The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current, November 01, 1941, Image 2
THE TEXAS AGGIE Page 2 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 Mech- uieal College of Texas, College Station, 'exas. Tyree L. Bell, ’13 President William J. Lawson, ’22........ Vice President E. E. McQuillen, ’20.....Executive Secretary L. B. Locke, ’18........... Assistant Secretary Lucian M. Morgan, 35. Assistant Secretary Subscription Price $5.00 Entered as Second Class Matter at College Station, Texas DIRECTORS L. D. Cabaniss, ’28 Paris H.{K. Deason, “’16.......5.cocoeocsnm Port Arthur Dick Carey, ’11 Beaumont A. G. Pfaff, ’25 Tyler W. B. Williams, ’33 Sherman Asa E. Hunt, ’22 Dallas 0. A. Seward, 707.....iousd Groesbeck W. A. Collins, ’16 Crockett J. P. Hamblen, 27 Houston Alvin E. Foerster, ’24 Rosenberg Wm. J. Lawson, ’22 Austin J. B. Snider, '14 Waco W. E. Wade, ’30 Temple O- N. Xeary, 127........ L045 Fort Worth George C. Moffett, ’16................... Chillicothe Walter E. Dickerson, ’11........ Corpus Christi A. J. Neff, '03 Laredo Arthur B. Knickerbocker, ’21........ Odessa Joe L. Culbertson, ’13 amlin Alec Bateman, ’'15 Hereford Joe W. Jennings, “11... Plainview Carroll M. Gaines, '12................ San Antonio H. Dick Winters, ’16 Brady Tyree L. Bell, ’13 Dallas T. F. Smith, ‘20 Houston C.. C. Erueger, *12..cvceoci..... San Antonio Milton A. Abernathy, ’16...Shreveport, La. T. Ben Warden, 03 Austin Marion 8. Church, 05... Dallas Rufus R. Peeples, "28.....cce.......... Tehuacana J. N. Burditt, ’21 Abilene Penrose B. Metcalfe, ’16............ San Angelo J. B. Thomas, ’ll................ Fort Worth Sterling C. Evans, 21... _..... Houston John W. Newton, *12........_..... Beaumont Roy D. Golston, 03 Tyler David B. Thrift, ’89.....ccco........ San Antonio Herman G. Heard, ’23..........._..... Austin EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Tyree L. Bell, ’13 Dallas Wm. J. Lawson, ’22 Austin M. 8S. Church, ’05 Dallas A. G. Pfaff, 25 Tyler ©.: 0. :Brueger,- ‘12.55. San Antonio STUDENT LOAN FUND TRUSTEES Tyree L. Bell, "13 Dallas E. E. McQuillen, ’20................ College Station ALR. Mitchell, 209... ii Corsicana REPRESENTATIVES ON ATHLETIC COUNCIL T. W. Mohle, ’19 Houston T. Ben Warden, ’03 Austin Williams Miss Beth D. Williams recently became the bride of Lieutenant . John C. Zercher, 41, in Dallas, sou of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Zercher. After a wedding trip to Asheville, Zercher - North Carolina, Lieutenant and Mrs. Zercher will make their home in Washington, D. C., where Zercher is on active duty. Broome - Boughton ‘The marriage of Miss Doris Elaine Boughton, of Brownwood, and James W. Broome, ’42, of Houston, took place on October 18. Broome is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Scott Broome, ’14, of Houston. They will make their home in Houston. Echterhoff - Blanchard . Miss Marion Blanchard, of Shreveport, Louisiana, became the bride of Lieutenant James H. Echterhoff, ’36, on October 11. Lieutenant and Mrs. Echterhoff are at home at the Howell Apart- ments, Bryan, Texas. Echterhoff has been assigned to the Military Department of the College. Kimbrough - Golding . Miss Barbara Golding, daughter ef Mr. and Mrs. Fred Golding of Houston, and John Kimbrough, 41, son of Mrs. W. A. Kimbrough of Haskell, all-American fullback las: vear at Texas A. & M. and now playing with the New York Amer- 1cans, were married on October 27 at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Murrah - Peschke The wedding of Miss Carrie Dee Peschke, of Bellville, and Tom A. Murrah, ’38, of Houston, took place on July 12 in Bellville. Mrs. Murrah are making their home at 1813 Banks, Houston. Tom is an assistant bank examiner