Calling the Roll of Sooner ClassesBy ELIZABETH LEES

_1910-James O. Wails, '10, former director of the

Nashoba Associated Boards of Health in Ayer,Massachusetts, has been appointed commissionerof public health for the city of Worcester, Massa-chusetts .

-1915-TAYLOR-ST. LEWIS : Mrs. Hammond Taylor,

New York City, and Roy St . Lewis, '15law, Wash-ington, D. C., were married July 29 in NewYork City. Mr. St . Lewis, a member of KappaSigma fraternity, is associated with the Wash-ington law firm of Long, St. Lewis and Nyce .He is former U. S. district attorney for Okla-homa and later served as assistant attorney gen-eral of the United States in Washington . Thecouple will be at home at their country estate,Rancho Mio, Rockville, Maryland .

Grace Clark, '196a, '33ma, Chickasha, has beenappointed child welfare consultant for the south-western Oklahoma district of the state child wel-fare program.

-1920-A. Linscheid, '20ma, president of East Central

State College at Ada, spoke on the prospectivecollege curriculum revision in Oklahoma at theCollege Curricula Conference held in OklahomaCity in August . Other alumni participating inthe meeting were M. A. Nash, '19ba, '22ma,chancellor of the Regents for Higher Education,and Governor Kerr, '16.

1922-Eula Roberts, '226a, '29ma, has been employed

as music and grade teacher at Holdenville, herhome town .

-1924-Mrs. Merle Montgomery, '24fa, author of two

music readers for children to be published soon,has joined the faculty of the Eastman School ofMusic at Rochester, New York . She is formerhead of the piano and theory department atSouthwestern Institute of Technology, Weather-ford . At the Eastman School, Mrs. Montgomerywill initiate a new course for children of sevenand eight years. Her music readers are calculatedto create an interest and present music theoryin the language of a child. She has had num-erous children's songs published.

-1926-Mrs. J. A. Bodovitz, Ardmore pioneer and

mother of four alumni, died August 9 in Tulsa.Survivors include Mrs. Ed Fine (Sadye Bodovitz,'266a) and Mrs. Frank Jordan (Selma Bodovitz,'226a), both of Tulsa, Capt. Felix Bodovitz, '21ba,Washington, D. C., and V. J. Bodovitz, '196a,Oklahoma City .

-1927-Marion H. Bilbrey, '27, has been honorably

discharged from the Army Air Force and was re-ported operating a large farm near Altus.

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Maj. Robert J. Harris, '276a, and Mrs. Harrisare the parents of a baby son Robert J ., Jr., bornJune 21 at Houston. Major Harris was stationedat Camp Stewart, Georgia.HIGHTOWER-HAMILTON : Miss Amy Louise

Hightower, '276a, Pauls Valley, and Cpl. EugeneDonald Hamilton, '366a, were married July 17in Pauls Valley . Mrs. Hamilton, a member ofKappa Alpha Theta sorority, formerly was em-ployed by the Oklahoma News in Oklahoma City .Corporal Hamilton is stationed at Camp SantaAnita, Arcadia, California . Before entering theArmy he taught at Dayton University in Ohio,and later was employed by the War Department .

James D. Morrison, '276a, '31ma, has beenappointed head of the department of navigationat the Rankin Aeronautical Academy, Tulare,California. He has been associated with theschool as ground instructor since three weeksafter Pearl Harbor.

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Sooner servicemen stationed in California fre-quently visit Marius Lindloff and Mrs. Lindloff(Frances Atwater, '29fa, '30fa), formerly of Nor-man, at their home in Berkeley . Mrs. Lindloff,who visited the Alumni Office recently while inNorman, reported having seen Lt . Louis Bond,'34bus, Oklahoma City ; Sgt. James L. Lightner ''39ed, Wichita, Kansas, and Capt. James Fish-burn, '38-'41, Norman. Mr. Lindloff, former vicarof the Episcopal Church at Norman, directs ac-tivities of Episcopalian students at the Universityof California . Mrs. Lindloff, former voice teach-er at the University, is studying voice in SanFrancisco. She also is province director forGamma Phi Beta sorority and national directorof music for Sigma Alpha Iota music fraternity .During August, she and Mildred Andrews, '37fa,University music professor, were on the facultyof the School of Church Music at Evergreen, Col-orado.BUSBY-MOORE: Miss Anna Belle Busby, '29

ed, Oklahoma City, and Walter Young Moore,Como, Texas, were married August 14 in Okla-homa City. Mrs. Moore is a teacher at CapitolHill Junior High School in Oklahoma City,where the couple will be at home. Mr. Moore isassociated with the Curtis Candy Company, Law-ton.

Marie E. Donnell, '29ba, '34ma, Lindsay, hasbeen employed as an English teacher in Amaril-lo, Texas.

Eek Is Sooner's HomeMrs. Carl Brashelier (Jennie Robinette, '33fa),

former Oklahoma City teacher, has completecharge of village education in Eek, Alaska . Herhusband, Captain Brashelier, supervises the vil-lage for the U. S. government, apportioning rein-deer meat and other food supplies among thenatives and operating the radio station there. Inaddition to teaching the natives, Mrs. Brashelierhas been working in a fish cannery at Eek.

