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HE BATTALION WEDNESDAr,JOLYX4,1948
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By A M. LA
newly elected vice-president of
The
y im-
wi h the friendliness-of everybody at A&M.” Sullivan
ted that‘T have never seen a place as civic-minded as
e Stf tion, or any town where people work so hard.”
,./an.« me to Colle
f ro|i Center ule, 'Where i
30 yeai s in The i
xe worked
Centerville
Bknk.j He Jresi^ned from ” J\-
the first part o: 1048 to’
jf|t up on his nuntingi and fish-
After {0 yeaii o'T bank.ng,
However, a f nan c|n’t ^top' rigiu
so i uihvatj accepted nia
r^jent posit on here. \
livan wis a sljudenit at A&M AStnjlents who will not |>e in
1 18, as a piember of the bATC school the second summer spmes-
Students May
Store Baggage
In Dormitory 5
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Feminine Wallflower
At Belvoir ROTC Camp
By JIMllT O'CONNELL «*
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By JIMMY O'CONNELL
How Hot cah it get in one place?
The maximum temperature has
only been 94 degrees, but the hu
midity is hi{ h and it makes us
perspire ever at night. As I
an
over-heard Jimes Slaughter of A. lot of the men (Aggies,
& M. say the uther day “This place had dates with them. Severe
(meaning fort Belvoir)) is
j'irst Wijr's AfcjTF. jSe piayeu ter mpy store baggage in the ^un
the fciot^all team, that year, room i of Dormitory 5 for the “
“TUbl y 1
Itat^d.
T^’entyrtivo
Sullivan maihder of the summer.
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icipate(ij'3n 4 games, ill against | Storage will be operated as a
nrilv i*:i intn< mif I student concession by the Agron
omy Society. The gun room of
en Sul ivan went home to
fvilieiir the Chnsumas-hoh-
in 'IS, he l^u evtry intjenr
jioi|| ot retui ning.^to A4;M. Bow-
ve he decid ;d to remain at home
nd work at the bank, siarting as
00 Aeeppr i 1 January, 1919. in
5 ; 'tiars-toH ad risen to executive
Tic^res.tleiil, and serve l in that
ty unt 1 he resigned the
part oi this year.’ After six
s -of ithhiiig aind hinting,!He
ece ived sev ;rai otters of {ipsi
liOi. L linatiy acotpiung the Otf’fcr ‘
"f l|ie Cdliega Station Stite Bank. •
Sijlivan, bisides his alipitjation
qr fthe populace ot Coi ege Sta-
on and his favomble impression
f then - fripn lliness, also likeb fhe
Bank's!'’ Directors. ‘rThey are pi
2 A&JV Gradutes
ile Fop Degrees
Dormitory 5 will be open fpom 3
to 5 pirn. Friday, from 10 to 12
a.m. Saturday, and from 3 jto. 5
Monday, j 1 —lii
Members of the Agronomy ;So-
ciety will be on hand to supervise
storage. Students who storedj bag
gage for the first summer semester
only may pick up their baggage at
this time. Rates will be based on
35 cents for'baggage of footlpcker
size and 40 cents for lamps.:
Miss Potter Wins
Beauty Contest At
Navasota Festival
Miss Betty Potter, daughter of
are the Dr. and Mrs. George E. hotter of
fyesti bupchi >f Directors I I hive College Station, wun first place
yei seen. ^1 y time 1 wf nt some- : in the bathing beauty contest at
ing done, 11 can count on thpir: the annual Watermelon Festival
u:»fcoopferaam and] aid.” Sullivan at.Navasota Monday.
Dr. Potter is a professor m the
Biology Department here.
Mrss Potter, a 1948 graduate of
Consolidated High School; was! pre
sented with a gold wrist wiatch.
She was a duchess in the Water
melon queen’s court last yea^ 1 .
Runners up in the contest (were
Miss Mary Joyce Maxwell of; Na
vasota second place winner,! and
IteW -acc^i^J.0 « f
- X S Honor guest-for the -featival) and
1 leading Monday’s par-ade was Gov-
In »ddi
of girls
there Wi
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present at
ere very fe
fejw Wi
Some of the girls iwere
of the Po ‘ ^
ters of the Posts’ of i
not
for kids.
Last week was spent building
floating bridjes—the M-4A-2 pon
toon bridge, t^e M-4 short
span bridge, and the floating foot
bridge. Moat if us herp have very
little time of:. We are kept busy
most hours 0' the day.
night ve usually spend our
at vVood awn Hall—one of the
officers clubs on the post. We also
frequently us; the officers pool.
