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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1959)
PAGE 6 Thursday, January 29, 1959 Aggie Journalists Speak to Newsmen In Austin Saturday Three Aggie journalism students participated in a panel discussion at the Mid-Winter meeting of Tex as Press Assn, in Austin, Jan. 23- 24. On the panel were Joe Buser, editor, of The Battalion, David Sto ker, news editor of The Battalion; and Robert Kerr, editor of The Commentator. Also on the panel moderated by William A. Berger, publisher of the Hondo Anvil-Herald, were Miss Nancy Hendricks, teenage column ist for the Mount Pleasant Daily Times, and Miss Gretchen Niebuhr, of Cost, Avho represented TPA at the Ford Motor Company Teen Age Press Conference in Detroit. Newspapermen and the reading public who thought that teenagers would rather rock and roll than read the news in their local pub lications had their • eyes opened during the two-day convention in the Commodore Perry Hotel. Bsmsg FOOD FCK LESS! eingaftterik LEADERSHIP SALE! 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Pascal Ruby Red *2»9 49c nice stalk 3^ each Sc Dieting Gets Results E. R. Chalmers, who has managed to reduce his weight from 556 to 477 pounds, demonstrates how dieting has trimmed his waistline. He used to be 86 inches around his tummy, now he measures only 74 inches. Chalmers credits the fare at Good Samaritan Rescue Mission in Cor pus Christi, where he is now living, with helping him to slenderize his figure. He used to be in a circus, billed as the “world’s fattest clown.” (AP Photo) ' Keese Appointed Irrigation Engineer The Battalion College Station (Brazos Cmtntyf. Texan Former Circus Clown Loses Weight; Drops to 477 Pounds, 72-Inch Waist Carroll Wayne Keese, ’52, in structor in the Department of Ag ricultural Engineering, has been appointed to fill . the position of agricultural engineer-irjigation on the headquarters staff of the Tex as Agricultural Extension Service. According to the announcement released by Extension Director John E. Hutchison, Keese will take over his new assignment on Feb. 1. He has served in his present position since September, 1954. His appointment, Hutchison said, fills the position left open when R. V. Thurmond resigned several months ago. CORPUS CHRISTI (£>)—Need to lose about 12 inches around the waist ? E. R. Chalmers -did, but his method of dropping from 556 nounds to 477 and to a 74-inch waist is not recommended for manv. “I’ve been sick and off my feed for the past few years,” he said. Chalmers was known as “Freddie the Clown” when he was with the circus. Now he is a boarder at the Good Samaritan Rescue Mission. In the old days, as Freddie re counts it, a breakfast consisted of five dozen eggs. A dinner in cluded five barbecued chickens. 3*4 dozen hot buns, a pound of hiitter. three nounds of salad and two gallons of milk. Financial-Health Reasons The mission fare is not so sumo- tuous, but Chalmers doesn’t mind. “I had to cut down for financial and health reasons” he said. With a chuckle he said, “Of course, if I had the money, I might spread it on every now and then.” By losing 12 inches in his waist, his trousers show a great slack. But he keens them up with two belts stitched together. (See pic ture at left.) Freddie comes by his size natur ally. His father was a circus giant with the Hagenhack and Wallace Circus. He stood 7 feet, 10 inches and weighed 504 pounds, Freddie said. His mother was wardroom mistress for the show. Born in Circus Freddie was born in the circus in Grant County, Ind., in 1900. He was a circus helper until he was 9 and then became a clown. He said he was billed as “the world’s youngest clown” until he grew and grew and grew, and then he was billed as “the world’s fat test clown.” In 1949 he became ill and spent nearly five years in hospitals. “I don’t do much clowning any more,” he said. “I just don’t feel up to it. I work when I can find it, but nothing strenuous. No more tumbling acts or falling flat on my face. Occasionally I play for a birthday party or walk the streets with a sign.” Freddie came to Corpus Christi two months ago, and then became ill. Through special donations a room was rented or him near the mission, where he takes his meals. His biggest problem at the mo ment is shoes. He wears size 13-EE, and they’re hard to find. Lecturer to Give Topic on Healing The present availability of divine healing will be the topic of a public lecture to be given in Anderson Sunday by James Watt of Washington, D. C. On extended tour as a member of the Christian Science Board of lectureship, Watt will speak in the Anderson School Auditorium on Highway 90 at 3 p. m., under the auspices of the Christian Science Society. His subiect will be “Christian Science: The Heal ing Science of the Christ.” Former Manager of the Wash ington. D. C., Office of the Chris tian Science Committee on Publi cation, Watt has traveled widely. During World War II. he served as a chaplain in the United States Army. 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