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THE TEXAS AGGIE
E. E. McQuillen..........._..... Publisher
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-
joa) College of Texas, College Station,
exas.
C. P. Dodson, ’11 President
VUE RE Vice President
E. E. McQuillen, *20........ Executive Secretay
L.: B. ‘Locke, *18..........-: Assistant Secretary
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Directors
R. F. Rosborough, ’26 Marshall
H. K. Deason, "16..£. +500. Port Arthur
Roy D. Golston, ’03 Tyler
Don: OQ. Davis 1 i et McKinney
M. B. Starnes, ’27 Dallas
O. A. Seward, Jr., ’07 Groesbeck
Claude Brown, ’11 Crockett
Victor A. Barraco, ’15 Houston
T. M. Smith, Sr., 01......5 = East Columbia
W. J. Lawson, ’22 Austin
J. B. Snider, ’14 Waco
N."H. Riveire, "26 5 Fort Worth
EB. -W.. Harrison, ’13..... 50.00. South Bend
Cleo E. Buck, ’28 Corpus Christi
L. A. Pierce, ’'22 Laredo
Joe W. Jennings, *11.......ccooeeeeeeeo. Plainview
E. E. Aldridge, ’16..........oeeeeeo. San Antonio
Penrose B. Metcalfe, ’16............ San Angelo
C. P. Dodson, ’l1 Decatur
Houston
M. H. Bivins, 07 Longview
Tyree L. Bell, ’13 Dallas
M. J. Miller, ’11 Fort Worth
P. Li, Downs, Jr, 208. cccireeiorssss Temple
O. G. Tumlinson, ’18........... College Station
CC." L.' Babcock, "18.......cccive-runins Beaumont
R. R. Peeples, 28 Teh na
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
C. P. Dodson, ’11 Decatur
A. G. Pfaff, ’25 Tyler
G. G. Hall, 13 Houston
Don O. Davis, ’11 McKinney
Tyree L. Bell, ’13 Dallas
STUDENT LOAN FUND TRUSTEES
C. P. Dodson, ’11 Decatur
Allin F. Mitchell, ’09........................ Corsicana
E. E. McQuillen, "20................ College Station
REPRESENTATIVES ON ATHLETIC
COUNCIL
Joe A. Wessendorff, 07 Richmond
M. J. Miller, ’11 Fort Worth
THANKSGIVING AID
ASKED OF O’DANIEL
Friends and Ex-Students of the
University of Texas and the A. &
M. College are joining hands in an
effort to persuade Governor W. Lee
O’Daniel to end the present con-
fusion in connection with the date
for this year’s Thanksgiving. With
all plans made to celebrate Nov-
ember 30, with the football game
scheduled for that date, the Gov-
ernor could straighten things out
wonderfully by declaring that date
as the official Texas Thanksgiving
Day.
Dean E. J. Kyle, Chairman of
the A. & M. Athletic Committee,
is taking the lead in the request
to the Governor, and requests the
aid of A. & M. men and A. & M.
Clubs.
MORE POWER TO
THE YOUNGSTERS
A. & M . men are watching with
deep interest the outcome of the
organization of the Houston Jun-
ior A. & M. Club, composed of
men who came out of school be-
tween the years 1934 and 1939. The
movement has the blessing and
the assistance of the Houston A.
& M. Club and so far has been a
signal success. With their own of-
ficers and their own program of
meetings and work the younger A.
&M. men of Houston may have ini-
tiated a new development among
A. & M. activities.
The fact that one third of the
total number of graduates of the
College and almost as high a per-
centage of ex-students come with-
in the 1934-39 years makes the
movement all the more important.
Those youngsters find it difficult
and often impossible to attend the
regular luncheon meetings of the
larger A. & M. Clubs. They like
to have their own officers, and to
have an opportunity to express
their own ideas.
The Houston Juniors are doing
fine. If the move continues its
success there it will doubtless in-
spire younger men in other cities
to take greater interest in A. £
M. affairs. More Power to The
Youngsters.