MOORE-CONNALLY : Miss Zona Moore, '27-'29, Oklahoma City, and Lt. A . W. Connally, '33,Orlando, Florida, were married August 16 inNew Orleans, Louisiana. Mrs. Connally, formerlyjournalism teacher at Classen High School, Okla-homa City, has been employed by the press di-vision of the Office of Censorship in Miami. Lieu-tenant Connally attended college in Colorado .He was stationed at Orlando as a Special Serviceofficer with the Army Air Force.

1930-Lara Nell Everett, '306a, Lexington, has been

appointed a grade school teacher in Chickasha.E. B. Webster, '30ms, was employed as High

School science teacher at Pawhuska . He hastaught in the Shawnee High School and in Tulsa.

-1932-Mrs. Mildred Meyer Mench, '32ba, Oklahoma

City, was assigned as a Red Cross hospital workerin North Africa . One of Mrs. Mench's duties is

-1933-Paul Agent, '336a, Sallisaw, has purchased an

interest in the Thornton Funeral Home, Mus-kogee, and will serve as acting manager. Heowns a funeral home at Sallisaw.

Margaret Harrison, '336a, Oklahoma City, wasemployed as an English teacher in the ArmySpecialized Training Program at Colorado A. andM. College, Fort Collins . During the summershe worked toward her master's degree at theUniversity of Chicago.

Paul G. (Jack) Horner, '29-'33, '37, has won$150 in war bonds and an Army-Navy "E" pinwith accompanying citation for suggestions andinventions speeding up the efficiency of his workin a Kaiser shipyard in California.

J . Harold Short and Mrs. Short (Eugene Du-bois, 33ed) are the parents of a baby daughterSybil Belle born July 29 in Oklahoma City .

-1935-GAGE-MONTGOMERY: Miss Pauline Frances

Gage, '34-'35, Oklahoma City and Capt. GeorgeT. Montgomery, '41law, Durant, were marriedSeptember 1 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. CaptainMontgomery, a member of Phi Delta Theta fra-ternity and Phi Beta Kappa scholastic fraternity,was stationed at Camp Shelby, Mississippi . Whileattending the University he received a Dads' Dayaward given annually to an outstanding man-stu-dent.

Lt. Travis Hinson, '35ed, and Mrs. Hinson(Doris Dial, '356us) are the parents of a babydaughter joy Carol born August 18 in Miami,Florida . Lieutenant Hinson is in the Navy .

Capt . Nathan S. Sherman, '35law, and Mrs.Sherman are the parents of a baby son StephenCharles born August 14 in St . Louis, Missouri.

Leonard E. Wedel, '35ed, '38m .ed, has beenappointed educational director of Trinity BaptistChurch in Oklahoma City and assistant to thepastor. Mr . Wedel is former director of theFirst Baptist Church in Enid . Mrs. Wedel(Juanita Gary, '32fa) is a specialist in children's

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-1916- JOHNSON-SHELTON: Miss Anna Mae John- to make contact between wounded men in hos-Gov. Robert S. Kerr, '16, and Senator Elmer son, '286a, and Max Shelton were married Aug- pitals and their companies.

Thomas accompanied Secretary of Agriculture ust 17 in Fairview. Mr . Shelton is employed by Vernon Sanford, '32ba, has been appointedWickard in August on a trip through eastern

the Oklahoma State Game Department as game chairman of the public relations committee ofOklahoma made in connection with the flood re- ranger for Grant, Garfield and Major Counties . Newspaper Association Managers for the secondlief program. The governor announced that $15,

The couple will make their home in Fairview . year. Former president of the Association, Mr.000,000 is available for allocation for flood relief William M. Vaughey and Mrs. Vaughey Sanford is field manager of the Oklahoma Pressand the amount received by Oklahoma may hinge (Genevieve Cowman, '286a), Jackson,

theMississippi, Association. As public relations chairman, he

in part on Secretary Wickard's visit .are parents of a baby daughter Sandra . will have charge of the annual celebration of

_1919- -1929- National Newspaper Week, October 1 to 8.

work . The couple have two children, DorothyAnn, 8, and Tommy, 6.Norman E. Weir, '356a, American Red Cross

assistant field director, has arrived in North Af-rica for duty. For the last three years he hasbeen a member of the Boulder County WelfareDepartment in Colorado .

OCTOBER, 1943

-1936-Kay Burr, '366a, who writes the column "For

Instance" in This Week magazine, is the author ofan article "War in the Movies" in a recent Sat-urday Evening Post. Miss Burr, a member ofChi Omega sorority, resides in New York City .

