The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current, April 02, 1945, Image 2
-— ‘T. J. Dwyer, ’12 PAGE 2 MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1945 THE TEXAS AGGIE THE TEXAS AGGIE E. E. McQuillen ................ Publisher Published Semi-Monthly at the A. & M, Press, College Station, Texas, except dur- ing the summer months when issued monthly, by the Association of Former Students of the Agricultural and Mechan- jal College of Texas, College Station, exas. Subscription Price $5.00 Entered as Second Class Matter at College Station, Texas Officers Rufus, R. Feeples, 28........0..ccecsjoeeis President H. Dick Winters, ’16............ Vice-President E. E. McQuillen, ’20....Executive Secretary LB." Locke ’18.........ser Assistant Secretary Directors FEAL Whyte,” 214... ci iegicivorinn Texarkana W. A. Moore, 25 Paris Col. 'T. H.: Barton, ’ _El Dorado, Ark. HSK, Deason; 116.....00m5eseemies Port Arthur A. Ed Carsway, 34 Lufkin George B. Morgan, ’18.................... Beaumont A. G. Pfaff, ’25 Tyler Roy D. Golston, ’03 Tyler W. L. Ballard, ’22 Longview R. Frank Ashburn, ’'24................ Sherman Herbert A: Burow, 224...........ccccivcierins Bonham John P. McCullough, ’24 McKinney A. P. Rollins, ’06 Dallas Tyree L. Bell, "13 Dallas Boel. rCunningham, ' 210....:L .icuictonn.. Dallas S. A. Lipscomb, ’017...... College Station W. F. Munnerlyn, ’26 . ...College Station Rufus R. Peeples, ’28................... Tehuacana L. M. Welch, 24 Conroe HES. Davenport, .’04...............i. Palestine C. F. Adickes, ’10 i Geo. H. Lacy, ’13 Houston T. W. Mohle, 1d Houston Charles RR. . Halle, 212:.......ccicrricrcens: Houston TM. Smith, .Sr., ”01:........... East Columbia Scott Moore, ’11 Yoakum H. J. ‘Mikeska, +210,..7 i cnesitions. Texas City C. M. Elwell, 23 Austin W. P. Patton, ’29 Lockhart Robert: Schaer, 21...........ccivecied Chapel Hill Hubert G. Davis, ’ w W. E. Wade, ’30 Major .R. ‘N. ‘Connolly, .’87:.....c.c.l ibe crsins Waco Herbert F. Spreen. ’22................ Fort Worth ST Bae. 221. i issiisonsess tango ie Fort Worth A. J. Healy, ’28 Fort Worth George Moffett, ’16 ............. Chillicothe Calvin "P. iDodson. *10.............cceennei... Decatur Jack C. Idol, ’26 Benjamin A JB. Hinman, 325.......2...54 Corpus Christi Silver Whitsett, ’24 Seguin D. F. Bredthauer, ’22 Goliad Charles. BE. Richter, ’29.............c.icccsem Laredo Norman E. Buescher, 22 E. B. Cartwright, A. L. Forbes, Jr., 21 aso Odessa PEW. Hin, 23). reid Ft. Stockton Dr. Verne A. Scott, '14......... Stephenville Dr. a IN Burditt, 220. coast. Abilene AOR TT 1 aa, Te SER ER UREN Sweetwater hea " Miller, 28 Amarillo J. F. Blount, ’28 Amarillo Frank F. McMordie, | A ET Canadian Jack Christian, ’32 Spur Joe WW. Jennings, ‘11.0... vin Lockney A. F. Reese, ’14 Shallowater Louis A. Hartung, ’29................ San Antonio C. M. Gaires, ’12 C. C. Krueger, ’ Penrose B. Metcalfe, '16 H. Dick Winters, ’16 Brady RB.J. OMilligan, 24... cc ids Brownwood M. A. Abernathy, ’16............ Shreveport, La. C. D. Speed, ’26... Houston Gen. A. B. Knickerbocker, 21.......... Austin James P. Hamblen, 27..........cccoueenn.een Houston Edward W. Wilson, ’30...Kansas City, Mo Executive Committee Rufus R. Peeples, 28.................... Tehuacana H. Dick Winters, ’16 Brady ASE. “Hinman, 225......-..- Corpus Christi Tyree L. Bell, ’13 Dallas J. P. Hamblen, ’27 Houston Student Loan Fund Trustees Rufus R. Peeples, ’28................ Tehuacana AL I Mitchell, 209........ccceoiiisin ons Corsicana E. E. MeQuillen, ’20................ College Station 7 E2rssentaiiver on the Athletic Council A. (Hop). Reynolds, *30........ccnccemuen- Dallas Ie A. B. Knickerbocker, *21.......... Austin MR Campbell-Loeffler Pleasant, survived by his wife, Mrs. Mildred Morgan Sullivan; and three sisters. Mr. Sullivan came to A. & M. in 1908 as secretary to the president and later was made secretary of the Feed Control Division of the Texas Agricultural Expe- riment Station. In 1919 he became business manager of athletics, a position he held until September 1931, when he returned to the Feed Control Division. He retired from active work in 1942. Most A. & M. men best remember “Sully” for his outstanding work with the Athletic Department and in building the present physical plant at Kyle Field. E. H. Sternenberg, ‘97 E. H. Sternerberg, 97, died at his home in Nordheim, Texas, on February 28. He had been Superintendent of Schools in Nordheim, but retired two years ago due to ill health. He was a brother of Paul L. Sternenberg, ’05. Lee Coffman, ’99 Lee Coffman, ’99, of Benjamin, Texas, died in March of injuries received in an automobile accident. He was District Clerk at Benjamin. Mr. Coffman was a student at A. & M. during the years 1895-96. Elton P. Hunter, ’00 E. P. “Red” Hunter, age 63, Vice-Pres- ident and General Manager of Wm.Cameron & Company, Waco, died in that city on March 