THE OLD ORDER
CHANGES
The certainty of change is ex-
emplified on the campus with the
cadet corps following new U. S.
Army drill regulations at the open-
ing of school. “Squads left” and
“squads right” — “squads right-
about” and “to the rear”, have
been eliminated.
The new formations and move-
ments make commands much sim-
pler, drills less showy. Their eli-
mination must bring a feeling of
regret to the thousands of A. & M.
men who have bawled these com-
mands from almost every possible
square foot on the A. & M. Cam-
pus during the past 60 years.
| WEDDINGS
Thrift — Reading
The first wedding to be per-
formed in the new St. Thomas
Episcopal Chapel at College Sta-
tion, was recently held with Miss
Bonnie Elizabeth Reading, of El
Paso, becoming the bride of David
B. Thrift, ’39, formerly of San
Antonio, now of College Station.
Mr. and Mrs. Thrift are making
their home in College Park here
at College Station, where David is
associate secretary of the Y.M.C.A.
As a student at A. & M., David
was cadet colonel of the A. & M.
Cadet Corps, a distinguished stu-
dent, a member of the Scholar-
ship Honor Society, and took part
in many other student activities.
Mrs. Thrift is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert S. Reading, ’10, of
El Paso.
Cozart — Warrick
Miss Jane Warrick, daughter of
Mrs. J. H. Warrick of Pittsburg,
recently became the bride of Will-
iam Cozart, ’38, son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. A. Cozart of Abilene, at
the First Methodist Church. Mr.
and Mrs. Cozart are making their
home at Pittsburg.
Vaughn — Duncan
Mrs. Cora Mae Duncan announ-
ces the marriage of her daughter,
Robbie Lee, to Mr. Virgil A.
Vaughn, ’31, on September 23, in
Dallas. Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn will
make their home in Dallas, where!
Vaughn is in the Accounting De-
partment of the Hunt Oil Com-
pany, 1608 Santa Fe Building.
They will reside at 5011 Capitol.
Henderson — Day
On August 24, Miss Elsie Day,
daughter of Mrs. Minnie B. Day
of Tyler, became the bride of Jack
F. Henderson, ’39, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John M. Henderson of Waeld-
er. The wedding took place in Cor-
pus Christi. Mr. and Mrs. Hender-
son are making their home in Cor-
pus Christi, where Jack is em-
ployed in the commercial depart-
ment of the Central Power and
Light Company.
Smith - Randolph
Miss Margaret Ann Randolph,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peyton
Beaumont Randolph, Plainview,
and Lloyd Newton Smith, 38, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Clarence
Smith, Yorktown, were married on
September 23 at 6:30 p. m. at St.
Mark’s Episcopal Church in Plain-
view. Mr. and Mrs. Smith will be
at home to friends at Yorktown,
Texas. Several A. & M. men par-
ticipated in the wedding: Searcy
Bracewell, ’38, Houston; John Bone,
’38, Dallas; Doyle Justice, ’38, Aus-
tin; and Tommy Perkins, ’39, Plain-
view.
Owens - Pace
Announcement has been made of
the approaching marriage of Miss
Jimmie Pace, daughter of Mrs. Lu-
cien Bean Pace of Houston, to Rich-
ard S. Owens, ’32, of Houston. The
wedding will take place October
14 at Zion Lutheran Church.
Brooks - Wyatt
Announcement has been made of
the approaching wedding on Octob-
er 7 of Miss Constance Wyatt, of
Dallas, to Mr. Oden R. Brooks, ’34,
also of Dallas. The wedding will
take place at the First Presbyter-
ian Church of Dallas and the couple
will make their home in that city.
Hollingsworth - Adams
The marriage of Miss Jane
Frances Adams, daughter of Mrs.
Burdah W. Adams, of Dallas, and
James Monroe Hollingsworth, ’37,
son of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Hollings-
worth, of Petty, recently was sol-
emnized in the garden of the
Adams’ home. After a wedding trip
to New Orleans, Mr. and Mrs. Hol-
lingsworth will make their home at
3607 Binkley, Dallas. Hollings-
worth is a travelling auditor for
the Oliver Farm Equipment Sales
Company.
