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Page 4 THE BATTALION THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 7, 1945 Krupa-Rice Wedding 1 Held at St. Joseph’s St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Bryan was the scene of the wed ding of Miss Ann Elizabeth Krupa to Pfc. Robert A. Rice, of Nash ville, Tenn. and Little Rock, Ark., Friday, June 1. Rev. Father Tim Valenta officiated at the double ring ceremony. The altar was decorated with palms, white gladioli, and white burning tapers. Mrs. R. J. Newland played Lohengrin’s wedding march, and Misses Marion Holick and Vir ginia Mae Estill sang “Ave Maria” during the ceremony. The bride was escorted by her brother-in-law, Clinton B. Polan- sky, and attended by Miss Mary Louise Opersteny. The groom was attended by Pfc. Jack Wall. A reception was held after the ceremony at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Krupa. Mrs. Rice has been employed in the Civil Engineering Department of Texas A. & M. College for the past two and a half years. Baptist Men to Give Sons Banquet Monday The Men's Brotherhood of the First Baptist Church of College Station will sponsor a Father and -*w HELLO, AGGIES - - - It’s good to see you back. Hot days are ahead. Cool off and relax with a long cold drink or a dish of our good tasting ice cream. GEORGE’S CONFECTIONERY In the New “Y” bob 214 SOUTH MAIN BRYAN, TEXAS WELCOME AGGIES and A.S.T.P. Summer time is hard on clothes. Our two-day service will keep you neat during the “dog days.” Son banquet at 8:00 p.m. Monday evening at the church building. Main topic of the program will be The Royal Ambassadors, a jun ior brotherhood organization of boys nine to sixteen years of age. College and Bryan Scouts Attend Rotary Picnic at Arrowmoon The Youth Work Committee of the Bryan Rotary Club entertained Boy Scout Troops 12 from Bryan and 411 from College Station and Girl Scout Troop 22 from Bryan on Friday afternoon at Camp Ar row Moon, with a picjiic supper. Swimming and soft ball games were enjoyed. Sixty-five scouts, committeemen, committeewomen, and Rotarians were in attendance along with the Scoutmasters: D. A. Dale of Troop 12 and G. H. Brock of Troop 411. Mrs. B. L. Warwick is the Troop Leader of Girl Scout Troop 22. These three troops are sponsored by the Bryan Rotary Club. The members of the Youth Work Committee of the Bryan Rotary Club are: W. E. Street, Chairman; M. C. Hughes, Homer Norton, Joe Batson, Otto Kelley, W. B. Davis, J. E. Bethancourt, Bill Carmichael, B. F. Swindler, Merrill Phelps. Baptist Missionary Society Has Program On Youth of Church “The Youth of Tomorrow” was the theme of the program of the Women’s Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church held Mon day at the church. Pictures of various young peo ple of the Church were displayed in poster form during the meeting, and Miss Dorothy Hill, of the Bap tist Y.W.A., gave the devotional. Talks on the various phases of youth in the church were given by Mrs. Waldo Walker, Mrs. Roy Simms, and Mrs. G. L. Outlaw. Mrs. D. R. Ergle is Hostess at Meeting Of Newcomers Club Fourteen members attended the semi-monthly meeting of the New comers Club Wednesday at the home of Mrsj D. R. Ergle. Mrs. Ray Hickman, president, presided at a short business meeting during which a nominating committee was named to present nominations for a vice-president. Mrs. Lamb won the prize for high score at the bridge which fol lowed the business meeting, and Mrs. A. R. Orr won the cut prize. Refreshments of ice cream and cookies wfere served. HILLEL CLUB Friday evening Religious Serv ices will be resumed for the Hillel Club on Friday, June 8th, at 7:15 p.m. at the Y.M.C.A. Chapel. A social get-together will be held Sunday evening at 7:15 p.m. at the Lounge Room of Sbisa Hall wel coming the Freshmen. Old and new members are urged to attend so that plans for the semester can be formulated. Marvin Halleck, Club President. Fifty-two Children Register at A. & M. Methodist Bible School “Seeing God Through the Beau tiful” is the theme of the daily Bible school being conducted by the A. & M. Methodist Church through June 15. Fifty-two College Station children from four to fourteen years of age are registered at the school, which started Monday, June 4. The theme of the Bible school is being carried out by means of a number of projects such as crea tive art work, beautifying the church building, and making vases, wastebaskets, and scrapbooks. Hours of the school are from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. each week day. Mrs. J. S. Mogford is general director of the school. Department heads are: Mrs. C. B. Ray, begin ners; Mrs. C. W. Turner, primary; Mrs. Gordon Gay, junior; Mrs. Mogford, intermediate; and Mrs. R. M. Pinkerton, refreshments. Rev. and Mrs. R. C. Terry and J. Gordon Gay, superintendent