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Sh i EE THE Wal nti BT IS TL SEY, oT TR A a a ip 0 eet efi TR AE slid DEL al a be 2 Ee eg Yd __THE TEXAS AGGIE— Page 2— THE TEXAS AGGIE Published Semi-Monthly at the A. & M. Press, College Station, Texas, except dur- ing summer months when issued ‘monthly, by the Association of Former Studenth of the Agricultural and Mechan- jcal College of Texas, College Station, Texas. Subscription Price $5.00 Entered as Second Class Matter at es College Station, Texas = ’ Officers H. Dick Winters, ’ Carroll Gaines, ’ E. E. McQuillen, *20........ Executive Secretary L. B. Locke, Be at ver3 Assistant Secretary J. A. Whyte, '14 W. A. Moore, ’25 Paris Col. T. H. Barton, ’99............ El Dorado, Ark. H. K. Deason, ’16 Port Arthur A. Ed 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........cccceeeeeee...c 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 8S. A. Lipscomb, ’01................ College Station W. F. Munnerlyn, ’26............College Station Rufus R. Peeples, ’28.................... Tehuacana L. M. Welch, 24 Conroe H. S. Davenport, '04........cccoueeeee..... Palestine C. F. Adickes, ’10 Huntsville Houston Houston T. W. Mohle, "19 Charles R. Haile, ’12 Houston LP, "M. Smith, Sr., '01.........ceo.. East Columbia Scott Moore, 11 Yoakum H. J. Mikeska, '10................. gosndTogare Texas City C. M. Elwell, 23 Austin W. P. Patton, ’29 Lockhart ‘Robert Schaer, ’21 .....Chapel Hill Hubert G. Davis, "22 Waco W. E. Wade, ’30 Temple Major R. N. Conolly, ’37....... HP Waco Herbert F. Spreen, '22............... Fort Worth ~ S. J. Baker, "27 Fort Worth A. J. Healy, 28 Fort Worth George Moffett, '16................ ........Chillicothe Calvin P. Dodson, ’10 Decatur Jack C. Idol, 26 Benjamin A. E. Hinman, *25............c....c ..Corpus Christi Silver Whitsett, '24 Seguin D. F. 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 WW. Hillin, 31...........cccecoonnerven Ft. Stockton Dr. Verne A. Scott, '14................ Stephenville Dr. J. N. Burditt, "21 Abilene R. “A. Lasseter, ’85.........cccccrmeuene Sweetwater Carl Miller, ’28 : Amarillo J. F. Blount, ’28 Amarillo Frank F. McMordie, 26 Canadian Jack Christian, ’32 Spur Joe W. Jennings, ’l1 Lockney A. F. Reese, "14 Shallowater Louis A. Hartung, ’29............... San Antonio C. M. Gaines, ’12 San Antonio C. C. Krueger, 12 San Antonio Penrose B. Metcalfe, ‘16.............. San Angelo H. Dick Winters, ’18 Brady Red. Milligan, ’24.........c.ccooemmmns 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, ’13 Dallas J. P. Hamblen, 27 ; Houston Student Loan Trustees “H. Dick Winters, "18...... Brady AEF. Mitchell,” ’09............cccouumesivernns Corsicana E. E. McQuillen, ’20................ College Station " Representatives on the Athletic Council 8S. A. Lipscomb, ’07................ College Station 'S. J. Baker, ’27 Fort Worth - Kenner-Porter Miss Mary Kenner, Chatfield, and Tom P. Porter, '32, were married on Feb. 2. The groom will be with the Soil Conserva- tion Service but at the present does not know his exact location. He was in service over three years and served one year of that time in the CBI." 3 MacKenzie-Jarrard Miss Helen Isabel Hollis MacKenzie, ‘daughter of Dr. and Mrs. F. Scott Fac- ‘Kenzie, President of the Presbyterian Col- lege at McGill University of Montreal, Ca- nada, and Lt. Col. Newton E. Jarrad, 37, were married in December. They are now at home at 1931 North Blvd., Houston 6, Texas. , ¥ Mayhugh-Powell Miss Margaret Mayhugh, of Virginia, “and Lt. Col. Richard L. Powell, ’38, were married on Nov. 10. Dick is out of the service and in business with his father and older brother in the Republic Bank Bldg, Dallas 1, Texas. Their firm is’ known as Powell and Powell, Engineers. Dodson-Strother Miss Marie Odeil Dodson, daughter of Mrs. Margaret Dodson, of El Paso, Texas, was married to Major Tom B. Strother, ’38, of Anna, Texas, recently in the Marquand Chapel of the Yale Divinity School. Major Strother returned in the late spring from two and half years of service in Europe ‘and is now studying Japanese at Yale University. Smith-Barnes Miss Mary Jane Smith, of Oklahoma City, Texas, were married on December 10. Robbie returned from Germany in Decem- ber, having served with the 582nd Sig. Air Warning Bn., as a Radar Officer and ended up as a 1st Lt. He served 21 months ‘overseas and has five battle stars. _ Bradburn-Scott Miss Connie Bradburn and Austin G. Scott, ’40, were married on February 14, pnd are living at 4931 Live Oak, Dallas. - : o Jones-Zerr Miss Nan M. Jones, of Burlington, Ut. "and now with the American Red Cross, in Berlin, and Capt. John L. Zerr, ’41, were married in Berlin on January 26. Their mailing address is Co. L., 310 Inf., APO 18, % P.M., N. Y. : Muse-Wright Miss Jessie Arlie Muse, daughter of Mr. “and Mrs. C. C. Muse, of Otis, La., be- eame the bride of Ewell E. Wright, ’42, of San Antonio, on January 28. The bride was a former nurse in the Ground Forces and the bridegroom was overseas 34 months with the Air Corps. They both plan to enter Baylor and will get mail at 1714 South 8th, Waco, Texas. ph Mitchell-Spivey Miss Ella Louise Mitchell, daughter of ~ Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Mitchell, of Lexington, Ky., and Major Marshall Spivey, ’42, were married in February. Major Spivey who was an all-star back at his hometown, Lufkin, is also a former Texas Aggie star, having played quarterback on the Aggie confer- ence champions of 1941. He saw extensive ~ overseas service. i Short-Boothe . Miss Reba H. Short, Roxboro, N. C. and formerly of Beeville, Texas, and Lt. jg) Wm. A. Boothe, ’43, were married on ber 19 and are living at 826 Rock- bridge Avenue, Apt. 38, Norfolk, Va. Williams-Keath Miss Dorothy Williams, of Cotulla, and Lt. James Henry Keath, ’43, were married recently and are spending their