Hall - Gibson
Miss Frances Ann Gibson recent-
ly became the bride of Miles Irvin
“Lefty” Hall, ’39, both of Hughes
Springs. They are at home to their
many friends at Edgewood, Texas,
where Hall is teaching vocational
agriculture.
Schepps - Sheffer
News comes to us of the recent
marriage of Miss Dorthy Sheffer,
of Dallas, and Phil Schepps, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Schepps, 14,
6229 Worth, Dallas. The marriage |,
took place in Sherman. The young
couple will make their home in Dal-
las.
Elrod - Neu
Mr. and Mrs. Charles William
Neu announce the marriage of
their daughter, Alice Pauline, to
Mr. John T. Elrod, ’36, on Sep-
tember 1, 1939. The wedding took
place at Springfield, Illinois. Mr.
and Mrs. Elrod will make their
home at Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Witchell — Millican
Miss Edwin Jane Millican, daugh-
ter of Mrs. M. W. Millican of Bay
City, recently became the bride of
Mr. Charles B. Witchell, ’26, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank O. Witchell
of Dallas, at the First Presbyter-
ian Church of Bay City. Only the
immediate families were present
at the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs.
Witchell will make their home in
Longview, Texas.
Elder — Holtzclaw
Miss Elma Dee Holtzclaw, daugh-
ter of Mrs. E. E. Holtzclaw of
Brenham, recently became the
bride of Donald Elder, ’33, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Elder. After a
short wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs.
Elder are at home to their many
friends at Dayton, Texas.
Hahn - Hartzog
The marriage of Miss Lucille
Hartzog, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. F. Hartzog of Dallas, and C.
W. Hahn, ’36, grandson of Mrs.
Max Hahn, Sr., was recently sol-
emnized at the Preston Road Chris-
tian Church of Dallas. After a wed-
ding trip to California, Mr. and
Mrs. Hahn will make their home
at 4044 Purdue, Dallas.
Aldrich — Lambert
Miss Ruthe Lambert recently be-
came the bride of Johnnie L. Ald-
rich, ’38, of Temple. Mr. and Mrs.
Aldrich are making their home in
Temple, where Aldrich is with the
Johnson Company, Contractors.
They get their mail at Box 372,
Temple.
Coleman — Hotchkiss
News comes to us of the mar-
riage on August 7 of Mrs. Reba
Hotchkiss, of Fort Worth, Texas,
and Dr. Charles L. Coleman, ’36,
Santa Barbara, California. The
wedding was solemnized at the
Community Church of Ventura,
California, in the presence of a
few relatives and friends. Dr. and
Mrs. Coleman will make their home
at Santa Barba, California, where
Coleman is owner of a large animal
hospital at 518 Anacapa Street of
that city.
Hubbard - Young
Announcement has been made of
the engagement and approaching
marriage of Miss Marie Jeanne
Young, of Dayton, to Mr. William
Bogel Hubbard, ’34, son of Mrs.
BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Redding, ’36,
are receiving congratulations over
the birth of a little daughter,
Julia Barbara, born on August 16.
Mr. and Mrs. Redding make their
home at 636 Alameda, Las Cruces,
New Mexico, where he is an ag-
ricultural engineer with the Exten-
sion Service of New Mexico. Mrs.
Redding was formerly Miss Bar-
bara Eudaly, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. E. R. Eudaly, ’10, of the A.
& M. Extension Service at College
Station.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Kacé-
marek, 35, are the proud parents
of a daughter, Marie Ann, born on
August 19, 1939. They make their
home in Bryan, where they get
‘their mail at Box 842.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack C. Idol, ’26,
are delighted over the arrival of
a son, Jack C. Idol, Jr., on August
24. They make their home in Ben-
jamin, Texas, where Jack is ranch
manager of the League-Davis Prop-
erties, 205 Trust Building, Galves-
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Robert, ’38,
announce the arrival of a little
daughter, Carol Jean, born Sep-
tember 4 at their home in Winns-
boro, Texas, where he is junior
agronomist for the U. S. Soil Con-
servation Service.
