Tiger Band
Consolidated High School Bandsmen, some thirty- Richard J. Dunn, was one of the high school
five strong, pose for the cameraman on Tiger bands which paraded on Kyle Field during half-
Field during an afternoon drill. The group, under time activities last Saturday,
the leadership of former Aggie band master Col.
War Brides--Not Dope Make
Coffee Counter Busy Spot
By WAYNE DAVIS
The Coffee Shop in the Mem
orial Student Center is becoming
, one of the most popular spots on
the campus for cosmopolitan-mind
ed Aggies and Modern Language
professors desiring to polish up
their German accents.
Cause of all the popularity,
which centers around the coffee
t counter, may be ascribed to the
truly cosmopolitan atmosphere
now pervading the place in the
presence of blonde, blue-eyed
Louise Schirmer, formerly in Dink-
* elsbuhl in southern Bavaria, and
brunette, brown-eyed Irma May-
ben, late of Frankfurt-am-Main,
„ in Germany.
Louise is the wife of Bill
Schrimer, EE major from Deni
son. They were married in 1948
- while Bill was on duty with the
Air Force at a Direction-finding
Station on Mount Hesselberg.
Before that, Louise was drafted
at the age of fourteen she put in
a year’s service in the (Land
Army on a farm, where she swung
a scythe and developed large pow
erful muscles and a cordial hatred
of rural life.
She survived the unique exper-
„ lence of having a RAF bombardier
lay a stick of ten incendiaries
across her house one night—none
worked, fortunately, she says.
Irma, on the other hand—
now married to Leroy Mayben,
Ag Ed major from Lometa—
was always a city girl. During
the war she stayed in Frankfurt,
going to high school and having
the front of her house blown in
by a bomb at the same time
another bomb, halfway down the
block, killed seventeen people tak
ing shelter in a basement.
But things are less exciting, now,
in the coffee shop, where Irma and
Louise serve coffee to hundreds of
Aggies a day who ask Louise “Are
you Swedish?” and Irma “Are
you a Yankee?” (or “Canadian?”)
Other questions popular with soc-
ially-conscious Aggies are “Howja
meetcher husband?”, “What was
it like during the war?”, and
“Whaddaya think of Aggies?”
As it happened, Louise met
her husband on top of a moun
tain. She was on her way to a
farmer’s house to buy some eggs,
and was resting a moment before
going on across the mountain.
Bill, out for a breath of moun
tain air, happened along, and
struck up a conversation. Bill
liked Louise, Louise liked Bill,
and—but take it from there
yourself.
Leroy, though, dialed the wrong
telephone number one afternoon in
Frankfurt and Irma answered.
With commendable directness he
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asked for a date, and kept calling
back until he got it. A few months
of red tape later, and Irma was
on her way to America as Mrs.
Leroy.
As for Aggies, the girls are
frankly amazed. “They’re already
having dates,” said Irma. “Why,
in Germany boys and girls would
n’t think of dating until they
were much older!”
Any of you wolves want to
move to Germany?
Keys to Happiness
Study Club Theme
The general theme of the pro
grams for Campus Study Club this
year is Keys to Happiness. One of
these keys is culture, represented
by literature, art and music. It
was fitting therefore to have as
speaker for the first program of
the year Dr. John Q. Hayes of
A&M English faculty who spoke
on “The Influence of Women in
Mark Twain’s Yife.”
In the business meeting Dorothy
Bates, a senior at Consolidated
high School told of her experiences
at Girl’s State in Austin. She was
sponsored by the Campus Study
Club. She found that actually tak
ing part in government as state
commissioner of agriculture was a
very effective way of studying it.
The club voted to ask each mem
ber to contribute twenty five cents
to help defray expenses of Nation
al Federation Meeting in Houston
in November.
Because of a conflict in dates the
Nov. 28 and Oct. 31 meetings will
be interchanged. At the next meet
ing foreign students will speak on
“Happiness in Other Lands.” It
will be held in the Student Memor
ial Union and guests may be in
vited.
College Employees
Attend Safety Meet
E. C. Martin, state program
leader and chairman of the State
Farm Safety Committee in Texas,
and W. L. Ulrich, extension agri
cultural engineer, appeared on the
program of the 38th National
Safety Congress and Exposition
in Chicago Oct. 17 and 18.