Last Monday bur schedule call
ed for camoujflage and field forti
fication. At iihe end of tne field
fortification lectures there were
two types of garbed wire emplace
ments to be built for demonstra
tion purposes, The Captain doing-
the lecturing i called for eight men
to construct tjhe' obstacles. He re
ceived eight volunteers from A.
& M. . /
Little did ithe instructor know
that the Aggies were not rookies
at putting up barbed wire en
tanglements. Last semester our
instructor at A. & M., Col. T.
A. Adcock, taught us the prin
ciple of barbed wire obstacle
construction.
The Aggies constructed the ob
ject in much less time than fcdi-
nary recruits require and the class
was dismissed earlier than usual.
The gr oup was under the command
of acting Staff Sgt. Garland Whis-
ehhunt from A&M. William H.
Selby of A&M was acting Company
Commander during the demonstra
tion.
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daughters of general^ and
als. [Among them wap Miss
Donovan, daughter of Gent:
Donovan; and Miss Nancy
daughter of Admiral Chas.
- The girls for the most
really liked the Aggie
a familiar phrase by h
you would cut in on was.
Honey! I’ll bet you all is
Texas.”
Major Virgil Will ams,
neer Instructor at A&5f, was
ly responsible for thu success of
the tlance He is camp special ser
vice officer. I
What do Aggies 4° on week
ends? Well, up until the past
week-end, Washington, D.C. at
tracted most attention,
For the Fourth wP visited New
York. We got off F riday njght
and did not have to b; back ; until
Tuesday morning. Su:h things as
the Empire State Bui ding, |$Udio
City, Statue of Libert r, broadway
shows, and Coney Isluid wpre a
drain on our pocket books.
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candidates
ers degm
lhave frp-
lied for;.matters degrees at the
i of this 1 ession, aecfjr
If. Pearsoi, deanj of tie
hfitei'Schook ~
’ Ptiarson said,? there pre orjer! ernor Beauford Jester.
tjhrei hundred graduate
aittetding M at the
tjmel Mhny >f those a
ttjacljiers fron
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Within Next Year
By W. H. BEARDSLEY
Plans for tho erectidn of a! new
educational building within 1 the
Last Friday night the first dance next year was one of tfije\major ol^-
of summer camp was held in Wood- jectives, ‘ highlighted, ik a dinnor
lawn hall. And speaking for ont and planning program 1 by nipety-
I would say thgt everyone who at- Church of College Station Weanes-
tended had an enjoyable time. day evening. I i I
About 250 girls attended the
dance from Washington, D.C.
and vicinityrand for the number
Wally Pierre To
Become Manager
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Of Station KTLH
present! address Monpay afternoon Onr the
school importance ot maintaining ibde-
all oyer the- stape, | pendcnce of local governments.
ASSASSIN SERIOUSLY
WOUNDS TOG LI ATT!
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ROME, July 14 OPl —Palipiro
Togliatti, Italy’s leading Commu
nist, was shot and seriously woiind-
- cd today as he emerged f}om
,the-chamber of deputies buikijng. 1 P ,erre > 2fe > married the form-
One doctor who saw him express-
i ed the belief he rwould ^ave.
W. R. (Wally) Pierre, program
director and manager of Radio
Station WTAW for the past two
years, has accepted the post as
manager of Station KTLH at Tex
as City.
Before coming to A&M, Pierre
was a vocalist with the Donna
Parker Studiosv in Chicago, Illi-
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The construction df the ; new
building will be similar to that of
the' present auditorium, with a
lawn separating the two buildings
on the lot where the church mi now
located. Plans are being completed
now for this building and the pas
tor, Rev. R. L. Browin told the
Battalion that they hope fo begin
construction sometime this ye*r.
After the dtnner, Cliff Ransdel,
Sunday School superint indent pre
sented a devotional, fpllowed by
Arthur Smith, head of die Baptist
Bible. Chair at A&M, wJio explain
ed the proposed calander of the
year’s activities. . j i 1 .
The calendar included a general’
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rick lunc i or betweep-meals snack,
hirers an lasy-fis), enej-gy-full com-
binatibn: V'hite oy brown bread liber-
ajly spread with tasty, delicious Morton
Sandwich f: pread. ... A 1 heaping help-
it crisp, always fresh Merton
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Arthur in 1944, }
The new 1,000 watt station at
Texas City is al^ affiliate of a
regional network, Dje Long Chain.
