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Allin F. Mitchell, ’09........................ Corsicana
\ “4B. iE." McQuillen, ’20............ College Station
IHE TEXAS AGGIE
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THE TEXAS AGGIE
E. E. McQuillen
Publisher
SILVER TAPS
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 Mechani-
cal College of Texas, College Station,
Texas.
Subscription Price $5.00
Entered as Second Class Matter at
College Station, Texas
Officers
James *P. Hamblen, *27.................... President
Rufus® R. Peeples, ’28............ Vice-President
E. E. McQuillen, ’20.. Executive Secretary
L328. L.ooke, ’18............ Assistant Secretary
Direciurs
JRA. "Whyte, ’14................ cca Texarkana
Richard Carey, ’11 Beaumont
HYK." Deason, ’18...........cccccviun Port Arthur
Roy D. Golston, ’03 Tyler
ANG. Pfaff, 25 Tyler
John P. McCullough, ’24............ McKinney
Ausin C. Bray, ’29 Dallas
James W. Williams, ’18..........cccaeuenn.. Dallas
Col. O. A. Sew-
ard, #207..............c.cccn. Ft. Lawton, Wash.
Walter Coulter, ’95 Bryan
George H. Richards, ’35............... Huntsville
Dr. Thomas P. Kennerly, ’34......... Houston
EM. Smith, ’01..................... East Columbia
Scott Moore, ’11 Yoakum
Cavitt Love, ’99 Austin
E. Wade, ’30 Temple
S.J. Baker, ’27 Ft. Worth
‘Herbert Spreen, 22... Ft. Wortb
George Moffett,  ’16........................ Chillicothe
AE Hinman, ’25............... Corpus Christi
Charles. E. Richter, Jr., 229................ Laredo
E. A. Crites, ’22 Crane
# Dr. J. N. Burditt, 21 Abilene
Carl Miller, ’28 Amarillo
R. E. Hooper, ’25 Plainview
C. M. Gaines, ’12 San Antonio
H. D. Winters, ’16 Brady
Wm. J. Ray, ’18........ eee St. Louis, Mo.
Tyree L. Bell, ’13 Dallas
H.W. Egger, '21............... Shreveport, La.
PB. sMetcalfe, ’16................... San Angelo
C. P. Dodson, ’1l Decatur
T. W. Mohle, ’19 Houston
C. M. Elwell, 23 Austin
L. H. Wood, ’23 Waco
Rufus *R. Peeples, 28.................... Tehuacana
J-0A. (Hop) Reynolds, ’30.................. Dallas
Major® BR. N.. Conolly, ’37..........cccoene- Waco
Major Gen. A. D. Bruce, ’16...Camp Hood
Hubert G. Davis, ’22 aco
Virgil V. Parr, ’14............. College Station
Tyrus'R. Timm, '34................ College Station
Major J. H. Blackaller, 28...San Antonio
Lt. Dan R. Sutherland, ’43.....Winnsboro
Lt. Col. E. King Gill, 24........ Majors Field
W. G. McMillan, ’22 Lubbock
W. J. Lawson, ’24 Austin
Representatives on the Athletic Council
CC. Krueger, ’12................... San Antonio
J. A. Reynolds, ’30 Dallas
Sikes-Hall
Miss Elizabeth Ann Sikes be-
came the bride of Lt. Clyde Hall,
Jr., ’40, recently in Eastland, Tex-
as. The couple will live in Lub-
bock where he is an instructor at
the Air Field.
Sheridan-Mushaway
Miss Kathleen Patricia Sheri-
dan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.
~— 8. Sheridan, Houston, to Lt. Grov-
er Lee Mushaway, ’41, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Grover Mushaway. The
couple will make their home in
Nashville, Tenn., where he will
resume his pilot training.
Miller-Homan
A wedding of interest to A. and
M. friends was solemnized at Katy,
Texas on January 22, when Miss
Frances Marie Miller, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Miller of
‘Brenham, became the bride of Lt.
Carlton Clark Homan, Jr., ’42.
The groom is the son of Dr. and
Mrs. Carlton Homan of El Paso.
Lt. Homan served overseas for
eight months and is now stationed
at Beaumont with the Army Air
Corps.
Teal-Hurt
The marriage of Miss Norma
Elizabeth Teal, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. M. Teal, and Ensign
Robert Marshal Hurt, 42, son of
Robert L. Hurt of Dallas, was per-
formed Jan. 19 at the Chapel in
the Naval Air Station at Corpus
Christi.
Durham-Brown
The marriage of Miss Sara Lee
Durham, daughter of Mrs. H. L.
Durham, Bryan, to Lt. Rodgers
P. Brown, ’43, of Dallas, was
solemnized in Vavannah, Ga., on
January 21. He is at present sta-
tioned at Camp Stuart, and they
will make their home at 1120 E.
50th St. Savannah, Ga.
