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fiq fwh( REUNION I Lieut. (jg) William Walter Doar, 'OA, who is officer in charge of a ' PAR boat out of a port in conti- a nental United States, writes that I several of his patrols have proved quite interesting. ' a Lieut. Samuel Gadsden Morrall, I *35P, is stationed at Texarkana, Texas, with Hq. & Serv. Co., 3rd Bn., 304th Ord. Regt. (Base), O.U. % T.C., R.R.O.D. He writes us that d his battalion cammander ;. Lt. Col. I Benjamin M. Kilgore, '17. of I Greenville. Bennie Graye Lewis, '36A, who is on foreign duty with the Air Trans- il port Command. is at the same post 7 with Major Theodore Clinkscales, c '36A, and writes that their reminis cences about Carolina have made t them both pretty homesick for news. Her address is Wing Hq., s ATC, Gp. X, APO No. 462, e/o a Postmaster, Minneapolis,- M inn. Lieut. John Benjamin Paysinger, r Jr., '42C, is with the Air Corps in I North Africa. 3 Lieut. George Alfred Kanuck, t< *40C, can be reached at Bat. C, 799th a AAA Bn., Camp Haan, Calif. Lieut. Walton J. McLeod, Jr., I USNR, '30L, writes that lie is still I on a "treeless, womanless island" in C the Pacific and that he sees Marshall Williams, '33C, '36L, and Louis s Floyd, '32A, frequently. t Annie Elizabeth Kaminer, '39Ed, a '33G, of Lexington. was sworn into the WAAC recently. a Lt. Col. Russell Calvin King, 'T '37G, of Hartsville. is base executive V officer at Selfridge Field, Michigan. Lieut. Howard C. King, '40A, of 'a Asheville, recently graduated from d the advanced flying training school at Fllington Field, Texas. v Major Jamea E. Stockman, '23G, A formerly pastor of Trinity Lutheran R Church in Greenville. is now chap- I lain of the lInd Bomber Command, I Second Air Force at Fort George C .Wright, Washington. I Mary Ellen McCartha, '32A, of Batesburg, is one of a group of 27 v graduate students interning in e health education at Cleveland N Health Museum from August 9 to September 4. The field training a course is part of the requirement 4 for a master's degree in health edu cation. Miss McCartha is a school C teacher and principal. 4 Ens. Robert Edward Browne, III, *42A, '44L, is addressed at Room 'S 323. U.S.N.A.S., Hollywood, Fla. D Capt. Jerry Miles Hughes, Jr., v *39A, '41L, writes that among the inany alumni he has seen during ten '4 months in the Sonth Pacific arc / Capt. Frank Jenkins, '38J; Capt. IA Ralph Dearth, '39A; Major Porcher Hopkins, '37A; Capt. Tom Jolly, I '40Ed; Lt. Charlie Yonce, '39A; Lt. I Claude Sapp, '43L; Major Arthur Robertson, '36A; and Ens. Carl ( Hartness, '40A. Capt. Roy Brown, '42A, who is v with the ferry command, has re- I cently been in Alaska, Greenland, Ireland, and England. James F. Covington, Sr., 'l5CE, d who is an associate engineer with C the War Department, is in charge of designing and! utilities for the air- ( borne command training base at s Camp McKafl, N. C. i i GET THAT BI at THE CA *Tennis Equip, * School Su * Cold e s Ralph Lewis, '29, Alami Editer Aoiled by the Alumni Association Of i to members of the Association and to i-member alumni in the Armed Forces )se addresses are on file in the Alumni ice. IN PRINT CWO Felix Bailey Greene, Jr., 38A, '40L, is personnel officer and ssistant adjutant of a field artillery attalion at an overseas location. Cpl. Samuel B. Chandler, '44C, is n administrative clerk at Hq. and iq. Sq. 2nd Bomb. Command, Fort 'eorge Wright, Spokane, Wash. Lieut. Julius Aldrich Anderson, 19A, who is an officer on a Navy estroyer, has seen service in lee ind, England, Ireland, Casablanca, )akar, and other points in the At intic. Pvt. Joseph Cohen, '36A, has been i service since March with the 13th M.P. Bn., Fort