BUY PAY civilize VICTORY ASSOCIATION lg. Lt. SALLYPORT stati( BONDS DUES saw rt- PUBLISHED FOR ALL FORMER STUDENTS OF THE RICE INSTITUTE ion of Beachboinme 1 , , OCTOBER, 1945 Number 3 under nsfer . Ens. • as just stce Institute Plays Important Role c In rest Atomic Bomb . The Q. on, but e they , Rice Atomic Team shall q RICE SCIENTISTS ARE ONLY TEXANS . . . y quiet TO WORK ON BOMB EXPERIMENT lar gait Force. When the history of the atomic deid bomb, its discovery, manufacturing eal dar Homecoming Day and "delivery" is written, Rice In- ittle g stitute will receive prominent men- army tion. ashed. Set For Nov. 10, The Institute will enter into it en up, through four persons connected with aven't the school, Dr. H. A. Wilson, profes- ice as y Rice Ark. Game sor of physics; Dr. Tom W. Bonner, er I left assistant professor of physics; Dr. my Me, William E. Bennett, chief instructor The big day for Rice Alumni, ticed ti of physics, and Capt. Kermit Beahan, Iv Homecoming, has been set this year e or class of '40. ally coy for Nov. 9 and 10, the week-end of The first three were in on the re been the Rice-Arkansas football game. bomb's inception, while Captain Bea- ooat Sul han was the "messenger" who de- Tentative plans, being worked out her rui livered it to Nagasaki, and it could by the committee headed by Mrs. J. Wr well be he who put the "stop or- Wendel Lay and W. •M. Standish, aska, w der" on the war. two f03 follow pretty closely the arrange- Drs. Wilson, Bonner and Bennett Hs, '45, ments of last year. were the only Texas scientists Ens. M • RICE 'ATOMIC TEAM'—Rice brought in by the government to It is planned to have the business tipus vi ,or Institute played a big part in the work on the bomb. They were called meeting on Friday, Nov. 9, in Autry atomic bomb discovery *rom hiL and "de- from Rice and sent to Chicago, where House, starting about 7:30 p. m. At Theati livery." DR. H. A. WILSON this they teamed with other brilliant men meeting, officers for the year ormer ii (shown above with some experi- will of science to solve one of the great- be elected, reports given, and mental apparatus), Rice profes- est problems of nature—not only to plans for Association work discuss- Ls in R sor, worked on discovery experi- ed. It is bring about the war's end sooner hoped by that time, the new ;ilia 5. ments, and Capt. KERMIT BEA- president than anyone ever dreamed, but to will have been announced, HAN, Class of '40 was the bom- and ,t (18), open an entire new page of civiliza- he will be there to talk to the bardier who dropped iam, Sa it on Naga- tion. "old grads". saki. Its destructive force came as no First event, as always, will be the surprise to Dr. Wilson. Long has he traditional placing of the wreath at ER, 194 worked in his special laboratory the tomb of William Marsh Rice on WELDON CABANISS amid atom smashing apparatus. His the campus. This will take place previous work has marked him as about 5:30 p. m. on Nov. 9. LEAVES INSTITUTE one of the leading authorities on the The Alumni will sit in a body at atom, and marked his as a logical the game, with special seats reserv- AFTER 17 YEARS man to carry forward experiments ed for them. After the game, an in- •eparing leading to the successful conclusion formal reception will be held in Coh- thool of of the research. en House. If this edition of Sallyport seems He and his assistants worked for All alumni and ex-students are six months at Rice doing preliminary urged to make an extra effort to be lif"niaZICE PROSPECTS not to come up to the standard es- ;he Bac/ GRID work before going to Chicago. Stu- at all events of the Homecoming. tablished by previous issues, let it dents passing the closely guarded It will be the first since the end of :he,:l'OR THE 1945 SEASON be known that we have lost the serv- small green-framed building little the war, and, now with everyone complo ices of our editor, Weldon Cabaniss imagined that within work that able to relax, and with travel facili- would blast Japan out of the war was ties more available, we should be • caree BY CLARK NEALON Macaluse was a starting guard at After 17 years of directing alumni able to look forward to the biggest Arkansas A. & M. in 1944. work as the Association executive going forward. Dr. Wilson didn't >inclair,k`Good physical talent lacking in talk—and won't now—about the in- meeting in some years. Squadmen Don (Red) Anderson, secretary, Mr. Cabaness has left the raining ,rerience" is about the best way to ner secrets of the atomic bomb. There's nothing like a Homecom- home w 190, fullback, Joliet, Ill.; Jack Mc- campus to engage in Zcribe Rice Institute's football the business of He and his helpers know, however, ing gathering to recapture your col- 'et Cale Bride, 185, end, Navasota; George finding oil, then drilling for it. In they were working against time. Ger- lege days by wandering through udson) K)spects for the 1945 season, and Oprea, 192, guard, Chicago, and E. this enterprise, he is connected wth many also was on the same track, familiar campus scenes, class rooms, but she'w the young squad reacts to the M. (Red) Parker, 190, tackle, Pana- M. Liyle Cashion, class of '26, and and the outcome meant the winning labs, Autry House, and even those husbandtnand of college football will an- ma City, Fla., help the outlook, as a member of the Alumni Executive of the war for the Allies or the Axis. byways where you and the "best t Niranrer the question of its gridiron for- Board. Luckily, we knocked Germany out friend" of the moment loitered dur- e Air C do Theo Chmelik, 220, tackle, Rich- Ties. "Cab" has established offices in before its scientists learned the sec- ing off periods. bomba mond, Texas, and freshmen like Only four lettermen from the 1944 Laurel, Miss., and if he is as suc- ret. We then went forward to use It's even fun to sit in while some !,e. in Si - August Erfurth, 185, San Antonio, cessful in finding oil as he was that it on Japan. favorite professor explains the mys- leted tin—Which also badly lacked ex- and Dick Hoerster, 190, back, Fred- extra nickel to pay Alumni bills, then When the professors' job was com- teries of math or history to the new alley ftience—are back in the fold. They ericksburg. the United States will be able to (Continued on page 2) crop of students. m the e youth Jess Mason, 170-pound fight three wars instead of two— 0 May we urge you to start making will The Owls face another 11-game retin Boling, who understudied the with never a word about rationing of plans right now. We assure you, it schedule, opening with the Corpus .mistrY illiant George Walmsley last sca- gasoline. Fire On Campus Does will not be regretted. le is lee Christi Naval Air Station the night Seriously, the good wishes for the 0 Teen teP; Bob Nemir, Navasota, 190- of Septomber 22 at Rice field. They future, and thanks for the past go Damage Ln in }tinder who returns at right half- meet L. S. U., Tulane, Southwestern $50,000 to "Cab" from Association members nard hack; Bob Zelsman, 200, Amarillo, and Texas Tech as non-cenference REMAINING RICE 1945 who know what a splendid job he !rom Rii;k1e; and Bruce Bradbeer, 185, San opponents, then square off with their Rice Institute has suffered a crip- has done from the minute he stepped