Flying Petrel, October 1959

Vol,

Published by National Oglethorpe Alumni Association, October, 1959

No, 3

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Many witnesses view and approve Oglethorpe University President Dr. Donald C. Agnew's Sign-
ing of the contract for Oglethorpe's new field house. From left, seated Tom Daniel, President
of Barge-Thompson General Contractors: Virgil Milton, Chairman of the Oglethorpe Trustees' Field
House Committee; Dr. Agnew. Standing: A. Thomas Bradbury, architect, his associate, Robert
Schoenberner, Stephen Schmidt, President of the Oglethorpe Booster Club, and Carrol Brown with
Barge-Thompson,

What Do They Say?

More than a building, the long
awaited Field House which is under
construction had become a symbol
representing the direction Oglethorpe
would take in the future. The direction
is now clear; it is forward!

Dr. Agnew said recently that, "We
are highly grateful and pleased to
launch the building of the Field House.
Our Trustees, alumni and friends," he
added, "have worked hard to accom-
plish this step in Oglethorpe's progress.

"The Field House will be a center of
student activities and will be of service
to the community at large.

"It is the second step, Goodman
Hall being the first, within Oglethorpe's
accelerating development program, to
match its academic excellence with

adequate facilities."

Athletic Director, Garland Pinhols-
ter, said, "Oglethorpe has been recog-
nized widely as an institution with a
strong academic program. Construction
of the new gymnasium eliminated the
biggest obstacle we have faced in de-
veloping a sound physical education
and athletic curriculum, A new build-
ing clears the way for improvement in
physical education activities, intercol-
legiate athletic play, recruitment, sche-
duling, intramural activities and minor
sports,

"The greatest contribution," he
said, "of the new gym will result from
the renewed interest in all Oglethorpe
University people whether they be stu-
dents, faculty, alumni or fans. This
building will symbolize the courage
my boys have shown in athletic com-
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O.U. Has Record
Enrollment

Students from 10 states and 8
foreign countries are represented in
Oglethorpe University's record enroll-
ment for the fall of 1959.

Oglethorpe registrar, Mrs. Marjorie
MacConncll, reported that 292 stu-
dents were enrolled, which is more
than a 60 per cent increase over last
year.

Both the men's and women's dor-
mitories are filled to capacity, and
classroom sparP is at n nrernium Dr
Donald C. Agnew, President, estimates
that Oglethorpe's capacity is limited
to some 300 to 325 students including
both day and boarding students.

Indications are that "the space prob-
lem at Oglethorpe will become critical
in the fall of 1960, since more than
2,800 requests for information have al-
ready been received from students in-
terested in entering college next year.

The geographical location of stu-
dents attending Oglethorpe is as fol-
lows:

Atlanta

Number
Enrolled

127

Per Cent of
Enrollment

44

Georgia
Florida

108
21

37
7

New York

2

North Carolina

2

South Carolina

1

Alabama

1

New Jersey

Kentucky

Massachusetts

2 ^

Maryland

Pennsylvania

Cuba

East Pakistan

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Burma

India

Korea

Turkey

Italy

Israel

1 V

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July, 1959

Pubiished seven times a year in July, September, Oc-
tober, January, March, April and May by Oglethorpe
University, Atlanta, Georgia.

Printed by
Russell & VVardlaw

Howard Thranlianit 'J5 President

O. K. Sheffield '53 1st V, President

Sam Hirsch. Jr. '50 2nd V. Pres

Francis Scott Key '38 3rd V. Pres.

Tommie Carper '37 Treasurer

Mary Asher "43 _ Secretary

Daniel L. Uffner, Jr. '51. Editor

Jane Schoenfeld Alumni Secretary

Corporate
Alumnus

A growing number of corporations
throughout the country are following
the example of the General Electric
Company in supporting higher educa-
tion through a corporate alumnus pro-
gram.

The basic philosophy of this pro-
gram is simple and direct. Briefly, they
wish to help those schools who help
themselves. Their definition of a col-
lege which helps itself is one whose
alumni are loyal and contribute up to
its program. The corporations, in turn,
will contribute an equal amount to a
stipulated sum to the alma mater of
the employee.

If you are employed by any of the
following firms, mail your check today
to Oglethorpe University with the no-
tation "Forward Oglethorpe Fund" or
"NAAOU Dues" along with the match-
ing corporate alumnus form which may
be secured from your personnel or
public relations office. The amount
you send will be matched by your com-
pany. In this way, Oglethorpe receives
double benefit from the money you
give.

