Calling the Roll of Sooner ClassesBy ELIZABETH LEES

_1910--The Norman Transcript published by Fred E .

Taxman, '10ba, won the G . 11 . Mead trophy, of-fered as a sweepstake award for the newspaperwinning the most honors in the Oklahoma StateFair newspaper contest for 1943 . Other alumniwho arc employed on the Transcript are HaroldBelknap, '256a, business manager ; Howard VanDyke, '33ba, city editor ; Ida Sloan, '356a, whocovers a city run and Navy Bases near Norman ;Howard Geis, '28-'35, shop foreman ; Myrtle West,'40journ, '41ma, advertising salesman, and FredSloan, '34-'38, printer .

-1911-E . L. DeGolyer, 'llba, Dallas, will serve in

an advisory capacity in a search for oil in newfields opened in Mexico . Mr. DeGolyer, who is as-sistant federal deputy petroleum administratorin the conservation program under Harold L .Ickes, was one of several North American ge-ologists who attended a meeting in October inMexico City to discuss oil exploration . He is anindependent producer and consulting geologistoperating in Dallas, Texas .

-1914-Mrs . Roberta Robey, '146a, Davidson, is teach-

ing at the Hospital for Crippled Children, HotSprings, New Mexico . She recently joined thehospital staff to aid in the teacher shortage .

-1916-Clara Belle Morgan, '166a, Norman, died in

September at her home at Hermosa Beach, Cali-fornia . Miss Morgan taught piano and was or-ganist in Norman for the First Church of Christ,Scientist, before moving to California in 1937 .Survivors include her mother, a brother andsister .

-1917-Daniel W. Emerson, '17ba, '26m .ed, '32ph .d,

head of the extension department of NortheasternState College at Tahlequah, died October 20 inTulsa . Dr . Emerson had been a member of thefaculty of Northeastern for 22 years . He hadalso been superintendent and principal at variousschools throughout the state. Survivors includehis wife, a brother, Earle Emerson, '19, Crom-well, and two daughters, Mrs . Ona Emerson Mc-Cabe, '25ma, and Mrs . Evelyn Emerson Harlan,'30-'31, both of Tulsa.

~1920-Claude H. Bunnell, '18-'20, Newkirk, died

October 15 at his home at Arkansas City follow-ing a long illness . Survivors include his wife,one son and one daughter . Mr . Bunnell went toArkansas City from Newkirk in 1920 and hadoperated a suburban grocery store for the last 11years .

Ralph E . Clymer, '15-'20, Oklahoma City in-surance man, died October 1 at his home inOklahoma City where he had been a residentfor 30 years . He was a member of the MasonicLodge, the American Legion and the YoungMen's Dinner Club . Survivors include his wifeand a sister, Mrs . Leroy D . Long (Mary LouiseClymer, '266a) Oklahoma City .Oscar Hatcher, '20ba, Ada, has resigned as

surface geologist for the Mid-Continent PetroleumCompany and accepted a position as chief geol-ogist for Helmerich and Payne, Inc ., at Tulsa .

-1921-Boyd F . Koepke, '21chem, is technologist

with the Western Petroleum Refiners Associationat Tulsa .

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-1922-Jesse Henry Long, '226a, '221aw, died in his

home at Carrizo Springs, Texas, in Septemberfollowing a three-months illness . Survivors in-clude his wife Mrs . Lida Potts Long, '226a, andsix children, all of Carrizo Springs .

Mabel Vandiver, '22fa, Norman, is head of theart department at Fort Hays Liberal Arts Col-lege, Hays, Kansas.

-1923-Mrs . Bertha Downing, '23ed, '29ma, Norman,

has been appointed English and journalism teach-er at Visalia High School, Visalia, California .Lynn Riggs, '23, who wrote the play from

which the hit show Oklahoma! was adapted, isworking for the Office of War Information inNew York City . Mr . Riggs, a former sergeantin the Army, was discharged because he wasover 38 .

1926~Announcement was made that D . Marsden

Austin, '26, Chickasha, led the entire New YorkLife Insurance Company field force in paid pol-icies for July of this year. He also leads allOklahoma New York Life agents in paid volumefor the first nine months of 1943 .Harry Kniselcy, Jr ., '266a, '29ma, Norman, has

resigned as director of publications of the Spar-tan School of Aeronautics, Tulsa, to become editorof The Link, monthly house organ of the CarterOil Company . He succeeds Willard Bassman,'296a, who entered the Army .McDANEL-SYNNOTT : Miss Agnes Odessa

McDancl, '25-'26, and William Edward Synnott,'34, both of Norman, were married October 10at Norman . Mrs . Synnott was a member of theWAAC as a recruiting officer but did not re-enlist when the Women's Army Corps becamepart of the Army . Mr . Synnott, who recently wasgiven a medical discharge from the Army AirCorps, is employed in the tabulating departmentat Douglas Aircraft Plant, Oklahoma City .

