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THE TEXAS AGGIE
EB. 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-
isa) College of Texas, College Station,
exas.
Subscription Price $5.00
Entered as Second Class Matter at
College Station, Texas
Officers
Ho Dick Winters,» ’18......cccccnncenn President
Carroll Gaines,  ’15....ccceesene Vice-President
E. E. McQuillen, ’20........ Executive Secretary
EB. Locke, ’18............ Assistant Secretary
Directors
JeSA.EWhyte, *14.......cienenineend Texarkana
W. A. Moore, ’25 Paris
Col."T. H. Barton, *99........ El Dorado, Ark.
HARK. *Deason, *10.........ccexmmmseses Port Arthur
A. Ed Caraway, 34 Lufkin
George B. Morgan, ’IS8......cccoceveene Beaumont
A. G. Pfaff, ’25 : Tyler
Roy D. Golston, ’03 Tyler
W. L. Ballard, ’22 Longview
R. Frank Ashburn,
Herbert A. Burow, ’
John P. McCullough,
A. P. Rollins, ’08..
Tyree L. Bell, '13
F.oH. Cunningham, ’10.neevveeee.e. Dallas
S-3 A. Lipscomb, ’07.............-- College Station
W. F. Munnerlyn, ’26 ......... College Station
Rufus R. Peeples, ’28.................... Tehuacana
L. M. Welch, ’24 Conroe
H. ES. Davenport, 04..........cccqoeeeeeees Palestine
CaF. ‘Adickes, ’10 ........-.cccccecer en Huntsville
Geo. H. Lacy, ’13 Houston
T. W. Mohle, 13 Houston
Charles R. Haile, ’12 Houston
fF"M. Smith, Sr., 01............ East Columbia
Scott Moore, ’11 Yoakum
H.-J. Mikeska, ’10........................ Texas City
C. M. Elwell, 23
W. P. Patton, ’29
Robert Schaer, ’21
Hubert Davis, ’
W. E. Wade, ’30
Major R. N. Conolly, ’
Herbert F. Spreen. ’22
Sd. Baker, ’20.........ccivncinernas
“A. J. Healy, ’28 Fort Worth
George Moffett, ’16 ............... Chillicothe
Calvin P. Dodson. ’10....................... Decatur
Jack C. Idol, ’26 Benjamin
ASE. Hinman, °25..............: Corpus Christi
Silver Whitsett, ’24
D. F. Brelthauer, ’22
Charles E. Richter, ’
Norman E. Buescher, ’
E. B. Cartwright, ’17
A. L. Forbes, Jr., '21..
FJ. Dwyer, ’1...........
TW. Hillin, ’31................
Dr. Verne A. Scott,
Dr. J. N. Burditt, ’21
R-VA. Lasueter, 285..........ccoveeereiane Sweetwater
Carl Miller, ’28 Amarillo
J. F. Blount, ’28 Amarillo
Frank F. McMordie, 3D Benen mnie Canadian
Jack Christian, ’32. Spur
Joe W. Jennings, ’11............coureene Lockney
A. F. Reese, ’14 Shallowater
Louis A. Hartung, ’29................ San Antonio
C. M. Gaires, ’12 San Antonio
EC. Krueger, '12.................-. San Antonio
Penrose B. Metcalfe, ’16............ San Angelo
H. Dick Winters, ’18 Brady
RJ. Milligan, ’2a......ccccieceeeenoees Brownwood
M. A. Abernathy, ’16............ Shreveport, La.
C. D. Speed, ’26... Houston
Gen. A. B. Knickerbocker, °21.......... Austin
James P. Hamblen, 21 EAN ae Houston
Edward W. Wilson, ’80... Kansas City, Mo.
Executive Committee
H. Dick Winters, ’18 ) Brady
Carroll Gaines, ’12.................... San Antonio
Rufus R. Peeples, ’
Tyree L. Bell, ’13.
J-P.. Hamblen, °27 Houston
Student Loan Trustees
H. Dick Winters, ’18 Brady
A. F. Mitchell, ’09.......................Corsicana
E. E. McQuillen, °20................ College Station
Representatives on the Athletic Council
A. S. Lipscomb, ’07..... ..College Station
Sod Baker, 27... cco snsssrossassss Fort Worth
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Miss
Payne-Daffron
Mary Jane Payne,
Mr. and Mrs. Felix G. Payne, of Wichita
Falls, Texas, and Capt. Phellip L. Daffron,
’37, were married on October 12. They
daughter of
will be at home in Dallas, following a
honeymoon to Mexico City.
Buckley-Wiley
‘Major Paul M. Wiley, ‘37, and Miss
Carolyn Buckley, daughter of Mrs. U. B.
Buckley, 808 N. Jackson, Little Rock,
Ark., were married on Sept. 9. They are
at home at 6283 Ovid, Des Moines, Iowa.
; Steele-Chamberlain
The Association Office has just learned
of the marriage of Capt. Clifton H.
Chamberlain, ’40, and Miss Martha Ellen
Steele, last April 26. Capt. Chamberlain is
Artillery Engineer at Fort Crockett.
Mapes-Duncan
Col. Glen E. Duncan, ’40, Houston’s
leading ace, was married recently to Miss
Marian D. Mapes, of Cleveland, Ohio. The
ceremony was performed in Cuero by
Capt. Sterling Wheeler, who was Chap-
lain of the flyer’s fighter group in Eng-
land. Miss Mapes served as a Red Cross
worker in England and will remain in the
states but Col. Dunean will return to
overseas duty following a 30-day honey-
moon spent in Houston and Ohio.
Schramm-Cooper
Miss Mary Louise Schramm, of
Campo, and Woodrow Carroll Cooper, ’41,
were married on October 27, and are
making their home at College Station
while Woodrow does graduate work in
Civil Engineering
Feemster-Rainey
Miss Mary Ruth Feemster, of Tulsa,
Oklahoma, and Lt. Charles H. Rainey,
41, were married on August 20 and living
at 2929 E. Broadway, Long Beach,
Calif. Lt. Rainey spent two years over-
seas.