terminal leave in Los Angeles. The groom has just _ returned from 13 months in the ETO. He and his wife plan to be at College Station in the fall, where James will continue his ~ work on a degree. . Hall-Snapp Miss Ruby Pearl Hall and Norman N. ~ Snapp, Jr., ’43, were married recently in Huntsville. They are living in Bryan. Mr. Snapp is an auditor with the Extension W Service at College Station. and R. D. Barnes, ’39, Box 282, Brenham, | Births Mr. and Mrs. Vernon P. Ayers, ’29, Pasadena, Texas, have a daughter, Joe Ann, born last October 15. Papa Ayers is with=the Baroid Sales Division at Pasa- dena. Mr. and Mrs. Roye Wendell ‘Bubba” Franks, ’30, Stop 31, Michigan City, Ind., announce the birth of Dan Barnard on Feb. 8, in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Lednicky, ’37, an- nouncde the birth of their second child, a girl, named Laura Ann. They are living at West, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Leroy C. McGee, ’39, 1504 Hughes, Amarillo, announce the arrival of Carol Lynn, on January 26. Lt. and Mrs. Jack B. Baucom, ’39, an- nounce the arrival of Reid Browning Bau- com, at the McCloskey General Hospital, Temple, on January 21. A son, Robert Aaron Kahn was born on February 6 to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick M. Kahn, 39, 1829 McMillan St., Dallas. Mr. and Mrs. James W. Criswell, ’40, announce the birth of James Wilson Cris- well, II, on January 28. Mrs. Criswell and baby are living at Austin and James is in school at A. & M. They will come and make their home on the campus when the baby is a little older. James’s mailing ad- dress is Box 2814, College Station. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Parrish, ’40, are proud of their daughter born on Feb. 14, named Linda LaVerne. The Parish family lives at Freeport, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Thomas Houston, 41, 1108 O’Deans Drive, Dallas, Texas, an- nounce the arrival of a second son named John Edward, on January 7. Lt. and Mrs. William G. Knight, ’41, are proud of their daughter born on Valentine Day. They have a son, William Richard 22 months old. Mrs. Knight is making her home in Bryan while Lt. Knight serves in Northern Japan with the 303rd Inf. Div. Capt. and Mrs. Liwes J. “Jack’ Nelson, ’41, announce the birth of a daughter on January 15, named Judith Ellen. The Nel- sons live at Gilmer, Texas. Major and Mrs. King Moss, ‘41, 1010 Diablo Ave., Chabot Terrace, Vallejo Calif., announce the birth, in January, of a future Aggie. This addition to the Moss family is being listed with the Class of ’67. A son, named Francis Howard Wilson, III, was born to Capt. and Mrs. Francis H. Wilson, Jr., 41, on Feb. 12, at the Brooke General Hospital. Their mailing address is Hdgs. Fourth Army, Office of the Ord. Officer, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. John P. Keelan, ’42, Rt. 1, Navasota, Texas, annonuce the birth of John Paul Keelan, II, on January 9. From Lt. Tom H. Robb, Jr., ’43, Officer’s Mess, Haq. Air Depot, APO 264, % P.M. San Francisco, Calif., comes the news that he joined the “Proud Papa” group on Jan- uary 21. Lt. and Mrs. Robb are mighty proud of the little girl named Kathleen Anne. The mother and baby are living at Fairview, Oklahoma. 4 Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Schuchart, ’43, 906 Cincinati Ave., San Antonio, announce the arrival of Gary Wayne, on February 16. Silver Taps Lt. James B. Whitley, ’38 Lt. James B. Whitley, ’38, has been declared dead by the War Department ac- cording to information received in Febru- ary by his father, J. B. Whitley, 7933 Garfton St., Houston, Texas. Lt. Whitley was first reported missing in action and later reported a prisoner of the Japanese since the fall of Bataan. He attended A. & M. during the years 1934-88, receiving his degree in Electrical Engineering. Major Howard L. Bowman, ’40 Major Howard L. Bowman, ’40, was killed in France on September 22, 1944, while flying a P-47. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Betty Bowman, Cherokee, Texas ; his wife, who lives in Loris, S. C.; one sister; and one brother. A pursuit pilot, Major Bowman had 7 zeros to his credit and had been awarded numerous medals. Lt. Howard Lee Blessington, ’41 Lt. Howard Lee Blessington, 41, was killed in action in the South Pacific on Jan- uary- 20, 1943. He is survived by his pa- rents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Blessington, 418 Second St., Jennings, La.; three sisters, Mrs. E. B. Allen, Beaumont, Texas, Mrs. Robert D. Siebenthaler, Bellevue, Ky., and Miss Norberta Blessington, Jennings, La.; and one brother, Terrence W. Blessington, Jennings, La. Lt. Blessington enlisted in the Air Corps in July, 1941, going to Oklahoma City Okla. for his basic training. He re- ceived his commission in May, 1942, at Kelly Field, Texas. Navigator on a B-25 bomber, Lt. Blessington went overseas in July, 1942, and was based in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia. Before his death he saw action in New Guinea. T/4 Hugh B. Lockhart, ’41 T,/4 Hugh Bland Lockhart, ’41, died of polio on May 10, 1945, on Leyte, Philippine Islands. He entered service in March, 1943, and was sent to the Pacific Theatre in February, 1944. Sgt. Lockhart is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Lock- hart, 1511 Avenue A, Beaumont, Texas. Capt. Frank Smart, ’41 Capt. Frank Smart, ’41, missing in ac- tion in the South Pacific since April 16, 1944, has been officially declared dead by the War Department. His plane went down off New Guinea on that date. He is sur- vived by his mother, Mrs. Della Smart,320 E. Threadneedle, Beaumont; and his wife and two children, who make their home in Orange, Texas. Capt. Smart entered the service in 1941 and after training at Sikeston, Mo., and San Angelo, Texas, finished as a bombard- jer and navigator from Kelly Field, Texas. He was assigned to the 132th Bomber Group. Lt. Turney W. Leonard, 42 Lt. Turney W. Leonard, 42, son of Mrs. Lillie V. Leonard, 8103 Groveland, Dallas, is presumed to have been killed in action against the Germans at Kommerscheidt, Germany, in November, 1944. He was last seen entering an aid station after severe injuries, ‘and. the aid station was later captured by the Germans. For extraordinary heroism during the three-day battle at Kommerscheidt, he was awarded the Con- gressional Medal of Honor. . 