Calling the Roll of Sooner Cl asses_1909-

Robert Calvert, '09ba, '10ma, has been appointedto the legislative committee and admissions com-mittee of the Engineering Council representingthe combined scientific societies in New York City .

-1912-C. R. Bellatti, '121aw, owner of the Stillwater

Publishing Company, and sons, R. M., '33ba, andL. F. '37, have announced that their radio stationKSPI, 780 on the dial and "The Radio Service ofthe News-Press," will be ready to operate by March1 .

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-1914-Walter L. Ditzler, '14ba, '171aw, Dallas, Texas,

is the owner and operator of the Pension AnalysisBureau in Dallas .

-1916-Louis D. Abncy, '161aw, Oklahoma City oil and

gas man, has been appointed assistant secretaryof state by Wilburn Cartwright, '201aw .

Serving his second term as judge of the 4thOklahoma judicial district is Tom R. Blaine, '14,'17, of Enid .E. G. Wilmoth, '17, is pipeline manager for the

Champlin Refining Company. He attended theArmy-Navy football game at Philadelphia recent-ly with his son, Dale, who is a student at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland .

_1919-Randell S. Cobb, '191aw, former attorney gen-

eral, is now enroling and engrossing officer andtechnical adviser for the state senate .T. J . Galbraith, '19geol, former vice-president

in charge of the Exploration of Standard Oil Com-pany of Texas, has been transferred to the homeoffice in San Francisco, California .

-1920-Wilburn Cartwright, '201aw, McAlester, former

third district congressman, took over his dutiesas secretary of state January 13 .

Joe Looney, '20ba, '221aw, Wewoka, was themain speaker at the third annual banquet of thejunior law class recently .

-1921-Mr. and Mrs. Warren L. Felton, both '21ba, are

still living in Bartlesville where Mr. Felton hasbeen employed by Phillips Petroleum Companysince 1925. He is now manager of the firm'sEmployee Relations Department . Mrs. Felton isthe former Elizabeth Keller . Their daughter, Mrs.J . Dean Schroeder, Jr ., (Elizabeth Jane Felton,'44) is living in Boulder, Colorado, where herhusband is attending school . Mr. and Mrs. Schroe-der are the parents of two young sons .Glenn Oliver Briscoe, '21geo1, Dallas, Texas, is

an independent petroleum geologist and oil pro-ducer in Dallas .

-1922-Sherman Howard Norton, '19-'22, formerly of

Chickasha, died at his home in Chicago, Illinois,December 10 following a heart attack . For thepast 20 years Mr. Norton had been associated withhis brother in the oil business .

-1923-

BRADFORD M. RISINGER

No "spoils system" victim was Brad M. Rising-er, '23ba, of San Springs, who recently was offeredthe position of assistant to the new County Attor-ney of Tulsa County, Elmer W. Adams.

Risinger, who is also president of the Tulsa

County American Legion, is the only member ofDixie Gilmer's staff to be retained.Gilmer, '231aw, who vacated his position last

summer to campaign unsuccessfully for governor,is opening a law office in Tulsa with Claude Wea-ver, Jr., and Troye Kennon as partners .

William M. Taylor, Jr ., '231aw, is a memberof the law staff of Sinclair Refining Company,Tulsa.

Paul Hunter, '236a, formerly a geologist withShell Oil Company, is now an active independentoperator in Houston, Texas.

-1924-Cliff Bowies, '24geol, a Norman product, is still

a highly-regarded geologist with the Standard OilCompany of Kansas . His office is located in Hous-ton, Texas.Dr . J. C. Pickard, '24med, '26md, has been

head of the Nose and Throat Department of aclinic in Dubuque, Iowa, for the last 15 years.

Verlin Glen Thompson, '24geol.eng, Oklaho-ma City, is consulting engineer for Hudgins-Thompson-Ball & Associates in Oklahoma City .Bob Durkee, '24geol, Forman, is production

superintendent for Kenneth Owen, independentoil operator in Houston, Texas. Mr. Durkee wasformerly a geologist for Standard Oil and GasCompany in Houston.

Catherine E. Holman, '24ba, assistant professorof English, died January 7 in the Norman Muni-cipal hospital following an illness of more thanthree months.

-1925-Ralph A. Johnson, '25, is a successful indepen-

dent oil producer and rancher living in Houston,Texas. He is associated with Johnson and John-son oil operators . Houston has been his home since1932 .Besse Clement, '256a, '28ma, received the doc-

tor of philosophy degree January 10 at StanfordUniversity, Berkeley, California .

Merwyn Lee Black, '256a, is now serving hiseighth year as construction superintendent for theAustin Bridge Company in Dallas, Texas.

Lynn Knifhn Lea, '25geo1, is now employed asDivision Geologist with the Pure Oil Company inFort Worth, Texas.

Nellita Jones, '256a, left recently for Washing-ton, D. C., where she will be employed by theNavy department . She formerly was employedin the accounting department at the Naval Air'technical "Training center at Norman .

-1926-Floyd McBride, '26ba, athletic director at East

Central State College, Ada, has resumed his posi-tion there after his release from the Navy . Heserved as a lieutenant for 41 months .

Clifford W. Bryon, '26, who formerly operatedas an independent geologist in Houston, Texas, isnow on a retainer by the Chicago Mill and LumberCompany.

Dora Strcight Popejoy, '26music, Anadarko, iscompleting her 43rd year as teacher and directorin the Popejoy School of Music at Anadarko . Mrs.Popcjoy's sons, Aubrey, '31fa, and Francis, '35,are making their homes in California . Aubrey isknown as Dave Knight in Hollywood radio showsand has worked with NBC and CBS for the last tenyears.

1927-Virgil V. Sherrod, '25-'27, former busincss man-

ager of the Perry Daily journal, has been ap-pointed production engineer for the West Texasand New Mexico district by the MergcnthalerLinotype Corporation.

Dr . Clara Palmer Olson, '276a, '35gn, '38bs,'40md, is employed as Rating Board Specialist atthe Regional office of the Veteran's Administra-tion in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Josephine Paullin, '27h .ec, is now teachingHome Economics in the Beggs high school .

-'1928-William Leonard Cory, '28eng, has returned to

the University this semester as a special instruc-tor in mechanics and metallurgy. Cory has beenconnected with Westinghouse Electric and Manu-facturing Company, Phillips Petroleum Company,and Douglas Aircraft Company. More recently hehas been employed by the Calhoun HydraulicEquipment Company in Oklahoma City .

Leon Shipp, '281aw, former assistant municipalcounselor in Oklahoma City, has been selected toserve as personal attorney to Roy J . Turner whenhe takes office .L. B. Smith, '28geo1, is chief geologist for the

Arkansas Natural Companies in Shreveport,Louisiana.

Col. Gabe Disosway, '27-'28, and Mrs. Disosway,'366a, are making their home in Barksdale Field,Louisiana, where Colonel Disosway is stationed.

-'1929-INMAN-McKEEN : Mrs. Josephine Barnett In-

man, '29ba, Tulsa, and Harold R. McKeen, Tulsaand Bentonville, Arkansas, were married Novem-ber 27 in Independence, Kansas . The couple is athome in Tulsa where Mr . McKeen is employedby the Skelly Oil Co.Mrs. Margaret Waddell Lamb, '29gn, Oklaho-

ma City, was recently appointed superintendentof nurses at the Norman Municipal hospital . Mrs.Lamb has been relief superintendent of nurses atthe Crippled Children's hospital, Oklahoma City .

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Harry B. "Doe" Kniseley, '266a, '29ma, hasresigned as director ofpublic relations for Sunray Oil Corporation andreturned to Carter OilCompany, Sapulpa, as as-sistant to the personnelmanager. During the pastyear Kniseley has servedas president of the South-western Association of In-dustrial editors and vice-president of InternationalCouncil of Industrial Edi-tors .HARRY B. KNISELEY

Frank Crider, '306a, former freshman and as-sistant coach at the University, is serving his firstyear as head football coach at East Central Statecollege, Ada.

Bert Henry Thurber, Jr., '306us, Washington,D. C., is assistant comptroller in the Farm CreditAdministration in Washington .

Albert G. Kulp, '306a, '341aw, has accepted aposition as counsel for the American Airlines inTulsa.

Wayland Boles, '31ba, is now publishing a newmagazine, "Scene, The Magazine of the South-west ." The first publication was made in Decem-ber in Dallas, Texas.

James Nelson Russell, '31bs, Cambridge, Massa-chusetts, is process engineer for the Stone andWebster Engineering Corp ., in Cambridge.

John Duffield, '316s, Tulsa, is now associatedwith the Highland Oil Co ., as a petroleum engi-neer at Houston, Texas.

James Field Boynton, '30-'31, Sulphur, is nowbusiness manager for the Sulphur Silica Company,Inc. He was discharged from the Army April 20after serving four years with the Medical Adminis-trative Corps.Mrs. Jennie Mae O'Donnell, '31ma, is round-

ing out her eighth year as teacher of science andmathematics in the Alex public school system.

Paul Thurber, '316s, is a civil engineer in chargeof soils investigations and foundation and em-bankment design with the U. S. Engineer Depart-ment in Cincinnati, Ohio .Ed . J. Jamner, '31geol, '32ms, has recently

been promoted to assistant chief geologist with theHumble Oil and Refining Co ., Houston, Texas.

Carl A. Ransbarger, '32ms, is now principal ofthe Chickasha high school after serving in the samecapacity at Sapulpa for the last ten years.B. G. Swan, '32geol.eng, and Mrs. Swan are

the parents of a son born December 7. Mr . Swanis employed as Control Geophysicist for Continen-tal Oil Company at Ponca City.Lud Webber, '326s, and Mrs. Webber (Thuda

Mae Filhial, '346a), are now living in Borger,Texas, where he is working for Phillips PetroleumCompany.Brame Womack, '32geol, is chief geologist for

the Sohio Petroleum Company at Shreveport,Louisiana.Dr. Oliver E. Benson, '32ba, '33ma, and Mrs.

Benson (June Tompkins, '376a) are the parentsof a daughter, Megan Kathleen, born December14 in Norman . Dr. Benson is associate professorof government at the University .

Rev. August Schmidt, '32ms, Memo, Oklahoma,has been teaching at the Oklahoma Bible Academyat Memo for the last few years.

J. R. Maxey, '32ms, is a supervisor for UnitedGeophysical Company, Caracas, Venezuela.

Edgar Bruce Cafky, '31, '32, has served as anaccountant with the United States General Ac-counting office, Grand Prairie, Texas, for the past14 years.

FEBRUARY, 1947

-1930-

-1932-

Ardell M. Young, '32ba, '361aw, is now assistantCriminal District Attorney of Tarrant County,Fort Worth, Texas. Mr . Young was dischargedfrom the Army recently with the rank of lieutenantcolonel. He served four and one-half years.

John D. Blaksley, '29-'32, has been made secre-tary and treasurer of the Patrick Drilling Co ., inHouston, Texas.

William A. Swan, '32geol.eng, former mechani-cal engineer for Humble Oil and Refining Co., isnow designing engineer and sales manager forthe Krausse Manufacturing Co ., Houston, Texas.Rex Alworth, '29-'32, has recently been made

sales engineer for the Baker Oil Tool Company inHouston, Texas.

Kenneth Henderson Wasson, '321aw, is an at-torney and assistant secretary for the AmericanLiberty Oil Company, Dallas, Texas.Raymond P. Sewers, '32, El Reno, was recently

awarded the ten-year service pin by the OklahomaGas and Electric Company in Oklahoma City .L. S. Wellborn, '32, is now employed by the

Humble Oil Engineering Corp., with offices loc-ated in the Kennedy Building, Tulsa.

Col. Ernest L. Massad, '32, has been awardedthe Legion of Merit for service as commandingofficer of a glider field artillery battalion in thesouthwest Pacific area .Lumen T. Cockerill, '326a, has been minister

of the First Methodist Church in Edmond sincemid-summer . He was recently elected presidentof the Edmond Ministerial Association and willserve as Dean of the thirteenth annual OklahomaMethodist Student Conference to be held in Feb-ruary in Oklahoma City. Mrs. Cockerill, the form-er Geraldine Speyers, '34journ, is president of theParent-Teachers' Association at the TrainingSchool of Central State College.

