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THE BATTALION
Monday, October 8, 1951
Former Aggie Football Star
Killed In Automobile Crash
By Associated Press
A weekend trip to College Sta
tion Saturday to see the A&M-OU
football game ended tragically for
Arthur B. Knickbocker, quarter-
hack of the. famous Aggie football
team of 1919.
Six persons, including Knicker
bocker, were killed in an automo
bile accident near Austin early
Saturday morning.
Also killed was Wayne D. Tiner,
class of 1923, who was president of
the H. B. ^achry Co. of San An
tonio.
The dead were:
A. B. Knickerbocker, former
State adjutant general, of Austin.
Mrs. Knickerbocker, his wife.
Vv^ayne D. Tiner of San Antonio,
Tex. (411 East Rosewood).
Mrs. Tiner, his wife.
Marion Henry Vioght, 37, of
Austin.
Mrs. Leona Voight Scott, his
sister, of Austin.
Three injured persons were:
Mrs. Ruby L. Benight, 33, of
Austin.
Susan Lane Tiner, about 17,
daughter of Tiners.
Nancy Knickerbocker, 17, daugh
ter of Knickbockers.
State police said the accident
happened about ISM; miles east
of Austin at 1:30 Sunday morning.
Officers said a car with the Voights
and Mrs. Benight apparently tried
to pass the car containing the
Knickerbockers and Tinei’s. Driv
ers of the vehicles were unidenti
fied.
Truck Crashes Into
Police said the Voight car col
lided with an oncoming truck and
the truck crashed into the Knick
erbocker vehicle.
Truck driver Sylvester Jackson
of Manor, Tex., apparently was
not injured.
Consolidated Girls
Attend Dallas Fair
Twenty-sevei^ A&M Consolidat
ed High School girls toured the
State Fair at Dallas Saturday in
conjunction with All Texas Day
for Future Homemakers of Amer
ica, Future Farmers of America,
and 4-H members.
The group of homemakers is
sponsored by Mrs. W. E. Street
and Mrs. William Byrd.
Miss Janice Hildebrand, a state
officer of the Texas Association of
the FHA, left for Dallas Friday.
Accompanied by her mother,
Mrs. E. M. Hildebrand, and Mrs.
Byrd, Miss Hildebrand attended an
honor awards banquet and dance
honoring state FHA officers.
Miss Hildebrand, second state
vice-president, received a medal for
her word in the statewide FHA
program at the banquet.
Knickerbocker was Texas adju
tant general under former Gover
nor Coke Stevenson who was in of
fice from 1941 to 1947.
The Knickerbockers and Tiners
had been to College Station for
the Oklahoma-Texas A&M football
game Saturday night.
Knickerbocker and Tiner were
officials of the Zachry Construction
Company in San Antonio.
Knickerbocker, 54, was quarter
back of the famous A&M football
team of 1919 that won ten straight
games without having its goal line
crossed, and also with the great
Aggie team of 1920.
He had served in the Navy in
World War I after his graduation
from the preparatory school at
Southwestern University, George-,
town. Knickerbocker was a con-
struction engineer and became sup
erintendent of the pipeline build
ing division of the Zachry Com
pany after he left the office of
adjutant general.
Knickerbocker was named adju
tant general during Gov. Coke
Stevenson’s administration and
served in that capacity during most
of World War II.
Father Was Minister
His father was the late Rev. B.
W. Knickerbocker, a widely known
Methodist minister who served pas
torates in Lake Providence, La.,
New Orleans, Los Angeles, Okla
homa City, Shreveport, Fort Worth,
Marlin, Corsicana, Temple, Brown-
wood, Austin, Port Arthur and
Houston.
Knickerbocker was a cousin of
the late H. R. Knickerbocker, the
newspaperman.
Surviving the Knickerbockers
are two daughters: Nancy, who
was in the wreck and whose con
dition at Brackenridge Hospital in
Austin was not serious, and Mrs.
J. J. Garwood of Pleasant Hill
Farm, Line Lexington, Pa.
Knickerbocker is survived by
three brothers, Harry of Dallas,
Waldo of Houston and H. W., Jr.,
of Crystal City.
Funeral arrangements for the
Knickerbockers have not yet been
made.
Surviving the Tiners are the
daughter, Susan, a student in the
University of Texas, and a son,
Wayne D. Jr. of San Antonio. Miss
Tiner was also in Brackenridge
Hospital here, where it was re
ported her injuries were not ser
ious.