3 Lt. Leonard received his degree in Agri- cultural Administration at A. & M. with the class of 1942 and immediately went on active duty. He was commissioned im the Regular Army in October of that year. He trained at Camp Hood and landed on Omaha Beach with the 2nd Armd. Division. As a student at A. & M., Leonard was Captain of Co. I, Infantry, in the Cadet Corps, a Distinguished Student and active in other student affairs. In addition to his mother he is survived by three brothers. He is a nephew of Tyree L. Bell, ’13, Dallas. Lt. Raymond C. Schuette, "42 Lt. Raymond C. Schuette, ’42, missing in action since February 1, 1945, is now presumed dead according to information received by his wife, Mrs. Raymond C. Schuette, Route 2, Box 348, Alice, Texas, from the War Department. Lt. Schuette was a navigator-bombardier on a B-29 stationed in India, and his plane was lost near Singapore. : S/Sgt. James H. Japhet, ’43 S/Sgt. James H. Japhet, ’43, missing in action over Normandy since July, 1944, had been declared killed in action according to information received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Japhet, 2133 Albans, Hous- ton. At the time of his death he was par- ticipating in the invasion of Normandy. Sgt. Japhet entered the service in Aug, 1942, during his senior year at A. & M. He received his wings in January, 1943, and in September of that year went overseas to England. He has been awarded the Com- bat Infantryman’s Badge, Purple Heart, Presidential Citation, and the Medal of onor. - Lt. Julian Warner Saunders 43 Lt. Julian W. Saunders, ’43, was killed in action on October 2, 1944. At the time of his death he was Executive Officer of Co. B, 318th Inf. Regiment of the 80th Division which was attached to General Patton’s Third Army. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Saunders, 700 Plum, Coleman, Texas. Lt. Saunders re- ceived his degree from A. & M. in May, 1943, and was a Distinguished Student during his senior year. Lt. James H. Scholl, ’43 Lt. James H. Scholl, ’43, has been de- clared dead by the Wat Department ac- cording to information received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Scholl of Gonzales, Texas. He was a crew member of a B-24 Liberator which departed from Carney Field, Guadalcanal, on a strike mission to Kahili Air Field on Bougain- ville Island. His plane was last seen on July 6, 1943, over Choiseul Island, and the crew has never been seen or heard from since. Besides his parents, Lt. Scholl is sur- vived by his wife, Mrs. Joyce Scholl, a small daughter, Jimmie Lynne, who live in Houston, Texas. ; Enlisting in the Air ‘Corps in July, 1941, Lt. Scholl received his wings and commis- sion at Hondo, Texas, in November, 1942. He was then assigned as a navigator on a ten-man crew B-24 Liberator and left the States for the Southwest Pacific in April, 1948. Scholl participated in numerous mis- sions against the Japanese and had 60 hours, of combat flying to his credit before being reported missing in action. Sgt. Wilbur R. Sanders, *44 Sgt. Wilbur R. Sanders, ’44, was killed in action over Germany on February 22, 1944, according to information received by his mother, Mrs. Mary R. Sanders, Hempstead, Texas. Sgt. Sanders attended A. & M. during the years 1940-’41, taking Engineering. At the time of his death he was a gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress. Lt. Burton L. Wade, ’44 Lt. Burton L. Wade, ’44, who went down on his fourth mission to Germany on Feb- ruary 9, 1945, has been officially declared dead. Pilot of a B-24, he was returning from Magdeburg, Germany, to his base in England when his plane ran out of fuel shortly before reaching the English chan- nel. He radioed his base that he was turn- ing back over Holland but the plane was never seen again. Lt. Wade entered the service in 1943. He is survived by his pa- rents, Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Wade, 2110 Ruth, Houston, Texas; and one sister. Cpl. Monte T. Lincecum, ’46 Cpl. Monte T. Lincecum, ’46, was killed on February 28, 1945, by an enemy sni- per’s bullet on Iwo Jima while helping to move a wounded comrade to the rear. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Lincecum, 801 East Elm, Altus, Okla.; a brother, Cpl. Roberts L. Lince- cum, ’48, in the Air Corpes; and one sis- ter. Cpl. Lincecum entered A. & M. in 1942 and attended until' November of that year when he entered service as a Marine paratrooper. He served as a paratrooper for 14 months before the Marine Corps disbanded that branch of service, and then went into the newly organized 5th Division where he served as a flame-throw- er in a demolition squadron. He has been posthumously awarded the Purple Heart. F/O RAY P. SHIPLEY, ’46 Flight Officer Ray Parks Shipley, ’46, was killed in a crash of a B-24 Liberator near Flagstaff, Arizona, in September, 1944. He wds stationed at Kirkland Army Air Base, Albuquerque, N. M., and was on a routine flight from there when the crash occurred. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Leola Shipley, 4309 Ramsey Ave., Austin, Texas; his father, L. P. Shipley, Fort Worth; and a sister, Mrs. William H. Banks, Austin. Flight Officer Shipley entered A. & M. in June, 1942, and had completed his freshman year when he enlisted in the Air Corps in 1943. He completed his advanced training at Marfa in August, receiving his pilot’s wings and appointment as a flight officer. Among A. & M. MEN Continued from Page 1 ford, Texas. -Besides her husband, Mrs. Davidson is survived by a niece and seve- ral brothers and sisters.” ; 1918 J. W. Williams Box 1590, Dallas, Texas D. E. Singleton is General Agent, Re- public National Life Ins. Co., with offices at 313 S. Second Street, Lufkin. One son, James M. Singleton, ’42, has been released from the service and, with his wife and two boys, lives at Sarnia Ontario, and another son, Darwin E. Singleton, ’48, is stationed at the Separation Center, Fort Bliss, Texas. 1919 Charles H. Clark County Agent Hillsboro, Texas It has been announced that Ross Stew- art has been appointed a Director of the Federal Reserve Bank, Houston. Mr. Stew- art, who is General Manager of C. Jim Stewart & Stevenson, fills a vacaney on the Board of Directors which was opened on January 1. General Geo. H. Beverley, Commanding Officer at Kelly Field, San Antonio, spoke at the Highschool Auditorium at Bryan recently. He was presented by the Bryan- College Station Chapter of the National Aeronautics Association. General Beverly become a flying cadet in 1917 and during the World War II commanded the Service Area Command in Africa and later in Sicily until 1943, at which time he was made Commanding General of the 51st Troop Command Wind in the same theatre. He assumed command at Kelly Field in 1920: Hugh N. Glezen 4207 Highland Ave., Beaumont Andrew L. Ballard has offices at 1518 Alamo National Building, San Antonio, Texas. . . . Tilman M. Moore is still at Canyon, Texas,. Box:-281. ". . « KR,» .J. “Becky”” Edwards is living at College Station, serving as District Agent with| the Extension Service for 19 counties in northeast Texas. Marion Burkes is with the Farm Security Adm., 618 South Rosemont, Dallas. He and Mrs. Burkes have a daughter, 17, who is a secretary with the FSA, and a boy, ‘Billy, 15, in Sunset Highschool and out for foot- ball . . . . Alex Harris back in civilian life at Jackson, Miss., after a long stretch in the Pacific. . . . W. T. Burns is with the Anderson, Clayton and Co., H. Mata- moros, Tamps, Mexico . . . Robert B. Lattimere gets mail at Box 909, Browns- ville, Texas . . . . Claude H. Everett, Sr., is living at-3008 Ella Lee Lane, Houston, Texas. Col. R. Henry Harrison has been re- leased from active duty and has re- sumed his practice as Physician and Surgeon, with offices at 109 Parker Bldg., Bryan, Texas. 1922 W. E. “Ted” Winn Box 2880, Dallas 1, Texas Lt. Col. Elmer W. Holmgreen, Bryan, is serving in the American occupied dis- tricts of Austria with the military govern- ment section of the U. S. Forces. Col. Holm- green, assigned overseas in August, 1943, participated in the Salerno invasion and wears the bronze arrowhead and four battle stars on his ETO ribbon. He is on leave of absence from the College where he served as Business Manager. His family lives at 707 East 31st St., Bryan, Texas. 1924 R. M. Sherman Central Texas Iron Works, Waco Charles L. Wall, Jr., has returned to civil life after extensive military duty and is with the Hardware Mutual Insurance Co. at Minnesota, with offices in the Sterling Bldg., Houston. He saw extensive service in the ETO. A. & M. Gets Army Ordnance Gauge Laboratory, To Be Best In Nation The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas has been selected as the site of a new United States Army Ordnance Gauge Laboratory, it was announced in a letter today to J. T. L. McNew, vice president for engineering, from Col. Clyde H. Morgan, chief of the St. Louis Ordnance District. The laboratory, completely air conditioned and housing a complete assortment of fine precision meas- uring equipment and gauges, will be available for use in student in- struction in all classes in the shops and laboratories of the college, and for use in experimental and re- search work. It likewise will be in stand-by readiness for use by the government for checking field gauges and for instruction of Ord- nance Reserve officers. Should a national emergency arise, the U. S. Army Ordnance Department will assume operation of the laboratory in control of production of vital supplies. Colonel Morgan in commenting on the establishment of the labo- ratory at Texas A. & M. College stated: “I feel that the presence of the laboratory at the college will do much to keep industry in this area precision minded, and it is my desire to make this laboratory the finest in the country.” Equipment for the gauge labo- ratory has been arriving at Col- lege Station for several weeks from war plants and army ord- nance districts throughout the country, The laboratory will be housed adjacent to the shops of the col- lege’s mechanical engineering de- partment. These shops are in pro- cess of being extensively expanded with production machinery secured from government surplus stocks, and will provide the most modern and complete training to young. men who seek their education at A. & M., Mr. McNew said. Aggie Grad Gets Ph. D. From War Job . “War sometimes gets people jobs, or a wife or a home,” reports the Jan. 27 issue of the Houston Chronicle, “but Dr. Samuel R. McCluney got himself a Ph. D. degree.” ; The article describes how Me- Cluney, as a lieutenant-colonel in the U. S. Army, was placed in charge of the first Office of Pro- duction Control, charged with the distribution control of critical ma- terials to manufacturers. His re- port on the office was accepted in lieu of a thesis by the National College, Toronto, Canada and along with the awarding of the Ph. D. degree came the honorary LL. D. degree from the Canadian Thera- peutic Society. Dr. McCluney received his B. S. degree in Industrial Education in 1932 and his M .S. degree in In- dustrial Education in 1937, both at Texas A. & M. 1925 R. C. Armstrong 3439 Wichita, Houston 4 DeWitt Oreveling is getting mail at 346 No. L. St., Dinuba, Calif. J. Fred Hodge has moved to Kingsville, Texas, and getting mail at Box 804. William A. Moore is living at Paris, Texas, Box 236. HELP! HELP! “It’s time for another 1925 class letter, and we need some news. I wish every mem- ber of the class would shower down and write to either me or to the Ex-Student Association with some recent news about yourselves. New jobs, mew babies, new promotions, or just that you are still alive and kicking will all be welcome. Best wishes.””