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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
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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
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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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