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THE TEXAS AGGIE
THE TEXAS AGGIE
E. E. McQuillen Publisher
Published Semi-Monthly at the A. & M.
Press, Callege Station, Texas, except dur-
ing the summer months when issued
monthly, by the Association of Former
Students of the Agricultural and Mechani-
sal College of Texas, College Station,
exas.
Subscription Price $5.00
Entered as Second Class Matter at
College Station, Texas
. Officers
James P. Hamblen, "27.....cc......... President
Rufus R. Peeples, ’28............ Vice-President
E. E. McQuillen, ’20... Executive Secretary
Ei. "B. Y.ooke, ’18............ Assistant Secretary
Direcwers
Texarkana
Beaumont
J. A. Whyte, ’14
Richard Carey, ’11
HH. K. Deason, ’16.............cocusese-- Port Arthur
Roy D. Golston, ’03 Tyler
A> G. Pfaff, ’25 Tyler
John P. McCullough, 24............. McKinney
Ausin C. Bray, ’29 Dallas
James, W. Williams, ’18..........cccocueeueeee Dallas
Col. 0. A. Sew-
ard e’07....................... Ft. Lawton, Wash.
Walter Coulter, ’95 Bryan
- George H. Richards, ’36................ Huntsville
Dr. Thomas P. Kennerly, ’34........ Houston
EM. Smith, 201.............ccccerss East Columbia
~ Scott Moore, ’11 Yoakum
Cavitt Love, ’99 Austin
W. E. Wade, ’30 Temple
S. J. Baker, ’27 Ft. Worth
Herbert Spreen, Ft. Wortb
George Moffett, Chillicothe
A. E. Hinman,
Charles E. Richter, Jr., *29............... 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.......ccccconeeennn St. Louis, Mo.
Tyree L. Bell, ’13 Dallas
H.W. Egger, ’21............. Shreveport, La.
P.. B. Metcalfe, ’16.........ccccoomiund San Angelo
C.. P. Dodson, ’11 Decatur
T. W. Mohle, ’19 Houston
'C. M. Elwell, ’23 Austin
L. H. Wood, ’23 Waco
Rufus R. Peeples, ’28
J. A. (Hop) Reynolds, ’30....
Major R. N.
Major Gen. A. D. Bruce, '16...Camp Hood
Hubert G. Davis, 22 Waco
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
Carleton D. Speed, '26...Washington, D. C.
J. P. Hamblen, ’27 Houston
T. B. Warden, ‘03 Austin
Brig. Gen. A. B. Knicker-
bocker, ’21 . Austin
Student Loan Fund Trustees
James P. Hamblen, ’27.................... Houston
[Allin "F. Mitchell, ’09........ccc.cceennnna Corsicana
BE. E. McQuillen, ’20............ College Station
Representatives on the Athletic Council
~ C. C. Krueger, ’12...................San Antonio
J. A. Reynolds, ’30 Dallas
“SILVER TAPS
James M. Adams, ’99
James M. Adams, ’99, died on Feb. 24
at his home at 303 N. Drive, San Antonio.
He was 65 years old and at the time of
his death held an important position with
the U. S. Revenue Service. He was a
brother of Lem Adams, ’08, of Chicago,
and a brother-in-law of J. W. Puckett,
304, of Pharr. Tex. .
Louis Oliver Moss, 36
Louis Oliver Moss, 86, who took gradu-
ate work at A. & M. in 1936, was killed
on Feb. 19, 1944, in a plane crash in
Italy. He attended L. S. U. before coming
to A. & M. for graduate work. He was a
brother of Kennard Moss, ’31, Corpus
Christi.
Lt. Col. Perkins Gardner Post ’35
Lt. Col. Perkins Gardner Post, 35 was
killed in an airplane crash in China on
March 11. He received his degree from
"A. & M. in Elec. Engr. and was the son
of Mr. and Mrs. S. Perry Post, 1021 W.
Agarita St., San Antonio. He had been
in military services from Feb., 1941. Be-
sides his parents he is survived by his
widow and two daughters, who live at
331 So. Wayne, Arlington, Va. He is
also survived by a brother, Capt. S. Perry
Post, Jr.
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Capt. William Henry Paschal, ’41
Capt. William Henry Paschal, ’41, of
San Antonio, died at Long Beach, Calif.,
recently. He is survived by his widow, a
grandmother, and three aunts. He at-
tended Texas A. & M. in 1937-38.
Capt. Frank P. Blassingame ’42
Capt. Frank P. Blassingame, ’42, age
26, was killed on Feb. 25 in Italy. He
went on active duty immediately follow-
ing graduation in Ag. Engr. in May, 1942.
He was in the A. A. Art. and became a
Capt. before going overseas in April,
1943. He was married to Miss Nadine
Hammonds of Colorado City, Texas, and
Mrs. Blassingame is living there now. He
attended N. T. A. C. before entering A.
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Lt. Carl Bill Ehman, ’43
Lt. Carl Bill Ehman, ’48, has been killed
in action in the S. Pacific according to
word received by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Carl B. Ehman of 1908 Common-
wealth, Houston. He enilsted in the
Cavalry in 1941 while attending A. & M.
and had been in the Pacific since August.
In his last letter to his parents he spoke
of being on duty in the Arawe area. Lt.
Ehman was nationally known horseman.
Among
A & M MEN
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PIONEERS
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(1876-1897)
Dr. F. E. Giesecke, ’86
College Station
Feb, 21, 1944
Dear Dr. Giesecke:
I received and read with interest your
letter of introduction to The Pioneers.
You will perhaps not recall me as I was
but one year at the College in the Agri-
culture department in 1891. You were an
instructor in the mechanical department.
