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THE TEXAS AGGIE the Subseri tion Price $5.00 Entered as nd Class Matter at College Station, Texas Officers ames.sP.* Hamblen, ‘27.................... President YR. Peeples, ’28............ Vice-President E. E. McQuillen, ’20... Executive Secretary LL.B. Looke, ’18......... Assistant Secretary Direciurs JNA Whyte, ’14.............cooveneinninn Texarkana Richard "Carey, ’11................... Beaumont HK. Deason, *16.............c...ieine.. Port Arthur Roy D. Golston, ’03 Tyler A. G. Pfaff, ’25 Tyler John P. MecCullough, ’24.............. McKinney Ausin C. Bray, ’29 Dallas James WW. Williams, ’18..........cccccorceunis. Dallas Col. O. A. Sew- ard, 07%...................}... Ft. Lawton, Wash Walter Coulter, ’95 Bryan George H. Richards, ’35................ Huntsville Dr. Thomas P. Kennerly, ’34......... Houston aM. Smith; 01..................... East Columbia Scott Moore, Cavitt Love, W. E. Wade, "30 Temple S. J. Baker, Herbert Spreen, George Moffett, A. E. Hinman, Charles E. Richter, Jr., ’29............... Laredo E. A. Crites, ’22 ..Crane Dr. J.-"N.: Burditt, ’21 Abilene GarlFt Miller,” 28... cries Amarillo REE. "Hooper, ’25...........cc.ccovcnieines Plainview C2" M.i Gaines, ’12................;seeenen San Antonio H. D. Winters, ’16 Brady Wm.=J. Ray, 218... ............. St. Louis, Mo. Tyree L. Bell, ’13 Dallas HW. Egger, -21............. Shreveport, La. PB. Metcalfe, '’16.................... San Angelo GC. P. Dodson, ’11 Decatur T. W. Mohle, ’19 Houston C. M. Elwell, 23. Austin LE."H. Wood, ’23 Waco Rufus .R. Peeples, ’28.................... J. A. (Hep) Reynolds, ’ Major R. N. Conolly, Major Gen. A. D. Bruce, ’16...Camp Hood Hubert G. Davis, ’22 Waco VirgilV. Parr, .’14............... College Station Tyrus R. Timm, ’34................ College Station Major J. H. Blackaller, ’28...San Antonio * Lt. Dan R. Sutherland, ’43....... Winnsboro It Col. E. King Gill, ’24........ Majors Field p W. G. McMillan, ’22 Lubbock et YW. J. Lawson, ’24 Austin A - Carleton D. Speed, ’26...Washington, D. C. 3 NP. Hamblen, . *27..............cocinennini- Houston T. B. Warden, ’03 Austin Brig. Gen. A. B. Knicker- bocker, 21 Austin Student Loan Fund Trustees Ea James P. Hamblen, °27.................... Houston ~~ Allin BE Mitchell, %09........ccc..oiviinies Corsicana BESSA E. E. MeQuillen, ’20............ College Station Representatives on the Athletic Council C.F C. Krueger, ’12.................... San Antonio ~ J. A. Reynolds, ’30 Dallas %. ri 38 lead ne. Meet With Them NOTE: This column will be a regular feature of the AGGIE and will endeavor to carry up-to-date information about meetings of A. & M. men and A. & M. )s. To be effective such information : Ta accurate, complete, and timely. Since transient A. & M. men will ‘use th formation it must not be mis- For that reason only definite de- meetings can be carried. Clubs o definite meeting dates can not Ry “arranged as to date, ti cation nit" other details the AGGIE should be vised three weeks in advance, if possible. ; yperation of Club officers is es- if 0 the column is to be of service. if O-PANHANDLE — Regular 7 [ p. m.. Capital Hotel; V. G. ¥or- k wild ‘Box 1414, Pres. AUSTIN (Capital City)—¥very Monday noon, luncheon, Driskill Hotel; T. B. War- den, ‘93, Pres. BEAUMONT—Regular monthly meetings, E. L. Robinson, ’21, Gulf States Utilities Co., Pres. BRAZOS COUNTY—Last Monday night each month; Walter Coulter, ’'95, Bryan, Pres. CORPUS CHRISTI — Last Wednesday night each month. Pres. K. S. Moss, "31. DALLAS—Every Friday noon, Adolphia Hotel (see hotel bulletin board). A. Rollins, ’06, President, Fraetorian SE DALLAS North American Bomber Plant A. & M. Club. First Monday night of each month, 6:30 p.m, Dallas Y.M.C.A., W. H. Ingram, ’23, President. FT. WORTH—Every Tuesday noon, Hotel ‘Westbrook Coffee Shop. Ardmore Healy, 728. Pres., David Thrift, ’89, Sec. GALVESTON—First Thurs., evening each ‘month; Joe Boyd, ’40, Todd Dry Docks, Pres: Ernest Conway, Jr., 814 15th St. Secretary. HOUSTON—Every Monday noon, Rice Hotel mezzanine. Geo. Lacy, ’15, Gulf Oil Corp., Pres. PORT ARTHUR- -First Monday night each month. 7 p.m. Dinner. Goodhue Hotel. SAN ANTONIO—: Alamo) First and third Thursday noons, Petroleum Club, 4th floor Alamo National Bldg., Myron F. Ward, 16. Pres, TEMPLE Temple Bell Co. Regular |t meeting third Thursday night of each month. Leon Stasney, 24. President. WACO Second Wednesday night each month. O. B. “Sweede’” Haney, ’23, Texas Textile Mills, Pres. Out-of-State: CALIFORNIA, (Southern Calif.)—Sec. ond Thursday night each month, dinner, Clark Hotel, downtown Los Angeles, 7 p.m., special invitation to men in service and in defense work in that area; Weath- erford W. Touchstone, 22, 810 S. Spring St., L. A., Pres. MARCH FIELD—CAMP HAAN: Second and Fourth Wednesday nights each month: Capt. B. A. Black, ’31, Pres.; Capt. H. F. Bockhorn, Sec-Treas. MISSOURI, Kansas City—Regular month- ly meetings, last Thursday night each month, 7:30 p. m., Green Parrott Inn. Next meeting 7:30 p.m., Dec. 30. A. P. Morey, ’25, President, 5536 Rockhill Road, MISSOURI, St. Louis—Regular meetings, second Tnesday noon each month. Mark Twain Hotel. Pres. John F. Grace, ’25, Ph. Grand 2894 or Parkview 8147, or phone Drexel Turner, Chestnut 9800. MICHIGAN, DETROIT—Third Thurs- day evening each month, 7:30 p.m. at Olde Wayne Club. Ladies invited. Capt. A. B. Muller, ’25, President: John M. Winston, ’38. Secretary-Treasurer, 15052 Fairfield Ave., Detroit, 21, Mich. NEW YORK CITY—First Tuesday each month, lunch, 12:30, Bedford Hotel near ‘I''mes Square and Grand Central Station at 118 E. 40th St: A. Y. Gunter, '25, Alco Products, 30 Church St., New York City. North Carolina, Camp Davis— First Tues. Evening each month: Officers Club: Lts. A. O. Nance, 43: D. B. Cofer, '43. PENNSYLVANIA, PHILADELPHIA — First Thursday each month, 7:15 p.m., at Michaud’s 1512 Walnut St., Philadelphia: Max Edgeley, ’24, 244 Congress Ave., Lansdowne, Pa., Chairman, Ph. Decatur 2070, ices. WASHINGTON, D. C.