The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, April 17, 1951, Image 4

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THE BATTALION
Tuesday, April 17, 1951
20 Out of 22 Vote c Ye^
College Station Residents
Favor Home Mail Service
By FRANK DAVTS
Battalion Staff Writer
College Station residents ap
pear to be in favor of house-to-
house mail delivery.
At least, 20 out of 22 persons
asked that question yesterday were
in favor of the measure which may
provide “free” mail delivery to all
houses within the corporate city
limits.
Two carriers, if the program is
authorized, will make daily deliv
eries except on Sundays and holi
days to all College Station homes,
according to N. C. Holland, sup
erintendent of mails.
“There are crowded traffic con
ditions and a lack of parking
space at the North Gate host
Office. People who live in College
Hills and South College Park
sometimes have trouble getting
mail.” These were some of the
arguments in favor of house-to-
house mail delivery.
“The situation in College Sta
tion does not justify increased
government expenditure said the
only opponent of the measure.”
One person refused to comment,
and another said the free deliv
ery was something people of Col
lege Station were entitled to and
should have.
In a recent survey conducted by
the Chamber of Commerce, local
residents favored the program four
to one. Opinions were obtained
from 4G per cent of the population,
Plate Association
Places New Order
Another 300 dozen Regular Edi
tion of Texas A&M commemorative
plates have been ordered, and de-
liverey is assured within s i x
months, P. L. “Pinky” Downs, Jr.,
’06, president of the Commemora
tive Plate Association, has an
nounced.
The plates are being made by
Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, Ltd.,
of Etruria, England.
Each one-dozen order of the
plates, toned in maroon and white
from hand engravings on copper
and facsimilied on ivory Queens-
ware, contains a picture of 12
different early campus buildings.
Borders of the plates were designed
by the Architecture and Landscape
Arts Departments, and depict each
military branch of the college.
Building views included in each
set of 12 plates are G'athright
Hall, Civil Engineering Building,
S b i s a Hall, Academic Building,
Guion Hall, Agriculture Building,
Kyle Field Stadium, Cushing Me
morial Library, Walton Hall, Ad
ministration Building, Veterinary
Hospital, and the Chemistry Build
ing.
The commemorative plates may
b e ordered immediately from
Downs at Box 4784, College Sta
tion, Texas.
according to J. II. Sorrels, presi
dent of the Chamber of Commerce.
Cards were sent to all persons
paying for utilities in College Sta
tion, Sorrels said. This means that
someone at every house was asked
to express an opinion, he added.
“Since a lot of people obtain
my address from the telephone
directory, house delivery would
help me,” said Harry L. Boyer,
chief of housing at A&M.
“As for me, I’m 100 per cent
College Station
Lion’s Hear
Librarian Talk
Mike Krenitsky, assistant
librarian of Cushing Memor
ial Library, was guest speak
er yesterday at the weekly
noon luncheon of the College
Station Lion’s Club.
Talking on “Library Facilities in
College Station as a Community,”
Krenitsky pointed out the library
services available to the people of
College Station.
Bryan Public Library, A&M Con
solidated High School Library, and
Cushihg Memorial Library at A&M
are the three places which resi
dents of this community may ob
tain books and other tjpies of lit
erature, the speaker said.
“Real money needs to be spent
on children’s books for the local
schools,” the librainan commented,
“and already the Educational Com
mittee of the Chamber of Com
merce and the Campus Study Club
have gone a long way to help
meet some of the monetary de
mands of purchasing new books.”
The AAUW plans to make a
survey soon to decide where and
how much money needs to be spent
to bring the Consolidated library
up to date, he added.
Fencers Win
(Continued from Page 3)
epee events this year, since John
Gottlob previously won the novice
and junior class competition. Chuck
Massey placed second in the Novice
division and Frank Ragusa capie in
third to round out the Aggie tie-
up.
The Aggies will get a chance
to show their stuff in team events
when they journey to Galveston
April 28.
Last year the cadet epee team,
composed of Wilson, Mayes, and
Gottlob, won both the Gulf Coast
AFLA and the Southwest Confer
ence championships.
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all classified to STUDENT ACTIVITIES
OFFICE. All ads must be received in Stu
dent Activities office by 10 a.m. on the
day before publication.
• FOR SALE
TUXEDO with summer and winter coat.
Practically new. Size 28. Call 4-7088.
REDUCED PRICE on matched set of
white gold diamond rings. Davidson,
2-111 after O p.m.