Although unreasonable, it is never-
theless true, that the value placed by
others on your attendance at Ogle-
thorpe is measured by what Oglethorpe
means to them today. It is no secret
that not long ago many people felt
that an Oglethorpe education left much
to be desired. Today, however, the
Oglethorpe degree is regarded well,
and its reputation as a quality school
is growing. There may be a greater
correlation in the increasing stature
of Oglethorpe among the nation's col-
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BOOSTER CLUB BANQUET

The "Annual Coach of the Year
Banquet" will be held in the Ogle-
thorpe Cafeteria on Saturday, Decem-
ber 5, at 6:00 P.M. prior to the Petrels"
basketball game with Valdosta State.

Coach Frank Anderson will be one
of the honored guests of the evening.

Tickets for the dinner, which will be
$2.50 per person, may be had by send-
ing your check to the Editor of the
Flying Petrel at Oglethorpe University.

Although Oglethorpe took both
games from the Rebels of Valdosta
last year, the south Georgia squad is
considerably stronger than it was dur-
ing the past season. The game is ex-
pected to be hard-fought, close, and
exciting.

All alumni are invited to participate
in this fall homecoming event. Make
your reservation as soon as possible.

leges and the rise in alumni contribu-
tions during the past three years than
anyone realizes.

If your company appears among the
61 listed below, the gift you make to-
day will be worth twice as much to
Oglethorpe.

Allegheny-Ludlum Steel Corporation

Bank of New York

Bonwil Teller, Inc.

Surliiig Industries Fuu.)dution '-' —

Godfrey L. Cabot, Inc.

Campbell Soup (Fund), Inc.

Canadian General Electric Co., Ltd.

The Chase Manhattan Bank

The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co.

Columbia Carbon Company

Connecticut Light and Power Company

Continental Oil Company

Peering, Milliken and Company

Dow Chemical Company

The Draper Corporation

Fofnir Bearing Company

General Electric Company

General Foods (Fund) Company

General Public LJtilities

Gibbs and Hill

Ginn ond Company

Gliden Company

B. F. Goodrich, Company

W. T. Grant Company

Gulf Oil Corp.

Harris-lntertype Foundation

Hewlett-Packard Company

Hill Acme Company

J. M. Hubert, Corp,

Jefferson Mills

S. C. Johnson and Sons, Inc.

Jones ond Loughlin Steel Corp.

Kaiser Steel Corp.

Walter Kidde and Company

Walter Kikke Constructors

Koiled Kords, Inc.

K Mills

Lehigh-Portland Cement Company

McGraw-Hill Publishing Company

Manufacturers Trust Co.

Merck and Company

Notional Distillers Products Corp.

National Lead Foundation

The National Supply Co.

Northrop Aviation Co.

Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.

Pensalt Chemicals, Corp.

Phelps Dodge Foundation

Pitney-Bowes, Inc.

Reliable Electric Co.

Schering Corp.

Scott Paper Co.

Smith, Kline and French Laboratories

Tektronix, Inc.

Towers, Perrin, Forster and Crosby, Inc.

Wallingford Steele Co.

Warner Brothers Co.

Whitney Bloke Co.

John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

Williams and Co.

Young and Rubicom, Inc.

100 Attend
Dinner-Dance

Some one-hundred alumni attended
the third annual Fall Dinner-Dance in
October which was held in the Hel-
lenic Center in Atlanta. Many new
faces joined the familiar ones in the
enjoyable evening which featured a
social hour, a delicious meal followed
by several door prizes and climaxed
by dancing to an orchestra until 12
midnight.

One of the strangers to these parts
who attended was Mack Rikard 37
who is president of the Southern Ce-
ment Co. in Birmingham, Ala.

Dr. Philip Weltner returned the
blessing, and President Agnew gave a
brief statement of the progress at
Oglethorpe University including the
fact that the Field House is under con-
struction, and that Oglethorpe is en-
joying its largest enrollment in over
20 years.

Door prizes were won by Mrs. Wal-
lace Crider, O. K. Sheffield *53, Martin
Kelly '42, Mrs. Mary Wallace '42, and
Mrs. Lloyd Davis '37.

