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THE TEXAS AGGIE E. E. McQuillen Publisher ——————_— BIRTHS WEDDINGS | Published Semi-Monthly at the A. & M. Press, College Station, Texas, except dur- ing the summer months when issued monthly, by the Association of Former Students of the Agricultural and Mechan- ical College of Texas, College Station, Texas. E. E. McQuillen, 220.54 Executive Secretay L. B. Locke, ’18 Assistant Secretary Subscription Price $5.00 Entered as Second Class Matter at College Station, Texas Directors R. PF. Rosborough; 226.............occeerinin Marshall H. K. Deason, ’ Port Arthur Roy D. GolSton, 208... ceiecciierssasnssonanes Tyler Don O. Davis, McKinney M. B. Starnes, ’27 Dallas O. A. Seward, Jr., 07... Groesbeck Claude Brown, >I I... 08 ui Crockett Victor A. Barraco, ’15.................... Houston TT. 'M. Smith, 'S¥.; 701.......a..... East Columbia W. J: Lawson, 3122.0. fr 0 ad) Austin Jon DB, Snider, dg: lt heh ides ieee Waco N. H. Riveire, ’26 Fort Worth E. W. Harrison, ’ ; South Bend Cleo E. Buck, 28. —p-.ohonib Corpus Christi L. A. Pierce, ’22 _...Laredo Joe W. Jennings, >11. i. ri... Plainview E. “E. Aldridge, 216; .................. San Antonio Penrose B. Metcalfe, ’16............ San Angelo GC." P.. Dodson, ’11.. Decatur G. Graham , Hall,’ 180... ...c.occccidociensiis Houston George ‘G. Smith, 280.......coccomecitnnssainrmsnai Waco AV OQ. Saenger, ’32.. 0 Lot... Goose Creek M. H. Bivins, ’07 Longview Tyree IL. Beil, ’13... Dallas Mod. Mller, i? 0 iii tisesons Fort Worth PY... Downs, Ix., *06..:commiismmsiosrions Temple 0. G. Tumlinson, ’18..........College Station Coil. Babeock,: >I8........comecmmmresiiu Beaumont RR. Peeples, 228... cobs tu tiiicori- Tehuacana STUDENT LOAN FUND TRUSTEES C.. P.. Dodson, ’11 Decatur F. D. Perkins, ’97 McKinney E. E. McQuillen, ’20 College Station REPRESENTATIVES ON ATHLETIC COUNCIL y ACR a be, Br Richmond Fort Worth Joe A. Wessendorff, ’07 M. J. Miller, ’11 JUST RECOGNITION The AGGIE applauds the action of the Board of Directors of the College in honoring veteran board member Edwin J. Kiest, of Dallas, by naming the key dormitory of the 12 new dormitories under con- struction the Edwin J. Kiest Hall. As a member of the board during the past 12 years and as a present member, Mr. Kiest has rendered the A. & M. College distinguished and invaluable services. He will continue to render such services as long as he is a member of the College Board. The AGGIE extends to him on behalf of A. & M. men congratulations, apprecia- tion, and affection. FLATTERY If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the A. & M. College and Dan Russell should feel proud of originating the cooperative stu- dent housing plan. In the Readers Digest of June 1939, an article by Bertram B. Fowler tells of the rapid spread of the cooperative plan to other institutions. Starting at Texas A. & M. in 1932 under the sponsorship of Dan Russell, the program has grown by leaps and bounds. From the small group of boys who lived in a haunted house in 1932, cooperative house students have increased un- til nearly one thousand boys lived under this program at A. & M. last fall. From this humble beginning, reports Mr. Fowler, over 100,000 students lived in such groups in the United States’ colleges and univer- sities during the past year. It should be remembered that a great majority of students living in the cooperative groups at Texas A. & M., and this is probably true of other institutions, could not otherwise attend college. Their ex- penses at Texas A. & M. run from $100 to $150 per year less than the expenses of students living in college dormitories. There should be no conflict be- tween this program of housing at Texas A. & M. and the dormitory program. Both have their fields of usefulness. It would be preferable, of course, if all college students had sufficient finances to live in the higher priced and more desir- able quarters. Since the Utopian day has not arrived, the project houses