—W. D. “Army” Armstrong. 1926 Jack Williams Box 196, San Marcos Lt. Col. Russell G. White is back The Legion of Merit has been awarded to Lt. Col. John F. B. Lyons for services in the India-Burma Theater. He has also received the Order of the British Empire for his outstanding service as a staff offi- cer of the British 14th Army. Col. Lyons was called to active service in June, 1943. Mrs. Lyons resides at 2319 Hemphill, Fort Worth. In civilian life, he was employed by the United Appliance Cooporation of Fort Worth. Barlow Irvin is at 411 E. Locust St. San Antonio. . . . Carleton D. Speed, Jr., Box 93, Sinton, Texas, sends a thoughtful memorial gift for classmates Norman Dansby and Fay ‘‘Mule” Wilson, both deceased. Ford Munnerlyn, well-known College Station insurance man, also sends in a memorial gift for Classmate Norman Dans- Ya. N. Saxon has moved to Jackson, Miss., where he will open a new branch of the Graybar Electric Company. His mailing address will be 610 Lexigton Street of that city. He is one of the wheel-horses of the Dallas A. & M. Club, having served that club as President and as a member of the Board of Directors. D. A. Adam, executive officer of the USDA Wage Board since last June, has re- turned to the Extension Service Farm Labor Office as Assistant State Farm La- bor Supervisor. In this position he will be in charge of the migratory farm labor program, with headquarters at College Sta- tion. Working with the Extension Service for more than 17 years, Mr. Adam has served as county aganet for both Lamb and Young counties. He left Young County in 1944 to take up his work with the Farm Labor Office. Raymond Arnold is Vice Principal of Jefferson High Scheel, San Antonio. 1927 Allen R. Menger 111 West Travis St., San Antonio Hal H. Blair is a civilian again and get- ting mail at 6832 Avenue E, Houston 11, Texas. . . . Capt. EL. D. Black, Jr., is sta- tioned at Camp Lee, Va. but getting mail at 118 N. 8th St., Temple, until he gets a more permanent address. L. H. “Howdy” Ridout, Jr., 9811 Redon- do Drive, Dallas 18, Texas, has been ap- pointed business management supervisor for the Dallas branch of Ford Motor Company. . . . . Brig. General W. L. Lee, Hdars., 2675 Regt. A. C., APO 394, % P.M., New York, N. Y., is Deputy Director of the Air Force Sub Commission of the Allied Commission in Italy and recently was awarded the ‘“Commenda of the Knightly Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus.” Major Geo. S. Fuller gets his mail at 4223 Normandy, Dallas 5, Texas. . Julius Fram is Chemical Engineer for the Humble Oil and Refining Co., Goose Creek, Texas. . . . Chas. H. Hindman’s address is Box 866, Longview, Texas. Cecil N. Dunlap has announced a part- nership with Lt. Col. Charles S. Chase (retired) under’ the name of Chase & Dunlap, Architects, 212 Hawthorne, Hous- ton. W. D. McElroy is getting mail at Box 851, College Station. . . . Thomas C. Greenwood, Jr., is at Luling . . . . Major Sam D. Camp is in civvies again and with the ACE Distributing Company, 3901 Sher- man St., Houston 3, Texas. Wm. D. “Bill” McCabe is back in San Antonio with the Fizz Beverage Company. 1928 J. F. Blount Box 431, Amarillo John J. Fritch retired with the rank of Lt. Commander and is in general contract-1 ting business at 7000 Harry Hines Blvd. Dallas. . . . Capt. Marvin D. Kelly has returned from the ETO after 28 months of service and is living at Sanderson, Tex. A. J. Bierschwale, Head of the Depart- ment of Animal Husbandry, Sul Ross, Al- pine, is having the pleasant experience of having his department bolstered by re- turning veterans. Major James M. DeBardeleben is at 2005 Patterson Road, Brookside Manor, Hyatts- ville, Md. . . . Jed N. Robinson is with the Texas Highway Department, Austin 26, Texas. . . . Lt. Paul G. Richmond, USS, YFD-21, Navy 3149, ¢, FPO, San Francis- co, Calif., reports that he expects to be home in April or May. 1929 ° Austin C. Bray Box 264, Dallas 1 Proud Papa: Vernon P. Ayers. V. O. Miller gets mail at Box 425, Chula Vista, Calif. . . . Frank A. Buckley has accepted a position as P-4 Price Economist, Office of Price Administration, at Dallas. ‘| His mailing address is 1210 Pime St., Grand Prairie. B W. Kittrell has moved to Tyler, Tex- as, and getting mail at 1015 South Chilton Avenue. George Wilmoth is District Agent for tht Humble Oil Company, Box 248, Longview, Texas. Frank Ish, former Aggie footballer, is Manager of the Dishman-Pontiac Company, Bryan, Texas. ; Dr. Fred Weston has changed his ad- dress to 115 Broadway Street, San Anto- 5 1930 J. A. Reynolds Dreyfus & Son, Dallas Proud Papa: Roye Wendell Franks. Major B. W. Nedbalek is with the Texas Empire Pipeline Company, Box 2420, Tul- $a, "ORI. 5 N . Kelvin Dorward is living at 3078 E. Second Ave., Lenoir City, Tenn. Gabe Lewis, recently released from service with the rank of Lt. Col., and now Registrar of John Tarleton, Stephen- ville, was a campus visitor in late Feb. Jack Barnes is out of military service and bagk with Trinity . Portland Cement Co., as Assistant Sales Manager in Hous- ton. His address is 1515 Commerce Bldg. Hereceived his promotion to gull Colonel shortly before termination of his Army service. Myron D. Lacy, county extension direc- tor in Clinton County, Iowa, since 