Wayne D., Jr., attended A&M,
graduating in 1948 with a degree
in mechanical engineering. He
married the former Miss Nancy
Reynolds of College Station, daugh
ter of E. B. Reynolds.
Surviving Mrs. Tiner are five
sisters, Mrs. H. A. Bardwell of
San Antonio, Mrs. Eleanor Skin
ner of Karnes City, Mrs. S. S. Hall
of Austin, Mrs. E. G. Sharpies of
Del Rio, Mrs. J. W. Laird of
Crystal City.
Funeral services for Mr. and
Mrs. Tiner will be held at 11 a.
m. tomorrow at the Porter Loring
Chapel in San Antonio.
Bill Davenport stays with his Brahma during the hull riding con
tests of the All-Aggie Rodeo held during the weekend in the new
Aggie arena. Record crowds were present to witness what many
called “the best yet.”
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rooms. See after 3 p.m. Mrs. Paschall,
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WHIZZER Motor Bike, not new but good-
looking and runs well. Phone 2-5338.
WRINGER-TYPE washing machine, excel
lent condition. Portable Armstrong
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FREE: S6.30 worth of RECORDS with
the purchase of a S12.95 RCA 45 RPM
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women’s — and children’s. Curtains,
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USED builder’s transit and tripod. Call
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Directory of
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ALL LINES of Life Insurance. Homer
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18-IN. REEL-TYPE Firestone power mow
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Official Notice
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301 E. 28th St.
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The Borden Award in Dairy Husbandry
Vlll be made to the newly classified Sen
ior student in Agriculture who has com
pleted 2 or more . courses in Dairy Hus
bandry and who has the highest grade
(•oint ratio among such students. Any
iienior student in Agriculture who has
a grade point ratio of 1.8 or higher is
requested to leave his name with the
cecretary in the Dairy Husbandry office,
213 Ag. Bldg., by Oct. 10.
I. W. Rupel
Head of Department of
Dairy Husbandry.
Second installment, Payable October 1-18:
Board to November 21 $44.90
Room Rent to November 21.... 11.35
Laundry to November 21 3.65
Total payable to fiscal dept $59.90
The U. S. Army says three
fourths of all its enlisted men have
attended high school.
RADIOS & REPAIRING
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Phone 4-4114
What’s Cooking
ASME: Monday, 7:15 p. m., Room
2-C&D MSC. Come and bring your
friends.
FFA: Monday, 6:30 p. m., Cash-
ion’s Cabin. There will he plenty
of Barbecue.
MODERN LANGUAGE CLUB:
Monday, 7:45 p. m., Assembly room
2nd floor YMCA. Program of bus
iness and entertainment.
YMCA: Monday, 7:00 p. m., YMCA
Chapel. Pictures will be shown of
last year’s conferences; all fresh
men are urged to attend.
GRAYSON COUNTY CLUB:
Monday, 7:30 p. m., room 3-B MSC.
Organizational meeting, all stu
dents from Grayson County urged
to attend.
HANDICRAFT GROUP WO
MEN’S SOCIAL CLUB: Tuesday
morning, 9:30, Cabinet Room,
YMCA. Carl Mohler will discuss
working with ceramics and plas
tics.
Board Meeting
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service for the Memorial Student
Center from the classes of 1935,
1936, 1939, 1945, 1946 and 1950 and
the A&M Mothers’ Club of Brazos
County, San Angelo, San Antonio,
Dallas, Temple, Fort Worth, Wil
liamson County, Waco-McLennan
County, Austin, Sonora, Amarillo,
Stephens County, Refugio County,
Port Arthur, Beaumont, Deep East
Texas, Del Rio, Laredo, Wichita
Fallas, Brush Country, Rio Grande
Valley and Corpus Christi.
• Other gifts to the student cen
ter included the carillon system
valued at $2,700 by the class of
1939, oil paintings by the A&M
Mothers’ Club of Houston, the Ford
Motor Company and the State Fed
eration of A&M Mothers’ Clubs.
The A&M class of 1948 gave bul
letin boards valued at $697 for the
student center, and the Fort Worth
A&M Mothers’ Club gave record
albums and records. A number of
individuals gave books for the stu
dent center browsing library.
Peter Pauper Press, Mount Ver
non, New York, gave 50 classical
books to the library of Tarleton
State College.