Mary Connor, '36zool, laboratory technicianfor the last year in Fort Worth, Texas, has beenappointed director of the plasma bank at Queen'sHospital in Honolulu . She went to Californiato await sailing orders for Hawaii . Her homeis in Lawton .GRIFFETH-LEWIS : Miss Nadine Griffeth and

Wayne H. Lewis, '36law, were married August12 in Ada. Mrs. Lewis is a graduate of EastCentral State College . Mr. Lewis is county at-torney for Pontotoc County with offices in Ada.PLATT-MARTIN : Announcement has been

made of the engagement of Miss FrancesJean-nette Platt, Rochester, New York, andPaulJoseph

Martin, '36phys. '38ms, Wewoka . Mr. Martin isemployed by the National Bureau of Standards

tional Building, Oklahoma City . Mrs. Nichols isthe former Mary Davis, '376a.WALKER-HARMISON: Miss Amneris Walker,

'36ba, '37ma, Oklahoma City, and Carroll Harm-ison, Romney, West Virginia, were married Aug-gust 8 in Washington, D. C. Mrs. Harmison, amember of Phi Beta Kappa scholastic fraternity,has been employed in research work in the Con-gressional Library for the last year . Mr . Harm-ison was stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, as aCivil Service employee . The couple planned toestablish a home near there.

1937-ERWIN-HUSER : Miss Elizabeth Erwin, '37,

Urich, Missouri, and Lt . (jg) James Alston Hu-ser, Jr ., '40fa, were married August 28 in Okla-homa City . Lieutenant Huser, a member of Al-pha Tau Omega fraternity, was stationed at SanDiego, California, after returning from sea duty .FOSTER-GENTZ : Miss Lou Foster, Britton,

and Warren Gentz, '36-'37, Oklahoma City, pet-ty officer second class in the Navy, were mar-ried June 19 in Oklahoma City. Mrs. Gentz,who attended Central State College at Edmond,is continuing her position as secretary in theOffice of Price Administration in Oklahoma City .Mr. Gentz was stationed at Camp Peary, Virginia .

Lt . Frank C. Hughes, '37fa, '39m .ed, and Mrs.Hughes (Barbara Germany, '42fa) are the par-ents of a baby son born August 10 at Paris, Texas.Lieutenant Hughes, a member of Delta Tau Deltafraternity, is a former faculty member of theO. U. College of Fine Arts .STRAUSS-MARKS : Miss Geraldine Strauss and

Lt . Leo David Marks, '376a, were married Aug-ust 12 in Paso Robles, California . LieutenantMarks, a member of Phi Beta Delta fraternity,was stationed at Camp Roberts, California .

Lt . Owen Parsons, '36-'37, Norman, are theparents of a baby son Owen, Jr., born July 10 .Lieutenant Parsons was stationed at Camp Adair,Corvallis, Oregon .RUSSELL-COFFIELD : Miss Eileene Russell, '36-

'37, and Dr . F. D. Coffield, '28-'29, both ofDrumright, were married July 18 . Dr. Coffieldattended Oklahoma A. and M. College, Still-water, and the Kansas City Dental College.

Dorothy Sheldon, '37ma, has been appointedan assistant in English at the University of Min-

Diplomat Advanced

EVERETT DRUMRIGHT, '29BUS

Everett T. Drumright, '29bus, son of thefounder of Drumright, Oklahoma, and a mem-ber of the U. S. consular service, has been pro-moted from Class VI to Class V in the foreignservice . Mr . Drumright was appointed to theAmerican embassy in London after he returnedfrom Shanghai aboard the prisoner exchangelinear Gripsholm with other American officials heldby the Japanese .

nesota, Minneapolis . Miss Sheldon was employedin the University School of journalism during thesummer.

J . G. Stearley, secretary and business managerof the Oklahoma City school system and fatherof Mrs. Billie Burke (Mildred Stearley, '37ba),Tulsa, died August 12 at his home in OklahomaCity . He was 58 years old.Charles R. Westgate, '37ed, '40m .ed, and Mrs.

Westgate (Eleanor Obert, '39ed) are the parentsof a baby daughter born July 26 in Birmingham,Alabama. Mr . Westgate is employed as tetrylforeman in the DuPont plant at the AlabamaOrdnance Works in Birmingham .

-1938-Virginia Sue Field, '386a, Hobart, has been

employed as librarian at the Southwestern In-stitute of Technology at Weatherford . FormerlyMiss Field was librarian at the Ouachita ParishHigh School at Monroe, Louisiana .Mrs. Margaret F. Ford, '38soc .wk, has been ap-

pointed ease worker with the U.S .O . and assignedto Fort Smith, Arkansas .

