The Texas Aggie. (College Station, Tex.) 1921-current, May 01, 1961, Image 6
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Blake, 1049 Mellie Esperson Bldg., Houston Lamar McLennan, 1920 NW 32nd, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma P. L. Downs, Jr., Box 4784, Col- lege Station ’07 Louis Lenz, 4390 Harvest Lane, Houston 4 ’08 Brig. Gen, John A. Warden, 609 W. Lamar, McKinney T. A. Van Amburgh, 4636 Arcady Ave., Dallas 9 R. S. Reading, 1312 Ficklin Ave., Corsicana ’07—Philip Thompson has sold his ranching operations in Roswell, New Mexico, and returned to his home in San Angelo, where he is devoting most of his time to writing a book entitled A Texas Honey Wagon. When completed “it will be a humdinger and long as a rope,” said Thompson of his forthcoming publication. ’08—Mr. and Mrs. Lem Adams, who recently moved to 1850 Willow Road, Palo Alto, California, departed in April for a trip around the world. They expect to return early in July. ’10—Copies of Trails and Trials of A Texas Ranger by the late William Warren Sterling may be obtained by writing the author’s widow, Mrs. W. W. Sterling, 346 Palmero, Corpus Christi. 11-20 -— CLASS AGENTS ’11 Miller McCraw, 8909 McCraw Drive, Dallas 9 James F. Collins, 137 Meadow View Dr., Port Lavaca L. D. Royer, 318 Carnahan Ave., San Antonio 9 David H. Levy, 5907 Park Lane, Dallas 25 Dr. Guy Adriance, Dept., College Station Col. E. E. Aldridge, 415 Klaus Road, San Antonio 9 L. A. Priester, 1800 Griffin St., Dal- las J. W. Williams, Box 1590, Dallas Charles H. Clark, 922 Park Drive, Hillsboro H. N. Glezen, 3310 Delaware, Beau- mont 4 | [J] 13 14 ’15 ’16 "ne ’18 ’19 20 Horticulture ’11—A highlight of this year’s Big Spring Muster program was the pre- sentation of a new 1911 class ring to E. V. Spence. Recognized as the typ- ical Aggie wife, Mrs. Spence was the recipient of an A&M pin. Manager of the Colorado River Municipal Water District, Spence is a staunch supporter of A&M and Association affairs. He and Mrs. Spence were on the College campus in May attending the Golden Anniversary Reunion of the 1911 lass. ’11—Walter E. Dickerson, Executive Director of the Texas Industrial Com- mission, has offices on the 10th floor of the new State Office Building in Austin. Formerly Vice-President of the Victoria Bank & Trust Company of Victoria, he assumed his present post in 1958. ’12—Shenango China Inec., of New Castle, Pennsylvania, has purchased 98 per cent of the stock in the San Antonio Machine and Supply Company, San Antonio, according to an an- nouncement made by C. C. (Polly) Krueger, President of the Texas firm. ’13—T. R. Spence, who has managed the construction of such major addi- tions on the campus as the Memorial Student Center, the Rollie White Col- iseum, the W. T. Doherty Petroleum Engineering Building, the Biological Sciences Building, the Data Processing Center, and many others will go on modified service in September. He joined the staff of A&M in 1938 as a member of the civil engineering faculty and subsequently served as Vice-Director of the Engineering Ex- periment Station and as Manager of the College’s construction program. He was named Manager of the Office of Physical Plants in 1949. ’14—Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Clement have moved to Wichita Falls and are living at 1631 Dayton Street. Clement retired last year from Richardson Oils, Inec.,, in Fort Worth. ’16—C. H. Gunn of Port Arthur, retired Texas Company employee, and Mrs. Gunn toured Europe last spring and had a “most interesting and en- joyable time.” ’16—Uel Stephens, Director of the City of Fort Worth Water Depart- ment since 1942, has retired from that post but will continue to be concerned with the city’s water needs by serving as an adviser on countywide water and sewer projects. He will have his offices in the new Mutual Savings Building. Stephens is a member of the State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers, and a Past President of the Texas Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers and of the Texas Water and Sewage Works Association, ’17—Sam W. Martin, a long-time employee of the U. S. Department of Agriculture who retired in 1958, lives in Dallas and is engaged in breeding registered Polled Hereford cattle. ’17—V. E. Hafner, President of the Hardeman County Farm Bureau and Secretary-Treasurer of the Northwest Texas A&M Club, is farming and ranching at Chillicothe. Hafner re- tired in 1955 from the County Agri- cultural Agents service. ’17—J. K. Mattox, Bay City, is Dis- trict Manager of the Central Power and Light Company’s Rice