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Published Seni Monthly at the A. & M. hb College Station, Texas, except dur- J summer ‘months when issued monthly, by the Association of Former Studenth of the Agricultural and Mechan- jeal College of Texas, College Station, Texas. Subscription Price $5.00 ; Entered as Second Class Matter at College Station, Texas . Officer ~ H. Dick Winters, '18....................President Carroll Gaines, '12.................... Vice-President ~ E. E. McQuillen, ’20....... Executive Secretary L."B. Locke, ’18........... Assistant Secretary r Directors J. A. Whyte, 14 Texarkana ~ W. A. Moore, "26 Paris “Col. T. H. Barton, "99............ El Dorado, Ark. H.K. D , "16 Port Arthur A. Bd Caraway, '34 Lufkin ‘George B. Morgan, "18.................. Beaumont A. G. Pfaff, 25 : Tyler ~ Roy D. Golston, "03 Tyler ~ W. L. Ballard, ’22 Longview R. Frank Ashburn, "24 Sherman ~ Herbert A. Burow, ’"24...................... Bonham ~ John P. McCullough, '24............... McKinney A. P. Rollins, 06 Dallas ~ Tyree L. Bell, ’13 Dallas F. H. Cunningham, "10 Dallas S. A. Lipscomb, "07.............. College Station W. F. Munnerlyn, "26............ College Station Rufus R. Peeples, ’28.................... Tehuacana L. M. Welch, '24 Conroe H. S. Davenport, '04. wereerenemane. Palestine ~ C. P. Adickes, 10 Huntsville Geo. H. Lacy, ’13 Houston ~ T. W. Mohle, "19 Houston ~ Charles R. Haile, "12 Houston T. M. Smith, Sr., "01.............. East Columbia Scott Moore, ‘11 Yoakum BH. J.-Mikeska, '10.............ccccoeenmsens. Texas City - C. M. Elwell, ’23 Austin W. P. Patton, 29 Lockhart Schaer, ’2 Chapel Hill Hubert G. Davis, "22 Waco WW. E. Wade, 30 Temple ‘Major R. N. Conolly, "3T...cceeeeeceeeees Waco Herbert F. Spreen, ’22............... Fort Worth Fort Worth A. J Le NR AE He Fort Worth George Moffett, '16 vee eeeee..Chillicothe Calvin P. Dodson, "10............ccoce.e.... Decatur Jack C. Idol, "26 Benjamin A. E. Hinman, *25.................... Corpus Christi Silver Whitsett, ‘24 eguin D. PF. Bredthauer, ’22 Goliad ~ Charles E. Richter, "29....................... Laredo Norman E. Buescher, "22.................... McAllen ~ E. B. Cartwright, "17........... Carizzo Springs A. L. Forbes, Jr., '21 Houston T. J. Dwyer, ’12 Odessa TW. Hillin, '31..............coomnnn Ft. Stockton Dr. Verne A. Scott, '14................ Stephenville Dr. J. N. Burditt, 21 Abilene YD etnias same sian Sweetwater ~ Carl Miller, ’28 Amarillo J. F. Blount, "28 Amarillo ~ Frank F. McMordie, "26.................... Canadian ~ Jack Christian, "32 Spur Joe W. Jennings, Lockney R. A. Lasseter, ’11 A, F. Reese, "14 Shallowater Louis A. Hartung, "29... San Antonio C. M. Gaines, 12 San Antonio C. ©. Krueger, 12 San Antonio Penrose B. Metcalfe, ’16............ ..San Angelo H. Dick Winters, 18... Brady BR.J. Milligan, ‘24.................... Brownwood 'M. A. Abernathy, '16........... Shreveport, La. C. D. Speed, '26 Sinton Gen. A. B. Knickerbocker, 21 Austin James P. Hamblen, "27....................... Houston Edward W. Wilson, ’30..... Kansas City, Mo. Executive Committee ~ H. Dick Winters, "18 Brady Carroll Gaines, "12... San Antonio Rufus R. Peeples, *28.................. Tehuacana Tyree L. Bell, "18 Dallas J. P. Hamblen, ’27 Houston H. Dick Winters, "18 Brady A. F. Mitchell, "09 Corsicana ~ E. E. McQuillen, "20................ College Station Representatives on the Athletic Council ~ 8. A. Lipscomb, "07 ............... College Station 8S. ...Fort Worth J. Baker, ‘27 MR{;MRS. = i Coleman-Sawyer ‘Miss Nell Coleman, of Columbia, S. C., and Lt. Ralph M. Sawyer, ’31, were married in October and are making their home in De -Euniak Springs, Fla. - Trammell-Carter ; Miss Frances Trammell, of Au- burn, Ala., and Theodore T. Car- ter, ’33, were married on Dec. 27 and are living at 2007 W. Summit ~ Avenue, San Antonio 1, Texas. 