The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current, August 15, 1946, Image 4

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    THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1946
Page 4 THE TEXAS AGGIE
1926 ing at Abilene, Texas, and getting 1932 ) Capt. . Bia B. Budlida, Bevan, o Phelps; Lt. Charles W. Smith, 1948 ' the Pecos Conniy isa Club, at
mail at Box 282. G d itati Capt. Hard. |9YT: is ranch on June 16.
Luther E. Bell ruerre an a - citation. sap ar G R. Th : Jr. i ti il . . .
pt Js 1929 A31 Fillside Drive, Dallas 14 | iit, sn soebrable” servis” ovrins | S300 JU, Wipf Ny | Mr. and Mrs.: Jerry Jones; p85, Fock Altson, 30, TW
accepted a commission in the reg- mander of A battery, 15th F, A. fund |3mong the Aggies attending the Muster | William Moore. Hillin, 32, Homer Walker, '27, Clay
ular army in the grade of Cap-
tain.
Col. Edward L. Wilson has ac-
cepted a regular army commis-
sion in the grade of Major.
Ford Munnerlyn, life insurance
agent of College Station, has been
notified that he was among the
13800 insurance agents in the U. S.
to receive the National Quality
award given annually by the Life
Ins. Agency Management Assoc.
at Hartford, Conn,
1927
Allen R. Menger
111 W. Travis, San Antonio 5
F. M. “Hondo” Davis has been
named District Engineer of the
Texas Highway Department’s Dis-
trict 1 at Paris. He succeeds the
late James E. Pirie 04. Davis
has been Assistant District En-
gineer at Paris for the past four-
teen years. He was on official
leave of absence for two and one
half years, during World War II
when he served as Lieutenant
C. E. C,, U. S. Navy.
Col. Norman A. Donges of
Uvalde has accepted a commission
in the regular army in the grade
of Major.
Col. Wilburn E. Langlotz of
Fayetteville has accepted a regu-
lar army commission in the grade
of Captain.
1928
J. F. Blount
8424 Caruth, Dallas 5
F. E. Pingenot, with the Otis
Elevator Company at Fort Worth,
gets mail at 1711 Thomas Place . ..
H. Leo Tucker is farming at
Farmington, New Mexico. Mail-
ing address: Box 113.
Elmore R. Torn has returned to
the staff of the East Texas
Chamber of Commerce and re-
sumed his work as manager of
the agricultural department af-
ter an absence of three years. Col.
Torn spent 27 months in the ETO.
At one time he served as military
governor of Bavaria for food and
rationing, and received a Citation
of Merit and commendations from
the commanding officers in the
G-b section for his accomplish-
ments during service in the Mar-
seille region of Southern France.
Lt. Col. Geo. B. Kaiser has left
Washington and is getting mail at
Wharton, Texas. . Melvin A.
Smith is Mee. Engineer for the
W. N. Curtin and Co., Houston.
Mailing address is 2315 Quenby
St. . . . James E. Wilder is Gen.
Manager of the Magiv Valley Elec.
Corp., 650 Texas Ave., Mercedes,
Texas.
J. Carlson Van Valkenburgh is
President of the Van Valkenburgh
and Vogel Inc., 5307 Mocking-
. bird Lane, Dallas . Robert T.
Marshall lives at 2110 Hazard St.,
Houston 6, and is employed as
Chief Dispatcher of the Houston
Lighting and Power Co.
Charles C. Rippey, 1905 S. Gar-
rett, Marshall is Revenue Officer
for the Texas State Liquor Con-
trol Board. . .. James Leonard My-
rick, 507 S. Davis, Sulphur
Springs, is working for the gov-
ernment. . . . W. A. Deen is liv-
A. C. Bray
Box 263, Dallas 1
L. T. McKinney is in the build-
ers mill work and supply business,
Magnolia Drive, Tyler. . . . W. P.
Privette, 112 N. W. 34th St., Ok-
lahoma City, Okla., is with the
Public Roads Adm. . . . Raymond
H. Mathis is with the Soil Con-
servation Service at Jacksboro,
Texas,
Theron F. White, Engineer for
the Texas Power & Light Co.,
lives at 937 Windomere St., Dal-
las. . . . William L. Ward is In-
dustrial Arts Instructor and Shop
Supervisor for the Goose Creek
Ind. School Dist., Box 642, Goose
Creek, Tex.
