Marion S. “Parson” Church, ’05,
Dallas, has been appointed state
chairman of the Jackson Day Cel-
ebrations, which will be held in
Dallas on January 7. He and his
lieutenants are busy arranging for
this annual great gathering of
Democrats. One of the best known
attorneys of the state, Mr. Church
offices in the Continental Build-
ing. He is one of the wheel horses
in the ranks of A. & M. ex-stu-
dents; has served the Dallas A. &
M. Club as its president several
times; and is a past president of
the Association of Former Stu-
dents.
Jule D. Oakes, 29, is teaching
in the Houston Public School sys-
tem and lives at 2503 Park, that
city.
J. D. McGuire, ’26, is with the
Humble Oil & Refining Company
and is residing at Ingleside.
Dr. George Grupe, 27, is pro-
prietor of the San Angelo Chiro-
practice Clinic at San Angelo.
Allison Sanders, ’25, is a news-
writer on the Houston Chronicle,
Houston.
Edward Taylor, ’14, is Dental
Director for the State Health De-
partment, Austin.
Fred A. Elliston, '27, was re-
cently promoted to the position of
district manager for the Texas
Electric Service Company at Eagle
Pass. He went to his new post
from Wichita Falls and was also
with the same company at Fort
Worth.
James F. Brown, ’13, is with
the Public Service Company, Pub-
lic Service Building, Tulsa, Okla.
F. P. Hays, 13, is in the Com-
mercial Department of the Okla-
homa Gas and Electric Company
at Sapulpa, Oklahoma.
John A. Pranglin, ’32, says he is
good for a meal to any A. & M.
men who will look his up. He is
with the Mott-Smith Corporation
of Houston and his headquarters
are 66 Sharia Ibrahim Pasha,
Cairo, Egypt.
W. L. “Mule Ears” Thomasson,
’36, has been transferred to the
sales offices of the Allis-Chalmers
Manufacturing Company in Dallas.
He has been in Milwaukee with
the same company since his grad-
uation. He is delighted to return
to Texas and would like to see any
of his old friends.
Robert B. Lane, ’29, is with the
Union Producing Company at Bee-
ville and is district engineer for
the company. He has been with the
same organization since leaving
school and the Union Producing
Company is a Production Company
of the United Gas System.
Ralph O. Dunkle, ’17, lives at
Throckmorton, Texas.
B. D. Reynolds, 26, is superin-
tendent of the CCC Camp at Bo-
gata. He reports several other A.
& M. men at the same location and
says they are all doing a fine piece
of work.
Dr. Hines Clark, 95, is a prac-
ticing physician at Crowell, Telas.
Henry Michelson, ’00, is with
the Goldstein-Migel Company,
Waco.
COLLEGE STATION OFFICIALS
The newly elected officials of College Station are shown above. The members in this group are,
reading from left to right, Sam Hopper, L. P. Gabbard, George B. Wilcox, recently elected president of
the State Teachers Association, Dr. J. H. Binney, Mayor, Earnest Langford, A. Mitchell, and Luther
Jones.
M. T HALBOUTY
SPEAKS BEFORE
PETROLEUM CLUB
M. T. Halbouty, ’30, petroleum
engineer and geologist of the Merit
Oil Corporation of Houston, was
the feature speaker at a recent
Campus Petroleum Club meeting.
Halbouty received his Bachelor
of Science degree in geology from
A. & M. in 1930 and his Master's
degree in petroleum engineering
and geology in 1931. He has at-
tained a wide reputation through-
out the Gulf Coast area for his
articles on heaving shale, Gulf
Coast structures, methods of pro-
duction in the Gulf Coast fields,
use of muds and types, and other
papers.
At the time that he was a stu-
dent here he was editor of The
Longhorn in 1930. He was also
president of the Petroleum club and
one of the charter members of the
Scholarship Honor Society.
He is a member of the Houston
Geologic Society, A.LM.E., Amer-
ican Petroleum Institute, Amer-
ican Association of Petroleum Geo-
logits, New York Academy of Sci-
ences, American Association for
Advancement of Science, Society
of Paleontologists and Mineral-
ogists of America, and the Min-
eralogical Society of America.
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Raymond A. Higginbotham,
’38, is teaching school at Slidell,
cal Co., and last heard from at
Quanah . . . Winford W. Carter,
’38, is teaching school at Sliddell,
Texas James W. Bennett,
’38, is with the Goodyear Tire &
Rubber Co., at Houston and lives
at 1708 Shearn St., that city . . .