—Regular month- ly meeting; Third Wednesday evening each month, 7:30 P. M: Dinner American Legion Club, 2437-15th St. N. W.—C. A. Burmeister. '08, Pres: Maj. J. M. Debar- deleben, °28, Sec-Treas.—Special invita- “Honorary officers in armed serv- tion to visitors, young or old. SHREVEPORT. LA.—First Monday night each month. 7:30 P. M. Dinner, Hotel; M. A. Abernathy, ’16, Pres. Caddo BIRTHS Sgt. and Mrs. Truman E. Fambrough, ‘38, announce the arrival of Jane Ann, born Nov. 27, 1943. Sgt. Fambrough and family are living at Langley Field, Va. Captain and Mrs. C. G. Sory, ’38, an- nounce the arrival of a daughter on January 2. Mrs. Sory was the former Patricia Johnson, daughter Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Johnson, Bryan, Texas. Captain and Mrs. Sory are living at Lawton, Okla., while Captain Sory is on duty at Ft. Sill. A daughter was born December 7 to Capt. and Mrs. Joseph B. Lassiter, Jr., ’40. Capt. Lassiter is stationed at Ft. Benning, Ga., with the 33rd Arm’d. Engr. Bn. Capt. and Mrs. V. A. Harvill, 40, are proud of their daughter, Virginia Ann, born to them on November 30. Capt. Harvill is stationed at Camp Haan, Calif. 127 AAA Gun Bn. Capt. and Mrs. S. A. McDonald, ’41 announce the birth of a son, S. A. Mec- Donald, III, on December 16, at Santa Barbara, Calif. Mrs. McDonald was Jeane Stevens, daughter of the late Major J. F. Stevens, Cav. Instructor at A. & M. Sandra Lynn Pendleton was born November 17 to Lt. and Mrs. Hal Pen- dleton, ’41. Lt. Pendleton is with Base S-3, AAB, Pocatello, Idaho, but receives his mail at Munday, Texas. Capt. Ben R. MeConell, Jr., ’42, writes from India that he and Mrs. MeConell have a new daughter named Susan, born in mid-September. September was a big month for MecConnell—he received news of his daughter and a promotion to Cap- tainey. Lt. and Mrs. T. P. Callier, ’42, an- nounce the arrival of a son, born Oct. 12. Lt. Callier receives his mail APO 34, % Postmaster, New York, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Thomas, Jr. ’42, announce the arrival of a daughter named Beverly Jane, on Dec. 6. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas live at Ranger, Texas, where Mr. Thomas is teaching Vocational Agricul- ture. The young ‘lady’s namesake is Lt. Beverly S. Dudley, 42, who is stationed at the Training Center, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, Calif. Ensign and Mrs. C. D. Reeves, ’42, an- nounce the arrival of Mary Lyndel, born Nov. 16. Mrs. Reeves and baby are liv- ing at 2035 Dale St., San Diego, Calif., and Ens. Reeves receives his mail—% Fleet P. O. San Francisco, Calif. Luplow-Peavy Miss Bette Luplow, daughter of Col. and Mrs. Walter D. Luplow, and Major Herb L. Peavy, ’38, were married on November 26. Major Peavy found him- self in Panama exactly two days before the wedding, but by making proper plane connections managed to make it all right. They are living temporarily in Washington. Dimmock-Kershaw Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Evans, of Clon- curry, Queensland, Australia, have an- nounced the marriage of their daughter Mrs. Alice Irene Dimmock, to Capt. George Clayton Kershaw, 40, son of Mrs. Claude H. Amos, of Dallas, Texas. The wedding took place Nov. 30 in Australia. News has Just been received in the Association Office of the marriage Oct. 17, 1943, of Capt. Marshall L. Biggs ’40. The young lady’s name was not learned, but she was a San Francisco girl located in Honolulu with the Aircraft Warning Div. Capt. Biggs has been in the islands since graduation. Both Capt. and Mrs. Biggs are getting to be old- timers in Hawaii, and their wedding was Hawaiin style with gondolas and every- thing. Collier-Radley Announcement has been made of the approaching marriage of Miss Hazel Ruth Collier to Guy F. Radley, Jr., "44, to take place January 14, at the Oak Cliff Meth- odist Church, Dallas. Miss Collier is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Malvin D. Collier, 225 West Page, Dallas. Kaplan-Bistrow News has just reached the office of the marriage of Miss Day Kaplan and Captain Elvin I. Bistrow, ’40, last June. Captain and Mrs. Bistrow are living at DeRidder, La., DeRidder Army Air Base. Moore-Weaver Miss Nina Belle Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Moore, of Bonham. and Ossie M. Weaver, 41, were married | Nov. 24, at the First Christian Church, Bonham, Texas. They are living at 1115 | was stationed last spring. is | cording to Major Engineer of the Southwest | ferent languages and was a most inter- N. Center, Bonham. Mr. Weaver Mechanical Pump Co., of Bonham. Hauswirth-Rector Mr. and Mrs. Roland Lloyd Hauswirth have announced the marriage of their niece Alice Mae Hauswirth to Lt. Jack Davis Rector, ’42, Dec. 18, at the Col- legiate Methodist Church, Ames, Iowa. Crumpton-Morris Miss Wanda Crumpton and Lt. Frank A. Morris, ’43 United States Army Air Forces, were married December 4 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack C. Rudd, Ar- lington, Texas. The couple will live in Monroe, La., where the bridegroom is stationed. MeDonald-Curry Miss Dorothea McDonald, of Fort Worth, and Lt. Raynor Curry, 43, were married recently in the Little-Chapel-in-the-Woods, at TSCW, where the bride attended school. Lt. Curry is at present stationed at Camp Hood. Therpe-Jordan Miss Bunny Thorpe and Ensign Frank- lin Jordan, ’43, were married Dec. 23, at the West University Baptist Church, in Houston. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. JS. Thorpe, of Cald- well. The couple left for the East coast to make their home where Ensign Jordan is stationed. Carroll-Ferguson Miss Doris Florence Carroll, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Carroll, Bay- town, and Lt. G. H. Ferguson, ’43, were married Jan. 2, at the Baytown Metho- dist Church. Following a short wedding trip, the couple will be at home in Bos- ton, Mass., while the bridegroom is sta- tioned at Camp Edwards. Swanson-Talk Miss Florence Swanson, of St. Louis, Mo. and Lt. Wm. Schorre Talk ’43, were married on January 1. Lt. and Mrs. Talk are living at 31 N. 1st St., Paris, Texas. Henrichs-Kirk Pfe. Samuel Keith Kirk, *43, writes that he and Miss Mildred Henrichs were mar- ried on Dec. 20, in Wharton, and will live at College Station, while he is enrolled in the ASTU. Meade-Brin Miss Betty Meade, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Meade, Dallas, became the bride of Pfe. Gordon E. Brin, 45, son of Mrs. M. R. Brin, Dallas, at the East Dallas Christian Church, on December 23. They will make their home at College Station, while Pfe. Brin is enrolled in the ASTU. Krudwig-Forrest Miss Bettye Ruth Krudwig, of Olney, Illinois, became the bride of Pfe. Robert Porter Forrest, Jr., 45 of Olney, Illin- ois, on January 2. Immediately following the ceremony, the couple left for College Station where they will make their home while Pfe. Forrest resumes his dnties as a member of the Army Specialty Training Program at the College. The bridegroom was a petroleum engineering student at M. prior to his induction into the army. NOTE TO CLUB OFFICERS: Many Club officers have not re- rorted upon meeting dates and plans of their clubs. Please do so if your club has a REGULAR meeting date. Please report well in wdvance SPECIAL or CALLED meetings. This column can onlv he useful through your coopera. tion. Among A&M MEN (Continued from page 1) 1918 KE. E. “TRIM” RIGNEY lives at 231 Blue ‘Bonnet Blvd.,, San Antonio. Still rated as one of the biggest baseball play- ers ever to represent the Aggies, he play- ed big league baseball for many years before retiring. 1919 PROF. CHARLES CRAWFORD, head of the M. KE. Dept., made the trip to Miami with the Aggie football squad as official representative of the A. & M. Athletic Council. He reports a great trip. 1920 CAPTAIN HARTWELL J. ¢BUCK” KENNARD is serving in his second World War as a Staff M. P. Officer, Dist. A-230, 1807 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo, 7, New York. 1921 TRAVIS HALL writes from Route 4, Rogers, Ark. . . . DR. JESSE N. BUR- DITT, of Abilene, attended the Orange Bowl game to witness their son, JESSE “RED” BURDITT in action there. The Abilene residence address of the Burditts is 1440 N. Third St. ; A. S. LEGG wrote recently from Compania Nacional De Fuerza Luz, San Jose, Costa Rica: “We are enjoying our summer now. The climate is wonderful.” He is manager of the above company. DAN D. CLINTON, En Det. 1878th Unit, Camp Claiborne, La., has been promoted to the rank of CAPTAIN. Ac- cording to his report it took him 23 vears to reach that rank, starting with his previous service in World War I. He was County Agent of Harris County, Houston, before entering service in World War II. 1922 PROF. C. JACK FINNEY of the Dept. of Arch. has been granted a year’s leave of absence to accept a visiting professor- ship in the School of Arch. of Columbia University. CAPT. EUGENE B. FASON, 3010 Irvindell, Los Angeles, is officer in charge of the planning of cargo move- ments into that port of embarkation. This is his second World War. He was with Texas Power and Light Co. for almost 20 years in Dallas, up to his re- turn to active military duty. Mrs. Fason and their three children reside in Dallas. . The new address of MAJOR W. S. BIZZELL is Hq. 412th FA Gp., Ft. Ord, Calif. . JOE J. FOX’S new Indepen- dence, Mo. address is 305 N. Deleware St. BENJAMIN J. GARITTY lives at 1022 N. Clinton, Dallas, Texas. 1923 FREDERICK M. KRAFT lives at 649 S. Olive, Los Angeles, 14. . . HAROLD PF... CHIC? : HAYES, G.""M. i 1/e, ig member of a Special U. S. N. C. Bn., % Fleet Post Office, San Francisco. CHARLES H. GOLDEN is with the Tex. Elec. Service Co. in Ft. Worth. 1924 GATLIN MAJOR E. N. GATLIN, APO 953, % MAJOR E. N. . M. San Francisco, Calif., made close friends with a native chief on one of the Southwest Pacific Islands where he The chief, ac- Gatlin, spoke five dif- esting character. Gatlin has been in the _ since August 1941. CLIFFORD L. BRYAN, 1635 S. Blvd. Houston, with Premier Oil Refining Co. of Texas at Cotton Valley, La., travelled 20,000 air miles, 20,000 rail miles, and 15,000 car miles during 1943. . . . W. SKAINS, 2825 Orange St.. Beaumont, is still with the Josey-Miller Company there. O. L. BARNES is collecting grasshoppers in the plains and deserts of Arizona for the Bureau of Entomology, USDA, and lives at 1104 Ash Ave., Tempe, Oriz. His young son, Billy (12), has proven him- self an expert in predicting scores of the nation’s outstanding teams. Covering the season just ended, he guessed 202 right, 42 wrong, and tied in seven guess- es. MAJOR N. P. TURNER, JR. is now stationed in the U. S. Engineers Office, Galveston. . PERCY S. BAILEY has been transferred from the Childress to the El Paso District as District Engineer for the State Highway Department. His El Paso address is 4201 Dover St. oY, CAPTAIN E. B. CALVIN is still on “temporary” duty at Knoxville, Tenn., Box 1111. SILVER TAPS S. Guy Sample, ’97 S. Guy Sample, "97, Vice-President of