Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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REUNION Lieut. (jg) William Walter Doar, *U5A, who is officer in charge of a PAR boat out of a port in conti nental United States, writes that several of his patrols have proved quite interesting. ' Lieut. Samuel Gadsden Morrall, '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 his battalion cammander is Lt. Col. Benjamin M. Kilgore, '17A, of Greenville. Bennie Graye Lewis, '36A, who is on foreign duty with the Air Trans port Command, is at the same post with Major Theodore Clinkscales, '36A, and writes that their reminis cences about Carolina have made them both pretty homesick for news. Her address is Wing Hq., ATC, Gp. X, APO No. 462, c/o Postmaster, Minneapolis,-Minn. Lieut. John Benjamin Paysinger, Jr., '42C, is with the Air Corps in North Africa. Lieut. George Alfred Kanuck, 40C, can be reached at Bat. C, 799th AAA Bn., Camp Haan, Calif. Lieut. Walton J. McLeod, Jr., USNR, '30L, writes that he is still on a "treeless, womantess island" in the Pacific and that lie sees Marshall Williams, '33C, '36L, and Louis Floyd, '32A, frequently. Annie Elizabeth Kaminer, '39Ed, '33G, of Lexington. was sworn into the WAAC recently. Lt. Col. Russell Calvin King, '37G, of Hartsville. is base executive officer at Selfridge Field, Michigan. Lieut. Howard C. King, '40A, of Asheville, recently graduated from the advanced flying training school at Ellington Field, Texas. Major James E. Stockman, '23G, formerly pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Greenville, is now chap lain of the ind Bomber Command, Second Air Force at Fort George Wright, Washington. Mary Ellen McCartha, '32A, of Batesburg, is one of a group of 27 graduate students interning in health education at Cleveland Health Museum from August 9 to September 4. The field training course is part of the requirement for a master's degree in health edu cation. Miss McCartha is a school teacher and principal. EnA. RMert Edward Browne, III, '42A, '44L, is addressed at Room 323. U.S.N.A.S., Hollywood, Fla. Capt. Jerry Miles Hughes, Jr., *39A, '41L, writes that among the many alumni he has seen (luring ten months in the South Pacific are Capt. Frank Jenkins, '38J; Capt. Ralph Dearth, '39A; Major Porcher Hopkins, '37A; Capt. Tom Jolly, '40Ed; Lt. Charlie Yonce, '39A; Lt. Claude Sapp, '43L; Major Arthur Robertson, '36A; and Ens, Carl Hartness, '40A. Capt. Roy Brown, '42A, who is with the ferry comnmandl, has re cently been in Alaska, Greenland, Ireland, and England. James F. Covington, Sr., '15CE, who is an associate engineer with the War Department, is in charge of designing and utilities for the air borne command training base at Camp McKafl, N. C. GET THAT B THE Cl *Tennis Equii: * School S * Cold Ralph Lewis, '29, Alami Editer Mailed by the Alumni Association Of ice to members of the Association ond to on-member alumni in the Armed Forces rhose addresses are on file in the Alumni )ffice. IN PRINT CWO Felix Bailey Greene, Jr., '38A, '40L, is personnel officer and assistant adjutant of a field artillery battalion at an overseas location. Cpl. Samuel B. Chandler, '44C, is an administrative clerk at Hq. and Hq. Sq. 2nd Bomb. Command, Fort George Wright, Spokane, Wash. Lieut. Julius Aldrich Anderson, I'39A, who is an officer on a Navy destroyer, has seen service in Ice land, England, Ireland, Casablanca, Dakar, and other points in the At lantic. Pvt. Joseph Cohen, '36A, has been in service since March with the 713th M.P. Bn., Fort Jay, Govern or's Island, N. Y. Capt. Charles Fram, '24C, is with the Army in India. Alice Louise Glominski, '43Ed, is spending the summer as a life guard at the Cheraw State Park. Mrs. Henry Wade Barrow (Har riet Boyd), '37Ed, lives at 1515 Parker St., Amarillo, Texas, with Mr. Barrow and their three daugh ters. Harriet and Frances, age three, and Louise, age seven months. Herbert Bird Fincher, '36E, and