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Rev. 0. Byron Richardson to Take Over Baptist Pastorate CS Business Review L. B. Weiss Sells Civvies, Uniforms By B. F. Roland Built for the purpose of having an up-to-date men’s store for stu dents at A&M and residents of College Station, Leon B. Weiss, located 124 Boyett Street, was erected in 1947. With the new store came a con genial man known around College Station for his loud, hearty voice and quick, bustling manner, E. Manning Hertz. Hertz came to College Station in 1947 from Yoakum, Tex., his birthplace. As manager of Leon B. Weiss, Hertz has established no small reputation in this area for his friendliness and considera tion. Perhaps, this is due to the fact that Hertz is an Aggie in a round- Miss Wilkie, Robert Peurifoy Are Wed Miss Barbara Wilkie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Wilkie of Houston, and Mr. Robert L. Peurifoy, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Peurifoy, of Bryan were mar ried Tuesday evening in the First Methodist Church of Houston. Mrs. Robert Hood of Houston was her sister’s matron of honor and Miss Elizabeth Parsons of Dal las was the bridesmaid. Burke Ellwood of Bryan and Robert Hood, Houston, were the bridegroom’s attendants. Mrs. Peurifoy attended SMU and her husband is now a student of electrical engineering at A&M. about way. His stepson, Ben Brit tain, received his degree in business from A&M last June. Owned By San Antonian Although managed by Hertz, the store is owned by Leon B. Weiss, owner and manager of Joske’s Mili tary Store in San Antonio. One of the reasons that Weiss built here was to give students an opportun ity to order tailor made uniforms from Joske’s without having to go to San Antonio. “Joske’s makes one of the finest military uniforms in the South west” according to A1 H. Weiss, son of Leon B. Weiss, manager of the store during August in the absence of Hertz who is on vaca tion. Annually, Leon B. Weiss, who has been outfitting military men for 28 years, outfits from 17-20 men in the graduating class at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, his son said. Weiss, from his San Antonio of fice, dogs all the buying for the store here and for another store located in San Marcos established in 1948. For Civilians, Too The store handles both military and civilian needs of students at A&M and the needs of College Sta tion residents. _ In the military line Weiss car ries summer serge, trousers, ties, belts, socks, khakis, and other mil itary wear. The stock just begins with the military, however, with suits, sport coats, slacks, sport and dress shirts, and sport shoes being found in abundance. Battalion CLASSIFIED ADS Page 4 TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1950 By FRANK DAVIS Rev. 0. Byron Richai’dson of Baytown will assume duties as pastor of the First Baptist Church, College Station replacing Dr. R. L. Brown who has completed 30 years of service there on Sept. 1, accord ing to C. H. Bates, chairman of the Board of Deacons. Planning to move to College Sta tion Aug. 28, Rev. and Mrs. Rich ardson and their two small daugh ters will live in West Park Addi tion until a residence can be built near the church, Bates said. Rev. Richardson received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bay lor University in 1945. Since that time he has completed two years work at Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Fort Worth toward a Bachelor of Divinity degree and all of his resident work on a Master of Arts degree at the University of Houston. Moved From Baytown His most recent pastorate was of the Wooster Baptist Church in Baytown. Before going to Baytown, Mr. Richardson pastured the First Baptist Church in New England and Neches. Baptist work at A&M began in the early fall of 1920 with the ar rival from Ridley Park, Pa., of Rev. and Mrs. R. L. Brown, the first Baptist student secretaries ever elected by the denomination. Dr. Brown had been graduated from Campbell College and Wake Forest College, N. C., and had spent one year at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky., and had received degrees from Crozer Theological Seminary, Chester, Pa., and the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia. On March 18, 1923, a church was organized at A&M with 91 charter members. It was the only church ever reported anywhere to be organized as an outgrowth of Baptist Student Union work in a campus. Church Land Bought Next year the land for the erec tion of a church building was pur chased just a block from the North entrance to the College campus, and in 1928 a church building was erected. In 1942 an auditorium, with a seating capacity of 1,000, was built and dedicated. The parsonage, which was built in 1924, was given to the pastor and his wife in 1946, was moved later off the lot to make roqm for the erection of the Student-Educa tion building. This bungalow type pastorium was converted into a two-story Colonial home where the Browns are now living at 420 Col lege Main. During the past year this $95,000 Student-Education building