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COLONEL WILBUR R. McREYNOLDS

T/ie Ohio (Alumnus

February, 1943

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Two Ohio Men Reported Missing in Action; One in Southwest Pacific, Other in N. Africa

The parents of Major Donn C. Young, ?0x, Dillon vale, bomber pilot in the Army Air Force, have been notified by the War Depart- ment that their son was missing in action on Jan. 18, 1945, in the South Pacific area. Since leaving the

First Lieut. FranU.Kuncel, U.S.A.

States he has been stationed in Aus- tralia and New Guinea. Major Young is married, his wife and two children residing in Chicago. A picture of the missing flier will be published in the March Alumnus.

Lieut. William N. Nye, '43x, Marietta, fighter pilot of the Army Air Forces, has been missing in the North African area since Feb. 7, according to word received by his parents from the War Department.

Pictured on page 12 is Private John W. Bennett, '4^x, Cleveland, who, as reported last month, was wounded on the first day of the North African invasion and shortly thereafter was awarded the Purple Heart Medal. Since receiving his injuries, Jack has been transferred from a combat team to the radio sector of the headquarters company of his unit.

Among the Ohioans who have not been reported, in this or a previous issue of The Aiumrtu.s, to be "some-

where in North Africa" are: Pvt. Gilbert M. Shannon, "38, Athens; Pvt. David C. Flanagan, '42, Syra- cuse; Lieut. James W. Robeysek, 'J7, Bedford; First Lieut. Harry Armbruster, '41, Athens; First Lieut. Fred Stone, '36, Gallipolis; First Lieut. John L. Bridgeman, '42.x, New Martinsville, W. Va.; Col. Miles J. Lowther, '32, Orrvillc; Staff Sgt. Bonner Poushey, '40, Flushing^ N. Y.; Tech. Sgt. Harold T. Gorham. '38, Athens; Pvt. Rich- ard W. Tlowers, "41x, Portsmouth; Pvt. Charles A. Bennett, '}9x. Mid- dleport; and Pvt. Frank J. Shay, '37, Nelsonville.

Lieut. Frank J. Kuncel, '42x, Lor- ain (see picture), was one of the Army bombardiers whose correctly- placed explosives rocked Tunis and its port of La Goulette in a big raid early in January. Twenty-eight Axis planes were downed in the raid, while all of the American bombers returned safely to their bases. Lieutenant Kuncel has been in North Africa since November, and prior to that he spent four months in Eng- land.

First Lieut. Erie H. Bndgewater, '40, Chauncey, now in training with air-borne infantry troops at Ft. Benning, Ga., has received a personal letter of commendation from Brig. Gen. D. A. Robinson, under whom he served at Ft. Riley, Kans., for his excellent work in bayonet instruction. Lieutenant Bridgewater was in charge of eight sergeants picked from some 5,000 non-commissioned officers to give a month's instruction at Ft. Riley. Breaking jaws with rifle butts and slicing throats with trench knives is just a part of the gentle art of self-defense as taught by Instructor Bridgewater. Says he, "It's possible to take an opponent's rifle, throw him, and kill him before he reaches the ground."

Ensign Frank C. Baumholts, '41, Midvale, is now a veteran of the seas. He has made two trans-Atlan- tic trips as head of a gun crew on a ship of the U. S. Merchant Marine

Lieut. A. W. "Tony" Cavallero, "41, Newark, N. J., is a squadron communications officer in the Army

Air Force at Bradley Field, Wind- sor, Conn.

The promotions list posted at Gulfport Field, Gulfport, Miss., on Feb. 1, carried the announcement of the advancement of Robert L. Wert- man, '41, from the rank of sergeant

EnsisnAdolphC.Szafran, U.S.N.

to that of staff sergeant. Staff Sgt. Wertman is serving in the public relations division of Gulfport Field and is editor of the post newspaper.

First Lieut. William W. Wells, '37, of the Army Air Corps, is lo- cated in New Guinea as a pilot in a troop carrier squadron.

Ensign Adolph C. Szafran, '40, Cleveland (see picture), was com- missioned at the U. S. Naval Acade- my. Annapolis, last May. His class was the second class of reserves to be graduated from the naval school. Since leaving the academy he has been seeing active duty in the At- lantic.

The Eddy brothers, of Athens — all four of them — are now in the service of their country: three in the armed forces, the fourth in a defense in- dustry. First Lieut. Richard W. Eddy, '40 (see picture on page 12), in the Chemical Warfare Service, is at Ft. Bliss, Tex., from where he gives assurance that the U. S. Army

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is fully equipped lund prepared to meet gas attaeks should they be launehed, and to i;ive double measure in return. Lieut. Robert Eddy, "JTx, a graduate of the U. S. Naval Aea- demy in 19.'>9, who was stationed at iVar! Harbor at the time of the Jap- anese attaek, is still with the Paeitie Fleet. William J. Eddy, "41 x, has recently enlisted in the Navy and is now undergoing "boot" training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station as an apprentice seaman. Hubert Eddy, ".'^4, a civilian inspector of engineering materials in the radio division of the Army Signal Corps, is now located at Marion, Ind. He will be transferred soon to Dayton.

Ithamer D. Weed, '.^8, Pomeroy, of the Army Air Corps, has been promoted from the rank of captain to that of major. Major Weed is on duty in Washington w'ith the general staff of the War Department.

Cadet Richard F. Atkins, ':->6x, Athens, husband of Thora Olson, '37, is now at the Naval Training Sta- tion at Norfolk, Va., where he is preparing to instruct in the Navy's physical fitness program. Upon ar- riving in Norfolk, among the first persons he met were "Jerrj'" War- shower, 'M, Brooklyn, N. Y., for- mer Bobcat four-sport athlete, and Lieut. Com. Charles D. Giauque, a former member of the Ohio Univer- sity faculty in the physical welfare division.

Ensign James C. Barrett. '?7, Bucyrus, is flying Consolidated PBY patrol bombers from the Navy Air Base at San Diego, Calif.

Pvt. Robert Brashares, "59, Enter- prise, in the radio division of the Army Air Corps, was stationed in England in December, but may very well be elsewhere at this time. Likely spot: North Africa.

Upon completing a course in in- struction at the Navy's School of Aerial Photography at Pensacola, Fla., Edward J. Finley, '41, Rocky River, Photographer's Mate .^ c (see picture), was sent to the March ot Time Schtxil of Pictorial Journalism in New York City for a six month's course in movie technique. Before reporting to Pensacola, Photographer Ed had been on convoy duty to Ice- land and Ireland aboard a destroyer. He was returning from Iceland to Boston when the news of Pearl Har- boT was flashed to his ship.

Major M. R. Chappel, "31, Athens, who is in charge of the Army Air

Corps Base Hospital at Ogden, Utah, is on temporary assignment to Co- lumbia University for post graduate work in surgery.

It's Lieut. J. Allen Chase ['2S], Bureau of Operations, U. S. Navy, Washington, D. C, now. Before entering naval service Lieutenant

Photographer'sMale Edward J. Finley

Chase was a special agent in the in- telligence unit of the Bureau of In- ternal Revenue, and prior to that was in the Monetary Research Divi- sion of the U. S. "Treasury Depart- ment.

First Lieut. Roger J. Jones, Jr., '40, Athens, has been graduated from the two-engine bomber school at Roswell, N. Mex., and has been sent to a four-engine school at Boise, Idaho. His brother, Second Lieut. John M. Jones, "42x, now a B-24 bomber pilot, is stationed at Nash- ville, Tenn.

Pvt. Ross E. Davis, Jr., ^.Vx, Cleveland, former Ohio University band president, is now in the Third Army Air Force Band at BtKa Ra- ton, Fla.

Corporal Robert W. Davis, '40, Athens (see picture on page 13), was recently hospitalised in England for a minor operation. He reports that on Christmas Day the men in his unit had turkey with "all the trimmings." The Red Cross gave them packages with stationery, gum, cigarettes, and sewing kits. "If you

could have seen us on Christmas Day," writes this U. S. soldier, "you would never worry about us." Corporal Davis marned Irene E. Moscr, "39, Mansfield, July 11, 1942.

Capt. Ray Schwenke, '39, Logan, who was an aide on the staff of Ma- jor General A. A. Vandegrift in the Solomon Islands, is the recipient of a commendatory letter from the Gen- eral which reads in part: "In addi- tion to your regular duties as aide- de-camp to the commanding general you also served as an officer of the divisonal operations section perform- ing highly responsible duties during the Guadalcanal operation. Through- out the entire period of operations you displayed a marked capacity for continuous and extremely conscien- fous effort in the performance of exacting duties extending over long per ods of time."

Lieut. Col. Ralph C. Kenney, '12, Olmsted Field, Middletown, Pa. (see pcture on page II). and his son, Ca- c'.-t Ccl. Rcibert C. Kenney, '43, (Jan), of the Ohio University R.O. T.C.. were Alumni Office visitors on Jan. 21, a few days before the latter received his degree. Addressing his father facetiously, although with a proper degree of military courtesy and filial respect. Cadet Col. Kenney remarked that "the only difference be- tween us is that you get paid for being a colonel." The junior officer, now at Fort Benning, Ga., will soon receive his commission as a second lieutenant.

On March 3, Rev. Charles W. Lusher, "36, pastor of the Taber- nacle Baptist Church, Chillicothe, will enter the Chaplain's Corps of the U. S. Army and begin training at the Chaplain's School at Harvard University. Chaplain Lusher will be the first Ohio University man known to the editor of the Alumnus to enter chaplaincy, service. Rever- end Lusher married Gladys Sheets, '37x.

Ensign Joseph P. Marra, '42, Perth Amboy, N. J., now at the Navy Section Base, Tompkinsville, S. I., N. Y., reports that "two week- ends ago while Midshipman Knt:, f "42] and I were at the Perth AmKiy Yacht Club wc ran into none other than Peter Hlinka ["41}. He is a corporal Kxated at the Raritan Arse- nal, Nixon, N. J. Also run into that evening was Alex Egers [39} who is working for the Treasury Depart- ment of New Jersey."' Midshipman Kritz is now Ensign Adolph S.

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Kritz, '42, of the sub-chaser school in Miami, Fla.