J. H. Slaughter, 2411 N. Prairie
Ave., Dallas, is General Manager
of the Cathey Office Furniture
Co. . .. County Agent A. A. Story,
Rocksprings, is doing a little
ranching. . . . Commander Roland
E. Steiler is stationed at the U.
S. Naval Station, Seattle 99, Wash-
ington, aboard the U. 8S. S. Lex-
ington.
1930
J. A. “Hop” Reynolds
Dreyfus & Son, Dallas
Proud Papas: Joseph P. Doug-
las, Jr.
Sam L. Wilkins, electrical
for the Texas Company is
6626 Sewanee St., Houston. . . . Allen G.
McMahan with the Equitable Life In-
surance Society is living at 522 Mitch-
ell Drive, Phoenix, Arizona.
Recently heard from: Harry Smith,
4410 Taos St., Dallas, in the Tax Dept.
of the Magnolia Pet. Co. . . . Jack D.
Everhart, District Conservationist,
W. Collins St., Corsicana. . . . Buel Sor-
rels, Gulf Consignee, for the Gulf Oil
Co., Gilmer, Tex.
Roy H. Boethel, Soil
Yorktown, Texas. . . .
Redfearn, 1516 Amelia St.
leans, La. . . . C. G. Lehrer, oil lease
broker, 222 Morris Bldg., Abilene. . . . A.
B. McIver, Refugio, Tex. . . . Edward M.
engineer
living at
Conservationist,
Major Percy R
New Or-
Simpson, Claims Supervisor, Trinity
Universal Ins. Co., 4504 Southern, Dal-
las.
Lt. Col. C. C. Valle, Jr. is stationed
at Silver Spring (6) Maryland, and lives
at 8602 Manchester Rd. . . . A. T. Bar-
ton has entered business in Brady un-
der the firm name of Barton Motors,
where he will handle the service and
sale of Buick automobiles. He invites
all Aggies in and around Brady to stop
by for a visit.
E. E. “Sam” Kyser has
charged from. the army and living
been dis-
in
Marlin, where he is employed as Field
Rep. for the Waco Production Credit
Ass'n. . . . Herman G. Stromberger wrote
that it took another war to do it ‘but
he has gotten “through” college and is
now the proud possessor of a degree in
Personnel Management from the Univer-
sity of Southern California. His mail-
ing address is 1580 Valencia Ave. Pasa-
dena 7, Calif., where he is Personnel Di-
rector of the Allied Plastics Company.
1931
C. R. “Dick” Coneway
Silver Taps: Elton A. Holland.
Bert King, Jr.
C. B. Ray has resigned his position as
economist in marketing for the Ex-
tension Service to become assistant man-
ager of the Tri-County Farm Bureau,
with headquarters at Mercedes. Mr. Ray
has been with the Extension Service
headquarters staff since 1937. In 1943
he became organization and marketing
specialist, which position he held until
granted leave for service in 1944. He
spent two years with the U. S, Navy and
was present at the liberation of the
Philippines, the battle of Okinawa and
the occupation of Japan.
1006 Travis Bldg.
E. J. WENTWORTH, ’39
Licensed Civil Engineer
General Practice — Surveys — Design — Drafting
San Antonio 5, Texas
Phone C-0101
Telephone George
DICTAPHONE CORPORATION
1303 Capitol Avenue
HOUSTON,
Capitol 9614
For Modern Business Expediting
Dictaphone Electronic Dictating Machines
Telephone Conversation and Conference
Recording Equipment
2, TEXAS
“Dody” Smith, '30
541 First National Bank Bldg.
R. O. Bartholomew, ’25
BARTHOLOMEW & DeBRUIN
Consulting Mechanical Engineers
Houston, Texas
Phone C4-2960
N. M. DeBruin, ’26
Just a reminder .
Fire
Bonds
Automobile
Contractors Equipment
Workmen’s Compensation
CECIL W.