FOOTBALL hich he Ego, Calif., end. six fellow members of the Southwest pling fire since the last issue of the out with the class of '28 and into de a and uPone are Walmsley, who entered Conference. Alumni office. Sallyport. October 6—Southwestern (Texas) iibious U. S. Naval Academy; N. J. afternoon on July 7, Position by positon, early season 0 Late Saturday Houston* , pierce ichols, Jr., Associated Press All- workouts have pointed up the play- a blaze of still undetermined origin bed an'kerican guard; Johnnie Cox, ers as follows: swept through the mechanical engi- October 13—Tulane University, Houston. on to 'Ard; Harold Tate, center, and Bill Ends—It appears that starting neering building, doing damage esti- Bucky Sheffield, Car Rlust RETURN OF CLASS LISTS October 20—Southern Metho- nines arill'uggsr wing berths will be pretty well mated at $50,000. Inited Sti Bill Smith, to mention some dist, Dallas. manned with Bruce Bradbeer, who REQUESTED What made the fire so bad was team !ember, btlighted members of the has won two letters, and Jack Mc- the fact that much hard-to-get equip- October 27—Texas 'University, seas 0ff4t won five and lost six in a tough, Bride, a squadman who promises to Around the first of August the ment was destroyed or badly dam- Austin. .ewis letgame schedule. develop into an outstanding pass- Alumni Office sent to various Rice aged. November 3—Texas Tech, Hous- 14, as a: trainees again receiver, at left end and right, re- alumni 750 lists of former Rice stu- However, the damage could have dents who ton. He has Ii form the bulwark of Coach spectively. Reserve strength lacks addresses are unknown. been worse, Rice officials said, but Nov ember 10 — Arkansas, nce, anaely's Owls, and the group that polish, but may come along. If you have received one of these for the fast and efficient work of Paris. hie to Rico July 1 brightened the lists, please fill out as much of it as the Houston Fire Department which Tackles—Bob Zelsman, two letters (Homecoming), Houston. )rking itql head man's hopes no little. you are able, discuss the names prevented additional spread of the behind him, Promises some good play November 17—Texas A. & M., tories, dling these were Danny Senuta, with your friends, and then return it flames. at right tackle, with E. M. (Red) Houston. re there Akron, Ohio, and A. A. to the Alumni Office, The Rice Insti- Fire Chief Homer Lyles worked as Parker, who as a Navy trainee di- le is dickey) Macaluso, 185, Lodi, N. J., tute, Houston 1, Texas. Your help hard as if the blaze had been at November 24—Texas Christian, dived time between Rice and Okla- e Nava;Couple of good-looking guards. in this matter will be greatly appre- Texas A. & M., where his son is Fort Worth. homa U. in 1944, and I. B. Rose, who ied to Muth won his letter as a guard at ciated. getting his scholastic and football December 1—Baylor, Houston. On University in 1942, and (Continued on page 2) education. * Night game. Two SALLYPORT

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THE POST - WAR FUTURE Sallyporting. ase is CLASS OF 1921 ouri Pa TO THE CLASS AGENTS: reached in care of Mr. J. L. Brous- Class Agent: :heneve With the war over, Rice Institute downtown, presidential residence, sard, College Street, Beaumont, pub- Mrs. H. E. Bray ; locate trustees, like the executives of other more dormitories, classrooms and This issue of Sallyport was Texas. William Ward Ford is with labs. lished without notifying you, not be- 2031 Dunstan Road liulding established concerns, are looking into the Meador Motor Company, San An- Aside from the physical angles, cause your efforts are not needed Houston 5, Texas. ow Mr: making long tonio, Texas. Theodore Charles Hei- Batjer the post-war future, the trustees see the need for the and appreciated, but because time Helen Huntinghton 414 All sig is with the Texas Company, Re- Texas. range plans( for the betterment and broadening of the courses of study, ran short and a deadline had to be teacher in Beaumont, hammor search Department, New York City. home address is 1060 Pope Stile,. hu, expansion of the school. providing a well-rounded basic pro- met. Hereafter, you will be notified Lewis Bybee lives at liass of gram, and for divirsified graduate of the publication date in ample time Charles mind, the trustees, lf the With this in and research work. to send in your news items. Olympia Drive, Houston. Abbie recent meeting, announced CLASS OF 1920 McMahon is now Mrs. Oscar W. Te after a In the words of Board President ide, Class Agent: gard and lives at 1806 Ridgwo that a successor to Dr. Edgar John T. "The teach' Scott: aim of the CLASS OF 1916 Houston. Walter Thomas Lovett as president would be Institute will be a high Julian Fruit Newtotihc Odell to set Class Agent: a dentist with offices in the Ntidwen. of announced "within the next few standard scholarship and to H. Lel Red 3208 Avalon Place Esperson Building. His home addrssing p weeks." Dr. Lovett, who has guided provide leadership in higher edu- 1412 South Blvd. Houston 6, Texas. is Montrbse Blvd. Apartments.i0use E cation, thereby contributing to the the destinies of Rice since its 1912 Houston, Texas. Austin Weir is in the Republic Bt 3101 common objective of schools of Rolland Barr Bradley is an attor- Here is an interesting letter that Building, Dallas.Charles A. Vi1-Ohnsonlo opening, long has desired to re- higher learning to improve the came from Elizabeth Green Handy ney in the State National Bank lives at 3825 Normandy Ave., linquish the reins, but has remain- quality of education generally." (Mrs. E. S. Craighill Handy) . . .Building here in Houston. His home las. Lee Vilbig is at 4018 Univer3411trseinete,ssl- ed until the trustees are thorough- To do this, the trustees see the "During the war years the ethnolog- address is 1731 Marshall Street. Blvd., Dallas. Ben C. Brooks is mica is n( ly satisfied with a successor and time in the not too distance future ical research in which my husband the Sun Oil Company in Colter hen name him. when the faculty will be increased Thomas Jefferson Burnett resides at and I were privately engaged (cen- Christi. He is married to Miniouston to the point where the ratio will be 4118 Greeley Street here in Houston Since the president must play a tering at the University of Virginia, Rice, also of the class of 1921. VI'resider one teacher to each 10 students. and is engaged in the insurance busi- • vital part in the plans, it is likely Charlottesville, and the Medical Col- ham Rawlings Esterling is in lir orks, that between 15 the trustees will keep their promise, Currently ratio is lege of Virginia, Richmond) has been ness at 1013 Fannin Street under Veterans Hospital., Waco. his hit. mad and 20 to one. name a president so these plans can temporarily shelved. We have been at the name of J. Burnett & Company. address is 1508 Orange, Beaumit. S. 0 be put into motion. work in a study room at the Library William Arthur Combs is an attor- Texas. William W. Kent is a coutreasur, They call for a library building— of Congress, Washington, D. C., on judge. He lives at the Edson HoLumber ney here in Houston and resides at an alumni goal, also—on the cam- Atom Bomb— materials having to do with Far Beaumont. William Jennings Br ower 1616 Kipling. Doris Louise Doney is pus, administrative offices also on (Continued from page 1) Eastern affairs, particularly prob- McAdams is in Beaumont with iram wi the campus, since they now are lems of Chinese-American relation- now Mrs. Thomas Eliza Murphy and fice in the American National Bon pia pleted, Captain Beahan entered the ships and Pacific regional coopera- resides at 2712 Hamilton here in Building. Stuart Taylor Wier iott WI picture. tion—the choice of subject matter Houston. Mr. Murphy is also a for- physician in Beaumont. His h(Clayton Dr. Tsanoff, Prof. As a Flying Fortress bombardier, growing out of our experience and mer Rice student of the class of address is 2235 Ashley. 