J . Joe Bauxar, '32ba, is now working as anarchaeologist for the Missouri Valley Survey ofthe Smithsonian Institution with headquarters inLincoln, Nebraska .Mark D. Holcomb, '31-'32, has established an

office in Enid for the practice of general medicineand surgery following his release from the Army .He served five and one-half years and three andone-half years overseas with the 41st Infantry Di-vision .

Ollie G. Gleason, '321aw, was recently re-electedcounty attorney for Major county, Fairview .

Wise and Otherwise by Wheeler Mayo in theSequoyah County Times, Sallisaw, Oklahoma im-mediately following the annual Sooner-Aggiefootball struggle brought to light another strugglebetween two prominent alumni, one an O. U.Sooner and the other an Oklahoma Aggie.Here is the Ed's report :"I thought that when Sam Pointer gave 50

points on the O. U.-Texas football game that hewould hold the record for optimism and wouldtake the cake for having "more faith than judg-ment," but low and behold, last Saturday as I wasleaving the Aggie stadium in Stillwater after theA. andM.--0. U. game, I ran into Ray Parr, O. U.Sooner, waving a twenty dollar bill under "Aggie"Lloyd Benefield's nose . Ray had given Lloyd 59points and had just collected his bet and was hehappy or maybe it would be better to say, "WasLloyd unhappy?" I told Parr, who is a reporteron the Daily Oklahoman, that I thought that Mr.Gaylord, his publisher, had him on the wrongdesk, that where he should be was on sports, be-cause any man that could prophesy the score of73 to 12 for O. U. and back it up with a bet, was a"prophesier" without a peer."

-1933-

A senior airport lighting engineer, landing aidssection, Bureau of Aeronautics, U.S.N., Amos L.Lewis, '22ba, did approval testing and develop-ment work in the field of airport lighting . He laterbecame a United States Patent Office examiner ofilluminating and airport lighting equipment, andwas the first civilian lighting engineer in the Bu-reau of Aeronautics shortly after the start of WorldWar II .

A resident of Vienna, Virginia, Lewis was therecipient of the Naval Meritorious Civilian ServiceAward for his work. He contributed an article tothe first issue of the Air-Sea Safety magazine whichwas published in Washington, D. C., last fall . Hispaper was entitled "High-Intensity Lights AidAll-Weather Flying ."K. E. Nash, '331aw, has entered the oil drilling

business in Drumright in addition to his lawpractice .HINRICHSEN-HUNTER: Henrietta Hinrich-

sen, Clinton, Iowa, and Thomas W. Hunter, '336us,Springfield, Illinois, were married Thanksgivingday in Washington, D. C. Mr . Hunter is a memberof Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity . He has donegraduate work at George Washington University,Washington, D. C., and is now chief of the coaleconomics division of the department of the in-terior.

Dr . Donald H. Smith, '33pharm, has replacedDr. R. O. Ryan, '306a, '35bs, '37md, at the Fair-view hospital .HAWKINS-KORN13AUM: The marriage of

Donna Hawkins, Mankato, Kansas, and Harry E.Kornbaum, '33, Oklahoma City, was solemnizedDecember 4 in Oklahoma City . The couple is athome in Oklahoma City .

John W. Dexter, '31, '33, has been named edi-tor and publisher of the Panhandle News-Herald,Guymon . He was formerly makeup editor for theDaily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City . Dexter en-listed in the Air Force in 1942 and received hiscommission after completing officer candidateschool at Miami Beach, Florida. He was dischargedfrom the Army last March.

Since being discharged from the Army recently,Burt Barr, '331aw, has re-established his law prac-tice in Dallas, Texas.

Morris Eugene Shrader, '336s, is in the direc-tional drilling business at Liberty, Texas, operat-ing under the firm name of Shrader and Living-ston .

Hilliard W. Corey, '33, is Chief Geologist forthe Houston Natural Gas Company in Houston,Texas.

Ralph M. Cissne, '336us, was recently selectedas secretary of the Long Beach (California) Amuse-ment Zone Association, Incorporated, a note fromthe firm's president, Arthur A. Allen, discloses."In selecting Mr . Cissne," Allen stated, "the As-

sociation has fulfilled the need of a vigorous, pub-lic spirited representative who possesses a back-ground of experience in community recreation . Wefeel that in Mr. Cissne we have found such a man."

Formerly an executive with the Boy Scouts ofAmerica, Cissne spent over four years during thelast war organizing and directing public relationsand recreational activities for the Army Air Corps.Since leaving the service he has interested himselfin civic betterment activities .

1934-Joe Fred Gibson, '346a, '361aw, Oklahoma City,

has been appointed Assistant Insurance Commis-sioner with his office in Oklahoma City . He wasdischarged from the Army in February, 1946 .Ton-Ka Hale Carter, '346us, is resident methods

analyst, for the Atlantic Refining Company inDallas, Texas.

Jake Haas, '34geol, is production superintendentfor the Atlas Oil and Refining Corp., of Shreve-port, Louisiana.

Robert R. Brown, '346s, is employed by theShell Oil Company in Houma, Louisiana.

Lawrence H. Wilson, '34, has been named StateManager for Bruce Dodson Insurance companyand has opened new offices in Tulsa.BURNS-MASHBURN : Rosalind Burns, '346fa,

Oklahoma City, and Mark B. Mashburn, also ofOklahoma City, were married December 27 inOklahoma City . Mrs. Mashburn was a member ofthe SPARS for two years and is now employed inthe county assessor's office .Mrs. Dorothy Hume Hammond, '346a, '371aw,

has accompanied her husband, James H. Ham-mond to Washington, D. C., where he is sta-tioned with the Army Air Corps at Bolling Field.

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GORDON-TAUSSIG : Mrs. Mildred Chase Cor-don, '346a, Brentwood, California, formerly ofOklahoma City, became the bride of Frank HartTaussig, Chicago, Illinois, December 28 in Okla-homa City. Mrs. Taussig attended Gulfport col-lege, Gulfport, Mississippi, Northwestern Univer-sity, Evanston, Illinois, and was a member ofKappa Kappa Gamma Sorority at the University .

DONAHOE-BLAKE : Mabel Esther Donahoe,

'34, Ponca City, and Marion J . Blake, '351aw,Tulsa, were married January 14 in Ponca City .

Mrs. Blake attended St . Mary of the Woods, Terre

Haute, Indiana, before entering the University .

Mr . Blake also attended Notre Dame, South Bend,Indiana.

-1935-

Kenneth Hogue, '351aw, Carnegie attorney, and

his brother, Harold Hogue' '31, mayor of Dalhart,Texas, have purchased a controlling interest inthe Dalhart Texan and assumed management ofthe newspaper the first of the year .

TAYLOR-BELDING : Blanche Taylor, '35, Ho-bart, became the bride of Roy O. Belding, Clayton,

New Mexico, December 3 in Wichita Falls, Texas.

The couple is at home on Mr . Belding's ranch near

Clayton.Dr . James W. Major, '356a, is now practicing

medicine in Columbia, Tennessee. He served with

the 39th General Hospital through the war.

John Kessler, '35m .ed, Edmond, was elected as

president of the Alumni Association of Central

State College, Edmond, for the seventh consecu-

tive year recently .Don Weir, '356us, and Mrs. Weir are the par-

ents of a daughter, Lola Delle, born September 10 .

Mr . Weir is associated with the Arkansas Natural

Companies, Shreveport, Louisiana, as assistant per-

sonnel manager.Harold G. Gray, '356us, secretary and treasurer

of Empire Southern Gas Company, Fort Worth,

Texas, and Mrs. Gray are the parents of a daughter,

joy Lynn, born February 14, 1946 . Mr . Gray spent

a year in the east in 1943 doing special work withthe government for the company.

Roy L. Hickox, '35journ, Oklahoma City, is

employed as Assistant National Director of PublicRelations of the American Legion in Washington,

D. C.George Albert Weisser, '356s, is assistant high-

way engineer with the U. S. Public Roads Ad-ministration in Austin, Texas.

Dr . George Ross, '35md, and Dr. Hope Ross,'35md, are the parents of a daughter, Mary Ruth,born December 21 in Enid . Both Dr . and Mrs.Ross are practicing medicine in Enid .

Robert L. Hoskinson, '32-'35, Norman, is as-sociated with the National Printing company asplant superintendent and salesman in OklahomaCity .SOMERVILLE-BLACKBURN : Lt . Emmaline

Ruth Somerville,'35g.n, Norman, and Ralph Black-burn were married August 25 . The couple is now

residing in Riverside, California .

Cordon Watts, '351aw, who has been practicinglaw in Topeka, Kansas, recently moved to Okla-homa City to establish a law practice .DAWSON-FRAZIER : Leila S. Dawson, '35h .ec,

'36m .ed, and Samuel H. Frazier, both of Oklaho-ma City, were married recently in Oklahoma City .For the last several years Mrs. Frazier has beeninstructor of home economics at Capitol Hill sen-ior highschool, Oklahoma City .Dr. Moorman Prosser, '35med, '35md, and Mrs.

Prosser arc the parents of a daughter, DorothyLorraine, born recently at St . Anthony's hospital,Oklahoma City . Dr. Prosser is a physician at Cen-tral State hospital, Norman .EDGINGTON-ANDREWS: Miss Elizabeth

Edgington, '38bus, of Ponca City, became the brideof Wendell B. Andrews, '356us, Braman, in theFirst Presbyterian Church of Ponca City Novem-ber 16 .

Edgar Baxter, '336s, and Mrs. Baxter, '35ba, arcthe parents of a son, Charles Edgar, born Novem-ber 17 in Ponca City .Dr . Russell Smith and Mrs. Smith (Margaret

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Buckley, '356fa) are the parents of a slaughterborn recently in Provo, Utah .

RUSSELL-MOODY : Irene Russell, Cleveland,Ohio, and Roger L. Moody, '34-'35, OklahomaCity, were married June 22 in Oklahoma City . Mr .Moody also attended Fresno State college, Fresno,California . The couple is at home in OklahomaCity .FORRESTER-PEDATA : Lillian B. Forrester,

'35ed, Honolulu, and Lt . Andrew L. Pedata, Bow-ers Hill, Virginia, were married in Honolulu Sep-tember 28 . Mrs. Pedata is with the department ofpublic instruction, rehabilitation department . Sheformerly lived in Berkeley, California, where shewas with Armstrong College. Lieutenant Pedatawas stationed in England during the war andlater took part in the African campaign .

Glenn Reuben Davis, '32ba, '351aw, Muskogee,is a United States Probate Attorney in Muskogee .He was formerly associated with the firm of Line-baugh and Davis.

Frank T. McCoy, Jr., '356a, Nashville, Tennes-see, and Mrs. McCoy are the parents of a daugh-ter, Claire Louise, born October 31 in Nashville .This is the couple's second child.

Stewart Harral, '36ma, director of the Univer-sity of Oklahoina school of journalism, served as

one of the judges in the annual newspaper con-tests of the Arkansas Press association, of which L.J . Miner is secretary-manager . Winners were an-nounced at the state meeting in Little Rock Janu-ary 10 and 11 .

Malvina Stephenson, '36ma, Washington news-paper and radio correspon-dent, spoke recently at theannual Matrix table din-ner given by the Oklaho-ma A. and M. Collegechapter of Theta Sigma Phi,national professional andhonorary fraternity forwomen in journalism .C. C. Sperling, '36bs,

'36ms, and Mrs. Sperling(Elizabeth Guild, '34ed),recently moved from OakRidge, Tennessee, to St.Albans, West Virginia .

J . Arthur Herron, '36m .ed, was elected a mem-

her of the Executive Committee of the OklahomaEducational Association at the November meeting.

He is also chairman of a committee to make aninvestigation of the advisibility of purchasingheadquarters for the O.E.A .

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-1936-

Maurice E. Stuart, '366a, '381aw, is now living

in Waco, Texas, where he is co-owner of a lumber

yard .Elizabeth Cooper, '361ib .sci, who has been serv-

ing as librarian for the Army in Europe, has beenspending a leave recently in Norman . Miss Cooperorganized libraries in France and Belgium, andwill resume her duties in German at the expira-tion of her leave.

Richard Ashley, '36geol, former geologist withAtlantic Refining Co ., in Midland, Texas, is nowin the district office at Lake Charles, Louisiana.

