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Calling the Roll of Sooner Classes-1907-

C. V. Lisuian, '05-'07, is division landman withthe Lion Oil Company in Midland, Texas.Henry Lewis Stone, '06-'07, died unexpectedly

April 14 following a heart attack . IIe was anOklahoma City real estate broker . He establishedthe Merchandise Mart in Oklahoma City and atone time was an Oklahoma City agent of theNew York Life Insurance Co.

-1912-Earl Foster, '12ba, '13Law, is the executive sec-

retary of the Interstate Oil Compact Conuuission .He was formerly in the general practice of lawin Sapulpa and Oklahoma City. He is a memberof the Rotary Club, Masonic Blue Lodge, Okla-homa City Golf and Country Club and othercivic clubs. IIe holds membership in the AmericanBar Association and the Oklahoma Bar Associa-tion and is a member of Council, Mineral Section,American Bar Association. He and Mrs. Foster,(Alta Estelle Sawyer Foster, '30ma) have twochildren, both graduates of the University .

-1913-Miss S. Deborah Haines, '13ba, placed her oil

paintings on exhibit in her home for a group offriends in May. Miss Haines lives in Norman .

-1914-Everett Cecil Parker, '14ba, is a geologist with

the Continental Oil Company in Ardmore.

-1916-Oscar A. Kinchen, '16ba, '20ina, Lubbock,

Texas, was a delegate of the University of Okla-homa at the inauguration of Dossie Marion Wig-gins as president of Texas Technological College,Lubbock.

-1917-Richard M. Dannenberg, '171a, died May 2 in

the Medical Arts Building in Oklahoma City wherelie had gone for treatment . IIe was a productionengineer with the Shell Oil Company. He was amember of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity and the Ma-sonic lodge.

_1919_James Miller Armstrong, '19ba, and Mrs. Arm-

strong, the former Mary Lee Galbraith, '18, areliving in Midland, Texas, where Armstrong is apartner in the firm of Yeager & Armstrong, oiloperators . He was formerly a geologist with theSinclair Prairie Oil Company. They have twochildren .

-1920-Velma Shaw Jones, '20, lives in Kingfisher,

where her husband is a drug store operator. Theyhave one son, Douglas Jones, 15 .Dr. A. Linschcid, '20ma, has resigned as presi-

(lent of East Central State College at Ada . IIe hadheld that position for the last 28 years. The Boardof Regents of Oklahoma colleges unanimouslyelected him president emeritus for life and to thepositon of counselor of curriculum for one year .Dr . Linscheid resigned because of ill health . Hehad held his position longer than any teachers'college president in the state and longer than anypresident of a teachers' college of the AmericanAssociation of Teachers' Colleges.Homer Carl Helins, '20pharm, died May 22

at the Will Rogers hospital in Oklahoma Cityafter a six-week illness with heart disease . He is

survived by his wife and daughter, both of Okla-lioma City .

Robert S. Gordon, '20ha, '20ph.g, '20eng, waselected vice president of the Midwestern opera-tions of the National Dairy Products Corporationlate in April. I le was recently elected president ofthe Town Club in Scarsdale, New York .

-1921-Robert William Henry, '21ba, '21eng, is director

of the lubricants division in the Refining Depart-ment of the Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartles-villc .Max W. Minton, '21ba, is a partner in the J . D.

Minton Agency, an insurance, loans and abstractscompan), Enid .

19221--William B. Ragan, '22ba, '28ma, will teach

graduate courses at the Oregon College of Educa-tion, Monmouth, Oregon, June 15 to August 9.lie will give three addresses at the State Conferenceof Elementary School Supervisors on the Universityof California at Los Angeles' campus in August . Hewill serve as consultant to the staff of Kern Countyschools, Bakersfield, California, on curriculumproblems August 15 and 16. Dr. Ragan lives inNorman .Mary Lou Patteson Price, '22ba, is living in

Bartlesville, where her husband, Harold CharlesPrice, is a general pipeline constructor. Mrs. Pricewas formerly a school teacher in both Bartlesvilleand Hugo.

-1923-1 . Wendall Mercer, '23ba, '23bs, '25med, is a

practicing physician and surgeon in Enid . He andMrs. Mercer have two children . The son, JamesW. Mercer, is attending the University at the pres-ent time .

Zella Nesmith Brake, '23ba, (lied February 18,1949 . She had been employed by the VetreansAdministration for the last eight years. Her homewas in Dallas, Texas.

Dr . C. N. Talley, '23med, is practicing medicinein Marlow.Arda Evert Frans, '23bs, '31Lib .sci, '33ma, is

a teacher and librarian in Cameron State Agricul-tural College at Lawton . She was formerly a cata-loger at the University of Utah Libarary .

-1924-Tom W. Garrett, '24Law, is a practicing attor-

ney in Oklahoma City. IIeformed a law partnershipwith a son, Tom, Jr ., earlyin March, 1949 . He is amember of the Men's Din-ner Club, Sequoyah Din-ner Club and the BeaconClub. He recently acceptedthe position as secretary ofthe Lions Club. He is onthe Executive Committeeand is a Trustee of theOklahoma City Boy Scouts .

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Ile was president of theOklahoma County Bar As-

sociation in 1943 . He is on the Executive Councilof the Oklahoma State Bar Association for 1948-49.Garrett is the author of several articles on com-nrunity property law and taxation . He and Mrs.Garrett are the parents of six children .

Dr. William Wade Fox, '24ba, '246s, '26med,is a practicing physician and surgeon in Norman .Ile is a member of the Chamber of Commerce andthe Retail Credit Men's Association . IIe and Mrs.Fox, the former Katie Lee Moak, '26nurse, havethree children, two of whom are now attendingthe University .