An announcement from the Bos' ton office of Naval Officer Procure- ment discloses that Ray E. Keesey, "37, was commissioned an ensign on February 13. Ensign Keesey's last civilian service was rendered to the University of New Hampshire where he was an instructor in speech. He IS the husband of Gene Gordon, '37.

Ensign Howard M. Harrison, '42x, Columbus (see picture and also

Ensign and Mrs. Howard M. Harrison

"Manages"), is stationed at Seattle, Wash., where he is receiving final training as a fighter pilot for aircraft carrier service. Mrs. Harrison (Ruth Gillespie, '40) has resigned her posi- tion as instructor in physical educa- tion in the high school at Chagrin Falls to spend the remaining time with her husband before he leaves for sea duty.

Ensign Harold A. Levin, "41, Atlantic City, N. J., has just re- turned to the States after seven months of convoy duty, as a member of the Amphibious Force. He re- ports that "I have been made an ex- ecutive officer on LCL (L) 86. Na- turally, any details are missing, so all I can say is that I am immensely pleased with the transfer and new set-up."

Pvt. Carl W. Ross, '37, "V/est Lafayette, is in training in the bar- rage balloon battery of a coast artil- lery regiment at Camp Tyson, Tenn.

The editor's informant, Lieut. Byron R. Eells, "41, East Liverpool, is at- tached to the 31st Observation Squadron at the army air base, Laurel, Miss.

Capt. Samuel B. Erskine, "2i, for- fer Athens attorney, now in the Judge Advocate General's Depart- ment of the U. S. Army, is under- going a period of training at the University of Michigan Law School, after which he will be assigned to troops for the handling of legal matters.

Candidate Sylvester "Si" Johnson, "41, College Corner, in an Officers Candidate School at Ft. Benning, Ga., writes as follows: "I would like to thank you immensely for The Alummis. It is great. It's sure an excellent feeling to read about the kids of O. U. and just how they are putting out for the U. S. A. and her allies. The memories that come back when I glance through the magazine are far more than any money can buy. 'Thanks a million"."

Ensign Charles E. "Chuck" Floyd, "40, Logan, is pursuing a course in naval indoctrination and training at Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H. Mrs. Floyd (Virginia Shumate, "39) is continuing her work with the fra- ternity jewelers, Burr, Patterson is' Auld, in Columbus, a firm with which her husband was also asso- ciated before he entered the service.

Specialist 3''c Howard C. Boehm. "42, Cleveland, is teaching mechani- cal drawing to aviation mechanics at the Ford Motor Co. in Detroit.

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Clark E. Williams, "21, Editor

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Vol. XX, No. 5

February. 1943

rciiED as secoiiid class matter, Ocrobcr 3, 1927, at the PostofBce at Alhens, Ohio, under the act of March 5, 1S97.

NUAL DUES for membership in the Ohio Uni- veisily Ahimni Association are $2.50, of which SI. 50 is for a year's subscription to The Ohio Alumnus. Memberships are re- newable on October first of each year.

coNi INUANCG — If any subscriber wishes his Alumnus discontinued at the expiration of hi.' subscription, notice to that effect should be sent with the subscription, or at its expiration. Otherwise it is understood that a continuance 1= desired.

.itTTANcn should be made by check or money order, payable to the order of the Ohio Uni- versity A'umni Associiition, and mailed to the Association, Box 285, Athens. Ohio.

Specialist Boehm is located at the U. S. Naval Training Station at Dearborn.

First Lieut. Joseph S. Gill, "38, Athens, is pursuing pilot training at the Maxwell Field pre-flight school, Montgomery, Ala. Lieut. Gill at- tended the Harvard Law School fol- lowing graduation from Ohio Uni- versity, receiving his professional de- gree in 1941.

Lieut. C. E, Weimer, Jr., "41, Dayton (see picture), is now in

Lieut, and Mrs. C. E. Weimer, Jr.

India, serving as commander of a quartermaster company. To Mrs. Weimer (Helen Robertson, "41) he writes that "there isn"t any gas rat- ioning over here — you just can"t get it. Hauling is done by camel and ox, except by the Army and a few commercial trucks." The picture of Lieutenant and Mrs. Weimer was taken in Waterboro, S. C, where they were together a part of last summer.

Technician ^th Grade Benjamin J. Benita, "44x, New Haven, Conn., of the "Victory Division,"" Camp Cooke, Calif., is one of the leading scorers in the division's basketball league. Before entering Ohio Uni- versity he played for four years on the New Haven high school team, and won forward positions on the second All-State and All-New Eng- land teams. He participated in three sports during his freshman year at Ohio University.

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Washington Economist Indicates Some Bases For Peace in Annual Founder^s Day Address

THE .innivcrsary ot the toundms,' of Ohio University 139 years ago was observed on February 18 with a Founder's Day Convoeation in Alunini Memorial Auditorium whieh was featured by an address, "An Enduring Foundation — The University and The State," by Dr. (.Isear Clemen Stine, '08, Washing- ton, D. C.

Doctor Stine is head of the Divi- sion of Statistical and Historical Re- search in the Bureau of Agricultural Economics of the U. S. Department of Agriculture.

Two vocal solos, "Extasy," by Rummel, and "Consecration," by Manning, sung by Sara Mae Endich, Steubenville junior, preceded the ad- dress. Miss Endich was accompanied at the piano by Marjorie McClure. Wauseon sophomore.

It is to be regretted that Doctor Stine's address cannot be reproduced here in its entirety. The following, however, are interesting and signif- icant excerpts from it:

"A century and a half is a short time for the geologist but for an in- dividual and a state a long time. These hills and the Hocking River winding about them are as they were. Some of these buildings have stood more than a century, but Latin and Greek are the only subjects that re- main unchanged in text in the cur- riculum from the time the doors were first opened till now. The spirit of the people is unchanged but the conditions of living arc vastly differ- ent. We are set in a rapidly chang- ing intellectual and social world. A new world of science has developed. The contents of most of the text- books and the lectures have marched along with the changing character of the life of the people and the unfolding knowledge of the world — perhaps sometimes lagging but also at times breaking through to lead the forward march of the people.

"An enduring educational institu- tion must be founded in the spirit of the people and serve the people by developing leadership. The future of this university as well as its past is to be traced not in the brick build- ings on the campus but in the life

work ot those who have passed through them. The strength of the university is in the faculty and the students. The success of the univer- sity rests with the men and women who go out to play their parts in homes, communities and states . . ." "Now, as in 1776, we are faced with revolutionary problems. We have been engaged since the previous world war in a struggle with many internal social and economic prob- lems. We have been trying to re- orient ourselves with the outside world . . ."

Dr. Oscar C. Stine

"The most significant dynamic forces in the world today are nation- alism and the progressive develop- ment of the natural sciences. Nation- alism is the strongest emotional force tcxlay. The natural sciences are pro- viding the instruments for national leaders to use in building and equip- ping a strong national and military force. The social sciences, which should provide the basis for develop- ing social institutions to direct the use of the natural forces, are lagging.

"We must try to convert the bru- tal struggle for the survival of the fittest into c(xiperation for the bene- fit of all. Furthermore, the national emotionalism built upon conflicts of

cultures, revenge, and per^nnal glory needs to be converted into concern for the welfare of the common man and his community. The role of the social sciences is to lead the way in utilizing cooperatively all natural resources in accordance with the fullest development of scientific knowledge, and to set the goals for human welfare.

"In contemplating the peace fol- lowing this war, we must try to im- agine a new world rather than turn- ing back to the old . . . We may res- tore old boundaries but we cannot force the old institutions into them ..."

"The great cultural and political differences among the several Euro- pean states are serious handicaps to any federal union. Many of the European nations have evolved dem- ocratic governments, and the citizens of those countries are well educated and experienced in the ways of de- mocracy. But some of their neigh- bors are far behind. They are ruled by tradition or by dictators. They are not prepared to assume the res- ponsibilities of a democratic self- government. For them there is a long road of methodical evolution to reach the level of many of their neighbors. Undoubtedly the evolution can be speeded up, and it must be for the safety of the neighbors . . . "We are now facing the prospect of another trial at arranging a world peace ... it is axiomatic that it must be a just peace . . . carefully considered- not imposed in haste . . . The rights of people to migrate must be given careful consideration . . . Colonial empire holdings have been for generations a point of contro- versy . . . Other important problems to be dealt with include international loans, the regulation of international exchanges, and greater freedom of international trade . . . Another is the social and economic reconstruc- tion that inevitably must follow a great world war."

In closing, Dixtor Stine recalled the vision of the poet, Tennyson, and quoted from his "Locksley Hall." "You." said the speaker, "have the opportunity to assist in transforming this vision into reality."

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On and About the Canfipus

SINCE THE last issue of The Ohio Alumnus appeared, six more members of the Ohio University facuhy have left the campus to serve Uncle Sam in either military or civil- ian capacities. Dr. E. A. Taylor, professor of sociology, has accepted a commission as first lieutenant in the Army Air Corps, and is now in an indoctrination school at Miami, Florida. From the southern school, he will go to an Air Corps School at Santa Ana, California, as an in- structor. Dr. I. V. Shannon, assis- tant professor of sociology, is now in the Cleveland regional ofHce of the Labor Analysis Division of the War Manpower Commission. His col- league, Dr. Douglas W. Orherdorfer, instructor in sociology, is serving in the Division of Statistical Standards of the Bureau of the Budget in Wash- ington, D. C. Dr. Frankln C. Pot- ter, instructor in geography and geo- logy, and Lloyd B. Bjornstad, super- vising critic in industrial arts at Athens High School, are now second lieutenants, and will follow the same course indicated for Lieutenant Tay- lor. Dr. William H. K'rchner, Jr., assistant professor of English, is going to Washington to accept a position of an ed torial nature with the American Red Cross. Capt. James R. Patrick, professor of psy- chology, now on leave, has been graduated from the Adjutant Gen- erals" School at Fort Washington, Md., and has been assigned to duty at Fort Lewis, Wash. First Lieut. E. T. Hillebrandt (see picture), of the Coast Artillery, is now senior instructor in the gunnery school at Ft. Eustis, Va.

