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The Battalion
Volume 59
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1959
Number 9
Memphis Lass Named Ag Sweetheart
“TheBattmen ”Fly
North for Photos
By BILL HICKLIN
Battalion News Editor
“The Battmen” were out again yesterday.
However, the experience encountered this time easily
surpassed any antics on record—although the true serious
ness of the situation was not revealed until the crisis had
passed.
It was learned early yesterday afternoon that the
pictures of the newly-selected Aggie Sweetheart, Rose Ann
Annaratone. could not be reproduced due to a camera de
fect. And the only other source for shots of the Ag lovely
was the Texas Womanls University student newspaper, The
Daily Lass-O.
This, naturally, posed a problem since today’s issue of
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Senior Sets
Dairy Cattle
Contest Record
Fred Thoi’nberry of Conroe, sen
ior student at A&M, set a new con
test record in the Senior* Dairy
Cattle judging contest at the Mid-
South Fair in Memphis, Tenn., last
week.
In setting the new mark, Thorn-
berry gathered a total of G40
points out of a possible 700. For
his efforts, he was awarded two
trophies, one for high individual
in the contents and another for
high score in the Guernsey classes.
Thornberry also placed second in
Jersey and fourth in Brown Swiss
judging.
Troy Tatum, senior from Dub
lin, won the Jersey trophy fpr high
score. The team as a whole placed
fifth in Brown Swiss and seventh
in the entire contest.
Other members of the team were
Paul Wayne of Mt. Pleasant, Bill
Lee of Gordon and Dale Vincent of
Sulfur, La. All of the men are
dairy science majors. Dr. M. A.
Brown, assistant professor in the
Department of Dairy Science, is
coach for the senior dairy cattle
judging team.
Review Editor Sets
Staff Meet Tonight
The Texas A&M Review, the
magazine of the School of Arts
and Sciences, will hold its second
staff meeting of the year tonight
at 7:30 in the basement of the
YMCA, Tucker Sutherland, editor,
said yesterday.
Sutherland said tonight’s meet
ing will be held to discuss final
preparations for the first issue.
announcing
Miss Annaratone’s selection,
would hardly have been com
plete without pictures of the
Aggie queen.
But a phone call to Easterwood
Airport and a rapid jaunt to Dorm
9 produced a Cessna 172 and a
pilot in the person of Wayne Col
lins, senior from Satin.
A quick call was also placed to
Denton to have Sue Inwood, edi
tor of The Lass-O, meet the craft
with the important pictures.
Accompanying Collins were
Johnny Johnson, editor; Bill Hick-
lin, news editor; and Joe Callicoate,
assistant sports editor and a pilot
in his own right.
The take-off was made at ap
proximately 2:45 p.m. with the
troupe arriving in Denton at 4:30.
The pictures were procured and
the return trip hastily began.
It can be noted now that, short
ly before leaving for College Sta
tion, the question, “How Much Gas
We Got?”, was seemingly ignored.
It was the general consensus that
even if the fuel gage read empty,
there would still be 30 minutes
flying time remainng. And the
gauge then glared over half a
tank.
Just east of Waco, the gauge
glared a very vibrant red—empty
—but no none seemed perturbed.
Nonetheless, Collins and Callicoate
felt it would be a nice idea to de
tour to Waco and get gas.
When Collins said, “Waco Tow
er. 4102 Foxtrat calling Waco Tow
er,” it could easily have been the
proverbial ’famous last words.’
A few minutes later at the Waco
terminal, it was determined that
the little craft had but 10 minutes
flying time in fuel remaining.
Of course, gas was purchased
and the tip back to College Sta
tion, was, somehow, completed.
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Aggie Congratulations
Hillry Ranson, Corps Operations Officer and member of
the Aggie Sweetheart Selection Committee, congratulates
Rose Ann Annaratone, newly-selected sweetheart. Similar
congratulations were conferred by the selection party after
the Sunday morning announcement.
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Gasp of Surprise
Rose Ann Annaratone, TtVU junior cloth
ing design major from Memphis, Tenn.,
registers disbelief as she hears herself an
nounced Aggie Sweetheart for 1959-60.
Congratulating her are finalists Rebecca
Clapp of Borger, right, and Karol Kokernot
of Longview. The decision, announced by
Allen Burns, president of the Class of ’60,
came at the climax of a weekend of festivi
ties by candidates and the selection party
from A&M.
Reckless Driver
Unsa fe Tra ffic Report Leads
To Recovery of Stolen Car
Promptness in reporting an un
safe traffic condition by an A&M
student led to,the recovery of a
stolen car and the apprehension
and arrest of Joe Garcia for car
theft in Brazos and Grimes coun
ties.
Lee L. Lowery, senior chemical
engineering student from Galves
ton, reported a reckless driver on
Highway 6 south of College Sta
tion at 4:30 p.m. Saturday. He
told Patrolman R. P. Batten of
Campus Security that the car was
headed toward Navasota. Patrol
man Batten then called the Brazos
County Sheriff’s Department, who
in turn radioed a pickup on the
Flu Shots Available
In College Hospital
Dr. C. R. Lyons, director, Stu
dent Health Services, College Hos
pital, announced today that the
college is prepared to give influ
enza shots again this year.
Dr. Lyons said, “The vaccine this
year is a combination of two flu
vaccines designed to combat both
Asian and the conventional flu.”
He added that the hospital has
already given around 200 shots to
students for the regular price of
$1. Shots wil be given any time
between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on week
days.
Dr. Lyons asked that students
remember that it was only two
years ago that A&M suffered an
influenza epidemic in which sev
eral hundred students were af
fected.
1954 Mercury. Joe Garcia was ap
prehended in the car and held for
driving without a license.
Columbus Robinson of 1704 E.
