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THE TEXAS AGGIE
E..E. McQuillan... _. 2... Publisher
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 1G. 'Plaff, 1’25 President
Tyree L. Bell, ’13.................... Vice President
E. E. McQuillen, ’20....Executive Secretary
L. .B. Locke, ’13........... Assistant Secretary
Lucian M. Morgan, ’35. Assistant Secretary
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Directors
John D. Cunningham, ’84.......ccccccon.n Paris
H, KK. Deason,. *16........0.......... Port Arthur
Roy D. Golston, ’03 Tyler
NV. 2G." Forrester, ’25....cmivivomens Greenville
CA Russell Smith, ’21....0..cceeciccses Dallas
0.7 A. Seward," Jr., ’0
Gerald «C. Fahey, ’22........cccossrsmnsse Navasota
CoD. Watts, ~ Jr., ’28..ccotrmecernnione Houston
Warren N. Moore, ’31 Alvin
Wm. J. Lawson, ’22 Austin
J. B. Snider, ’l4 Waco
N.S SRIvEIre;,  * 26. cise toni) Fort Worth
George C. Moffett); ’16................ Chillicothe
WW. E. Dickerson, ’11........... Corpus Christi
H. 'B. Zachry, ’22 Laredo
S. A. Debnam, ’26 Midland
W.ArA, Buhmann, i’ >37.......cccccceennie..t Abilene
Alec Bateman, ’15 Hereford
Joe! W. Jennings, ’1l........coiceeee. Plainview
Bdward Dreiss, ’13.................. San Antonio
Roy. oE.. Aldwell, 1209. .....ioccciereniciten Sonora
Herbert PF. Spreen, ’29..........ccc... Fort Worth
C." P.: Dodson, ’11 Decatur
Fred A. Pierce, ’40 Luling 4
Penrose B. Metcalfe, ’16........ San Angelo
T. B. Warden, ’03 Austin
Victor A. Barraco, ’1S.............. Houston
Pail Downs,s  IX., #208. .corcueermiccsinonise Temple
Tyree IL. Bell, ’13 Dallas
Cr GC. rueger, "12... ennui San Antonio
Al O. Saenger, ’32..... Goose Creek
C. L. Babcock, ’20.. ....Beaumont
George G. Smith,
A. G. Pfaff, ’25 Tyler
REPRESENTATIVES ON ATHLETIC
COUNCIL
M. J, Miller, =¥11...........ccccooere Fort Worth
T. W. Mohle, ’'19 Houston
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
W. J. Lawson, ’
H. K. Deason, ’
C,. P.. Dodson, :’11 Decatur
Tyree L. Bell, ’13.... Dallas
A. G. Piaf], 25.
.... Tyler
STUDENT LOAN FUND TRUSTEES
A. PF. Mitchell ;709..................... Corsicana
A. VF, Piati, #25. Tyler
BE. EF. McQuillen, ’20................ College Station
A GRAND IDEA
Richard E. “Dick” Homann, ’27,
county agricultural agent at Junec-
tion, gave unique graduating pres-
ents last spring to George R. Pep-
per and W. B. Buster, Jr., mem-
bers of the 1940 graduating class
of A. & M. Pepper is in the wool
and mohair business with his fath-
er at Sweetwater, and Buster is
with the Federal Intermediate
Credit Bank at Houston. The young-
sters were friends and proteges
of Homann and he wanted to start
them out right and get them lined.
up with other A. & M. men in the
Association of Former Students.
“It would be most helpful to
young graduates”, declared Ho-
mann, “if older A. & M. men would
take an interest in them and upon
their graduation assist them in
becoming acquainted with alumni
affairs and with other A. & M.
men. That side of the life of A. &
M. men is a big one,” continued
Homann, “and I don’t want my
young friends to miss any of it. It
has meant a great deal to me and
it will mean as much to them. I
would like to see other A. & M.
men follow the same idea”.
The officers and directors of the
Ex-Student Association say “Amen”
and heartily approve the idea.
