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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1954)
Tuesday, June 8, 1954 THE BATTALION Page 3 >X—The Little League White Sox, sponsored by Pugh, Marion Pugh, Bob Slider. Bottom row, Harold i Pugh Lumber company, line up for their pic- Cooner, Hal Delaplane, Jimbo Bevans, Lane Coulter, Mike r are (left to right), top row, Herb Thompson, Denison, Pat Thompson, Alex Rush. (The Battalion will c, Irving Todd, Danny Feldman, Tommy Let- run a picture of each team.) ,rk Luther, Joe Johnston, Joel Mills, Condy \ Still Mo. Still ff’irst in Snles If! JLMJL Still in Quality gas of the i had no i Durfc states intern? Wayne Mich., V sas City, eral rey. imei untaii HUMBLE lY-6s m. • 9[ - 9 p.® PER id 5-i ITIONt: I C A S B. I i the gasoline that gives performance qualities 1 €trtra Quick Starting €x#ra Power m Sittra Anti •knock U M B L E O I a patented solvent that keeps engines Extra Clean. RE F I NIN G COMPANY INER By AI Capp PAMSV WERE. \ A UGLY CHILE AN'SHE CROWED UP T'BE A < UGLY WOOMIN Baptists Plan Open House For Students The First Baptist church of Col lege Station will welcome summer students with an open house and lawn party at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Gene Layman, educational direc tor, will be in charge of recreation, and refreshments will be served. Mrs. R. O. Berry, chairman of the student relations committee, is general director of the party. Assisting her will be Mrs. Lay- ton Gregg, C. H. Bates, Joe An derson, Tommy Dunnegan, Sammy Clark, Bill Bates, and Pat Gregg. All students are invited, Mrs. Berry said. Church Men Set Outdoor Program The Men of the Church of the A&M Presbyterian church will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday in the wooded area back of the church for their second outdoor program of the year. Food will be prepared by W. L. Penberthy and Dixie Southern will give an illustrated talk. Informal singing of old favorite hymns will end the program. Local Swimmers Sweep Tulsa Meet Two College Station swimmers swept the Oklahoma Open swim ming meeting in Tulsa Saturday. The swimmers, Richard Weick and John Harrington, swam against 175 contestants from eight states in the two-day meet. Richard, who was* entered in the men’s division, was first in the 200 meter individual medley, with a time of 2:46.6 minutes. He was second in the 100 meter butterfly breaststroke with the time of 1:13.7 minutes. He was third in the 100 meter backstroke. He was fourth in both the 400 meter freestyle and the 1,500 meter freestyle. John Harrington, who entered the boys’ classification of 14 and under, was first in the 100 meter backstroke, timed at 1:18.7 min utes. He was also first in the 200 meter individual medley, with a time of 3:08.5. The meet was held in the new Olympic pool at Tulsa. Wesley Foundation To Have Election The Wesley foundation of the A&M Methodist church will elect a summer president in a special meeting at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Programs for the summer will be discussed, and the students will meet Robert C. Monk, who suc ceeds the Rev. Robert Sneed as di rector of the foundation. Bait Names Wrong Man in Air Crash The Battalion last week mis takenly reported that Henry D. Walton had been killed in an air plane accident. The name should have been H. D. Wolz. Wolz, a former student of the class of ’39, was killed when his B-25 crashed after an engine caught fire. A resident of Caldwell, Wolz was Burleson county’s only pris oner of war during the Korean con flict. HELP WANTED PASADENA, Calif.—(A 5 )—When P. H. Hammond, .a manufacturer, found it necessary to lay off a few men he advertised in the local pa per to get the men newc jobs. Scores of persons who read the ad called Hammond to commend his action. And 19 employers called to bid for the men’s services. All but one were hired by a competitor who thanked Hammond for the experienced help and promised to hire the last man too, when he re turned from sick leave. SOCIETY EDITOR—Miss Kerstin Ekfelt, daughter of F. E. Ekfelt of the English department, will be Battalion society editor for the summer. The 15-year-old blonde is a student at Stephen F. Austin high school. Child Study Club Sets Picnic As its last function of the year, the Child Study club of College Station will hold a picnic at 5:30 p.m. this afternoon, at the home of Mrs. Charles LaMotte. About 15 members are expected to come and bring their families. After the supper of fried chicken there will be games for the men and children. Mrs. Albert Druce and Mrs. E. R. Lemon have charge of the affair. The International Red Cross was founded at Geneva, Switzerland, in 1864. SUMMER'S HERE and THE TEXAN is a good place to cool off! DRIVE - IN SERVICE or enjoy the air-conditioned comfort of our . • DINING LOUNGE • Chicken V ® Steaks V % • Sea Food * • Fountain Drinks THE TEXAN On College Road m it % 5 to for information or reservations caff 4-1129 Mr. Businessman Save Time-Money, to AUSTIN i gggj f -^,7 yfX; ) an |* P* l£ gp ! \