Heymann-Lichenstein
SILVER TAPS
Andrew Sherley, 85
Andrew Sherley, age 87, prominent
farmer and business man of Anna, Collin
County, died there recently. He was a
lifelong resident of Collin County. Mr.
Sherley was prominent in activities of
the Christian Church and for many years
was a member of the Board of Trustees of
Texas Christian University. He is sur-
vived by his wife ; his son, William Sherley
of Anna; a daughter; and two sisters.
Charles R. Westmoreland, ’10
Charles R. Westmoreland, ’10, died on
May 25, 1945. He operated the W. H.
Kirkland & Co., Fire, Marine and Casualty
Insurance, of Houston. He attended A. &
M. through the years 1906-08 and studied
Architecture.
C. B. “Charlie” Hudson, ’15
C. B. ‘“‘Charlie” Hudson, age 54, died in
November at his home in Houston. He
was with the Humble Oil & Refining Co.,
and is survived by his widow. He was the
son of the late Judge and Mrs. V. B.
Hudson of Bryan.
In 1921 Hudson coached the Bryan
High School football team that won the
state high school championship.
William Guy Craig, ’25
William G. Craig, ’25, of Brookston,
Texas, was killed at a railroad crossing
in that city on October 22, 1945. He was
a farmer and rural mail carrier at
Brookston. He is survived by his wife and
a son, William Dewey Craig, age 15. He
was a brother of George Dewey Craig who
was killed in an accident while a student
at A. &M. in 1925 and also a brother
of C. L. Craig, ’25, of Plainview, Texas.
A sister, Miss Ruth Craig, is secretary to
the Dean of Agriculture at Texas Tech,
Lubbock.
Capt. George C. Brundrett, ’33
Capt. George C. Brundrett, ’33, son of
Mr. and Mrs. George T. Brundrett, ’08,
311 N. Windomere, Dallas, died of starva-
tion on July 4, 1945, in a Japanese prison
camp in Jinsen, Korea. He is also survived
by his wife and two daughters who live
at 1614 12th St., Wichita Falls; three
brothers, Capt. Frank W. Brundrett, ’37,
stationed in Australia, Major Warner M.
Brundrett, ’40, on Okinawa,and Lt. Jack
M. Brundrett, ’46, stationed at Santa
Maria, Calif.; and a sister.
Prior to entering the Army in 1940,
Capt. Brundrett was a petroleum engineer
with a Wichita Falls oil company. As
captain of the 440th Ordnance Company,
he was sent to the Philippines in Septem-
ber, 1941, with his first station at Clark
Field. He was captured by the Japs on
Mindanao ‘in May, 1942, and was later
transferred to a prison camp at Davao,
then to Cabanatnal and Bilibid. On De-
cember 13, 1944, he was one of 1,619 men
loaded on a ship for Japan. The transport
was bombed and sunk off Subic Bay, and
Capt. Brundrett was among the 350 who
survived the trip. In April, 1945, he was
moved to Jinsen, Korea, where he died
on July 4. :
Major Jackson M. Tarver, ’33
Major Jack M. Tarver, ’33, son of J.
A. Tarver, Rosebud, Texas, was drowned
on Luzon Island in the Philippines on
October 22. No details of the tragedy have
been received. Major Tarver had been
scheduled to sail for home on October 20,
but had been delayed.
He was born and reared in Rosebud and
was called to active duty at Ft. Riley,
Kansas, in 1942. Shortly thereafter, he was
transferred to Camp Hood and later join-
ed the 672nd Amphibious Tractor Bn.
going overseas with that unit in Septem-
ber, 1944. The battalion was commanded
by Lt. Col. Joseph Weldon Gibbs, ’32, also
of Rosebud and life-long friend of Tar-
ver's. Both Tarver and Gibbs were deco-
rated for their famed rescue mission of
Japanese prisoners of war at the Los
Banos prison camp.
In addition to his father, Major Tarver
is survived by his wife; a daughter, age
7; and a son ,age 5, who also live in Rose-
bud. He is a brother of Capt. John A.
Tarver, Jr.,..'30,
Capt. Travis E. Perrenot, ’36
Capt. Travis E. Perrenot, ’36, a pris-
oner of the Japanese since the fall of the
Philippines, died on December 15, 1944,
according to information received from
his brother, C. Bruce Perrenot, ’35, 623
I Academy St., Houma, La. Capt. Perrenot
had been attached to the Philippine Army
as an artillery officer at the time of his
capture. Besides his brother, he is survived
by his mother, Mrs. Mary A. Perrenot,
623 Academy St., Houma, La.
Capt. Perrenot attended A. & M. during
the years 1930-36, taking Agriculture.
Capt. Robert C. Beck, ’39
Capt. Robert C. Beck, ’39, was killed in
ter, and baby Robert are living at Austin,
Texas, while Father Graham is serving
overseas.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Morgan, ’81, are
| mighty proud of their second son, ‘born
July 8, and named David Hugh. Mr. and
Mrs. Morgan and their three children are
living at 3201-13th St., Port Arthur,
Texas.
Lt. Col. and Mrs. W. A. Steinmann,
El |
Steinmann, Jr., on July 26. Their address
iis 3516 Carnegie, Houston 5, Texas.
A daughter, Mary Sue, was born on
Sept. 28, to Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Acken-
hausen, ’34, of Fox, Oklahoma. They have
another daughter, Geraldine, age 8 years,
and a son, John Edward, age three years.
Lt. and Mrs. Thonmias W. Metz, ’36,
have a son, Thomas, Jr., now 7 weeks
old. Their home address is 617 2nd St.,
Jackson, Miss.
Capt. and Mrs. Geo. P. Knapp, ’36,
Roswell, New Mexico, announce the arrival
of their third daughter, Frances Gretchen.
The other two daughters are Maria Irene,
7 years, and Lilian Rosemary 4 years.