'--1927x-HOWARD-CRAMER : Miss Anita Howard,

'27fa, Oklahoma City, and Cpl . Murray Cramer,New York City, were married October 10 inCharleston, South Carolina . Mrs . Cramer, onleave of absence from Central State College ashead of the art department, is a draughtsman inthe engineering department of the CharlestonNavy Yard . Corporal Cramer, who attended theNew York Electrical institute, was stationed atFort Moultrie, South Carolina .H . Andrew Ireland, '27ms, of the U . S . Ge-

ological Survey, has opened an office with theOklahoma Geological Survey at Norman and ismaking contacts for preliminary work in castsurvey of potential deeper oil reserves in Okla-homa . This work is part of the nationwidesurvey conducted by the U . S . Geological Survey .Mr . Ireland has started a study of the Arbuckleformation, working from the northeast cornerof the state to the Arbuckle and Wichita Moun-tains. His work is expected to be completedabout the middle of next year .

-1929-James W. Batchelor, '291aw, Bennington, is

associated with the Civil Aeronautics Board inWashington, D . C .

Lt. R . W . Barkholz and Mrs . Barkholz (EvlynCouch, '29ba, '38m.ed) are the parents of a babydaughter Martha Lee born August 16 at LaCrosse, Wisconsin . Mrs . Barkholz is temporarilywith her parents at Norman .KIRK-BOYER : Miss Betty Kirk, '29ba, Bartles-

ville, and Francis Boyer, Philadelphia, Pennsyl-vania, were married October 18 in Plymouth

Meeting, Pennsylvania . Mrs . Boyer, a memberof Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, has been en-gaged in free-lance newspaper work in MexicoCity, where she was correspondent for the Chris-tian Science Monitor and the London Daily Times .Last year her book Covering the Mexican Frontwas published, and she is now working on asecond book . The couple will live in PlymouthMeeting, where Mr . Boyer is vice president of adrug firm .HOWARD-STANSELL : Announcement has

been made of the engagement of Miss EleanorElizabeth Howard, Oklahoma City, to Vernon B .Stansell, '27-'29, petty officer first class in theNavy, Tipton . Miss Howard attended Black-wood-Davis Business College . Mr. Stansell, amember of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, was em-ployed by Commercial Investment Trust Corpor-ation, Dallas . He is stationed as an instructor atthe Gulfport, Mississippi, Naval Base .Winburn Thomas, '29ba, Tulsa, is new execu-

tive secretary for the Student Volunteer Move-ment, New York City . Mr . Thomas, who wasa missionary in Japan for some time, has beendoing promotion work for the Presbyterian Boardof Foreign Missions the past year . He visited thecampus in November and spoke to several stu-dent organizations and at an open forum .

-1930-Mrs . Hermione Briscoe, '30ba, '39ma, has re-

signed as editor of the Hollis Weekly News.Russell L . Dicks, '306a, associate pastor of the

Highland Methodist Church at Dallas, was leaderof a seminar on personal counseling in wartimeheld in Muskogee recently for ministers andU.S .O . staff members . Mr . Dicks is also an as-sistant professor of theology in the School ofTheology at Southern Methodist University, Dal-las .

J . E . Keen, Oklahoma pioneer and father oftwo alumni, died October 24 at Elk City . Sur-vivors include Paul V . Keen, '27-'30, '39-'42,assistant director of intramural athletics at O . U.,and Mrs . Thelma Keen Darby, \ San An-tonio, Texas .

Charlotte V . Meeting, '30ba, Seminole, is sci-ence editor of the Silver Burdett Publishing Com-pany, New York City .

Mrs . John Drager (Bertha Ours, '30fa), Okla-homa City, has returned home after spending thepast several months in San Juan, Puerto Rico,with her husband who was assigned there ongovernment work . Mrs . Drager was also con-nected with the government during her stay.Mr . Drager is now stationed in Colombo, Ceylon,India .Dr . James G . Phillips, '30ba, '33ms, and Mrs .Phillips (Edna Hardin, '31he) are the parents ofa baby daughter Constance Jane born October 7in Oklahoma City. Dr. Phillips is serving hissurgical residency in St . Anthony's Hospital,

Oklahoma City .-1931-

Schuyler Allman, '31ba, Dacoma, Oklahoma,former state editor of the Oklahoma City bureauof the Associated Press, has been transferred tothe feature staff of the New York AP office.Mr . Allman was at one time news editor of theAlva Review-Courier and previously of the AlvaRecord .Tom Churchill, '31ba, Oklahoma City, former

Sooner athlete, is "in the food business" in Mo-bile, Alabama . He supervises the serving of mealsto 30,000 civilian war workers daily . TheChurchills have two boys, Tom, 12, and Jerry, 10 .Sam Schwieger, '316a, Fairview, has resigned

as secretary-manager of the Arkansas Press As-sociation to become editor o£ the Northwest Ar-

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Kansas Daily Times, Fayetteville . Before becom-ing secretary-manager of the Arkansas associa-tion in 1938, he was managing editor of thePerry Daily Journal .

Frank Willibrand, '31eng, is superintendentof the new office opened by Sohio ProducingCompany in Oklahoma City as division head-quarters . Don Hyatt, '26, is the geologist incharge .

