The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current, June 10, 1940, Image 2

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    THE TRXAS AGCIE
E. E..McQuillen.. 0 0... Publisher
| WEDDINGS |
Published Semi-Monthly at the A. &
M. Press, College Station, Texas, except
during the summer months when issued
monthly, by the Association of Former
Students of the Agricultural and Mechan-
ical College of Texas, College Station,
Texas.
A. G. Pfaff, 25 President
Tyree -L. Bell, ’13...4.......0... Vice President
E. E. McQuillen, ’20...Executive Secretary
L. B.: Locke; 218...........) Assistant Secretary
Lucian M. Morgan, ’35.. Assistant Secretary
Subscription Price $5.00
Entered as Second Class Matter
at College Station, Texas
Directors
John D. Cunningham, ’
H. KX Deason,
Roy D. Golston,
V. G. Forrester,
C. Russell Smith,
0. A. Seward, Jr.
Gerald C. Fahey, ’
Tyler
2 tans tue aisiiinstd Greenville
GC. 'D. Watts, Jr.,
Warren N. Moore, ’31 Alvin
Win: 3: LL aWEON od 22D ee cookie mennsses Austin
Jd...:B. “Snider, +214 Waco
N. H. Riveire, : 226...c.c.s0..o... 500 Fort Worth
George . C. Moffett, ’16................ Chillicothe
'W. E. Dickerson, ’1l1............ Corpus Christi
H.. B.) Zachry, 22 Laredo
S. A. Debnam, °’26 Midland
Wee A. Rohmann,: 287.....s..00000 0 Abilene
Alec Bateman, ’15 Hereford
Joe "WW. - Jennings, f’11......on.. pe Plainview
Edward Dreiss, ’
Roy E. Aldwell,
Herbert F. Spreen, ’22.............. Fort Worth
C. P. Dodson, :’11 Decatur
Fred A. Pierce, ’40 Luling
Penrose B. Metcalfe, ’16........ San Angelo
*T. B. Warden, ’03 Austin
Victor oA. Barraco, = ’15....0.cconeees Houston
Pol. Downs, vw dz; 200... ieeeeeecreinn Temple
Tyree L. Bell, ’13 Dallas
GC." IC. Krueger,~>13........55......& San Antonio
AIO, Saenger,” ’32.........~.0u Goose Creek
CL. Babcock, 720... ees eidne Beaumont
Ceorge GC. “Smith, ?30.....:......coeercrceenmss Waco
ALG. Biaff, »25 Tyler
REPRESENTATIVES ON ATHLETIC
COUNCIL
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Miller,
Houston
Mohle,
M. J.
We
ANOTHER MILESTONE
In all the rush of Commencement
it should not be forgotten that
the College this year awarded its
first Doctor’s Degree, the highest
academic degree given by educa-
tional institutions. Particularly
pleasing to the AGGIE is the
fact that the degree was awarded
to an A. & M. man, Dr. D. D.
Giles, 22.
Only in recent years has the A.
& M. College of Texas authorized
graduate work leading to the Doc-
torate. The properly high stan-
dards for this degree set by Gra-
duate Dean T. D. Brooks and his
Graduate Faculty, make the de-
gree difficult of attainment, but
well worth its required sacrifices.
This first award of the Doctor
of Philosophy serves to show that
the A. & M. College of Texas is
growing scholastically, as well as
in numbers of students and phy-
sical plant. And after all, that’s
the most important development
that any college can have. The
first Ph.D., another milestone in
the history of A. & M.
WALTON’S WEEK-END
The Commencement week-end,
without intention of planning,
turned into a series of fine trib-
utes and expressions of loyalty
and love to the man who has serv-
ed the A. & M. College as its pres-
ident longer than any other man.
It was as if suddenly from all
sides came a realization that his
record, his work, his character and
his standing in the educational
field had simply been taken for
granted, and never properly appre-
ciated and lauded.
Expressions of loyalty and sup-
port from the College Board of
Directors and from the annual
meeting of the Association of For-
mer Students; tangible evidence of
appreciation from Texas citizens
in the form of a beautiful portrait
given to the College; tributes from
national leaders in the fields of
business, religion, education and
politics; the expressed love of the
student body, the faculty and
others; all contributed to make
Commencement a Walton week-
end.
Marion Church climaxed it all
in his stirring tribute to the Presi-
dent in presenting to the Collzge
the Walton Portrait. His address
in this issue should be read by
every A. & M. man, combining as
it does well deserved honor both to
the President of the College and
to the College itself.
