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THE TEXAS AGGIE Page 2 THE TEXAS AGGIE {eos Sorts sot Secs, wane | Off 0 @ Flying Start 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- ical College of Texas, College Station, Texas. Tyree Li. Bell, 218...ifuivmeessiseccticencen 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 Li. DD. Cabaniss, #228 in. eissicaseeinciiaten Paris H. 'K.: Deason, ’16..................... Port Arthu Dick Carey, ’11. Beaumont A. G. Phaff, ’25 Tyler W. B.. Williams, 233..........ccnereemcons Sherman Asa E. Hunt, ’22 Dallas 0.) A. Seward, ’07.......co.cmmmies Groesbeck We. A. COINS, 10. rei encacocemveneed Crockett Jo iB HAMDEN, 727. 0c innsiernomnmmsatuss Houston Alvin E. Foerster, ’ Rosenberg Wm. J. Lawson, ’ Austin J. B. Snider, ’14 Waco W. E. Wade, ’30 Temple 0. IN. Yerry, 27. ...icmmissininn Fort Worth George C. Moffett, ’16.................... Chillicothe Walter E. Dickerson, ’11........ Corpus Christi A. J. Neff, ’03 Laredo Arthur B. Knickerbocker, ’ Joe L. Culbertson, ’13 Hamlin Alec Bateman, ’15 Hereford Joe 'W. Jennings, ’Ll.......cceerene Plainview Carroll M. Gaines, ’12................ San Antonio He. Dick WiIntersy 216....ccaecoecesatozees Brady Tyree I. "Bell, 218..5. ..ccormniartesictustoess Dallas T. F. Smith, *20 6. .C. Krueger, ’12...........0 San Antonio Milton A. Abernathy, ’16...Shreveport, La. I. Ben Warden, 03 Austin Marion S. Church, 05........c0ccccccrccieirese- Dallas Rufus R. Peeples, ’28.................... Tehuacana J. N. Burditt, ’21 Abilene Penrose B. Metcalfe, ’16............ San Angelo JB, Thomas, *1L ot. cide cienseess Fort Worth Sterling C. Evans, ’2l....ceccum...- Houston John, W. Newton, ’12.............ccee.... Beaumont Roy D. Golston, ’03 Tyler Davids B. Thrift, 239....c.cccccmens Fort Worth Herman! G.S Heard, 223...... Lcocg.acocs ten Austin EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Tyree. Bell, "218..0.0....... livecseirsimsionss Dallas Wm J. lawson, 22. i Austin M. S. Church, ’05 Dallas A. "G. Pfaff, 25 Tyler Ct CloRrueger; +’ 12.........iuk.... San Antonio STUDENT LOAN FUND TRUSTEES Tyree L. Bell, ’13.. Dallas E. E. McQuillen, ’20............ College Station AF. Mitchells ’09............0..... orsicana REPRESENTATIVES ON ATHLETIC OUNCIL T. W. Mohle, ’19 Houston I. Ben Warden, ’03 Austin MR. Miss Phyllis Statler, of Crystal City, Texas, recently became the bride of Lieutenant Wheeler H. Hunt, ’38, formerly of Crystal City. They are now at Pine Camp, New York, where Hunt is stationed on duty for Uncle Sam. Plunket-Horton Miss Sarah Elizabeth Horton, daughter of Colonel and Mrs. Hal C. Horton of Greenville, was re- cently married to Mr. Paul Wood Plunket, Jr., ’40, son of Mrs. Paul Plunket of Greenville. Weatherbee-Nall Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Nall of San Antonio have announce dthe mar- riage of their daughter, Betsy Ann, to Lieutenant Frank L. Weather- bee, ’38, of Kelly Field, son of Captain and Mrs. H. O. Weather- bee of Galveston. The wedding took place at Kelly Field Chapel. Griffin-Neal Miss Claudine Neal, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe W. Neal of Forney, was recently married to James C. Griffin, Jr., ’38, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Griffin of For- ney. The wedding took place at the home of the bride’s parents. They will make their home in San Antonio. Oxford-Pinchback Miss Nan Pinchback, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Pinchback of Beaumont, became the bride of W. PF. “Dub” Oxford, Jr., 42, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Oxford, Sr. of Beaumont, on March 7. They are making their home at College Station. Oxford will receive his degree in chemistry from A. & M. in June. Oxford is assistant sports editor of the student BATTALION and active in many other student affairs. Mrs. Oxford has had three brothers attend A. & M. College. Helms-Hill Announcement has been made of the marirage of Miss Helen Louise Hill, daughter of Lieuten- ant Colonel and Mrs. Ralph E. Hill, ’17, of Atlanta, Georgia, to Ernest V. Helms. The marriage took place at the Post Chapel at Fort McPherson, Georgia. Sory-Johnson Announcement has of the engagement and approach- ing marriage of Miss