PRESIDENT Herman G. James, who was at the State Depart- ment in Washington for several days acquainting himself with the pro- gram which he will be expected to follow in his work with the division of Cultural Relations, left Miami, Fla., February 20, for his new post in Brazil. The trip was made by plane, via Pan American Airlines. Mrs. James will remain in Athens for the present, or until Herman James, Jr., enters military service.

THE OHIO UNIVERSITY ex- ecutive committee has voted to kecD the university on Eastern War

Time, even though the State Legisla- ture has officially turned back the clocks in the state. Approximately 150 university students are doing observation and practice teaching in the Athens Public Schools, and since the local school system is to remain on "fast" time, it was necessary for the university to do the same to avoid complications.

ONE OF THE BEST private col- lections of rare musical instru- ments in the United States is housed

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in cases in the studio of Bandmaster Curtis W. Janssen in Music Hall. The collection was started when the Ohio University director picked up a German bugle in France. It now contains more than 300 pieces, and has a value of several thousand dol- lars.

IN WHAT may be the last selec- tion for the "duration," Torch, Ohio University men's honorary, "tapped" 10 men at the Founder's Day convocation in Alumni Memor- ial Auditorium on February IS. Those selected were: Robert E, Hoppman, Short Hills, N. J.; Joseph T. Foster, Jr., Cleveland; Thomas E. Ashton, Lancaster; Dana S. Case, Buffalo, N. Y.; Robert D. Leonard, Lakewood; Donald H. Irons, Am- bridge. Pa.; John H. Stauffer, Erie,

Pa.; Charles Burdette, Akron; Ernest Mariani, Youngstown; and John C. Cornell, Akron. Torch was founded 30 years ago by Prof. C. ,N. Mac- kinnon, then newly-arrived on the campus.

OPENING Fine Arts Week, April 2, will be Jerome Kern's popular operetta, "Roberta," which will be produced under the combined direction of the faculties of the School of Dramatic Art and the School of Music. Dr. Joseph Batch- eller is in charge of staging. Prof. C. C. Robinson will direct the chorus, and will be assisted by Mrs. Helen Hedden Roach and Prof. P. L, Peterson in rehearsing the prin- cipal singers.

OF THE approximately 3')0 Ohio LIniversity men in the Enlisted Reserve Corps of the Army, only 61 failed to register for the spring sem- ester, which opened on February I . Meanwhile, however, both the Army and Navy have been calling reser- vists from the campus almost daily. In the three weeks of the new sem- ester that have elapsed, 83 men have left classrooms for active duty with the armed forces. The rate of call is expected to be even more greatly accelerated in the near future. The total registration (before the Army and Navy calls were received) for the new semester as given by Regis- trar F. B. Dilley was 2,148. Of this number, 1.036 were men, and 1,112 were women.

AN OFFICIAL U. S. Coast Guard photo which appeared in newspapers throughout the country recently pictured two sailors smartly saluting Lieut, (j.g.) Mary H. Ar- benz of the SPARS and Ensign Elizabeth A. Landis of the WAVES on Cleveland's Public Square. Lieu- tenant Arbenz will be remembered by many Ohioans as a former instruc- tor in the School of Dramatic Arts.

APPROXIMATELY 80 physical education instructors from neighboring communities met in the Men's Gymnasium, February 19, for the first sectional meeting of the Physical Fitness Training Institute, sponsored by the Ohio Department of Education. Brandon T. Grover,

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assistant to the president, vveleomed the teaehers on behalf of the univer- sity. O. C. Bird, direetor of physieal welfare at Ohio University, had eharije of the program. The institute was held particularly for persons charged with responsibility for physi- cal fitness programs in schools as a part of the High Schcxil Victory Corps.

TN ATTENDANCE at Ohio Uni- J- versity are 20 Navy V-> cadets on assignment for a pre-flight course. The cadets receive their academic instruction in university classrooms, while actual flying experience is gained at the airport on East State Street, two miles from the campus. The men are quartered at the Men's Dormitory. Their daily schedule calls for both day and night classes plus an hour of tough calisthenics. Before advancing to another school they must complete 240 hours of preflight ground school work and 45 hours in the air.

WRONG GUESS: An Ohio University mother who lives in New York City and works in a metropolitan department store phoned her co-ed daughter to get all the clothes she could because clothes were going to he rationed starting at midnight, February 20. Needless to say, with such an incentive and such an injunction, daughter bought plenty of what-the-young-college-girl- w-ill-wear-this'spring — and we'll bet it cost the excitable mama a pretty penny,

TWO SIGNS or placards will s(X)n be in evidence on the walls of Ohio University buildings. One will read, "Stand Against This Wall in an Air Raid."" The other, headed "Air Raid Instructions,"" will describe the various warning signals and give detailed directions for conduct dur- ing an air raid emergency. Both "directives"" will be signed by the War Activities Committee.

THE PICTURE in the center of of the page is published for the sole purpose of proving that mem- bers of the Ohio University faculty, no matter how ossified their class- room appearance and behavior may be, can really shed the years when opportunity permits. Shown enjoy- ing a good old-fashioned square dance at a joint party of the Wo- men"s Faculty Club and the Men"s Faculty Club are Dr. F. C. Potter

(mentioned on the preceding page) and Mrs. Grace Martin, wife of Dr. Oliver Martin, assistant profes- sor of philosophy. And that agile fellow in the background? Could it be . . .? Yes. Yes, sir, it is — the Alumni Secretary. His partner is Mrs. Potter.

R. O. T. C. tra.ning will be con- tinued at Ohio University as at present until the Army Specialized

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Training Program is instituted, ac- cording to instructions received by the local military department. After the new training unit has been es- tablished, although ROTC courses for advanced classes will be con- tinued, basic training will be modified to conform to the program of the new unit. Classes in refresher courses in physics and mathematics are to be arranged for faculty mem- bers interested in them. The courses v*,-ill be offered in anticipation of an assignment to the university of an A S.T. unit and are for instructors willing and qualified to teach m fields other than the ones they are now in.

BECAUSE of their interest, leader- ship, and proficiency in the work of military science and tactics at Ohio University, 20 men were recently selected for membership in Scabbard and Blade, national mili- tary honor society. Members of the new class are: John H. Stautfer, Erie, Pa.: Anthony A. Silvidi, Steu- benvillc: Thomas E. Ashton, Lan- caster: Robert H. Steinruck, Eric, Pa.: Anthony L. Fran:olino, Cleve-

land; Charles Peshek, Jr., Zanesville; Asher R. Pacht, Youngstown; Theo- dore B. Duffy, Newton, Mass.: How- ard W. Neilson, Pelham, N. Y.; Allan J. Quinn, Cleveland; Max V. Baughman, Athens: David L. Brew- er, White Cottage: Edwin F. Jones, Jackson; Charles R. Hanna, Mt. Lebanon, Pa.; William W. Parks, Athens; Estes A. Pickup, Olean, N. Y.; Bert C. Thompson, Garfield Heights; John M. Nolan, Bowerston; Edward M. Robbins, Jr., Dayton; and Sherwood J. Smith, Ashtabula.

THC^MAS YAHKUB, American- educated author and lecturer from India was a university convo- cation speaker, February ^, on ""India and the World Crisis."" Yahkub has received degrees from Amherst and Harvard. Members of his fam- ily hold important posts in the In- dian government.

THE CAMPUS Is Lonely," with words by Helen Townsend, Lakew(X)d junior, and music by Ernest Mariani, Youngstown senior, will be one of the songs featured in the annual "Prep Follies,"" all-girl production scheduled tor February 26 in Alumni Memorial Auditorium. ■'Make Way for the Army,"" another song of local origin, will also have its premiere at the Follies.

THROUGH the Armed Forces Institute the Federal Govern- ment will pay one-half the cost of a correspondence course from Ohio University provided the applicant has been a member of the armed forces for at least four months. This offer is open to members of the Army, the Navy, the Marines, and the Coast Guards. An Ohio \Jni- versity student, therefore, who wishes to continue work on a bachelor's de- gree after entering the armed ser- vices may secure credit, to a maxi- mum of 40 hours, by the correspon- dence method. Subjects available for such study are to be found in the following fields: botany, chemis- try, mechanical drawing, accounting, business law, economics, secretarial studies, statistics, education, electrical engineering, English, geography and geology, German, government, his- tory, mathematics, philosophy, physi- cal welfare, physics, psychology, soc- iology, and ztxilogy. For additional information, write to /. Floyd Dixon. Director, CvteTWion Dii'i.«ion, Ohio Universitv, Atheits. O/iio.

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Head of Military Training Division Has Distinguished Record in Army Col. Wilbur Reece "Shorty" Mc Reynolds, A.B. '15, B.S. in Ed. '16 (see picture on front cover), located in Washington, D. C, is Director of the Military Training Division of the Quartermaster Corps of the United States Army.

Colonel McRcynolds entered the Regular Army at Fort Snelling, Minn., after being graduated as a second lieutenant from an officers' training school. Before going over- seas in October, 1917, he served at Fort Crook, Nebr., and Camp Funs- ton, Kans., where he was a special instructor, under British and French officers, of a small arms model pla- toon. In France, he was attached to the 10th Division. He attended a machine gun school a t Gondre Court, and served on the Verdun sector until the Armistice.

Space will not permit of a detailed account of his many assignments since his return to the United States in 1919. Some of them, however, are as follows: Personnel adjutant, 41st Infantry, Camp Funston: Phy- s'cal Training Course instructor. Fort Benn'ng, Ga., and later, instruc- tor for the entire Eastern Depart- ment of the Army; recorder. Infan- try Board of Review, Washington, D. C; and aide-de-camp to Gen. Markell Hersey. He has held com- pany commands at Camp Devons, Mass.: Boston, Mass.: Fort Clayton, Canal Zone; and Fort Leavenworth, Kans. He has also served on the R O.T.C. staff at Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pa.

In 1932-3?, he served as transpor- tation officer for the Gold Star Mothers" Pilgrimage to Paris, France. In 1935, he entered the Quarter- master Subsistence School in Chica- go. The following year he was placed in charge of the school and of the Subsistence Research Labora- tory in which he is credited with having developed the Army's Type C ration. After attending a General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth he was sent to Louisiana as quartermas- ter of the Army Air Base at Barks- dale Field. Following attendance at the Army War College in Wash- ington, D. C, he was assigned to the Military Personnel and Training Division of the Office of the Quar- termaster General. As previously stated, he is now director of this di- vision.