Lt . Robert L. Grady, '38law, Oklahoma City,and Mrs. Grady (Ruth Ann McSpadden, '38ba)are the parents of a son Michael McSpadden bornAugust 13 in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. LieutenantGrady was stationed at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin.HOPKINS-HALL : Miss Leah Jo Hopkins, '38,

and Dwight V. Hall, '24-'25, both of OklahomaCity, were married July 10 . Mr . Hall has beenemployed by Douglas Aircraft Company for sev-eral years, having been transferred to OklahomaCity from Santa Monica, California . Mrs. Hallis also employed by the Douglas Company.KRAFT-ROWAN : Miss Lurline Kraft, '38

phys .ed, Norman, and Capt . Robert J . Rowan,Chicago, were married August 18 at Fort Jack-son, South Carolina . Mrs. Rowan, a member of

Delta Delta Delta sorority, is the daughter ofWalter W. Kraft, superintendent of Universityutilities . Captain Rowan is a graduate of North-western University, Evanston, Illinois . The couplehave established a home in Columbia, SouthCarolina .ROBISON-PITTMAN: Announcement has beenmade of the marriage of Miss Frances MarieRobison, Okmulgee, to Lt. Walter C. Pittman,'386a, Norman . Mrs. Pittman attended Okla-homa College for Women, Chickasha. LieutenantPittman has just returned from 15-months over-seas duty .DONNELLY-PURNELL : Miss Margery Don-

nelly, Seattle, Washington, and Lieut. WilliamF. Purnell, Jr ., '36-'38, Oklahoma City, weremarried August 23 in Seattle . Lieutenant Purnellwas stationed at Tampa, Florida, as an instructorafter serving as a bomber pilot in the Aleutians .He was one of the first two Army Air Force of-ficers to return to the U. S. after participating inthe mid-July raid on Paramushiro.GREEN-RIFFE : Miss Louise Green, Dodge

City, Kansas, and Ensign George D. Rifle, '34-'38, Tyrone, Oklahoma, were married August 14in Dodge City . Mrs. Riffc is a graduate of FortHays Kansas State College, Hays . Ensign Rifle,a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, is aninstructor in the Navy Air Service stationed atMiami, Florida . He enlisted in the Royal Ca-nadian Air Force and later transferred for servicewith the U. S. forces .BAILEY-ROBINSON: Miss Kathryn Sue Bail-

ey and Lester Eugene Robinson, '38, both ofShawnee, were married there July 1 . Mrs. Rob-inson attended Oklahoma A. and M. College atStillwater . Mr . Robinson, aerial gunner in theNavy, recently returned to the United States aftermore than two years ofcombat duty in the SouthPacific . He was at Pearl Harbor when it wasfirst attacked, and later participated in the bat-tles of the Coral Sea, Wake, Midway and theSolomon Islands . He was assigned to duty atSan Diego, California .WOODWARD-WALKER: Miss Margaret Wood-

ward, Dewey, and Sidney Thomas Walker, Jr.,'38eng, Oklahoma City, were married July 31 inBartlesville . Mrs. Walker attended OklahomaA. and M. College, Stillwater, and is a memberof Chi Omega sorority . Mr . Walker is employedby the Phillips Defense plant at Borger, Texas,where the couple have established a home .

-1939-BLAIR-ELLINGTON: Miss Mary Blair, Shaw-

nee, and Lt. Homer W. Wellington, '36-'39, Semi-nole were married July 18 in Shawnee. LieutenantEllington received his commission at the School ofNavigation, Hondo, Texas. He was associatedwith Douglas Aircraft Company before enteringservice .LYON-FEIGLEY : Miss Lyda Anne Lyon,

Greenville, Mississippi, and William Bruce Feigley,Jr., '38-'39, chief warrant officer, were marriedJuly 9. Mrs. Feigley, a member of Chi Omegasorority, is a graduate of Purdue University, La-fayette, Indiana. Mr. Feigley is commanding of-ficer and leader of the band at the GreenvilleArmy Flying School .LATHIM-BORGLUND : Miss Kathryn Lathim,

'39ed, Muskogee, and Cpl. Frank Borglund, Jr.,Oklahoma City, were married August 7. Mrs.Borglund is a member of Gamma Phi Beta soror-ity. Corporal Borglund was stationed at CampCallan, San Diego, California .MATYCH-MATSON: Miss Virginia Rose

Matych and Pvt. Thomas E. Matson, '39geol,both of Tulsa, were married August 19 in Tulsa.Mrs. Matson is a graduate of Marquette Cath-olic school . Private Matson, a member of PhiGamma Delta fraternity, was stationed at GrandIsland, Nebraska, where the couple will be athome .

Mrs. Eugenia McQuarie, '39ed, Hobart, hasbeen employed as a teacher in Kaw City, Okla-homa .

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Washington, D. C. Miss Platt was athere.

laboratory

John W. Nichols, '36bus, formerly with theDenver Producing and Refining Company, hasopened an independent office in the First Na-

Since 1940, H. W. Mertes, '39bus, and Mrs.Mertes (Martha Merrill, '39ba) have lived in thePanama Canal Zone where Mr . Mertes managesa commissary at an Army post. The couple havea small daughter Marian .PHILLIPS-BURCHAM : Miss Evelyn Phillips,

'39ed, Hooker, Oklahoma, and George Burcham,Exeter, California, were married August 14 . Mr .Burcham is a Methodist minister in Tulare Coun-ty, California . The couple established a homein Three Rivers, California, where the bride hasbeen teaching .

Maj . Bryan Rakestraw, '39law, and Mrs. Rake-straw (Arthur Lory Morris, '39law) are the par-ents of a baby daughter Kay. Major Rakestraw isstationed somewhere in Australia . Mrs. Rake-straw and Kay live in Oklahoma City .