-1932-Rev . Luman T . Cockerill, '32ba, has been ap-

pointed pastor of the Methodist Church at Wynne-wood. He and Mrs . Cockerill (Geraldine Speyers,'346a), both of Norman, formerly lived in Ithaca,New York . Mr . Cockerill was Y . M . C . A . sec-retar y while attending the University.Mrs . Marie Ludgwig, '32, has been appointed

principal of Omega High School, Omega, Okla-homa .Tom Yarbrough, '32, Associated Press war

correspondent who recently returned from theSouthwest Pacific, spoke to Oklahoma membersof the A.P. at their annual meeting in OklahomaCity in October. Mr . Yarbrough was in Londonduring the "blitz," arrived at Pearl Harbor onDecember 7, 1941, and has recently served atGeneral MacArthur's headquarters in New Guinea .

-1933-POWERS - BRECKENRIDGE:M i s s H a z e lPowers, Hobart, and Sgt. O . B . Breckenridge,'32-'33, Carnegie, were married October 15 inEl Paso, Texas . Mrs . Breckenridge has been em-ployed by the Southwestern Bell Telephone Com-pany in Hobart . Sergeant Breckenridge, who isin the engineering department of the ArmyAir Force, returned recently from two-years ser-vice in Alaska . The couple are making theirhome in El Paso .Lane Dougherty, '33ed, Sapulpa, has been ap-

pointed assistant principal and dean of boys atSapulpa High School .

-1934--Jay W. Anderson, '346a, Talihina, is radio ad-

vertising man connected with radio stationKFPW in Fort Smith, Arkansas . He formerlywas associated with the Penney Company . Hisbrother Jerry Anderson, '33, recently joined theSeabees .

Walter B . Emery, '341aw, Shawnee, has beengranted a leave of absence from the speech de-partment at Ohio State University, Columbus, inorder to serve as assistant to Paul A. Walker,'121aw, member of the Federal CommunicationsCommission . Dr. Emery, professor of speech atO. U . for seven years before going to Ohio, wasalso director of the Ohio High School SpeechLeague . He was previously associated with theFederal Communications Commission in speciallegal research .

Delbert Raymond Gish, '34ma, Hastings, Ne-braska, has received his doctor of philosophy de-gree from Boston University Graduate School .Tom A . Hall, '346a, '40d .ed, Muskogee, isteaching sociology at Louisiana Polytechnic In-stitute, Ruston, Louisiana . Dr . Hall is a formerW.P.A . official in Oklahoma City.Mendell Taylor, '34ma, Tishomingo, has beenappointed dean of the College of Liberal Arts ofBethany Peniel College . He has been a memberof the faculty eight years as a professor in thehistory and philosophy departments .WILBANKS-BARRIS : Miss Clara Lee Wil-banks, '346us, '43m .ed, Holdenville, and M. J.Barris, Drumright, were married October 17 atHoldenville . Mrs . Barris, a member of AlphaPhi sorority, taught school in Ponca City . Mr.Barris, who attended the University of Chicago,is agent for the Santa Fe Railroad Company inDrumright where the couple are at home .

- 1935-Maj . Carl N . Chambers, Jr ., '35bus, and Mrs .Chambers (Grace Marie Pitchford, '37fa) havechosen the name Carl Andrew Chambers for their

DECEMBER, 1943

Returns to Banking

CHARLEs H. FAWKSCharles H . Fawks, Jr ., '19ba, Snyder, has

resigned as secretary of the State School LandCommission to accept a position as executivevice president of the Rogers County Bank atClaremore . Mr . Fawks was formerly directorfor Oklahoma of the United States Employ-ment Service . He was in the banking busi-ness before entering government work . Heis second vice president of the Alumni Asso-ciation .

baby son born September 13 in Oklahoma City.Major Chambers was stationed at Fort Sill .Lt. Roy Scott Taylor, '35eng, and Mrs . Taylor

have chosen the name Mary Hermine for theirbaby daughter born September 20 . LieutenantTaylor, who formerly was employed with theOklahoma Gas and Electric Company in Okla-homa City, was stationed at the Naval SectionBase at Savannah, Georgia.James Dark and Mrs . Dark (Elizabeth Upham,

'356a) are the parents of a baby son James Davidborn October 3 in Oklahoma City . Mr . Dark istechnician with the Lingenfelter-Tisdal Clinic,Clinton .

-1936-Helen Sims, '36journ, Fairfax, Missouri, is per-

sonnel manager of the retail Montgomery Wardstore in Kansas City, Missouri . She was formerlyemployed in the company's store in Wichita .Hardy Suggs, '36fa, Lawton, has been em-

ployed as high school band director at Lawton .Ruth E. Winn, '366a, Emporia, Kansas, recently

arrived in Africa as an American Red Cross hos-pital recreation worker . Miss Winn is formerdirector of recreational and occupational therapyat Chestnut Lodge Sanitarium, Rockville, Mary-land .

-1937-Amanda Lee Bunch, '37fa, Wright City, has

been appointed home demonstration agent inHaskell County .

Hubert W. Frings, '37ms, Philadelphia, Penn-sylvania, has joined the faculty of West Vir-ginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon .

Fred Grove, '37journ, Hominy, has been ap-pointed managing editor of the Shawnee News-Star. He formerly served as oil editor andhandled the city news. Mr . Grove succeeds

Francis Stilley, '42journ, who resigned to jointhe Oklahoma City bureau of the Associated Press .Raymond D. Harrison, '37eng, Seminole, was

discharged from the armed forces and has beenemployed in the styrene division of the DowChemical Company, Los Angeles, California.

Byron Vorheis, '37phys, Hays, Kansas, is as-sistant professor of physics at Southwestern Louis-iana Institute, Lafayette . He formerly was geo-physicist with Conoco Oil Company in PoncaCity .

Bart Ward, '37fa, '38fa, '39m .fa, Weatherford,is employed as production illustrator by theDouglas Aircraft Company, Inc .; Oklahoma City .Mr . Ward, a member of the University trackteam in the early '30s, won the Big Six con-ference 440-yard dash five times . An artist andsculptor of note, he has been honored by havingone of his carved wood portraits chosen for ex-hibit at the National Exhibit of American Artin Rockefeller Center .WOLF-FRANK : Miss Hannah Ruth Wolf, '37

he, Davis, Oklahoma, and Capt . Simon M. Frank,Washington, D . C ., were married October 2 inWashington . Mrs . Frank has been employed asa dietitian in hospitals in New York and Vir-ginia . The couple will live in Arlington, Vir-ginia .Mrs . Evolyn Sansing Zunker, '371ib .sci, is li-

brarian in the Senior High School at Greenville,Texas.

- 1938-June Appleman, '36-'38, Oklahoma City, has

been appointed concert master of the Philadel-phia Opera Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .She attended the Juilliard School of Music inNew York City and formerly was a member ofthe Oklahoma State Symphony .Woodrow Crumbo, '36-'38, Shawnee, Indian

artist, recently completed a mural which now ap-pears in the post office at Nowata. Mr . Crumbo,who holds a position in the diemaking and cast-ing foundry at the Douglas Aircraft Plant inTulsa, has had art work exhibited widely . Oneof his murals is in the Department of the Interior .Mr. Crumbo is also skilled in the arts of jewelrymaking and dancing . Several years ago he con-ducted a government-sponsored tour with anIndian dance troupe .V . V . Harris, Jr., '38ba, and Mrs. Harris are

the parents of a baby daughter born September22 in Oklahoma City. Mr . Harris is an Okla-homa City attorney.KING-HERRIGEL : Miss Margaret King, '38ba,

Muskogee, and Cpl . Fred Herrigel, III, Short Hills,New Jersey, were married September 22 at Mus-kogee. Mrs . Herrigel is a member of Delta DeltaDelta sorority . Corporal Herrigel, a member ofDelta Tau Delta fraternity, is a graduate ofWesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut .SCHROEDER-MARSHALL : Miss Barbara

Schroeder, Great Bend, Kansas, and Sgt. JackMarshall, '37-'38, Tulsa, were married September19 in Great Bend . Mrs . Marshall, who attendedChillicothe Business College, Chillicothe, Missouri,was a secretary at the Great Bend Army AirBase . Sergeant Marshall is an instructor at Cha-nute Field, Illinois .VICKERY-MILLER : Miss Elizabeth Vickery,

Arlington, Texas, and James Nicholas Miller, Jr.,'35-'38, petty officer second class, Duncan, weremarried in August at Jacksonville Beach, Florida.Mrs . Miller, a graduate of North Texas Agricul-tural College, Arlington, has been employed atthe B . B . McCormick Construction Company,Jacksonville, Florida . Mr. Miller, who was em-ployed by the Gulf Oil Company, Odessa, Texas,is a radio operator in the Naval Air Service . Thecouple have established their home in NeptuneBeach, Florida.STIRMAN-PALMER : Miss Frances Stirman,

Pauls Valley, and Mabry C . Palmer, '36-'38, Lind-say, were married September 15 at Pauls Valley.Mrs . Palmer is employed by the Safeway Storethere . Mr . Palmer is in the Army Air Force andwas awaiting assignment.Maj . Fred V. Shirley, '381aw, and Mrs . Shirley

(Marguerite Koerner, '36ed) are the parents of

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a baby daughter Sharon Ann born September 22at Fort Sill . 1939Max Barrett, '38-'39, Wynnewood, has received

the degree of doctor of dental surgery and bache-lor of science in dentistry from the Universityof Kansas City School of Dentistry . Dr . Barrettholds a reserve commission in the Dental Corpsof the Army and soon will be called to activeduty.

-Harold Castor, '39fa, Oklahoma City, had

several sculptured portraits on exhibition lastmonth in the "Portraits of Oklahomans" artshow at the Oklahoma Art Center, OklahomaCity. Joe Taylor, University art professor, alsowas represented in the show by several sculpturepieces .

Ensign M . T. Cochran, '39ba, and Mrs . Cochran(Mary Coleman, '39ba) are the parents of ababy son M . T . Cochran III born October 12 inDetroit .Claude L . Dean, '39ba, 36 med and Mrs .

Dean have chosen the name Deanna Sherry fortheir baby daughter born September 18 in Okla-homa City. Mr . Dean is a teacher in the Okla-homa City school system .