Phone C-8428
Commercial & Personal Insurance
Truck lines—Long and Short Haul
For Personal Attention, Ask for Cecil W. Crow, 38
109 Thomas Bldg.
Personal Property
Public Liability
Hospitalization
Livestock
Marine
Life
CROW, 38
Dallas, Texas
Proud Papas: R. J. Von Roe-
der, Jr; Charles A. Taylor.
Silver Taps: George L. Bristol.
Percy J. Mims, Captain of the Aggie
track team in his senior year, has been
promoted to chief of training facilities
in the Veterans Administration’s three-
state Dallas branch vocational rehabili-
tation and education service, with offi-
ces at 1108-E, Mercantile Bank Bldg.
Dallas. He has been assistant chief of
training facilities since he joined the
VA at its Dallas branch office on
March 18 of this year.
Recently heard from: Mylin P. Tobin,
branch house manager of Swift and Co.,
1618 Hayden, Amarillo. . . . John W.
Roberson, P. O. Box 418, San Antonio;
he is Land Bank Appraiser for the Fed-
eral Land Bank of Houston. . . . Charles
H. Young, Manager of Kyle Yard of the
Mutual Lumber Company, at Kyle, Texas.
. . . Leon L. Pellet, 2008 N. Garrett Ave.,
Dallas, 6, Consultant and Tool and Pro-
duction Engineer, in business for him-
self. . . . Charles D. Towery, Jr., Refin-
ery Sales Dept., Bethlehem Supply Co.,
Box 3008, Houston, Tex. . . . Clarence J.
Simms is still in the army and gets
mail at 1144 West Arlington, Gainesville,
Te 033
Tom C. Morris 3
1408 W. Main St., Waxahachie
James Harry McReynolds, Jr. is pe-
troleum production engineer for the
Humble Oil and Refining Co., and lives
at 1636 Hawthorne, Houston 6. . . . Royce
E. Tucker, Supervisor of the Bell Tel.
Company, resides at 2724, Purdue, Dallas.
. « . Guy C. Hutcheson has announced
the removal of his office for the prac-
tice of consulting radio engineering to
1100 W. Abram St., Arlington, Texas.
Frank E. Montfort is engaged in ar-
chitectural and engineering work for the
firm of Newton and Montfort, 425 In-
dustrial Blvd., Dallas, Texas. . . . After
6 years service as a fighter pilot, Allen
W. Lindsay has received his discharge
and is ranching for himself at Milton,
Fla. . . . Joe M. Pressler, Jr., Chief of
Party with the U. S. Engineers, is at
Moanalua Camp, Box 2240, Honolulu, T.
1934
Lt. Col. T. N. Gearreald
Fairfax, Va.
Mr. and Mrs.: Gus R. Herzik.
Believe it or not Richard A. McBride,
265 So. 9th St., Wood River, Ill., holds
the unique position of President of the
Ladies Auxiliary of the St. Louis A. &
M. Club. Members of the Club declare
that bachelor McBride will lose his fa-
vor with the ladies if he ever steps
into matrimony.
Geo. Wilmon Ross, Jr., with the
Panola-Harrison Elec. Co-Op. Ine. at
Marshall, gets mail at Box 1068 . . . Carl
B.Minton is auditor for the U. S. Mari-
time Commission and gets mail at 7522
Moline St., Houston 12. . . . Hyman M.
Haimowitz is Assistant Manager for the
Edison Brothers Stores, Inc., 1912 Aus-
tin St., Houston 3.
1935
Frederick W. H. Wehner
Box 871, Big Spring
Edward M. Neal, Route 3, Box 198,
Yoakum, Texas, one of the Aggies to at-
tend the April 21st Corregidor Muster,
has just returned home after 55 months
service. He was released with the rank
of Lt. Col. . . . Woodson M. Tottenhan
is “Party Chief” of a Seismograph Par-
ty, Magnolia Pet. Co., Brookhaven,
Mississippi. His home address is
Hempstead, Texas, since his work car-
ried him over the country so much. . . .
1936
Dudley J. Lewis
C. E. Dept. Humble Oil & Ref. Co.
Houston
Mr. and Mrs.:; Maj. Jack K.
