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Friday, February 1$, 1951
THE BATTALION
Fare 3
Garden Club
Ends Forum
Fundamentals of plant growing
in the home and garden were stud
ied in a three-day forum held
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
in the Memorial Student Center.
The meetings were sponsored by
the A&M Garden Club as a Forum,
for Home Gardeners.
A. F. DeWerth, head of the
landscape Art Department, con
ducted the lectures and lab periods
which were held from 9 until 11
each morning and 2 until 4 each
afternoon. Advanced students in
High School
Seniors to Give
Plays in March
“Ghost Farm,” and “Prom
Date,” two one-act plays, will
be presented by the Senior
Class of Consolidated High
School, Thursday night,
March 1, in the school auditorium.
■ Originally, the plays were sche
duled for Feb. 27, but the A&M-
Texas basketball game in Austin
that night forced postponment to
the later date.
The plot of "Ghost Farm” re
volves around the death of a rich
widow, while "Prom Date” is a
comedy depicting the problems of a
young girl who has never had a
date. Principal Loyd E. Boze is in
charge of the murder mystery, and
Mrs. A. R. Orr is directing the
comedy.
Jlelene Boatner and Royce Rod
gers have the leading roles in
“Ghost Farm.” Supporting roles
are given by Reba McDermott,
Dorothy Bates, Marie Cobb, Ann
Southern, Roland Jones and Luzon
Beauchamp.
In the comedy, Liz Miller plays
B*:p, the girl with the problems,
while Luzon Beaucamp plays Ted,
her first date. Other members of
the cast are Dorothy Spriggs,
Mary Frances Bond, Jack Bur-
chard and Dick Weick.
Intra-Bridge
Tournament
Set Feb. 19
An Intra-Bridge Tournament
will be held Monday, Feb. 19, 7:30
p. m. in the Game Room of the
Memorial Student Center, Joe E.
Nichols, chairman of the tourna
ment said this morning.
Winners of this tournament will
receive prizes and represent A&M
in competition with teams from
other schools.
^Winners of inter-school compe
tition will attend the National
Bridge Tournament in Chicago
with all expenses paid by the In
tercollegiate Bridge Tournament
Committee.
v Two pairs of players from the
winning school of each of the eight
zones in the U. S. will play in the
finals at the Blackstone Hotel in
Chicago Aoril 21 and 22.
There will be bridge instruction
and regular playing Wednesday at
7:30 p. m.
Prizes for tournament will be
donated by Judson E. Loupot.
the Landscape Art Department
helped demonstrate various stages
of propagation in the lab periods.
Thirty Ladies Attend
Approximately thirty ladies
from the A&M Garden Club at
tended the meetings.
Pamphlets and mimeographed
copies on subjects such as garden
soils, soil reaction, parent propa
gation, plants in the home, and
flower gardening fundamentals
were furnished to members of the
forum. Also demonstrations were
made on the latest gardening ma
chinery such as the most modem
lawn-mowers, watering devices and
seed planters.
At today’s meeting, W. M. Ruff
and R. E. White, both of the
Flortieulture and Landscape Ar
chitecture Department, further
demonstrated the fudamentals of
landscape planting and propaga
tion through models, projection
slides and lecture.
“This was the first of a series
of Forums for Home Gardeners,”
said Mrs. D. W. Williams, member
of the group.
Meetings Educational
She added that the meetings and
the labs were most educational
and the ladies attending the meet
ings were very interested in hold
ing future forums of this type.
“The purpose of this first forum
was simply to acquaint the mem
bers of the club with the fundamen
tals of gardening and propaga
tion.” Mrs. Williams added.
Dates for the future meetings
have not been set, but it has been
planned that the next meeting will
deal with intermediate principals
of landscape planting and propaga
tion, and that the third meeting
will involve the more advanced
principals and practices of these
subjects, she said.
Kennel Club Show
Set This Sunday
Local dogs will be shown Sun
day, Feb. 18, Mrs. Karl E. Elm-
quist, president of the Brazos Val
ley Kennel Club announced today.
The show, with judging sche
duled to begin at 2:30, will be held
at Hensel Park or at the American
Legion grounds in the event of in-
clement weather. Out-of-town
judges will judge all breeds.
There will be no entry fee or
admission charge.
Entries close at 2 p.m., Sun
day. Trophies will be awarded.—-
“The public is invited,” Mrs.
Elmquist said, “to come and see
Brazos Valley’s best dogs.”
Maj. James Visits
Local Reservist
Maj. Leonard N. James, General
Staff Corps from Washington, D.
C., visited the College Station Or
ganized Reserve Corps Instructor’s
Office Thursday and Friday, Capt.
