The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current, June 05, 1944, Image 4
| fage 4 MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1944 THE TEXAS AGGIE Among A & M MEN (Continued from Page 3) 1940 Capt. Max McCullar, 10 Light Div. Camp Hale, Colorado The mailing address of CAPT. IRA S. COLES, JR. is 23 W. Dana, Mesa, Ariz. ... Mrs. W. V. Woolridge, Box 624, Paris, Texas, reports that her husband, PFC. WM. V. WOOLRIDGE is somewhere in England, APO 638, ¢% PM, New York City. He has recorded meeting over 200 Aggies since arriving overseas. . . . AND MRS. STEWART F. McADOO, 1217 N. 19th, Abilene, are now in the *‘“hap- py parents’ class. (See BIRTHS this is- SEC. LT. ULRICH, W. CROW, and Mrs. J. S. Crow, Nor- mangee, has reported for duty at the Carlsbad, N. M. Army Air Field. He was commissioned Dec. 9, 1942 at OCS, Ft. Benning, Ga. «oa LT WILLIAM 1. MOSHER, son of William S. Mosher, Jr., 6705 Robin Road, Dallas, has been pro- moted to captain with an antiaircraft group in Island, where he has been sta- tioned for 18 months. His wife and baby daughter make their home in Paso. LT. LAWRENCE C. LACY, USNR, No. 2 Pinard Apts., Naragansett Ave., New- port, R. I., is one of three sons of Walter G. Lacy, Sr., ’96, banker of Waco, now in the armed services. The brothers are LT.WALTER *' G. LACY, JR. ’34, LT. ROANE M. LACY, 35. ..... JAMES I. HOPKINS, JR. has trans- ferred from Orlando, Fla. to Dalhart, Texas, where he is with the 99th Bomb. Sq., 9th Bomb Gp.. . . LT. LUTHER A. “LUKE” HARRISON, JR. is on duty at APO 787, ¢% PM, New York City, and likes the locality fine. T. J. TINKER, S. Naval Training Station, CPO No. Xr San Diego 33, is in he hearty accord with the Class Letter plan. CPL. CLINT G. JOHNSON, 594th Bomb. Sqd. (H), Drew Field No. 9, Tampa, Fla., is anxious to hear from Aggie friends— especially some of B-Bat.. . . Mrs. J. R. Thornton, Farwell, Texas, wrote that her son, MAJOR JULIAN B. THORN- TON, JR. is overseas at APO0634, ¢% PM, New York City, and advised that he is married to the former Miss Catherine Chiles, who is now in Red Cross work at Albuquerque, N., M., P. O. Box 911. . Since his recent promotion, he is now LUTHER J. WESTBROOK, ’42, and MAJOR J. D. HOWDER, ’33, Trecently— the latter is in the hosiptal recovering from an appendectomy. The promotion to Major CAPT. FRANK R. DUKE of Livingston, Texas, has been announced from Lake Charles Army Air Field, La., where he is stationed as Opera- tions Officer. Native of Polk County, Texas, Major Duke is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. I. Duke of Livingston, and the husband of the former Miss Barbara Parker. He and Mrs. Duke are parents of a daughter, Barbara Ann. . . . The new address of LT. JOHN F. LYONS, JR. is 1040 Kearney, Manhattan, Kans. He and Mrs. Lyons have a 5 months old daughter, Linda Harding, Agift to the Development Fund comes from LT. JACK H. LITTLEJOHN, 599th Bomb. Saqdn., 397 Bomb. Gp., Hunter Field, Ga. He says: “I couldn’t measure my love for A. & in dollars and cents... The new address of Mrs. Walter E. Reynolds, Jr., wife of CAPT. WALTER E. REYNOLDS, JR, is 5016 Victor, Dallas 14.Capt. Reynolds has been overseas 22 months,and is now on Midway Island. . . . CAPT. EDWARD F. FULL- WOOD has been transferred to New Guinea, APO 928, ¢ PM, San Francisco. . . . ADAMS RODIQUEZ, 2208 W. Com- merce St., San Antonio, 7, sends his gift to the Development Fund. ..". . "JOHN C BARTON is now County Agr.” Agent for Zapata County, with headquarters at Zapata, Texas. He was formerly Asst. County Agr. Agent for Hidalgo County. CAPT. C. A. BIRD wishes his address changed from APO 887 to APO 113, 9 PM, New York City. . Mrs. Jack K. Doran, Batesville, Miss., reports that the new address of her husband is LT. JACK K. DORAN, APO 9911, ¢% PM, New York City. . . . LT. N. B. WILLEY, %% Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, sent a sample of soil taken from the first Japanese-captured area by ther U. 8S. forces. DR. L. G. JONES, ’21, has it on exhibit in the Agronomy Department of of the College. . . . The new address of CAPT. A. C. BASSETT is APO 148, % PM, New York City. . . . CAPT. MER- RILL SMITH, APO 706, % PM, San Francisco, says they are experiencing lots of heat and rain in his section, but the camp, cut out of the jungle, is fairly comfortable. From a Thundrebolt Fighter Station in England comes word that CAPT. FELIX A. FRAZIER, son of Mr. and Mrs. Felix A. Frazier, Sr., of Greenville, has been awarded the Army Medal with an Oak Leaf Cluster for completing 20 opera- tional sorties over enemy-occupied Europe. His ship, the “Triple Dot’’ is named for his wife, Mrs. Dorothy S. Frazier, who, together with their year-old son, Felix III, lives at 1132 Walnut St., Greenville. Prier to going on active duty, Capt. Frazier was a civil engineer for the Texas Highway Dept, LT. LEE A. DOLBERRY enjoys THE AGGIE where he lives in the New Guinea jungles. His address is APO 713, Unit 1, % PM, San Francisco. . . SGT. BILLY F. WALKER, USMC, % Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, sends a heartfelt tribute to the memory of Re- veille. Lack of space prevents THE AG- GIE from printing. . . CAPT. LEON