Charles O. Foercter, Jr., ’39, of
Rosenberg, has annourcecd his can-
didacy for Congressman with the
Ninth Congressional District of
Texas. He is married and has two
sons. In addition to attending A. &
M., he also attended the Southwest
Texas State Teachers Coll2ge, and
Sam Houston State Teachers Col-
lege. Mrs. Foerster is serving as
his campaign manager.
Ryan - Porter
Announcement has been made of
the engagement and approaching
marriage of Miss Helen Marie
Porter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J.-C. Porter of Cason, Texas, to
Key W. Ryan, ’41, of Eagle Pass.
Mr. and Mrs. Ryan-elect will make
their home in Austin, where Ryan
is now employed by the Division
of Materials and Texas of the
Texas Highway Department.
Bracewell - Weaver
Miss Elizabeth Weaver, daughter
of Mrs. Joe Weaver of Houston,
recently became the bride of J.
Searcy Bracewell, Jr., ’38, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bracewell, of
Houston. The wedding was sol-
emnized at the Lake O’The Woods
Chapel, Houston. Serving as ush-
ers were W. Alvin Beinhorn, ’38,
Herbert L. Peavy, ’38, and Charles
W. Walker, ’38, all of Houston.
After a wedding trip to the West,
Mr. and Mrs. Bracewell, Jr. will
make their home at 3920 Univer-
sity, Houston.
Aston - Carver
Mr. Jack Carver, of Farmers-
ville, has announced the engage-
ment of his daughter, Miss Alice
Cox Carver, to Joepsh A. Aston,
’34, of Farmersville. The wedding
will take place on June 25. Mr. and
‘Mrs. Aston, elect, will make their
home at Farmersville, where Joe
is in the cotton business. As a
cadet at A. & M., Joe was vice
president of the Junior Class, a
Ross Volunteer, and active in other
student affairs. He is a younger
brother of James W. Aston, ’33,
city manager of Dallas.
Durst - DuPont
Miss Marion DuPont, of Houma,
Louisiana, will become the bride of
Horatio “Preacher” Durst III, ’33,
formerly of Crockett now of Geis-
mar, Louisiana. Durst is with the
Humble Oil & Refining Company.
As a student at A. & M., “Preach-
er” was a member of the Scholar-
ship Honor Society, a Ross Volun-
teer, the Governor’s Escort, Rodeo
Announcer, and a member of the
Student Welfare Committee.
Love - Kesler
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Kesler an-
nounce the marriage of their
daughter, Yetta Marie, to Joseph
N. Love, ’33, on October 28, 1939,
at Marion, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs.
Love are at home to their friends
at 1221 Brown Street, Lafayette,
Indiana.
Frazer - Leatherwood
Miss Elizabeth Leatherwood,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Leatherwood, of Itasca, and Al-
bert C. Frazer, ’20, were recently
married in a quiet ceremony at
the home of the bride’s aunt. Af-
ter a short wedding trip, Mr. and
Mrs. Frazer are at home to their
i‘riends at Edinburg, Texas, where
Frazer is with the Stanolind Oil
& Gas Company.
Brown - Cole
Announcement has been made
of the aprpoaching marriage of
Miss Beth Cole, daughter of Mrs.
A. D. Peters of Belton, to Mr.
Thomas M. Brown, ’38, of Houston,
son of Mrs. Marjorie Brown. Mr.
and Mrs. Brown, elect, will reside
in Houston, where Tom is em-
ployed with the U. S. Engineering
Department. As a cadet at A. &
M., Tom was editor of the Bat-
talion and participated in many
other student activities.
Thompson - Morris
News has just reached the AG-
GIE of the marriage on Septem-
ber 16, 1939 of Homer E. Thomp-
son, ’31, to Miss Lillie May Mor-
ris, of Lubbock. Mr. and Mrs.
Thompson are making their home
at Post, where Thompson is coun-
ty agricultural agent for the A. &
M .Extension Service.
Durham - McKemie
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Mec-
Kemie announce the marriage of
their daughter, Ariel, to Mr. R.
Wayne Durham, ’40, on September
10, 1939, at Anderson, Texas.
Wayne and Mrs. Durham are mak-
ing their home at 507 West 26th,
Bryan, Texas.