Alumni and their guests who at-
tended the Dinner-Dance are:

Dr. and Mrs. Agnew

Tom Aiola

Jim Anderson

Mr, and Mrs. Lyall Angevme

Miss Corry Arensboch

Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Asher

Miss Libby Beadle and 3 guests

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Barnes

Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Beasley

Mr. and Mrs, Mickey Bishop

Mr. George Blanos and guest

Mrs. Odette Blumenstodtt

Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Bone

Mrs. Tommie Carper

Mr. Bill Cheves

Mr. Belton Clark

Mr. and Mrs. Doug Cook

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cowgill

Mr. and Mrs. Wally Crider

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Davis

Miss Harriet Dono

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dorson

Mr. and Mrs. Dan Duke

Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Franklin

Mr. and Mrs. Elmer George

Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Greer

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hildreth

Mr. and Mrs. James Hinson

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hirsch

Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Horton

Mr. and Mrs, Kent Hovis

Mr. Martin Kelly and guest

Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Key

Mr. and Mrs. Ben Lorenz

Dr. Frank McCormack

Miss Elinor McKenzie

Mr. Robert Oliver and guest

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Perkins

Mr. and Mrs. CreJghton Perry

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Richardson

Mr. Mack Rikard

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Robinson

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Schmidt

Mr. and Mrs. George Scott

Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Sheffield

Mr. and Mrs. Martin Sterling

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stoller

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Thronhardt

Mr. and Mrs. Dan Uffner

Mr. Edgar Vollette and Miss Margaret Norris

Mr. and Mrs. Alert Villegas

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Walker

Dr. Philip Weltner

Mr. Harry Wren

Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Wright

The Flying Petrel

Aldrich to Address
National Conference
On West Coast

Lyman C. Aldrich '38, Project
Leader of the Analytical Group in the
Research Department of West Virginia
Pulp & Paper Company, Covington,
Virginia, will present an outstanding
technical paper at the Tenth Annual
Testing Conference of the Technical
Association of Pulp & Paper Industry
(TAPPl), to be held August 17th
through 21st at the Multnomah Hotel
in Portland, Oregon.

This national meeting of the coun-
try's leading experts on all technical
problems and work concerning the
pulp and paper industry will attract a
national and international attendance
of several hundred people.

The paper to be presented by Mr.
Aldrich, whose home address is Idle-
wilde, RFD 2, Covington, Virginia,
concerns itself with one of the increas-
ingly important aspects of standardiza-
tion which is as vital to the pulp and
paper industry as it is to most other
fields today. The paper is entitled:
"Standardization of Model C Mullen
lestmg in a Multi-mill Company" and
deals with a new airblending device
which determines printing pressure on
paper and foil.

WHAT DO THEY SAY?

(continued from page 1)

petition, the work of the Booster Club,
and the tireless efforts of Dr. Agnew
on our behalf since he became Presi-
dent of the University. With such a
symbol and tangible evidence before
us, we don't believe we can fail in
any part of our athletic and physical
education efforts."

Dr. Martin L. Abbott, Professor of
History, voiced a typical faculty re-
action when he said, "I am quite en-
thusiastic about the Field House. I
believe it is a positive asset in various
ways. It will help to further the esprit
de corps of Oglethorpe, and it will call
attention to Oglethorpe University in
a favorable manner."

Steve Schmidt, President of the
Booster Club, stated: "The Field
House will be a tremendous boost to
our alumni interest and support. It
will provide a traditional gathering
place for the Petrel boosters to rally

About Dr. Abbott

Dr. Martin L. Abbott, Professor of
History at Oglethorpe, has had an-
other article published in a historical
magazine. It appeared in the June
issue of the ""Tennessee Historical
Quarterly" and it is entitled "The
South as Seen by a Tennessee Unionist
in 1865: Letters of H. M. Watterson".

It consists of several letters written
to President Andrew Johnson by H.
M. Watterson, father of the famous
"Marse Henry" Watterson of the
Louisville Courier and Journal, who
toured the South as an agent of the
President in the summer and fall of
1865. His letters are a particularly re-
vealing commentary on the political
thinking of the South in the immediacy
of defeat from the Civil War, and thus
add to our knowledge of what war
and defeat had meant to the leaders of
the fallen Confederacy.

Dr. Abbott was a visiting associate
professor in history last summer at
Emory University.

