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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1958)
College Station forecast calls for partly cloudy and mild today through Friday. High today 80 degrees; low tonight 64. THE BATTALION Easlerwoofl Open House Sunday Published Daily on the Texas A&M College Campus Number 140: Volume 57 COLLEGE 1 STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1958 Price Five Cents ^asterwood Observes Brazos Aviation Day Beauty Contest Highlights Show New $100,000 Terminal The new Easterwood Field Terminal will be craft will conduct passovers. The new ter- thrown open for public inspection Sunday minal was completed in April as part of a afternoon as part of the Brazos Valley Civil recent $211,000 expansion program. (See Aviation Day. During the afternoon various related picture on page 2.) aircraft will be on display and military air- ‘Cow Pasture, Grows To Thriving Airport By JOHNNY JOHNSON From a converted cow pasture to an airport which handled 102,200 landings and takeoffs dur ing the last 12 months is the 19- year progress story of A&M’s Easterwood Field. Sunday, the field will hold open house for its new $100,000 terminal, which was first occupied April 17, part of a recent $211,000 expan sion. A giant air show will be staged in observance of Brazos Valley Aviation Day, helping the Civil Aeronautics Administration celebi’ate its 20th anniversary during June. With four flights daily by Con tinental Air Lines, Easterwood is the only airport with regularly- scheduled airline service in a 100- mile radius, giving service to the Brazos Valley. The new terminal is completely air-conditioned. Its modern facil ities include waiting rooms, lounges, space for Continental’s office and other offices. The one story building has a brick exter ior and tile floors throughout. The expansion now being com pleted includes the new terminal, paving of roads, underground drainage system and parking areas, all started in 1957. The 102,200 airport operations included 4,165 operations by sched uled airlines—Continental and up until April, Trans-Texas Airline. There were 22,983 itinerant op SCONA Members Return From Trips Members of the Fourth Student Confei’ence on National Affairs, which will be held this fall, have returned from publicity and fund raising trips to New York City, Washington, D.C., Mexico City and Monterrey, Mex. According to Kenneth Keller, fi nance committee member, the trips were successful in all respects. Each year numerous trips are made throughout Texas and other parts of the United States publiciz ing SCONA and soliciting spon sors. Last year was the first time a group had gone to Mexico. Keller said trips are planned to Dallas and Houston very soon. Besides Local July 4 Festivities Set College Station families will hold their annual July 4th celebi’ation next Friday at the A&M Consoli dated High School Stadium. With a gigantic fireworks dis play to be set off at 8 p. m. cli maxing the days activities. The yearly community get-together is designed to bring the residents closer together and maintain the community spirit, according to Mrs. W. A. Vaiwel, a member of the College Station Recreation Council, sponsors of the affair. Also planned for the program are displays and demonstrations on the various phases of the Sum mer Recreation program. A dance is planned after the fireworks display on the A&M Consolidated School slab. The College Station Lions will operate a concession stand during the activities. soliciting sponsors and publicizing SCONA, the members are telling about SCONA IV and explaining its purpose, “to help promote a generation of responsible lead ers. . . .” Visiting prominent men in New York City and Washington, D.C. were Jack Teague, publicity chair man, and Bill Myers, secretai’y. They talked to Frank Pace, presi dent of General Dynamics; J. W. Foley, president of the Texas Com pany; Ogden Reid, editor of the New York Herald Tribune; and Arthur Hadley, daily editor of the Tribune and well known author. Making the trip to Monterrey were Jay Bisbey, finance commit tee chairman; Gray Peeples; Frank Buchanan; and Jarrell Gibbs. Sam Clark, president of the Monterrey A&M Club, has aided SCONA members the last two years in con tacting sponsors and making ap pointments. The members appear ed before the Rotary Club, and contacted numerous prominent bus inessmen. Going to Mexico City were Bob Pfeuffer, executive committee chairman; Charles Robinson, trans portation committee chairman; Harley McAdams; and Maj. