HE TEXAS AGGIE
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Co Po Dodson; 211... irate President
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Directors
R. F. Rosborongh, 226.....ccc.iciieuiviinn. Marshall
He iK. 2 Deason, 16... of uk Port Arthur
Roy. D.<Golston, 208%... 25 SL. 0 oot hi Tyler
Don O. Davis, ’11 McKinney
M. B. Starnes, ’27 Dallas
O42 A Seward, Jr.,. 207. 5.0. Groesbeck
(Claude Brown, ’11 Crockett
Vietor< A. Barraco,” *15.. co... iii Houston
T. 'M. Smith, Sr.; 01..50.....5 East Columbia
WW. J. Lawson, ’22 Austin
J. B. Snider, ’14.... Waco
N.-H. Riveire, £26. x. ..05...50 Fort Worth
E. ‘WW. Harrison," 183.5. 5... South Bend
(eo B. Buck, 28 20. Corpus Christi
l.. A. Pierce, ’22 Laredo
ve W. Jennings, "210... 50 08 Plainview
IX. E. Aldridge, ’16........... San Antonio
I'enrose B. Metcalfe, ’16............ San Angelo
C. PP, Dodson, «2004. or sot 0 1 Decatur
G. Graham Hall, ’13 Houston
tieorge G. Smith, ’30 Waco
31:0. Saenger, 282... cont Goose Creek
M. H. Bivins, ’07 Longview
i'yree L. Bell, ’13 Dallas
M. J. Miller, ’11 Fort Worth
Pl. DOWNS, T5006. foot bois cetans Temple
0. G. Tumlinson, ’ College Station
C.. L. Babeock, 218....05. ad sin Beaumont
NR. "Peeples  2Rn er Tehuacana
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
C. P. Dodson, ’11
A. G. Pfaff 225
nl 08 EL Ren SE, Sa LE, Houston
Pon: Oc Davis, LL... cn... dudes McKinney
Tyree L. Bell, ’13..... Dallas
STUDENT LOAN FUND TRUSTEES
«". P. Dodson, ’11 Decatur
Allin ¥." Mitchell, ’09........................ Corsicana
i. E. McQuillen, ’20................ College Station
REPRESENTATIVES ON ATHLETIC
COUNCIL
Tore A. Wessendorff, ’07.................. Richmond
MTs Miller, "10 bl a Fort Worth
2IECORDS SET IN
COLORADO
That meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Association, held
at the Colorado summer home of
Director and Mrs. Roy Golston,
03, near Lake City, Colorado, set
several records. It was the longest
t. ip ever taken by the Board to
bold a meeting. There was a splen-
cid attendance, seventeen Direc-
tors being present. It transacted as
much business as any previous
meeting, and it discussed various
¢ .her phases of the program of the
Association that will be of tre-
mendous importance in the years
{o come.
The fact that these busy men
tock their time, and spent their
1money, to attend this meeting is
. fine tribute to the loyalty and
interest of A. & M. men in their
Fx-Student Association. Host Roy
(.lston entertained perfectly and
ile occasion was a highly enjoyable
«22. More important, it offered the
'E ard an opportunity for a bus-
iz2.s3 session that was uninterrupt-
¢d and unhurried and President
1 dson took full advantage of the
© noitunity. Veterans who have
attended such board meetings off
..d on for the past twenty years
"_clared the meeting to have been
-.> most fruitful and far-reaching
¢v.. held. A study of the work done
by the Board will indicate its im-
to tance, and its ability to absorb
the group during its two day bus-
....<3 session,
Among A. & M. men who have
v.sit.d the campus for the purpose
cf entering their sons in school
this fall have been the following:
I. C. “Wolf” Doney, ’18, Houston;
I'.ank Litterst, ’19, Houston; Sid
I ley, ’19, Houston; C. A. Sheram,
'x22, Greenville; and Dick Winters,
’16, Brady. Among the local
A. & M. men who will have sons
«nt ring school this fall are: John
DM. Lawrence, Jr., ’19, Bryan bank-
ev; and K. J. “Becky” Edwards,
’20, district agent, A. & M. Ex-
tension Service.
Leo P. Meerscheidt, ’09, gets his
mail at 1311 West Craig Place,
San Antonio.
Gilbert R. “Pinky” Huebner, ’38,
is in the office of the Dallas Dis-
trict of the State Highway Depart-
ment and lives at 3328 Daniel
Street, Dallas.
Elgar R. Frachiseur, ’34, is sig-
nal engineer for the G. C. & S. F.
Railway, Temple, Texas.