have offered a wonderful opportunity to literally thousands of boys and girls of the United States. Dan Russell, at Texas A. & M., can well feel proud for start- ing and showing the world that such a program was practical and feasible. IN MEMORIAM At the annual meeting of the As- sociation held on the campus June 3, the traditional roll of A. & M. men who had passed to their re- ward during the preceding year was called. As the list was read to the strain of “TAPS”, there were few dry eyes among the 250 men standing in respect. Not a man present but heard the name of some acquaintance or dear friend who had passed to the Great Beyond. of a son born on May 18. They are stationed at Kelly Field at the present time. This is their second son. Mr. and Mrs. Mack Stallings, ’36, ‘are rejoicing over the birth of a little daughter, Patricia, born on | | April 24. Mr. and Mrs. Stallings 'make their home at 1606% San An- tonio, Austin, Texas, where Mack is with the Texas Unemployment Compensation Commission. Mr. and Mrs. C. Newt Hielscher, 34, are receiving congratulations from their many friends over the birth of a little daughter, Esther, born recently in Bryan. Mr. and Mrs, Hielscher make their home at Conroe, where Newt is connect- ed with the Conroe High School. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Moehlman, ’31, are the proud parents of a fine son, C. B., Jr.,, born recently at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Bryan. They make their home in Bryan, where C. B. operates a meat market and grocery store. Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Pickett, ’32, announce the arrival of a fine son, Charles L., Jr., born on April 9. Mr. and Mrs. Pickett reside at 605 West Polk, Houston, where Pickett is with the Standard Oil Company. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Howerton, ’27, announce the birth of a son, William Rhett, born on January 4. Mr. and Mrs. Howerton make their home at 1030 West Mistletoe, San Antonio. Willie is with the San Antonio Public Service Company, where he is chief planner of the Gas Department, and is also peren- nial treasurer of the San Antonio A. & M. Club. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Floyd, ’32, are happy over the arrival of Jack Donald and Jean Blair on May 14. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd make their home in Longview, where Floyd is with the Atlantic Pipe Line Com- pany. Needless to say, both Floyd and Mrs. Floyd are quite proud of the twins. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Pratt, 28, are delighted over the birth of little Miss Ann Camille, born April 19. Mr. and Mrs. Pratt make their home in Dallas, where John is with the Allis-Chalmers Manufac- turing Company. This is their secc- ‘nd little daughter. The annual summer Bell County A. & M. Club’s old fashioned basket picnic will be held at the hospital dairy farm near Temple at 6:30 p. m. on the evening of June 15. Join- ing hands for this occasion will be the Bell County A. & M. Mothers Club and the Bell County Student A. & M. Club. The arrangements committee wi.l be composed of Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Downs, Jr. ’06; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Brewster, Jr., ’18; and Mr. and Mrs. Emil Wade, 30. All A. & M. men and their families of Central Texas are invited to bring their basket lunches and attend this happy oc- casion. Appearing on the campus in new roles during the last month of school were Jack Barnes, '30; and Les Cummings, ’38, petroleum en- gineer of the Trinity Portland Ce- ment Company. They came to give a series of lecture to A. & M. stu- | dents on the use of Portland ce- the Trinity Portland Cement Com- pany. Jack working out of the Dallas office and Les out of the Houston office of this concern. T.