TEXAS LOSES
The State of Texas suffered a
real loss when Harvard University
took from the Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station Dr. P. C. Man-
gelsdorf, perhaps the nation’s out-
standing expert on cereal breeding.
Harvard University’s offer to Dr.
Manglesdorf was one that no sci-
entist in justice to his career and
to his family, could decline.
The sad part of the story is that
Texas, the nation’s greatest agri-
cultural state, and with the nation’s |
largest area in grain cultivation,
could not meet such an offer. There
are a thousand ways in which a
scientist of Dr. Manglesdorf’s abil-
ity could return to Texas’ agri-
culture and industry a thousand
times the amount of money that
might be required to hold him in
the Southwest.
It is a short-sighted policy of
the State of Texas to permit an-
other institution and another sec-
tion of the country, to have the ser-
vices of this outstanding scientist
when Texas needs this type of de-
velopment so badly.
Dr. Frank S. Palmer, Jr., his-
torian of the Class of 1923, has
been transferred from Kansas City
to El Paso by the Bureau of Ani-
mal Industry. His El Paso address
is Route 37, Box 47, and he writes
that he is delighted with his new
location. Dr. Palmer has been with
the above government bureau for
many years.
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Wilder will make
| WEDDINGS |
Fry — Small
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh L. Small, of
Fort Worth, announce the mar-
riage of their daughter, Ruth, to
Mr. Judson Gordon Fry, III, ’40,
The wedding took place at Fort
Worth, Texas, on July 13, and Mr.
and Mrs. Fry are residing at 2701
S. Adams, of that city. Fry is now
salesman for the Fort Worth Gas
Company, and is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. G. Fry, ’14, also of
Fort Worth.
Robinson — Clark
Miss Maxine Clark, of Bronson,
recently became the bride of John
Henry Robinson, ’37, at the home
of the bridegroom’s mother, Mrs.
Frank T. Robinson, of Dallas. After
a delightful wedding trip, Mr. and
Mrs. Robinson will make their home
at 5211 Worth, Dallas, until the
completion of their new home. Rob-
inson is with Sears, Roebuck and
Company.
Sims — McSpadden
Miss Billye Joyce McSpadden,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Horace
McSpadden, of Streetman, and M.
Wilson Sims, ’38, of Lynn, Mass.
were married at the home of the
bride’s parents in Streetman on
July 24. Mr. and Mrs. Sims are
making their home in Schenectady,
New York, where Sims is with the
General Electric Company.
Wilder — Graves
The wedding of Miss Madelyn
Graves of McKinney, and Loren G.
Wilder, Jr., 41, of George West,
was recently solemnized at the
First Christian Church of MecKin-
ney. After a wedding trip to the
Ozark Mountains, Mr. and Mrs.
their home at
George West,
Knolle — Mahoney
Miss Florence Mahoney, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Mahoney
of Mathis, became the bride of
Henry P. Knolle, ’29, son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. H. Knolle of Sandia,
on August 4. Mr. and Mrs. Knolle
will make their home in Sandia, |
Texas.
Thornton — Sims
Miss Kathleen Sims, daughter
of Mayor and Mrs. A. Loy Sims of
Sinton, was married to Penrod
Thornton, 40, of Gonzales, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Thornton of
Gonzales, at the home of the bride’s
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Thornton
are at home to their friends at
Cost, Texas.
Oates — Collier
Miss Lula Collier, of Houston,
became the bride of E. C. “Jeep”
Oates, ’39, of College Station, on
August 3. Mr. and Mrs. Oates will
make their home in College Station
and “Jeep” will be with the A. &
M. Publicity Department. Last year
he served as sports writer for the
student BATTALION.
Donnell — Wallace
Miss Martha Wallace, daughter
of Mrs. Eva J. Wallace of Wood-
son, became the bride of Charles
Edward Donnell, Jr., ’39, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edward Don-
nell of Graham, recently in Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. Donnell are at home
to their friends at Crandall, Texas,
where Donnell is teaching voca-
tional agriculture.