James D. Fellers, '36ba, '361aw, Oklahoma City,was one of the young then to be nominated forconsideration by the U. S. Junior Chamber ofCommerce in choosing the outstanding young manin the nation for 1946 . Mr . Fellers is a memberof the law firm of Suits and Fellers .

Mary Kimbrough, '36, women's page editor ofthe St . Louis Star-Tithes, has received the dis-tinguishes) journalism award of Fontbonnc Col-lege, St . Louis. Miss Kimbrough joined the staffof the Tulsa Tribune as reporter and specialwriter in 1936 . She went to the Star-Times in1944, and was named women's editor in 1946 .

Dr . Polk Fry, '36med, has returned to Frederickwhere he will resume his practice after recentlybeing discharged from the Army Medical Corps.

Roy Gardner, '36, Sentinel, has recently beennames{ manager for all Hinke-Pillot stores inHouston, Texas.

Ralph K. Bogart, '361aw, is now associated withthe Halliburton Agency in Tulsa, after being re-leased from the Navy Intelligence Service withthe rank of lieutenant commander.

-1937-

Ben Langdon, '36-'37, publisher of the MangumDaily Star, has been elected vice-president of theMangucn Chamber of Commerce for 1947 .

King Denzil Boyd, '37eng, is employed by theGeneral Motors company as district manager ofPetroleum Industry Sales in the Gulf Coast Region .He represents the' Detroit Diesel Engine Divisionin Houston, Texas.

Theodore Foster and Mrs. Foster, the formerMildred Guild, '37cd, '391ib .sci, are the parentsof a son, John Rcid, born October 30 .

Carl Merkinson Austin, '376a, Fort Words,Texas, is associates) with the firm of Daly, Price,and Austin in medical practice in Fort Worth.

13 . M. Nowery, Jr ., '37bs, has been transferredfrom Houston, Texas, to the home office of theUnion Producing Company in Shreveport, Louisi-ana .Mrs. Ruth Bennett Lciber, '376a, '381ib .sci, is

now librarian for Northeast high school in Okla-homa City . Mrs. Lciber has done work with Armylibraries .

Walter William Butcher, '37, is in charge ofthe coastal district of the Creole Petroleum Com-pany in Venezuela.TWYFORD-FULLER : Aileen Margaret Twy-

lord, '376fa, '46rua, Oklahoma City, became thebride of Martin H. Fuller, '38bfa, Enid, in a cere-mony performed December 28 in Oklahoma City .Mrs. Fuller is a member of Chi Otnega Sorority .The couple is at home in Oklahoma City whereMr. Fuller is associated with radio station KOMAas a writer .

Maj. Ncal Galloway, '36-'37, Roosevelt, re-turned to the campus this fall as instructor in theUniversity R.O.T.C .

Morris Tucker, '376a, '42ma, Tulsa, and Mrs.Tucker arc the parents of a son born recently inOklalu,i~rt City . Mr. Tucker is employed as an in-struur1r in the Tulsa school system .

-1938-

RAPP-WOLF: Ursula Rapp, '36-'38, and Irl R.Wolf, both of Oklahoma City, were married inlate December in the home of the bride's parents .Mrs. Wolf attended Lindenwood college, St .Charles, Missouri, and was a member of DeltaGamma Sorority at the University . The couple isat home in Shawnee where Mr . Wolf is associates)with the Packard and Hudson agency there.

Dr . J . 1) . Hoskins, '38mcd, Siloam Springs,Arkansas, has established a medical practice inSiloam Springs after his release from the Army .Mrs. Huskins is the former Francis Huff, '38nurse.

Robert L. Grady, '381aw, Nowata, is engagedin the general practice of law in Nowata . He wasdischarged from the Army in June, 1946 .

Ben L. Robertson. '38bus, and Mrs. Robertsonare the parents of a daughter, Carol Ann, bornAugust 14 in Tulsa. Mr . Robertson is now en-gaged in the cattle business at Nowata .

Joe B. Steele, Jr., '32=38, Ringling, has beenpromotes) to lieutenant colonel and is now onterminal leave from the Army .

Lt. William Robert Stevenson, '37-'38, has beendischarged from the Navy and is living in Jack-sonville, Florida . Mrs. Stevenson is the formerMargaret Roys, '34ba.

Dick Gilley, '386a, '401aw, '43ma, is employedin the Legal Department of the Shell Oil Companyin Houston, Texas.

Ivor Gough, '38ba, '401aw, is a special agentwith the General Accident Assurance Companyin Houston, Texas. Mr . Gough was released fromthe Army in May, 1946, with the rank of captain .

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Earl Brown, Jr ., '38ba, '40law, is in privatepractice of law with Vinson, Elkins, Weems andFrancis in Houston, Texas.

Leo L. Baker, '38chem.eng, is serving his ninthyear as petroleum engineer with the Core Labora-tories, Inc., in Dallas, Texas.

Richard Paul Yeilding, '36-'38, has been retiredfrom military service after eight years of dutyin the Army and has re-entered the University asa graduate student and part-time mathematics in-structor . "Major" Yeilding, whose home addressis Phoenix, Arizona, was graduated from WaltersHigh School in 1936 . He attended the Universitytwo years then entered United States Military Aca-demy in 1938 and received his Bachelor of Sciencedegree in 1942 . Other points of service includePine Bluff, Arkansas ; Randolph Field, Texas, andFt. Sill, Oklahoma .

Lt . Virginia To?nberlin, '38ed, is stationed withthe Navy in Washington, D. C.Maj. George A. Inglis, '38bus, Norman, is now

spending his terminal leave from the Army inNorman .HALEY-McBRIDE : Jemc Haley, Mountain

View, became the bride of Donald S. McBride,'38, December 28 in the home of the bride's par-ents in Mountain View . Mrs. McBride is now astudent at the University . Mr . McBride returnedto the University after his release from militaryservice to continue his studies in petroleum engi-neering.SASSER-SHULL : Ruby Mae Sasser, Hugo, be-

came the bride of Charles Graves Shull, Jr ., '32-'38,Wichita, Kansas, in a ceremony performed Janu-ary 11 in the home of the bride's parents . Mr .and Mrs. Shull are now at home on a ranch nearHugo .Mr. H. R. Hansen, '38, and Mrs. Hansen, Nor-

man, have announced the birth of a daughter,Jane Day, November 22 in an Oklahoma City,hospital .BEARD-WATTS: Miss Emily Jo Beard, Okla-

homa City, and Lt. Col. Thomas Rinker Watts,'38ba, Oceanside, California, were married in theLittle Church of the West, Las Vegas, Nevada, onNovember 18 . Colonel Watts, U.S.M.C., attendedthe University School of Law and was at one timepresident of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity.ABBOTT-NABORS : Jane Abbott, '36-'38, Ato-

ka, became the bride of Barren Phillip Nabors,McAlester, September 27 in Muskogee. Mrs. Na-bors was a member of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority .Mr . Nabors is an employee of Fire Companies'Adjustment bureau in Muskogee .Mrs. Nancy Anderson Stiles, '38ba, and Mr .

Stiles are moving to Roswell, New Mexico, whereMr . Stiles is opening the Roswell Abstract Co . Heis secretary-manager of the new firm .

Mrs. Ellen Fleming, '38soc .wk, is teaching ina private school in Cambridge, Massachusetts,while her husband is attending the HarvardGraduate School of Business .

John Dell Hadsell, '38ba, is now with thePonca Military Academy located in Ponca City.Howard M. Wilson, '38journ, Oklahoma City,

has assumed duties as news editor of the ClintonDaily News . Mr. Wilson recently has been servingas capitol correspondent for 37 state newspapers .

Horace W. Ray, '386s, and Mrs. Ray (EileenCarter, '396us) are the parents of a (laughter,Carol Ann, born October 4 in Wichita Falls, Texas.Mr. Ray is a technician for Lane Wells Co .

Donald McVay, '38ba, and'Mrs. McVay, theformer Lois Adams, '34ba, are the parents of ason, Michael Lee, born August 22 . Mr . McVay isemployed with the American Newspaper Publish-ers Association in Chicago, Illinois . They maketheir home in Evanston .A. R. Loeblich, Jr., '37geo1, '38rns, Washing-

ton, D. C., is an associate curritor of the U. S.'National Museum, the Smithsonian Institute inWashington .

Ray Shaw, '38pharm, is now working as apharmacist for the Ashby Chemical Co ., Inc., inOklahoma City .

Norbert Proctor, '381aw, is now employed inthe legal department of the Sunray Oil Company

FEBRUARY ? 1947

Lighting a pipe may not be much trouble for some men, but the Ceremonial tomahawk pe,:cepipe heldby Lewis Thompson (right), sophomore arts and sciences student from Shawnee, required the assistanceof Dick Quisenberry (left), junior engineer from Woodward. Thompson, Ruf Neks (O.U . pep organiza-tion) president, and Quisenbesry, Ruf Neks pledge onaster, received the pipe Iron? Missouri U.'s MysticSeven pep club as a prize for the Sooner victory over the Tigers at the Homecoming game last year .

in Tulsa. He recently returned from service with

Lt. Col. Fratis L. Duff, '39med, for outstandingthe Navy .

work from April, 1944 to April, 1946, duringwhich period he served as director in the Army AirSchool of Aviation Medicine . He was responsiblefor many advancements in the administration ofthe school and contributed to medical research .

-1939-The University of Oklahoma Board of Regents

has approved an arrangement between the AthleticCouncil and the University of Oklahoma Press forpublication of a new book by Harold Keith, '29ba,'39ma, University director of sports publicity.Keith's book is entitled, "Sooner Football, theFirst 25 Years."Roy Tant, '38, '39, co-publisher of the Grand-

field Enterprise, has been elected to the board ofdirectors of the Grandfield Chamber of Commercefor 1947 .Dr. Gerald Forbes, '36ba, '37ma and '39ph.d,

has resigned his faculty position at Oklahoma A.and M. College, Stillwater, and has accepted thechairmanship of the newly-established journalismdepartment of the University of Mississippi .A veteran newspaperman before completing his

academic work at the University, Dr . Forbesworked on the Daily Oklahoman, the OklahomaCity Times, the Oklahoma News, San AntonioNews, Duncan Eagle, Tampa (Florida) Telegraph,Fort Worth Record-Telegram, and Dallas Times-Herald .

In 1938 Dr . Forbes joined the faculty of North-eastern State College, Tahlequah, as instructor inhistory and journalism, but left in 1943 to accepta commission in the Army Air Force TrainingCommand . He taught at A. and M. but one year .

Byron Amspacher, '396a, a reporter for the Nor-man Transcript since his discharge from theArmy last September, has resigned to enter thegrocery business in Norman with his father.

Besides being an educator, Dr . Forbes is anauthor . He has contributed special articles tonumerous newspapers and has written a book,Flush Production, which concerns the rise of theoil industry in the economic world.

Benjamin Croft, '391ib .sci, has returned to thestaff of the Benjamin Franklin library, MexicoCity, since being discharged from the Army .The Legion of Merit was recently awarded to

PORTER-MOORS : Addic May Porter, '39phys.ed, Oklahoma City, became the bride of FloydHenry Moore, Fort Worth, Texas, December 8 inthe home of the bride's parents . Mrs. Moore re-ceived her physical therapy training at LawsonGeneral hospital, Atlanta, Georgia. The couple isat home in Fort Worth, Texas.

Walter Perry Dornaus, '391aw, Fort Worth,Texas, is an attorney for the Stanolind Oil andGas Company in the Fort Worth division .

J. W. Zadik, '39geol, is secretary and salesmanfor the Egan Company in Dallas, Texas.

Paul Harkey, '39, Norman, and Mrs. Harkeyare the parents of a son, Roy Lee, born December7. Mr . Harkey is a member of the state legisla-ture and a law student at the University .Jim Bates, '396us, Little Rock, Arkansas, is or-

ganizing and administering a Naval Reserve Unitin Little Rock .

Alfred Thomas Pospichal, '38-'39, is now at-tending Texas A. and M. college, where he isstudying veterinary medicine . He was dischargedfrom the Army February, 1946, with the rank offirst lieutenant.

