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Calling the Roll of Sooner Classes-'1894--

Homer T. Burson, '93-'94, pioneer Yukon busi-

ness man and civic leader, (lied at his home in

Yukon recently following a heart attack .

Mr . Burson, a Spanish-American war veteran

and insurance and real estate dealer, was manager

of the Yukon Retailers Association and was active

in all the civic affairs. He served as mayor of

Yukon in the early development of the community.

Mr. Burson attended the University in 1893 and

1894 and received a letter in football . When he

was 70 years old, he returned to the University

for a refresher course an(I took an active interest

in the athletic program.

-1898-Judge C. Ross Hums, '98ba, '00ma, Anadarko,

and Mr . Harry Ford, '96, Oklahoma City, were

honored by President George L. Cross on Home-

coming Day 1946 . Judge Hume and Mr . Ford

were special guests in the President's box at the

Homecoming football game . The President and

his guests were seated on the 49 %2 -yard line in his

box so that they could be as near as possible to the

50-yard line where exactly 50 years ago at that

hour, they were playing on the University of Okla-

homa football team .During the intermission, these two honor grad-

uates of the University were presented over the

loud speaking system to the thousands of specta-

tors at the Missouri-O.U . football game on Home-

coming afternoon .

1905Chester A. Reeds, '05bs, New York City, has

retired from the American Museum of Natural

History and is living in Ghent, New York .

~1913Harry Slatkin, '136s, is practicing medicine in

New York City .

-1914-R. D. Evans, '146s, '26elec.eng, consulting trans-

mission engineer for Westinghouse Electric Corpo-

ration, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, represented theUniversity at the inauguration of Dr . James Her-

bert Case, Jr ., as president of Washington and Jef-

ferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania .

Ruth Gifford, '146a, '15ma, is a member of the

Tulsa Central High School faculty .John Toberinan, '15law, is now owner and op-

erator of the Catherine Heights Cottages located

on Lake Catherine at Hot Springs, Arkansas.

-1917-Mary Eolian Coppedge, '176a, '19ma, attended

the inauguration of Dr . Martha 13 . Lucas as presi-

dent of Sweet Briar College, Virginia, as official

delegate of the University . Miss Coppedge has (lone

advanced graduate study at Columbia Universityand was professor of geography and education atState Teachers College, Radford, Virginia .

Josh Lee, '176a, and Paul Walker, '121aw, wereamong the Washington, D.C ., alumni to attend the

O.U . rally in New York before the O.U.-Army

game this fall .A. Chapman Bartlcson, '17, Muskogee hardware

merchant, (lied recently in Tulsa following an ex-

tended illness . He was a member of Beta Theta

Pi Fraternity and had been active in civic work atMuskogee .

-1919Charles C. Tahaferro, '15-'19, former Oklahoma

City man, died in September in his home in New

York City after an illness of six months . Mr . Talia-

ferro was employed as a salesman for the Johns

Manville Roofing Company at the time of his death.

Randall S. Cobb, '191aw, former attorney-gen-

eral, Houston Hill, '26law, assistant attorney-gen-

eral, Frederick Hoyt, '366a, '371aw, and Richard

Godfrey have formed a new law firm and have

established offices in Oklahoma City .

Clyde Whiteley, '19, is manager of the 42nd

Street branch of the Travelers Insurance Company,

New York City .Former students and graduates of the University

who met in New York recently for the O.U.-Army

football game were Phil C. Ashby, '22ph.g, and

Mrs. Ashby, Oklahoma City ; Clyde Whiteley, '19,

New York City ; Joanna Schaefer, '24bs ; Lowell

Turner, '23geo1, and Mrs. Turner, McAlester.

-1920-

ROBINSON-BROWN : Lorna Robinson, '20bs,

Long Beach, California, and Lawrence L. Brown,

were married October 25 in Long Beach.

Robert Gordon, '20ph.g, '20ba, '20bs, Scars-

dale, New York, is head of the Legal Department

of the National Dairy Company in Scarsdale .

Dr . Lloyd Harris, '20ph.g, '22ph.c, '24pharm,

'24ms, now a staff member of Ohio State Univer-

sity, represented the University at the InauguralCeremonies, October 24, (luring which the ninth

president of Capital University, Columbus, Ohio,

was inducted .

-1921-

(SPECIAL NOTE BY YE ED:) What! No 1921

Roll Call News in for this December issue, Sooner

Magazine, 1946?? Well, there will be because that

is the "Range Rider's" year and I know there

should be roll call items!! G.S.

A famous O.U . Sooner son, JoeA. Brandt, '21ba,

former editor, University of Oklahoma Press, as

well as, former President of the University of

Oklahoma, now heading up a large publishing

company in New York City recently "toured

through" the City of Norman . He was here for

some ten minutes, so it was reported, but did not

get off the Santa Fe train enroute from a Dallas

meeting to his New York office.

Yes, and another of the '21er-Ted Beaird, O.U .

Alumni staff, has been meeting almuni all along

the trails in recent days . On the calendar's sheet

it reveals O.U . Alumni "speeches" in OklahomaCity, Edmond, Tulsa, Claremore, Muskogee, We-woka, Seminole, Pants Valley, and Anadarko . Just

to make a day of it, back to Sulphur on Armistice

Day, November 11, 1946-a dash up to Pauls

Valley for a 11 :00 a.m . community assembly ad-

dress, back to Sulphur for an Armistice Day ad-

dress at Veterans Hospital, Sulphur, 3 :00 p.m .,

6 :00 o'clock dinner address for Murray County

Alumni, Sulphur, and 7 :30 Armistice Day com-

munity address in Sulphur's community hall . That

'21er covered the territory!

Yes, I know now roll call for 1921 has news re-

ports for this issue of Sooner Magazine-1 haveseen to it! G.S .

-1922-Fisher Muldrow, '22, is now living in Seminole

where he is owner and manager of the NationalConcrete Mix Company.

Charles B. Duffy, '221aw, former state senator,

and J . Paul Johnson, '401aw, have formed a new

law firm under the name of Duffy and Johnson

in Ponca City. Mr. Johnson, former lieutenantcolonel, served with the Army in Africa and Italy .O. A. Pendleton, '22elec.eng, Joplin, Missouri,

is now working as an engineer in utility. Mrs.

Pendleton is the former Wilma Karns, '24bs, Nor-

man.Phillip Clark Ashby, '22ph.g, is now a chemist

for the Allergy Laboratories, Inc., in Oklahoma Cityacting as director and chiefchemist. Previously he wasmanager of the AshbyChemical Company, Inc.,Oklahoma City, for 15years .Mr . Ashby studied geo-

1~,~ical engineering, phar-macy, and pre-medicalwork at the University. Hewas a member of Tanpat,lwnorary pharmacy andmedical fraternity ; Phi Del-ta Chi, professional phar-macy and chemical frater-nity, Engineer's Club ; Apo-

PinLti' CLARK AsHRYthocarian Club and ClubsClub . He was one of the

organizing members of Sigma Phi, social fraternity,

and charter member of Lambda Chi Alpha.

Since his graduation he has been given a life

membership in Phi Delta Chi for publication of

scientific articles and news, and was vice-president

of Sigma Phi Building Corporation. He is a life

member of Lambda Chi Alpha and a permanent

contributing member to Shriners' Hospitals for

Crippled Children .George R. Taylor, '221aw, Stillwater, has re-

signed his position with the War Crimes Branch,

New York, and has returned to Stillwater .

-1923-

George W. Miller, '231aw, Ponca City, has been

appointed secretary of the Ponca City Rotary Club .

Robert J . Bell, 236a, '231aw, McAlester, former

mayor and a veteran of World War II, has been

elected city attorney for McAlester.

-1926-

Richard T. Pendleton, '261aw, has assumed the

duties of trust officer of the City National Bank &

Trust Company, Kansas City, Missouri, following

his release from the Army .

W. B. Thompson, '266a, Ponca City, president

of the State Bottlers Association, attended the

Kansas State Bottlers meeting in Wichita, Kansas,

the first of December .

-1927-

Col. Lee B. Thompson, '256a, '271aw, associated

with the legal firm of McInnis, Thompson and Sul-

livan of Oklahoma City attended the annual con-

ference of the Oklahoma Bar Association in Tulsa

late in November as an official delegate of the

Oklahoma County Bar Association .

Mrs. Stella Barton Fordice, '15ba, '27rna, re-

cently was transferred from Roosevelt Junior High

School to the Veteran's Program at Central High

School in Oklahoma City . She was formerly super-

visor of social sciences in the demonstration school

at Central State College, Edmond .

-1928-Walter Arnote, '286a, '281aw, McAlester, a re-

turned Field Artillery officer of the 45th Division,

has been elected mayor of McAlester.

1929~Margaret Waddell Lamb, '29nurse, is now Re-

lief Supervisor at the Crippled Children's Hospital

in Oklahoma City .