3000 Ell he had gained fame against Italy long previous residence in the Ori- 1919. Edmond Haile Hebert resides Of Philosophy, and Germany. He left his Houston ent and the mid-Pacific. The results at Timpson, Texas, where he is en- home early in the war, was among CLASS OF 1922 LASS of this work have appeared as col- gaged in the cotton and insurance On Leave Of Absence the first to fight over Africa. Four Class Agent: Class laborative articles in various national business, and also is a director in times his ship was shot down, but he Francis Berleth magazines, and as a series of pri- the bank. R. E. Krause is Secretary- escaped without a scratch. Twice he 2406 Reba vately circulated brochures. We still Treasurer of the Quatre Parish Com- Rice Institute this term is without pulled helpless crewmen from flam- Houston, Texas. live on our farm in Virginia, sixteen pany, Inc. His address is Suite 1, the teaching services of Dr. R. A. ing ships. Once he led them back Mrs. J. Frank Jungman (The] Willia miles from Washington, but as farm Bel Building, 414 Pujo Street, Lake Tsanoff, professor of philosophy. through German lines. Young) and Mr. Jungman, classin the labor has progressively reached the Charles, Louisiana. Mr. Krause re- The learned doctor has been After a brief pause in this coun- '20 live at 3505 Burlington in Hcliouston vanishing point in the course of the ceived his degree from Tulane Uni- "drafted" by the U. S. Army and try, Captain Beahan was sent to the Mrs. Jungman received heredress past four years, the "farm" now versity. Kenney N. Miller, Jr., is a ton. has been sent to England. Pacific. There he was bombardier on A. degree at the University of TeRobert boasts of little beyond a purely sub- physician with offices here in the , There he is teaching in the "G. I. the Super-Fort that flew over Nag- and did post-graduate work at 11620 Co sistence level, population of one milk West Building. A. L. Forbes resides I College," established by the Army to asaki that day early last August. in 1922. She has been president cow, two pigs, six lambs, a flock of in El Paso and is employed by the help enlisted men further their edu- He dropped but one bomb on Ja- riding horses—, the P. T. A. of Mirabeau B. Ll hens and a couple of El Paso Natural Gas Company. LASS cation while still in the Army. The pan, but it was enough. High School, and is to be presi plus the usual inescapable quota of Mabel Wilson is now Mrs. H. R. Class same subjects taught in the better As if he had not had enough ad- of the P. T. A. of Montrose f dogs and cats. But already we are Smart and resides at 331 East 70th colleges are offered, and Dr. Tsanoff, venture, Captain Beahan was one mentary School for the 1945-46 tet looking toward reactivation next Street, New York 21, New York. 2: on the basis of his ability, has been of the officers on the formation non- They have a son, Frank Jr., who year." William M. Nathan has been Hugh C. Welsh is a practicing phy- added to the faculty. stop flight from Japan to America, tered Texas University in July engaged in civil practice in Houston sician here in Houston. His home is I)avid It is thought he will complete his the history-making trip of mid-Sep- this year. Fred Guffy is a Sind. since 1921. He is the father of four 218 N. Main and his office is at Los An work in England shortly after the tember. Agent at Betlon, Texas. Samuel. children, the oldest of whom, Charles 2715 Fannin. He married the former first of the year, will be able to re- While at Rice, Captain Beahan was Shelburne is a Dallas doctor with C. Nathan, holds a B. S. degree with Edna Hogan of the classf 1922 resent turn to Rice in time for the Spring a football squadman, worked his way fices in the Medical Arts Build distinction from Rice. He is now in Edwin Phillip Gemmer resides at sn daia ni tal. term. through college as an usher at the Norman Mansfield is a freight a the Foreign Languages school of the Piney Point near Houston and is an . . s 605 G Plantation. with e . LInes in a U. S. Navy studying Russian. His official with the Texas Construction Wh Edings Willcox is a PhiladelpthY second child is Mrs. Carl M. Hess, Material Company of 2905 Milamj Tharp. Football— Southwestern, finale whose husband, Lt. Carl M. Hess, lawyer. game against Street,'Houston. Jack E. Josey re- I at 808 a 146-pound is an Ohio University alumnus. His (Continued from page 1) of 1944. Jim Kennedy, sides at 3666 Piping Rock Lane, Wood Ii from Noblesville, Ind., who third child, Barbara D. Nathan, is a speedster Houston 6. He is engaged in the oil CLASS OF 1923 Lane. has Central Missouri State Teachers Rice last November 1, has second year student at the Univer- came to business and maintains offices in the Class Agent: Hughes College experience behind him, the been running at the other halfback. sity of Texas, and his fourth child is National Standard Building. Edgar Mrs. Mary MacKenzie Lottie I .early season competitors for the Kennedy is about a 10.3 man in the Meyer Jonah Nathan. Joe E. Brig- engaged 'Cottingham E. Dyrr other berth. Rose weighs 200. Theo 100 in be a valuable ham is with the South Texas Water Louis Cherry is in the jew- track, and may 3412 Piping Rock Lane Detroit, Chmelik, who was on the Rice squad Shelton, first year Company. His home address is 2318 elry business. His mailing address in performer. Bob Houston 6, Texas. teller is in 1940 and left for Army Air Corps is a likely looking Huldy, here in Houston. William H. 518 Pearl Street. Mary man from Dallas Beaumont is Julius Brooks Leftwich was iller hoi Service that brought him the Dis- the fullback post Dodge is Vice President of the Texas performer at either F. Pollard is now Mrs. B. F. Watts, sented with a new son, Rol Houstoi tinguished Flying Cross and the Air or a halfback slot, and August Ed- Company. His address is 135 42nd Jr., and she lives at 225 Marshall, Brooks, August 18, 1945. The pu Medal as a member of the Eighth furth, the great high school hurdler Street, New York City. Louis L. here in Houston. Rita Morales is em- father claims that the young iCLASS and Ninth Air Forces, has returned from San Antonio, is a promising Farr, Jr., is with the Sawyer Cattle ployed by the Freeport Sulphur Com- has unusually long legs for a b Class with his honorable discharge and understudy for Nemir. Shelton, also Company of San Angelo, Texas. pany, Port Sulphur, Louisiana, as a and will have a great future on promises to put up a battle for a sprinter and a hardrunner, Michael C. Gaines is a city commis- a track chemist. Jack Albertus