J. LEFKOFSKY of Corpus Christi has completed a course in anti-aircraft gun- nery ta the Coast Artillery Command Tng. Heights, Canal Zone. He has been with Hegihts, Canal Zone, He has been with the armed forces guarding the Panama Canal since Dec. 9, 1943. His wife lives at 1523 Stillman Ave., Corpus Christi. CAPT. PAUL C. WRIGHT, APO 709, San Francisco, writes that the Muster on his island would probably be the first one held as the 1944 Muster follows the sun. Among other Aggies in his area are classmate TOM BARRON and Mec- KEMIE. LT. ROBERT C. BARTON, Clarksville, recently arrived in the U. S. on the ex- change ship Gripsholm. He had been a prisoner of war in Germany and was wounded which was the reason for his exchange. He received his degree in Pet. Engr. in Feb., 1941. An AP picture indi- cated he was at the Halloran Cen, Hosp. in New York, but it is not known if he will remain there for treatment and convalescence. CAPT. JAMES P. GILES, Henderson, is ferred from Camp Campbell, Ky., to Camp Barkeley, Texas. CAPT. EUGENE =. moved from Camp Campbell, Ft. George G. Meade. Md. CAFTAIN J. WATT PAGE, JR. HILL has. been Ry., to is in the City Administration Hgs. at the 5th Army Has., APO 464, New York City. CAPTAIN JOHN L. CARLISLE is Company B, 6th Quartemaster Training Regiment, Camp Lee, Va. JOE H, ROTHE has been promoted to the rank of Capt. and is serving as Executive Officer of the 100th Div. Spec. Troops at Ft. Bragg, N. C. He has been on active duty since graduation. One unusual assignment was an 8-months’ tour of duty with the Army War Show dur- ing which time he toured all over the U. S. He has completed the C. and C. S. School at Ft. Leavenworth. As a student of A. & M. he was a member of both baseball and football teams. His home is at Hondo. Returning from the Middle East in December, ‘43, LT, CARL H. MANLEY is now at the Officers’ Replacement Pool at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md. . . . According to his father, I. M. Thomp- son, Box 191, Silsbee, CPL. IRVIN THOMPSON is now overseas, APO 858, % PM, New York City. . . . Mrs. Melvin L. Burks, 3240 Daniels Ave., Dallas, sends a gift to the Development Fund in the name of her husband, ENS. MEL- VIN LEE BURKS, who is now some- where in the South Pacific, ¢% Fleet Post Office, San Francisco. . . | CPL. OSCAR B. BAIRD, APO 708, ¢% PM, San Fran- eisco, sends his’ gift to the Development Fund. He reports having seen “WNBL” some time back, and really enjoyed it. CAPT. ROBERT W. HOLMES, hus- band of Mrs. Billy J. Holmes, Silsbee, has been listed as Missing in Action in the European Area. LT. V. B. STUBBS is with the 427th Armored FA. Bn., Camp Bowie, Texas. . » JIM W. WILKERSON is teaching vocational agriculture zt Breckenridge, Texas. He recently married Miss Frances PFC. WM. H. “BILL” MURRAY is at- tending the Adj. Gen. School for Enlist- ed Men at Ft. Washington, Md. 1941 Capt. Tom B. Richey, Hq. Troop, APO 201, ¢/o P.M. San Francisco, Calif. EUGENE W. SMITH, son of Mrs. Cath- erine Smith, 3945 Amherst, Dallas, was recently advanced to Corporal. . . . LT. EDBERT C. CLINE, APO 759, % PM, New York City, sends greetings to his friends, and wishes to be remembered to all the Ag. Eco. and Chem. profs. on the campus. LT. JOHN .B. LINK, nearing the end of his navigation training at Hondo, Texas, wishes mail to go to his home address, 2609 May St. Fort Worth 4. . . The new address of LT. L. E. HOUGH, JR., is 498th Bomb. gp, 876th Bomb. Sa., AAF, Great Bend, ans. According to Mrs. H. M. Martin, Hous- ton, LT. HERSCHEL M. MARTIN’S new foreign address is APO 133, ¢% PM, New York City. . . . A recent Associated Press photo showed CAPT, GEORGE C. TAY- LOR of Lampasas, among a group of Americans viewing a Jap battle flag captured on Los Negros Island by the U. S. 1st Cavalry Division . A gift to the Development Fund comes fro LT. T. S. HENDERSON, JR., APO 957, % PM, San Francisco. . . LT. WM. M. JEFFREY’S residence address is 2200 Pied- mont, Wichita Falls, Texas. Recently promoted from Lt. (jg) to Lt. senior grade is FRED A. GIBSON, % Fleet Post Office, San Francisco. . STUDENT OFFICER JOSEPH W. EHL- INGER, 1614 First St., Brownwood, is in the second phase of flight training at Gar- den City Army Air Field, Garden City, Kans. He took elementary flight training at Spertan School of Aeronautics, Tulsa, Okla. 8 ROY L. PEDEN is County Agr. Agent at Kermit, Texas. He and Mrs. Peden have a daughter, Suzanne, born. Nov. 14, 1943... . J, KOPIT, Fleet Post Office, New York City, sends his contribution to the Develcpment Fund. “I’ve lost my old lady, SHERMAN GRANT “CUEBALL” GRAY, of Amarillo,” he says. THE AGGIE would also like the military address of Capt. Gray. Mail for LT. THOMAS C. GRISSOM bas been returned to THE AGGIE. Will someone kindly let us have his correct address? . LT, - (jz). PIERCE‘ B. UZZELL, % Fleet Post Office, New York City, participated in the invasions of Sicily and Italy. “On one occasion’, he relates, ‘“When we carried troops to Sicily, one of same was LT, JOHN YOWELL, ’40. Needless to say, we had quite a visit. Since then, I have read where he was at home in Dallas recup- erating from injuries received in Italy.” He reports