Patricia Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Osborn S. Johnson of Bryan, to Captain Carl Gerlach Sory, ’38, of Livingston, Texas. The wedding will be solemnized on May 16. Captain Sory is located in the Mil- itary Department of A. & M. Col- lege at the present time. Hogan-Roddey Mrs. H. L. Roddey announces the marriage of her daughter, Barbara Ann, to Ensign Eddie W. Hogan, 38, on January 19, Waco, Texas. Hogan is on active military been made | Fisher-Hitt Miss Audry Burnell Hitt, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Anddis Hitt, of Highlands, and Laurence Wayne Fisher, ’42, son of Mrs. Elton D. Casey and R. C. Fisher, of Cedar Bayou, were married on March 14. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher are lo- cated at 1115 Gray Avenue, Hous- ton, where Fisher is employed by the Houston Lighting and Power Company. Owen-Sick Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Kathleen Sick, niece of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Robertson, Tyler, to Lieutenant W. J. Owen, ’41, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Owen, Tyler. The wedding took place in Houston. Lieutenant and Mrs. Owen are making their home in Galveston while Lieutenant Owen is station- ed at Camp Wallace, Texas. Christian-Rogers Miss Blanche Rogers, of Tusca- loosa, Alabama, became the bride on December 24 of First Lieuten- ant C. B. “Britt” Christian, ’41, of Fort Belvoir, Virginia. They are residing at 2 Chapman Street, Al- exandria, Virginia. Christian was promoted to a first lieutenant on February 1 and was recently made adjutant of the 2nd Battalion, E. R. T. C., Fort Belvoir, Va. SILVER TAPS Bl id, GE Go R. W. Yarbrough, ’01 Robert W. Yarbrough, ’01, vet- eran engineer, died of a heart at- tack in San Antonio in February. He was buried in that city. Mr. Yarbrough did most of his en- gineering work in the field of creosoting plant construction, much of it at Spartanburg, South Carolina. Of recent years he had engaged in different types of civil engineering work in the San Antonio area. Charles W. Leggett, ’10 Charles W. Leggett, ’10, for many years a prominent figure in the cotton oil refining and labor- atory field in California, died of a heart attack on March 20. Mr. Leggett, his wife, and daughter, had gone to a theatre and when they came out some one had stol- en a wheel off his car. He had previously been suffering with his heart and had high blood pres- sure and the excitement brought on the fatal attack. Mr. Leggett is survived by his wife, a daughter, a son, and a married daughter. The family made its home at 2419 Olive Street, Huntington Park, California. For the past 22 years Mr. Leggett had been chemist and refiner for the California Cotton Oil Corpora- tion. He was one of the most popular students ever to attend the A. & M. College. He was president of his Senior and Junior Classes, ca- det captain of C-Company, played quarterback on the football team, and was editor of the Battalion. He received his degree in mechan- ical engineering and was affec- tionately known to his classmates as “Willie”. and . “Shorty”... He was one of the originators of the movement resulting in the estab- lishment and building the present College Y. M. C. A. Archie G. Schmidt, ’17 Archie G. Schmidt, age 45, died at his home at 104 Euclid Street in Hartford, Connecticut on Feb- ruary 10 from pneumonia. He was president of the Otto Ludwid Printers Supply, Inc. in Hartford. Surviving Mr. Schmidt are his widow, Mrs. Archie G. Schmidt, of Hartford, and four sisters and two brothers of Eagle Pass, Texas. Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford. Mr. Schmidt was born in Eagle Pass and received his degree from A. & M. in mechani- cal engineering. He was first lieu- tenant of Company G-2 and active in company athletics. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Pelot, 43, are the proud and happy pa- rents of a son, Douglas Brandon, born on March 20 at Bryan Hospi- tal. Pelot is a student at A. & M. at the present time. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Steed, 40, are receiving congratulations over the arrival of a daughter, Suzan- ne, on February 22. They are liv- ing at Jacksboro, Texas. Born on February 24 to First Committee Launches Campaign To Furnish YMCA Building Under the slogan “LET'S BRING IT UP-TO-DATE” a spe- cial committee from the Associa- tion of Former Students has laun- ched a campaign to secure funds to provide furnishings for the re- modeled Y. M. C. A. Building on the campus. Primary purpose of the remodeling program by the Y. M.-C. A. is to provide more adequate lounge rooms and social quarters at which the cadets may meet and entertain feminine cam- pus visitors. The Board of Directors of the Association approved this project at its February meeting following presentation by cadet members of the Y. M. C. A. Cabinet. The Y. M. C. A. spokesmen explained that the Board of Directors of the Col- lege had authorized the expendi- ture of nearly $20,000 for remodel- ing the present Y. M. C. A. Build- ing. An additional fund of $5,000 was needed to refurnish the build- ing and particularly its new lounge areas, They explained that A. & M. Mothers’ Clubs were as- sisting and had pledged $1,000 of the money needed. They asked if A. & M. ex-students would provide the balance of $4,000. The Association Directors ap- proved the project and appropriat- ed from Association funds $1,000. The 25 directors present made personal donations of a total of $575. President Tyree L. Bell, ’13, appointed the following committee to continue the campaign, J. P. Hamblen, ’27, Houston, Chairman; George Moffett, ’16, Chillicothe; C. M. Gaines, ’12, San Antonio; M. S. Church, ’05, Dallas; and Rufus R. Peeples, ’28, Tehuacana. The committee addressed a let- ter on April 1 to all A. & M. men outlining this project and asking for donations. Speaking for the committee Chairman Hamblen de- clared, “This committee is not a high-powered group—just a num- ber of ordinary A. & M. men like the rest of you. We believe in this deal and we have personally sub- scribed to it. We have pledged ourselves to raise the $4,000 re- quired to complete the Y. M. C. A. job. We do not know any ‘slick’ approach to your heart or your pocketbook. We are just passing the hat around and extending you an invitation and a request to help out by making a donation. Any- thing you want to give from a dol- lar to a hundred will be welcome.” A financial statement and list of subscribers will be reported in the TEXAS AGGIE and placed in the archives of the Y. M. C. A. when the campaign is completed. Lounge Fund Donors A. & M. Mothers’ Clubs $1,000.00 Ass'n. of Former Students $1,000.00 A. G. “Bert” Pfaff, '25 M. A. Abernathy, ’16 C. C. Krueger, ’12 J. P. Hamblen, 27 W. E. Dickerson, "11 Alvin E, Foerster, 24 Richard Carey, Jr., ’11 Roy D. Golston, ’03 L. D. Cabaniss, '28 Joe L. Culbertson, ’13 H. K. Deason, ’16 J. B. Snider, ’14 W. E. Wade, ’30 W. A. Collins, ’16 Rufus R. Peeples, 28 C. M. Gaines, "12 Oscar A. Seward, Jr., ’07 A. F. Mitchell, ’09 Tyree L. Bell, ’13 David B. Thrift, ’89 M. S. Church, ’05 H. D. Winters, ’16 George Moffett, ’16 T. B. Warden, ’03 E. E. McQuillen, ’20 T. W. Mohle, ’19 Wm. J. Lawson, 22 Asa E. Hunt, ’22 C. A. Nussbaum, ’20 J. H. Nussbaum, ’13 H. H. Pendleton, ’28 C. E. Carter, ’20 Total individual gifts to AMONG A. and M. Pioneers The Class of 1892 will celebrate its Golden Anniversary on the campus April 11-12. W. P. RATCHFORD, 92, is =a draftsman with Stewart Title Guaranty Company, San Antonio, Texas. His address is 622 Nolan of that city. E. C. JONAS, ’94, who designed the original A, & M. ring, has been ill in the Southern Pacific Hospital in Houston but is re- covering rapidly. He lives at 319 Donaldson, San Antonio. The Class of 1897 will celebrate its 45th Anniversary reunion April 11-12, COL. THOMAS H. BARTON, 99, President of the Lion Oil Refining Companies, El Dorado, Ark., has taken on one of the big- gest jobs of his highly successful industrial career. The Lion Chem- ical Corporation, a subsidiary, will operate with the new 40 million dollar Ozarks Ordnance Plant now under construction at El Dorado. It will be the biggest plant of its kind in the United States and is expected to be in full operation this summer. DEAN E. J. KYLE, ’99, has been authorized by the Board of Di- rectors of the College to serve an- other three-year term as a member of the directorate of the Farm Credit Administration, Houston. 1902 40th ANNIVERSARY REUNION April 11-12. 