-1940-Joy Kenneth Sprowles, '406us, recently died at

his home in Oklahoma City . A veteran of WorldWar II, Sprowles formerly lived in Norman .A daughter, Martha Gene, was born to Mr. and

Mrs. Dayton Blair, '40journ, Shawnee, on Decem-ber 16 . Blair, a graduate of the University ofOklahoma, was appointed sports editor of theShawnee News-Star last September.Maj. Hugh P. Stubbs, '40ba, and Mrs. Stubbs

are making their home in Japan where MajorStubbs is on active duty in Tokyo.

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Dan Jennings, )r., '38-'-10, and Mrs. Jennings

C. C. Cody, Jr., '40geol, is employed as a super-

are the parents of a daughter born December 2 in

visor for Seismograph Service Corporation, Caracas,

VenezueSt Anthony's Hospital Oklahoma City.

Eola

Steen

Charles Stuart, '90eng, is a junior engineer withDEVLIN-TURRENTINe :

Mrs.Devlin, '40piano, Pauls Valley, and A. I . Turren-

the Shell Oil Company at White Castle, Louisiana.en

tine were married November 29 in Las Vegas,

Nevada . The couple has established a home in

Harbor City, California .John Bradley Anderson, '40bs, Muskogee, is

employed as an electrical engineer with the Okla-

homa Gas & Electric Co ., in Muskogee.

Charles Norman Stallings and Mrs. Stallings,

the former Mary Powell, '40ba, are the parents of

a son born August 26 in Atlanta, Georgia.

E Wayne Wilson ; '40bus, is now studying for.his law degree at the University of Texas, Austin .

Frances Palmer, '27ba, '35gn, '38bs, '40med,

recently was discharged from the Army Medical

Corps, where she served with the rank of captain .

Dr Williard H. Smith, '38bs, '40med, has estab-.lished an office in the Cunningham Clinic in Clin-

ton for General practice of medicine and surgery .

Previously he had been serving as physician for an

oil company at Phillips, Texas.

MILLER-MOYER : Danny Lou Miller, junior

drama student, Duncan, and Howard G. Moyer,

'39240 , Norman, were married recently in the

First Presbyterian Church in Duncan . Mrs.

Moyer attended Oklahoma College for Women

and is now a student in radio drama at the Uni-

versity . She was recently named "Girl of the Year"

by the Independent Men's association. Mr . Moyer

is a student in the college of business administra-

tion and is affiliated with the Pi Kappa Alpha Fra-

ternity . He served three years with the Army Air

Corps in the China-Burma area .

YOUNG-CHEEK : Margaret Ann Young, '436s,

Oklahoma City, became the bride of Alex Cheek,

'40ba, '401aw, Silver Lake, in a ceremony per-

formed recently in Oklahoma City . Mrs. Cheek at-

tended Western college, Oxford, Ohio, and was

affiliated with Delta Delta Delta Sorority at the

University . Mr. Cheek served in the Army for

three and one-half years and was discharged with

the rank of captain . He attended Oklahoma Mili-

tary Academy, Claremore. He is a member of

Sigma Nu Fraternity at the University . At present

he is engaged in the practice of law in Oklahoma

city, where the couple has established a home .

'

Dallas, Texas, and Mrs.Rae Clifton,40bus,

Clifton, became the parents of a daughter, Carol

Ann, born December 8 in the Florence Nightin-

gale hospital .William L Delbridge, '40bus, was made man-.

ager of the newly opened radio Broadcasting

Company, Inc., Artesia, NewMexico .

'40bs, is now working as salesErnest G. Hotze,

engineer with the Clark Brothers Co., Inc., in

Houston, Texas.

Joe Y Allen, '406s, is now associated with the.Clark Brothers Co ., Inc., in Houston, Texas, as

district engineer.Edwin Alpern, '40ba, is now associated with

Dwight T. Williams, Accountants in Houston,

Texas.Bob Sellman, '406s, Oklahoma City, is associ-

ated with the Capitol Electric Company in Okla-

homa City .W L Corwin, '40bs, is now employed by the. .

Phillips Petroleum Company in Borger, Texas.

LESTER-HUTCHINS : Mrs. Mayme Pippin

Lester and Benjamin P. Hutchins, '36-'40, both

of Lawton, were married December 8 in Lawton .

Mr. Hutchins served four and one-half years in

the Army, 34 months of which were spent in the

southwest Pacific theater. Mr . and Mrs. Hutchins

have established a home in Lawton .

Ivy Grizzelle, '401aw, Houston, Texas, is an

employe of the Travelers Insurance Company as

an investigator .Johnnie W. Henderson, '40eng, is a geologist

for National Associated, Mt . Vernon, Illinois .Rudolph F. Anderson, '39ms, Mrs. Anderson

(Eulalee Long, '40h .ec,) and three children,

Juanita, Karen and John, are living in Mattoon,

Illinois, where Rudolph is an independent geol-

ogist.

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Howard Greenlease Yeilding, '38-'40, has be

missing in action off Saipan since February, 1945,

and is presumed to be dead. A member of the 20th

Air Force, Lieutenant Yeilding failed to return

from a B-29 raid on Nagoya . Survivors include his

wife, Sgt. Hettie Jo Yeilding, and young son,

Howard G., III.Joe Melvin Proffer, '40bs, is a junior engineer

with the North Texas Air Conditioning Co ., Ltd.,

in Dallas, Texas.Thomas E. Warren and Mrs. Warren, the form-

er Eileen Rooney, '39-'40, have established a home

in Muskogee where Mr. Warren is associated with

The Citizen's National Bank.HOFFMAN-HERBERT: Betty Hoffman, De-

troit, Michigan, and Lt . S. Wycliffe Herbert, Jr.,

'36-'40, Oklahoma City, were married recently

in San Francisco, California . The couple has es-

tablished a home in the Philipoine Islands where

Lieutenant Herbert is stationed .

Jack C. Owens, '40bs, and Mrs. Owens (Margo

Harwell, '39), are the parents of a son, Robert

Harwell, born in July . This is their second child

the first being a daughter, Caroline .ROBERTS-MONTGOMERY : Margaret Roberts,

Norman, became the bride of Winston C. Mont-

gomery, Jr ., '36-'40, Oklahoma City, December 24

in Norman . The couple is at home in Normanwhere Mr. Montgomery is a student in the school

of law at the University, and Mrs. Montgomery

is a secretary in the office of the president.

BURWELL-BERRY : Carolyn Burwell and Wil-

liam Aylor Berry, '401aw, both of Oklahoma City,

were married January 2 in Oklahoma City . Aform-

er lieutenant commander in the Navy, in which

he served four and one-half years, Mr . Berry was

captured by the Japanese at Corregidor and was

imprisoned in May, 1942, and liberated at Manila

in February, 1945 . Mr . Berry is a member of

Sigma Nu Fraternity and of Phi Delta Phi, legal

fraternity . The couple is at home in Oklahoma City .

Myrtle West, '40ba, '41ma, formerly of Norman,

has been made the conference youth director for

the state of Louisiana for the Methodist church .

She has been director of Christian education at

Lufkin, Texas, and previously served in Amarillo

and Waco, Texas.

-1941-

PITTS-DANIELS: Mrs. Lavenia Tillery Pitts,Boswell, and Kenneth Daniels, '39-'41, '45-'46,

Oklahoma City, were married November 27 in

Oklahoma City . Mr. and Mrs. Daniels have es-

tablished a home in Norman where Mr. Daniels

is a student in the University Law School .

WALKER-HARRIS : Emma Lou Walker,

Gravelly, Arkansas, and Charles X. Harris, '40-'41,

'46, Oklahoma City, were married recently inOklahoma City . Mr . Harris is a junior in the school

of electrical engineering at the University .

GARRETT-RICHARDSON : Mrs. Audrey Gar-

rett, Norman, and Charles R. Richardson, '40-'41,

'45-'46, Noble, were married December 22 in the

home of the bride's parents . Mr. Richardson is

continuing his studies at the University .

ogist with Kerr-McGee Oil Industries, Inc., in

Shreveport, Louisiana. He was recently discharged

from the Army with the rank of lieutenant colonel .

LAY-STABLER: Ruth E. Lay, '40-'41, Britton,

and Edward Walter Stabler, Lancaster, Pennsyl-

vania, were married recently in Lancaster. Daring

the war Mrs. Stabler was a radio instructor at

Scott Field, Illinois . The couple is at home in

Lancaster .

Kathleen Jane is the name chosen by John Dyas

Parker and Mrs. Parker, the former Kathleen De

Groot, '316a, '411ib.sci, for their daughter born

November 6 in Muskogee . Mr . Parker is employed

at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia .

M/Sgt. and Mrs. Arthur L. Trenam, Watertown,New York, are the parents of a daughter JudithAnne, born September 17 . Mrs. Trenam is flit

former Geraldine Prickctt, '411ib.sci .

Gerald Tuma, '396s, '41ms, and Mrs. Tuma(Eunice Fierr, '38bs) are the parents of a (laugh-

ter born recently in St . Anthony's Hospital, Okla-

homa City . Mr . Tuma is a member of the en-gineering faculty at the University .LARSON-HARRISON: The marriage of Miss

Katheryn Larson, '416a, of Lawton, and EdwardA. Harrison, Calgary, Canada, was solemnizedNovember 14 in the Lawton First PresbyterianChurch . Mr . and Mrs. Harrison have establishedtheir home at Calgary, where the former is as-

sociated with his father in a construction concern.

STAHL-EDWARDS: Miss Mary Alice Stahl,

'39-'41 , of Oklahoma City, and Harold HooperEdwards, Army Air Force veteran and a student

at Oklahoma City University, exchanged marriage

vows last July 5. The ceremony took place in the

home of the bride's mother . Mrs. Edwin S. Stahl,Oklahoma City . Mr . and Mrs. Edwards are at

home at 735 NE 19, Oklahoma City .

Ed Chapman, '416a, has opened a law office in

Bristow.Maj. Robert A. Norman, '37-'41, and Mrs. Nor-

man arc making their home near Berlin, Germany,where Major Norman is on duty.

Harry P. Frantz, Jr., '416us, and Robert S.

l , rantz, '426us, are now associated with their fa-ther, Harry P. Frantz, Sr ., '17, in the insurancebusiness in Enid .MILLER-TACKWELL: Elizabeth Miller, Skia-

took, and Joseph J . Tackwell, '40-'41, Norman,were married December 13 in Oklahoma City .

Mr . Tackwell is a member of Pi Kappa AlphaFraternity and is a sophomore'in .the College of

Business Administration . The couple is at home

in Tulsa.S. Ray Cross, '41gcol.eng, has been transferred

to southern Oklahoma where he is doing geol-

ogical work for the Continental Oil Company at

Sulphur.Baxter Abbott Sparks, '41voice, 43ba, Dallas,

Texas, is an account executive for the Mitchell Ad-

vertising Agency in Dallas.

Bob Womack, '4lgcol .cng, is a geologist for

Gulf Oil Company at Laurel, Mississippi .

Bill Ranney, '41eng, is a geologist for the SohioPetroleum Company in Shreveport, Louisiana. Hewas released from active duty with the Navy inOctober, 1945 .

Willard Boone, '411aw, is employed in the officeof the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Houston,Texas.

Dick Faver, '40-'41, is with the Noble DrillingCompany in the Gulf Coast office at Houston, Texas.HOWK-CHESTERMAN: Mrs. Mary Ellen Mc-

Gill Howk, '40-'41, '46, Oklahoma City, becamethe bride of Charles S. Chesterman, '40-'42, Al-buquerque, NewMexico, December 28 in the homeof the bride's parents . Mrs. Chesterman is a mem-ber of Delta Gamma Sorority, She also attendedthe University of Wisconsin. Mr . Chesterman is

John D. Boggs, Jr ., '40, '41, of Fairfield, Illinois,

a member of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity . The

is now a member of the 492nd Bomb Squadron,

couple is at home in Norman where both are

7th Bomb Group, Army Air Corps, Fort Worth,

attending the University .

Texas. Boggs, whose active duty began in March

SCHWARTZ-LEAVITT : Corinne Sehwartz,'40-

of 1946, served as a civilian with the Army Air

'41, Oklahoma City, became the bride of LeRoy J .

forces in Hawaii prior to his induction .

Leavitt, Seattle, Washington, December 8 in the

Monty G. Martin, '41geol, '43ms, recently dis-

Biltmore hotel in Oklahoma City . The couple has

charged as captain in the Army engineers, is work-

established a home in Seattle .

ing as a geologist for Carter Oil Company in the

Ben F. Curtis, '41geol.eng, is employed as geol-

Shreveport, Louisiana, office .

