The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current, January 15, 1946, Image 3
A aihthants ~ TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1946———0—m8 ——— . AMONG ’ — - a - ud LL — (x1 H— "TEXAS A "A. and M. MEN - dite PIONEERS CERI 00 OA ER 1876 - 1897 Dr. F. E. Giesecke, '86 New Braunfels Silver Taps: M. Greene Buchanan, ’81; Charles S. Uhl, ’94. Dr. F. E. Giesecke, ’86, Box 417, New Braunfels, reports the recent death of George Curtis, who served as Professor of Agriculture at A. & M. in 1883. Dr. Giesecke writes that Mr. Curtis taught him while he was in school and was the last living member of the faculty of that day. x 1898 T. L. Smith, Jr. P. 0. Box 1343, Houston Silver Taps: W. i. Carter. 1911 Melvin J. Miller 1601-05 Ft. Worth Nat'l Bk. Bldg. Silver Taps: George A. Blackaller; Dou- glag H. B. Todd. r L. C. Schwab, official of the A. O. Smith Corp., Milwaukee, 1, Wisconsin, reports that his company is returning to its mormal civilian manufacture now that the war is over. Mr. Schwab can now re- veal that his company helped develop all manufacture of landing gears used throughout the world on the B-17 and B-29 Bombers, in addition to manufac- turing propellers, airflasks, and thousands of miles of pipe, truck frames, weldrods and so forth. 1912 W. M. Goodwin ' 1811 N. Lamar, Dallas Silver Taps: Horace Boyett. Karl F. Hoefle has been promoted from Assistant Superintendent to Superintendent of the City Water Department, of Dallas. George W. Ashford is associated with Fisk Electric Company, electrical contrac tors, 804 Milam St., Houston. : 1913 L. D. Royer 911 Transit Tower, ‘San Antonio Silver Taps: George Paxton Atkinson. Colonel Richard M. Levy, Longview, has been awarded the Legion of Merit for his outstanding military service as Director of reeords division, adjutant general’s Of- fice, from December, 1943, to July, 1945. 1915 Dr. Guy W. Adriance ’ College Station, Texas YEARY AND PALS UNCOVERED AFTER LAPSE 32 YEARS ' St. George, Utah November 20, 1945 Dear Mr. Yeary, Farmersville, Texas: I know you are wondering what this letter is all about so I'll tell you. It re- gards Room 77 Leggett Hall, Co. “L” A. & M. College, College Station, Texas, on October 14, 1913. On this date, a group of soldiers met in the hall at A. & M. and wrote a note,which they put in the stock of a 30-40 Springfieild rifle. The contents of the note are as follows: “The finder of this will please notify H. E. Yeary, ’15, Farmersville, Texas, telling of his discovery. This note was put in this gun Oct. 14, 1913. Done in Room 77, Leggett Hall, Co. “L” A. & M. College of Texas, College Station, Texas. Sgt. H. E. Yeary, Sgt. J. C. Yeary, Sgt. E. RB. Girardeau, and Sgt. L. S. Hobbs, Capt. J. M. Wossler, 1st Lieut. W. T. Jones, 2nd Lieut. R. Green, 1st Sgt. C. S. Wilson.” : My father bought this gun in 1920 as surplus war material. Then, last’ night 32 years later, the gun was taken apart, and I finding the note for the first time, decided to write to you and give you as mueh of the history of the rifle and note as I know, as I'm sure you will be in- terested. Sincerely, Ellen Raye Cottam 1916 Capt. Palmer H. Olsen Det. G48 Co. C. Mil. Govt. Regt. APO 758, ¢/o Pm., N. Y. 0. O. Taylor is Engineer with the Ed- ward B. War and Company, contractors and engineers, for Air Conditioning, with offices at 270 Fremont St., San Francisco, he 1917 Jacek C. Shelton Farm Credit Adm. Fed. Land Bk. Houston, Texas Joe A. Jenkins, mayor of Amarillo, is serving as president of the Texas League of Municipalities. E. E. McAdams, ’11 is executive secretary of the League. Mr. McAdams taught physics at A. & M. seve- ral years back in the teens. Vice President of the League is C. P. Dodson, ’11, Mayor of Decatur. Henry J. Braunig, age 84 years, pioneer of Halletsville, Texas, died in that city in mid-December. He ‘was the father of four A. & M. sons—Vietor H. ’10, and Carl F. Braunig, 17, of San Antonio, Hu- bert E. Braunig, 40, of Rockford, Ill, and Elwyn Paul Braunig, ‘30, of Sacramento, Calif. Mr. Braunig is also survived by five grandchild- ren and one great-grandchild. 1918 J. W. Williams Box 1590, Dallas, Texas Major Fred W. Westcourt writes ‘““Skin- ny” Williams from Marseilles, France that he hopes to be home before summer. He sends greetings and Christmas good wishes to his classmates. His mail address is I. and E. Division, APO 87, % Postmatser, New York, N. Y. 1920 Hugh N. Glezen 4207 Highland Ave., Beaumont Langston J. Goree, Jr., owns and oper- ates the Imperial Valley Motors, Packard and Pontiac Sales and Service, El Centro, California. He reports a recent visit with . H. “Hootie” Williams, who is with the Texas Company in Los Angeles. 1921 W. T. Strange 415 Myrick Bldg., Lubbock Adolph E. Hatley has moved to 3030 Ethel Avenue, Muncie, Indiana. John W. “Frenchy” Persohn, R. R. 1, Youngstown, N. Y., is an official of the Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp. of Niagara Falls, N. Y. He has a son re- cently released from military service who may enroll at Texas A. & M. W. W. “Possum’” Townsend has ac- quired a majority interest in the firm of Tractores Universales, S. A., Apartado 10812, Mexico, D. F., which has the ids- tributorship for ¢Ford-Ferguson Tractors and a complete line of farm implements and equipment. Townsend recently was re- leased after nearly 4 years as a Colonel in the Ordnance Department of the U. S. Army on duty in Washington and Detroit. Prior to that he spent many years in Cen- tral and South America and the West Indies with the Ford Motor Co., and also served as Manager of Ford's Foreign Sales with headquarters in Detroit. He is enthu- ciastic over the prospects of his new busi- ness enterprise in Mexico. He will be glad to see any A. & M. friends who are in Mexico City. 7 1922 W. E. “Ted” Winn Box 2880, Dallas 1. Mr. Hardin