Jay, Govern r's Island, N. Y. Capt. Charles Fram, '24C, is with ic Army in India. Alice Louise Glominski, '43Ed, is 3ending the summer as a life guard the Cheraw State Park. Mrs. Henry Wade Barrow (Har et Boyd), '37Ed, lives at 1515 'arker St., Amarillo, Texas, with fr. Barrow and their three daugh !rs. Harriet and Frances, age three, nd Louise, age seven months. Herbert Bird Fincher, '36E, and [rs. Fincher (Emily Carlile Mc ,achern), '38A, reside at 3309 West irace St., Richmond, 21, Va. Edith Claire Boyd, '43C, who is 9 !cretary to the billeting officer at ie Greenville Army Air Base, lives t 15 Sullivan St., Greenville. t Thomas Fletcher Leonard, 32A, is s chief yeoman at the U. S. Naval raining School (Radio), Navy 0 ard (R), S. C. C Capt. Milton Joseph Karelitz, 7A, of Fountain Inn, is on foreign i uty with the Army. Pauline Elizabeth Layton, '31A, ho is with the Carnegie library in tlanta, resides at 1225 Clifton oad, N. E., Atlanta. Mrs. Edwin L. Davidson (Carolyn C ose Kohn). '37A, lives at 5425 b onnecticut Ave., Washington, 15, I. C. Edwin LeRoy Layton, Jr., '16A, ho is a lawyer with the U. S. Vet -ans Administration, resides at 515 inth Ave., Prospect Park, Pa. A/C Joseph W. Leech, '43A, is didressed at Sq. I., Gp. 3, Class I 1C, Maxwell Field, Ala. il Mrs. Israel Houston Bond (Cecil t aughman Kyzer), '30A, lives at 1 709 Monticello Road, Columbia. f Lieut. Charles Thomas Kaigler, P 5CE, is addressed at Industrial 'iv., OC-CWS, Bldg. T-1350, Edge- I ood Arsenal, Md. S/Sgt. Alex Theodore Kerhulas, 3A, can be reached at Co. A, 3202 -S-T-U, New York University, [orris Heights, Bronx, N. Y. a Mrs. Manuel M. Berger (Irene I ouise Levi), '35A, lives at Hollyt [ill. Mrs. Robert Emile Armstrong Linnie Selina Lee), '40A, lives at 15 WV. Evans St. in~ Florence,d here she is employed by the U. S. ,ngineer office. Cpl. Mike Kraykowski, '43Ed, 'ho is a Marine paratrooper, is ad -esse(d at H & S Co., 4 th Para. Bin., amp Pendleton, Oceanside, Calif. Mrs. Robert Lawton Kilgo Evalyn Selby Johnson), '37Ed, re-t des at 1806 Abercorni St., Savan- . ahi, Ga. J TE TO EAT NTEEN nent pplies Drinks andwiches B Cigaretese Issued in coope John McNeill Awarded Two Decorations S/Sgt. John Hamer McNeill, 38A, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. D. ,qcNeill of Bennettsville, was twarded the Air Medal May I and mn June 15 he received the Distin. ;uished Flying Cross for outstand. ng service in the Asiatic theater of >perations. Staff Sergeant McNeill, who is a runner in a combat crew in India, tas served in that area about 15 nonths and has had over 200 com iat hours over enemy territory. His rew is believed to be the oldest in >oint of service in the Asiatic heater. The Air Medal was presented him y Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker in a pecial ceremony. .Gpplemann, Jr. Is Commended First Lieut. Ernest Henry Cap elmann, Jr., '41A, son of Mr. and ,Irs. E. Henry Cappelmanh of 9 ;iblbes Court, Columbia, was a lember of a United States Army ir forces Troop Carrier command roup which transported hundreds f American paratroopers to Sicily :r the initial airborne assault on lie island without the loss of a ingle transport plane. Lieutenant Cappelmann with 223 thers, was commended by his ommanding officer for courage and evotion to duty in the arduous uly 9 task, the war department has nuounced. Lieutenant Cappelmann is a pilot. In a letter to the Alumni Office ated July 14, Lieutenant Cappel iann wrote: "Wish I could see the le campus now, but I guess it will e quite a while yet." 3ill Harth, Jr. teported Missing Lieut. William H. H4arth, Jr., 12E, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. larth, Sr., has