Clarence J . Long, '376s, and Mrs: Long, theformer Clara Lee Bradley, '41bs.ed, are living inChickasha. The former is party chief for Stano-lind Oil and Gas Company seismograph crew .

SOONER MAGAZINE

Max Riley, '41bs, is now employed by the SunOil Company in Premont, Texas.L. R. Wright, '40-'41, Cushing, and Mrs. Wright

(Mary Sholl, '45mus .ed,) are the parents of a sonborn December 20 at Cushing.

John C. Knight, '41arch.eng, has been awardedthe $1,000 Wcymer Foundation Traveling scholar-ship open to graduate students at Illinois Instituteof Technology, Chicago. Mr. Knight will travelnext summer in Ecuador, Colombia, and Brazil .

John W. Ground III and Mrs. Ground (BillyeReynolds, '41ba) are the parents of a son, JohnWesley, IV, born September 21 in Joplin, Mis-souri. Mrs. Ground was president of Kappa KappaGamma Sorority during her senior year.ROWLEY-WOOLSEY : Joyce Marie Rowley and

Milliard Barr Woolsey, '41, both of OklahomaCity, were married December 22 in OklahomaCity . Mr. Woolsey was affiliated with Pi KappaAlpha Fraternity at the University . The coupleis at home in Oklahoma City where Mr . Woolseyis attending Oklahoma City University .

Robert W. Lofton, '39-'41, Okmulgee, is nowlocal advertising manager of the Columbus DailyTelegram, Columbus, Nebraska.TAYLOR-CROSS : Bette Jane Taylor, Musko-

gee, and William Walter Cross, '39-'41, Norman,were married December 28 in Muskogee. Mr.Cross, now a junior in the School of Business Ad-ministration, is a member of Kappa Alpha Frater-nity . The couple is at home in Norman.R. L. Holland, '416us, Norman, and Mrs. Hol-

land are the parents of a son, Richard Lowther,Jr ., born December 24 at the Norman Municipalhospital .CLAY-GALLAWAY: Jean Clay, Shamrock,

Texas, became the bride of Robert C. Gallaway,'41, Lawton, recently in a ceremony performed inShamrock . Mr . Gallaway is now a geology studentat the University of Colorado, Boulder.SANDOVAL-AKERS : Shirley Audrey Sandoval,

Brooklyn, New York, and Wilburn Holt Akers,'41geol, Oklahoma City, were married December25 in Norman. Mrs. Akers is a senior in the schoolof geology at the University. Mr . Akers has beenan instructor in the geology department . After theclose of this semester the couple left for Cambridge,Massachusetts, where Mr . Akers is working in theMuseum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard. Heplans to start work on his Ph.D . next fall .WILLIAMS-WOOMER: Dorothy Williams,

Oklahoma City, became the bride of W. J. "Bill"Woomer, Jr., '40-'41, Oklahoma City, December25 in Oklahoma City . Mr. Woomer is working fora master's degree in chemistry at the University .Mrs. Edith Walker Hefley, '416a, former editor

of Sooner Magazine, is now employed as secretaryin the department of government at the University .

Charley Love, '42ed, recently accepted the posi-tion of principal of Pershing School in Muskogee.

Charles M. Cole, Jr., '42pe, has been associatedwith the Stanolind Oil Co ., in Tulsa since his dis-charge from the Navy in March, 1946.

Robert J . Butts, '42bus, former captain withthe Army in France, has been discharged and isliving in Enid .PALMER-WHITESEL: Miss Betty Jeyes Palmer

and Jerome F. Whitesel, Jr ., '37-'42, were marriedNovember 9 in Dallas, Texas. A veteran of threeyears service in the Army, the groom is a busi-ness graduate of the University . He was graduatedfrom Hugo High School .McGHEE-ROGERS: Miss Juanita McGhee, Ada,

became the bride of Kenneth Allen Rogers, '41-'42,November 1 in the Oak Avenue Baptist Church ofAda. The groom, a graduate of Central HighSchool, Oklahoma City, was a member of KappaPsi Fraternity . Mr. and Mrs. Rogers have establishedtheir home at 1617 NW 12, Oklahoma City.BURNS-BRYAN: Miss Doris Burns, '426a, and

William Craig Bryan were married November 30at Noble and are making their home in Tucson,Arizona. Mrs. Bryan was city editor of the Henry-etta Daily Free-Lance prior to her marriage .

,'FEBRUARY, 1947

1942-

James Leake and Mrs. Leake (Marjory Griffin,'40ba, '42ms) are the parents of a son, John Grif-fin, born June 9 in Muskogee.

Houston L. Bush, '41-'42, and Mrs. Bush(Lylith Medbury, °'44ba) are the parents of adaughter, Beverly Lyn, born January 18, 1946, inClinton.

Jack E. Wilson, '396us, '421aw, was recentlyappointed executive legal assistant to the ChiefJustice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. He as-sumed his duties November 1 .

Carl Matthews, Jr ., '40ba, '421aw, Hominy, isnow associated with I . J . Underwood in the prac-tice of law in Tulsa.

John Norman McClain, '41-'42, is now em-ployed as chemist for the Allergy Laboratories, Inc.,in Oklahoma City . Mr . McClain was dischargedAugust 17, 1945, after serving with the EighthAir Corps in Germany.

Lyle Smith, '42bus, Fairview, has established ahome in Oklahoma City where he is owner of theNorth Side Cleaners. Mr . Smith served as a cap-tain in the Army Air Corps during the war.VANTINE-MORRISON : The wedding of

Margie Vantine, Enid, and James J . Morrison, '41-'42, Lawton, was an event of August 11 in thehome of the bridegroom's parents . Mr. and Mrs.Morrison are at home in Enid where both are em-ployees of the Southwestern Bell Telephone com-pany. Mr. Morrison is a commercial representativeof the company.CARPENTER-ALTON: Marjorie Carpenter,

Garber, and Clyde E. Alton, '41-'42, also of Gar-ber, were married October 26 at the Garber Metho-dist church. Both Mr. and Mrs. Alton are studentsat the University .

Lt . R. E. Wolfard, '40-'42, Norman, has beenawarded the Gold Star in lieu of a second AirMedal. The citation for the award read "For meri-torious achievement during aerial flights in op-erations against the enemy on and in the vicinityof Kyushu, Japan, Wake Island, and Honshu,Japan."WARNER-LINEHAN : The wedding of Betty

Lou Warner, '41-'42, and Jack Linehan, both ofDallas, Texas, was an event of late August inDallas . Mrs. Linehan attended Southern Metho-dist University, Dallas, and is a member of KappaKappa Gamma Sorority . She served two years asa Braniff Airlines hostess and earned her cap asa nurse's aide . The couple is at home in Dallas.KELTNER-McDANIEL : Sara Lee Keltner, '42,

Ada, and Mitchell Harrison McDaniel, Jr ., weremarried October 6 in Ada. Mrs. McDaniel is amember of Chi Omega Sorority . They have estab-lished a home in Ada.ERICKSON-SOUTHWARD : Miss Marjorie Isa-

belle Erickson, Detroit, Michigan, and Lt. BenSouthward, '41-'42, of Norman, were married inDakar, North Africa, November 24 . LieutenantSouthward is operations officer of the Dakar ArmyAir Field. His parents are Claude Southward, Nor-man Junior High School principal, and Mrs.Southward. He has been in the service since 1941 .SHULL-BUCY: Miss Hazel Shull, '42, and

William Milo Bucy, of Electra, Texas, were mar-ried last July 6 at the home of the bride's parents,Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Shull, of Lawton. A Univer-sity graduate student in 1942, Mrs. Shull hastaught mathematics in Lawton, Hobart and Wood-ward High Schools and more recently headed theUniversity of Arkansas mathematics department.Mr. and Mrs. Bucy are at home in Miami, Florida .

Frank Goldsby, Jr., '36-'42, has been seriouslyill in a veterans' hospital near Los Angeles, Cali-fornia . The young veteran of African warfare wasvisited recently by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. FrankGoldsby, and Mr . and Mrs. A1 Criss, all of Nor-man.

Joseph John Rigg, '41-'42, of Taloga, wasfatally injured in the crash of an Army trainerplane near Oklahoma City November 21 . Injuredin the accident was Howard J . Moyer, '39-'40, aUniversity student from Norman . Rigg, a businessadministration junior, is survived by his wife andyoung son, Joseph John, Jr. His parents live inOklahoma City. Both Rigg and Moyer were com-bat fliers during World War II.

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LUNDQUIST-TAYLOR : Nuptial vows wererepeated by Miss Grace T. Lundquist, Melbourne,Florida, and Dr . Robert L. Taylor, '42mcd, ofMaysville, in the home of the bridegroom's broth-er and sister-in-law, Mr . and Mrs. Charles E.Taylor, Oklahoma City, last November 1 . Thebride is a graduate of the Deaconess HospitalSchool of Nursing, Freeport, Ill ., and was dis-charged from the Army Nurse Corps last summer .Dr . Taylor spent 28 months in the Army, includ-ing service in the Persian Gulf command . He wasdischarged in June with a rank of captain and isnow completing his residency at Oklahoma Gen-eral Hospital . Dr . and Mrs. Taylor are temporarilyliving at 2480 NW 14, Oklahoma City .

Roscoe Walker III was born November 10 toMr. Roscoe Walker, Jr ., '406a, '42law, and Mrs.Walker, of Denver, Colorado.

Dr . Virgil D. Matthews, '42bs, was recentlycalled to military service after completing his in-ternship at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis,Tennessee. He is temporarily stationed at San An-tonio, Texas.

Mrs. Terrill Eyre Price, Jr ., the former MissPauline Selders, Ada, left last month for Paris,France, where she joined her husband, Lieut. T. E.

Price, Jr . Lieutenant and Mrs. Price are residingin Vienna, Austria, where the former is stationedwith the cavalry . Mrs. Price is the daughter ofMr. and Mrs. Paul Selders, Ada.

Keeping Oklahoma from being pushed off theHarvard Business School version of the map arethe following former students now studying inBoston : Charles Neal, '42, Miami; Billy RaySchaff, '42, Holdenville; Joel F. Buchanan, Jr ., '42bsArdmore; Frank Sneed, '42ba, Lawton ; Bob Dan-ielson, '436us ; and Tom Bartlett, '42ba, Tulsa.

Lloyd C. Long, '42, an engineering junior fromMcAlester, was presented the Bronze Star duringdrill ceremonies of the University R.O.T .C . Nov-ember 26. Presentation of the medal, awarded for"meritorious service in China from November,

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Older people said that Tom was a for-ward young man. Girls, who knew himbetter, declared he was a wolf . The girlswere in a better position to know becausethey were the targets of his glib line ofconversation . Tom was quite an operator .

But Torn met his match one day . Thefirst class after enrollment found him seat-ed beside a pretty redhead. He eyed her allduring class deciding to which of his linesshe would be the most susceptible . Tomnever had a chance . After the lecture theredhead turned to him and said, "Myname's Jean . I like men of your type andI want a date with you tonight"

The stunned Tomgulped and stammered,"Wh-wh-what makes you think you wanta date with me?"

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1944, to April, 1945, was made by Col . J . J.Waters, R.O.T.C. commandant .

Karl Emerson, '42bus, and Mrs. Emerson(Phyllis Henderson, '44bus) have established ahome in Tulsa where he is art accountant with apipe line company. Mrs. Emerson is with Ameri-can Airlines .JONES-MORTON : Glenda Marie Jones, '42h .cc,

Purcell, and Paul M. Morton, Wichita, Kansas,were married recently in Wichita. The couple isat home in Wichita where he is engaged in theoil business .

David Cook, '421aw, is associated with the Car-ver-Cook firm in Wcwoka .Lyman Beard, Jr., '421aw, is an insurance law-

ver located in Muskogee . Mrs. Beard is the formerPhyllis Marshall, '39.

Paul Flick, Jr., '39-'42, former captain in theArmy Air Corps, has been discharged and is em-ployed by a Tulsa oil company as engineer .ELLIS-MILLAR : Jeeta Ellis, Chickasha, became

the bride of Robert John Millar, Jr ., '39-'42,Berkeley, California, in November in Chickasha.Mrs. Millar is now an employee at the Chickashahospital . Mr . Millar is a member of Beta Theta PiFraternity . He has resumed his studies at the Uni-versity after serving two and one-half vears withthe Navy .