Trigg is lo- Rice track team of 1964. Stuarl tackle berth. K. 0. Nelson, 205-pound weighs 180. Erfurth weighs 185. sioner here in Houston. cated in Dallas in the dental supplies Giezendanner is with the Texas 0 Denver, Colo., Navy trainee is an- Dave Renaux, 170, Detroit, is another business.Frederick Thomas Carson pany, Geophysical Division, Ilk' Geor; other likely tackle candidate. good looking back, and played for CLASS OF 1919 is associated with the Southwestern ton. Southw Guards—Senuta and Macaluse the University of Detroit before en- Class Agent: Bell Telephone Company in Dallas. pany o promise to be the starting guards tering the Navy. Mrs. Marshall Dukes Green Herman M. Cohen is in the lumber now a with N. L. Nicholson, 165, Green- Even after the first week of con- CLASS OF 1924 Route 12, Box 543 business here in Houston. Elisha D. Marine ville, Texas; Dave Klager, 185, Bay tact work, Coach Neely was among Class Agent: Houston, Texas. Embree is a leading Houston doctor. now di: City, Mich., and Oprea as other con- the first to admit that several mem- G. C. Francisco, Jr. Daniel Fleming Dutton can be At present he is in the army but can at thel tenders. of 60-odd candi- 2432 Inwood Drive bers of the squad speciali Centers—G. M. Tausch, 165, San change the Houston 6, Texas. dates could surprise and Roy Tri Antonio, has been running at first somewhat. Only the Willie Bauer is President of starting picture throng} string center. He was on the Tulane between now and COACH JESS NEELY Reliable Supply Company here weeks of hard work A MESSAGE FROM Worth. squad last season. Tom Murphy, 17- that athletes will be waived for all service Houston. He lives at 2616 Rosi the season will fully answer I am certain Clark Nealon has tI year-old, 185-pounder from Dallas, is Robert C. Briggs is an attorne1 w" question. covered the football outlook better men and we hope to have not only Compai ranked very close to Tausch, and Only 17 members of the squad are the West Building, Houston. Will than I could. However, I am delight- your return but have the pleasure Hardin, Gerald Weatherley, a 16-year-old boy Rice's third 20 or over, making it of greeting your wives when you get Menefe for Cuero, who weighs 190 pounds ed to have this opportunity to con- successive squad of youthful candi- here. Who can tell but what a few & and stands 6-3, may come along fast tact the Alumni again—especial:y Refi dates relative to peacetime years. might be a good enough to be starter. Weatherley's those in the Service whose education additional sponsors Sallyport Vincent teams. in the defensive work has been outstanding was interrupted. We sincerely hope tonic our our back with us Published by the ton. in early season workouts. that all of you will return and com- Theo Chmelik, '41, is to Backs—The backfield as it now plete your work and want you to and Ted Scruggs, '42, expects ASSOCIATION OF RICE ALIO CLASS stands is the most experienced part BUY rest assured that we will be glad to enroll'this week. having all of a Corporation Class of the Owl team. Mason. has been assist you in any way possible. I Looking forward to with us in the not too dis- moved to the man-under positon in VICTORY realize quite a few of our athletes you back Addressed in care of The Rice II best wishes, I 2 Coach Neely's "T". Nemir remains have married and have had several tant future and with at halfback from 1945 and Anderson inquiries in regards to their return- am tute, P. 0. Box 1892, Houston, BONDS Wald is at fullback, a position from which ing to school. I want to assure you Sincerely yours, Jess C. Neely. Paul Hochuli, Acting Editot ant in he looked very good in the Owls' that the rule in regards to married SALLYPORT Three

Supervisor in August, there he was awarded the European of his i trance into the Armed Forces he was Woodbridge and Arthur Scott, both gineering ie mediulius Dissen is President campaign ribbon with two battle professor at North former Rice faculty members. Wood- 1943. In January of this year, how- .McGldrm, William J. Dissen, Inc., Build- an assistant at head of the Romance lan- ever, he reopened his architectural stars. Lt. Tenery was a surgeon Contractor. He lives at 1826 Texas State Teachers College, Den- bridge is TeXig at Reed and Scott offices here in Houston on a small the Presbyterian Hospital, New Vichita, Houston. Charles Rains Du- ton, Texas. Mrs. McNeir (Corinne guage department is head of the chemistry department. scale to assist in the preparation of York, before he entered the Army. ose is an engineer with the Mis- Crawford), class of 1930, is acting Arts For the past three years Scott has plans for some post war construction ouri Pacific Lines. He lives at 1400 curator of the Museum of Fine been holding the fort as Acting work, still continuing his other job. CLASS OF 1938 :henevert. Richard Neat Eddleman in Houston. Her address is 5008 Jack- President." Mary Ellen Coffman is He had maintained his own architec- Class Agent: located in the First National Bank son Street. now Mrs. R. E. Key. She has been tural offices in Houston until Sep- Mrs. Sue Graham Orr liulding, Houston. Ann Jo Ford is a teacher of science in the Webster tember, 1941, when he went to Tex- 3263 Ella Lee Lane ow Mrs. F. W. Judd. Her home is OF 1930 CLASS High School, Webster, Texas, for the arkana as a designer for the firm of Houston 6, Texas. tjer ist314 Albany Street, Houston. Janice Class Agent: past eight years. She is making her Prack & Prack. Upon completion Thomas A. McCown, Box 171, Al- exas. hammond is now Mrs. Frank Goss. Mrs. Mariann Adkins Kitchel home there, while her husband, Mas- of this project in March, 1942, he vin, Texas, has been commissioned as Pe Stier husband is a member of the Court 322 Carson ter Sergeant R. E. Key, is in Ger- went to Oklahoma City to join the a second lieutenant of field artillery 's at 1-lass of 1923. He is Superintendent Houston 4, Texas. many with the Petroleum Engineers. organization of the Austin Company, following his graduation from the Ahhie if the Humble Refinery at Ingle- Louis K estenberg received his Pd. Edwina Elizabeth Wiess is now Mrs. Architects and Engineers for con- Field Artillery Officer Candidate ar W. ide, Texas. E. Blaine Ingraham is D. in 1943 from the University of S. G. Dickinson. She lives in Minne- struction of the Douglas Aircraft School. Lieutenant McCown has been Ridgwo teacher in the Houston Public Boulder, in history and Colorado, Minnesota. Company factory there. In Oklahoma assigned to the Field Artillery Re- She resides at 3606 East apolis, Newt°11ch00ls. German, and he has been teaching City he was associated with George placement Training Center, Fort Sill, the M. Julian Jantzen is Adver- is Nl'idwell. at the University of Houston. He T. Reynolds, Jr., class of 1932, who Oklahoma. John D. Robbins is a ne addnising for the Westing- daughters, Manager married and has two CLASS OF 1934 was chief architect, and Scott Lee member of the Photo Interpretation Electric Company. He lives eight. ments• louse Lovette, twelve, and Estelle, Class Agent: Hild, class of 1932, who was Archi- Team III, attached to XIV Corps uhlic Bt 3101 Leeland, Houston. Walter is a Lemuel Schumacher Benbury James P. Boone tectural Designer. Artillery, His