The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current, June 10, 1940, Image 2
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................ 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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— (Continued from page 1) 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. LA SALLE HOTEL BRYAN, TEXAS 100 Rooms - 100 Baths Fire Proof R. W. HOWELL, Mgr. Class ’97