been reported miss ,ig in action in the Middle East heater of operations since August , according to a telegram received rom the war department by his arents this week. 10 It is believed that Lieutenant larth was stationed in Cairo, ''gypt, although his parents are not ertain. On August 1 the Ru iianian oil -fields were raided and 0 planes were reported missing fter that action. It is possible that .ieutenant Harth's was one of he se. Lieutenant Harth, who enlisted in le army a year and a half ago, re eivedl his commission as a bombar icr October 10, 1942. Lieut. Campbell Held Prisoner WVord has been received by Mrs. .K. Campbell of West Columbia hat her broiher, Second Lieut. ames A. Campbell, '39A, of WVest olumblia, is a war prisoner of the apanese government at Osaka, ap)an. Lieutenant Campbell, the son of he late Mr. andl Mrs. J. A. Camp ell, of Dillon, had made his home ri West Columbia and had taught ra Kershaw before entering the rmly. Lawrence Carter Crawford, '16A, ho is in the insurance business, re ides at 4600 Broad Branch Road . WN., Washington, 18, D. C. Pvt. Fred E. Devlin, '38A, can be eached at C-i11-4-Field Artillery teception T.C., Fort Bragg, N. C. Col. John Aubrey Wheeler, '06A, vho is ordnance officer for the 'hird Air Force, lives at 916 Golf liew Ave., Tampa, Fla. Lieut. Frederich Howard De terry, '36A, is stationed at Fort lenning, Ga., with the 764th 'rank lattalion. Sherrod L. Bumgardner, '45A, is tationed at Camp Butner, N. C. vith Hg. Btry. 289 F. A. Bn. Lucile Lemmon, '30Ed, of Winns 'oro, is a teacher at Georgetown. George F. LeCroy, '34A, is a poul. ry farmer at Seneca. A/C/C Robert C. LaMotte, '428, addressed at Gettysburg College, 5, C.T.D., Gr. 4, Gettysburg, Pa. Herschel Albert Jones, 'ISA, is a iason engineer for the propellor di ision of Remington-Rand, Inc., ndl lives at 4 Lincoln St., Oneonta, q. Y. Capt, John Mansfield Coulter, ISA, who is with the Army Air orps, is addressed at P. 0. Box 23o Ra12ton, Fla. ration with the U. of S. C..Alu Floyd Rodgers Goes To China Floyd Dwight Rodgers, Jr., '35J, of Columbia, program director of Radio Station WIS for the past sev eral years, is one of four persons selected by Columbia University to go to China to establish a graduate school of journalism. Mr. Rodgers left Columbia sev eral weeks ago for New York where Floyd D. Rodgers plans were made at Columbia Uni versity. A fund of $50,000 to defray travel ling expenses and salaries of this group has been contributed by an anonymous donor. Mr. Rodgers, it was understood, will be an associate professor of journalism in Chungking. Mr. Rodgers received his AB. in Journalism from the University in 1935 and his master's degree from Columbia University in 1936. According to information from New York, the work in China is to continue for three years. Future Alumni Allan Boykin Clarkson, Jr., born July 1 to the Rev. Allan Boykin Clarkson, '36A, and Mrs. Clarkson (Mary Hamby), '41A, in Augusta, Ga. Joseph Marion Lawrence, Jr., bert July 1.to Joseph M. Lawrenice and Mrs. Lawrence (Celeste Her sey), '42C. Tullius Carter Rownd, Jr., born July 13 to Lieut. Tullius Carter Rownd and Mrs. .Rownd (Louise Ehrlich), '40A, at Columbus. Miss. Eugene Bowen Chase I1, born July 13 to Eugene Vt. Chase, Jr., '41A, and Mrs. Chase (Vivian Gun ter), '41Ed, in Columbia. Timothy Twomney, Jr., born July 14 to Lieut. Timothy Twomey and Mrs. Twomey (Margaret Farrell), '37A, at Melbourne, Fla. Lois Laws Wilson, born July 12 t'o. Lieut. Richard Bryan Wilson, '41A, and Mrs. Wilson at Midland, Texas. Wilford Franklin Douglass, Jr., born July 8 to It. Col. Wilford F. Douglass and Mrs. Douglass (Mae Belier), '36A, at Barksdale Field, La. Perry