Higdon - Dratz
Mrs. J. Arthur Dratz announced
the marriage of her daughter, Bar-
bara Ione, to Hoke Higdon, ’38,
on April 17, 1940 at Muskegon,
Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Higdon
are at home to their friends at 921
Spring Street, Madison, Wiscon-
sin.
Prewitt - Garrison
Announcement has been made of
the coming marriage of Miss Gar-
rison, daughter of Mrs. J. F. Gar-
rison, of Fort Worth, to Richard R.
Prewitt, 38%, son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. B. Prewitt, of Columbia, Loui-
siana. They will make their home
in Rosenberg.
Ross - Lancaster
The marriage of Miss Lillian
Frances Lancaster, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar L. Lancaster,
of Dallas, and John Williams Ross,
Jr., 26, Houston, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John W. Ross, Gainesville,
recently took place at the Christ
Episcopal, Dallas. After a wedding
trip to New Orleans, Mr. and Mrs.
Ross are residing at 1913 Pros-
pect, Houston.
Pall - Dannak
Announcement has been made of
the approaching marriage of Miss
Lillie Mae Dannak, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. Dannak, of
El Campo, to Anthony T. Pall, ’39,
also of El Campo. They will make
their home in El Campo, where
“Tony” is with the Texas Com-
pany.
News comes to us of the mar-
riage on June 1 of John W.
Shepperson, ’37, of San Angelo.
Mr. and Mrs. Shepperson are mak-
ing their home in San Angelo,
where John is with the Shepper-
son Furniture Company. John is
president of the West Texas Club
at San Angelo.
Wehrle - Rogers
Announcement has been made of
the marriage last November 18 of
Miss Betty Bryan Rogers, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Rogers
of Mineola, to Leonard John
Wehrle, ’40, of Wellman, Iowa.
The wedding took place in Galves-
ton. For the time being, Mr. and
Mrs. Wehrle will make their home
in Bryan.
Landua - Tiemann
Mrs. Annie C. Tiemann, of Bren-
ham, announced the approaching
marriage of her daughter, Gerbar-
dine, to Harvin L. Landua, ’38. The
wedding will be solemnized on June
15 at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lu-
theran Church in Brenham. A. J.
Landua, ’42, will serve as best
man. After June 22 Mr. and Mrs.
Landua, elect, will be at home in
Luling, Texas, where Landua is
employed by the Humble Oil &
Refining Company.
Balthis - Woodward
Miss Eleanor Woodward, daugh-
ter of Mrs. M. H. Woodward of
Louisville, Mississippi, became the
bride of Russell F. “Bud” Balthis,
Jr., ’36, on June 1. Mr. and Mrs.
Balthis will spend the summer at
Daytona Beach, Florida, where
“Bud” will attend summer school
at the School of Trade and Indus-
trial Education, a division of the
University of Florida. Following
summer school, they will reside
at Vicksburg, Mississippi, where
Balthis has accepted the position
of Coordinator of Diversified Oc-
cupations and head of the Indus-
trial Arts work at the Carr High
School.
Adolph E. Hatley, 21, has mov-
ed from LaGrange, Texas to Ma-
rion, Indiana, where he will be with
the Central Indiana Gas Company.
He is a veteran in the field of pub-
lic utilities, having served most of
the time since he graduated from
A. & M. with Stone and Webester.
Jack W. Askins, Jr., ’35, suffered
the unusual experience of being
right in the middle of the recent
severe earthquake in Peru. He was
at Lima during the quake but
come through unscathed. He is
with the Armco International Cor-
poration and makes his headquart-
ers at Barranquilla, Colombia.
Johnnie O. Johansen, ’37, gets
his mail at 905 East Third Street,
Big Spring, Texas, where he is a
salesman and landscape architect
for the Ross Nursery at Big
Spring, Texas.
Dr. Joe G. Turner, ’38, is prac-
ticing veterinary medicine at Mar-
fa, Texas, where he gets his mail
at Box 873. Joe is a former var-
sity football player and his many
friends are glad to know he is
so nicely situated.
BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. Joe E. Davis, ’29,
are receiving congratulations from
their many friends over the birth
of a fine son, Joseph Steadman, II.
They make their home on the cam-
pus, where Joe is Assistant Com-
mandant of the College. Mrs. Davis
is the former Miss Marie Byrnes
who was employed in the Regis-
trar’s Office.
