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Calling the Roll of Sooner ClassesBy ELIZABETH LEES

-1918-Word has reached the Alumni Office of the

death last April 11 of Mrs . J. Carl Beltz (MaudeE. McHenry, '18ba, '26ma) in Columbus, Ohio .Before her marriage Mrs . Beltz taught schoolin Zanesville, Ohio . At the University she wasa member of the Social Science Club and theYoung Women's Christian Association . Mr . Beltz,her husband, died last January 10 .

-19221-Harry B . Caughey, '20-'22, Oklahoma City

druggist, died August 8 in Oklahoma City fol-lowing a long illness . He was 44 years old . Anative of Reading, England, Mr. Caughey cameto the United States at the age of 14 and livedfirst at Pawnee, moving to Oklahoma City later .He was the owner of the Northeast Pharmacythere . Survivors include his wife, Mrs . RuthCaughey, a son John, and a daughter Barbara .Mrs . Ann Montgomery Breeden, '226a, Okla-

homa City, was appointed a history teacher atCarrizozo, New Mexico . Mrs . Breeden formerlytaught near Kingfisher .

-1923-Bradford M . Risinger, '23ba, Sand Springs at-

torney, has been appointed assistant county at-torney of Tulsa County to assist Dixie Gilmer,'241aw, county attorney . Mr. Risinger formerlywas Tulsa city clerk and in 1936 was managerof the county Democratic headquarters, direct-ing the county, state and national campaigns inTulsa County. He is a graduate of the TulsaLaw School.

-1924-Mrs . Lula S . McGahey, '24ed, Okemah, is a

clerk stenographer in the research division ofthe Co-ordinator's Office, Washington, D . C . Shewas formerly employed by the State Department.

- 1925-Don R . Wasson, '23-'25, former executive sec-

retary of the Tulsa Kiwanis Club, has taken aposition as business manager of Holland Hall,a private preparatory school for girls in Tulsa.Mr . Wasson is married and has a 10-year-oldson, Clark .

-1927-ARMSTRONG-KINKER : Miss Frances D.

Armstrong, '27fa, Duncan, and H . Robert Kinker,Toledo, Ohio, were married July 30 in Duncan.Mrs. Kinker, a member of Alpha Xi Delta soror-ity, formerly taught instrumental music in thepublic schools at Oak Park, Illinois . Mr . Kinkerholds degrees from the University of Toledo andNew York University and is a member of PhiDelta Kappa honorary education fraternity. Heis vocational instructor in automotives in Yon-kers, New York, where the couple have estab-lished a home . Both Mr . and Mrs . Kinker planto take work leading to doctors degrees at NewYork University this year .Tom B. Turbyfill, '276a, Norman, was ap-

pointed music supervisor at Edmonds, Washing-ton . Mr . Turbyfill formerly taught at Nampa,Idaho .

-'1932-Capt. Oliver W . Hammonds, '326a, and Mrs .

Hammonds have chosen the name Harry Hewesfor their baby son born August 6 in Washington,D. C . Captain Hammonds is on duty with theAir Forces there .

-1933-Ethel Ca Lori, '331na Earlsboro, has been

employed as teacher of Spanish and English inthe Okemah public schools .R . B . Curran, '33geol, was transferred from

Tulsa to Casper, Wyoming, by the Carter OilCompany . Mr . Curran is handling conservationmatters and is assistant to the president.

Frank E . Ittner, '33eng, and Mrs . Inner (MaryElizabeth Simpson, '24ba, '25ma) are the par-ents of a baby son Robert Charles born August2 in Bakersfield, California .

Robert D . Stone and Mrs . Stone (CarolinePipkin, '336a) are the parents of a baby daugh-ter Jane Ellen, born August 20 in Oklahomacity .

-1934-Maj . Harrison R . Christy, Jr ., and Mrs . Christy

have chosen the name Harrison R . III, for theirbaby son born August 6 in Oklahoma City . MajorChristy is stationed in Italy.

Dudley H . Culp, '341aw, formerly of Norman,is a resident agent of the Federal Bureau of In-vestigation in Tyler, Texas. He and Mrs . Culpare the parents of a baby daughter Linda Ann,born last May .