-L. Bradford, Jr. ’15, vice president and treasurer of the Southwestern Life Insurance Com- pany, Dallas, has been appointed a member of the Dallas City Avia- tion Board. He is a former mem- ber of the Dallas City Plan Com- mission. E. L. Stapp, 31, 102 Guardian Life Building, Dallas, is anxious to secure a copy of the 1938 Long- horn. If anyone knows where such is available, kindly communicate with Mr. Stapp or the office of the Association, College Station. W. L. “Jerry” Lee, ’217, is receiv- ing congratulations over being ad- vanced to the rank of Captain in the U. S. Air Corps. He is stationed at Kelly Field. Captain and Mrs. Leroy Hudson, | '27, are delighted over the arrival | ment in oil fields. Both are with | Scoates-Johnson Announcement has been made of the engagement and approaching | ‘marriage of Miss Helen Johnson, | of Waco, and William Daniel | | Scoates, ’35, son of Mr. and Mrs. | ‘Dan Scoates of College Station. | Miss Johnson is the daughter of | ‘Mrs. Samuel D. Johnson of Waco and a graduate of Baylor Univer- sity. The wedding will be solemn- ized on June 11 at the First Presby- terian Church of Waco. Mr. and | | Mrs. Scoates, elect, will make their ‘home at College Station, where Bill ‘is an assistant to his father, who is head of the Agricultural En- gineering Department at A. & M. Day-Works The marriage of Miss Sarah Helen Works and Russell E. Day, ’30, both of Kilgore, was solemn- ized at the First Methodist Church of Kilgore on June 4. Mr. and Mrs. Day will be at home to their many friends at Kilgore, where Russell is with the Texas Railroad Com- mission. Cooper-Davis Miss Nixie Elizabeth Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Davis of Throckmorton, became the bride of Mr. Durward W. Cooper, ’38, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Cooper, recently. Mr. and Mrs. Cooper will reside in Breckenridge. Dodson-Christian Miss Kitty Beth Christian, daughter of Charles D. Christian, 225 Oak Cliff Boulevard, Dallas, and Ralph Jordan Dodson, ’35, were married on June 7 at the First Methodist Church in Decatur. Ralph is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Dodson, 11, of Decatur, and received his masters degree in chemical engineering from A. & M. this year. Wanja-Banse Miss Lillian Banse, of Weimar, became the bride of L. F. Wanja, ’32, of McKinney on April 11. Mr. and Mrs. Wanja will make their home at 1001 West Lamar, McKin- ney, where Wanja is with the Texas Power and Light Company. Keller-Taylor Announcement has been made of the engagement and approaching marriage of Miss Sallie Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tarleton B. Taylor of Waco, to Wallace O. Keller, x40, son of Mrs. Jean Kel- ler of San Antonio. The marriage will take place at the home of the bride’s parents on June 18 with only the immediate families and close friends present. Mr. and Mrs. Keller, elect, will make their home at Austin, where Wally is employ- ed as manager of the Hausler and Kilin Cigar Company of that city. McGill-Griffin Miss Irene Griffin, of Bryan, re- cently became the bride of Herman 'N. McGill, ’39, son of Mr. and ‘Mrs. Thomas McGill of Tyler. Mr. ‘and Mrs. McGill are making their ‘home in Tyler. Carroll—Kirkpatrick The marriage of Miss Ann Her- man Kirkpatrick, daughter of Mrs. Leah Kirkpatrick of Bremond, and Thelston B. Carroll, ’39, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Carroll of Harvey, was recently solemnized at the First Baptist Church of Bremond. Carroll received his degree in vo- cational agriculture from A. & M. this year. Smith-Wheeland Thomas F. Smith, ’22, and Miss Ruth Wheeland, both of Houston, were married in Houston on May 13. After a wedding trip to Dallas and other North Texas towns, Mr. and Mrs. Smith are making their home in Houston. He is with the American General Insurance Com- pany, 700 Rusk Biulding, Houston. Talkington-Weed Miss Weed, daughter of Mr. J. D. Weed, of Fort Worth, and J. T. Talkington, ’37, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Talkington, of Fort Worth, were recently married at the home of the bride’s sister. After a wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs. Talkington