Martin discussed work being
done by the Texas Extension Ser
vice for furthering farm safety,
and Ulrich participated in sessions
dealing with farm safety as it
relates to modern farmNnachinery
usage.
Dames Club Schedules
Tea in YMCA Sunday
The Dames Club of A&M Col
lege will be hostesses at a tea in
the South Solarium of the YMCA,
Sunday, October 22 from 4 til 5
p. m.
All wives of A&M students are
invited to attend the tea to get
acquainted with the club and its
activities.
DIANA CHARLES
LYNN ' COBURN
—in—
“PEGGY”
Expressed in Verse . . .
Student Wife’s
View of College
(Editor’s note: The following is a letter received in our office
which we think should be passed along to our readers.)
Editor, The Battalion:
Being one of the many Veterans wives, and feeling that we all
get down in the dumps at least every once in a while, I would like
to submit this little poem to your widely read paper. Probably the
Veterans and their wives would be the only people that would appre
ciate and understand the moral to this poem, but we would like the
jublic to know that we would “do it again.” That phrase is explained
in the poem.
The Life of a Student’s Wife
Sometimes you get so downhearted
That you sit right down and cry,
For it seems that life is hopeless
No matter how hard you try.
You wonder what would be real good
To have for the evening meal,
When all the time you’re figuring how
To save on the grocery bill.
Then you relax and think how nice
It would be to own a Mint,
When suddenly you’re struck with a horrible thought
“It’s time to pay the rent.”
And then there is the little one
Who says he’s a “Farmer” too,
And completely ruins his brand new shoes
Playing ball like the AGGIES do.
And now and then you gripe a bit
Cause you think its so unfair,
For your husband’s always studying
And you never go anywhere.
And then there’s times when you ask him
If he loves you anymore,
And a glance up from his studies says
“Go way, you’re such a bore.”
But when you get to thinking
About the situation,
You know how awfully grand it’ll be
The Day of Graduation.
You’ll be proud of your Aggie Grad
And all the blessings that you’ve had,
You’ll know if you had another life
You’d want to be a Student’s Wife.
—Bonnie Maddox
Battalion
City
News - Society
THUR., OCT. 19, 1950 Page 3
Newlyweds Move
To College Area
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Charles
Takacs are now making their
home in College Station since their
marriage Saturday morning in St.
Christopher’s church in Houston.
Rev. Paul Takacs and Rev. John
Jones officiated in the double ring
ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. S. W. Jones, 8316 Con
cord, Houston, and the groom is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Takacs of 3707 Colgate. Both fam
ilies reside in Houston.
Mr. Takacs is attending A&M
College and his bride attended the
University of Houston.
Fellowship Group
Meet at Bass Home
The Woman’s Fellowship of the
A&M Christian Church met in
regular session Monday afternoon
in the home of Mrs. J. H. Bass in
North Oakwood. Mrs. Dean Cheno-
weth of San Angelo gave the open
ing prayer.
Mrs. E. E. Vezey presided, and
called for committee reports and
discussion of old and new business.
The group voted to send a gift of
apples to the Juliette Fowler
Home in Dallas this month, and to
send one box of cookies and one of
clothing in November.
Mrs. E. B. Middleton, program
chairman, presented Mrs. L. J.
Young who reviewed the fifth
chapter of “Jesus, a Friend of Sin
ners,” taken from the book, “Strong
Son of G'od.”
Announcement was made that
the next meeting would be a cov
ered dish luncheon at the church,
Monday, Nov. 6.
Refreshments of frosted punch,
sandwiches and other dainties were
served to 17 members and Mrs.
Chenoweth, who is here from her
home in San Angelo for a visit
with her son Bob.
AAUW Meets in
Potter Home
The American Association of
University Women held their first
meeting of the year Tuesday
night at the home of Mrs. J. G.
Potter.
Dr. J. M. Nance, of the History
Department was guest speaker.
He spoke on “History of United
Nations.”
After a short business meeting
it was decided to hold regular
monthly meetings on the first
Thursday of each month. The next
meeting will be at the home of Mrs.
A. E. Sales in College Hills.
‘Brigadiers’ Get
More Coal Dug
Berlin, Oct.—IjTI—The Commun
ist German News Agency ADN
said today Soviet zone coal mines
in Saxony-Anhalt have decided to
do like they do in Russia and call
their foremen brigadeers.