Gregory L. Kelly, Hollywood, California, andMrs. Kelly (Almeda Rinsland, '41-'42) are theparents of a son born November 17 in Hollywood.

HINCH-HALL : Margaret Hall Hinch, '39-'42,Tulsa, and Lewis Wray Hall, also of Tulsa, weremarried November 23 in the home of the bride'sparents . Mrs. Hall is a member of Chi OinegaSorority . The couple is at home in Healdton .

Joel Buchanan, Jr ., '42bus, Ardmore, has re-turned to Harvard University to complete workon his master's degree .Ray T. Lehman, '42bus, has opened an insur-

ance agency in Muskogee, handling life ; property,and casualty insurance .

Dr . Leonard James Ellis, '42med, is practicingin Oklahoma City following his release from theArmy .

Ralph Sewell, '42ba, city editor of the DailyOklahoman, and Ferdie Deering, editor of theFarther Stockman, were among the first to benominated in Oklahoma City's third annual searchfor the outstanding young man of the year . Quali-fications are that the nominee be between 21 and36 and be active in civic work, social, church, busi-ness and cultural fields . Nominations were toclose January 10, and a panel of judges from 10civic organizations will select the winner, whowill receive a loving cup.

Junius R. Fishburn, '42ba, is now employed asan advertising salesman for the Chicago Sun. Dis-charged from the Army last April, Fishburn servedas public relations officer at Camp Howze, Texas;

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Camp Clairborne, Louisiana, and Camp Chaffee,Arkansas .H. Leon Biddy, '39-'42, news editor of the

Hobart Democrat-Chief for the past three months,has resigned to accept a position as field represen-tative for the state accrediting agency for the veter-ans on-the-job training program. Biddy served inthe Army Air Forces during the war.

Robert G. Martin, Jr., '42, '47ma, has returnedto the faculty of Phillips University, Enid, wherehe is assistant professor of journalism and directorof publicity. Since receiving his Bachelor of Artsdegree from Phillips in 1940, Martin spent threeyears in the Army .JONES-PEARD: Elizabeth Jones, Ardmore, and

James Peard, '42, Wirt, were married December 28in Ardmore. Mr. and Mrs. Peard are at home inNorman where both are attending the University .

FEZLER-DUNN: Mrs. Eileen Carletti Fezler,'42, Haileyville, and William Allen Dunn, Okla-homa City, were married December 29 in Okla-homa City . Mrs. Dunn is a graduate of OklahomaCollege for Women, Chickasha, and is directorof social activities on the O. C. W. campus . Thecouple is at home in Oklahoma City.

Kenneth 1hrig, '42, was presented the AlphaEpsilon Delta award as the outstanding premedstudent at the University last year. The award isbased on scholarship. outside activities and leader-ship qualities.Toy C. Hall, '42pharm, is a pharmacist for a

leading drug store in Siloam Springs, Arkansas .

Joseph E. Downey, '40-'42, Nowata, is em-ployed in the Land Department of the PhillipsPetroleum Company in Bartlesville .

Frank C. Amend, Jr., '42bus, is employed inthe Accounting Department of Halliburton OilWell Cementing Co., Duncan .R. C. Mills, Jr ., '42geol, Clinton, is a subsur-

face geologist in the Gulf Coast Exploration Di-vision of the Standard Oil Company of Texas,Houston, Texas.Tom L. Ryan, '42geol.eng, Ponca City, is now

employed as a petroleum engineer with the Stand-ard Oil Co ., of Texas at Houston. Mr . Ryan wasdischarged from the Army in February, 1945, withthe rank of major.

Edna Mae Simmons, '42mus .ed, Oklahoma City,is director of the orchestra and string ensemble atHighland Park High School in Dallas, Texas.R. M. Carrol, '42eng, of Electra, Texas, is em-

ployed as an engineer for Shell Oil Company.Veronica Pfatenhouer, '42ba, Oklahoma City,

is employed as a medical secretary in OklahomaCity .

Paul Flick, Jr ., '42, is employed as an engineerwith an oil company in Tulsa. He was recentlydischarged from the Army Air Corps with therank of captain.

J . L. Thornbrough, '42pharm, has recently beendischarged from the Coast Guard and has estab-lished a home with Mrs. Thornbrough the formerMartha Roack, '43pharm, in Clinton.

Phil Boyle, '42geol, is employed as a geologistwith the Skelly Oil Company in Shreveport,Louisiana.

Jack McWilliams, '42bs, is working in the LiebeField for Stanolind Oil and Gas Company inCorpus Christi, Texas.BROWN-LESLIE : Vivian Brown, Oklahoma

City, became the bride of LeRoy M. Leslie, '40242,Dallas, Texas, December 21 in Oklahoma City .The couple is at home in Dallas where Mr. Leslieis attending medical school .RODMAN-JONES : Elizabeth Rodman, Nor-

folk, Virginia, and W. A. Jones, '42ba, special in-structor in chemistry, were married December 23in Norfolk. Mr . and Mrs. Jones are at home inNorman .

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CHANDLER-SCOTT : Mrs. Dolores McPikcChandler, Oklahoma City, and Travis L. Scott,'39-'42, were married January 1 in OklahomaCity . Mr . Scott is enrolled in the School of Engi-neering at the University . The couple is at homein Oklahoma City .Myrna Lou is the name chosen by Donald W.

Jackson, '41-'42, and Mrs. Jackson, Goldsmith,Texas, for their (laughter who was born January13 in Goldsmith.WALKER-DREHMER: Paulinc Walker, '41-

'42, Norman, and Clifton D. Dreltnter, OklahomaCity, were married December 21 in OklahomaCity. Mr . and Mrs. Drehmer are at home in Okla-homa City where Mr . Drehmer is attending Okla-homa City University .

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David Glismann, '42, '43, won second place re-cently when he sang in the finals on the ArthurGodfrey Talent Scout show . He was introducedon the program by Milton Hopkins, science editorof Henry Holt and company and former botanyprofessor at the University of Oklahoma . Gliss-mann, who is now studying in New York, has ap-peared with the Fred Waring chorus .CRANE-HILTON : Norma Jeanne Crane, '41-

'43, '45-'46, Holdenville, and Seth C. "Jack" Hil-ton, Jr ., '41-'42, '45-'46, Oklahoma City, weremarried recently in Oklahoma City . Mrs. Hiltonattended Oklahoma College for Women, Chicka-sha, before entering the University, where she isaffiliated with Alpha Phi Sorority . Mr . Hilton isa pledge to Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity .RAMSEY-RATLIFF : Martha Natalie Ramsey,

Oklahoma City, became the bride of Fred Ratliff,Jr., '41-'43, '45-'46, Oklahoma City, December 21in the First Christian church in Oklahoma City .Mr. Ratliff is a junior in the School of Geologyat the University and is :t member of Sigma GammaEpsilon.

Jack A. Rhodes, '43ba, is an instructor in theDepartment of Political Science at Wellesley Col-lege. He held a Graduate Research Fellowship atthe University in 1943-44 and the Julius Rosen-wald Fellowship in Harvard's Littauer Center in1944-45.WOLAVER-TURPIN : Charlotte Leigh Wolavcr,

Oklahoma City, became the bride of Wayne L.Turpin, '39=43, also of Oklahoma City, recentlyin Norman . Mr . Turpin is now a law student atthe University and is employed by the UnitedStates Department of Justice . They arc at homein Oklahoma City .

Robert Browley Thompson, '43chetn .eng, wasdischarged recently from the Army and is nowserving his terminal leave.GUNTER-FINLEY : Melrose Gunter, Oklahoma

City, and Huber L. Finley, '42-'43, Shawnee,were married November 28 in Shawnee. The coupleis at home in Shawnee where Mr . Finley is as-sociated in business with his father .

Alfred William (Bill) Farmilo, '43nts, is geol-ogist for the Richmond Exploration Company,Maracaibo, Venezuela.Ed Judson, '43eng, has been employed by Shell

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transferred from White Castle, Louisiana, to Mc-Camey, Texas.

Ralph Howell Jones and Mrs. Jones (Arlen Cun-ningham, '43h .ec,) are the parents of a son,pierce Halley, born October 19 in Jacksonville,Florida .Bob Swift, '43ba, and Mrs. Swift arc the parents

of a son, Stephen Albert, born July 30 . This is theSwift's second son.

Lt . John R. Castle, '42-'43, is now stationed atShaw Field, Sumter, South Carolina, with the20th fighter group. He graduated from the U. S.Military Academy, West Point, New York, inJune, 1945 . Lieutenant Castle was a inernbcr ofBeta Theta Pi Fraternity at the University . Mrs.Castle is the former Patty Price, '466fa .

Aida Golcher, '431ib .sci, San Jose, Costa Rica, isnow in Geneva, Switzerland, where she is repre-sentative librarian at the Rockfellow library withthe United Nations Welfare Division . Her workis the organization of medical libraries for theUnited Nations. She has been employed by thepublic library in New York City, New York .

SOUTHERLAND-ADAMS: Winnogene South-erland, '43h .ec, Healdton, became the bride ofRobert S. Adams, Duncan, August 10 in Ardmore.Mrs. Adams has recently been an instructor inhome economics at the Chickasha High School . Sltcattended Oklahoma College for Women, Chickasha,before entering the University . Mr. Adams is agraduate of Texas A. and M. college. Mr . and Mrs.Adams are at home in Duncan where he is em-ployed by the Haliburton Oil Well Cementing Co .

Mrs. Florrie Wilson, '43m .ed, began her work assupervisor in the elementary training school atCentral State college, Edmond, early in the fall .She had previously been supervisor of the elemen-tary grades in the Edmond public schools .SMITH-KLEIN: Mrs. Leslie Merle Smith, '38,

'42-'43, formerly of Norman, and Leon Klein,New Orleans, Louisiana, were married June 10 inNew Orleans. Mrs. Klein recently graduated fromTulane University in New Orleans. The couple isat home in New Orleans.

Richard V. Carter, '43ba, who is now attendingthe University of Chicago graduate school study-ing International Relations, has been selected asone of the candidates from the University ofOklahoma for Rhodes Scholarships .KENNEDY-TRAFTON: Lt. Annie Ferna Ken-

nedy, '43h .ec, Oklahoma City, and Lt. Gordon T.Trafton, Presque Isle, Maine, were married re-cently at the Beaumont General Hospital Postchapel, El Paso, Texas. Mrs. Trafton served herinternship at Fitzsimons General hospital, Denver,Colorado, and McCloskey General hospital, Temple,Texas. She received her commission in the Armyas a dietitian in May, 1945 . The couple has es-

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tablished a home at Camp Polk, Louisiana, whereboth are stationed.

Capt. Charles Wheeler, '39-'43, and Mrs. Wheel-er, Clinton, have established a home in Germanywhere Captain Wheeler will be stationed for thenext year .

Robert Stevens Harper, '43ba, '43tns, and Mrs.Harper (Marilyn Millard, '44ba,) are the parentsof a daughter, Marilyn Ann, born August 3 inWynnewood. Mr. Harper is attending HarvardUniversity, Cambridge, Massachusetts, where heis working toward a Ph.D. in Psychology . He hasan appointment as a graduate instructor.

Wick Skinner, '43bs, has returned to the Uni-versity to complete work for his master's degreein chemical engineering.

MITCHELL-HOWELL: Sally Lou Mitchell,Oklahoma City, and Paul Winfield Howell, Jr .,'42-'43, Wichita, Kansas, were united in mar-riage November 7 in Oklahoma City . The couplehas established a home in Norman where both arejuniors at the University .