with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Brown - Loftin Miss Lois Loftin, of Henrietta, became the bride of Henry L. Brown, ’40, on October 5. They will make their home at Henrietta, where Henry is with the First National Bank. Martin - Dow The engagement and approaching marriage of Miss Barbara Alden Dow, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Dow of Honolulu, T. H., to Ensign Jack D. Martin, ’39, has been announced. The wedding will be solemnized on November 29. Ensign Martin is an aviator with the patrol squadron at Pearl Har- bor, Territory of Hawaii. Warne - Allen Miss Bess Allen, daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. Martin B. Allen of Navasota, will become the bride of Robert R. Warne, ’40, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Warne, of Goose Creek, on November 16. They will be at home in Goose Creek. Warne is with the Humble Refin- ery at Baytown. Tom and. Stone - Sedberry Miss Katherine Sedberry, of Waco, and Robert S. “Bob” Stone, ’40, were married on September 25. “Bob” and Mrs. Stone are making their home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where “Bob” with the U. S. Soil Conservation Service. is McClintick - Higson Announcement has been made of the engagement and approaching marriage of Miss Connie Higson, of San Antonio, to Lieutenant Charles R. McClintick, ’40, now sta- tioned at Ellington Field, Texas, as a bombardier instructor. Alexander - Wells Miss Lucile Marie Wells, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Wells, of Edinburg, became the bride of Joe M. Alexander, ’39, son of Mrs. M. C. Alexander of Damon, now of Peru, S. A., were married on September 10, a Guayaquil, Ecua- dor, S. A. Joe is chief mud engi- reer, Ecuador and Peru, also assist- ant cement man, with Internation- al Petroleum Co. Inc., and his ad- dress is Negritos, via Talara, Peru, S. A. Ludeman - Cox Miss Marjorie Cox, of Seminole, Oklahoma, was married to Captain Martin C. Ludeman, ’33, on Octo- ber 19. He is stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, where he is with the Post Ordnance. Kimbrough - Blundell Announcement has been made of the marriage on November 8 of Miss Mary Lewis Blundell, daughter of Judge and Mrs. Fred L. Blundell of Lockhart, to Lieu- tenant Jack Kimbrough, ’41, son of Mrs. W. A. Kimbrough of Has- kell. The wedding took place at the First Christian Church of Lock- hart. Badgett - Albrecht News comes to the Aggie of the marriage on August 2 of Miss Velma Albrecht, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Albrecht of Wes- laco, to Lieutenant Lloyd F. Bad- gett, ’31, formerly of Port Arthur. They are residing at 349 Winslow, Watertown, New York. Badgett is sationed at Pine Camp, New York, where he is communications officer and instructing in the radio school. Henderson - Shambaugh The marriage of Miss Joan Shambaugh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Shambaugh, to John Wm. Henderson, III, ’40, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Wm. Hender- son, Jr., of Ozona, was recently solemnized. After a wedding trip to Miami, Florida, Mr. and Mrs. Henderson will live at the 7 N Ranch in Ozona. Grimmer - Covington Miss Mozelle Covington was mar- ried to Lieutenant Richard A. Grimmer, Jr., ’38, on October 19 at the home of the bride’s parents at Normangee. Lieutenant Grim- mer is assigned to the 46th Engi- neer Regiment U. S., Camp Bowie, Texas, and they will live in Brown- wood. Dreiss - Plank Miss Betty Plank, of Pampa, be- came the bride of Ed Dreiss, III, ’40, formerly of San Antonio but now of Pampa, on October 11. Mz. and Mrs. Dreiss are making their home in Pampa, where Ed is with the Stanolind Oil Company as su- pervising construction engineer. He is the son of Ed Dreiss, Jr., 