Recently, by the authority of the
governor of Georgia, Dr. Abbott was
appointed to membership on the Com-
mittee on Publications of the Georgia
Civil War Centennial Commission. It
is a committee which consists of his-
torians, art and advertising men and
publishers. It will have the responsi-
bility to study the proposals of publi-
cations commemorating the centennial
and make final decisions as to what
should be published and to see that
all publications come up to a worthy
standard. He is also serving as chair-
man of the local arrangements com-
mittee for the Southern Historical
Commission which meets in Atlanta
this fall to observe its 25th anniver-
sary.

Oglethorpe University along with
Agnes Scott and Emory are host in-
stitutions for the convention.

behind the great athletic program."

Oglethorpe's Trustees are to be
commended for their diligent efforts in
overcoming almost insurmountable
problems in order to get the Field
House underway. Their efforts will be
rewarded through greater confidence
and faith in Oglethorpe University
among its alumni and in the alumni's
increased support of Oglethorpe's pro-
grams.

MR. EGERTON.
MAN IN DEMAND

Mr. William A. Egerton, Professor
of Management at Oglethorpe Univer-
sity, is busy speaking to business firms
and also conducting management de-
velopment courses for their managerial
personnel.

Last May he spoke to the members
of the Georgia Consumer Finance
Assn. in Savannah at their annual
meeting, and in June he discussed
"Leadership" at the Dinkier Plaza in
Atlanta with executives of Southern
Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co.

Mr. Egerton has conducted manage-
ment development courses for the re-
gional and district managers of the
Coca Cola Co. in Memphis, Tenn., last
June, and also for the second of three
groups of managers for the Atlas Fi-
nance Company in Atlanta. He has
conducted week-end courses for mana-
gers of the All State Insurance Com-
pany in Atlanta, Charlotte, N. C,
Roanoke, Va., and Jackson, Miss, in
October.

He is currently leading a manage-
ment development course for depart-
ment heads and managers of Regen-
steins Department Store in Atlanta.

On October 22 Mr. Egerton con-
ducted an afternoon session on super-
vision for the managers in this region
of the U. S. Forestry Service at the
University of Georgia Center for Con-
tinuing Education in Athens,

Mr. Egerton is looking forward to
three courses he will teach to the
Coca Cola Bottlers in Los Angeles
and surrounding areas for three weeks
in January.

Dr. Artlinr Cohen
Featured World Wide

The techniques of Dr. Arthur L.
Cohen, Professor of Biology, will soon
become known world-wide.

Miss Patricia Hammond, a writer
for the Noreico Reporter interviewed
Dr. Cohen in September for a feature
article she is writing about him that
will appear in the January, 1960 issue;
Dr. Cohen will also have an article in
the same issue in which he explains
many techniques he has developed to
better use his electron microscope.

The Noreico Reporter is a magazine
of the Philips Electronics Co., makers
of Oglethorpe's electron microscope.
It is distributed to the firm's inter-
nationally located offices and custo-
mers.

October, 1959

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The shirt-sleeve session during which interest, concern, the strain of checking every detail
show on the face of Virgil Milton, Chairman of the Field House Committee, before he can
relax with the satisfaction of a job well done. The candid shots above were taken during
the three hour meeting which was climaxed by the signing of the field house building contract
shown on the first page.

WHAT'S NEW WITH YOU?

You are the most important person we know. That is why we want to
know what you are doing, what milestones you have reached in your business,
what honors you have received in your civic and social affairs and news of
your family.

Help your friends share, vicariously, in your good fortunes by filling in
the box below, now. Send it to the Editor, The Flying Petrel, Oglethorpe Uni-
versity, Atlanta, Georgia. (Note: don't be modest. We will keep all sources
of information confidential)

The Flying Petrel

Oglethorpe University
Basketball Schedule

1959-60

Athens
Here
Here
Rome
Here
Here

December 1 University of Georgia
December 3 Piedmont College
December 5 Voidest a State College
December 8 Berry College
December ] 1 St. Bernard College
December 14 Shorter College
January 4 West Georgia College Carrollton
January 11 North Georgia College Dohlonega
January 1 3 Berry College Here

January 16 Pembroke State College Here

January 22 LaGronge College LaGrange

January 26 Newberry College Here

January 28 Uni. of Chattanooga Chattanooga
January 30 West Georgia College Here

February 3 Shorter College Rome

February 5 University of Chattanooga Here
February 8 LaGrange College Here

February 12 Voldosto State College Voldosto

February 13 Stetson University DaLand, Fla.