J. A. Wilson Takes
Extension Position
James A. Wilson, veteran of 12
years of service as water works
plant operator at Richmond, Ky.,
and as superintendent of water
and sewage at Brownsville, has ac
cepted a position as field instructor
in the Water Works and Sewage
Training Department of the Engi
neering Extension Service here.
His duties will include travel
over the state conducting water
works classes for municipal water
and sewage treatment plant per
sonnel.
Wilson, a native of Big Hill, Ky.,
attended Berea Academy, Berea,
Ky. During World War II he
served for two years with the
Army in Europe. He came to
A&M from the city water and
light plant in Jonesboro, Ark.,
where he was assistant superinten
dent.
He will live in College Station
with his wife and two-year-old
daughter.
Guide Posts
“I will lift up mine eyes unto
the hills, from whence cometh my
help. Hy help cometh from the
Lord, which made heaven and
earth. He will not suffer thy
foot to be moved: he that keepeth
thee will not slumber.”—Psalms
121:1-3
21st St., Bryan, an employe of a
highway contractor, was working
on a bridge 1 Vz miles south of
College Station. His car was
parked at the side of the road over
head. He discovered the car was
missing when he got off work and
reported it to the Sheriff’s depart
ment only to find that the car had
already been located.
Sheriff J. W. Hamilton filed
charges and Garcia is now being
held in the Brazos County Jail on
charges of auto theft.
Miss Annaratone
Awarded Honors
By ALLEN McCREE
Aggieland Editor
Torrential rain Saturday and Sunday at Denton failed to
dampen the spirits of A&M’s Sweetheart Selection Commit
tee as they performed the difficult job of selecting the
Aggies’ 1959-60 representative from Texas Woman’s Uni
versity.
After hours of discussion far into Sunday morning and
a short deliberation after Sunday morning breakfast with
the candidates, Rose Ann Annaratone was announced the
winner from a field of 12 finalists.
Miss Annaratone, a junior clothing design major from
Memphis, Tenn., gasped with delight and surprise as she
was named sweetheart Sunday morning by Allen Burns,
president of the Class of ’60. *♦ 1
The A&M Sweetheart Selec
tion Committee, headed by
Wayne Schneider, left Satur
day morning on the traditional
annual trek to TWU to find the
one girl to represent A&M during
the 1959-60 school year.
Accompanied by student Organi
zations Adviser Pdte Hardesty and
his assistant, John Geiger, the 17-
man party arrived in Denton at
noon Saturday in the midst of a
driving rainstorm.
Plans for a picnic with the final
ists thus were altered, but gaiety
was not.
Following the picnic, held in
doors, the committee and candi
dates went to the senior dormitory
on the campus for an afternoon
of talk, Cokes and TV football.
The party was seiwed dinner
Saturday night and a formal dance
followed in a ballroom of the TWU
Dining Hall.
A well-planned program of danc
ing and conversation with the can
didates gave the Aggies a chance
to get better acquainted with the
choice field.
Then, under umbrellas and rain
coats, the party proceeded to the
annual Fall Dance, where they
danced until after midnight to the
music of Shep Fields and his or
chestra.
Upon returning to the dorm in
which the committee was staying,
discussions were held behind locked
doors, but no agreement could be
reached.
Said Hardesty of the candidates,
“you can’t possibly go wrong with
any of them.”
This gives some idea of the dif
ficulty of the job and how many
factors had to be considered.
Still later, when nothing even
near an agreement had been
reached, the committee decided to
wait until after chapel services
Sunday morning for another at
tempt to reach a decision.
Sunday morning the colorful
group made its way—still under
cover from a slow drizzle of rain—
to TWU’s Little Chapel in the
Woods, where a short worship
service was held.
After breakfast, the committee
retired once more to try to reach
a decision, but the job was no
easier than before.
Finally, when tension among
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United Chest
Sets $13,150
As 1959 Goal
J. B. (Dick) Hervey, chairman
of the United Chest Committee, an
nounced today that the College
Station United Chest goal for 1959
has been spt at $13,150, which is
slightly lower than last year’s
goal.
The fund drive will be conducted
Nov. 1-15 with E. L. Angell head
ing the A&M System drive; H. E.
Burgess the College Station drive;
and Irvin Lloyd, the Federal Agen
cies.
“One day’s pay. . .the United
way” has been adopted as the
campaign slogan, according to
Hervey.
The same 14 agencies which par
ticipated in the United effort last
year are participating again this
year with no new agencies joining,
he said.
The agencies participating and
the 1959-60 budget amounts are as
follows: College Station Commun
ity House, Inc., $300; College Sta
tion Youth Facilities Council, $400;
College Station YMCA, $400; Col
lege Station Recreation Council,
$1,550; Brazos Valley Crippled
Children’s Therapy Center, $1,500;
Brazos County Youth Counseling
Service, $600; Bryan-College Sta
tion Girl Scouts Area Council,
$2,450; Gonzales Warm Springs,
$300; American Red Cross, $1,600;
Texas United Fund, $250; Boy
Scouts of America, $2,000; College
Station Local Charity Fund, $750;
Salvation Army, $750; and Brazos
County Hospital Fund, $300.
Election Highlights
Initial Council Meet
The Arts and Sciences Council
held its first meeting of the year
last night in the Social Room of
the Memorial Student Center,
highlighted by the election of of
ficers and discussion of some of
the proposed areas of interest of
the organization for the coming
year.
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The Smile That Won
Rose Ann Annaratone, newly-selected Ag- night. The dance, one of several activities
gie Sweetheart, listens to Class of ’60 Presi- of the weekend at TWU, was held in a ball-
dent Allen Burns in between dances at the room of the TWU Dining Hall,
formal selection ball in Denton Saturday