Lt. and Mrs. Ray L. Murray,
’35, are delighted over the arrival
of a fine son, William Franklin,
born on March 18 in Peiping,
China. Ray is a First Lieutenant in
the U. S. Marine Corps and has
for the past two years been in
China. He is looking forward, how-
ever, with much pleasure to re-
turning to the States this summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Cleaver,
28, are the happy parents of a
little daughter, Sara Catherine,
born on May 10. They make their
home in Fort Worth where Mau-
rice is with the Southwest Bell
Telephone Company.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Earl Rudder,
’32, are rejoicing over the birth
of a son, James Earl Jr., born on
May 9. Earl and Mrs. Rudder re-
side at Stephenville, Texas, where
Earl is head football coach and as-
sistant athletic director of John
Tarleton Agricultural College.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Vines, ’31,
are the proud parents of a little
daughter born in Bryan on May
27. They make their home at Mum-
ford, Texas, where Vines is sup-
erintendent of the Mumford Inde-
pendent School District.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Pat Johnson, ’31
are receiving congratulations over
the arrival of a fine son, Dale Pat-
rick, on May 10. They make their
home at Liberty, Texas, where Pat
is with the Johnsons’ Service Sta-
tion. Pat is the son of Charles A.
Johnson, ’99, also of Liberty, and
they are looking forward to the
day when Dale can enter A. & M,,
to make the third generation of
Johnsons to enter the College.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Wes-
ton, ’29, are happy to announce the
birth of a baby girl, Judith Parma,
born on April 18. This is their
second little girl. Fred and Mrs.
Weston make their home at 2054
W. Woodlawn Avenue, San Anto-
nio. Fred is with the H. C. Rees
Optical Company.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Eldon Calloway,
’36, are delighted over George El-
don Calloway, Jr., born in May
26. They make their home in Na-
vasota, where Eldon is with the
Texas State Employment Service.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis M. Everts,
Jr., ’30, are the happy and proud
parents of a son, James Mitchell,
born in May. They make their
home in Portland, Oregon, where
Curtis is assistant sanitary engi-
neer for the State Board of Health.
At the present time he is engaged
upon a project on stream polu-
tion.
CAPTAIN HENRY W. EITT, 25,
is on active duty and is command-
ing officer of the Carlsbad Sub-
District CCC. His address is CCC
Camp G-149-N., Roswell, New Mex-
ico. At a recent meeting he was
elected president of the New Mexico
Department of the Reserve Officers
Association of the United States.
He sends regards to all his friends
and expresses regret that he could
not be present for the commence-
ment 1925 Class Reunion.
CLONTS—
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hydro-electric development, which
has been estimated to cost $22,500,-
000. The dam will be the longest
multiple-arch dam in the world and
will impound a lock area of almost
50,000 acres.
Despite the fact that he is one
of the busiest men in the state of
Oklahoma, Tom (Jonts nevertheless
finds time to attend A. & M. meet-
ings whenever one is held in his
vicinity.
His life record is one of engi-
neering success and achievement
and his friends are confident that
the Grand River Dam will be an-
other.
L. Weldon Canfil, ’39, has ac-
cepted a position with the Eastern
States Petroleum Company, Hous-
ton.
‘| ty, out on the Plains, since 1930,
Seeks Promotion
Eugene Worley, ’28
Eugene Worley, ’28, of Sham-
rock, Texas is a candidate for the
United States Congress in his Con-
gressional District No. 18. He has
served in the Texas Legislature
during its past three sessions with
distinction, and has an excellent
background of experience.
Worley took pre-law at A. & M.
He worked most of his way
through his two years of pre-law
as a Shisa volunteer and partici-
pated in intramural athletics. He
was a member of Company D, In-
fantry.
He is a member of the Amarillo-
Panhandle A. & M. Club. As a
member of the legislature, he held
assignments on the following com-
mittees: Agriculture, Judiciary,
Federal Relations, Commerce and
Manufacture, Labor, Banks and
Banking, and was chairman of the
Oil, Gas, and Mining Committee
in the 45th Legislature.
Asks Election
’23
Loyd Kennedy,
Loyd Kennedy, ’23, county at-
torney for Cochran County for the
past 10 years, is a candidate for
the office of district attorney for
the 72nd Judicial District of Texas,
consisting of Cochran, Hockley,
Lubbock, and Crosby Counties. He
took his pre-law work at A. & M.
and his law at Cumberland Uni-
versity, ingvhich he was graduated
in 1928.