will make their home in Fort Worth. McDonald —- Field News comes to us of the wed- ding recently of Miss Nonnie Field, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Field, of Calvert, and Mr. W. T. McDonald, 33, son of Mr. and Mrs. Inspect Boulder Dam William L. Thomasson, ’36, and J. M. Stevenson, ’36, who recently completed a special Graduate Training Course at the Allis-Chal- mers Manufacturing Company, Mil- waukee, are shown above studying an exact scale model of the giant Boulder Dam. Going over the mat- ter with them is Dr. W. M. White, manager of the Allis-Chalmers hy- draulic department. Dr. White de- signed the mammoth turbines for Boulder Dam, each of which, with 115,000 - horsepower, discharges enough water daily to supply a city of ten million people. AT LAKE CHARLES PICNIC Back row left to right: Wallace Watkins, Welsh, La., Frank Hous- ton, ’94, Lake Charles; J. B. Meit- zen, ’25, Lake Charles; J. Y. Orms, ’32, Iowa, La.; Joe Golasinski, ’34, Lake Charles; R. Y. “Matt” Craig, 28, Lake Charles; C. L. Arthur, ’30, Lake Charles; A. A. “Moon” Golasinski, ’32, Pasadena, Texas; I. L. “Shug” Goen, Lake Charles. p Mr. and Mrs. H. U. Spencer, ’29, will spend the summer in Bryan after four years spent in Honolulu. Spencer has been serving with the government as an architect on the Hickman Air Field in Hawaii and is on a three months’ furlough. Melvin J. Miller, ’11, is general chairman of arrangements for the Fort Worth Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsored luncheon hon- oring Dr. Homer P. Rainey, new President of the University of Tex- as, on June 7. The luncheon will be held at the Blackstone Hotel, and Fort Worth citizens have invited all ex-students of the University living in north Texas to attend. JackiiO. Silvey, ’87, sont cf Dr. and Mrs. O. W. Silvey, College Station, received his master of science degree from Massachusetts Tech last week. He has accepted a job with the Lombard-Governor Company at Ashland, Massachu- setts. Wayne E. Long, 27, professor of mechanical engineering at Texas A. & M., and his family will spend the summer at Beaumont, where Wayne will be on special assign- ment as assistant to the chief engi- neer of the Magnolia Petroleum Company plant in that city. J. T. McDonald of Bryan. Mr. and Mrs. McDonald at the present time are residing in Austin, where W. T. is a member of the House of Representatives in the Texas Leg- islature. Cole — Garitty The marriage of Miss Sarah Lee Garitty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Garitty, Corsicana, and Fran- cis Dill Cole, x’37, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. U. Cole, Corsicana, was recently solemnized at the First Methodist Church in Corsicana. Mr. and Mrs. Cole are at home to their many friends at 1430 West Seventh Street, Corsicana, where Cole is with the First National Bank of that city. Schurba — LaBarba Miss Sarah LaBarba, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chris LaBarba of Dallas, recently became the bride of Peter A. Schurba, ’39, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Schurba, also of Dallas. Mr. and Mrs. Schurba will make their home in Dallas. Middle row: A. S. “Ben” King, ’26; Chas. D. Evans, ’99; J. Aubrey Bonham, ’15; John J. “Rosey” Neale, ’30; P. L. “Two-Gun” Tracy, ’25, Lake Charles. Bottom row: Roy Franques, W. Graves Castle, 23; A. R. Turbeville, ’30; Lamon Goodwin, ’27, all of Lake Charles; and R. L. Ledbetter, ’28, Basile, La. Nearly one hundred people, mem- bers of the Southwest Louisiana A. & M. Club and their families and friends, enjoyed a barbecue dinner on May 20 at the final meeting of the club until fall. The party was held at the Prien Lake home of J. A. Bonham, ’15. W. Graves Castle, ’23, president of the club was in general charge of the meeting, but A. S. “Ben” King, ’26, was awarded high honors on his excellent work as chef. Swimming, horseshoe pitching, badminton, and other games enter- tained the crowd until dinner was served. At