February 18 Piedmont College __ Demoresf

February 20 North Georgia College Here

Al! home gomes will be played at the Cross
Keys High School gym on N. Druid Hills Road.
Gome time is 8:00 P.M.

Petrels and Alumni

To Invade Athens on Dec. 1

Plans are now being made to rent
busses to take alumni to Athens, Ga.
on Tuesday, December 1, when the
Petrels open their season with the Uni-
versity of Georgia Bulldogs.

Round trip tickets will be S 1 .75
per person. If you wish to join other
alumni in what promises to be a fun-
packed evening, send your check im-
mediately to the Editor of the Flying
Petrel for seat reservations.

The busses will leave the Oglethorpe
University parking lot at 5:45 P.M. on
Tuesday, December 1.

Help the Petrels win their first and
biggest contest of the season with
your presence at the game.

REMEMBER . . .

your commercial Oglethorpe boosters!
Moving?
Call:

Cherry Transfer and Storage Co.

in Atlanta

MUrray 8-6660 or your local

Greyhound Movers.
New or used car?
Call:

Beaudry Ford IN ATLANTA

JAckson 3-3424
Swimming pool?
Call:

Buttrill Builders IN ATLANTA

DRake 3-6644

October, 1959

Petrels Make Ready
For 1959-()() Season

With the 1459-60 basketball season
about to begin, the questions are: "How
do the Petrels stack up with last year's
squad? and how will they fare this
year?"

According to Coach Garland Pin-
liolster, the man who ought to know,
the personnel has greater potential than
the hoopsters of last year. They are
strong at the guard and center posi-
tions, but lack experience at the for-
ward slots with the exception of 6'2"
liustler, Roger Couch.

New men at forward are freshman
Morris Mitchell, 6"5i/2" and Bob
Nance, 6'4"\ and junior transfer Buddy
Goodwin, 6" I", who shows a lot of
poise on the floor.

Pinholster was encouraged by Mit-
chell in a recent practice game with
Lenoir Rhyne, a team that reached
the quarter finals last year in the NAIA
playoffs in Kansas City. Mitchell scor-
ed 20 points in twenty minutes in the
last of the three games and was a stand-
out rebounder.

Jay Dye, veteran 6"5" pivot man,
may be the best in the state this year,
according to Pinholster. His relief will
be a 6"2" junior, Sammy Hudgins, who
is eager for action this year.

Guards are solid with sophomores
Tommy Norwood and Jay Rowland
leading the pack. Behind them are
Wayne Dobbs, a smart, steady per-
former; transfer, Johnny Guthrie, very
quick; and Bobby Dalgleish, a fresh-
man from Atlanta's Murphy High
School.

About the 1959-60 season. Coach
Pinholster said, "We're playing a lot
rougher schedule, and our people are
going to have to be satisfied losing a
few ball games until we have the per-
sonnel to go with a tough schedule."

In an attempt to evaluate his team's

chances this year, he feels that the Pe-
trels will win at least half of their
games with a good possibility of play-
ing .667 ball if they progress as he be-
lieves they will.

A big difference in the close ones is
the support the boys receive from the
cheering section. Clip the season's
schedule from this issue of The Flying
Petrel and paste it on your mirror.
Once you have seen these boys play,
you won't want to miss a game.

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Edgar Watkins Dies

Edgar Watkins '23, senior partner
of the administrative firm Watlcins and
Rea, and an expert in the field of trans-
portation law. died of a heart attack
on Sunday, July 19, enroute to Alex-
andria Hospital.

Mr. Watkins was a former president
of the Alumni Assn. and was instru-
mental in having the lake property re-
turned to useable condition and in hav-
ing the bathhouse constructed.

Three weeks before his death, he
argued a precedent-setting case for the
Middle Atlantic Conference of Motor
Carriers. The case involved the inter-
pretation of the new transportation
rate-making legislation enacted last
year by Congress.

His father. Judge Edgar Watkins,

SEE "HARVEY"?
NOV. 20-21

The Oglethorpe Players will present
■"Harvey" by M. C. Chase on Novem-
ber 20 and 21. The situation comedy,
directed by Mrs. Daniel L. Uffner, Jr.,
is the Players" first production of the
year.