3 Ream-Gerlich ~~ Miss Clara Ream, of Hershey, Pa, and Lit. Rheinhart W. Gerlich, 740, were married on December 29, and will live in Houston as soon as living quarters can be found. Their present mailing address is West, ~ Texas. : Vinson-Loving ~ Terry Ann Vinson, SPG 2/¢, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. T. C. ~ Vinson, Bowie, became the bride of Capt. Frank Loving, ’41, Sherman, on Dec. 31. The bride has been in the WAVES for the past year and a half and the groom has just re- turned from three years overseas duty. Capt. Loving participated in all the European campaigns and was awarded two bronze stars. They will live in Woodbury, New Jersey, where Capt. Loving is a research chemist with du Pont. Stoeltje-Bodine “ Miss Florence Stoeltje, daughter of Mrs. Helen Stoeltje, of Temple, became the bride of Homer A. Bodine, ’41, on December 23. The bridegroom has just received his discharge from the army and the young couple will live in Colorado City, where Mr. Bodine will enter ‘the stock raising business. ~~ Mr. and Mrs. S. Brounes, of Houston, have announced the en- gagement of their daughter, Miri- “am, to Capt. Jack J. Forman, ’42, son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Forman, of Galveston. Miss Brounes attend- ed the Julliard School of Music in New York and Columbia Univ. Capt. Forman will return to school for the Feb. Term to complete work for his degree. They plan to marry in June. Clauser-Whitfill Miss Vera Clauser of Hamilton, Ill, and R. F. Whitfill, ’42, were married in Sherman, Texas, on Nov. 18, and living at Hamlin, Texas. Monaghan-Rominger Miss Marjorie Ann Monaghan, Dallas, and Capt. Robin Lee Ro- minger, '42, were married recently at Hidden Acres Farm. The bride- groom has just returned from thir- ty months service overseas. eS Marthoud-McRoberts Lt. James J. McRoberts, 42, and Mademoiselle Christine Marthoud, of Paris, France, were married on November 17 at the American Church at Nice, France. Lt. Mec- met his bride while serv- Headquarters Commandant. Gibson-McClain Miss Hazel Gibson, of Dallas, and G. D. McClain, ’42, were married in Dallas on Dec. 31. They plan to make their home at College Sta- tion where the bridegroom will en- ter the Veterinary School. Newman-Cupples Miss Billy Fred Newman, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred E, New- man, 636 Third Ave., Dallas, was married recently to James John Cupples, ’42, in that city. They are living at 636 Third Ave., Dallas 10. Keever-Frost Mr. and Mrs. Winston Earl Frost, ’42, are at home at 6019 Lewis Street, Dallas, following their marriage on November 6. Mrs. Frost is the former Miss Ruth Elizabeth Keever, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Elmer W. Keever, of Dallas. Beazley-Bennett Mrs. Doris Fowler Beazley, daughter of W. B. Fowler, Temple, and Lt. Paul M. Bennett, ’43, were married on Dec. 20. Mrs. Bennett is at Texas University working toward her Doctorate, and Lt. Ben- ngs is stationed at Ft. McClellan, a,. Hood-Pickett Miss Helen Louise Hood, of Dal- las, became the bride of Sgt. Tho- mas B. Pickett, Jr., 43, on Janu- ary fifth, and they are at home at 2201 Welborn St., Dallas. Parks-Hollis Mrs. Marjorie S. Parks, of Dal- las, and Charles T. Hollis, ’44, were married recently and are temporarily at home at 2029 W. Colorado St., Dallas. Hanby-Matthews The marriage of Miss Ellen Bev- erly Hanby to William Lewis Matt- hews, Jr., 44, both of Dallas, has been annonuced recently. They will live at College Station while the bridegroom completes his educa- tion. He served in the Army three years, twenty-one months of which was spent in the ETO. Deutz-Swope The marriage of Miss Helen Vir- ginia Deutz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Deutz, to Capt. John Gordon Swope, Jr. ’44, will be solemnized on Feb. 2, at the Christ Episcopal Church, San Antonio. They will make their home at Col- lege Station while Capt. Swope completes his work toward a de- gree. Their present mailing ad- dress is 1846 W. Summit Pl, San Antonio, Texas. Mrs. Dave Michaelson, 2917 Park Row, Dallas, has announced the engagement of her daughter, Miss Gloria Michaelson to S/Sgt. Sylvan H. Brustein, ’'45, of Corsicana. S/Sgt. Brustein has just returned after twenty-one months overseas service with the Army. . The engagement of Miss Bette Warner to Lt. Charles R. Cun- ningham, ’45, 2447 Gladstone, Dal- las, has been announced to take place in Clifton, N. Y., upon the arrival of the Lt. from overseas. ke