The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current, June 11, 1945, Image 1
LIBRARY CAMPUS FROM THE REVIE WING STAND Up and Down Military Walk Last week was Fireman’s Short Course Week on the campus, with plenty of red Chiefs’ cars, sirens and all. 500 present from Texas and 14 other states and the Dist. of Columbia . Also under way the summer cotton school, its THIRTY-SIXTH session. . . . . starting soon the Cottonseed Oil Mill operators short course and the College Poultry improvement short course. . . . never a dull moment and no rest for those in charge . .. . . That baseball season was a nightmare. Only one conference game won and for the first time in memory the Aggies failed to place a single man on the all-con- ference selections. Poor Pete Jones, Business Manager turned coach, had a tough assignment and had nothing to work with but a group of inexperienced youngsters. . . . J. E. Parker, Odessa Rancher, re- cently gave to the college a nine year old registered bull valued at $3200. The gift was in behalf of his son, Alvin Parker, 41 . . . . Summer enrollment has an un- usual distribution, 700 NEW fish and another 500 scattered among old fish and the three upper class- es. . ... And, Ho! Hum!, looks like a new feud on the campus, with “Sully” wearing a new coat of white paint allegedly daubed by the ASTP Army boys in retaliation for a previously administered drown-out given them by the cadets. Never a dull moment for the commandant’s staff . . . .a brand new version of the famed old “Elevator” tickets and Radiator Oil that new Fish once sought is their trek to “Close the North Gates of the campus”. But no “Fish” Sergeants so far this summer, or has that hoary old freshman honor been forgotten? A Veteran Returns Ward 22 Wm. Beaumont Gen. Hosp. El Paso, Texas 23 May 1945 Dear Mr. Mac: Am back at the hospital now but hope it’s not for long. They have been doing a lot of work on me since my arrival and looks like they should be through soon. Now about the employment through the Placement Office. It seems to be a fine system, and, I for one am thoroughly pleased with it. Mr. Horsley sent me several jog contacts, and after selecting two in Houston, I was interviewed by the managers of the organizations concerned. Both seemed to be good as they were both in air conditioning, which I favor. I have now decided on one of them and am very satisfied. The system seems to be a fine one and surely does work fine from our end. I wouldn't have known where to start if it were not for the Placement Office. Many thanks for your tips and for giving my letter to Mr. Horsley. Since I've been back I've met several Aggies here at the hospital. Capt. Herring, 42, of A Btry, Field; Lt. Rosenbun, ’43. Lt. Johnny Longley, 43, is home on leave and haven’t seen him yet. There are more that I haven’t had a chance to see, but ex- pect to soon. Got a letter from Dub Sibley, ’'43, who writes of seeing “Lard” Oliver, 42, and Jack Coursey, ’42, on Iwo Jima. He also said Willie Zapalac, ’43, was in the Palau Island group in the Air Corps. Jake Webster, ’43, writes from Hammond Gen. Hosp. in Modesto, Calif., that Charley Post, ’43; Arnold Dullnig ; and Paul Wischkaemper, ’43, are there. Lt. Roy P. Gates, ’43, wrote from: France that he was in the Paratroops in a Repl. Depot there on the 14th of April. My wife writes that W. H. ‘‘Chuck” Chal- mers, ’43, is finishing at Fort Sill as a liaison pilot. Saw Raymond Loomis, ’43, while home on leave. He was on his way to Washington to an Air Corps Engineer School. Sincerely, Lt. Frank R. Young. The Placement Office There follows a brief list of recent job calls, some of which you may wish to note in the forthcoming issue of the ‘Texas Aggie.” 