Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Lieut. Theodore Augustus (Son ny) Bell, Jr., '39A, of Miami, Fla., now stationed at the Columbia Army Air Base, has spent fourteen months in the Aleutian Islands a' the pilot of a B-25 bomber. In the islands when the Japanese landed in June, 1942, Lieutenant Bell wrote the Alumni Office: "'The 'hunting' is getting better". The above photo was taken in Anchorage, Alaska. REUN ION Lt. (jg) Richard Boykin Pool, '42CE, can be reached at 2 111 Lo cust St., Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. H. Alva Spann (Mary Begg Ligon), '33A, resides at 2:; Town send St., Anderson. Lurline Lewis, '25G, who is with the nursery department of the Louisville Baptist Orphanage, lives at 1022 South First St., Louisville. Ky. Lieut. John Earle Lewis, '45E, is stationed at Bergstrom Field, Aus tin, Texas. William Murrell Lide, '32Ph, who is pharmacist at the Baptist Hos pital in Columbia, resides at 3330 Heyward St. Mrs. William S. Clary (Sara J. Lockman), '41A, is a teacher at Union. Maj. Lorenz Kronrad, '32A, is a physician at the Station 1lospital, Camp Maxcy, Texas. Dr. Robert E. Livingston, Jr., '35A, is practicing at Fountain Inn. Malcolm K. Lloyd, Jr., '40A, is a. timekeeper at the Charleston Ship building and Drydock Co. Lester Weidmann Kamery, '38A, who is a chemical engineer at the Radford Ordnance Works, re-ides at 108 Monroe Terrace, Radiord, Va. Ens. William Joseph Trowbridge, '43A, is addressed at A.O.T. Flight 8-T, U.S.N.A.S., M iami. Fla. Lieut. Eddie M. Williams, Jr., '43A, can be reached at Field B.P. Q., Boca Raton Field, [la. Mrs. Richard Williams (Annie Gaines), '28G, is chairman of the dIepartment of history and govern ment at Lander college, Greenwood. Pvt. James Walton Harper, '41Ph,. is stationed at Camp Robin<,on, Ark., in the 1st Plat., Co. D), I osth M.T.B. Lieut. Francis P. Farrell, '28A, whlo is wvithi the Army air force. lives at 15431 Michigan Av e., Miami Beach, 39. Fla. Pvt. Grafton Geddes Dowling. '36A, '38L, can be cachbed at Co. lIh 1564th Service Unit, Infantry, Fort Harrison. Ind. Mrs. Reuben E. Warfford (Dora Elizabeth Lancaster), '32A, teaches at Paulinc. William M. Layton, '21L, who is a materials engieer, residles at :8 Wellington Ave., M anstieldI. Ohio. Reyburn Williams Lominack. M.D., '38A, who is medical director at the Charleston Sh ipbu ildin andaj D)rydock Co., resides at 27il Grove St., Charleston, 22. Erskine Foy Long, '36A, of Gas tonia, is with the Army in North Africa. Elisha Betts Lewis, '35G, whi, a research chemist, lives with Mrs. Lewis (Imogene Brooker), '37A, . Apt. S. A'lexainder .\ 1 .. Fiaeh toni, Tecnn. Cand. Joseph B. Crosland, '33A. can be rcehed at 17th Biat.. .\. \.A. S. O.C.D)., Camp D)avis, N. C. Raymond McCullum Littlejohn, '37C, is ai senior radio technicin at the Signal Corps Repair Shmop, Fort Jackson. A/C Henry A. Lovett, '45C, can be reathbed at l1-:ia ilotel Roomi No. 1t0. :St. Peter-borg. Ha,. Lieut. Thomas Couturier Robert., son L.egare, '26EE, whlo i'e anm cr trical engmeier at the Naivy Yard, liver. at 103 Pine St reet. Charleston. Maj. Tolson Anthony Smoak, '40C, is, with the Mtarine pa;rttroopis in the southwest Paciic ;nec. Lt. (jg) William C. Herbert, '32J, is addressed in c'are of t he fleet nostoffice in New