Mrs. Fincher (Emily Carlile Mc Eachern), '38A, reside at 3309 West Grace St., Richmond, 21, Va. Edith Claire Boyd, '43C, who is secretary to the billeting officer at the Greenville Army Air Base, lives at 15 Sullivan St., Greenville. Thomas Fletcher Leonard, 32A, is a chief yeoman at the U. S. Naval Training School (Radio), Navy Yard (R), S. C. Capt. Milton Joseph Karelitz, '37A, of Fountain Inn, is on foreign duty with the Army. Pauline Elizabeth Layton, '31A, who is with the Carnegie library in Atlanta, resides at 1225 Clifton Road, N. E., Atlanta. Mrs. Edwin L. Davidson (Carolyn Rose Kohn), '37A, lives at 5425 Connecticut Ave., Washington, 15, D. C. Edwin LeRoy Layton, Jr., '16A, who is a lawyer with the U. S. Vet erans Administration, resides at 515 Ninth Ave., Prospect Park, Pa. A/C Joseph W. Leech, '43A, is addressed at Sq. L, Gp. 3, Class 44C, Maxwell Field, Ala. Mrs. Israel Houston Bond (Cecil Caughman Kyzer), '30A, lives at 4709 Monticello Road, Columbia. Lieut. Charles Thomas Kaigler, '35CE, is addressed at Industrial Div. OC-CWS, Bldg. T-1350, Edge wood Arsenal, Md. S/Sgt. Alex Theodore Kerhulas, '43A. can be reached at Co. A, 3202 A-S-T-U, Ncw York University, Morris Heights, Bronx, N. Y. Mrs. Manuel M. Berger (Irene Louise Levi), '35A, lives at Holly Hill. Mrs. Robert Emile Armstrong (Linnie Selina Lee), '40A, lives at 515 WV. Evans St. in Florence, where she is employed by the U. S. Engineer office. Cpl. Mike Kraykowski, '43Ed, who is a Marine paratrooper, is ad dressed at Hi & S Co., 4th Para. Bn., Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, Calif. Mrs. Robert Lawton Kilgo (Evalyn Selby Johnson), '37Ed, re sidecs at 1806 Abercorn St., Sav'an nah, Ga. ITE To EAT t LNTEEN 'ment upplies Drinks Sandwiches * Cigarettes Issued in coopei John McNeill Awarded Two Decorations S/Sgt. John Hamer McNeill, '38A, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. D. McNeill of Bennettsville, was awarded the Air Medal May 1 and on June 15 he received the Distin guished Flying Cross for outstand ing service in the Asiatic theater of operations. Staff Sergeant McNeill, who is a gunner in a combat crew in India, has served in that area about 15 months and has had over 200 com bat hours over enemy territory. His crew is believed to be the oldest in point of service in the Asiatic theater. The Air Medal was presented him by Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker in a special ceremony. CopplemAnn, Jr. Is Commended First Lieut. Ernest Henry Cap pelmann, Jr., '41A, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Henry Cappelmanh of 9 Gibbes Court, Columbia, was a member of a United States Army Air forces Troop Carrier command group which transported hundreds of American paratroo,pers to Sicily for the initial airborne assault on the island without the loss of a single transport plane. Lieutenant Cappelmann with 223 others, was commended by his commanding officer for courage and devotion to duty in the arduous July 9 task, the war department has announced. Lieutenant Cappelmann is a pilot. In a letter to the Alumni Office dated July 14, Lieutenant Cappel mann wrote: "Wish I could see the ole campus now, but I guess it will be quite a while yet." Bill Harth, Jr. Reported Missing Lieut. William H. Harth, Jr., '42E, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Flarth, Sr., has been reported miss ing in action in the Middle East theater of operations since August 1, according to a telegram received from the war department by his parents this week. ' It is believed that Lieutenant Harth was stationed in Cairo, Egypt, although his parents are not certain. On August 1 the Ru manian oil -fields were raided and 20 planes were reported missing after that action. It is possible that I.ieutenant H-arth's was one of these. Lieutenant Harth, who enUsted in the army a year and a half ago, re ceived his commission as a bombar dier October 10, 1942. Lieut. Campbell Held Prisoner Word