TB Association ticks - Off Drive I With a goal of $6,500, the Bra zos County Tuberculosis Associa tion has kicked off its annual Christmas Campaign by mailing TB Christmas Seals to more than 12,500 county residents. The Christmas Seals and Seal Bonds, which are due to be re ceived Tuesday, are the only me thod used by the TB Association in raising money to carry on the TB control program. It is not a mem ber of the United Fund. “Sports Car Center” Dealers for Renault-Peugeot & British Motor Cars Sales—Parts—Service “We Service All Foreign Cars”; 1416 Texas Ave. TA 2-4517; GARZA’S Restaurant GENUINE MEXICAN & AMERICAN FOODS 803 S. Main Bryan Ladies Specials 15 denier hose Reg. $1.00 Only 39^ 81x90 white domestic sheets $1.69 Cantour sheets $2.15 Colored sheets $1.89 Colored pillow cases 99^ White pillow cases 69^ Towels 29^ 0 D Blankets Reg. $6.95 Discount price $5.95 THE DISCOUNT HOUSE 2 Doors From The Campus Theatre This is the 56th nationwide seal campaign, according to Mrs. W. E. McCune, general Seal Campaign Chairman in Brazos County. ‘‘Due to the number of new cases of TB in the county, this year’s goal is a little higher than was raised last year by the local TB Association,” Mrs. McCune said. She also pointed out that more funds would be needed to take care of the increased postal rate this next year. Eighty-one and one half per cent of the proceeds from the local campaign will be spent in Brazos Coupty, with the remainder going for research and education on both state and national levels. Still an important part of the program, eradication of tuberculo sis through public education was the original plan of the TB Associ- tion when it was organized 56 years ago. THE BATTALION Wednesday, November 14, 1962 College Station, Te^Sds Page 3 PURCHASER LITTON ON JOB .. . with secretary, Mrs. Merle Simms TOTAL OVER $9 MILLION Purchases Reflect Scope 1 Of A&M Fiscal Activities One of the best places to gain an insight into the scope of A&M fiscal activities is at the desk of G. W. Litton, the college purchas ing agent. Purchases totaling between $9 and $10 million annually arj re flected in the paperwork which crosses Litton’s desk. It is diffi cult to determine the amount which goes to merchants of this imme diate area, but Litton says it is a sizable figure. Purchase vouchers on Litton’s desk on a typical working day show such items as library books, building supplies, a major piece of chemical research equipment and maintenance supplies “in the works.” Vouchers for materials and services paid for from state funds are processed and forwarded to Austin for action by the State Board of Control. Dining hall supplies and many other items purchased with other than state funds are bought on a bid basis locally and the paper work follows a slightly different pattern. LITTON SIGNS approximately 800 papers daily in processing pa perwork involved in pui'chases.’ “They won’t let me use a rub ber stamp,” he said ruefully. Litton and the three women who work with him also answer a flood of telephone calls daily, answering questions from departmental sec retaries and others about purchas ing . details. A new instruction book to help in the purchasing process is in “the early planning stages.” Lit ton said “this will clarify a lot of matters.” Data Processing Center facilities are used to simplify purchasing procedure paperwork. This also Now a clean-filling, smooth-writing, money-saving Parker cartridge pen...only $ 3T> New PARKER ARR©W • .. ; • y.. ; .v.v • • ypj;.-' - • ^ ^ 1 1 ", : • /:■ : ■ " ^”1 j assures greater accuracy, Litton said. PURCHASING PROCEDURES are handled by Litton with the assistance of Mrs. Merle Simms, clerk-typist; Mrs. Mary A. Slagle, a stenographer; and Mrs. Evelyn Tumlinson, clerk-typist. Their responsibilities include keeping purchases charged against 375 accounts. “Most of the consumable items” purchased With state funds are se cured under contract, while equip ment is secured otherwise. Supply Center and Buildings and Utilities maintain large in ventories. They can fill small or ders through interdepartmental procedures, helping to reduce the number of orders placed outside. B&U or the Supply Center, in turn, places large volume orders and are in effect semi-centralized pur chasers. Instead of one depart ment ordering 24 pencils from a company, for example, they are obtained from the Supply Center, which keeps a large supply of pen cils. This results in large orders, the kind manufacturers like to re ceive, Litton pointed out. M etn hers Schedule Former students from the Class of ’52 will have their tenth anni versary reunion Friday and Sat urday at the Rice Hotel in Hous ton. The reunion will begin at 3 p.m. Friday with registration at the hotel. A come-as-you-are party in the Sam Houston Room is sched uled Friday at 7 p.m. Saturday morning is left open for visiting and no program is planned. At 11:30 the group will attend a luncheon in the Grand Ballroom. Speakers for the lunch eon will be President Earl Rudder and J. B. (Dick) Hervey, executive secretary of the Association of Former Students. Rudder wall speak on “A&M and Its Plans for the Future.” Her- vey’s topic wall be “The Associa- Of Class Of ’52 Houston Reunion Student Wins Folklore Prize For ‘Tail Tale’ An A&M student’s “tall tale” took first prize in the Texas Folk lore Society’s student paper con test. The paper, “Tall Tale Tellers cf Travis County, Stories of Big Bill Modgelen,” w r as written by William Faulk Koock, ’64 history major from Austin. Honorable mention in the con test went to another Aggie, Robert E. Bigham, ’63 civil engineering major from Lampasas, for “Mer cer Family Stories and Others.” Results of the competion, open to all college students in Texas, were received from Dr. Mody C. Boatright, society secretary. Koock received $25 as first prize wdiich he plans to apply on a tape recorder for future folklore study. Koock is the nephew of John Henry Faulk, collector of Negro folklore and a professional folk music performer. Bigham’s paper w T as based on personal interview’s with twm Waco residents, Mrs. J. E. Abney (Mary Magdalene Mercer) and her daugh ter, Mrs. W. J. Williams. He also talked to three Bell County resi dents, Aaron (Peg) Richey and J. J. Ward of Rogers and C. W. (pub) Younts of Temple. tion of Former Students and What It Does.” . At 1 p.m. the members will de part for Rice Stadium to see the A&M-Rice football game. A spe cial section at the game is re served for members. A social hour for the members is scheduled at 7 p.m. preceding the banquet in the Grand Ball room. Following the banquet the group will have a business meet ing. A new class agent wall be elected and special awards and rec ognition will be presented. r A special presentation, “The Texas A&M Campus Today,” a color slide presentation narrated by Reagan Brown of the Depart ment of Agricultural Economics and Sociology, will be presented at 9:45. Wherever you live ... Join the Family by Telephone this Thanksgiving If you can't go home in person for Thanksgiving—go by long distance telephone. ■ Your call home will be warm, won derful and welcome. Remember, too, you can place your call at extra low station-te station holiday rates. The family will love your Thanks giving call. And please—place your call early. 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