York. Ralph Lewis, '29, Alumni Editor Mailed by the Alumni Association Of ice to members of the Association and to ion-member alumni in the Armed Forces those addresses are on file in the Alumni )ffice. Cadet Emmett Russell Edwards, Jr., '42A, has been transferred re cently. His new address is recorded in the Alumni Office as Naval Air Training Corps, Corpus Christi, Texas. He volunteered for the Navy air forces and received his C'T training at Carolina. Cadet Ed wards was graduated from Aiken high school before entering the Uni Versity. IN PRINT Mrs. Robert J. Stoddard (Harrict Baker), '28A, '29G, has been elected president of the Robert F. I.ee Chapter, United I)autlters of the CIonfederacy. in .li nneapoli. .\linn. .rs. Stoddard. wife of Robert James Stoddard, '29CE, is the datghter of )r. Leon.ml T. liaker, former pre,ident of the Un iversity, now dean of the facultv. Doctor l.aker is now visiting \(r. and NIrc. Stoddard at 6,.; Sumncr Street. St. 1 Paul, \linn. T/5 William Sledge Woods, '31A, '32G, of ('hcster, is on foreign duty with the armiy. John White Lawrimore, '42A, formerly of (Georgetown, is an ac counting Clerk at the Fuleral Land hank and resides at 1t(*I Hampton Street Coliumbia. Pfc. Williarr. Oscar Onley, Jr., '45E, i. addre-sed at flase \Veather Station, Ro.ecrans Field, St. Joseph, Pvt. Marvin H. Miller, '34A, i with the military police at S (;ttard Sqd., P'ortlaindl ..\., P"ort land. OUre. Mid. Samuel B. Stribling, Jr., '43A, is addre-ed at ou;oll john Jay lall. I'SN R .\l'ihipmen's School, New York (:; ). N. Y. James Douglas Fulp, '25G, who is \Va shiington represent ative for thle S tate Conneil of )e fense, can be rc:aced ait Capito P ark HIotel, \Vash-ingi i. D). (. Mrs. John W. Lemon (H-ilda Long), '43s, is instructor of Eng Ii,h I at thle I,'ni \ers-ityv of lHouitoni, lIIon,ton. Te.Na'. S/Sgt. Leo. Mario Traynor, Jr., '40Ed, can bie reachedo at Co. A. ( C :it1. STl.\Rl', l'niversity of A;lh;nnia. I 'niver-ity, Ala. Lieut. Olin K. McDonald, '41A, of li'ihopv'ille, i's on foreign duty w\ih the annm. Pfc. Walter B. Keisler, '41CE, can bie rI'lalced at Co. I:, R~ oom 7, Svuie IHai!. SCC ::p: , AST P', N. C. St ate C llege, Raluiighi, N. C. Lt. (jg) Louis LeMaire Lesesne, '42L, i,:!dre'-ed at l.S. Section Maj. William Yates McCachern, '39A, ef Concord. N. t. is stationed at I't .\-!;&nni..\ewporit. R. I. Thomas Robert McKelvey, Jr., '40A, i- a pilot w.ithi the Naval air citr', ini the l'aciite area. Licut. Ralph H. Proffitt, '38C, is 'ndut -ii .'. ithI a 'uinal battalion in Pfc. Jack Roberts, '31E, is withI ihe aThl .\.\l FTlI'. ltun.h Field, .\ngn'ta, Gia., as a link trasiner in Itructor. S 2/c George Tsalapatas, '46P, is Cpl. Ellison G. Webster, Jr., '34A, Pfc. James T. Wildls, Jr., '42C, is a weather oho,erver' at the lBase Sgt. Lloyd L. Wilkinson, Jr., '43A (anl he reachued a t SpI. I', Stu dlent lDet: inent, TI' zudall Fiebl. EM 3/c John Jay W/ard, '44A, of DarN gtin. ''lidre, el in ('are (a the fleet pt *'d f;re. New Yor'k. Maj. Clifton Girard Brown. '41, t'cnaiingji hi r of the :!nud \'in'. .\.\FI IPre-Hight 8 hool, -\ a ' ellI Field, A .a Maj. Palmer W. Sanders, '22A, who is with the ebenneail na;riare techmnic'al e" numn,and at Edugewood rsenl. rieida. 