I do, however, remember (unless my
memory fails me) that two nephews of
yours were at that time third classmen
in the mechanical department.
This new movement seems to me quite
a step in the right direction, and I am
wondering, since the Pioneers were to
cover all calsses from ’76 through ’97,
why the list today received began with
the class of 1885. There surely must be
some survivors of earlier classes.
Please accept asurances of my interest
in the work you have undertaken.
Yours very truly,
RICHARD F. BURGESS, ’95
First National Bank Bldg.
El Paso, Texas
9P. S.—Seeing my friend, Col. Bloor’s
name, suggests that perhaps I should
suggest that I entered service in the last
war as a Captain and came out a Major
in the 141st Inf. B.
Feb. 19, 1944
Doctor Giesecke:
I enjoyed your letter very much and
feel that the idea of Mr. McQuillen’s to
divide the Ex-Students into various groups,
Maj. Gen. Percy W. Clarkson ’15, was host to the A. & M. men at
Kauai in the Hawaiin Islands on March 7 for a special showing of the
movie, “We’ve Never Been Licked.” From the happy expressions of
the group above it is easy to see how thoroughly they were enjoying
Gen, Clarkson’s hospitality.
at the General’s headquarters.
The movie was shown following dinner
In the group are: seated, left to right—
1st Lt. A. J. Greig ’40, Dr. A. R. Glaiser (Father of A. R. Glaiser, Jr.
’45), Maj. Gen. P. W. Clarkson ’15, and Capt. Bob Balch ’39; standing,
left to right—Pvt. Charles Stafford ’43, Capt. Walter E. Fisher ’38,
Pfc. Homer H. Bodine ’41, Capt. Foster B. Watson ’40, 1st Lt. Thomas
Sealey ’40, and Tech. 5th Gr. Harry C. Hughes ’41.
Aggies, Steers, Ponies, Smoke Peace
Pipe At London Reunion Dinner
A. & M. men were in the majority when
ex-students of A. & M., Texas University,
S. M. U. held a reunion dinner in Lon-
don on the evening of February 19. The
affair was sponsored by the Stars and
Stripes College Registration Service, APO
887, and was the most successful affair
vet staged by, this service. Capt. Harri-
son D. Kohl of that service served as
toastmaster. Nearly 150 men were pres-
ent. Short talks were made by various
members of the three ex-student groups
with Brig. Gen. O. P. Weyland, ’23, speak-
ing for the Aggies. A chicken dinner
with all the trimmings was enjoyed.
Among those present were the following
Aggies, according to a report from Lon-
don: Royce G. Trauth, Maj. F. J. Konecny,
27, Capt. W. C. Melton, Lt. J. H. Buck-
ner, Capt. F. A. Brazier, E. T. Meisell,
Maj. G. E. Marsh, ’38, Pfc. J. C. Shockey,
’38, Lt. B. Hardie, ’42, Col. J. G. Swope,
’17, 1st Lt. O. L. Mimms, ’33, 1st Lt. J.
M. Jordan, Maj. C. S. Basinger, 1st Lt.
E. A. Felder, ’41, Maj. J. H. Crump, ’27,
Lt. G. P. Burnett, 1t. L. P. Ness, Lt. W.
B. Hall, ’39, Lt. Col. R. M. Kennedy, 1st
Lt.'J- 'Q. Wood, Lt. -J.-T. Dale; 740, Lt:
F. M. Edwards, ’42, 1st Lt. R. L. Heit-
kamp, ’42, 1st Gene Perry, 1st Lt. Wm.
A. Goforth, 1st Lt. John E. Goble, Capt.
Wm. H. Butler, Lt. L. J. Bowers, Lt. J.
H. Elston, Lt. Geo. W. Pool, Lt. Marion
A. Pugh, Maj R. J. Von Roeder, ’32, Maj.
David E. Krumholz, Pvt. R. A. Polson,
45, Qapt. T. F. Cook, Lt. G. R. Somer-
ville, Brig. Gen. O. P. Weyland, Lt. L. C.
Draper, ’42, Capt. M. Spivey, ’42, Capt.
W. G. Smith, Lt. W. G. Domeschk, ’42,
1st Lt. E. M. Connell, ’42, 1st Lt. C. V.
Milburn, ’41, Maj. P. M. Guyer, ’26, Lt.
R.. I. Chatham,” ’43, Pfe. W.. V. ool-
dridge, ’40, 1st Lt. E. V. Bond, Jr. ’38,
Capt. G. WW. Hunt, Jr., .Maj.: J.D.» Met-
calfe, 1st Lt. S. P. Sakach, 1st Lt. J. C.
Moody, 1st Lt. Manchester, ’42, Lt. J. F.
Slough, ’43, Lt. E. O. Watson, Maj. C. G.
Brock, ’33, Capt. R. M. Rhea, Capt. H. M.
Mills, ’39, Capt. J. G. Hester, Capt. W. M.
Fisher, Lt. R. C. Thwing, ’42, S /Sgt. J.
B. Haynes, Sgt. R. E. Shell, Maj. V. A.
McCollough, ’36, Col. C. C. B. Warden,
21, Capt. B. P. Ezell, ’40, 1st Lt. Z. Son-
nier, *37, Lt. Col. J. C.'Parks,” Maj. J. R.
Thornton, Jr., Capt. J. S.. Griffin, ’40,
2nd Lt. L. L. Dixon, ’39, 1st I. T. Kim-
brough, 1st Lt. Leslie W. Brown, 1st Lt.