AIEE Meeting
Wendell C. Fowler of the San-
gamo Electric Company will speak
to the American Institute of Elec
trical Engineers at its first meet
ing of the year Tuesday at 7:30
p. m. in the electrical Engineering
lecture room.
Fowler, southwestern district
manager of the Sangamo company,
will discuss thermal storage instru
ments and their uses in electrical
distribution systems.
Speakers
Dr. W. W. McMillan, president
of the Southwestern Christian
College, Terrell, will deliver the
final message Wednesday even
ing for the series of speakers
presented by the A&M Church of
Christ
Wyatt Sawyer, minister of the
Madisonville Church of Christ,
will speak Tuesday night at the
A&M Church of Christ. His ser
mon topic will be “The Mis
take of Jesus.”
Physics Dept. In Need of Lab Help
Applications for student labora
tory assistants in the Physics De
partment should be turned in as
soon as possible. Dr. J. G. Pot
ter, head of the Physics Depart
ment said. Openings are available
at all hours during the week for
men who have completed sopho
more physics courses with superior
ratings.
Five Teachers’
Expenses Voted
The Brazos County Crip
pled Children Society voted
recently to pay the expenses
of five teachers to the Crip
pled Children Society Annual
Meeting in San Antonio Oct. 19-20.
Three teachers from Bryan and
two teachers from A&M Consoli
dated School System, who will be
selected by the superintendents of
the two systems, will attend the
meeting.
Purpose of the meeting is to aid
teachers in understanding and deal
ing with exceptional children in the
school system.
The group further voted that the
Society enter the Community Chest
budget if the two Community
Chest boards so desire.
A budget of $750 was requested.
College Station’s share would
amount to $250, while Bryan’s
would be $500.
Other action taken at the meet
ing was to elect Herman Krauser
treasurer for the society. Krauser
will fill the unexpired term of Mrs.
W. D. Winberly who moved from
Brazos County.
Nine persons attended the meet
ing. They were Mrs. C. S. Richard
son, Mrs. Tom Leland, Mrs. Se-
gred Belcher, Mrs. Julia Hillman,
Dr. L. G. Jones, Dr. G. W. Schles-
selman, Mac Abercrombie, Mrs.
R. T. Spence, and Daniel Russell.
Tex Williams First Speaker
In Church of Christ Series
The first of three scheduled
speakers at the A&M Church of
Christ this week is Tex Williams,
of Quinlan, who will speak on
“Christian Benevolence” tonight at
7:15.
“We are proud to present this'
young, energetic Christian worker,
and we invite the public to hear his
address,” James F. Fowler, minis
ter for the A&M Church of Christ,
said.
Campus Study Club
Hears Teenagers
Eight local teenagers presented
a fine arts program at the open
ing tea of the Campus Study
Club recently.
The program consisted of vocal,
harp, and piano solos, and a ballet
number. The young entertainers
were introduced by Mrs. Robert
Carls.
Those taking part in the pro
gram were Linda' Potts, harpist;
Rita Ann Stitler, pianist; Sue Anne
Binney, pianist; Martha Montgom
ery, pianist; Royce Ann Zalesski,
soloist; Judy Oden, pianist; Jerry
Reeves, pianist; and Nancy Ann
Mosely, ballet dancer.
Two cables run from Vancouver
Island, Canada, to Australia.
Williams is a former student at
A&M. He enrolled in A&M on a
Jessie Jones Scholarship, but later
transferred to Abilene Christian
College where he was graduated.
At the Abilene college, Williams
was on the football team, presi
dent of the student body, and a
“Who’s Who in American Univer
sities and Colleges.” Upon grad
uation in 1950, he moved to Brown-
wood where he served as a full
time minister for one of the church
es of Christ there.
After a year’s ministry at
Brownwood, Williams moved to
Boles Orphan Home in Quinlan to
head their Office of Public Re
lations.
Other speakers appearing on the
Church of Christ series are Wyatt
Sawyer, of Madisonville, and Dr.
E. W. McMillan, from Terrill.
Panhandle Club
Elects Officers
Officers were elected by the Pan
handle Club recently at the club
is first meeting this year.
John Schmidt was elected presi
dent of the club, with Ben Thomas,
vice-president. Paeyton Ramey was
chosen social secretary, and Jack
Ransey, treasurer.
Other officers elected were C.
H. Miller, parliamentarian; and
John D. Coleman, reporter.
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