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Robert E. Rogers, Jr ., '296s, has been releasedto inactive duty with the Army and is back with hisformer employer, The Foxforo Company, manu-facturers of industrial instruments. He is now dis-trict manager of the sales office in Los Angeles,California, and lives in Glendale with his wife andfour-year-old daughter .Wayne Stavens, '29, has recently resigned as

county attorney of Kay County and has formed apartnership with Charles D. Reed under the nameof Reed and Stevens in Ponca City .PAYNTER-SMITH: Ann Paynter, '29ba, Ponca

City, and Earl Smith, Duncan, were married Au-gust 25 in Ponca City . Mrs. Smith has been teachingsocial studies in the Ponca City Junior High School .Mr. Smith is connected with a men's clothing storein Duncan where the couple is at home .Mrs. William G. Talbott, wife of W. G. Talbott,

'29geo1, Wichita, Kansas, was killed recently byan electric shock in her home in Wichita. Mr. Tal-bott is a prominent Wichita geologist .

DECEMBER, 1946

-1930-V. E. Willoughby, '30bs, Norman, is the author

of "The Cream of Pointerdom," a book contain-ing the histories of all winning pointers since1900 . Mr Willoughby is an engineering professorat the University.

-1931-ANDERSON-WOOD: Esther Anderson, Balti-

more, Maryland, was married to F, . Duane Wood,'30-'31, Oklahoma City, September 8 in Baltimore.Mr . Wood is employed by the International Har-vester Company and the couple has established ahome in Ada.Howard Brisco, '31, correspondent in charge of

the Associated Press office in Tulsa, has resigned tobecome director of public relations for the GrandRiver Dam Authority.

Edgar L. Mills, '31journ, former Oklahoma Citynewspaperman, has been named chief of the newsbureau of the Veterans Administration serving thestates of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas and Mis-souri. He has headquarters at St . Louis, Missouri .He served as a reporter, covering the statehouse,

from 1931 to 1937, when he joined the AssociatedPress at Kansas City, Missouri .

In February 1942, Mills enlisted in the Army,and he was commissioned a second lieutenant aftercompleting the officers candidate school at FortSill . He served with the 20th Field Artillery of theFirst Army in France and Germany. He was dis-charged last April with the rank of captain .

After his discharge from the Army, Mills re-joined the Associated Press, serving as a staff mem-ber in the St . Louis bureau .

Ralph E. Gilchrist, '311aw, is now an attorneyassociated with the firm of Ebright, Smith, andGilchrist in Wichita, Kansas . He was dischargedfrom the Navy in December, 1945 .

Lindsay G. Morgan, '30-'31, is now districtgeologist for Cities Service Oil Company in Wichi-ta, Kansas He formerly was located in Olney, Illi-nois, with the same company.G. C. Loving, '311aw, Clinton, has been appoint-

ed County Judge of Custer County . He served inthe European Theater of Operations with the Army .

Carl S. Woodward, '31ms, recently returnedfrom military service and is associate professor ofphysics at Central State College, Edmond .

-1932-Carl A. Ransbarger, '32ma, former principal of

Chickasha High School, is now principal at Sa-pulpa.

Carl A. Ransbarger, '32ma, former principal ofChickasha High School, is now principal at Sa-pulpa.CROWTHER-SEBASTIAN : Lucy Norah Crow-

ther, Edgerton Hall, Huderfield, England, and Dr .Jefferson J. B. Sebastian, '326s, '36bs, 36ms, Okla-homa City, were married in June in London . Dr .Sebastian (lid graduate work under Gray Turnerat the London Post-Graduate Medical School . Helater attended the Royal Infirmary at the Collegeof Surgeons, Edinburgh, Scotland . During the war

he served as resident surgeon in the HuderfieldRoyal Infirmary . Later he was at the RotherhamGeneral Hospital and served for four years assenior surgeon at the Warnesfrod General Hos-pital, Leamington Spa, England. The couple ar-rived recently to establish a home in OklahomaCity .

Morris Pitman, '326s, is district superintendentwith the Standard Oil Company, stationed in Vene-zuela.

Roland L. Beck, '26ma, '32ph.d, is director ofthe Demonstration School and is teaching measure-ments in the education department at Central StateCollege, Edmond .

ROBERT PARK

VAN DYKE

-1933-Robert :%1t1o Park, '33journ, has rejoined the

Oklahoma City bureau ofthe Associated Press afterthree years' service in theNavy during which he didpublic relations work inAlabama and Oklahoma .

Park worked on news-papers at Okmulgee, Law-ton and Bristow beforejoining the Associated Pressin 1937 . He was commis-sioned a lieutenant juniorgrade, in the Navy in 1943 .He held the rank of lieu-tenant commander when hehe was discharged in Sep-tember .

Harold A. Williams, '33bus, is now owner andoperator of the Union Bus Station Cafe in Wichi-ta, Kansas . He formerly was editor of the BeechAircraft Engineering Magazine in Wichita.

MEYER-GREER : Mrs. Dorothy Lou Meyer,'31-'33, and Charles Howard Greer, Jr ., '27=29,both of Oklahoma City, were married recentlyin Gainesville, Texas. Mrs. Greer was a memberof Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority at the Universi-ty. Mr . Greer was affiliated with Kappa AlphaFraternity .

Paul Hodge, '331aw, and Mrs. Hodge are theparents of a son, Paul, Jr ., born recently in Abi-lene, Texas.

Howard J . Van Dyke, '33journ, city editor ofthe Norman Transcript since 1936, resigned re-

cently from the newspaperto take a position on thepublic relations staff of theCarter Oil Company, Tulsa.Among Van Dyke's du-

ties will be the editorshipof the Link, the oil com-pany's employe magazine .He worked for about a

year on the Norman Tran-script as a reporter, resign-ing in 1934 to join theSherman (Texas) Demo-crat .

Besides his work as cityeditor of the Transcript,Van Dyke has written a

front-page column, "The Press Box," which haswon prizes in the Oklahoma state fair newspapercontests .

1934-

COX-DRITCH : Rosalee Cox, Tonkawa, andMorris Dritch, '33-'34, Enid, were married August18 in Ponca City. Mr. Dritch is owner of the Amer-ican Iron and Steel Works at Ponca City wherethe couple is at home.Maj. Roy E. Grantham, '346a, '341aw, '40m .ed,

Ponca City, now stationed in Berlin, was chiefprosecutor for the government in the trial andconviction of WAC Captain Durant in the milliondollar jewel theft case .

John H. Kuhlman, '30-'34, Norman, and Mrs.Kuhlman are the parents of a daughter, MaryKatherine, born October 24 in Norman.

Tate Fry, '34fa, Norman, died recently in Lub-bock, Texas. Mr. Fry had been in ill health sincehe was discharged from the Navy last year .The housing shortage along with the "no room

to let" signs that adorn the hotel lobbies and desksthroughout America had no effect on a numberof enterprising Sooner Alumni of Miami, Okla-homa, when it came to making the annual trek to

' Dallas to see the Longhorn-Sooner football gamethis last month. These Miami, Oklahoma, alumsmerely chartered a pullman, tied it on to a trainheaded Dallas way, and proceeded to live in thepullman the two days and nights they were inDallas. Thus, everybody snoozed and enjoyed thegala affair .Among the Miami Alumni who made the trip

were : John R. Wallace, '346a; George Russell,'346a, '341aw, and Mrs. Russell, '31he, '33ms,Picher ; Dr. M. A. Connell, '396s, '32med, andMrs. Connell, Picher ; B. T. Owens, '406a, andMrs. Owens, '43he.

Dr . F. L. Fordice, '34d .ed, is a professor of Eng-lish at Central State College, Edmond .Maj. Roy E. Grantham, '346a, '34116, '40ed,

Staff Judge Advocate, now in Berlin, recently re-established contact with the O.U . alumni office .Major Grantham, prior to his entry in the service,some five years ago, was head of the public speak-ing department of the Ponca City High School .There is a very interesting note in his letter below,about the WAC Captain Durant . Indeed, it is sig-nificant that one of our law graduates was the"prosecuting attorney" in this world-wide famouscase, while just a few months ago, Lt . Col. CarmenC. Harris, '291aw, who is now back in OklahomaCity, was the judge Advocate prosecuting forGeneral Eisenhower the famous European casewherein the network of the black market wasbroken . These O.U . legal grads have gone far intheir work! Major Grantham's letter reads asfollows :

"Berlin, Germany"It has been a long time since I wrote to or

heard from you. However, I have often heardfrom you indirectly through others .

"Recently I had a letter from Eudean, tellingme how happy she was about her job in the speechdepartment at Tulsa University . She also spoke ofyou in the letter . She, like most of us from O.U .,thinks a lot of you."At the present time I am engaged in the prose-

cution of some rather big black market cases . Istarted these cases as soon as I had finished theprosecution of WAC Captain Durant in the Kron-berg Jewel Case.

"Ted, please have the Sooner Magazine startedto me, and let me know what the annual dues arefor the Association, and I shall send the moncv.

"There is considerable talk among the officershere about the O.U . football team . It looks good .

"Give my regards to everyone ."

-1935-Maxwell McCurdy, '356a, recently discharged

from the Navy, is now co-editor and publisher ofthe Purcell Register . He also is local commanderof the Veterans of Foreign Wars .