overseas service has A. Villohnson McCaine is in the metal Warfare captain in the Chemical 2939 Ferndale been in New Guinea, Bougainville, wit hoffices at 7701 Canal ad- Ave., fl---,usiness Service of the U. S. Army. His Houston 6, Texas. and Luzon. UniverAtreet, Houston. Alma Elizabeth Mil- dress is 2315 Fairmont Avenue, San- Frank C. Hill, Lt., U. S. N. R., has CLASS OF 1936 Ilts is "ca is now Mrs. V. Addison McElroy. ta Ana, California. Isaac William been at the Norfolk Navy Yard for Class Agent: Street, in Colter home is at 3768 Darcus Beggs is with the Motor Fleet Serv- some time, but is now on the west Fred Much CLASS OF 1939 is Vice to Miniouston. Fred M. Moody, ice, 14 Travis, Houston. Ben Blum is coast for assignment to duty at sea. 2216 Pelham Drive Class Agent: 1921. Iron 14- resident of the Attakapas located in the First National Bank Houston 6, Texas. Mrs. Catherine Ehrhardt is in lVorks, Lafayette, Louisiana. Arnold Building, Houston. Albert James Simmons CLASS OF 1935 his hot. Muckelroy is now a Major in the Clugston is associated with Glenn H. 1st Lt. Thomas L. Lewis, Jr., and 2115 Wroxton Class Agent: Beaunnt. S. Army. Leon Peine is Assistant McCarthy, Inc., which is located in Mrs. Lewis (Mary Margaret Stroz- Houston 5, Texas. earl Weaver s a conrreasurer of the Tomlinson Mills the Sterling Building, here in Hous- ier), class of 1938, announce the birth James Monroe Wilson is assistant 2127 Tangley [son BoLumber Company. Thelma Marie ton. Hollis Clair Jacobs is now a cap- of a daughter, Pamela, on June 15, party 'chief on a seismograph crew Houston 5, Texas. ngs Br ower is now Mrs. Charles S. Lan- tain in the Army Air Corps, located 1945, at the Tucson Medical Center, for Magnolia Oil Company, current- Wiley Ransom George is employed t with lram whose home is at 3719 Audu- at Bryan, Texas. Beatrice Virginia Tucson, Arizona. Robert Richard ly at Brenham. He is married to in the Main Office of the Todd-Hous- ional Bkon Place, Houston. Franklin Wol- Yundt is now Mrs. Ross Biggers. Fitzhugh, Jr., is with the Freeport Kathryn Turbeville, class of 1938, ton Shipbuilding Company here in Wier ikott Whitefield is with Anderson Her home is 3621 Sunset Blvd., Hous- Sulphur Company. Denton Belford and they have one child, Martha Houston. John George Klaras is em- His ho..layton & Company and resides at ton. Wise is located on the Petroleum Irene, born November 24, 1942. Mrs. ployed in the Safety Department of 1000 Ella Lee Lane, Houston. Building here in Houston. Allen E. Charles H. Wilson, Jr., (Elizabeth the Todd-Houston Shipyard. His ad- Burch received his B. S. degree in Roberta Montgomery) is now teach- CLASS OF 1932 dress is Number 69 Walter Williams chemistry from the University of ing the sixth grade at Cooley • Ele- LASS OF 1925 Class Agent: Court, Pasadena, Texas. Claude W. Houston. He is with the Texas Com- mentary School in Houston. Her Class Agent: Mrs. Martha Williams Clark Horton has for two years been a re- pany doing grease research. He is husband is a chemist for Consoli- Hart Brown 2610 Westgate search associate at the Underwater married to Marjorie E. Cyr, of Jean- dated Chemical Industries and a P. 0. Box 6005 Houston 6, Texas. Sound Laboratory, Harvard Univer- erette, Louisiana. graduate of the University of Hous- Houston 1, Texas. Mary Adeline Davis is now Mrs. sity. He is now in New York City and ton. Ann Holt is now Mrs. Richard n (Thel William Quinton Wright is located Adrian B. Cairns. Mr. Cairns is of is preparing to go to Bogota, Colom- Warren, and lives at 109 South n, classtn the Southern Standard Building, the class of 1928. He has practiced bia, South America, for the Texas CLASS OF 1937 Spring Ave., La Grange, Illinois. n in HclIouston. Millie Jackson's home ad- medicipe for almost twelve years- Company. He will have the position Class Agent: Lt. (jg) Butler Perryman competed ed herearess is 1902 Alabama, Houston. ten years in Bunkie, Louisiana, in his of seniol- geophysicist there. Mrs. Mrs. W. J. Way, II in the Allied Swimming and Diving .y of TeRobert Lamb is here in Houston at own clinic„ "Cairs Clinic." He is now Horton (Louise Walthall), class of 2321 Dryden Championships recently held at the •rk at 11620 Cortlandt. in the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat 1938, has just returned to Houston Houston 5, Texas. Station Nazionale in Rome. Overseas resident Hospital in New Orleans studying. with her family of two children, seven months, Lieutenant Perryman B. He is specializing in Otolaryngology. Claude W., Jr., age three, and Mar- David P. Walsh is a lieutenant in LASS OF 1926 served as Welfare and Recreation of- presi four children, Adrian, Jr., garet Elaine, age fifteen months. the Signal Corps, temporarily sta- Class Agent: They have ficer. He finished fourth in the one- itrose born May 8, 1934; Tommy and Bobby They hope to go to Bogota to join tioned at the Air Base in Orlando; Roy R. Ramsey meter and also in the three meter 45-46 teL September 4, 1938, and Mary Mr. Horton in January, 1946. Fred Mrs. Walsh (Varina Stone), class of 2513 Wheeler born diving finals. Lester LaGrange, Jr., r., who born December 17, 1940.J. Vic- Terry Rogers and his wife (Mar- 1939, and their two little girls, Houston, Texas. Sue, is a lieutenant in the Navy and has in July Bush resides at 1225 North 17th, guerite Moilliet), class of 1937, are Laura, three and half, and Barbara, David N. Alcon is a doctor of Los tor served overseas from January, 1943, a Sincl. Waco, Texas, and is employed by living in Indianapolis, Indiana, where four months old, are with him. Their Los Angeles. Randle James Brady to April, 1944, in Central and North- Samuel. the Waco-Tex Materials Company. they both are engaged as research address is 1819 E. Central Avenue, is a major in the Medical Corps. At ern Solomon Island campaigns. He or with He is married to Aline de la Hous- physicists for the Harold Lukas Orlando, Florida. Paul K utschen- resent he is in the China-Burma- is now on the aircraft carrier "The s Build says, who attended S. L. I. They have Corporation. They have a son, Alex- renter is with the Hialeah, Florida, tidia theatre, but his home address Bon Homme Richard" on duty in the . ht a son, Robert Neal Bush, age 2. ander Kier, age three and a half. weather bureau and predicts the ls 605 Cottage Street, Houston. Doro- one Pacific. He was married August 20, ;. in Da Burton Atkinson is now an officer Their address is 6319 East 11th, flying weather there. Carl Lavery thy Whistler is now Mrs. Webster 1944, to Virginia Osborne Smith in hiladelp - in the Navy. He was formerly with Indianapolis. Capt. Robert Moore works for Brown Shipyard. He was Tharp. She lives in McAllen, Texas, New York. Lt. F. J. Fasullo is over- the Humble Oil & Refining Comjany Hill is a doctor in the Army Medical formerly with Gulf in San Tome, at 808 Ash Street. Herschel James seas in the army of occupation. He at Midland, Texas. Tod Robinson Ad- Corps. He has spent three and a half Venezuela. He is married and their Wood lives in Houston at 3234 Locke received his B. S. degree in Pharm- ams now works for the Harris Coun- years overseas. At present he is on three year old daughter, Carol Edith, Lane. Grant Cowles is with the acy at the