Bowyer-Hill
Lt. Col. and Mrs. Hubard Tay-
lor Bowyer, 4113 Hyer, Dallas,
have announced the engagement
of their daughter, Miss Marjorie
Louise Bowyer, to Lt. John Rut-
ledge Hill, ’44, 3831 Shenandoah,
son of Mr. and Mrs, J. Rutledge
Hill, Sr., ’13, Dallas. The wed-
ding will take place March 1 at
Dallas.
Burkhalter-Mangold
The wedding of Miss Macell
Elnora Burkhalter, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ira C. Burkhalter,
College Station, to Lt. Clayton A.
Mangold, ’44, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred N. Mangold, was solem-
nized recently at College Station.
He received his commission as a
lieutenant in the Army at Fort
Knox, Ky., where he is now sta-
tioned.
Handley-Felton
Miss Helen Handly, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs, L. L. Handly, be-
came the bride of Lt. Tom N.
Felton, ’44, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Tom N. Felton. The couple will
make their home at Fort Dix, N.
J., where Lt. Felton is stationed.
He received his commission at
Camp Hood.
Smith-Dwyer
Announcement was recently
made of the engagement of Miss
Betsy Anne Smith to Lt. Edwin
Albert Dwyer, ’44. Miss Smith is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Olin
W. Smith, 6211 Belmont, Dallas,
and Lt. Dwyer is is the son of Mr.
Judge Wm. M. Sleeper, ’79
Judge Wm. M. Sleeper, age 84,
one of the first students of the
A. and M. College and one of its
first graduates, died on February
1 at a Waco hospital after a
month’s illness. Judge Sleeper
ontered A. and M. in its first year
of operation in 1876. He received
his degree in 1879, then studied
law in his father’s office at Waco.
Judge Sleeper was Dean of the
Waco bar and senior member of
the oldest law firm in Texas. He
served as U. S. Deputy District
Clerk and for 13 years was a
member of the State Board of
Legal Examiners. He was the
first chairman (and for 19 years
served in that capacity) of the
Waco City Water Commission.
For the last 11 years before his
death he served on the McLennan
County School Board. He was an
authority on central Texas his-
tory. Throughout his long and
illustrious life, he was a loyal,
staunch, and interested friend and
alumnus of the A. and M. College.
He was a member of the Waco A.
and M. Club.
Judge Sleeper was married to
Miss Laura Risker in 1892. He
is survived by his wife, a son,
Major Ben R. Sleeper, three
daughters, and a sister.
Walter W. Evans, Asso.
W. W. Evans, Associate member
of the A. and M. Ex-Students As-
sociation for many years and a
veteran Texas agricultural leader,
died at Vernon on February 4,
after an extended illness. He was
serving as Wilbarger County Ag-
ricultural Agent at the time of
his death. He had served in sim-
ilar capacities in Dawson, Hale,
and Baylor counties, and had prev-
iously been in agricultural work
as Farm Agent of the M. K. T.
Railroad ,with the U. S. D. A.
and as manager of the Sulphur
Springs and Paris Chambers of
Commerce.
He is survived by his wife, a
brother, C. M. “Cy” Evans, ’08,
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BIRTHS
LT. COL. RALPH YOUNG, ’29,
on duty at Camp Cooke, Calif., has
a new son, which ‘makes two
“future Aggies” in the Young
home.
Henry Judson Neff is the name
given to the 93% 1b. boy born to
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Carson Neff,
’32, on January 16. The Neffs’
new address is 205 South Windo-
mere St., Dallas, 11. Mr. Neff is
division inspector for the North
American Aviation Co. there.
CAPT. AND MRS. FRED EAR-
HART, ’32, 1416 W. Third St,
Tyler, report “taking out natural-
ization papers in Texas” on their
son born last July 30 at Columbus,
Ga.
Dr. and Mrs. Tom Kennerly, ’34,
now have a new daughter, born]
sometime in January. Their oth-|
er child is a son, about 2%. The]
Kennerlys live at 2418 Travis,
Houston.
Mr. and Mrs. Drew Cornell, ’35,
Box 175, Lafayette, La. are the
parents of a fine son, Robert Kirk
Cornell, born Oct. 29, 1943 at
Eunice, La. Mr. Cornell is a mem-
ber of the consulting firm of Bates,
Wharton, Morent, and Cornell at
Lafayette, La.
A daughter, Ann Qualtrough,
was born Jan. 6 to Major and Mrs.
H. H. Qualtrough, ’36, at Sheppard
Field, Texas. He is with the 4th
T. D. Gp. at Ft. Lewis, Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Collier,
"37, 82331% Glenbrook Drive, Hous-
ton, announce the birth of a daugh-
ter, Valerie Lynn, at St. Joseph’s
Infirmary, Houston, on January
26. Weight: 7 lbs. 15 ozs.
Lt. (jg) and Mrs. Spencer B.