Perkins-Wright Lt. R. M. Wright, ’45, had to go to Luzon to meet “his next door neighbor” and marry her—the bride was the former Lt. Paula Perkins, ANC—they met and mar- ried on the famous Isle of Luzon. Present mailing address: USAS- COMC, Engr. Sect. APO 404, c/o P. M., San Francisco, Calif. Mrs. H. Ruskin, 2631 Forest, Dal- las, has announced the engagement of her daughter, Miss Sophie Rus- kin, to S/Sgt. Harold Rubenstein, AAF, '45. The date of the wedding was not announced. fi BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Allen Menger, ’27, announce the birth of a daughter, Helen Russi, on October 29. The Mengers get their mail at 111 W. Travis, San Antonio. Mr. and Mrs. Wendell E. Scar- lett, ’29, Lubbock, announce the arrival of Wendell Robert Scar- lett, on Dec. 18. ; Jackson Frazer was born on Dec. 23 to Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Chad- wick, ’31, 1814 Edwards, Houston, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Elkins, ’33, announce the birth of Robert Rol- lin Elkins, on Christmas Day. Mr. and Mrs. Elkins with their son and young daughter, age 3, are | living at College Station. Capt. and Mrs. Preston M. Car- ter, ’39, announce the birth of a boy on November 25. The mother and baby are living at 2020 Line St., Texarkana, Ark. while the proud papa is stationed at the Pratt Kansas Air Base. A daughter, Constance, was born on Sept. 12, to Lt. and Mrs. Con- rad S. Hinshaw, ’39, Mrs. Hin- shaw and babe are living at 2102 Huldy, Houston, 6, Texas, while the proud papa is in Germany. Lt. Maury W. McCaskill, ’43, writes that a baby girl, Pamela Ann, was born into the McCaskill family on Dec. 6. They are living at 2571 1/2 Kings Highway, Shreveport, La. It’s a boy—and his name is Ar- thur Lee III, born to Capt. and Mrs. Arthur L. Hogge, Jr., ’44, 733 E. Johnson, Madison, Wis. John Williams Colwick was born into the family of Lt. and Mrs. Rex F. Colwick, ’44, Clifton, Tex- as, on Christmas Day. Ens. and Mrs. B. W. Sevier, 46, announce the birth of a son, Ben Wyly, on Nov. 25, in Washington, ing with the 1269th Combat En-ID. C A. and M. SILVER TAPS Oran Dorsett Disch, ’27 Oran Dorsett Disch, age 42, died December 13 in the Santa Barbara camp of Compania Consolidada de Petroleo of Maturin, Venezuela. His home was in Rapides Parish, La. He received his degree in me- chanical engineering. He was asso- ciated with the Humble Company and the Standard Oil Co. of Vene- zuela before entering the employ of Consolidated. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Dorothy Seaman Disch; his mother, Mrs. Mattie S. Disch of Franklin, La., and a sister, Mrs. W. L. Gill. Funeral services were held at Franklin, La., upon the arrival of his body from Venezuela. Lt. Olen W. Abbott, ’37 Lt. Olen W. Abbott, ’37, died from rheumatic fever on December 21, 1945, at the Naval Air Station Hospital, Corpus Christi. He had returned to the States in March, 1945, after 26 months of overseas duty in Africa, Italy and Southern France and had received his dis- charge from the Air Forces on September 29. In August Lt. Ab- bott had returned to his former position as Chemical Engineer for the Magnolia Petroleum Co., but had been confined to bed since the latter part of September. Lt. Abbott is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jane G. Abbott, Box 270, McAllen, Texas; a 3-year-old daughter, Mary Jane; and his pa- rents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Abbott, McAllen. 4 William E. Close, ’38 William E. Close, 38, was killed in an automobile accident a few miles from Livingston, Texas, on September 25, 1945, At the time of the accident he was returning te his home in Livingston from Ellington Field where he had re- ceived his discharge about five hours earlier. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jessie Belle Close; one son, William L., age 4 1/2; a daughter, Janet Beth, born Decem- ber 30; his mother, Mrs. W. S. Close; and a sister, Mrs. B. M. Wright, all of Livingston, Texas. Close enlisted in the Air Corps in 1942. Going overseas in Janu- ary, 1944, he was attached to the 15th Air Corps based in Italy. On his 15th mission his plane was hit over Munich, but was flown over the Swiss border before going down. Close was interned in Swit- zerland from September 25, 1944, until December 2, when he es- caped through France back to his base in Italy. He was returned to the States in December, 1944, and was stationed in Florida until a short time before receiving his discharge. Lt. Joe C. Moseley, 40 Lt. Joe C. Moseley, '40, was killed in a plane crash on Luzon on Nov. 7, 1945, according to information received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Moseley of Burle- son, Texas, Co-pilot on a B-24 while based in the States, Lt. Mose- ley had been overseas about five months and was engaged as a test pilot in the Philippines. Besides his parents, Lt. Moseley iz survived by his wife, Mrs. Jen- nie D. Moseley, and small son, Joe C., Jr., who live in Joshua, Texas; and two sisters. Sgt. Connie C. Hagemeier, Jr., 46 Sgt. Connie Claude Hagemeier, Jr., ’46, has officially been declared dead by the War Department. He had been missing in action on an over-water training flight from Pocatello, Idaho, to Hamilton Field, Calif.,, since October 6, 1943. He was gunner on a four-motored bomber. Sgt. Hagemeier is sur- vived by his father, C. C. Hage- meier, 2410 Dunlavy, Houston; and two sisters. His mother died at her home in Houston on January 11, 1946. Hugh A. Stanberry, Jr., MMR 3/¢, ’46 Hugh A. Stanberry, Jr, MMR 3/e, '46, died on November 4, 1945, from injuries received the day be- fore his car collided with a truck. He was returning from a duck hunting trip with his father when the accident occured. Stanberry was inducted into the Navy on June 12, 1944, and com- pleted boot camp at San Diego, Calif. After completion of a re- frigeration course at Syracuse, N. Y., he was sent to New Orleans, La., and assigned to the U. S, S. Begor. He sailed from New Or- leans in March, 1945, for the Paci- fic and during his 8 months at sea earned the American Theatre of Operations Ribbon, the Asiatic- Pacific Theatre Ribbon, the Philip- pine Liberation Ribbon with one Battle Star, the Third Fleet Rib- bon and the Victory Ribbon. Stan- berry’s ship was in Tokyo Bay at the time of the Japanese surrender and took part in the clearing up operations of the naval bases in Japan. He returned to San Diego with the Third Fleet for the Navy Day celebration and on October 28 was given an 8-day leave, dur- ing which he was killed. Stanberry is survived by his pa- rents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh A. Stan- berry, Sr., 503 Sherman St., Hay- nesville, La.; one brother; his ma- ternal grandmother, Mrs. W. E. DeLoach, Haynesville, La.; and his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Stanberry, Sr. of Hosston, La, . ; i = Sd i 3 - oo LE 4 i 2. poi a rE a 4 ne LF ca HY id ch gS, v TTD a an : : THE TEXAS AGGIE | gineers on the France-Italian bor- ed jv TEX AS AGGIE der last winter. He is now stationed AMO NG : with the 7th Army, at Heidelberg, : HlGN....ocscitarenn Publisher | Germany, where he is serving as MEN F000 OEE CART PIONEERS T1000 00 AA 1876-1897 Dr. F. E. Giesecke, ’86 New Braunfels Major General Guy Carleton, age 88, one of the first Com- mandants of the A. & M. College retired recently in San Antonio. 1900 Hal Moseley 3807 Skillman St., Dallas L. F. Rothe, Hondo, Texas, sends greetings to his friends and class- mates. | 1904 Jas. E. Pirie State Highway Dept., Paris John C. Burns, 5700 Westover Court, Fort Worth, recently re- signed as Trustee of the S. B. Burnett Estate, the position he has held since May, 1933. 1905 M. S. Church Continental Bldg., Dallas J. R. Rainey, Sr., is President of The Rogers National Bank, at Jefferson, Texas. He has a son, Lt. Jefferson R. Rainey, Jr. in Germany with the Army of Occu- pation. 1907 F. W. Hensel College Station, Texas Eric T. Davis holds forth at San Benito, and gets mail at Box 654. Benjamin Bean, Route 3, Box 525, Independence, Mo., recently wrote to an old College Professor, John A. Lomax, of Dallas, that he was still working at the job of Civil Engineering, and living on a farm near Independence, Mo. He is the father of six chldren and has nine living grandchildren. 