1. Gulf Atlantic Warehouse Company, Houston, Texas, needs several accountants. Mr. John C. Mayfield, Vice President of this company, informs us that they also need men capable of handling people, to start in as foremen, looking towards jobs as warehouse managers as they progress. They can use either young accountants with little or no previous experience, or older and more experienced men. Salaries for both, accountants and ‘warehouse mana- gers, are dependent on qualifications. ($175.00 up). I 2. Carnation Company, 5225 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, of which there are three divisions; namely, Milk and Ice Cream, Evaporated Milk, and Albers Milling Company, need men for production, sales, laboratory technicians, accountants, etc. They are expanding in this area and have several good jobs avail- able for qualified people. Mr. W. D. Dobson is the General Sales Manager of this firm. 3. Freeport Sulphur Company, 1804 American Bank Building, New Orleans, Louisiana, Mr. James A. Carpenter, Per- sonnel Manager, have openings for ac- countants to handle tax and income work. Also, they have an opening for an ex- perienced man for supervisory work. He should have no physical handicaps, nor be over forty-five years old. 4, Tyler Junior College, Tyler, Texas, Dean H. E. Jenkins, Dean of College, needs a man to teach engineer drawing, descriptive geometry, engineering prob- lems and similar work. 5. Monsanto Chemical Company, Mar- shall, Texas, Mr. R. H. Beidel, Employ- ment Supervisor, have openings for the following: one requisition engineer, two engineers for assistants to requisition en- gineer, one draftsman, and one estimator. 6. American Food Products Corpora- tion, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Diamond Al- kali Company of Texas, Dallas, Texas; Morrison Milling Company, Denton, Tex- as; and several others have immediate needs for chemists. 7. The City of Amarillo, Amarillo, Tex- as, Mr. Austin P. Hancock, City Manager, informs us of an opening in their City En- gineering Dept. The applicant should be a civil engineering graduate, whc has special- ized in structural engineering and can serve as assistant building inspector. Also, one instrument man who is capable of making surveys such as establishing street lines, side walks lines, curb lines and grades, paving grades, etc. 8. Mr. Charles J. Dalton, Common- wealth Building, Cleveland 6, Ohio, has a client who. is interested in employing a Director of Engineering. The applicant must have proven TOP executive ability to manage through proper organization channel, all fields of engineering, research, | development, and testing departments. Must have had twenty or twenty-five years of broad experience in engineering with recognized professional standing in tech- nical societies. ($8000-up). 9. Mr. A. J. Leach, Regional Director, Tenth United States Civil Service Region, Dallas, Texas, informs us of an opening for one or more Housing Economists to perform general economic or statistical research of a highly responsible character in the field of housing. Prerequisites for this position are eight years responsible research or analytical experience in econo- mics or statistics with a substitution of two years experience for undergraduate education in economies. ($5600 up). 10. Mr. Thomas D. Saathoff, Acting Regional Director, Tenth United States Civil Service Region, Dallas, Texas, in- forms us of an opening in Washington, D. C. for Economic Analyst. The appli- cant selected to fill this position will conduct and direct research relating to price, financial, labor or industrial prob- lems pertaining to some region within La- tin America., ($5600 up). 11. H. J. Heinz Company, Pittsburgh 30, Pa., in need of an experienced buyer of raw food products; one having a broad experience in the food field, particularly with other food processors. The applicant should have some background in agricul- ture, for he will deal principally in vege- tables and fruits. Prefer a man between 40 and 50 years of age. Salary approximate- ly $6500.00 per year. Contact Mr. R. C. McCleary-Assistant to Personnel Director. 12. Uncle Johnny Mills, Box 236, Hous- ton, Texas, their Vice President and Sales Manager is Mr. L. F. Van Stone, who in- forms us of their need for a competent man to assume complete control of their Nutrition Department. Also, have openings for five veterinarians, and one chemist. 