Lt. Daryl Dwight McQuirk, '41-'43, Vinita, iscurrently serving as post engineer at Tulln ArmyAir base, Vienna, Austria .Mr . and Mrs. Bill Hill, Muskogee, became the

parents of a (laughter, Harriet Lou, November 19 .Mrs. Hill, the former Mary Alice Carmichael,'43he, is the daughter of Mr . and Mrs. Perry Car-inichael, formerly of Norman . Mr . Hill, '43eng,is the son of Mr . and Mrs. Paul Hill, Norman .LINDSAY-BAILEY : The wedding of Miss Va

Rue Lindsay, '401ib .sci . '43ed, and Robert LeeBailey, '46, Norman, wits solemnized November22 in the McFarlin Memorial Methodist Churchof Norman . Mr . Bailey formerly attended North-western University but is now a student in theSchool of Law at O. U. Recently released from theNavy, he is the son of Mrs. C. E. Hall, Tulsa. The(laughter of Mr . and Mrs. Ross Lindsay, Norman,the bride was affiliated with the Gamma Phi Betasorority while attending the University .WILLIAMS-SCROGGINS : Miss Fula Faye Wil-

liam', Mangum, and Earl L. Scroggins, Jr ., Sayre,were married in Sayre August 29 . Scroggins, '43,is a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity .

Robert Kirk, '41-'43, has been assisting his fatherin the management of an abstract firm in Muskogecsince receiving his Army discharge recently .REGISTER-BERGTHOLD : The double-ring

marriage ceremony of Miss Eunye Register, Okla-homa City, and Robert S. Bergthold, '43, was heldin the First Baptist Church of Oklahoma CityNovember 24 . Their temporary home is at 2314NW 19, Oklahoma City . Mr . Bergthold spent 32months in the Army and was stationed in Honolulumost of that time.

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Robert D. Whipple, '41-'43, Fort Worth, Texas,is now attending the University of Texas at Austin.He received his discharge from the Army February25, 1945 .PEEBLES-WATTS: Gladys Anne Peebles, '41-

'43, Oklahoma City, and O'Hara Watts, OklahomaCity, were married September 4 in Oklahoma City .The couple is at home in Oklahoma Citv wherehe is associated with the Employer's Casualty Co .

SMITH-LUNGER : India Smith and Duane D.Lunger, '40-'43, both of Oklahoma City, weremarried December 24 in the home of the bride'sparents in Oklahoma City . Mr . Lunger is a seniorstudent in the engineering school at the Univer-sity . The couple is at home in Oklahoma City .BROWN-COOK : Margaret Alice Brown, Ard-

more, and Conrad Luster Cook, '43, Ardmore,were married December 30 in the Noble Memorialchapel of the Ardmore First Presbyterian church .Mr . Cook is a junior petroleum engineering stu-tlent and a pledge to Kappa Sigma Fraternity .

S. G. Nelson, '43, and Mrs. Nelson (LahomaKerr, '44ba) are the parents of a son, GoodingStephen, born January 15 at Polyclinic hospital,Oklahoma City . Mr. Nelson is now attending theUniversity.

Dale Mitchell, '43, former Sooner baseball all-Star, has recently signed a 1947 contract with theCleveland Indians of the American League.NORDSTROM-JOYCE : Evelyn Elizabeth Nord-

strom, '43, Snyder, and John Thomas Joyce, III,Denver, Colorado, were married December 29 inSnyder . Mrs. Joyce is a member of Delta GammaSorority and El Modjii, honorary art fraternity .She also attended the Art Institute of Chicago,Illinois . The couple is at home in Denver whereMr. Joyce is attending the Colorado School ofMines.KING-POPE: Janie King, '42-'43, Oklahoma

City, and M. E. Pope, '41-'42, were married inDecember in Oklahoma City. Mrs. Pope also at-tended Oklahoma City University, where she isa member of Phi Delta Sorority, Press club and amember of the Campus staff . Mr. Pope is now at-tending Oklahoma City University.EDALL-FARMER : Aliene Edall, fine arts sen-

ior from Watonga, and Gayle Vernon Farmer,'42-'43, Oklahoma City, were married December22 in Oklahoma Citv. Mr. Farmer is now attend-ing the Southern College of Optometry, Memphis,Tennessee. The couple will be at home in Mem-phis following Mrs. Farmer's graduation in June .

-'1944-MIDEKE-ALEXANDER : Miss Bea Mideke, '42,

'44, Oklahoma City, became the bride of EugeneAlexander recently.FALTER-SHELLEY : Janee Falter, '44bus, and

Arnold C. Shelley, '40, '46, both of OklahomaCity, were married recently .Mrs. Mary Virginia Seward, '44fa, is now em-

ployed by the Texas State Highway Departmentin Dallas .BALLENGER-DEWEY: Bettv Jane Ballenger,

'44art, became the bride of Richard B. Dewey,Minneapolis. Minnesota, August 28 . The coupleis at home in Minneapolis .

Pat Jarratt, '44, Norman, and Mrs. Jarratt(Nancy Adams, '44ba) are the parents of a son,Pat III, born December 8 in Oklahoma City .

Margaret Ann Howell, '441ib.sci, has recentlyaompleted a tour of duty in Europe and is nowloan librarian at the University of Denver .

James Durwood Pate and Mrs. Pate (NathalicRayl, '44bus) are the parents of a son, James Dur-wood, Jr ., born December 28 in Norman . Mr .Pate is now a student at the University .

Juanita L. Roberts, '44bus, Oklahoma City, hasbeen transferred to the Oklahoma City office ofSohio Oil Co ., after spending a vear and a halfin the home office in Cleveland, Ohio .

Melvin Isaac Moyer, '44ms, Pawhuska, is a re-search chemist for the Cities Service Oil Companyin Tallant, Oklahoma .

Richard Linn Cowan Virtue, Jr ., is the namechosen by Dick Virtue, '44bs, and Mrs. Virtue (Sue

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Starr, '436a,) for their son born January 5 inNorman .ROBERTS-STALCUP: Betty Lee Roberts, '44

h.ec, Oklahoma City, and William J. Stalcup, Nor-man, were married December 22 in OklahomaCity . Mrs. Stalcup is a member of Hestia, Cadettes,and served as president of the Women's Rifle club .She is now teaching vocational home economicsin Red Oak highschool . Mr. Stalcup is now a stu-dent at the University.HILL-BELEW : Marcy Hill, Oklahoma City,

became the bride of George B. Belew, '44, Semi-nole, in a ceremony performed recently in Okla-homa City . Mr . Belew is enrolled in the school ofgeological engineering at the University. Thecouple is temporarily at home in Oklahoma City.

-1945-Dr. Vernon C. Merrifield, '45med, recently re-

leased from medical service, is serving a residencyat St. Anthony's Hospital, Oklahoma City .ONETH-SMITH: Helen Virginia Oneth, '42-

'45, McAlester, became the bride of James W.Smith, '46, Norman, December 20 in OklahomaCity. Mr. Smith is now attending the University .Mrs. Smith attended the school of nursing.

E. J . Stengal, Chicago, Illinois, and Mrs. Stengal(Marian Wegener, '45h .ec,) are the parents of ason born in November in Chicago.SCHERTZ-DAVIS : Kathryn Schertz, Meta-

moria, Illinois, became the bride of Hale V. Davis,Jr ., '39-'45, Denver, Colorado, recently in Wash-ington, Illinois . Mr . Davis is a member of KappaSigma Fraternity . The couple is at home in Den-ver.

Mary Fowler Graham, '456a, Tulsa, is employedas a secretary with the American Airlines in Tulsa.

Juanita Weber, '45art, Norman, is doing in-terior decoration work with the Veterans Ad-ministration in Washington, D. C. She has assistedin the selection of wall colors, furniture, and floorcoverings in several veterans' hospitals through-out the United States .

1946-Russell Balyeat, '39, '46, has joined the staff of

the Ardmore Daily Ardmoreite as sports reporter.Betty Haniotis, '46ba, Okmulgee, is teaching

freshman English at the Okmulgee branch ofOklahoma A. and M. College. One month afterassuming teaching duties, in October, 1946, MissHaniotis assisted in organizing The Roundup,student newspaper of which she is now co-sponsor .

Berneice Hoisted, '46h .ec, is a member of theTemple, Oklahoma High School faculty .HANEWINCKEL-SMITH: LaVerne Hane-

winckel, '47, Oklahoma City, became the bride ofEnsign Chester Smith, '46, Jefferson, Texas, onDecember 21, 1946, at Crown Heights MethodistChurch, Oklahoma City . Miss Jackie Hunter, '45,Oklahoma City, was maid of honor. Mrs. Smith'sattendants included her Alpha Gamma Delta sor-ority sisters, Fayne Baumgarner, Kansas City, Mis-souri; Bebe Brown, Dallas, Texas ; Marilynn Cairns,Hutchinson, Kansas, and Mary Jane Conley, Okla-homa City ; Mary Jane Connet, McAlester, wasvocal soloist and Natalie Hutton, Canadian, Texas,served as organist . James Curnutt, '46, WhiteDeer, Texas, was best man and Don Jones, '47,Great Falls, Montana, and George Souris, '47, St.Louis, Missouri . served as ushers . Ensign Smithexpects to enroll at the University next fall afterreceiving his discharge . He is now stationed atPensacola, Florida .Ann Mahoney, '46h .ec, is a home service di-

re,ror for Oklahoma Natural Gas Company inTulsa.Bob Bixler. '42eng, is associated with Gulf Oil

Company in Tulsa.GRANOT-COLE: Wanda Jean Granot, '46art,

Vernon, Texas, became the bride of E. Bob Cole,'40-'43, Shawnee, in a ceremony performed De-cember 6 in Norman . Mrs. Cole is a member ofAlpha Xi Delta Sorority. The couple is at home in

Norman where they are both attending the Uni-versity .

NORTHCUTT-SCULL: Ruby Northcutt, '44-'46, Lexington, and Ancel Scull, '46, Norman,were married in late December in Norman . Mrs.Scull is a junior at the University where she ismajoring in speech . Mr . Scull is a journalism stu-dent at the University.

VAUGHAN-HARGRAVE : Betty Jo Vaughan,'43-'46, Ardmore, and Robert Lee Hargrave, '46,Antlers, were married December 22 in Ardmore.The couple is at home in Norman where they areboth attending the University .

DAVIS-JACKSON: Charlotte Davis, '45-'46,Pauls Valley, became the bride of Ben A. Jackson,'44-'45, also of Pauls Valley, in a ceremony readDecember 30 in Pauls Valley. Mrs. Jackson is amember of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority and her pic-ture will appear in the beauty section of the 1947Sooner Yearbook . The couple is at home in Nor-man where they are both continuing their studiesat the University .

AMMANN-FOLMAR: Dorothy Ammann, '44-'46, became the bride of Richard H. Folmar, '46,both of Oklahoma City, December 31 in Oklaho-ma City . Mr . and Mrs. Folmar are at home inNorman where they are continuing their studiesat the University .

MAGRUDER-GOODWIN : Wanda Magruder,'45=46, McAlester, became the bride of CharlesF. Goodwin, Jr., '45-'46, Anadarko . in a ceremonyperformed December 29 in McAlester. Mrs. Good-win is vice-president of the Alpha Xi Delta Sor-ority and is a member of the Y.W.C .A . Mr . Good-win attended Cameron college, Lawton, previousto his military service. He is affiliated with DeltaChi Fraternity . The couple is at home in Normanwhere both are continuing their studies at theUniversity.

HOWELL-BACK : Dorothy Howell, '44-'46,Blanchard, and Carl Back, Jr., '46, Mansfield.Texas, were married December 20 in the home ofthe bride's parents . Mrs. Back is a junior in thecollege of business administration at the Univer-sitv. She is affiliated with the Alpha Chi OmegaSorority. The couple is at home in Norman whereMr . Back is a pre-law student at the University .

BOATRIGHT-CLOUR : Lucy Boatright, '44246,Hartshorne, became the bride of Bernard Clour,'45-'46, St . Louis, Oklahoma, November 29 atSt. Louis. The couple has established a home inNorman where thev are attending the University .

HANSEN-WORLEY: Larry Jo Hansen, '45246,Boreer, Texas, became the bride of William WavneWorley, '46, Chillicothe, Texas, December 22 inBorger . Mrs. Worley is a member of Gamma PhiBeta Sorority. The couple is at home in Normanwhere both are attending the University .

McGRADY-COLLINS: Jacquelyn Idelle Mc-Gradv and Glenn Samuel Collins, Jr ., '44-'46, bothof Oklahoma Citv, were married December 22 inOklahoma Citv . Mr. Collins is now a junior in theUniversitv School of Medicine. The couple is athome in Oklahoma City.