LT. (jg) CHAS. G. BASHAM, ’42, and ENSIGN CHARLES McMILLAN, USNR, in the same Flotilla with him, and that they get together often. CAPT. WM. C. GARDNER recently spent a 15-day leave at his home, 2233 Belfontaine, Houston, after 20 months overseas in Ireland, England, Africa, and Italy. . . . S/SGT. TONY VARISCO sends his new address: APO 115, ¢% PM, New York City . CAPTAIN BROCK H. FAULKNER, APO 689, % PM, New York City, writes: “After receiving my copy of the March 2 AGGIE on March 16, I decided to write and tell you how much we Aggies here in China appre- ciate the efforts of all who made the overseas edition possible. It has been re- quiring three to four months for THE AGGIE to reach us, I received the Dec. 15 issue on March 24. Mail to this theater is quite a problem. I am glad that A. and M. College of Texas led the way in printing the first overseas edition ever printed by and for a group of former students, We appreciate this consideration very much.” A gift to the Development Fund comes from LT. J. ov McMURREY, 312 N. Cur- tis, Pratt, Kans. . The new address of LT. (ig) CHARLES W. McCARROLL, JR. is U. S. Naval Air Facility, Mercer Field, Trenton, N. J. The McCarrolls have a new son, Charles H. McCarroll, born Feb. 27. . . . . Communications Officer of the 87th Div. Arty., Camp McCain, Miss., CAPT. ROBERT M. MAGEE is now attending Officers Advance Course, class 87 ‘at Fort-.Sill,;>. Okla... . i.. CAPT. TOM L. POWER, APO 201, ¢% PM, San Fran- cisco, reports being in contact with the enemy in his new location. Other Aggies in his vicinity are CAPTS. MAT DIKE- MAN, CLINT CROSS, SID McDONALD, and LTS. CARL MALONEY and JOHN- NY HARDIN. He reports that CAPT. TOM RICHEY has been laying wire close to. the shelling. “The South Sea islands aren’t half bad—fine swimming and good coconuts. Hope you can tell by reading the news where we are. We're really kicking their pants off.” The new address of LT. C. V. MILBURN is APO 149, New York City. . . . “Please change my address on THE TEXAS AG- GIE to Bks. 14C13 Area J, U. S. Naval Training Sta., Farragut, Idaho, as the paper is going all the way to Alaska and then back again before I get it,” comes from SK Y1/¢ RALPH TATUM . ENS. DAN C. WILSON’S new address is Room 80, Sage Hall, C. N. T. School, Ithaca, New York. . . . APO 965, % PM, San Francisco, is the new address of TWH, SSYNOTE. CAPT. NATE H. SNYDER, APO 709, % PM, San Francisco, says, ‘“We are all a long way from Aggie soil. “The spirit of Aggieland” carried on throughout the world Recently heard from TOM McCULLOUGH, who has seen a lot of action in Italy.” LT. CARL LEARY, APO 459, ¢% PM. San Francisco, reports being with the assault forces on the Gilbert Islands. MAJ. SAM LANGLEY, ’35, is another Aggie there. . . . LT. ALTON W, SISSOM, APO 638, ¢% PM, New York City, reports the following Aggies near him in England: CAPT. ARCHIE B. MILLER, CAPT. JIM BORDEN, and LTS. GEORGE B. DOR- RAH, ’42, and DAVID 1. RODDY, ’42, . . A gift to the Development Fund comes from LT. W. M. OLIVER, APO 862, % PM, New York City. " Ww. O. (ig) CHARLES J. POULTER, Office of the Quartermaster, Goodfellow Field, Texas, reports that his brother, SGT. GEORGE A. POULTER, ’44, is overseas at the following address: APO 12825-C, ¢ PM, New York City. CAPT. BRYAN W. BROWN is at Max- well Field, Ala., Ha. AAFEFTC, Special Services Section. He is a flying officer, having returned from sixteen months in the South Pacific area, and lives in Mont- gomery, Ala, with his wife. . . . SEC. LT. IRVING A. GLASSER is in the Fire Control Sect., Ordnance School, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md, Fife Mail for LT. (jg) ALBERT D. COTTON, USNR, should be addressed 9% his father, Dr. Geo. Cotton, Prof. Bldg., Temple, Texas. Lt. Cotton returned last October from 12 months service with the Pacific fleet, spent six months in a Seattle, Wash. hospital to recuperate from a tropical disease. He is now assigned to Klamoth Falls, Ore. Naval Air Station as operations officer in charge of flying NJ PORTER, 118 W. Chestnut, Denison, is in the general practice of medicine there. A son, William Michael Porter was born in his home March 21. > CAPT. HENRY M. JENNINGS, Ha. IRTC, Camp Wolters, Texas, is hap- py to be back in Texas. He is assigned at Wolters as Motor Transportation Of- ficer. Frevious stations have been Ft. Benning, Ga., where he attended the Motor Maintenance School, and Camp Carson, Colo. He is the son of Henry M. Jennings, 204 W. Yegar St., Groesbeck, Texas. . . . Still working as engineer with the Soil Conservation Service at Raymondville, ERNEST L. STREB, Box 1631, Raymondville, expects to enter the armed forces within the next 60 days. CAPT. R. V. MYERS, APO 758, New York City, sends his. contribution to the Development Fund—‘a much needed and very worthy project”, he opines. Aggies he has run across in his locality are LT. THE AGGIE would like to have the military address of LT. PETE DUNNAM, USNR, reportedly enroute to the South Pacific. A. HY. BEVILLE, CAPT. ADD WIL- SON, CAPT. LUTHER WESTBROOK, and PAUL LOWERY. THE AGGIE would like to have the military address of PAUL LOWERY. Capt. Myers has lost contact with CAPT. HERMAN FOCKE and wants to know his whereabouts. He also wants to know if HARRY BOYER, ’31, is still on the campus. . . . LT. CLARENCE D. BRASWELL writes from APO 957, % PM, San’ Francisco... ". A‘ gift. to" the Development Fund comes from CAPT. C. A. LILLY, APO 464, ¢% PM, New York City. DR. IRWIN C. MARK, Bay City, Tex- as, sends a gift to the Development Fund and also a gift to the Junior Development Fund in the name of his son, “MIKE” MARK, ’61. “THE AGGIE gets better with each reading Located a good school pal of mine that I hadn’t heard from in two years. Got a V-letter from him!” he re- ports. . . . The mailing address of B. B. HUTSON is Box 215, Lorenzo, Texas. . . . CAPT. EUELL D. HARRISON, son of John W. Harrison, Jayton, Texas, is at AAF Midland AAF, Midland, Texas. 