L. Atkins, Jr., is located at Odessa, Texas, where he is County Agent with the Extension Service. He and Mrs. Atkins have four children, two daugh- ters in grade school and two sons. Hardin L., III, ’47, is a PhM 38/c, located at the Navy Special Hospital, Camp Wallace, Texas. Joseph N., ’48, after spending a year at A. & M. transferred to South- western University at Georgetown where he is a ministerial student. W. Sangster Bizzell has been released from military service and has returned to New Orleans where he will resume his former work as ‘head of the Louisiana Fire Insurance Rating Bureau. His New Orleans address is P. O. Box 730. He returned from the Pacific in time to spend Christmas with the Bizzell family at Norman, Okla. His son Bill is in the Navy, stationed at Gulfport, Miss. Sangster writes that after the Solomons, the Philippines, and Japan, world travel has lost its lure for him. | : 1923 Ben F. Brown Box 1405, Waco Madison Hilliard Adams has moved to 5731 Logan Lane, Houston 7, Texas. 1924 R. M. Sherman Central Texas Iron Works, Waco Alan R. Black is President of the Wichita Falls A. & M. Club and Plant Superintendent of the Texas Electric Serv- ice Company of that city. T. F. ‘“Puny’” Wilson has been elected vice president of the Huntsville Chamber of Commerce. He is head coach and ath- letic director of Sam HoustonState Teach- ers College, Huntsville. ¥ J. W. “Red” Barnes Higginbotham-Pearlstone Inc., P. O. Box 2148, Waco. deals in wholesale hardware, furniture and automobile accessories. ‘‘Red” re- ports a recent visit from Major M. B. Bar- nett convalescing from a serious operation at McCloskey Hospital, Temple, and now back in Dallas. Barnett hopes to be out of the Army by spring. Both Barnes and Barnett were originally from MecKinney. 1926 Jack Williams Box 196, San Marcos Cris. J. Stromberger has resigned his position with the San Antonio Public Service Co., to accept appointment in San Antonio as a representative of the Life Insurance Company of Virginia. His office is at .1601 Transit Tower. He is one of the wheel horses of the San Antonio A. & M. Club. Ford Munnerlyn, insurance and business man of College Station has been elected president of the Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce. His vice president is H. E. Burgess, ’29, of College Station. Lt. Comdr. R. H. “Bob” Berry has re- sumed his position as head football coach at East Texas State Teachers College, Commerce, after an absence of three years during which he served in the Navy. He was quarterback on the great Aggie championship team of 1925. 192% Allen R. Menger 111 West Travis St., San Antonio Lt. Col. Burris C. Jackson will soon return to his home in Hillsboro and resume his civilian pursuits, after thirty-eight months of active service. He entered serv- ice in 1942 as a Captain and is now ad- ministrative officer under the Adj. General of the Army. In civilian life Col. Jackson is a widely known business and civic leader. He has headed and been connected with numerous organizations and is especially recognized for his leadership in the American cotton industry,and is now the general chairman of the state-wide cotton committee of Tex- is Manager of Hardware Co., The firm Col. Horace E. Belsher has been retired from service and will open up his office in the practice of architecture in Houston soon. His mailing address is 1529 Maryland, of that city. After 15 months in a German prison camp S/Sgt. C. S. Conerty, Dallas, was liberated in June, 1945, and arrived in tbe States in July. He has re-enlisted in the Army and is at present on a 90-day fur- furlough. His home address is 416 N. Bea- con St., Dallas. J. F. Blount Box 431, Amarillo Major Frank E. Hallum is in the Haq. Third Air Force, AID, Tampa, Fla., and lives at 3016 Second Ave., St. Petersburg, Fla. Joel Hunt has returned from military service and to his former position as backfield coach at L. S. U., Baton Rouge. He was on hand for the January I Oil Bowl game at Houston. Lt. Col. and Mrs. John E. Mitchell were campus visitors in December follow- ing Johnny’s return from Italy where he served for more than two years in the U. S. Air Forces. He was Commandant of Cadets at A. & M. in 1932-35. His home address is 3512 Rankin Street, Dallas, Texas. Lt. J. V. “Siki” Sikes, USNR, has been released from the Navy and has returned as a member of the coaching staff of the University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. Sikes was in the Physical Ed. Department of the Navy and in 1944 coached the powerful St. Mary’s Pre-Flight eleven. He is end coach at Georgia and varsity baseball coach. He was released from the Navy in time to help. prepare the Georgia team for their game against Tulsa in Houston’s new Oil Bowl. 1929 Austin C. Bray Box 264, Dallas 1 Capt. Hershell E. Burgess is again en- gaging in the real estate and insurance business at College Station following his return last fall from the ETO. The former Aggie fullback grew up to that position while in the Army, returning a hefty 190- pounder. He and Mrs. Burgess and their daughter, Lou, live in South Oakwood, just south of the campus. L. G. Lapham is teaching in the Sam Houston State Teachers College, at Hunts- ville, Texas. «i. ve ss Ben C. Varner has been released from the Navy and in busi- ness in Dallas. His firm is known as Varner Lumber Company, 3716 Harvard Avenue, of Dallas. Merideth C. Engle has returned to civil life and getting mail at 1910 W. Mistletoe San Antonio, Texas. He held the rank of Lt. Col. at the time of his release. Capt. H. W. Whitney, XXIV Corps, Mil. Govt. Section, APO 235, ¢% Pm. San Francisco, Calif., is supervising the oper- ation of the public waterworks of the City of Seoul, Korea, which has a popu- lation of 1,200,000. 