Capt . C. L. Sheedy, '39eng, and Mrs. Sheedyare the parents of a baby daughter Ellen Eliza-beth born July 8 at Mobile, Alabama. CaptainSheedy, a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity,was stationed at Camp Sutton, North Carolina .

Lonnie Vanderveer, '39m.ed, Norman, has beenemployed in the personnel division of NorthAmerican Aviation Company, Inglewood, Cal-ifornia .

Joe Mark Bower, '40bus, and Mrs. Bower(Dana Anthony, '39-'40) are the parents of ababy son Joe Mark, Jr., born August 3 in Ar-lington, Virginia.

Maj . Thomas L. Bryan, '406a, and Mrs. Bryan(Dorothy Ann Owen, '39-'40) are the parentsof a baby daughter born July 27 . Major Bryanwas stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina .

Capt . Thomas G. Frost, '40, and Mrs. Frost(Mary Emily Parsons, '39-'40) are the parents ofa baby son Thomas, Jr ., born July 26 . CaptainFrost was stationed at Camp Fannin near Tyler,Texas.

Lt . J. F. Henderson, '39-'40, and Mrs. Hender-son have chosen James Philip as the name fortheir baby son born August 5 in Oklahoma City .Lieutenant Henderson was stationed at Santa Ana,California.

David C. Hudson, '406a, Henryetta, is em-ployed by the Socony-Vacuum Oil Company atAugusta, Kansas.MERRILL-LEONARD : Miss Lanette Merrill,

Dozier, Alabama, and Lt. E. LeRoy Leonard, '40bus, Chickasha, were married August 16 at Orlan-do, Florida . Lieutenant Leonard was stationed at theArmy Air Base at Pocatello, Idaho, as an in-structor. He recently returned to the U. S. aftera year's overseas service in England and NorthAfrica and holds several decorations .James T. Mangum, '39-'40, and Mrs. Mangum

are the parents of a baby daughter Nikki Eliza-beth born August 26 in Oklahoma City . Lieu-tenant Mangum is on overseas duty with theArmy Air ,Force.MANN-TAFT: Miss Gwendolyn Mann, '39-

'40, Fort Worth, Texas, and Lt . Harold H. Taft,'35-'39, Pyote, Texas, were married August 3 inFort Worth. Lieutenant Taft, a member of PhiGamma Delta fraternity, was stationed at Pyote.Mrs. Taft, a member of Chi Omega sorority, isa graduate of Texas Christian University, FortWorth. The couple established a home at Pecos.

Virginia McIntire, '40soc.wk, has been ap-pointed counselor of the Sunbeam Home childcare counseling service in Oklahoma City .Edward M. Pursley, '40eng, is employed as an

electrical engineer at Huntington Park, California .RABON-MARTIN : Miss Mary Jane Rabon,

'406a, Tulsa, and Capt . Charles F. Martin III,'41geol, Ponca City, were married August 28 inTulsa. Mrs. Martin is a member of Pi Beta Phisorority . Captain Martin, a member of Phi Gam-ma Delta fraternity, has been on active duty inthe Pacific and the Aleutians with the MarineCorps. He attended Washington and Lee Uni-versity in Lexington, Virginia.

Helen Roane, '40fa, has been appointed or-ganist and promotional secretary of the McFarlinMemorial Methodist Church in Norman.

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SCHWENK-WALDROOP : Miss Eva Schwenk,Auburn, Pennsylvania, and Pvt. Clovis Waldroop,'40ba, Carter, Oklahoma, were married August11 at Auburn. Private Waldroop was stationedat Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, with anArmored division . He was employed by theBell Telephone Company before entering service.

-1941-Capt . C. Dayle Briscoe, '38-'41, and Mrs. Bris-

coe (Beti Dunn Bretherton, '40-'41) are the par-ents of a baby daughter Carroll born May 1 inTexarkana, Arkansas . Captain Briscoe was re-cently home on leave from foreign duty withthe Air Force.

Lt. John H. Cunningham, '41ba, and Mrs.Cunningham (Jane Ann Kraft, '40he) are theparents of a baby son Walter Allen born July 30at Lubbock, Texas. Mrs. Cunningham is thedaughter of Walter Kraft, superintendent of Uni-versity utilities .W. A. Epperson, '40-'41, Wilson, Oklahoma,

and Mrs. Epperson are the parents of a baby sonPhilip Douglas born in Fort Worth, Texas. Mr .Epperson is associated with American Airlines .GARRETT-HONS : Miss Mary Frances Garrett,

'41ed, Waurika, and Staff Sgt. Marshall C. Hens,Sabinal, Texas, were married August 4 in Wich-ita Falls, Texas. Mrs. Hens, a former schoolteacher, has been employed in the U. S. Engi-neers office at Sheppard Field, where her husbandis stationed .LEE-GINGERICH: Announcement has been

made of the engagement of Miss Frances MerrickLee, Bethesda, Maryland, to Cpl . William FrancisGingerich, '40-'41, Okmulgec . Corporal Ginger-ich, a graduate of Georgetown University, Wash-ington, D. C., was assigned to the Army Special-ized Training Unit at the University of Penn-sylvania, Philadelphia .