Walker.
Silver Taps: Capt. Jack R.
Holmes.
Dr. Geo. S. Woodfin is a specialist in
Urology at the Lakeside Hospital, Cleve-
land 6, Ohio. . . . Guilford B. Grant gets
mail at the U. S. Coast & Geodetic Sur-
vey Airport Surveys, Washington, D. C.
Thomas J. McMullin is in the con-
tracting business at Los Angeles 24,
Calif. 1635 N. Beverly Glen. . . . Hil-
dreth F. Souder, Manager of the Parts
Division, General Motors, is living at
315 Meadow Lane, San Antonio.
Chas. M. Dismukes was released from
active duty from the U. S. M. C. in De-
cember and planning to ranch near
Kerrville. At the present time he is
living at 2314 Central Drive, Beaumont.
. «. « Mayne L. Brumleu is office man-
ager of the Cochran Equipment Com-
pany at Houston and gets mail at 1845
Richmond Road.
Lt. Col. Sam J. Easley’s address is
3307 E. Rosedale, Ft. Worth, Texas.
Maj. Nash O. Thompson of McLean
has accepted a regular army commis-
sion in the grade of First Lieutenant.
George W. Underwood is employed as
Geologist by the Gulf Oil Co. in Barce-
lona. Prior to being released from
service he saw extensive service with
the Engineers in Europe and the Pa-
cific.
W. A. “Doc” Ruhmann
Extension Service, Campus
Proud Papas: Lawrence E.
Cron; Louis Franke; Henry C.
“Buck” Moran.
Fred A. Collier, who has been with
Gulf in Venezuela and other South
American countries for a number of
years, has accepted a new position with
Standard of New Jersey in Venezuela.
He enjoyed a vacation at his home in
Giddings during the summer.
Maj. Jack A. Boling has been released
from the military service and is now
on terminal leave. He and Mrs. Bol-
ing make their home at 906 N. 5th St.,
Temple.
C. E. Long, Jr., has returned from
service in the ETO and formed a busi-
ness partnership with Antum Cuthrell
at Pleasanton, Texas.
Capt. Horace S. Mecllroy of Nacog-
doches has accepted a regular army
commission.
Major C. R. Wainright is reported to
be in Wiesbaden, Germany. Mrs. Wain-
right joined him in May.
Lt. Frank E. Robert arrived in the
U. S. around June 1, 1945, after being
a German prisoner for several months.
He is now agriculture teacher for the
Waller Independent School Dist.,, Waller,
Texas. 1 38
John Bone
1620 Main St., (I. B. M. )
Houston, Texas
Mr. and Mrs.: Dave Termin, Jr.
Proud Papas: F. M. Sherrill.
Recently heard from: James F.
Roark, General Manager of the Aikin
Const. Co., Box 2350, Corpus Christi.
. . . Carl A. McFarland, Draftsman for
the City of Tyler. . . . James G. Low-
den, Exline-Lowdon Co., Dallas. . . .
Park H. Penwell, Veterinarian for the
Illinois Bureau of Livestock Industry,
East St. Louis, Ill. . . . Also practicing
veterinary Medicine is Wm. Warren Judson,
2221 Cedar Springs Rd., Dallas.
Jos. E. Douglas is airline pilot for the
Braniff Airways Inc., 5639 Boaz Apt.
107, Dallas.
for the Sun Oil Company, 2231 Long
Ave., Beaumont, has been located and
brought back into the fold. . . . Veteri-
narian Asa L. Walker is located at 3823
E. Washington, Fayetteville, Tennessee.
. . James H. Williford is Personnel
Manager on Special Staff, Washington,
D. C. and gets mail at 1470 Odgen St.
1939
Robert M. Adams
3012 19th St., Port Arthur
Mr, and Mrs.: Harry Cohn; A.
E. Koch; Maj. John H. Wiggs.
Proud Papas: Capt. Edward B.
Hrdlicka.
Silver Taps: Capt. James R.
Griffin.
Div. He was recently advised that he
will remain in the regular army with a
permanent rank.
Earl W. McGlothlin has moved to San
Angelo, and getting mail at 1515 S.