1925Edythe Haswell Jones, '25h.ec, '34ms, is teach-

ing science at Foster High School, Oklahoma City .Lucile Snapp Dillsworth, '25h .ec, is teaching

home economics in high school at Albuquerque,New Mexico.

Dr. Chesley Andrew Morgan, '276s, '29med,is a practicing surgeon in Oklahoma City . Heand his wife, Pauline Taylor Morgan, '31nurse,have one son, James Patrick Morgan, 12 .

Natalie Broach Davis, '27fa, has lived in Scars-dale, New York, for the past 19 years. She andMr. Davis have one son.

William Payne Ragsdale, '27ba, and Mrs. Rags-dale, '27ba, are living in Jacksonville, Florida,where Ragsdale is owner of the W. P. RagsdaleDistributor company.

Josephine Thompson Paulin, '27h .ec, is teach-ing home economics at Beggs High School, Beggs.

1926-ALDRIDGE-MOLES : Mrs. Leonora Crisp AI-

dridge, '266s, '30ms, Oklahoma City and EarlBrookhart Moles, Sioux City, Iowa, were marriedMay 1 in Oklahoma City . Mrs. Moles was formerlya departmental art teacher in Oklahoma Cityschools . She was Creative Arts chairman for theAmerican Asociation of University Women for sixyears. The couple has established a home in SiouxCity, Iowa .

Pauline Huey Herber, '26h .ec, is teaching homeeconomics at St. Joseph's School, Norman .

Darrell Althausen, '26bs, is the co-author of thesecond volume of The Essential Oils . Dr . Althausenreceived his doctorate degree in Organic Chemistryfrom the University of Illinois. Ile is manager ofthe Clifton Factor, Fritzsche Brothers, Inc., Clif-ton, New Jersey.

Opal Roberson, '26h .ec, is a home demonstra-tion agent at Maysville, Missouri .

-1927-

r-1928-Ros, Williams Morrison, '28eng, is an architect

and building manager inthe architect firm of Reynolds & Morrison in Okla-homa City . He is a mem-ber of the Lions Club,Oklahoma City Chamberof Commerce and theAmerican Institute of Ar-chitects . I le is on the Boardof Directors of the Okla-homa City Building Own-ers and Managers Associa-tion . He served in the Navy

R. W. MORRISON

during World War II as aLieutenant commander,

serving in Europe and the southern Pacific. He isa member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity. He andMrs. Morrison are the parents of two children,Gertrude Ann, 6, and Mary Christine, who wasborn March 6.

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Leila Margaret Ebright Beatty, '28h .ec, is a

librarian in the University of Oregon Library,

Eugene, Oregon.Bryan H. Hyder, '28pharm, is co-owner of the

Ross Drug Store in Clinton.John Michael Hannegan, '28ms, is chief chem-

ist with the G. H. Packwood Mfg. Co . at St . Louis,

Missouri. He was formerly the supervisor of the

chemical research laboratories for the Olin Indus-

tries . He and Mrs. Hannegan have two children .

Helen Hackett, '28h .ec, '30ms, is a librarian

at the Post Library, Ft . Sill .

1929-Dr . Charles F. Spencer, '29ma, has been ap-

pointed president of East Central State college,

Ada. He has served as mayor of Ada, a memberof the governor's committee on constitutional re-vision, a drafter of model city charters and as pres-

ident of the Oklahoma Municipal league. Dr. and

Mrs. Spencer have two daughters.J. D. Deason, '29ba, recently began publication

of a new paper in Altus. The paper is called theAltus Sunday News. Deason is also editor and pub-

lisher of the Southwest News which he established

in 1946 .Elbert Costner, '29ba, '34ma, has been re-elcted

superintendent of schools at Poteau . I-Ie has servedin this capacity for eight years.Ruby Grant, '29ed, '41m.com .ed, is recuperating

at her home in Norman following an illness. Miss

Grant was chairman of the business department atEastern Oklahoma A.&M. College in Wilburtonprior to her illness . She was formerly an assistant

professor in the Northern Oklahoma Junior Col-

lege at Tonkawa.Bertha Juanita Stevens, '291t.ec, is a home dem-

onstration agent at Okemah .Harry S. McMillan, '29pharm, is pharmacist

and manager of the McMillan Drug Company in

Seiling .Alta LeGate McSpadden, '29bus, is living in

Pryor. She was formerly secretary-treasurer of theMuskogee Iron Works in Muskogee for 26 years.

Her husband is an agricultural training officer in

the Veterans Administration .Camilla Starzer, '29h .ec, is teaching home eco-

nomics at Guthrie.Theodore Haskell Maley, '29ba, is a public

relations counselor in Dallas, Texas. He was for-

merly editor of the Elk City Daily News . He is a

member of the Dallas Rotary Club, Sigma Delta

Chi, and Kappa Sigma Fraternity. He and Mrs.

Maley have one daughter, Amy Lynn Maloy, 15 .

Ross Allan Maxwell, '29geol, '31ms, is superin-tendent of Big Bend National Park in Marathon,

Texas. He was formerly a geologist for the Na-

tional Park Service . He and Mrs. Maxwell, the

former Helen Elizabeth Newlin, '28h .ec, have two

sons .

-1930-J . Hubert Norris, '29-'30, is chief of the sta-

tistical and cost accounting section at Tinker Air

Force Base in Oklahoma City . He has held thisposition for the past six years . He and Mrs. Norris,

the former Linnie Louise James, '29ba, have two

daughters, Virginia, 10, and Carolyn, 7.Fay Coil, '30geol, '32ms, is a geologist with the

Superior Oil Company in Midland, Texas.The Reverend Russell L. Dicks, '30ba, received

an honorary Doctor of Literature degree from

Adrian College, Adrian, Michigan, June 5, 1949 .He is a teacher in Duke University, Durham, NorthCarolina . He was formerly associate pastor of theHighland Park Methodist Church in Dallas, Texas,

and assistant professor of Practical Theology at

Southern Methodist University . Dicks has writtenseveral books and pamphlets and monthly articlesappear in the Pulpit Digest and The Pastor.