the Commercial National Bank, Shreveport, La., died October 27, at the Mayo Hospital in Rochester, Minn. Burial was in Shreve- port. Mr. Sample was held in high regard in the banking circles of Louisiana. hav- ing served as Vice-President of the Com- mercial National Bank of Shreveport for vears, and as a Director. He was an en- thusiastic alumnus. Besides his wife, he is survived by five children—Mrs. James Rolton, Mrs. Francis Scott, Mrs. David Tyrell, Oliver H. P. Sample, and Capt. Staunton B. Sample, who was in the South Pacific at the time of his father’s death... Cpl. Earl E. Jackson, ’27 Cpl. Earl E. Jackson, ’27, stationed with the AAF in England, died Dec. 19, ac- cording to news received by his wife, Mrs. Virginia Jackson, 3216 Rosedale, Dallas. No other information was given. Cpl. Jackson attended A. & M. from 1923- 1925, and then entered SMU where he received his LLB and was admitted to the bar soon after gradaution. Before en- tering service last January he was em- ployed by the War Production Board. Be- sides his wife, he is survived by his mother, Mrs. M. A. Jackson, of Athens, Texas. 1st Lt. Ashbell G. McClung, ’4C Lt. Ashbell G. McClung, '40, age 25, and son of Mrs. Hazel McClung, Kerens, Texas, was killed in action in Italy, Dec. 8, according to information received by his mother. He was with the 36th Divi- sion. Capt. Charles H. Hamner, ’40 Capt. Charles H. Hamner, ’40, was kill- ed in action December 15, in Italy, ac- cording to word recently received by his mother, Mrs. Lucille Hamner, of Gar- 'and, Texas. He formerly lived at La Feria. Pesides his mother he is survived by a sister Mrs. Emanuel Toula, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Posey, “arrizo Springs. Capt. Hamner was a member of the Scholarship Honor Society and the Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities and in his senior year -erved as Social Secretary for the Senior Class. He received his degree in A.A. 1st Lt. Austin W. Clark, ’41 Lt. Austin W. Clark, ’41, was killed re- cently in a crash of two bombers on the 1925 The new address of LT. HENRY C. BENNETT is USNCTC, Camp Peary, Magruder, Va. . ROY R. BROWN, The Systematic Company, P. O. Box 959, Houston, recently went into the Army. His wife has assumed his business du- ties. . . . A. P. MOREY has changed his mailing address to his residence, 5536 Rockhill Rd. Kansas City, 4, Missouri. COL. RICHARD J. WERNER, former San Antonio architect and commander of a 36th Div. Inf. Regt., has been awarded the Legion of Merit and also the Purple Heart for a found received in action at San Pietro, Italy. on Dec. 14. “NS 1926 S. A. “STEVE” DEBNAM, Midland, has been commissioned a Captain in the Army and has gone to Fort Custer, Mich. for duty. Head of the West Texas Range Improvement Co. and the Midland Trac- tor Co., he has been associate engineer for the past 15 months at the Midland Army Air Field, serving as a civilian. . . Greetings came from CO. EDWARD L. WILSON, Quartermaster Replacement Training Center, Camp Lee, Va. LT. COL. ROBERT M. KENNEDY has been in the Signal Corps Section sta- tioned in London since April. Mrs. Ken- nedy lives at 1637 Westmoreland, Ft. Worth. Silver Taps: Cpl. Earl E. Jackson. CARL A. ALTENBERN is General Man- ager of the Wisconsin Southern Gas Co. Burlington, Wis., and says Aggies are always welcome in his town, 35 miles southwest of Milwaukee. . . . WILLARD Gor “PINKY RALPH" 4s an *Avn/S/ at the Univ. of Houston, Houston. oh a CAPT. JAMES C. APPLEMAN is with Hq. 501st AAA Gp., Benicia, Calif. . . . Having seen action in Australia and Africa, LT. COL. H. L. REYNOLDS is now in Italy, APO New iXork. City..." GAR HOLT is 209 Tulsa 3. Friends of J. B. Longview will regret to recent death of his father, Cashell, of Greenville. MAJOR WILLSON DAVIS, Headquart- ers Southern Defense Command, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, will enter the General Staff course at the Command and Gen- eral Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas the latter part of January. His present San Antonio address is 421 Belknap Place. . . . LYLE V. TIMMINS has been promoted - from lieutenant to lieutenant commander in the Navy at New Orleans, where he is officer in charge of the naval armed guard center which trains merchantment. He was for- merly Hunt County AAA administrator, Marshall. MAJ. ROY T. FALKENBERG is at- tending the Gen. Staff Course, C. & G. S. School, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. He has been at Camp Young, Calif. When he transfers to Leavenworth he will bring Mrs. Falkenberg and their daughter to Ft. Worth where they hope to make their home. They lived there before he re- portd for active duty. MAJ. WAYNE E. LONG has arrived in Australia and reports running into many Aggies there and en route. Many of them were his students during the years he taught at A. & M. before going on active duty. His address is APO 500, % 782, ¢ Postmaster, The address of ED- Stanolind Bldg. “PETE” CASHELL of learn of the E. H. “Pete” Postmaster, San Francisco. LT. COL. J. J. BROWN, who during his student days was a Field Artilleryman, is now G-4 of an Inf. Div. and at last report was receiving his mail through APO 402, Nashville, Tenn. His Div. was in Tenn. on maneuvers, but mail ad- dressed to the above APO will reach COL BROWN. LT. JOHN. J.'FRITCH is in the U. S. Naval Reserve fat continues to get his mail at his home address, 4104 Emerson, Apt. 12, Dallas, 5, Texas. He was in the contracting business in Dallas before en- tering the service. + ROY P. BATES is still associated with the Texas Elec- tric Service Company in Ft. Worth. . . . L. T. POTTER is the new president of the Petroleum