13. American Can Company, Houston, Texas, District Sales Manager-Mr. Ivan F. Diekmann, wants a man with college training and capable of developing into a salesman. He is to start in the Houston office at about $175 per month, and after three months a 10 percent increase in salary, a 25 percent increase the next year, and later $300.00 per month and an automobile and expense account. 14. E. I. DuPont De Nemours and Com- pany, Wilmington 98, Delaware, Mr. TB, Weissinger, Personnel Division, have need for the following: 200 chemists, 140 chem- jcal engineers, 135 mechanical engineers, 10 metallurgical engineers, 2 mining en- gineers, and 15 civil engineers. 15. Battelle Memorial Institute, Indus- trial and Scientific hesearch, Columbus 1, Ohio, Mr. #ohn S. Crout, needs metal- lurgists, chemical engineers, sales engin- neers, organic chemists (Ph. D’s and B. S. majors), physicists, mechanical and elec- trical engineers. 16. Other calls received for Engineers of all kinds, with several Texas Oil Com- panies having openings. Anyone available and interested should write or contact either the offices listed above or The Placement Office, W. R. Horsley, Director, College Station, Texas. AMONG . and M. 1900 Hal Moseley 3807 Skillman St., Dallas B. G. VON ROEDER, 1601 Ruth, Hous- ton 4, Texas, chides the AGGIE, but gent- ly, for also including him in the ’34 class. “Wish I could qualify,” he wrote, “but it’s too big a jump for me to ’34, so put me back inte the “Nothing-Nothing’ class” where I am proud to belong. 1906 J. Rodney Tabor 209 Union Nat’l Bank Bldg. Houston, Texas ROBERT J. POTTS, Potts-Moore Gravel Co., Amicable Bldg., Waco, sends Devel- opment Fund contributions for himself and his two sons, CAPT. FRANCIS M. POTTS, '39, and LT. ROBERT J. POTTS, JR, 37, who lives at 2601 Ensenada Way, North Sacramento, Calif. Capt. Francis Potts has been “Missing in Action” in New Gui- nea since Sept. 6, 1942. 1907 F. W. Hensel College Station COL. CLIFFORD D. CUNY is stationed at the New Cumberland, Pa., ASF Depot, Sig. C. 1908 Lem Adams Oxweld R. R. Service Co. 230 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. " Bryan, Texas 600 East 27th Street May 19, 1945 Dear Lem: Since this is Sunday evening and nothing much to do, I have persuaded myself to try to answer your letter to the Grandest Class ever to finish at A. & M. I told Doc Lipscomb a few days past (later we had received word of his son’s death) that we used to take our classmates as a matter of course but as we grow older they take on a new meaning. Men that I knew in college were formerly just another good fellow, but now they are MEN very ‘‘dear friends” for they are so few in number in comparison with the people we have met since leaving school. I had not heard of the loss of Tom McElroy. He was a grand guy. I knew him very well in school and he was the same good sport each time you met him, as well as being a good student. It seems that he was too young a man to pass away but, of course, we are not getting old in our own sight, but in the sight of younger men we are very ‘ancient’. As you know, Lem, I was in the bank- ing business for very nearly thirty-four. years. 1 retired last year, May Ist, and since that time while I have not lived the life of Riley, I have been free to do most anything I wished. I am ranch- ing in a small way. I run a few hundred head of mother cows, raise some feed for them and enjoy life. The wife and I live in Bryan and our cow headquarters are about 9 miles from town. We have no children but do have a great many friends in Bryan, as well as some very good. friends living in the country. I see Nester McGinnis, Dr. H. Schmidt and E. A. (Hell-Raiser) Miller pretty often. Doc Lipscomb is in business at College and I see him very nearly every week. A. J. (Niley) Smith is still at Cameron and farming, also a Director in the Citizens National Bank of that place. I under- stand that Niley has done very well for himself. I would certainly like to hear some good news from General George , F. Moore (Maude) and General D. B. (Pike) Ne- therwood. I am sure that Maude has died a thousand deaths and I feel very deeply the suffering he and his family have gone through since the fall of Bataan. Lem, this should about fill your require- ments of what we are doing and I am