Maj. Bill J . Tutin, '356us, Gotebo, has recentlybeen assigned as executive of the 89th Field Ar-tillery battalion in Osaka, Japan."How to Write Good Credit Letters," a book

written by William H. Butterfield, '35ma, formerchairman of the department of business com-tnunication at the University, has been releasedby the National Retail Credit Association, St. Louis,Missouri .

In his new book, Mr. Butterfield analyzes com-mon faults in credit department letters . The vol-ume also contains many excerpts from actual let-ters, showing causes and effects of poor corre-spondence methods.Mr . Butterfield is now educational director of

the National Retail Credit Association and editorof its better letters service . The newest book ishis 13th on business letter writing .Mrs. Butterfield is the former Virginia Shire,

'356a, of Ponca City .

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-193s-

Hale Wingfield, '36journ, has been appointeddirector of the public relations department of'the American Hotel Association and will maintain offices at the A.H.A .'s New York head-

quarters .

Wingfield Named P.R . DirectorHale Wingfield, '36journ, has been appointed as

director of the public relations department of theAmerican Hotel Association. He returned this pastsummer from commanding a Counter IntelligenceCorps headquarters in Korea.

After entering the Army in grade of private andserving as Public Relations noncom, Wingfield re-ceived his commission from the 42nd "Rainbow"Division . . He is a reservist in Military Intelligence.The new director of public relations for A.H.A .

was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas . Wingfield at-tended the University on a scholarship awardedby the Kiwanis Club of Tulsa. He worked duringcollege summer vacations as night clerk and audi-tor in a 120-room hotel. Wingfield also is a formermagazine managing editor .Whether traveling on business or for pleasure,

Wingfield has become personally acquainted withhotels in communities of all sizes in 42 states andseven foreign countries .

Charles McKinney, a graduate of the Universityof Oklahoma School of journalism in 1936, re-cently became public relations director for the WarAssets Administration at Tulsa. He worked fora time as advertising salesman and reporter onthe Sapulpa Democrat News, resigning in 1937 tojoin the Okmulgee Daily Times. In 1938 he be-came a copyreader on the Tulsa World.

During the war McKinney served as a publicinformation executive for the office of price ad-ministration and later as a regional press and radioofficer for the organization in Dallas, Texas.

George Sam Ingalls, '36med, has opened anoffice for the practice of psychiatry in Baltimore,Maryland .

Harry G. Foreman, '366a, '371aw, has returnedto Vinita to practice law after serving with theArmy for three years.

Clyde McGinnis, '36educ, is now employed asa salesman for Buck's Sporting Goods in OklahomaCity.

Justin T. Crane, '36, Oklahoma City, and Mrs.Crane are the parents of a son, David, born Octo-ber 3. Mr . Crane, who served 39 months in theCoast Guard, is now an adjuster with the FireCompanies Adjustment Bureau in Oklahoma City .

Douglas D. Howard, '36bs, has accepted a posi-tion as geologist with the Creole Petroleum Corpo-ration, Maracaibo, Venezuela. He is now attendingthe company's Induction School until January,1947.

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W. L. Lampkin, '32-'36, is now working witha contractor's company located in Los Angeles, Cali-fornia .

Lt. Col. F. D. Livermore, '36eng, recently re-ceived a regular Army commission and is now sta-tioned at Augusta Arsenal, Augusta, Georgia. Hewas selected as one of ten ordnance officers to studywith the U.S . Steel Corporation in Detroit, Michi-gan. He will report to his new post in Decemberand study there for one year .

-1937-Walter Goodstein, '37journ, former Oklahoma

newspaperman, has resigned from the job of pub-lic relations director for the Louisiana departmentof veterans' affairs to become editor-in-chief of theBaton Rouge (Louisiana) American.

After free-lancing in Brooklyn, New York, fora time, he joined the Muskogee Daily Phoenix in1939 as a reporter. He went to the Lake Charles(Louisiana) American Press in 1941, staying thereuntil his enlistment in the Marine Corps in 1942 .He was discharged in November, 1945, with therank of master technical sergeant .

After his discharge, Goodstein worked for atime for the Lake Charles newspaper, resigningto take the job with the Veterans Administrationlast February .

Harral J. Scott, '37bfa, Sulphur, is now employedas a trainee in hotel management at the ArtesianHotel, Sulphur. He received his discharge from theArmy in March. Previous to his military servicehe had been public school music instructor inSulphur High School, Weleetka High School andFort Smith Junior High School .SILER-REYNOLDS : The wedding of Mary Jane

Siler, Oklahoma City, and Glenn E. Reynolds,'36-'37, also of Oklahoma City, was an event ofJune 22 in Oklahoma City . Mr . Reynolds wasa member of Delta Upsilon Fraternity at the Uni-versity . He was discharged after three and one-half years with the Army . He is associated withhis father in the floral business in Oklahoma City .

Jerome "Shocky" Needy, '37bs, recreational di-rector of the City of Houston, Texas, has been ap-pointed assistant basketball coach at the University .He reported at the University November 1 .

After six years in Venezuela for the Creole Pe-troleum Corporation, Tim Calaway, '37, has re-turned to the Carter Oil Company as division per-sonnel manager for Oklahoma and Kansas . He ismarried to the former Mary Jo Flynn, '35, Granite,and they have three daughters. Two daughterswere born in Venezuela and one in Oklahoma .

Richard L. Disney, Jr ., '37journ, is working onhis new assignment as news analyst for the Nation-al Housing Agency in Washington, D.C .T. T. Calaway, '376us, recently returned from

New York where he spent a month on a specialcourse of Refinery Personnel Administration withthe Carter Oil Company. He is being transferredfrom Seminole to Carter's Northwest Division atBillings, Montana, where he will be Assistant Divi-sion Personnel Manager. R. B. Curran, '33geo1, isemployed in the same office in Billings .

Dr . Roy W. Jones, '37ph.d, has returned frommilitary service and is acting Dean of Men at Cen-tral State College, Edmond .

-1938-BENNINGFIELD-WILEY : Waneve Benning-

field, Buffalo, and B. F. Wiley, '37-'38, OklahomaCity, were married September 7 in Oklahoma City .The couple is at home in Oklahoma City.

Lloyd Paxton, '386us, recently a comptroller forthe Standard Oil Company, in Egypt, has beentransferred to an accounting position in Budapest,Hungary.

Fred Herringel, III, and Mrs. Herringel, the for-mer Margaret King, '38ba, Short Hills, New Jersey,are the parents of a son, Fred, IV, born November1 in Short Hills.

Ralph King, '37-'38, recently was made managerof Allison's Grocery in Anadarko following his re-lease from the Navy. Mr . and Mrs. King are theparents of a daughter born in September in theAnadarko Hospital .

W. R. Wolfe, '26bs, '38elec.eng, has been trans-ferred from the Muskogee office of the OklahomaGas and Electric Company to the Oklahoma Cityoffice .

-1939-Mary Margaret Harrison, '39m.ed, Gotebo, was

recently named instructor in religious educationand director of field work at Union College, Bar-bourville, Kentucky. Since her graduation from theUniversity, Miss Harrison has attended ScarrittCollege, Nashville, Tennessee, and has held posi-tions as a teacher in public schools at Gotebo andOcina.N. E. Waid, '39, Fletcher, is employed by the

Santa Maria Valley Credit Bureau, Santa Maria,California . Mr . Waid received his discharge fromthe Army Air Force last October.NAIR-AXLEY : Mildred Nair, Vinita, and Wil-

lard L. Axley, '39, Alcoa, Tennessee, were marriedJuly 26 in Tulsa. Mr . Axley is employed with theWade-Barrow and Guthrie, accounting firm inTulsa.

John P. Harkey, Jr ., '39, was sworn in as com-manding officer of the Organized Naval Reserveon the campus recently . The newly organized divi-sion is one of nine divisions in Oklahoma . It willconsist of 10 officers and 200 enlisted men.

Dr . Had D. Mansur, '39med, is now specializingin the eye, ear, nose and throat at the Jefferson Da-vis Hospital, Houston, Texas. Previous to enteringschool this fall he had been in private practicein Ardmore and served five years in the MedicalCorps of the Army.

Gene Corrotto, '39ed, has returned to SeminoleHigh School as football coach after serving withthe Army.COOPER-LAIR: The marriage of Gladys Coop-

er, '39, '46, Oklahoma City, to Lee Lair, El Reno,was an event of June 29 . Mrs. Lair, who is an artteacher in Oklahoma City, attended Central StateCollege, Edmond, and Oklahoma City University .She is a member of Kappa Kappa Iota Sorority .Mr . Lair is associated with the Fred Corlee Con-struction Company, El Reno. They have estab-lished a home in Oklahoma City.

Georgia Fay Hunt, '396fa, Norman, has re-enlisted for Army duty in Japan with administra-tive duties .

Byron Amspacher, '39journ, who recently wasdischarged from the Army, has joined the staff ofthe Norman Transcript as a reporter.He joined the staff of the Sulphur Daily News as

city editor in September, 1939 . In 1940 he returnedto Norman to become associated with his fatherin a grocery store.

