The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, June 08, 1961, Image 3

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, June 08, 1961, Image 3

Newspaper Page Textble when stj ■ never at. le y’re tcli Slit Short [ y ^ry and.t[, al Cooip. ‘exas AM 14-18. Hi by the Cot Electritt •e is to pit 's an opptt ainted witi cal conipoi' tions to tls ivolving b .ransmissk machineij announctd if electrki l^supervk Calculate, ation. Pinky Gets Tonight for 50 - Year Masonic Service Award Department Head Honored P. L. “Pinky” Downs Jr., Of ficial Greeter of Texas A&M, re ceived his 50 year Masonic Ser vice Award tonight. The honor will be bestowed by Gibb Gilchrist, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Texas, in Sul Ross Lodge No. 13 in College Station. Downs is a member of Knob Creek Lodge No. 401, AF & AM, of Temple, Texas. He is also a member of Temple Chapter No. 199, Temple Commandry No. 41, Knights Templar, which organiza tion he served as treasurer for 15 years. A native of Temple, Texas, and a graduate of its public schools, the honoree is a descendent of one of the pioneer families of that city. For 27 years he served in the First National Bank of Temple as an officer and director. He has a long list of honors and accomplish ments in many civic, fraternal, and religious organizations. Downs first came to Texas A&M in 1902 as a freshman student. However, an uncle, Col. P. L. Downs, for whom he is named, had been a member of the first grad uating class at Ag’gieland in 1879. The junior Mr. Downs, graduat ing in 1906, has served A&M in many capacities. He was a member of its Board of Directors from 1923 to 1933. He has served in the Fis cal Office, as Business Manager of Athletics, and as Assistant Di rector of Information and Publi cations. In this capacity he pre sently serves in addition to being Official Greeter of the College. The P. L. Downs Jr. Natatorium on the Campus is but token appre ciation to Mr. Downs for his many years of service to the institution. One of his many humanitarian acts is concerned with the patients of the Veterans Hospital in Tem ple. Each Fall Mr. Downs is host for a bus load of these veterans at an Aggie football game on Kyle Field. In addition he often provides 4,000 apples and oranges which have been donated by A&M stu dents, A&M Consolidated High School students, and citizens of College Station to patients at the Hospital at Christmas time. Known as the “Number 1 Aggie Booster” Downs provides many un selfish acts for Texas Aggies. These extend from inspirational talks at bonfires and all-college nights to personal consultations. A&M Research Consultant’s Article Appears in Journal » *2!k 29c 5c .19c lbs. 25c J9c 3/c ol. An article by Robert F. White, landscape research consultant for the Texas Engineering Experiment Station, appears in the April, 1961, issue of the Journal of the Ameri can Institute of Architects. Titled “Budget for School Site Development,” the article is one of a series of papers prepared by members of the AIA Committee on School Buildings and by selected specialists to make laymen aware of school building problems and trends and to stimulate discussion. White points up the need for consideration of esthetic values as well as the purely utilitarian as pects of school sites. He recom mends a garden plot on each school site to acquaint the increasingly urban minded children with man’s dependence upon the soil. Too, he suggests that portions of the school site not covered by build ings and parking areas have vege tative cover, to cut maintenance costs and to provide a healthful atmosphere. Though he makes no attempt to give actual figures for landscape services, White offers several cri teria which may serve as guides to budgeting for school site and landscape development and main tenance. Copies of White’s article are available from the Texas Engineer ing Experiment Station as Reprint 110. Most of the help he renders is done on his own time and without financial remuneration or any ex pectation for any. Downs has been a member of the Methodist Church for 65 years. He and Mrs. Downs, who will cele brate their 45th wedding anniver sary on December 7, have one daughter, Grey Downs. Wildlife Dept-Head Will Participate In Illinois Meet Dr. William B. Davis, head of the Department of Wildlife Man agement at Texas A&M, and Dil- ford C. Carter, graduate student, will participate in the annual meet ing June 12-15 of the American Society of Mammalogists at Ur- bana, 111. Carter will present results of his study of the free-tailed bats in southern Mexico. The study in volves the systemativ and ecologic relationships of a bat species be longing to the Tadarida brasilien- sis complex, which has received na tional publicity of late because it is suspected to a carrier of ra^ bies. CONTRACT (Continued from Page 1) Whitehouse, director of the Elec tron Microscopy Laboratory at A&M. The Naval Research contract is the primary source of Support for the operation of the research ves sel “Hidalgo”, a submarine chaser converted and outfitted for oceano graphic research which ranges the Gulf and nearby sea waters from its home port in Galveston. Marine technicians in the Naval Research program are Oscar J. Chancey, Frank J. O’Hara, Daniel M. Kelly. Other technical personnel on the project are Mrs. Margaret Holdi-edge, Mrs. Ruby Dee Parker, and Mrs. Polly Tessier. 