not doing much work except when I want to work. I like to loaf, play checkers and dominoes, and ride the range when the notion hits me. Yours of ’08, (Signed) C. E. (Chem) Jones 1909 Tom A. Van Amburgh PO Box 1590, Dallas JEROME W. SORENSON, JR., is get- ting mail in Box 565, Rockport, Texas. for which is guaranteed. POSTMASTER: If undeliverable for any reason, notify sender stat- ing reason on Form 3578-P, postage THE TEXAS AGGIE for any reason, notify sender stat- ing reason on Form 3578-P, postage for which is ‘guaranteed. POSTMASTER: If undeliverable Published Semi-Monthly Except During the Summer Months when issued Monthly by the Association of Former Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas VOLUME XII COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1945 NUMBER 90 Brig. Gen. W. L. “Jerry’’ Lee, cutting the huge cake that was a | up to lend a hand with an approving A. & M. men were present. GEN. LEE CUTS A CAKE 27, APO 520, New York City, is shown above feature of the group’s April 21 Muster. Standing smile is Lt. Col. Philip John, ’32. Thirty-five to observe the April 21 ing, (left to right): Riley, ’41; Capt. Donald L. Z iler, Lt. left to right) Lt. Col. J. W. Gibbs, 32; E. Schunior, ’32; Col. Mike J. Conway, Carl Grounds, a guest. Maj. Darwyn Robins, Maj. Peter Col. M. THEY MUSTERED ON LUZON [J Officers from the 14th Corps Headquarters on Luzon in the Philippines found time Muster tradition. In the above picture are: (front row, kneel- Maj. James J. (second row, Comnas, ’39; A. Mosesman, ’36; Lt. Col. James D. Edgar, 32; Col. George ’T7; row, left to right) Maj. J. M. Tarver, ’33; Lt. Col. M. B. Kendrick, ’35; (third Lt. J. B. Honeycutt, Jr., 45; and Maj. 1910 Rock G. Taber Atlanta Gas Light Company . Atlanta, Ga. CAPT. CHARLES L. HYNDS, ’42, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. HYNDS, Box 644, Waco, was recently killed in a plane crash in Nebraska. FLEM E. HARRIS is living at 1810 11th St., Brownwood, Texas. 1911 Melvin J. Miller k 1601-05 Ft. Worth Nat‘l Bk. Bldg DR. A. H. NEIGHBORS, SR, 611 W. 17th St., Austin, has reason to be proud of his son, LT. (jg) A. H. NEIGHBORS, JR., ’41, who is also a doctor, but now in the U. S. Navy. 1912 W. M. Goodwin 1811 N. Lamar, Dallas DR. VERNE A. SCOTT, Stephenville, is normally a cheery soul with a big chest expansion, but that smile these days that won’t wear off, and that greater chest expansion than usual, is in pride over son VERNE SCOTT, known to the family and friends as “SCOTTY”, who has been named Cadet Colonel of the Aggie Corps this summer. The red-head youngster is a senior student in veterinary medicine, fol- lowing his father’s footsteps there but far outstepping the former Aggie quarter- back in the cadet military field. Mrs. Scott is the former Miss Pearl Kern of Bryan. The Scotts have another son in school at Stephenville. 1914 Dave H. Levy P.O. Box 900, Dallas 1, Texas EDWARD L. AYERS requests a change of address from Sarasota, Fla., to Braden- ton, Fla., 605 19th Ave. Dr. Guy W. Adriance College Station. Texas Silver Taps: GUSTAVE A. SAPER. W. L. “RUNT” STANGEL, head of the Department of Animal Husbandry at Tex- as Tech, Lubbock, has been named Dean of Agriculture, succeeding DR. Noi FH. LEIDIGH, ’22, retired. Both Dr. Leidigh and Mr. Stangel were members of the original faculty of Texas Tech. 1916 Capt. P. H. Olsen APO 658, N. Y. C. GAY C. MERIWETHER, prominent rancher of Alpine entered his son at A. & M. for the summer term. An interesting note is the fact that although a successful rancher, Meriwether received his degree in Electrical Engineering. 