Lt. J . W. "Bill" Padberg, '38-'39, OklahomaCity, and Lt . (j .g .) Roy N. Bean, '46, Norman,received the Navy Crosses for "extraordinary hero-ism" within four days at Kure harbor on Honshu .

Who says architecture is a man's field? Disprov-ing the male supremacy theory are two womenstudents in the University of Oklahoma Schoolof Architecture. E. CAROL HENDRICK (left),OKLAHOMA CITY, and MRS. LAVERNE F.WALKER (right), YUKON, won two of eightfirst place awards given by the Beaux Arts Insti-tute in a competition for sophomore students. Atotal of 143 students from 15 schools of architec-ture competed in the contest . MRS. WALKERis no longer a student at the University, having

moved to YUKON with her husband.

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John Belcher, '396us, recently discharged fromthe Army, has returned to Venezuela as an account-ant for the Creole Petroleum Corporation, Caracas,Venezuela.Mary Adelaide Sniter, '39h .ec, is a dietitian in

the Baptist Hospital at New Orleans, Louisiana .She was affiliated with Alpha Chi Omega Sororityat the University .Paul Flippin, '39ba, Altus, is now working with

the Altus Times Democrat following his releasefrom the Army.

David De Lana, '39ba, recently returned frommilitary service and is now in business with hisfather in El Reno.

"1940-"Nordholz Under the Sea.

"Dear Mr . Beaird :"You probably remember my being in your office

last August . I was on my way to Germany thenand I finally got here in the middle of Septem-ber. After being shuttled up and down GermanyI finally lit here at Nordholz Air base with a Fight-er Group. I was here only one day when I was toldthat Air Force Headquarters was pulling me outagain. Today, three weeks later, I got my orders toreport to a Negro Signal Battalion at Roth, Ger-many, near Nurnberg .

"This place Nordholz is without a doubt theSiberia of the E.T.O ., the salt mines of the A.A .F .Half way between Bremmerhaven and Cuxhavenon the North Sea, it is a place to drive a man todrink, if there was anything to drink. The suncame out today and the base held an orientation lec-ture to bring some of the old timers up to date onwhat it was. The fog is so bad that you can fre-quently hear ducks and geese swimming about inthe tree tops . A big sea plane came in the otherday and made a landing a thousand feet above thefield . We sent a sub up to fetch the crew to themess hall .

"Well that's that for now. My new address ap-pears on the envelope, will you see that Mrs. MaryTurnbull gets it so that she can start my copies ofthe 'Sooner' this way? We decided to delay mail-ing any of them until I got a permanent station .

Yours,Maj. Gerald W. Shivers, '40, Signal Corps."

Clarice Baker, '40m .ed, Pryor, is teaching inPolytechnic High School, Riverside, California.She formerly was employed in the Oklahoma Cityschool system .Parker Ledbetter, '40journ, former circulation

employee of the Tulsa World and Tribune, hasbeen named assistant publicity manager for theTulsa Chamber of Commerce and editor of theTulsa Spirit, weekly news organ.

He served for one year as district circulationmanager for the Topeka (Kansas) State journaland joined the circulation promotion staff of theTulsa newspapers in 1941 .

Ledbetter entered the Army in January 1942 .He was commissioned a second lieutenant in theEngineers Corps in 1943 . He served one year inLondon and 18 months in Paris as public relationsofficer and was awarded a Bronze Star for meri-torious service . When he was discharged lastMarch, Ledbetter held the rank of captain.Mrs. E. L. Miller, Duncan, has announced the

engagement of her daughter, Danny Lou, to How-ard G. Mover, Norman.The wedding date has not been set.Miss Miller is a graduate of Duncan High

School and is a junior at the University of Okla-homa where she is studying radio drama. Sheis a member of the Women's League and Y.W.C .A .and recently was elected "Girl of the Year" by theIndependent Men's Association . Her Y.W.C.A . ac-tivities included presentation of the Y.W.C.A . pro-grams over WNAD last year.Mr. Moyer (whose University career was inter-

rupted by the war in 1940) is now a junior in theCollege of Business Administration and is secre-tary of the American Veterans' Committee on theUniversity campus ; a member of the Ruf-Neksand rush captain for Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity .He served with the Army Air Forces for six

years and was a captain when discharged .

DECEMBER, 1946

INSTRUCTORS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA School of Pharmacy were surprisedwhen they observed reports coming in signed "X". What! Illiterates at the O.U . School of Pharmacy?And not one, but two! It turned out, however, that everything was on the up-and-up. Signers of thepapers were the XEZONATOS, GEORGE and FAYE, NORMAN, young couple who had only recently

enrolled, and who of course have a perfect right to sign with "X".

Homer Knowlton, '39-'40, Snyder, is now serv-ing as first in command of all Army bands in theEuropean theater stationed at the U. S. ArmyHeadquarters in Germany.LAYTON-STARKS: Aline Elois Layton, Dun-

can, became the bride of William P. Starks, '38-'40,Oklahoma City, August 11 in Duncan . Mr . Starksis now an engineering student at the University,where he is a member of the band and vice-presi-dent of Kappa Kappa Psi, honorary band frater-nity .

Corp . Hilda Aaron, '39-'40, Oklahoma City .received her discharge from the WAC October27 after serving since March, 1945 . Previous toher Army service she was employed at the FirstNational Bank and Trust Company.A. Lyle Gamel, '40, '46, Norman, and Mrs.

Gamel are the parents of a son, Gary Lyle, bornOctober 21 in Oklahoma City .FISCHER-BISHOP : Doris Jean Fischer, Oklaho-

ma City, and Frank Bishop, Jr ., '406us, Norman,were married October 25 M Oklahoma City . Mrs.Bishop has been employed in the state charities andcorrections department. Mr . Bishop served fouryears in the Army, three years of which were spentoverseas .

Leland H. Procter, '40m.music, is now teachingmusic theory in the New England Conservatory ofMusic, Boston, Massachusetts.

James A. McNeese, Jr ., '40ba, has recently beenappointed assistant county attorney of Kay County .

Ira Monroe, '40law, Clinton, is now assistantCounty Attorney of Custer County following hisreturn from the South Pacific.E. K. Livermore, '40journ, returned to his job

as advertising manager of the Anadarko DailyNews, June 1, after four years service with theArmy Counter-Intelligence Corps. He served inthe Philippines and Japan.

-1941-GARRETT-BERGTHOLD: Margaret Garrett,

'41, Anadarko, and Lt. (j .g .) Frank E. Bergthold,Citrus Height, California, were married July 7in Mare Island, California . Mrs. Bergthold attended

Oklahoma College for Women, Chickasha, andtook her nurses training at Wichita, Kansas . Shehas been at Mare Island since May, 1945, and wasdischarged recently . Lieutenant Bergthold attendedthe University of California, Berkeley, and thecouple has established a home in Davis, California,where he is doing graduate work at the College ofAgriculture.LIEBERMAN-GROSSMAN : Bette Jeanne Lich-

erman, '40-'41, Oklahoma City, and Dr. BernardBarry Grossman, Corpus Christi, Texas, wereunited in marriage October 20 in Oklahoma City .Mr. Grossman is a graduate of the University ofTexas, Austin, and the University of Texas MedicalSchool, Galveston. The couple is at home in CorpusChristi.HALL-BLACK : Zylphia Virginia Hall, '41,

Healdton, and Merlin C. Black, Chickasha, weremarried in August in Durant. Mrs. Black alsoattended Southeastern State College and formerlytaught in the Mountain Home and Graham HighSchools . Mr . Black is a student at SoutheasternState College. The couple is at home in Durant .JERNIGAN-WILKERSON : Katherine Jernigan,

'41, Bethany, became the bride of Vincent W. Wil-kerson, Quay, New Mexico, in September in thehome of the bride's mother . Mrs. Wilkerson hastaught in Quay and Farmington, New Mexico, andwas head of the commerce department of BethanyHigh School . Mr . Wilkerson was graduated fromNew Mexico State Teachers College .

Richard J. Brightwell, '41med, and Mrs.Brightwell, St . Louis, Missouri, are the parents ofa son, Richard Gaines, born October 14 in St . Louis.ENEVOLD-GREENE : Edith Annette Enevold,

Libertyville, Illinois, and Lt. Jack L. Greene, '39-'41, Shawnee, were married June 30 in the gardenat the home of the bride's parents . Lietenant Greenealso attended Kansas City Dental College, KansasCity, Missouri .BELVIN-FRAZIER : Louise Belvin, '41, Durant,

became the bride of Howard W. Frazier, also ofDurant, August 11 in the home of the bride's par-ents . The couple is at home in Durant where heis attending Southeastern State College .