Harrison. He will be associated at San
Angelo with the Angelo Truck and Trac-
tor Co. . . . Bill Roland Nash has the
title of European Purchasing Agent for
the American Air Lines, and is sta-
tioned at 120 Pall Mall, London, S. W. I.
England. His home is at Freer, Texas.
... Wm. H Lawder, 1814-26th St., Gal-
veston, Texas, is Supt. of Warehouse for
the Todd Galveston Dry Docks.
Recently heard from: Charles H.
Mosty is in the nursery business at Cen-
ter Point, Texas Joseph D. Mec-
Kenzie at last report was a patient in
the Borden General Hospital, Ward A-17,
Chickasha, Okla. and would enjoy hear-
ing from some of his friends . . . Wil-
liam F. Newby, National Supply Co.,
Odessa, Texas . . . James Albert Prugel,
Farm and Ranch Loan Inspector for The
Prudential Life Ins. Co., located at Abi-
ene, exas. 1 940
Maj. Max McCullar
G-4 Sec. Hgs. U. S. F. IBT
APO 885, c/o PM, N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs.: Thomas A. Bal-
mer; Robert A. Firnberg; Car-
roll Counts.
Proud Papas: Henry Herder;
Lt. James M. Behrman; George
N. Bingham; Edward Y. Pettit;
John D. Reed.
Silver Taps: Sgt. Rolland J.
Bowman; Lt, Phillip E. Pearson.
Leonard G. Sibeck released from the
army last Feb. with the rank of Major
is doing work toward his Master’s De-
gree in Architecture at MIT. His mail-
ing address is 177 Magazine St., Cam-
bridge 89, Mass. . . . Joseph L. Tatum,
Vocational Agriculture Instructor at
Fredericksburg, Texas, gets mail at Box
184. . Roy Layden Neal is Auditor
for the Dept. of Agric. at Forney, Texas.
Omer Wilson Ross is Engineer for the
Continental Farm Machine Co., Lott,
Texas. . . . Edwin R. Pace is back at
school and getting mail at Box 2375, Col-
lege Station. . . . Ogden U. Thomas with
the oil field supply division of the Mag-
nolia Pet. Co. is located at 1116 Pithon
St., Lake Charles, La.
Alvernon Petty is living at 933 N.
Locust St., Denton,” where he is engaged
in County Agricultural work with the
Extension Service. He spent 42 months
in the U. S. Navy. . . . Geo. T. Bird is
getting mail for the present at Honey
Grove, Texas. He was released from
service in May with the rank of Lt. Col.
and with his wife and daughter paid the
campus a visit. He spent 10 months in
the Pacific, with a total of five years
service.
1941
Tom Richey
Western Wool & Mohair Co.
Box 449, San Angelo
Mr. and Mrs.: Irving A. Glasser,
Arthur F. Kasch.
Proud Papas: Ed A. Timmons;
Horace C. Stanley, Jr.; Glenn
Reynolds; Lt. G. W. Crawford.
Silver Taps: Lt. H. W. Heit-
mann, III; Lt. Sidney C. Kim-
ball; Lt. John D. Scoggin, Jr.;
Lt. Charles S. Simmons; Maj.
Charles V. Thornton.
E. W. Cowling, 6320 Goodwood Ave.,
Baton Rouge, La., is employed by the
Louisiana State Extension Service as
Ass’t. Agricultural Engineer. . . . Herbert
B. Mendieta, Box 2656, College Station,
returned to school in February. . . . Har-
ry C. Holmes is getting mail at 1815 W.
Woodlawn, San Antonio.
Mr. and Mrs. F. R. “Dick” Lewis are
living at 924 Cumberland Apt. F, Little
Rock, Ark., where Dick is managing
Franke’s Cafeteria.
Eugene E. Hill, Jr. is home from over-
seas and living at 1747 Deer Park Ave.
Louisville, Ky., where he is working for
the Remington Rand Co. . . . Major Paul
R. Wignall of Science degree at the
‘University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
and will receive mail at Box 745 West
Lodge, Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Edgar Lee Pewitt, with the Soil Con-
servation, gets mail at Box 385, Scotts-
boro, Ala. . . . Capt. Allan Madeley was
separated from service on July 7 and is
back at his home at College Station. He
was with the 42nd Div. 232d FA Bn,
going overseas in December 1944. He
is wearing the Air Medal with one clus-
ter, American Theater and ETO Ribbons
with two stars.