As a result, the news agency
said, individual work production
jumped 70 per cent the fh’st day.
Grader Will Head
Fort Worth Aggies
Jerry Grader, senior business
major, was elected president of the
Ft. Worth Club at a meeting re
cently.
Donald Owen, junior chemistry
major was elected vice - presi
dent, and Tom Poynor, junior pet
roleum engineering major was
chosen as secretary. Wallace
Hooper was named treasurer, and
Lament Lane was elected social
secretary.
Plans were discussed for a “get
acquainted” party to be held in
the next few weeks. Lane was
asked to give the details of the
party at the next club meeting.
Extension Chib Meets
The Extension Service Club will
meet at 3 p. m. Thursday in the
Memorial Student Center, accord
ing to Mrs. J. A. Deer, reporter.
The guest speaker will be Mrs.
Ruth Mudgett of Bryan and host
esses for the afternoon will be
Mesdames W. S. Allen, E. L. Wed-
dington, G. G'. Gibson, A. M.
Meekma, Floyd Lynch and Miss
Helen Swift.
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eet
Kimbells Flour
Tuckers—New Can
Shortening . .
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Lilly’s
Melln Kream .
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5 lbs. 38c
. 3 lbs. 75c
y, gal. 59c
My—8 Oz.
BAR-B-Q Sauce 29c
Meadow Gold
Sweet Cream Butter. Ih. 69c
Dixie Colored
Margarine lb. 25c
Small
Wheaties-Kix-Cheerios, 14c
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Rotel Kraut ... 2 cans 15c
Durkees—4 Oz.
Cocoanut 2 for 23c
Famous Star—303 Size
Cream Peas ... 2 cans 25c
Kraft’s
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POUND
Maxwell House Coffee . 02c
Lady Melba Old London
Cheese Sandwiches, pk. 25c
Cracker Jack . 3 boxes 10c
Hershey Bars . . 3 bars 10c
Lucky Leaf
Apple Juice Qt. 23c
Premium—J'/z Oz.
Saltine Crackers 15c
Cigarettes ctn. $1.86
Kimbell’s—303 Size
Spanish Rice . . 2 cans 33c
MEATS
Armour’s
Dexter Bacon . . . .
Ih. 53c
Armour’s
Picnic Hams . . . .
lb. 39c
Dixon’s
Wieners
lb. 45c
Future Farmers
Fryers
lb. 55c
Stew Meat
lb. 44c
Crown Roast . . . .
Ih. 64c
Loin End
Pork Roast
lb. 53c
Veal Chops
lb. 79c
Kav
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lb. 49c
• SUNDRIES
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Canvas Gloves . . .
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Plastic
Silverware Trays . . ea. 79c
Venetian
Wall Mirrors ea. 89c
Charmin—300 Count
Facial Tissue .
. 15c
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Del Monte Yellow—303 Size
Cream Style Corn, 2 for 29c
WhofeKernel . . 2 for 31c
Fresh—303 Size
Green Limas 25c
Early Garden—No. 2
Asparagus 47c
Whole—No. 2
Green Beans 27c
303 Size
Pumpkin 2 for 23c
46 Oz.
Tomato Juice 25c
Early Garden—303 Size
Peas 2 for 37c
Solid Pack—No. 2
Tomatoes 21c
Halves Unpeeled—303 Size
Apricots 19c
Sliced Peaches 29c
No. 2'/z
Halves Peaches
. 29c
303 Size
Halves Pears 25c
303 Size
Whole Figs 29c
303 Size
Fruit Cocktail 23c
No. 2'/z #
Fruits for Salad . .
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. . 45c
Crushed Pineapple . . . 24c
311 Size
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Tomato Catsup . . 2 for 37c
P'ain Whole—12 Oz.
Sweet Pickles 29c
Popular—24 Oz.
Dill Pickles 29c
• PRODUCE •
TT. S. No. 1
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Mesh Bag
Texas Oranges
T >nperial Valley
Lettuce
. . 5 lbs. 25c
. 2 heads 17c
• FROZEN FOODS •
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Orange Juice ...... 19c
Snow Crop—12 Oz.
Strawberries 39c
P ; 'dseye—10 Oz.
Cut Green Beans .... 23c
Birdseve—14 Oz.
Leaf Spinach 23c
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