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The Battalion .... College Station (Brazos County), Texas PAGE 6 Thursday, June 28, 1956 Letters Poured In “Mom” Returns to A&M After Hospitalization Mrs. Irene “Mom” Claghom, the woman who has nursed aggies for almost 40 years, has returned to the campus after a four-month con valescence period following a car wreck. Mom was injui’ed Mai*ch 4 when she lost control of. her car and collided with a pai’ked vehicle on the highway near Dallas while en- route to visit her mother. She received a crushed chest, which later caused a collapse of the left lung, broken leg, severe head injury, and a damaged heart. “I don’t remember very much about the accident, “the white haired lady said,” but when they carried me to the emergency en trance of Baylor Hospital in Dallas someone bent over my stretcher and said—‘Mom, it’s one of your Ag gies.’—I knew I was in good hands then.” Luckily the facial cuts left no marks but she’ll always carry the deep scar on her chest where wires suspended from a bar above her head, held her injured chest for weeks, to allow her lungs and heart freedom. “I will always be sincerely grate ful to the wonderful doctors I had and the staff of nurses at the hos-. pital,” she said. “They were just marvelous. When news leaked out of Mom’s injury, Aggies and their wives flocked to the hospital keeping the halls filled with anxious faces. Dr. Walton Davis, the chest spe cialist, gave very little hope for her recovery, according to the Aggie nurse. When he mentioned that her age—which is 67—was against her, relatives told him, “Dr., she’s been with the Aggies for so many years she doesn’t realize her age.” The doctors were wondering if Mom had the will to live but her family assured them that she had been around the Aggie spirit for so many yeai'S, “she has enough of their fight in her.” Meanwhile letters and cables poured into Mom’s «room from all over the world. Chancellor and Mi’s. M. T. Harrington, hearing the news in Honolulu on their world trip, cabled Mrs. Claghorn imme diately. “I I’eceived best wishes from Ag gies that I haven’t seen in 30 years,” says Mom, “some, even date back to the 1920’s.” Center News FRIDAY—MSC Film Society — 7:30 p.m., Assembly Room, pre sents “My Little Chickadee” star ring W. C. Fields and Mae West. Admission, 25 cents or by season ticket. SUNDAY—Beginning a Summer Series music program from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Featuring this week Misses Jean Anne Smith, vocalist, and Eve Portei - , pianist, the pro gram will be held in the main lounge of the MSC and is free. ❖ * * MONDAY—Hide - a - way Dance from 8-11 p.m. in the Ballroom. Music by Aggieland Combo, stag or drag. Admission 25 cents per son. New Store Opens Toby’s Youth Center, a new children’s store in Bryan, opened it’s doors to the public this morn ing with favors and gifts to the children. Featuring name brand merchan dise, the store is equipped to clothe infants, toddlers, girls -wear through Sub-teens and boys-wear through 14. The new store is located at 207 N. Main Street, Bryan. Pretty salad plate for lunch: to mato aspic (canned or Romemade), shrimp salad, cottage cheese and crisp greens. One letter in particular, Mom holds very dear to her, from an Aggie who had woi-ked in the Col lege Hospital. “I had to keep after him to go to class, study and everything,” she said, “while he, in turn was con stantly after me to tell him my age.” When the accident occurred this Aggie ex wrote an extremely long letter expressing his sympathy for her unfortunate accident, wishing her a speedy recovery, and as an after thought, added: “Mom, you must have got an awful lick on your head to have told your age.” Even Dr. Davis was astonished by the flock of mail received con cerning Mom. . . “Even my desk is filled to the capacity with letters^ from your Aggies, Mom,” he said, “telling me.how to treat you, what to do, and really laying down the law about being particular,” he laughingly reported to her. “When something like this hap pens to you, you really know who your friends are,” she said, “and they’ve been truly wonderful.” “When the accident first occur red,” she went on to say, “Rev. Robert L. Darwall, pastor of St. Thomas Episcopal Chapel in Col lege Station, telephoned to the SMU Episcopal minister in Dallas, and he stayed by my bedside through the trying days, giving me strength and courage.” Mom is now on her last lap toward recovery. The cast, which encased almost her entire body, was removed June 11 after eight weeks, and she was able to sit up in a chair last Sunday for the first time in 99 days. Dr. Harold Masten, bone special ist, will check on his famous pa tient the latter part of August on the progress of her broken leg. “I’m hoping to be able to take my first steps, then,” she smiled, with the sti'ong will of a deter mined person showing through. Mrs. Irene (Mom) Claghorn Local Girls Will Present Musical Sunday at 3:30 The first of the Summer Series Music Programs sponsored by the Directorate’s office of the Memor ial Student Center, will be held from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday in the main longe. Scheduled for this Sunday are Misses Jean Anne Smith, vocalist, and Eve Porter, pianist, who will present numbers together, and as solos. Miss Smith’s program will in clude the following selections: “The Social Whirl ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Wives Club will meet at 8 p.m. Monday in the social room of the Memorial Student Center for a White Elephant Bingo Game. Mem bers are asked to bring a package wrapped for the game. There will be no charge for Bingo. All new members are particularly invited to attend. First Primrose”, Grieg; “It Must Be Wonderful, Indeed”, Listz; “Ap ril Fool,” Gartlan; “Prayer”, Gui- on; “Cradle Song”, Brahms; “Peo- pie Will Say We’re in Love,” Cole Porter; and “Because”. Miss Porter will play these se lections: “Sonato,” Hayden; “Puck”, “Nocturne”, “Watchman’s Song”, “Dance of the Elves”, all Grieg compositions and “Scotch Poem”, Mac Dowell. Miss Smith, graduate of Consol idated High School, had the lead in the School operetta for two years and plans to attend Oregon State College as a music major. Miss Porter, a Stephen F. Aus tin graduate, has studied piano for seven years, accompanies vo calists in Bryan and College Sta tion and the Methodist Church, and is one of the accompanists for the Mikado opei-etta. The MSC plans to present ser ious classical and semi classical programs every Sunday for the public, free of charge. I * GROCERIES ir 3 Pound Can CRISCO 89c Banquet Brand—No. 2 , /i Can PEARS — Broken Pieces . . 31c Kimbell’s—20 Oz. Tumbler STRAWBERRY PRESERVES, 49c Niblets—Whole Kernel GOLDEN CORN . Van Camp’s—No. 2 Cans PORK & BEANS . . Kimbell’s—303 Cans—FRESH BLACKEYEPEAS . Delsey—4 Roll Package BATH ROOM TISSUE 2 cans 35c 2 cans 35c . 2 cans 25c 49c * FROZEN FOODS * — PICTSWEET — Mustard Greens, Turnip Greens, Broccoli Cut, Chopped Spinach, Cut Corn, Peas & Carrots . . PKG. 19c PRODUCE Home Grown TOMATOES . 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