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Bethene Henry, '30h .ec, is teaching home eco-

nomics at Eldorado.Etta Belle Tolen Hopson, '30h .ec, is teaching

in Houston, Texas.

-1931-Berthe Bourgoin Webb, '316a, '33ma, sailed

for a visit to France, her native land, on the

(lucen Elizabeth April 28 . Mrs. Webb taught

French at the University of Oklahoma for several

years. She now lives in Skiatook .Ruth Adeline Jones Swoor, '31h .ec, is a dieti-

tian at the Methodist Hospital, Dallas, Texas.

Maurine Rhodes Kingsley, '31ma, is an instruc-

tor in the Spanish Department at Colorado Col-

lege, Colorado Springs, Colorado. She and Mr .

Kingsley have two sons .Mary E. Kuhlman, '31h .ec, is an area home

management supervisor, Farmer's Home Admin-

istration, Oklahoma City.

-1932-Pearl Corn, '326a, will serve as assistant educa-

tion officer with a military government team sta-

tioned in Osaka, Japan. She was formerly a teach-

er in Oklahoma City schools .Flora Kathrina Wild, '32h .ec, is teaching home

economics at Webster Junior High School, Okla-

homa City.Louise Winn Getchell, '32ba, is reviser in the

Copyright Cataloging Division of the Library o£Congress, Washington, D.C. She was formerly

head of the Catalog Department at the University

of Maryland Library, College Park, Maryland .I,elia Beatrice Haddock Collins, '32h .ec, is reach-

ing home economics at Headrick .

r-1933-George Scott Hammond, '33ha, '33eng, is an

oil producer with offices in Dallas, Texas.Mildred H. Hurst Sessions, '33h.ec, is with the

El Paso County Child Welfare Board at El Paso,

Texas.Jess Larson, '22-'26-'33, was appointed by Presi-

dent Truman as administrator of the federal worksagency late in April. Larson was formerly the

mayor of Chickasha and secretary of the Oklahomaschool land commission . He lives in Washington,D. C.

Helen Frances Barbour, '33h .ec, '39m .h.ec.ed, isteaching at Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware,Ohio .

-'1934-Mildred L. Vaughan, '34h .ec, is teaching home

economics at Sulphur.Joe C. Jackson, '34ed, '40m .ed, has completed

the oral examinations for his doctorate degree from

the University and will probably complete his dis-

sertation this summer .Barron C. Housel, Jr., '346us, and Mrs. Housel,

the former Geraldine Warner, '386a, have chosen

the name Stephen Warner Housel for their son

born April 22 in Oklahoma City .Blanche Portwood, '34h .ec, is State Supervisor

of Home Economics Education in the State De-

partment of Vocational Education, Oklahoma City.

-1935-F. P. Hurry, '35geol, and Mrs. Hurry, the former

Helen Marie Jennings, '37ba, announced the adop-

tion of a son recently. They have named the boyRichard Jennings Hurry. Their home is in Purcell .

Dr . Richard D. Roys, '35ba, '39med, has been

elected president of the Seattle Academy of Sur-

gery for 1949-50. Mrs. Roys, the former Ruth

Shannon, '36ed, was secretary to the Counselor of

Women at the University prior to her marriage .

The Roys have two children, David, 10, and De-

nise, 2. They live in Seattle, Washington .

Dr . W. W. Cotton, '35med, has moved to Po-

teau and opened an office there. He and Dr. R. W.

Lowrey, '366s, '36med, are building a new clinic

in Poteau which will be opened the latter part of

July. They both have previously been practicingin Atoka.The following information was sent to us re-

cently by the Foreign Service of the United States :

"John Howard Burns, '35ba, Foreign Service of-

ficer, has been transferred from the State Depart-ment to Port an Prince as First Secretary andConsul . He has been a member of the ForeignService since 1941 and has served at Ciudad

Juarez, Para, and Rio de Janeiro, as well as in

the Department of State. Mr. Burns is a native ofPauls Valley, Oklahoma, and is a graduate of thelocal High School and of the University of Okla-homa . Before joining the Foreign Service he wasSecretary to a member of Congress for a year .

Mr . Burns' address in this country is : Pauls Valley,Oklahoma."Dr. E. Evans Chambers, '35ba, '38bs, '40med,

is a practicing surgeon in Enid . He and Mrs. Cham-bers, the former Virginia Hudson, '366a, have onechild, a son, six years old.

Ids Lee Warner Gist, '35Lib .sci, is living inBurbank, California, where her husband is a sales-man. Mrs. Gist was formerly employed as a dressdesigner by the San Fernando Valley SportswearCompany in Los Angeles. She is president of theBurbank League of Women Voters . She is a mem-ber of the Women's Club of Burbank, Women'sCouncil and A.A.U.W.

Ruth Highsmith Riffc, '35h .ec, is teaching homeeconomics at Hobart .

George Louis King, '35cng, is division engineerwith the Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company inMuskogee.

-1936-Mildred Lee Shears, '36h .ec, is a dietitian at

Municipal Hospital, Norman .

Revah Erma McLain Draper, '36h.ec, is teach-

ing home economics at Memphis, Texas.

-1937-THURMOND-SPRINGER : Virginia Thurmond,

Healdton, and Harold L. Springer, '37ba, '39Law,

Davis, were married in the home of the bride's

parents in April. After they return from their wed-

ding trip in June they plan to establish a residence

in the state .Elizabeth Ruth Sneed, '37h .ec, is on the home

institute staff of the Tulsa Tribune, Tulsa.