Apple, Jr., ’38, are the proud par-
ents of a baby daughter, Judith
Anne, born Dec. 12, 1943. Mrs.
Apple makes her home in College
Station. Lt. Apple was formerly
a member of the College faculty,
and is now at the NACIS NAS
Quonset Point, R. I.
Born to Cpl. and Mrs. Ceeil Wil-
liams, ’39, on January 7, a boy,
Harry Kent. The Williams live
at 732 Heights Blvd., Houston 7.
Cpl. Williams is stationed at the
Armed Forces Induction Sta., 232
Old City Hall Bldg. there.
A delayed announcement recent-
ly reached the Association Office
telling of the birth last year of
Laura Susan in the home of LT.
AND MRS. LAWRENCE M.
ZEISS, ’40. She arrived ten days
after Lt. Zeiss went overseas. He
is on duty with a Chemical Co.
APO 464, c/o Postmaster, New
York City.
WILLIAM L. MAYFIELD, ’41,
FA Liaison Pilot Tng. School,
Pittsburg, Kans. announces the
birth of his son, Bill, on Jan. 24.
MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM W.
BYRD, ’41, Route 2, Waco, an-
nounce the birth of a new daugh-
ter, Judith Ann, born Dec. 15, 1943.
T/SGT. M. B. “ANDY” AND-
ERSON, ’41, with a Ster. Bn.,, APO
646, c/o Postmaster, New York
City, was happy to receive a re-
cent cablegram from his wife an-
nouncing the birth of their daugh-
ter, Andrea Lynn Anderson, on
Dec. 28, 43, in Beaumont, Texas.
and Mrs. W. H. Dwyer, 5711 Mer-
cedes, Dallas. The wedding will
take place sometime this month.
He is stationed at Fort Sill, Okla.
| pany,
Among
A&M MEN
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last July when he failed to return
from the first Allied raid on Rome,
The new address of MAJOR
OTTO G. TUMLINSON is APO
638, New York City. . . . COL.
LEON L. KOTZEBUE is with the
Infantry at APO 949, c/o Post-
master, Seattle.
1918
J. W. Williams,
Bex 1590, Dallas
The mailing address of COXEY
EVANS is Box 112, Albion, Ill.
1919
Under Negotiation
C. C. KUHNE’S new Amarillo,
Texas address is 2030 Hayden. .
The mailing address of LELAND
Dallas, a sister, Mrs, Cora Ray
of Syracuse, N. Y., and three sons:
Major Claude M. Evans, 32, of
the Army Air Forces; Lt. F. L.
Evans, ’39, of the Navy; and Lt.
Robley D. Evans, ’40, a prisoner
of the Japanese since the fall of
the Philippines.
Charles A. Thanheiser, ’01
Charles A Thanheiser, age 62,
retired Houston contractor and
one of the most devoted alumni
of the A. and M. College, died
suddenly of a heart attack at his
home in Houston on February 8.
He was a past president of the
Association of Former Students
and of the Houston A. and M. Club.
He had served as a member of
the Athletic Council of the Col-
lege and as a member of the Board
of Directors of the Association of
Former Students. Throughout his
lifetime he was active in tthe
alumni program and was the most
regular member of the Houston
A. and M. Club.
After receiving his degree in
civil engineering he went with the
Missouri-Kansas & Texas Railway
and became chief engineer. He
was also chief engineer for the
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Com-
Youngstown, Ohio before
coming to Houston after World
War I to organize and operate the
Southwest Construction Company.
He was very successful in the
contracting business. His firm
built the St. Paul's Methodist
Church, the Houston Library, and
many other Houston buildings.
He sold his firm in 1931 and in
recent years devoted his time to
the management of his property
and to civie services. In addition
to his A. and M. activities, he was
a charter member and chairman
of the Houston Chamber of Com-
merce athletic committee. He was
a member of the Shrine and the
Trinity Episcopal Church.
Mr. Thanheiser is survived by
his widow, a brother, Leo Than-
heiser, ’11, a sister, Mrs. Joe
Schier, of Sealy, and two sons,
Lt. Charles A 2Thanheiser, Jr., ’44
of Camp Hulen, and Naval Train-
ing Cadet Will Hugh Thanheiser,
’46, now a student at Southwest-
ern Louisiana Institute.
Capt. George E. Miller, 28
Having been listed as “Missing”
since Dec. 6, 1942 after an en-
gagement in North Africa, Capt.
| George E. Miller has been declar-
ed dead by the War Department.
Capt. Miller, assigned to the 1st
Armored Division, took part in
the first invasion of North Africa
late in November, 1942. Former-
ly employed in the Cotton Market-
ing Division of the Agriculture
Department, Capt. Miller was
head of the El Paso agricultural
office before entering the service
in April, 1941. He had been
overseas since May, 1942.
