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.
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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
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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
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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.
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Margaret,
You may keep the ring—I
bought it from the Variety
Store.
Frank.
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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
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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.
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