Walter W. Butcher, '37geol, is an independentgeologist in Oklahoma City. He was formerly as-

sistant of Sub-surface Geology for the Creole Pe-

troleum Corporation in Caracas, Venezuela.

Francile Elizabeth Clark, '37ba, is librarian at

the Scion School of Nursing Library in ColoradoSprings, Colorado . She was formerly head nurse

and clinical instructor in the Crippled Children's

Hospital in Oklahoma City. Prior to that she was

public health staff nurse for the Seminole County

Health Department in Wewoka .

Dr . William F. LaFon, '37med, is associated

with a clinic in Alva, Oklahoma . He and his wife,

Jennie Busby LaFon, '38nurse, have two children,

John, 10, and Ann, 7.

SOONER MAGAZINE

Roy Winfichl Jones, '37ph.d, is a professor ofzoology at Oklahoma A.&M. College, Stillwater . Heis chairman of course inbiological science . He hasheld this position sinceSeptember, 1947 . He wasdean of the college at Cen-tral State College, Edmond,for 18 years before accept-ing his present position. Heand Mrs. Jones, the formerMaurine King, '32m .ed,have two children, Neil,

1Zoi- \b' :~, � , .u JoNLS 10, and Marian, 8. Mrs.Jones is also teaching . Dur-

ing the reccut War, Jones was an executive officer

of the V-12 Unit, Penn State.

JUNE, 1949

-1938-

William 11 . Strang, '38eng, was a speaker at ameeting of the O.U . Petroleum Engineering Club

late in April. String is executive secretary of thePetroleum division of the American Institute of

Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. He lives inDallas, Texas.

Clarence D. Northcutt, '38Law, '396a, and Mrs.Northcutt, the former Ruth Storms, '386a, havenamed their son, born April 6, John EdwardNorthcutt. They live in Ponca City.

William George McCreight, '386s, '40med, re-ceived a master of science degree in dermatologyand syphilology from the University of Minnesotain March, 1949 . lie is living in Oklahoma City .

Illustrations by Mary Baker, '28, were featuredin a 3-page layout in a recent issue of Life . Thepictures were from a book which Miss Baker il-lustrated. She has clone such work for New Yorkpublishers for several years. Miss Baker is fromOkmulgee .Lynn W. Burrus and Mrs. Burrus, the former

Margaret Ray, '38fa, Oklahoma City, announcedthe birth of a son April 20 . They have named theboy Stephen Lynn Burrus .

-1939-

Marv Adelaide Snider, '39h .ec, is a dietitian at

Lakeshore Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana.Dr. Herbert McDaniels and Mrs. McDaniels,

the former Thelma Clay, '39ed, announced the

birth of a son May 9. They have named the infant

Michael Clay McDaniels. They have another son,

William Eli McDaniels, 2 years old. The Me-Daniels now live in Western Springs, Illinois. They

formerly lived in Chicago.RILEY-GARRETT: Dorris Riley, '39ed, '46

m.ed, Healdton, was married to Hugh Garrett,Wetumka, on April 8. The couple has established

a home in Wetumka.Alice Kistler Lawson, '39fa, is living in Tulsa,

where her husband is in the oil business . Theyhave three children, two boys and a girl .Marilyn L. Lack Mannen, '39h .ec, is secretary-

treasurer and chief accountant of Enterprise Pub-lishing Company at Pauls Valley .

~1940-

Antonia Sandlin Forward, '40, is living in Mid-land, Texas, where her husband, Frederick WilliamForward, is a district geophysicist with the Phil-lips Petrolemn Company. They have one child,Frederick William Forward, Jr ., 5 years old.

Ida Maude Emerye Brett, '40h .ec, is a medicalresearch librarian at Ellison Infirmary, Universityof Oklahoma, Norman .

W. Boron Smith and Mrs. Smith, the former

joy McBath, '40fa, are the parents of a daughterborn April 7 in Wesley hospital . They have namedthe child Dana Mackey Smith. The Smiths livein Oklahoma City.

Edmund 1'. Anderson, '40eng, has recentlybeen made production superintendent of the C. T.McLaughlin company with headquarters in Snyder,Texas. He was formerly associated with Dowell,Inc. He and Mrs. Anderson have two children .They live in Midland, Texas.

Clara Bernice Petty, '40h.ec, is teaching ingrade school at Pink Valley.

Jesse Schrameck, '406us, is employed by theDeep Rock Oil Corporation. He and Mrs. Schram-eck, the former Katherine Grim, '406us, are livingin Tulsa. He was formerly employed by the Halli-burton Oil Well Cementing Company at Duncan .

Dewey Lance, '40bus, is in charge of the state-ment section of Halfiburton Oil Well CementingCompany.

Charles H. Young, '40Law, is serving as execu-tive legal assistant to Chief Justice Denver N. Davi-son, '15Law, of the state supreme court and mar-shal of the court. Young succeeded Jack E. Wilson,'396us, '42Law, who resigned January 1 to be-come assistant county attorney.

Larettia K. Sager, '40h .ec, is teaching homeeconomics at Central High School, Tulsa.

Lynn D. Wright, '40, is a design draftsman atthe Chase Aircraft Company in Trenton, NewJersey .

Orville C. Rogers, '40eng, and Mrs. Rogers, theformer Esther Beth Shannon, '41ba, announced thebirth of a son April 22 . They have named the boyWilliam Shannon Rogers . They live in Dallas,Texas.

Ruth Kamber Osherwitz, '41journ, is living inDuncan where her husband is associated with theDixie Store. They are the parents of three daugh-ters, two of whom are twins.