Walter B . Emery, '34law, is the author of anarticle Verbal Warfare recently published in theQuarterly Journal of Speech. The article dis-cusses Dr . Goebbel's propaganda technique andthe United States' method of dealing with it. Dr .Emery describes the work of the Foreign Broad-cast Intelligence Service of the Federal Communi-cations Commission in recording and analyzingAxis propaganda broadcasts . When the enemylies, as he often does, Dr . Emery wrote, or whenhe shifts his strategic line and emphasis, orwhen he reports one story to this country and theexact opposite to another, there is a basis fordeductions which have military value . Dr .Emery, a former instructor in speech at O . U .,is an assistant to Paul Walker, '121aw, memberof the Federal Communications Commission, inWashington, D . C .

Golden Anniversary

A Sooner who attended O . U . the firstyear of its existence and his wife celebratedtheir fiftieth wedding anniversary in August.They are Mr. and Mrs . Jesse Irvin Denisonof Hobart, Oklahoma . Mr. Denison cameto Oklahoma in 1889 and helped establishthe city of Norman. He attended the Uni-versity in 1892 . The Denisons moved toHobart in 1918 and have lived there since .

- 1936-Jack E . Douglas, '36speech, is head of the

speech department at West Texas State Collegein Canyon . He was formerly on the faculty ofSouthwestern Texas State Teachers College inSan Marcos .

-1937-CAHILL-ADAMS : Miss Marjorie L. Cahill,

'37nurse, Guthrie, lieutenant in the Army NurseCorps, and Lt. Ralph C . Adams, Sapulpa, U. S .Navy, were married on July 6 in England, whereboth have been stationed for the last year . Mrs .Adams was a nurse in Guthrie before enteringthe service three years ago.Eva Cole, '37, Welch, Oklahoma, is in Eng-

land as a Red Cross staff assistant with thearmed forces . She was formerly employed inthe Quartermaster Property Office at Camp For-rest, Tennessee .

Leslie A . Ford, '37bus, and Mrs . Ford (Mar-garet Anne Long, '37bus) are the parents of ababy son Lloyd born August 4 in Shawnee .CROSS-McCOLLOM : Miss Dora Jean Cross,

Mayfield, Kentucky, and Lt . Stuart W . Mc-Collom, '35-'37, Ardmore, were married August8 in Miami, Florida . Mrs . McCollom attendedthe University of Kentucky in Lexington . Lieu-tenant McCollom, a member of Beta Theta Pifraternity, is stationed in Miami with the NavalAir Corps . The couple established a home inMiami .

-1938-FADEN-FEENBERG : Miss Myrtle Faden, Gal-

veston, Texas, and Eugene B . Feenberg, '35-'38,Oklahoma City, were married August 16 in Gal-veston . Mrs . Feenberg attended the University ofTexas at Austin . Mr . Feenberg, a member of PiLambda Phi fraternity, recently returned fromoverseas service with the Army . He and Mrs .Feenberg plan to live in Oklahoma City afterthe war .

John Grayson, '38ed, has been appointed headbasketball coach and assistant football and trackcoach at Muskogee High School . Before his re-lease from the Army, Mr . Grayson coached theCamp Crowder, Missouri, basketball team, whichstopped Kansas University's 13-game winningstreak by a 35-31 defeat . During Mr . Grayson'scoaching career his basketball teams have won163 games and lost 13 . He formerly lived inWilburton and McAlester.

-1939-Exa Martin, '39he, Lone Wolf, has resigned

as supervisor of Service Clubs at Fort Bliss, Tex-as, to complete her graduate study at the Uni-versity of Minnesota, Minneapolis .WHITE-HEUSINGER : Miss Eunice White,

'39ba, Clinton, and Freddie W. Heusinger, avi-ation machinist's mate first class, San Antonio,Texas, were married August 1 in San Bernardino,California . At the time of her marriage Mrs.Heusinger was working at the San BernardinoAir Depot. Mr . Heusinger recently returnedfrom the Central Pacific area, where he has beenon active duty for 18 months .