H. B. Chamberlain, ’34, is with
the Magnolia Petroleum Company,
Beaumont. His residence address is
2568 South, of that city.
N. F. Chamberlain, ’38, is living
at 117 Nebraska, Baytown, Texas,
where he is in the Research Lab-
oratory of the Humble Oil and Re-
fining Company.
| WEDDINGS
Smith-Cowsert
The marriage of Miss Juanita
Cowsert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. Cowsert of Junction, to Man-
ning F. Smith, of College Station,
was solemnized at the First Metho-
dist Church, Junction, on July 30.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith will make theix
home at College Station, where
Manning is an assistant coach at
A. & M.
Harris—Carver
The marriage of Miss Margery
Carver, daughter of Mrs. H. L.
Carver of Farmersville, and Thom-
as B. Harris, ’33, of Monahans,
son of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Harris
of Odessa, was recently solemniz-
ed at the home of the bride’s moth-
er. After an extended wedding trip
to Mexico City, Mr. and Mrs. Har-
ris will make their home in Mon-
ahans.
King—-Smith
News comes to us of the recent
marriage of Miss La Reita Smith,
of Lindale, and Charles A. King,
Jr.,, ’32, of Rio Grande City. The
marriage took place at Lindale.
Mr. and Mrs. King are at home to
their many friends at Rio Grande
City, Texas, where Charlie is
county agricultural agent for the
A. & M. Extension Service.
Marcum-Koonce
Miss Caroline Koonce, of Robs-
town, recently became the bride of
C. E. Marcum, ’33, of Crystal City.
The wedding was solemnized at
Robstown. Mr. and Mrs. Marcum
are making their home in Crystal
City, where Marcum is county agri-
cultural agent for the A. & M.
Extension Service. Mr.
trip to Mexico City together.
Coultrup-Terrell
News has just been received of
the marriage in March of 1939 of |
James G. Coultrup, ’35, to Miss |
Marie Terrell of Redlands, Califor- |
nia. Jimmie met Miss Terrell in
South America and his return to
the states for..a ..vacation this
spring resulted in marriage and
their return to Venezuela, where
Jimmie is a petroleum engineer
with the Lago Petroleum Corpora-
tion.
Love-Morris
Miss Mary Alice Morris, of Me-
Kinney, became the biide of Jim
P. Love, ’37, of Baytown, on June
17," at the First Presbyterian
Church of McKinney. Mr. and Mrs.
Love are making their home at
407 Illinois, Baytown, Texas, where
Jim is junior contact man for the
Distillation division of the Humble
Oil & Refining Company. Mrs. R.
C. Halter, ’36, was matron of hon-
or.
McDaniel-Nimitz
Mr. Louis Otto Nimitz announc-
es the marriage of his daughter,
Mary Louise, to Mr. Hugh McDan-
iel, 27, on June 9, in New York
City, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. McDaniel
will make their home in New York
City, where Hugh is sales engineer
for the Allis-Chalmers Manufac-
turing Company, 50 Church Street,
NewYork: City, NN. 2Y. “Af the
present time Hugh is president of
the New York City A. & M. Club.
Tolleson-Richards
Miss Dorothy Richards, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Richards,
Waxahachie, and Gerald C. Tolle-
son, ’38, Ennis, were recently mar-
ried at the home of the bride's
parents. After a wedding trip, Mr.
and Mrs. Tolleson will be at home
to their friends at Ennis, Texas.
Stromberger-Ciuck
News comes to us of the mar-
riage on June 23 of Miss Thelma
Cluck, formerly of Houston, to H.
G. Stromberger, ’30, of Pasadena,
Californa. The wedding took place
at Riverside, California. After a
wedding trip to Texas and Mexico
City, Mr. and Mrs. Stromberger
will make their home at Pasadena,
California, where Stromberger is
with the Southern California Gas
Company.
Ruhmann-Hutchins
The marriage of Miss Yvonne
Hutchins, of Sweetwater, to Mr.
W. A. “Doc” Rulmann, ’37, of
Abilene, will be solemnized on Au-
gust 10 at St. Paul’s Methodist
Church, Abilene. Mr. and Mrs. Ruh-
and Mrs.
C. A. King and Mr. and Mrs. Mar- |
cum, met at Laredo for a wedding |
. this time is in Shanghai, China.
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Trail,
1 ’29, are receiving congratulations
from their many friends over the
‘birth of a little daughter at the
Wilkerson Memorial Clinic at Bry-
lan recently. Mr. and Mrs. Trail
make their home at College Sta-
tion, where Trail is a member of
the Mechanical Engineering De-
partment of the A. & M. College.
|
| BIRTHS
|
Dr. and Mrs. S. E. Bunton, Jr.