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Edwards Jr. Maj. Edwards is faculty advisor. E. K. Goodrich, president of An derson, Clayton and Co., Mexico City, acted as contact and was as sisted by W. J. Underwood. Good rich visited SCONA III last year. This group of SCONA members visited with the president of the University of Mexico, the Atomic Energy Commission, the Rotary Club, Pan-American Airways, Du Pont of Mexico, Coca-Cola of Mex ico, and other well-known compa nies. erations handled. Itinerant oper- action are those dealing with private aircraft not based at the field. Of this number more than 2,090 planes were either gassed or oiled or both. The field also houses about 30 private planes yearly, these planes accounting for 75,052 of the airport operations. The college started the field in 1939 after receiving a contract from the goveimment to give ground and basic training to qual ified civilian college students un der the Civilian Pilot Training program. Kadett Aviation Co., formed ex clusively for the purpose, was granted a contract to provide the basic pilot training by the college and its first class started in the spring of 1940. In the spring of 1941 the col lege began work on a $229,000 improvement on the airport un der funds granted by the CAA, the Works Progress Administra tion and the college. In 1941 the field was formally named for James Easterwood, Ag gie graduate who was a World War I flying hero. In 1943 the runways wei’e paved, they were lighted in 1948 and the present hangar was also erected in 1948 to replace outdated hang ars on the field. The hangar was moved here from an old U. S. Army flying field in Corsicana. H. Guy Smith, present manager of the field, has been manager since the college assumed opera tion from the Kadett Co., when the government terminated its contract under the War Training Service program in Sept., 1944. He came to Easterwood as chief pilot for Kadett Aviation Co. in 1940 and has been here since. The welcome mat will be out Sunday at Easterwood Field as a gala open house in the new $100,000 terminal and an air show will help the Civil Aeronautics Administration celebrate its 20th anniversary on Brazos Valley’s Civil Aviation Day. Free airplane rides, a guided missile display, model air craft flying demonstrations, a beauty contest to select “Miss Prop Wash”, static displays of 25 private executive and the latest in crop-dusting aircraft and fly-overs by military planes will all be part of the big show from 1 to 5 Sunday afternoon. Planned by officials of Easterwood, the Bryan Chamber of Commerce and the College Station Civic Association, the afternoon’s entertainment will-* officially observe the CAA Anniversary which is being- celebrated across the nation airports all during June. Entries in the beauty contest may enter as late as 3 Sunday afternoon, or entry may be made at the Bryan Chamber of Commerce. Judging will be made in sport clothes. No shorts or bathing suits will be worn. All single and married women from the Brazos YMCA Needs More Buses For Fish Camp Plans for the annual fresh man YMCA camps, September 5-8, are nearing completion, according to J. Gordon Gay, general secretary of the YMCA. The biggest problem encountered thus far is transportation, Gay said. He has been able to get only two buses.. Four are needed. This year there will be two camps—one at Fort Parker State Park and one at Bastrop State Park. Each camp will be able to accommodate 60 boys, Gay said. The general theme of the camps will be “discovering oneself as an individual.” Faculty leadei-s are being con tacted and the brochure is being sent to the printers, said Gay. Af ter this is completed the next step will be selection of students to be invited to the camp. The ‘Y’ memebers here this sum mer will help select the outstand ing high school graduates to be invited. Although special invita tions will be sent to only select boys, all entering freshmen are in vited to attend. Valley ai-ea are eligible to enter the contest. Winner and runner-up in the Miss Prop Wash contest will re ceive airplane luggage. They will be announced at 4. President M. T. Harrington will welcome the visitors during the afternoon with an address. Winnei’s of the six free airplane rides will be chosen by drawing numbers of tickets to be dropped in the College Station-Bi-yan area Saturday by ah-planes. Three additional ah-plane rides or lessons will be given to winners in a poster contest for children in three age groups between six and sixteen. The posters are to de pict the 20 years of the CAA. Entries in the poster contest will be judged at 4 and entries may be made up until the time of the judging. Complete rules