The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current, January 15, 1938, Image 4
N, amE———— l ] | | | | \ Oklahoma. ; Joseph P. Lidiak, campus visitor during the holi- days, making his first trip since 1920. He found the changes all for the better. He has been in the East since before the War, and has made his home in Philadel- phia or its suburbs since 1920. He is with the Westinghouse Electric Company, has a son 14 years old and lives at 74 Berkley Ave., Lans- downe, Pa. ’13, was a Hiram C. Webb, ’30, is with the Phillips Petroleum Co., Oklahoma City, and recently delivered a lec- ture and address before the Pe- troleum Engineering Club at the University of Oklahoma at Nor- man. Among his listeners were Homer Hagius, 31, who will com- plete a year of graduate work in Petroleum Engineering at Okla- homa U. in February, and Paul Callahan, ’36, who will receive his degree in Petroleum Engineering from Oklahoma next spring. Hag- ius spent a year and a half with the Gulf at Port Arthur, and two years on active CCC duty, before taking up his year of graduate work at Oklahoma. R. L. Allen, ’31, has returned to. Texas and now gets his mail at 1816 Highland Avenue, Fort Worth. He has been with the In- ternational Petroleum Company, Ltd. at Talara, Peru. W. F. Fry, ’32, is living at Dal- hart, Texas. R. Eban Price, 22, is assistant secretary and treasurer of the Ser- vice Mutual Insurance Company of Texas, with its home office at Waco, where Price makes his headquarters. The company has shown a remarkable growth during the past few years. Claude M. “Cy” Evans, '08, who for several months has been serv- ing as active regional director of the Farm Security Administration in the Southwest, was recently ap- pointed head of that organization by President Roosevelt. He makes his headquarters in Dallas, and his district includes both Texas and n S. Gardner, Jr., '24, re- mpleted two and one-half ty with the CGO | : : rmanently located he Southwestern Public Ser- vice Company at Amarillo. Lieutenant Aubrey L. Moore, "23, U. S. Air Corps, was a member of the big twin-motor transport plane that was recently forced down in San Francisco Bay. He and his five companions were res- cued, uninjured. Moore is station- ed at Hamilton Field, California. Joe H. Burrus, Jr. 37, is with the Allis Chalmers Mfg. Co., and lives at 6025 West National, West Allis, Wis. He writes that he is enjoying his work a great deal and is getting a real thrill out of a Wisconsin winter. B. D. Reynolds, ’26, is camp superintendent at the Soil Con- servation Service Camp at Gates- ville, Texas. Other A. & M. men located in this camp are Coleman L. Hasie, ’17, company command- er; E. E. McAlister, ’33, techni- cian; F. P. Mika, ’35, agricultural aide. Ernest C. Zinke, ’37, is doing geological work for the Fohs Oil Company and gets his mail at Box 168, Houma, La. Willis E. Collins, ’31, who is with the Texas State Health De- partment, is district engineer of Public Health District No. 5, with headquarters at Kingsville, Texas. Robert Richey, 36, is assisting Col- lins. John H. Robinson, ’37, is in the Inspection Department of Sears, Roebuck and Company, Dallas, and gets his mail at 2925 Gould Street of that city. August A. Neuner, ’36, was re- cently promoted to building inspec- tor for the City of El Paso, where he had been serving as assistant building inspector for the past year. Neuner lives at 2401 Gold, El Paso, Texas. Roy Huffaker, ’36, who has been with the General Electric Company since graduation, has been sent to the Chicago Branch in the En- eincering Department. Huffaker states that starting on a new job liks this one makes you feel like a iteshman all over again. He is living at 5051 N. Damen Avenue, Chieago. George W. Dunn, ’34, is living at Sherman, Texas, where he gets his mail at P. O. Box 14. Scott S. Hill, ’14, is owner and manager of the Hallettsville Hard- ware Company, Hallettsville, Tex- as. James T. Elrod, ’36, sends in his dues from 400 West Grand Avenue, Springfield, Illinois. El- rod is with the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company and is rooming with J. O. Stephens, ’35, who is working for the same comp- any. C. C. “Compound Cathartic” Wil- son, ’25, since 1931 has been en- gaged in the farm mortgage busi- ness for the First Trust Joint Stock Land Bank of Chicago. He lives at 907 W. Fischer Avenue, Sherman, Texas, and is doing ap- praisal, collection, sales and farm supervision work in North Texas and Southern Oklahoma. