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About The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1938)
Dutch Hohn Will Work In Extension 1912 Graduate Is To Be At Headquarters The appointment of Cesar (Dutch) Hohn, for the past 10 years county agricultural agent of Washington County, to the head- quarters staff was announced to- day by H. H. Williamson, director of the Extension Service of Texas A and M College. Hohn will specialize in soil and water conservation and will help carry on the program which saw more than three million acres of Texas crop land protected against loss of soil and rainfall in 1938. Prior to his tenure as county ag- ricultural agent in Washington County, Hohn served Grimes and Sabine counties in a similar posi- tion. He was graduated from Texas A and M in 1912 and completed work toward his master’s degree in 1914. After four years as manager of the Pease Ranch near Corpus Christi, Hohn joined the Extension Service organization and has re- mained in the service, with the ex- ception of the years 1924 to 1928, since 1920. In his 10 years in Washington county, more than fifty thousand acres of crop land have been ter- raced, and in 1937, 10,450 acres were so-treated under his super- vision. He was also prominent in 4-H club work, and on six occas- ions. He was also prominent in 4-H club work, and on six occasions club boys under his training were singled out for national honors. John L. “Skipper” Saunders, "23, is District Engineer with the U. S. Geological Survey., with his of- fice in the Past Office Bldg., Fort Smith, Ark. Horace G. Schiller, ’27, is a light- ing engineer with the General Elec- tric Co., Nela Park, Cleveland, Ohio. He's still single and has been - with G. E. since his graduaton. E. C. Jameson, '26, is County Ag- ent for the A. & M. Extension Ser- -vice at Montague, Texas. Recent campus visitors were Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Harris, '28, who live at San Juan in the Rio Grande Valley. Harris is office engineer for the Hidalgo County Water Im- provement District No. 2, and is hard at work on a huge program of building pipe lines and lining with concrete the irrigation canals of his district. He has been in the Valley since 1930. He received his degree at A. & M. in Architectural Engineering. R. D. “Bob” Harrison, '25, op- erates the Harrison Insurance Ag- ency, 911 Union National Bank Bldg., Houston, and makes his home at 2039 Dryden Road. Chas. A. Williams, ’37, recently moved from Dallas to San Antonio, where his address is 738 Hollywood Avenue. Lewis W. Chick, '37, is an aviator with the U. S. government at at the present time is at Kelly Field, Texas. William T. Hartman, ’36, is studying forestry at the University of California, Berkeley, Califor- nia. J. C. Porter, '38, has been elected teacher of vocational agriculture in the Tolar High School at Tolar, Texas. J. F. “Joe” Hughes, ’28, was elected to the office of county clerk of Marion County by a majority over two opponents in a county primary election held in April. He will be uncontested in the July primary and is receiving the con- gratulations of his friends on his - clean-cut victory. John M. Winslow, ’32, is part owner and manager of the huge Winslow Estate Ranch near Me- nard. He was an R. V. Captain dur- ing his student days. Mr. and Mrs. Winslow have one child. Preston P. Briggs, 29, is with the Phillips Petroleum Corp., and is doing design and installation work upon refinery equipment. He lives at 108 S. Quapaw Ave., Bart- lesville, Okla., is married and has three children. Timm Appointed To Extension Staff The appointment of Tyrus I. farm management has been an- nounced by Director H. H. William- son of the Texas A and M Exten- sion Service. Timm comes to the Texas Sev- vice from New Mexico where he has been economist with the Ex- tension Service since 1936. He is a graduate of Texas A and M Col- lege, having received his bachelor’s degree in 1934 and his master’s in 1936. While at the college he serv- ed as graduate assistant and in- structor in the department of agri- cultural economics. As economist in farm manage- | ment, Timm will have a large part in development of the whole farm | demonstration plan which was in- | augurated in 1937, | ——— —————————————— | R. D. “Red” Reynolds, ’26, is | superintendent of CCC Camp SCS- 26-T, Gatesville. | ad S. P. E. E. TO HOLD MEETING AT A. & M.| | The Society For The Promotion of Engineering Education, one of the nation’s outstanding and strongest organizations in the en- gineering field, will hold its 46th Annual Meeting on the A. & M. campus, June 27-30. An attendance of some 1500 delegates is expected, headed by the outstanding figures of the United States in the engi- neering education field. The meeting at A. & M. will mark the first annual meeting of this organization ever held in the Southwest and the second time the | meeting has been held south of] the Mason-Dixon Line, H. C.. “Dutch” Dillingham, ’22, Profes- | sor of Electrical Engineering, is | General Chairman of the local ar- | rangements committees. Decision of this National or- | gnaization to hold its annual meet- ing upon the A. & M. campus is Wm. H. Dickinson, ’30, is with the Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., at their East Pittsburgh plant and lives at 429 Rosedale St., Pitts- burgh, Pa. He is married and has one child and has been with this company since his graduation. tional field. | | Don S. Elliott, ’33, is in the en- gineering Dept., T. P.-M.P. Ter- min aRlailroad of New Orleans. He was Social Secretary of the ’33 Class, but still remains a bachelor. AUSTIN BRIDGE COMPANY DALLAS, TEXAS MANUFACTURERS Roads - Bridges - Road Machinery CONTRACTORS - BUILDERS YRS Fred J. Hockaday, ’18, is man- ager of the Retail Credit Co., 1004 | | | Lynch Bldg., Jacksonville, Fla. H. W. “Jim” Dugan, ’34, is do- ing free-lance newspaper and spe- cial feature writing and lives at 3002 Wheeles St., Shreveport, La. After graduation from A. & M. he took his M. S. degree is jour- nalism at Columbia U. Dugan says his greatest thrill since leaving A. & M. sale an article written by Anny | Ondra, wife of Max Schmeling, which was turned down by every American syndicate. When Schmel- ing scored his smashing upset vie- came when he offered for SAMSCO KOHLER PLUMBING FIXTURES COMPLETE STOCKS AT BRANCHES SAN ANTONIO MACHINE & SUPPLY CO. Waco - Austin - Corpus Christi - Harlingen San Antonio tory over Joe Louis they were all after the article. 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