on the poster contest may be obtained at the Bryan Chamber of Com merce. Included in the military craft to make fly-overs are two types of Air Force jets, FlOl’s and F86’s, and a navigator-crew training pro- pellor-driven T29. The Navy will send over a PV2 Neptune, a twin- engine submarine hunter-. On the ground will be various types of private craft, including the new Grumman crop-dusting plane, the first airplane designed exclusively for dusting. Also, on display will be an old-type air craft converted to crop dusting use, helicopters and private execu tive planes. Two refreshment stands will be manned by volunteers from six civic clubs in the College Station- Bryan area with proceeds going to the Brazos County Crippled Chil drens’ Clinic. The Civil Air Patrol, Ground Observer Corps, the Aggie Flyers and the Bryan Model Airplane, Club will also stage exhibits and demonstrations. MISS LINDA POTTS . to present recital Sunday afternoon In MSC Main Lounge Harpist To Play Sunday Recital Linda Potts, harpist, will be fea tured in the Memorial Student Cen ter Summer Music Series’ third presentation, scheduled for Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Main Lounge. She will be accompanied on special numbers by Frances Ann Visoski, flutist, and Leo Nitch, violinist. Introducing the program will be Pat Resley. Miss Potts and Nitch will open the recital with “Sicili- enne and Riguadon” and “La Plus Que Lente.” Included in the pre sentation will be “Piece en Forme de Habanera” with Miss Visoski and “En Bateau,” “Menuet d’A- mour,” “Arabesque,” “The Swan,” “Malaquena” and “Thais Medita tion.” Robinson Rites Held Wednesday Funeral services were held Wed- | nesday afternoon at the Hillier Funeral Home Chapel of Bryan for Frank Robinson, associate pro fessor of architecture, 45, who L died Monday afternoon at his home £$! in College Station. The Rev. Charles A. Sheldon of H the First Presbyterian Chui-ch of ||§ Bryan conducted terment was in the College tion Cemetery. Robinson, who had been ill for some time, had been with the Di vision of Architecture for 10 years. A graduate of A&M in 1939, he is survived by his wife and two children, a girl, 5, and a boy, 3, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Robinson of Mexia. Jpilk ^ Pi?llip|pijj terian (Jhurch ot I. the services. In- /pwl.'• ' < / the College Sta- Rural Minister of the Year Rev. R. Bruce Harper, minister of the outstanding rural minister. More than 140 Bethel Christian Church, Athens, right, re- rural ministers attended the three-day meet- ceives the Texas Rural Minister of the Year ing Monday through Wednesday of the 13th Award from Eugene Butler, editor of The annual Rural Church Conference. The Progressive Farmer, presenters of the award was presented Tuesday at a special award. The award is given annually to the luncheon. Miss Potts will present numbers which she will give in her gradu ation recital at the University of Texas. This concert will complete all work required by the fine ai'ts department of the U. of T. for the awarding of her bachelor’s degree in applied music. Her major in strument is the harp. At the Uni versity of Texas she was a mem ber of the Plarp Ensemble, Univer sity Orchestra, Girls Choral Group and the Austin Symphony. She was harp soloist for the University Orchestra and was on the dean’s honor, roll. She represented Texas in the 1956 Intercollegiate Talent Show at A&M. While in high school, she was a member of both the all-state band and orchestra; was a guest artist with the Sam Houston State Band and Texas Technological College Orchestra; harpist for the Houston Youth Symphony, made many radio and television appearances; and played with the University Harp Ensemble for three years be fore being a student there. Miss Potts is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Potts, Old Col- lee-e road, Bryan. Miss Visoski is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Visoski, 400 W. 30th Street, Bryan. She gradu ated from Stephen F. Austin High School in 1956 and will bo a junior at Sam Houston State College this fall, where she is a member of the Bearcat Band. In high school, she was a mem ber of the all-district and regional bands and appeared many times as soloist and as a member of en sembles. She has studied under David Colvig, first flutist, Hous ton Symphony, and played for the Houston Youth Symphony. At Sam Houston Miss Visoski is a member of Tau Beta Sigma, national honorary soroity for bandswomen, and is majoring in Business administration. Nitch attended Del Mar College in Corpus Christi on a music fac- (See MSC Recital Page 4)