B. D. McCampbell, '41eng, is a petroleum engi-neer with the Kerr-McGee Oil Industries, Inc.,Oklahoma City . He was team captain of theVarsity Polo team for three years while attendingO.U . He is a member of Kappa Alpha Fraternity.He served five years in the army, serving in Aus-tralia, New Guinea, Philippine Islands and Nether-lands East Indies .

G. D. Spradlin, '41ed, '481 .aw, is general coun-sel for the Phillips Oil Company in Caracas, Vene-zuela. He and Mrs. Spradlin have two children,Tamara Dare Spradlin, 4, and Wendy DianeSpradlin, 5 months .L. G. Friedrichs, '41phys.ed, former coach at

Holy Cross high school in New Orleans, Louisiana,has accepted the position as head coach at St .Louis University high school .

Samuel Edward Geffen, '40-'41, and Mrs. Geffen,the former Korene Harris, '43journ, announcedthe birth of their first child on March 15 . Theyhave named the boy Charles Harris Geffen . TheGeffens live in Midland, Texas, where Geffen isassistant superintendent of the Baroid Sales Di-vision .

Rexina Hempler, '41Lib .sci, is a librarian at theUniversity of California at Los Angeles. She wasformerly assistant librarian at the FitzsimmonsGeneral Army Hospital in Denver, Colorado.

Nina Lynn Scott Strachan, '41nurse, is livingin Pueblo, Colorado, where her husband, EdwinDuane Strachan, is bandmaster at a high school .Mrs. Strachan was formerly a field staff nurse forthe Oklahoma State Health Department . They

have one son, Duane Scott Strachan, aged 20months .

William S. McCready, '41eng, is an engineerin the production department of Phillips PetroleumCompany. He lives in Ardmore.

-1942-J. S. Munsey, '38-'42, former University football

star, was buried May 11 in St . Louis, Missouri.Munsey was killed April 22, 1944 when his B-24went down in flames in an English swamp. He

was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Serv-

ice Cross for extraordinary heroism, the Air Medal,one Oak Leaf cluster and Purple Heart.

John A. Blaschke, '42, and Mrs. Blaschke, Okla-

homa City, have named their son Michael James

Blaschke . He was born April 18 at St . Anthonyhospital in Oklahoma City .

Marjory Curtis, '42h .ec, is with the statistical

service laboratory at the University of Oklahoma,

Norman .Robert W. Finley, '41-'42, and Mrs. Finley,

Amarillo, Texas, announced the birth of a son

May 9.William A . Heierding, '42, and Mrs. Heierding

announced the birth of a son May 1 in OklahomaCity . They have named the infant William H.

Heierding, Jr .Vivian Saukeah Davis, '42bus, is employed

as a clerical secretary in the zoological sciences

department at the University of Oklahoma . Her

husband, Jesse Davis, is attending O.U.

Marcus Willard Fuller, '42fa, is working toward

a master's degree at the University of Southern

California at Los Angeles. He is also an instructor .

Illene Street, '42h .ec, is a county home demon-

stration agent at Unionville, Missouri .

Walt Grove, '42, has resigned as fiction editor

for Collier's magazine. He plans to free-lance.

Browning Adams, '42bs, and Mrs. Adams, At-

lanta, Georgia, visited in Norman the latter part

of April with their parents. Adams is instructor-

inspector with the Civil Aeronautics administration

at Atlanta .C. D. Jones, '42geol.eng, '42pet .eng, is a pro-

duction geologist for the Humble Company at

McCamcy, Texas.Harry H. Broadbent, '42ba, formerly wrestling

coach at Washington and Lee University has re-

signed his position to accept a similar one at San

Diego State College in California .Ernest M. Hite, '42bus, and Mrs. Hite, the for-

mer Bettv Donaldson, '40soc .wk, have selected the

name John Melvin Hite for their son born May 11

in Oklahoma City .Elmo Heerwald, '42bus, and Mrs. Heerwald,

the former Betty Blanton, '43ed, have selected the

name Helen Gaye for their daughter born May 12

in Norman. They have another child, Johnny, two

and one-half years old.Harold A. Landsman, '42bus, has become affili-

ated with a public accounting firm in New York

City .R. M. Carroll, Jr., '42eng, is an exploitation

engineer with the Shell Oil Co ., Inc. at McCaptey,

Texas. lie and Mrs. Carroll, the former ,nne

Petry, '40-'42, live in Electra, Texas.

1943McNEES-WALKER : Marjorie McNees, '42-'43,

formerly of Ardmore, and Huffman Wa,!:er, '46

bus, Houston, Texas, are at home iii Houston

following their recent marriage .Janice Meredith Howell, '43ma, is affiliated with

the Capital Hill Junior High School speech de-

partment . She has beer head of th . departmentfor the past two years.McMURRY kLERANi)1R : Lucie McMurry,

Dallas, Texas, anti Robert 17 . Alexander, '41-'43,Oklahoma City, were married May 21 in the

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First Presbyterian church in Dallas . They are at

home in Denver, Colorado.Neal J . Mosely, '43eng, is a patent agent for

the Detroit Lubricating Company in Detroit, Mich-

igan . For the past two years he has served as

president of the Detroit O.U . Alumni Club, hav-

ing organized the club and made it a success . He

is attending law school at WayneUniversity,

where he is head of his class in gradeaverage.

He is active in the Pi Kappa Alpha AlumniClub

in Detroit and is secretary-treasurer this year.

George P. Vlahakis, '436us, received a master's

degree in business administration from theStan-

ford Graduate School of Business in June .

Garland Moore, '43, is currently appearing in

the Italian movie "Paisan." Moore has signed a film

contract with David O. Selznick .

