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Page 2 THE TEXAS AGGIE FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1946 THE TEXAS AGGIE BE, McQuillen.................. Publisher Published Semi-Monthly at the A. & M. Press, College Station, Texas, except dur- ing the summer months when issued monthly, by the Association of Former Studenth of the Agricultural and Mechan- jcal College of Texas, College Station, Texas. Subscription Price $5.00 Entered as Second Class Matter at College Station, Texas : Officers Ha Dick Winters, ’18....cccsemeereetes President Carroll Gaines, ’12.................... Vice-President E. E. McQuillen, ’20........ Executive Secretary EB. Locke, ’18........... Assistant Secretary Directors J. A. Whyte, 14 Texarkana W. A. Moore, ’25 Paris Col. T. H. Barton, ’99............ El Dorado, Ark. HK. Deason, ’16...........c.cccccevenses Port Arthur A. Ed Caraway, ’34 Lufkin George B. Morgan, ’18........ccereenns Beaumont A. G. Pfaff, ’25 Tyler Roy D. Golston, ’03 Tyler W. L. Ballard, ’22 Longview RO Frank Ashburn, ’24........ccccceseerseren Herbert A. Burow, ‘24... r John P. McCullough, ’24................ McKinney A. P. Rollins, 06 Dallas Tyree L. Bell, 13 Dallas F. H. Cunningham, ’10 Dallas SSA. Lipscomb; *01.........ce...e College Station W. F. Munnerlyn, ’26............ College Station Rufus R. Peeples, 28.................... Tehuacana L. M. Welch, ’24 Conroe HS. Davenport, ’04..........ccoecieens Palestine C. F. Adickes, ’10 Huntsville Geo. H. Lacy, ’13 Houston T. W. Mohle, ’19 Houston Charles R. Haile, 12 Houston FM. Smith, Sr., 20l......ccccccin- East Columbia Scott Moore, ’11 Yoakum Hrd. Mikeska, ’10...........-ieeviassccesase Texas City C. M. Elwell, ’23 Austin W. P. Patton, ’29 Lockhart Robert Schaer, 2l.........cccccceennsd Chapel Hill Hubert G. Davis, *22 Waco W. E. Wade, ’30 Temple Major R. N. Conolly, ’37....ccnrrreecesnsnes Waco Herbert F. Spreen, ’22................ Fort Worth S. J. Baker, 27 Fort Worth A, J. Healy, 28 Fort Worth George Moffett, ’16.....ccc.cccorms serene Chillicothe Calvin’ P. Dodson, *10.........ccccocesnseecnss Decatur Jack C. Idol, ’26 Benjamin ATE. Hinman, ’2b......ccccecoeseees Corpus Christi Silver Whitsett, ’24 "......Seguin D. F. Bredthauer, "22 Goliad Charles E. Richter, Norman E. Buescher, ’22 ; : ESB. Cartwright, ’17............ Carizzo Springs A. L. Forbes, Jr., ’21 Houston T. J. Dwyer, 12 Odessa TRW. Hillin, 31........cccccieccireeen Ft. Stockton Dr. Verne A. Scott, ’14................ Stephenville Dr. J. N. Burditt, 21 Abilene R.A. Lasseter, ’35........cccmnnnnrnnns Sweetwater Carl Miller, ’28 Amarillo J. F. Blount, ’28 Amarillo Frank F. McMordie, '26.....cccccceuneeneen Canadian Jack Christian, 32 Spur JoerW. Jennings, *1l..crccenercies Lockney A. F. Reese, '14 Shallowater LouisiA. Hartung, ’29................ San Antonio CaM. Gaines, *12...........cicemrcocunasems San Antonio C. C. Krueger, ’12 San Antonio Penrose B. Metcalfe, ’16.............. San Angelo H. Dick Winters, 18 Brady B.uJd. Milligan, ’24......Lcceecceeecsensnne Brownwood M. A. Abernathy, ’16............ Shreveport, La. C. D. Speed, ’26 Sinton Gen. A. B. Knickerbocker, ’21............ Austin James P. Hamblen, *27...............ccoreeenn Houston Edward W. Wilson, ’30..... Kansas City, Mo. Executive Committee H. Dick Winters, ’18 Brady Carroll Gaines, ’12.................... San Antonio Rufus R. Peeples, °28..........ccccoreer Tehuacana Tyree L. Bell, ’13 Dallas J. P. Hamblen, *27 Houston Student Loan Trustees H. Dick Winters, ’18 Brady BASE, Mitchell, ’00...........c.cccecersnsorene Corsicana E. B. McQuillen, ’20................ College Station Representatives on the Athletic Council SA. Lipscomb, ’07........ccceee.. College Station S. J. Baker, ’27 Fort Worth Capt. and Mrs. William A. Hamil- ton, Jr., ’40, were married on Feb. 3 and following a wedding trip to Mexico will be stationed at Gal- veston. Lattimore-Evans Miss Mary Kay Lattimore be- came the bride of Capt. Robley David Evans, 40, recently in Fort Worth. After a two-week trip the young couple will live in Bryan. Before going into service, Capt. Evans was with the Extension Service. He was a Japanese pris- oner of war for three and half years and wears the Silver Star and four presidential citations. Beasley-Hall Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Here- ford have announced the marriage of their daughter, Helen Hereford Beasley, to Capt. James Estill Hall, ’40, on January 5. They are at home at Grapevine, Texas. Pistole-Winsor Miss Elsie Madolin Pistole be- came the bride of Capt. James K. Winsor, 41, in a double-ring cere- mony at the East Dallas Chrisitian Church in Dallas recently. They will live in Philadelphia, Pa. Capt. Winsor returned just recently from thirty-six months in the ETO and Pacific with the Signal Corps. Drake-Simmons Miss Joyce Elaine Drake, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Drake, Flint, Michigan, was married on January 6 to Lt. Cyron Simmons, ’41, of Trinidad. Lt. Simmons served in the Pacific area in the Marine Corps. The young souple will make their home at Trinidad. Scheihagen-Barron Miss Billie Jean Scheihagen and Major Joe Robinson Barron, 41, were married recently in Bryan. They will reside in Houston where Major Barron will be with the Humble Oil and Refining Company. Miss Scheihagen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Scheihagen of Bryan. Bush-Young Miss Betsy Jane Bush, 3604 Hay- nie, Dallas, and Sam H. Young, ’42, 727 Elsbeth St., also of Dallas, were married in March and will make their home in that city, fol- lowing a honeymoon trip to New Orleans. Wedemeyer-Anderwald Capt. Frank R. Anderwald, ’42, and Miss Mary Helen Wedemeyer were married in Houston, on March 2, and paid the campus a visit en- route to California where the Cap- tain will spend his terminal leave. They plan to return to school in. the summer. | Frischmuth-Dunn : The marriage of Miss Barbara Virginia Frischmuth, to Capt. Jas. Lewis Dunn, Jr., 42, has been an- nounced. They were . married on March 3 and will be at home at Silver Taps Sidney J. Hernstadt, ’90 Sidney J. Hernstadt, ’90, founder and president of the Gilmer Oil Company of New York City died in Ardmore, Oklahoma, on Febru- ary 18, 1946. He was more than 70 years of age. He received his de- gree from A. & M. in Civil Engi- neering and was a cadet officer in Co. D. Mr. Hernstadt and his brother, Wm. L. Hernstadt, 551 Fifth Ave., New York 17, founded the Gilmer Oil Company. The company oper- ated extensive properties in Okla- homa. In addition to his brother, Mr. Hernstadt is survived by seve- ral siter. Fred F. Simmons, ’13 Fred F. Simmons, ’13, passed away at his ranch home near Sono- ra on January 28 of a heart at- tack. He attended A. & M. from 1909-11, taking the special two- year agricultural course. He was Secretary and Treasurer of the Sonora A. & M. Club. T/Sgt. Tommy Glass, ’41 T/Sgt. Tommy Glass, ’41, was killed in action over Germany on April 9, 1944, according to infor- mation received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Glass, Rt. 1, Alba, Texas. Sgt. Glass was a tur- ret gunner and was on his sixth mission when killed. Capt. A. S. “Buck” Ware, Jr., ’43 Capt. A. S.. “Buck’’ Ware, Jr., ’43, only son of County Judge and Mrs. A. S. Ware, Bryan, Texas, was killed in an automobile acci- dent in Germany on February 21, 1946. He was attached to occupa- tional forces in Germany. and was Births ~ Mr. and Mrs. Herbert H. Baker, ’32, Somerville, Texas, announce the birth of Herbert E. Baker, on December 13, 1945. Mr. and Mrs. James Higginbotham, ’38, Winters, Texas, announce the arrival of their son, Ernest R. Higginbotham. According to the proud papa, young Ernest looks like good football material for some future date, Mr. and Mrs. V. P. Kelly, ’44, announce the birth of a daughter named Kerry, on January 19. Papa Kelly is with the Westinghouse Company, 612 Petroleum Bldg. 1314 Texas Avenue, Houston 2. 3501 Windsor Road, Austin. Capt. Dunn is back in civilian life again. Miller-Erwin Miss Garnette Miller, 4720 Bow- ser Ave., and Lt. James Q. Er- win, ’43, 2913 Sale St., Dallas, were married in December. They will be ‘at home in Dallas. The groom served for 18 months in the ETO Jacobs-Rolnick The marriage of Miss Joan Ja- cobs to Lt. Gerald J. Rolnick, USMCR, ’43, took place recently in New York City. The bridegroom had just recently returned from two years service in the Pacilif. They will be at home at 4401 Park Lane, Dallas. Evans-Brooks Miss Mildred Nell Evans became the bride of Lt. (jg) R. Odell Brooks, ’43, on September 8 in a ceremony at Corsicana, Texas. They are living on the campus and get- ting mail at Box 311, College Sta- tion. McEachin-Heath Miss Rosita Louise McEachin and Paul Heath, ’44, were married on January 13 in Bevery Hills, Calif. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Nicholas Evalenko. Mr. Heath is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl T. Heath, 5230 Miller, Dallas. The young couple will make their home in Dallas with the briedgroom’s varents. The groom was just recent- lv discharged from the Army Air Forces. -Windle-Harper Miss Carolyn Louis Windle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Windle, Salem, Nebraska, was mar- ried on February 23 to Lt. Harry E. Harper, 44, of Levelland. After a honeymoon trio in Texas, the voung couple will live at 3080 South Rutan, Wichita 10, Kansas. Barnett-Huddleston Miss Edith Jean Barnett, of Uvalde, became the bride of Dr. C. H. Huddleston, ’44, on January 13. The young couple is living in Uvalde where Dr. Huddleston is practicing veterinary medicine. Bishop-Stapp John K. Stapp, 44, and Misis Betty Bishop were married recent- ly and are living at Junction, Tex- as, where the briedgroom is run- ning for District and County Clerk. “Ikey” (Arthur L.) McCarroll, ’44, was best man at the wedding. Rubel-Ruttenberg Announcement of the marriage of Miss Hilda Laura Rubel to Jack A. Ruttenberg, ’44, has been re- ceived. They were married on March 10 and will be at home in Temple, Texas. Baldwin-Wendell Miss Catherine Baldwin, 5949 Prospect, and Robert Edward Wen- dell, ’45, 9904 Northwest Higrway, Dallas, were married recently in Dallas. Announcement of the approach- ing marriage of Miss Doris Rut- chik to Jerry Hoffman, ’46, USN, was made recently. Miss Rutchik is the daughter of Mr. and Abe Rut- chik, 2907 Park Row, and Mr. Hoff- man ic the son of Mr. and Mrs, Abe Hoffman, 4008 Bryn Mawr, both of Dallas. The wedding date will be announced later. with headquarters of the First Artillery Division. Called into the service while a student at A. & M., Capt. Ware was sent to O. C. S., at Ft. Sill, Okla., where he received his commission in May, 1943. He then took aviator training to qualify as a liaison of- ficer and received his promotion to First Lieutenant in May, 1944. He landed in France early in Septem- ber, 1944, and during the war served as liaison officer with a Field Ar- tillery outfit attached to the 102nd Infantry Division. Besides his parents, Capt. Ware is survived by one sister. Lt. Howell R. Young, ’43 Lt. Howell R. Young, ’43, missing in action since February 19, 1945, is presumed dead according to in- formation received from the War Department by his wife, Mrs. Howell R. Young, 614 W. Louisiana St., McKinney, Texas. A flight en- gineer on a B-29, Lt. Young was stationed on Saipan and was lost while on a mission to Tokyo. Lt. Edwin E. Brashear, 45 Lt. Edwin E. Brashear, ’45, re- ported missing in action a year ago, is now presumed dead ac- cording to information received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Brashear, Brownwood, Texas, Lt. Brashear was a B-24 bomber pilot, and his plane was downed while on a mission over the Bonin Islands. It was his 33rd combat mission. Be- sides his parents, Lt. Brashear is survived by his wife, Mrs. Billie Ward Brashear, Baird, Texas. Sgt. Earl T. Brown, Jr., ’46 Sgt. Earl T. Brown, Jr., ’46, re- ported missing in action in Ger- many in December, 1944, has been officially listed as dead by the War Department. He was killed on December 10 when he charged across open ground under heavy enemy fire and directed his men to safety. He was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl T. Brown, 67 Sherman St., Wollaston, Mass. Sgt. Brown entered the service upon completion of his freshman year at A. & M. in 1943. He was sent overseas in September, 1944, with the First Army. He has been posthumously awarded the Silver Star and the Purple Heart. F/0 William D. Jones, ‘46 Flight Officer William David Jones, ’46, has officially been de- clared dead after being reported missing in aetion since September 10, 1945, Navigator on a B-24, he was returning with Allied pris- oners of war from Burma when his plane crashed in Formosa. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Jones, Katy, Tex- as; three sisters; and four brothers. Among A. & M. MEN Continued from Page 1 sons, Major Ben R. McConnell, Jr., 42, and Major Herbert C. Mec- Connell, ’32, have both been recent- ly released from military service. 1913 L. D. Royer 911 Transit Tower, San Antonio Silver Taps: Fred F. Simmons. John N. Olsen gets mail at 2120 Avenue M., Galveston, Texas. W. A. Orth, 3445 Hanover, Dal- las, Regional Director of the Office of Price Administration, is enjoy- ing a visit with his son, Major W. A. Orth, Jr., ’39, who has just re- turned from his post in Japan. 1915 Dr. Guy W. Adriance College Station, Texas Alex Bateman for several years County Agent at Hereford recently resigned to become Manager of the David and Son Farms near Hereford. The farm is irrigated and will grow certified seed in addition to its other productions. Alex writes that his two sons and two daughters are happy to be in position to compete in farm projects with other boys and girls. They had previously been barred because Father Alex was a County Agent. His address will remain Hereford. 1916 Capt. Palmer H. Olsen Det. G48 Co. C. Mil. Govt. Regt. APO 758, ¢/o Pm. N. Y. A. C. Bull, 308 E. 7th St., Aus- tin, writes that he is expecting his son, Pvt. Richard H. Bull, ’46, home from Calcutta, India, before too long. 1918 J. W. Williams Box 1590, Dallas, Texas Otto Staerker, Gladewater busi- nessman and civic leader, was a recent campus visitor. 1919 Charles H. Clark County Agent Hillsboro, Texas George D. Anderson, Dallas, is manager of the Philippine Indus- trial Equipment Co., Manila. The million pesos coneern was organ- ized for new construction, sales, and service and will handle inter- nationally known products and equipment needed in the rehabli- tation of the Philippines. The An- derson family expects to join Geo. this summer. He played center on the championship Aggie football team of 1917. 920 Hugh N. Glezen 4207 Highland Ave., Beaumont H. Lloyd Hall, President of the Southern California A. & M. Club is with Wagenseller & Durst, Inc, 428 First Trust Bldg., Pasadena 1, Calif. . . . P. Fielding Breeden, Sr., P. O. Box 407, Cuero, has a son, P. Fielding Breeden, Jr., ’47, sta- tioned at Purcell, Okla. Fielding Jr., is S 1/e in the U. S. Navy. Lt. Col. George L. Dickey, As- sociate Dean at North Texas Agri- cultural College, Arlington, before going into military service is re- Jitterbug and His Fans Many A. & M. men were on hand to cheer Lt. Bill “Jitterbug” Hen- derson, ’42, at the Pacific Olympics held recently at Rizal Stadium at Manila. The Jitterbug came through with first place in the shot put and discus throw. The group above represents only about half of the Aggies that were present, according to Capt. James T. Danklefs, 43, G-4, P & D Div.,, HQ AFWESPAC, APO 707, c/o P. M., San Francisco, Calif. Henderson is the Tarzan in the center. While a student at A&M, Henderson lettered in fotball, baseball, bas- ketball and track, compiling a record in those sports that rank him as the greatest all-around athlete in Southwest Conference history. covering from an operation at Brooks General Hospital, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The operation was performed on his right hand and Col. Dickey writes “the operation is recovering nicely, Unfortunately I write as poorly as before.” Colonel Dickey will return to NTAC upon release from service. 1921 W. T. Strange 415 Myrick Bldg., Lubbock John A. Kubena, La Grange, Tex- as, will be visiting the campus more this next fall, since he has a boy who will be a freshman on the campus at that time. ... After four years of active duty Major Ralph R. Thomas is expecting to go on terminal leave this month. He returned in February from In- dia where he spent sixteen months with the Air Transport Command. At the expiration of terminal leave, he will return to his job as County Agent of Gray County with head- quarters at Pampa, Texas. 