23, following a stroke earlier in the week. Born at Hunter, Comal County, he had been a member of the Cameron organiza- tion since his A. & M. days. He served two terms as president of the Lumber- men’s Association of Texas and was one of the best-known men in the lumber field in the Southwest. In 1922-23 the Association of Former Students was reorganized in its present corporate form and for the first time in its history placed on a sound financial basis. The reorganization was effected under Mr. Hunter’s leadership. He was also a past president of the Waco A. & M. Club, and was active in the civie affairs of that city. Throughout his lifetime he was one of the strongest, most active and loyal alumni of the A. & M. College. His wife is his only survivor. Thomas J. Pinson, Sr.. ’01 Thomas J. Pinson, Sr.. ’'01, died at a Dallas hospital on oanuary 5. He was a pioneer citizen of Forney, where he lived throughout his life. He attended Texas A. & M. during the years 1898-1901, stu- dying Mechanical Engineering. Dillard B. Pitts, ’35 Dillard B. Pitts, ’35, died in December, 1944, of heart failure brought on by ex- citement when his hunting partner was accidentally shot. He was living at Athens, Texas, at the time of his death. Capt. Edward H. Prove, ’41 Edward H. Prove, ’41, son of . Hugo Prove of Lockhart, Texas, was killed in action in Germany on March 6. Capt. Prove had entered the service immediately after graduating from A. & M. in 1941, and had been overseas several months with the field artillery. Besides his parents, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Prove, also of Lockhart. Major Paul J. Stach, ’41 Stevie Stach, Box 307, Rosenberg, has been notified that her son, Major Paul J. Stach, ’41, previously re- ported missing in action over Germany since June 6, 1944, was killed in action on June 8. Major Stach was pilot of a Flying Fortress and had flown 60 com- bat missions. Besides his mother, Major Stach is survived by his wife and son of Sarasota, Fla., one brother, Capt. Stan- A. Stach, ’86, at present in a hos- pital in England; and one sister. Mrs. Texas, Lt. Joe ‘R.- Clark, Jr., ’43 Lt. Joe R. Clark, Jr., ’43, ‘son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe R. Clark, Box 101, Roby, Texas, was killed in action January 21 in Luxembourg. Lt. Clark went into active service on graduation from A. & M. in May, 1943, and left for overseas duty in July, 1944. The field artillery battery of which Lt. Clark was a member had seen heavy action for some time. Lt. William G. Goodman, ’43 Lt. William G. “Bill” Goodman, ’43, son of Mrs. W. E. Dunlap of Houston and Burleigh Goodman, also of Houston, was killed in action in Luxembourg on Jan- uary 18. Lt. Goodman received his com- mission at Ft. Benning, Ga., and went overseas in August, 1944. He was serving with the 80th Division of the Third Army, Miss Reba Campbell of Mt. Texas, became the bride of Lt. J. Loeffler, Victor 42, on February 22 at Miami, | Lt. Loeffler has reported to duty 1st STR, TIS, Fort | Fla. with the 23rd Co., Benning. Ga. Mincavage-Gossett The marriage of 2nd Lt. Alice M. Min- cavage, an army nurse, to 1st. Lt. Robert B. Gossett, 42, of Houston, Texas, took place in Marseilles, France, shortly before Christmas. Lt. Gossett, at present on duty with the Fifth Army, will soon return to the States to join his wife, who has been returned under the army rotation plan. Alexander-Taylor Lt. Warrena Alexander, an army nurse, of Nacogdoches, Texas, and Lt. Thomas J. Taylor, ’44, were married on February 19 at San Antonio, Texas. Lt. Taylor is a bombardier-navigator instructor at MAATF, Midland, Texas, and Mrs. Taylor is sta- tioned at Harmon Gen. Hosp., Longview. Rice-Bartlett Miss Claire Rice and Lt. Richard D. Bartlett, 44, were married -in February. Lt. Bartlett recently returned from over- seas duty and is at present at Kingman AAF, Kingman, Ariz. Mr. Russell E. Kimmel of Dayton, Ohio, has announced the engagement and ap- proaching marriage of his daughter, Ma- rianna, to Major James Y. Alexander, ’38, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. R Alexander, 23, of College Station. The wedding will take place on April 28 at Oakwood, Ohio. Major Alexander is at present stationed’ at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Woodall, ’31, of Shreveport, La., are the proud parents of a daughter, Carolyn, born on February 20. The Woodalls also have a son, Phil, age 3. Mr. Woodall is with the United Gas Pipeline Co. in Shreveport. A son, George E. Carpenter, Jr., was born on January 24 in Washington, D. C., to Lt. Col. and Mrs. George E. Carpenter, ’32, 513 Payne, Alexandria, Va. Father George was with the Humble Co. before going on active duty, and was a star baseball performer during his cadet days. Major and Mrs. J. G. Hamner, ’36, 559 Main St., Metuchen, N. J., have announced the birth of their second child, a daughter