1930 J. A. Reynolds Dreyfus & Son, Dallas Russell D. Brooks is back in civilian life and his old job with the Texas Power and Light Co., at Trinidad, Texas. He reports that John J. Jansk is expecting to be back at work there very soon . . . . T. Kallus is back in civilian life and work- ing on his thesis to complete his graduate work. He is getting mail at Hallettsville, Texas. Capt. S. M. Farquhar, Box 57, Gonzales, is on terminal leave after 3 years’ active duty and 28 months in the Pacific. He plans to return to his former company, Austin Road Company of Dallas, when his leave is up. Lt. Col. P. M. Honnell is Director of the Electronics Course, U. S. Military Academy, West Point, N. Y. He resides in Quarters 212 at West Point. Col. Hon- ‘|to be on hand for the Victory nell is an outstanding tiga in the elec- trical field and a frequent contributor to scientific journals. Among his recent ar- ticles are the following: “The Prony Brake”, Journal of Engineering Education, November, 1945; ‘‘Measurement of Trans- former Turns-Ratio”’, Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers, November, 1945; and ‘‘The Marconi, A New Unit of Frequency”, Letter to the Editor of Elec- trical Engineering, November, 1945. 11931 C. R. “Dick” Coneway Humble Oil & Ref. Co., Houston 1 Marshall A. Hays has moved to 402 Funston, San Antonio, Texas. Elo J. Urbanovsky is back on his old job with the Landscape Arts Department. 1932 Col. Luther E. Bell Box 335 Del Rio, Texas Jack Christian received not only reso- lutions of thanks, but $250 in Victory Bonds as a reward for taking time out from his business to coach the Spur High School football team to three . district championships in four years. Christian is moving to Littlefield February 1st. He was a star guard on the Aggie teams of his day. He has served the Association of Former Students as a Director for the past year and a half. Capt. Howrad P. Hedges is in the War Department Separation Center, Camp Fan- nin. Mrs. Hedges is making her home at 708 S. Washington Ave., Bryan, Texas. The grapevine reports Col. Al Saenger returning to civil life and to his former position with the Humble Company. He made it from Okinawa to the U. S. in 39 hours, a speedy trip even for the speedy Saenger. 3 Col. Luther E. Bell, Class Agent for the 32 Class, was a recent campus visitor while on termial leave. His present mailing address is Box 835, Del Rio, Texas. Lt. Col. George J. Fix, Jr., has returned to civil life after four years in the Air Corps. He is an official of the George J. Fix Company, 2413-15 Commerce St., Dal- las. The company specializes in mechanical power transmission and material handling equipment. ¥ 1933 Lt. Col. T. C. Morris APO 2, c/o Pm., New York, N. Y. C. W. Davis is working for the Texas Power and Light Co., in Dallas. Wayne L. Sigler gets his mail at 701 So. Zarzamara, San Antonio. L. E. “Coot” Bumgarner has been re- leased from active duty and has returned to the Freeport Sulphur Co., Freeport, Texas. He sends a thoughtful gift to the development fund, to be listed in the name of his classmate, the late Col. O. E. Ford, Jr., killed in action. Bumgarner was over- seas in the ETO and writes that he hopes Home- coming, April 19-21. Raymond 8S. Sartain is with the Gulf Oil Corp with headquarters at Houston. His mailing address is 4509 Willowbrook, Houston, Texas. Lt. Col. T. N. Gearreald Fairfax, Virginia Lt. Col. W. D. Bellamy was a visitor on the campus December 10. He returned to the States just recently and was re- leased November 2, but will be on terminal leave until March 1, 1946. He was in the service for 8 years and 9 months and spent 33 months in the Pacific Theater where he participated in campaigns at Guadalcanal, the Northern Solomons and Luzon. His last month in the Pacific was spent in Japan. Prior to entering the service, he was with the State Health De- partment with the title of Engineer on Stream Pollution. Mrs. Bellamy and their 6-year-old son, W. D., Jr., have been making their home at Louise, Texas, where Mrs. Belamy was a teacher in the local school. Lt. Col. Leonard Farber, 2018 Isabella, Houston, has been released from the army at Bowman Field, Ky., where he has served as Executive Afficer. Col. Far- ber was in the Air Corps for four years and four months and wears the pre-Pearl Harbor, American Thater and Victory Ribbons. Before entering the service he worked for the South Texas Development 0. Lt. Benu D. Cook is working as Counsel Officer at the Separation Center, at Camp Grant, Ill Capt. A. H. Otto is ex- pecting a release from his services at the Birmingham Ordnance District and plans to be at his home at 829 Linden, Shreve- port 27, La., soon. Richard R. Gantt is back life and living at 131 E. Elsmere, Antonio, 1, Texas. John W. Herring, Box 3845, Lockhart, Texas, is enjoying terminal leave and plants to return to his work with the Soil Conservation Service. G. J. Smyre has changed his address to Route 2, Box 166, Port Arthur, Texas A . John H. Johnson is with the Soil Conservation Service, Fabens, Texas. Samuel Haslan has received his release from service and is employed with the Treasury Dept. Internal Revenue, Corsi- cana, Texas. ; Capt. Elbert J. Summers, Jr., is in Germany and receives mail at Hq. 1st Tk. Bn. 1st Arm’d Division, APO 251, % Pm, N. Y. Mrs. Summers and their three, boys, twins four and a youngster 23 months, are living at 921 Cedar St., Palestine, Texas. Capt. James G. Schlather, Box 63, Cibolo, Texas, was a recent visitor on the campus. He is on terminal leave until March 30, 1946. Tprus R. Timm has resumed his position as economist in farm management on the headquarters staff of the Extension Serv- ice, after 110 months leave of absence at Washington, where he served as agri- cultural adviser to Administrator Chester Bowles of the Office of Price Adminis- tration. Mr. Timm first served as consultant and agricultural economist in 1944 in Wash- ington and returned at the request of Mr. Bowles. His efforts were directed to- ward creating a clearer understanding and appreciation- among fram and ranch peo- ple of OPA policies and procedures and establishing greater familiarity among the personnel of the OPA. Mr. Timm joined the Extension Service staff in 1934. 