has been received by Mrs. S. K. Campbell of West Columbia that her brothe,', Second L.ieut. James A. Campbell, '39A, of WVest Columbia, is a war prisc.eier of the Japanese government at Osaka, Japan. Lieutenant Campbell, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Camp bell, of Dillon, had made his home in WVest Columbia and had taught in Kershaw before entering the army. Lawrence Carter Crawford, '16A, wvho is in the insurancc business, re sidles at 4600 Broad Branch Road N. W., Washingt'on, 18, D. C. Pvt. Fred E. Devlin, '38A, can be reached at C-.it-4-Field Artillery Reception T.C., Fort Bragg, N. C. Col. John Aubrey Wheeler, '06A, who is ordInance officer for the Third Air Force, lives at 916 Golf View Ave., Tampa, Fla. Lieut. Frederich Howard De.. Berry, '36A, is stationed at Fort Benning, Ga., with the 764th Trank B at tal ion. Sherrod L. Bumgardner, '45A, is stationed at Camp Butner, N. C. with Hq. Btry. 269 F. A. Bn. Lucile Lemmon, '30Ed, of Winns boro, is a teacher at Georgetown. George F. LeCroy, '34A, is a pottl try farmer at Seneca. A/C/C Robert C. LaMotte, '42S, is addressed at Gettysburg College, 55, C.T.D., Gr. 4, Gettysburg, Pa. Herschel Albert Jones, 'flA, is a hiason engineer for the propellor di vision of Remington-Rand, Inc., andl lives at 4 Lincoln St., Oneonta, N. Y. Capt. John Mansfield Coulter, '38A, who is with the Army Air Corps, is addressed at P. 0. Box ration with the U. of S. C.Alul 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., bero July 1.to Joseph M. Lawrence and. Mrs. Lawrence (Celeste Her sey), '42C. Tullius Carter Rownd, Jr., born July 1" to Lieut. Tullius Carter Rownd and Mrs. .Rownd (Louise Ehrlich), '40A, at Columbus. Misq. Eugene Bowen Chase 111, born July 13 to Eugene 1. Chase, Jr., '41A, and Mrs. Chase (Vivian Gun ter), '41Ed, in Columbia. Timothy Twomey, 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 D)ouglass, Jr., born July 8 to Lt. Col. Wilford F. Douglass and Mrs. Douglass (Mae Belser), '36A, at Barksdale Field, La. Perry Ann Rawls, born July 12 to Stuart Rawls, Jr., and Mrs. Rawls (Flemma Miller), '41C. Bland Hammond, 111. born July 29 to Bland Hammond, Jr., '31A, '34L, andl Mrs. H-ammond at Aiken. Daisy Pearce Fitch, b)orn July 28 to Capt. F. Burt Fitch. Jr., '38CE, and Mrs. Fitch (Daisy Pearee Towill), '34G, in Charlotte, N. C. Robert Samuel Petoskey, born July 25 to Ted P'etoskey and Mrs. Petoskey (Amelia Deschamps), '36A, at Spartanburg. Long Named To University Board Gov. Olin D. Johnston, '24L4, an noinaced recently the appointment of J. C. (On'e Lung) Long, '25L, of C:harleston. to the b)oard of trustees of the LUniversity. Mr. Long, former senator from Charleston, succeeds D. B. Hunger, '9tA, of Charleston. on the board. As a student Mr. L.ong was a four-year letter man in football and captain of the varsity team, a three-' year letter man in baseball, and a three-year letter man in basketball. H-e participatedl ini boxing and other student activities. He was a nmem. ber of the Kismet Club. Interestedl in the University since his graduation from the law school, Mr. Long has been active in the work of the Alumni Association, serving as a member-at-large of the Alumni Council' in 1931-32 and in 1932-33. "I do hope I can be of some ser vice to Carolina", said Mr. Long nni Association Moroso Receives His Second Navy. Commendation John A. Moroso III, '33J, 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 ment. 