University of Texas. ty Abstract Company in Houston. Okinawa. His wife, (Dorothy Wal- was the first child to be born in the Hughes Tool Company of Houston. William B. Coleman is engaged in thall) and their son, Robert Moore, hospital here. Joe Northrop, III, is zie Lottie Elizabeth Hall is now Mrs. R. real estate and insurance business Jr., live at 2818 San Jacinto Street, a geophysicist and is living in Gar- CLASS OF 1940 E. Dyment, 15748 Southfield Road, in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He mar- Houston. Phillip Brooks is now lieu- den City, Kansas. Lt. Commander Class Agent Lane Detroit, Michigan. Vivian Fay Teft- ried Emily Cayle of Orange, Texas, tenant in the Army Air Forces. He Jack Horton was back from the Paci- Mrs. Mildred Dattner Ganchan teller is now Mrs. Jack Bauerschmidt. and they have two daughters, Anne, is stationed on Trinidad, helping to fic in 'May for a month's visit with 102 Drennan was iller home is 2239 University Blvd., five, and Mary, one. transfer men from Europe to the his wife and child. Jack is in com- Houston 3, Texas. In, Rol Houston. United States. Card G. Elliott, Jr., mand of a and was The pu Dill and Ens. H. C. Lt. (jg) U. S. N. R., is now aboard in the New Guinea Campaign, then Julia Taylor roung I CLASS OF 1928 CLASS OF 1933 Dill, class of '38, have a little girl, a Destroyer Escort attached to the the Philippine and Okinawa inva- for a Class Agent: sions. His ship was. damaged and Carolyn, born October, 1944. Clyde is Here in an excerpt from an inter- Atlantic Fleet. Capt. Richard G. ,ure on Ruth McLain they returned to the states. Jim in the Pacific on active duty since esting letter receiver from Dr. Frank Scobee addressed a conference of the . Stuarl 3370 Ozark Nance is a 1st lieutenant on Jack's last September. Mrs. Mack E. Lee, H. Hurley who is associated with Airline Medical Directors Associa- rexas CL Houston, Texas. ship. After they left for the states Jr., (Dorothy Mae Granger) is in Reed College, Portland, Oregoin. tion held at the Army Air Forces ion, 11( George J. Winston is with the they learned that Ward Atkins ('37) Miami, Florida, where her husband "The Pacific Northwest is a long School of Aviation Medicine, Ran- Southwestern Bell Telephone Com- had been only a hundred yards from is stationed at a beach gunnery range way from Texas, but that doesn't dolph Field, Texas. The medical rep- pany of Dallas. Walker Dodson is them on his ship but Jack was too as an instructor. They have two chil- revent Rice people from seeing each resentatives of the civilian aircraft now a captain in the United Sta busy clearing away the debris to be dren, Mack III, who is four, and other. Since last spring I've managed industry attending the conference Marine Corps. Capt. T. W. Barr is making any social calls. Marvin H. Marilyn, who will be three in Novem- to spend a week-end with Lt. Com- were informed of the most recent ad- now discharged and back practicing Greenwood is an aircraft designer ber. Audry Haynes is living at 1616 mander Fletcher Brown ('30) and vances made in the field of aviation at the 'Medical Arts Building, Dallas, for the Boeing Aircraft Company at Wheeler, Houston, and is employed Katherine Tsanoff Brown ('38) at medicine by the Army Air Forces specializing in ear, nose and throat. Seattle, Washington. His home is by the Bell Telephone Company. their place on Puget Sound near during war time. Captain Scobee, as Roy Trimble Barnes can be contacted 34th Ave. N. Lt. (jg) James J. Etheel C. Bloomfield is now Mrs. ent of Seattle. Torn Polk Miller ('36) and a member of the research staff of 920 through the Post Office of Fort Nallin, former Houston attorney, has Morris Bogdanow. Morris Bogdanow ty here his sister, Mary Emily Miller ('37) the of Aviation Medicine, discussed Worth. James Benjamin Bower is is a Houston attorney and their home 16 Rosl been in 'Portland. Bob the high standards of eyesight which been assigned to duty in the legal of- the Humble Oil & Refining have also have with of its pilots and fice of the Eighth Naval District is at 3022 Quenby Road. They ittornel 40, Morris ('25), who is in the marine the Army requires Company. His address is Box Headquarters, New Orleans, Louisi- a six months old son, William James, m. Will insurance business, lives here. Big stressed the need of building post- Hardin, Texas. Myrtle Lorraine ana. He returned to this area after born March 25, 1945. Katie Belle event at Reed last March was a ten- war planes "to fit the man" rather Menefee is also with the Humble Oil overseas, coming Shindler is now Mrs. Quintus Adams. Tsanoff to the than forcing tlye "man to fit himself thirty-three months & Refining Company in Houston. day visit of Prof. Barbee here in airplane." Captain Scobee from Hawaii where he was head of Her home is 1203 is located campus. He lectured and attended to the Vincent Philip Roshegar Uni- the legal section, real estate division, Houston. conferences on philisophy here and spent four years at Washington in the Medical Arts Building, Hous- District Public Works, in the 14th gave one public lecture at the Port- versity, St. Louis, Missouri, conduct- ton. Naval District, with headquarters at CLASS OF 1941 land Public Library. We had him ing research studies and teaching. Pearl Harbor. He and Mrs. Nallin Class Agent: ALUI photographed under the replica of Since entering the Army in Decem- CLASS OF 1929 to have one daughter, Sharon Ann, 28 Brooke Blackburn Smith the academic seal of the Rice Insti- ber, 1943, he has been assigned Class Agent: as a months old. 1st. Lt. John H. Tenery 4002 Coleridge tute which is set in stone over the the School of Aviation Medicine Felix Runion has returned from service overseas. Houston 5, Texas. Rice P entrance to the Reed Chapel. Every- teacher and research specialist in the 2608 Rosewood R. Gra- He served six months as a station Capt. Stanley T. N. Clark is a one here was interested in Dr. Tsan- department of Opthalmolgy. ston, Houston, Texas. the platoon medical officer in the Euro- group communications officer in the there was special interest ham Jackson joined the staff of Waldo M. McNeir is now a lieuten- off, but Army Air Force. He went to Benjamin Brown Shipbuilding Company as En- pean theater of operations. While Eighth Editol ant in the Navy. Prior to his en- on the part of Profs. Four SALLYPORT