- 1940-SMITH-BROSS : Miss Idella Mae Smith and

Lt . Lyle Bross, '39-'40, both of El Reno, weremarried August 19 in Alexandria, Louisiana. Mrs .Bross was formerly employed in the countyclerk's office in El Reno . Lieutenant Bross, amember of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, was sta-tioned with the Signal Corps at Camp Living-ston, Louisiana . He and Mrs. Bross are livingin Alexandria near there .KIRKPATRICK-COULTER : Miss Evelyn

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Kirkpatrick and Sgt . Charles Coulter, '40, bothof Wanette, were married August 3 in Okla-homa City. Mrs . Coulter was employed withthe Federal Bureau of Investigation in Wash-ington, D . C ., before her marriage. SergeantCoulter recently returned from the South Pacific,where he was stationed for 29 months, and hadnot been re-assigned to duty at the time of hismarriage .E . Brock Dale, '40phys, '44ms, Oklahoma

City, is the co-author of an article Further Studiesof the Infrared Absorption of Rubber, recentlypublished in the Journal of Applied Physics . Mr .Dale, former fellow of the Oklahoma ResearchInstitute, is employed by the Phillips PetroleumCompany in Borger, Texas .GAINES-O'REILLY : Miss Emalee Gaines, '40

ed, Hobart, and Aviation Cadet William J.O'Reilly, Eufaula, were married August 19 inPhoenix, Arizona . Cadet O'Reilly is a formerstudent of the University of Minnesota in Minne-apolis . He was in training at the Army AirField near Phoenix, where the couple are athome.E. G . Hotze, '40eng, Oklahoma City, was

transferred from Tulsa to Houston by the ClarkBrothers Company, Incorporated, manufacturersof engines and compressors .JONES-FLAGLER : Miss Emily Jean Jones,

'40soc.wk, and Capt . Forrest E . Flagler, both ofEl Reno, were married there on August 24 . Mrs .Flagler is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sor-ority . Captain Flagler, a former student of Okla-homa City University, recently returned to theUnited States from service with the Air Forcein the European theater. He holds an Air Medalwith six Oak Leaf Clusters . He was a memberof the first American unit to bomb Berlin .

Capt. J . W. Long, '39-'40, and Mrs . Long arethe parents of a baby son Joseph William, Jr.,born July 28 at El Paso, Texas . Captain Longis stationed overseas .

Jack P . Morris, '36-'40, Anadarko, is navigatoron the North Atlantic route of the AmericanAirlines, Incorporated . Mr . Morris was em-ployed as ticket agent in New York and Mon-terey, Mexico, until he became a navigator in1943 . He is a member of the company's youngestflight crew.TAYLOR-SEARS : Miss Marguerite Taylor,

Frederick, and Joseph M . Sears, '40eng, Okla-homa City, technician fifth grade, were marriedAugust 17 in Oklahoma City . They have es-tablished a home in Pomona, California, whereCorporal Sears is stationed .H . Vernon Smith, '40eng, Cement, is em-

ployed as a petroleum engineer in Parkersburg,West Viriginia.

-1941-W. Kendall Baker, '411aw, formerly with the

legal department of the Shell Oil Company inHouston, Texas, has become a member of theHouston law firm of Burris and Benton, withoffices in the Union National Bank Building.

Tech . Sgt . A . B . Balch, Jr ., '38-'41, and Mrs .Balch (Ann Welchert, '41) are the parents of ababy son Kenny Alan born August 4 in Okla-homa City . Sergeant Balch is on duty in France .HOCKSTEIN-SHAPIRO : Miss Sylvia Hock-

stein, '41bus, Henryetta, and Dr . Nathan B .Shapiro were married April 2 in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania . Mrs . Shapiro is a member of Sig-ma Delta Tau sorority . Dr. Shapiro is a gradu-ate of Temple University Medical School, Phila-delphia, where the couple will live .

Walter S . Knight, '39-'41, and Mrs . Knight(Billie Jean Cook, '40-'42) are the parents of ababy son John Walter born August 18 in Okla-homa City.Maj . James P . Listen, '41bus, and Mrs . Listen

(Ruth Metz, '41) have chosen the name BarbaraAnn for their baby daughter born August 12 inOklahoma City . Major Listen is serving in Italy .SHERMAN-LUCAS : Miss Marion Sherman,

Oklahoma City and Houston, was married to

OCTOBER, 1944

39th Annual

TEXAS--OKLAHOMA FootballGame October 14 in DALLAS

THIS YEAR'S Texas-Oklahoma game promises to be a hard-fought

contest full of surprises and spectacular plays, with Snorter Luster's

Big Six Conference winning Sooners competing against Texas' South-

west Conference and Cotton Bowl champions. Tickets for the Dallas

game can be secured from the Ticket Office, Athletic Department, Uni-

versity of Oklahoma, or at Veazey's Drug Store No . 1 in Oklahoma City .