Margaret Elliott, '39ba, Chickasha, is a stressanalyst at Beech Aircraft Company, Wichita,Kansas.

Charles B . Genther, '39eng, Norman, a gradu-ate student of the Illinois Institute of Technology,Chicago, is employed by a Chicago architecturalfirm on war housing projects throughout themiddlewestern states . He received a graduatescholarship at the Institute for a second year ofstudy and also the Edward Langley researchscholarship from the American Institute of Ar-chitects .ELLIS-KIRBY : Miss Donna Ellis, Cushing, and

Gordon Kirby, '35-'39, Blanchard, were marriedSeptember 18 in Oklahoma City . Mrs . Kirby,a graduate of Tulsa Business College, has beenemployed by the Cushing Refining Company .Mr . Kirby is a geologist employed by the PettyGeophysical Engineering Company in Odessa,Texas .

Capt . Trimble B. Latting, '391aw, and Mrs .Latting (Patience Sewell, '38ba) are the parentsof a baby daughter Patience Francelia born Sep-tember 28 in Pueblo, Colorado . Captain Lat-ting was recently transferred from Pueblo to Pratt,Kansas .RISNER-YOUNG : Miss Ruth Risner, '39, and

Ensign W . O . Young, '42, both of Lone Grove,were married October 10 at Lone Grove . Mrs .Young has been employed at the ChickasawLumber Company in Lone Grove. EnsignYoung, who graduated from the Naval Air Sta-tion, Corpus Christi, Texas, in October, wasstationed at Salt Lake City, Utah .

Adelaide Snider, '39he, Muskogeehas resigned,as dietitian at Bradto

accept a positiEastLansing.

Loyd Somers,'3parentsof a baby s

ber 23 . Mr. Someing department ofIllinois .Mrs . Jake Van

ZHerbertVan Zantported in Sicily,

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The infant son of Henry M . Black, '40eng,and Mrs . Black (Virginia Sutherland, '39soc .wk)died last summer in Memphis, Tennessee . Mr .Black is assistant service superintendent of theDuPont Company located at the Chickasaw Ord-nance Works, Memphis .GARRETT-WORD : Announcement has been

made of the marriage of Miss Martha Ann Gar-rett, '40ed, Waurika, to Robert W. Word, WichitaFalls, Texas, August 14 in Columbia, South Caro-lina . Mrs . Word is a WAC stationed at Colum-bia . Mr . Word was employed by the OklahomaState Planning and Resources Board, OklahomaCity, until he accepted a position with the postengineer at Sheppard Field, Texas.HOCH-WALKER : Announcement has been

made of the engagement of Miss Mary GenevieveHoch, '40chem, '41ms, Bartlesville, to Vincent JohnWalker, Minneapolis, Minnesota . Miss Hoch, amember of Sigma Xi national honorary scientificresearch fraternity, has been employed as a chem-ist in the research department of Phillips Pe-troleum Company, Bartlesville . Mr . Walker, agraduate of the University of Minnesota, Minne-apolis, is a design engineer for Phillips .HOFFMANN-KITCHINGS : Miss Helena Hoff-

mann, '40bus, Norman, and William Kitchings,Chandler, were married September 23 in Nor-man . Mrs . Kitchings is deputy court clerk inthe Court House at Norman . Mr . Kitchings isa machinist's mate stationed at the Naval AirStation, Norman .FEATHERSTON-HOLT : Miss Francye Feather-

ston, of Featherston, Oklahoma, and John Holt,'39-'40, Maud, were married September 4 inWashington, D . C . Mrs . Holt, a graduate of North-eastern State College, Tahlequah, teaches in Alex-andria, Virginia . Mr . Holt is enrolled in theNavy School of Music, Washington, D . C.EDMONDS-McWILLIAMS : Announcement has

been made of the marriage of Miss Mary Eliza-beth Edmonds, Colorado Springs, Colorado, toRobert B . McWilliams, '40journ, Holdenville,July 20 in Santa Fe, New Mexico . Mrs . Me-Williams attended Colorado College, ColoradoSprings . Mr . McWilliams, a member of KappaSigma fraternity, is manager of the Galen E .Broyles Advertising Agency, Colorado Springs .He is former University correspondent for theDaily Oklahoman and Oklahoma City Times .

In Norman for a short visit last month wasMrs . Walter W . Butcher (Dora Deane Middleton,'40he) after a year in Maracaibo, Venezuela, whereMr . Butcher, '37geol, Norman, is a geologistwith the Creole Company, subsidiary of theStandard Oil Company. Mr. Butcher expects tovisit the United States sometime this fall . Be-cause of war shipping conditions, the kitchenutensils which the newly wed couple planned touse in their home were late in arriving in Vene-zuela, and they had to use utensils loaned bySouth American neighbors . Mrs . Butcher found

-1941-ADAMS-ALLIS : Announcement has been made

of the engagement of Miss Mary Louise Adams,'39-'41, Bartlesville, to Lt . Edward Phelps AllisIV, Milwaukee, Wisconsin . Miss Adams,

memberher of PiBeta Phi sorority, alsoattended Steph-ens College, Columbia, Missouri . LieutenantAllis, a graduate of Harvard University, Cam-bridge, Massachusetts, is a member of Hasty Pud-ding Club and the Harvard Club of New York .He was stationed at Camp Crowder, Missouri .WOOLSEY-BECHTOLD : Miss Betty Jean

