THE BATTALION Tuesday, May 4, mi College Station, Texas Page 3 APO honors former members Alpha Phi Omega members, completing their most productive year at A&M, have dedicated a campus tree to former chapter brothers. The national service fraternity conducted the brief ceremony Saturday at the YMCA. A plaque similar to the new World War I memorials on the drill field was mounted on a maple elm by seniors William F. (Bill) Cronrath Jr. of Hazlet, N. J.; Myles A. Yanta of Runge and David N. Weber of Taylor. The ceremony conducted by Mike Holley of Seabrook was at tended by 30 APO members in cluding advisors Dean James P. Hannigan, Walter H. Parsons Jr. and Connie Eckard, among others. “This tree is dedicated to former members of Xi Delta Chapter, Alpha Phi Omega,” the plaque reads. The chapter will conclude 1970- 71 activities Saturday with a ban quet at Wyatt’s Cafteria. Projects APO members have worked on include the annual Aggie Blood Drive, campus fund drive, Scout-A-Rama, a Heart Fund bathtub pull in which $600 was obtained toward a $32,000 state-wide total and redecorating the old wing of the university hospital. The Gen. James Earl Rudder pledge class dug up and moved 15 World War I memorial mark ers to the drill field. The ground markers were replaced with new tree memorials on Parents Day. While President Bill Cronrath read the names of 55 Texas men who died in service during WW I, APO members raised flags at each of the main drill field memo rial trees. The chapter also places the flags on days of major campus events. APO members also cleaned up the research anex swimming pool- picnic area, conducted campus tours for mothers’ clubs and other visiting groups and were official ushers for the inauguration of Dr. Jack K. Williams. Dale W. Foster of Bryan has been elected 1971 fall semester president of the Texas A&M chap ter of Alpha Phi Omega. Xi Delta chapter of the na tional service fraternity also chose David Russell of Corpus Christi as projects vice president; Tommy Weaver, Waco, administration vice president; Tom Newsom, Abilene, membership vice presi dent; Brandon Dunn, San An tonio, treasurer, and Paul Pur- year, Dallas, general secretary. Foster, a junior management major and cadet sergeant in Squadron 13 in the Corps, suc ceeds Bill Cronrath of Hazlet, N. J., in the presidency. The APO chapter gained cam- pus-wide recognition during 1970- 71 for various civic projects on and off campus. Williams to speak Weynand elected a t PKP banquet RV commander Michael J. Weynand of Hondo has been elected 1971-72 com mander of the Ross Volunteers, A&M’s oldest honor unit. Membership is restricted to junior and senior cadets in the Corps of Cadets. Officers serving under Wey- nand’s commander are Robert Lo zano of Guadalajara, Mexico, ex ecutive officer; Albert L. Haege- lin of Hondo, operations officer; William Ritchie of Columbus, ad ministrative officer; Jimmy Fer guson of Garland, first sergeant; Jan Bertholf of Annandale, Va., first platoon commander; Frank Hertzog of Huntsville, Ala., sec ond platoon commander, and Tom Stanley of Mt. Pleasant, third platoon commander. Lozano also will serve as com mander of the 21-man Firing Squad. Selected from the first platoon for the Firing Squad are Ritchie, Bertholf, Weynand; James C. Brown, Alamo; Stanley A. Friedli, San Antonio; Bruce N. Lynn, Gilliam, La.; Carl L. Olson, Pan handle, and alternate George A. Krezinski, Houston. Firing Squad members from the second platoon are Lozano, Wiggins receives chemist’s award Alan R. Wiggins, A&M senior in chemical engineering from Houston, has been selected to re ceive an award from the South west Chapter of the American Institute of Chemists for out standing leadership, character, and scholastic achievement. Wiggins received a medal and scroll at a banquet April 30 in the Memorial Student Center, according to Loren B. Odell, chairman of the southwest chap ter. Dr. C. D. Holland, head of the Department of Chemical Engi neering, said Wiggins has re ceived a number of other awards. Hertzog; Hal B. Sharp, Houston; Howard H. Menke, Hempstead; Charles L. McGuire, Liberty; Leonard Legge, Fort Worth; Pete Gerukos, San Antonio, and alter nate Bry Loyd of Terre Haute, Ind. The third platoon Firing Squad members are Stanley, Ferguson, Haegelin; Steward K. Hawkins, San Antonio; Anthony J. Best, Randolph AFB; Joseph A. Aston, Farmersville; Charles S. Wil liams, Houston, and alternate Terry Rowan of Killeen. 4 Ma’ awarded Army citation Mrs. Mildred L. Adams was cited April 30 at A&M for per formance in the Military Science Department’s basic section. Mrs. Adams was presented a Department of the Army com mendation certificate signed by the 4th Army deputy command ing general for reserve forces, Maj. Gen. Wesley C. Franklin. She also received $200 in recog nition of “sustained superior per formance” as military personnel specialist during 1969-71. The certificate was presented by Col. Jim H. McCoy, professor of mili tary science and commandant. Mrs. Adams, known as “Ma” to the many officers and non-coms with whom she has worked, was congratulated by members of the basic section and commandant’s office. “She takes care of all the fresh man and sophomore Army ca dets,” noted Lt. Col. William F. Turner. “I suspect that’s where her nickname originated, but it’s also her first and last initials.” A Civil Service employe with 23- years and GS-5 rating, Mrs. Adams has been with the depart ment since 1959. She first worked here in 1953 when her husband Earl was at Bryan AFB. They were transferred to Perrin AFB where he retired. 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