The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, May 14, 1957, Image 3

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Annual Corp
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medal from President Williams for
recognition as outstanding fresh
man in the Corps.
Daughters of the American
Revolution Award of $200, to an
outstanding second class cadet,
presented to Thomas Jewell Up
church, Amarillo; Byron King,
Palacios, received the Albert Sid
ney Johnson saber, presented by
the Texas Chapter of the United
Daughter of the Confederacy to an
outstanding second cadet; and Don
ald Cloud, Kerens, who received a
$200 award from the Texas So
ciety of the United States Daugh
ters of 1812 as an outstanding
sophomore cadet.
Society of American Military
Engineers gold medals, presented
to cadets outstanding in military
and engineering were presented
to Jack Lunsford, Houston, Air
Force; Douglas DeCluitt, Port
Arthur, Anti - Aircraft; Charles
Smith, Dallas, Field Artillery and
James Groves, Dallas, Infantry,
James Dellinger Jr., Corpus
Christi, received a cup and key
presented by Capt. John H. Fritz,
USAR, as the most outstanding
company commander.
Branch Awards
Branch awards went to Karl
Springer, San Antonio, U. S. Air
Force Association Medal; Armed
Forces Chemical Association
award, to James Costa, Fort
Worth; Association of United
States Army (Anti-Aircraft Artil
lery,) to Bobby Surovik, Mount
Pleasant; Society of American
Military Engineers gold medal to
John Rinard, San Antonio, and
Donald Dunlap, New Orleans, La.
Association of the United States
Army (Infantry), to Thomas Adair
III, Houston; American Ordnance
Association, key to Bobby Nelson,
Bellaire, medals to Clyde Beal Jr.,
Waco, and Newton Harris III, Fort
Worth; Quartermaster Association
medals to Freddie Lehmann,
Warda, and David Currin, Dallas;
Armed Forces Communications As
sociation medal, certificate and one
year honorary membership in the
association to Warren Johnson Jr.,
Marfa, and Bobby Ammer, Dallas;
National Defense Transportation
Association gold key, medal and
certificate to Donald Weber,
Columbus, Ohio, and silver medal
to John Ochterbeck, Las Vegas, N.
M.; Armor Association award to
Leighlus Sheppard Jr., Crockett;
San Antonio Post, Society of
American Military Engineers rifle
trophy to Kenneth Marquardt,' San
Antonio; and Association of the
United States Army (Chemical
Corps), to James Partridge, Cleve
land, Texas.
Jerry Roberts, Marshall, received
a cup and medal presented by
Engineers Corps members of the
class of 1951 in memory of T. A.
Adcock to outstanding junior cadet
in the Corps of Engineers; Harold
Conrad, Devine, won the Ains
worth saber, presented to outstand-
LETTERS
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Further, you say, “What A&M
students should be interested in
and work for is not a school of
all Corps or all Civilians but a
school where these two groups co
operate . . . One of the best ways
to begin this cooperation would
be by your elimination of the one
sidedness evident so often in The
Battalion.
Harley H. McAdams ’60
Floyd W. Kaase ’60
Lowell C. Bodden ’60
Tyrone S. Clifford ’60
Jerry M. Murff ’60
Hubert D, Bulling ’60
Frank Wayne Spiller ’60
Thomas E. Downs ’60
James B. Green ’60
Claudie A. Wright ’60
Charles B. Grimes ’60
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‘Serving Texas Aggies’
ing non-commissioned officer of
the Infantry; William Booty, Dal
las, the R. L. Sargeant Paul Revere
Bowl, annually given to a member
of the pistol team who best
demonstrates marksmanship, sport-
manship and fair play.
William Hughes, Arp, a $50
defense bond presented by College
Station State Bank to best speaker
in Air Science III; Carl Osborne,
College Station, received a $25
bond for second place, James Starr
received a medal for third.
Chicago Tribune medals, pre
sented to outstanding senior cadets
in each catsgory of air science,
went to Jack Thomas, Fort Worth,
Category I; Kerby Meyer, Harl
ingen, Category I A, (observer);
James Peacock, Cleburne, Cate
gory II (technical); and Charles
Peacock, Cleburne, Category IV
(veteran).
Byron Kink, Palacious, won a
plaque and lifetime pen set pre
sented by Bryan Air Base to the
outstanding AFROTC commander;
the Woolridge saber, given to
Squadron 11, commanded by Leroy
Fperster Jr., College Station, for
being the outstanding Air Force
unit.
Sons of the American Revolution
awards, medals presented annually
Presented
at Review
by the Texas Chapter, to the out
standing cadet in each branch of
Army ROTC and each field of
specialization in Air Force ROTC.
Winners were Arlen D. Lummus,
Pilot; Arnold J. Barnett, Observer;
Jack E. Nelson, Technical; Gilbert
Noel Steile, Armor; Douglas R.
DeCluitt, Anti-Aircraft; Arlen ^C.
Cornett, Chemical Corps; Johnny
G. Basinger, Engineers; Larry D.
Piper, Field Artillery; Charles A.
Beever, Jr., Infantry; Jerome Dee
Harris, Ordnance; Charles William
Rasco, Quartermaster Corps; John
L. Ligon, Signal Corps; and James
G. Regmund, Transportation Corps.
President’s Award
Winner of the Presidents A ward,
a flag presented annually by the
Little Leaguers!
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president of the College to the
Battalion or Group with the high
est scholastic standing was the
Fourth Battalion, Second Regi
ment, commanded by Jon David
Neely. Presentation was made l>y
President Williams.
Drum and Bugle Corps Awards,
gold keys were presented by A.
M. Waldrop, Bryan to all members.
Appreciation Awards
Corps of Cadets Appreciation
Awards, certificates presented for
outstanding service to A&M Col
lege and the Corps of Cadets were
presented to P. L. (Pinky) Downs
Jr., official greeter for the college
and to K. W. Davis, of Fort Worth.
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