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have two children, a girl of nine and a boy of six years of age. Dallas Manager for the Farm Mortgage Department of the First Trust Joint Stock Stock Land Bank of Chicago is Marvin D. Sanders, '13; and assistant manag- er is Arthur C. Bayless, 26. Two other A. & M. men, John Slay, '19, of Frost, Texas, and C. E. “Ted” Hudson, 24, San Benito, are field men for the same company. Ralph J. Delaney, 31, is in Green Bay, Wisconsin, with the Green Bay Western Railway. He reports that A. B. Smith, ’31, is also in that city with the Kraft-Phoenix Cheese Company and that Mr. and Mrs. Smith have a fine year old son. Delaney lives at 203 Allard. He writes that he got a real kick last fall out of listening to football broadcasts from Texas. Richard Roderick, ’35, who has been with the Texas Power and Light Company of Brenham, has changed his address to Box 213, New Orleans, La. R. N. Weir, ’37, is teaching vo- cational education at El Campo. R. L. “Bob” Patton, ’33, has been transferred from the Port Arthur Refinerv of the Gulf Company to | the Process Department, Gulf Oil Corporation, Gulf Building, Pitts- | burg, Pennsylvania. E. C. Durham, ’99, vice president and general manager of the Texas South-Eastern Railroad Company and the Lufkin Hemphill and Gulf Railway Company, has changed his address from Diboll to Lufkin. E. A. McClendon, ’33, and Mrs. McClendon are living at Crane, Texas, where he is with the Phil- lips Petroleum Company. A. A. Gensberg, ’33, C. B. Hus- sey, '34, and J. B. Smith, ’31, are all living at Crane, Texas, and are with the Gulf Oil Company. J. M. Orman, ’32, is with the Cardinal Oil Company at Iraan, Texas. Chas. C. Rollins, Jr., ’33, is with the Pecos Valley Power and Light Company and is living at Girvin, Texas. He was married last Oc- tober to Miss Betty Steadmon of Taylor and McCamey, Texas. R. E. Hass, 37, is taking a Jun- ior Engineering Course with the Cities Service Oil Company and gets his mail in care of the En- gineering Division, Cities Service Oil Company, Bartlesville, Okla- homa. He will be moved around to different divisions of the comp- any frequently. He reports that in Bartlesville he recently saw Bill Sloan, 37, and Hale Barfoot, ’37, both of whom are with the Cities Service, and Frank Schliecher, ’36, who is with the Phillips Petroleum Company. Herbert L. Weinberg, ’23, re- cently moved from New ork City and his position with the New York Central Lines, to Omaha, Nebras- ka, where he is with the Union Pacific as engineer of electrical equipment. The move was in the nature of a splendid promotion. At the present time, Weinberg is get- ting his mail at the Conant Hotel, Omaha, Nebraska. R. D. McCalman, ’31, has been transferred from Temple to Cam- eron by the Texas Power and Light Company and says that he hopes to see some of the basketball games this fall. W. J. Moser, ’32, has moved from McKinney to Dallas. Lawrence F. Wanja, ’32, has been transferred from McKinney to Dallas by the Texas Power and Light Company. Maurice B. Cramer, ’37, is a student engineer with the Gulf Oil Company at Hobbs, New Mexico. '34, is a chemist at Natural Gasoline New Mexico. Abe Cohn, the El Paso Plant at Jal, R. W. “Bill” ‘Pace, ’'19,5isk Life Underwriter with Bruce Patterson, agent John Hancock Life Insur- ance Company, Shell Building, Houston. Beryl L. Light, ’37, gets his mail at Box 1506, Big Spring. George EK. Schultis, ’35, has changed his address to Box 326 Haynesville, Louisiana. A new member of the Associa- tion is R. H. “Robby” Rea, ’37, who is working for the Texas Electric Service Company, Fort Worth. Rea is on the road most