Charles M. Honaker, Capt. P. J. Stach,
1st Lt. J. N. Letsos, Jr., ’43, Sgt. D. Har-
deman, 1st Lt. R. L. Kaufman, ’42, Lt.
J. E. Glover, Lt. R. W. Gerlich, Lt. Col.
G. E. Duncan, Lt. O. A. Moore, Lt. C. T.
V. Steen, Lt. C. H. Bergman, Lt. Z. Rahn,
1st Lt. O. L. Garrison, ’39, Capt. N. P.
Clark, ’38, Capt. D. W. Corley, ’40, Lt.
W. M. Hausman, ’43, 1st Lt. J. C. Gop-
pert, ’43, Lt. M. F. Maynard, Jr., M. E.
Wilson, ’43, Col. N. A. Donges, ’27, Maj.
D. C. Alanis, ’34, Lt. D. Lansing, Maj.
M. Word, Lt. C. B. McKennon, Lt. J. L.
Cochran.
having a secretary for each one is an
excellent one, and im this way the en-
tire body can be kept in much closer
touch with the college, than to have
them in one large group which has been
done in the past.
I think Mr. McQuillen has again used
splendid judgment in your selection as
Secretary of the Pioneer Group. You have
been intensely interested in the College
and the Ex-students since your graduation
and have been more intimately associated
with the college and its work than any
of the rest of the group. In the past
you have always given your best atten-
tion to anything intrusted to your care,
and I feel certain that this will not be
an exception, and being at College Sta-
tion you are more familiar with every-
thing connected with it than any other
man in the group.
With best wishes and hoping that this
experiment will be a huge success, I am
Sincerely your friend,
J. ALLEN KYLE, M.D., ’90
Second National Bank Bldg.
Houston, Texas
Feb. 18, 1944
Dear Dr. Giesecke:
I recall when I matriculated at A. and
M. College, session 1887-87, that you
were Captain of Co. D, and Hereford was
Senior Captain. Never will forget Adj.
1st” Lieut.—who was strict for discipline.
Hare was his name.
I have been engaged 1n the practice
of medicine about fifty years, and at the
present time, limit it to Eye, Ear, Nose
and Throat. I have occupied my present
office for thirty-three years. I am en-
joying good health and, in addition to
my professional duties, I have six private
trusts to look after, investing and col-
lecting. I am busy several hcurs daily.
I was pleased to receive the copy of
THE PIONEER, and it was interesting,
refreshing my memory and recalling many
cadets I knew when I was a cadet at
the College. You have my best wishes
in this new undertaking, and I know
it will be a success,
Sincerely yours,
J. R: NICHOLS, M.D., ’89
Box 178,
Austin, Texas
Offices: 413-414 Scarbrough Building,
Austin, Texas 1900
Hal Moseley,
3807 Skillman St., Dallas
Dear Hal:
February 25, 1944.
I'm so glad you took the job of being
the 1900 Class Representative. I can
think of no one whom the balance of the
class would rather have. I was in Dallas
the day of CHARLIE THANHEISER’S
(’01) funeral, whom we will all. miss
badly, but my time was short. Next time
I'll drop out and see you. I see old
Boettch now and then. Several years ago
I was taking up a lease block in his
neighborhood, and we had a great time
together.
Hal, I think of you often, and how you
and some of ‘the other oldtimers are get-
ting along. I hope real good. How’s your
health now? As for myself, I'm getting
by, but getting old. 0. W. MYERS, my
roommate, used to ask me: ‘Roeder, do
think you’ll ever amount to much?’ At
that time I thought I would! I've never
followed M. E.—AIll my life have done C.
E. work. I started with John H. Kirby
in his land, dept., later was with Southern
Pacific RR Co. 13 years; then Sinclair
Oil & Gas Co., and affiliated companies
15 years. Since 1934, when they wanted
me to move to Ft. Worth, I told them
I'd stay in Houston, and for them to give
gineers of Pipe Lines and Production here
my job to someone else. I was Chief En-
in Houston. So, since 1934 I've weeded
my own row and managed to kick one of
the wolf’s front teeth out, but am still
kicking at him. I had many interesting
jobs while with Sinclair, but perhaps the
most interesting one was putting a con-
crete tunnel under our Ship Channel. So
far as I know, it was the first sub-sea
tunnel in Texas, and I had to pioneer.
But we got a good job—thanks to others
—and it will be intact when I'm pushing
up daisies. For the past several years I
haven’t tried to do any engineering, as’
my eyes are not good enough, and have
devoted myself more to trading. ete.
I'm sending Mac the Class List. I was
able to give him the address of LEON-
ARD FITZGERALD, furnished me by his
sister. He is in some sort of war Ord-
nance work, 604 Chamber of Commerce
Building, Pittsburg, Pa., and lives at
2456 Beachwood Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. When
he was at A. & M. he always intrigued
me with a. watch he had. You had to
wind it with a key. He was a wonderful
student—especially in Math.
I'm inclosing a contribution to the
Development Fund which I want you to
credit to someone in the Class who has
overlooked making a contribution. I'd
like to see the Class improve its stand-
ing from 92 percent to 100 percent con-
tributors.
; Hal, if you ever have time, drop me a
line and tell me about yourself When you
see TOM GRIFFITHS or KEMP MC-
GINNIS give them my very best regards.
. G. VON ROEDER
1601} Ruth St.,” Houston, 4.
ANDREW WINKLER, The Grove, Tex-
as, is Secretary of the Texas Pecan
Growers Association. He sent a copy ef a
College Catalogue of his day in A. and
M. and added the following remarks:
“C. Ww. LUHRSEN, not listed by Hal,
was \the first of our class to cross the
river of time. He was killed in July, 1900
by a/ switch engine coming up from be-
hind. J.*D. CARTER was with him at
the time, who later served in World War
I as Captain. After the Armistice, he
was with the Army of Occupation, and
was killed by a drunken negro private.