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MOSS-ROBERTS : Willye Frances Moss, Nor-folk, Virginia, and Lt. Comdr. Charles Clay Rob-erts, Jr ., '416a, Pawnee, were married June 7 inMeadowbrook, Virginia . Mrs. Roberts is a mem-ber of Chi Omega Sorority at the University ofNorth Carolina, Chapel Hill . Commander Robertsis a former editor of the Sooner Yearbook, a mem-ber of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, and of Phi DeltaPhi, legal fraternity . He is now an instructor innaval science and tactics at the University of Mis-souri.COZART-MILLER: Virginia Anne Cozart,

Memphis, Tennessee, and Willis Parker Miller,'38-'41, Oklahoma City, were married in late Junein the home of the bridegroom's parents . The cou-ple is at home in Memphis, where Mr . Miller isenrolled in the Southern College of Optometry.After his graduation in March the couple will beat home in Oklahoma City .I-IAULSEE-O'LOUGHLIN : The marriage of

Charlotte Haulsee, '41ba, Wewokta, to Charles P.O'Loughlin, '35-'40, Oklahoma City, was an eventof October 24 in Holdenville. During the war Mrs.O'Loughlin was a lieutenant junior grade in theWAVES and was stationed in Washington, D.C .She is at present a member of the faculty of theWewoka city schools . She was a member of PiBeta Phi Sorority at the University . Mr . O'Loughlinserved as a lieutenant in the Field Artillery in theEuropean theater of operations for 18 months . Hehas resumed his work with the Oil Well ServicingCompany in Wcwoka . The couple is at home inWewoka. -

Earnest T. Hoberecht, '41ba, has been creditedwith writing the first popular novel "for the post-war Japanese trade." The book is entitled "TokyoRomance." Mr . Hoberecht was Norman correspond-ent for the Daily Oklahoman and Oklahoma CityTimes while he was in school . Early in the war hejoined the United Press and was assigned to coverGeneral MacArthur's headquarters in Tokyo.

Dr . A. Monroe Mansur, '40=41, has opened hisoffice for practice of dentistry in Paris, Texas.

HF.z BUSSEY, ROBLICr HANBY

There's something about O.U .! . . . After meet-ing in a prison camp (luring the summer of 1943at Osaka, Japan, where they were the unwilling"guests" of the Japanese until they were released byAmerican troops in September, 1945, Hez Bussey(left), '40-'41, Shawnee, and Robert Haney (right),Big Beaver, Michigan, were reunited at Shawneelast July, when Hez was on furlough to enrol atO.U .

Bob, who was visiting Hez at that time, droppedover to see the campus, liked it, and decided toenrol with Hez at the University, where they arenow roommates. Both are freshmen in the Uni-versity College.A former Army Artilleryman, Hez was captured

by the Japanese on Bataan . Bob, formerly of theMarine Corps, was taken prisoner on Corregidor.

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Thurman J. White, '41ms, director of audio-visual department, has returned from Chicagowhere he served as a representative of the Educa-tional Film Library Association to the joint com-mittee for the study of adult education .COHEN-HORNER : Ann Cohen, West New

York, New Jersey, became the bride of Sam Horn-er, '39-'41, Okmulgee, recently in New York. Mr .Horner was affiliated with Pi Lambda Phi Frater-nity. The couple is at home in Luling, Texas.Lt . O. R. Christian and Mrs. Christian (Anne

Hait, '41mus .ed) are the parents of a daughter,Ann Lee, who was born recently in Annapolis,Maryland .

Margaret E. Dunlap, '41soc .wk, Enid, is em-ployed as private secretary for Gordon Crary ofHutton Company, Brokers, Los Angeles, Califor-nia.CAMP-TIREY : The wedding of Mary Elizabeth

Camp, '44-'46, Buffalo, to Lucius C. Tirey, Jr.,'38-'41, Quinton, was an event of October inNorman . Mr. and Mrs. Tirey have established ahome in Norman where they are both seniors atthe University.

Charles 1 . Kemp, '42me, is shown here operatingthe control panel of a machine for high speedtests on ball thrust bearings to be used for gasturbine applications at the Westinghouse ResearchLaboratories. Kemp recently joined Westinghouse

as a member of the graduate student course .

BYNUM-FORD : The marriage of GwendolynBynum, Indianola, and Sgt. Cecil L. Ford, Jr.,'39-'41, Safford, Arizona, was an event of Sep-tember 1 in McAlester . Mrs. Ford attended Okla-homa College for Women, Chickasha. SergeantFord was a member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity .He has been stationed a6 the Naval AmmunitionDepot since his return from the Pacific .

Robert L. Wheeler, '41ba, and John Wheeler,'381aw, are practicing law in Tulsa.

Ferd . P. Snider, II, '416s, is now associated withthe U.S . Geological Survey stationed in Pana, Illi-nois .

Jack I. Laudermilk, '34ba, '41eng, since his re-turn to civilian professional life this year, has beenelected to membership in the A.I .M .E ., AmericanPetroleum Institute, Veterans of Foreign Wars,American Legion and Field Artillery Association.He was recently notified of his selection as one ofthe outstanding men in the petroleum industry andrequested to furnish biographical data for inclusionin the new edition of Who's Who In Commerce &Industry . He has also received a special invitationfrom Who's Who In Engineering, with a requestfor similar data for consideration for the next issueof this work . He is now faculty sponsor of his localA.I .M .E . chapter-The Cooney Mining Club of theNew Mexico School of Mines. Mrs. Laudermilk(Mary Theresa Gittings,'351ib .sci) and Jack, maketheir home in Socorro, New Mexico .

FRANK SINATRA ENROLLED AT THEUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA School ofPharmacy? No, but you'll agree hat DUAYNNEHATCHETT, BETHANY, sophomore, leaninginto a microphone looks a whole lot like Sinatra .DUAYNNE'S talent, however, is not for singingbut for sketching, drawing and lettering, whichabilities he will eventually combine with his

education in pharmacy.

-1942-Helen Cooper, '421ib .sci, Hobart, has been named

librarian of the Western Pacific Base Command onGuam recently .EDWARDS-WILLIAMS : Agnes Edwards, Lake

Placid, New York, and Leonard C. Williams, Jr .,'41-'42, Oklahoma City, were married in earlySeptember in Oklahoma City . Mr Williams is ajunior at the University and the couple is at homein Norman .

Capt . Brice Moore, '426a, is serving with theArmy Transportation Corps. He flew 57 missionsin the European theater of operations .

Several former University students are now inprofessional football in top national teams. TheWashington Redskin's claim Jack Jacobs, '38-'42,Sooner tailback ; Leo Presley, '41-'42, and RalphSchilling, '39-'40, both ends. Neither of the wing-men saw varsity service at O.U ., however.

Orville Tuttle, former line coach for Oklahoma,is now playing with the New York Giants ; RogersEason, '38-'41, tackle for the Los Angeles Rams ;Huel Hamm, '39-'42, Detroit Lions; and FrankIvy, '40bs, end, Chicago Cards.Maude Ellen Cammack, '42ed, is now an instruc-

tor of English at Morris Harvey College, and pianoinstructor at Galperin School of Music, Charles-ton, West Virginia .BROOKS-BROOKS: Billie June Brooks, '42,

Ardmore, became the bride of Ben Starling Brooks,Grapevine, Texas, in the Little Chapel in the Woodsat Texas State College for Women, Denton, October6. Mrs. Brooks attended the University andT.S .C.W.

John B. Freeman, '426us, has been appointedregional editor for the Adult Education Journalpublished by the Department of Adult Education inthe N.E .A . His territory includes Oklahoma, Kan-sas, Missouri and New Mexico .

Milton McWilliams, Jr., '42ba, is now attend-ing the Church Divinity School of the Pacific atBerekeley, California, preparing to enter the min-istrv of the Episcopal Church .THIERY-KEMP : Suzanne Thiery, Indianapolis,

Indiana, became the bride of Benny Brock Kemp,'42, Blackwell, recently in Rochester, New York.

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Mr. Kemp at present is a student at the EastmanSchool of Music where he is a member of Phi MuAlpha, national honorary music fraternity . He wasdischarged from the Marine Corps after serving22 months in the Pacific theater . The couple is athome in Rochester .Elmo Heerwald, '426us, and Mrs. Heerwald

(Betty Blanton, '43ed) are the parents of a son,John Frederick, born October 14 in Norman.BARLOW-WRIGHT : Margaret Barlow, Sapulpa,

and Charles N. Wright, Jr ., '42, Marlow, weremarried July 6 in Oklahoma City . They have estab-lished a home in Duncan where Mr . Wright is em-ployed with a transfer company.

Lt. Charles P. Powell, '38-'42, Muskogee, waskilled on Guam on June 9.

-1943-BOONS-FULLER : The marriage of Margie Rae

Boone, Sentinel, and Paul Raymond Fuller, seniorin the College of Arts and Sciences, Oklahoma city,was an event of August 3 in Sentinel . Mrs. Fullerattended Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee,and Oklahoma College for Women, Chickasha. Mr .Fuller was in service two and one-half years. Hewill complete work on a degree this spring .CHEADLE-DUNHAM : Marion Hayden Cheadle,

'42-'43, Oklahoma City, became the bride of Rob-ert Jacob Dunham, '42-'43, Andrews, Texas, Au-gust 18 in Oklahoma City . The couple has estab-lished a home in Norman where they are bothenrolled in the University .