1905 ALEXIS “RED” McCORMICK has been appointed city engineer of Corpus Christi and lives at 921 Ocean Drive of that city. 1907 35th ANNIVERSARY REUNION April 11-12. MARK H. YOUNG, JR. is farming, buying cotton, and rais- ing stock at Smithville, Texas. 1908 A recent campus visitor on busi- ness was C. A, BURMEISTER, who is Senior Economist, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Wash- .| ington, D. C. 1910 Mr. and Mrs. W. T. ADKISSON Lieutenant and Mrs. Louis Daue- ble, Jr., ‘32, a son at the William Beaumont Hospital, El Paso. Daue- able is stationed at Fort Bliss, and he and Mrs. Daueble reside at 3216 Pershing, El Paso. Lieutenant and Mrs. Merrill K. Erickson, ’38, are delighted over the birth of a son, Bill, born on March 16. They are stationed at Camp Beauregard, Alexandria, Louisiana. dates tot i. i $ 612.50 matali nln $2,612.50 Needed to reach goal........ 2,387.50 M F N THe. Goal.o soe $5,000.00 May we include your name as a donor in completing the campaign in the next issue of the TEXAS AGGIE? of 465 Frederick, Beaumont, are the proud parents of a duchess, their youngest daughter, in the Cotton Pageant at A. & M. this spring. ; one of his unruly cadets of some 33 years ago would like to see him. He seemed delighted and insisted that I come right out. We had a most delightful evening and it is wonderful the way the General likes to talk of old times at A. & M. In hunting for Col. Oscar Ab- bott, in the depths of one of those 1911 Mr. Dodson Goes To Washington March 25, 1942. Dear Mack: While in Washington last week, I phoned Gen. Andrew Moses that vast War Department buildings, I accidentally ran across Moss Holmes, ’29, of Saint Jo who is a Captain up there. I later found Col. Abbott and he was quite helpful as well as interesting. Accidentally ran across Dean Bolton and we had a delightful time together at dinner. Saw Polly Krueger in Washington on busi- ness; heard Irish Kelly, (H. J.); had a visit with Congressman Mansfield, father of Bruce, 1918; failed to connect up with Mount Taylor, but came away from our Capital City with the impression that A. & M. men were playing a rather active part in national af- fairs. The immensity of Washington is staggering. C. P. DODSON, Decatur, Texas. 1912 30th ANNIVERSARY REUNION April 11-12. T. J. CARTER is with the Otis Elevator Company, Fort Worth, Texas. He was formerly located at Jackson, Mississippi. 1913 FRANKLIN D. LOWN is with the Farm Security Administration, Brenham, Texas, as rural super- visor. He gets his mail at P. O. Box 519 of that city. COLONEL WILLIAM A. TOR- RENCE, Waco City Manager, has announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination as Con- gressman. Torrence is a life-long resident of Waco, except for an THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1942 extensive military service. He was captain of Company G, Second Texas Infantry on the Mexican border in 1916, and went overseas. He saw active service in the Meuse- Argonne battles with the 36th Division. He was in command of the 143rd Infantry at Camp Bowie until retired last December on ac- count of his health. Prior to this last period of active duty, he was city manager of Waco for many years and resumed that post upon his return from Camp Bowie. 1915 AUSTIN E. BURGES is teacher of science at Asherton, Texas. 1916 MR. ANR MRS. M. T. GAR- RETT have awarded a contract for the construction of an attractive two-story brick veneer colonial residence at 3816 Olympia Drive in River Oaks, Houston. They now live at 3504 Audubon of that city. Garrett is president of the Gar- rett Engineering Company. LIEUTENANT COLONEL D. C. KELLY has been transferred from Jacksonville, Florida to Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Colonel Kelly goes to Fort Sill as ordnance officer. W. C. THOMAS, 1116 Barkdull, Houston, denies that he is a mem- ber of the 1912 class as was re- cently reported. “They are a fine group and it is an honor” roared Thomas, “But after all I am just a boy compared to those old gentlemen.” (Continued on Page 3) MACHINE & SAMSCO INDUSTRIAL & WATER SUPPLIES Five Complete Stocks SAN ANTONIO Waco - Austin - Corpus Christi - Harlingen San Antonio SUPPLY CO. 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