He has made his home at Mor-
ton, county seat of Cochran Coun-
and is one of that section’s lead-
ing lawyers.
Fish Sergeant
John O. Pasco, graduate assist-
ant in mechanical engineering at
Texas A. & M. for the past year,
has recently published “Fish Ser-
geant.”
“Fish Sergeant” deals with the
trials and tribulations of one El-
mer Hook (known to his class-
mates as Fish Hook). The whole
freshman year of Fish Hook from
the day of his arrival on the cam-
pus at A. & M. is traced by Pasco.
Humorous incidents in the life
of an Aggie have been caught in
a true light. One of the highlights
of the book is the “promotion” of
Hook to the position of Fish Ser-
geant and his subsequent “bust-
ing” for the good and safety of
the upperclassmen, which is bound
to bring a laugh from any one
who has gone through the business
of being a freshman.
Pasco was graduated from the
University of Kentucky with a B.
S. degree in mechanical engineer-
ing. He was granted a fellowship
at A. & M. and has served as grad-
uate assistant in the Mechanical
Engineering Department.
Copies of this book have not
been placed on sale yet in book
stories, but may be obtained at
$1 each by writing the author at
College Station.
Annual Meeting
Roll Call Of
Deceased Men
Since last we met together,
a number of our classmates
and comrades have accepted
the final roll call. Deeply loved
by those who knew them and
highly honored as A. & M.
men, their passing touches our
hearts with sadness. As a tri-
bute to their memories and as
a symbol of our deep affection
for them, we stand in silence
while this sad roll is called.
Sergeant J. C. Hyland
A. D. Martin
Professor Dan Scoates
John E. Farrow, ’41
Philip L. Seewald, ’40
James A. Rutherford, ’39
Timothy H. Dwyer, ’38
Ceaborn H. Goodwin, Jr., ’38
Carl A. Swarthout, ’37
W. H. Cely, Jr., ’36
C. Wayne Ellis, ’32
L. O. Ellisor, ’32
Lawrence C. Breazeale, ’30
Wade H. Shaw, ’30
Geo. M. Swengel, ’30
Paul B. Tate, ’31
Lawrence E. McKnight, ’38
Ray C. Coley, ’24
Robert E. Berry, ’22
Joe W. Manning, Jr., 21
Overton Abernathy, ’20
Jos. T. Brown, ’20
Cesar Augustin Castillo, ’20
Wade Bullock, ’15
Ferdinand Klein, ’15
Robert D. Ford, ’13
E. R. Lumpkin, ’13
W. M. McBride, ’13
Frank T. Heidelberg, ’11
Roy W. Terry, ’11
William Rosenfeld, 09
D. S. Mair, 08
Jos. Walter Ramsey, ’06
H. L. Reese, 06
Sol E. Gordon, ’03
C. E. Lindeman, ’03
J. B. Waskom, ’02
E. B. Fahrenkamp, 01
Sylvan R. Biering, ’00
W. W. Cameron, ’98
R. L. Cox, ’98
Wm. K. Krug, ’97
John W. Hawkins, ’93
Thomas W. Lake, ’93
Chauncey D. Shepard, ’91
R. L. Van Zandt, ’90
Wm. A. Wurzbach, 88
M. D. Tilson, ’86
A. T. Patrick, ’83
A. J. Peeler, Jr., ’83
Robert J. Camp, ’82
Samuel E. McAshan, ’81
Colonel R. D. Bowen, ’79
W. BEBB FRANCIS, ’15, IS ALL
puffed up these days over the grad-
uation of his son, W. Bebb Francis,
Jr., from the Woodrow Wilson High
School in Dallas. Young Bebb will
enter A. & M. in September. He is
the grandson of Mrs. Mark Fran-
cis, of Bryan, and the late Dr.
Francis, for nearly half a century
head of the School of Veterinary
Medicine at A. & M. Bebb Francis
is the owner of the Bebb Francis
Furniture Company, 3409 Oak
Lawn, Dallas.
H. C. “Dutch” Dillingham, ’22,
professor of electrical engineering
at Texas A. & M., has been elected
president of the Bryan and Brazos
County Lions Club.
R. Stanley Weaver, ’38, writes
to the Aggie from Houston that
he is now in the engineering de-
partment of the National Supply
Company’s Houston Plant Divi-
sion. Stanley receives his mail at
1901 Oakdale, Houston, Texas.
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