[’29, are the happy parents of a
| fine son born on July 5. He has
‘been named Wiley Ray. Dr. and
Mrs. Bunton make their home at
' Del Rio, Texas and get their mail
‘at Box 695. Last February Dr.
Bunton was elected president of
the State Veterinary Medical As-
sociation of Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. “Jocko” Rob-
erts, ’33, are delighted over the
arrival of an eight pound boy,
born on June 1, at St. Joseph Hos-
pital, Bryan, Texas. The baby has
been named James Elton, “Jimmy”
Jr., but in Aggieland will be known
as another “Jocko”, rather than
“Jimmy”. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts
make their home at College Sta-
tion, where “Jocko” is superintend-
ent of the Main Station Agronomy
Farm of the Agricultural Experi-
ment Station.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dryden, ’34,
are the proud parents of a fine
son born on July 21. Mr. and Mrs.
Dryden make their home at Robs-
town, Texas, where J. M. is with
the Texas Cotton Oil Company. As
a student at A. & M., Dryden was
editor of the 1934 Longhorn and
rarticipated in many campus ac-
tivities.
Lieutenant and Mrs. B. A. Hoch-
muth, ’35, Shanghai, China, are re-
ceiving congratulations over the
birth of a little daughter, Jo Ann,
| July 31. Bruno is with the U. S.
Marine Corps, Second Battalion,
| Fourth Regiment Marines, and at
|
W. O. Cox, ’29, manager of the
' American Department of the Hous-
‘ton Chamber of Commerce, Hous-
ton, was a recent visitor. on the
campus. Cox was a member of the
1929 Class who staged their first
reunion on the campus.
A. P. Rollins, Jv, 239, is with
the State Highway Department and
is located at Stephenville, Texas,
where he gets his mail in P. 0.
Box 822. “Little Andy” is working |
under J. W. McCutcheon, ’04.
‘mann, elect, will make their home
‘in Abilene, Texas, where “Doc” is
‘assistant county agent for the A.
'& M. Extension Service. As a stu-
dent at A. & M., “Doc” was pres-
ident of the Senior Class, on the
“YY” cabinet, and participated in|
many campus activities.
Meisenheimer—Steed
| Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Steed, of
Avinger, have announced the mar-
riage of their daughter, Jessie, to
Fred E. Meisenheimer, 26, of Jef-
ferson. The marriage took place
‘at the First Methodist Church of |
Brenham. After a wedding trip to |
Galveston and other coast towns,
Mr. and Mrs. Meisenheimer are
making their home in Jefferson.
Kirkpatrick—Cassell
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Cassell,
of Indianapolis, Indiana, announce
the marriage of their daughter,
Martha, to John Keith Kirkpatrick,
'37, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W,
Kirkpatrick of Houston. The cer-7
emony took place at the home of
the bride’s parents on July 1.
Moseley—Meyer
Announcement has been made of
the engagement and approaching
marriage of Miss Katharina Meyer,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L.
Meyer of Dallas, and Matt M.
Moseley, Jr., ’26, son of Mr. and
Mrs. M. M. Moseley, Sr., of Dallas.
The wedding will take place on
August 12. Mr. and Mrs. Moseley,
Jr., elect, will make their home in
Chicago, Illinois, where Matt is
with the Braniff Airways Incor-
porated, 5214 West 63rd St., Chi-
cago.
Rhode-Huff
Mr. and Mrs. Joe T. Huff, of
Dalhart, announce the marriage of
their daughter, Marilena, to Mr.
Carman G. Rhode, ’36, on July 29,
at Dalhart, Texas. After August
13, Mr. and Mrs. Rhode will make
their home at Hereford, Texas.
Port Arthur.
Jerome Cochran, ’04, is president
and treasurer of the Dealy-Coch-
ran-Elgin Company, printers and
stationers, 1507-09 Rusk Aevnue,
Houston, Texas.
R.:R.:Conner, 30, and R. A. Con-
ner, ’31, are practicing law in Dal-
las with offices at 1312 Gulf
States Building, of that city. Bob
and Dick are sons of Mr. and Mrs.
A. B. Conner, 04, of the A. & M.
Campus.
Ed L. Ayers, ’14, is county agent
for the Florida Extension Service
with headquarters at Bradenton,
Florida. Ayers was a campus
visitor during commencement.