Of our children, 4 boys and 1 girl, one
(Clarence A. Winkler) is in the Army
Air Corps as a ground airplane mechanic.
He is a Sergeant and is stationed at
Marfa, Texas.
1907
F. W. Hensel,
College Station
Longview, Texas, Feb. 19th, 1944.
Mr. F. W. Hensel, Dept. of
Landscape Art,
College Station,
Dear Fritz:
Your letter to the Class of 1907 was
indeed edifying and exhilarating to me.
You have set a pattern for those who
follow you to shoot at, and I fear that
the standard of excellence which you have
set up in your letter will be difficult to
maintain.
Your notes on the physical aspects of
the campus were very informative to me,
as I hardly know the way around when I
visit my Alma Mater, and the next time
I am there, I shall make it my business
to acquaint myself with the set-up as it
now stands.
It is a great pleasure to see the
names of my old classmates in print, and
it brings my mind back to the many hap-
py moments spent with them, but still
there is just a note of sadness in my
heart when I remember that I have not
seen or heard of several of our class since
our graduation. Perhaps this innovation
initiated by yourself will remedy the sit-
uation just mentioned.
Your very attractive and charming
helpmate was indeed very generous in her
appraisal of those of the class of 1907
who were fortunate enough to be receiv-
ed in your home. Please convey to her
the individual thanks of one who enjoyed
the occasion thoroughly, and let her know
that I am willing to admit that her ob-
servations on this group of gentlemen was
substantially correct. But, be sure to re-
mind her that the opportunity to visit in
your home and to enjoy the fine hospi-
tality of the people who live there are
among the most impelling reasons that
urges me to come back.
I am feeling a bit chesty just now, as
you may have imagined from the tone of
the above, but to state the matter briefly,
I have recently attained the status of
grand father. I am sure that many of
my classmates were much ahead of me in
this respect, but you must remember that
I was one on the younger “07” men.
Anyway, I have a grand-daughter,
“Betty Bivins,” daughter of Capt. Tom D.
Bivins’ who is now at Camp Campbell, Ky.
My other son is Ensign James M. Bivins
of the Destroyer Nicholson in the South
Pacific. I remember that your son is in
the service, and I sincerely hope that he
is in pleasant surroundings, and that you
are able to see him often.
With most sincere personal regards to
Mrs. Hensel and yourself, I am,
Sincerely
MAURICE H. BIVINS.
Texas. ,
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Lt. Col. Kaiser, 28
Heads New Officers
Nat’l Capital Club
In a general promotion of its of-
ficers, Lt. Col. George B. Kaiser
’28, has been elected president of
the National Capitol A. & M. Club
at Washington, D. C. He succeeds
Charles A. Burmeister ’08, and
has been serving the Club as its
vice-president. Also moving up
are D. C. “Spike” Arnold ’27, and
Maj. J. M. “Mike” De Bardeleben
’28, first and second vice-presi-
dents respectively. The latter was
promoted from secretary-treas.,
to which post R. T. Baggett 26,
has been chosen.
Officers of the National Capitol
Club serve for 6 months and are
not eligible for re-election. The
Club meets each month and has
enjoyed a splendid attendance
during the past several years. The
Washington April 21 Muster will
be held at Hotel 2400 on 16th St.
The arangements committee for
the affair consists of President
Burmeister, Carleton Speed ’26,
Lt. Col Kaiser, Maj. Harvey Cash
33, Lt. Col George G. Smith ’30,
Lt. (jg) G. R. Olson ’28, Arnold,
Baggett, and Maurice Cooper ’27.
1913
L. D. Royer,
911 Transit Tower, San Antonie
Friends of MR. AND MRS. JOHN F.
JOPLIN of Rusk, Texas are grieved to
learn that their son, Lt. Carl Joplin has
been missing in action over Germany
since Feb. 22. He was a navigator on
B-17 Flying Fortress. . . . WYVEL T.
“HOP” WILLIAMS is a manufacturer’s
representative, with headquarters in Dal-
las. He and Mrs. Willims live at 1155
Madison Ave. there. Their son, WYVEL
T. WILLIAMS, JR., ’44, is in the Marine
Air Corps, now stationed at Pensacola,
Bla... . "./» DILLION&~T3 SOCRATES”
STEVENS is chairman of Directors of the
Plomb Tool Works, P. O. Box 2519, Ter-
minal Annex, Los Angeles. His only
daughter, Barbara, finished at Pomona
College a couple of years ago. An avia-
tor in the 6th Army Corps, AEF in
World War I, he is now a member of
the Coast Guard Auxiliary and commands
his own ocean-going cabin cruiser, ‘‘Bar-
bara.” Mr. and Mrs. Stevens live at 80
Fremont Place, Los Angeles.
AL C. “RAIN CHECK” STEVENS is
an insurance consultant, P. O. Box 517,
Austin. His only son has reeently gradu-
ated from the Gulf Coast Military Acad-
emy, Gulfport, Miss. and now hopes to
enter Texas A. and M. “Rain Check” is
vice-commander of Capital City Business
& Professional Men’s Post of the Ameri-
can Legion, Post No. 816, Austin, and
chairman of its membership committee.
... C. M. BARNHART is in the employ
of the State Highway Dept., Austin. . . .