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 ?4oroso 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 he 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 some 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 tdward MacMurphy, Jr., '36A, July 24 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. Tulv 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 Sims and John Cyril Kirkland, '40C, July 10 in Co Inumbia. Beverly Anclam and Lieut. (jg) Walker Pressley Youngblood, '34A, July 17 at Baileys Harbor, Wis. Margaret Hunter Browne, '35A, and Sgt. Joseph Anton Schmitz, May 27 in Charleston. Nell Chafflin Tucker and Jamies Curtis Brock, '29A, June 0 at Win ston Salem, N. C. Benet- Named To Head Sale Of War Bonds The direction of the sale of wsar 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 mnittee. The appointment of Mr. Benet, attorney and former United States senator, was by Henry Morgenthau, Jr., secretary of the treasury. Mr. Blenet's activ'ity in American war efforts goes back to the First World War, during which lie servedl a short tern 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. Benet was undler orders to join the Tanks Corps of the First WVorld 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. The new chairman is a life trus tee of Clemson College and chair man of that board's executive comn nmittee. Also, he is chairman of thte board of regents of the State Hos pital. HeI is a regular and active member of the University Alumni A ssociation. Pvt. Newton Rosser Smith, '43A, is addressed at 411th Tng. Gp., Flight H, B.T.C. No. 4, Miami Bach, F. Rh R. DiLesche '39, Asuistest diter Men and women of Carolina, graduates and non-graduates are requested to send alumni news and their changing addresses to the Alumni Office, University CAmpus, Columbia, South Carolina ALUMNI 0 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 Hopkin's 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, 'SSA Gedrge Washington Connors, '83A, 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. Mathesoif formerly was state manager of the HOLC with offices in Columbia. An active member of the Presbyteriap 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 Preshyterian church of Cheraw, vwhich was in the hands of the printers at the time of his death. Coith, '4A Lieut. Stephen S. Coith, '44A, 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 ener the air corps. He volunteered in Jan uary, 1942; but was not callcd 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 was a studlent at the University fronm September, 1936, to February, 1938. On September 1t, 1941, the (lay after he fied application with the Army air corps, he wrote the Aiumni Office: "I like flying and I'm sure that training will be easy." In 19'41, soon after entering the scr 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 Architect-s and Er Phone 6176 :-: COLUMBAn BITUARIES Johnson, '15A Cecil Johnson, '15A, civil epgineer employed by ,the Charleston army ordnance depot, 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 unlmar ried. - Surviving-are a brother, James S. Johnson of Marion; three,sisters, the Misses Annie and Carroll John son, both. of Marion, and Fulba LoveJohnson of Washington. ' White, '2S, 'SOL Mr. and 'Mrs. Luther Henry White' of Easley were notified re cently of the death of their son, Second Lieut. Clyde Lane 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 which he succumubed 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, 1942. 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, Lieutelntnt White was junior presi dent of the Clariosophic literary so ciety and participated in other stu dent activities. Among the surviv ors are two brothers who are Uni versity alumni, Bruce WeLbQrn White, '28A, '30L, .'31G, now a law yer at Union, and Louie Benjamin White, '32, of Easley. Wells, 'OOA Benjamin Johnston Wells, 'OOA, prominent educator, philosopher and writer, died in Nashville, -Tcnn., June 25, after an illness that had lasted for several years. He was 70 years old. A native of CrQss lill, 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 mioved to Nashville, Trenni., 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 lemns", "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 thc power of his intellect as transmitted through his pen". "B en 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 Igineers Supplies 924 Gervais St-. IA S. C.