Capt. and Mrs. W. W. Armistead, ’38,
announce the birth of a daughter, Sidney
Merrill, on October 14.
The Association Office just vedeivedy News has been received of the arrival
the news of the marriage of Capt. Mor-
ris A. Lichenstein, ’41, and Lt. Inge-
Marie Heymann, ANC, on April 16. They
were recent campus visitors and are at
home at 411 Valencia St., Dallas, Texas.
Douglass-Bird
Miss Mabel G. Douglass, of Charlotte,
Texas, and Lt. Frank Stanley Bird, ’42,
of Houston, were married in Camp Pine-
dale, Fresno, Calif., on November 9. Lt.
Bird spent two years overseas in an air-
craft warning company attached to the
Antilles Air Command in the Caribbean
Theater. Their mailing address is 420
N. Circle Drive, Fresno, Calif.
Monaghan-Rominger
Miss Marjorie Ann Monaghan and Capt.
Robin Lee Rominger, ’42, were married
in Dallas. Capt. Rominger has
just returned from thirty months over-
seat service. After a wedding trip to
Mexico City, the young cople will be at
902 N. Rose St., Breckenridge, Texas.
Summerlin-Duke
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene C. Summerlin,
1030-6th St., Alexandria, La., announce
the marriage of their daughter, Betty
Gene, to Llewellyn Brain Duke, ’46,
USNR, on October 11. They are at home
at the above address.
BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Chapman, ’24, of
Hewitt, Texas, have a young daughter
named Althea Dee, born May 4
Capt. and Mrs. Harold Mayes, 27, have
sent the news of the arrival of Harold
Mayes, Jr., on April 30. Papa Mayes is
Post Purchasing and Contracting Officer
at Camp Swift. Mrs. Mayes and Harold,
Jr., are living at 9534 Alta Mira Drive,
Dallas, 18, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. Meador, ’27, 19
Foote Ave. Pittsfield, Mass., announce
the birth of Janice Lee, on September 29.
Major and Mrs. Robert C. Graham, ’29,
announce the arrival of Robert Jr., on
Feb. 6. Mrs. Graham, with their daugh-
of James J. Dent, III, in the household
of Major and Mrs. James Jefferson Dent,
’39. Major Dent is stationed at the Laredo
Army Air Field.
A belated announcement has been re-
ceived of the arrival of Rowland A.
Preis, III, in the household of Lt. and
Mrs. Rowland A. Pries, Jr., ’39. Lt. Preis
is stationed at Hendricks Field, Sebring,
Fla.
The first child, a daughter, named Gerry
Gaye, was born to Mr. and Mrs. O. C.
Thompson, ’39, on September 15. The
Thompsons live at N 5 Country Club
Apart., Greensboro, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. McDonald,
’40, Eastland, announce the arrival of
Carol Marie, on September 30.
Capt. and Mrs. John B. Hancock, ’42,
announce the birth of Rebecca Lynn, on
June 5. Mrs. Hancock and baby are living
at Temple, Texas, while the Captain is
overseas. Mail may be addressed to Box
394, Temple, Texas.
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. McCoy, 42, 2105
Bonham, Paris, Texas, announce the birth
of Patricia Elizabeth on July 21.
A son, Lawrence Michael, was born on
October 16, to Dr. and Mrs. Frank M.
Brennan, ’43, of Chino, Calif.
Lt. and Mrs. Fred C. Seals, ’45, 8420
Lindenwood, Dallas 5, Texas, are proud
of ‘“‘a cute little fellow’ ’they call Sandy
born to them on October 21. His real
name is Fred Clifford Seals, III
Sgt. and Mrs. Maxey Stuart Riggs, ’45,
announce the birth of Maxey Stuart, Jr., on
July 5. Sgt. Ricks is stationed in the
Pacific and Mrs. Riggs and baby are
living at Beaumont, Texas.
Lt. and Mrs. James H. Sells, ’45, an-
nounce the birth of a son, on Oct. 16.
Lt. Sells has received his discharge from
service and are making their home at
1620 Ridgeway, Houston, Texas.
Ens. and Mrs. Lawrence P. Graham,
’46, announce the arrival of a son, Law-
rence Paul, Jr., on November 8. They are
living at Norman, Oklahoma, and get
mail at BOQ. N.A.T.T.C.
’33, announce the arrival of Weldon A..
a B-24 crash at the Laredo, Texas, Army
Air Field on October 8. He was making
a return trip form Wichita Falls, Texas,
and the accident occured while. he was
landing the ship.
Graduating from A. & M. with a de-
gree in Engineering Administration, Capt.
Beck entered the service in January, 1942,
at Harlingen Army Air Field as an ad-
ministrative officer. He was transferred
to Laredo Army Air Field in December,
1942, and was in command of the 1024
Engineering Squadron until he became
a student officer for flight training. He
took pre-flight training at San Antonio
Aviation Cadet Center, primary training
at Bruce Field, Ballinger, Texas, basic
training at Goodfellow Field, San Angelo,
Texas, and Advanced training at Lub-
bock Army Air Field. He was then sent
to Harlingen Army Air Field for assign-
ment as technical inspector. In January,
1945, he was transferred back to Laredo
Army Air Field and was adjutant for
research and liaison at the time of his
death.
Capt. Beck is survived by his wife, Mrs.
R. C. Beck, 1022 E. Taylor St., Harlingen,
Texas; his parents, Mr. and "Mrs. DC.
Beck, "Hico, Texas; two brothers, S/Sgt.
Claude A. Beck, ’46, and Capt. George H.
Beck ; and a sister, Mrs. G. M. Elrod.
Lt. John W. Muse, ’40
Lt. John W. Muse, ’40, captured by the
Japanese on Bataan, died on July 25,
1942, in a Jap prison camp on Luzon.