Dr. Gayle V. Farmer, '42-'43, and Mrs. Farmer

have selected the name Terry DwayneFarmer

for their son born May 1 in Oklahoma City.

Dorothy R. Hames Foushee, '43h.ec, is adieti-

tian at Watts Hospital at Durham, North Carolina .

Barbara Christian, '436a, chief stewardess for

American Airlines in Dallas, was a speaker at the

annual Career Conference held on the O.U .cam-

pus. Miss Christian spoke on the requirementsof

a stewardess .Cleo Maxine Meredith Liles, '436a, is a child

welfare worker in the Department of Public Wel-

fare for Carter County. She lives in Ardmore.

Eunice Alice Cormack, '43m .h .ec, is teaching at

Ohio University, Athens, Ohio .William Byron Hill, '43eng, is an office engineer

with the Ditmars Dickmann Pickens Construction

Co ., Muskogee . He was formerly an office engi-

neer in the Utilities Department at O.U . -He and

Mrs. Hill, the former Mary Alice Carmichael, '43

h.ec, have one child, Harriet Lou Hill, 2 years old.

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-1944V-

Cliff Horton, '44, and Mrs. Horton, theformer

Bobbie D. Bare, '47, are living in OklahomaCity .

Horton is manager of a commercial interior dec-

orating firm . They have a son, Robert Dale Horton,

six months old.Dan C. Hamilton, Jr ., '44eng, and Mrs.

Hamil-

ton announced the birth of a daughter May8.

They have named the child Cynthia Hamilton .

They live in Fort Worth, Texas.

Norma B. Collins, '44h .ec, is a dietitian at Uni-

versity of Oklahoma Hospitals at OklahomaCity .

Porter Rankin, '44eng, is an independent oil

operator in Midland, Texas. He and Mrs. Rankin

have one child, a son, 4 months old.

Ernestine Graham Seikel, '44journ, is now liv-

ing in Hennessey, where her husband has recently

purchased a dry goods store. Mrs. Seikel has been

elected president of the Hennessey chapter of the

American Association of University Women. The

Seikels have two children, their second son born

December 29 at Enid .Eunice Chambers Judd, '446us, is living in East

Greenwich, Rhode Island . Her husband, Roy Lee

Juchl, '41, is chief warrant officer on the U.S .S .

Kearsarge, C.V.33. They have a daughter, Judith

Lee Judd, 3 .Luverne E. Green Loyd, '44h .ec, is teaching

home economics at Farewell, Texas.

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Donald Eugene Smith, '45eng, and Mrs. Smith,

announced the birth of a son April 23 . They have

named the infant David Kennedy Smith. The

Smiths live in Zelma.Ethel M. Locke, '45nt.h .ec.ed, is teaching home

economics at Eufaula High School, Eufaula.

J . M. Thorp, '45eng, and Mrs. Thorp, Hobbs,

New Mexico, announced the birth of a daughter

April 29 . Thorp is employed by the Tidewater

Oil Company.NAIFEH-HANIOTIS : Dorothy Mae Naifeh, '45

soc.wk, Sapulpa, and C. G. Haniotis, Jr ., New

York, are at home in New York following their

marriage in April.

Keith Fowler, '45ba, '48bus, is employed by

the Phillips Petroleum Company at Amarillo,

'I exas.May Rollow, '45m .h .ec, is assistant state super-

visor at the State Capitol, Oklahoma City .

1946-I-t. H. R. Mackey, '46, and Mrs. Mackey, the

former Toni Burnham, '45h .ec, announced the

birth of a son Mayll. They have named the boy

Richard Ross Mackey . Lt. Mackey is stationed

in Guam with the marine corps.Roberta Blanche Strong, '46h .ec, is teaching in

kindergarten at Maplewood, New Jersey .HARDEMAN-BARBOUR : Harriet B. Harde-

man, '44-'46, McAlester, and Mack Edwin Bar-

hour, '46Lib .sci, Norman, are at home in Norman

following their wedding Easter Sunday in Mc-

Alester . Barbour is administrative assistant of the

120th Medical battalion, Oklahoma National

Guard at Norman .DISCUS-ROGERS : Nadine Discus, Denver City,

Texas, and Vcrdon Rogers, '42-'43-'46, Eldorado,

were married in Denver City late in April. Rogers

is the publisher of the Eldorado Courier. The

couple has established a home in Eldorado .

Gloria Turner, '46h .ec, is a dietitian at Phila-

delphia General Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsyl-

vania.-1947-

Leo D. Ward, '47, leas recently become manag-

ing editor of the Lindsay News. He was formerly

associated with the Gaines County News, Sea-

gravcs, Texas.Charles O'Neal an(] Mrs. O'Neal, the former

Betty Oliver, '47ba, have named their daughter,

born April 5 in Stillwater, Elizabeth Gayle O'Neal .

They live in Stillwater .Harry S. Baer, Jr ., '47journ, police reporter on

the Dayton ( Ohio) Daily News, spent a vacation

in Oklahoma late in April. He formerly was avia-

tion editor of the Dayton Journal . Baer received a

master's degree at Columbia University in June,

1948 .Vanna Pauline Mershon, '47h .ec, is home serv-

ice director at Okialtorna Natural Gas Company

at Clinton.Richard Ward Hillyer, '47eng, is a reservoir

and secondary recovery engineer with the Carter

Oil Company in Seminole . He and his wife, Betty

Nell Cheadle Hillyer, '46=47, are the parents of

a son, Richard W. Hillyer, Jr ., three months old .