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. “Beauty”
Moon, ’30, are rejoicing over the
birth of a daughter, Janice, born
on May 2. They make their home
at 3136 Lafayette, and is with the
Grace Oil Company.
Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Phillips, Jr.,
’34, are the happy parents of a
little daughter, Claudie Suzanne,
born last spring. Mr. and Mrs.
Phillips make their home at Mid-
land, where Phillips is in the engi-
neering department of the Humble
Pipe Line Company.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Williamson
Gillespie, Jr., ’35, announce the ar-
rival of a son, Robert Williamson,
III, born on May 20 at the St.
Paul’s Hospital, Dallas. Gillespie
is still with the Soil Conservation
Service at Winnsboro, where he
and Mrs. Gillespie make their home.
Gillespie reports several other A.
& M. men located at this camp.
Mr. and Mrs. Hilmer B. Haegelin,
’29, are receiving congratulations
from their many friends over the
arrival of a little daughter, Bar-
bara Elaine, born in the Alice Hos-
pital on September 4. Mr. and Mrs.
Haegelin make their home in San
Diego where Haegelin is serving the
Extension Service as county agri-
cultural agent of Duval County.
Jessie Hubbard of Marfa. The mar- |
riage will take place in the early
winter in Barranquilla, Colombia,
South America. Hubbard is with |
the Colombia, S. A. Petroleum
Company and at the present time
is located at Cucuta, Colombia, S.
A.
W. E. SAMPSON, ’08, well
known Houston building material
dealer, is a co-chairman of the
Southwestern Division Advisory
Council of the National Ccunecil |
of Christians and Jews. The or-
ganization plans to launch an ed-
ucational campaign for the preser-
vation of American ideals. Mr.
Sampson is a director of the Hous-
ton Rotary Club, vice president of
the Sam Houston Area Council
of the Boy Scouts, and a deacon of
the Second Baptist Church in
Houston. He is the president of
the Texas Construction Material
Company, Houston.
J. Matt Carr, ’29, is sanitary
engineer for the City-County
Health Unit at El Paso, Texas.
Carr was formerly with the State
Health Board at Topeka, Kansas.
Wayne E. Meisenheimer, ’38, is
a junior chemical engineer with
the Lago Oil and Transport Com-
pany, Ltd., Box 1008, Aruba-Cur-
acao, Netherlands, West Indies.
Meisenheimer has been with this
company for the past year.
Selmer M. Kirby, 37, who has
been teaching and coaching at Tal-
co, has been named assistant coach
at Borger, Texas High School. Be-
sides his coaching work, Kirby will
teach social science. He played
tackle on the Aggie football teams
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Porter, ’37,
are the proud parents of a baby
girl, born August 26. She has been
named Margaret Elizabeth. Mr.
and Mrs. Porter make their home
in Beaumont, where Porter is with
the Magnolia Petroleum Company.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dodge, ’36,
announce the arrival of a son, John
Hopkins, Jr., born on July 16. Mr.
and Mrs. Dodge make their home
at 1160, Tth Street, Beaumont,
‘where Dodge is with the Hartford
Fire Insurance Company in the
Boiler Inspection Department.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Garlen R.
Bryant, ’31, 619 West French,
Temple, on August 28, a son, nam-
ed William Orgain. Bryant is a
cotton buyer for the Safford Jen-
kins Cotton Company of Temple.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew L. Harbin,
’35, announce the birth of a little
daughter, Judith, on August 13.
Harbin is with the State Highway
Department at Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris W. Collie,
’32, are delighted over the birth
of little Miss Jackie Ann, born on
July 7. Mr. and Mrs. Collie make
their home in Kaufman, Texas,
where they get their mail at Box
332.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Kubena,
21, are delighted over the birth
of a fine son born on September
3. Mr. and Mrs. Kubena make their
home at La Grange, where John is
county clerk of Fayette County.