M. B. Findlay announced today.
Maj. James was here represent
ing the Executive for ORC Affairs
for a field liaison visit While here,
Maj. James inspected the new ORC
Armory and visited the ORC units
at Huntsville.
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Faculty and Tigers Tangle
To Increase Athletic Fund
The annual A&M Consolidated High School Faculty-
Tiger B’s basketball game is scheduled for tonight at 7 p. m.
in the school gym said Les Richardson, superintendent of
A&M Consolidated Schools.
The purpose of the game is to raise money for athletic
awards to be presented to junior and senior high athletics.
“As you know,” Richardson pointed out, “the school
has to maintain, and it does, a full athletic program. How
ever, we never seem to break even financially. Lloyd Boze,
Jim Bevans, Jack Chaney, Othel Chafin, Taylor Riedel, Mau
rice Greenvillion, and myself will play the Tigers a regulation
four quarter basketball game with the proceeds going to the
athletic fund,” Richardson adds.
Serving as cheerleaders for the faculty squad will be
Miss Margaret Henderson, Walter Barnes, Mrs. Owen Lee,
and Mrs. Paul Landrum Jr.
Mrs. Lewis Knowles, Mrs. H. S. Creswell, and Mrs. C. P.
Parker will be popcorn, soda, and candy vendors at the all-
star game.
Referees for the cage “tilt” will be Rev. Norman Ander
son and C. A. Bonnen while Joe Motheral will give the blow-
by-blow description over the loudspeaker.
Weldon Maples
Moves to Houston
Weldon Maples formerly of Col
lege Station, moved early this
month to Houston to become Agen
cy Supervisor for the American
General Life Insurance Company,
according to an announcement by
Burke Baker president of the Com
pany.
Since his discharge from the
Army in 1945, Maples has been a
member of the Central Texas
Agency for the company and has
made an outstanding record in this
capacity, leading the entire agency
force on more than one occasion.
Rotary Club Show
Tickets Available
Tickets for the Bryan-College
Station Rotary Club’s 1951 Var
iety Show are on sale at five busi
ness houses in Bryan and at the
MSC.
The 15-act show will he given
the evenings of Feb. 22-23 in the
Stephen F. Austin high school
auditorium in Bryan.
E. H. Utzman and J. E. Bethan-
court head the ticket sales com
mittee.
Handling ticket sales in Bryan
are Waldrops, WSD, Jones Phar
macy, First State Bank and Trust
Company and Coronet Furniture
Company.
Al Church Sunday
Rabbi Stillpass to Conduct Special
Jewish ‘Sabbath Service’ in YMCA
Rabbi Leo J. Stillpass, of Temple
B’Nai Israel, of Galveston, will
conduct special “Sabbath Services”
in the YMCA Chapel, on Saturday,
February 16, at 7:15 p. m.
Rabbi Stillpass formerly served
in the U. S. Navy as a Chaplain.
He was active in student work at
University of Cincinnati, Hebrew
Union College and the University
of Tennessee. He is recognized as
an outstanding leader in work with
college students.
These Jewish services were an
nounced by Mrs. J. Tauhenhaus,
sponsor of the Hillel Foundation.
St. Mary’s Catholic Chapel
Father Tim Valenta will say
Mass at 7, 8, and 10 a. m. in St.
Mary’s Chapel Sunday. Confessions
will he heard Saturday evening
from 6:30 to 7:30.
American Lutheran Church
Services will be held at 10:45
Sunday morning at the American
Lutheran Church. Sunday School
and Bible Class will he at 9:30 a.
m.
A&M Christian Church
The Rev. C. W. Ketch will speak
Sunday morning at the A&M
Christian Church on the topic “Who
and What is A Christian?”
Sunday School is scheduled for
9:45 a. m. with morning worship
at 11 p. m. The DSF group will
meet Wednesday afternoon at 5
to discuss the subject of “Why be
a Christian.”
A&M Church of Christ
Regular Sunday morning ser
vices will be conducted at the
A&M Church of Christ, according
to Mr. J. U. Fowler, minister*.
Evening services are at 7:15,
preceded by Young People’s Meet
ing at 6:15. Bible Study will be
held Sunday morning- at 9:45.
St. Thomas Episcopal Chapel
Morning prayer and sermon will
be conducted by the Rev. O. G.
Helvey with services at 11 a. m.,
Sunday at St. Thomas Episcopal
Chapel.
The Aggie Coffee Club and Sun
day School will meet at 9:30 a. m.
Evening prayer will be conduct
ed by students and followed by
Young People’s meeting at 6:30.