Austin C, Bray, ’29, is in the
real estate business at Dallas. His
mailing address is P. O. Box 263,
Dallas.
R. M. Strode, ’29, is with the
Texas State Employment Service
with an office at 202 Brown Build-
ing, Austin, Texas.
Ben H. “Pokey” Pochyla, ’29, is
with the Southwest Bell Telephone
Company, Houston, Texas. “Pok-
ey” was a recent campus visitor.
Carl B. Mueller, 28, recently
moved from Crosbyton to Level-
land, Texas.
C. B. Ford, ’38, is with the Alma
Syndicate, Inc., at Alma, Colorado.
W. R. Zinn, ’29, has been trans-
ferred from Midlothian to Ennis,
Texas.
W. P. Privette, ’29, is living at
709 West 31st Street, Austin, Tex-
as.
J. A. Scofield, Jr., ’39, is now
with the State Health Department,
with headquarters in Austin, where
his residence address is 1002 West
Avenue.
Jim H. Blackaller, 28, is field
engineer for the Portland Cement
Association and is located at Fort
Worth, Texas. His residence ad-
dress is 3213 Rogers Avenue.
Brantley Pate, ’37, is with the
Allis-Chalmers Company, Dallas.
Truman F. Cook, ’38, has recent-
ly changed his address to 2100
Lakeshore Drive, Port Arthur,
Texas.
T. K. Watterson, ’31, is assistant
county agent for the A. & M. Ex-
tension Service and is located at
Edna, Texas.
Robert F. Wier, ’40, writes to
change his address to the Petro-
leum Casualty Company, Humble |
Building, Houston. Wier is doing |
bookkeeping work.
THE CAMPUS PULSE
It’s Short Course season; too
many small ones to mention, but
the Farmers’ Short Course drew a
total attendance of 5,500; the Fire-
man’s Short Course attracted 600
men representing 266 Texas Muni-
cipalities; the Farm Security staff
conference drew 700; and the Vo-
cational teachers, here August 9-12,
expect 750.—Never a dull moment
for campus residents and good bus-
iness for local business houses.—
Dan Russell, head of the Depart- #
‘ment of Rural Sociology has gone  [§
to, of all places, Nova Scotia, to
study a famous cooperative or-
ganization—and D. W. Williams is
studying the livestock business
from the European viewpoint this
summer—Joe Mogford, '16, and his
Cotton Contest winners are study-
ing the cotton business all over
Europe and Dr. Guy Adriance, ’16,
has just returned from a tour of
the United Fruit Empire in Central
America.-—Become a college profes-
sor and see the World, but it costs
money since the State doesn’t pro-
vide those little luxuries.—The new
dormitories continue to move along
nicely and will be ready for school
opening—but advance enrollment
figures are below last year so
there’ll be ample room for all.—
Sign of progress or the opposite,
“City of College Station arranges
to place prisoners in Brazos
County jail”—and justice courts
are held regularly for traffic vio-
lators.—Football players no long-
er have a monopoly on student trav-
elling; in addition to the summer
military camps in Texas, New Jer-
sey and Colorado, inspection tours
in the spring, the cotton contest
tour to Europe, individual hitch-
hiking, etc., now comes the Study
Tours, the Geologists to Wyoming,
the Architects to New England and
the East, the Ag Eco boys to Can-
ada and other points, etc.—Another
old tradition will go soon when
water from the new wells located
north of Bryan will be turned into
the College mains. Old timers will
miss that good old sulphur water.—
A pesky faculty throws more cold
water upon students careless about
attending classes. Henceforth un-
excused absences over the legal al-
lowance will reduce grade points
by one point for each two such
absences. Since grade points must
be had to graduate the new ruling
may discourage some of the lads
with itching feet and lonely hearts.
—DMost popular campus spot these
hot days, the P. I. Downs, Jr. |
swimming pool, where the water
is always cool.
T. G. Caudle, ’29, is teaching vo-
ational agriculture at Cisco, Texas
Robert A. Wells, ’38, is assistant
supervisor of the Farm Security
Administration in Taylor County.
His mailing address is Box 208,
Abilene, Texas.
W. Angus McLeod, ’34, is now an
attorney at McAllen, Texas. He
took a law degree from Texas Uni-
versity after finishing at A. & M. |
P. N. “Peanuts” .Vinther, "21,
consulting engineer of Dallas, was
a recent speaker before the Waco!
Kiwanis Club. He discussed new |
features of air conditionin. Vinther |
is a member of the firm of Zum- |
walt, Darran, and Vinther, consult-
ing mechanical engineers, 204
Thomas Building, Dallas.