This network is owned by Johnny-
Long of Long Enterprises, Inc.,
which operates stations over south
west Texas.
According to R. Hendersqn Shuf
fler, director of Information, a
new manager for WTAW may not
be; named until fall. \
Awl ABLE-Bojufo Hth of
be,PaTcH wll plfase
A>SfM5LE at THE TcWN
Hall. Tomorrow.
» have: selected my
Successor, and will
announce my choice aT)
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exactly Hush noon.
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For Food of
International
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811 N. Main
Bryan
theme, and njiajor obj ictivoB
the year, plus h slogan, heme wmg
and objectives for each nonth. The
major objectives of the year's pro
gram are evangelism, f-iendliness,
education, and service. The group
voted to try to win a ir inimum of
two people per week for Christ, as
the first of their major objectives.
The activities of the church will
arise from the! monthly objectives
which the church voted to accept
with maximum individual partici
pation.
Smith also proposed tfiat pocket
sized calendars be printed as Well
as larger calendars for dach home.
Funeral Services
Held for Ex-Aggie
Bob Horton, class of ’35, was
killed'in an airplane crash on April
2 in Mexico while serving on the
Foot and Mouth Disease Commis
sion from {he United States.
His body and plane wpre found
recently high on a mountain top
in Mexico. While at A&M, he ma-
jored in Animal Husbandry. Hor
ton will be buried Monday at Guey-
dan, Louisiana.
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Come by for all kinds of cold refresjhments j \ji
BASKET O’CHICKEN & BASKET BURGER N
“Best in Town”
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STEVE and HIS SILVER JACKETS
will play request numbers Fri. Nite-8:30 -11:30 tt. m.
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FIN FEATHER FEATURES
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Fine Food under the supervision of 1/
mtemationalfy famous chef
Lobster, from Milne
Steaks from Kansas City
Crab Meat from Salt Lake City
~v Pampano from Alabama & Florida
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Dancing Nightly
No Cover Charges
Sun. * Mon. - Wed.
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their places in the m a £ az ' ne ^ or
use again.
This intricate process contin
ues eight hours a day on all
three machines, under the nim
ble fingers and watchful eyes
of the Linotype operators.
A. D. Graham of Bryan, veteran
of 25 years on Lintoyjjie machines,
has been at the A&M Press since
1946. He started work | here in the
winter of 1946 having had pre
vious experience with the Bryan
Eagle. - i ■
Graham, who is married and has
a daughter, first started in the
pressroom but deckled he liked
linotype work better, a fact evi
denced by his long t>ei|vico in that
department. ~ ■
Joe Pustka, interpreter for the
above operations, is another of the
type-setters. Pustka, has operated
Lintoypes for twelve | years, the
•ent
rora
in Bry-
with his wife and two children.
Clyde W. Johnson, who has
operated a Lin toy pe machine in
years. Shearer is married and has
three boys. % .[
Tradition paints all linotype op
erators with a black and heavy
brush. They must, as custom dic
tates, be gruff, grouchy and hard
to get along with. No self respect
ing operator would be seen coming
to work with a smile qn his face
or whistling a popular tunt.
The operators at thi p
a sad departure from
school. They can’t scowl
or scold nearly so loud as ithe
timei^. In fact, these operators
even go to baseball ghmes.
are
old
long
old
IANKLIN
before
oming fo A&M last year, is
narried and currently a Bryan
esident. \
The fourth operator is George
Shearer, an Oklahopum who has
operated Linotypes for about 26
For
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•lonos Sporting Goods
803 S. Main Bryan
l-li. 2 2832
VAN DEN BARK NAMED
ASSISTANT OU PROF
Melvin Van Den Bark, i former
instructor in the English Depart
ment, has been named assistant
professor of English at Oklahoma
University, Norman, Oklahoma, ac
cording to information received by
a friend here.
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Come in smd see us for large
or small appliances:
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soon gets the papers
assorted, and packngi
departments/in the
The large gatheinj
the workers many
a book is to be as»;r
ttrials are plaped inf
order on the {£ab||.
workers gather at
and when the swit<
table begins to ifeve
attendant picks
which are require!
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tins. The rube at which
turns can be adjusted to
ferent specdj|.
The punching machine is cqu
ped with a number of punct
which may be required for diff
ent types of fvork. The perforati
machine is Used to perforate <1
paper betwoeili meal tickets, colW
receipts, and college checks
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real name ,of a Massschusi
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