Lt. Muse left A. & M. to enter the Air
Corps in 1940, and won his pilot’s wings in
April, 1941, at Stockton Field, Calif. He
left the States for the Philippines early
in June, 1941, and was taken prisoner
when the Japanese conquered the islands
in 1942.
Lt. Muse is survived by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. E. W. Muse, 124 N. Edgefield,
Dallas, Texas.
Lt. William F. Gammon, ’41
Lt. William F. Gammon, ‘41, died on
Luzon Island on October 31, as a result
of pneumonia, according to information
received by his parents, Dr. and Mrs.
S. R. Gomman. Dr. Gammon is head of the
History Department at Texas A. & M. Lt.
Gammon is also survived by a brother, Lt.
Samuel R. Gammon, III, ’44, who is at
present overseas.
Lt. Gammon received his commission
at A. & M. in January, 1943, and was
called almost immediately into the service.
Lt. George E. Roberts, 43
Lt. George E. Roberts, ’43, missing in
action in Germany since October 13, 1944,
has been officially declared dead.
Graduating from A. & M. in January,
1943, Lt. Roberts was sent to O. C. S. at
Ft. Benning, Ga., for 3 months and later
served as an instructor for about six
months. He was then sent to Little Rock,
Ark. ,and from there went overseas in
August, 1944. He saw active service in
England, France, Belgium and Germany.
Lt. Roberts is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Roberts, Box 322,
Cotulla, Texas.
Jack Coogan Cameron, 44 ARM 1/c
Jack Coogan Cameron, ‘44, ARM 1/c,
was killed in action on June 26, 1945,
when his plane was shot down while at-
tacking a Jap convoy in the Yelow Sea.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. Sims Cameron, Sr., 620 W. Vir-
ginia St., McKinney, Texas; two brothers,
Sims Cameron, Jr., 42, Dalas, Tex-
as, and Robert B. Cameron; and one
sister, Mrs. Bradley Hoover.
Cameron had been on duty in the
Pacific Theatre for several months and
was a radioman on a Navy Privateer. His
plane was given credit for the sinking
of a large transport during the engagement
in which he lost his life.
Lt. Roger T. Newton, ’45
Lt. Roger T. Newton, ’45, previously
reported missing in action over Austria
since April 25, 1945, has been officially
declared killed in action on that date. He
was serving as a Navigator on a B-17 on a
mission over Linz, Austria, and his plane
was badly damaged and crashed near
Pabneukirschen, Austria. He was the
son of Lesser Newton, 1’2, Rockdale, Texas.
Lt. Newton attended A. & M. during
the years 1941-43 ,taking Liberal Arts,
and entered the service in March, 1942.
He had been overseas about two months
before being reported missing in action.
Lt. Warner H. Marsh, Jr., ’46
Lt. Warner H. Marsh, Jr., 46, previous-
ly reported missing in action over Ham-
burg, Germany, on November 5, 1944, has
been officially declared killed in action
on that date. A fighter pilot with the
379th Fighter Squadron, 362nd Group,
Ninth Air Force, he was on a bomber
escort mission over Hamburg at the time
of his death .He entered the Air Forces
in April, 1943, and received his commis-
sion at the Eagle Pass Army Air Field.
Lt. Marsh is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs.” Warner H. Marsh, 3601
Amherst, Dallas, Texas; and a brother,
George R. Marsh.
David Allen Harris, 8 1/c, ’47
David Allen Harris, S 1/e, ’47, died at
the National Naval Medical Center, Be-
thesda, Md., on October 31. He is sur-
vived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben
H. Harris, 2514 Truxillo, Houston, Texas.
Seaman Harris was an Aeronautical En-
gineering student at A. & M. during the
years 1943-44. At the time of his death he
had been in service 18 months, serving
the Naval Air Transport Command at
Oakland, Calif.
Among
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football, baseball and track fields were laid
out during the Christmas holidays of
1908-09 by J. B. “Fox” Crockett, now of
Dallas. Ambassador Kyle further dug out
an old notebook of his and reports that
the first fence around the field was built
during the summer and fall of 1907. The
first football game on the field was in the
fall of 1908, and the field was officially
named at a ceremony in the Old Chapel in
the fall of 1908. Another interesting item
is that in the spring of 1908 most of the
baseball games were played on Kyle Field,
but after a rain it was necessary to move
them to the old drill field. Ambassador and
Mrs. Kyle will be on hand for the
Thanksgiving game.
George E. Skaggs was a campus visitor
in November after being away many,
many years. He is Staff Engineer for
Donald R. Warren Co., Engineers, Archi-
tects Building, Los Angeles, Calif.
1910
Rock G. Taber
Atlanta Gas Light Company
Atlanta, Ga.
Silver Taps: Charles R. Westmoreland.
The A. & M. College campus will be
seeing more of J. L. Lochridge, now that
his daughter Miss Billie Jo Lochridge has
been appointed Reference Librarian at the
A. &M. College Library. Mr. Lochridge
is civil engineer with the Reclamation
Bureau with headquarters at Amarillo,
Texas. 1912
W. M. Goodwin
1811 N. Lamar, Dallas
Lesser Newton, Rockdale,
suffered the loss of a son, Lt.
Newton, ’45, who was killed
over Austria on April 25, 1945.
R. . Carruthers has been named
Bridge Engineer of the Maintenance of
Way Department, Southern Pacific Lines,
Houston. He will work out of the Chief
Engineer’s Office as assistant to A. A.
Riley, ’09, Supervisor of Structures. Mr.
Carruthers has been with the S. P. since
1913, although he served three years in
World War IL.
1913
L. D. Royer
911 Transit Tower, San Antonio
Col. E. A. Eversberg, veteran of World
Wars I and II is expected to arrive at his
home in San Antonio soon. He was
transportation officer in the British dis-
trict and was responsible for movement
of suuplies for the American occupation
troops until relieved to return to the
United States. Col. Eversberg has been
awarded the Legion of Merit for his
service.