of the time so asks that his AGGIE be sent to his home address at Box 36, Weatherford, Texas." Noble J. Taylor, ’36, is with the Humble Oil & Refining Company and gets his mail at Box 1600, Mid- land, Texas. W. S. “Little” Turner, 322, Sis with C. A. McKinley & Sons Building Materials Company, Beau- mont, Texas. W: B. Mowlam, ’21, Corsicana, was supervising engineer on a re- cently completed improvement pro- gram of the Ketens Municipal water system. The work was car- ried on as a PWA project on fed- eral funds. Gordon G. Langston, Jr., 34, is with the W. C. Nabors Company, of Mansfield, Louisiana, manufac- turers of Nabors Trailers. His headquarters are in Houston at 4201 Harrisburg Boulevard. John M. Craddock, ’36, has been transferred from the i Department to the Building { ol struction Department ¢f the ble Oil Company and g pts hig: - at 2627 ‘Oakdale, ad a. Exo Sone i Mr. and Mrs. HY Du” Yad Thompson, 32, recently move n- to their new home, Route 1,{’- 8 F, Corpus Christi. He is | Walley’s Nursery of that city." Louis Lenz, '07, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, kept his record clear by attending last fall's Thanks- giving football game at Kyle Field. He has seen every A. & M.- University Game since 1903. There may be some others who can match that record but certainly none can beat it. Lenz is with the Magnolia Petroleum Company at Lake Charles and gets his mail at Box 872 of that city. W. T. Burns, the old 1920 cadet colonel, at present with Anderson- Clayton Company and in charge of that organization’s cotton business in the Republic of Mexico, is mak- ing his headquarters in Browns- ville. On a hunting trip in Decem- ber, Burns, Wilfred “Music” Do- hertx, 23, A. L. $Todda’’ ‘Forbes, ’21, of El Paso, each managed to kill a “buck” —or at least that is their story and they are sticking ‘to it. M. M. Moseley, Jr., ’26, was transferred last fall to Kansas City, Missouri, where he is with the Braniff Airways and Munici- pal Airport. In addition to doing radio service work, he is standing an eight hour watch as radio oper- ator. He would like to hear from any of his friends up that way. W. Jack Moser, ’32, is with the A. C. Moser & Company, Agents, United States Fidelity and Guar- anty Company, 905 Main Street, Dallas. U. S. Allison, ’24, has been placed in charge of all soil con- servation work on the island of Puerto Rico and he and his family have moved to Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. He has been with the Soil Conservation Service in Texas for several years and prior to that connection taught in the Agriciul- tural Engineering Department at A. & M. Don Lee, 11, is with the new Talco Asphalt and Refining Comp- any, Mt. Pleasant, Texas, but still maintains his home in Austin. A recent campus visitor was Ty Timm, ’34, who was returning to work at the New Mexico State Col- lege, State College, New Mexico, following a serious operation. Timm narrowly pulled through but was well on the way to complete recovery. He is in the Agricultural Economics Department at the New Mexico State College. Roderiick D. Thomas, ’22, city enginieer of the municipality of Highland Park, Dallas, Texas. is busy these days on a $360,000 water works iimprovement pro- gram for his municipality. T. Carr Forrest, Jr., '17, of the engiineer- ing firm, Myers, Noyes and For- rest at Dallas, is consulting en- ginieer on the program. Mount Taylor, ’11, who is sec- retary of the National Association of Ice Industriies wiith -headquar- ters at Chicago, was one of the principal speakers at last fall's | meeting of the Southwestern Ice Manufacturing Association, held in San Antonio. Carl Eckhardt, 18, Houston, was named as a member of the Execu- tive Committee of the Southwest- ern Ice Manufacturers Association at that organization’s annual con- vention held in San Antonio last month. Jewel D. Daughtrey, 37, is as- sistant county agent with the A. & M. Extension Service at Sul- phur Springs, Texas. On Novem- ber 6, 1937, he was married to Miss Hazel Kostris of Bedias. Alfred H. Payne, ’37, is with the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and is now located at Graham, Texas. He started in at Akron, Ohio, and, of course, he likes his job fine. Melvin Herzik, ’37, former Aggie track star, is with the State High- way Department at Aspermont, Texas. Murrell K. Taylor, ’36, is with the Texas Petroleum Company, La Darada, Caldos, Colombia, South America. When last heard from he was stationed at Puerto Boyaco, { Boyaco, Colombia, S. A. with a _ | seismograph crew. He reports that in the same crew is S. K. Van Steenbergh, ’29, who is party chief. 