named Mary Jean, on February 18. They also have a son. A daughter, Mary Jane, was born on February 23 to Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Stan- ton, ’40. The Stantons, who live at 410 Unadilla, Shreveport, La., also have a son, Larry. Announcement has been made of the birth of a daughter, Harriet Grace McKee, to Lt. and Mrs. Harry W. McKee, 41, on February 16. Mrs. McKee and the young daughter are making their home at 2517 Montgomery Way, Sacramento 17, Calif., while Lt. McKee is on foreign duty. Thomas Lee Wakefield was born on November 27 at Walter Reed Gen. Hosp., Washington, D. C., to Lt. and Mrs. Leon A. Wakefield, ’42. The Wakefields are living in Apt. 202, 2713 Lee Blvd., Ar- lington, Va. Lt. and Mrs. Joseph M. Farrell, Jr., *44 are the proud parents of a daughter, Pame- la Kaye, born on March 2. Lt. Farrell is assigned to duty with the 1697th SCV Food Insp. Serv. 416 Federal Bldg., Grand Rapids, Mich. SILVER TAPS James Sullivan James Sullivan, retired veteran em- ployee of Texas A. & M., and for twelve years business manager of athletics, died , | sion at Ft. Benning, Ga. ond had previously been reported missing in action since January 18. Besides his | £are nts, Lt. Goodman is survived by his v.f2, Mrs. Pat Goodman, 3325 Tampa St., Houston 4. Mrs. Goodman would like to know more details about her husband's death and would like to hear from anyone having such information. Sgt. Harold Fink, ’44 Szt. Harold Fink, ’44, son of Mrs. Minnie Fink, 2202 East Alabama, Houston, was overseas for only three and a half weeks when he was killed in action near Alsace-Lorraine on January Ta. Sgt. Fink | was inducted into service in March, 1943, during his senior year at A. & M., and landed in France in December, 1944. Sur- viving besides his mother are one brother and two sisters. Lt. Richard LaNier Haxthausen, ’44 Lt. Richard LaNier Haxthausen, ’44, of the Marines, died in an airplane crash at Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, on February 23. Lt. Haxthausen attended A. & M. from 1940-41, and worked for the Shell Geophysical Laboratories prior to entering the service in August, 1942. He received his commission as a marine fighter pilot in November, 1943, at Pensacola, Fla. Assigned to the famed Black Sheep Squad- ron, Lt. Haxthausen was stationed in California a year before going overseas. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marcell T. Haxthausen of 1608 Har- vard, Houston ; four sisters; and both his grandmothers. Lt. Carl R. Van Hook, ’44 Lt. Carl R. Van Hook, ’44, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Van Hook, Clements Ave., Somerset, Kentucky, was killed in action in Holland on March 1. He entered the Army in March, 1943, during his senior year at A. & M. He was commissioned in July, 1944, and went overseas in October. Stationed in England for a short time. Lt. Van Hook then sow active serv- ice in France and Belgium before entering Holland. Besides his parents, he is sur- vived by three brothers and two sisters. Lt. George A. Williams, ‘44 Mrs. C. C. Hutchins, Rt. 4, Woodward, Okla., has been notified that her son, Lt. George A. Williams, ’44, was killed in an airplane accident over India on January 26. Pilot of a P-27 Thunderbolt, Lt. Wil- liams entered the service in February, 1943, while a student at A. & M. He had been overseas since August, 1944. Lt. Robert R. Braswell, ’45 Lt. Robert R. Braswell, ’45, only child of Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Braswell of Yoa- kum, Texas, died of wounds received on Iwo Jima, March 3. He was wounded on Saipan and had only recently returned to active duty. Lt. Braswell attended A. & M. from 1941-42. He received his commis- sion at Bremerton, Washington. Lt. Joseph D. Longley, ’45 Lt. Joseph D. Longley, ’45, previously reported missing in action, was killed in action in France on January 6. He at- tended A. & M. from 1941-43, taking Industrial Education. Survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Longley, Giddings, Texas; and a brother, Lt. John B. Longley, ’43, now on overseas duty. Lt. Joe T. Mason, Jr., ’45 Lt. Joe T. Mason, Jr., ’45, was killed in action February 18 in Germany according to word from his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Mason, Rt. 5, Box 240, Memphis, Tenn. He had previously been missing in action. Lt. Mason entered the service in December, 1942, and received his commis- He went over- seas early last December. Lt. Cyrus M. McCaskill, ’45 Lt. Cyrus M. McCaskill, ’45, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus W. McCaskill, Ennis, Tex- as, was killed in action in Germany on March 8. He attended A. & M. during the years 1941-43, taking Architecture. Lt. McCaskill received his commission at Ft. Benning, Ga., in June, 1944, and in Nov. went overseas, where he served with the 76th Division of the Third Army. Besides his parents, Lt. McCaskill is survived by a brother, Lt. Maury W. ‘McCaskill, ’43. Douglas E. Stillwagon, S 2/¢, 47 Douglas E. Stillwagon, S 2/e, ’47, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Stillwagon, 3716 Elmora suddenly at College on March 23. He had been in ill health for some time. He is St., Houston 5, Texas, was killed in action on October 25 in the Philippines while AMONG A. and M. 000000 PIONEERS 0A RA 1876 - 1897 Dr. F. E. Giesecke, ’86 College Station Silver Taps: E. H. STERNENBERG, ’97. CLASS 1895 The Class of 1895 will celebrate its Golden Anniversary with a Reunion on the campus April 20-21-22. It is be- lieved Every living Member of the Class will be present. 