Robert P. Evans, '43geol, Little Rock, Arkansas,has received his discharge from the Navy afterserving 19 months overseas . He is a member ofSigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity.BELL-COIT: Nancy Bell, Ann Arbor, Michi-

gan, and Milton K. Coit, '43ba, Oklahoma City,were married August 24 in Detroit, Michigan . Mrs.Coit attended the University of Michigan, AnnArbor. Mr . Coit served 37 months in the Armyand is working on a master's degree in Englishat the University of Michigan .BAYNE-LYKINS : Carolyn Elise Bayne, '43,

Shawnee, and Lt . (j .g.) Robert Willis Lykins, Jr .,'46md, Commerce, were married recently in Phila-delphia . Mrs. Lykins was a member of KappaAlpha Theta Sorority at the University . LieutenantLykins is a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity andPhi Beta Pi, medical fraternity .MOORS-FORD : Dorothy Moore, Orange, Texas,

and Lejoy Dale Ford, '41-'43, Moore, were mar-ried July 13 at Orange. Mr . Ford served two yearsand nine months in the Army Engineers and hasreturned to the University to complete work fora degree .

Glenn P. Bradley, '39-'43, and Mrs. Bradley(Marjorie Givens, '436us) are the parents of a(laughter, Janet Bruce, born October 21 .

Funeral services were held recently in Alpha,California, for Lt . David Grube, '43bs, who diedat Letterman General Hospital in San Franciscofrom injuries received in an accident in Germanyon June 6. Lieutenant Grube received his degreein engineering and has served in the Signal Corpsof the Army, stationed in Germany since Febru-ary, 1946. He was seriously injured in an acci-dent involving a jeep and later was flown to theUnited States for treatment for complication aris-ing from the accident .

Patricia Elliott, '43ma, is now secretary of theInstitute Cultural Perunano-Norteamericano inLima, Peru .RILEY-PAINS: Mrs. Pauline Jones Riley, Okla-

homa City, became the bride of Allie Paine, '40-'43,Oklahoma City, July 27 in the Maywood Presby-terian Church, Oklahoma City . The couple is athome in Oklahoma City where Mr. Paine is attend-ing Oklahoma City University.

William Allen is the name chosen for the sonborn to James W. Clopton, '43bs, '45md, andMrs. Clopton. Mr . Clopton is a lieutenant juniorgrade stationed at the Marine Hospital in Peiping,China.DEGARIMORE-WESTBROOK : The marriage

of Patricia Sue Degarimore, Tulsa, and WilliamEdwin Westbrook, Jr ., '42-'43, Konawa, was an

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event of July 26 in Tulsa. The couple is at homein Norman where they are attending the Univer-sity .CAWLEY-DOPLER : Muriel Cawley, '42-'43,

Drumright, became the bride of John LawrenceDopler, '43bs, Ardmore, June 30 in Drumright.Mrs. Dopler was supervisor of the Exchange Sectionof the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C .She attended St . Louis University, St . Louis, Mis-souri, Rosary College, Chicago, Illinois, and Uni-versity of Laval, Quebec, Canada . Mr. Dopler tookpost graduate courses at Columbia University, NewYork City, and Cornell University in Ithaca, NewYork . The couple is at home in Ardmore.GENTRY-BRIMER : Wilma Gentry, Princeton,

Missouri, and Dr . E. L. Brimer, Jr ., '43, Wilson,were married July 12 in Kansas City, Missouri . Dr .Wilson attended the School of Dentistry of theUniversity of Kansas City .

Billy Bruce Johnson, '43bus, former Pi KappaAlpha, is now working on his master's degree inbusiness administration at Stanford University, Cal-ifornia.Joe S. Wallace, '431aw, is now working in the

legal department of the Veteran's Administrationin Muskogee, where he is in charge of investiga-tion service and makes all court appearances in re-gard to the Veteran's Administration .

Assistant attorneys in the same office are HenryO. Boatright, '381aw, Muskogee ; Claude J . Perry,'371aw, Tulsa ; and T. Jean Reed,'38law, Nowata .Other University graduates in the office are Wil-liam Harold Landrum, '341aw, former assistantU.S . District Attorney, and Joseph W. Howard,'221aw, former assistant U.S . Attorney and nowassistant chief attorney for the Veteran's Adminis-tration .

Dr . D. W. McCauley, '43md, and Mrs. McCau-ley, former Ysleta Budd, '41ed, are making theirhome in Clinton, where Dr . McCauley is associatedin practice with the McBurney clinic .

Capt. J . J . Dulin, '43bs, has accepted a teachingposition in the College of Engineering at the Uni-versity of Arkansas, Fayetteville . Captain Dulin re-turned from Japan September 1 . Mrs. Dulin is theformer Margaret Ann Wardell, '46geol, daughterof Dr . and Mrs. M. L. Wardell.

1944-Jack Wiggins, '43-'44, Oklahoma City, recently

returned from 15 months service in the Pacific andhas enrolled at the University for his junior year .He is a member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity .SWANSON-BROYLES: Betty Jane Swanson,

'446a, Oklahoma City, became the bride of GastonMaddox Broyles, '42, also of Oklahoma City, July21 in the First Presbyterian Church . Mrs. Broyleswas a member of Alpha Lambda Delta, Eta SigmaPhi, Kappa Delta Pi and Phi Beta Kappa at theUniversity. Following her graduation she was em-ployed by the American Airlines . Mr . Broyles spent18 months overseas and was discharged after threeand one-half years of service .FORSTON-ABBOTT : Verna Ruth Forston, '44,

Shawnee, and Lowell W. Abbott, White Pigeon,Michigan, were married June 25 in Shawnee. Mrs.Abbott also attended Oklahoma Baptist University,Shawnee.

Joseph F. Potaki, '44hus, Springfield, Massachu-setts, acted as official delegate for the Universityat the recent inauguration of Paul M. Limbert asthe sixth president of the Springfield College .John B. Leake, '446s, who, a few brief months

aum was in submarine deep hlue work, now lives the"life of Rilev." Recently Ted Beaird received fromJohn the following note :"Thanks for the certificate of life Membership.

I plan to put it to some use in the future forclass reunions ."As for news items about alumni-Ha! Ha! I

barely get to town once a week . The only alumnusaround here is a lawyer named Al Wright who wasProsecutor for Stone County the last three terms.He's a law grad of the late teens or early '20's ."As for Ruth and I-we're just farming, fishing,

hunting and loafing in an Ozark retreat."Charles C. Weddle, '44pharm, Oklahoma City,

and Mrs. Weddle (Virginia Ann Cleveland, '41-'43) are the parents of a son, Charles Calvin, bornin August in Oklahoma City .

They head the show! Ben Head, '42bus, Oklahoma City, recently returned from the Pacific war theaterto complete work on a law degree at O.U ., took over the reins he relinquished in 1941 and staged 0bigger and better Homecoming parade as its marshall . Mary Lou Stubbeman, '45bus, Norman, directorof Union activities, and Head shaped together the multitude of details and co-ordinated the dozens

of committees in staging the Homecoming Celebration .

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McCOY-CURRY: Quanah Louise McCoy, LongBeach, California, became the bride of Jim CollinsCurry, '44, Blanchard, on June 23 in the GraceCommunity chapel, Long Beach. Mr . Curry hasrecently been discharged from the Navy with therank of lieutenant (j .g .)CALL-POYNOR: Sara Sue Call, '43-'44, Caddo,

became the bride of John B. Poynor, '42, KansasCity, Missouri, on May 25 in Caddo. Mr . Poynorhas recently received his discharge from the Army.The couple is making their home in Kansas City.MILLER-BALGINY : Evelyn Miller, '44ba,

(laughter of Ralph Miller, '246us, '41ma, recentlymarried John Balginy of Brooklyn. They now re-side in Brooklyn, N. Y. Evelyn received a master'sdegree from Yale University in June '46 in nursing.

Betty Jane Roberts, '44ba, has completed herstudies at the University of Minnesota and is nowemployed as an economist with the Department ofLabor, Washington, D. C. Miss Roberts was oneof three graduating students selected from theUniversity of Minnesota School of Public Adminis-tration for an internship with the National Insti-tute of Public Affairs, Washington, D. C.VIEREGG-MOORS: Dorothy Vieregg, '44ba,

Clinton, became the bride of Walter A. Moore,'41-'44, Oklahoma City, July 6 in the First Pres-byterian Church, Clinton. Mr. Moore, who wasrecently discharged from the Navy, was a memberof Delta Tau Delta Fraternity at the University .The couple planned to make their home tempor-arily in Oklahoma City .

A young boy "scat???" Daddy Jimmy McNatt, '41pe, Wichita Falls, Texas, makes a last minute check-upon Jimmy, Jr ., as daughter, Jan, and mother, June Evans McNatt, '40ec, counsel in this family circleabout Jimmy, Jr ., playing on the Sooner basketball team or even the Phillips 66 delegation, both of

which Jimmy, Sr., has been a member.