1908 Lem Adams Oxweld R. R. Service Co. 230 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill Major General Geo. F. Moore, Commander of Manila Harbor and Beach Defenses, was acclaimed as one of the real war heroes by Re- presentative Luther Johnson, in a speech on the House floer, accord- ing to a news release from Wash- ington. General Moore, who was| in Washington at the time, is now with the Hq. Western Def. Com- mand, Presidio of San Francisco, Calif. Walter W. White is in the cattle business, buying, selling and rais- ing. He had three sons in service and all have returned home in fine shape. T. S. Buchanan is still in Big Wells, Texas. Geo. E. Skaggs, 500 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles 13, Calif. John R. Eeds, of Bryan, has been made head of the recently- Pioneers McKoy Carey, ’90 McCoy K. Carey, 90, an Aggie pioneer and one of the most inter- esting characters in the west, was recently interviewed by Langston J. Goree, 20, of El Centro, Cali- fornia. Mr. Carey lives at Holtville, Calif., Box 531, and would be de- lighted to hear from any of the old timers who may remember him. McCoy K. Carey was born in 1869 at Sabine Pass, Texas. He en- tered A. & M. when he was 16 and was in Company A. His Company captain was John Herford of Dal- las. He still remembers well many of his schoolmates and in talking with Goree mentioned the follow- ing: Dr. Fortrand and Swain of El Paso. He roomed with Will Powers of Houston, Dan Cushing of Houston, Ben Rich of Houston and Hoffman of New Braunfels. He remembers well P. H. Weiss, Andrew French and Blewitt Smith of Beaumont; Max Beckey of San Antonia, John Thatcher of El Pa- so; B. Thurmond, and George Y. Byrd of Gainesville. He especially remembers Professor Bob Smith of the Math Dept., whom he visited in 1926. He recalls well Professor Philpott, Physics; Professor Bring- hurst, English, who was Sam Hous- ton’s son-in-law; and Sbisa who ran the mess hall and also Professor McInnis. “Coy” went to Denver after leaving A. & M. and then to Ari- zona where he was a stage coach driver and stage line operator for fourteen years. He was a victim of holdups twice. Starting in 1904 he and his wife went on the vau- deville stage, touring the country for several years. Their comedy act was known as “The Careys”, and Goree writes that both of them are still good actors. Thirty- three years ago they settled at Holtville, Calif., in the Imperial Valley where “Coy” engaged in the contracting business until his retirement a few years ago. organized state educational agen- cy for the acquisition of surplus government property. Eeds was with the state highway department at Houston and Angleton from 1929 to 1942 and has been with the United Sates Engineers since that time to the time of his present ap- pointment. Tom A. Van Amburgh P. O. Box 1590, Dallas M. Lawrence Grady may be ad- dressed at 4117 Cambridge, El Pa- so, Texas. David McD. Shearer lives at Luf- kin, Texas, 619 N. Raquet St. 1910 Rock G. Taber Atlanta Gas Light Company Atlanta, Ga. Roy R. Stevens visited the campus in early January for the first time since 1911. He is living in Detroit, Michigan, and gets mail at Room 550, M. C. Terminal Bldg. : C. M. McKay is living at Long- a Texas, and gets mail at Box Lt. Col. Thurman A. Munson has been released from military duty and has returned to the engineer- ing teaching staff of the College. His last assignment was Inspector General. 17th Headquarters, Sec- ond Army, Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. 1911 Melvin J. Miller 1601-05 Ft. Worth Nat'l Bk. Bldg. Sam H. Ray is with the Success Mills, 635 Adams St., Kansas City, Kansas. . .. . Bruce Frazier, Box 1591, Big Springs, Texas, is a “grandpappy.” His son, James Bruce Frazier, a student at A. & M., having recently returned from service, joined the ranks of “Proud Papa” on January 2. Harvey J. Darroch attended A. & M. in 1907-1908 and recently wrote to John Lomax following the reading of an article by Mr. Lomax in the Readers’ Digest. Darroch lives at 1753 Winona Blvd., Holly- wood, Calif. He reports rooming with Alvin Simms during his Col- lege days. Simms died many years i 1913 L. D. Royer 911 Transit Tower, San Antonio