14, of 519 Adams, San Antonio. Daugherty - Phillips Miss Jo Anna Phillips, of Dallas, recently became the bride of Cor- poral T. J. Daugherty, ’41, also of Dallas. They will live at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where Daugherty is with the 2nd Observation Bat- talion, Field Artillery at Fort Si'l. Wheeler - Locke Miss Mary Ellen Locke was mar- ried to Lieutenant E. B. Wheeler, ‘41, of Port Arthur, on July 26. At present they are in Long Branch, New Jersey, where Wheel- er is attending the Signal Corps School at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Godfrey - Watson On August 22, at Flagstaff, Ari- zona, Miss Jennette Watson, of Covington, Texas, was married to Curtis L. Godfrey, ’39. Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey are living in St. George, Utah, where Godfrey is working for the Soil Conservation Service. Heitkamp - Jahn Miss Ruth Jahn, of New Braun- fels, became the bride of Lieuten- ant Cyril W, Heitkamp, ’41, for- merly of New Braunfels, Texas, but now of Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, on August 10. Lieutenant and Mrs. Heitkamp are living at 905 Avenue C, Lawton, Oklahoma. Heitkamp er, has been assigned to the Field Ar- tillery Replacement Training Cen- ter at Fort Sill. Tomek - Pierson The marriage of Miss Frances Pierson, daughter of Mrs. F. H. Pierson of Bryan, to John A. Tomek, 41, of Houston was recent- ly solemnized . Mr. and Mrs. Tomek are making their home in Houston, where John is with the fdouston Shipping Corporation. Piester - Hackney On June 14 Miss Ruby Lee Hackney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hackney of Arlington, Texas, became the bride of James M. Piester, Jr., 40. They are living in Fort Worth, where James is with the Farm Security Adminis- tration, with offices in the Court House. Marek - Maupin Announcement has been made of the engagement of approaching marriage of Miss Mary L. Maupin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Maupin, of Lieutenant S. Joseph Marek, ’39, son of Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Marek of Brenham. They will reside in Wilmington, N. C., where Marek is on active duty with the 54th Coast Artillery. BIRTHS Lieutenant and Mrs. Jim P. Love, ’37, are the proud parents of a daughter, Mary Morris, born on September 9. Jim is in the army now at Greiger Fied, Spokane, Washington. Mr. and Mrs. G. Morgan Lip- scomb, ’40, are delighted over the birth of a son a few months ago. He has been named Kirk Morris Lipscomb and the Lipscombs re- side at 1025 Richmond Avenue, Port Arthur. Mr. and Mrs. Rupert W. Green, ’33, are receiving congratulations over the arrival of a son, Ronald Rupert, on May 4. They make their home at 138 Cayton, Houston. Rupert is doing cargo inspection work for the Sinclair Refining Company, Houston. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton H. Herren, 40 are the happy parents of a son, Clinton H. Herren, Jr. born on August 21. They are living on Route 2, Rule, Texas. Lieutenant and Mrs. Ronald W. Bookman, ’40, are the proud and Lappy parents of a month old son. Bookman is on active duty with the Air Corps at Ellington Field. Lieutenant and Mrs. Vendor H. Reeder, 37, are rejoicing over the arrival of a daughter. Reeder is on duty at Ellington Field and prior to his call to active duty was with the Hughes Tool Com- pany, Houston. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. “Punk” Bak- 27, announce the arrival of their third son, Glynn D. Bakes, born on the 27th of September. The Bakers reside at 415 W. 1st Street, Fort Worth, where “Punk” is a civil engineer. Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Sulli- van, ’37, are receiving congratula- tions over the birth of a son, Ed- ward H. Sullivan, Jr., on October 5. They are living at 921 Boule- vard, Shreveport, Louisiana. Mr. and Mrs. Gene G. Looney, ’36, announce the birth of a son, John Guy, born on October 4. They reside at La Grange, Texas. are the happy parents of a son, William Raymond, born on Octo- ber 5. Bill and Mrs. Rector make their home at Vernon, where Bill is assistant county agent. Lieutenant and Mrs. William F. Dean, ’30, are receiving congratu- lations from their many friends over the arrival of a little daugh- ter, Joanna Bradley, at Pensacola, Florida on September 16. Bill’s per- manent address is U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Washington, D. C. Lieutenant and Mrs, Wm. Mark Curtis, ’32, are delighted over the pirth of a son, Wm. Mark, Jr., born in July. Curtis is on active duty with his 41st Enginers, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Lieutenant and Mrs. Larry J. Wehrle, 40, are the proud parents of a son, born on October 14. They are living at 1002 Fulton Avenue, San Antonio, and Larry is on ac- tive duty in the Quartermaster’s Department at Fort Sam Houston. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Tucker, Jr, ’04, are the proud and happy par- Mr. and Mrs. Bill N. Rector, 88, | & AMONG A. and M. Pioneers COLONEL A. W. BLOOR, ’95, writes to change his address to 2601 Wooldridge Drive, Austin, Texas. DR. HIRAM T. COULTER, ’95, is getting along fine and expects to see some of the games this fall. He is a retired physician at Rock- dale, Texas. DR. CLARK HINES, ’95, physi- cian of Crowell, was recently re- elected president of the Peas River Flood Control District. Dr. Clark has been a practicing physician for many years at Crowell. R. W. GUYLER, '80 is living at Wallis, Texas. He has two grand- sons at A. & M. at the present time. HENRY M. ROLLINS, 97, is still living at 1200 2nd Street, Gulf- port, Mississippi. This is the last year for his youngest son at A. & M., but his grandsons will not be through until about 1953. He and Mrs. Rollins were on the campus for the Baylor game. 1904 J. HARVEY BRIGGS is planning engineer with the Public Works Reserve. He still makes his home at 133 Harvard Terrace, San An- tonio. 1905 J. B. ROSS is an attorney at Houston and gets his mail at P. 0. Box 3043, Houston. 1906 DR. JOHN ASHTON, teacher of Journalism at A. & M. who last year served as exchange professor and agricultural advisor in Nica- rauga, is author of a feature article in the current issue of the Agricul- ture In The Americas, official pub- lication of the office of Foreign Agricultural Relations, U. S. D. A. 1907 COLONEL OSCAR A. SEWARD, JR., resident engineer for the State Highway Department at Groesbeck, has taken up flying as a hobby and owns his own plane. He re- ports it a grand experience. 1908 CHARLES A. BURMEISTER recently attended the 36th annual convention of the American Meat Institute held at the Drake Hotel, Chicago, Ill.,, where he addressed the convention on “The Outlook for Supplies of Livestock.” There was an attendance of 2,200 meat packers, stockman, and so forth. He visited with LEM ADAMS, ’08, and TOM McELROY, ’08. Bur- rmeister lives at 4650 Broad Branch Road, Washington, D. C. and is an active member of the National Capital A. & M. Club. : J. R. EEDS is resident engineer for the Texas Highway Depart- ment at Angleton, Texas. He gets his mail at P. O. Box 357 of that city. Sugarland where he is treasurer of the Sugarland Industries. As a student at A. & M. he was presi- dent of the Freshman Class, play- ed piccolo in the band, and made his “T” as second baseman of the Baseball Club. E. A. MILLER is still agrono- mist for the A. & M. Extension Service and makes his home in Bryan. BRIGADIER GENERAL D. B. NETHERWOOD has recently been transferred from Albrook Field, Canal Zone, to Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico, where he is in com- mand of all the Air Forces in the Puerto Rican Department and also was recently designated as Com- manding General, Caribbean Inter- ceptor Command of the Caribbean Air Force. WALTER W. WASHBURN is chief engineer of the Southwestern Coast Company and makes his headquarters at Houston, where he lives at 2128 West Main Street. 