W. Strat Connelly, ’38, lives at
Whitney.. . . Tom B. Strother,
’38, is on active duty and is Lieu-
tenant Strother now, Ft. Crock-
ett .. ...« Dennis Y. Jarratt, ’38,
resigned from teaching Voc. Ag-
riculture to go with the Soil Con-
servation Service. He’s on the move
but gets his mail at Stephenville
. . . Gene F. Blake, ’38, recent-
ly attended the American Bottlers’
Convention in New York City. He
is advertising manager for the
Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Cameron
. . . R. L. Powell, ’38, has become
associated with the engineering
firm of Powell and Powell, Repub-
lic Bank Bldg., Dallas If
present enrollment at A. & M. con-
tinues the total number of grad-
uates of the institution will double
in the coming 10 years, making
the alumni group a real bunch of
youngsters . . . Dr. Asa L. Walk-
er, 38, is with the U. S. Bureau
of Animal Industry, and seeing
the world. Recent letters come
from Athens, Ga., and Chatta-
nooga, Tenn. . . . Jack “Oscar”
Singleton, ’38, was on the campus
for the Rice game. He is asso-
ciated with Wycliffe Hill, Bureau
of Advertising, Suite 409 Repub-
lic Bldg., Houston, and very much
pleased with both his work and
its future . . . J. E. Hendricks,
’37, is with the Phillips Petroleum
Co., Borger . . . Johnie O. Johan-
son, '37, is with the Ross Nursery,
Big Spring, recently moving there
from Shreveport, La. . . . The last
time the Aggies beat Texas at
won 14-7.
The Soil Conservation of the
United States Department of Agri-
culture took its share of last years’
graduates. Among the boys cast-
ing their lot with this fine ser-
vice were; A. P. Bailey, ’38, locat-
ed at Fort Worth; Wilson Buckley,
Fort Worth; James D. Carter,
Sherman; Warren “Red” Church,
the old footballer, Wolfe City; and
Jesse W. Collier, Fort Worth; Ben
R. Day, Gatesville; Roy C. Garrett,
Garland; William Givens, Pfluger-
ville; Valton Hall, Kaufman; J. C.
Hickersonn, Fort Worth; Raymond
Higginbotham, Vernon; Ralph Hill,
Fort Worth; Price Hobgood, Jack-
sonville; Joe B. Jackson, Fort
Worth; W. E. Javovy, San Angelo;
Don Lanford, Marshall; J. H. Leg-
gett, Fort Worth; Lewis H. Marsh-
all, Corsicana; Alfred L. Pace,
Winnsboro; Aubrey Patterson,
Madisonville; L. C. Reynolds, Madi-
sonville; Ray Scrubbs, Gatesville;
John Stough, Denton; J. W.
Tompkins, Floresville; S. H. White-
hurst, Waxahachie; Morris Will-
iams, Fort Worth; and L. G. Mes-
quite. Most of these boys were
graduates in either agronomy or
agricultural engineering. . . .
J. E. Dershimer, ’38, is with thel
State Highway Department, Gal-
veston, and lives at the Coronado
Courts. iv oie
Paul H. Coleman, ’38, is with the
State Highway Department at
Lone Oak, Texas. .. . H. J. Gruy,
37, is with the Shell Petroleum
Corporation and gets his mail
at Box 271, Orange, Texas, where
he is working in the Black Bayou
Louisiana Field, and would like
to hear from any of his friends
who are in that area .... Charles
W. Chadwick, DVM ’38, who is
with the U. S. Bureau of Animal
from Louisiana to Florida where
he lives at 805 Florida Court,
Gainesville. . . . W. L. “Mule Ears”
Thomasson, ’36, who has been with
the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing
Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
has been transferred to the sales
office of that company in Dallas
....E. P. Arneson, ’10, San An-
tonio, father of E. P. Arneson, Jr.,
’38, died in San Antonio this week
following a long illness.
Marshall F. Stiles, Jr., 36, is
with the Red Bank Oil Company at
Orangefield. Texas . . . . He was
married recently to Miss Eloise
Jernigan of Breckenridge . . . .
E. R. Holloway, ’36, is with the
Atlantic Refining Company and
lives at 5027 Live Oak, Dallas, and
is another newly-wed . . . . Paul M.