1960-1961 DIRECTORIES OFFICES - STAFF - STUDENTS of TEXAS A&M COLLEGE AVAILABLE Student Publications Office YMCA Bldg. $1.00 Per Copy Thomas W. Leland, head of the Division of Business Administra tion at Texas A&M, was honored Tuesday with a surprise party and dinner for 37 years of service to the school. The dinner was held at the Tri angle Restaurant. Business Ad ministration Division faculty and staff members presented the veter an educator with a movie camera and projector. Mrs. Leland was given a corsage. The group also presented humor ous skits involving personnel in the department. Leland, who was born and edu cated in Wisconsin, came to A&M in 1922. Except for two years, he has been with the institution ever since. He has been head of busi ness administration activities since 192G. Leland plans to retire on Sept. 1. THE BATTALION Thursday, June 8, 1961 College Station, Texas Page 3 Calhoun County’s Ancient Jail Being Made Museum By The Associated Press PORT LAVACA, Tex.—Calhoun County’s ancient jail where only one execution took place, is being converted into a museum. Calhoun County’s only execution took place behind its walls almost half a century ago when Henry Wilson was hung for a $2.55 rob bery in which he critically beat a Port Lavaca school teacher. In those days, executions were done locally. There are no living witnesses to that hanging which took place on the second floor of the old jail on a scaffold built for the occasion and rigged so none of the half- dozen or so officers who took part ever knew whose hand sent Wilson to his death. But the wife of the late W. N. Stanton a deputy, remembers the day of the crime and its events. Across the street from the Stan ton home was a little grocery owned by the late Ray Johnson, whose sister-in-law, Miss Jeffie Hedgepeth, taught school and oc casionally minded store. On the day of the robbery, John son called and asked her to check up on Miss Hedgepeth, as he had been unable to reach the store by phone. Mrs. Stanton found the teacher, her hair matted with blood, slumped on the floor. At the trial Miss Hedgepeth was able to identify Wilson positively. Wilson’s loot was a silver dollar and $1.55 in smaller silver. The sheriff rigged a system of small ropes extending through a panel back of which several offi cers stood. Only one of the ropes tripped the trap, although all were pulled at once on the sheriff’s signal. The old jail was replaced in 1959 by a new glass and aluminum structure, part of Calhoun Coun ty’s brand new courthouse. So now, the old building, built in 1887, is to be refurnished and will become a museum. The Church.. For a Fuller Life. For You.. CALENDAR OF CHURCH SERVICES 7:30 6 ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHAPEL 30, 9:00 & 11:00 A.M.—Sun. Masses ,30 A.M.—Daily Masses (Mon., Wed., Fri., & Sat.) E :20 P.M.—Daily Masses (Tuesday & Thursday) 6:30-7 :30 P.M.—Confessions Saturday & before all masses 7 :20 P.M.—Rosary & Benediction Wed. FAITH CHURCH UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 9:15 A.M.—Sunday School 10:30 A.M.—Morning Worship 1:3© P.M.—evening Service A&M CHRISTIAN CHURCH 8:30 A.M.—Coffee Time 0:45 A.M.—Sunday School 11:00 A.M.—Morning Service* CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 10:01 A.M.—Sunday School 11:0t A.M.—Morning Worship r 0:30 P.M.—Voung People’s Servle# 1:30 P.M.—Preaching Service COLLEGE HEIGHTS ASSEMBLY OF GOD 9:40 A.M.—Sunday School 11:00 A.M.—Morning Worship 8:30 P.M.—Young People’s Servle 1:30 P.M.—evening Worship A&M METHODIST CHURCH 0:45 A.M.—Sunday School 10:55 A.M.—Morning Worship 5:30 & 6:00 P.M.—MYF Meeting! 7:00 P.M.—Evening Worship ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH (Missouri Synod) 8:15 A.M.—Morning Worship 9:30 A.M.—Church School 10:45 A.M.—Morning Worship 8:00 A.M.—Holy Communion 9:16 A.M.—Family Service 11:00 A.M.—Sermon 7:00 P.M.—Evening Prayer OUR SAVIOUR’S LUTHERAN CHURCH UNITARIAN FELLOWSHIP 4:00-5:30 P.M.—Friday School, YMCA 8 :00 P.M.—First four Sundays of each month—Fellowship Meeting, Call VI 6- information CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY 8:15 & 10:45 A.M.—The Church at Worship 9 :30 A.M.—The Church at Study with Special Bible Discussion Classes for Aggies Holy Communion—First Sunday Each Month 6888 for further CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS 26th East and Coulter, Bryan 8 :30 A.M.—Priesthood Meeting 10:00 A.M,—Sunday School 6 :30 P.M.—Sacrament Meeting 9:30 a.m.—Sunday School • 11:00 a.m.—Sunday Service 8:00 P.M.—Wed. Evening Service 1:00-4:00 p. m. Tuesdays«=—Reading Room 7 :00-8 :00 P.M.—Wed., Reading Room A&M PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 9.45 A.M.—Church School 11:00 A.M.—Morning Worship A&M CHURCH OF CHRIST 9:45 A.M.—Bible Classes 10:45 A.M.—Morning Worship 6:15 P.M.—Bible Class 1:15 P.M.—evening Service FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 9:40 A.M.—Church School 11:00 A.M.—Worship 8:15 P.M.—Training Union 1:16 P.M.—Worship When someone says, “Your Johnny’s just like you,” is it a compliment, or is it an accusa tion? Whether you like it or not, children do follow in their parents’ footsteps. Johnny learns that kindness and courtesy are virtues, because you are kind and courteous. He learns to love good books and music, because you love them. He learns, through your example, to speak truthfully. And if going to church and church school regularly is also a part of your usual routine, Johnny will develop that habit just as he has these others. Then it is a compliment when someone says, “Your Johnny’s just like you,” for you are doing all within your power to lead him in the right direction. Copyright 1961, Keister A civ. Service, Strasburg, Ya.' THE CHURCH FOR ALL . .. ALL FOR THE CHURCH The Church i* the greatest factor on earth for the'building of character and good citizenship. It is a storehouse of spiritual values. Without a strong Church, neither democracy nor civilization can survive. There are four sound reasons why every person should attend services regularly and support the Church. They are: (I) For his own sake. (2) For his children's sake. (3) For the sake of his community and nation. (4) For the sake of the Church itself, which needs his moral and material support. Plan to go to church regularly and read your Bible daily. 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