1933, has been named Professor of Animal Hus- bandry of Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. He will serve as livestock extension specialist in animal husbandry, devoting a major portion of his time to educational work with beef cattle producers and breed- ers in New York State. Brought up on a livestock farm in Tex- as, Professor Lacy received his B.S. degree degree from A. & M. in 1930, and the M. A. from Iowa State in 1931. He continued graduate work for two years in animal breeding and genetics and veterinary phy- siology before accepting the position as “Bubba” county agent. His wife and two children will join him in early March. While in A. & M., he was a member of the Saddle and Sirloin Club, on the International Livestock Judging Team and the Junior Livestock Judging Team. 1931 C. R. “Dick” Coneway Humble Oil & Ref. Co., Houston 1 Harry Stiteler, Waco highschool football coach, has been added to the coaching staff at Rice Institute and will report to that school in February. He is one of the best-known and successful coaches in the state and last fall carried his Waco team to a surprising co-championship. In 1938 he coached Corpus Christi to a state cham- pionship. Stiteler played quarterback on the Aggie football teams of his day and was conference champion in pole vaulting. He was offered a five-year contract at Waco Highschool but made the change to a college assignment as a step up in his career. Frank H. Newnam, Jr., has put his “eagles” in mothballs and is Engineer in Charge of a newly created Technical and Research Division for Thorstenberg & Tam- borello and Texas Construction Material Company. His office is at 418 Union Na- tional Bank Bldg., Houston 2, Texas. He has purchased a home at Houston at 2419 Sunset Blvd. The two organizations he re- presents produce 909 of all the sand and gravel for southeast Texas. They have joined in establishing the Technical and Research Division. Its program is to study means of increasing efficiencies of oper- ations, control of quality and possibly the development of new or more: satisfactory uses of the product. Newnam, who was recently discharged after extensive mili- tary service in the CBI, was formerly with the U. S. Engineers and is very en- thusiastic over his new work. : Lt. Col. and Mrs. T. B. “Tony” Ketterson were visitors on the campus recently. For- merly with the Public Relations Depart- ment of the College, Ketterson was recent- ly honorably discharged from the army after service in the ETO. After a visit in Houston with Mrs. Ketterson’s mother, they will go to Atlanta, Ga., where Tony will be with the United Press Division Headquarters. John H. Ilse and family were visitors on the campus in early February, After leav- ing school John taught for six years, was then with the State Highway Department and later with the U. S. Immigration Serv- ice. He is now located at Del Rio as Im- migration Inspector. H. V. Harlan, an old Aggie hurler, is Residence Engineer, State Highway De- partment, Box 29, Lufkin. _. Jack E. Laney is with the Sun Oil Co., Carr Road, Wilmington (RD 2), Del. Colonel Henry A. Eddins has been award- ed the Legion of Merit for his services in various important assignments at the Army Service Forces Training Center, Fort Belvoir, Va., from October 1942 to September 1945. Col. Eddins is with Stone and Webster Service Corporation, 49 Fed- eral St., Boston, Mass. Allen V. Pearson was a visiter on the campus in late January, following his re- lease from service. He is living at 603 Pulliam St., Del Rio, Texas. Earl McClaugherty is home from the wars and living at 2634 Halm Ave., Los Angeles, 34, Calif. . . . Edward J. Bohuslav may be addressed at Boling High School, Boling, Texas. . . . Lt. Col. Earl J. Berryhill is stationed at Drew Field, Route 6, Box 555, Tampa, Fla. Cary H. Dannelly is, Gasoline Plant En- gineer with the Gulf Oil Corp., at Mona- hans, Texas . . . Major Rouble C. Barron, husband of Mrs. Velman aBrron, 3805 E. | 12th, Amarillo, is a patient at William Beaumont General Hospital, El Paso, where he is receiving treatment for injuries sus- tained in France. Major Barron served overseas with the 749th Tank Bn., as an Intelligence Officer and has been decorated with the ETO Ribbon with 3 battle stars and the Bronze Star. Before the war, Maj. Barron was an oil refiner for the Texas Oil Company. ; | Capt. Byron A. Black is living at 3981- . 8th St., Riverside, Calif. . . . Edwin W. | Knippa, is living at Knippa,; Texas. . . . Capt. R. E. Morris, Jr., has been separated | from the service and is back with his | old job with the Dallas City Waterworks, Dallas, Texas. 1932 Col. Luther E. Bell Box 335 Del Rio, Texas Mr. and Mrs.: Tom P. Porter. W. C. Pratt has returned from the Southwest Pacific and living on Polk St., Greenville, Texas . . . . Capt. John M. Landrum returned in November from 21 months in the ETO. He is living at 2713 Pine St., Waco, and working for the Bu- reau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine (USDA). J. W. Gibbs, recently released with the rank of Lt. Col, is living at Greenville, Texas, Box 507. Brig. Gen. Alvin R. Luedecke has been decorated with a ‘high Chinese award” by Madame Chiang Kai-shek. He is the son of Mrs. John Luedecke of Eldorado. Luedecke, 35, is one of the youngest gene- rals in the AAF and has been overseas almost constantly since 1942, when he was assigned as Chief of Staff to Gen. Geo. E. Stratemeyer. Henry C. Bohnenkamp is a “Mister” again at 422 Pershing Avenue, San An- tonio, Texas . Tom P. Porter has been released from service after three years, one year of which was spent in the CBI, and will go with the Soil Conserv- ation Service. At the time Tom was a vis- itor in the office he did net know where his headquarters would be. He was mar- ried on February 2 to Miss Mary Kenner, of