Colonel McReynolds was an out-

standing athlete during his campus days and for many years after, in the service. At Ohio University he was a member of varsity football, baseball, and basketball teams.

Mennber of Mathematics Department Appointed Acting Dean of Colleges

Dr. George W. Starcher, '26, pro- fessor of mathematics, has been ap- pointed acting dean of the Graduate College and of the College of Arts and Sciences. He succeeds, tempor-

Acting Dean George W. Starcher

arily. Dr. W. S. Gamertsfelder, who is serving as acting president of the university.

After receiving his degree from Ohio University, Doctor Starcher spent three years at the University of Illinois where he earned both the Master of Arts and the Doctor of Philosophy degrees. He became a member of the Ohio University faculty in September, 1930. During the school year, 1938-39, he also served as associate dean of men in addition to his teaching duties.

Doctor Starcher is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, national scholastic honorary fraternity, Sigma Xi, na- tional science honorary, and of Kap- pa Delta Pi, national education hon- orary.

He is chairman of the university scholarships committee and is a mem- ber of the faculty advisory council. Upon his appointment as acting dean he resigned as secretary of the local chapter of the American Association of University Professors.

R.OT.C. Graduates Assigned to

Schools for Final Training Period

Col. James M. Churchill, comman- dant of cadets, R. O.T.C, and pro- fessor of military science and tactics, received orders from the War De- partment last month assigning all January ROTC graduates to several of the Army service schools for ad- ditional training, prior to their com- missioning as second lieutenants.

Dut to the fact that the training which the ROTC men would have received last summer at Ft. Knox, Ky., has been discontinued for the duration, the January graduates were not comissioned, but have been en- listed as corporals and will receive their gold bars upon satisfactory com- pletion of their 13 -week training courses.

Following are the names of the January graduates, their home towns, and their training camp assignments:

Charles F. Rollins, Shelby, and John H. Hopkins, Massillon (Engin- eers School. Ft. Belvoir, Va.).

Robert W. Edwards, Lancaster, and Milton R. Norris. Jr., Cleveland (Tank Destroyer School, Camp Hood, Tex.) .

Robert Caran, Garfield Hts.: Stanley E. Ruf, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; Robert C. Kenney. Athens; and Richard P. Banks, Oneonta, N. Y. (Armored Force School. Ft, Knox, Ky.).

George R. Reed, Uhrichsville (Air Force Administrative School, Miami Beach, Fla.).

All of the following were assigned to the Infantry School at Ft. Benning, Ga.; Robert J. Cook, Wellsville, N. Y.; Warren B. Cooper. Athens; E. B. Gamblee, Cleveland: Charles D. Hornby, Parma; Robert E. Tobe, Springfield: Robert S. Kenney, Ouni- cy, Mass.; Morris E. Lant-, Belle- fontaine.

Tracy A. Leyda, Jr.. Franklin, Pa.: William McGee, Jr.; Zanesville: Arnold R. Mason. Portsmouth; Ern- est N. Mobley. Shadyside: Kingston H. Mote. Parma: Charles R. Parks. Nelson ville; Kenneth J. Redig, Cleve- land; Ne'l J. Sharkey, Marion; Har- rv H Shields, Warren; Samuel G. T'mbl'n, Athens; Richard S. Tyo, Massena, N. Y.

Homer E. Von Behren. Rockford, 111.; George P. Volenik, Jr.. Cleve- l:.n.l- Robert G. Wall, Wickliffe; Bud M. Burke, Marion; and Robert B. KuU, Yorkville.

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Toledo To Train in Athens— Court Season Nears End— Physical Fitness Course Added

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AIM'ROVAL of phuis of the Toledo Icim of the American Asscciation baseball league to do its spring conditioning at Ohio University has been announced by the parent organization, the St. Louis Browns of the National League. The choice of Athens and C^hio Uni- versity's training facilities came after more than a month's inspection by Toledo officials of numerous other cities in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, which had been bidding for the privilege of entertaining the "Mudhens."

Travel restrictions covering the spring training of the major league and Class AA c\\\h- pn-vi-ni thi- tiMiii^. except the two St. Louis clubs, from do- ing their training south of the Ohio River and west of the Mississippi. The Tole- do managers are ex- pecting to receive first- class training competi- tion from the Bobcats, and hope to be able to bring the Columbus Red' Birds of the American Association, and the Rochester Red Wings, of the In- ternational League, to ''""^^ ° ^'''''■

Athens for some ex- hibition games. The Toledo club will arrive m Athens about the first of April and remain here until April 26.

WITH but one game remaining — with the Toledo Rockets — Ohio University's record for the current basketball season stands at 1 1 wins and 6 losses. Having acquired a reputation for being giant-killers as the result of the toppling given the redoubtable Akron Zippers, the Bobcats may close their schedule, Feb. 27, in a blaze of glory against a Toledo team which has won 17 and lost only two games. Both of the Rocket losses were at the hands of strong out-of-state teams.

Since the last issue of The Alumnus the Ohio bas- keteers have defeated Bowling Green, 51-42; Marietta, 46-31; Dayton, 45-43; Ohio Wesleyan, 62-50; and Mia- mi, 41-40. Setbacks to the Green and White cause were administered by Washington if Jefferson, 37-31; Mus- kingum, 47-41; and Xavier, ^7-41.

The Bowling Green Falcons came to town with a record of only one defeat in 16 starts. Playing a peak brand of ball, the Bobcats had v.hat it t(wk, despite the Beegee's Gray and Otten. The former is one of the state's leading scorers, while the latter reaches into the stratosphere with a height of 6 feet, 11 inches. Otten almost single-handedly held the Bobcat attack in check during the first half, but the visitors were unable to with- stand the heat of the Bobcats' closing offensive.

The W 6* J and Muskingum games were lost on a road tnp on which the Ohio boys functioned at some-

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thing Ic^s than full capacity. They c.ime back strong, however, to take four in a row against Marietta, Dayton, Ohio Wesleyan, and Miami; all but the We.^leyan en- counter being played on foreign fl<K)rs. To win against the Miami Redskins, Ohio's Kenny Walters sank a free throw just as the final whistle sounded.

For their worst defeat of the season the Bobcats wryly give credit to the Xavier Musketeers. Coach Trautwein's boys played their opponents even-Stephen in the second half, but they were unable to overcome the If 'iniiid' II fir t li ilf .idvantagc asquired by the Xavieritcs.

AS a part of its "get 'c m into shape" program for prospective service men, Ohio Universi- ty's physical welt are division has mapped out a new, three-mile cross - country course, in the terms of Kxal geographers, "to the Asylum's dairy farm and back." It will be a required "course" for men.

Staff members of LcHermen in Sports jj^^. j,vision are doing

their utmost to make It possible for the men under their jurisdiction to trans- late the following question posed by Army and Navy men into more affirmative and satisfactory terms.

"When soldiers and sailors cannot run speedily or steadily for a long time; when they cannot swim if they are trapped at a river, or fall into the water with clothes and equipment; if they cannot jump over obstacles in their path, vault fences, climb out of trenches and shell holes; if they cannot dodge snipers' missies or would-be captors; if they cannot show strength and endurance to transport their belongings and food; if they cannot sus- tain on long hikes, in attack, or in retreat — how, then can they survive?"

A REVIEW of the wrestling season, and a picture of the "cauliflower-ear" boys, will appear in next month's issue. Thor Olson's men have been enjoying considerable success against some of the strongest oppo- sition in the tate. An anticipated seastinal high point failed to materialize when Indiana's strong Big Ten team was thrown for the count by a rail traffic situation which prevented their reaching Athens.

FROM "No Mans Luid " the Women's Gym — wc learn that there i? to be a round robin sorority bad- minton tournament . . . that there is to be an inter dor mitor>' volley ball tournament sponsored by W.A.A. . . that the soph(-more class basketball team upset the seniors after the latter had cmoycd a three-year supremacy . . . that the Zeta Tau Alphas are the sorority basketball champs.

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The Ohio Alumnus

Contract Not Vet Awarded for Unit Despite Rumored Army Action

Although no official confirmatory statement has been received by Ohio University authorities, a recent As- sociated Press story under a Wash- ington dateline states that Ohio Uni- versity is one of the schools that has been selected for offering work under the Army's Specialized Training Program. Col. Herman Beukama, director of the program, is quoted as authority for the statement.

While indications point to the fact that an Army training unit will be assigned to Ohio University, it must be emphasized that, as yet, no such assignment has- been made and no date for- setting up the local program has been indicated. Perhaps it should be pointed out, too, that the 281 colleges and universities through- out the country whose names have appeared in news reports as having been assigned training units, have, in most instances, merely been "approved" for these units.

Going back to the Washington statement, however, Colonel Beukama declared that men in training would be "soldiers," not "college students in uniform." Their work schedule will be long, with approximately 2i hours a week of class and laboratory work, many hours of supervised study, and a heavy program of mili- tary and physical training.

Brig. Gen. J. N. Dalton, Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel, Ser- vices of Supply, Washington, stated that a contract would be made by the Army with the governing body of each selected university whereby the university will provide a prescribed course of study under its own ac- credited professors.

"The college will house and feed the soldier-students in such a manner as to mret Army regulations and will provide textbooks, laboratory sup- olies, and other academic equipment. Bevond that the Army will supervise and d'scipline its men," General Dal- ton said.

"Each unit will be under a com- mandant whose military authority will be final. He will have a small staff of officers and enlisted men who will assist him in directing the acti- vities of all members of his unit when they are not engaged with their studies. While in the class- room the soldier-student will be wholly under the direction of his

professor. If he does not maintain performance standards, he will find himself back in the ranks of the Army. At the end of each twelve- week term he must pass certain ex- aminations. Should he fall below established averages and should he have no valid excuse, he will be dis- qualified for further participation.

"In this program each tranee will be a private, and will draw $50 a month. His official status is no different from that of any other soldier of the same rank. He is not a college boy in uniform; he is a Un'ted States Army man located at a college. Because of his age and because he is the graduate of an ac- credited high school, he is given op- portunity to apply his talents along technical or professional lines so that he may be more valuable to his country."