Capt. Miller was the son of
George Miller, well-known cattle
breeder of Beeville. Survivors in-
clude his wife, Mrs. Mae L, Mil-
ler, and a five-year-old son,
George, who live at 2601 Sixteenth
St., S., Arlington, Va.
Lt. Harold Scott, ’39
Word has been teceived in
Athens, Texas, of the death of
See. Lt. Harold Scott, son of Mr.
and Mrs. S. G. Scott of Murchi-
son, in a plane crash near Gar-
land City, Ark., which took the
lives of 12 other airmen. Lt.
Scott, 25, enlisted in the air forec-
es in December. :
Lt. Ashbell G. McClung, 40
Among the names of Texans
killed in action in the Mediter-
ranean area, according to a War
Department release under date of
Jan. 28, was the name of Lt. Ash-
bell G. McClung. His mother,
Mrs. Hazel McClung, lives at 406
S. E. 4th St., Kerens, Texas.
Lt. Wayne L. Mueller, ’40
Lt Wayne L. Mueller was killed
Dec. 17, 1943, at Port Moresby,
New Guinea. He was the young-
est of five brothers who graduated
from A. and M.: I. A. Mueller,
26; Gus W. Mueller, 27; Freder-
ick W. Mueller, ’32; and Harold A.
Mueller, ’35. Their mother, Mrs.
H. A. Mueller, lives at Kenedy,
Texas. In a letter to Mrs. Muel-
ler the fine performance and
record of Lt. Wayne Mueller were
praised by Gen. Arnold.
Lt. Henry Beville, ’41
The War Department has ad-
vised Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Beville,
Waco, that their son, Lt. Henry
Beville, ’41, was killed in action
Jan. 11 in Italy. He joined the
service immediately upon gradua-
tion from A. and M. He is sur-
vived by his parents and one sis-
ter.
Cadet James Carlock Black, 45 .
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Black of
Ben Franklin, Texas, have receiv-
ed word that their son, A/C James
Carlock Black, 20, was killed in
a plane crash near Merced, Calif.
He would have been commissioned
in May, 1944. He was a junior at
A. and M. when he enlisted.
E. DOUTHIT is Box 1485, Laredo,
Texas. He is with the U, S. Cus-
toms Service there. . . . THE AG-
GIE would like to have the cur-
rent address of BISHOP G. POR-
TER, formerly at Frederick, Okla.
W. P. McOSKER, 811 N. Le-
land St., San Pedro, Cal., reports
bulk of the Chamber’s project for
the year has been budgeted for
agricultural development. :
* NORMAN H. ABRAMS, P. O.
Box 996, Waco, sends a “Fourth
War Loan gift” for the Develop-
ment Fund. He is with the Bad-
ger Meter Mfg. Co. of Milwaukee,
that all his family is in California. | Wis
A son is in the Army at Camp
Roberts and a daughter, Patsy, is
almost completely recovered from
the effects of an attack of polio
several years ago.
1920
Hugh N. Glezen,
4207 Highland Ave., Beaumont
LT. COL. ART. J. JUNGMAN,
with an Engr. W. S. Bn., is now
at. APO 4933, San Francisco. ... x
LT. COL. RICHARD HENRY
HARRISON is recovering from a
severe and serious illness at the
Borden General Hospital, Ward
A-20, Room 7, Chickasha, Okla.
‘| He has been on active duty with
the U. S. Medical Corps for over
a year, going into the service from
Bryan, where he was a practicing
physician. His present station is
Fort Reno, Okla. A son, Richard
H. “Dick” Harrison, III, started
taking Pre-med work at A. and
M. last week, after graduation
from Bryan High School. Mrs.
Harrison, son Richard, and daugh-
ter Gloria continue to make their
home in Bryan.
EDGAR L. GRANAU, Gulf
States Utilities Company, Nava-
sota, is a director of the Navasota
Chamber of Commerce. . ih
FIELDING BREEDEN, Cuero,
was on the campus in early Febru-
ary entering his son at A. and M.
1921
W. T. Strange,
415 Myrick Bldg., Lubbock
The “HERE IS CHICAGO” col-
umn of SYDNEY J. HARRIS in
THE CHICAGO DAILY NEWS
recently carried the following:
“Department of Justifiable Homi-
cide: POPE LANCASTER, ’21,
publicist for Western Electric here,
jocularly placed his mother-in-
law’s name on the company’s mail-
ing list for prospective employ-
ees. As fate willed it, her maid
read the inviting letter, applied,
and landed a job. It is reported
that Lancaster is living at his club
these days.”
Friends of JOHN D. MAY-
FIELD, JR., Waco, will regret to
learn of the recent death of his
father in that city.