Chatfield, Texas. Thomas H. McDowell is with the Bon- ham Cotton Mills, Bonham, Texas, having just recently returned from overseas duty Col. T. M. Maxwell is on terminal leave and will report on March first for work with the Stanolind Oil and Gas Co., South Houston, Texas. He re- ported seeing ole roommate Rufus C. Carhart on Luzon last summer—the first time they had met since graduation. The Mosers, A. C., Jr., and W. Jack, are back in business in the Texas Bank Building, Dallas. Their business firm is known as the A. C. Meser Co., Realtors. A. C. served as a Captain and W. Jack as Lt. Col.,, and both have recently been released from service. Lt. Col. J. U. ‘“Two-Gun’” Parker, at last report had completed the Command and General Staff School, at Leavenworth, and was headed for Camp Roberts, Calif., for a discharge. His present mailing ad- dress is ¢% Judge W. C. Reagan, 8407 Audubon Place, Houston, Texas . . . . Capt. Virgil D. Want spent 33 months with the 557th S. A. W. Bn., in the Pacific. Recently released he is living at 400 E. Myrtle, San Antonio. Captain Donald W. Hatch, 29-44 North- ern Blvd.,, Long Island City, N. Y., was a recent campus visitor. He has been in service since 1942. . . . Alfred O. “Al” Saenger, is a civilian and living at 508 W. Craig Pl., San Antonio, Texas. Lt. Col. Graber Kidwell, whose wife and mother live at 4407 Winston Court, Dallas, has been transferred from Vienna, Aus- tria, to the 94th Infantry Division in Bad Aibling, Germany, to await redeployment to the United States. He has been serving as Chief of the Public Utilities and Public Works Branch of General Mark Clark’s Headquarters. Before entering service, Lt. Col. Kidwell was engaged in the practice of civil engineering. Alex Weil, Jr., is getting mail at Route 2, Box 423, Corpus Christi, Texas . . . . Clint W. Herring has returned from over- seas and living at 125 W. Fifth, Kansas City, Mo. . . . . Felix R. McKnight, as- sistant managing editor of The Dallas Morning News, was elected Chairman of the Texas Election Bureau at a meeting of the Directors held recently at Dallas in connection with the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors. The Bureau collects election returns as a co-operative enterprise of the state’s newspapers. Harold M. Hoffmeister is Water Engineer for the Texas lines of the Missouri Pacific Lines and lives at 5407 Leopold Dr., Hous- ton 4, Texas. His offices are in Room 311, Union Station Building of that eity. Harold entered the army in 1942 and served two years in North Africa and Italy—making the whole 134 days on Anzio Beach-Head. He was retired with the rank of Major on December 15. 1933 Tom C. Morris 1408 W. Main St, ° Waxahachie, Texas. Lt. Col. Calvin A. Dickey was a recent visitor on the campus enroute to Ft. Sill, Okla., for his new assignment. Mrs. Dick- ey and their children will join Col. Dickey at his new post as soon as he is settled and living quarters are obtainable. Lt. Col. Robert H. McLemore is living at 4811 Reiger, Dallas. Lt. Col. T. N. Gearreald Fairfax, Virginia Charles P. Baker, recently transferred to the Lubrite Division Refinery of Socony- Vacuum Oil Company, at East St. Louis, Ill, is living at 9327 West Pine Avenue, Brentwood, Mo. . . . Herman Schneeman, Jr., is back with the State Highway De- partment, Goliad, Texas, and working with Herbert. Hass, ’33, Resident Engineer of that city. ; i Lt. Sam T. Logan spent the past three years in the Navy and was released in De- cember with jthe rank of Lt. He is living at Sonora, Texas, Box 5326. . . . Lt. Col. L. A.- Shone; II, has returned from the Philippines aud is living at 520 N. High- land Blvd., kos Angeles 36, Calif. He wants to get ;in touch with Capt. Jack Walkers ’36, and Lt. Col. Luke Sommers, os wt el tein Tate Major Harry, K K. Westerman paid the campus a visit in February. He is living at 1802 N. W. 20th St., Fort Worth. Major Westerman served the last year of his overseas service with the Military Government in' Germany and also served with that same branch in Marburgh and for 7 months was Agriculture Officer with the USFET Hdas. Curnie M. Davis is a Mister and living at 4501-C Westside, Dallas 9, Texas. He recently returned with the rank of Major from the Pacific. . . . Word from Lt. Col. Jack G. Hester that he will soon be back at home ih Goose Creek, Texas. He has been in the!ETO for 30 months. Dear Gang: In 1944, 45.6% of our class con- tributed to the Development Fund, in 1945 we raised this to 54.49, to finish up in 10th place and win in honerable mention, but to date, only 36% of our class have con- tributed and we are in 39th place. WE AIN'T SLIiPPIN’, ARE WE, OLE ARMY? Still plenty of time as the ’46 fund does not close un- til May 31. I am out of the army and located at Houston as Manager of the In- ternational Businesis Machine Corp. Best regards to all, Henry Wendler, 1620 Main St. Box 215, Houston, Tex. ) 1935 Frederick W. H. Wzhner 414 N. Campbell | El Paso, Texas Captain Charles E. Moore was released from military service December 9, 1945, atfer five years and three days of duty. He spent 9 months in Hawaii and on the second tour of the PZ&cific was in the Philippines for 10 months. While in the Philippines he was awg@rded the Bronze Star Medal and two campaign stars, while serving as Bn. Operatiops Officer for a Battery of Anti-Air ¥ ft Artillery. He was married Feb. 27, %X944, and he and Mrs. Moore are now locafed at College Sta- tion while he is doing od special study. 1. Col. “C.. GC. Wil has returned to civil life after four and half years active | La > MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1946 duty and is again employed by the Bankers Life Company in their investment Depart- ment. He handles farm, ranch and city loans in the South Texas territory. His ad- dress is 1105 Florida Street, Corpus Christi, Texas. 