1922 W. E. “Ted” Winn Box 2880, Dallas 1, Texas Grady W. Harris is at Mobeetie, Texas . . . A. Sidney Johnson at Beaumont, Texas, Box 3025 . . .. A. W. Mohle has changed his ad- dress to c/o Engineering Dept., Dow Chemical Co., Freeport, Texas. H. G. Bossy has been trans- ferred from Austin to San Antonio by the Texas Highway Depart- ment in order to work on the San Antonio Urban Expressway Pro- ject. His mailing address is 103 Wildwood Drive East. of that city. 1923 Ben F. Brown Box 1405, Waco Wm. C. Morgan, Jr., has changed his rank from Colonel to Mister after 38 months overseas duty. He is located at Perfect Circle Co., 8-221 General Motors Bldg., De- troit 2, Michigan. McLeo Santerre has disposed of his orchard and nursery business and moved to Colorado Springs, Colo., where he is building a 24- unit Tourist Motel (Spruce Lodge). Until his new place of business is completed his mailing address is 815% Ease Del Norte, Colorado Springs, Colo. . . . James F. Kerr, is in Houston getting mail at 404 W. Alabama. 1924 R. M. Sherman Central Texas Iron Works, Waco Recently heard from: Robert S. Crockett, P. O. Box 1535, Port Neches, Texas . . . Nels C. Mag- nuson, U, S. Engineers Office, Wil- mingten, N.C. . ... James T. Clarke advises that his address has changed to P. O. Box 1648, Fort Sill, Okla. - 1925 R. C. Armstrong 3439 Wichita, Houston 4 Major Walter C. Youngs, Jr. and Major Noland Varley, ’27, were the two engineer members of the group selected to survey the damage done by the atomic bomb that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagosaki, Japan. He is back at Oak Ridge, Tennessee where he has been since May, 1943. He hopes to return to civilian life in the next two or three months. Dear Classmates: We would like to mail out a class letter early in April, and need some news from many of you. Sit down and drop me a line. How many have sons or daughters in college, and where? Who have you seen and what was he doing for a living? .. .. Shower down, please and I'll pass it on to the rest of the gang. Do it today be- fore you forget. Cordially, Army Armstrong. A. P. Morey has moved to the Lake City Ordnance Plant, Inde- pendence, Missouri, and is con- nected with ASF., Seventh Service Command in the repairs and utili- ties section. . .. Harper F. Tickle gets mail at 3514 O’Keefe Avenue, El Paso, Texas. Allen R. Menger : 111 West Travis St., San Antonio R. Clint Wakefield, recently re- turned from military service, has purchased an interest in the Burtis Pharmacy in his old home town of Madisonville. He will attend the University of Texas this spring and summer to become a registered pharmacist, then will return to Madisonville to enter the drug busi- ness. His Austin address is 808 Josephine St. Paul A. Cunyus, Longview, has been named Associate Dean of John Tarleton College of Stephen- ville, Cunyus, recently discharged as an air force colonel, has been operating a soap plant and farm at Longview. He received his Mas- ter’s Degree from A. & M. in 1927. . . . . Louis N. Goethel gets mail a 108 Jeffery St., San Antonio . . . . Jack L. Pink is with the Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Co., with offices at 1701 Commerce Bldg. Houston 2, Texas. 1929 Austin C. Bray Box 264, Dallas 1 . John W. Riley is getting mail at Box 784, Port Arthur, Texas . +. . Major Robert C. Graham is on a 30-day sick leave from Hospi- tal at 106 Fredericksburg Road, Austin, Texas ..... L. P. Dulaney, of Port Arthur, has started to work for the City of College Station as utility and general foreman. Fol- lowing graduation, Mr. Dulaney had 12 years experience in road and sewer construction and for the past three and half years has been with Atlantic Refining Company and the Lumis Company of Port Arthur. Elam A. Peck, recently dis- charged from military service, is in the Plant Quarantine Service at Eagle Pass. 1930 J. A. Reynolds Dreyfus & Son, Dallas Curtiss M. Everts, Jr., is Direc- tor of the Division of Sanitary En- gineering of the Oregon State Board of Health. His mailing ad- dress is 1022 S. W. 11th Avenue, Portland 5, Oregon. . . . William Neill Marshall has been released from service and back in his home- town of Gilmer where he is con- nected with the American General Life Insurance