Engineers’ Club of Dallas. He is with the Lone Star Gas Company. »The. addressivof + LT. . THEO. A! NEUBAUER, on duty in England, is APO 638, 9% Postmaster, New York. His wife lives at 328 W. Elsmere Place, San An- tonio 1. GEORGE P. McCARTHY has been ap- pointed director of feed and sales re- search for Universal Mills, Ft. Worth, and took up his new duties on Jan. 15. for the past 8 poultry extension vears he has served as husbandman of the A. & M. College and is one of the best known men ‘n that field in the South- west. He has taken a leading part in the development of the ‘broad breast” turkeys in Texas. He is a director of the National Turkey Federation and a member of various national poultry, turkey, and feed organizations. Follow- ing his resignation SAMUEL A. MOORE ’30, and TED MARTIN ’39, were ap- pointed poultry specialists on the Ex- tension Service staff. LT. COL. CLARENCE W. ROBER- SON, JR. has been retired from active duty on account of physical disability. He fought through the North African and Sicilian campaigns in the U. S. Infantry. For the present he is at his old home, Terrell, Texas. He sent his gift to the Development Fund with this closing statement: “My regards to the ’28 Class and other Aggie friends. Saw lots of old Aggies over there and they were all fire fighters and Wild Hoss Riders.” . The promotion of HARRY A. GOS- SETT to first lieutenant has been an- nounced recently by the War Department. He is a native of Midland. . . . The new address of MAJOR GEORGE BOCK is APO 465, ¢, Postmaster, New York City. JED N. ROBINSON is Asst. Director Eng., State Highway Dept., State High- way Dept., Tyler. . . . CAPT. JOHN H. CATES, APO 302, ¢% Postmaster, New York City, is where “it has been raining almost constantly for two months”. Like other Aggies all over the globe, he is mighty anxious to get back home. 1929 LT. COL. W. HOWARD BADGETT presented the first presidential proclama- tion taking over the railroads in the Southwest when the Army moved into the MKT general headquarters at Dallas. COL. BADGETT is attached to the Eighth Service Command at Dallas. MAJOR GEORGE D. BURCH, with the military projects division of Denison Dis- trict Army Engineers, has been ordered to foreign duty. He was recently grad- uated from the Command General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kans. : LT. DAN H. O’NEIL is a member of the College Training Det., Alva, Okla. CAPT. CHRIS A. STEINMAN is in the Signal Section, Utah A. S. F. Depot. Og- den, Utah... . LT. WALTER SCHULTZE may be addressed 100 W. 23rd St., Balti- more. . . . After two years in Kentucky and California, CAPT. JOE L. SOWELL is now back with an Armored Inf. Bn. at Camp Bowie, Texas . . Friends of LT. COL. RUFUS H. “BILL” ROGERS, former teacher in Del Rio Public Schools, will be glad to know that his father, R. A. Rogers, Hillsboro, received a letter recently from him. He is imprisoned in a Japanese prison in the Philippines. 1 930 MAJOR R. W. FRANKS, formerly at Edgewood Arsenal, is now at Station Hospital, Pine Bluff Arsenal, Arkansas. SGT. RICHARD W. BURNITT, 38206789, with a Transport Gp., APO 629, Yo Postmaster, New York City, is anx- ious to contact friends in his vicinity . . CAPT. T. V. STEPHENS is with a Dep. Sup. Sadn., APO 635, ¢% Postmaster, New York City. . LT. CHAS C. INGRAM, JR. is Post Adjutant at Ellington Field, Texas. CAPT. CHAS. A. CATES is interned in War Prisoners Camp No. 5, Moulmeir, Burma, according to word from Mrs. Cates, Decatur, Texas. The card was the usual printed one with no date but a few words added in his own handwriting. Capt. Cates has been missing in action since the fall of Java in the fall of 1942. A brother CAPT. JOHN H. CATES ’28 west shore of the Great Lake near Wen- dover, Uteh. PRurial was at Opelousas, La. Pesides his wife, Lt. Clark is survived by his mother, Mrs. Helen Clark, 334 West Tenth St., Dallas, and a sister, Miss Max- ine Clark of Dallas. His wife resides in Miami Beach, Fla. He attended A. & M. from 1937-1940, - taking Petiolenm Engi- neering. and became at RCAF pilot in 1941. Last August he was graduated as a bomber pilot from the Ft. Worth Army Air Field. is with a Machine Record Unit, APO 302, % Postmaster, New York City, N. Y. The address of N. P. STEPHENSON is 3704 Ave. G., Fort Worth 5. . . . ROD- NEY CHAMBLESS, sheriff, was recently shot while in line of duty, but is recov- ering at his home in Madisonville. . . JOHN V. WHEAT, 6007 Fordham, Hous- ton, is still practicing law, a member of the firm of Price, Smallwood, and Wheat, 817 Citizens State Bank Bldg. SAMUEL A. MOORE has been appoint- ed pouliry husbandman for the A. &. M. College Extension Service according to an announcement by Acting Director JAMES D. PREWITT ’23. He comes to A. & M. from the University of Ark. where he has been poultry specialist with the Ark. Extension Service since 1936. He majored in poultry husbandry at A. LT. COL. W. E. “BILL” MORGAN has arrived safely in India. Mrs. Morgan and their two children are making their home in Bryan. MORGAN was with the Ex- tension Service of the College before go- ing on active duty. He served many months in Wash. before being given foreign service. L. E. TURBEVILLE receives his degree in Agriculture with the January 29 Class and will report immediately as County Agent, Brackettville, Texas. He had to leave college and was unable to receive his degree with the ’30 Class but he definitely is a ’30 man-—and a strong one. 1931 MAJOR C. S. BASINGER is in Eng- land, APO 655, % Postmaster, New York City. Mrs. Basinger makes her home at 4630 Wornall Road, Kansas City, Mo. > . CHARLES N. WUEST, JR. is with the ‘Navarro ..Oil* Co.,. Houston '. MAJOR SAMUEL L. "HUNNICUT, Fort Worth, is in charge of supplies loading for the 6th Army invasion forces on Arawe. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam R. Hunnicut, 2233 Irwin, and the husband of Mrs. Virginia Hunnicut, 3243 Hemphill, Fort Worth, and has been overseas a year and a half, stationed on New Caledonia, Australia, and New Guinea. :.. -» H. A. PADGETT. “JR. may be addressed ¢ Mosher Steel Co., P. O. Box 5651, Dallas, 2. MAJOR JAMES R. COUCH likes his new assignment very much. He has the job of inspecting and supervising train- ing of ASF troops along with three fel- low officers, all Majors, in the Fifth Service Command. He gets mail at Training Division, Hdgs. 5th Service Com- mand, Fort Hayes, Columbus, 18, Ohio. «Jd. W. BATESON is a General Con- in the Allen Bldg., I, Tex. tractor with offices Room 1103, Dallas, LT. COL. BERT NOWOTNY LT. COL. BERTHOLD E. NOWOTNY was transferred from Randolph Field to Foster Field, Victoria, as a key member of the staff of Brig. Gen. Charles T. Myers, Commanding the new 77th Fly- ing Training Wing. Col. Nowotny for the past year has served as Executive Assis- tant to the Chief of Staff at Randolph Field. He previously had served a year and a half at Foster Field. When called to active duty he was Chief Budget and Fiscal Officer for the U. S. A. at College Station. He and Mrs. Nowotny have a ten year old daughter. CAPT. JOHN A. PRANGLIN, son of Judge and Mrs. John L. Pranglin, of Pearsall, is commanding a Mobile Petro- leum Lab. somewhere in the Mediterran- ean arca. The function of the Lab. is to analyze all captured fuel oils and lubri- cants to determine their best use. PRANG- LIN’S unit alone has saved for the Al- lied Forces an estimated 250,000 gallons of pectroleim produets. Before going into the service CAPT. PRANGLIN was a geophysical expert with a major oil company. 1932 The new address of MAJOR JOSEPH W. GIBBS is Head uarters, UTC, Camp Hood, Texas MAJOR LAWRENCE M. COOK is with an Engr. Avn. Bn. APO 528, ¢% Postmaster, New York City. His wife lives at 3847 Maryland, Shreve- port. 71. ....s SLT. \COL.cand MRS... 0. E. “TIGER” TEAGUE spent a short fur- lough in Bryan during the holidays. They are stationed at Ft. Benning, Ga. D. SMITH, former administrative officer of the AAA pregram in Kaufman, has been promoted te major in the Army. He is now stationed at Jonesboro, Ark. . MAJOR ISAAC “IKE” CORNS, with the Infantry at APO 3, Los Angeles 52, writes an interesting account of recent maneuvering against another Infantry di- vision of which his brother, LT. ROBERT “BOB” CORNS, ’41, is a member. Ike says: “We had several nice scraps togeth- er. I had a liberal reward posted for Dos capture, but he was too slick for YS CAPT. CLINT W. HERRING, APO 201, ¢ Postmaster, San Francisco, has been in Australia for six months which, he says, “would be too long, if it weren’t for the sixty-five other Aggies in this division? 5. i... The address, of CAPT. ZECH C. DAMERON, JR. is APO 259, “% Postmaster, Shreveport. In line with gravel hunting for construction of airports for American plan use, MAJOR LAWRENCE M. COOK, 5522 Oleander St., Dallas, unearthed the ruins of a stone age built by an unknown race near Paestum on the Gulf of Salerno. Italian scientists believe Major Cook uncovered an old burial ground of the stone age people, perhaps older than any previous such discovery. Paestum was one of the main points where the U. S. Army landed last September in the invasion of Iitaly. Major Cook and his men built an airfield there in twenty-four hours, despite Ger- man bombing and machine-gun fire. By week’s end, they had constructed three airfields. MAJOR R. P. GREGORY is with a FA Obsn. Bn., APO 9115, ¢, Postmaster, New York City. SEC. LT. BEN H. GOODE, JR. is at the Army Electronics Tng. Center, Harvard University, Cambridge 38. . . . The new address of Capt. W. S FIELDS is APO 180, ¢% Postmaster, Los Angeles. . . . The present address of CAPT. A. H. Christian is ¢% Post Engin- eers, Camp Hood, Texas. 1933 MAJOR RALPH E. RINN’S new ad- dress is APO 9323, ¢ Postmaster, New York City. He was formerly at 4729 Carondelet, New Orleans. . . . MAJOR J. KIRBY JONES is back in Australia after eleven months of action in certain Paci- fic Islands. He reports that he is thank- ful to be back ‘in one piece”. His ad- dress is APO 704, ¢ Postmaster, San Francisco. . . . A recent promotion made him LT. COL. JOHN M. KENDERDINE. He hails from Midland, and is stationed in Washington with the Q. M. General. . . The new address of SEC. LT. F. E. FRIDKIN is APO 638, ¢% Postmaster, New York City. He is with a Fighter Wing. MAJOR RICHARD H. “BEAR” WRIGHT is with a Cav. Brig. at APO 201, ¢% Postmaster, San Francisco. He reports there are 64 Aggies in his divis- ion. . . . MAJOR F. MARSHALL SHAW is attending the School of Military Gov- ernment at Charlottesville, "Va, His ad- dress there is 720 Northwood Ave. . . ALFRED P. JOHNSON is in Adm. Unit. No. 1, A. A. B., 36th St. Airport, Miami, 30. His civilian home is 4311 Laurel Drive. Houston. . . . PVT. HORNER M. BRFEDLOVE is enjoying Army life at]. North Camp Hood, Texas. His address there js (Cn. “R».7140 Tre..Bn.,. TDRTC. LT. JACK W. SHECKLES is in the Engineer Corps at APO 871, ¢% Postmast- er, New York City, and is assigned to THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1944 Many A. & M. Men In Ranks Texas Guard Under Command Gen. Knickerbocker, 21 Many A. & M. men are repre- sented in the officer personnel of the Texas State Guard under the command of Brig. Gen. Arthur B. Knickerbocker ’21, Adj. Gen. of Texas. The Guard’s ranks now include over 16,000 men. It was organized early in 1941 to plug the gap in internal security following mobilization of the Texas National Guard. Among officer personnel of the Guard are the following A. & M. men with their home stations: A. & M. EX-STUDENTS COMMISSIONED IN TEXAS STATE GUARD NAME CLASS RANK Knickerbocker, Arthur B., ’21._ Brig. Gen Almond, Joe, 380, nt luis Captain Almond, Lyle» 8. 