Wiley, ’388, lives at 302 Austin,
Seguin . . . . Cecil C. Rockwell, ’38,
is with the Woodson Lumber Com-
pany at Bryan . . . . Robert G.
Bowie, ’37, is an engineer with the
Eastman Kodak Company, Roches-
ter, New York, and lives at 124
Meigs Street, of that city . . . .
Dr. Raymond Hander, ’38, and Dr.
E. A. Beckom, Jr., ’38, both of the
Bureau of Animal Industry, are
ding Bangs Disease eradication
work and are located at Eatonton,
Georgia . George William
West, 38, is on a torsion balance |
crew for the Magnolia Petroleum
Company and gets his mail at
Box 321, Mathis, Texas :
George M. Mortan, ’39, is doing
drafting work in the U. S. Engi-
neering Corps, Trust Building,
Galveston . . . . Sanford H. White-
hurst, ’38, is with the Soil Con-
servation Service at Waxahachie
. . . . Dudley J. Lewis, 36, is civil
engineering with the Humble Oil
and Refining Company at Hous-
ton . . . . Charles L. Rich, 38, is
teaching school near Lovelady but
expects to make a change in the
near future .... Johnnie P. Zinn,
’36, recently became principal of
the high school at Lorenzo, Texas
John J. Mogford, ’37 , has been
appointed Cbunty Agent, Ward
County, headquarters, Barstow . ..
Dr. Carl Fink, Veterinarian, is
associated with Dr. L. J. Allen,
336 Post Office Bldg., Oklahoma
City + + . » H. M. Irvine, 37, is
with the J. I. Case Co., Burlington
Works, Burlington,Ja. . . . . Bell
Sample Jr. 38, is a cadet engi-
neer with the Houston L. & P. Co.,
and lives at 820 Richmond Road,
that city . . . . Aubrey B. Patter-
son, ’38, gets his mail at Box 22,
Madisonville . . . . Paul T. Hanes,
’38, is with the Farm Security
Marvin Smith Awarded Professional
Degree At Testimonial Dinner
L. E. Johnson, ’35, resides at
600 sunset Avenue, Coalinga, Cal-
ifornia.
H. G. Seeligson, ’34, is manager
of the Household Furniture Com-
pany at San Angelo.
J. W. Cravens, ’33, is with the
State Highway Department at
Paris.
Captain John W. Keienburg, Jr.,
’26, is commanding officer, Hq.
Company 880, CCC, Austwell, Tex-
as.
Leon C. Ranson, ’32, is with the
Farm Security Administration and
is located at Coleman, Texas.
George L. Seitz, ’38, has recently
accepted a position with the Farm
Security Administration and is lo-
cated at Bryan, Texas. Seitz was
formerly at Duncanville.
Adm., New Boston, Texas . . . .
Robert P. Boswell, ’38, is farming
at Kenedy . ... George M. Crook,
’38, is teaching vocational agri-
Also
teaching vocational agriculture is
D. W. Graham, ’38, at Gober, Texas
....John V. Laird, ’38, is a grad-
uate assistant in the agricultural
culture at Harwood . . . .
education department at the col-
lege . . . . Billy Meador, 38, is
farming at Moody .... W. E. O’-
Neal, ’38, is teaching vocational
agricultural at Gatesville . . . .
Thomas Stokes, ’38, is also teach-
ing vocational agriculture and is
located at Cameron. bps | og
Worthington, ’38, is working in the
county agent’s office at Coldwell
.... Among last year’s grads who
are teaching vocational ag are
Charles Bell, Ranger; J. K. Brad-
shaw, Springtown; A. H. Court-
ade, Emhouse; W. B. Cowan Jr.,
Scranton; Joe Cuffman, Lipan;
Jess E. Evans, San Perlitas; T. E.
Fambrough, Alexandria; Harold
M. Fitzhugh, Garden City; S. M.
Ford, Honey Grove; Tom Gaither,
Red Oak; L. C. Gates, Johnson
City; Fred Gibbs, Crandall; L. K.
Gregory, Paradise; Harold Hart,
Thackerville, Okla.; J. H. Horn,
Annona; J. R. Jackson, Schulen-
berg; L. E. Joyner, Topeau, Okla.,
and others . . . . Robert P. Brau-
chle, ’38, is on a year’s tour of
active. duty, U. S. Army. .. .
