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The Battalion
Friday Afternoon, April 12, 1946
Ouch! Parking Meters ...
Every so often the city of Bryan dusts off its parking
meters and starts collecting nickels and dimes from motor
ists. Usually, too, they collect a few dollars in fines from
College Stationites who haven’t gotten the word that the
heat is on again.
This week followed the traditional pattern. The vic
tims of the new enforcement are rather riled up about it.
“Bryan must be pretty low on funds,” they moan, “or they’d
have let us know about the one-armed bandits being back.”
The truth is that the Bryan police did a good job in
passing the word around Bryan itself, but they largely ig
nored College Station, despite the fact that the largest num
ber of shoppers from outside Bryan undoubtedly comes from
here.
This is about the only consolation we can offer those
who were haled into Bryan court this week: (1) there are
just as many people in Bryan who hate the meters as there
are in College Station; (2) if past experience is any criterion,
the meters will all be out of order again in six months or
less. (Who said “We hope so”?).
In the meantime, better feed the meters, when you park
in Bryan.
Houston Press to Present Story of
"Texas A. & At In World War IT'
Veterans Sponsor
Special Section
In Service Book
The Veterans Board at a meet
ing last night voted to indorse
and sponsor a Special Section in
the Brazos County Service Book,
which will be devoted exclusively
to Aggie Veterans and will be de
dicated to the Seven Hundred Ag
gies who made the Supreme Sacri
fice in this war.
Similar to the School Annual the
book will also include other Brazos
County Veterans, it will list the
pictures, Military histories and the
permanent addresses of all Vete
rans now in the College. The Hon
or Roll Section will pay homage to
all these Aggies who fell in World
War I.
President Gene Howard of the
Veterans Club, speaking for the
board said, “We believe that this
is an opportunity of which every
Veteran should take advantage.
There is to be absolutely no charge
to include every Veterans picture,
which makes it possible for us to
have a complete record of all the
Ex-Servicemen now in school.
Those men who will want and can
afford a copy of the book, may
reserve one by paying one dollar
deposit and $3.50 when the book
is published in about five weeks.
The others will all be listed free
of charge. We hope that in fair-
HOT WEATHER
is here to stay
now---
One of your most needed
articles is
SUN -TAN
CREAM
Skol, Jan and
Gaby Brands
AGGIELAND
PHARMACY
On the Corner
North Gate
Future Wardens to
Give Program on
Texas Wildlife
Six members of the game war
den class will present a series of
talks on wildlife at the Fish and
Game Club meeting Monday, April
25, at 7:15 in the Animal Industries
Building.
ness to everyone that all the Ex-
Servicemen will turn in pictures
and fill out the blanks which will
be provided. We should have 100%
of our Veteran Enrollment. ,,
Information blanks will be dis
tributed through House Masters
and dormitory representatives and
a Central spot will be selected
where pictures and blanks will be
turned in. The Universal Publish
ing Company of Dallas who will
publish the book guarantee that
all pictures will be returned un
damaged.
Headquarters will be set up on
Monday and pictures will be ac
cepted each day from 8 to 6 until
Easter Vacation. Further details
will be announced in the “Bat
talion.”
Mrs. C. D. Newsome
B. S. in Business Administration
Public Stenographer
Over Aggieland Studio - N. Gate
Hours 9-5
How the Aggies “went to war
like an Irish clan” and what they
did to win total victory will be
described in a four-part series to
begin Monday in The Houston
Press.
“Texas A. & M. In World War
II” is the title.
It traces the highlights of Ag-
gieland’s war effort on the battle-
fronts and on the homefront from
the emergency meeting of the A.
& M. executive committee while
Jap planes still were over Pearl
Harbor until the Aggies hold their
“Victory Homecoming” and Mus
ter at College Station next Sun
day.
A. & M/s familiar khaki and
its Maroon and White will be fea
tured in the first of the series in
an unusual color printing feature
by The Press.
Special arrangements to distrib
ute the paper on the Aggie cam
pus while the series runs and when
former students begin arriving
next Friday have been made, offi
cials of the newspaper said.
Jim Carroll, Press staff writer,
spent two days on the campus as
sembling material for the series.
He dug into the Former Student
files, the college records, talked
with President Gilchrist and other
officials and students.
The series will describe how the
school supplied 20,000 fighting
men, how it turned out 14,000 of
ficers against 9000 put into World
War II by West Point. It will
give the price the Aggies paid—
at least 694 dead, some 2000 wound
ed, hundreds held as captives in
misery and humiliation.
It will tell of the six Aggie Con
gressional Medal winners and how
the glory these men won will be
spread to all Aggies who died and
Watch Repairs
One Day Service
Stems — Crowns and
Main Springs
One Week Service
Cleaning — Staffs
T. C. HINMAN
Lauterstein Bldg. - N. Gate
all who served at the Muster on
Kyle Field.
The series will relate how Ag
gies the world around, met, mus
tered, rollicked among themselves
regardless of rank or danger, how
the Corregidor Muster sent a “mes
sage of cheer to a nation knocked
to its knees by a trick punch.”
Each day The Houston Press
will devote at least one full page
of pictures and stories to “Texas
A. & M. In World War II as a
prelude to the “Victory Homecom
ing” and as a tribute to the World
War II record of Texas A. & M.
College—from Tunisia to Tokyo,
and back the other way.
It concludes with a “reporter’s
eye view” of the college itself,
during the war and its prospects
for the future, its assets and needs.
“Texas A. & M. in World War
II” starts Monday in The Houston
Press.
FEA TURES
Aggie
House-Marms
(EDITOR’S NOTE*. Presented herewith
is the tenth of a series of thumbnail
sketches on the house masters in chargre
of the non-military dormitories on the
campus.)
E. F. (GENE) HOWARD is 22
years old, from Ul Paso, taking
Civil Engineering. Entered serv
ice in March, 1943 as a private and”
was separated in September, 1945
as a 1st Lieutenant. Served seven
months in European Theatre with'
the 8th Air Force. Flew 26 mis-*
sions as pilot and received Air
Medal with three clusters, ETO
ribbon with three campaign stars.
Is assistant to Taylor Wilkins, as
sistant director of Student Affairs.
NEW OPENING TODAY
4:30 ’til 9:00 o’clock
REMODELED and RESTOCKED
VARNER’S JEWELRY
— Bryan —
WATCHES — DIAMONDS — SILVER
AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH
College Station
REV. FRED MGEBROFF, Pastor
We cordially invite you to worship with us in the follow
ing services on PALM SUNDAY, APRIL 14.
6:00 p.m.—Sunday School
6:15 p.m.—Student’s Bible Class
7:00 p.m.—Divine worship service with celebration of Holy
Communion
Please notice that ALL Lutheran services are held in the
Assembly Room, Second Floor, of the Y. M. C. A.
Offers
i
A New Two-Day Dry Cleaning Service
with the affiliation of
LOUPOT’S TRADING POST
North Gate
J. E. Loupot, ’32
NO
BULL,
AGGIES
One stop will convince
you.
Service and Supplies
NEW — USED — REPAIRS
STUDENT CO-OP STORE
Ed Garner, ’38
TINY TIM IS A NITWIT. HE THINKS
HE'S A JOCKEY. IT S FUNNY HOW
KIDS HAVE TO HAVE TOYS TO
PLAV WITH. BUT AH ME, THEM
WAS THE HAPPY DAYS. I ALMOST
WISH I’D NEVER GROWN
The Season is
right for gifts.
Your mother or the
little girl back home
will love it.
No gift is equal to
YOUR PICTURE
No Appointment Necessary
A. & M. PHOTO SHOP
North Gate