1898 T. L. Smith, Jr. P. O. Box 1343, Houston Silver Taps: LEE COFFMAN. 900 Hal Moseley 3807 Skillman St., Dallas Silver Taps: ELTON P. HUNTER. 1901 Thomas M. Smith East Columbia Silver Taps: THOMAS J. PINSON, SR. 1922 W. E. “Ted” Winn Box 2880, Dallas, 1. W. E. “CAP” MURRAH has be- come associated with the Creslenn Oil Co. at Corsicana, Texas. He has been with Cities Service in Bartlesville, Okla., for many years. LT. COL. JAMES J. WYLY is stationed at the Signal Corps Standards Agency, 12 Broad St., Red Bank, N. Y. He will serve as chairman of the April 21 Muster for Red Bank, Asbury Park, and Ft. Monmouth. San Antonio, has a very fine look- ing son, husky and with a hand- clasp like a tackle. HARRY M. SAUNDERS is with the Western Union Tel. Co., Room 1724, 60 Hudson St., New York City. He reports recently hearing from MAJ. HARRY M. WIN- GREN, ’31, who is somewhere in France. . . . CAPT. G. L, BOY- KIN is on duty at APO 658, NYC. Mrs. Boykin is living at Mesilla Park, N. M. . . . CAPT, FRANK W. SCHAEDEL, USMC, has re- turned to the States after service in the Pacific and is stationed at MCAS, Cherry Point, N. C., AWG-1 OTTO D. DINWIDDIE is Secretary of the Farmers Grain Co., Inc. at Hart, Texas. 1923 Ren F. Brown Box 1405, Waco BA SOUEBNER, © SK 2/c, is with the Seabees in the S. Pacific . HERMAN C. HEARD, Gen. Del, Bowie, Texas. . . . LT. O. H. HA- MILTON USNR, 205 Serrano Drive, San Francisco, is assigned to the U. S. N. Registered Publi- cation Issuing Office, a division of the District Communication Office, 12th Naval District. MAJ. GEN. ROBERT B. WIL- LIAMS of Albany, Texas, has been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. Gen. Williams served as commanding officer of the 1st Bombardment Division from Au- gust, 1943, to September, 1944, and his citation read in part: “By his inspiring leadership and techni- cal knowledge gained through per- sonal participation in numerous high-altitude daylight combat mis- sions, he was able to develop the bombing technique to such a high | — degree that remarkable results were obtained”. 1925 R. C. Armstrong 3439 Wichita, Houston. 4 CAPT. WM. A. WURZBACH is at Hq. Unit Tng. Gp., ASFTC, Camp Sibert, Ala. FRED SMITH lives at Abilene, Station A, Box 79. A. P. HANCOCK has been City Manager of Amarillo, Texas, since 1941. After leaving A. & M. he practiced Civil Engineering with Consulting Engineers until 1929; served as City Manager and City Engineer of Crystal City, Texas, from 1929 to 1934; and from 1934 to 1941 was City Manager and City Engineer of Kerrville, Texas. He was married in 1931. CAPT. STANLEY W. MIM’s present ad- dress is Qtrs. 6, Sheridan Rd., Ft. Bliss, Texas. . . . LT. COL. GAS- TON M. WOOD requests a change of address to APO 92, NYC. H. F. TICKLE, 3514 O'Keefe Ave., El Paso, Texas. LT. COL. JOHN J. LEDBET- TER, JR. graduated from the School of ‘Military Government at Charlottesville, Va., in February, and is at present attending Civil Affairs Training School at the University of Michigan, Ann Ar- bor, Mich. He reports MAJ. WIL- LIAM A. BEINHORN, JR., ’38, and LT. COL. EDWARD A. STER- LING, ’15, also in CAT School there. 1926 Jack Williams Box 196, San Marcos CAPT. JULIUS A. STEIN, APO 650, NYC., writes that “It’s a small world.” He was in a hospital over there recuperating from a hernia operation and in walked LT. COL. PHILLIP JOHN, ’32, who was placed in the bed next to his for an identical operation. The two of them are lining up an April 21 Muster and request that any Aggies around them get in touch with them immediately. “This gal’s arrival accounts for my laxity in a number of things, including work on the ’26 book. I’ve even neglected magazine serving aboard a destroyer. Seaman Still- wagon entered the Navy in May, 1944, immediately after completing his freshman year at A. & M. On August 25 he left for Pearl Harbor aond was assigned to a destroyer on October 7. His ship, along with others, stopped a Jap task force from getting into Leyte Gulf and disrupting land- ing operations. JOHN J. LANG, 1024 Rigsby, |D. MEN articles—where I get paid by the word”, writes LT. JESSE L. WAL- DEN, 4817 So. 31st, Arlington Va., reporting the birth of a daughter on January 12. LT. COL. WILLIS