Prices are $2 .50 each for reserved seats and $3.30 for boxes.

ON OCTOBER 28 the Sooners will meet Texas Christian in a night

game in Taft Stadium, Oklahoma City . Tickets are $2 .75 each, tax

included .

THE WEEKEND after the Dallas game, the O.U . eleven will play

Kansas State at Norman . Among the spectators at this event will be

fathers of University students from all over the state who will be in

Norman for the annual meeting of the University of Oklahoma Dads

Association . The remainder of the Sooners 1944 schedule is as follows :

Oct. 14-Texas at Dallas .Oct. 21-Kansas State at Norman .Oct. 28-Texas Christian at Oklahoma City .Nov. 4-Iowa State at Ames .Nov. 11-Missouri at Norman . (Homecoming)Nov. 18-Kansas at Lawrence .Nov . 25-Oklahoma Aggies at Oklahoma City .Dec. 2-Nebraska at Oklahoma City .

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Capt . Jack W . Lucas, '41eng, Ada, on August19 in Oklahoma City . Mrs . Lucas, who attendedOklahoma City University, has been secretary tothe head of the Houston branch of the FederalBureau of Investigation for the last four years .Captain Lucas recently returned from England,North Africa and Italy, where he was stationedfor 26 months .

Nelda Martin, '41ma, director of the ServiceClub at Camp Hulen, Texas, plans recreationalactivities for servicemen, including dances, bingogames and square dance lessons . Her work isunder the Special Services branch of the Army .

James C . McNair, '41eng, former O. U . basket-ball star, is assistant district superintendent forthe Phillips Petroleum Company with head-quarters at Billings, Oklahoma . He formerlyworked for the company at Vernon, Texas, andBartlesville .

Lt. John E . Sarles, '41ms, on duty with theAir Force in the Southwest Pacific, and Mrs .Sarles have a baby daughter Judith Ann, bornlast March in Norwood, Ohio.HARRIS-SULLIVAN : Miss Sarah Virginia

Harris, Kenmore, New York, and Ensign CharlesP. Sullivan, '40-'41, Bristow, were married atMelbourne, Florida. Mrs . Sullivan attendedMichigan State College at Lansing . EnsignSullivan, who received his commission on July1, was stationed at the Melbourne Naval AirStation.

1942~Baydcn Bashe, '426a, Norman, is employed in

the traffic department of the Warren PetroleumCompany, Tulsa .HOPKINS-LAWTON : Miss Doris Hopkins,

'42, formerly of McAlester, and Lt. Reed M.Lawton, '40-'43, Pawhuska, were married July30 in Kansas City, Missouri . Mrs . Lawton, amember of Sigma Alpha Iota honorary musicfraternity, has been on the staff of radio stationWHB in Kansas City for the last year . LieutenantLawton, who received his commission at FortSill in July, was assigned to the Field ArtilleryReplacement Training Center there .

Capt . James D . Richardson, '42eng, and Mrs .Richardson are the parents of a baby daughterSusan Kay born August 15 in Oklahoma City .Captain Richardson was stationed at Esler Field,Louisiana .

-1943-SCRUGGS-BABB : Miss Mary Ella Scruggs,

Vinita, and Master Sgt . Charles M . Babb, '43bus,Lawton, were married August 19 in Vinita . Mrs .Babb is a student in Oklahoma College forWomen at Chickasha . Sergeant Babb is stationedat Borden General Hospital at Chickasha, wherethe couple have established a home .BRIMER-NOTHWANG : Miss Aileen Brimer,

'43cd, Wilson, Oklahoma, and Pvt . Charles H .Nothwang, Springfield, Oregon, were marriedAugust 3 in Springfield . Mrs . Nothwang is amember of Alpha Lambda Delta honorary schol-astic organization for freshman girls and KappaDelta Pi honorary education fraternity . PrivateNothwang was engaged in the lumber businessin Oregon before entering the Army . He re-cently returned from 19-months overseas service .COPELAND-CLARK : Miss Cleta Copeland,

Sayre, and Ensign George Clark, '43, Carter,were married July 1 in Oklahoma City . Mrs .Clark, who attended Southwestern Institute ofTechnology at Weatherford, was employed bythe Oklahoma City Air Service Command beforeher marriage . Ensign Clark, former member ofthe V-12 training unit at the University, is amember of Pi Tau Sigma and Tau Omega en-gineering fraternities . He was stationed tempor-arily at Newport, Rhode Island, where thecouple are at home .