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Hamilton — Taliaferro
Miss Wynlotta Taliaferro, daugh-
ter of Mrs. and Mrs. A. Taliaferro,
and Earl B. Hamilton, ’39, son of
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Hamilton, both
of Dallas, were married on Aug-
ust 8 at the Cliff Temple Baptist
Church of Dallas. After a wedding
trip, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton will
be at home to their many friends
at Dayton, Ohio, where Hamilton
holds a responsible position.
Langford — Beckmann
Announcement has been made
of the engagement and approach-
ing marriage of Miss Annie Laurie
Beckmann, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Adolph Beckmann, of San
Antonio, to Mr. E. Keith Langford,
’39, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Langford, ’13, head of the Archi-
tecture Department at Texas A. &
M. The wedding will take place at
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, San
Antonio, on August 19. Mr. and
Mrs. Langford, elect, will be at
home to their friends at Baytown,
Texas, where Keith is in the En-
gineering Department of the Hum-
ble Oil and Refining Company.
Rucker - Carter
Miss Freda Carter, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Carter
Franklin, recently became the bride
of Mr. Robert H. Rucker, ’38, at
the home of the bride’s parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Rucker will make
their home at Waco, Texas, where
Robert is connected with the State
Highway Department as landscape
architect. Rucker also received his
master’s degree at A. & M. in 1939.
Parker — Timberlake
News comes to us of the mar-
riage on July 28 at the home of the
bride’s parents of Miss Addie Belle
Timberlake, of Trinity, and Willie
C. Parker, ’41, of Centerville.
Gill - Stiles
Miss Louise Stiles, deputy county
clerk of Choctaw County, Okla-
homa, and L. O. Gill, ’28, of Hugo,
Oklahoma, were recently married
at a morning ceremony at the First
Methodist Church. Raymond E.
Neal, ’30, district manager of the
Community Natural Gas Company,
Hugo, was best man. Mr. and Mrs.
Gill are making their home in
Hugo, Oklahoma.
Fry — Lampe
Miss Alma Lampe, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Lampe of Bal-
linger, became the bride of Noel
C. Fry, ’38, son of Mrs. G. F. M.
Fry, of Dublin, on July 22 at the
Lutheran Trinity Church of San
Angelo. Only the parents of the
couple were present. Mr. and Mrs.
Fry are making their home in Del
Rio, Texas, where Fry is county
agricultural agent for Val Verde
County.
Colbath — Pierson
Miss LuJuana Pierson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Pierson, of
Dallas, and Dan Louis Colbath, ’40,
son of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Colbath,
also of Dallas, were recently mar-
ried at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
R. C. Farrar, 3413 Southwestern,
Dallas. After a short wedding trip,
Mr. and Mrs. Colbath are making
their home in Schenectady, New
York, where Colbath has accepted
a position with the General Electric
Company.
Reid — Morantte
Mr. and Mrs. M. Morantte an-
nounce the marriage of their
daughter, Haydee, to Irvin A. Reid,
’34, on July 27, at Hollywood, Cal-
ifornia. Mr. and Mrs. Reid are at
home to their friends at 1606 N.
McCadden Place, Hollywood, Cal-
ifornia. Reid is a son of Professor’
and Mrs. D. H. Reid of the Poultry
Husbandry Department at Texas
A. & M. College.
Burns — Howell
On July 9, Miss Oren Howell,
of Seguin, became the bride of L.
T. “Buster” Burns, Jr., ’31, of
Yoakum. Mr. and Mrs. Burns are
residing in Yoakum, where “Bust-
er” is a successful rancher, as well
as a breeder of thoroughbred race
horses. Some of his horses are sold
for polo ponies, which he trains
himself. As a student at A. & M.
Burns was a member of the Ross
Volunteers, the Saddle and Sirloin
Club, and member of the Interna-
tional Stock Judging Team during
his Senior year.