CORNELSON-TAYLOR : Norma Louise Cornel-son, Oklahoma City, and Robert F. Taylor, '46,Oklahoma City, were married November 28 inOklahoma Citv . The couple is at home in Okla-homa City while Mr. Taylor is attending the Uni-versity.JOHNSON-ROBINSON: Patey Johnson, Mc-

Alester, and Rudolph Robinson, Jr ., '45=46, alsoof McAlester, were married December 7 in theGrand Avenue Methodist church at McAlester. Thecouple is at home in Dallas, Texas, where Mr .Robinson is attending Baylor Dental school .

McBRIDE-DICKERSON: Marguerite A. Mc-Bride, '42-'46, Walters, and Roy B. Dickerson,Norman, were married recently in Walters. Mr .and Mrs. Dickerson have established a home inOklahoma City following a wedding trip toMexico City .

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gins, Jr., Oklahoma City . Mrs. Higgins served aspresident of the Kappa Kappa Gamma Sororityat the University . The couple is at home in Semi-nol.e .

Joan Calmes, '46ed, is now working as field di-rector for the Dallas Girl Scout Council, Inc. Lastsummer she was assistant director of the DallasGirl Scout Camp .McKENZIE-DAVIS : Beulah McKenzie, Lind-

say, and David J. Davis, '466us, Oklahoma City,were married December 7 in the bride's home inOklahoma City . Mr. Davis was recently dis-charged from the Army with the rank of captain.Mrs. Ruth Donald Wilson, '46ma, is now teach-

ing at Texas Technological College, Lubbock,Texas.

Pvt. Donald H. Jones, '46geol, is now stationedat Albrook Field in the Panama Canal Zone withthe Carribean Air Command.REID-AUSTIN: Virginia Reid, Oklahoma City,

became the bride of William Basil Austin, Jr.,'466us, Granite, December 31 in a ceremony per-formed in Oklahoma City . The couple is at homein Oklahoma City where Mr. Austin is employedby the chamber of commerce.HENDON-EMERSON : Pauline Scott Hendon,

'46h.ec, Shawnee, became the bride of ThomasBartlett Emerson, '45, Oklahoma City, December21 in Shawnee. Mrs. Emerson is a member ofGamma Phi Beta Sorority and has been employedby the Oklahoma Employment Security commis-sion in Shawnee. Mr. Emerson is a member ofPhi Kappa Sigma Fraternity. He received a com-mission as ensign from the Naval R.O.T.C. lastJune . He is now a senior in the school of architec-ture .KREPPS-PAYNE : Ermita Catherine Krepps,

'45-'46, became the bride of Wesley Ray Payne, Jr.,'43, both of Oklahoma City in a ceremony per-formed January 2 in Oklahoma City . Mrs. Payneis a member of Delta Gamma Sorority and Thalian,honorary speech club . Mr . Payne was affiliatedwith Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity . The couple isat home in Oklahoma City where Mr . Payne isemployed by the Carpenter Paper Co .JENKINS-SMITH : Daphne Joy Jenkins, '45-'46,

Oklahoma City, and Lieut. Marshall J . Smith, '41-'42, '45-'46, Henryetta, were married December27 in Oklahoma City . Mrs. Smith attended Lin-denwood college, St . Charles, Missouri, and ispresident of Alpha Xi Delta Sorority at the Uni-versity. She is a member of Pi Omega Pi, nationalhonorary commerce fraternity ; dean's honor roll,El Circula Espanol, Pan-hellenic council, Y.W.C .A .,League of Women Voters and the InternationalRelations club. Lieutenant Smith is a member ofPhi Kappa Psi Fraternity.MOORE-HINCKLEY : Jo Ann Moore, '44-'46,

Oklahoma City, became the bride of John W.Hinckley, '45me, Tulsa, Christmas Eve in Okla-homa City. Mrs. Hinckley was affiliated with ChiOmega Sorority at the University . Mr . Hinckleywas a member of a V-12 unit stationed at the Uni-versity . He was vice-president of his junior class,president of Tau Omega, and a member of DeltaUpsilon and Pi Tau Sigma Fraternities . He alsoserved on the St. Pat's council . Mr . Hinckley isnow employed by the Carter Oil Company inMattoon, Illinois .MORPHEW-COCANOWER : Marjorie AnnMet-

phew, '43-'46, St . Louis, Missouri, and RobertDulaney Cocanower, '37-'42, '46, Oklahoma City,were married recently in Brownsville, Texas. Mrs.Cocanower was affiliated with Alpha Phi Sororityat the University . Mr . Cocanower is a member ofPi Kappa Alpha Fraternity . The couple is at homein Seagraves, Texas.ORR-WENNER : Mena Ruth Orr, '46, Chicka-

sha, became the bride of David J . Wenner, Jr ., '38-'42, '46, Sulphur, recently in Norman . The coupleis at home in Norman where they are attending theUniversity .GREENWOOD-DONALSON : Faye Greenwood,

Hollis, and Donald M. Donalson, '46, also ofHollis, were married December 25 in the home ofthe bride's parents . The couple is at home in Nor-man, where Mr . Donalson is a student in theSchool of Business Administration.

FEBRUARY, 1947

COBB-SCHLAGER : Wanda Mae Cobb, Bartles-ville, became the bride of Bill J. Schlager, '45-'46,Oklahoma City, in a ceremony read December 26in Bartlesville . The couple is at home in Oklaho-ma City and Mr . Schlager is continuing his studiesat the University .

BARKER-NOTTINGHAM: Evalynn Mae Bark-er, Norman, and Jack Wayne Nottingham, '46,Clinton, were married December 21 in the homeof the bride's mother. The couple is at home inNorman where Mr . Nottingham is a student inthe School of Geology.

KAPUTA-BROWN: Elizabeth Ann Kaputa andBenjamin H. Brown, '45-'46, both of OklahomaCity, were married December 9 in Oklahoma City.Mr. Brown is now a student in the UniversitySchool of Medicine and is a member of Phi Chimedical fraternity .COOLEY-GREEN : Kathryn Cooley, '42'-'46,

Oklahoma City, and Taylor Caldwell Green, '40-'43, Houston, Texas, were married in late Decem-ber in Oklahoma City . Mrs. Green is a member ofPi Beta Phi Sorority, Mortar Board, Chi Delta Phi,honorary literary sorority, and has served twoyears in the student senate. She was chosen forWho's Who Among Students in American Uni-versities and Colleges for 1945-46, and won theBronze Letzeiser award in 1946 . Mr. Green is nowa student in petroleum engineering and is a mem-ber of Kappa Sigma Fraternity .

CASTLE-FINEFROCK : Joan Castle, '45-'46,Oklahoma City, became the bride of Glen A. Fine-frock, '41-'43, '45-'46, Great Falls, Montana, De-ceuiber 21 in Oklahoma City. Mrs. Finefrock is amember of Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority and ElModjii, honorary fine arts fraternity . Mr. Fine-frock is affiliated with Phi Gamma Delta Frater-nity. The couple has established a home in Nor-man where both are continuing the Universitystudies .

SLATER-WARD : Jane Lea Slater, Plains, Texas,became the bride of Thomas E. Ward, Jr ., '46,Oklahoma City, in a ceremony read December 27in Oklahoma City . Mr . Ward attended OklahomaCity University before entering the School ofEngineering at the University. The couple is athome in Oklahoma City .PAUL-GRAY: Patty Paul, '43-'46, Port Arthur,

Texas, and Samuel R. Gray, '45-'46, Clinton, weremarried December 20 in the Delta Chi Fraternityhouse at the University . The couple is at home inNorman where they are continuing their studiesat the University .

FLANAGAN-BOATMAN : Maurine Flanagan,'45-'46, Oklahoma City, and Karl Boatman, '45-'46, Nowata, were married December 28 in Okla-homa City . Mrs. Boatman attended Monticellocollege, Godfrey, Illinois, and is now a sopho-more at the University where she is affiliated withGamma Phi Beta Sorority . Mr. Boatman is a pre-medical student at the University and is a mem-ber of Kappa Sigma Fraternity .

FELL-KILPATRICK : Frances Alice Fell, '44-'46Ardmore, and Hawley Mitchell Kilpatrick, '42-'46,Oklahoma City, were married December 28 inArdmore. Mrs. Kilpatrick attended Monticello col-lege, Godfrey, Illinois, before entering the Univer-sity . She is a member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority . Mr .Kilpatrick attended Northwestern University ;Evanston, Illinois, and is a junior in the law schoolat the University. He is a member of Kappa AlphaFraternity . Last year he was selected to member-ship in Who's Who Among Students in AmericanUniversities and Colleges .

VAN EATON-PENNALA : Mary Van Eaton,Oklahoma City, became the bride of Albert J . Pen-nala, '46, Avon Heights, Connecticutt, December22 in Oklahoma City . -The couple has establisheda home in Oklahoma City while Mr. Pennala isattending the University.

BRISTOL-FOX : Betty Lou Bristol, Altus, be-came the bride of Raymond H. Fox, '46, Altus,December 1 in the First Methodist church ofAltus. Mr. and Mrs. Fox are at home in OklahomaCity while Mr. Fox is studying petroleum engi-neering at the University .

BELCHER-COLi.INS : Carol Jean Belcher, '43-'46, Enid, became the bride of Lieut. Clyde V.Collins, Hensley, West Virginia, December 14 inEnid . During her last two years at the University,Mrs. Collins had several weekly broadcasts overWNAD, student radio station .KESLER-BERRIER : Ruth Kesler, '44-'46, and

Gene C. Berrier, both of Oklahoma City, weremarried December 20 in Oklahoma City . Mr .Berrier is now a student at Oklahoma City Uni-versity .JACKSON-KAMP : Jo Ann Jackson, '46, and

Frederick P. Kamp, both of Oklahoma City, weremarried December 29 in Oklahoma City. Mrs.Kamp was pledged to Chi Omega Sorority at theUniversity . Mr. Kamp is a graduate of OklahomaA. and M. college. The couple is at home in Okla-homa City.Miss Gertrude Burchard, '46lib .sci, has become

reference assistant in the University of OklahomaLibrary . Until January she served as browsinglibrarian .Miss Betty Barbara Chase, '46lib .sci, is librarian

at Lawton High School .Miss Martha Colcord, '46lib .sci, is secretary and

assistant to the librarian at Georgia Institute ofTechnology, Atlanta, Georgia.Mr . James p Dyke, '46lib .sci, is assistant librar-

ian at Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, Texas.Miss Harriett Hardeman, '46lib.sci, is assistant

cataloger at the University of Oklahoma .Miss Mary Francis Antrim, '46lib.sci, is library

assistant, Gasoline Department Library, of thePhillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville .Miss Mary Francis Antrim and Miss June Jeter,

both '461ib .sci, are library assistants in the gasolinedepartment library of Phillips Petroleum Company,Bartlesville .

University A.W.S.-with original designs by University art studentsis an annual feature.

Continuing an emphasis on orientation, promo-tion of activities and scholarship, A.W.S . has putin student hands some functions which formerlywere performed by University officials .

Acclimating the freshman to college life is nowhandled by an A.W.S . committee. Th e orientationprogram has stressed the personal touch by seeingto it that each new co-ed has one upperclassman,her own co-ed counselor, interested in her welfare.A course in marriage relations for co-eds was

introduced and sponsored as an A.W.S . specialproject. This year University officials adopted thecourse as a regular part of the curriculum and it isnow offered to both men and women students.

Realizing that worthwhile extra-curricular ac-tivities are a vital part of college life, A.W.S. hasassumed the task of acquainting the new studentswith campus clubs and their aims . An annual Ac-tivities Festival with representative booths fromall organizations is held under the sponsorship ofthe association .

Voluntary service through A.W.S . to the Uni-versity and to all students comes under anothercommittee's supervision. Special activities duringthe war were carried out by the War Council. Thishas now been succeeded by the service group whichtakes charge of money-raising drives for worthynational funds and of student hospitality forcampus visitors .

Governing themselves through the Associationof Women Students is teaching O. U.'s co-eds tobecome active citizens of the University-and ofthe nation .

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Davis are the parentsof a son born January 21 in a Muskogee hospital .Davis completed work on his degree in journalismat the University in January.

Dr. Gaston Litton, '341ib .sci, '40ma, becamelibrarian of the Benjamin Franklin library, MexicoCity, in January. Dr. Litton had been the Ameri-can representative in the Biblioteca Americana atManagua, Nicaragua, the past year .

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