Ann Rawls, born July 12 to Stuart Rawls, Jr., and Mrs. Rawls (Flemma Miller), '41C. Bland Hammond, I11, born July 29 to Bland Hammond, Jr., '31A, '34L. and Mrs. Hammond at Aiken. Daisy Pearce Fitch, born July 28 to Capt. F. Burt Fitch. Jr., '2SCE, and Mrs. Fitch (Daisy Pearce Towill), '34G, in Charlotte, N. C. Robert Samuel Petoskey, born July 25 to Tfed Petoskey andl Mrs. Petoskey (Amelia Deschamps), '36A, at Spartanburg. Long Named To University Board Gov. Olin D. Johnston, '24L, an nouniced recently the appointment of J. C. (One Lung) Long, '25L, of Charleston, to the board of trustees of the University. Mr. Long, former senator from Charleston, succeeds D.. E. Huger, '9tA, of Charleston, on the board. As a student Mr. Long was a four-year letter man in football and captain of the varsity team, a three year letter man in baseball, andl a three-year letter man in basketball. He participated in boxing and other student activities. He was a menm ber of the Kismet Club. Interested in the University since his graduation fronm thme law school, Mr. Long has been active in the work of the Alumni Association, serving as a member-at-large of the Alumni Counci[ in 1931-32 and In 1932-33. "I do hope I can be of some ser vice to Carolina", said Mr. Long after rereiving the appointennt. di J:ront mni Association Moroso Receives His Second Navy. Commendation John A. Moroso III, 'asJ, an As. sociated Press correspondent with the Atlantic fleet, won a commen. dation recently for his "courage, fortitude and-resolution of purpose' during the Allied invasion of Sicily on the morning of July 10 . Mr. Moroso is now a resident of Larchmont, N. Y. He has returned to this country for a new assign tuent. The commendation came from the commanding officer of the American transport to which Moroso was as signed. The officer recommended that Moroso be given the Silver Star medal or some other suitable award for his courageous partici pation in a combat action. This award was the second honor paid A4oroso by the navy. He was given a citation for "meritorious performance" during the invasion of western Morocco last November 8. Alumnus Moroso was heard the night of August 8 over the Blue network as lie was interviewed by Roy Porter, commentator. A letter from Mr. Moroso writ ten at sea and just received at the Alumni office states: "At this moment I am returning from the Sicilian invasion and I ex pect to spend a few days at home and rush back to the wars. We had some close calls this time but we did a good job in knocking the Hell out of sonie Naxis and Italians". They Promised Ellen Frances Hill -and Cpl. Ed ward Spann Hammond, '40A, July 26 in Columbia. Norma Katherine Vanderlit and Lieut. Richard Bedon Josey, '29A. July 27 at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. They will reside at Kellog Field, Battle Creek, Mich., where Lieutenant Josey is stationed. Mayme Aiken Warlick, '42C, and Lieut. Herbert 3dward MacMurphy, Jr., '36A, July 21 at Phoenix, Ariz. Phyllis Waite Holman, '43A, and the Rev. LaFon DeCasta Campbell, '42A, July 31 in Columbia. Mary McMaster 'Lowry, '43C, and Capt. Dean Davenport, July 31 in Columbia. They will live at the Heathwood Court apartments in Columbia. Mary Dove Ripley and Holbrook (Happy) Rion, '45C, July 21 at San Antonio, Tex. They are living at 122 East Hollywood, San Antonio. Virginia Louise Sinms and John Cyril Kirkland, '40C, July 10 in Co I umbia. Beverly Anclam and Lieut. (jg) Walker Preusley Youngblood, '34A, july 17 at Baileys Harbor, Wis. Margaret Hunter Browne, '35A, and Sgt. Joseph Anton Schmitz, May 27 in Charleston. Nell Chaffin Tucker and James Curtiu Brock, '29A, June 9 at Win ston