Dr. and Mrs. W. Wortham Max-
well, ’18, announce the arrival of
Malcolm Douglas on September 5.
Dr. and Mrs. Maxwell make their
of his day.
home in San Antonio, where Max-
A WRT
IN MEMORIAM
Thomas W. Lake, ’93
Thomas W. Lake, age 64,
well known merchant and
long time citizen of Waxa-
hachie, died recently in that
city at the home of his son
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank E. Ervin. He had been
critically ill for several days.
Burial was in Waxahachie.
Mr. Lake had lived in Wax-
ahachie for 45 years and was
in the grocery business in
that city for many years. In
addition to attending Texas
A. & M., he also studied in
the East. He is survived by |
a sister, a brother, and one
daughter.
Roy C. Coley, ’28
Roy C. Coley, age 38, was
injured fatally at his home
in Little Rock recently when
under his own automobile. He
had jacked the car up and
was under the car when the
jack slipped crushing him. He
was for the past several years
identified with the Arkansas
Amusement Trade and Mo-
tion Picture business in Little
Rock. He was a native of Cor-
sicana. He had lived in Little
Rock for 14 years.
Carl A. Swarthout, ’37
Carl A. Swarthout died on
May 9 in Cleveland, Ohio fol-
lowing an emergency opera-
tion. He was buried in San
Antonio and is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Ruth Swarth-
out, 142 Normandy Avenue,
San Antonio, an infant
daughter, and his mother.
After graduation in elec-
trical engineering in 1937,
Swarthout went with the
Westinghouse Electric and
Manufacturing Company at
Pittsburgh, Pa., and was later
transferred to Cleveland,
Ohio. At the time of his
death, he was sales engineer
in the Precipitation Depart-
ment.
R. L. “Bob” Carruthers, ’22, is
still seriously ill but has shown
some improvement. When taken
ill several months ago, he was with |
the Sun Oil Company at Beaumont.
He can be written through Mrs.
Carruthers, 2148 East 31st Street,
Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Add J. Hogan, ’38, is an account-
ant with the Humble Oil & Refin-
ing Company. Hogan is making
his home in Houston at the pres-
ent time at 2511 Prospect. He is
a brother of Eddie W. Hogan, ’37,
who is assistant county supervis-
or for the Farm Security Adminis-
tration at Linden, Texas.
well has offices in the Medical Arts
Building. They already have three
daughters and one son.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer M. Ragsdale,
’33, are rejoicing over the birth of
a son, James Louis, on September
10. They reside at Mountain Home,
Arkansas, where Elmer is county
agent for the Arkansas Extension
Service.
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Herndon, ’32,
are delighted over the arrival of a
son, Lee Perkins, born on Septem-
ber 9. Herndon is superintendent
cf the Soil Conservation CCC Camp
at Bartlett, Texas, where he and
Mrs. Herndon make their home.
LIEUTENANT EDWIN L.
Hamilton, ’36, of the U. S. Marine
Corps, was a recent campus visit-
or on his way to his new station
at Pensacola, Florida. He was ac-
companied by Mrs. Hamilton and
while on the campus visited with
Ormond Simpson, ’36, head of the
College Student Labor Depart-
ment.
Hamilton is regarded as one of
the best marksmen in the Marine
Corps. At this year’s matches at
Camp Perry, he won the Members
Trophy Match, in which more than
1,800 shooters were entered. Other
honors won at Camp Perry rate
him high among the famed marks-
men of the Marine Corps.
As a student at A. & M., he was
a major in the cadet corps, a mem-
ber of the Scholarship Honor So-
ciety, and a member of the var-
sity track and cross country team.
SO SUCCESSFUL WAS THE
recent Rummage Sale held by the
Dallas A. & M. Mother’s Club,
that a similar event will be held
in the near future. In addition to
the financial success of the sale,
the interest of both members and
other patrons was very compli-
mentary.
Sponsors of the project
Mrs. W. F. Wise, (09), and Mrs.
C. H. Griesenbeck, (12), who had
the aid of special committees and
the entire club membership.
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