent to the
Gulf Exploration Company, 17
Battery Place, New York City,
NEY,
1. :D. ‘Brown, Jr.,;’34, for .the
past two and a half years super-
intendent of the malarial control
project at Hillsboro, has been as-
signed to the United States engi-
neer’s office at Natchez, Mississip-
pi. He and Mrs. Brown are making
their home in that city.
T. C. Forrest, Jr., ’18, recently
returned from several weeks in
New York City, where he was en-
gaged by the New York World Ex-
position of 1939 as a consultant.
He is serving in an advisory ca-
pacity on utilities construction be-
ing planned for the 1,200 acre
Empire State Exposition. Forrest
is a member of the engineering
firm of Myers, Noyes & Forrest
of Dallas, and this firm played one
of the leading roles in the engi-
neering construction of the Pan-
American Exposition at Dallas.
Rooming together at A. & M.
this fall are Mitchell Langdon, Jr.,
son of Young M. Langdon, ’13,
Dallas, and Joe Windrow, son of
the late Rollin J. Windrow, 06.
Colonel G. Wash Hardy, ’79, is
still practicing law at Shreveport,
Louisiana. Associated with Colonel
Hardy is his son, G. W. Hardy, Jr.
Colonel Hardy writes that in his
estimation, the only place A. & M.
| men have fallen down is in taking
their proper position of influence
and leadership in the political life
of today. .
= ‘} M. Hollingsworth, ’37, is an
dated School on the Campus.
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: 1206 | Building, |
Mr. nd _ ‘Moon live at 1913 ]
Kipling Street.
Grace Oil Company is J. Collier
Hurley, ’22. 3
Donald C. Glass, 33, is in the
Petroleum Engineering Depart-
ment of the Humble Oil and Refin-
ing Company and at last reports
was at Freer, Texas. He reports
that Frank Owens, ’34, is in the
same department and was recent-
ly married. He also reports that
D. B. Robertson, ’35, and L. H.
Thompson, 37, are also with the
Humble Company.
E. A. “Ikie” Schattenberg, 26, is
still with the United States De-
partment of Agriculture, Bureau
of Entomology and Plant Quaran-
tine. His official headquarters are
at 315 Citizens State Bank Build-
ing, Houston, but his duties keep
him traveling most of the time.
For many years he was in the Rio
Grande Valley and was active in
the A. & M. Club down there.
John W. “Co-sine” Wallis, ’09,
major U. S. Army retired, is own-
er and president of the Rain Storm
Manufacturing Company, 953 North
Edinburgh Avenue, Hollywood, Cal-
ifornia. His company manufac-
tures rain storm, portable, irriga-
tion equipment. He is one of the
leaders in this field in the Western
States.
Major Wallis was awarded a.
commission in the United States
Army in competitive examination
after graduation from A. & M. in
1909, and was in the Coast Artil-
lery Corps. Because of deafness, he
was retired in 1919.
Study and research has made
Major Wallis one of the outstand-
ing irrigation experts on the Pa-
cific Coast. He is the inventor and
manufacturer of pipe couplings
that play a large part in the con-
struction of his portable sprink-
lers. He is an active member of
the Southern California A. & M.
Club. He sends his best regards to
all his friends.
L. J. Starr, ’36, is vocational ag-
riculture teacher in the Highland
consolidated school district, five
miles South of Roscoe, Nolan
County. This is the largest con-
solidated school district in Texas.
E. B. Keng, ’37, is teaching vo-
| auditor with the
‘Sales Company, 1616 |
Owner “of “the
Oliver Farm-
J lias 5 HE
is A x M. frionds,
A fon M. Fo, ’34, who is with
Arthur Anderson & Company, ac-
| countants and auditors, has been
transferred to Houston, Texas,
where his company has recently
opened an office. Allen has been
with Arthur Anderson & Com-
pany, New York City, N. Y., since
his graduation and is happy to be
located in Texas once more. The
new company is located in the
Shell Building.
C. W. Underwood, ’38, is work-
ing for the Sun Oil Company and
at the present time is located at
Arp, Texas.
J. O. Stephens, ’35, is in the En-
gineering Department of the Allis-
Chalmers Manufacturing Company,
Springfield, Illinois. The plant at
Springfield consists of machining
and assembling the transmission
and tracks for their line of craw-
ler tractors.
C. D. Whitsitt, ’33, is with the
Petty Geophysical Engineering
Company, and gets his mail at
Box 263, Alice, Texas. He has
been transferred from Shawnee,
Oklahoma.
J. W. Cravens, ’33, has changed
his address from Anna, Texas to
P. O. Box 435, Sherman, Texas.
Robert O. Travis, ’32, is connect-
ed with the J. K. Hughes Oil Com-
pany, Mexia, Texas. Travis was
formerly with the Shell Petroleum
Company, Houston.
Milton. S. Beringer, ’16, who is
with the British American Oil
Company Limited, has been trans-
ferred from Calgary, Alberta, Can-
ada, to Montreal East, Quebec,
Canada.