the short business session A. S. “Ben” King was elected pres- ident of the club for the coming year, succeeding Graves Castle. Joe A. Golasinski, ’34, was named first vice president; W. G. Castle, 23, second vice president; A. R. Tube- ville, ’30, secretary-treasurer; and Lamoyne Goodwin, ’27, sergeant- at-arms. For the past year the Southwest Louisiana Club has been one of the most active of all the A. & M. clubs and has enjoyed many happy meet- ings and parties. The next meeting of the club will be early in Septem- ber. Professor Harold Vance, head of the department of Petroleum En- gineering at Texas A. & M., has been burning a little midnight oil himself these days, preparing for the state bar examination the last week in June. He has been study- ing law in his spare time. John W. Whitfield, ’37, former Aggie football star, has been ap- pointed assistant county agent of Ellis County, with headquarters at Waxahachie. He succeeds M. U. May, ’37, who has accepted a place as assistant county agent in charge of boys’ club work at Lubbock. Dr. Frank W. Brundrett, '37, has recently opened his own small ani- mal hospital at Corinth and 8th Streets in Dallas. He is the son of George Brundrett, 08. The Rife Construction Company, Dallas, has been awarded a $843,- 000 contract of construction of the Southern Regional Research Lab- oratory at New Orleans, Louisiana, by the U. S. Department of Agri- culture. The campany is headed by ) A. J. Rife, '09, of Dallas. ¥ — James B. Douglas, ’30, is a junior agricultural engineer with the Soil Conservation Service, and is located at Colorado Springs, Colorado. He works out of the Amarillo office and is doing flood control work. He was a recent campus visitor. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Peeples, "28, Mrs. Joe Peeples, and Mr. and Mrs. Pete Whaley recently entertained with a Barn Warmin’ Dance at their Bluff Valley Farm at Tehua- cana, Texas. FRE Sher IY SO BR aa GEIR Ba | In Memoriam 1938-39 “Since last we met togeth- er, a number of our class- mates and comrades have an- swered the final roll call. Deeply loved by those who knew them and highly honor- ed as A. & M. men, their passing touches our hearts with sadness. As a tribute to their memories, and as a { symbol of our deep affection for them, we stand in silence while this sad roll is called.” Dr. George C. Bauer L. J. Hart Fred W. Mally W. W. McCarter Charles O. James, ’39 Clarence White, ’39 Thomas N. Brown, ’38 Robert A. McElroy, ’38 Sam D. Bass, ’37 Reed Montgomery, Jr., ’37 James M. Jones, ’35 Herman J. Miller, ’35 Hepler Fisher Shockley, ’35 Robert M. Holke, 34 Warren B. Rogers, '34 Russell Smith, ’34 Donald M. Grupe, ’34 Fred Eeds, 32 R. A. Goodman, ’32 A. M. Keppler, ’32 Oscar Ballenger, ’30 Jack T. Browning, ’29 James Albert Murphy, 29 Robert M. Campbell, ’26 William F. Ballew, 24 Samuel J. Blocker, '24 Robert E. Berry, 23 Nolan R. Kennedy, ’23 Kenneth A. Garrison, 22 Lewis K. Black, 21 Leslie F. Griffin, ’21 F. V. Murrah, ’19 W. E. von Rosenberg, ’18 John P. Garitty, '18 W. K. Hanson, ’16 W. Louis Hill, ’15 Elo H. Stelzig, 14 Will S. McCraw, ’14 Al Prince, 14 John Gary Arledge, ’13 Quinlan Adams, ’12 Edwin P. Arneson, ’10 R. W. Stafford, ’10 Hawley S. McCall, ’03 Thomas R. Day, ’02 W. P. Meroney, 00 Neville P. Ross, "99 Otto J. Knolle, 97 A. Semones Adams, ’95 Frank Richie Ross, ’94 Wallace P. Metcalfe, ’93 Thomas H. Baker, ’92 S. F. King, ’84 L. J. Kopke, ’80 Thomas J. Hardeman, ’79 Roger A. Rogers, ’79 John Q. Tabor, 79 Lr BRA RNR FR fs AUSTIN BRIDGE COMPANY DALLAS, TEXAS CONTRACTORS - BUILDERS MANUFACTURERS Roads - Bridges - Road Machinery KEN W. HOOE (’29) & CO. Writing All Lines GENERAL INSURANCE BONDS 806 Medical Arts Bldg. Waco, Texas Telephone 7555 CLAUDE EVERETT (17) INC 522 Barziza St., Houston, Texas GENERAL CONTRACTOR SPECIALISTS IN STORM SEWER CONSTRUCTION COLLEGE COURTS The New Tourist Camp Opposite College on Highway 6 Tile Baths - Simmons Beds P. O. Box 118, College Station Phone College 451