T. ELLIS of 1049 Allen Ave., New Braunfels, Texas, has been assigned as a member of the staff and faculty of the Field Artillery School at Ft. Sill, Okla. He is a veteran of the Italian campaigns. . .. J. Q. VEN- CIL gets mail in Box 174, Rosen- berg, Texas. . . . COMDR. E. D. BREWSTER, c/o FPO, San Fran- cisco. . . . C. J. STROMBERGER resides at 110 Harrison Ave., San Antonio 2. . ,. CAPT. DAVID O. DAVIS is now overseas, APO 345, NYC. 1927 Allen R. Menger 111 West Travis St., San Antonio LT. COL. SINCLAIR BAKER is at the San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center, San Antonio, Texas. JOHN LOCKETT SHELTON is Asst. Regional Manager, US Treas- ury, War Finance Committee of Texas, 502 Utilities Bldg., Abilene. Shelton was formerly in the bond business and is carrying that ex- perience to the War Bond pro- gram, EDWIN J. ALLEN gets mail at 39 Northumberland Rd., Pittsfield, Mass. LT. COL. C. M. FLORER wants his address changed to APO 339, NYC: LO. ZACH ABNEY is stationed at the POW Camp, Camp Barkeley, Texas. . . . LT. ELMER C. NICHOLS gets mail at 1923 N. St. N. W., Washington, D. C. LT. COL. JOHN S. BURGESS, JR. is on duty at APO 887, NYC. Mrs. Burgess is living in Washington, C. . PVT. THEODORE WENDLANDT, 803 Rutherford Place, Austin. 1931 C. R. “Dick” Coneway Humble Oil & Ref. Co., Houston, 1 Proud Papa: R. A. WOODALL. LT. COL. C. S. BASINGER is on duty at APO 655, N.Y.C. Mrs. Basinger is living at 4630 Wornall Rd.,sKansas City, Mo." . ... CAPT. WM. E. FORD gets mail c/o FPO, San Francisco. MAJ. FRANCIS B. HAIRSTON, APO 650, N.Y.C., reports lots of Ag- gies in Italy. .=...-COL."HENRY A. EDDINS is assigned as Exe- cutive Officer, Hq. ASFTC, Ft. Belvoir, Va. . = MAJ. TOM B. BAGLEY’s address has changed to 3020 Ave. RY, Galveston, Texas. ... MAJ. NATHANIEL B. READ, APO 235, San Francisco, has run across lots of Aggies. ... LT. COL. STANLEY N. BOYKIN, JR. has been transferred to Camp Shelby, Miss., IARTC. He was a recent visitor on the campus. HENRY F. C. RUMFELT re- ceives mail at 3903 Holland St., Dallasai. LT. HOMER E. THOMPSON is at the Civil Af- fairs Training School, versity, New Haven, Conn. He ex- pects to remain at that location for about 6 months. MAJ. JAMES G. FLOYD, better known as “Bull” to his classmates, has reported to the C&GS School at Ft. Leavenworth, -Kan., from Camp Sibert, Ala. He has had an unusual Army career, having been drafted twice as a private, then having his commission restored. His now going to the Leavenworth School is evidence of a fine record. LT. (jg) W. L. WINSHIP, USS , APO 67, ¢/o FPO, San Fran- cisco, reports an interesting coin- cidence somewhere in the Pacific. He walked into an Officers’ Club as a stranger and bumped into Lt. Hubert B. Thornton, ’44. Winship is a Past President and active member of the Corpus Christi A. & M. Club. He was engaged in ranching and farming in private life. HARRY M. WINGREN, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. V. Wingren, Deni- son, Texas, has been promoted to the rank of Major in France, where he is assigned at Supreme Head- quarters Expeditionary Allied Forces. MAJ. ROBERT SIABARA, APO 230,N.Y.C., reports that he sees MAJ. JAMES B. SMITH; LT. COL. CHARLES S. BASINGER; and LT. COL. JAMES M. ORMAN, ’32, often. 1932 Lt. Col. Luther E. Bell 509 N. Payne St., Alexandria, Va. Proud Papa: LT. COL. GEORGE E. CARPENTER. MAJ. FRANCIS K. McGINNIS, JR. is somewhere in the Hawaiian Islands, APO 331, San Francisco, and reports recently seeing LT. COL. THOMAS “TUCKER” PEN- NINGTON, 32 . . . . . MAJOR ELEHUGH LEVY, OR-2, Camp Hood, Texas. LT. FRITZ W. MUELLER was liberated from a Nazi prison camp, Oflag No. 64, Szubin, Poland, when the Russians captured that town on January 22nd. Mueller was Dis- trict Geologist for the Skelly Oil Company before going into actve duty. A younger brother, Lt. Wayne Mueller, ’40, was killed in action in December, 1943 in the Pacific. His home is at Kenedy, Texas. LT. COL. OLIN E. “TIGER” TEAGUE, holder of the Silver-Star with two chlusters, is now at Me- Closkey General Hospital, Temple, as a result of severe wounds re- cieved in Germany. Mrs. Teague and their two sons live in College Station. “Tiger” was in the Postal Service prior to going into active duty. MARSHAL R. HAYES, Phillips |. Petroleum Company, Odessa, was recently elected Vice President of the Permian Basin Engineering Association. MAJ. OSCAR D. PRICE is as- signed to the P.M.G.R.P., Ft. Sam Houston, Texas. LT. COL. WM. P. CORNELIUS, Box 1111, Knoxville, serve as chairman of the April 21 Yale Uni- Tenn., will |. Muster at Oak Ridge, Tenn. MAJ. M. “BUDDY” BENZ is scheduled to go to the Information and Education School at Lexing- ton, Va., in April. He is attached to the Hq., ARTC, Ft. Knox, Ky. 1934 Lt. Col. T. N. Gearreald 17 West Passaic Ave. Rutherford, New Jersey CAPT. JAMES D. WORLEY is serving as Air Corps Supply Offi- cer at Hammer Field, Calif, MAJ. LEONARD FARBER, AAF Convalescent C., Nashville, Tenn. . . . “A Naval Air. Station is a strange place to find an Army officer,” writes CAPT. HARRY W. ALDREDGE. He has been working with Naval Air for several months, and his work takes him to prac- tically every Naval and Marine Air Station in Southern California. His address is TSU No. 1, Naval Air Station, San Diego, Calif. . . . CAPT. JOE A. “GOLLY” GO- LASINSKI, APO 339, NYC, has not run into many Aggies in Hol- land. MAJ. WADE M. WATSON re- quests a change of address to APO 345, N.Y. C.... MAJ. OSCAR L. BILLIMEK resides at 4324 36th St.. So.,'Arlington,. Va. .'