of the Church Sunday School are also assisting in the work. Methodist Women Hear Last Program Of Indian Series Mrs. J. S. Mogford concluded a series of talks on the American Indian Monday at the regular meet ing of the Women’s Society of Christian Service of the A. & M. Methodist Church. Attended by 18 members, the meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Ray Oden; Mrs. Carl Files was co-hostess with Mrs. Oden. An open forum on the topic o£ the American Indian was held at the close of Mrs. Mogford’s talk, and a short business meeting was held. Refreshments of ice cream and cookies were served. Next scheduled meeting of the society will be on Monday, June 18, at the home of Mrs. M. C. Hughes. Dr. W. A. Varvel, College psychol ogy professor, will speak on juve nile delinquency. Cells, usually assumed to be short-lived, have been found still living in the heartwood of Red wood trees a century old. Great oaks from little acorns grow—and charred stumps from the little match we throw.—Wall Street Journal. Two Convenient Locations F 4 1. Over the Exchange Store 2. In the new area next to George’s Man, Yonr Manners By I. Sherwood PERSONALS Misses Helen Thomas and Bea trice Ivy and Mrs. Elizabeth Mc- New Little of College Station re ceived their bachelor degrees at Texas State College for Women at Denton on Thursday, May 31. The Fort Worth A. & M. Club held its between-semester party at Casino Park in Fort Worth on May 30. Dr. William M. Whyburn, pres ident of Texas Technological Col lege at Lubbock, is listed in the 1945 edition of Who’s Who in America. Dr. Whyburn is a form er professor of mathematics at Texas A. & M. College. Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Steen and son, Joe Ralph, will be located in San Marcos during the summer se mester. Dr. Steen, who is professor of history at A. & M., will teach at the Southwest Texas State Teach ers College. W. L. Stangel, formerly of the Animal Husbandry Department at A. & M., is the new dean of the Division of Agriculture at Texas Technological College at Lubbock. He succeeds A. H. Leidigh, former vice-director of the Texas Experi ment Station. The “Amgrican Historical Re view” for April, 1945, in its review of current publications, makes mention of Dr. John Ashton’s arti cle “How the Horse Came to the Americas”, which was published in the special Horse Issue of The Cattleman magazine last 1 Septem ber. Dr. Ashton is a professor in the Rural Sociology department of A. & M. College. J. W. (Dough) Rollins, director of student affairs, was chosen president of the Bryan Lions Club at the regular meeting of the club held May 29. Dr. Nat Edmondson left last week for Silver Springs, Maryland where he will occupy a position in the Applied Physics laboratory of John Hopkins University. Dr. Ed mondson, who is connected with the Mathematics Department of Texas A. & M. College, will do re search work for the Bureau of Ordnance of the United States Navy. Mrs. Edmondson and their son, Nathan, will leave for Mary land soon. Eugene H. Jackson, pre-veterin- ary student from San Antonio, has been selected to attend a leader ship training course to be conduct ed August 13-26 by the Danforth Foundation at Shelby, Michigan. Dr. John T. Lonsdale, former head of the Geology Department and Texas A. & M. College, has been appointed director of the Uni versity of Texas Beaureau of Eco nomic Geology and graduate pro fessor of geology. Registered at the Aggieland Inn over the past weekend were Enri que Chamarro, of Evanada, Nic aragua; Mrs. S. R. Kothmann and Mrs. W. L. Kothmann, of Junc tion, Texas; W. M. Love, of Waxa- hachie, Texas; G. P. Berthelot, - of Port Arthur, Texas; Joe L. Reed, of Lubock, Texas, who will instruct trade and industrial edu cation courses during the first three weeks of the summer se mester; and H. D. Bearden, of the Industrial Education Department at Austin. Captain Bob Russell of Mineral Wells, and 1st Lt. Fred Smitham, Dallas, both class of ’42, were campus visitors Wednesday en route to Galveston for a vacation from duty at Wright Field, Ohio. Both officers have been with the Air Technical Service Command and engaged in important engi neering projects at the Air Corps laboratory of the air at Wright Field. Russell was Major of the band as a student and was represented in Who’s Who in American Col leges and Universities. Smitham was a member of the Composite Regiment and a major on the regimental staff. He was Town Hall manager in 1941-42 and * also was represented in the col-( legiate Who’s Who. WELCOME, AGGIES Student Checking Accounts Solicited and Appreciated CITY NATIONAL BANE Bryan, Texas Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation NEW AGGIES---- We congratulate you on your choice of Texas A. & M. for your college training. 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