has been completed. Also, a Baptist Student Center has been erected across the street from the church plant. During the 30 years which the Shower Honors Miss Martha Pack Miss Martha Pack was named honor guest at a linen shower Wednesday afternoon in the home of Mrs. G. W. Black on Walton Drive in College Station. Mrs. Black, her daughter Jean, and Miss Betty Jo Ross were hostesses. The bride-elect, whose wedding to Nelson Moffat is to be Saturday morning, was presented with a shower of linen gifts. The following guests were pre sent: Mrs. Bill Pack, honoree's mother; Misses Dorothy Hearn, Jo Ann Locke, Janice Jones, Helen Ann Carroll, Reni Haupt, Nan Fussell, Charlene and Edgardene Jenkins, and Josephine Mclnnis. Browns have spent in this field they recall that one or both of them has attended all State Bap tist Student Union Conventions, Southwide Baptist Student Union Conventions and two Inter-Nation al Baptist Youth Conferences— one being in Prague, Czechoslo vakia, in 1931 and ‘ the other in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1937. In 1934, they attended the Bap tist Work Alliance in Berlin, saw the Passion Play at Oberrammegau and toured Holy Land. In 1942 Mrs. Brown went by plane to Cuba and studied the mission work there, in company with the missionaries. Brown Retires Even though Pastor Brown is retiring from the College Station Rev. O. Byron Richardson Home City Honors Florence Chadwick San Diego, Calif., Aug. 22—(A 1 ) —English Channel swimmer Flor ence Chadwick was paraded by her hometown’s Broadway yesterday in a gay welcome by her friends and neighbors. Confetti tossed from buildings, proud cheers and the music of a U. S. Marine Corps’ band made it as heartfelt a demonstration as San Diego has seen. The home folk had noted that their “Flo” was not paraded on New York’s Broadway as Gertrude Ederle had been after she swam the channel in 1926. They tried to make it up to her. Their tajks of welcome stressed the point that she had set a new world’s record for the channel swim Aug. 8 of 13 hours, 20 min utes—one hour and 11 minutes faster than Miss Ederle’s time. Same Schedule For Watering Residents of College Station and Bryan will again be asked to observe the schedule for wat ering gardens, yards, etc. this week, announced Raymond Rog ers, city manager. Wednesday and Friday will be the days to water from 6 until 10 p.m. this week, thus allowing reservoirs to refill today and Thursday. PIANO TUNING Capitol Piano Co. 501 N. College Ph. 3-3383 BRYAN SELL WITH A BATTALION CLASSIFIED AD. Rates ... 3c a worn per Insertion with a 25c minimum. Space rate in Classified Section ... 60c per column Inch. Send all classifieds with remit tance to the Student Activities Office. All ads should be turned in by 10:00 a.m. of the day before publication. FOB SALE VACUUM CLEANER, $35; Bathinette $4. Phone 3-6779. ’48 MODEL 6 foot Norge. $90. See at 2905 College Road, Bryan. BEFORE FIRST, two bedroom house, 75’xl25’ corner lot, newly painted inside. $1595.00. Part cash; 227 So. Munnerlyn Drive, Bryan. « HELP WANTED • STUDENT TO DO ART WORK for Student Publications. Long hours, low pay. If interested, bring sample of your work to room 211 Goodwin Hall, in the after noons. Hours may be arranged to suit convenience of student. Should be able to do free hand drawing with pencil and India Ink. Prefer a student who is interested in learning mechanics of mag azine design. • MISCELLANEOUS • ABC SCHOOL opening Sept. 5. Nursery school and kindergarten taught by college trained experienced teachers. Phone 3-3323. PERSONAL Margaret, You may keep the ring—I bought it from the Variety Store. Frank. ♦ LOST AND FOUND • IE PLACE THAT PAYS HIGHEST PRICES FOR USED BOOKS e us before you sell elsewhere. SHAFFER’S BOOK STORE North Gate UeJ JUp? Use The Battalion to sell your surplus automobile, furniture or other items of equipment. We include this blank for your convenience in using Battalion Classi fied Ads. I want this ad to appear in The Battalion on. Here’s the way I want the ad to read Charge to: Clip and Mail to THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Remember your envelope requires no postage if dropped into the box at the Faculty Exchange Post Office in the Academic Building. church, he and Mrs. Brown will continue to be active in Baptist work in this area and in the State. On July 16 Harold L. Bass be came the music and educational di rector at the First Baptist Church, according to Bates. He came to this position from a similar job with the First Bap tist Church at Wilmer and from Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Ft. Worth. Bass holds a Bachelor of Sci ence degree from Texas Wesleyan College, Ft. Worth, and Master of Religious Education and Bachelor of Sacred Music degrees from Southwestern Seminary. Mr. and Mrs. Bass are living at 121 Highland, West Park, College Station. CS Boy Scouts Return From Camping Trip Twelve boys from College Station Boy Scout Troop 102 have returned from a four day camping trip in the hill country on the Llano River. George W. Rivers, research in structor