1935 Maj. Frederick W. H. Wehner 3031 30th St., S. E. Apt. 1 Washington, 20, D. C. Capt. Sam Norris Davidson spent 14 months in the CBI, and has received his release from service. Present mailing ad- dress is 1421 W. Kaufman, Paris, Texas i . Capt. Oscar E. Schier has returned to the states and is at home. at Sealy, Texas. . . . After 19 months in the ETO with the 90th Division W. M. Harris has returned to work for the Magnolia Pipe Line Co., and getting mail at P. O. Box “0”, Greggton, Texas. Dr. Jas. R. Gill, Jr., Optomertist, has offices at 210 W. Franklin St, Waxa- hachie, Texas. . Lt. Col. Francis W. Wilson is at home on terminal leave and expects to get back to practicing medicine at Luling, Texas. Malcolm L. Wilson is with Allis-Chal- mers, Mfg. Co., 88 Kingsbury Ave., La- Porte, Indiana. Lt. Col. Lucian Morgan, Adj. Gen. of the IRTC, Camp Robinson, Ark., has been awarded the Legion of Merit. Col. Morgan organized and headed the classification and assignment division of IRTC head- quarters until receiving the appointment as Adj. Gen. in September 1945. Carl G. Taylor is expecting to be at his home in Ysleta, Texas, in short order . . . Col. James A. Muller is at home in Hous- ton, 2110 Bissonett St. . . 1 J... HB. Kelly has changed his address to 828 N. 17th St., Waco. Lt. Col. Nicholas W. Willis, 122 W. Mandalay Dr., San Antonio 1, Texas, has just received word of his award of the Legion of Merit for service in the China Theater. Lt. Col. Tom Dooley, McKinney, aide to General Wainwright, and Japanese pris- oner of war, was honored by the Dallas A. & M. Club at a big night meeting and reception in December. Louis M. Thompson received his promo- tion to Lt. Col. while on terminal leave at his home at College Station. He will re- turn to his former teaching position in the Agronomy Dept., on February 1, after 47 months service. While serving at the Repl. Tr. Center, Camp Robinson, Ark. he received his promotion to Major. He re- in civilian San ported to Fort Benning to the advanced’ - LJ a - Osaka A. & M. Club In answer to an ad in the En Corps paper and an annonucement over WVTQ, Osaka Radip Broadcast Station, Aggies came to Osaka Nov. 29 from all over the Island of Honshu and met in the banquet room of thte Osaka Hotel. 36 Aggies were present. With one of the best channels of advertising, word-of-mouth, at least a hundred are expected at the next meeting. After a bull session, in which everyone became acquainted, and some renewed friendships that were interrupted by the war, the meeting was called to order by Major Kay Halsell, ’35 (now returned home and living in Bryan, Texas). It was decided to wait until the next meeting to elect club officers. Lt. Wade Kiser, ’43, of Kaufman, Texas, was elected chairman for the next meeting, which would be a mesiing-hanguet combination on December t Capt. Jerry Berly from Bryan was a guest at our first meeting. He is a grad- uate of Baylor. The, oldest class was represented by Col. John D. Cape, ’21, of San Antonio. The youngest was Paul Fivel, ’46, of Galveston, Texas. After a yell practice led by Sgt. Arthur H. Ivey, ’44, from Ysleta (El Paso), fifteen for team, farmer’s fight were given, and so ended the first meeting of the Osaka Club. : v Those present were: : James H. Judd, ’44; Lee O. Nisbet, ’45; Pat Zapalac, 45; J. C. Ramage, 42; Daniel L. Sanchz, ’40; Ralph L. Watts, ’44; Les- lie E. Eberspacher, ’43; Alfred L. “Porky” Ragle, ’34; W. L. Beckman, Jr., ’42. Kay Halsell, ’35; James Silma, ’41; Frank L. Wagner, ’41; John S. Wolcott, 43; John D. Cape, 21; Arthur H. Ivey, 44; George H. Measley, '44; Howard C. Walker, ’44; Weldon J. Withers, Jr., ’44; Julian P. Leathers, ’44; Jess C. Landers, 44 ; Alberto de Lachica, ’43; Jim Lloyd, ’44; Charles J. Rick, ’45 ; Bill Ogan, ’44 ; Roscoe “Dusty” Baldwin, ’45; Will D. Smith, ’38; Wilbur D. Butrill, ’39; Jack Sceiddz, ’45; John W. Reagan, 44; James M. Skipper, ’46; Paul Fivel, ’46; B. B. Hovell, ’388; John W. Kiser, ’43, and Earl E. Boyd, ’42. class for Infantry Officers and remained as an Instructor. For the past year he has acted as Ass’t. G-3 at the Repl. & Sch. Command, at Birmingham, Ala. He and Mrs. Thompson and their four children will reside at College Station. 19356 Capt. D. J. Lewis C. E.,, U. S. Eng. Office c/o Prod. Sec., Mobile, Ala. Silver Taps: Lt. John B. McCluskey, Jr. James H. Echtergoff, 38101 Samford, Shreveport, La., is out of the army and will go to work for the United Gas Pipe Line Co. the first of the year. Dale Nix has been released from service with the rank of Major and plans to go into the ranching business near Canadian, Texas. He spent four and half years in service and saw 17 months in the ETO. He is married and has a four year old son. , Hugh R. Wilson is getting mail at Con- roe, Texas, General Delivery. He is on terminal leave. following four years of service. Major Geo. E. Callaway, formerly with the U. S. Employment Serv- ice, was a recent visitor on the campus and in Bryan. . . H. M. Qualtrough is a “Mr.” again and living at 1676 Wood- row, Wichita Falls, Texas. . . . Capt. Stanfield Stach and his bride live at Ft. Benning, Ga., and get mail at Box 2013. Capt. Stach was married on October 27. Lt. Col. M. M. Dikeman, Box 24, Tem- ple, Texas, served two and half years in the Pacific, and has received his dis- charge from service. Col. Dikeman recently paid the campus a visit. Capt. Harry M. Smith, a prisoner of war of the Germans for 21 months, was liberated on April 29, 1945, according to information from his mother, Mrs. Fama M. Smith, 5718 McCommas, Dallas. Capt. Smith was a Flying Fortress pilot with the 8th Air Force based in England when taken prisoner in August, 1943. A brother, Major Ben M. E. Smith, ’36, landed in the States on December 14, after extensive over- seas dqutiy. 