England about the first of July, overseas since December 31, 1942, & I., entering the Army in 1943. He Monterey, California, her mailing ad- destroyer-type transport in which 1943, and was stationed there until with the Jungle Air Force whose fly- is married to Marvel H. Word of dress, however, is still 5129 Lindsay sailed to Jima with an underwa July 18, 1945, when he moved to ers have fought the Japs from Gua- Kingsville, Texas. They have two Street, Houston. Lt. Oscar J. Cad- demolition team. Admiral R. Southwestern Germany as part of dalcanal through the Philippines to children, Donald LeRoy who was 18 wallader, Ship Transportation Of- Turner, Pacific Fleet Amphibi( the Air Force of the occupation. Mrs. the cost of Indo China. Clarence Rus- months old the 29th of July, and ficer, Army Transportation Corps, Forces Commander, cited Hawki Clark (Bennie Manette Berry) lives sell Webb, Jr., is now a major in the Ronald Erven who was five months completed certain assignments and who, he said, "in the face of ene in Houston at 4326 Jefferson Ave. Air Corps. His home address is 1215 the 25th day of July. Lt. (jg) Da- has recently returned from the Asia- rifle, machine gun, and mortar Mrs. Edward H. Boyd (Frances Lee W. Ave. D, San Angelo, Texas. After vid Edwin Farnsworth is engaged in tic-Pacific and the Philippines thea- . .. bravely prepared the way for I Berry) lives at 1739 Bolsover Road, receiving his degree, Walter S. Sym- anti-aircraft training work in the ti•es; he holds bith the Asiatic-Paci- operations of combat troops and vo,, Houston. Fred Arrington Wolcott is onds, Jr., reported for duty in the Pacific. At present he is on Guam, fic and the Philippines Liberation his courageous devotion to duty ci in the service, but can be reached Navy as an ensign at Charleston, S. recently returned from Okinawa ribbons with three battle-stars. When tributed greatly to the successof t through his wife's address which is C. Navy Yards and after his indoc- where he had a mobile training unit in the Philippines he looked up and hazardous mission." John Morg 4333 Jefferson Ave., Houston. Lu- trination was sent to the North- during the Okinawa campaign for enjoyed a visit with Edd Payne, class Harland, Jr., is at Medical School cille, Rose Leonard is Mrs. William western University for additional training ships gun crews in anti-air- of 1942, of Dallas, now on duty in Galveston. He can be reached at H. Garner, 907 Woodrow, Houston. training. On leaving Chicago, he was craft firing under actual battle con- the role of a Japanese linguist. On K. K.fraternity house. Mrs. Leona Francis Baker Williams is now a 1st trained as an Amphibious operator. ditions. It was at that time that the arriving back in the States, Lieu- Edward Heinze (Shirley Mae Ro Gr lieutenant in the Army Air Corps. When he had finished his training suicide type attacks were so fre- tenant Cadwallader had the pleasant ell) is now in California with I He went overseas in January of he was assigned the positon of quent. Mrs. skip- J. F. Meyer, III, (Rose- surprise of meeting Ens. Jimmie husband. Her home address is Sc 1944. He is married to Lois N. An- per on LCI No. 230. He spent the mary McKinney) and her husband, Winter, U. S. N. R., at Los Angeles; Merrill, Houston. Iris Louise WI hut derson of Denver, Colorado. They most of the year 1943 training land- Major Meyer, class of 1940, are in Ens. Winters completed a tour of ner is working for the Humble Oil goal have one child, Pamela Ruth Wil- ing operations in the South Pacific. Sioux Falls, South Dakota, duty with where the Navy in the E. T. 0., Refining Company, Houston. Jo was liams. born June 16, 1944.Lt. Gilbert They landed in Australia on Easter Major Meyer is awaiting further or- wears several battle-stars and is now Howard Sasseen is a lieutenant (j stitu L. Heidler, U. S. N., returned re- Sunday, 1943. In September, 1943, ders. Joe and Rosemary were mar- on his way to duty in the Pacific in the Navy. He is serving on t the cently to Houston for a 30-day leave he was seriously injured during ried July 19, 1945, when Joe returned after waging a little personal battle U. S. S. Lang. 1st Lt. William footl after 36 months of active duty as maneuvers and was hospitalized from 26 months overseas duty in of his own with virus-pneumonia at Bonner, Jr., received the Distinguis TI bomb disposal officer aboard the car- nearly a year. He returned to duty England. Mrs. DeWitt R. Gayle. Jr., a Navy hospitalt on the west coast. ed Flying Cross at a formal cei to t rier escort U. S. S. Breton. During last September and since then his as- (Elizabeth Knapp) is now living at Eugene A. Heyck is now a sergeant mony at Ellington Field recent seasc the three years, the Breton partici- signment has been with the Bureau the home of her parents. DeWitt left in the Army Air Forces. He is serv- Lieutenant Bonner was cited f open pated in nearly every major cam- of Ships in Washington, D. C., where for overseas duty in July. He is now ing with the A. A.F. doing graphic meritorious achievement while fl a 1€ paign in the Pacific. During his stay he is taking an active part in the in Hawaii. 2nd Lt. Frank Lebus, Air presentation for statistical control. ing as navigator of a B-17 bombar midd here, he visited his mother, Mrs. Navy building program. He now is Corps, has just returned from the He is now chief draftsman for sta- ment division on missions over GE the Gertrude Heidler. Marjorie Parsons Lt. (jg) W. S. SymoncW. On April E. T. 0. and is now in Sioux Falls, tistical control, Headquarters Con- many. Ira Wier and Tom Wier (T. P., Jr.), class 14, 1945, he was married to Miss S. D., awaiting orders. He was mar- tinental Air Forces. Robert Wilmot last of '40, became the proud parents of Mildred Tyree of Des Moines, Iowa. ried July 28. Rosemary and Joe Gamache is now a lieutenant (jg) in CLASS OF OCTOBER 1944 Co a son, Tom P. Wier, III, September Ens. Milton Tobian is overseas on Meyer ran into Frank up these re- the Navy. He is attached to the 9th, at St. Joseph's Hospital. Con- Ywo the U. S. S. Lewis Hancock. Here cently. Lt. Hugh C. Black, class of U. S. S. Success as Sound and Radar Class Agent: victo gratulations are the order of the day. is an excerpt from a letter written 1941, wrote recently that he had Officer. He writes of his work . . . Ella McAshen Texa Emily Montgomery Stumpf of Fort on April 1, 1945. . . ."The Lewis heard from Sgt. 0. L. Colley, Jr., and "Our first function aboard the Suc- 4704 San Jacinto Worth is here visiting her mother, Hancock has been rather busy in re- the latter was a payroll clerk for an cess is minesweeping. We swept latte Mrs. Kitty Montgomery. Her 2 year cent months, and has kept the enemy Air Force Squadron somewhere in three days prior to D-Day at the in- Houston 4, Texas. over old daughter, Kathie, is with her. both busy and unhappy. One of our the Marianas Islands. He was mar- vasion of Iwo Jima. A month 1935. later Mollie Alexander is employed 1 Captain Stumpf has been assigned to recent trips into Japanese home wa- ried last summer and his wife is we swept a week prior to L-Day at S. M Robert H. Ray Company, a geoph Tarrant Field at Fort Worth for the ters was particularly fruitful. We spending part of her time with his the invasion of Okinawa with con- did past three years. Adair Reynaud and sical survey company. Ens. James on parked within a hundred miles of the parents in Mt. Pleasant, Texas, and siderable success. Our division swept Mary Averill have been working part with her parents in Louisiana fifteen mines, four of which were Magness is in Radar training goal at Washington, D. Imperial Palace and listened to Ra- final C. this summer. while he is overseas. Lt. (jg) Jim- credited to the Suecess. During this Bowdoin College, Brunswich, Main Among the interesting and notable dio Tokyo annihilate us piecemeal. were mie Anderson is on leave now. He invasion we were subject to fre- Lt. Earl D. Crutchfield of Galvest( sights they have witnessed are the Actually, his confusion was such, or lost has been on Guadalcanal and is now quent air attacks by the Japanese added- a twin engine Jap plane to h original