HILMER C. VON ROSENBERG is elec-
trical estimator with the District Office
of the U. S. Engineers, Ft. Sam Houston,
Texas. During World War I he was a
Lieutenant military instructor stationed
at Camp Lee, Va. He and Mrs. Von Ros-
enberg live at 522 Funston Place, San
Antonio.
JOHN R. “PERCH” HILL is president
of Gifford-Hill Company, Inc., Dallas. His
only son, LT. JOHN R. HILL,JR., ’44, is
attached to the 151st Anti-aircraft Bn.,
Airborne Command, Camp Marshall, N.
C. His only daughter is still in high
school. 1 916
Capt. P. H. Olsen
U. S. Army
Somewhere in England
APO 645, % PM
New York City
V-Mail Letter:
Dear Mac:
I am eager to hear how the new pro-
gram is working out. Am unable to hear
yet from any of my class. Haven’t seen
DOUGHERTY since we reached here, but
I believe he is here and that I shall be
able to see him shortly. Have written
several letters and am writing more at
every leisure time. I hope they will bring
some results.
Enjoyed the trip over very much in
spite of some inconveniences. At least
no fish got fat from any of my help.
P.
AT
(CAPT. PALMER H. OLSON)
LT. COL. F. A. HOLLINGSHEAD
wishes his address changed from Camp
Haan, Calif., to 275th AAA S/L Bn,
Fort Bliss, Texas. He was formerly at
A. and M. on ‘a tour of duty, J) «iwi.
THOMAS S. PORTER, Banks County
Georgia Work Unit Leader, Soil Conser-
vation Service, Homer, Georgia, sends a
contribution to the Development Fund
in the name of his son, THOMAS S.
PORTER, JR., ’43, who has been missing
and presumed lost at sea for a year. He
writes: “I think the Class Letter is the
very best way to keep the members of
the class in touch with each other. These
letters should be sent out as often as
possible. Today is the first anniversary
of the sinking of the merchant ship by
German Submarines on which my oldest
son, THOMAS S. PORTER, JR., ’43, was
radio officer. He is listed as missing and
the Navy Dept. says there is very scant
hope of him being alive. It is something
else—when a person gets one of those
messages. “The Navy Department regrets
to inform you that————!” I have an-
other son, W. L. Porter in the infantry.
He was attending Ga. Univ. and was a
member of the ER before going into ac-
tive duty a year ago. He plans to enter
A. M. when the war is over. I have
another son 14 years old and two daugh-
ters, 17 and
Jack C. Shelton
Farm Credit Adm., Fed. Land Bk.
Houston
The new address of COL. SAMUEL L.
METCALFE is 878th Inf., APO 95 % PM,
Indiantown Gap, Pa. . . . COL JOHN T.
WALKER of Azle, Texas led the 22nd
Marine Regt. in the conquest of Eniwe-
tok Atoll, Marshall Islands, according to
a delayed press report. . . . The new com-
manding officer of Harbor Defenses of
Key West, Fla. and post commander of
Key West Barracks, COL RALPH E.
HILL, has arrived and assumed command.
He entered the service in May 1917 while
a senior student at A. and M. He was
commissioned a second lieutenant fin
August of that year and sent to England
and France in September. After attend-
ing French and British schools, Col. Hill
was assigned to the 57th FA Brig. of the
32nd Div. with which he participated in
four major offensives. Since that war
he has served at Corregidor, Philippine
Islands, and various posts in the U. S.,
including a tour as senior instructor in
CA units at Va. Poly. Inst. and Texas
A. & M. Col. and Mrs. Hill have one
daughter and two sons. One son is a
first lieutenant with the Cavalry in the
South Pacific and the other a private in
the Air Corps in California.
Dear Jack:
Enjoyed your Class Letter dated Feb.
10. One question was asked which can
now be answered—but first a little life
history.
While at the Schenectady works of the
General Electric Co., met and married the
little lady. We have three children, two
daughters and an “Airplane Specialist.”
Transferred to Dallas, then in 1931 ac-
cepted my present position. Since the
work offers variety, there are few dull mo-
ments.
Am Past Master of the local Masonic
lodge and Adjutant of our Legion Post.
Our oldest daughter, Gracelyn, married
Pvt. James D. Harris, USMCR, last
spring and—now to answer that ques-
tion ;—I turned Grandpappy this datel
C. C.. “PAT”. ALLERT
Box 302
Drumwright, Okla.
Hugh N. Glezen,
4207 Highland Ave., Beaumont
LT. COL.
cently spent some time
illness,
R. HENRY HARRISON re-
in Bryan recu-
perating from an and is now
Pres. of Professional
Engineers of Texas
Allin F. Mitchell, ’09
_A. F. “Smylie” Mitchell, 09, Cor-
sicana, has been elected president
of the Texas Society of Profession-
al Engineers. He succeeds T. B.
“Ben” Warden, ’03, of Austin: He
is also a member of the Texas State
Board of Registration for Pro-
fessional Engineers. Following his
graduation in civil engineering, Mr.
Mitchell engaged in general irri-
gation and drainage work and
then in State Highway service un-
til World War I. During that war,
he was in the U. S. Air Service and
was commissioned as a pursuit
pilot. Following the war, he re-
turned to highway: engineering,
serving both with the State High-
way Department and as County
Engineer for several central Tex-
as counties. In 1934 he retired
from highway work, devoting his
time to his extensive personal bus-
iness affairs and to consulting en-
gineering work. He and Mrs. Mit-
chell make their home in Corsi-
cana. He is active in the religious
and civic affairs of that city.
For a number of years,, he has
served as one of the three Stu-
dent Loan Fund trustees of the
Association of Former Students,
and has played a large part in
guiding the financial policy of the
invested funds of the Association.