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-1945-HENRY-BAILEY : The marriage of Margery

Henry, '42-'45, and Lt . James R. Bailey, '43, bothof Bartlesville, was in-September in Bartlesville .Mrs. Bailey is a member of Delta Gamma Sororityand Lieutenant Bailey is a member of Phi DeltaTheta Fraternity . The couple will establish a homein Norman in January where they will continuetheir school work .CHAFFIN-LAWRENCE : Ruth Chaffin, '40-'45,

Lawton, and Eugene P. Lawrence, '34-'35, Ard-more, were married in August in Chickasha. Mrs.Lawrence attended Oklahoma College for Women,Chickasha, and was a member of Mu Phi EpsilonSorority at the University. She has been teachingvocal music education in the Ardmore schools . Mr.Lawrence is a member of Sigma Alpha EpsilonFraternity . He is employed by the ChickasawLumber Company at Ardmore, where the couplehas established a home .SCHULTS-SCHALL : Ramona Schults, '44-'45,

Seminole, and Fritz W. Schall, '43bs, Seminole,were married July 14 in Seminole . Mrs. Schall hasbeen a teacher in the Seminole High School andSeminole Junior College for the past four years. Mr .Schall served 39 months in the Navy and held therank of lieutenant when he was discharged .MORRIS-BULLINGTON: Betty Jean Morris,

Gould, became the bride of Wallace Neff Bulling-ton, '44-'45, Hollis, August 11 in the home ofthe bride's parents. The couple has established ahome in San Francisco, California, where he isstationed with the Merchant Marines.

DUFFY-DONNELL: Virginia Duffy, '44-'45,Ponca City, became the bride of Albert Miles Don-nell, '46, Oklahoma City, August 3 in Ponca City .Mrs. Donnell is a member of Kappa Alpha ThetaSorority . Mr. Donnell attended Pasadena JuniorCollege and San Diego State College . The couplehas established a home in Norman where he is ajunior in the School of Business Administration .

Donald Fears, '44-'45, Norman, National HonorSociety student, recently received an appointmentto Annapolis after serving a year and one-half inthe Navy.

Wesley Moore, '451aw, Talihina, has been ap-pointed to the foreclosure department legal staff ofthe School Land Commission in Oklahoma Cite .SMITH-Di VECCHIO: Lois Jane Smith, '43-'45,

Norman, and Arthur Di Vecchio, San Gabriel,California, were married in September in LasVegas, Nevada. The couple established a home inSan Gabriel .EVANS-CASEY: Phyllis Evans, '45soc .wk,

Amarillo, Texas, and Vincent J . Casey, '45bs, LasVegas, Nevada, were married October 5 in Ama-rillo. Mr . Casey is a former V-12 student at theUniversity . The couple has established a home inGlendale, California.

Glen Fowler, Jr ., '45, Oklahoma City, partici-pated in both the recent atomic bomb tests atBikini .HOAGLAND-ROSS : Betty Lou Hoagland, '44-

'45, Oklahoma City, became the bride of JohnHarry Ross, San Francisco, July 14 in OklahomaCity . The couple has established a home in Okla-homa City while he is attending the University.

McGAW-CAHOON : Genevieve M. McGaw, Mc-Keesport, Pennsylvania, became the bride of RobertH. Cahoon, Jr ., '45, Muskogee, June 20 in Mc-Keesport . Mrs. Cahoon is a graduate of the Univer-sity of Pittsburgh . Mr . Cahoon is now a studentat the University of Pittsburgh. He is a memberof Delta Tau Delta Fraternity .

M. Alice Dunlap, '451ib .sci, Enid, is associatedwith the American Library Association in Chicago,Illinois .FARRAR-RICHARDS : Mary Adell Farrar, '45,

Elgin, became the bride of Cpl. James Richards,Cache, in July in Lawton . For the past year Mrs.Richards has been on the faculty of the CacheHigh School . Corporal Richards is stationed at FortSill .

-Virginia Fowler, '45geol, who has been em-

ployed with an oil company in Dallas, Texas, re-turned to the University this fall to complete hermaster's work in geology.

Bruce Miller, '45arch, has been discharged from.the Navy and is doing graduate work at the Uni-versity . He is also teaching part-time.

Shelby R. Smith, '45bs, and Mrs. Smith (Vero-qua Earline Simpson, '4ba) have established a per-manent residence in Richland, Washington . Mr .Smith is now with General Electric Company,as a Health Instruments Engineer, at the HanfordEngineer Works. Mrs. Smith is teaching in Co-lumbia High School as director of dramatics .SOLLENBERGER-COOK: Mary Margaret Sol-

lenberger, '45phys.ed, Norman, became the brideof James Monroe Cook, '46, Lawton, recently inNorman. Mrs. Cook was president of the Women'sAthletic Association. She was recently graduatedfrom Percy Jones Hospital, Battle Creek, Michigan,as a physiotherapist . Mr. Cook is a member ofPhi Kappa Psi Fraternity and is continuing hisstudies at the University .

Chester R. Gates, '45bs, Seminole, is now work-ing on his master's degree at the Massachusetts In-stitute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts .

Miss Elizabeth Lees, '45journ, said on a recentvisit to the University that she expects to receivean appointment to South America as a press at-tache of the State Department .

She will be one of three women serving outsidethe continental limits of the United States in thatcapacity .

After leaving the University, Miss Lees attendedthe Graduate School of journalism at ColumbiaUniversity and received her masters degree thisyear . She has been employed in the public rela-tions department of th W. R. Grace SteamshipLines.

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ATKINS-MUNDY : Ruth Faye Atkins, '45,Oklahoma City, and Walter John Mundy, Jr .,Vista, California, were married June 20 at Idyll-wild, California . The couple has established ahome in Long Beach, California .CONN-ADAMS : Lavada Conn, '44-'45, Lex-

ington, became the bride of Donald Adams, Wal-dron, Arkansas, recently in Lexington. Mrs. Adamshas been employed in the health department atNorman . Mr . Adams attended John Brown Uni-versity in Arkansas .

--1946-PRICK-CASTLE : Patty Price, '46fa, Muskogee,

became the bride of Lt. Johnny Rudd Castle, '43,Eufaula, October 20 in Muskogee . Mrs. Castlemajored in interior decorating and was a mem-ber of Pi Beta Phi Sorority and El Modjii, honor-ary allied arts fraternity . Lieutenant Castle grad-uated from Oklahoma Military Academy, Clare-more and is a graduate of the United States Mili-tary Academy at West Point, New York . He isa member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity .PAYNE-BRINKLEY : Evelyn Lee Payne, '46,

Shawnee, became the bride of Bill Brinkley, '46,Norman, August 16 in Shawnee. Mrs. Brinkley alsoattended Oklahoma Baptist University and wasvice-president of the Baptist Student Union at theUniversity. Mr . Brinkley served in the Army for18 months and is now a sophomore at the Uni-versity . The couple is at home in Norman wherethey will continue their studies .

Dorothy Fester, '46, Oklahoma City, is nowteaching at the Ramsey Company Preventoriumin St . Paul, Minnesota.' LOGAN-FRAZIER : Ruth Frances Logan, '46ms,Hominy and Jay Floyd Frazier, Jr ., '46, OklahomaCity, were married recently . Mrs. Frazier was affil-iated with Delta Gamma Sorority at the Univer-sity . She also attended the University of NorthCarolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina . Mr . Frazieris a member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity .

William D. French, Jr ., '46, Cushing, was pre-sented with three Air Medals at the Universityrecently .WILLIAMS-GARDENHIRE : Emily Williams,

Apelika, Alabama, and Capt . Robert S. Gardenhire,Jr ., '46, Ardmore, were married July 28 inMontgomery, Alabama. Captain Gardenhire alsoattended Oklahoma A. and M. College, Stillwater,and taught chemistry at Rainbow University .GRISHAM-WILSON : Norma Grisham, '46,

Countyline, became the bride of Charles Wilson,Oklahoma City, August l l in Duncan . Mrs. Wilsonattended Oklahoma College for Women, Chicka-sha. The couple is at home in Oklahoma Citywhere he is employed by Mullman Brothers .