Box Springs and Mattress . . . $25.00
Divan $10.00
Platform Rocker $15.00
Other pieces of furniture also.
R. B. Cyr, Apt. 12B, Vet Village
• HELP WANTED •
WOMEN interested in interior decorating
to sell Goodyear materials, drapes, full
or part time work. Call 2-8449 for in
terview Friday A. M.
• MISCELLANEOUS •
TYPING—reasonable rates. Phone 3-1776.
HUBBARD
Dianetic Auditor
... trained at the Hub
bard Dianetic Research
Foundation, will spend
the next two months
in Bryan and is inter
ested in locating a co
auditor.
PO Box 4308
College Station
LOST
TACKLE BOX with drawing instruments
north of Anchor Hall. Return to An
chor Hall office or write P.O. Box 4002.
BABY SITTER
Feel tied to the house?
A slave to your children?
Crave an evening of freedom?
Special—expert child care in your home—
45c per hour this month only. Call Mrs.
McCullough, 4-5324.
WANTED TO BUY •
USED CLOTHES and shoes, men’s —
women’s — and children’s. Curtains,
spreads, dishes, cheap furniture. 602
N. Main, Bryan, Texas.
• NOTICES •
There is no conspiracy or if there is, it
is not against me—Thank God I’ve found
that out—by His help. My thanks to
everyone. Alfred L. Bissell.
Official Notice
Fourth and last payment to be paid by
April 20th.
Board $56.75
Room 14.35
Laundry ........ 4.65
Total .... $75.75
C. A. Roeber, Auditor
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SHAFFER'S
for it,” was the response received
from J. C. Culpepper. He added
that driving across the campus to
get mail, endangering the lives of
pedestrians, would be eliminated.
“Since my husband is with the
extensiocn service and is frequently
out of town with the car, I some
times hjave trouble getting the
mail,” cofmmented Mrs. C. H. Bates.
The idea of delivery only once
a day atad none on Sunday caus
ed two people concern. Mrs. J.
B. Baty mentioned the lack of a
Sunday delivery. Les Richardson,
superintendent of A&M Consoli
dated Schools, said a disadvan
tage was the fact that mail would
he delivered only once a day.
R. B. Halpin suggested that
the program was sound. He rea
soned that the traffic at North
Gate was dense, and that husbands
go out of town, leaving the wives
at home without mail.
Dr. A. A. Price stated this was
a service the community needs.
K. A. Maiming introduced the
idea of benefiting people who live
some distance from the Post Of
fice.
Mrs. William J. Dobson said it
was inconvient to go for the mail
at the post Office.
Others in favor of the plan
were Mrs. R. Y. Elkins, George
B. Wilcox, Mrs. R. B. Hook,
Ernest Langford, Dr. W. A.
Boney, and Mrs. E. E. Ames.
If the public opinion favors the
program, it is expected to go into
effect around the first of July,
said Holland.
Intramurals
(Continued from Page 3)
In the longest contest of the
afternoon, A Vets edged past L
AF, 2-1. The contest went six inn
ings.
The Vets tallied their first run
in the first frame on three succes
sive singles by Simpson, Reyes, and
Trawick. The Vets winning ran was
scored in the fifth stanza by Tra-
wick who banged out a homer.
The L AF hitters tried valiantly
in the final inning to get back into
the game but could muster only
one ran on two hits off the Vet
pitcher, Reyes.
C Cavalry Wins, 10-5
C Cavalry ran roughshod over
B Infantry, 10-5.
Seven runs crossed the plate
for the armored men in the first
inning of play. After the first
inning the infantry was never in
the game.
The infantrymen sent three runs
across the plate in the first and
two more in the second.
Ag Award Winner
Walter Tanamachi, president of the Agronomy Society and presi
dent of the Ag Honor Society which recently became a member of
the National Chapter of Alpha Zeta, receives an award) from Dean
of Agriculture C. N. Shepardson as one of the outstanding students
of the School of Agriculture.. Awards were made on the basis of
scholarships, elective positions, journalistic or literary activities,
achievement awards, social and religious activities, military service
record and the amount of self support the student had to supply.
WhaVs Cooking
CANTERBURY ASSOCIATION,
Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. St. Thomas
Episcopal Chapel Parish House.,
Discussion of convention and fu
ture parties.
DANCE PUBLICITY COMMIT
TEE, Wednesday, 7:15 p. m. Rec
ord Room of the MSC.
ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY,
Tuesday, 7:30 p. m. Room 105 Bio
logical Sciences Building Color
film on the cattle industry in South
America will be shown.
GEOLOGY CLUB, Tuesday, 7:30
p. m. Geology Room. Wm. B.
Heroy will speak.
HORTICULTURE SOCIETY,
Tuesday, Basement of Ag Building.
JOURNALISM CLUB, Tuesday,
7:30 p. m., MSC. Ward Mayborn
speaker.
MSC MUSIC COMMITTEE,
Tuesday, 7:15 p. m. MSC Record
Room.
NEWCOMERS CLUB, Wednes
day, 2 p. m. YMCA. Canasta and
bridge party.
NEWMAN CLUB, Wednesday,
7:15 p. m. St. Mary’s Chapel Base
ment. Plans for the Province Con
tention will be discussed.
PANHANDLE CLUB, Tuesday,
7:15 p. m. Room 103 Academic
Building.
SADDLE & SIRLOIN CLUB,
Tuesday, 7:30 p. m. Room 3D MSC.
Final plans for the Cattlemen’s
Ball.
TALENT BUREAU AUDI
TIONS, Wednesday, 5 p. m. Piano
Room of MSC.
TYLER CLUB, Thursday, 7:30
p. m., Room 104 Academic Build
ing. Plan party. All freshmen urged
to attend.
FREE DINNER
Watch for Your
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Each Week, The . .
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Dorm 2 — Rm. 4U
12th MAN INN
Will give away a free dinner to the person
whose name appears.
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Just Some Old Junk
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It may be a valuable article to
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The Battalion
Classified Ads
CALL 4-5324
for Service
Consolidated
junior Class
Slates Plays
Two one-act plays will be
presented by the Junior Class
of A&M Consolidated High
School Tuesday night, May 1,
at 8 p. m.
The first play, under the direc
tion of High School Principal L. E.
Boze, is entitled ‘Whar’s My Pants,’
and includes a cast composed of
Maxie Wilson, Billy Blakely, Wan
da Goodwin, Bobby Smith, Jimmy
Templin, and Louise Street.
This production, is a black face
comedy lasting approximately 45
minutes.
The other play, “Drams In the
Night,” is directed by Mrs. Louise
Glenn and will have in the cast
Celeste Curran, Jerry Leighton,
Sara Puddy, Glenda Brown, Bar
bara Sims, George Johnston, and
Judy Oden. A mystery act, the
play will also last an estimated 45
minutes.
Between performances of the two
plays, members of the junior class
will furnish entertainment.
Admission to the plays is 50
cents per person for adults <)md
35 cents for students attending the
show.
Names Duchess
Garden Club
Holds Final
Spring Meet
At their final meeting of the
year on Thursday, members of
the A&M Garden Club heard com
mittee reports for the year, planned
their annual Spring pilgrimage and
named their duchess to the Cotton
Ball and Pageant.
The meeting was presided over
by President Mrs. O. K. Smith.
Mrs. Spencer Buchanan read the
minutes of the previous meeting
and committee chairman read their
reports.
For their annual flower pilgrim
age, the club will visit the Day
Lily Farm. Exact date for this
tour will be announced later.
Miss Ann Hickerson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Hickerson,
will represent the club as duchess
to the Cotton Ball.
Mrs. John Hill and Mrs. A1 Nel
son displayed floral arrangements
in Victorian containers. Mrs. C. C.
Doak announced that all dues for
next year must be paid by July
1.
Mrs. Armstrong Price, speaker
for the afternoon, was introduced
by Mrs. R. E. Snuggs.
Mrs. Price demonstrated new
trends in floral arrangements and
answered questions as she made her
displays.
Among the demonstrated pieces
was a formal arrangement of yel
low gladiola in a veiAical line with
a purple and yellow pansy gar
land arrangement. These were
shown in an antique metal pitcher.
Among Mrs. Price’s most inter
esting arrangements was one of
undeveloped palm, dried and var
nished, with tulip leaves and hy
brid amaryllis. This arrangements
was done without water. Mrs.
Price explained that bulbs with
hollow stems will stay fresh for
several days without water.
Hostesses for the afternoon were
Mrs. Dell Bauer, Mrs. R. R. Lyle,
and Mrs. George Summey, Jr.
Development Fund
Gets New Grants
New gifts and grants totaling
$9,700, have been made to the
college, E. E. McQuillen, executive
director of the Development Fund,
announced today.