William Dale Trumbly, '47geol, is a geologistwith the Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Company inMidland, Texas. He and Mrs. Trumbly have two

children, William Dale, Jr ., 2 and one-half, and

Mary Adair, 8 months.Luther Terry Tidwell, '47eng, is a sales engi-

neer with the Oil%vell Supply Company in Mid-

land, Texas. Ile and Mrs. Tidwell are the parents

of two daughters, Patricia Ann, 1 year and Joan,

1 month.William 1) . Schubert, '45-'47, and Mrs. SChn-

bert, the former Virginia Fisenloltr, '456us, an-

nounced the birth of a daughter in March. They

have named the child Susan. Schubert graduated

from New York University in January and is now

a buyer and manager for the general merchan-

dise department of the East India Export Co . The

Schuberts live in New York .Josephine Schiefer Scott, '476us, is a public ac-

countant in Duncan .

Dorothy Jane Canfield, '47h .ec, is teaching home

economics at Oklahoma City.GROSZKRUGER-TRAPP : Electa Jean Grosz-

kruger, Belle Plaine, Iowa, and James Allen Trapp,'47eng, Ames, Iowa, were married May 12 in

Belle Plaine . The couple has established a home

in Ames. Trapp is working on a master's degree

at Iowa State College where he is an assistant pro-fessor of electrical engineering.

Dr. Henry Grady Ryan, II, '47med, and Mrs.

Ryan, Healdton, became the parents of a son

May 13 . They have named the child WilliamRoger Ryan.BECKER-VAMMEN: Hazel Lee Becker, '47

journ, and Dr. A. N. Vammen, '44med, both ofLawton, were married April 9 in the home of the

bride's parents . The couple has established a homein Lawton where Dr. Vammen is a physician atthe Kiowa Indian hospital. Mrs. Vammen is apublic relations and speech instructor at theYoung Academy of Arts, Ada.

Herbert M. Krigel, '47eng, is practicing law inKansas City, Missouri .

Daniel Hayes, '47geol, is employed with theSohio Oil Company in Oklahoma City .

John R. Murray, '47pet.eng, '47geol.eng, is apetroleum engineer with the Ohio Oil Company,Houston, Texas.

Louise Leon Parish, '48bus, is an oil scout with

the Skelly Oil Company in Ardmore.

G. W. Woods, '48eng, and Mrs. Woods, Okla-

homa City, have selected the name Susan Marie

Woods for their daughter born May 10 in Wesley

hospital .Robert V. Norvill, '48eng, has begun the train-

ing program in retailing at the Emporium in San

Francisco . He received a master's degree in busi-

ness administration from the Stanford GraduateSchool of Business in March, 1949 .Max M. Schiff, '48bus, is an accountant with the

Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Company in

Duncan .Shirley Erlenc Batchelor, '48fa, is living in Enid,

where she is employed by Penney's DepartmentStore.

William A. Dow, '48eng, and Mrs. Dow, the

former Esthe Anne Shook, '48ed, are living in

Bartlesville . Dow is a research fellow with theEngineering Experiment Station, Iowa State Col-lege .

Jack Allen Morgan, '48eng, is a petroleum engi-

neer with the Sun Oil Company, Kilgore, Texas.

He and Mrs. Morgan have a daughter, MaryeMorgan, 2 years old.

Carl A. Bentley, '48eng, is a petroleum engineer

with the Mack Oil Company, Duncan .

I:d Kerr, '48geol, is a geologist with Phillips

Petroleum Company in Midland, Texas.

Peggy Lynne Jordan Whitton, '48ba, is em-

ployed as a caseworker with the Department of

Public Welfare in Ardmore. Her husband, Walter

Harold Whitton, Jr., '46-'47, is a cabinet maker

in Ardmore.Frances Preston Wozencraft, '48h .ec, is an as-

sistant in Home Economics Nursery School, Uni-

versity of Oklahoma, Norman .YARGER-CHAMillON : Bette Jean Yarger, '48

journ, Madill, became the bride of Roland Cham-

pion, '47ba, Tulsa, in a ceremony performed in

the First Methodist Church at Madill Easter Sun-

day. Mrs. Champion was awarded the Dad's DayAward as the most outstanding woman student,was president of the Student Union Activities

Board; president of Gamma Alpha Chi, advertis-

ing fraternity ; vice-president of Mortar Board, and

was active in many other groups while a studentat the University . Since her graduation Bette hasbeen with the Extension Division of the University,

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working with interscholastic activities . Championalso served as president of the U.A .B ., was chair-man of the 1946 Homecoming and the founderof the All-University Sing . The couple is now athome in Tulsa, where Champion is employed bythe Carter Oil Company.

Gene Ritter, '48Law, and Mrs. Ritter, the formerBarbara Christian, '43ba, announced the birth ofa daughter April 14. Polly Ann is the name chos-en for the infant . The Ritters live in Ardmore.Ritter is county attorney for Carter County .

Carolyn Jean Huber Houser, '48h .ec, is a grad-uate student and dietetic interne at A.&.M. Col-lege, Stillwater .

Harold E. Spears, '486us, and Mrs. Spears, theformer Ruth Chappell, '37-'40, announced thebirth of a daughter on March 4. They have namedthe child Barbara Ann. Spears owns several icecream stores in Portland, Oregon .

Russell L. Brown, '486us, and Mrs. Brown,Oklahoma City, announced the birth of a daugh-ter May 9 in Wesley Hospital, Oklahoma City .They have named the child Rebecca Ann Brown.Knox Allen Slagle, '48eng, is a chemical engi-

neer with the Halliburton Oil Well CementingCompany, Duncan .Dean F. Werner, '48med, and Mrs. Werner, the

former Phyllis Tengdin, '45journ, are living inDenver, Colorado, where Dr . Werner is an interneat Denver General Hospital .

Vera I . Parman, '48h.ec, is an instructor in die-tetics at University of Oklahoma Hospitals, Okla-homa City.