Recently heard from: Keith Abb
Wofford, Electrical Engineer with the
Texas Electrical Service Company, 1030
W. Bewick St., Fort Worth, Texas. . . .
Ben F. Sullivan, Jr., Bangs, Texas, is
with the Armour Packing Company. He
was a Capt. in the Coast Art and spent
30 months in Italy, Sicily.
James B. Hervey
Box 991. Kermit. Texas
Mr. and Mrs.: Cedric R. Lan-
don; George Williams Jr.; Mat-
thew H. Martin III; J. B. “Dick”
Hervey; Capt. Jim R. Jones.
Proud Papas: Garrett M. Stone,
Jr.; Lt. Hayward M. Friedrich;
Frank B. Brown.
Silver Taps: Maj. Raymond S.
Carter; Lamar F. Devine; Lt. Col.
Anthonv Tirk. Jr.. Lt. Edwin R.
Lewis. ;
Capt. Wallace M. O’Reilly has been re-
leased from the military service and is
now on terminal leave. He, Mrs. O’Reilly
and their son, Michael, age 3, were recent
campus visitors,
Lt. Donald L. Williams, 412 E. 5th St.,
Dallas, has received his discharge after
three and one half years of Army Serv-
ice. He spent 17 months of that time
in the Philippines. . . . Monroe Albert
Miller, Jr. is living at 607 Asbury Ave,
Asbury Park, J. where he is doing
electrical engineering work. . Jesse
Leon Lucas is Design and Development
Engineer for the Dow Chemical Co,
Freeport, Texas.
Clyde Edgar Shaw, head of the Elec-
trical Engineering Department of the
Tri-State College of Angola, Indiana, gets
mail at 200 S. Darling St. of that city.
Capt. Geo. T. Cooper, Tahoka,
Texas, was among the recent graduating
class from the Carlisle Barracks, Pa.
who will be sent overseas for assign-
ment under Military Government.
T. Keith Hill is a Lt. in the Navy and
Executive Officer on a destroyer escort.
His address is U. S. S. Currier (D. E.
700) % FPO, San Francisco, Calif. . . .
Robert D. Brown, out of service and tak-
ing vet medicine at the college is getting
mail at Box 5444. . . . Robert wants to
get in touch with Neal A. Taylor. Any-
one knowing the address of the said
Taylor, please send to the Association Of-
fice.
After four years of service, Robert
Clay Bearden is in school and getting
mail at Box 503, College Station. . . .
Geo. O. Hughes has changed his mailing
address to Sanger, Texas. . . . Capt Neal
H. Shepherd has returned to civilian
life and working for G. E. as a
testing engineer. His present address
is 6093 Chester Avenue, Philadelphia 42,
1943
Jack B. Miller
1806 W. 36th St., Austin, Texas
Mr. and Mrs.: Lt. Joseph F.
Good; Lt. Kenneth J. Edwards;
R. W. Butler; Josh M. Flynt;
Capt. Dick A. Beaumont; Capt.
Earl E. Wunsche; Capt. V. J.
Hornak.
Proud Papas: Ollie Livingston;
Capt. Jack K. James.
Silver Taps: Lt. Wiley H.
Craft; Ben P. Gafford; Lt. Wil-
Walter A. Tynes, Engineer | Pa
liam S. Gordon; Lt. Robert F.
held in the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo
on April 21st. . . . Howard W. Upham is
in business with his father and brother
under the firm name of E. D. Upham
and Sons, Lumber Company, West Co-
lumbia, Texas.
M/Sgt. David D. Meclntyre, 619 East
College St., Denton, is attending NTST.
. . . Herbert James Ploch, research
technician for the General Tire and
Rubber Co., 118 W. Houston St., High-
lands, Texas. . . . Dr. Harold D. Rouse
1944
Lt. Gus C. Boesch
APO G.H.Q., AFDAC, Rec. Pers.