The gifts and grants are from
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Durham of
Huntington, Texas; Houston Vet
erinary Medical Association;
Browning-Ferris Machinery Co.,
Houston and Dallas; Leo Potish-
man, Fort Worth; Beaumont Farm
and Ranch Club; Dow Chemical
Company; R. E. Dickson Memorial
Fund; U. S. Daughters of 1812
and the Lilly Ice Cream Company,
Bryan.
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“Serving Texas Aggies”
Second Graders Give
Play on Texas History
A program prepared by the sec
ond grade pupils of A&M Con
solidated School entitled “Some
thing About Texas” was presented
this morning in the school gym.
The introduction to the program
was given by Mark Luther and the
first act was read by Hal Dela-
plane. Called the “Early Settlers,”
this act was composed of readings
and folk dances to the tune of
“Skip To My Lou” and “Jolly is the
Miller.”
Next, on the program Marcus
Curd told of the early Texans
“Fight for Freedom.” This was fol
lowed by an act, “The Republic
of Texas.” In this act were Jack
Armistead, John Richard Ballen-
tine, Bob Baird, Joan Loveless,
John Parker, Billy Whit Eakin, and
Bob White.
Group Songs
“Texas Today” was presented
by Wade Fry, Jimmy Winn, Henry
Allen, and Jim Fowler. After the
reading, the group sang an, origin
al song entitled “The Cowboy.”
A dance, “Texas Star” was giv
en by Ronnie Shoup, Alex Quisen-
berry, Dedy Terry, and Andy
Adams.
The program was completed
when the group sang two original
songs named “Bluebonnet Sues”
and “I’m Glad I’m a Texan.”
Taking part in the play and its
production also were Britt Bell, Ira
Brewer, Cyril Burke, P. G. Gandy,
Kenneth Greer, Woody Hedrick,
Tommy Letbetter, George Outlaw,
James Riggs Larry Thuraan,
David Walker, Jerry Lewis, Dor
othy Berry and Sondra Covey.
Others working in the play in
clude Janet Darrow, Patricia
Gandy, Martha Dominick, Sue
Stiles, Gail McCaleb, Diane Du
laney, Mary Gould, Edith Putz,
Frances Knapp, Billie Perryman,
Joanne Berryman, Patricia Ann Al
len, Patsy Varvel, Bonnie Lamond,
Bill Bernard, Lynn Bulow, John
Covan, Wayde Frey, Donnie Gir-
land, Hugh Glenn, Bob McKell,
Condy Pugh, Jimmy O’Brien.
Bill Spencer, John Webb, Jimmy
Worsham, Larry Vanderman, Ger
aldine Blair, Susan Caudill, Lydia
Dawson, Doris Stevens, Elizabeth
Franklin, Wanoria Garrett, Kath
leen Heaton, Ann Holdrege, Jane
Ann Malik, Renee Reese, and Sue
Ross.
Having parts in the play were
Patricia Salis, Sharon Shivers,
Suzanne Sorenson, Elaine Waid- •
hofer, Mary Lou Warren, Ambrocia
Bernal, Bobby Brown, Bob Fitts,
Danny Garner, Charles Henson.
Raymond Huff, Marvin Nichols,.
Jay Pruitt, Carl Riley, Jerry Smith,
Irvin Todd, Arthur Williams, Jim
my Winn, Dick Manning, Carl
Doerter, Glenda Brown, Donna
Dale.
Jane Donahue, Veva Donahue,
Patsy Feldman, Sheryl! Greer,
Grenda Kay Hoecker, Joan Nemec*,
Bettiann Ransdell, Susan Schember,
Beverly Waddle, Lois Wilderman,
Sharon Warren, and Lillie Belle
Ketch.
Air Reserve Units
Set Dinner Dance
The 9807th and 9857th Air Re
serve Training Squadrons in the
Brazos County area will hold their
annual dinner-dance Friday night,
at 7:30 at Franklin’s.
The Air Squadrons celebrating
are composed of all Air Force Re
serve personnel in the Central Tex
as area.
Col. J. B. Williams, immediate
commanding officer over the two
squadrons, and Capt. John O. Hall,*
Air Liaison Officer of Austin, will
be present. Lt. Col. Marvin Bird-
well commands the 9807th Squad
ron, and Lt. Col. Dick Hervey, com-.,
mands the 9857th Squadron. Lt.
Col. W. S. McCulley commands A
Flight, which is the Brazos County
flight.
All Air Reserves, whether as
signed to the local units or not,
are invited to attend the dinner.
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