Those funds, totaling nearly a
quarter million dollars, have never
suffered a default of either prin-
cipal or interest.
back at the Borden General Hospital at
Chickasa, Okla. He will soon be able to
return to his post as chief surgeon of the
Army General Hospital, Fort Reno, Okla.
... HUGN N. GLEZEN, Beaumont, Class
Representative, sends the following in-
formation on ‘class members: DEAN J.
THOMAS DAVIS of John Tarleton Agr.
College, Stephenville, was succeeded at A.
and M. by his two sons, JAMES WIL-
LIAM, ’28, and WILLSON, ’27. J. F. EW-
ERS, of the law firm of Strickland, Ew-
ers and Williams, Mission, is the father
of a son and daughter. The son is a sen-
jor law student at the U. of Texas . . .
L. J. GOREE, 759 Main St., El Centro,
Calif., ,mentioned TOM COCKERELL
who is a Major in the U. S. Army now.
Major Cockerell was formerly Sales Man-
ager for the Texas Co., Los Angeles,
Calif. . . . LT. COL. GEORGE DICKEY
of Tampa, Fla., Hq., Third A. F., has
three children, the eldest being in U. S.
Naval Academy.
Jan. 30, 2130 (Sunday—I1 think!)
L. J. Goree
El Centro, Calif.
Dear .Langston:—So you are curious
about how I found your address. Well,
when 1 was up in Virginia last year and
you so kindly wrote me, I put your ad-
dress down so that I could find it when
the time come, but that was just another
intention gone wrong. Was sitting out
here one night thinking about a lot of
bygones, and wondered if you were back
in God’s country, and dashed off a line to
my brother who works at A. & M. at the
Experiment Station, asking him to® ask
McQuillen for your address. That took a
few days, but all things come to him who
waits—and out here one waits long
enough! Incidentally, if you ever Jave
opportunity to hit Jackson, Miss., /1702
Devine St. is the address and the ‘phone
is 4-5156. So if I’m still out here, go on
anyway—the best two members of the
family will be there and they will be
glad to have you. I received a letter
from the State Highway Director the
other day and he advised me that the new
State Hghway Cemmission had elected
me as Chief Engineer for another four
years !
There isn’t much that I can do about
you passing my letters on. Since I know
they are no works of literary art, that is
one fine way to take advantage of a
friend! But we get a kick out of hear-
ing some officer read an excerpt from
some letter—particularly, when we don’t
get any mail. Mail used to be on the ball
out in this place, but it has been fouled
up since before Xmas.
Our coconut grove continues to grow
and drop coconuts periodically. They in-
variably miss you, except in rare instan-
ces, and when they hit this Quonset hut
I have my office in, they really create a
flock of noise. Jeez, it makes one jump—
and how! Of course, we’ve no right to
jump—but it’s too late then, anyway. I
can imagine what a Xmas you had with
the young folks home, but you really
make me feel as a goon. I really don’t
feel old, except in the early AM when I
get up, but when I think about all this
flock of grown kids whose dads I used
to go around with, well, life isn’t quite
as fresh as it once was!
NOBIE and ALLEN J. MYERS, ’22,
write me occasionally from Bryan, Texas.
Allen has taken up flying and has so-
loed. It’s OK, I suppose—I have thought
several times that I would go out and
break my fool neck, but maybe it wasn’t
in the cards. I do know from what little
I have seen, that it’s a young man’s
game—not for the weak or infirm.
Write me again when the spirit moves
you, and I'll do my best to reply. If
I'm a little late, blame it on the mail—
because, brother, I'm not here for long!
When I get to feeling that I'm set,
though, Bingo !—it’s ¢‘Come along, little
one, we've got places to go!” I'm ready
to move now—ready to go anywhere to
get this war over with, and get back to
God’s country. The best of luck—and
give me a buzz when you get time!
Alex
(LT. CAMDR. R. A. HARRIS,
CEC VSNR)
Fleet P. O.
San Francisco,
1921
W. T. Strange,
415 Myrick Bldg., Lubbock
W. C. HOMEYER is Manager of the
Feed Dept. of the Houston Milling Co.,
Houston, Texas. iui... AUBREY 8S.
LEGG, formerly at San Jose, Costa Rica,
is now with Empress Electrica del Ecua-
dor, Casilla, 1320, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
. . . According to Mrs. Arthur H. Wool-
verton, 908 W. Sixth St., Austin 21, her
husband, CAPT. ARTHUR H. WOOL-
VERTON, is in England with the Civil
Affairs Unit, APO 645, ¢ PM, New
York City. . . . JOHN A. KUBENA,
Fayette County Clerk, La Grange, was
elected president of the Texas District
and County Clerks annual meeting which
was recently held in Dallas.
Calif.
Beaumont, Texas, March 13, 1944.
Dear Tanlac:
I enjoyed Vol. 1, No. 1, of THE REG-
ULATOR very much and think the idea
is swell. Your limerick version of what
has happened to some of the fellows is a
novel idea, but I note you had to be
careful in a place or two, so the stuff
could be sent through the mail.
I note you are trying to locate JAMES
E. FIPZGERALD, JR. He is rice farm-
ing near Beaumont. L. H. MATTHES
lives here and is with the General Elec-
tric Company. DOUG THOMAS and W.
H. “BILLY” TAYLOR were with the
Houston Electric Company the last time
I heard from them, and BRYAN GOUG-
ER is with the City Public Service Go.
of San Antonio. P. N. VINTHER is
with Zumwalt & Vinther in Dallas; and
JERRY POST—you knew him as JER-
RY PUSTEJOVSKY—is with the Gulf
States Utilities Company in Navasota.