in Agronomy and acting Scoutmaster of the troop was in charge of the trip. Expenses for the outing were paid by the Col lege Station Kiwanis Club. Due to summer vacations, only twelve scouts were able to make the trip to the Austin Simon Ranch on the Llano River in Mason County. In addition to the Scoutmaster, the boys were accompanied by Lt. Col. Walter H. Parsons, Jr. and M/Sgt. Paul F. Root. Col Parsons has recently been selected chair man of the Troop Committee, while Sgt. Root is an active worker with the troop. The boys reported seeing many young deer and signs of wild life. On their return trip they visited old Fort Mason, one of the last stations of General Robert E. Lee prior to his departure for the Civil War. They also visited the Longhorn State Park, Marble Falls, and Bar ton Springs in Austin. The trip was made in an Army bus belonging to the Military De partment. Standing beside the bus which they used to go on a camping trip to the Llano River last week are these boys and their leaders from College Station Boy Scout Troop 102. Standing, left to right, John Hildebrand, Ide Trotter, Donald Har ris, Lt. Col Walter H. Parsons, Jr., Donald Par sons, Ben Trotter, George Litton, Scoutmaster George Rivers, and Dayton Moses, Bottom row, Walter Barnes, Bobby Wilkins, Gwinn Thompson, Norman Floeck, David Parsons, and M/Sgt. Paul F. Root. Fisher Will Head Spur Substation Charles E. Fisher, one of Texas’ outstanding scientists in the erad ication and control of brush on farms and ranches will become su perintendent of the Agricultural Experiment Substation at Spur Sept. 1. He has been acting superinten dent since the death June 26 of Ray E. Dickson, who had headed the Spur station work since 1914. Director R. D. Lev/is of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, said Dickson for several years had been training Fisher to become his successor. After two years in soils work with the Main Station at College Station, Fisher went to Spur July 1, 1936 to assist with Soil conservation and agronomic inves tigations. Friends Honored By Jane French Miss Jane French, daughter of Dean and Mrs. C. C. French, en tertained in her home on Throck morton Street Thursday morning. She honored her friends with an informal party on the porch of her home. She served open faced sand wiches potato chips with a shrimp dip, cookies and iced drinks. Annuals Arrive At Consolidated The A&M Consolidated High School annual, “Tigerland 1950”, has arrived, John Hildebrand, editor of the publication, an nounced this morning. The books are still at the ex press office, Hildebrand said, and will be distributed at a party Thursday night at Patra- nella Slab. Students should bring fountain pens for auto graphing the annuals, he said. The party, which will begin at 7:30 p.m. will also feature danc ing and games. Under no condition will the books be handed out to anyone before the party and those who have annuals coming must be present at the party in order to get them, the editor announc ed. For those who did not or der annuals, a few extras have been ordered and may be pur chased Thursday night for $2.50, he added. Church of Christ to Honor ’54 Freshmen Beginning freshmen will be hon ored Sunday, September 10, with a basket lunch on the grounds of the Country Club, said the Rev erend James Fowler, pastor of the Church of Christ. Bullock-Goble Vows Exchanged Miss Mary Olive Bullock and Charles Emmett Goble were mar ried Saturday at 4 p. m. at the Oaks. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Bullock and the groom is the son of Mr. ^ and Mrs. William L. Goble of ' Waco. Dr. Harry V. Rankin performed the ceremony. i Maid of honor was Miss Ned die Jane Bullock, sister of the bride. The groom was attended by his father as best man. Ushers were Donald Humphrys of Breck- enridge and Jack Dehm of Waco. The bride received her bachelor of art degree in history and Eng lish from Baylor University. The groom is a graduate of A&M where he was a member of the Ross Vol unteers, Tau Beta Pi, and Phi Kappa Phi. Mr. and Mrs. Goble will make their home at 2311 North 15th Street in Waco. Dr. Carlton R. Lee OPTOMETRIST 203 S. Main Street Call 2-1662 for Appointment Reserve Your Books Now Beginning Thursday morning, August 10, the Ex change Store will again offer a lay-away plan on books and equipment for the Fall semester. All you have to do is give one of our sales force a list of your courses before you leave the campus. Your books and equipment will be collected into one pack age and labeled with your name and number. When you return for the Fall semester you can short circuit the waiting lines. Simply present your claim check at the east window together with your GI orders or cash and the supplies will be delivered to you. There is no obligation on your part. Come in to day and do in 5 minutes what may take hours at school opening. Over 1000 students took advantage of this plan last summer, and were well pleased with the service. All reserved packages not called for by Sept. 23 will be returned to stock. The Exchange Store "Serving Texas Aggies" ■i