Capt . J . J . McCafferty, '41bus, and Mrs. McCaf-ferty (Betty Shire, '41bus) are the parents of twinbaby daughters Patsy Lee and Peggy Lou bornAugust 26 at Watertown, New York . CaptainMcCafferty was stationed at Pine Camp, NewYork.

Lt. Edward McCollum, '37-'41, El Reno, andMrs. McCollum (Betty Butcher, '40-'41) are theparents of a baby son Jay Reed born July 22 atDenton, Texas. Lieutenant McCollum, an ar-tillery officer, was taking liaison flight trainingat Denton.

Lt . Coridon J. Quinn, Jr ., '40-'41, and Mrs.Quinn are the parents of a baby daughter KarenAnn born in Oklahoma City in July . LieutenantQuinn was with the Army Air Force in Sicily .

Arguyle Seikel, '41m .ed, has accepted a po-sition with the United States Public Health Ser-vice and will be assigned to Muskogee. Mr.Seikel has been county superintendent in Potta-watomie County for the last six years.

Dick Stith, '41bus, has been transferred byBraniff Airways to the Air Transport Commandand is now Assistant Base Operations managersomewhere in Central America. Mrs. Stith (Jen-nie Thomas, '42ba) is living at Guatemala City,Guatemala. Mr. Stith, a member of Sigma Chifraternity, was formerly stationed at the Okla-homa City Airport.Capt. C. J. Vahlberg, '41eng, and Mrs. Vahl-

berg are the parents of a baby son Charles Julian,Jr ., born August 22 in Oklahoma City . CaptainVahlberg was stationed at Fort Sill .Owen Vowell, '41pharm, is employed as a

pharmacist with the Stripling and HazelwoodDrug Company at Nacogdoches, Texas.WILKINS-YOUNG: Miss Jeanne Wilkins, '40-

'41, McAlester, and M. O. Young, '42ba, Okla-homa City, were married August 28 in McAl-ester . Mrs. Young is a member of Delta DeltaDelta sorority . Mr. Young, a member of PhiBeta Kappa scholastic fraternity and Kappa Alphafraternity, is a student in the University Schoolof Medicine, assigned to the Navy Training Unit.

-1942-RITTER-BALLOU: Miss Raye Ritter, Hobart,

and Albert L. Ballou, '42geol, Muskogee, weremarried July 31 in Chickasha. Both Mr. andMrs. Ballou are employed by the SeismographCompany in Hobart, where the couple will beat home . The bride attended Central State Col-lege, Edmond.

Barbara S. Bettler, '42fa, Oklahoma City isemployed as a draftsman at the Dickson GunPlant, Houston, Texas.BLEAKMORE-WILSON : Miss Betty Wallace

Bleakmore, '41-'42, and Lt . Kenneth J . Wilson,'42, both of Oklahoma City, were married August11 in Oklahoma City . Lieutenant Wilson, amember of Sigma Chi fraternity, was stationed atCoronado, California .Mary Louise Cannon, '42ba, is employed as a

medical technician in Oklahoma City, her hometown .

Marjory Curtis, '42he, is a Civil Service em-ploye at the Naval Air Technical Training Cen-ter, Norman .EPPLER-JONES : Miss Vera Virginia Eppler,

'42m .ed, and Walker Jones, '31eng, were mar-ried September 4 in Oklahoma City. Mrs. Joneswas employed by the United States Bureau ofMines in Bartlesville . Mr . Jones is associated withthe Phillips Petroleum Company in Borger, Texas,where he recently was transferred from Bartles-ville .BLAIZE-FRENCH: Miss Frances Blaize, Blanco,

Texas, and Lt. James E. French, '42eng, Okla-homa City, were married May 16 in Blanco, Tex-as . Lieutenant French was stationed at the Nor-moyle Ordnance Depot, San Antonio, Texas. Hewas a member of several engineering organiza-tions at the University and of the Junior MensHonor Class. He was formerly a plant protec-tion officer at Camp Stanley, Texas.WILSON-GARRETT : Miss Nedra Lee Wilson

and Ensign James Paul Garrett, '426us, both ofMangum, were married August 21 in OklahomaCity . Ensign Garrett completed Navy training inChicago and was awaiting assignment to activeduty . He received his commission the day be-fore the wedding. The bride attended MangumJunior College and Hill's Business College inOklahoma City.GINSBURG-BANK: Miss Harriet Ginsburg,

'42he, Oklahoma City, and Howard M. Bank,Baltimore, Maryland, were married July 4 inOklahoma City . Mrs. Bank is a member ofSigma Delta Tau sorority . The couple establisheda home in Baltimore where Mr . Bank-is in busi-ness.

Murel Heatley, '42ba, Norman, has been ap-pointed educational director and secretary to thepastor of the Methodist-Congregational Churchin Kingfisher.

Miss Jessie J. McBrayer, '42soc .wk, has beenappointed the new Keystoner secretary for theTulsa Y.M.C .A .