BONNER BARNES is with Gulf Refin-
ing Company at Port Arthur. A. L.
“TODDA” FORBES is with a gas com-
pany in El Paso, and MIKE FINN is with
R. C. A. Mfg., Inc., Camden, N .J.
As for me, I joined Gulf States Utili-
ties Company July 1, 1921 and have been
here since that time. I spent a few years
in the transportation end of the business
(which we later disposed of) and then
entered power sales work; am presently
Manager of Industrial Sales Dept. and
our work since 1941 has been to supply
energy for the production of navy ships,
etc. We have our hands full, but the
manpower squeeze may eventually result
in some of us of the class of ’21 having
to go to work.
Sincerely,
E. L. ROBINSON
Lock Drawer 2951, Beaumont,
Texas !
1923
Ben F. Brown,
Box 1405, Waco
\
March 2, 1944.
Dear Friend Mac:
The Class of ’23 letter was forwarded
here to me, and I was glad to get it. In
it I notice you want to know who has
the most children and is anybody a
Grandpappy yet. I have been one so long
that it is not news any more. I have
only one child—a daughter— and her
son, Gerald Lee oCllins, was one year
old Feb. 6. My son-in-law is in the Coast
Guard and stationed somewhere near Bal-
timore.
I was formerly a member of the 711
M. P. Bn.—and that is one time 7-11 was
not lucky for it was one of the 41 M. P.
Bns. that were de-activated and the offi-
cers sent to the Provost Marshal Gen.
Replacement Pool here for re-assignment.
I am connected with Hdgs. as an Inspec-
tor. I do not know how long it will last,
but I will either be re-assigned or else
be one of the 57,000 officers over 38 get-
ting dismissed. I certainly hope not the
latter, but if I am, I think I'll go back
to Seattle and try to get into the Army
Transport Service running between Se-
attle and Alaska. I like the country up
there ,and may decide to just stick
around after the war is over. From the
middle of Feb. to the Middle of Oct. it is
the best place in the world to live. You
usually sleep under ‘2 blankets in the
summer, and it gets daylight at 4 and
not dark until 10. Then the winter I was
there the coldest weather I saw was 28
degrees—and that isn’t cold up there.
Fishing and hunting there are excellent.
Sincerely, A
HOMER E. WOMACK,
CAPT. P.M. . G..R. P.
Ft. Custer, Mich.
1924
R. M. Sherman
Central Texas Iron Works, Waco.
Creation of a district office in Tyler
has caused several shifts in personnel in
the Texas-New Mexico division of the
Contineltal Oil Company. W. A.
BOUNDS has been moved to Fort Worth
from Houston. A native of Fort Worth,
he has been employed by Conoco 18
years. He will be assistant land supt. and
engineer. He was general engineer at
Houston. . .. U. S. ALLISON, with the
Soil Conservation Service in San Juan,
Puerto Rico, writes: ‘We are still doing
our bit toward producing food for part of
the needs of 2,000 people on this hot lit-
tle—almost washed-away-island. Things
aren’t so bad, and we don’t have any
heating or warm clothes problems! Best
regards to all.”
ZAY SMITH is chief designing archi-
tect for the American Air Lines in Chi-
cago.
Dear Bob: :
Just received your Number 1 Class
Letter and needless to say I am very glad
to receive it. It brings back numerous
old memories of by-gone days. Some of
the boys that are mentioned I have not
thought of in years. A lot of water has
gone under the bridge since I have seen
many of them.
Now for that little bit of personal his-
tory: .I entered the Army Air Force di-
rectly from school in 1924, along with
DONALD OLD, H. J. JOHNSON and L.
C. ELLIOTT, (Johnson and Elliott have
since resigned ,and when I last heard of
Johnson he was with the Gulf Co. in
Pennsylvania and L. was with the
Dept. of Commerce in Ft. Worth. It is
not necessary to mentien where Donald
Old is as everyone knows.) Since that
time I have served in Ala., Ill., Fla.,
Texas, Calif., the Philippines, and Ha-
waii. I married Alyce Riggs of San An-
tonio in 1927 and as yet there are no
children. At the present time I am on
the Seventh Air Force staff as Field In-
spector. That title may confuse you, so
for clarification I will say that I am
just a dirty old inspector charged with
the duty of seeing that all Air Force
equipment is properly maintained.
I had looked forward to our 20-year
reunion this year, but it looks as if Hitler
and Tojo are going to prevent anything
like that. I f we can get this mess over
by 1949 (which I hope) I would like to
suggest here and now that we have a
hum-dinger of a 25-year reunion. 1 see
lots of A. & M. men in this area—all the
way from the Class of ’22 on down. The
woods are full of them, but it appears
that I am the only one from Class of
’24 in these parts.
Here’s to a big 25-year reunion in ’49!
Sincerely,
G. A. WHATLEY
Colonel, Air Corps
APO 953, ¢% PM
San Francisco, Calif.
1925
R. C. Armstrong,
3439 Wichita, Houston, 4
A presidential citation for courageous
performance in landing at Salerno last
Sept. 9 was awarded to the Third bat-
talion of the 141st Infantry Regiment of
the Thirty-Sixth Division, led by COL.
RICHARD J. WERNER, San Antonio.
The battalion was composed mostly of
men from San Antonio, Luling, Gon-
zales, Waelder, and San Benito. “Only
through their courageous performance
was the initial divisional objective
achieved,” read the citation.
THE AGGIE would like to have the
present address of SHERWOOD T. AL-
LEN, formerly at Yonkers, N. Y.. .. B.