Perkins — Woodson
Miss Martha Woodson, daugher
of Mr. and Mrs. Harry P. Wood-
son, and Malcolm G. Perkins, ’31,
of Caldwell, were married on July
20 at the First Methodist Church
of that city. W. W. Meclllroy, ’36,
of Caldwell, served as best man.
Tom A. Perkins, ’39, of Mt. Pleas-
ant, also was a member of the wed-
ding party. Mr. and Mrs. Perkins
are making their home in Caldwell,
after a wedding trip to Mississippi,
where Perkins is county .agricul-
tural agent.
Mayfield — McClain
Mr. and Mrs. S. W. McClain, of
Bonham, have announced the mar-
riage of their daughter, Miss Doris
McClain, to Harold Mayfield, ’39,
of Gatesville, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Mayfield of Commerce. Mr.
and Mrs. Mayfield are making their
home in Gatesville.
Knapp — Kirwan
Announcement has been made of
the engagement and approaching
marriage of Miss Pat Kirwan and
Lieutenant Kenneth K. Knapp, Jr.,
’39. Miss Kirwan is the daughter
of Mrs. George R. Kirwan, of Dal-
las, and Knapp is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth K. Knapp, Sr.,
of Houston. At the present time,
Knapp is stationed at Fort Crock-
ett at Galveston.
Graham — Verschoyle
Miss Gloria Dolores Verschoyle,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
Verschoyle, of Dallas, recently be-
came the bride of John Roberts
| Mr. and Mrs. Bradford are at home
BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Kimbrough,
’35, are receiving congratulations
over the birth of another little
daughter, Sandra Sue, born on May
17. Bill and Mrs. Kimbrough make
their home in Jayton, Texas, where
Bill is county agricultural agent
for the A. & M. Extension Service.
They also have a little daughter,
Carroll Frances, age three. Bill is
an older brother of the Kimbrough
boys now in school.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Crozier, ’26,
are delighted over the birth of a
fine son, Donald Lee, on July 10
at the Methodist Hospital in Fort
Worth. Mr. and Mrs. Crozier make
their home in Oro Grande, New |’
Mexico, where Crozier is project
superintendent with the Grazing
Service, CCC Camp, G-69-N.
Mr. and Mrs. Bassett Orr, ’25,
are the parents of a daughter born
in Bryan on August 5. They have
a little boy, John, and a little
daughter, Anne. Mr. and Mrs. Orr
make their home in Bryan. Bassett
is state land economist with the]
U. S. Department of Agriculture
and is located at College Station.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Trail, ’39,
announce the arrival of a son born
on August 3 at Bryan. Mr. and
Mrs. Trail reside at Winfield, Ala-
bama, where Charles is with the
Soil Conservation Service in the
Physical Survey Division. Mrs.
Trail is the former Miss Billie
May Marburger, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. B. D. Marburger, ’05, of
College Station.
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Zorns, ’35,
are the parents of twin daughters.
They make their home at Wheeler,
Texas, where Zorns is secretary
of the Wheeler Agricultural Con-
servation Association.
Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Stuart, ’32,
announce the birth of a daughter
on April 22. They reside at 3531
Roselawn, Route 5, Dallas, where
Stuart is with the Lone Star Gas
Company.
Wm. H. “Billy” - LeGrand, °’40,
has resigned his position with the
Petty Geophysical Company to take
a position with the Gulf Oil Com-
pany.
James Alexander, ’40, is second
lieutenant of artillery in the reg-
ular army at Fort Sam Houston.
He is the son of Mr. E. R. Alex-
ander, ’23, head of the Department
of Agricultural Education at A. &
M.
Graham, ’33, son of Mrs. J. R.
Graham, of Dallas. Immediately
after the ceremony, the couple left
for Houston, where they will make
their home. They get their mail
at P. O. Box 1346, of that city.
Wilson — Dodson
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Dodson an-
nounce the marriage of their daugh-
ter, Louita, to Mr. Garland Boyd
Wilson, ’39, on June 13 at Austin,
Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are
at home to their many friends at
Midland, Texas. During his Senior
years at A. & M., Wilson was the
best drilled man.