N. A. Brown has offices in the Aransas Compress Bldg., Corpus Christi. His son, Lt. N. A. Brown, Jr., ’45, is still overseas but hoping to return soon. Jessie W. Jackson, county agri- cultural agent in Cuero, had two sons and two sons-in-law in over- seas service. He reports all of them back except the youngest who is in the Pacific on an LST. Chas. H. Koinm, recently elected vice president of the Kansas City A. & M. Club is with the Cities Service Gas Co., 47th & Belinder Road, Kansas City, Kan. Lloyd D. Royer, Professional Mechanical Engineer, with offices in the Smith-Young Tower, San Antonio, reports recent visits with Classmates ‘Albert Sayers, 118 E. Hollywood, San Antonio, and Gra- ham Hall, 1604 Kensington, Hous- ton. 1914 Dave H. Levy | P. O. Box 900, Dallas 1, Texas Col. Martin E. Collis has return- ed to Houston after two years with the quartermaster corps in Europe. A veteran of World War I, Col. Collis was called to active duty in January, 1941, and he serv- ed as Chief of the stock account- ing branch in Washington before leaving for France in 1943, He participated in the Normandy in- vasion and later served with the 52nd depot unit at Charleroi, Bel- gium during the Battle of the Bulge. Col. Collis was employed as an accountant with the United Gas Corporation before entering the service. : . 0. Oberlander is mighty proud of his son, F/O Alvin J. Oberlander, 44, who recently was awarded the Soldier's Medal for outstanding heroism in the India- ‘| Burma Theater. Young Oberlander was the first to reach a B-25 li- berator that crashed and hacked an opening in the fuselage thereby freeing the trapped occupants. W. Scott Broome has been ap- pointed Assistant Chief Engineer, with headquarters at Denver, in charge of engineering and main- tenance of way for the Colorado and Southern Railway Co., Fort Worth and Denver City Railway Co., The Wichita Valley Railway Co. His office is at 600 C. A. John- son Building, Denver 2, Colo. Dr. Guy W. Adriance College Station, Texas Ed Holick is enjoying a visit with his son, Capt. Donald H. Ho- lick, ’40, who has just returned from 18 months in India. Ed’s boot shop, recently burned out, is about ready for business again. 1916 Capt. Palmer H. Olsen Det. G48 Co. C. Mil. Govt. Regt. APO 758, c/o Pm, N. Y. W. H. Elliott is with the Texas Co., 205 E. 42nd St., New York, N. Chas. D. Stoner gets his mail at Lee Hotel, Port Angeles, Washington. . . Major M. M. Dougherty served 21 months in the ETO. He served as Finance Officer for the Province of Udine and Deputy Regional Finance Officer in the Venice Region. He was visit- ing on the campus enroute to his next assignment in Korea. Major General Andrew D. Bruce, Commander of the 77th Inf. Div, has been awarded the Navy’s dis- tinguished medal for “determined initiative and indomitable courage in the drive toward the recapture of Guam” in 1944. He was also re- cently awarded the Oak Leaf Clus- ter in lieu of a second Distinguish- ed Service Medal. Clayton J. Foster, Sr., is located at the Naval Supply Depot, Oak- land, Calif., and recently bought a home at San Leandra, Calif., 407 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1946 They Boost Jerseys Left to Right: Arthur F. Dieterich, ’22, Route 5, Dallas, Treasures, Texas Jersey Cattle Club; Herman F. Heep, ’20, P.O. Drawer 36, Aus- tin 1, Vice-President; Henry Knolle, ’29, Sandia, President; and D, FT. Simons, Fort Worth, Secretary. A. & M. men actively engaged in dairying are leaders in the Tex- as Jersey Cattle Club as evidenced by the above picture at a recent meeting. C. Evans Reese, '32, Wa- co, has recently succeeded Knolle as President. Knolle will become. Director of the American Jersey Cattle succeeding Heep on that na- tional body. The Texas Jersey Cattle Club was founded fifty two years ago to im- prove dairying in Texas. All of those pictured above are in the ac- tual business of producing milk. D. T. Simons has been Secretary of the Club for many years. He is an outstanding figure in the dairy field of the Southwest. Of the group above Arthur Die- terich operates one of Dallas County’s finest dairies. Heep is President of the Heep Oil Com- pany, Corpus