1942 Capt. James B. Hervey, 399th Bomb Group (H) Wendover Field, Utah JAMES K. NAYLOR, JR. is a 2nd class Port Security Specialist in the USCGR, and has recently been hospitalized in the Miami Naval Air Hesiptal. His address is Box D, U. S. Navy Sec. Base, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. . . . An excerpt of a letter from LT. J. E. INGLEHART, APO 503, unit 1, % PM, San Francisco, included the following : “I finally got out of the States and to the place I wanted to go most. Had a swell trip across, saw lots of places, including the Hawaiian Islands and Australia. I'm now in New Guinea, and it looks like I'll have to go through a hot summer again. If you hike out in the woods here you can run up kangaroos just like you do jackrab- bits at home in Texas.” . , . The foreign address of LT. CLAYTON N. DUVALL is APO 953, ¢% PM, San Francisco. Mrs. H. Douglas Jackson, Box 466, Shamrock, Texas, writes that her husband, LT. DOUGLAS JACKSON, whose home town is San Angelo, is now in England. . . According to his mother, Mrs. H. C. Cater of Waller, Texas, LT. JAMES W. CATER has landed safely in New Guinea. His address is APO 471, ¢% PM, San Francisco. . The over- seas address of LT. TURNEY W. LEON- ARD is APO 230, % PM, AMUBMS, New York City. A gift to the De- velopment Fund comes from LT. H. C. McWHORTER, APO 690, ¢% PM, New York City. CAPT. BILL HAMERSLY and LT. P. P BYRNE are together, APO 717, Unit , % PM, San Francisco. . . . The foreign LF of CAPT. BRUCE E. PETTIT is APO 230, ¢% PM, New York City. A gift to the Development Fund comes from LT. ROBERT M. BRUCE, APO 254, ¢% PM, New York City. . . . CAPT. COL- LIER A. CAMPBELL, with the 154th Engr, (C) Bn, at Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif., sends a gift to the Junior De- velopment Fund in the name of his new son, Colin Bruce. “Thanks a lot, and keep THE AGGIE coming—it’s the best newspaper 1 read”, he says. . . Mus- tering together at Camp Wolters, Has. Co., Reception Center for the April 21 meet- overseas ing were: GEORGE D. LIGGETT, ’32, ED C.- HESS, ’40, ARCHIE E. BOYD, JACK - W. JONES,~ ’42, and . L.. L. HAYNES and J. A. AVERY, both ’44. Army February Pvt. Boyd entered the reportedly 19. Much Aggie spirit was present, EDWARD W. WAKELAND, son of Edd W. Wakeland, 3031 Forest Ave., Dallas, pilot with a B-26 Marauder unit based in Sardinia has been recently promoted to the rank of first lieutenant. He flies with the oldest medium bomb group in the Mediterranean theater. In 7 months of combat, he has 22 missions to his credit, and has participated in attacks on bridges, rail yards and airfields in Italy and Southern France. . . . CAPT. GERALD T. HOOTON’S new address is Hq. 1127th Engr. C. Gp., Camp Swift, Texas. Recently returned from foreign serv- ice, LT. THEODORE R. STELLMACHER, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Stellmacher of 730 Nesbitt St., Dallas, is now being pro- cessed through the Army Air Forces Redistribution Station No. 2 in Miami Beach, Fla. He flew 80 missions in the Southwest Pacific and has been awarded the Air Medal. Mrs. Stellmacher is with the Lieutenant at Miami Beach. LT. JOHN W. JENNINGS is with Co. D, 201st Inf., Camp Carson, Colo., hav- ing recently returned to the states from foreign duty. April 15 he and the former Miss Nelross Hiester of Fort Worth were married. . According to Mrs. J. H. Thomason, LT, R. B. THOMASON, USMCR, receives mail through the Fleet Post Office, San Francisco. CA JASPER W. THOMPSON has just reach- ed Smoky Hill Army Air Field, Salina, Kans., and has run into JACK WOLFE. He reports that not long ago he saw L. M. WILSON at the Army Air Base, Blythe, Calif. He was in the midst of phase training as a pilot on a B-24, and had spent several months in Africa be- fore his transfer to the Air Corps. CAPT. CHARLES C, WIGHT, JR. has been awardeé¢ the Silver Star for gal- lantry in action in the South Pacific area. He was cited for adjusting the fire of guns under his command to eliminate enemy artillery and enemy machinegun positions. His wife, Mrs. Jean Massie Wight, and infant son reside in Vernon, Texas. CAPT. RICHARD R. LITSEY, JR, Army Air Forces, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Litsey of Sherman, recently return- ed to the States after twenty months over- seas as a pilot in the Troop Carrier Command. He served in England, North Africa, Sicily, and Italy, and holds the the Air Medal. He was