John P. Strange, ’37, has: been
made Product Field Representative
for the Specialty Appliance Sales
Division of the General Electric
Company in that company’s South-
ern District. He covers the states
of Tennessee, Alabama, South Car-
olina, Georgia, and Florida. His
headquarters will be at 609 Red
Rock Building, Atlanta, Georgia,
and he would like to hear from any
of his A. & M. friends in his area.
Luther Bell, ’32, field engineer
for the Portland Cement Associa-
tion, recently moved from Harlin-
gen to Waco, where he lives at 501
North 35th Street.
R. K. “Bob” Eason, ’26, recently
moved from Houston to Houma,
Louisiana, Box 385. He is an engi-
neer with the Oil Well Supply
Company.
Paul M. Wiley, ’38, has moved
from Seguin to El Campo, where
he gets his mail at Box 1042.
Dr. Paul P. Boriskie, ’26, one of
six brothers to graduate from A.
& M., is secretary of the Texas
State Board of Veterinary Exam-
iners. He lives at 737 6th Street,
Ralph J. Delaney, ’31, is travel-
ing freight agent for the Green
Bay and Western Railway, where
his address of Room 2007, 310 So.
Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
David A. Cook, ’38, has recent- |
ly accepted a position with the Shell |
Oil Company, Inc., as Trainee Me-
chanical Engineer. At the present
time he is located at Wink, Texas.
Cook expects to be transferred to
various oil districts in the South-
west during the next two years,
where he expects to accumulate
varied oil field experiences.
Maurice Cleaver, ’28, is switch-
board facilities engineer for the
Southwestern Bell Telephone Com-
pany, Dallas, Texas. His residence
address is 3448 Mockingbird Lane
of that city. Cleaver was formerly
of Paris, Texas.
Harry J. Soloman, ’33, is with
the F. H. A. and is living at 8127
Admond Street, Dallas, Texas.
Buford M. Tanner, ’29, is assist-
ant hydraulic engineer with the
U. S. Forest Service and is located
at Glendora, California. Tanner al-
so received his masters degree from
A. & M. in 1937.
Guy H. Kissinger, ’38, is with
the U. S. Marine Corps, U. S. S.
Minneapolis, San Pedro, California.
Kissinger received his commission
in the Marine Corps soon after
graduation from A. & M. last June.
Since that time he has attended
an officers’ school in Philadelphia
until May of 1939. He then re-
ported for duty as second in com-
mand of the Marine Detachment
aboard the U. S. S. Minneapolis,
where he is enjoying his work very
much.
In Memoriam
R. L. Cox, ’96
Di. R. L. Cox died in Hous-
ton in July. He had practiced
medicine in that city for
many years.
Maj. J. Walter Ramsay, ’06
Major Joseph Walter Ram-
say, age b9, associate pro-
fessor of Electrical Engineer-
ing at the University of Tex-
as, died in a Dallas hospital
on July 22. He received his
degree in electrical engineer-
ing at Texas A. & M. in 1906.
As a student at A. & M., he
was second lieutenant, Com-
pany B, a member of the Sul
Ross Literary Society, and
Associate Editor-in-Chief of
the Battalion. Burial was in
Houston.
Major Ramsay joined the
staff of Texas University in
1911. He later taught at Tex-
Ras A. & M. and at Washing-
ton State College before re-
turning to the University in
1920.
At the time of his death,
Major Ramsay was spending
the summer in Dallas doing
research in laboratories of
the Southwestern Bell Tele-
phone Company. Death was
due to an attack of pneu-
monia. During the World
War, he was chief of the area
gunnery division of the Uni-
versity Military training
camp. He is survived by his
widow, one daughter, three
sisters, and two brothers.
Albert D. Martin
Albert D. Martin, age 56,
for the past 18 years a teach-
er in the Mathematics De-
partment at A. & M. College,
died last month at his home
in Bryan. Burial was in the
Bryan City Cemetery. He
will be lovingly remembered
by hundreds of A. & M. stu-
dents who studied in his
classes during his long ser-
vice at A. & M. He is sur-
vived by his widow and three
sons, A. D. Martin, Jz., ’29,
of Washington, D. C.; M. F.
Martin, ’36, of Houston; and
A. M. Martin, ’41, of Bryan.
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Chester L. Bugh, ’38, is with the
Humble Oil Company, Baytown,
Texas. He gets his mail at Box 441
of that city.
Harris Burton, ’37, makes his
home at 517 Corsicana, Athens,
Texas, where he is connected with
the Gulf States Telephone Com-
pany.
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