Alumnae Clubs Report Meetings; Announce Dates for Future Affairs

The January meeting of the Ohio University Women's Club of Akron was held on the 23 rd at the Woman's City Club. A one o'clock luncheon was enjoyed by 23 members and guests. Letters were read from some of the men in service to whom the club is sending gift subscriptions to The Ohio Alumnus. The organiza- tion voted to give $10 to the local Red Cross Chapter.

K^iss Ol've Bowersox, cf the Akron Public Library, reviewed Car- oline Mytinger's "Headhunting in the Solomon Islands." The next meet- ing is scheduled for February 27.

The joint dinner meeting of the Ohio University Women's Club and the Bobcat Club of Cleveland, which was tentatively announced for February 20, has been definitely scheduled for March 20 at the Mid- Day Club, Union Commerce Bldg., Euclid Avenue. Carr Liggett, '16, will be the toastmaster and Dean E. A. Hansen, of Ohio University, the guest speaker.

Jennie E. Policy, '23, chairman for the event, reports that the Annual Guest Day Luncheon of the Ohio University Women's Club of Youngstown will be held on May 1, at which time a number of outstand- ing senior girls from local high schools will be guests of the members. A speaker from the campus will also be present.

Two Score Grads Receive Advanced Degrees From Ohio State Last Year

A report of the Ohio State Uni- versity Graduate School on degrees conferred during the year July 1, 1941, to June 30, 1942, has come to the editor's desk and he finds that it contains a great many familiar names. Among them were the fol- lowing recipients of advanced de- grees.

Doctor of Philosophy: Frederick Wayne Adrian, '34, A.M. '35; H. Warner Kloepfer, '34, A.M. '38; and Winston A. Weisman, '32.

Master of Arts: Robert L. Barton, '27; Ralph W. Betts, '29; Kermit A. Blosser, '32; Paul H. Burcher, '34; Francis W. Burdell, '35; Elmon C. CaudiU, '35; Henry H. Eccles, '15; Pauline M. Fierce, '30; Mable Jer- fers Gant, '3'); Eleanor Wilson Gor- don, 33; Naomi Guthrie, '24; Mar- cus A. Hanna, '3 1 ; James A. Hes- kett, '37; Ada J. Hollar, '33; Betty B. Howe. '38: Howard W. Hutche- son, '32; P. C. Lambert, '31; Ken- neth G. Love, '31: Ellis B. Miracle, '29.

George K. Nickles, '37; Charles E. Nye, '16; Lawrence Q. Overholt, '39; Leo L. Owen, '28; Rex M. Per- celle, '27; Clarence W. Phillips, '37: Bernard D. Redman, '31; Irwin M. Straight, '26; Beulah Tom Thomp- son, '26; Lester M. Tucker, '36; Verna Fogg Walters, '27; Brooks D. Franks, '35; Helen G. Hawkins, '28; E. Arundel Ralph, '40: Ralph Storts, '34: Harold A. Strous, '32; and Don E. Thacher, '35.

Master of Arts in Social Adminis- tration: Elsie Zehring Dickert, 27.

Yea, Verily, They Are Big Fellows

Economics Professor Al Gubitz tells this one about the time that he and W. J. Trautwein, associate pro- fessor of physical welfare and head basketball coach, took a fishmg trip to Michigan. They were getting their licenses. "Weight, please?" questioned the man who made out the permits. "Over 230," Big Al told him. "Where from?" came the next question. "Athens," replied Prof. Gubitz. "Your weight?" the man then asked Bill Trautwein. "269." "And where are you from?" "Athens." "Ye Gods!" exclaimed the man. "Do they grow them all that big in Athens?" — The Ohio University Post.

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Here and There Among the Alumni

Rav H. C:ori.LANl>, OSx, has been frci- moted from the rank of major to lieutcn ant colonel. accordinK to an announce- ment from Camp Attcrbury, Ind., where he is stationed as director of post opera- tions and training. Lieutenant Colonel ("opcland served overseas in World War I as a captain with the Sl.^th Pioneer In- fantry.

Aviaf.on Cadet Arthur B. Leach, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. C. Leach (Bessik Drkkis, "09, 1-yr.), Columbus, has recently begun h;s primary flight training at Carlstron Field, Arcadia, Fla. Before entering the service he was asso- ciated in business with his father who is a mortician. Mr. and Mrs. Leach have an- other son, Don, who graduated with Phi Beta Kappa honors from George Wash- ington University's School of Govern- r.icnt, and is now srrving in the foreign diplomatic service.

Mrs. Evan J. Jones, Jr. (Fredia Fin- STERWALD. "11) Athens, is announcing the engagement and approaching mar- riage of her daughter, Martha Jones. "41, to Robert G. Brown, Falmouth, Mass., a pilot for Pan American Airways at Miami, Fla. Mss Jones, a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the university and now employed in the traffic department of Pan American A-rways in Miami, is the daughter of the late Evan J. Jones. Jr.. "10, former a.ssociate professor of his- tory at Ohio University.

In just about a month — on April 1 — Oscar E. Dlnlap, "i:, M.S. Ed. '15, will be 83 years of age. This kindly oc- togenarian, well-known to many genera- f'ons of Ohioar.s, retired from his position as associate professor of agriculture at Ohio University in 1931. One of the most loyal fans Bobcat athletes have ever had, he has been missed at athletic con- tests in recent years. Just a suggestion from the editor to Professor Dunlap's friends: How about a greeting card or letter on that anniversary. The address is P. O. Box 86, Athens, Ohio.

Doctors Blaine R. Goldsberry. "14, Theron H. Morgan. "22x, Rvdolph W. Pedico. ■'Z.'ix, and John R. Spracue. "06, Athens physicians and surgeons, are carryng the bulk of the burden of ad- ministering to the physical needs of the local community which, with the student population, exceeds 10,000 persons.

Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Bertram J. Waters (Catherine Silvvs, '\>x), Liv- erpool, Nova Scotia, have received an- nouncements of the marriage of Nancy Jane Waters to Sub-Lieut. Hugh K. Joyce, R.C.N.V.R.. on January 6, 1943. Mrs. Joyce is a graduate of Edge Hill Church School for Girls in Windsor, Canada, and attended Wellesley College, Welleslcy, Mass. Her husband is a grad- uate of Upper Canada College. Toronto.

In an announcement of interest to many friends, Alstin V. Wood, 'l.'*, and Mrs. Wood (Vashti Flesher. "le). Wheeling. W. Va.. have reported the marriage of their son. Ensign Austin V. Wood. Jr.. to Mary Elizabeth Duffy, Wheeling, in the Naval Base Chapel, in

Norfolk. Va., Feb. :. 1.-;:.. .'.. \\ Wood, Sr., is a Wheeling attorney.

Alec C. Kerr, '16, of U. S. Ambass- ador Winant's .staff in London, and an American member of an economic com- mission which visited Algiers last month, has revealed that a reciprocal trading pro- gram has been opened between North Africa and Britain and the United States to relieve the critical North African sup- ply situation. He reports that coal s be-

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ing shipped from Britain to North Af- rican ports from which it is shuttled quickly in to the interior of the country so that iron and phosphate mines may be reopened for allied use.

S. S. Dan ford, father of Merle E. Danforp. '17. died at the family home in Trimble, February 21, at the age of 82 years. His wife preceded him in death in 1929. Miss Danford. who has re- mained at home in recent years to be with her lather, is a teacher in the Jack- sonville-Trimble high school. She has previously taught in Athens. Youngs- town, and Parkcrshurg. W. Va.. high schools,

Mrs Mllba White Hellebrandt, '18. who recently visited her husband. First Lieut, E, T. Hellebrandt. at Camp Eustis and Williamsburg. Va.. reports that during an off-duty visit to Fort Mon- roe Lieutenant Hellebrandt met a young woman who proved to be the wife of Herbert H. Stickney. '40. who is now a member of the United States Armed Forces in North Africa. Mrs. Stickney (Phyllis Jacobs, ■4}x). is engaged in work in the giant yards of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co,

lir a picture o.' Lieutenant Hclltbr.indt see page 6,

Funeral services for Fred B. Walker, aged 70. Akron, formerly of Athens, were held in Athens, Feb, ^. 1943. Mr. Walker -s the father of Mrs. Harley E. Moler (Greta Walker, '18), Athens, Mrs. Lee M. Patton (Gertri'DE Wal- KEH, '21), Northfield, and Mrs Grace W. Love. "2 3, Akron. A granddaughter, Vanlou Patton, is a freshman at Ohio University.

First LitiT. Walter J. Cameron, "21, a former oil and gas operator in Owensboro, Ky., is now -n spccialzed service with the Army at Camp Clair- borne, La.

Who's the l-ttle Dutch boy who plugged up the hole in the dyke with his thumb? It might have been Leo E. Diehl, '22, 2-yr., in his early youth. At any rate, Leo knows how the little Hollander must have felt for he spent last New Year's night patrolling the Portsmouth floodwall in rain and mud watching for cracks and leakage. Leo is assistant treasurer and office man- ager of the Vulcan Corporation.

Lauren O. Bitler, '22, newly-ap- pointed field executive of the Ohio State Safety Council, has recently opened state headquarters for his organization in Columbus from which the work of a.ssist- ing local safety councils and the organ- izing of new units will be started imme- diately. The .state council has had its headquarters in Cleveland since 1930. An expansion of safety activities has been made possible by a fund to conserve the nation's man power for the war effort which is being raised by the National Safety Council. Chicago. Mr. Bitler. who.se home is in Rocky River, has for the past year been supervising rent ex- aminer for O.P.A. in the Cleveland di- vision.

Glora M. Wysner, "23. former mis- sionary of the Methodist Church in North Africa, who more recently has been pursuing work for a Ph.D. degree at the Hartford Seminary. Hartford, Conn., is now in New York City where she is serving as special consultant on Moslem Relations for the Foreign Missions Con- ference of North America, Miss Wysner was at one time .superintendent of a school for Kabyle girls in Algeria, not far from the Tunisian border, in territory now occupied by U. S. armed forces.

Lester D. Crow, "23, assistant pro- fessor of education, Brooklyn (College. Brooklyn, N, Y., and his wife, Mrs. Alice Crow, are co-authors of a new book, "Mental Hygiene in School and Home Life,'" which was published last Scpt.-mbcr by the McGraw-Hill Book Co, Professor Crow is a former member of the faculty of Lehigh University.