Woolsey and Sgt . Edwin L . Bechtold, '40-'41,both of Newkirk, were married October 8 inTuscaloosa, Alabama . Mrs. Bechtold attendedOklahoma A . and M. College, Stillwater . Ser-geant Bechtold recently returned to the UnitedStates after 18-months service in the Canal Zone .ACKERS - CAMPBELL: Miss Joyce Ackers andLt . Malcolm D . Campbell, '41, both of Tulsa,were married October 8 in Tulsa . Mrs . Campbell,a member of Chi Omega sorority, attended theUniversity of Tulsa . Lieutenant Campbell wasstationed at Florence, South Carolina, where thecouple will make their home .CHESNUTT-BUTTS : Miss Ruth Chesnutt, '41

cd, Holdenville, and Aviation Cadet WillardLeslie Butts, Oklahoma City, were married Sep-tember 20 in Holdenville . Mrs . Butts, a mem-ber of Delta Delta Delta sorority, also attendedChristian College, Columbia, Missouri . Mr .Butts, a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity, isa graduate of Whorton School of Finance andCommerce, University of Pennsylvania, Philadel-phia . He was stationed at Lubbock Army AirField in Texas .COFFEY-COLN : Miss Bobby Coffey, Norman,

and Lt. Robert Wayne Coln, '39-'41, Fairland,were married October I at Luke Field, Phoenix,Arizona . Mrs . Coln is a graduate of NormanHigh School . Lieutenant Coln was stationed atSanta Rosa, California, with the Army Air Force .

Stratton Brooks Cralle, '41eng, Springfield,Missouri, is employed by the Sperry GyroscopeCompany, Brooklyn, New York . His duties con-sist of installation of the gyroscope at variousfactories and instruction and servicing of the in-struments at bomber fields .DAVIS-MOBLEY : Miss Lois Eugene Davis,

'41cd, Okmulgee, and Lt . George FrederickMobley, '38-'43, Chickasha, were married Oc-tober I at Okmulgee . Mrs . Mobley is a teacherin Wilson School, Okmulgee . Lieutenant Mobleywas stationed at Warner Robins Field, Macon,Georgia .NELSON - ESTEP: Miss Lavon Nelson, Moun-tain Home, Arkansas, and Lt . Fremon L . Estep,'41eng, Purcell, were married September 12 atMountain Home . Mrs . Estep attended StateTeachers College, Conway, Arkansas . LieutenantEstep was stationed as meteorologist at the Army

er Forecasting Station in Altus where thewill live .TON-FENDER : Miss Mildred Barton,g Green, Kentucky, and Lt. Alan T ., '38-'41, Stroud, were married October 1ling Green . Mrs . Fender attended BowlingHigh School . Lieutenant Fender, a mem-Delta Upsilon fraternity, was on maneuversnessee . The couple will live in Bowling

Murray F . Gibbons, Jr., '411aw, and Mrs .s have chosen the name Carol Ann foraby daughter born September 15 in MineralTexas .John W . Simmons (Lorraine Muratet,has been transferred as home service di-

rector for the Oklahoma Natural Gas Comanpyeadquarters in Okmulgee . She was form-sistant home service director in the Tulsa.H. H . Leeper (Maribelle Potts, '41bus),

Okmulgee is doing secretarial work for theService Forces of the Quartermasterat Fort Sill, where her husband is sta-Mrs . Leeper is assigned to an office of

mmissary where the retail sales store andations are handled .

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ford Hospital, Dallas, in order these so satisfactory that she sent hers back when Weathcoupleon at Michigan State College, they finally arrived . She made her own bread,which sells for 35 cents in Maracaibo, and her BA

9eng, and Mrs . Somers are the own starch from the yucca plants .BowlinFenderaton Stephen Loyd born Septem- Ensign Glen E . Paul, '40bs, and Mrs . Paul

rs is employed in the engineer- (Hazel jolly, '41ed) are the parents of a baby BoGreenthe Texas Oil Company, Salem, daughter born September 13 at Denver, Colo- ber ofrado . Ensign Paul was stationed at Fort Schtty-

Zant Duncan, mother of Major ler, New York . in TeGreen .

, '39journ, who was last re- Philip Stolper, '40bus, Muskogee, is employed I't .s received a citation for having by the Boeing Airplane Company at Wichita,8 hours of volunteer service in Kansas . Gibbontheir

rk . Alice Hyde, '19ba, Okla- WATSON-BROWN : Miss Miriam Watson, '40 Wells,d an award for 5,000 hours . ed, Ardmore, and Dudley Brown, Blackwell, Mrs .-1940- were married October 1 at Tulsa . Mrs . Brown '41he)

has been teaching school in Ardmore for severalOscar Ameringer, veteran publisher, author and years . Mr . Brown, a member of Sigma Nu fra-

labor leader, and grandfather of two alumni, died ternity, attended the University of Kansas, Law-November 5 in Oklahoma City. Mr . Ameringer, rence . He is associated with the Northern Ord-who came to Oklahoma City in 1907, was author nance Oil Company, Inc ., Tulsa, where theof If You Don't Weaken, his autobiography pub- couple will live .lished in 1940 . Survivors include Mrs . James Lt . Clifton Wilhite, '40m .ed, and Mrs . Wilhite

with herly

asdistrictMrs.