. .. "CAPT. ROBERT E. PORTER, 7700 Blair Rd., Apt. 104, Takoma Park 12, Md., reports that he and Mrs. Por- ter joined the ranks of “proud pa- rents” with the birth of a ten pound son in December. . . . R. RABB, 931 Park Dr., Hillsboro, Texas, teaches vocational agricul- ture in the Hillsboro High School. He and Mrs. Rabb have twe daugh- ters, ages seven and two. . . . DAN C. ALANIS, APO 254, N. Y. C., has been promoted to the rank of Lt. Col. and has been awarded the Silver Star for action in the Bastogne drive. 1935 Capt. Frederick W. H. Wehner 102nd AAF Base Unit (Hq IFC) Mitchell Field, New York Silver Taps: DILLARD B. PITTS. WILLIAM S. BLODGETT, 1290 Sutter St., San Francisco 9, Calif., has been promoted to the rank of Li. Colt ii." MAJ. CHARLES K. SEAMAN, JR. was recently pro- moted to that rank and appointed acting Petroleum-Oils-Lubricants Officer for a base somewhere in Italy. Prior to entering the service, Maj. Seaman was Petroleum Pro- duction Engr. for the Humble Oil & Rfg. Co., Houston. Mrs. Seaman is living at Alvin, Texas. . . CAPT. DONALD D. ZIMMER- MAN, Army Echelon Sq., Camp Wolters, Texas. . . . LONZO F. STEWART is Work Unit Con- servationist for the Soil Conserva- tion Service at Meridian, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have two children, a daughter eight years old, and a son, who was born in Jan. 0.0. MAJ. WALTER KE. SATTERFIELD, APO 442, San Francisco, sends best wishes from the Philippines. CAPT. R. RALPH THOMPSON is somewhere in France, APO 633, N.Y.C.,, and reports having run across MAJ. SAM TAYLOR, ’35; and CAPT. FRED KANA, 32. . . LT. COL. RALPH RINN is now in Belgium, APO 228, N. Y. C. J. LYLE SMITH is with the Atlantic Refining Co. at Balmor- hea, Texas, and reports that he has not run across any other Ag- gies “yr uu MAJ. LONNIE CG: STEPHENS writes from Luxem- bourg. His address is APO 403, N.Y. C. T/CPL..LOVUIS' J."GORZYCKI is a member (of Co.<C; 1st: Bn., 1st Regt., Camp Plauche, New Or- leans 12, La. He recently returned from overseas duty. . . . LT. ED- WARD STEVES has been trans- ferred to Camp Shelby, Miss., Hq. 652nd T. D. Bn. . HAROLD A. MUELLER, Box 209, Seguin, Tex., is now managing a lumber yard in that city. MAJ. GEORGE WwW. COX requests a change of address to APO 200, N. Y. C. . . ENS. A. L. DAVID’s mail should be addressed ¢/o Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn. H. S. PATRICK is employed by the U. S. Navy as an electrical inspector on the con- struction of a Naval Ord. Plant at Camden, Ark. LT COoL. 3. WwW.» HULL, APO 650, N.Y.C,, secadions lly sees MAJ. R. A. BELL. . R. A. LASSETER gets mail at '200 E. Arkansas. Sweetwater, Texas. LT. COL: KARL K. ‘WHITE has been as- signed to Hq. Air Technical Serv. Com., TSEPL-5, Area B, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. "LT. AL- LAN B. MOORE is somewhere in Germany, APO 78, N. Y. C. J. THOMAS MAY gets mail on Rte. 2, Robstown, Texas. ayy. L. GARRARD, 814 E. 30th, Aus- tin, sends addresses of other Ag- gies. . After 33 months as an executive officer in the Southwest Pacific, LT. COL. JOHN P. BAR- RON, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Barron of Bryan, has returned to the States and is at Miami Beach, Fla., for reassignment. He holds the Asiatic-Pacific campaign rib- bon and the Legion of Merit for meritorious achievement. Prior to entering the service, Col. Bar- ron was design engineer with the Dallas Power & Light Co. in Dallas. 1936 Capt. D. J. Lewis C.E., U. S. Eng. Office ¢/o Prod. Sec., Mobile, Ala. Proud Papa: MAJOR J. G. HAMNER. CAPT. ALBERT 1. WHITE lives in Apt. 13, 1930 Sycamore, Lawton, Okla. . . . CAPT. GEO. P. KNAPP is stationed at the R. A. A. B,, Roswell, N. M., and gets mail in Box 694. HENRY TT. BASS has mail sent to Box 248, Crystal City, Texas. . . . MAJ. CLARENCE F. ROBERTS, JR.s mail should be addressed Staff & 1221 So. Zunis, Tulsa 4, Okla. . . CAPT. WOODROW W. ECHOLS |. has been transferred to Ft. Sill, Okla., ORP, FARTC. CLAUD V. COX gets mail at Rising Star, Texas... LT. HERMAN M. WALDMAN has gone overseas and is at APO 11408, San Fran- cisco. . . . C. B. CARUTHERS, 1221 S.0 Zunis, Tulsa 4, Okla. . . Mrs Burk Y. Herrin, 710 E. Front St., Tyler, Texas, sends the C.