1917 Jack C. Shelton Farm Credit Adm., Fed. Land Bk. Houston, Texas MAJOR HOMER L. FRY is commanding a battalion somewhere in England. At a recent inspection his battalion was rated the best and cleanest dressed in 13 depots of France and England. He moved over- seas from Camp Hood, Texas. CAPT. CHARLES T. TRICKEY, SR. is assigned to the 2nd AA, 200th AAFBU, Colorado Springs. Colo. 1918 J. W. Williams Box 1590, Dallas, Texas PFC. THOMAS R. LEARY, ’36, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. REX LEARY, Box 277, Laredo was killed in action in Germany in January. GEORGE R. WARREN, County Agent, Denton, is being widely quoted and com- plimented on a recent address before the Dallas Agricultural Club on “Why We West Texas - San Angelo The West Texas A. & M. Club of San Angelo elected the following officers at its April 21 Muster: H. E. mcCullough, ’41, president ; E. E. Young, 27, vice-president ; Thomas B. Hill, ’32, treasurer; and Ray- mond Pipkin, ’39, secretary. The club meets monthly on the fisrt Friday night of each month, usually at the Cactus Hotel, San Angelo. Have Livestock”. He presented a very thoughtful and far-reaching program for the development of an international mar- ket for Texas livestock. 1919 Charles H. Clark County Agent Hillsboro, Texas W. P. McOSKER, 811 N. Leland, San Pedro, Calif., reports his courageous daugh- ter, Patsy, continues to make good progress at her long fight to recover from the ef- fects of infantile paralysis. JEFF P. ROYDER, 229 Michigan St. Baytown Texas, reports his son, TT. JEFF P. ROYDER, III, ’45, on duty at APO 629, NYC. 1920 Hugh N. Glezen 4207 Highland Ave., Beaumont DR. DONALD V. SHUHART, APO 879, NYC, is advisor to the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture. He reports recently meeting BILL GREEN on the street in Chungking. _ . . "MABRY L. ADAMS gets mail on Route 2, Cleburne, Texas. 1921 W. T. Strange 415 Myrick Bldg., Lubbock LOUIS H. ALSMEYER is Secretary- Treasurer of the Highlands County, Farm Bureau, Sebring Fla. RALPH W. BUSSELL is Manager for Central Power and Light Co. at Bay City, Texas, and on the side is also President of the Lions Club, a member of the School Board, City Recreation Council, Methodist board of Stewards, County Ration Board, and Secretary of the Bay City A. & M. Club. He and Mrs. Bussell have three children. Their daughter finished her junior year at Texas U. this spring. A son finished his freshman year at A. & M. in February before enlisting in the Navy. The youngest son played on the Bay City High School football team and plans to attend A. & M. after high school graduation in 1946. Ralph writes that his favorite pas- time is golf, but that his score doesn’t bother him. Hmmmm!! From Germany comes a Nazi dagger as a souvenir from COL. HERBERT E. De- LEE, who promises to tell the story of the wicked looking weapon on his next visit. He has been in an Ord. Group APO 230, NYC. 1922 W. E. “Ted” Winn Box 2880, Dallas, 1. HERBERT E. SCHMIDT is Pricipal Engineer, U. S. Engineer Office, Galveston, Texas. He is a native of that city. In a recent telephone call he reported being in need of a Mechanical Draftsman. MAJOR W. SANGSTER BIZZELL, now in- the Philippines, has a son, William Bennett Bizzell, II, who was recently sworn into the U. S. Navy. He was named for his grandfather, famed former A. & M. and Oklahoma University president, Dr. William Bennett Bizzell. LT. COL. E. N. “SKINNY” HOLM- GREEN, on duty in Italy with the Allied Military Government has been moved northward with the advance of the Allied trocps. Col. Holmgreen has been in several cities in Italy after first being senior Civil Affairs Officer at Anzio. Other towns where he did AMG work included Florence, Naples, Nola. and Verona. 1923 Ben F. Brown Box 1405, Waco D. W. CARLTON, recently released af- ter extensive overseas Army duty, has Norton Undergoes Major Operation Coach Homer H. Norton, Aggie Athletic Director, underwent a ma- jor operation at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, on June 4. He was recovering “as well as can be expected” according to word re- ceived from Mrs. Norton as the AGGIE goes to press. Norton was preparing to make a trip to Europe to lecture on football to the Army of Occupation as a member of a selected staff of instructors, and would have sailed May 25. Summer football practice at A. & M. opens next week with Coach Lil Dimmitt in charge. He will be assisted by Bochey Koch and Pete Jone, Business Manager. former Baylor all-American, was added to the football staff this summer. He is a guard and has had extensive coaching and pro football experience. Friends of Coach Nor- ton hope he will be recovered be- ore