Christi, and operates the Heep Dairy interest at Austin. He is both producer and processor of milk. The Knolle Dairy, at San- dia, is the largest herd of jerseys in the world. Breed Ave. He is expecting his son, Clayton J. Foster, Jr., 46, home from the ETO any day. He en- joyed a visit with his nephew, Ens. C. B. Fletcher, Jr., ’45, recently. Jack C. Shelton Farm Credit Adm., Fed. Land Bk. Houston, Texas Brig. Gen. John T. Walker is with the 2nd Marines, ¢/o FPO, San Francisco, Calif. Col. John G. Swope, 1846 W. Summit Pl, San Antonio, Texas, is back in the States after over two years in the ETO. He was Inspector General for the ETO Theatre Serv- ice Forces, an assignment which carried him all over Europe. His next assignment is not known. He was a recent campus visitor accom- panied by his son, Capt. John G. Swope, Jr., '44. Major Homer L. Fry is expecting to be at his home in Dallas, 5325 Manett, soon, His latest overseas mailing address is Graves Registra- tion Command, APO 887, c/o P. M., New York. Major Daniel H. Kiber is coming home with the 94th Div. and may be addressed at 219 Lamont Ave., San Antonio 2. J. W. Williams Box 1590, Dallas, Texas J. T. L. McNew, Vice-President for Engineering for the College, was installed in January as Vice- President of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Charles H. Clark County Agent Hillsboro, Texas A. H. Weyland, Shreveport, La., Vice-President and General Mana- ger of the Arkansas Natural Gas Corp., has been elected President and General Manager of the Ar- kansas-Louisiana Gas Co., .Ar- kansas Fuel Oil Comrpany, and Ar- kansas Pipeline Corp., operating companies of the Corporation. Col. C. B. Avera is in the Amer- ican Graves Registration Command, APO 887, c/o Postmaster, New York. Jno. A. Williamson, 804 Avenue A, San Antonio, Texas, will be visiting the campus more in the fall hince he has a son who will en- ter A. & M. at that time. John has his own business known as the Jno, A. Williamson Co., metal windows, doors, ventilating fans and such. 1920 Hugh N. Glezen 4207 Highland Ave., Beaumont Lt. Miles B. Lebo has been re- leased from active duty and has re- turned to North Texas Agricul- tural College at Arlington where he will resume teaching in the Agricultural Department. Howell A. Burnett, 1823 West Magnolia, San Antonio 1, is one of six district educational officers for the Immigration and Naturali- zation Service in the U. S. He has been with that service for many years, making his headquarters at San Antonio since 1940. He and Mrs. Burnett have a married daugh- ter, who is a graduate of TSCW and now living at Lubbock. Their son is in high school and plans to attend A. & M. Lt. Col. Geo. L. Dickey is a pa- tient at the William Beaumont Gen- eral Hospital, El Paso, awaiting a small job of surgery done on his right hand preparatory to return- ing to civilian life. R. M. “Hungry” Landon, Box 1166, Gulf Bldg., Pittsburg, Pa. visited the campus in mid-Janu- ary, while in this section of the country on a business trip, 1921 W. T. Strange 415 Myrick Bldg., Lubbock L. E. Ellwood, cotton work - cialist for the Extension Sor since 1944, has resigned to become business manager of the Texas Planting Cottonseed Assoe., with headquarters at Bryan. In his new position, Mr. Ellwood will direct the work of the Texas Planting Cottonseed Assoc., which is a co- operative body that was organized in 1943. Mr. Ellwood served nine years as Caldwell Co. Agricultural Agent before joining the Extension Service headquarters staff. Lee R. Hugon is District Engi- neer for the Central Power and Light Co., at Corpus Christi. He has a son in the Navy and attending school at the Univ. of Texas under the Navy V-12 program. 1922 W. E. “Ted” Winn Box 2880, Dallas 1. John W. Mayo is on terminal leave with the rank of full Colonel. He is in Texarkana and back in the real estate business with Mayo- Hawley and Company. Col. Mayo spent 18 months overseas with the 12th Army Group and earned five Battle stars and the Bronze Star. Rev. Bransford Eubank is pas- Continued on Page 3 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. 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