Helen McClurg, '42ba, Tulsa, and MarjorieGivens, '43bus, Norman, are employed as jobanalysts at Tinker Field, Oklahoma City .MERKLE-THOMASSON : Miss Priscilla Merkle,

'40-'42, Norman, and Carl B. Thomasson, chiefpetty officer stationed at the Naval Air Tech-nical Training Center, Norman, were marriedAugust 1 at Marion, Arkansas . Mrs. Thomasson,a former seaman second class in the WAVES,was recently given an honorable discharge fromthe service . The couple planned to establish ahome in Oklahoma City.

Eleanor J . Miller, '42bs, is employed as a chem-ist with the research department of MagnoliaPetroleum Company in Dallas, Texas.MORTON-MORRIS : Announcement has been

made of the engagement of Miss Evelyn Morton,'42ed, to Capt . Ray C. Morris, '39geol, both ofBartlesville . Miss Morton, a member of MortarBoard, honor society for women, was secretaryof Delta Delta Delta sorority at O. U. CaptainMorris was stationed at the Holabird OrdnanceDepot, Baltimore, Maryland .

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MULLINIX-McDUFFEY : Miss Mary Jean Mul-linix, '41-'42, and William Luther McDuffey, Jr .,'40-'41, both of Oklahoma City, were marriedSeptember 4. Mrs. McDuffey, a member of Chiomega sorority, also attended Sullins College,Bristol, Virginia . Mr. McDuffey is employed bythe Oklahoma City Air Service Command.Albert R. Parker, '42m .ed, Lamont, has been

appointed High School principal at Wilson, Okla-homa .Ruth Frances Reed, '42m .ed, Cushing, has been

employed as a teacher in Oklahoma City .SCHEIG-SHIRLEY : Miss Vera May Scheig,

'42bus, and Lt. Thomas E. Shirley, '42eng, weremarried July 28y 8 in San Antonio, Texas. Mrs.Shirley is a member of Delta Gamma sorority.Lieutenant Shirley, a member of Kappa Alphafraternity, was stationed at Camp Sibcrt, Alabama.

Frances Anne Shecdy, '42fa, draws productionillustrations in the engineering department ofDouglas Aircraft Company, Oklahoma City.SIMPSON-CHAMBERS : Miss Catherine Jane

Simpson, '42ed, Okmulgee, and George E. Cham-bers, Ryan, were married August 13 . Mrs.Chambers was employed as a teacher in the Irv-ing School, Ryan, where her husband is engagedin farming.Frances Starnes, '42speech, Altus, has been ap-

pointed to the staff of the regional airline controloffice of the Civil Aeronautics Administration inBoston, Massachusetts .TURNER-STILLEY : Miss Joy Turner, '42journ,

formerly of Oklahoma City, and Francis Stilley,'42journ, McLoud, were married September 3 inShawnee. Mrs. Stilley, a member of MortarBoard, Phi Beta Kappa scholastic fraternity andTheta Sigma Phi fraternity for women in journal-ism, was formerly managing editor of the Okla-homa Daily. Mr . Stilley, former editor of theDaily, i s a member of Sigma Delta Chi journal-ism fraternity for men. The couple are makingtheir home in Shawnee, where they are both employed on the Shawnee News-Star, Mrs. Stilley asassistant city editor and sports editor and Mr .Stilley as managing editor.

-1943-Betty Jean Bell, '43ba, has been employed as

assistant engineer in the R. C. A. Cathode Tubeplant at Lancaster, Pennsylvania . Miss Bell ma-jored in mathematics in the University .

Elizabeth Grace Brown, '43soc .wk, Pawnee, hasbeen employed as field worker for the CampFire Girls in Waco, Texas.

Louise Clark, '43phys.ed, Mangum, has beenemployed as physical education teacher in Chick-asha Junior High School .DYMOND-CIRCLE : Miss Charlotte Dymond,

'43ed, Norman, and John Earle Circle, Jr ., Jack-son, Ohio, were married September 6. Mr . Circleis a senior physics student in the University . Thecouple have established a home in Norman .EWING-DANIELSON: Miss Barbara Jeane

Ewing, '43phys.ed, Dallas, and Cpl. Robert Wes-ley Danielson, '436us, Blytheville, Arkansas, weremarried September 11 in Ardmore. Mrs. Daniel-son, a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority,has been employed as recreational director of theArdmore Y. W. C. A . Corporal Danielson wasattending Officer Candidate School at Fort Sill .FURROW-MYRACLE : The engagement of

Miss LaTelle Furrow, '43, Guthrie, to Cpl . JackH. Myracle, '41-'43, Oklahoma City, has beenannounced. The bride-elect was pledged to Kap-pa Kappa Gamma sorority . Corporal Myracle, amember of Sigma Nu fraternity, was attendingOrdnance Officer Candidate School at AberdeenProving Ground, Maryland .HAIT-SWIFT : Miss Mary Jane Hait, '43soc .wk,

Norman, and Robert C. Swift, '426a, were mar-ried September 4 in Norman . Mrs. Swift is amember of Delta Gamma sorority . Mr. Swift, amember of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity, is a stu-dent in the Seabury-Western Theological Semi-nary in Evanston, Illinois, where the couple es-tablished a home.