Belt Dis- trict. ’17—Paul Reily at Hondo. ’18—Preston Goen, retired County Agent, is ranching at San Augustine. ’19—For “his contributions to the community over the years,” Mayor A. F. Madison has been named Ama- rillo’s First Citizen of 1960. A long- time creamery operator in that city, Madison has served as President of the Chamber of Commerce, Director of the United Fund, and President of the Downtown Kiwanis Club. He was also a leading figure in the Canadian River Dam settlement. ’20—William V. Holik, President of the El Paso Electric Company, was acclaimed “Engineer of the Year” at a banquet attended by more than 200 engineers. Holik has overseen the expansion of the electric company in various supervisory capacities since 1942, when he returned to the firm after assignments with various engi- neering affiliates of the utility organ- ization. He is Past Chairman of the El Paso Industrial Development Corp., a Director of the State National Bank, a Past Director of the El Paso Cham- ber of Commerce, and a member of the Executive Board of the Yucca Council of Boy Scouts. 21 Box 126, FE College Station George J. Kempen, Jr., Civil Engi- neer, lives in Alpine. John O. Gieseke would like to pur- chase a 1921 Longhorn. Anyone having an extra copy of this publication, please contact Gieseke at 4332 Bryn Mawr Drive, Dallas 25. Edwin C. Lyle, who suffered a stroke in 1959, is living at 1102 West 22nd Street in Houston. is a stock farmer Fred R. Brison Manufacturers P. O. Box 19188 PLANTS: Mexico BRANCH OFFICES: Louisiana; Calgary, Alberta, Canad SUBSIDIARY AND AFFILIATED S. A.; Southwest Engineers, Inc. SOUTHWEST INDUSTRIES INC. Engineers, Designers, of Packaged Compressors - Natural Gasoline Plants - CO; & H.,S Removal Units - Sulphur Recovery Units - Tenex Exhaust Gas Injection Units Russell L. Jolley; E. C. “Ned” Broun, Jr., ’45; J. M. Haring, ’43; Stewart E. Cartwright, "44 Houston, Texas; Calgary, Alberta. Canada; Mexico, D. F., Midland, Texas; Tulsa, Oklahoma; New Orleans, tional Corp.; Southwest Barber, Ltd.; Industrias Southwest de Mexico, and Contractors Inert Gas Generators - Houston 24, Texas a; Mexico, D. F., Mexico COMPANIES: Southwest Interna- W. Lambert Ballard 110 Glenn Drive 22 Longview John W. Mayo, 7106 Wabash Circle, Dallas, is in the mortgage loan and investment business. 23 11767 Valley Dale Drive Dallas 30 Langston H. Wood, prominent Waco business man and civic leader, ceived the “Engineer of the plaque at the annual banquet of the Central Texas Chapter of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers. State Highway Engineer D. C. Greer was one of the main speakers at the Pacific meeting of the International Board Federation in Sydney, Aus- tralia, in February. Robert Emmett Harris 23 2503 Bluffview Dr. Austin 4 J. W. Bartlett Dr. Fred P. Jaggi Dept. of Vet. Publ. Health College Station Bric: -B. Ewbank, Head of Dallas Power and Light Company’s Underground Lines Di- vision, supervises the construction, installa- tion, operation, and maintenance of the underground distribu- tion system of the util- ities company. A Na- : val Reservist, Ewbank Ewbank is Commanding Officer of a Composite Com- pany that has ranked first for two consecutive years in competition with all non-pay units (91) of the Eighth Naval District. R. S. Crockett, Port Arthur, a long— time employee of the Gulf Oil Com- pany, is Coordinator of Butadiene Pro- duction, Goodrich-Gulf Chemicals, Inc. Jack Forgason, who retired from the Army Reserves as a Colonel, is Agri- cultural Agent for Bee County. 24 J. C. Allen, a Dallas resident for 35 years, is Credit Manager and Secre- tary-Treasurer of Cavanaugh and Company. . R. C. Armstrong 25 4425 Tonawanda Houston 35 M. E. (Dime) Dealy has been pro- moted to Assistant General Passenger Agent of the Missouri Pacific Rail- roads, with headquarters in Houston. Irving Bock, President of Carrier- Bock Company, has been helping resi- dents of Dallas keep cool for 25 years, according to a feature article con- cerning the air-conditioning-firm pres- ident that appeared in a recent issue of the Dallas News. 2 6 Jack Williams Box 196 San Marcos Berry M. Stephens, Jr., Assistant to the Executive Vice-Presi- dent of the Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company, Houston, has been elected a Director of the Bast Texas Chamber of Commerce. Stephens entered the railroad service in No- vember, 1926, as a draftsman and subse- ; quently held increas- ingly important positions. Among his many affiliations are the American Railway Engineering Association, the American Railway Bridge & Building Association, the Houston Engineering & Scientific Society, and the Houston Chamber of Commerce. E. W. Boehne retired last year from the staff at the Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology to become Con- sultant for Research and Development of the I. T. E. Circuit Breaker Com- pany of Philadelphia. He and his family live at 608 Spruce Lane, Villa— nova, Pennsylvania. Make plans to be on hand for the 1926 Class Reunion to be held October 28 on the College campus. A Reunion mailing will be sent out from the Association office containing detailed information. 