Judge G. Rhea, ’38, is with the
Texas Relief Commission, Mt. Ver-
non... . W. E. “Bill” Stages, 37,
coached his Hull-Daisetta High
School team thru an undefeated
season and to Regional Class B
honors Walter “Phoebe”
Phythian, ’36, coached his Crockett
High School team to a District
title. . . . The Tri-Cities A. & M.
Club, composed mostly of young-
er A. & M. men in Baytown, Goose
Creek, Pelly, recently paid high
tribute to the A. & M. Band and
expressed the hope the band would
not “Fall” for the current trend
toward “Swing” music . . . . The
Ft. Worth A. & M. Club is joining
hands with the student Ft. Worth
Club to aid in puting over the lat-
ter’s big Xmas Dance, but Presi-
dent J. B. Thomas, ’11, served
notice that the youngsters would
have to do most of the dancing.
[Former A. & M. Student
Conferred Degree For
Outstanding Work in EE
A. & M. honored Marvin Smith,
class of ’15, by conferring upon
him the professional degree of
Electrical Engineering at a testi-
monial dinner held on the night of
Dec. 8 in Sbhisa Hall. Smith is man-
ager of engineering, Westinghouse
Electric & Manufacturing Co.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Smith was born and educated
through high school at Overton and
entered the study of electrical en-
gineering at A. & M., graduating
as valedictorian of his class with
the degree of Bachelor of Science.
Immediately after his graduation
from college he entered the em-
ploy of the Westinghouse Com-
pany as student engineer and his
association with that company has
been continuous.
His first work for Westinghouse
was in generator engineering op-
erations, first as a design engineer
and later as section engineer. Later
he was promoted to engineer in
charge of design of the larger al-
ternating current machines of the
generation division. His next ad-
vancement was to the position he
now holds in change of all en-
gineering activities of the com-
pany.
Conferring of the professional
degree came as a surprise at the
banquet which had been planned
only to honor a successful ex-stu-
dent of the college. Dean Bolton,
C. C. Hudspeth, ’15, of Ft. Worth,
E. C. Rack, ’15, of New York and
Waco, and J. H. Belknap, manager
of technical employment, Westing-
house Co., each honored Smith in
talks during the dinner.
Cayle Cretcher, ’13, is with the
G. C. & S. F. Railroad and lives
at 2137 Avenue R, Galveston. He
is a former Aggie football great.
W. J. Faulk, ’32, is commanding
officer of Company 2895, CCC,
Gatesville and with the exception
of three months spent at The Field
Artillery School, Fort Sill, Okla-
homa in the spring of 1937, he
has been continuously on duty with
the CCC since October 20, 1936.
J. G. Carroll, ’11, lives at 2725
Boston Blvd., Detroit, Michigan.
A recent campus visitor, very
spick and span in appearance, was
Jack B. Roach, ’35, administrative
assistant, AAA, Gatesville. Jack
gives credit for his immaculate ap-
pearance to Mrs. Roach.
Gotlieb H. Helweg, 26, is with
the Soil Conservation Service at
Nashville, Arkansas.
Chris J. Stromberger, 24, im-
mediate past president of the San
Antonio A. & M. Club, recently
purchased at home at 110 Har-
rison, Alamo Heights, San Antonio.
He and Mrs. Stromberger and
their young daughter are happy to
be living in their own home.
D. W. Carlton, 23, of the Adol-
phus Hotel at Dallas, was elected
first vice president of the Central
Southwest Division of the Hotel
Greeters Association at that or-
ganization’s recent meeting at Hot
Springs, Arkansas. :
“War Hymn”
New words to “Aggie War Hymn,” A. & M. number
one song, have been written by “Pinky” Wilson of Florence,
Texas, who wrote the song’s first verson in the trenches in
France. He has high hopes
that Aggies will adopt them
for use at intercollegiate games against all schools except
the University of Texas, when the “Goodyby to Texas”
words can be used.
The new words follow:
Hull-a-bal-00! Can-eck! Can-eck!
Hull-a-bal-o0! Can-eck! Can-eck!
All hail to dear old Texas A. & M.
Rally around Maroon and White;
Good luck to the dear old Texas Aggies,
They are the boys who show the real old fight.
That good old Aggie spirit thrills us,
And makes us yell and yell and yell—yell like hell,
So let’s fight for dear old
Texas A. & M.,
We're going to bear you all to Chig-gar-roo-gar-rem!
Chig-gar-roo-gar-rem! Rough! Tough! Real stuff! Texas
A. & M.