Mr. and Mrs. John Rutledge Hill, 3431
Shenandoah Ave., Dallas, are enjoying
a brief visit with their son, Lt. John Rut-
ledge Hill, Jr., ’44, enroute from Central
Europe to Japan where he will serve with
the army of occupation.
Texas, has
Roger T.
in action
‘ision,
1915
Dr. Guy W. Adriance
College Station, Texas
Silver Taps: C. H. “Charlie”
1916
Capt. Palmer H. Olsen
Det. G48 Co. C. Mil. Govt. Regt.
APO 758, co Pm., N. Y.
Hans E. Runge is Executive Vice Pres-
ident of the Belton Mills, Belton, South
Carolina. .
J. S. Mogford, Professor of Agronomy,
at A. & M. spent the past summer super-
vising the seed breeding work of the
Northern Star Seed Farms, O’Brien, Tex-
as, and Wacona Seed Farms, at Waco,
Texas.
1917
Jack C. Shelton
Farm Credit Adm., Fed. Land Bk.
Houston, Texas
Lt. Col. I. G. Moore is back at Ennis
after serving in his second world war.
He is in the ice business at Ennis and also
is Ford distributor at that city. He was
recently elected District Commander of
the American Legion.
Col. H. Miller Ainsworth, Luling, has
been released from active duty. He re-
ceived the Silver Star for service with the
36th Division in the landing at Salerno.
He is a banker and engaged in other
business enterprises.
Major Max D. Gilfillen, 300 W. Houston
St., Tyler, Texas, has returned to the
States and paid the campus a visit in
early November. A veteran of World Wars
I and II, he has earned the Silver Star
with Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star, Pur-
ple Heart, Croix-de-Guerre, and wears the
ETO and Asiatic and Pacific Ribbons.
1918
J. W. Williams
Box 1590, Dallas, Texas
F. A. Cooper is with the Southwestern
Bell Telephone Company, 1010 Pine Street,
St. Louis, Mo.
1919
Hudson.
‘Charles H. Clark
County Agent
Hillsboro, Texas
Lt. Col. and Mrs. Edward D. Hopkins
were campus visitors this fall while on
leave from Col. Hopkins’ station in Lima,
Peru. He and Mrs. Hopkins are making
their headquarters at San Marcos while
in the states. Their son was a student at
A. &M. before entering the Navy.
1920
Hugh N. Glezen
4207 Highland Ave., Beaumont
Dr. Richard Henry Harrison has been
released from active duty in the U. S.
Medical Corps and has returned to Bry-
an where he will resume his medical prac-
tice. Shortly before his release from the
Army he was promoted to the rank of
full Colonel. 1 921
W. T. Strange
415 Myrick Bldg., Lubbock
Dan Clinton, who held the rank of Cap-
tain at the time of his release from serv-
ice, has returned to his work as Agri-
cultural ‘Agent for Harris County. His
mailing address is 2101 Branard, Houston,
Texas.
M. V. Cousins is Personnel Director for
the United Gas Co., Shreveport, La. . . .
James M. Tongate reports that he has
finished up another season of umpiring in
the Southern League and is back with the
Department of Agriculture, Cotton Div-
and getting mail at 1806 Windsor
Ave., Waco.
That gleam in the eyes these days of
Ernest “Slats” Mortensen is pride in Son
Jimmy Mortensen, who has played quite a
bit of end on this fall’s Aggie football
team. The family lives at Crystal City,
where “Slats” is superintendent of the
Agricultural Experiment Station. Son Jim-
my previously made his letter in track.
He has another year of competition, and
if he can keep improving, he will be one
of the outstanding ends of the conference
next fall. 1929
W. E. “Ted” Winn
Box 2880, Dallas, 1.
Hubert G. ‘Crabby’ Davis has been ap-
pointed Superintendent of the Waco City
Water Works. He has been Acting Super-
intendent since last April and has been
with the City of Waco for many yeares.
He is a member of the Board of Directors
of the Association.
Friends of C. W. “Red” Hurley, Jr., of
Pittsburg, Pa., and J. Collier Hurley, ’23,
will regret to learn of the recent death
of their father in Houston.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Cockrell and son,
Tommy, were visitors on the campus in
early November. Mr. Cockrell, who held
the rank of Major while in service, was
released to become Assitant Manager of
the Merchandizing Division of the Texas
Company and will have offices at 135 E.
42nd St., New York 17, Y. Major
Cockrell was Plans and Training Officer
for the 7th Ferrying Group at Gore Field,
establishing the base there and subsequent
bases for ferrying on the Alaskan Route
to Fairbanks. He also served as Com-
mandant of Student Officer Detachment at
Greenwood, Miss.
Harry M. Saunders mildly complains
because we have been carrying him with
the Class of ’25. Apologies are extended
and Harry is now established back in his
Class, and living at 1116 Woodman Pl.
Plainfield; Nv J: vot. +. a. Clyde C. Crane
lives at 11129 Longword Drive, Chicago
Bernard ‘‘Snooks” Gardner is an Of-
ficial of Frost Bros. ,one of San Antonio’s
leading department stores.
1923
Ben F. Brown
Box 1405, Waco
A. G. Seelke has been transferred from
the Chief Engineer’s Office to the Right-
of-Way Department as Lease Engineer
of the S. P. Lines at Houston.
Lacy B. Shifflet is Ass’t Sec. and Treas.
of the Austin Production Credit Ass'n.
He resides at 2518 Spring Lane, Austin.
Capt. . W. Littlejohn is Plans and
Operations Officer for all German POW
Labor in Oise Intermediate Section. He
also has charge of all displeced persons
in the same area. Mailing address is Ha.
1st Labor Supervision Area, MLS, APO
513, Y.
F. M. Simpson is with the Cities Serv-
ice Oil Co., Bartlesville, Okla. . . . Wal-
lace R. Gilchrist is a Certified Public Ac-
countant and engaged in that work in
Tulsa, Okla. His mailing address is 3003
S. Woodward, Tulsa, Okla.
1924
R. M. Sherman
Central Texas Iron Works, Waco
Proud Papas: D. C. Chapman.