1909 L. L. LANGFORD is still ranch- ing and farming in Brown Coun- ty near Blanket, Texas. ing at 622 N. Winnetka, Dallas. His oldest son, Wm., Jr., graduat- E. 0. GUENTHER is living at Lanford has one son in A. & M. now and || has had several graduate from A. M : W. D. ROSEBOROUGH is liv- ed from the U. S. Naval Academy } Dairy Judgers Place Second In Nat'l. Event The A. & M. Dairy Judging Team won second place honors in the annual Dairy Cattle Judging phis, Tennessee. States and Canada competed in it. The Aggies bowed only to Iowa State. Others in the first 10 teams included Kansas, Nebraska, Okla- homa A. & M., Georgia, Kentucky, Ohio State, Mississippi State and Minnesota. The team was coached by A. L. Darnell, veteran member of the Dairy Husbandry Depart- ment of the college. ents of a daughter born on October 10. This is their second daughter. They make their home at 2490 Rusk, Beaumont, and Tucker is with the Gulf States Utilities Com- pany. Contest at the International Dairy Exhibition held recently in Mem- Twenty-four teams from colleges in the United MEN 4+in 1940 and is now an ensign as- signed to Heavy Cruiser U. S. S. Chicago. A younger son, Jack, is training to be an instructor in primary aviation and hopes to be in the service by December 1. HICKS E. THOMPSON is living at 619 So. Beckley Avenue, Dallas, where he is with the Magnolia Pe- troleum Company. He has been with this company for the past 23 years. At the present time he is superintendent o fPipe Line Right- of-Way and Claims. 1910 MR. AND MRS. G. H. (COF- FEE) BLACKMON, of Gainesville, Fla., extend invitation to the wed- ding of their daughter on October 28. Blackmon is Horticulturist for the Florida Agricultural Experi- ment Station and has lived in that state for many years. He and Mrs. Blackmon live at 332 E. Columbia Street, Gainesville, Florida. H. L. “HEINIE” INGRAM is employed with the Consolidated Steel Corporation, Ltd., Orange, Texas. He is in the Production Department as electrical assistant to the superintendent of outfit- ting. The job now is to build 12-2100 ton destroyers for the Navy and Ingram reports that six of them are now under way. 1911 L. D. PARKS, 2220 Pembroke Drive, Fort Worth, is a general con- tractor, usually engaged on high- way construction. At the pres- ent time he is engaged in defense work. RUFUS B. PEARCE is proud of the A. & M. record being made by his son, Rufus Pearce, 42, Me- chanical Engineering senior. Young Rufe is a Lt. Col. in the Cadet Corps, leader of the Aggieland Or- chestra and an outstanding student. Papa Pearce is in the engineering department of the Magnolia Pet. Co., Dallas. JULIAN B. THOMAS, president Texas Electric Service Company, Fort Worth, has been appointed by Governor Coke Stevenson to the Board of Registration for Pro- fessional Engineers. 1912 TOM J. “PAP” DWYER, dis- trict engineer for the Gulf Oil Co., at Odessa, was on hand for the T. C. U. game at Ft. Worth. In- cluded in the same party was E. C. Donohue, ’13, El Paso. Both men and their families were high- ly pleased with the game and the day. C. C. “POLLY” KRUEGER, president of the San Antonio Ma- chine and Supply Company, San Antonio, is receiving plaudits of the citizens of that city for his good work in bringing to San Antonio big football games. He is chair- man of the Chamber of Commerce Committee which has successfully sponsored several college games in San Antonio last and this year, including two appearances of the Aggies. 