1 937 Welton A. Ruhmann Kenedy, Texas Wedding Bells: Major Eugene P. Kiser. Proud Papa: Orville M. Ralph. M. S. Malone is a “Mr.” again after nearly four years active duty. He spent 16 months in the ETO. On a recent visit to the campus he and Mrs. Malone were en- route to Houston where he will return to the General Chemical Company, 3909 Capi- tal Avenue. Malone is in the Insecticide and Fungicide Division of that Company. Capt. Aubrey L. Thompson was a recent campus visitor while on terminal leave after 37 months service, 2 years of which were spent in the ETO. Capt. Thompson holds the Bronze Star Medal and 4 cam- paign stars. At the expiration of his terminal leave he will return to his work with the Soil Conservation Service at Sul- phur Springs, Texas. A recent visitor to the campus was Capt. James H. McNamara while on termi- nal leave. He served 20 months in the ETO with the 339th Fighter Group. Present ad- dress, Box 841, Orange, Texas. Lt. Walter O. Moseley, Jr., ‘is on termi- na leave at North Zulch, Texas . . . . Major Paul M. Wiley, 2415 Yupon, Houston, has been released from active duty after serving five and half years. He served as training liaison officer at Randolph Field and was also in Europe with a personnel unit. He was a petroleum engineer with the Texas Co. before entering service. . . Lt. Col. Charles B. Smith, who commanded a marshaling yard in England received the Bronze Star recently in a ceremony in Dallas. Before entering the service, Col. Smith was an ice cream manufacturer in Dallas, and he and his wife and two children now reside at 4822 Rawlins, of that city. i“ Capt. S. A. McMillan, Jr., 1109 Cardova Avenue, Dallas, is on terminal leave, hav- ing served in Iraan, India, and China. Major Joe A. Haegelin has returned from 2 months in the Pacific and is loca- ted at 1811 Colquitt, Houston 6, Texas. Capt. Wm. S. Dillon, Jr., served in France, Belgium, Holland, Germany as C.0. of Co. E, 290th Inf. 75th Div. He was separated from the army on Nov, 26 and is now Field Engineer with the At- lantic Refining Company, P. O. Box 787, Longview, Texas. . Major Asa B. Gibbs is attending MIT and living at 39 Cowperthwaite St., Cambridge, Mass. Major James E. Wilson, formerly at the Command and General Staff School, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, has returned to civilian life as Geologist with the Shell 0il Co., Tyler, Texas . . . Robert D. Shipp is with the Soil Conservation Service at Canadian . . . . Major W. W. Barnes, Jr., is Executive Officer of the 1288th Engr. Combat Bn. at Camp Swift, Texas. J. H. Beene is at work with the Soil Conservation Service at Goldthwaite, fol- lowing his release from the service. Lt. (ig) R. G. Early has been separated from the service and living at 2000 Aus- tin, Waco, Texas. . . . . Albert E. “Dutch” Voelkel, 430 West Lynwood St., San An- tonio 1, Texas, was on hand for the Thanksgiving game accompanied by Mrs. Voelkel. He returnéd from Europe in October and is on terminal leave. Major Oris E. McGregor, Jr., is back in the states and spending some time at his home in Pendleton, Texas, awaiting further assignment. He was overseas 35 months with the 27th Fighter Group and holds 5 Unit Citations and Bronze Star Medal. He served as Group Intelligence Officer. Pvt. Merle Hammack has been in service ‘since May 1945 and is now stationed at Naples, Italy, getting mail at Hq. Co. 1st Staging Area Bn., APO 782, % Pm., N.Y. 1938 Capt. John H. Bone Hq. 143rd Repl. Bn. APO 353, ¢/o Pm. San Francisco, Calif. Lt. Franklin H. Dennis, is at 115 Sted- man, Fayetteville, N. C. . . . . Capt. W. W. Carter is back in the states and getting mail at Slidell, Texas. . . . R. J. Redford is still holding forth at Waurika, Okla. E. B. Dubisson, entomologist for the Cotton Poisons, Inc., has purchased a home in College Park where he and his family will reside. He gets his mail at Bryan, Texas. . . . Capt. Thomas H. Gaither is on termianl leave at 8218 Avenue H., Fort Worth, Texas. Lt. James C. Thompson, Jr., is on Okinawa and getting mail at 1563rd Engr. Depot Co., APO 337, % Pm., San Fran- cisco, Calif. Before going into service, he was Acting Co. Agent of Bee County . . . Lt. Col. Frank Gilchrist has changed his address to 5602 Morningside, Dallas 6, Tex- a S. Capt. Kenneth Mills has received his discharge from service and is in the produce business at Bryan, Texas . . . . Lt. Bennett Coulson, USND, spent 22 months in the Pacific, seeing considerable action in the Philippines on a rocket ship. Upon his discharge Lt. Coulson’s address will be 2223 Riverside Drive, Hous- ton 4, Texas. . . . . Elmer T. Poutra is rice farming about 45 miles from Houston and getting mail at RFD, Route 1, Goose Creek, Texas. Capt. «C. P. Fritsch is at home again at 176 Harriman Pl, San Antonio. . . . . Robert R. Nelson is on inactive duty with the ‘Marine Corps Reserve and at work with the Farm Security Adm. at Bay City, as Rural Supervisor for Matagorda and Brazoria Counties. . . . . Capt. Neeley B. Farquhar has been assigned to duty as assistant post engineer at Deshon Gen- eral Hospital, Butler, Pa. Capt. Farquhar has had 46 months of service in the Army. Mrs. aFrquhar is living at 3141 N. W. 18th St., Oklahoma City, Okla. _L. Newteon Smith is back in civilian life hard at work with the Smith Motor Company, Cuero, Texas . . . Wilton H. Bremer is back at his home at 2230 Mimosa Drive, Houston 6, Texas ’ . . Capt. Geo. Barton Adams, son of Representative and Mrs. Geo. Adams, 800 Ennis Avenue, Bryan, has been released from service and with his wife and young