Bradford — Jones
Miss Mary Ann Jones, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Jones,
Houston, became the bride of Wil-
liam G. Bradford, Jr., ’33, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Bradford, also
of Houston. The wedding took place
at the home of the bride’s parents
on August 3. After a wedding trip,
to their friends at Houston, where
Bradford is Shop Superintendent
of the Mosher Steel Company.
Barton — Johnson
Miss Frances Johnson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Johnson, of
Somerville, and Delbert H. Barton,
’35, of Houston, were recently mar-
ried at the home of the bride’s par-
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Barton will
make their home in Houston.
Parris — King
Miss Ruthe King, daughter of
Mrs. J. B. King, of Dallas, became
the bride of Hugh B. Parris, Jr.,
’40, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Par-
ris, of Dallas, at the home of her
mother on June 23. The company
left immediately after the recep-
tion for their new home in New
Orleans. As a student at A. & M,,
Parris was a Ross Volunteer, a
member of the Accounting Society,
and took part in many other stu-
dent affairs.
| motor equipment.
Heads Fair
C. E. Maedgen, ’04
C. E. “Teddy” Maedgen, 04, pres-
ident of the Lubbock National Bank,
is president of the
South Plains Fair at Lubbock. The
organization’s annual fair will be
held this year from September 30
to October 5 and is one of the lead-
ing affairs of its kind in the South-
west. C. C. Jobson, ’18, is live stock
superintendent of the fair. Also
active in the general management
and livestock end of the fair is
W. L. “Runt” Stangel, ’15, Head of
the Animal Husbandry Department,
Texas Tech, and one of the South-
west’s Livestock leaders.
Major Donald Old, ’23, is in com-
mand of one of the heavy bombard-
ment squadrons, of the U. S. Air
Corps at MecDill Field, Tampa,
Florida.
Louis R. Pietzsch, ’34, L. A.
Shone, ’34, and Jack K. Walker,
35, are a lucky trio of reserve
officers spending six months’ ac-
tive duty in northern Minnesota.
They will complete their tour
around September 1 and report
that it is grand to be up in the
lake region during the summertime.
Ted P. Higgins, ’40, is with the
Carter Oil Company and is located
at Gettysburg, South Dakota.
T. H. Milford, 26, has resigned
after many years with the Alabama
State Department of Public Health,
Montgomery, Alabama, to become
associated with the J. W. Goodwin
Engineering Company, 1244 Martin
Building, Birmingham, Alabama.
The company is engaged in general
municipal and consulting engineer-
ing work and is widely known in
that part of the South.
Tom J. Kelly, ’18, with the State
Highway Department, has been
made district engineer of Beau-
mont, transferring there from Aus-
tin.
Woody L. Cowan, ’28, is living
at 3307 B Polk, Amarillo, Texas,
where he is still with the Soil Con-
servation Service.
Thomas Tinker, ’40, has been
with the Dallas Power & Light
Company, Dallas, since his gradua-
tion in June. He reports that he is
getting along fine.
Carter C. Speed, ’36, has been
transferred from Avenal, Califor-
nia, to Ventura, California. The
Perkins Oil Well Cementing Com-
pany, his former employer, sold
out to the Halliburton Oil Well
Cementing Company of Duncan,
Oklahoma. Speed says that there
is a large number of Aggies em-
ployed by Halliburton in Texas and
Oklahoma, and he would appre-
ciate a card from any of them.
His address is 11 East Simpson
Street, Apartment 11, Ventura,
California.
Jim M. Carroll, ’33, is living at
4361 Livingston, Dallas. Carroll re-
ports that his “Old Lady”, Guy C.
Hutcheson, ’33, was in Dallas the
first two weeks of June. Guy is a
radio engineer for the Columbia
Broadcasting Company in New
York City. Guy was in Dallas on
a special field job for radio sta-
tion KRLD. He and Carroll really
had a great time together again.