OkmulgeeBranchtioned.theCotroopH . Hopper (Dorothy Ameringer, '40ba), Flora, (Wyerna Adams, '38fa, '40m .ed) are the parentsIllinois, and Eugene Oscar Ameringer, '42-'43, of a baby daughter Carmen Irene born Septemberwho was stationed with an ASTP unit at Hunts- 21 at Norman . Lieutenant Wilhite is on dutyville, Texas . with the Navy at Oceana, Virginia .

Lt. John N . Singletary, '411aw, and Mrs . Sing-letary (Lois Virginia Southwell, '416a) are theparents of a baby daughter Anita Jo born Oc-tober 5 in Oklahoma City . Lieutenant Singletarywas stationed at Bowman Field, Kentucky .

Lt. Edward Fritch and Mrs . Fritch (PeggyThompson, '37-'41) are the parents of a babyson James Edward born recently in Enid . Lieu-tenant Fritch has recently returned from overseasduty with the Air Force .SANDERS-YARBROUGH : Announcement has

been made of the engagement of Miss EvelynSanders to Pvt. Laverne A . Yarbrough, '38-'41,both of Norman . Miss Sanders is a graduate ofNorman High School . Private Yarbrough wasassigned with an ASTP unit at Corvallis, Oregon .

_1942-John T . Black, '42eng, Las Cruces, New Mex-

ico, has received his master's degree from theUniversity of Harvard where he received a schol-arship after graduation . He is teaching physicsat Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, until a per-manent appointment with the Federal PublicHousing Authority in Washington, D . C ., is ap-proved.

Charlene Bock, '42ed, Cawker City, Kansas, isteaching art in the Wichita High School, Wichita,Kansas .

Katherine Clark, '426us, Bartlesville, is work-ing as an accountant in Salt Lake City, Utah .CRANE-RAINWATER : Miss Edith Mae Crane,

'426us, Chandler, and Sgt. Roy L . Rainwater,Sapulpa, were married October 14 at Bristow .Mrs . Rainwater, a member of Chi Omega sorority,has been employed by the Ford Motor Plant inOklahoma City . Sergeant Rainwater is an en-gineer gunner in the Army Air Force .

Ellis H . Denning, '42geol, Oklahoma City, isgeologist with the Continental Oil Company,Wichita Falls, Texas.Lou Cele Fry, '42biol, Frederick, is a medical

technician in Detroit, Michigan .Bill J . Graheck, '42arch, '42eng, Coffeyville,

Kansas, will soon receive his master's degreefrom the Massachusetts Institute of Technologywhere he has been studying on a graduate schol-arship given in recognition of outstanding workat O . U . Recently commissioned an ensign inthe United States Naval Reserve, he was stationedat Fort Schuyler, New York .

Lt . Teddy B . Nelson, and Mrs . Nelson (NormaGriffeth, '42he) are the parents of a baby daugh-ter Nancy Elaine born recently in Syracuse, NewYork . Lieutenant Nelson is on overseas duty .HOLT-KERR : Miss Marcia Holt, LaGrange,

Illinois, and Ensign Charles R . Kerr, '421aw, Paw-nee, were married September 28 in San Francisco .Mrs . Kerr was formerly employed in Chicago .Ensign Kerr, a member of Delta Tau Delta fra-ternity, has just returned from nine-months ser-vice in the South Pacific .Newton S . Liddell, '42eng, Harlingen, Texas,

is an aero-service engineer with the Sperry Gyro-scope Company, Inc ., in New Orleans, Louisiana .

Leonard M . Logan 111, '42, McAlester, whoreceived a medical discharge from the Air Corpsin October, has been employed at the Naval Avi-ation Technical Training Center in Norman .LOGGIE-PARHAM : Miss Margaret Loggie,

'41-'42, Wichita Falls, and Lt . Melvin LewisParham, '36-'39, '41, Norman, were marriedOctober 12 at Wichita Falls . Mrs. Parham alsoattended the University of Colorado, Boulder .Lieutenant Parham, a member of Phi Kappa Psifraternity, has been assigned to Salt Lake City,where the couple will make their home .

Martha Lou Miller, '40-'42, Norman, has com-pleted training as hostess for the American Air-ways and has been assigned to a run that in-cludes El Paso, Texas, Los Angeles and Memphis,Tennessee .Gene Potes, '37-'42, Sulphur, has been em-

ployed as copy reader on the Tulsa World. Heis former telegraph editor of the Muskogee Phoe-nix .

Ensign Dee A . Replogle, '42, and Mrs. Rep-logle (Betty Boyle, '41-'42) are the parents ofa baby son Dee A . Replogle, Jr., born October 1

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in Oklahoma City . Ensign Replogle is on seaduty .Mrs. Ben Allen Robinson (Dorothye Lee Rob-

ison, '42he) is employed by the American CrystalSugar Company, Rocky Ford, Colorado . Mr .Robison, who is a private first class in the Army,is stationed at the Army Air Base, La Junta, Colo-rado.