7 Victor P. Gayle, System Sales Pro- motion Director for the Gulf States Utilities Company in Beaumont, has been promoted to System Residential Sales Superintendent. Joining the Stephens D. C. (Spike) Arnold P. O. Box 2332 Houston 1 PUSH BUTTON — MANUAL BATCHING PLANTS FEED-CONCRETE-CHEMICALS APACHE Engineering & Mfg. Co. PO 3-3173 Box 786 PO 3-3981 Lubbock company after graduating from A&M, Gayle went to Beaumont in 1945. J. P. (Jake) Hamblen, Chairman of the Board of the Southern Electric Supply Company and Vice-Chairman of the Fannin State Bank, Houston, is also a Board member of the Naviga- tion and Canal - Commissioners of the Harris County Houston Ship Channel Navigation District. W. R. “Bill” Carmichael 708 E. 30th Bryan 28 Harold Jinks, former Postmaster of Piggott, Arkansas, has been ap- pointed Head of the Post Office Depart- ment’s Postmasters Di- vision in Washington, GC. The division has administrative re- sponsibilty for the nation’s more than i 35,000 postmaster, The : 55-year-old Federal em- Jinks ployee has been active in the National Association of Post- masters of the United States and is a former President of the Arkansas Chapter of that organization. He has numerous other professional and civic affiliations. L. G. Coppedge, Dallas, is owner and developer of Marsh Hill Shopping Village. His A&M son is Harold Glenn Coppedge ’59. : Robert M. Craig, Division Engineer for the Gulf States Utilities Company at Navasota, has two Aggie sons: Lt. W. Rogers Craig ’59, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada; and Elliott Craig ’61, A&M basketballer, who is a veterinary medicine student at the College. : D. D. Dillingham, Jr., is Executive Vice-President of the United Gas Pipe Line Company, Shreveport, Louisiana. B. F. (Tom) Donald, the 1960 Alice Country Club Golf “Champ” and Pres- ident of the First State Bank at San Diego, makes his home in Alice and commutes to his bank duties. John and Naoma Easton live in Beeville, where he is in the real estate business. Box 263 29 Dallas 1 John Scott, who has been associated with the Rural Electrification Admin- istration, Washington, Cs for a number of years, has been named Assistant Administrator of the REA. In his new job, Scott will direct the A. C. Bray Agency’s information program, per- sonnel management, and budget ac- counting. The Texas Company has transferred Hubert G. Green from Longview to the Dallas division as Contractor Sales Representative, The division is com- prised of North Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and a part of Northwestern Arkansas. J. A. Reynolds Dreyfuss and Son ’30 Main at Ervay, Dallas Brig. General Norman L. Callish, Commander of Mather Air Force Base and the 3535th Navigator Training Wing, has announced that he will retire from the Air Force this year. The assignment to Mather in 1959 was the culmination of a number of years of operating navigator training schools for the General. He commanded the Navigator Training Center at Elling- ton Air Force Base and at the Har- lingen Air Force Base before going to his present post. A Command Pilot, he has more than 5,400 flying hours in his log. 3 Walter C. McGee, Jr. Box 2511 Houston 1 Walter R. Swank 704 E. Lawndale Victoria R. H. Campbell, who holds: a BS and a Master of Education in Agricultural Education from A&M, has been teaching in the school system at Coquille, Oregon, since 1958. He formerly taught at DeLeon. Lt. Col. and Mrs. Byron Black, who have recently returned to the States from an overseas assignment, have purchased acreage on the Guadalupe River. Their mailing address is Star Route 2, New Braunfels. Charles F. Girand is Section Chief of the Exploitation Section, Engineer- ing Department, of the Mobil Oil Com— pany in Denver, Colorado. Before going to his assignment with the Denver Division, he worked in the Dallas engineering office of the Mag- nolia Petroleum Company. 