OCTOBER, 1943

Aviation Cadet George Gano Harris, Jr ., '40-'43, and Mrs. Harris are the parents of a babyson George G. Harris III, born May 16 in Okla-homa City . Cadet Harris was stationed at Corsi-cana, Texas.Thomas P. Higgins, Jr ., '43eng, was employed

as a stress analyst in the engineering departmentof Douglas Aircraft Company, Santa Monica, Cal-ifornia .HOBERECHT-MILLS : Miss Marita Jeanne

Hobcrecht, '43cd, Watonga, and R. C. Mills, Jr.,'42geol, Clinton, were married September 12 atWatonga. Mr. Mills is employed as a geologistfor the Standard Oil Company at Midland, Texas,where the Couple establishedc a home. IIc is anassociate member of the American Association ofPetroleum Geologists, and while attending theUniversity was a member of several geology or-ganizations . Mrs. Mills was active in women'sathletics at O. U., being a member of the Wom-en's Athletic Association and the UniversityWomen's Rifle Team . She is a sister of ErnicHoberecht, '41journ, correspondent and CivilService employee at Pearl Harbor .JOHNSON-EARP : Miss Marian Johnson, '43ba,

Boise City, and Pvt. Ancel Earl), Jr., '41-'43,Oklahoma City, were married August 21 at Col-orado Springs, Colorado . Mrs. Earp is a memberof Chi Oinega sorority and was employed by theFirestone Tire and Rubber Company in Okla-homa City . Private Earl), a member of BetaTheta Pi fraternity, was stationed at Camp Maxey,Texas, in the Army Specialized Training Progam .Mrs. Jimmy Heflin (Elizabeth Ann Knight,

'43ed), Durant, has been employed as an in-structor in music at Cushing High School .McCOLLUM-FARMILO : Announcement has

been made of the engagement of Miss MaxineMcCollum, '43geol, Pawnee, to Alfred Farmilo,

'43ms Edmonton Alberta, Canada . Miss Mc-Collum is a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority .

Mr.Farmilo is an assistant geologist with the Do-minion Oil Company in Lethbridge, Alberta,Canada, where the couple plan to establish ahome. He received his bachelor's degree fromthe University of Alberta .McCROSKEY-SMITH: Miss Billie McCroskey,

'43ba, and Pvt. John Harold Smith, '40-'43, bothof Oklahoma City, were married July 4 in Nor-man. Private Smith, former junior R.O .T .C .student in the University, was stationed at FortSill . He expected to be assigned for further col-lege training . Mrs. Smith, who studied languagesextensively while attending the University, hasbeen employed with the state's educational sta-tion WNAD on the O. U. campus .New alumnae employed by the Douglas Air-

craft Company in Oklahoma City are DorothyRoberts, '43ba, Helen Love, '436us, Betty Parker,'436us, Betty Grace Slover, '436us, PatriciaHoops, '43cd, and Dorothy Scillian, '43ed. MissRoberts is a secretary in the personnel divisionassigned to a newly established personnel serviceunit.

Janette Saunders, '43he, has been appointedhome economics teacher at Beggs High School .

Harry Scoufus, '43pharm, Okemah, and Mrs.Scoufus (Alice Lyle, '426a) are the parents ofa baby son.McCOY-SHORT : Miss Lois June McCoy and

Ensign Willis G. Short, '43ba, both of Durant,were married August 21 in Chicago, Illinois . Mrs.Short attended Southeastern State College, Dur-ant. Ensign Short was assigned to active dutyon the east coast after receiving his commissionat the Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School, Evan-ston, Illinois .SUGGETT-MUNGER : Miss Elizabeth Jane

Suggett, '43ba, and Ensign Garrison EverettMunger, Jr., '436us, both of Enid, were marriedAugust 28 in Enid . Mrs. Munger is a memberof Delta Delta Delta sorority and Phi Beta Kappascholastic fraternity. Ensign Munger, a memberof Phi Delta Theta, was awaiting orders to re-port for Navy duty . He is one of the first threemen to be commissioned by the University NavalR.O.T.C . unit .

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Through these hectic daysand busy nights, troop trains,regular trains with troop cars,and freights loaded with warmaterials keep rolling alongthe Santa Fe .Watch a section hand grab

his pick a little righter."We'll-get-'em-through" is hisattitude these days .Yet-he is only one of more

than 60,000 employes on theSanta Fe who are doing theirbit to "keep 'em rolling" allalong the line . . . moving mil.lions of troops and millionsof tons of materials neededfor Victory. where and whenthey are needed.They know that if you stop

the wheels that move them, youstop everything that floats andflies as well!And they never forget that

thousands of boys in ourarmed forces came from SantaFe ranks and from the fami-lies of Santa Fe employes, andthese boys who are fightingfor all of us have the tough-est job of all!

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