22a aio io Captain Anderson, IClair>J., . 285,400 0000 ist ‘Lt Angus,” Bugene! J.,% 82, ten 4 S04 1st Lt Baar, "Leopold, 285, cotta ia 1st Lt Blackwell, Reiffert F., ’29,. .. ........_. 1st Lt Bostick,” Walter o1,.,5:220,% 20. 0 1st: Lt Braeuer, Harry: BE.; 22%, foi) Captain Brown, Robert’ YX. 220,.. 1 uit. ist Lt Cabell, Earle, ’30, Major Callaway, Lester 'H.,/’24. ». 25 Captain Cardwell, . Walter ~-W., /’18,...........0 Major Carter, Robert: M.,:226%.. .8 2] Captain Cauble, Euclid G., °’37,. 1st 21 Clark, Leonard E., ’31,. Ist Lt Cloud, Roy R., 288, . 0 distin 1st Lt Collins, Lewis D., ’28,........ ..Captain Coulter, William W., Jr., ’36........ 1st’ Lt Cousins, "Cuayler:'S., 212, = ur Captain Craddock, Thomas D., ’30,.............. Captain Crites, Edwin A., ’22 Ist “Lt Croxton, Carl -B.;. 781, x olieides 0 Ist Lt Davidson, Green -A., ’20,..... 1 x ws Ist. -Yit Dayis,’ Lloyd “W.; i 222 i i ist Tt Bearing,” Herman: A.,.284,0 5: Captain Decker, Stanley J., 286, su... 0 alle Ist Lt Dickie, i Alexander, 16,0 i... 7. ou Captain Dickinson, John, Y., 282... Anson Captain Dobbs, ‘Emmett. i W., 233,50. uk 5 2nd Lt Dwyer, Roger all. 281, adr aah 2nd Lt Elkins, Roy D., ’33, ist Lt Ewers, ‘James; P.,c 220,00. 0 oo Captain Fabra, Hilmary, 212 a nN 2nd Lt Galbraith, Cecil "W., 736, ...0 oi. 1st Lt Gilliam, Fred L., ’18 Ist Slut Gray, William ZB. 28 00th oh 2nd Lt Griffin, Yevi-H., 289, a ai Captain Hackney, (Vivian, 229, 0 ott a Captain Hattox,' Jake iC, $2850 00 aun 2nd Lt Higginbotham, Mack W., 24, ..... 2nd Lt Hilbun, Lynn, ’18 Ist Lt Hoyle, ‘Orville Ku, 34 cr Tor 2nd Lt Jennings, John W., Jr., ’34,..... ... 1st "14 Jennison, Henry W., Knapp, Walter, Knauth, Herbert R., Land, Victor H., Lawson, William J., Lentz, Cody, Loveless, William M., Manor, William R., 0 fe MD avian Marquess, Percy L., Matchett, - Robert -K. 424,50. Lr. 1st Tit Merren, Everette J., 281,..0. sia in 2nd Lt Merrill, Paul J., ’36, : 1st Lt Montague, Frank 10,3215, 0 0 0 Captain Morton, Johni, J., 3226, rid thx Captain Murphy, Robert «0., 210,50.) Captain Musgraves, ‘Bert *W., 234, hi... 0.0. 2nd Lt McBride, Henry .J.,+°89, 0 shir. 1st Lt McElroy, Hazeal -M., "28... 0" Captain McGaughey, John H., 25, 55 1st” Lt Neovosad, ‘Augustiud., 181,05. 5. TL. 1st Lt Paine, "Benry (C. 288 0h i hital Ist Yt Patton, - William 'P., Jr., Pendleton, Hugh, Perkins, Joseph A., Pryor, David M., Ray, Roger V., Reagan, Leslie J., Rock, Thomas C., Ross, J. George, Rothe, Hans H., Rowson, Allen F., Royder, Foy B., Rutledge, John H., Sandlin, Virgil L., Scrimgeour, William B., 18., ..... Captain Simank, Kermit E.,; 230, 25 uN, Isti Ist Smith, Walter: R., "32 1.1 Sits 2nd Lt Stedman, Bd I, tO, tener oiad Captain Stricher; Jog C.0u’86, 2 0 nha te 1st Lt Teague: Basily J. XS ora. oof Loni ist Lit Tomberlain, Marvin P., ’83,. 1st Lt Vogt av Paul WW. “230, le At Ca 1st Lt Whitaker, Joseph M., Jr., ’38, .. .. 2nd Lt Wilson, Add; G., Sr, 5012; Lune. Captain Wilson, Frank! M.,¢ Jr.) *229, 2. ol. 1st Lt Callicoatte, Conrad S., UNIT HOME STATION 3 TRG, Bhepi Ad). TGen. Ll 8 lr lie Austin tv Co.i A., 6th -‘Br..... ....... Lampasas Yaa, Co. B., 20th {Bn li nb iu Del Rio Les, Co. <D., "46th Bn... ........ ri... Pecos das. Co. s stv Bn. go... a ton ie Kermit 31. A CoA, 51st Bn......... 2 2 Dallas ey Co. D., 45th Bn Cuero Loin Co. C., 43rd Bn.......... Port Arthur Suh Co. C., 15th Bn................Stephenville Bodied Co. B., 26th Bn..............._ Raymondville x7, Hgs., 29th Bn Dallas Hold Has. 22nd Bn........................... Houston Hate Has, 45th: Bn... 6 en l Luling tad Co C...o 19th Bn lio Dallas a fun Co.. Cou dltht Bn... Lv Bigt lake FN Co. D.,; 33rd Bn............ Marshall ot WH Cos, CLV 3Tth : Bris nil Nt Kerens Lads Has., 220th Bal i reo hl. AdUvalde SBA, Hgs., 36th Bn..............San Antonio RY Co. iD: 8th Bats run dr nl LMariin 43 SO Co.: B.;: 37th’ Bn... h.........Crockett edie Co.5C., 34th Bul +000. wx". Crane NI Co. E., 50th Bn..........._Mt. Pleasant BA Hq., . 35th" Bn Dallas PY oul, Co. t B.ei3lst Bn. Ll MeAllen Re Co."'B., at ard Be se se ce DRI IAS nat Co. :D., Richmond Shien Hqg., 30th Bn fomesire-s nedORON bs Co... B.; Lil. Jiaredo 2 ENA Co.i Dr, McKinney tbat Co. B., 2nd Bn Houston Ek Co.2.C., Refugio 1h ogo Hq., 31st Bn Mission esvgbiat Co. A. Brownsville et ary Co. B., 34th Bn McCamey Ma Co... B., Lat ea Athens Aad Co.i"D., “48th Buns... 2..." Houston Fe Co. B., 50th Bn................ New Boston po I He., 38rd Bn... Lo wl Marshall a Co-2D..5 5th Bn. anit L000 A wstin ER Co.8. By. 10th yr Bhs (hi Dallas gt Hgq.,. 23rd" Bn...................... Henderson oe Co. E., 25th Brill nd Seymour Lk Go. D.," 35th Buti. 2 eXi i. i Dallas SJErA Cot C., 20th eBn. cu 0 2s Pearsall Lg Co. B., 39th Bn: Ll... Crosbyton EAS, Hq.,. 28rd" Bn..o 500 17% UV iJoinerville ey Co. Be, 418th WB 0. ove nS a Astin Yak AMG DI eh A ee Se Al ASIN SER Co. A.C LIthuBnl. Sn 5b Vietoria lids Hq., 30th By. ral csi Denton a Co. 1, Sth RBnts i es tS Waeo AAS Hq., 47th Bn... Les A Wharton ino Hq., 44th Bn... Nacogdoches Ry Co. D., 9th Bn... Port Arthur Henrietta Bay City Levelland Commerce Texarkana LAE ANY Alpine Vee Ta Eden Td 42 Albany Smithville Bi, Bn. 4 rend ig atin i lak Austin Lockhart EE AREAL Shr ey Mexia Beaumont THAR VD] fet AN Uvalde Raa te Sad oe A Donna Palestine MERE er iy Woodville Sheil MAT RC br Pecos Sls Bn, a Mission nt BI TANTEI fdr, To Dallas 3 Liberty Bw OO Co." B.; 33th" Bn i 00 * SBenavides gd Haq., 47thiiBncani oo th Cs Wharton Aneel Ha., 49theBn..:l «00 xn C0 Galveston IA Hd. ATthaBn. x Lol 0 LL Wharton ATAN Co. (C., “9th Bn. hl SFist: Arthur pdt Ha" ASth¥ Bal 0 Gis 8.0 Beahrmont oymede] Co. ‘A. 47th Bn... 0... Vietoria Re oo a hi Houston on MA Eat Atlanta Mi 100 G8 3 Sly Alpine bY Sg of El Paso Ferlnk McKinney Fort Worth ptalie ARI Houston the Chief Engineer's Office, Equip. Sec- tion. . LT. HENRY GRAVES wishes mail to go to his civilian address at 116 S.. 25th ‘St., Paris," Texas... . 