Earl Beckley. "23, of the clothing firm of J. L. Beckley H Son. Athens and vice-president of the Ohio Retail Cloth- iers and Furnishers Association, is now associated, in Toledo, with the shoes and overshoes division of the Office of Price Administration. His family is remaining in Athens.

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David D. French. '24, Santa Bar- bara, Calif., lawyer, is now in an Officer Candidate School at Ft. Benning, Ga. Before his selection for the O. C. S. he was a member of a tank destroyer bat- talion at San Jose, Calif.

First Lieut. Frank R. McCormick. '25, is stationed in London, England, with the U. S. Army Post Office.

Captain Theodore D. Sawyer. '26, Crestline, is in the Army Medical Corps and, last October, was stationed at Lees- ville. La.

Adah O. Chapin. "27, a former mus- ic instructor in the Margaret Barber

First Lieut. Richard W. Eddy, U.S.A.

seminary, Anniston, Ala., is now assist- ing her brother. Rev. Hobart C. Chapin, w'th pastoral di:ties in Yorkville, 111. The Reverend Chapin lost his wife by death about a year ago. Miss Chapin is also finding time to give instruction to a class of piano students.

From the position of medical director of the Cuyahoga County Tuberculosis Dispensary, Dr. Joseph B. Stocklen. '27, has been advanced to that of con- troller of tuberculosis for Cuyahoga county in a new step to integrate tuber- culosis control facilities. From 1937 to 1939 Dr. Stocklen was a resident physi- cian at Cleveland City Hospital.

In addit'on to his regular duties as city editor of The Athens Messenger and in- structor in Ohio University's journalism laboratory, William F. "Bill" Smiley. '27, is acting as editor of The Laurel, official monthly publication of Phi Kappa Tau social fraternity. The editorial job came to Bill's desk when Richard J. Young, Miami University, a national officer of the fraternity, went to the Navy.

John F. Hughes, '27, formerly a trust officer, is now assistant secretary of the Continental Bank y Trust Company of New York. The big financial insti- tution is located at 30 Broad Street, New York City. John lives across in "Jersey," in Summit, to be specific.

Capt. Earl L. "Happy" Nye. '27, of the Army Air Forces, is now in North Africa after what he described as a "very monotonous" crossing. Captain Nye is technical inspector of an air de- pot group, inspecting for repairs, planes that come in from action.

Mark H. Baker, '28, is dividing his time in Marion between teaching science in Marion High School and in working as a chemist for the Universal Cooler Corporation.

Forrest E. Birmingham. '28x, and Mrs. Birmingham (Catherine Over- myer, '26). are living in Tampa, Fla., where the former has a position in the office of the Tampa Shipping Yards.

Yes, sir, the mail must go through. Mrs. George W. Brady (WiLMA Cow- an, '28, 2-yr.) South Solon,, is serving temporarily as a rural mail earner while her husband is serving in Uncle Sam's Navy.

James E. Householder, '29, former assistant to the dean of men and, at one time, acting dean of men, is now sup- ervisor of the Bureau of Appointments at Ohio University.

Lieut. Harry A. Haller, '30, Cleve- land physician, is on the staff of the Naval Hospital at Mare Island, Calif.

Charles W. Etsinger, '30, who has edited newspapers in New Lexington and Galion, and who has associated with the personal relations division of the Amer- ican Rolling Mills Co. at Middletown, is now located in Richmond, Ind., as east- ern Indiana correspondent for The Cin- cinnati Enquirer.

Ralph M. Leonard, '31, A.M. '33. Athens county sanitarian, is deserving of much of the credit for the conditions which have made possible the high rat- ing given by the State Department of Health to milk produced in the county. Athens county producers have been awarded the highest possible rating for their milk and dairy products.

LiTTMAN Farber, '3 2. New York City, is a control chemist for the New- ark Smelting and Refining Co.

In a picture which recently appeared in a Columbus newspaper, John R. Trace, '32. is shown conferring with two officers on the Navy Air Corps's new enlistment program for 17-year-olds. Only students who are outstanding in their school work and possess leadership qualities will be eligible. Boys who are accepted will be enlisted as apprentice seamen and will receive a year's college training before they begin their pre-flight training. Trace, a former Ohio Univer- sity basketball stellarite, is director of occupational information for the Colum- bus public schools.

Sammy Kaye, '32, and hs "Swing and Sway" cohorts enjoyed the distinc- tion of opening the radio program, Jan. 30, which was arranged in celebration of President Roosevelt's birthday and which was broadca-st over an international hook- up. Coming from the Empire Room of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, Sammy's music was the first to be heard on an hour-long program on which Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and many other notables were heard.

Rexford L. Baxter, '33. Elmira. N. Y., is a salesman for the wholesale hard-

ware firm of Barker, Rose K Kimball, Inc. Rex is the husband of the former Miss Miriam Root, '34x.

Adding his bit to the already alarming shortage of teachers in the state. Kaye Blosser, '33, a high school instructor in Logan, resigned his position last fall to accept employment as an inspector in Akron for the Goodyear Aircraft Cor- poration.

Mrs. Ruth Eberle Huddy. "33. Nel- sonville, after n re and a half years as instructor in the high school at Buchtel, has resigned her position to become a junior youth counsellor for the National

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Youth Administration. She is assisting young people to find their ways into gov- ernment-sponsored vocational schools.

Mrs. John L. Kernohan (Ruth Camp- bell, '34, 2-yr.), a former Steuhenville teacher, is at present working in the Operations Records Office of the British Overseas Airways Corporation at Balti- more. Md. She was married to Mr. Kernohan on Dec. 26, 1941.

Dr. Robert S. Bode. '34, Rushville physician, reports that his brother, Ed- gar G. Bode, '38x, is a storekeeper 3/C at the Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, 111.

From Mrs. Grace Fullington Mc- Vay, '34x, Athens, v^idow of the late Herbert R. McVay. '90, the editor of The Ohio Ahimnus has received a pro- gram of the Commencement exercises held in June of 1893, fifty years ago. Of the twenty persons who received bac- calaureate degrees eleven are known to be deceased. Most recent locations on file for the survivors are: Charles S. Ashton. Sioux Falls, S. Dak.; Allen D. Bargus. Collins; Clyde F. Berry. Akron; Katherine Burns. Columbi s; Mrs. C. M. Shepard (Grace Grosven- or), Columbus; Dr. William H. Hyde, Cleveland; and Fred E. C. Kirkendall. Zancsvillc. No information is on file concerning M. Wesley Hensel and LoN C. Walker. Among the deceased members of the class is Bertha W. Mc- "Vay, sister-in-law of Mrs. McVay.

February, 1 9 4 J

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Vincent Caccksh. "35, Brooklyn, N. v., holds a position with the U. S. De- partment of Justice as an immigration in- spector.

Charles Frecka, '33, coach of the Ironton High School basketball team, has turned out a team this year which Iron- ton fans claim is the best in the last 2 1 years. Frccka's boys have won 1 3 of their l.> games, defeating every Ohio opponent, and losing only to East High and Central High of Huntington, W, Va. Each of these defeats was later avenged on the opponent's own floor.

Mrs, Annalef. Wilder Barr. '35, holds a secretarial position with the World Pubhshing Company in Cleveland. For three years, 1938- 41, she held a position in the Chi- cago office of this publishing con- cern.

Jean McMasters. '36, re- signed a teaching position in the Middleport schools early last No- vember to accept a position with the West Virginia Ordnance Works at Point Pleasant.

Mrs. Mildred W i c; n e r Hlghes. "36, 2-yr.. wife of Chile Petty Officer Robert T. HiT.HES. '36, has a pos tion with the Greyhound Lines in San Fran- cisco, Calif. She IS in charge of the auditing and distribution of re- fund drafts. CPO Bob is a phy- sical fitness instructor at the Navy station on Treasure Island.

Hilda Jane Ellis. '36, who re- ceived her Master of Arts degree from Ohio State University last August, is teaching English in the high school at Mingo Junction. Miss Ellis lives in not-so-far-away Mar- tins Ferry.

The news from Mrs. George Humm (Helen M. Dlnham. '37) is both good and bad. The good news will be found in the "Births" column on another page. The bad is embodied in a report that her brother, Lieut. Howard Dunham, a nav- igator in the crew of an American bomb- er operating out of England against French targets, has been reported missing in action by the War Department. A report heard over the radio from Mon- treal on Feb. 21, indicated that Lieutenant Dunham was a prisoner in German hands.

T. Mor(;an Baehler. '37, former ac- countant with the Covert Baking Com- pany and president of the Rotary Club in Middleport, is now Private Baehler of the Army Air Forces, located at Stinson Field, San Antonio, Texas.

George R. "Plg " Hood. "38, member of the "Big Four" group of basketball stars of a few years back and now coach of the hardwood court game in Grand- view Heights (Columbus), recently suff- ered a broken ankle while trying to show his proteges some of the fine points of the game. He is now hobbling around with the aid of crutches.

Virginia Baker. '38, secretary of the Eastern Ohio alumni chapter, is teacher of the opportunity room (special educa- tion) in Steubenville's Grant School.

Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Fischer (Jlne Flltz. '39). are living in Worcester, Mass., where the former is an assistant professor of psychology in the Clark

University Graduate School. Doctor Fi.scher received his Ph.D. degree at Ohio State University last year. He was en- rolled for graduate study at Ohio Uni- versity in 1938-39.

Tackle Chester F. "Chet" Adams, '39, of the Cleveland Rams, was named to a position on the second squad of the National Professional Football League's all-star team. The Chicago Bears, of which Robert A. Snyder, '36, was for- merly a member, placed five players on the first team. Bob is now an assistant football coach at Notre Dame.

Lieut, Ralph C, Frey, '39, spent a furlough period at his home in Cleve-

Corporal and Mrs. Robert W. Davis

land la,^t month following his transfer from a naval hospital in San Francisco to a hospital at Great Lakes, 111, Lieu- tenant Frey, a Marine officer, took part in the first offensive in the Solomons and subsequently received arm and shoulder wounds from which he is still recuperat- ing. One of his friends writes that "the stories he can tell make your hair curl and stand on end simultaneously."