German surrender docu- our defenses strong enough, that not back on his way to New Orleans for fur- Special Attock Corps and one day record recently a strafing missic ments in the National Archives. An a single enemy plane approached ther orders. Lt. Ben Smith, Jr., is had three torpedoes pass D. ) under us over Tokyo. Only when the park( interesting letter from Barbara our ships for the two day period." now at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. from a midget submarine. Long Of late twin-engine Jap plane started to fl Archer Allen has been received. She Capt. Floyd Myron Johnson, Jr., who He has been engaged in research on we're been sweeping the flaky East China up in the air in pieces did Lieutenar is the wife of a Royal Air Force is with the 4th Marines on Okinawa, the flame thrower. U. (jg) George Sea with a total of eleven over mines to Crutchfield ease his fire and pull u pilot and at present they are living writes this of his experiences. . . . Ilemmington is now stationed in the oar credit." Lieutenant Gamache parti is off Atsugi, an airfield near Toky, in England with their three months "As perhaps the news has told you, Pacific. He is engaged in working married to Irma Jeanne Nay: de la Rivi- It was his sixth fighter plane miI old daughter. Flight Lieutenant we are busy disinfecting Okinawa out weather reports (from ship) for ere of Santurce, Puerto Rica. They Owls sion to the empire and involved Allen is receiving a discharge from now, and at the moment the 4th airplanes. Lt. (jg) Jack Clements is have a son, Robert Gamy fell Gamache, 1500-mile overwater trip. Ens. Fran the R. A. F. and will go back to Marines are off the front and get- aboard the U. S. S. Wren now in born May 8 (V-E Day) in New York In William Smith, Jr., is at preser Ceylon to resume work on the tea ting some sleep for a few days. This Tokyo Bay. He wrote recently that City. somewhere in the Philippines. Bets Rice plantation. Barbara and their has been our toughest operation so he had wintered on Attu last year Thaxton is now Mrs. Charles Jacl and daughter will accompany him. Capt. far, but also the most interesting, and was in the battle of Okinawa. to ( CLASS OF FEBRUARY 1944 son. Her husband is a lieutenant i Billy Keenan, U. S. M. C., has been by far. If only one could see under or He said he saw Ralph Young re- the Army (class of '44). They hay transferred to the Corpus Christi thru the haze and scars of war, the cently. Class Agent: a fifteen months old son, "Chuck' Ri Naval Base. Captain Keenan, who island is quite beautiful; the climate Francis Gray Winters is an Ensig served 31 months in the South is cool and it has been a novelty to Jane Barnes in the Navy. He is employed at th Ai Pacific, will start his advanced see pine trees again. Everything and CLASS OF 1943 1417 West Alabama Naval Research Laboratories i training in Naval Aviation at Cor- everybody seem to be very ancient, Class Agent: Houston 6, Texas. Pr Elizabeth Philbrook Washington, D. C., as testing engi pus, but he expects to be discharg- and I guess for that matter they are. Ri 1412 Truxillo Ens. Dallas E. Hawkins, II, a neer in Shock and Vibration divisioi ed before he receives his wings. He We are told the island history goes Texas. Navy mine disposal officer who His work also involves the desig fore] plans to return to school for gradu- back for two thousand years. My Houston 4, went asore on Iwo Jima three days and application of shock mounts t ton' ate work after he is discharged engineering eyes are continually Lt. George D. Neal is now station- Jack before the bloody invasion, has been protect electronic equipment from ef lrnov from the service. 1st. Lt. Hugh amazed at the amount of work that ed on New Guinea. He says that awarded the Silver Star for "gal- fects of shock and vibration met i3 horn( Cleon Black is now a Classification has been done, all by hand of course, Patillo, lieutenant, is also stationed Jay while lantry and intrepidity in action." He Naval shipboard and aircraft serv in and Assignment Officer stationed the roads, dams, seawalls, and ter- ther and that he saw Rose was decorated in ceremonies at a ice. His present address is 317 tSI at the Army Service Forces Train- races, etc. I don't think that the he was stationed at Sansapor, N. G. Ars. William K. Davies is living in naval base in the Pacific aboard the Westover Drive, Washington, D. C The ing Center, Camp Claiborne, La. Egyptians with their pyramids had folk Lt. Black married Miss Shirley much on these people. The people A. themselves are quite pitiful; you 'Costlow of Henderson, Texas, July Sup E 2, 1944. Mrs. Black will receive can't help but be sorry for them— ADDRESSEE, PLEASE NOTE! Proc her degree .from T. S. C. W. this they are all in a fog as to what this (‘ If you attended Rice, you are en- summer. is all about and almost all that we bite] see are either very old or very titled to a copy of each issue of Sally- port Mortensen, young." Maurice M. a port without obligation. For delivery of (icier CLASS OF 1942 member of the veteran 60th Troop Sallyport, the Alumni Office must have born' Class Agent: Carrier Group in Italy, has been I promoted to captain. He has been your best, direct mailing address. Mrs. Joseph F. Meyer had overseas since April, 1944, as a pilot Southgate othe 2206 of a C-47 the 12 IMPORTANT type aircraft of seco Houston 5, Texas. Troop Carrier Squadron which is the Is your address correct as stencilled? bom oldest in the European and Mediter- Dorothy Ruth Holland and Orren pro: ranean Theatres. He has flown 74 Is the spelling of your name and your Holt, class of 1940, were married ed combat missions over enemy terri- class numerals correctly shown, and as Jap in June, 1943. He is now a lieuten- tory supplying Partisan guerillas in you desire? the ant in the Naval Reserve in the Sub- Yugoslavia and the Balkans, and has Ant marine Service. They have a daugh- more than 950 flying hours overseas. Buli ter, Joan Holland Holt, eight months'Jennings A. Massingill is an Electri- IF NOT, PLEASE RETURN THE Okii Jack (Marjorie old. Mrs. Roach, Jr., cal Engineer with General Electric, FORM BELOW WITH CORRECTIONS Potter) lives at 3234 Ella Lee Lane, Tubo-Generator. His address is 2302 Houston. She has a little girl, Dawn Niskayune Drive, Schenectady 8, the Elizabeth, born April 16, 1945.Rob- New York. Lt. Albert B. Gerland is men ert E. Houlihan was recently pro- a movie and still photographer coul with Class moted to captain with the 347th Sun- a Combat Camera Unit which oper- Full Name and Year gun.

busters Fighter Group of Brig. Gen. ates from "Flying Tiger" advanced Deus beer Earl W. Barnes' 13th A. A. F. bases. Joyce Hope Hildebrandt is whe Fighter Command. Captain Houlihan now Mrs. Sam Nicholson, living at SylN a graduate of Engineering Cadet 1713 Terry, Houston. She has a Maiden Name if Married E. School, Chanute Field, Illinois, now daughter, Carolyn, who is two Seet serves his organization as group months old. Albert E. Kloster is now Crowell technical inspector. He entered the a 1st lieutenant in the Army. After service in July, 1942, and has been leaving Rice he attended Texas A. Most Permanent Direct Mailing Address

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