fall practice opens in Septem- er. Weyland, ’19; Goss, ’22 Head Ark. Nat. Gas A. H. Weyland, ’19, was elected to the office of Vice President of the Arkansas Louisiana Gas Com- pany, Arkansas Natural Gas Cor- poration, Arkansas Fuel Oil Com- pany, and Arkansas Pipeline Cor- poration at a recent meeting of the board of directors of those com- panies in New York City. Their home office is Shreveport, and Weyland was previously General Superintendent. At the same meet- ing. Harvey T. Goss, ’22, was promoted from Chief Engineer to General Superintendent of all the Arkansas Natural companies. Weyland joined the Cities Serv- ice organization as a junior en- gineer at Bartlesville, Oklahoma, in 1919 and has moved up through successive promotions to his pres- ent position. He is the immediate past president of the Shreveport A. & M. Club and a member of numerous professional societies and also a Director and Vice Pres- ident of the Cities Service Refining Corporation and of the Orange State Oil Company. Mr. and Mrs. Weyland have two sons. The oldest completed a year at A. & M. be- fore withdrawing in preparation for military service. Goss also received his degree in Mechanical Engineering and has been with the Cities Service or- ganization for twenty-three years. He and Mrs. Goss and their child- ren, a son and a daughter, reside at 251 Patton Street, Shreveport. Prof. Richey Sends Regards to C. E.'s John J. Richey, for many years Pro- fessor and Head of the Civil Engineering Department of the College, is living at Escondido, California, P. O. Box 214. He writes that being an orange rancher is anything but being a ‘retired professor’’, but that he is enjoying the life and keep- ing well. He retired several years ago, but Feturned to the College to teach a term last winter when there was a shortage of engineering instructors. He sends regards to all of his civil engineers. The editor has never seen it in print, but Professor Richey’s nickname is a badge of distinction and regard among his former students, so the bars are broken down and best wishes are extended from them to Professor ‘Cue Ball” Richey. been made Director of Sales and Adver- tising for the Hotel New Yorker in New York City. He had previously returned to his pre-war job as Executive Assistant Manager of the Hotel Adolphus, Dallas. He started his new assignment June 1. WENDELL B. BULLOCK is District Manager of the Westinghous Elect. Ele- vator Co., in Atlanta, Ga. N. A. CLEVELAND is living at Gaines- ville, Texas. D. P. RICHARDSON resigned in March after 21 years of service with the Otis Elevator Co. in Dallas to accept a position Manager of the Westinghouse Elect. Ele- tric Corp., Dallas, in the Elevator and Air Conditioning Division. 1924 R. M. Sherman Central Texas Iron Works, Waco ALBERT S. BRIENT has been named City Manager of Gainesville Texas. He has been County Agricultural Agent there for the past six years. SAM A. NIXON, of the Soil Conserva- tion Service, gets his mail at 318 Sayles Blvd., Abilene, Texas. Sam, Jr., is finish- ing his junior year at A. & M. in pre- med and is still under 18. Sam, Sr., is en- gaged in engineering work having to do with Spillway Studies on the Lakes of the Soil Conservation Service’s Land Utilization Projects. 1925 R. C. Armstrong 3439 Wichita, Houston, 4 MAJOR JAMES BERNARD BATY, Sn. C, was recently promoted to that rank. He is in the Office of the Surgeon Gen., ASF 1818 H St, N. W., Rm. 1211, Wash- ington, D. C. His home is at Taylor, Texas, but he has lived out of the state for many years. Prior to going on active duty, he was head of the Civil and Sanitary En- gineering Departments of Queen’s Univer- sity in Canada. LT. COL. C. HAL JONES, JR., Tem- ple, Texas, was recently released from a German prisoner of war camp after 22 months of imprisonment. Col. Jones went overseas with the 36th Division and was captured early in the Italian campaign. Mrs. Jones is making her home in Tem- ple. PAUL J. WASHBURN, “Admiral” to his classmates, is Staff Manager of Acoustics for the Johns-Manville Sales Corp., with headquarters at New York City. He lives at No. 7 Park Avenue. MAJOR STEVE A. NOBLE, Greenville, is