Lt. Col. E. Y. “Fire Chief” Harpole has
been on active duty for ten years. He re-
cently returned from overseas and is now
at Maxwell Field, Ala., 2100 Base Unit.
He hopes to stay in the service.
R. F. McSwain has resumed his work
as McCullough County Agricultural Agent,
with headquarters in Brady, Texas, fol-
lowing a three years leave of absence. He
held the rank of Lt. at the time of his
release from the armed service.
Chester W. Terry has been relieved
from duty and is at home at 5511 Rich-
mond Ave. Dallas. . . . Ben D. Leuty
is another A. & M. with the Cities Service
Oil Co., of Bartlesville, Okla. . . . E. E.
Kuehn is rounding out fourteen years
service with the Lone Star Gas Co., in Dal-
las and is now Plant Engineer in the
Plant and Equipment Department. He re-
sides at 6022 McComas Street.
Dr. Robert L. Cherry has been named
Chief Epidemiologist of the City Board
of Health of San Francisco, Calif. He re-
cently returned from the Allied military
government medical staff in Italy. Prior
to that time he was director of the Harris
County Health Department in Houston.
Friends of Capt. August Muller will
regret to learn of the death of his mother,
Mrs. J. L. Muller, of Livingston. She is
survived by Capt. Muller, five sisters, and
two grandchildren.
L. S. “Tiny” Keen, Corsicana, was elected
president of the Texas Frozen Food Locker
Association when that organization held
a recent three-day short course and busii-
nss meeting at College Station. Keen is
in the frozen food locker business at Cor-
sicana. Mrs. Keen is also an expert in that
field and particularly in the preparation
and cooking of frozen foods.
A. C. Taylor, 4201 Four Mile Run Drive,
Arlington, Va., was a recent campus
visitor to the campus. He is highway en-
gineer for the Public Roads Adminis-
tration. =
Col. Geo. A. Whatley is stationed at
Walla Walla, Wash. 0. Byrd
still with Purina Mills, Lubbock, Texas
Lt. Col. Charles L. Wall, Jr., is get-
ting ‘mail at Box 362, Roswell Army Air
Field, Roswell, N. M.
Major Herber M. Tatum, Corps of En-
gineers, is at present on terminal leave
and has returned to the practice of arcri-
tecture in Dallas, Texas. His offices are
located at 2510 Cedar Springs Road, and he
is making his home at 4553 Fairway,
Dallas. 1925
R. C. Armstrong
3439 Wichita, Houston, 4
Silver Taps: William Guy Craig. .
Lt. Col. Gordon E. Roberts, a staff of-
ficer of the Hdars. of the XVI Corps, was
presented a Legion of Merit Medal in a
ceremony in Chantilly, France. hie 1s serv-
ing in his second world war. Before gong
on active duty in 1940, Col. Roberts was
employed as a civil engineer by the At
chison, Topeka and San Fe RR Company.
His wife and son, Gordon, reside at 1364
Magnolia Ave., San Bernardino, Calif.
R. P. Halalran gets mail at 925 N. 22nd
Waco, Texas. . . . The Univer:al Con-
crete Pipe Company, of Columbus, Ohio,
has purchased the Acme Concrete Pipe
Company, 6800 Helmers, Houston, and
has appointed R. C. "Armstrong, 225,
Manager of the Houston Branch . . .
Capt. E. R. McChesney is on terminal
leave at Nortonia Hotel, Portland 5, Ore.
Wm. C. Horn is Postmaster at Spring,
Texas. . . . Ward Lambert gets mail at
409 Knox Ave., Orange, Texas.
Lt. Col. Will H. Caldwell has returned
after three and half years in Ireland, Eng-
land, France, Belgium and Germany. His
mailing address is 804 Winbern St., Hous-
ton.
Arthur W. Hugg is associated with the
B. F. Avery Sons, manufacturers of farm
machinery, Louisville, Kentucky.
V. H. Gohlke, Apartado 1022, Monterrey,
N. L., Mexico, and Mrs. Gohlke are still
celebrating the arrival of a daughter this
fall. They have lived in Monterrey for
many years.
Lt. Col. Charles H. Jones, Jr., has
returned from Germany where he was a
Prisoner of War for twenty-two months and
is stationed at Camp Hood. His mailing
address is 1418 N. Tth St., Temple, Texas.
: 1926
Jack Williams
Box 196, San Marcos
B. Marvin Stephens has been promoted
to the position of Architectural Engineer
in the Maintenance of Way Department,
S. P. Lines, with headquarters at Hous-
ton. He has been Chief Draftsman since
1939.
Lt. Leon S. Partridge, Box 55, Munday,
Texas, returned from the C. B. I. Thea-
tre in November.
Jack Turner, Fort Worth, has been
named Secretary of the American Hereford
Association with headquarters in Kansas
City, Mo. He has been in the hereford
breeding business for many years and
owns and manages his own herd of
registered cattle, the Silver Crest Here-
fords, located near Fort Worth.
Robert ‘“Dobber’’ Dobbs has been
with the War Emergency Pipelines for the
past year and half. He is getting mail at
703 N. Street, Longview, Texas. He also
spent 1 year as mechanic in the Air
Force and 1 year in Enlisted Reserve
Corps... . . Capt. Robert F. Ros-
borough is on terminal leave and plans
to return to his insurance business at
Marshall, Texas.
Perry A. Stigler is a licensed Funeral
Director and owns one fourth interest in
the Kinney Funeral Home at Stamford,
Texas. . . . .Lt. Cmdr. Eearl Lipscomb,
USNR, is at the U. S. Naval Hospital,
SOQ 38 North Corona, Calif., Sin Js
hoping to be out soon. . .
Eliston is back in civilian life and with the
Texas Electric Service, Fort Worth, Tex-
as. . . . R. A. Brown lives at Throck-
morton, Texas.