Company. C. R. “Dick” Coneway Humble Oil & Ref. Co., Houston 1 James A. Cotton, civilian en- gineer with the district engineer office at Galveston, has charge of | h the survey being made in all sec- tions of the river from the Fort Worth area south to the mouth at Anahuac in the Lower Trinity pro- Ject begun recently in the vicinity of Liberty, Texas. . . .. The degree of Master of Science in Agricul- ture was conferred upon George D. Mulloy, of Dublin, Texas, at Cornell University in February. He majored in Farm Management. After completing two years of active wartime service in the U. S. Navy, Lt. C. B. Ray has returned to the staff of the Extension Serv- ice at College as Economist in Mar- keting. He joined the Extension Service in 1936. In September, 1937 he was assigned as assistant in agricultural planning and in Au- gust, 1943 became organization and cooperative marketing specialist, the position he held when granted leave of absence for military duty. He participated in the liberation of the Philippines, the battle ‘of Okinawa and the occupation of Jap- an. Elmer L. Fulcher has a Ford Agency at Mineola, Texas, and gets mail at 202 N. Graham St. . . Lloyd F. Badgett is at 2324-8th St. Port Arthur, Texas. . Lenox M. Ligon is ranching and also in the real estate business at Llano, Texas. He wants to hear from John R. Wenmohs last heard of at HQ INES, Agric. Div., Washington, At last report, Major C. W. Evans was homeward bound for Corsicana, Texas, 708 W. 1st Ave. vis Kennard Moss was recently elected President of the South Tex- as Engineers’ Club, P. O. Box 810, Corpus Christi, Texas. The Club is composed of engineers of all branches in Nueces, San Patricio, Jim Wells, Aransas and Kleberg Counties. Kennard is Chief En- gineer of the Eletecholytic Zine Plant of the American Smelting & Refining Co., at Corpus Christi. He is a past president of the Cor- pus Christi A. & M. Club. 1932 Col. Luther E. Bell Box 335 Del Rio, Texas Proud Papa: Herbert H. Baker. E. A. Stobart on duty in Manila with the headquarters of the Army forces in the Western Pacific has been promoted to the rank of Lt. Colonel, His home address is 4336 Livingston, Dallas. Before going overseas last July, Col. Stobart served as signal supply officer at Eighth Service Command Head- quarters. Lt. Col. Claude Evans has been separated from service after being on active duty since 1941. He served one year in the ETO, was wound- ed by shrapnel near Frankfort, Germany, and spent a year in army ‘| hospitals. He is back on the campus sound as a doilar taking the re- fresher course offered by the Ex- tension Service and getting mail at Box 2267, College Station. Samuel C. Smith will be a “Mis- ter” again in April. He has formed his own construction company to do small jobs as prime contractor and sub-contracting work for big outfits in paving, curb, gutters, sewers, drainage etc. His mailing address is P. O. Box 147, England, Arkansas. Herbert H. Baker is farming and ranching on the Brazos River and has been since 1936 with the excep- tion of 6 months spent with Uncle Sam at Fort Sam Houston. For the first three years following gradu- ation Hub worked for the Soil Con- servation Service. He is devoting most of his time now to teaching Herbert E. Baker, born December 13, 1945, the Aggie War Hymn. Mailing address for the Baker family is Rte. 2, Somerville, Texas. Robert O. Travis is Ass’t Plant Manager of the Eagle Pass Food Products, Ltd., Eagle Pass, Texas at 1370 Sayles Blvd., Ablee, Texa .... Dewitt C. Cox is getting mail at 1370 Sayles Blvd., Abilene, Tex- as. ... Lt. Col. E. B. Laughlin has returned from the Southwest Paci- fic and living at 827 Teetshorn St., Houston, Texas. . .. Louis W. Hern- don has changed his address to Liberty, Texas. Col. Graber Kidweil, 6325 Bryan Parkway, Dallas, is on terminal leave after completing sixty-three months in the army. He was called to active duty in December, 1940. He served 15 months in France, Belgium, Germany, and Austria as a Field Artillery Group Executive Officer and Bn. Commander. He participated in the Ardennes, Rhineland and Central European campaigns with the Ninth Army and later was assigned Public Works and Public Utilities Officer in Austria. ; Major Herbert C. McConnell has recently been released from the Army Air Service Command. He entered the army in the spring of 40. He and his wife and three children live at 2625-31st., Port Arthur, where he is associated with the Safety Engineering Department of the Gulf Refining Corp. Philip J. John is General Mana- ger of the San Antonio Association of the Blind. He was released from military service during the winter. The Association operates several different activities for blind peo- ple. Phil’s address is The Light- house, 123 Lexington Avenue, San Antonio 2. 