Dorothy E. Reibel. '39, is a junior cataloger at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, where she is one of two people cataloging .'<0,000 books in the univers ty's law library. It is anticipated that the cataloging project will require two years.

Last June. Mary Loiise McCartney, "39, resigned her position as instructor in chemistry at Athens College for Young Women. Athens, Ala,, to become a Du- Pont chemist at the Indiana Ordnance Works, Charleston, Ind, She is living across the river in Louisville, Ky,

It's Captain, sir, for Leslie E. Fore- man. '40, McArthur, of the 44th Arm- ored Regiment at Camp Campbell, Ky. Congratulations, Captain.

Ensign Ri ssell Clough. "40. Cleve- land, IS attached to the Amphibous Force at the Naval Operating Base, Nor- folk, Va.

Florine E. Marlatt, "40, has been granted a leave of absence from her posi- tion in the high school at Jackson to study for a master's degree at North- western University, Evanston, III. Miss

Marlatt was succeeded by Jean Craw- ford. '43.

Leona Algeo. "41, former muse teacher in the schools of her home com- munity, Amsterdam, is now a music sup- ervisor in Steubcnville High School and Harding Junior High School (Steuben- ville).

Ensign Charles J, Fox, Jr.. "41, of the U. S, Coast Guard Reserve, is a ma- rine pilot on the Great Lakes for the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co.

Irene Fleminc:. '41, and her class- mate, Virginia Carson, '41, arc teach- ers in the high school at Orrvillc. Miss Fleming is teaching English while Miss Carson's field is dramatics and speech.

Mary E. Pottork. '41 accepted a teaching position in the high school at Jackson, beginning on Jan. 18. She had formerly been a teacher in a school near Marys- ville. ,^ Apprentice Seaman Patty

^' MACKINNON. "41, Athens, has at I.i'^t received her call for officer uuning with the WAVES, She i~ now at the Naval Training Sta- imn at Smith College,

Edgar C. Godfrey, '41, is a ..ntilation draftsman in the engi- renng department of the Mariet- '. Mfg. Co, shipyard at Pt. Pleas- ..iii,.W, Va, The Pt, Pleasant company is engaged in the build- ing of small craft for the United States Navy.

Eugenia Goschinski. '42, for- merly in the central procurement district office of the contract audit section of the U. S. Army Air Force at Detroit, is now teaching com- mercial subjects in the high school at Dillonvale, Ohio, Ralph M, Dolfi, '42, and Jeanette Hook, "42x, are teaching social science and home economics, re- spectively, in Dillonvale High School.

Madeline S. Kleinwaks, '42, who has just received a Master of Science in Retail degree from New York University, is training director at Ohrback's, Inc., Newark, N, J,

Earl R, Brownlee. '42, is a midship- man in the Naval Reserve, working for an ensign's commission at Northwestern University, Evanston, III.

Betty Batsch. '42, is a student lab- oratory technician in the Institute of Pathology, Western Reserve University, Cleveland.

Hughey Backenstoe, '42, popular pianist and musical arranger during his campus days, is now working in a Lock- heed bomber plant in California and playing with an orchestra in Hollywood. Hughey and the Army were unable to get together because of ,«ome physical disqualifications.

June Schaal, '43 (Jan.), has been em- ployed as third grade teacher at the Cen- tral School in Nclsonville, s :cceeding Lucille Oepfler. '32,. who has en- listed in the V\'omen's Army Auxiliary Corps.

Evelyn Davis. "43 (Jan.). is engaged in a d-etetics internship at St, Marys Hos- p:tal, Rochester, Minn.

The Ohio Alumnus

Mrs. Martin Judy

Virginia H. Paul. '39, Chillicothe, in- structor, Huntington Rural High School, to Corporal Martin Judy, Chillicothe, University of Cincinnati graduate, sta- tioned at Grenier Field, N. H., Jan. 23, 1943, in Chillicothe. At home: 78 Low- ell St., Manchester, N. H., Sister and brother of the bride: Mrs. Cora Pall Frame, '22, 2-yr., Athens, and Corp. Charles L. Paul. '44x, Barksdale Field, La.

Winifred Van Derau, Mansfield, to Gordon H. Ensminger, '3 2x, Mansfield, with the Ohio Farmers Ins. Co., Dec. 19, 1942. At home: Mansfield.

Marjorie Whittaker, Bound Brook, N. J., to Lieut. Anthony W. "Tony" Cav- allaro. '41, base communications officer, in charge of radio aids to navigation (Bradley Field, Conn.), Dec. 23, 1942. At home: Windsor, Conn.

Edna P. Wherry, '43x, State College, Pa., to Chief Petty Officer James F. Halderman. '42, West Middletown, Great Lakes Naval Training Station (Great Lakes, 111.), Jan. 19, 1943, in Milan, Ohio.

Ruth E. Walters, Columbus, to Chief Warrant Officer W. J. Janssen, '37, 2-yr., Jacksonville, Officers Candidate School (Gainesville, Fla.), Jan. 30, 1943 in Gainesville. At home: 1804 Hermando St., Gainesville, Fla.

Alicia Smith. '41, Conneaut, to James Hall, Conneaut, Feb. 20, 1943. At home: Conneaut. Maid of honor: Mary Jane Beeler, '41, Cleveland.

Caroline A. Lipka, '41, Cleveland, teacher, to Lieut. Walter J. Civik, U. S. Army (Ft. Benning, Ga.), June 20, 1942, in Chicago. Mrs. Civik is at home at 4.')22 Pershing Ave., Parma, Cleveland.

Jane Shellenberger. '44x, Bay Vil- lage, to Seymour L. Meisel, Bay Vil- lage, Ohio University junior, Aug. 1, 1942.

Louise Anton, '40, Monongahela, Pa., to Corp. Lawrence J. Pestino, '42x, Cleveland, Patterson Field (Fairfield, Ohio), Aug. 29, 1942, in Osborn.

MARRIAGES

Bernice M. Kinsel. '36, New Lexing- ton, high school instructor (Lancaster), to W. Raymond Mack, Brownsville, building contractor (Columbus), Aug. 28, 1942. At home: 1385 W. Sixth Ave., Columbus.

Betty Dunn, Boise, Idaho, to First Lieut. Paul F. Sayre, '42x, R. D. 1, Trimble, first pilot of a B-24 Consolidat- ed bomber. Army Air Corps, (Australia) July 9, 1942 in the post chapel at Geiger Field (Spokane, Wash.)

Ruth Gillespie. '40, Sutton, W. Va., high school instructor (Chagrin Falls), to Ensign Howard M. Harrison. '43x, Columbus, Navy Air Corps (Seattle, Wash.), Nov. 1, 1942, at the Naval Air Station chapel, Miami, Fla.

Margaret L. Earnhart. '41, Nor- walk, Ohio University Phi Bete, now as- sociated with Dr. Horace Davidson (Co- lumbus) as laboratory technician, to Rob- ert B. Miner. '38, M.S., '40, Conneaut, graduate student, Ohio State University (Columbus), June -\ 1942, at the bride's home.

Helen Berge, Tiltonville, seamstress, post exchange (Camp Blanding, Fla.), to Private Angelo C. Orsillo. '40, St. Clairsville, U. S. Army (Camp Bland- ing), Nov., 1942.

Mary Elizabeth Rannells. '31, Mc- Arthur, high school instructor (St. Clairs- ville), to Cadet Joseph W. Gabel, St. Clairsville, Army Air Forces Training De- tachment (University of Chicago), Dec. 24, 1942, in Chicago. Cadet Gabel, a graduate of Denison University with a master's degree from Ohio State Univer- sity, is taking a special course in meteor- ology.

Harriet P. Craun. '42, 3-yr., Cleve- land Heights, teacher, to Jack D. Lubahn, Cleveland Heights, Nov. 28, 1942. At home: 2671 Litchfield Rd., Shaker Heights. Usher: Ensign Edwin P. Craun, '41.

■ Betty Ferst, '42, 3-yr., of near Leb- anon, teacher (Osborn), to Howard W. Neilson, Jr.. Ohio University senior and member of the Army Enlisted Reserves, Feb. 12, 1943, at the bride's home.

Bernice Feather, Louisville, Ky., sta- tistician. Bell Telephone Co., to Staff Sgt. Elmer E. Cade, '37, The Plains, Baer Field (Ft. Wayne, Ind.), Dec. 17, 1942, at Fort Wayne. At home: 623 E. Wayne St., Fort Wayne.

LuELLA G. Householder. '31, 2-yr., New Lexington, teacher (Bexley), to Henry S. Pettingill, Chicago, 111., June,

1942, at St. Augustine, Fla. At home: 821 S. Cassingham Rd., Bexley.

Mary Elizabeth Warren, '41, To- ronto, teacher. Central School (Athens), to Lewis H. Gray. '40, Toronto, student instructor. Navy Aviation School, Jack- sonville, Fla, at the Bride's home. Mrs. Gray is continuing with her teaching in Athns. At home: 60 W. State St., Ath- ens.

Jean Finsterwald. Athens, Ohio Uni- versity senior and secretary to the dean. College of Fine Arts, to Ensign Edward A. "Ted" Sprague. '41, Athens, medi- cal student and naval reserve officer, Ohio State University (Columbus), Feb. 20,

1943, in Athens. At home: Columbus.

Mrs. C.Blaine Hays, Jr.

Lois Faulstich. '40, Royal Oak, Mich., to Lieut. C. Blaine Hays, Jr., Corydon, Ind., graduate of Gnnnell Col- lege and the Indiana University School of Law, now in the Quartermaster Corps in a camp in Oklahoma, Jan. 1, 1943, in Decatur, 111. Mrs. Hays completed work for her master's degree at Indiana Uni- versity m December. Bridesmaid: Mar- garethe Faulstich. '39, Royal Oak, Mich.

Esther R. Stiner. '41, Lakewood, to Lieut. Jack E. McGee, '42x, Lake- wood, Medical Corps, U. S. Army, Camp Beale (Maryville, Calif.), Sept. 1942, in the post chapel at Camp Beale. At home: 804 Almond St., Yuba City, Calif.