exchanged for a German internee after 2 months of inter- ment in Spain, following a landing in Spanish Morocco during the invasion of North Africa, and is now being processed through the Army Air Forces Redistri- bution Station No. 2 in Miami Beach, Fla. WILLIAM C. JENN is a First Lieu- tenant on overseas duty, APO 638, % PM, New York City. . . The AGGIE would like to have the addresses of ROBERT A." STURTEVANT and RICHARD 'L. McSPADDEN. LT. ERNEST "E. REMINGTON, a member of the 222nd C. C. T. S., AAAB, Ardmore, Okla., sends his gift to the Development Fund. . The residence address of LT, R. W. “JITTERBUG” HENDERSON is 617 E. Street, Lawton, OXKla. Mrs. James A. Shelton, Box 565, Brownwood, Texas, sends a gift to the Development Fund in the name of her husband, LT. JAMES A. SHELTON, who has been in Italy for four months. His address is APO 306, New York City. MAJOR THEODORE J. RALL, son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore J. Rall, 5219 Mer- cedes, Dallas, has been awarded the Air Medal for participation in five bomber combat missions over Europe. Group oper- ations officer at a flying base in England, MAJOR RALL received his commission in December, 1941. His wife, Mrs. Dorothy Rall, lives at 4411 Holland, Dallas. SEC. LT. RANSOM D. KENNY is now at Rabbock, Texas, S/O Class 44F, L. A. A. . .. A gift to the Development Fund rt from GENE M. GEER, 418 E. 6th St., Dallas, 8. He is in the Struc- tures Group of Eng. Dept. at North American Aviation, Inc. , . . Thanks go to W. J. Black, Weimar, Texas, for responding to the call in THE AGGIE for the address of DALE H. BLACK: 822 Sunny View, Dayton, O. . . . CAPT. ROS- COE C. HAUSER, JR., Chaplain, re- ceives mail at Headquarters, AAFEFTC, Maxwell Field, Ala. . LT. JOAN"M. JONES, JR. is on foreign duty, APO 711, % PM, San Francisco, and wishes his former buddies of Troop “C’’ at Ft. Bliss to get the welcome committee in line, as he hopes soon to join them His father, J. M. Jones, is chief of Range Animal Husbandry, TAMC, College Sta- tion, and the family home is in Bryan, Texas. The War Department has notified Mrs. Charles C. McBride, 1714 S. Edgefield, Houston, that her husband, LT. CHARLES C. Mc¢BRIDE, JR... a .bombardier, has been missing in action in the European area since April 1. He has received the Air Medal, having completed fifteen mis- sions over enemy-occupied territory, ..and received his wings and commission at the Roswell, N. M. Army Airfield a year ago. He is the son of Mrs. C. C. Mec- Bride, Sr., 939 W. Page, Houston. HAROLD C, HICKEY has been trans- ferred from the Louisiana oil field to the Dallas general office of the Atlantic Re- fining Co., where he is in the accounting department. He reports that NATHAN PUGETH is a Federal Meat Inspector of a large packing house, 523 Ave. D, San Rafael, Calif. Hickey and THE AGGIE would like to have the address of MILLER E. HERRINGTON. Hickey’s residence ad- dress in Dallas is 5823 Morningside. . . . LT. JAMES C. WALLACE sends his gift to the Development Fund. His ad- dress is APO 953, ¢% PM, San Francisco. LT. JOHN BOX’S foreign address js ‘APO 255, ¢% PM, New York City. MID’N D. W. BENSON'S new address is USNR, Midshipmen’s School, John Hall, Billet 1026, New York City, 27. . . . CAPT, JOHN R. CLARK, APO 322, ¢% PM, San Francisco, has been in New Guinea nine months and says he is still hale and hearty. He reports enjoying THE AGGIE. .'. LT. JOHN F. DEN- NINGTON, APO 871, % PM, New York City, says the English people are fine and he is enjoying his English sojourn. . . From Lt. 0. W, WRIGHT, APO 782, New York City, comes a contribution to the Development Fund. With him in Italy are LTS. V. D. WOOD, ED TIM- MONS, E. R. PACE, ’41, and NEAL D. SHEPHERD, ’38. Recently arrived in England is SEC. LT. JOHN E. HARRIS, APO 557, ¢% PM, New York City. He hopes to run into Aggie classmates soon. So far, he has seen JOHNNY GOBLE. . . . The new address of LT. GEORGE C. GORZYCKI is APO 515, ¢% PM, New York City. 1943 Lt. Dan R. Sutherland Winnsboro, Texas LT. DAN R. (ROCKY) SUTHERLAND is in final phase of Navigation Training, 1153rd Nav. Trng. Sqd., S. M. : . San Marcos, Texas. He sends regards to the class and reports the following ad- dresses: ENS. J. A. BAIRD, ’43, % F. P. 0O., San Francisco; LT. GEO. J. HUCKINS, ’43, APO 929, % PM, San Francisco; LT. WILLIAM C. CARTER, JR. ’42, APO 465, ¢% PM, New York City; W. HENRIKSON, ’43, 9% Fleet P. O., San Francisco; LT. EDWARD T. ROGERS, APO 230, % PM, New York City; LT. WILBERT L. WHITE, ’43, APO 230, % PM, New York City. He also sends the news item about MAJOR ROBERT C. MORRIS, JR., ’42, APO 469, New York, N. Y.,—“‘even though he isn’t a member of the ’43 class,” says Rocky, ‘he does have the distinction of coming from Winnsboro, Texas!” SEC. LTS. JACK M. ANDREWS, Ww. R. JOHNSON, DANIEL P. MALEY, and WILLIAM McNAIR and PFC. ROGER P. SCOTT are at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. Lt, Andrews is in the Avia- tion Arms, RCN; Lt. Johnson is in Bal- listics Research, Lab. RCN; Lt. Maley is a member of Co. M, 3rd Regt.; Lt. McNair is in the Auto Sect. Ord. School; and Pfc. Scott is in Det. C. <i «> The mailing address of MARLIN H. KEATH- LEY is Box 