P. HARPER is still with Southwestern
Laboratories, Box 1618, Dallas, Texas.
. . . The mailing address of E. E. MAR-
SHALL is Box 306, Farmersville, Texas.
. . ..PFC. MARTIN MURPHY, with the
Medical Detachment, South Plains Army
Air Field, Lubbock, Texas, sends a gift
to the Development Fund. . . . CAPT. A.
B. MULLER, 2970 Parkwood, Trenton,
Mich., president of the Detroit, Mich. A.
and M. Club, reports that former Vice-
Pres., J. TRAILE, ’29, returned to Dallas
and has been replaced by CAPT. J. H.
GILL, ’30 as . P.; and that Former
Sec--Treas J. M. WINSTON, ’38, has en-
tered the Navy as Ensign at Ft. Schuyler,
N. Y. and has been replaced by CAPT.
H. DURST, III, ’33. The Detroit Club
meets the third Wednesday evening of
each month at 7:30 at the Old Wayne
Club, 1083 Wayne St. extends an invita-
tion for any A. and M. men to meet with
the Club.
CAPT. MATTHEW DIKEMAN of Tem-
ple was commander of the American cav-
alry who made the invitation invasion on
the Japanese stronghold of Los Negros
island in the Southwest Pacific. “When
American artillery opened up, wrote one
correspondent, ‘‘projectiles were falling di-
rectly in front of the forward positions
held by Capt. Dikeman’s force so close
that men along the brush-cloaked peri-
meter were spattered by bits of dirt and
foliage churned aloft by the exploding
shells.”
THOMAS H. STANCLIFF has left th
Reed Roller Bit Co., Houston and Hae
to Los _ Nietos, Calif., where he is Vice-
Pres. in charge of the Research Eng.
Dept. of the Globe Oil Tools Co. . . . DE-
WITT CREVELING, wife, and new son
DeWitt -€reveling, III live at 131 Park
Way, Dinuba, Calif. Father Creveling
says he is mighty busy teaching cadets
Spanish and Business Math., working with
Mexican Nationals in orientation and
English, and serving as First Aid and
Water Safety Chairman in the local chap-
ter of the Red Cross.
’24
/
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1944
Col. T. H. Barton, ’99
Senatorial Candidate
COL. T. H. BARTON, ’99
Col. Thomas H. Barton ’99, pres-
ident of the Lion Oil Refining Co.
of El Dorado, Ark., has formally
announced his candidacy for the
Democratic nomination for U. S.
senator in the July primaries.
Frequently referred to as ‘“Ark-
ansas’ Number One Citizen,” Col.
Barton has long been interested in
the development of his adopted
state. He was born and reared at
Marlin, but has lived in Arkansas
since 1920.
Col. Barton served as an enlisted
man in the regular Army for three
years shortly after his A. & M.
days. He again enlisted as a pri-
vate with the advent of World War
I and rose to the rank of Captain
in the old 36th Division. He trans-
ferred from that Division to as-
sist in organizing and training six
regiments of cavalry for the Texas
National Guard and was advanced
to the rank of Colonel. After the
war he returned to Arkansas with
the discovery of oil there in 1920.
Since that time he has become one
of the South’s great industrialists
and petroleum leaders.
In addition to his very extensive
oil and refining interests, Col.
Barton also owns radio stations
and publishes a monthly farm
journal. He founded and served
as its president for 6 years, the
Arkansas Livestock Association.
He is Chairman of the Arkansas
A. & M. College Board of Trustees
and is a memebr of the National
Council of Boy Scouts. He holds
an honorary LL. D degree from
the University of Arkansas.
1927
Allen R. Menger,
111 West Travis St., San Antonio
CAPT. W. D. COWAN has moved to
1032 E. Fisher, Pampa, from 503 N. Mag-
nolia St., same city. . . . MIT DANSBY
is a member of the new board of direstors
of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle-
men’s Association. He is one of the lead-
ing cattlemen of this section, and friends
are glad to know of the honor given him.
He is a member of the McCullough-
Dansby Furniture Co., Bryan. . . .
THOMAS C. GREENWOOD, JR., Box
548, Luling, sends his gift to the Devel-
opment Fund. He says: ‘Certainly en-
joyed reading the class letter. It is a
splendid idea, and you an SI STRATTON
couldn’t have secured a better man to
act as Class Agent than my old room-
mate, ALLEN MENGER. Am still roost-
in upstairs over GEORGE WALKER’S
store, handling general insurance and
doing fine.”
THE AGGIE has been notified that
CAPT. J. TEMPLE EVANS left the
Farm Security Adm., Eagle Pass, about
two years ago. Will someone please let
us have his address? . . . According to
his father, Hugh Williams of Rule Texas,
CAPT. HENRY L. WILLIAMS is with
an Air Depot, APO 953 ¢, PM, San Fran-
COL WILLIAM L. “JERRY”
LEE, with the Air Force, APO 520, ¢% PM,
New York City, reports that LT. COL.
JOHN F. BATJER, ’33, was made a Co-
lonel Jan. 28. He made the trip over with
Col. Lee and they are stationed near each
other. On Col. Lee’s staff are CAPT.
JOHN MITCHELL, ’28, and LT. COL.
CHARLIE WALL, ’24.
“This is my new address since getting
out of the Hoff General Hospital: AAA
ORP, Camp Callan, San Diego 14,” writes
LT. F. B. CRUMLEY. Friends are glad
he is able to be released. . . . J. LOCKETT
SHELTON, asst. regional mgr. of the U.
S. Treasury War Finance Committee of
Texas, 502 Utilities Bldg., Abilene, sends
his gift to the Development Fund.
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