Wewoka Times-Democrat and Seminole Producer,was stationed at the Army Air Base, St. Peters-burg, Florida, where the couple will live .YOST-PITTS : Announcement has been made

of the marriage of Miss Elsie Yost, '42m.ed, andTed Pitts, both of Oklahoma City, in August inReno, Nevada . Mrs . Pitts formerly taught inLincoln School, Ponca City . Mr . Pitts is an en-gineer on a government project in Hanford,Washington, where the couple will live .

-'1943-CONRAD-ALEXANDER : Miss Shirley Conrad,

Reydon, Oklahoma, and Aviation Cadet Allen J .Alexander, '42-'43, Stafford, were married Oc-tober 16 at Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Mrs . Alex-ander attended Southwestern Institute of Tech-nology, Weatherford . Mr . Alexander received hispre-flight training at San Antonio, Texas .

Carlysle Jack Baker, Jr., '43arch, '43eng, Nor-man, is doing architectural work on war housingprojects in Tucson, Arizona . He is waiting tobe called in the Navy V-7 program .Mary Ann Batchelor, '43fa, Bennington, is em-

ployed by the Durant National Bank .JOHNSON-BOWLES : Announcement has beenmade of the engagement of Miss Enid Ruth

Johnson, Oklahoma City, to Eldred L . Bowies,'43eng, Fairview. Miss Johnson, a graduate ofSt . Anthony Hospital School of Nursing, has beenon the staff at St. Anthony Hospital in Okla-homa City . Mr. Bowles is employed by theNorth American Aircraft Company, Kansas City .

James Marcus Carmichael, '42-'43, Tulsa, is anengineer with the Cessna Aircraft Company,Wichita, Kansas .DAY-DODSON : Miss Charlotte Day, O . U.freshman student, and Pvt . Joe A . Dodson, '42-'43, both of Cordell, were married in Septemberin Oklahoma City. Private Dodson was stationed

with the ASTP unit at A . and M . College, Still-water .CARSON-FLOYD : Announcement has beenmade of the engagement of Miss Juanita Carsonto Lt . Max R. Floyd, '39-'43, both of Wewoka .Miss Carson is a graduate of Wewoka HighSchool . Lieutenant Floyd, who graduatedfrom the Armored Force Officer CandidateSchool, Fort Knox, Kentucky, was taking a 'coursein battle maneuvers, after which he will be as-signed as a battle training instructor in the Arm-ored Replacement Training Center at Fort Knox .Mrs . Wayne Goodall (Joan Foster, '43ba),Oklahoma City, is employed in the office of thedean of the College of Engineering at the Uni-versity of Missouri, Columbia . Mr . Goodall, '41-'43, was assigned for ASTP training at the Uni-versity of Missouri .Dorothy Gartung, '43he, Miami, is an internein dietetics in the University Hospital at Okla-homa City .Sue Green, '43fa, who had charge of art workfor the Oklahoma Memorial Union while a stu-dent in the University, has gone to New YorkCity where she plans to enter the advertisingand promotion field in connection with a pub-lishing firm .R . M . Hutchins, Jr., '43geol, Tyler, Texas, hasbeen employed by the Stanolind Oil and GasCompany, Houston, Texas .

DECEMBER, 1943

«i never pit so sure o an anything ""The most exciting thing that has happened to mefor some time has been the reading of an advancecopy of a book that came all the way from Nor-man, Oklahoma .

The book is called ,

MZi Ziba

Decorations by EDITH MAHIER

J . C . Mayfield, ManagerUniversity Book ExchangeNorman, Oklahoma

by JAMES PIPES

and is published by the University of OklahomaPress. . . . I read it by chance and it has hit me likea block-buster .

"James Pipes has kept a country store in Forty-Acre which is down in the swamplands of Loui-siana .

He has listened to the Negroes who cameto his store to trade and lounge and gamble .

Hetook notes. He assimilated the picturesque andpoetic language and flaming imagination of Ne-groes from sawmills, cotton plantations, leveecamps, and cane farms. He then wrote a bookof long poems out of the tales they told . . abook . . . merely crammedwith natural poetry andhumor, and most exciting to read aloud. He hascaught the magical word-sense and the rich musicof the Negro Improvisations . This is a book; areal contribution to our literature . I never feltso sure of anything."-William Rose Benet in TheSaturday Review of Literature .

"The publication of Ziba is an event, a truly ex-citing event for anybody who is at all interestedin the efforts of men to capture the poetry ofAmerica and her various regions. Mr. Pipes hasmanaged to capture beautifully the imagination,the spiritual quality, the earthiness, and the poetryin the Negroes of whom he has written."-LewSarett .

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Miss Betty Creek-Charles E . Trumbo, '42, both ofmarried October 1 at St . Peters-

burg, Florida . Mrs . Trumbo is a graduate ofHill's Business College, Oklahoma City . Lieu-tenant Trumbo, former sports editor on the