Richard “Dick” Furman, ’20,
represented Texas at an Aviation
Conference held in Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania on November 5 and
6 and called by Governor George
H. Earle of that state. Furman
was appointed by Governor James
V. Allred to represent Texas at
the conference. Furman is with the
Corpus Christi Chamber of Com-
merce.
J. B. Crozier, ’32, is with the
cational agriculture at Lawn, Tex-
as.
State and Office, Santa Fe, New
Mexico.
K. W. Tottenham, ’31, is assist-
ant county agricultural agent at
Houston. He took that position
November 1 after transferring
rom similar work at Wharton.
N. J. Mainer, 28, was transfer-
red last fall to Huntsville, where
he is engineer on a lake park pro-
ject. At the time he was transfer-
red, he was serving in the place
of engineer in charge of the Fort
Parker state park project between
Mexia and Groesbeck. This project
called for the construction of a
740-acre lake by means of con-
crete dam in the Navasota River.
Mainer has had wide experience in
park construction work.
Jos. L. Hurff, ’27, is a radio en-
gineer for the Hazeltine Corpora-
tion. He is married and lives at
3614-165th St., Flushing, New
York.
Lieutenant Robert F. Worden,
32, of the U. S. Air Corps, has
been transferred from Barksdale
Field, Louisiana, to Randolph Field,
near San Antonio, where he will
serve as a flying instructor. He
is married and has a daughter not
quite a year old.
F. W. Martin, ’36, is teaching
vocational agriculture at Dowell,
near Rotan, in Fisher County.
Milton B. Templeton, ’35, is
teaching vocational agriculture at
Hamlin. He previously taught at
Sylvester and was on both the
junior and international stock
judging team as a student at A.
& M.
Wm. P. “Bill’ McIntosh, ’37, who
is with the General Electric Com-
pany, has recently been transfer-
red from Schenectady, New York
to that same company at Phila-
delphia, Pa. His address is 2340
South 72nd Street.
Ben H. Lemberg, ’37, was a re-
cent campus visitor. Lemberg is an
is an assistant in agricultural con-
servation with headquarters at
Sweetwater, Texas.
John Warden, ’08 was recently
Pea to the rank of - full
Hoher “Doc™ Pitner, ’37, who
has been with the Firestone Tire
Company at Beaumont, was re-
cently transferred to the Person-
nel. Division of that company at
Akron, Ohio.
Jno. B. Howell, 21, is one of the
managers of Howell Theatres at
Coleman, Texas.
Roland C. Madeley, ’35, is still
with the Soil Conservation Service
and is located at Jacksonville, Tex-
as. Madeley reports that he is en-
joying his work very much and
that there are two other Aggies on
the camp staff at Jacksonville,
Allen P. Goforth, ’33, who is tech-
nician-in-charge; and Robert E.
“Bob” Lewis, ’34, who is camp
superintendent.
Charles T. Schwab, ’25, is located
at 10504 South Bell Avenue, Chi-
cago, Illinois.
J. H. Beene, 37, is an assistant
in agricultural conservation in
Llano County, with headquarters
in Llano.
John T. Mogford, ’37, is an assist-
ant in agricultural conservation
for the A. & M. Extension Service
and is located at Colorado, Texas,
where he gets his mail at Box 951.
Mogford was a popular member of
last year’s graduating class.
George S. Dowell, ’98, is still
practicing law in Austin, where he
' maintains an office at 107 East
Sixth Street.
Lee Solovey, 35, is in the smelter
division of the Phelps-Dodge Min-
ing Corporation in Clifton, Arizona,
and he gets his mail at Box $92.
John N. Simpson, 14, is ag bls
tural and livestock agent forf the
Texas and Pacific Railway (Jpm-
pany, and offices at 215 Live Stock
Exchange Building, Fort Worth.
A new member of the Associa-
tion is O. O. Lumpkin, 26, whose
address is Box 865, Kingsville,
Texas.
C. S. Jackson, ’31, is with the
Humble Oil & Refining Company
and his address is. 1708 Travis
Street, Houston, Texas. Jackson re-
ports that he is rooming with John
Wilikins, ’37.
Harry S. Turner, Jr., ’36, is with
the Dallas Power and Light Com-
pany and gets his mail at 1001
Dallas Power and Light Building,
Dallas.
J. B. Heinen, ’34, is president
of the McGuire Cleaning, Dyeing
and Laundry Co., Inc., 2100 South
Ervay Street, Dallas, Texas.
K. H. “Dutch” Heinrich, ’34, is
senior landscape foreman for the
National Park Service, and gets
his mail at Box 16, Norris, Ten-
nessee.
Afton B. Johnson, '30, has been
transferred from Lockhart to San
Antonio, where he offices at 1914-
15. Alamo National Building. John-
son’s home address in San Antonio
is 414 West Lullwood.
R. C. Halter, ’36, gets his mail
at Box 923, Baytown, Texas. Hal-
ter reports that there are many
other Aggies working for the Hum-
ble Company at Baytown.
L. D. Steffens, 24, is with’ the
Ralston Purina Company and mak-
es his headquarters at 1804. West
6th Street, Austin, Texas.