2 The {Ger- shovitz brothers MAJOR WALTER GER- SHOVITZ and CAPT. JOE GERSHO- VITZ, sons of Louis Gershovitz, Hillsboro shoemaker, have added honor to their adopted country. Coming to this country from Russia twenty-four years ago, with- out a knowledge of the English language, they completed their elementary educa- tion and then were graduated from A. and M. Major Walter Gershovitz is on foreign duty in the Italian theater. JAMES R. D. EDDY was chosen execu- tive officer of the vocational education program in Tex. by the state board of education, meeting at Austin, Jan. 3. EDDY has previously been director of the trades and industries education part of the larger program. He received his MS degree from A. & M. in Science. 1934 CAPT. EDWIN W. HAMILTON, Abi- lene, was recently promoted to Major. . . . The new address of LT WESLEY B. YOUNG, JR. is 555th Service Saqdn., State Fairgrounds, Springfield, Ill. . . MAJOR HARRY K. WESTERMAN writes from ‘jolly ole England” that he and MAJOR GUS SCHATTENBERG, ’27, are together at APO 553, % Postmaster, New York - City. . LT JOHN: G.-.OTTS is now at the Post Ordnance Office, Fort Dix, *N...J. =e Mr. and Mrs. Julius B. Heinen, 4537 Munger, Dallas, have received a card from their son, LT. JULIUS B. MEINEN, JR. advising that he is interned in a war prisoners’ camp at Moulmein, Burma, and that he is well... A member of the lost battalion at Java, he was first reported missing in action in May, 1942. This is the first word received from him since February, 142. Called to active duty in November, 1940, he was enroute overseas when war declared... A brother, CAPT. CLARENCE HEINEN, ’36, is stationed at Camp San Los Opispo, Calif. CAPT. JOHN A. WORLEY is Engineer at Goodfellow Field, S. A. San Angelo, Texas. . Mail for MAIO FRED GREMMEL should be directed to his wife at Mondorff Hotel, Emmitsburg, Md. Major Gremmel is in England. . . . SEC. LT. BEN D. COOK is an instructor in the Ground School at Blackland Army Air Field, Waco. He reports hearing from LT. DOUGLAS MILLER, ’40, who is in the Vet. Corps in Australia. Over there two years, he is feeling fine but lonesome for the U. S. . . . A card recently came to Cary M. Abney, from his son, CAPT. CARY M. ABNEY, JR., stating that he was in Japanese Pris- on Camp No. 2 in the Philippines, his health fair, and that he had received no mail from home since November, 1941. Capt. Abney was on Bataan when that territory capitulated to the Japs. Award of the Silver Star .to LT. COL. ERNEST D. BROCKETT, Corps of En- gineers, Ft. Worth, was recently made Ase for his gallantry in action near Lae, New Guinea, from Sept. 4 to Sept. 18, 1943 o pi ad as ation Cos Th Le Postmaster New York, N. ing communication 1935 Friends will be happy te know that a recent communication came to Mrs. Syd- ney R. Greer, 2610 Lucas, Dallas, from her husband, CAPT. SYDNEY ROBERT GREER, who is interned in Prison Camp No. 2 on Mindanao. C. M. REYNOLDS, Ph. M 2/c, is in the Navy somewhere in the Pacific. His civilian address is Bastrop, Texas. . . A. L. DAVID, 2120 Broadway, Beaumont, and THE AGGIE would like to know the whereabouts of J. W. HULL. ns, CAND. GEO. C. BROWN, native of Somerville, Texas, is in 0oCS at Ft. Bel- voir, Va., where his address is Co. B., 48th O. C. Regt., 4th Platoon. He is a brother of Marine MAJOR PAUL A. BROWN, ’28, now interned at Philippine Japanese Prison Camp No. 1. Before going on active duty, Cand. Brown was an engineer in the oil business, and had just completed an assignment in South America. MAJ. KENNETH TUCKER has been promoted to that rank in the U. S. Air Corps. He is stationed at Matagorda Peninsula, Foster Field. Texas. MAJOR FRANCIS W. WILSON is now in the European theater of operations and reports seeing Aggies wherever he goes. - He is with a medical Bn.,, APO 2, ¢, Y. 1936 MAJOR MILTON J. LANDRY, San Antonio, commands an Infantry Bn. on the Italian Front. His address is % Postmaster, New York City. «a JAMAJOR W. TAYLOR WILKINS is with a Troop Carrier Bn. at APO 638, New York City. .. ROBT. TT. RICHEY is chemical en- gineer for the Naval Air Base at Corpus Christi. - - CAPT. LEE E. JAMES, College Station, was recently promoted to Major. . CAPT. WILLIAM B. PACE is commanding an Infantry Company at APO 95, Los Angeles, Camp Coxcomb, Calif. . . . CAPT. WALTER H. MOORE is Executive Officer of an Fng. Avn. Bn., APO 560, ¢ Postmaster, New York. He has been in England a year and a alf. CAPT, J. iG: “JESS” BLEVINS, JR. is attached to a special engineer unit, and reports having some varied and in- teresting experiences. In his same unit are LT. COL. M. BROCKETT, ’34, and CAPT. WILLIAM WILEY, ’S6. He gets his mail through the P. M. APO 503, San Francisco, Calif. CAPT DONALD S. BOWMAN is on active duty in England. His home ad- dress is 711 E. Melton St., Longview, Texas. 1937 LT. WILLIAM R. GRIFFIN, JR., Bry- an was recently promoted to Captain. ie LT. SOL M. GILBERT, APO 960 % Postmaster, San Francisco, is build- lines in the Pac'fic area. LT. jz) G. B. RANDOPH, JR. is with ‘the Sea the Southwest receives mail Francisco. . ./. Fleet Post Office, San CAPT. JAMES E. WIL-