Salem, N. C. Benet Named To Head Sole Of War Bonds The dlirection of the sale of war bonds in South Carolina is in the hands of Christie Benet. '00A, who' has just been appointed chairman of the new State War Finance com muittee. The~ appointment of Mr. Blenet, attorney and former United States senator, was by Henry Morgenthau, Jr., secretary of the treasury. Mr. Blenet's activity in American wvar efforts goes back to the First World War, during which he served a short termi in the senate, served as vice chairman of the South Caro lina Council of Defense and aided in the dlirection of bond and Red Cross campaigns. Mr. Blenet wvas under orders to join the Tanks Corps of the First World War when he went to the senate, a fact- which brought cancellation of those orders. In the current war, Mr. Benet is chairman of the Alien Enemy Hearing Board for the Eastern Federal Court District of South Carolina. Tfhe new chairman is a life trus tee of Clemson College and chair man of that board's executive com mittee. Also, he is chairman of the board of regents of the State Hos pital. He is a regular and active member of the University Alumni Association. Pvt. Newton Rosier Smith, '43A, is addressed at 4tith Tng. Gp., Flight H, B.T.C. No. 4, Miami Beach, F. Rth L DeLesde '3, Ausbtest it0 Men and women of Carolina, graduate and non-graduates are requested to sem alumni news and their changing addresse to the Alumni Office, University Compum Columbia, South Carolina ALUMNI C Mower, '04L McHardy Mower, '04L, -of New berry, died July 25. He had been in declining health for several years. Mr. Mower was graduated from Johns Hopkins university and the University of South Carolina law school. Due to ill health he prac ticed law only a -short time, but entered the automobile business. Newberry's oldest automobile deal er, he had held one automobile agency for 31.years. Connors, 'V8A Geodrge Washington Connors, '63A, industrialist, chairman of the board of Connors Steel company, Birmingham, Ala., died at his home in Birmingham June 4. Born. at Greenville in 1864, Mr. Connors was educated in the public schools of Hampton and Spartanburg, and At lanta, Ga., and later attended the University (then South Carolina college). In 1909 he assisted in or ganizing the Athaltic Steel Hoop company at Atlanta, and served as the firm's secretary and treasurer until he transferred to Birmingham. Matheson, '90A Donald Stuart Matheson, '90A, re tired attorney and churchman, died May 30 at Chester at the age of 75 years. He received his law educa tion at the University of Tennessee. Mr. Mathesoi formerly was state manager of the HOLC with offices in Columbia. An active member of the Presbyteriati church, he organ ized the Montrose Sunday school, which later was reorganized into a church, and was twice commissioner to the general assembly of the Pres byterian church. He had recently completed a history of the First Presbyterian church of Cheraw, which was in the hands of the printers at the time of his death. Coith, '44A Lieut. Stephen S. Coith, '4A, of Orlando, Fla., was killed July 17 in an airplane crash at Dodge City. 'Kans. Lieutenant Coith, a pledge of Sigma Nu fraternity, withdrew from the University last year to enter the air corps. He volunteered in Jan uary, 1942; but was not called until August, 1942, when he reported to San Antonio, Texas, for his first training. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin T. Coith of Or lando, Fla. Graham, '40A Second Lieut. Irving Willard M. Graham, '40A, of Manning, died August 9 in the bombardier hospital, Big Springs, Texas, or injuries suf fered in a plane crash near Fort Stockton. He was an honor gradu ate of Manning high school, and wvas a studlent at the University from September, 1936, to February, 1038. On September 1t, 1941, the (lay after he filed application with the Army air corps, he wrote the Alumni Office: "I like flying and I'm sure that training will b~e easy." in 19041, soon after entering the ser vice, he became an instructor in the bombardier school at San Angelo, Texas. Prior to entering the ser vice, Lieutenant Graham was in bus iness for himself with a headquar ters of audio visual aids equipment and information at Utica, N. Y. The body was accompanied to Manning by a military escort from the Big Springs bombardier school. LORICK OFFICE EQU * Office * Office Architects and E Phone 6176 :-: CO LAME r OBITUARIES Johnson, '15A Ceclc Johnson, '1SA, civil engineer employed by ,the Charleston army ordnance dqpot, died unexpectedly July 4 at. Charleston. He had worked -for many years in the U. S. district -engineer's office. As a stu dent at the University he was prom inent: in athletics. He was .unmar ried. -Surviving-are a brother, James S. Johnson of Marion; three,sisters, the Misses Annie and Carroll John son, both. of Marion, and Fulba Love'Johnson of Washington. White, '16, 'SOL Mr. and 'Mrs. Luther -Henry White of Easley were notified re cently of the death of their soN Second Lieut. Clyde Lase White, '26, 'SOL, in the Phillipine Islands. Lieutenant White was a prisoner of war' of the Japanese government in the islands, and, according to the repor% contracted berriberre malaria in the prison camp. The date on which1 he succumbed is not known. The 'War department has recorded the date, June 30, when it received the report from the Japanese through the International Red Cross. Mr. and Mrs. White last heard from their son in a letter written on-a scrap of paper, which they received March 16, 1942. He was 'reported missing on May 22, 1042. Lieutenant White saw service in the Panama Canal Zone and-with the 26th Air squadron at Manilla. Prior to entering the air corps, he was a lawyer in New York City. As a student at the University, Lieutenant White was junior presi dent of the Clariosophic literary so ciety and participated in other stu dent activities. Amo.ng the surviv ors arc two brothers who are,Uni versity alumni, Bruce Welbo White, '28A, '30L, .'31G, now a law yer at Union, and Louie Benjamin White, '32, of Easley. Wells, '00A Benjamin Johnston Wells, 'ODA, prominent educator, philosopher and writer, died in Nashville, .Tenn., June 25, after an illness .that had lasted for several years. He was 70 years old. A native of CrQss Hill, Mr. Wells was for many years a resident of South Carolina. He was formerly assistant state superintend ent of education, an instructor at Clemson college, and professor of education at Furman university. Following his long career in South Carolina, he moved to Nashville, Tenn., where he became recognized as an outstanding contributor on controversial subjects. In an edi torial two days after his death, the Nashville Tennessean called him the "dean of all contributors to the widely read Forum of Public dis cussion", "a wise commentator and philosopher who would be content with nothing less than a construc tive approach to all issues and prob lems", "one of Nashville's good and useful citizens whose passing will be mourned by many personal friends and numberless people who were drawn to him by the power of his intellect as transmitted through his pen". "Ben Wells", continues the Tennessean, "is a name which will be remembered in Nashville and Middle Tennessee, because it stood for the best and highest things, in life". -COUCH IPMENT CO. Equipment Supplies :ngineers Supplies 924 Gervois St. IIA, S. C