daughter is making his home in Bryan. Capt. Adams served two years in Alaska, returned to the U. S. for various assign- ments and later sent to the Philippines. Capt. Warren E. Church has been transferred to MacDill Field, Tampa, Fla. . . « Lt. J. Harry Bryant has returned to civilian life and living at 1443-W. 38rd Aves Corsicana. He spent two years in the Major Roger W. Jackson is on terminal leave after four and half years in service, 33 months of which were spent in the ETO. Before entering service Major Jack- son was employed in the College postoffice. Capt. Joe M. Robinson recently arrived home after 40 months in the army, 14 of which were spent in the ETO. He wears the Bronze Star and cluster, ETO ribbon with three battle stars. He is living in Richmond where he will engage in the cattle business. Dr. T. O. McMillan is practicing vete- rinary medicine at Duncan, Okla. Dr. George R. Burch, who returned last fall from extensive overseas military serv- ice, has purchased the interest of his partner, Dr. W. Dan Roberts, in the Burch- Roberts Veterinary Clinic, Wichita Falls. On January 1st the clinic became the Burch ysirinary Clinic, 3206 Halliday, Wichita alls. : Paul R. Hable is back in “civvies’” and in the contracting business with the firm known as E. W. Hable & Sons, 708 South Seventh St., Corsicana. . . . Ed Caruthers is back in So. San Antonio, and getting mail at Box 154. ; H. M. Fitzhugh is back at his home at Garden City, Texas. J. Frank Keeton, 2724 Quinn St., Fort Worth, is enjoying terminal leave ‘and plans to become associated with his father in the Harry Keeton Supply Company, after the first of the year. Their business is located at 912 E. Vickery Blvd. at Fort Worth. Major Walter L. Robert is in Germany and Mrs. Robert is making her home at 108 S. Parker, Bryan. Mrs. Robert was the former Miss Frances Harris, of Bryan. Sgt. Hugh D. Hunt, son of Mrs. L. M. Hunt, Box 553, Cdrthage, Texas, was libera- ted in October, 1945, from a Japanese pri- son camp and arrived in the States in November. He was taken prisoner when Corregidor fell. Major Robert W. Holmes, a prisoner of | M war of the Germans for about a year, was liberated from Stalag Luft I in May, 1945, and arrived in the States the middle of June. After two months leave he was assigned to duty at Craig Field, Selma, Ala. Major Holmes wears pre-Pearl Har- bor Ribbon, American and ETO Ribbons, Air Medal and Purple Heart. Mrs. Holmes is living at 1848 Delaware, Beaumont. 1939 Capt. Robert M. Adams 537th Cml. Bn. Camp Gruber, Okla. Norman K. Quarles is living at Na- cogdoches and teaching vocational agric. following his discharge from service . . . Major Joseph Belinsky is living at 12 Seekirk St., Pawtucket, S Mats SET Set . 8S. Moore, Jr., has been moved to Langley Field, Va., but gets mail at Deca- tur, Texas. Capt. Geo. B. Perfect, 6346 Lake Shore, Dallas, is home on terminal leave after serving in the ETO as unit commander with the Third Army for fifteen months. He was in the army of occupation for five months after V-E Day . . . R. E. Baird is in civvies again and getting mail at 918 Richmond Road, Houston. He is with the Broden Steel Corp., of that city. Lt. C. L. Godfrey, USNR, and his wife were recent visitors on the campus while enjoying terminal leave. He will return to his work with the Soil Conservation Service, at Santa Fe, New Mexico. He served in the South Pacific for 13 months. .. Edwin S. Harris has gone to work as Manager of the Coastal Bend Production Credit Ass’n. in Beeville. . . . Roy L. Dye, Jr. of Claude, Texas, is now with the Extension Service, College Station. Sam E. Harris is living at 500 N. 25th St., "Waco, Texas. .. *. ~.7% Major Thomas J.| Hickerson is out of service-and farming at Rosebud, Texas.''. . . .7. hile on terminal leave, Capt. Frederick M. Kahn visited the campus and requested mail be sent to 1820 McMillan¢ Dallas, Texas. , Capt. Geo. B. Blair is at 2407 10th St., Lubbock after two years in the ETO. He wears the Assault Arrowhead, six cam- paign stars, American and Victory Rib- bons. . . . . Robert H. Ehrke lives at 3266-80th St., Jackson Heights, N. Y. Lt. James A. Carrigan is on terminal leave and plans to go to work for James and Laughlin Supply Co., in Kansas a- round the middle or last of January. He was in the invasion of Okinawa and had five weeks duty in Japan before coming home. His mailing address is Bushton, Kan. . . . Lt. Charles C. Eaves has gone to work for the City of Houston’s Police Department. Mailing address is 701 W. Alabama St., of that city. Bernard F. Itschner has been separated from service and living at 1215 Elizabeth Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas. . . . Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Reed and son are living at 2443 Montclair St., San Diego 4, Calif. Silver Taps: Lt. Hugh A. Derrick; Lt. Howard Hardegree; Lt. Lloyd W. Kelly; Ross Ivon Miller. C. A. Wright, 11572 Riverside Drive, North Hollywood, Calif. . . . . 14. "R.