Det., APO 500, c/o PM,
San Francisco, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs.: Wilfred T. Rie-
del; Fred Nelson; Joe Holmgreen;
Lt. Robert L. Glaze; Stephen
Jones, Jr.
Proud Papas: Dr. Roscoe O.
Sealy, Jr.; Thomas N. Inglis; Wil-
liam Knolle.
Silver Taps: Lt. Edward A.
Gripp; Sgt. Joe D. Kunkel; Sgt.
Robert A. Pegues.
Lt. Price S. Livingston is getting mail
at 51 Mt. Pleasant Ave., Newark, N. J.
. . Aubra Glenn Draper received his de-
gree on May 31st and is living at Ama-
rillo, Texas. He served three and half
years in Italy as a B-17 pilot with the
15th AATF. Mailing address is box
1537 . . . Lt. Willie G. Williamson is in
the Budget and Fiscal Office at Dow
Field, Maine.
William R. Micks, box 89, Rusk, is on
terminal leave from the Navy...
Charles W. Machemehl is getting mail at
Bellville, Texas . . Dr. Duard D. Linam
is with the Austin Cat and Dog hospital,
506 East 5th Street, Austin . . Kelsey
Martin is back at 8608 Crogmont, Dal-
las . . Charles L. Slover is in school and
getting mail at Box 478, College Sta-
tion.
Lt. A. S. McSwain, Jr., of Bryan, has
just received his discharge after serv-
ing 87 months with the engineers of the
7th Army, part of his service being in
Germany. . . Glenn H. Phillips is farm-
ing at Olton, Texas .. Lt. John H.
Farr is out of service and ranching at
Seymour, Texas . . Elroy Jefferson Pratt
received his degree in Mechanical En-
gineering on May 81 and is at present
getting mail at 605 Islington, Joplin,
Mo. He returned to school, after a tour
of 18 months in the CBI.
1945
Jerry D. Ferrel
College Station
Mr. and Mrs.: Durward M.
Stayton, Jr.; William W. Chris-
topher.
Proud Papas: Lt. Carl A. Stein-
hagan.
Silver Taps: Lt. James B. No-
land; F/O Harold S. Pettit;
James F. Welder, III; Lt. Burl
T. Wiley, Jr.
Capt. J. W. Nagle, son of Acting City
Manager, J. M. Nagle, ’11, Houston, has
returned home after 19 months in
France and Germany with the 42nd Inf.
Div. At the expiration of his leave, he
will re-enter A. M., as a senior. . . .
Capt. Melvin A. Giesenschlag, Lyons,
Texas, expects to be in school in the
fall.
Lt. Ben B. Isbell, Jr., son of Mr. B. B.
Isbell, Collierville, has been reported
missing since June 1, when the C-54
transport .in .which _he .was flying,
crashed into the sea just off the Italian
coast. The plane, carrying American
servicemen back to the United States
caught fire in flight... Of the 38 men
aboard, only 8 were rescued by the
fishing ..boats ..which .rushed .to ..the
scene of the accident... Lt. Isbell re-
ceived his commission in 1943. While
being stationed in Calicutta he was
Transportation Officer on the vital
Ledo Road in Burma and India.
First Sgt. Charles L. Borchers, Yoakum,
Texas, was recently awarded the Army
Commendation Ribbon for his outstand-
ing work from December 1945 to April
1946 when he was First Sgt. of the 649th
Ord. Ammunition Company.
1946
Mr. and Mrs.: William R. Par-
ker, Jr.; John Wilbur Phenicie,
Jr.; James B. Presley; Calvin C.
Boykin, Jr.; James Wade; Bill
Shuffler. §
Silver Taps: Lt.
Jr.; F/O Ormiston
Fred G. Buckner;
C. Stedman, Jr.
Maurice Block
D. Brown; Lt.
F/O Leander
’46
Lt. Fred Gordon Buckner, ’46 of
Nacogdoches was reported missing in ac-
tion in October 12, 1944 and was pre-
sumed dead by the War Department a
year later. He was reported missing while
piloting a P-51 (Mustang Fighter) from
France to England. He was with the 354th
Flight Group of the Ninth Air Force and
up to this time no trace of him nor of
his plane has been found.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Buck-
ner of Box 926, Nacogdoches, Texas, would
like very much to communicate with any-
one who might have known Lt. Buckner
while he was overseas.