Major Thomas A. Dodson, of Fort Worth,
who commanded Battery E, 2nd Provisional
Battalion, 131st F. A. on Java, has ac-
counted for every member of the outfit
captured by the Japs in March 1942. There
were eighty-seven men and four officers
liberated, five known to have died and
three were lost on Japanese ships sunk
in 1944.
1927
Allen R. Menger
111 West Travis St., San Antonio
Proud Papas: Capt. Harold Mayes; Jack
R. Meador.
H. J. McKenzie is Chief Engineer of the
S. P. Lines, with headquarters at Houston.
S. R. Gohmert is still with the Cotton
Branch in the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
but has been transferred to Bakersfield,
Calif., Room 100, Progressive Bldg. .
A. B. Kennerly has been made Editor “of
the Farm and Ranch, Dallas. Malcolm Or-
chard, ’33, has been ‘added to the staff as
Field Editor.
Lt. Col. Kirk H .Scott has been “trans-
ferred to Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, and
gets mail at Box 1438, Area A, Hars.
ATSC
Major Clyde B. Kennington is Director
of Operations for the Separation Point
established at Fort Ord, Calif., S. C. TU.
1962. . . . . Major George H. Tracy is
with the TU. S. Engineers, stationed at
Camp Hulen, Palacios, Texas. . . . . ;
Col. C. M. Florer has returned from over-
seas service and is at home at 3609 Poto-
mae, Dallas. He earned the Bronze Star
Medal and four campaign stars on the
ETO ribbon.
After 51 months in service and 31 months
of that time spent overseas, Lt. Col. Al-
fred O. Nicholson is at home, 3925 Stan-
| ford, Dallas, on terminal leave.
Lt. Col. Richard H. Jones spent four
and half years with the 5th Arm’d. Div.
and SHAEF Hq. and with the 772nd Tank
Bn. He is now on terminal leave and has
returned to his job with the Houston Public
Schools, as Principal of Cleveland School.
His mailing address is 2736 Bellaire Blvd.,
Houston, Texas.
Jack R. Meador, 19 Foote Ave., Pitts-
field, Mass., sends in a belated report of
their Muster with 100 per cent attendance
—MecCarty, 26; E. J. Allen, 27; G.
Heye) 227.5 d. R. Meador, ’27; and W. N.
Petzing, ’27. He casually announces the
arrival of Janie Lee, on September 28,
in the Meador household.
Yt.” Comdr. -H, Kellner is Public
Works Officer, U. S. N. R., operating
at Navy 117, Fleet Post Office, New York,
Y
Sam E. Brewster, has been discharged
from the Army with the rank of Lt. Col.
His last assignment was as Organizational
Planning Officer of the Alaskan Division,
Air Transport Command, with headquarters
in Canada. He is back at his old job as
Director of the Department of Buildings
and Grounds at the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute, Auburn, Ala.
Lockett Shelton is a busy man these
days. In addition to his work with the
U. S. States Treasury, he is Chairman of
the Board of Deacons of his church;
Chairman of the Finance Committee of
the Area Boy Scout Council; and very
active in the Rotary Club. His mailing
address is 502 Utilities Bldg., Abilene,
Texas. At a recent meeting of the Central-
West Texas A. & M. Club, Mr. Shelton
was elected President of that organiza-
ion. 1928
J. F. Blount
Box 431, Amarillo
J. Baylor Bell, 324 Katherine St., Cor-
pus Christi, is with the E. W. Saybolt
and Company, Inspectors of Petroleum.
Cant. T. A. Neubauer returned to the
U. S. in Oct.,, from four months duty
with the A. T. C. in Puerto Rico. Came in
from France after being assigned to Troop
Carrier.
Lt. Col. Winthrop H. Rogers, of Wichita
Falls, Texas, has been made First Vice-
President of the Lost Battalion Club, re-
cently organized by the veterans of the
131st Field Artillery’s Lost Battalion.
Laddie J. Lesikar is with the Goodyear
Tire Plant and getting mail at PO Box
R. Torn, 604601, Topeka, Kansas.
Lt. Col. Thomas A. Ward, who was as-
sociated with his father in the Doctors
Ward's Dog and Cat Hospital, at Houston,
is post veterinarian at Southampton, Eng-
land. His home address is 2515 Ralph St.,
A. B. Emmons is
New Boston,
Houston. 6," Texas. . . .
Co. Agricultural Agent,
Texas.
Lt. Col. W. E. Eckles has ben awarded
the Legion of Merit and it was presented
by Gen. Geo. S. Patton, Jr. Col. Eckles
also holds the Bronze Star and the Croix
de Guerre. . . . . W. A. Deen has moved
to Texarkana and getting mail at Box
104. . . . . Capt. Allen Peoples is now
investigating Japanese trocities with the
War Crimes Investigation Detachment in
Manila and is getting mail at GHI, AFPAC,
Judge Advocate Sec., APO 500, ¢ Pm.,
San Francisco, Calif.
G. B. Nichols is back in the Eng. and
Construction Dept. of the Gulf Oil Corp.
mailing address: P.O. Box 2140, Houston,
Texas. Col. Alfred H. Davidson,
Jr., is Asst. Executive to Ge¢natal Con-
nolly, ‘‘Special Group” Cen! £4 Field
Commissioner for Europe, New War Build-
ing, Washington, D. C. . . . . After four
and half years service, Lt. Col. James
H. Grammer has returned to practice
medicine at Fort \Worth, and will have of-
fices at 205 W. T. Waggoner Bldg.
Major E. R. Torn
Major E. R. Torn, on leave as agricul-
tural director of the East Texas Cham-
ber of Commerce, was recently promoted
to that rank. He is military governor of
Bavaria in Germany for food and ration-
ing and is attached to the Third Army,
AMG, with headquarters in Munich. Mrs.
Torn and their two children, a son and
a daughter, live at 604 Young St., Long-
view. Torn has been overseas for over
two years but has been declared essen-
tian, dashing his hopes of getting home
by Christmas.