209 ‘W. N. “Bill” Roper, 22. sends in iis annual Christmas card from 614-C Street, Lemoore, California. He’s in the oil business. Henry E. Dunlavy, ’27, was re- cently confirmed by the U. S. Sen- ate as postmaster of Temple, Texas. James A. Carpenter, ’31, was a recent campus visitor. He is with the Freeport Sulphur Company in that firm’s Accounting Depart- ment, American Bank Building, New Orleans. He and Mrs. Carpen- ter have three fine children. Car- penter was very much pleased with the recent campus changes and sends regards to all his old A. & M. friends. C." B. Cox, ’37, :is" teaching vo- cational agriculture at Roscoe, Texas. Joe C. Wessendorff, '37, is at- tending the University of Texas law school at Austin. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe A. Wes- sendorff, ’07, of Richmond, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Tomlinson, ’08, moved last fall into a beauti- ful new home at 2187 Troon Road, River Oaks, Houston. Mr. Tomlin- son is a member of the Tomlin- son Mills and Lumber Company at Houston. Earl T. Duke, ’37, is an instruc- tor of agronomy in the Department of Plant Industries at Texas Tech, Lubbock. J. Weldon Young, ’37, is teach- ing vocational agriculture at Rule, Texas. J. D. Franklin, Jr., ’36, is teach- ing his second year as vocational agriculture instructor at Black- well high school. G. L. Richardson, ’36, is teach- ing vocational agriculture at Tal- pa, Coleman County. One of the finest county pro- grams along agricultural lines, is under way in Eastland County under the direction of County Agent Elmo V. Cook, "27, and As- sistant County Agent Hugh F. Barnhart, '34. Eastland County is one of the few counties of its popu- lation to have assistants for both its county agent and its home de- monstration agent. Mac C. Graham, ’18, is safety engineer for the Texas Employers Insurance Association, Employers Casualty Company, with head- quarters at 904 Sterling Building, Houston. Major Darnce B. Burns, ’17, is personnel director of the Texas Unemployment Insurance Bureau in Austin. George B. Wilcox, ’23, professor in the Department of Rural Edu- cation at Texas A. & M. College, was chosen as vice president of the Texas State Teachers Associa- tion at that organization’s annual meeting last fall. 0. K. Johnson, ’17, was recently awarded a contract for the exten- sion of the water works filtration plant. The O. K. Johnson Construc- tion Company of Waco during re- cent years has been building all over Texas. Ivan Watson, ’28, Court House, Pueblo, Colorado, writes that a Texas Aggie ring was found last summer by a farmer living at Pueblo. There was no identification on the ring other than the year and the owner will have to identify the place or an estimated place close to where the ring was found, together with the year of the ring. Anyone interested should write to folks from Colorado who attended the Cotton Bowl Game at Dallas. Marion Crow, ’36, is an agri- cultural representative of the Cat- erpillar Tractor Company, and makes his headquarters at 2223 Vail Avenue, Charlotte, North Carolina. Both the Carolinas are included in his territory. He will enjoy getting in touch with any other A. & M. men in that section. Watson. He was one of the many | J. G. Kerr, 08, recen a new, modern veterina at 695 South 4th Street, The hospital is kno Beaumont Veterinary Ho! is one of the most up-to- pitals of its kind in the S Kerr has been practicing | mont for many years. L. W. 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