| the metal between the No. 3 . | safely. Capt. Trewitt new address of her husband, CAPT. BURK HERRIN, APO 15852, NYC, and reports the birth of -a daughter last November. 1937 Capt. W. A. Ruhmann APO ¢/0o PM, New York, N. Y. ALBERT W. REED, JR., Mc- Allen, Texas, will serve as chair- man of the April 21 Muster for the | & Upper Valley at McAllen. LT ROBERT J.- POTTS, JR. gets mail at 2601 Ensenada Way, N. Sacramento, Calif. CAPT. PHILLIP. L. DAFFRON has mail sent to Plano, Texas. . . . MAJ. WALTON O. THREADGILL is assigned to duty with the 316th AAF BU, Sq. CY at Drew Field, Fla. b. . x LT. "THOMAS N. SHULTS, c¢/o Mrs. Tom Shults, Cuero, Texas. + KYLE:L. RID- DLE, son of Mrs. Margie Owens, Decatur, Texas, has been pro- moted to the rank of full Colonel. He is a P-51 Mustang fighter pilot and commander of the 479th Fight- er Group of the 8th Air Force. CAPT. HARVEY S. TREWITT, JR., Dallas, safely completed 21 combat missions as pilot on the 7th AAF Liberator bomber ‘“Tex- as Kate”, but on his 22nd mission ran into trouble. The bomber had completed a bomb run over Jap installations on Iwo Jima when it ran into heavy anti-aircraft fire. in the bomber’s shell punched a hole inthe bomber’s wing, ripping into and 4 engines. The tail turret guns were put out of commission by flak. No one was injured, and the “Texas Kate” returned to base holds the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Clus- ter. A brother, CAPT. MANNING B. TREWITT, ’43, is a staff navi- gator with the 10th AAF. CAPT. JAMES H. McNAMARA of Orange, Texas, is in charge of the course in aerial gunnery and the use of the new AAF gunsight ‘at the school set up by the 339th Fighter Group at an 8th Air Force P-51 Mustang station some- where in England. Capt. McNa- mara’s regular assignment is group armament officer. . . . 'ED- WARD H. SULLIVAN, 2401 ‘Fair- field, Shreveport, La. . . . RAY- MOND E. STORMS gets mail at Apt. No. 234, Maracaibo, Vene- zuela, S. A.... ROY L. McCLUNG is employed as F. S. A. Supervisor for the Farm Security Adminis- tration for Wood County with headquarters at Quitman, Texas. . . HORACE R. WILLARD, 1953 Francis St., Fort Worth 6, was recently promoted to the rank of Major. He is still in the South Pacific: v2. LT, + COL.” JIM: 'P- LOVE, APO 627, N.Y.C., was re- cently promoted to that rank. The second Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal has been awarded to LT. MAURICE B. CRAMER, a combat flyer with the 467th Bomb. Group of the 8th Air Force, for “meritorious achievement in aerial combat over Germany and enemy- occupied Europe.” Lt. Cramer en- tered the service in March, 1942, and is at present pilot of a B-24 Liberator bomber. CAPT. J. HL BEENE requests a change of addres to APO 1758, N.Y.C.... WALLACE R. RICH- MAN, Box 854, Baytown, Texas, is with the Humble Oil and Refg. Co. at the Baytown Ord. Works. i "ALVAR C. BISHOP, . PhM 3/c, LT. THOMAS L. STOVALL, ’46; and “< LT. HENBY "A. MAAS, USMC, ’44, are all together some- where in the South Pacific. HARRY N. SHEA, assigned to the Div. of Plans & Policies, Hq. Ma- rine Corps, Washington 25, D. C,, has been promoted to the rank of Lt. Col. Mrs. 1. B. Murray, Jr., Dallas, reports the new address of her husband, CAPT. IRVIN B. MUR- RAY, JR., “which is ‘APO 655, N.¥Y.C. . EDWARD B. KENG gets mail at Sonora, Texas. . . CAPT. FRED A. DULANEY, JR. _|is now on overseas duty, APO 93, N.Y.C 1938 Capt. John H. Bone 13th Regt. Camp Fannin, Texas CAPT. CURTIS in New Guinea, the East Indies, and is now located in the Philippines, APO 710, San Francisco. Mrs. Fritsch is living at Houston. «CAPT. ROY & SMITH is on duty at APO 90, Ce ENSIGN RICHARD E. Nae, USNR, has been in the Navy over a year and at present is on the staff of the Gunnery Officers Ord. School at the Washington Navy Yard, Wash.,, D. C. He wants mail sent to his home address, 112 Crestwood, Houston 7. CAPT. ERNEST K. LANG- FORD requests a change of address to APO 758, Y.-C. MAJ. ARCHIE Vie BENNER, JR., "receives mail at 1661 1st Ave. N, St. Peterburg, Fla. SGT. ARTHUR H. COURTADE has been awarded the Good Conduct Medal “for exemplary behavior, efficiency and fidelity.” He landed in North Africa in July, 1943, and is currently serving as a clerk with the Mediterranean Air Transport Service in Italy. Prior to en- tering the service, Sgt, Courtade was employed as a soil conservationist by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Mrs. Courtade and their daughter live at Itasca, Texas. MARION A. SHIELDS, JR., M 2/ec, has been on Leyte since October. Mrs. Shields and their 2-year-old son make their home in Idabel, Okla. . . . LT. S. EDMONDS is on duty at APO 322. San Francisco. . . . WM. M. HOLLAND, S 1/c¢ Y, is stationed at the U. S. Nav. Tng. Sta., Newport, R. I., Laysan Island Detail... > i. "MAJ. GEO.- RR." BURCH, APO. 573," N.Y.C.t:. 