Francis W. Wilson, ’35, M. D,,
finished Baylor Medical School at
Dallas this past June. He is in-
terning at the Robert B. Green
Memorial Hospital in San Antonio
at the present time. Wilson’s home
is Luling, Texas.
Lieutenant Horace S. Mecllroy,
37, is on active CCC duty at Nac-
ogdoches, where he is in charge of
a sub-district clearing house for
Panhandle- [
LIEUTENANT PAUL M. GUY-
er, ’26, 1426, 41st Street, Sacra-
mento, California, Engineer Re-
serve Officer in July reported for
duty to the Commanding Officer,
Hamilton Field, California. Guyer
is employed as associate engineer,
U. S. Engineers, Sacramento Dis-
trict, from which position he is
temporarily on leave while taking
a tour of duty at the West Coast
Air Base.
A graduate of Texas A. & M,,
Guyer was first commissioned a
Second Lieutenant Air-Reserve for
five years. He then transferred to
Engineer Reserve where he has ac-
cepted several annual calls to duty
'| and training at various air bases
land posts of the United States
Army.
Bud P. Mandell, 40, has accept-
ed a position with the Magnolia
Petroleum Company, Natural Gas
and Gasoline Department, Box 900,
Dallas. Buddy works in and out
of Dallas and is on the move con-
stantly, working in each of the
Magnolia Districts a week or so.
Walter R. Swank, ’31, has re-
cently been transferred to Midland,
where he is sales engineer with
the Bethlehem Supply Company.
His office is 224 First National
Bank Building. Swank says he is
looking forward to the first meet-
ing of the Permian Basin A. & M.
Club at Odessa.
H. Gordon Swift, ’38, is teaching
vocational agriculture at Kildare,
Texas.
In Memoriam
Norman J. Dansby, 26
Norman J. Dansby, age 37,
of Bryan, died in a Houston
hospital last week following
an emergency operation. Bur-
ial was at Bryan. He is sur-
vived by his wife, his mother,
Mrs. H. P. Dansby, Sr., and
by two brothers, Mit Dansby,
27, and Horace Dansby, 32,
all of Bryan.
One of the city of Bryan's
most successful younger bus-
iness and civic leaders, and
member of a pioneer Bryan
family and one well known in
1 A. & M. affairs, his death
i was a great shock.
Norman Dansby was an
All-Conference guard on the
Aggie championship football
team of 1925. He was also a
member of the basketball
squad, an R. V.,, and a pop-
ular figure among his class-
mates. He had engaged in
business in Bryan since grad-
uation, being part owner of
the McCulloch-Dansby Fur-
niture Co., and having other
business interests.
Neil Rice, ’26
Neil Rice, ’26, assistant
cashier of the Citizens Na-
tional Bank and president of
the Waxahachie Lions Club,
died on August 4 from pistol
wounds in the right temple.
He had just returned to Wax-
ahachie from Havana, Cuba,
where he had represented the
Waxahachie Lions Club at
the Lions International Con-
vention. He is a former stew-
ard of the First Methodist
Church of Waxahachie, and
1 a member of the Ellis County
A. & M. Club. He is survived
by his wife and his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt Rice, of
Midlothian.
Scott C. Creager, ’24
Scott Crawford Creager,
age 37, died recently in Hon-
olulu, Hawaii. He was pub-
licity manager of the tele-
phone company of Honolulu.
Creager was born in Sher-
man but graduated from
Brackenridge High in San
Antonio before attending A.
& M. from 1922 through 1924.
He is survived by his wife
and his parents.
John E. Winder, ’35
John Ernest Winder, ’35,
died from a tropical fever in
Baranquilla, Colombia, South
America, the first week in §
August. He was the son of
Dallas City Waterworks Sup-
erintendent J. B. Winder. His
body was brought to Dallas
for burial. Young Winder
had been in Colombia with
a major oil company for al-
most three years and was to
have returned home in Nov-
ember.