Wilfred W. Dawson, '48arch, is an architecturaldesigner in Ardmore.Thelma Mitchell Gunning, '48h .ec, is a librarian

at Junior Agricultural College, Wilburton.Arthur G. Webster, '48ba, is teaching history

and Spanish at Chandler High School, Chandler.Donald E. Powers, '48Law, is country attorney

of Lincoln County. He resides in Chandler .John Creig Coogan, '48eng, is a petroleum engi-

neer with the Sohio Petroleum Company, Edmond .He is a member of Beta Theta Pi .Fred Jones, Jr., '48geo1, is a geologist with the

Gulf Oil Corporation. He is living in Ardmore.Mary Teague Fisher, '48h .ec, is assistant county

home demonstration agent at Cordell .Herman E. Nichols, Jr ., '48geo1, is assistant

geologist with the Gulf Oil Corporation at Ard-more.

Ross Roger Gahring, '48geo1, has been a geolog-ist with the Phillips Petroleum Company for thepast year. He lives in Ardmore with his wife and(laughter .

Wallace Saultz, '48geol, is a geologist withPure Oil Company. He is doing surface work insoutheastern New Mexico .HUNTER-PHILLIPS: Jackye Lou Hunter, '48

ba, and James Maurice Phillips, Jr., '49bus, bothof Oklahoma City, were married April 30 in theWestminster Presbyterian Church in OklahomaCity . Mrs. Phillips was secretary of her seniorclass . She also served as president of JeffersonHouse. Phillips is a member of Delta Upsilon Fra-ternity. They have established a home in Okla-homa City.SOLLIDAY-WHITE : Anne Van Ness Solliday,

'48ba, Tulsa, and Robert D. White, '48bus, Ama-rillo, Texas, were married April 18 . White is ascout for the Continental Oil Company in Ama-rillo, where the couple has established a home .

Lt . Warren G. Van Brunt, '48ba, will be joinedin Tokyo by his wife, their son, and their daugh-ter, Vickie, who was born April 24 in Norman.Mrs. Van Brunt'plans to leave in August.

Doris C. Colpitt, '48fa, is living in Pasadena,California .

Dick T. Quisenberry, '48eng, is employed with

Westinghouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania .Helen Lee Wayne, '48h .ec, is a clerk-typist with

the Atlantic Refining Company, Midland, Texas.

-19491-Robert D. Hay, '496us, has accepted a position

as instructor in business letter writing at the Uni-versity of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Hay has beenemployed in the department of business communi-cations at the University since his graduation .Dan Herbert Schustertnan, '49eng, served as

co-chairman of the Awards Committee for the sen-ior class of 1949 . He was active in numerous or-ganizations on the campus and served two terms aspresident of the Hillel Council. His home is inTulsa.Robert M. Tidwell, '49bs, was chairman of the

Caps and Gowns Committee for the senior grad-uating class of 1949 . His home is in Poteau.

Virgil Clifton Neal, 49bs, served as treasurerof the Senior Class of 1949 . His home is in Helena .Mary Alice Archer, '49bs, served as secretary

of the Senior Class of 1949 . She was active on theUnion Activities Board and was a member ofAlpha Gamma Delta Sorority. Her home is inOklahoma City .

Margaret Lillian Dent, '496a, was chairman o£the Senior Day Activities for the graduating classof 1949 . Her home is in Mexico, Missouri.

Shirley Leah Sureck, '49ba, was chairman ofthe Announcement Committee for the senior classof 1949 . She has been active in the Pan HellenicCouncil, Associated Women Students, and servedas secretary of the Hillel Council. Her home isto Oklahoma City.

Joe B. Woodson, '49bs, was president of thesenior class of 1949. He has been active in theInternational Club and the Independent Men'sAssociation. Woodson hopes to enter the Syra-cuse University College of Medicine in Syracuse,New York . His home is in Poteau .

Milton Paul Christensen, '49eng, was co-chair-man of the Awards Committee and the AwardsDay Activity for the senior class of 1949 . He wasemployed as a mathematics assistant while he wasattending the University . He is a member of TauBeta Pi, Sigma Tau, and Pi Epsilon Tau, honoraryfraternities . His home is Hartington, Nebraska .

For Thine Is the Kingdom . . .ONI: INCRPASING PURPOSE, The Life- of HenryWinters lure, by B. A. Garside, '13ba. Fleming 14 .Rcvcll Company, $3.75.

"On Easter Sunday in 1892 a Yale undergrad-uate decided that the one purpose of his life wouldbe to seek first the Kingdom of God," the coverreads and it is with this philosophy and tone thatthe biography of Henry Winters Luce is written .

Author Bettis A. Garside lived among the sameconditions that missionary Luce did. One of thecompelling features of this book is the knowledgeand warm understanding that permeates the writ-ten word .

Overlooking the shortcomings-a lack of con-centration on his spiritual work in favor of his per-sonal leadership, and little mention of his famouscluldrcn-Author Garside leads the reader acrossthe world with the man who helped to diffuseknowledge, both academically and theologically, tothe Chinese.The story tells of the missionary's preparation at

Princeton, his voyage to Tengchow College toteach and his physical departure from the Chinesescene.

In between he found tirite to propose that sec-tarian schools should be relinquished for a vastly

Stanley James Rubenstein, '49ba, was chairmanof the Book Drive and Senior Class MemorialCommittee for the graduating class of 1949 . Hishome is in Alton, Illinois .

Lewis Richmond Powers, '42-'49, former archi-tect student at the University, was killed in atruck-automobile collision May 8 in OklahomaCity . Powers was returning to Oklahoma City fromNorman, where he had played with a dance band .He was 26 years old. He is the son of J . L. Powers,'176a, '27ms, Webster junior high school princi-pal, Oklahoma City .

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