1922
Under Negotiation
MAJOR ELMER N. HOLM-
GREEN of Bryan, Texas, former-
ly business manager of the Col-
lege, and currently AMG head on
the Fifth Army Beachhead in
Italy, said recently: “The situation
in these towns—like Anzio and
Nettuno—that have been ransack-
ed by the Germans, is such that
it would create food, traffic and
police problems, which can only be
solved over a period of time, to
allow the people to return. So we
are following a policy of frozen
residence. The Italian people must
stay where they are at present
until the operations reach a cer-
tain stage.”
GERALD G. FAHEY has been
re-elected president of the Nava-
sota Chamber of Commerce. He
operates extensive farming inter-
ests near that city, and has prev-
iously served Grimes County two
terms as its County Judge. At
the Chamber of Commerce's re-
cent banquet, Col Ike Ashburn
was speaker. . . . CAPT. F, W,
SCHAEDEL may be addressed
USMC Officer Club, Camp Mur-
phy, ‘Bla. i. 0 WM. RB. ALEX -
ANDER lives at 212 Cloverleaf,
San Antonio. :
LT. COL. JOHN W. MAYO has
left Fort Sill, Okla., and is now
living at 413 Camp Forrest, Tenn.
LT. COL. O. L. DOCKUM has
moved from Camp Harahan, New
Orleans, to 9th Traffic Regula-
tion Gp., Camp Plauche, New Or-
leans. He is plans and training
officer there... . LT. COL. JOHN
P. CRUICKSHANK offices at
401 Federal Office Building, Seat-
tle: Wash... 4: DEWITT. D.
STEELE, County Agr. Agent, has
been transferred from Coleman
County to Webb County, with
headquarters at Laredo, Texas.
CAPT. E. MANUEL HAWTOF
is with an Engr. Topo Avn. Gp.
in Italy. His address is APO 528,
c/o Postmaster, New York City.
JOE T. MARTIN lives at
Roanoke, Texas. -.- ..»... "CAPT.
THERON A. HENSARLING lives
at the Officers Club, APO 857, c/o
Postmaster, Miami, Fla. His
home town is Stephenville, Texas.
1923
Ben F. Brown,
Box 1405, Waco
MR. AND MRS. CLARENCE
ELWELL of Austin, have entered
their son, Jack, in Allen Academy
of Bryan. Clarence is southwes-
tern manager of the Silver Bur-
dette Publishing Company. He is
serving this year as a member of
the Board of Directors of the As-
sociation. . . . THE AGGIE would
like the present address of DR.
WENDEL A. STILES, formerly
at 413 Medical Arts Bldg., Dallas.
BEN F. “REVEILLE” BROWN,
Medical Arts Building, Waco, re-
cently had a letter from MAJOR
E. H. NIMITZ, who is on duty in
Italy. Maj. Nimitz’s address is
APO 760, New York City.
MAJOR T. HARRI BAKER was
recently elevated to Lt. Col. He
is at Hqrs., Air Service Command,
Patterson Field, Fairfield, Ohio.
His wife is the former Lilly Bess
Kyle, daughter of Dean and Mrs.
E. J. Kyle, and grew up on the
A. and M. campus.
1924
R. M. Sherman
Central Texas Iron Works, Waco.
LEE DODGE, with the Lone
Star Cement Co., has moved from
Norfolk, Va. to Dallas, Texas. . .
HARRY M. MEYER, horticultur-
ist from Palestine, has been nam-
ed chairman of the Agricultural
Committee of the Palestine Cham-
ber of Commerce for 1944. A
1925
R. C. Armstrong,
3439 Wichita, Houston, 4
DR. CLARENCE L. WINCHES-
TER’S mailing address is Route
3, Box 577, Texarkana, Ark.-Tex.
.. . A. N. EBY’S mailing address
is Gen. Del., Wiggins, Miss.
1926
Jack Williams,
Box 196, San Marcos
COL. M. E. TILLERY is at Hill
Field, Ogden, Utah. . . . W. B.
ARMSTRONG’S new address is
c/o N. C. Cotton Growing Coop.
Assn., P. O. Box 2419, Raleigh,
N. C. He is a cotton classer for
the above Association, and former-
ly lived in Atlanta, Ga. . . . Mail
for LT. COL. L. ARCHIE WAY-
MAN should be addressed APO
4141-H, c/o Postmaster, New York
City.
CAPT. HENRY L. WILLIAMS,
who has been stationed in Hawaii
for the past 15 months, was home
at Rule, Texas recently to attend
the funeral of his mother. His
brother is JAY S. WILLIAMS,
’46. THE AGGIE would like to
have Capt. Williams’ military ad-
dress.
The mailing address of HARRY
M. MITCHELL is still Box 559,
Sherman, Texas.
1927
Allen R. Menger,
111 West Travis St., San Antonio
MAJOR CLYDE B. KENNING-
TON is now at A. G. F. R. D. No.
21 Fort: Ord, Calil,”, 7. PVT. W,
G.. “PINKY” RALPH ‘is in the
301st Tng. Gp., Bks. 307, Shep-
pard Field, Texas. . . . LT. COL.