Vriginia M. Davis, '40, R. D. 2, Can- field, to PvT. William G. Gordon, '44x, R. D. 1, Portsmouth, Army Air Base (Salt Lake City, Utah), Dec. 8, 1942. At home: 109 South 9th St., East, Salt Lake City.

Ruth Keller, Ravenswood, W. Va., teacher (Newcomerstown), to Wendell M. Jones. '40, Newark, music supervisor, high school, July 8, 1942. At home: 490 W. Main St., Newark.

Marguerite Singer, Crooksville, to Edward H. Gamble. '41, East Liverpool, Aug. .^i, 1942. A Phi Bete at Ohio Uni- versity, Bridegroom Gamble received a Master of Science degree from Ohio State University last August.

Nancy Caughey, '42, A. M., Belle- vue. Pa., to Chief Petty Officer V. L. Klopfer, U. S. Navy (Cambridge, Mass.), date not learned. Mrs. Klopfer received her baccalaureate degree from Miami University.

Riette Lichtenstein, East Hartford, Conn., to Photographer's Mate 2, C George S. Heilpern, '36, Hartford, Conn., Naval Air Station (Norfolk, Va.), Oct. 12, 1942, at East Hartford.

Mary Elizabeth Jenkins. '34, Che- shire, high school instructor, to George Higgins, Terre Haute, Ind., U. S. Marine Corps, June 18, 1942. Mrs. Higgins is continuing with her teaching.

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BIRTHS

The perky little lcllo».s in the picture are Tlmnias Hoover Franklin and Benja- min Franklin, V, sons of Benjamin Franklin. IV, "J?, A.M. "40, and Mrs. Franklin (Virginia Hoovkr. 'i6, A.M. "40), 307'/2 W. Sixth Ave., Columbus. Tommy was one year old last month. Benny is almost J'/i years of age. They are direct descendants of Benjamin Frank- lin of early American fame. Their father, a former instructor in the high school at Pt. Pleasant. W. Va., is now a graduate student at Ohio State University. Mater- nal grandparents: Prof. Thomas N. Hoover. "0.^, and Mrs. Hoover (Ethel Arnold. "13x), Athens.

Robert Wade to Wade E. Shlrtlefk. "39, and Mrs. »• Shurtletf (Katherine Boyd. ■J.\ A. M. "36), 1039 E. 169th St.. Cleveland. Jan. 13, 1943. Mr. Shurtletf is assistant per- sonnel director for the Apex * Electric and Mfg. Co. The Shurtletfs have a daughter, Lin- da Jane, aged 13 months.

Elizabeth Hoyt to Ensicn Robert H. Bollware. "37, and Mrs. Boulware (Mary Frances Reeves. '36). i: California Ave., Charleston, W. Va., Jan. :,>, 1943. Ensign Bob is '"somewhere" with the Pacific fleet, while Mrs. Boulware and Betty are at Mrs. Boulware's home for the duration.

Judith Ann to Mr. and Mrs. James Scarftin (Edith Wood- ruff. 'Sli, 2-yr), 1001 Corporation St.. Beaver, Pa., July 18, 1942.

A daughter to Lieut, and Mrs. Sam Schwart: (Ruth M. Rosner. "40). Feb. 10. 1943. Mrs. Schwartz's parental home IS in Wilkes-Barre. Pa. Her present lo- cation IS not a matter of record in the alumni files.

TWINS — Linda Jeanne and Martin Frederick to Robert F. Risberg. '42, and Mrs. Risberg (Vmr.iNiA A. Davidson, ■44x). 1887 Knowles St.. East Cleveland. Feb. 12, 1943. Mr. Risberg is an auditor with Ernst ts" Ernst. Uncle of the twins: Lyman .^ Davidson. '39, Wheeling, W. \'a.

Karylce Diane to Ensign and Mrs. George Humm (Helen Dlnham. '37). 151.^ Hillcrcst. Kalamazoo. Mich., Feb. 7, 1943. Ensign Humm is an instructor in an amphibious tank school.

Sheila Margaret to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd H. Berry (Ruth Richards, 'j.";, 2-yr.), 3809 N. Ninth St., Tacoma, Wash. Mr. Berry is a welding supervisor for the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation.

Richard Lee to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Eppley (Martha Hayes, '34), Mt. Ver- non, Jan. 31, 1943. Mrs. Eppley was formerly Mrs. Roy A. Dugan. Mr. Dug- an met death by drowning Jan. 16, 1937. Roy A. Dugan, Jr., was born July 9, 1937.

A son to the late Lieut (j.g.) George G. Collins. "3 3, and Mrs. Collins. 2 28."; Henderson Rd., Columbus, Feb. 16, 1943. Lieutenant Collins died of pneumonia, Oct. 31, 1942, while on duty at the Nav- al Prc-Flight School at the University of Georgia.

Bette Ann to Charles A. Rice. '38x. and Mrs. Rice (Idah Stuart. '34). Reed City, Mich., Jan. 11, 1943. Mr. Rice is associated with the Pure Oil Co. Bette Ann has a sister, Caria Sue, four years of age.

Carl Eric to Carl W. Puchstein. "39, and Mrs. Puchstein (Mary Frances Groves. '38). .'i.S.S E. Northern Ave., Springfield. Feb. 1, 1943. Mr. Puchstein is associated with the City Loan Corpor- ation.

Don Carl to Lloyd G. Black. '37. and Mrs. Black (Mary McCune. "37), 9.^4 Ridgemont Rd., Charleston, W. Va., Feb. 10, 1943. Mr. Black, formerly owner of the Air Conditioning Company

Tommy and Benny Franklin

in Charleston, is a recent Army inductee.

William Dennison to Prof, and Mrs. F. Theodore Paige, 4.>4 Richland Ave., Athens, Feb. 10, 1943. Mr. Paige is as- sistant professor of industrial arts at Ohio University.

Richard Clinton to Nathan S. "Nate" Croy. ■37x, and Mrs. Croy (Janet Mac- Kinnon. '40), 6\? Main St., Latrobc. Pa., Jan. 30. 1943. Mr. Croy is book- keeper and office manager for The Toyad Company. The new arrival is the first grandchild of Prof, and Mrs. C. N. Mac- kinnon. Athens.

DEATHS

JAMES CLAYTON McMASTERS James C. McMasters. '91, aged 73, retired electrical inspector for the City of Columbus, died at his home January 29, 1943. He had lived in Columbus for 48 years and had been bedfast for the past four years. A f<>rmer member of the Columbus Builders Exchange, he was an electrical contractor for some thirty years.

EDWIN ROBERT HOOVLER Edwin R. Hoovler. '41x, Pataskala, died suddenly, Nov. 9, 1942. No further details were included in the report.

GEORGE SLOANE BOOTHE George S. Boothe. "40, Ironton, who was employed as a steel fabricator at the Ironton plant of the Semet Solvay Co., died suddenly of a heart attack Dec. 7, 1942. He IS survived by his widow, Mrs. Lucille Higgins Boothe. MOx, and two children, Byron, aged 12, and Jane, aged 7.

ENGAGEMENTS

(jiRALDlNi L Haiiikiiiiu 4.. ( ilcve- land, student engineer, Babcock (i Wil- cox Co. (Barberton), to Emil E. Czctli. Akron, engineer, Babcock (f Wilcox. En- gineer Czetli was a pre-war student at the University of Budapest.

Ruth E. Van Dyke. Cadiz. Ohio University junior, to Samuel W. Flan- NERY. '42, Philadelphia, Pa., engineer. General Electric Co. (Lynn, Mass.)

Gertrude A. Gadus. "40, Cleveland, high school instructor (Alliance), to Sgt. Harry J. Davis. '41, Yuungstown, Arm- ored Force, (Camp Young, Calif).

Ellen L. Davis. Athens, Ohio University junior, to ., ' Corp. Bud M. Burke. "43 (Jan.), Marion, U. S. Army, (Fort Bcnning, Ga.).

Suzanne Brundage, Hutchin- son, Kans., to Ensign Arthur L. DlTTRlCK. ■41x. Lakewood, flight instructor, Naval Air Base (Hutchinson. Kans.).

Margaret E. Hayes. 'AH,

, - . , Guysville, time keeping depart-

/f \ 1 ment, Curtiss-Wright Corp.

I I (Columbus), to Midshipman

Leslie O. White, U. S. Naval

Academy (Annapolis, Md.).

Jeanne L. Allen, Nelsonville,

with the Ohio Bell Telephone

Co., to PvT. Donald H. Shaf-

ER. "4.''x, Nelsonville, U. S.

Army (Fort Thomas, Ky.).

Aux. Betty June Smith.

"36,. 2-yr., Jackson. Women's Auxiliary

Army Corps, to Theodore White. ■39x,

Jackson, with the Trojan Powder Co.

(Sandusky).

Lois £. Twitchell. Cleveland Heights, Ohio University freshman, to Pvt. John R. Hunt. Clearmont, Fla.. U. S. Army.

Betty Jane Hanousek. '44x, Cleve- land, to Pvt. C. J. VanDuyn, Cleveland, U. S. Army (Camp Maxey, Tex).

Marie L. Chalmers. Imperial. Pa., Ohio University junior, to Petty Officer 2 C James Fate, Mt. Gilcad, U. S. Navy (Treasure Island, San Franci.sco, Calif.).

Elizabeth J. Sauer, Lakewood. to ScT. William P. Roberts. '42. Zancsville. Officers Candidate School (Ft. Bcnning. Ga.).

Elsie A. Stright. 'A>x. New Marsh- field, to Pvt. Willard M. Brooks, radio operator. U. S. Marine Corps. Marine Air Base (Santa Barbara, Calif).

Martha C. Meister. "40, Columbus, student at Biblical Seminary. (New York City), to Ray H. Kiely, senior. Union Theological Seminary and assistant min- ister. West Park Presbyterian Church (New York City).

Virginia M. Roberts. '41x, Cleveland, in nurses' training. Grant Hospital, (Co- lumbus), to Ensign Russell Clough. "40, Cleveland, Amphibious Force, Naval Operating Base. Norfolk. Va.

Jean Parks. Ohio University senior, Athens, to TRAf:EY A. Leyda. Jr.. ■44x, Franklin. Pa., candidate. Officers Train- ing School, Ft. Benning, Ga. Miss Parks IS a niece of George C. Parks, '08, Ohio University treasurer.

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