Sr., was a former Chairman of Ogle-
thorpe's Board of Trustees, and he also
served as Acting President prior to Dr.
Philip Weltner's term as president.

Mr. Watkins leaves his wife, Louise,
of his home address, 405 South Lee
St., Alexandria, Va., and his two dau-
ghters, Mrs. Donald (Mary Louise)
MacNeil "51 and Mrs. William (Betty)
Kessler '53.

THROUGH THE YEARS

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Murphy '20 toured
Europe this summer.

Marquis F, Calmes '21 is now serv-
ing as senator in the First Legislature
of the State of Hawaii. Mr. Calmes,
in 1957, served in the House of Repre-
sentatives of the Twenty-ninth Legis-
lature of the Territory of Hawaii.

Died: Dr. Robert Nathan Little '27

who lived at 24 North Commerce
Street, Summerville, Ga.

The Lovable Brassiere Co. opened
a new factory on Sunday, September
20, in Atlanta. It is claimed to be the
world's largest brassiere plant. Lovable
has become, during the past 28 years
of its existence, a leader in the pro-
duction of popular priced brassieres
with fifteen plants in the United States
and abroad. The Lovable president is
Arthur Garson, Class of "28.

OGLETHORPE CALENDAR

DATE TIME

November

20-21 8:30 p.m.

21-22 1 -4 p.m.

December

1 5:45 p.m.

1 8:00 p.m.

3 8:00 p.m.

4 9:00 p.m.

5 6:00 p.m.
5 8:00 p.m.
8 8:00 p.m.

10 8:00 p.m.

11 8:00 p.m.

12 8:00 p.m.
14 8:00 p.m.

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EVENT

PLACE

Play - "Harvey"
Turkey Shoot

Alumni Board Bus to Athens
Basketball — University of Ga.
Basketball — Piedmont
Christmas Formal
Booster Club Banquet
Basketball — Valdosta
Basketball — Berry
Boar's Head Ceremony
Basketball — St. Bernard
Voice Recital
Basketball — Shorter

Auditorium
Rifle Range

Parking Lot

Athens

Home

Standard Club

Cafeteria

Home

Rome

Great Hall

Home

Auditorium

Home

The Flying Petrel

THROUGH THE YEARS

The Gilreath Press Syndicate is
celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this
year. Frank C. Gilreath "28 assumed
the position of President and General
Manager in 1936, after the passing of
his father who was the founder of the
syndicate. A resolution distributed
by the Peace Officers Association of
Georgia, Inc. stated that the associa-
tion "does congratulate and highly
commend the Gilreath Press Syndi-
cate, and particularly its present head,
for the long and outstanding record of
continuous public service it has render-
ed to the newspapers and through
them to the people of Georgia."

Died: Keels Maxwell Nix "28 died
during the weekend of September 26,
1959."

Married: Mrs. A. C. (Leola Wallis)
Frost '3 1 to Brigadier General Letcher
O. Grice, USA, Retired, this summer
in Atlanta. Mrs. Grice is a kindergar-
ten teacher at the D. F. McClatchey
School, the past president of the Peach-
tree Hills Women's Club, president of
Delta Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa
Sorority and Superintendent of the Be-
ginners Department of the Second
Ponce de Leon Baptist Church Sunday
School. General Grice is Executive
Vice-president of National Frozen
Foods, Inc. The couple lives at 144
Peachtree Hills Ave., N.E., Atlanta
5, Georgia.

Mark B. Eubanks, Jr., "30, is direct-
or of purchasing and transportation of
Riegel Textile Company. He says he's
O.K. but "my time over the hurdles is
cut down considerably." He has re-
cently moved to Creek Road, "Chin-
quapin" Greenwood, South Carolina.

Mrs. John C. (Betty Crandall)
Drewry '32 uses a rubber mouse pup-
pet named "Squeeky" to help the men-
tally rearded children of Atlanta to
talk. She is currently in her third year
as speech therapist at the Fairhaven
School in Atlanta.

The Reverend J. Kenneth Brown
'34, Pastor of the Stewart Avenue
Methodist Church, visited Europe and
Palestine last summer. He attended
the World Conference in Cairo, Egypt.

Died: Mrs. Lindsey Van Shouse on
September 20, at her home in Decatur,
Ga. Mrs. Shouse is the mother of Lind-
sey Rudolph "Rudy" Shouse '34.