Lt. Earl F. Sterling after 31 months
of foreign service is now at MecChard
Field, Washington, but looking for a
discharge soon and will be at home at
Mesquite, Texas. + + vo o Major Alfred
V. Chapin is serving as Hdaqrs. Squadron
Commander, Group Executive and Group
Adm. Officer and Air Inspector. He is ex-
pecting to be at home at 2455 Meridian
Ave., Miami Beach 40, Fla., soon.
Cameron Siddall, who was recently re-
leased from the service has returned to
his position as Entomologist with the Ex-
tension Service at A. M. College. At
the time of his release he held the rank
of Major and his last assignment was at
the Regional Hospital at Fort Ord, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Siddall and their little
daughter are living in their homte in
North Oakwood, College Station, Texas.
J.D... Nig” ‘Wyman, 2023 Guam, Lake
Charles, La., is looking for a Chemical En-
gineer for Petroleum Refining Inspection
work.
Col. Robert C. Haynie has been wearing
his ‘‘eagles’ since the middle of October.
He has been awarded the Legion of Merit
for outstanding work as Chief of the
Survey Section, Administrative Manage-
ment Branch, Control Division, Army
Service Forces. He is attached to the Gen-
ig Staff Corps, ASF, Washington, 25,
fi ohn L. Pratt is Dallas District Manager,
Alis-Chalmers Mfg. Co., 1800 N. Market
St., Dallas 2, Texas.
1929
Austin C. Bray
Box 264, Dallas, 1
Proud Papa: Major Robert C. Graham.
Major Chris A. Steinmann, Hq. AFWES-
PAC-G-4 Depot Opr. Div., APO 1707, %
Pm., San Francisco, Calif.,is stationed at
Manila, but would much rather be at
home. He arrived over there in the last
days of the Jap war. He reports a letter
from Lt. Col. Clyde Nichols and hopes that
the E. E. Class of ’29, can all be located.
He also had made a visit to Corregidor
and pays tribute to the brave Americans
of that fort.
H. G. Green is representative for the
Texas Company, covering the North East
corner of Texas with headquarters at
Texarkang. . ..;-:. M. P. Gregory is now a
Major and has been Signal Officer for the
Has. Air Transport Command in Wesh-
ington since 1942. His mailing address is
ne Virginia Ave., N. W. Washington,
Kurt A. Welgehausen is back in civil-
ian life and expects to continue the prac-
tice of Public Accounting as a resident
partner of the Houston office of Frazer
and Torbet with ofices in the Commerce
Building, Houston. . . . James R. Day
is at home at Midland, Texas. . . . E. B.
“Bubba” Rice is Dist. Engineer, U. 8S.
Geog. Survey, and gets mail at Box 887,
University Station, Baton Rouge 3, La.
Lt. Col. A. T. Hearne is home from the
Philippines and getting mail at 912 North
St., Nacogdoches, Texas.
Col. Carl Giesecke, U. S. Medical Corps,
has been released from service and has re-
turned to private practice of medicine and
surgery, with offices in the Nix Profes-
sional Bldg., San Antonio. He served in
the ETO and Mediterranean Theaters.
1930
J. A. Reynolds
Dreyfus & Son, Dallas
Lt. Col. George “Dody’’ Smith back
home after nearly five years of military
service has been made District Manager
of the Dictaphone Corporation, 1303 Capi-
tal Ave., Houston. He served 28 months
in the ETO and most of that time was
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1945
with the famed 36th Division. He later
was with a military mission to the Italian
Army. He was with the Dictaphone Cor-
poration in San Antonio prior to the war.
He and Mrs. Smith have two children,
‘a daughter 13 and a son 10.
Col. Geo. G. Smith is on
leave following his recent return from
the Pacific. His present address is 2330
Bolsover Road, Houston 5, Texas.
Lt. Col. Jack ‘A. Barnes is a “Mr.” again
and is back at his old work with the Tri-
nity Portland Cement Company, 1515 Com-
mercial Building, Houston 2, Texas. Col.
Barnes spent four and half years on ac-
tive duty. Just previous to his release
from service he was Executive Officer of
the Dugway Proving Ground, Tooele,
Utah.
J. Roy Varnell has moved to Bryan
where he will be veteran’s contact repre-
sentative for the Waco office of the Vet-
erans Administration. He has been with
the Administration for nearly a year and
formerly live at Belton.
J. R. Wimberly is at home, 708 S. Den-
ton, Gainesville, Texas, and is hoping to
be discharged from the Brooks General
Hospital soon. . . . . Lt. Col. Francis R.
DePasqual is on terminal leave and will
be associated with the Richards-Krueger
Lumber Co., New Braunfels, Texas . . .
RoW. “Bubba” Franks is out of the
army and living at Stop 81, Michigan
City, Indiana. He advises that his phone
number is Michigan City 8691 and would
like to hear from any of the exes.
Lt. Col. Gabe Lewis has been released
from military duty and is back at John
Tarleton Junior College at Stephenville
as Registrar and Dean of Students.
For achievement in operations while a
group executive officer in the South Paci-
fie, Lt. Col. Harvey R. Striegler, of the
501st Bombardment Squadron has been
awarded the Bronze Star. He aided his
group in establishing a record of having
flown fifteen missions against the Japs
without the loss of a single airplane or
crew member. Before going into service,
Col Striegler was employed with the Dallas
Power and Light Co. His home is in Ir-
ving, Texas.
Lt. Brooks Conover, USNR, has re-
turned from Tokyo for release. The former
Aggie baseball and football star was
coaching in Orange when he entered the
service.
Lt. L. A. Machemehl, Jr., spent 18
months in the Navy and is now in Japan.
He is looking to an early trip home and
having mail sent to 412 College Ave.
Seguin, Texas. . . . Gabe W. Lewis re-
turned to John Tarleton College, Stephen-
ville, as Registrar and Dean of Students,
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