N. L. RAYNOLDS writes from
Italy, APO 782, c/o Postmaster,
New York, N. Y., and reports hav-
ing seen BOB HARRISON, ’25,
recently. . . . LT. WILLIAM B.
COOK travels over the eight
states in the 8th Service Command,
and reports running across lots
of Aggies. His offices are in the
Santa Fe Bldg., Hqrs., 8th Ser-
vice Command, Dallas, 6, A
COL. WILLIAM L. LEE is with
a Bomb. Wing (H), APO 4141, c/o
Postmaster, New York City. .
The address of MAJOR GEORG
SELMAN is Nichols Gen’l Hospi-
tal, 12th Armored Div., APO 262,
Louisville, Ky. THE AGGIE
hopes he is not a patient there.
Details would be appreciated. . .
ELMER WOOLDRIDGE’S new
Fort Worth address is 3501 W.
Sixth St.
The mailing address of CLAUDE
A. MILLER is Box 934, Coleman,
Texas, . +5 CAPT. L.' O..BUCH-
ANAN’S address is 1241 So. 5th,
Abilene, Texas.
WILLARD G. RALPH is now
on duty at Shepard Field, Texas.
He was formerly at Houston. . . .
The new address of CAPT. WM.
A. HOWERTON is 1839 W. Kings
Highway, San Antonio, 1. He
was formerly at Centerville, Mass.
1928
J. F. Blount,
Box 431, Amarillo.
SILVER TAPS: Capt. George
E. Miller.
O. E. SCHOW, JR. lives at 324
Sumpter, Bowling Green, Ky. . . .
KENNETH W. HOOK’S
Waco, Texas address is 2911 Cole.
... LT. COLS. JOS. K. JARMON
ard JOHN J. JANAK, JR. are at
Camp Beale, Calif. Col. Jarmon
is with 3rd Hq. Sp. Tps. IIT Corps.,
and Col. Janak has just returned
from school at Ft. Benning, Ga.’
. . LT. COL. RALPH YOUNG, ’29
is in 2nd Hq. Sp. Tps., III Corps
at Camp Cooke, Calif. He is a
“proud papa”—of his second boy.
J. T. BROWN is with the Texas
Highway department, Box 552,
Belton, Texas. . . . The new mail-
ing address of HENRY EISSLER
is Box 157, Lake Jackson, Texas.
He was formerly at Beeville. . . .
LT. COL. HUGH E. WHARTON
is Executive of the A-4 Division
at Randolph Field, Texas. His
residence address there is 175 E.
Edgewood, San Antonio, 2, where
they have purchased a new rock
home.
COL. LOUIS E. HOBBS
Col. Louis E. Hobbs has been
awarded the Legion of Merit for
outstanding services at Manila,
Port Darwin, on Java, in India,
and the Middle East. As Aide to
Major General Brereton, he helped
organize the 9th Air Force at
Cairo. He served through the
Bataan campaign in the Philip-
pines and was wounded during the
siege of Corregidor. He has been
awarded the Purple Heart and Air
Medal. He served in the Middle
East through the Tunisian and
Sicilian campaigns.
A 1930 graduate of Kelly Field,
Col. Hobbs served two years in
Panama, then returned to civilian
life, wheer he kept up his flying
in the Texas National Guard. He
went back to active duty when
the 36th Division was mobilized
in November, 1940. He went to
the Philippines in October, ’41.
MAJ. JACK HAWKINS, Fort
Worth, of the 4th Marines and
escapee from Japanese Philippine
Camp No. 2, brought good news
recently to Mrs. Paul A. Brown,
wife of MARINE MAJOR PAUL
new | , °
A. BROWN, also of the 4th Mar-
ines. Major Hawkins reported
that he and Major Brown were
barrack mates until his transfer
to Camp No. 2 in Oct. 1942. He
reported Major Brown hopeful,
well, and heavier than when Cor-
regidor fell. He said he had re-
ceived several letters from home.
Major Brown served under the
Army through the Bataan and
Corregidor sieges, and won the
Silver Star for heroism while on
Bataan. He was one of the im-
mortal Aggies present at the April
21 meeting on “the rock” shortly
before Corregidor’s capitulation
to the Japs.
MAJOR WINTHROP H. ROG-
ERS was recently listed by the
War Department as a Prisoner of
the Japs. Mrs. Rogers lives at
Wichita Falls, Texas.
CAPT. SYDNEY S. BAILEY is
a member of the 1st Fighter Com-
mand, P. O. Box 196, Charleston,
S.C. .U.,;EARL L. STRUWE is
employed by the Petroleum Admin-
istration for War, Washington,
D. C. His residence address is 136
N. Park Drive, Arlington, Va. . .
Mail for LT. REID A. MASSEY,
with the Navy, should be sent c/o
Mrs. R. A. Massey, Coolidge, Tex.