Found: Belton Clark '34 who is
working with the construction depart-
ment of the Southern Bell Tel. & Tel.
Co. Belton lives at 2036 Second Ave.,
Decatur, Ga.

Died: Franklin L. B. Wall '35, a

teacher at North Fulton High School
since 1940, enroute to a hospital on

October, 1959

October 7 following a heart attack.
Mr. Wall, head of the language de-
partment at North Fulton, "had also
taught in DeKalb County Schools. His
home was at 1349 Conway Road,
Decatur, Ga.

Died: Miss Carolyn Virginia Jeter
'37 on March 16, 1959 of a heart at-
tack. Miss Jeter had retired from teach-
ing in the Atlanta System in 1945.

Died: Mrs. William F. Braag, Sr.,
at her home, 2001 Mason Mill" Road,
Decatur, Ga., after a long illness. Mrs.
Bragg was the mother of^Mrs. Charles
(Alice Bragg) Geiger '42.

Died: Miss Isia Reed Mahone '43.
Fulton County School Teacher, on
October 1. An elementary school tea-
cher. Miss Mahone had for 23 years
taught classes at Hapeville, Fairburn
and Palmetto schools. She had taught
a class of special students at the Fair-
burn Elementary School for the past
two years.

Rudy '43 and Jane Adams Home
'44 have four children: Rudy, Jr., 15;
Carol Lee, 14; Marshall A., 11; and
Timothy O'Neil, 8 months. Mrs. Home
writes: "We live at 1431 Lively Ridge
Rd., N.E., Atlanta 6, Ga., and we
would enjoy hearing from some of our
classmates."

Jim Hinson '49 is in his first year
as principal of the John B. Gordon Ele-
mentary School in the Atlanta City
System.

The Robert (Elizabeth Stephens '49)
Cogwills' third duaghter, Mary, will be
two years old on March 5 next year.

Wendell Weaver '50 is working for
his doctor's degree in guidance and
counseling at the University of Geor-
gia.

Bert Robinson '50 is supervisor in
the data processing operations at Lock-
heed Aircraft Corp. in Marietta, Ga.

Dr. Tom W. Leiand '50 is a prac-
ticing psychiatrist in Atlanta. He is
associated with the Atlanta Psychiatric
Clinic. He was formerly Chief of
Neuro-psychiatry in the U. S. Naval
Hospital, Corpus Christi, Texas.

The Reverend John M. Flanigen,
Jr. '50 has informed us that we pro-
moted him prematurely to bishop when
we referred to him as the Right
Reverend John M. Flanigen in the
October, 1958 Flying Petrel.

Born: to Don '51 and Mary Louise
Watkins MacNeil '51 a son in Sep-
tember. He is the MacNeils' fourth
child.

Died: Mrs. Wade Fargeson, Sr. '52

on August 14 at her residence at 990
Pecan Street, Clarkston, Ga. She had
taught in the Clarkston School for 12

years and was named Teacher of the
Year at the Clarkston Elementary
School for the year of 1956-57.

Shelly Godkin '52 was promoted to
captain in the United States Air Force
in November, 1958. He is flying the
latest the Air Force has to offer, name-
ly, the F-105 Fighter. Shelly is cur-
rently living at "317 Chanute Rd.,
Goldsboro, N. C. His daughter, Sher-
rie, is 19 months old.

David Fischer '53 is working toward
his Ph.D degree at Columbia Univer-
sity.

Mi.ss Eva Mask '53 was awarded
the Master of Education degree at Mer-
cer University this summer. She is
president of the Alpha Eta Chapter of
the Alpha Delta Kappa Teachers'
Honorary Society.

The Reverend Vernon R. Klaudt,
'53 and his wife are currently engaged
in an evangelistic itinerary which will
take them throughout the entire United
States. Rev. Klaudt graduated from
Emory University Candler School of
Theology with a Bachelor of Divinity
degree in 1955. He was married on
August 19, 1958.

Born: To Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Shef-
field '53/'54 a son, Stephen Brent, on
Sept. 4. He measured 18 inches and
weighed 5 I'ds. S'm oz. at t)irth. He
is the Sheffields' second child.

Guy Dority "54 has accepted a
graduate appointment at the Univer-
sity of Hawaii for this year. He plans
to complete his doctoral study there
and then enter the teaching profession.