John H. Cates, ’28, is proprietor
of the Park Theatre, Iowa Park,
Texas.
R. C. “Army” Armstrong, ’25, is
living at 3439 Wichita, Houston.
“Army” is with the Western Metal
Manufacturing Company of that
city.
John A. Pranglin, ’32, gets his
mail at 2011 Esperson Building,
Houston. For the past year, Prang-
line has been doing seismograph
work in Wyoming and Montana
and he is mighty glad to get back
to Texas, where he will at least
occasionally see some of his old
friends.
M. S. Rugenstein, '36, makes his
home in Brenham, where he gets
his mail at P. O. Box 480.
Warren W. Bates, ’18, is living
at 2329 Commerce, Houston. Bates
has been in business for himself
since 1932. He handles asbestos
and Tagua beats insulatives in |||
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| stock on os He also engages § | Bea
in the insulation of homes and
commercial buildings. Bates has
had 8 years of experience in the
insulation business, and operates
under the namer of the Warren W.
Bates Asbestos Products Company.
M. E. Thompson, ’32, gets his
mail at Box 67, Farwell, Texas.
Vernon Ayres, ’27, makes his
home at 308 E. Morris Street, Yoa-
kum, Texas.
Dr. Fred M. Burkey, ’31, sends
in his Association dues with the
following statement,
nothing like a green back to cover
a red face. I hope this hides my
confusion.” Dr. Burkey resides at
2507 Bissonet, Houston, Texas.
Tom G. Banks, Jr., '31, is living
at 743 NE 36th Street, Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma. Banks is chief
engineer for station KFXR in Okla-
homa City. He has been married
five years and has two fine boys.
A. H. “Salty” Grantham, ’31, has
been transferred from Temple to
Dallas, where he is still with the
Texas Poyer and Light Company.
John H. Zich, ’37, is an appren-
tice in the Allis-Chalmers Tractor
Works and is located at 2818 W.
Highland Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis-
consin. John says he likes his work
very much.
Jim Carroll, ’37, is connected with
the Sales Department of the Dallas
Power and Light Company, Dallas.
His residence address is 4944 East
Side Avenue, Dallas. Carroll re-
ports that there are a large num-
ber of A. & M. men in the employ
of the Dallas Power and Light
Company.
Jack Lee Grayson, ’37,
attending the University of Ten-
nessee Medical School. His address
is 1857 Kendale, Memphis, Tennes-
see. Grayson says he is enjoying
his work very much and has seen
quite a few A. & M. men.
Tom B. Darst, ’11, is living at
Richmond, Texas. Darst is in the
farming and cattle business.
G. R. Darby, ’06, is resident en-
gineer for the State Highway De-
partment and is located ot Lufkin,
Texas.
“Theres sis x
is now"
Grady W. ‘Harris, ’22, is post-
master for the United States Post
Office at Mobeetie, Texas.
Tom A. Van Amburgh, '09, gets
his mail at Box 1766, El Paso, Tex-
as. He is superintendent on a big
job near El Paso and is with the
Austin Road Company of Dallas.
Edward D. “Sis” Hopkins, "19, of
the Pan American Sanitary Bureau,
Washington, D. C., has been de-
tailed to Chile to aid the Chilean
government in the organization of
‘a Department of Sanitary Engi-
neering. Hopkins will assist in giv-
ing lectures on sanitary engineer-
ing in the University of Chile.
These lectures will all be given in
Spanish. Hopkins’ new address is
Hotel Crillon, Santiago, Chile, S. A.
Dan H. Poole, Jr., '37, is a stu-
dent engineer with the Oil Well
Supply Company. Dan is living at
the Y. M. C. A., Oil City, Pennsyl-
vania.
J. E. Dyer, ’29, is with the Safety
and Personnel Department of the
Sun Oil Company at Tulsa, Okla-
homa. He gets his mail at Box
1348.
Earl H. Yarbrorough, who was
a student at A. & M. in 1897, when
L. S. Ross was president, is now
serving his first term as County
Clerk of Grimes County.
Dr. W. W. Greenwood, ’96, who
was also a student when Governor
Ross was president of the College,
is practicing medicine at Navasota.
Gerald C. Fahey, ’22, is county
judge of Grimes County and makes
C. D. McEver,
in agricultural
Lockhart, Texas.
’36, is assistant
conservation at
F. R. DePasquale, ’30, is a new
member of the Association. He is
head of the Industrial Arts De-
partment in the New Braunfels
Schools.
N. H. Hunt, ’12, is county agent
at Pearsall, Texas.
Ben J. Lednicky, ’37, is with
the State Highway Department,
Paris. He reports that W. W.
Barnes, ’37, and Joe: C. Gilbreath,
37, are also with the Highway
Department.
J. D. “Wiggle” Smith, ’37, re-
ports that he is learning the prac-
tical side of oil production with
the South Salvage Company, West
Columbia, Texas. Harris Under-
wood, ’36, is with the J. S. Aber-
crombie Company of Houston.
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