SLT. W.:B. LANGFORD, JB.
has moved from Fort Sheridan to
TCRP - TCUTC, Indiantown Gap,
Pa.
LT. J. V:. “SIKIP’-SIKES, USN,
has been transferred to Moraga,
Calif. as head of the St. Mary's
Univ. preflight school football de-
partment. He was end coach and
baseball coach at the Univ. of
Georgia before going into the
Navy. . . . ROBERT F. PEARSON,
Route 2, Temple, has a son in his
second term at A. and M.
1929
Austin C. Bray,
Box 264, Dallas
PROUD PAPA: Lt. Col. Ralph
Young.
CAPT. E. K. SPAHR reports
recently seeing LT. COL. R. B.
GALLOWAY, ’29, recently re-
turned from Africa and Sicily,
and LT. COL. O. J. GUSEMAN,
’33, presently stationed at APO
511. Both Cols. are former stu-
dents of Capt. Spahr when stu-
dents at A. and M. Capt. Spahr
is at APO 409, c/o Postmaster,
New York City. ... MAJOR S. E.
BUNTON’S new address is APO
507, c/o Postmaster, New York
City. Mrs. Bunton resides at Del
Rio, Texas. . . . ENS. WILLIS R.
GOODMAN, formerly at Browns-
ville, Texas is now at Coast Guard
Training School, St. Augustine,
Fla. LTA COL. GEO. H.
MOORE is now at 1007 Q. M.
Rescue Boat Co., New Orleans, La.
He was formerly at Gulfport,
Miss.
MAJOR W. W. RICE is with
Hgs. XVI, Corps Arty., Fort Riley,
Kans. . . . LT. COL. WILLIAM F.
ATWELL, son of W, F. Atwell of
Ballinger, has been made com-
mander of Camp Coles, near Red-
bank, New Jersey, where units of
the Signal Corps ground signal
agency are located. Receiving his
Master’s degree in E. E., he went
with the Western Union Telegraph
Co. until 1933, when he went on
duty with the CCC as a first lieu-
tenant. He went on active duty
in Oct. 1940, and was assigned to
Fort Hancock. Other stations
have been Governor’s Island, N.
Y., Newfoundland, and Camp
Evans. He was advanced to lieu-
tenant colonel in December 1942.
A. P. BEARD’S address is 1902
Monte Vista Drive, Whittier, Cal.
. LT. JOHN B. WADE, JR.
formerly at Battle Creek, Mich.
is now at Harvard Univ.,, Cam-
bridge, Mass. . . . J. K. V. STEW-
ART’S new address is Box 39,
Ingleside, Texas. He was former-
ly at Ravenna, Ohio. ... LT. HER-
MAN TOEPPERWEIN, USN,
Menard, former attorney for the
Federal Land Bank at Houston,
is in Hawaii and attended the
Texas Day celebration there. Ed.
Kilman, HOUSTON POST colum-
nist, recently carried the follow-
ing remarks Re. Toepperwein in
his “Texas Heartbeat”: “Just be-
fore embarking at San Francisco,
our old chum, Lt. Herman Toep-
perwein, former attorney for the
Federal Land bank here, wrote
us, ‘Now watch the war in the
Pacific go to town.” After a few
weeks we began to worry about
him. He had had ample time to
reach the combat zone, yet the
Japs were still resisting. Had
Herman met with foul play en
voyage? Finally his sister, Mrs.
William Morrow, received a let-
ter from Lt. Toepperwein, saying
he had arrived safelv in Hawaii.
He said he’d attended the Texas
Day celebration there, and had a
chat with their distinguished
cousin, Adm. Chester W. Nimitz.
“I saw a picture of the Texas
Day party in the paper,” said Mrs.
Morrow, “and was trying to find
Herman in it—until I noticed in
the caption that they served beer.
Then I quit looking, because I
figured he was under the table.”
But that’s just the way they kid
each other. She didn’t mean it.
Fact is, Herman never drank a
bottle of beer in his life unless he
was with someone—or alone. Be-
sides, any naval officer who would
let weak beer put him under the
table would be drummed out of
the “Navy in disgrace; probably
even made to walk the plank.”
1930
J. A. Reynolds,
Dreyfus & Son, Dallas
LT. (ig) IRA C. “ROY” DRIV-
ER was in attendance at the
Round-up recently staged in Hon-
olulu by and for Texans in service
there. .% .H.*M. PHILLIPS is Ed-
itor of Sheep and Goat Raiser,
San Angelo.
R. C. “Dick” Coneway,
Humble Pipe Line Co., Houston
THE AGGIE would like to have
the current address of MAJOR
DAN W. HUMASON. . .. MAJOR
FRANCIS B. HAIRSTON has
been transferred from Headquar-
ters, Army Air Forces Central
Flying Training Command, Ran-
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1944
dolph Field, Texas, and is now
serving in the capacity of Air In-
spector (Technical), Headquarters,
77th Flying Training Wing, Fos-
ter Field, Texas MAJOR
ELEHUGH LEVY is anxious to
receive THE AGGIE. His address
is 440-5 Kearney, Ft. Leavenworth,
Kans.