1 936 Dudley J. Lewis C. E. Dept., Humble Oil & Refg. Co, Houston, Texas John T. Elrod has retired from the serv- ice with the rank of Lt. Col. and has taken a position in the Management Engineering Department of the College. He and Mrs. Elrod are living in Bryan at 206 E. 33rd St. Besides his degree from A. & M., Col. Elrod took a degree in Industrial Engi- neering at Purdue University. He was employed with the Tractor Division of the Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co., Springfield, Ill, from 1936-1938. He entered the service as 1st Lt. in August, 1940. His last assign- ment was with the Redistribution and Sal- vage Office, and Property Disposal Co- ordinator for Deroit Ordnance District . . . . E. M. Pritchard, Residence Engineer, State Highway Dept., Eastland, was a re- cent visitor on the campus. 1937 Welton A. Ruhmanr Extension Service Campus Proud Papa: Ben Ledntcky. Mr. and Mrs.: Lt. Col. Newton E. Jar- rard. Milton S. Malone is with the General Chemical ‘Company, 818 Olive Street, St. Louis 1, Mo. Capt. John H. Zich was a visitor on the campus in early February. He was re- leased from military service on January 18, after almost exactly four years of service. He spent the entire time at Aber- deen Proving Grounds, Maryland, with the Ordnance Research and Development Cen- ter working on tractor development. He has accepted a place with Ford Motor Company in their farm machinery division and will make his headquarters at Detroit, Mich. John was married May 16, 1943, to Miss | Jane Lindborg, of La Porte, Indiana. He and Mrs. Zich have two children, Jon Linn, 20 months, and Janet Lynn, 2 months. Mrs. Zich and son Jon accompanied Cap- tain Zich on his visit to the campus. Johnnie Johansen is at Big Spring, Tex- as, P. O. Box 391. . . . Henry G. Abbott has returned from overseas duty and is at Baton Rouge, La., Box 1767. . . . Wm. F. Madison has gone into the retail lum- ber business with Mayes Lumber Co., Ros- well, New Mexico. : Marshal D. Fox. is Coordinator of the Eastland County Vocational School, Prairie Building, Eastland, Texas, and is busily engaged in organizing the Veterans’ Train- ing School in Eastland County. Capt. and’ Mrs. Harvey S. Trewitt, Jr., - are living on Ala-Wai Drive, in Honolulu, but expect to move to quarters on Hickam Field soon. Capt. Trewitt formerly was employed in the engineering department of the City of Dallas. A combat pilot with forty-four missions to his credit, the Dis tinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with six Oak Leaf Clusters, and Soldier’s Medal, Captain Trewitt flew B-24’s and B-29’s against the Japs. Their Dallas address is 5930 Reiger Avenue. Robert N. Craig, who served as a Cap- tain in the 961st FA Bn., has been em- ployed as a teacher of agricultural en- gineering at John Tarleton College, Ste- phenville, Texas. Lt. Colonel Newton E. Jarrard has re- turned from overseas in November where he served with the 10th Photo Reconnais- sance Group Hdags., as Group Photogram- metric Officer stationed in Nurnberg, Ger- many. He was married in December to Miss Helen Isabell Hollis MacKenzie, of Mon- treal, Canada, but the newlyweds are plan- ning to be at their home in Houston, 1931 North Blvd., within the next two or three weeks. Alvan H. Bishop is employed with the Williams Funeral Home as Funeral Direc- tor and Embalmer at 458 Franklin St., Beaumont, Texas. A B. Cox, Jr., served for 27 months in the ETO and recently received his release with the rank of Lt. Col. He was on the campus in February taking a refresher course that was held for County Agents. He will re- turn to his same job as County Agent at Snyder, Texas. J. Wiley Holms was released in Decem- ber after returning from the CBI where he spent 26 months. He will be at Van Horn, Texas, serving as County Agent as soon as he has finished the refresher course held on the campus for County Agents . . . . Capt. Robert L. Pou, Jr., at last report was with the Fourth Ferry- ing Group, ATC, Memphis, Tenn., but ex- pected to be a civilian and at 5943 Ve- lasco St., Dallas, before too long. Other ’37 men in his group were Lt. Ben Scott, Sgt. Stafford L. Jones, and a ’39’er Major Felder W. Cullum, who was Chief Pilot. Alfred H. Payne has accepted a position as District Manager for the Packard Motor Confpany for Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas. He and Mrs. Payne reside at 307 Alexander Avenue, Monroe, La. . . Geo. C. Warner has returned from overseas duty and is again connected with the Div- ision of Agronomy, Experiment Station, College Station. . Henry Charles ‘‘Buck’” Moran has re- turned from Germany and living at 1819 Francis, Houston. He plans to return to work for the Humble Oil and Refining Company at Baytown. . . . . Joe A. Ford, Jr., has moved to 813 Austin Ave., Brownwood, Texas. Lt. Samuel M. Greenberg is a civilian again and living at 3112 Cole Avenue, Dallas 4, Texas. Continued on Page 3 GEORGE ‘B. WILCOX George B. Wilcox is head of new- ly combined departments of educa- tion and psychology . . . was for- merly Director of Student Person- nel . .. graduated from Sam Hous- ton Teachers College, took B.A. at A & M, MA. at Columbia, other graduate work at T. U. ... came to A. & M. in 1920 as superinten- dent of Consolidated School . . .is past president’ of Texas State Teachers Association, new serves on Legislative Committee . , . is member of State Teachers Retire- ment Board, Advisory Committee on Financing Public Education of N.E.A,, Brazos County Board of Education, and City Commission + « . chairman of Y.M.C.A. Board and of A, & M. Postwar Planning Committee . . . vice president of College Station Kiwanis Club . . a Presbyterian, a fisherman who manufactures some of his own piscatorial equipment, and a gar- dener . . . is married, and has one daughter, a senior at Consolidated.