ATC Pacific Division liaison officer, Hamilton Field, Calif. DR. HENRY A .HOLLE, Austin, is Senior Surgeon with the U. S. Public Health Service and recently returned from duty in England. He expects to return to Europe for further duty soon. 1926 Jack Williams Box 196, San Marcos MRS. J. D. LANGFORD, JR., wife of J. D. LANGFORD, JR., died on May 8. Jake lives at Tyler, where he is with the Koch, | 43 Fun Complete Rep d Sets New Records, ort Later 1945 FUND—No. Donors; 7,800—Total Amount $73,800.00 (1944 FUND———(No. Donors: 7404) —— (Total: Amount: $63,780.78 total amount were set by the 1945 order that their names might be That report will be in the form of this summer. the annual audit is completed but Association. New high records both in number of men contributing and in Development Fund which officially closed its books on May 31. Unofficially, the fund remained open for a few days to accommodate late comers and overseas contributors in included in the final fund report. a special edition of the Texas Aggie The preliminary figures above may be adjusted slightly when they show a healthy increase and growth over last year which was previously the top record of the 4 Harold Dunn Elected Natural Gas Chief J. Harold Dunn, ’25 J. Harold Dunn, ’25, Amarillo, Vice President and General Mana- ger of the Shamrock Oil and Gas Corporation, was recently elected President of the Natural Gasoline Association of America. He has been in the natural gasoline bus- iness since 1926, serving with the Lone Star Gas Company until 1938, when he went with his present company. He received his degree in Mechanical Engineering and in 1928 received his professional de- gree in that field from A. & M. He is also a Director of the Con- tinental Carbon Company and the Northern Natural Gas Company and is Vice President of the In- dependent Natural Gas Association of America. He is a director and member of several other profes- sional and business associations. His home is in Amarillo, but he divides time between that city and Dallas, maintaining offices in both places. Mrs. Dunn is the former Louise McCallum of Garland. Har- old confesses to a little golf, but finds his principal hobby and re- laxation in horses and horseback riding. Bureau of Internal Revenue. He is secre- tary-treasurer of the Smith County A. & M. Club. C. L. “JACK” BROCKSCHMIDT gets his mail at 80 Rockefeller Plaza 26th Floor, Standard Oil Co. (N. J.), N.. ¥. 20, N. Y. He is Gas Specialist (Foreign Marketing Coordination) for his company. His travels are extensive and take him to many points in South and Central America. = a — 1927 Allen R. Menger 111 West Travis St., San Antonio Silver Taps: MAJ. GEORGE SELMAN. COL. CHARLES VALENTINE at last report was Chief of Staff, GFQC Ha., Paris. MAJOR SAM D. CAMP, APO 216, NYC, is in the 10th Air Force Ha., somewhere in Burma. He is pleased with his assignment as Asst. A-4. E. V. SCOTT is Ass’t. General Manager, Southwest Stone Co., Mercantile Bank Bldg., Dallas. PreSident of the Company is W. F. WISE, ’09. 1928 J. F. Blount Box 431, Amarillo Alfred H. Davidson, Col. Jr. Col. Alfred H. Davidson, Jr., better known to A. & M. men as “Harry”, has been awarded the Bronze Star in recog- nition of his service as U. S.: Engineering representative on the joint Allied planning staff which prepared plans for the invasion of France. He received his degree in Civil Engineering and later attended West Vir- ginia U. on a Research Prize Fellowship to receive his Masters Degree in 1932. He was Resident Engineer at the Denison Dam Project when called to active duty in 1940. His home address is 8159 Glen Garden Drive, Ft. Worth. He arrived in England July, 1942, and since landing on the Con- tinent in July, 1944, participated in the campaigns of Normandy, Northern France, and Germany. COL. CARL R. STORRIE, Denton, com- mands a veteran B-29 Bomber Group on Guam and is rapidly achieving additional fame in the bombing of Japan. The men of his group call him “Fire Chief”. He is an Air Corps veteran and saw extensive European service before going to the Pacific. JED N. ROBINSON, Assistant State Highway District Engineer