1913 WALTER W. CARDWELL, Manager of the Luling Founda- tion Farm, Luling, Texas, is Chairman of the State Soil Con- servation Board. His son, Walter, is a junior at A. & M. this year. W. R. GRIFFIN, formerly of Victoria, is with the Sotuhwestern Bell Telephone Company, Freeport, Texas. F. L. “RED” MONTGOMERY is chief cost clerk for the Phelps Dodge Corporation, Morenci, Ari- zona. His address is P. O. Box 732 of that city. DILLON T. STEVENS has been made chairman of the Board of Directors of the Plomb Tool Com- pany. Plomb now has plants in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Port- land, Oregon. Stevens’ address is 90 Fremont Place, Los Angeles, California. COL. WILLIAM C. TORRENCE, Waco, has retired from active army duty after services since 1907. He has been commanding officer of the 143rd Inf.,, at Brownwood. Prior to going on active duty he was City Manager of Waco. He saw extensive service overseas in World War 1 and was awarded the French Croix de Guerre for ser- vices in that war. 1914 VERNIE C. MARSHALL is Ad- ministrator for the Texas Soil Con- servation Board, with headquar- ters at Temple. He is one of the best known dirt farmers of the state and an agricultural leader. His home is at Route 3, Temple, and several sons are graduates of A. & M. 1915 J. A. BONHAM is manager of operations for the Union Sul- phur Co., Inec., Sulphur, Louisiana. He gets his mail at Box 224, Lake Charles, La. J. S. BUGBEE is a stock-farmer at Clarendon, Texas. LIEUTENANT COLONELS PERCY W. CLARKSON, Office Chief of Staff, Washington, D. C., and RODERICK R. “RED” AL- LEN, Commanding Officer, 32nd Armored Regiment, Camp Polk, Louisiana, have been promoted to teh rank of Colonel. Both have been in the army since World War No. 1. V. R. “FREDDIE” Smitham, ’15, City Manager of Dallas, has a son who hag even eclipsed most of tha A. & M. exploits of his father. Young Fred is a senior Chem Engi- ner, Town Hall Manager, Cadet Major and president of the Y. M. C. A. Cabinet. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1941 LIEUTENANT S. R. STRIB- LING heads the Engineering Sec- tion of the Ammunition Division of the Office Chief of Ordnance, Washington, D. C. 1916 JAMES V. CURNUTTE is coun- ty engineer for Nueces County, Corpus Christi, Texas, with office at the Court House. Curnutte re- ports they have a $1,500,000 road program under way with possibility of a like amount for 1942 and the construction of a causeway across Laguna Madre to Mustang and Padre Island and Port Aransas. He makes his home at 445 Naples of that city. LIEUTENANT COLONEL FRANK HOLLINGSHEAD is still stationed at Camp Wallace with teh 28th C. A. T. B. LIEUTENANT COLONEL DAV- ID C. KELLY is residing at 1300 Harrison Street, Wilmington, Dele- ware, where he is Ordnance Office, II Army Corps, U. S. A. HUGH B. KILLOUGH is living at 22 Belair Road, Wellesley, Massachusetts, although his prineci- pal place of business is in Rhode Island. JOE S. MOGFORD, Agronomy Department, A. & M. College, spent the summer checking crop improve- ment work in all parts of Texas. He reports he had a wonderful summer. GEORGE H. “UG” RUSSELL is with the Bureau of Entomology end Plant Quarantine. He has a son who is a Junior at A. & M. this year. He is located at Eagle Pass, where he gets his mail at Box 438. mmm nhen—whwnhm hmm CLAUDE EVERETT (17) INC. 522 Barziza St., Houston, Texas GENERAL CONTRACTORS EXCAVATORS FOR ALL TYPES OF BUILDINGS TTA The New Tourist Camp Opposite College on Highway 6 Tile Baths - Simmons Beds COLLEGE COURTS P. O. 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