5 JACK STINSON, C. Sp., is at Treasure Island, Calif., U. S. Nav. Tng. & Distribution Cr., % Gym Neo. 2.7 . JAMES C. GRIFFIN, JR. makes his’ home at 239 Pershing Ave. Apt. 3, San Antonio. . . . CAPT. DAVID A. COOK is assigned to the 1030th Serv. Sq. at Hill Field, Ogden, Utah. LT. PRENTICE A. CARRAWAY is assigned to Hq. 144th Inf., Camp Swift, Texas. . . . Overseas ad- dress of CAPT. ALDEN C. DUD- LEY Ais"APOr 45183, N+ YC... &.~ CAPT. THOMAS T. TURNER has been transferred to Campt Swift, Texas, 1692nd Eng. . . . PFC. HAR- OLD M. FITZHUGH is on duty at APO 5, N. Y. C. Mrs. Fitzhugh is living at Garden City, Texas. LT. (jg) JAME C. PORTER . gets mail ¢/o FPO, San Francisco. += 'S/SGT. BROWNRIGG H. DEWEY, JR. has been transferred from the Air Corps to the Infan- try and after five weeks of train- ing at Camp Livingston, La., is now at Camp Maxey, Co. B, 96th ITB, 24th Regt., for additional training The Bronze Star Medal has been awarded to MAJ. WHEELER H. HUNT, son of N. H. HUNT, ’12, Pearsall, Texas, for meritorious _| 228, NYC, P. FRITSCH has been|. . . Shreveport Aggies Honor Gilchrist Over a hundred members of the Shreveport A. & M. Club and their ladies and guests were present at a dinner at the Caddo Hotel on the evening of March 19, honoring A. M. President Gibb Gilchrist. Also present as guests of the Club were Aggie Athletic Director Homer Norton and Association Secretary E. E. McQuillen. Shreveport Club President A. H. Weyland, ’'19, presided over the program and introduced the offi- cers and directors of the Shreve- port Club and other guests, follow- ing invocation given by Col. GG. Wash Hardy, ’80, one of the earl- iest students of the College and senior member of the Shreveport Club. A welcome to President Gil- christ and other guests was ex- tended by Shreveport Mayor Sam Caldwell. E. M. “Jiggs” Freeman, 22, re- ported on the Club’s efforts to de- velop a football game that would bring the Texas Aggie team to Shreveport. Both Coach Norton and President Gilchrist expressed the hope that this could be done at some later date. President Gilchrist was intro- duced by Frank S. Kelly, Jr., 26. He outlined to the Club some of the future plans and program of the College. President Weyland announced that the next meeting of the Shreveport Club would be held at the Caddo Hotel on April 21. service in connection with military operations against the enemy. LT. COMDR. CLEM B. CON- NALLY is in the flight depart- ment on board a ship somewhere in the Pacific. M/SGT. LANIER C. HARRIS is overseas at APO 140, N.Y.C. CAPT. WAYNE L. LITTLE, who has been in the China-Burma- India theatre for some months was recently awarded the Combat Infantryman’s Badge. Mrs. Little and their young daughter are living in Cuero, Texas. 1939 Capt. Robert M. Adams 503 Elm St. Honey Grove, Texas CAPT. ELBERT A. MABERRY is now on overseas duty, APO 76, N.Y.C. MAJ. GEO. E. LEIGH gets mail at Cen- ter ‘Point, Texas. ... .' LT. . DONALD H. ROSE. APO 18259, N.Y.C. . . . AUSTIN A. LUCKENBACH, 347 Donaldson, San Antonio, has been promoted to the rank of Major... =. HH. EWING, 2212°.D St., Bakersfield, Calif. pan TACO, ANDREW P. ROLLINS, JR. ss: CAPO” ‘has been changed to 73, San Francisco, and he reports that he likes his new location. LT, (jg) EDNEST M. JENKINS, USNR, < FPO, San Francisco, recently spent almost two months in the States and reports enjoying a visit to the cam- pus. CONANT M. KING, JR. Kingsville, Texas. . . . MAJ. ARNOLD R. MOZISEK, APO 230, N.Y.C., is somewhere in Belgium. . LT. JAMES W. JAMES, JR. is now at Brooke Gen. & Conv. Hosp. Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, Annex IV. . . LT. WHITBY F. WISE, 3428 Princeton, Dallas. . . . ECKWOOD H, REAGAN, APO 884, N.Y.C., was recently promoted to the rank of Major. He has been in India for 16 months and reports others there are CAPT. S. J. MATHEWS, ’42: and MAJ. H. M. PAUSEWANT, ’29. CAPT. GEORGE D. GORMAN, JR. Dallas, was recently awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster to his Air Medal for 450 hours of operational flight in transport aircraft over the dangerous and difficult India-China air routes, where enemy in- terception and attack is probable and ex- pected. LT. WILLIAM C. MORRIS, JR., APO is serving as Asst. District Signal Off. for a base section somewhere in Belgium. . . . JOSEPH E. ROTHROCK, APO 920, San Francisco, has been pro- moted to the rank of Captain, .. . T/SGT. GEORGE T. ALLISON, JR., requests that mail be ‘sent to his home address, Box 134, Carthage, Texas . . . . CAPT. JACK L. FUGATE, APO 403, NYC, writes from somewhere in France, and reports running into a few other Aggies . . . . DR. E. LLOYD KELLEY gets mail in Box 397, Hondo, roe MAJ.L od. WAYNE STARK, APO 307, N.Y.C.. — is somewhere in Germany and reports see- ing CAPT. “WOODY” VARNER, °’40; MAJ. MACK HODGES, ’40, and MAJ. DOUGLAS EARLY, ’40. DENNIS E. NEWTON, JR., AerM 3/e, gets mail ¢% FPO, San Francisco. CAPT. DAVID S. 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