°B: Dooley is at Ireland, Texas, following a tour of duty of three years and 10 days in the Pacific. He plans to enter school in February to take graduate work. Lt. O. F. Forester, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Forester, Smithville, Texas, was liberated from a German prison camp on April 29, 1945, after 28 months of im- prisonment. He was taken prisoner when his bomber was -shot down on January 3, 1943, over France. He arrived in the States in June and tokk over his former job with the Coastal Engineering Service at Corpus Christi, Texas, after receiving his discharge in December. Mack B. Hodges, released with the rank of Major, is living at New Braunfels, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Hodges have a son three years old. Capt. Lewis B. Chevaillier, one of the A&M men captured on Corregidor, was re- leased from the Zentsyi Prison Camp on Sept. 10. He weighed 110 pounds at the time of his release but was well on the way to his normal weight at the time he paid the Association Office a visit in early December. He is living at 6145 Grove St|., Marshall, Texas. Capt. Chevaillier’s plans are uncertain because he has “lots of different things to catch up with.” Capt. Neal P. Ward, son of Mrs. Charley Ward, Louise, Texas, went to England in July, 1943, as first pilot of a B-17 and was shot down ovr Germany on his 21st mission. He was taken prisoner and in- terned at Stalag Luftl, Barth, Germany, from Feb. 21, 1944, until liberated by the Russians on April 80, 1945. He arrived in San Antonio in July andafter 756 days of temporary duty was sent to Albany, Ga. On Dec. 13 he reported to the Overseas Replacement Center at Kearns, Utah, from where he expects ti be sent to the Philippines. Capt. Ward received the Air Medal with three Clusters, the D. S. C., the Purple Heart, and wears the Presi- dential Unit Citation. Capt. Wm. E. LawSon is in Co. A. «0s Camp Hood, Texas. 1940 Capt. F. Max McCullar APO 11738, c/o Pm., New York, N. Y. Wedding Bells: Joseph Patrick Casey, Jr; Ellison Miles. Proud Papa: Capt. Wm. T. Guy, Jr. Silver Taps: Lt. John Darrell Stuken- burg; Capt. Henry W. Waters. Lt. Harry L. Brown is back in Henrietta enjoying terminal leave. He expects to start a cattle ranch in the spring. For extraordinary heroism in action on April 19, 1945, during enemy attack while his men were guarding a strategic entrance into the Po Valley, Lt. Brown was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. N. S. Meyer released from service has gone into the building contracting work in Big Spring. He held the rank of Cap- tain at the time of his release. * _ Edward N. Tillery has returned to his job with the Pan American Refining Corp., Texas City, after serving as a Lt. in the U. S. Army. A. L. “Corky” Johnson is working for Sakowitz Brothers, Houston, and gets mail at 6103 Truro St., at that city ... . Capt. John D. Yowell received his dis- charge from the service after spending 17 months in the ETO and 6 months in the Pacific. His mailing address is 1014 N. Windomere, Dallas. Stanley F. Krogstad has changed his address to 5605 La Gorece Drive, Miami Beach, Fla, i George M. Lipscomb reports that he is on inactive duty and back at work with the Texas Company, 2648-13th St., Port Arthur, Texas. Capt. Emmet E. Cook, Fort Worth, is at present on terminal leave and employed at the Globe Aircraft Corp. He plans to return to A. & M. in February to complete work for his degree. Capt. Cook was libera- ted in April, 1945, after spending 25 months in German prison camps. He was captured when his plane was shot down over Palermo, Sicily, on March 22, 1943. Henry W. Brooks, Jr., has changed his mailing address to Box 478, Galveston, Tex- as. . . . Lt. Arthur Wimer is out of the service and is with the Watson Laborato- ries A. T. S. C., Publications Branch, Red Bank, N. J. George Smith is onterminal leave and has been resting at his home in Memphis, Texas. He will return on January 1 to his former work with the Aetna Casualty and Surety Co. with headquarters in the Republic National Bank Bldg., Dallas. M/Sgt. Joseph E. Burkett went into service immediately following graduation and made his first trip to the campus in early January, following his release. His present mailing address is Route 7, Tyler, Texas. Lt. Leon N. Maniloff is home at 1301 Ursuline Ave., Bryan, after serving for 40 months on Leyte, Okinawa, Ie Shi- ma and Guam. . . . Glenn F. Hagler held the rank of Lt. USNR, at the time of L his discharge. He is at home at Joshua, Texas. He served in the Pacific as Engrn. Officer of Saginaw Bay. Captain Roger Ww. Garrison is home at 112 Taft Blvd., San Antonio, on a 45-day leave. He will report on Jan. 31, for reassignment. Capt. Robert M. Logan gets mail at 126th F. A. Bn, 32nd Div., APO 82, ¢% Pm., San Francisco, Calif, according to Mrs. Logan, Route 5, Box 479, Waco, Texas . . . . Major Earle W. Aldrich is at Hq. 9th Inf., Camp Swift, Texas. Capt. Edwin C. Sims, Jr., at last re- port was headed for home at Mt. Pleasant, Texas . . . . Geo. B. Gibson gets mail at 2108-31st St., S. E., Washington 20, D.C. . ; . Another ’40’er back home from the wars is Lt. James A. Williams, Jr., 921 Stephenson St., Shreveport 38, La. Jack Bibbs is out of the service and back at his work with the Westinghouse Electric Corp., 411 N. 7th St., St. Louis 1, 0.x & . Lt. Wm. A. Langdon was a campus visitor recently while on terminal leave. He is living at Hutchins, Texas. The sole surviving member of the Navy’s famed Torpedo 8 Squadron has been dis- charged from the Navy—Lt. Comdr. George H. Gay, Jr. Gay, whose home is in Hous- ton, Texas, and 29 other Navy pilots and crewmen attacked Jap carriers during the Battle of Midway. None of the planes had enough gasoline to return to the carrier Hornet. Only Gay was found alive. His home address is 813 Hardie St., Hous- ton. Major Mae D. Oliver is with the 677th, Glider F. A. Bn., Fort Bragg, N. C. He’ served eight months roverseas. . . . Wm. H. Murray is now ‘a Cpl. He gets his mail at 565 Monroe St., Eagle Pass, Texas. Lt. Henry Lewis Brown has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, accord- ing to his wife, Mrs. Lewis Brown, of Henrietta. Henry expects to engage in cattle business at the termination of his leave. . Major John C. Mackey has. changed hi address to Box 14, Wortham, Texas. Lt. Dutton Lt. Icland E. Dutton, whose death was reported in the December issue, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Dutton of Boyd, Texas. His wife, Mrs. I. E. Dutton, lives Toland E. in Elkhart, Indiana. He received his degree |: in Agronomy and taught school at Milano before entering military service. He died of injuries received in action June 4, 