Dick Lietz '54 has been attending
graduate school at Florida State Uni-
versity in Tallahassee. He is teaching
school in north Florida this fall. If
anyone knows Dick's address, please
forward it to the Editor of the Flying
Petrel.

Libby Beadle '55 taught in Kan.sas
City, Mo. from December through May
of this year. She attended the "Emory
Workshop in Elementary Education
this summer. She has finished her
residence requirements for the M.S.
degree in Biology at Emory. She will
get her degree in December after pass-
ing her oral examinations. Libby plans
to work with a research department
after her academic requirements are
completed.

Lane Hardy '55 is working toward
his Ph.D. in mathematics at Ohio
State University.

Bob Lovett '56 is working for a
M.A. degree in English at Emory Uni-
versity. He expects to finish in August,
1960.

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Jimmy Sivils "56 has two quarters
of work remaining before he receives
his M.D. degree at Ohio State. He
plans to speciahze in anesthesiology.
Mrs. Sivils, Marcia Hiatt '57, is teach-
ing fifth grade at the Hamilton Avenue
Grammar School in Columbus, Ohio.

Sam Edieman '57 was Seminarian-
in-Charge at St. James Episcopal
Church in Ouitman, Ga. this summer.

Miss Hava Buttenwieser-Bitan '58
has been appointed Director of the
Speakers Bureau in the Israel Office
of Information in New York City ef-
fective November 16. She was for-
merly attached to the Consulate of
Israel Office in Atlanta.

Miss Ila Varelmann '58 flew to
Frankfort, Germany on November 15
to serve with the Department of the
Army, Civilian, as a steno-typist. Her
new address is U. S. Army Area Sup-
port Component, APO 757, New York,
N. Y.

Lloyd Britt '58 is a claims adjuster
with The Federated Mutual Insurance
Company in Atlanta. He was married
to Martha R. Stewart of Hapeville in
September, 1958. His family was ex-
oQTiH^H this ^'ear with \\i^ fir*^! c^*''^
Michael Lloyd Britt.

Al Sheppard '58 has received his
Master of Science degree from Emory
University and has enrolled at the Uni-
versity of Alabama to work toward his
Ph.D. in physics. He and his wife,
Judith Prosser Sheppard '60, and their
son, Albert P. Sheppard, III, have
moved to Tuscaloosa and will reside
at 6 Abram's Court.

JOHN W. "Jay" HALL, '51, has joined the San
Francisco Office of Boland Associates, an
advertising firm. He will serve in the agency's
technical division. John was formerly asso-
ciated in a copy-contact capacity serving indus-
trial and consumer accounts with McCann-
Erickson and Marsteller, Rickard. Gebhardt and
Reed Agencies in New York City.

Hines L. Wommack '58 is employed
by Headquarters, Air University, at the
Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama
as a digital computers system operator.

Harold "Scooter" Buck '59 is cur-
rently serving a six month enlistment
in the Marine Corps Reserve. His en-
listment will terminate on February 5,
1960.

Pat Daniel '59 is working as a medi-
cal technician for Dr. Robert Whipple,
Jr. in the Medical Arts Building in
Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Whipple is a specialist
in internal medicine.

Charles Ingram '59 is teaching
science and mathematics in the sixth,
seventh and eighth grades in the same
school which he attended in Ball
Ground, Ga.

Piang Kooi Loh, '59 entered the
American University in Washington,
D. C. this fall. Lawrence, as he was
called at Oglethorpe, plans to enter
the diplomatic service of his country
after completing his work. He is a
citizen of Malaya.

Married; Nancy Schaller '60 to
Frank Simmons '59 on August 29,
1959 at 4:00 P.M. in the Holy Trinity
Episcopal Church in Decatur, Ga. The
couple is living at 2882 Caldwell Rd.,
Apt. 3. Atlanta 19, Ga. Frank is
selling insurance for the George Wash-
ington Insurance Co. while Nancy is
continuing her studies at Oglethorpe.

Born: lo Mike 6U and Sandy bu

Pruett, a daughter, on July 6. Her
name is Wendy Anne Pruett and weigh-
ed 6 lbs. and 15 oz. at birth. She was
born in the Baptist Memorial Hospital
in Jacksonville, Fla. It is the Pruetts'
first child. Mike is a district scout exe-
cutive with the North Florida Council
of the Boy Scouts of America.

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