at Tyler, has been named State Construction Engineer 5 Three Year Record During the three year operation of the Development Fund, A. & M. men have given a total of $180,000 in Wai bonds to the College to be later used in the construction of the Memorial Student Center or Union Building. Out of this year’s Fund $25,000 has been set aside as a special Gold Star Fund, to extend financial assistance to the children of Gold Star Aggies in securing an education. In addition, restricted gifts totalling several thousand dollars have been given to the Student Loan Funds, the College and the Engineering Li- braries, and to current student aid and assistance. Those special gifts have been spent as directed by their donors. The Development Fund is the only financial solicitation of the Association and seeks an annual gift from each A. & M. man of whatever amount he wishes to give. It has been in operation for three years and has been highly success- ful. Thru the Fund A. & M. men will give to the College some of the things so badly needed but for which state funds not available. The Fund replaced the former dues system of Association of Former Student membership and EVERY A. & M. man is now automatically a member of the Association. The outstanding response to the Fund is fine proof of the approval that A. & M. men have given to the new program. Class standings and percentages of contributors, full financial state- ments and top honor classes will be listed in the 1945 Fund Report is- sue of The Texas Aggie to appear later in the summer. San Antonio Holds Annual Barbecue Three hundred A. & M. men and their guests and friends were pre- sent for the umpteenth annual chicken barbecue of the Alamo A. & M. Club of San Antonio on June 3. The party was held at the club’s regular barbecue location on the ranch of Henry Weir, ’13. Louis Hartung, ’29, Hugh Wharton, 28, and Mr. Hartung senior, handled the big job of barbecuing the chicken. Frank Bitter was in charge of the event’s finances and ticket sales. The party was another one in the long and successful his- tory of an event that grows in at- tendance and pleasure each year. Officers of the San Antonio Club are: W. W. Flannery, ’33, president; Leon H. Braskamp, 29, vice pres- ident; C. J. Stromberger, ’26, treas- urer; and John O. Flannery, 27, secretary. DATE LINE TRAPPED THIS AGGIE MUSTER . | Five A. & M. men aboard a transport en route to the South- west Pacific laid all plans for the traditional Aggie Muster on April 21. The group spent most of the day Friday, April 20, talking about the Muster program and plans, special refreshments and food, ete. that had been arranged. They prov- ed to be strictly land lubbers when they awoke next morning to find that it was Sunday, April 22. The international date line had been crossed during the night, and April 21, 1945, was gone forever. Never- theless, according to Lt. Col. James F. Kerr, ’23, ASFPRD, Camp Beale, Calif., they celebrated in good style. Others present in addition to Kerr were Maj. Joel I. McGregor, Sr., ’16; Capt. Carl S. Anchicks, 22; Maj. Oscar D. Price, ’32; and Capt. Jesse L. Owens, '39. No. Am. Plant Aggies Elect New Officers W. F. Banks, 44, has been elected president of the Texas A. & M. Club of the North American Aviation Company Plant, Grand Prairie. The Club is composed of A. & M. men with North American. Other new officers include G. M. Geer, ’42, vice president; and W. L. Doster- schill, ’30, secretary-treasurer. Re- tiring officers are R. H. Kinkel, ’41; Harry Cohn, ’39; and Preston Spaulding, ’28. New president Banks is a vete- ran of World War II and wears the Purple Heart for wounds re- ceived in Normandy. He is in the Engineering Department and re- sides at 3544 McFarlin, Dallas 5. with headquarters at Austin. A native of Athens, he has been with the Highway Department for 17 years. He left Tyler shortly after being elected as president of the Smith County A. & M. Club. C. ALLEN SMITH, 225 Ridgefield Rd., Memphis, Tenn., served as April 21 Mus- ter chairman at Memphis. He and Mrs. Smith have a daughter, born January 3. 1943, and a son, who followed on Jan- Continued on Page