James Cantrell, '46, Wagoner, has accepted aposition in the accounting department of the Na-tional Biscuit Company, Oklahoma City .SHINER-CHANEY: Patricia Shiner, Edmond,

and Howard D. Chaney, '44-'46, Edmond, weremarried recently in Oklahoma City . Mr. Chancyis a senior in the School of Business Administra-tion and is a member of Phi Kappa Sigma Fra-ternity .FITE-MULLON: Frances Fite, '45-'46, Musko-

gee, and David Alan Mullon, Port Washington,New York, were married July 16 in Chester, SouthCarolina . Mr . and Mrs. Mullon are at home inCharlotteville, Virginia, where they are studentsat the University of Virginia . Mrs. Mullon attendedVassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York . Mr .Mullen is a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity.BROWN-MOFFIT : Peggy Brown, '45-'46, Mi-

ami, became the bride of John Moffit, '46, Wichita,Kansas, August 3 in Norman . The couple is athome in Norman where he is majoring in petro-leum engineering.BRISON-FEES : Flora Louise Brison, '46, Pitts-

burg, Texas, and J . W. Fees, '43pharm, PondCreek, were married July 18 in the home of thebride's parents . Mrs. Fees attended Texas State Col-lege for Women and was a member of Sigma PiSigma at the University . Mr . Fees was a member ofPhi Delta Chi. The couple is at home in PondCreek.SWEET-HENSLEY: The marriage of Jane Lee

Sweet, '45-'46, Guymon, and Frank E. Hensley,

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Oklahoma City, were married July 1 in Liberal,Kansas . Mrs. Hensley is a member of Alpha Lamb-da Delta, honorary scholastic sorority for women.The couple is at home in Norman where he is at-tending the University .FUDGE-HILL : Mary Ellen Fudge, '45-'46,

Oklahoma City, and Roger S . Hill, Norman, weremarried in July in Oklahoma City . Mr . and Mrs.Hill are both enrolled as students at the University.BAILEY-HOGAN : The marriage of Joanne La

Rue Bailey, '46, Houston, and Ensign GeorgeCalvert Hogan, '46bus, Union, was an event ofJune 23 in Oklahoma City . Mrs. Hogan was amember of Alpha Phi Sorority. Ensign Hogan hasattended the University of North Carolina, ChapelHill ; the University of the South, Sewanee, Ten-nessee ; and received his commission at the Uni-versity. The couple established a home in Bayonne,New Jersey .

Lillie Rose Beach, '46bus, Norman, has been em-ployed with the Braniff International Airways, inthe capacity of reservation clerk in the traffic de-partment in Oklahoma City.RUSSELL-GILMORE : The marriage of Mary

Lou Russell, '46, Norman, and Harry Herbert Gil-more, '41-'43, also of Norman, was an event ofOctober 26 in Oklahoma City . The couple is athome in Norman where Mr. Gilmore will con-tinue his work for a degree in geology.BOONE-FULLER : Margie Rae Boone, Sentinel,

became the bride of Paul Raymond Fuller, '42-'43,'45-'46, Oklahoma City, August 3 in Sentinel . Mrs.Fuller attended Oklahoma College for Women,Chickasha. The couple is at home in Norman wherethev are both students at the University .T,ESLIE-MONTGOMERY : Mary Sue Leslie, '44-

'46. became the bride of James D. Montgomery, Jr .,'42-'43, both of Enid, early in July in Enid . Mrs.Montgomery is a member of Delta Delta DeltaSorority and served as treasurer and president ofthe pledge class. She was also a member of juniorPanhellenic . Mr . Mnntgomcrv graduated fromKemner Military Academy and was affiliated withPhi Delta Theta Fraternity at the University, Forthe last six months he has been attending Babson'sInstitute at Babson Park, Massachusetts . The coupleis at home in Massachusetts .YATES-WHITT OCK: Peg,v Lee Yates, Fletch-

er, and Robert Truman Whitlock, '46, Apache,were married August 3 in Fletcher. The couple isat home in Lawton where they are attending Cam-eron Junior College,Wavne K. Smauder, '40-'43 . '46, has returned

to the University following his release from theArmy . He served 19 months in France, AustriaItaly and England. He is a member of Delta Tat;Delta Fraternity.

Robert W. Sullivan, '46law, Norman, and Sig-fried E. Floren, '461aw, Oklahoma City, wererecently elected to the University chapter of theOrder of the Coif, national honorary law fraternity .

Barbara Clason, '46ma, Duncan, is instructor ofFrench and English at the Carnegie Junior College,Carnegie .SETTLE-SCHNEIDER : Bette Jeane Settle, '43-

'46. and H, Carl Schneider, Jr ., '40=42, '45-'46,both of Oklahoma City, were married in Augustin Oklahoma City . Mrs. Schneider is a member ofAlpha Phi Sorority at the University where she isan art major. Mr . Schneider served 27 months inthe south Atlantic and received his discharge inMarch, 1945 . The couple is at home in OklahomaCity.PORTER-PERKY : Rebecca Porter, '46. became

the bride of Robert Norris Berry, '41-'42, '46, bothof Oklahoma City, in August in St . Paul's Episco-pal Church in Oklahoma City . Mrs. Berry wasgraduated from Miss Hockaday's School for Girls,Dallas, studied one year at Vassar College, Pongh-keensie, New York, and was graduated fromFinch Junior College, New York . She is a met" n-her of Pi Beta Phi Sorority at the University . Mr .Berry attended Washington and Lee University%Lexington, Virginia . He is a member of Sigma NuFraternity . The couple is at home in Normanwhere they are continuin, their studies .Thomas C. Smith, Jr ., '461aw, is now associated

with the Howell-Deupree law firm in OklahomaCity . He was graduated from the University ofTennessee, Knoxville.

Woodrow Foster, '46journ, Oklahoma City, hasjoined the staff of the Anadarko Daily News as anadvertising salesman .WILLIAMS-RIDDLE: Martha Ann Williams,

'44-'46, Oklahoma City, became the bride of An-drew B. Riddle, Jr ., '42-'46, Ardmore, in Septem-ber in Oklahoma City . The couple is at home inNorman, where Mr . Riddle is attending the Uni-versity .BEAN-JONES : The marriage of Nancy Battaile

Bean, '46, Evanston, and formerly of OklahomaCity, to John William Jones, '40-'41, '45-'46, wassolemnized in Evanston . Mrs. Jones is a graduate ofMonticello College and is a member of KappaKappa Gamma Sorority at the University . Mr .Jones has returned to the University after servingtwo and a half years in the Signal Corps.VIKAN-HALE : The marriage of Marjorie Ann

Vikan, '46fa, Bottineau, North Dakota, and RobertT.. Hale, Norman, was on August 4 in Bar-tlesville . Mrs. Hale is an art instructor at Weston,Oregon . Mr . Hale is enrolled in Whitnytn College,Walla Walla, Washington,GEATCHFS-CURTISS : Jean Geatehes, '45-'46,

Oklahoma City, became the bride of Dr. WilliamPhelps Curtiss, '46med, Muskogee, in Septemberin Oklahoma City . Mrs. Curtiss attended OklahomaCity University prior to entering the University,where she is a member of Delta Delta Delta Soror-ity. Dr. Curtiss also attended Northeastern StateCollege, Tahlequah and was graduated in March.He is affiliated with Phi Chi, medical fraternity .The couple has established a home in Detroit,Michigan, where Dr . Curb's is serving an intern-ship at Deaconess Hospital .WALLACE-CHADDERDON : The marriage of

Norman Jean Wallace, arts and science junior fromOklahoma City, and Robert G. Chadderdon, '40-'42, '46, Oklahoma City, was an event of earlySeptember in Oklahoma City° . The couple hasestablished a home in Norman where they areboth attending the University .SPRADLIN-ARIZAGA : Lavora Leah Spradlin,

'44-'46, Pauls Valley, and Francisco de Paula Ari-zaga, Jr., '45-'46, Ecuador, S.A ., were married re-cently in Pauls Valley . Mrs. Arizaga is a senior inthe College of Education and served as president ofAlpha Lambda Delta, national honorary scholasticsociety for freshman women. She was also pro-gram chairman of the Y.W.C .A ., scholarship chair-man of the Association of Women Students, ant] amember of the Thalian and French Clubs. Mr .Arizaga attended the Colorado School of Mines,Golden, Colorado, before enrolling in the Uni-versity as a senior. He is a member of SigmaAlpha Epsilon Fraternity.NELSON-BENEAR: The marriage of Jean Nel-

son, '41-'46, Bartlesville, and Robert Byrn Benear,'41-'44, Tulsa, was an event of October 10 inOklahoma City . Mr . and Mrs. Benear have estab-lished a home in Norman where they are bothseniors at the University . Mr . Benear returnedto school this autumn after serving as a lieutenantin the Navy .MATHEWS-BROWN: Mary Louise Mathews,

'45-'46, and J. D. Brown were married October 20in Boswell . Mrs. Brown attended Southern Metho-tlist University, Dallas, and was a member ofGamma Phi Beta Sorority at the University . Mr.Brown is a graduate of Oklahoma A. and M. Col-lege, Stillwater, where he was a member of KappaSigma Fraternity. The couple is at home in Bos-well where the bridegroom is engaged in business .GREEK-McCORD : Patsve Greer, McAlester, and

Jack McCord, '45-'46, McAlester, were marriedin September. Mr . McCord attended OklahomaBaptist University, Shawnee, and served four andone-half years in the armed forces during the war.The couple has established a home in Chicagowhere Mr . McCord is a student at . the Universityof Chicago.PERKINSON-KENNEDY: Billie Perk Perkin-

son, '44-'46, Oklahoma City, became the bride ofJack Gordon Kennedy, '45, Durant, in late Au-gust in Durant . Mrs. Kennedy is affiliated with theChi Omega Sorority. Mr . Kennedy was an N.R .O .T.C. studen t at the University and was on activeduty in Europe for one year . He is now enrolledas a law student at the University .

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