32 Houston A. O. (Al) Saenger, Houston, has been promoted to Assistant Regional Marketing Manager of the Southwest Region of the Humble Oil and Re- fining Company. Oscar Loessin, Jr., who lives at Granger, operates ga radio and TV Service business and a gin at Circle- ville. Campbell Sam C. Smith Box 1000 Uvalde J. U. Parker Box 505, R. Route 4 SB eansyid andom kitchens OUTSTANDING DESIGNS : KEENE TEXAS R. L. Elkins 205 Highland College Station A Certificate of Achievement has been presented Earl B. Har- ben, 123 Downing Drive, San Antonio, in recognition of his ‘“out- standing service and unswerving devotion to . the youth of Fort Sam 53 Houston.” A Civil Service employee of Headquarters Fourth U. S. Army Engineer- ing Section at Fort Harben Sam Houston, Harben is Chief of the Refrigeration Branch. In to being Assistant Scout- master for Fort Sam Houston Boy Scout Troop 23, and Manager and Coach of a Little League baseball team on the Army reservation, he is also Cub Master of Cub Scout Pack 254 at Lamar School. '34 Electrical addition Vernon G. Young Agri. Ext. Service College Station Major Nathan Bahme recently retired with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel after twenty vears of Army service. A chemical engineer- ing graduate, he en- tered the Army in 1941. During World War II he took part in Central European campaigns. For the past two years he has been serving as Senior Army Advisor to the 3rd Rocket How- itzer Battalion, 12th Artillery. Joe Hatton, who is a partner in the Bahme real estate firm of Burghart-Hatton in Colorado Springs, Colorado, also owns and operates a number of ranches. Joe’s firm recently com- pleted the sale of a 145,000 acre ranch for 2% million dollars. Jack Sloan has completed a course in communications at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Jack is Visual Aids Spe- cialist for the Agricultural Extension Service at A&M. Dept. of Student Affairs ’35 College Station Sam N. Davidson is Treasurer of the Corpus Christi A&M Club. George KE. Roesner, Radio and Tele- vision Farm Director of KPRC and KPRC-TV in Houston, was Master of Ceremonies for the 27th Annual Cot- ton Pageant held on the campus in April. A widely known agriculturist, Roesner is President of the National Association of Television and Radio Farm Directors. Lt. Colonel Wayne M. Harris of Midland is again wearing the patch of the 90th Division; he is Commander of the 90th Transportation Battalion. Harris participated in ‘campaigns in Normandy with the 343rd Howitzer Battalion. The battalion served as support for the 357th Infantry from 1942 until the end of World War II. '36 Wm. G. Breazeale Col. Taylor Wilkins Commandant, Allen Military Academy Bryan The newly elected President of the Sac- ramento Valley, Cal- ifornia, A&M Club is Colonel Carter C. Speed, Commandant of Cadets at the Hiram W. Johnson Senior High School in Sacra- mento. The club plans to have a family picnic and barbecue in Sep- tember. In addition to his military duties Speed at the school, the Colonel also teaches mathematics and history. R. C. Halter has been promoted to Senior Research Specialist in Humble Oil & Refining Company’s Research and Development Division at Baytown. One of Halter’s sons, Richard F., is a junior at A&M. Marine Corps Colonel Wood B. Kyle, who has been stationed in Paris, France, for the past two years, was recently promoted to Brig. General. General Kyle entered the U. S. Marine Corps following his graduation from A&M and has enjoyed a brilliant military career. He is the son of the late Albert J. Kyle ’97 and a nephew of Dean E. J. Kyle ’99 of Bryan. W. A. “Doc” Ruhmann J 18th Floor 1st. City Natl, Bank Bldg. Houston 2 Col. Kyle L. Riddle, a native of Decatur, has been nominated by the President for the rank of Brigadier Gen- eral in the Air Force. Riddle has been Com- mander of the 66th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at Laon Air Base in France since August 1959. He for- merly was Commander of the Webb Air Force Base in Big Spring. Beaumont’s A&M Club President is Charles L. Schmucker, who has been promoted to Vice-President of the First National Bank of that city. Early in his career, Schmucker taught school at Bellville and at A&M. He joined the bank in 1957, becoming Assistant Vice-President a year later. Active in numerous civie organizations, he is a Past President of the Beau- mont Lions Club and President of the Beaumont Farm and Ranch Club. J. D. Metcalfe has taken a leave as Vice-President of Standard Industries, Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma, to assume the position of Project Manager of OKAtoka Constructors, a joint venture organization that has been awarded Riddle