A&M Presbyterian Church
The Rev. Norman Anderson, pas-
Aggie-ex Recalled
To Active Service
1st. Lt. Frank Eugene Lamb, son
of Mrs. Kate Patterson of 504
Cherry St., College Station, was
recalled to active duty and as
signed to the Research and En
gineering Division of the Army
Chemical Center.
The 27-year-old veteran of three
years military service, eight
months of which was spent in the
European Theater of Operations in
1945, is a graduate of A&M and
was a chemical engineer in College
Station at the time of his recall.
tor, of the A&M Presbyterian
Church will be the speaker at the
Sunday morning service of the
A&M Presbyterian Church at 11.
Regular services will be held at
7:15 p.m. and Sunday school at
9:30 a.m.
First Baptist Church
“The First Commandment” will
he the sermon topic of the Rev.
O. Byron Richardson. The morning
service will be at 10:50, and the
evening service will be at 7:15.
Sunday School is scheduled for
9:45 a. m. and Training Union will
meet at 6:15 p. m.
Christian Science Services
Man’s identity as the expres
sion of Soul, Owd, is made clear
in the Lesson-Sermon on “Soul”
which will be read in all churches
of Christ, Scientist, Sunday Feb.
18.
The group meets In the Assem
bly Room of the YMCA at 11 a. m.
A&M Methodist Church
The Rev. James Jackson, pastor
of the A&M Methodist Church,
will deliver his morning sermon at
11. Sermon topic is ‘‘Magnificent
Obsession.”
Sunday School will begin at 9:30
a. m. preceded by the Coffee Club
at 9:15 a. m.
A religious film, “Simon Peter,
the Fisherman” will be shown Sun
day evening at 7.
Bethel Lutheran Church
The Rev. W. C. Petersen, pastor,
will speak on “Why Should We
help the Heathen” at the Bethel
Lutheran Church Sunday morning
service.
Sunday School and Bible Class
will be at 9:30 a. m. Lenten Ser
vices will be held Wednesday, 7:30
p. m., when the Rev. Petersen will
speak on “Christ’s Prayer in Geth-
semane.”
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Calendar of Church Services
A&M CHRISTIAN CHURCH
9:46 A.M.—Church School
11:00 A.M.—Morning Worship
A&M CHURCH OF CHRIST
9:45 A.M.—Bible Classes
10:45 A.M.—Morning Worship
6:15 P.M.—Youth Meeting
A&M METHODIST CHURCH
9:50 A.M.—Sunday School
11:00 A.M.—Morning Worship
S. MARY’S CHAPEL
St. Mary’s, Sunday Mass, 8:30 and 10 a.m.
A&M PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
9:45 A.M. — Sunday School
11:00 A.M. — Morning Worship Service
6:30 P.M. — Student League and Fel
lowship.
COLLEGE STATION BAPTIST CHURCH
9:45 A.M.—Sunday School
10:50 A.M.—Morning Worship
6:15 P.M.—Training Union
7:15 P.M.—Evening Worship
AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH
9:30 A.M—Bible Class
10:46 A.M.—Worship Service
ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
8:00 A.M.—Holy Communion
9:30 A.M.—Aggie Coffee Club
9:30 A.M.—Church School
11:00 A.M.—Morning Worship
6:30 P.M.—Evening Services
6:30 P.M.—Student League
7:30 P.M.—Fellowship Service
BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH
(Missouri Synod)
800 S. College Ave. Bryan, Texas
9:30 a.m.—Sunday School and Bible Classes
10:45 a.m.—Morning Worship Service
Wednesday Vespers—7:30 p.m.
Luther Club—Wed. 8:30 p.m.
The Rev. Wm. C. Petersen, pastor
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
7:30 P.M.—Supper Group (3rd. Wed.)
11:00 A.M.—Morning Worship
Student Publications
Texas A&M College
City National Bank
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Bryan, Texas
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always conquer (ear ... a Truth that will our c hjldren to the
Comfort that will always heal sorrow. We ca
Friend who walks hand in hand
with men ... who loves and leads
forever.
Parents] The Church is your
servant in teaching your children
the Truth and Faith that will be
come their most treasured posses
sions. And the Church is the ser
vant of Christ in bringing you-and.
your little ones to Him.
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THE CHURCH FOR ALL ....
ALL FOR THE CHURCH
The Church is the greatest (actor on earth for the
building of character and good citizenship. It is a store
house of spiritual values. Without a strong Church,
neither democracy nor civilization can survive. There
are four sound reasons why every person should attend
service regularly and support the Church. They are;
(D For his own sake. (2) For his children's sake. (3) For
the sake of his community and nation. (4) For the sake
ol the Church itself, which needs his moral and material
support Plan to go to church on Sunday and read your
Bible daily.
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E. E. Keiiter.Straiburg, Virginia
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