1944, in Normandy. Capt. William A. Hamilton, Jr., 4031 Rawlins, Dallas, lived through a four- vear ordeal that killed hundreds of fellow prisoners of the Japanese. He was cap- tured at the fall of Corregidor. Capt. Ha- milton was one of .the only 300 to survive two ship sinkings, severe heat, disease and hunger when transferred by the Japs from the Philippines to Japan. He is rapidly regaining his loss of 45 pounds at his home in Dallas. | baby at 222 E. Guenther St., San An ‘and is stationed at Lowry Field, BPO 7, and is attending the Command and General sis. His home address is 210 W. Strickland St., Del Rio, Texas. ; a Aggies employed at the Dow Chemical Co., Freeport. He gets his mail at 120 Camellia, % Gen. Del. Lake Jackson, Texas. . . . Lt. C. S. Williams, Jr., is serving in the Aleutians and Mrs. Williams and their two daughters, are living at 824 Sledge, Houston 9, Texas. Paris, Texas, to Millerstown, Penn., Route 2 rely 26th St., Bataan in 1942 and released in September 1945. Walter was a recent campus visitor. gets mail at Box 2006, College Station. He held the rank of Captain at the time of Hamilton, on the campus while on terminal leave. He is living at 1519 E. Ohio, Dallas, Texas. 3 RS a - _“ & 'e@ 5 ) ART -~ i itn . TY Ve Lr before reporting back to the Humble i for work. He is living with his wife a % "at Edward R. Campbell flew 31 mis- sions over Japan as a B-29 pilot. He re- turned to the states in August and was discharged with the rank of Captain on Nov. 9. He holds the DFC, with 1 cluster and the Air Medal with 4 oak leaf clusters. He is living at Brady, Texas. ne Lt. Comdr. E. E. Vezey, Jr., of the USS Mercer has been released from service and with his wife is making his home at Ennis, Texas. He plans to return to school in February. Back home and a civilian is T. E. Lain at 203 E. Chestnut St., Chicago, Ill. Billy W. Fletcher has ended up his war services and back at his home as co- partner in a cotton gin at Sebastian, Tex- 3 as. He served with the 94th Division thru Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Enrope, as a rifle platoon leader and company commander. He was wounded in January in Germany and stayed in the hospital for a month. He and Mrs. Fletcher have a son named Michael Wayne, born March 25. ") Capt. Henry J. Richards is back at Jacksboro, Texas. . . . . Lt. Morris h Bloodworth is living at Axtell, Texas, now . . . . Major Jack Hines is Dir. of Communications, Hp USASTAF, APO 234, % Pm., San Francisco,” Calif... lt. Robert H. Shannon, USNR, is with Ship Repair Unit, Navy 3205, FPO San Fran- cisco, Calif.x. 7. .7. Leroy R. Johnston is getting mail at 3626 11th St., Port Arthur, Texas. es Capt. Eugene E. Hill, Chemical Section, USA Service Com “C”’ APO 404, % Pm., San Francisco, Calif, and Capt. Don or Hill, 20th, Ren. Sadn., APO 704, % Pm., San Francisco, Calif., twins, have found that they are only 50 miles apart in Japan, after being separated since they went into service. . ~ Capt. Hal Pendleton who was with the 8th Air Corps and completed twenty six missions over Germany as a navigator on a B-24, has received his discharge and will be with the Internal Revenue Dept., in Dallas, after December 1. His Dallas address will be 2611 Burlington Blvd., Dallas. b E. R. Eudaly, Jr., is S 8/c QM on the USS Compel, AM 162 and gets mail % FPO, San Francisco, Calif. . . . . Butler B. Fowler, Jr., is working in the Treasury Dept., Texas Electric Service Co., Fort Worth. He recently married Miss Jimmie Dickinson, of Fort Worth. 4 ? Jack T. Dolan has been released from the Marine Corps and is back at his home at Handley, Texas . . . . Capt. Wm. A. Sanders, Jr., has returned from the wars | Denver, Colo. . . . . Lt. Frank L. Wagner = is sending a home address of 519 Union Avenue, Temple, from his overseas station. Frank must be expecting an ealy boat | home.’ Ir Lonzo M. Gaber is now a Captain and living in Washington D. C., Washington Airport, 503 AA FBU. . . . Major Ernest Wehner has returned from Germany Staff School in Fort Leavenworth, Kan- James R. Lane, Jr. is among those Carolyn and Sarah Frances, George M. Alexander has moved from Sgt. Walter M. Lee, 3118 N.W. Fort Worth, was captured on Harry C. Holmes is back in school and Lt. ¥ Curtis Orville was a y recent visitor release. . . USNR, Continued on Page 4 Rea 2, REGISTERED] JERSEYS FOR SALE | To fit every need from 4H | and FFA members to the | oldest established breeders. | ® Well breed bulls with and without Stars ® Young Heifers I. B. DUCK & SONS | ’14 38. — 748 SS Tuscola. Texas 5 1} JL ——— Be —- J. M. Bridges lives at Apt. 1B, 211 East 35th -St., N. ¥..., .% Frank W. Hartmann is a civilian again and living at Woods- boro, Texas . . . . Major John C. Mackey is back from overseas and getting mail at Box 14, Wortham, Texas . . . . 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He has been at McCloskey General Hospital since release’ from a Japanese prison camp. . . . . Frank M. Pool is back with Humble Oil Company as Petro- leum Engineer, Box 2511, Beaumont, Tex- as. 1941 Thomas B. Richey 521 E. Dewey PL San Antonio, Texas Wedding Bells: Lt. Julious Clarke, Jr; James R. Timmins; Capt. Harlod E. Mec- Gowen, Jr; Lt. Curtis W. LeDoux; Capt. Thomas Bruce Richey; Cpl. Tull Ray Louder ; Major John R. Richmond. Proud Papas: Capt. Ira B. Stitt, Jr; Capt. Julius L. Lybrand; S/Sgt. Jack H. Stephens. Silver Taps: Lt. Thomas H. Akarman; Lt. Charles E. Gaskell; Capt. Richard Lee Vickrey. Fank D. Early was on the campus in early December making plans to return to chool in February. He spent 23 months in the ETO. He and his bride, the former Miss Rose Nell Winslett, are living in Linden, Texas. Capt. J. G. “Pete” Fry is happy to be back in civilian life. He spent his overseas tour of duty with the 84th Division. 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