MAJOR MARK C. EASTER-
LING and «CAPT. CURTIS 1,
ARTHUR, both ’30, and W. C.
“MAGGIE” McGEE, JR. live in
Omaha, Nebr. Major Easterling
and Capt. Arthur are with the U.
S. Engineers. Mr. McGee inclosed
a gift for his son, Walter Horace
McGee for the Junior Development
Fund. “We would like to see any
Aggies passing through Omaha,
and I may be reached at 327
Aquila Court Bldg.”, he writes.
. . . Word has just been received
in Cleburne, Texas of the promo-
tion of Capt. JAMES W. MIMS
to Major. He is the son of Mrs.
J. H. Mims, and is attached to the
Army Air Forces in England. His
wife and two sons are making
their home in Cleburne.
THE AGGIE would like to have
the address of A. R. SINGLETON.
Last known address was Dainger-
field, Texas. . . . CAPT. JAMES
D. RICHTER is with the FA, APO
90, Ft. Dix, N. J... . THE AGGIE
doesn’t know the present address
of LT. S. W. FLORENTIN. He
was formerly at 7500 Owens Rd.,
Oakdale Farms, Norfolk, Va. . . .
MAJOR DWIGHT L. D. TERRY
is with the 23rd Tank Bn., APO
262, Camp Barkeley, Texas. He
is with the 12th Armored Division.
1932
Lt. Col. Luther E. Bell,
509 N. Payne St., Alexandria, Va.
PROUD PAPAS: Henry Carson
Neff and Capt. Fred Earhart.
The new address of MAJOR
ROY C. HORNE is APO 184, c/o
Postmaster, Los Angeles. . . .
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Tlet 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.
Clubs. To be effective such information
MUST be accurate, complete, and timely.
Since many transient A. & M. men will
use the information it must not be mis-
leading. For that reason only definite de-
tails of meetings can be carried. Clubs
having no definite meeting dates can not
be listed. When meetings have been def-
initely arranged as to date, time, location
and other details the AGGIE should be
advised three weeks in advance, if possible.
The cooperation of Club officers is es-
sential if the column is to be of service.
Texas:
AMARILLO-PANHANDLE — Regular
meetings, first Monday night each month;
Dinner, 7 p. m., Capital Hotel; V. G. For-
rester, ’25, Box 1414, Pres.
AUSTIN (Capital City)—¥very Monday
noon, luncheon, Driskill Hotel; T. B. War-
den, '03, Pres.
BEAUMONT—Regular monthly meetings,
E. L. Robinson, ’21, Gulf States Utilities
Co., Pres.
BRAZOS COUNTY —Last Monday night.
each month; Walter Coulter, ’'Y5, Bryan.
Pres.
CORPUS CHRISTI — Last Wednesday
night each month. Pres. K. S. Moss, ‘31.
DALLAS—Every Friday noon, Adolphu
Hotel (see hotel bulletin board). A. P.
Rollins, ’06, President, Fraetorian Building.
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,
'28, Pres., David Thrift, ’39, 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, ’13, Gulf Oil
Corp., Pres.
PORT ARTHUR- -First Monday night
2ach month- 7 p.m. Dinner. Goodhue Hotel.
SAN ANTONIO—1 Alamo) First and third
Thursday noons, Petroleum Club, 4th floor
Alamo Wational Bldg., Carroll Gaines, ’12,
Pres., So. Texas Bank Bldg.
TEMPLE—Temple Beil Co. Regular
meeting third Thursday night of each
month. Leon Stasney, ’24. President.
WACO--Second Wednesday night each
month. O. B. “Sweede’” Haney, ’23, Texas
Cextile Mills, Pres.
Out-of-State:
CALIFORNIA, (Southern Calif.)—Sec.
md 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.
Morn ’25, President, 5536 Rockhill Road,
MISSOURI, St. Louis—Regular meetings,
second Tuesday 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,
Pres,
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
Adelphia Hotel Grille (English Grille)
13th & Chestnut Sts. Max Edgeley, ’24,
244 Congress Ave., Lansdowne, Pa., Chair-
man, Ph. Decatur 2070. “Honorary officers
in armed services.
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-
tion to visitors, young or old.
SHREVEPORT, LA.—First Monday night
each month, 7:30 P. M. Dinner, Caddo
Hotel ; M. A. Abernathy, ’16, Pres.
NOTE TO CLUB OFFICERS:
Many Club officers have not re-
ported upon meeting dates and
plans of their clubs. Please do so
if your club has a REGULAR
meeting date. Please report well in
advance SPECIAL or CALLED
meetings. This column can only
be useful through your coopera-
tion.