1933 Tom C. Morris 1408 W. Main St., Waxahachie, Texas. Col. James D. Howder was re- cently appointed director of the individual services division at Fort Bragg after retiring from 2% vears of overseas duty in the North African and Mediterranean thea- ters. While overseas Col. Howder was with the personnel division of the North African theater head- quarters and participated in the Po Valley and Rome-Arno campaigns. He has been decorated with the Legion of Merit, the Brazilian Me- dal of War and the Italian Order of the Crown. Anyone knowing the address is Wm. G. Allen please send infor- mation to the Association Office. Alvin J. Smith, 32, “P.O. Box 479, Uvalde, wants to hear from im. G. H. Samuels, Jr., was released from service with the rank of Ma- jor. He is living at 1822 Soniat St., New Orleans 15, La. Before en- tering the service he was with the Shell Oil Company in South Amer- ica. ... Weldon A. Steinman is at 4426 Wheeler St., Houston 4, Tex- as... . L. W. Storms, Jr., is with the Creole Petroleum Corp., Apar- ratado 889, Caracas, Venezuela. Mrs. Storms and their children are living in Bryan until suitable liv- Ing quarters can be secured. J. B. “Jim” Sellers, following re- lease from the Army, has establish- ed the J. B. Sellers Insurance Agency with offices at 1500 Repub- lic Bank Bldg., Dallas. He provides complete insurance service and all forms of insurance. He is an active member of the Dallas A. & M.|T Club. Frank Nagy is at Dilley, Texas . +... Tom E. Eagleston has re- turned to civilian life and is Spe- cial Agent for Frank Rimmer, Gen- eral Agent for Marine Insurance, with offices in the Kirby Building, Dallas. . . . W. P. Machemehl was promoted to the rank of full Colo- nel while on terminal leave. He is now Trust Officer of the Second National Bank, Houston. His mail- ing address is 2108 Barbee, Hous- ton 4, Texas. After four years with the Corps of Engineers, Major John Hall Brown has returned to civilian life and resumed his architectural prac- tice with offices at 206 Lewis Bldg., Sherman, Texas. . . . Ernest L. Williams is a civilian once again and retired with the rank of Lit. Colonel. He is in the lumber and building materials and contracting business in El Paso. His firm is Snown yf BeTIone and Williams, ne., and is located at 200 N. i of that city. Cople Marvin P. Tomberlain, Box 57, Naples, Texas, is with Stokely Foods, Inc. . .. Lt. Col. Choyce G. Brock is on terminal leave at his home in Paris, Texas . . . . Capt. Frank E. Fridkin is on terminal leave at 824 N. College Avenue, Tyler. Lt. Col. W. S. Blodgett, Jr., is still is service and living at 2737 Devenshire Place, N.-W., Washing-|....C ton, D. C.... Major Jerome A. Me- Davitt is getting mail at 1519 W. King’s Hwy., San Antonio. His last address was Brooke General Hospital, Fort Sam Houston. 1934 Lt. Col. T. N. Gearreald Fairfax, Virginia Ernest D., Brockett, Jr., is home from the wars and getting mail at P.O. Drawer 1290, Fort Worth, Texas. Clarence L. Andrews gets mail at P. O. Box 927, Bryan, Texas. James F. Loper is employed in the Electrical Maintenance Depart- ment of the Lower Colorado River Authority. His mailing address is 4401 Speedway, Austin, Texas. Another home from the wars is Clarence B. Spill back at Winters, Texas. Eugene H, McCann, Jr., lives at Corpus Christi, 113 Glendale Drive. J. Walter Huckabee is Soil Spe- cialist with the Soil Conservation Service, Temple, Texas, 619 W. French St. P. D. Phillips, Jr., has moved to Houston 5, and gets mail at 6524 Belmont St. 1935 Frederick W. H. Wehner 414 N. Campbell El Paso, Texas Earl Y. Long was discharged from the service with the