1947
Mr. and Mrs.: Fred J. Patter-
son,
Silver Taps: Sam Noto;
Thomas L. Sirman.
Frank M. Floyd is with the Army of
Lt. Fred Gordon Buckner,
Sgt.
Occupation in Germany and gets mail
at Co. =B, 18110 Sig. “Sve. Bn., LS.
Hdqrs. Berlin District, APO 1755, % P.
M. New York. . . . William C. Harper
is living at Levelland and getting muil at
Box 488. Bob F. Ahrens is changing his
address to 6615 Wildwood Way, Hous-
ton. He was formerly stationed at the
U. S. Air Station at Banana River, Fla.
Robert E., McCowen paid the campus a
visit this summer. He is living at Cis-
co, Tex.
Albert J. Springs has changed his ad-
Hess from Florida to Seguin, Texas. .
Another ’47T’er at home is James R.
Dickson now at Crystal Springs, Tex.
. . . Robert Dean Chenoweth, 315 E. Har-
ris, San Angelo, is a student engineer at
Westinghouse Corp., but will return to
the campus in the fall for further study
in electrical engineering. “Bob” re-
ceived his B. S. in E. E. this past May.
Dr. Thayer D. Hendrickson is practic-
ing at Little Rock, Ark. Mailing address
is 200 N. Walnut St.
Robert K. Morris, Y 38/c¢c, USS LSM
219, ¢% FPO San Francisco, Calif., writes
that he was married on Dec. 11, 1945,
but failed to give us his bride’s name.
Mumm; Lt. James T. Myers; Zug Congratulations are extended.
Silver Taps: S/Sgt. Rodman L.
Boggs; John B. Roemer.
Robert L. Lincecum is getting mail at
801 E. Elm, Altus, Okla. . . . T/4 Arthur
F. Dieterich, Jr. is stationed at Fort
Knox, Ky., A-7-4, R. T. C.
1949
James M. ‘Jim’ Probandt, son of F.
B. Probandt ’11 has entered school after
18 months in the military service. His
father has been engaged inthe printing
business in San Angelo for many years.
S 1/c¢ Paul G, Sagen has been overseas
for several months and gets mail at USS
Bulland (APA 192), N Div.,, % FPO, N.
NX.
Lid
Houston Club Meets
Coach Homer Norton gave the
Houston. A&M Club a preview of
the coming football season, at the
club’s first night meeting of the
year which was held at the City
Library on the evening of July
22nd.
Other speakers included R. Hen-
derson Shuffler, ’29, Director of
the Development Fund, William H.
“Big Dog” Dawson, ’41, and As-
sociation Secretary, E. E. McQuil-
len, ’20,
Pecos County Barbecue
Pecos County Aggies and their
families enjoyed a barbecue given
by Farris Baker, ’24, President of
Adams, ’23, George C. Reeve, ’38,
Jerry Puckett, 46, Pat Byrne, 26,
Clayton Williams, ’15, and W. T.
Posey, ’33.
Brazos County Club
The Brazos County A&M Club
held its annual summer barbecue
at the Fin Feather Club near
Bryan on the evening of July 17.
Barbecue and all the trimmings
were served to 175 members and
guests, W. N. “Flop” Colson, 40,
was chairman of the barbecue com-
mittee.
The club voted to have a “wat-
ermelon cutting” at its August
meeting.
Detroit Club Picnic
Members of the Detroit A&M
Club enjoyed a picnic on June 29th
at Elizabeth Island Park, Tren-
ton, Michigan. Members of the
Club proved to be good foragers, in
the Texas tradition; their menu
was comprised of ice cold watermel-
on, fried chicken, homemade cake
and pies.
Feature of the afternoon was a
baseball game in which Walt Mos-
teller, ’23 and Andy B. Cothran,
’16 starred.
President of the Detroit Club is
Dr. H. O. von Rosenberg, ’20. Club
meetings are held monthly.
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