Marjorie Louise Clark, '43phys .ed, is a mem-ber of the health education staff of the Okla-homa City Y.W.C .A . Miss Clark attended thenational Red Cross aquatic school, Oconomowoc,Wisconsin, this summer . She was physical edu-

cation instructor in the public schools of Chick-asha during the past year.Mrs . Ruth Adams Karr, '43m.ed, and her

(laughter, Lou Ann Karr, '446a, are both em-ployed on the faculty of the high school at Delhi,Oklahoma .

Helen Kemp, '43m.ed, Stillwater, is employedas commerce teacher in the Weatherford HighSchool . She formerly taught at Harrah andCalvin and in the Naval Training Program atA . and M. College in Stillwater .Fearn Kennedy, '43he, Oklahoma City, is a

student dietitian at Fitzsimons Fitzsimons General Hospital,Denver, Colorado .Chen Chun Ku, '43m .eng, Chungking, China,

is employed by the Socony-Vacuum Oil Coin-

Entertains TroopsLouise Allbritton, '38, Hollywood star who re-

cently returned from an entertainment trip toEngland and North Africa, had an article onher experiences published in the September 5Look magazine. Miss Allbritton's latest pictureis Universal's San Diego, I Love You.

pany in New York City . He recently receiveda doctor of science degree in chemical engineer-ing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technol-ogy-Lt.

(jg) Joe Bud Minton, '43bus, and Mrs .Minton (Naomi Armstrong, '43cd) are the par-ents of a baby son Ronald born July 24 . Mrs .Minton is living at Walters while LieutenantMinton is on sea duty .CASEY-MOORE : Miss Bernice Casey, Henry-

etta, and Lt. Gerald E . Moore, '41=43, Okmul-gee, were married July 21 in Pueblo, Colorado .Mrs . Moore attended Okmulgee Junior Collegeand Oklahoma City University . Before hermarriage she was employed with the AudiphoneCompany in Oklahoma City. Lieutenant Moore,who recently received his commission as a navi-gator in the Air Force at Hondo, Texas, wasstationed at Pueblo, where the couple establisheda home .RIDDLE-DUGGER : Miss Julian Riddle, '43he,

McAlester, and James A . Dugger, '43chem, '44ba, Oklahoma City, were married August 19 inMcAlester. Mrs . Dugger, who served her in-terneship in dietetics at Rochester Medical School,Rochester, Minnesota, last year, is a dietitian atthe University Medical School in Oklahoma City .Mr . Dugger is a member of the Naval Reserveattending Medical School . The couple are liv-ing in Oklahoma City .

Ensign Jack Walters, '43eng, and Mrs. Waltersare the parents of a baby son Michael Cannonborn August 5 in Oklahoma City . Ensign Walt-ers is on sea duty.

1944Helen Amick, '44he, Heavener, was training

for a buyer's position with Sears Roebuck Com-pany, Kansas City, Missouri .BASKIN-DeVORE : Miss Rhoda Baskin, '41-

'44, Mineola, Long Island, New York, and HomerDeVore, '41-'44, Norman, were married Septem-ber 14 in Mineola . Mrs . DeVore, formenstudentin the School of Letters, plans to return to theUniversity to complete work on her degree nextsummer. Mr . DeVore was a swimming in-structor with the Naval Training Unit at theUniversity last year . He is now in business inMineola, where the couple are at home .

Faye Arledge (Cindy) Cook '42-'44, Eldorado,has been employed in the advertising departmentof the Altars Times-Democrat. Miss Cook waseditor of the Covered Wagon during the springof '44 .

Covelle George, '44lib.sci, Edmond, was em-ployed as high school librarian and school librarysupervisor in Waynesboro, Virginia.

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