1187, Lawton, Okla. His brothers are JOHN A. KEATHLEY, ’25, and S/SGT. GEORGE D. KEATHLEY, 35. . . . LT. LESLIE E. PEDEN receiv- ed his commission Nov. 22 and is now Asst. Athletic Director for the 4th Reg. In- fantry at Ft. Benning, Ga., according to. ROY: L. /PEDEN, ’41. THE AGGIE would like to have the address of ROBERT T. WRIGHT, son of Mr. Paul Wright, Box 3123, Sta. A, El- Paso, and brother of CAPT PAUL C. WRIGHT, ’41, APO 709, San Francisco. . . . A/C JACK O. ASHWORTH, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack O. Ashworth of 402 S. Bryan St., Bryan, Texas is now in Lincoln, Nebraska awaiting place- ment in a bomber crew. Mail for Cadet Ashworth should go to his home address. va ov PRC. 8.5 K. “RIRK iis ia member: of 2nd St. Co., ASTU 3800, TAMC, College Station. “LT. -JACK 'B. MILLERS new foreign address is APO 77, % PM, San Francisco. Frank E. Richter of Alvin, Texas, sends a gift to the Development Fund in the name of his son, T /SGT. GEO. H. RICH- TER, who joined the Marines in June, 1942 and is never at one base long enough to get THE TEXAS AGGIE. Sgt. Ritcher’s mail- ing address is 16th AAFTTD, Inglewood, Calif. . . . PFC. PAUL D. CHANEY is a member of Co. G, 395th Inf., APO 449, % PM, Camp Maxey, Texas. He formerly at Stillwater, Okla, C. A. CAMPBELL is with Ha. Engr. (C) Bn., Camp Beale, Calif. : The foreign address of LT. RICHARD P. MACEIRAS is APO 5212, ¢% PM, San Francisco. Mrs. L. R. Hereford, Lometa, Texas, credits Texas A. and M. with hardening her son, LT. LESLIE R. HEREFORD, JR., APO 90, ¢% PM, New York City, so he could “take it” in the Army. Sailing from New York in March, he is now somewhere in England, and ‘full of Aggie spirit.®5. R. A. STOCKING now owns his own ol and also is veter- inarian for the Hurst Foundation for the Blind, and does all of the work for the guide dogs of Southern Calif. His address is 8166 Los Felix Blvd.,, Los Angeles. . . Mrs. Charles McMillan, Jr., 0. Box 1190, Kilgore College, Kilgere, Texas, sends a gift to the Development Fund in the name of her husband, ENS. CHARLES McMILLAN, JR. Ens. McMillan was commissioned at Northwestern U, last August, and is now in England serving as executive officer aboard an LCI. “The TEXAS AGGIE is great—keep it com- ing’’, he writes, “I didn’t know A. & M. had such a warm place in my heart until I left it. It’s the best place in the world, and I wouldn’t take anything for my four years there.” LT. H. J. MAGRANE, APO 435, % PM, New York City, is rejoicing over the birth of his son, Gregg G. Magrane on Feb. 13. Mrs Magrane is the former Miss Emma D. Gregg of Bryan and La- mesa, Texas, and she and the new son are living in Lamesa now. Emma D. Gregg of Bryan and Lamesa, Texas, and she and the new son are living in Lamesa are living in Lamesa now. .THE AGGIE would like to have the address of GEO. ROBERTS. (CPL. DOYLE L. MOORE, APO 133, % PM, New York City, sends a gift to the Development Fund... . SEC. LT. WILLIAM: :V: “BILL” VAUGHN, JR, is a member of the 63rd TCG, Sec. H, Sadalia AAF, Knob Noster, Mo. LT, JOHN WwW. PRATT, JR. sends his gift to the Development Fund. . . LT. WM. MceNAIR, JR. son of Mr. William McNair, S., 224 N. Brighton, Dallas, re- ports that SEC. LT. REX W. HILL is in North Africa with a Bomb. Disposal Unit. Lt. McNair is at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. in the Auto Sect. Ord. School, . . . . LTS. CLAYTON: B. ATKINS and KLEIN on duty at APO 84, Camp Clai- borne, La., send gifts to the Develop- ment Fund. Lt. Atkins is a member of Hq. Btry 327 F. A. Bn., and Lt. Klein is in Haqgs. Btry, 84th Div. Arty. A/C DAVID BALL, “JR., Squad. 5, Flight C. Class 44E, AAFPS (ATE), Stockton Field, Calif., son of Mr. and Mrs. David Ball, 400 Memorial Drive, Houston, will receive his wings and com- mission May 23 as a pilot in AAF. . The address of ENS. J. P. HOLLINGS- WORTH is 7 Winthrop Hall, 1 St. John’s Road, Cambridge, 38. . LT. DAVID B. COFER, JR., son of Mr. and Mrs. D. B, Cofer, of the English Department at A. and M., recently completed an an- tiaircraft gunnery course at the Officers’ Division of the Panama Coast Artillery Command Training Center. He has served with the CA forces Sanding the Panama Canal since Dec. 1943. ET. A #C. SBENSBERGER’S address is 1583 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 38. . . A recent visitor to the campus was LT. CLINTON A. MEDBERRY, with the 845th Harbor Craft Co. at Camp Gordon: ‘Johnston, Fla. i. ire LTWM, WW, DOMINY, Repl. Depot., Barksdale Field, Shreveport, La., was graduated as a pilot in Del Rio in March flying B-26’s. Last November he and the former Miss Vir- ginia Wilson of Thornton, Texas were married. He includes a gift to the De- velopment Fund. Mrs. John B- Longley, Lincoln, Texas, writes that her husband, LT. JOHN B. LONGLEY, would like to hear from some of his buddies. His foreign address is APO 77, % PM, San Francisco. ’ Formerly at Laredo, Texas, PVT. GUS’ MINGES, JR. is now overseas, Apo 9938, ¢% PM, New York City. DON E. CAMPBELL is a member of In 11th. AAFFTD, Tucson, Ariz. & LT, GEORGE J. HUCKINS writes from "APO 503, ¢% PM, San Francisco, and reports that he recently saw EARLE HARTMAN, APO 713, and he saw him