rank of Captain and moved to Casper, Wyoming, where he is Sales En- gineer for The Continental Supply Company. Jack H. Littlejohn is in the Of- fice of Air Inspector, Hdq. XII Tactical Air Command, APO 62, c/o P.M., New York. Lt. Col. Frank Bednarek, of Schulenburg, Texas, serving in the Quartermaster Corps of the Eighth Army Headquarters in Japan has been awarded the Bronze Star for achievements in the South Pacific. Before being called into service, he served as life insurance represen- tative and assistant soil technolo- gist with the Soil Conservation Service. His wife and two daugh- ters live at Carlsbad, Calif. The Jenkins Dog and Cat Hospi- tal and adjacent property on the Telephone Road, Houston, has been purchased by Doctors Henry (’35) and Frank, (39) Fisherman, for- merly of Big Springs. The transaction includes equipment and hospital facilities, two five-room cottages, one garage apartment, a large two-story stucco hospital building with two apart- ments on the second floor. Recently released from service as majors in the army, the two doe- tors were formerly employed by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. They also purchased five acres of land on South Main to operate a kennel. The dog and cat hospital is already in operation. Lt. Col. Walter 8. Glenney is getting mail at Box 15, Strawn, Texas . . . Capt. William J. Spicer has returned from 20 months in New Guinea and the Philippines and is on terminal leave at Brook- haven, Mississippi. He expects to return to Texas and report back for his civilian position with the U. S. Department of Agriculture. He was not sure of his location. Milton F. Martin, army engineer major on terminal leave, has an- nounced his return to the practice of architecture and has established temporary offices at 1821 West Alabama, Houston. Before going into service five years ago, Major Martin was in the architectural firm of Maurice J. Sullivan of Houston. He served three years in Hawaii and for two years was in the district army engineers office at Galveston. Karl K. White, Jr., is back at his prewar work with the Gulf’s Phi- ladelphia Refinery and living at 59 Price Avenue, Lansdowne, Pa. _ Capt. Kenneth S. Buchanan is in Co. D. 1st Repl. Bn. ASF PRD Camp Beale, Calif. ! Wm. A. Moseley, Jr., has retired with the rank of Lt. Col. from the AAF and is farming and cattle raising at Quanah, Texas . . . . John P. Cunningham was separated from the Navy in October as Lieut- enant and has returned to his job in Washington as an Investigator for the U. S. Department of Agri- culture. 1936 Radley J. Lewis . li. Dept., Humble Oil Houston, Texas § bug On, R. C. “Dick” Halter, Box 1032, Baytown, was recently elected to the vestry of the Baytown Epis- copal Church. He also serves that Church as its Sunday School Super- intendent. He is with the Humble Oil and Refining Company. Wm, C. Fuller is with the Soil Conservation Service at Stanton, exas . . .. O. H. Eichblatt was released from service in February after three and half years of serv- ice. His temporary address is 2202 Freeman St., Houston 9, Texas. Before going into service, he was with the Farm Security Adminis- tration. : Jack P. Goode is back from the Marianas, and a civilian again and back at his old job at the Houston National Bank. His mailing address is 2502 Greensboro Drive, Hous- on, Lt. Col. John M. Craddock is on terminal leave after a year’s serv- ice with the 20th Air Force on Gu- am. He is with the Humble Oil Company and getting mail at 2701 Werlein, Houston, Texas. Major John M. Ragsdale, son of Alex Ragsdale, St. Genevieve, Mo., has been granted terminal leave. Before going into service he was employed as a county extension agent for the University of Missou- ri. . . , Robert W. Maxwell, Jr. was promoted to the rank of Lt. Col. while on terminal leave. He is District Manager for the Aetna’s new district office in Waco. He is located at 1614 Amicable Building of Waco. John R. Loggie, Jr., has been released with the rank of Lt. Col., and at 812 Grant St., Wichita Falls, Texas. . . . Major Dan A. Payne is back at his old job with the Farm Security Adm., 5507 Anita, Dallas apt. Roy L. 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