in the APO 920 vicinity. Mrs. Frank Mitchell, Dallas, mother of PVT. F. 8S. Mitchell, APO 508, % PM, New York City, sends a gift in the name of her son, . . . The foreign address of LT. BENJAMIN H. SCHLEIDER, JR. is APO 256, ¢% PM, New York City. A Da ae 18 H. EBERSPACHER is on duty at Camp Murphy, Fla. . . . SEC. LT. JOHN A. ROMING, APO 515, % PM, New York City, says it is great to run into Aggies “who speak the same lingo.” LT. STANLEY A. SMITH, APO 9718, % PM, San Francisco, says he is at last out in the Pacific with the other* fight- in” Aggies” and has a high reputation to live up to. Overseas since November, 1943, LT. JAMES E. MCCASHAN, 4707 Caroline Blvd,. Houston, is a member of the Sar- dinia-based Marauders, and has flown 25 combat missions in Italy and South- ern France, Prior to his entering the AAF in April, 1942, he was a drill press opera- tor for the Mission Mfg. Co., Houston. . . . CAPT. ROBERT C. MORRIS, JR. has been promoted to major in the India- China wing of the Air Transport Com- mand, where he has been half a year. He is the son of R. C. Morris, 310 S. Willomet, Dallas. . LT. EDWIN J. HERNAN, son of Mrs. Ellen B. Hernan, 5605 Bowser, Dallas, is a member of the Marine Fighter Squadron, ‘Fighting Cor- sairs’’, and is accredited with bringing down eight planes. Prior to his enlistment, he was working in Dallas. . . . Overseas since November, 1942, SGT. ROBERT 1. PAINE, APO 708, % PM, San Fran- cisco, is in New Hebrides advance base doing mapping for the air forces. He is the son of Prof. and Mrs. L. S. Paine 9 the Agric. Eco. Department of A. and Scheduled to receive his silver pilot’s wings soon at Pampa Army Air Field, Pampa, Texas is SEC. LT. WILLIAM A. HEMPHILL, husband of the former Tamea Henderson, 1315 S. Madison, San Angelo, and son of Mrs. Ethel C. Hemp- hill, 1101 S. David, San Angelo. He re- ceived his primary flight at Ballinger. 1944 Lt. Gus Boesch, Whitney, Texas J. C. McCLESKY, Box 1214, Grand Prairie, Texas, is employed as an account- ant in the Payroll Dept. of North Ameri- can Aviation. Mrs. McClesky is the former Miss Aline Graf, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Graf of Vernon, Texas. They are living at 305 E. 11th, Grand Prairie, Texas. . . | LT. CLAYTON A. MANGOLD is a member of Co. A, 764th L. Tk. Bn., Camp Pickett, Va. . . LT. RAYMOND E. VELINDER is at Camp Polk, La., APO 258. He believes the ¢‘proposed Stu- dent Activities Building will be a great asset, to AR. & M”’ .Mrs. Geo. Danaher 2410 Dartmouth, Wichita Falls, Texas, reports that their son, LT. JAMES E. DANAHER and LT. TOM HARDING reports that their sons LT. JAMES E. DANAHER, ’45, USMCR, enjoy THE HER received his silver wings in Nov. 1943 at Aloe Army Air Field, Victoria, after holding the highest office upon to cadets during his training. Until his recent assignment to the 327th Fighter Sadn., Marysville Army Air Field, Marys- ville, Calif., he was an instructor in advanced training at Aloe Field. LT. S. E. CARTWRIGHT, 980th Engr. Maint, Co., Camp Crowder, Mo., sends a contribution ot Dehtlvee a contribution to the Development Fund. He recently enjoyed a leave to his home in Dallas. Stations since last May have been Camp Davis, N. C., Ft. Belvoir, Va., and Ft. Leonard, Mo. He is Motor Officer there at Camp Crowder. . . . LT. THOMAS N. INGLIS’ mailing address is 642 21st St., Columbus, Ga. . . The following Ag- ggies recently arrived at Camp Van Dorn, Miss. from Camp Roberts, Calif.: LT. C.D. “SNUFFY’ SMITH, 'LT1.. .CLLAR- ENCE DUKE, and LT. TRAVIS S. PAR- KER. Also there is LT. JOHN BANNIS- TER. Lt. Smith is a member of the 569th Br As Bn. EDWIN B. LAW, son of Mrs. Josephine Law of 107 Rowland Drive, Tyler, won his Navy “Wings of Gold” and was commissioned recently in the Marine Corps Reserve, following com- pletion of flight training at the Naval Air Training Center, Pensacola, Fla. LT. JOE T. KELSEY is now a member of Btry B, 664th F. A. Bn., Camp Maxey, Texas. . . A/C HERMAN J. VAVRA has entered the AAF Training Command School at Yale Univ. for aviation cadet training in Armament. LT. LOUIS J. BAVACQUA is now at APO 584, ¢ PM, New York City. . The address of LT. JAMES E. MELSON is APO 261, Camp Cooke, Calif. A/C ROBERT J. DAVIS is now in basic training for pilot in the Waco Army Air Field, Waco, Texas, but is stationed in Temple, where he is studying Advanced Training. Mrs. Davis was Miss Janiece Ward of Rosen- berg until her marriage to A/C Davis April 15. . . The mailing address of LT. ROBERT H. RUDASILL is EMSCPA, Bldg. 775, Ft. Monmouth, N. J. LT. (jg) C. D. REEVES, writes from . Fleet Post Office, San Francisco. At pres- ent his is a tough assignment. 1945 CHARLES R. CUNNINGHAM, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Cunningham of 2447 Gladstone St., Dallas, recently won his Navy ¢“Wings of Gold” and was com- missioned a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve in a ceremony at the Naval Air Training Center, Pensa- cola, Fla. He has been designated a Naval Aviator . . . . LT. TOM HARDING DANAHER, USMCR, completed his Naval Aviation training at the U. S. Naval Air Station, Kingsville, and received his gold wings as a Marine Pilot in Corpus Christi on March 15. Lt. Danaher is now stationed at the Naval Air Station at Jacksonville, Fla. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Danaher, 2410 Dartmouth, Wichita Falls, and brother of LT. JAMES E. DANAHER, ’44, now at Marysville, Calif, Army Air Field. LT. W. B. LEWIS is with the Execu- tive Branch, RCN, Aberdeen Proving . . . . The address of LT R. i: SYERLY is 10 Agassis, (Cambridge AVIATION CADETS CUR- TIS ERWIN, JR. 3rd & Vine St, Colorado City, Texas; JIM T. HESTER, Box 105, Asherton, Texas; and GEORGE S. WALLINGFORD, 426 S. Phoenix, Tul- sa, Okla, are training at Garden City Army Air Field, Garden City, Kansas . _ . PFC.” PAUL. T.' LAROCHE, JR., is: ‘a member ~of; Co.. 2G; 19th : Inf.,~ A. 1. .B., APO 262, Camp Barkeley, Texas HARRY L DAVIS of Cotulla, Texas, and JACK BELL CORN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Corn, Ft. Worth, recently re- ceived the silver wings of an Army Air Forces pilot, and were sworn in as sec- ond lieutenants at ceremonies at Napier Field, Ala. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Merle V. Davis of Cotulla LRT PRC: ED. GLAZENER, Baylor Medical School, Houston, indicates that the address of JIM BEHRMAN is ¢ Southwestern Med- ical School, Dallas. . PFC.. BYRON STENIS is a member of the 1891st Engr. Avn. Bn. C. B, Geiger Field, Wash. . . LT. JOHN A PENNINGTON, son of Mr. and Mrs Paul B. Pennington, 3419 Locke Lane, Houston, recently graduated from Brooks Field, Texas with highest honors. He is a member of the first entire class of Aviation Cadets at Brooks Field to re- ceive their advanced flying training in the modified B-25 Billy Mitchell bomber. A/C O M. WILKINSON, JR., is now in Sadn. B-2, Aloe Air Field, Victoria, Texas. ~v. oe PNT." VERNON. 'G.: HUNT, APO 34, ¢ PM, New York City, has been in Italy for three months, and is seeing action on the Anzio beachhead. He is a brother of C. G. HUNT, ’40, 5919 Velasco, Dallas. . LT. EARL RODMAN, son of E. G Rodman, Box 591, Odessa, Texas, is at Aloe Army Air Field, Victoria, ta- king transition in P-40 Fighter Planes for the present. . . . LT. JACK M. MC- CAINE, 2441 McClendon Road, Houston, is in an R. T. U. in Charleston, S. C., and reports having heard recently from his old lady, BOBBY J. STAHLMAN, who is in O. C. Pool in Fort Benning, Ga. CAND. RALPH R. RUSCHE of "153 Weymouth, San Antonio, is a member of the 1st Co., O. C. S., 63rd Class, Fort Knox, Ky., and due to graduate June 3. . A/C ROY O. MCCALDIN, son of Mrs. J R. MeCaldin, 311 W. Elsmere- Place, San Antonio, is at Gardener Field, Taft, Texas. ENSIGN WILBUR A. KASTEN, USNR,. is at the U. S. Naval Air Station, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. . . . NAVIGATION CADET ANDREW F. LAVENDER, Azle, is now at San Marcos Army Airfield, and enjoys getting the TEXAS AGGIE “a. heck of a lot”. He is the son of Andrew F. Lavender, Box 37, Route 1, Azle, Tex- as. . SGT. VICTOR J. LEHMBERG is. now a member of Co. C, 88th Inf. Tng. Bn., Camp Roberts, (lalif. He is the son of W. C. Lehmberg, Mason, Texas. LT. R. T BYERLY is now at 10 Agassis St., Cambridge, 38, Mass. . SPT DUDLEY K. BARRET is now at APO 716, % PM, San Francisco, according to Mrs. W. B. Barret, Comanche, Texas. 1946 WILLIAM F. HUDDLESTON, A/S. VO012, USNR, U. S. Naval Hospital, Ward K, Memphis 15, Tenn, says credit for the: successful Muster in Memphis is due C.. ALLAN SMITH, °’28. + PNT. ‘CECI. NEWMAN is a member of Co. E, 405th Inf., APO 102, Camp Swift, Texas. He wants the addresses of EDWARD: TSCHOEPE, ’42, JAMES A. PUCKETT, ’43, and CHARLES S. GRANT, 44. . . . PVT. -BARL:T.. BROWN, JR... is now in (Co. A., 414th Inf., APO 104, Camp. Carson, Colo. “No matter where I may be stationed, I sure want to be able to. receive THE TEXAS AGGIE regularly, because without it I really would be cut. off from A. & M.”, he says..." "PVT. ERNEST G. SIMMONS, Co. C, Bldg. 1519,. M. DE. T. S., Fort Benjamin Harrison, ind. says it snowed in his locality April "A/C THELTON H. MCWHERTER of Kilgore, Texas, is now at Enid Army Air Field, Okla., where he came from Victory Field, Vernon, Texas . . JAMES W. BASSETT, A/S V-7, USNR, "Mid'n School, Sect. 41, Notre Dame, Ind., says he “can’t afford to miss THE AGGIE. A PVT NORMAN BLUMENTHAL is a member of Co. E, 253rd Inf., 63rd Div., APO 410, Camp Van Dorn: Miss.” 7% PFC. CHAS. E. TEAGUE'S residence: address is 704 Lindsay, Gainesville. His. father is J. A. Teague of the same address ot. PVT. BOBBIE C. GLASS" is ‘now at a temporary station, and wishes mail for him to be addressed ¢% his father, I. 1. Glass, Hughes Springs, Texas . . . CPL. ALLEN OC. GARNER, Co. V, 803rd Sig. Tng.- Regt., Ft. Monmouth, Red Bank, N. J, reports that there are 43 Aggies there in Signal Corps O. C. S., and they had a great Muster. He is the son of Mrs. Allen C. Garner, 623 N. Ninth St., Poplar Bluff, Mo. PVT. CHAS. W. READ, JR, is a mem- ber of Co. H, 399th Inf., 100th Div., APO 447, Ft. Bragg, N. C. He is anxious to contact Aggies there. His father is C. W. Read, 3224 Nottingham St., Houston ... The new address of CPL. IKE ASH- BURN is 435 Base Hq. and Air Base sqdn., Hillsgrove Army Air Field, Provi- dence, R. I. 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