0 okpig Issued in coopera Capt. John Robert (Bob) Shaw, '39A, '41L, is at an undisclosed over t seas location, commanding a bat talion of coast artillery. Word has been received that he was promoted i to the rank of captain about March E 1. As a student at Carolina Captain Shaw was a member of ODK an(d KSK, and participated in many stu- c dent activities. ] Gale Johnson Is Secretary Of Merchants Assn. I Gale Johnson, '40A, was appointed l acting executive secretary of the Columbia Merchants association by the hoard of directors recently, ac cording to B. Lewis Youmans, t '35L, former executive secretary. s Ir. Yiouians left recently to enter h the army as a first lieutenant. Mliss Johnson has served as sec retary to the executive secretary of the association for the past two and 4 a half years, working under Douglas K. Sturkie, Jr., '35J, who entered the army last August, and Mr. Youmans. c Maj. William C. McNulty, '38A. writes us from the l'acific area that Carolina alumni scent to be as scat- I tered as a Clemson line after a Clary has passed through. Edna Louise Lent, '33Ed, is li- r I)rarian and instructor of library science at State Teachers College, Geneseo, N. Y. . S/Sgt. Rembert James Martin, '42A, is stationed at Camp Gordon, c Ga., in Co. K., 101 lnf. Ens. Iva Isabel Brooker, USNR (W-V(s)), '37A, is addressed at 35 Legare Street, Charleston. Lieut. Robert Gordon (Christy) Matheson, '29G, can be reached at the Navy V-13 Unit, Mercer Uni- r versity, Macon, Ga. s s t t s Judge Robert Chapin Parker,. '95L, of WAestlield, Mass., wast granted the honorary degree o,f doc tor of civil laws from Wecsleyan Viniversity at M iddletown, Conin.,1 M1ay 3t0. Judge Parker. justice of the D)istrict Court of W\estern I I lamipdenJ County of Massachusetts since 19832, is also a nmenmber of the Appellate D)ivision, Western Di- ( vision of Massachusetts. Lieut. Charles Lucas Cain, '32CE, whoi( was indlucted( inuto t he army' las t slaumer, is now a first lieutenant in the corps of enlgi neers stat ioned at Fort 11amilIton, N. Y., in 11(1<1. :3thI Port, TIC. Pvt. James Walter Crocker, '380, wvrites that tIhe Gamecock was the I lirst newspaper of any kind he re - jt ceived from the States since landingi in Australia. I Robert A. Conard, '36A, who is a I lieutenant in the medical corps of I the Navy, is wsithm the fleet in the P acific. Lieut. James Benjamin (Ben Joe) I Williams, '39C, is at Itac hed to at septa,b on of Marine fgh te r planes '5 as a pilot. Cpl. Harry C. Carter, '46C, is I - tat ioned at Campn Mc Coy. WVis., in Co. L:, tI 6th QM TI'ruck R egimenmt. . T/5 Daniel Lester Carlisle, Jr., I '41C, is with a field artillery bat talion in North Africa. Aum, tion with the U. of S. C. Alu Mrs. L. F. Hembel (Caroline theredge), '41A, who until recently rained the Navy's future fighter ilots in the CAA war training ser ice program here, was the first girl at the South to solo and the only irl in the Southeast to complete econdary training, it is reported. Jrs. Hembel, a native of Saluda, Lad her first pilot training when she ntered University flying courses in 940. alph L. Axson, Jr. Mounded In Action First Lieut. Ralph Leonidas Ax on, Jr., '41C, of St. Matthews, has een wounded in the North African rca, it has been announced by the var department. Details concern ig the wounds have not reached he Alumni Office. Lieutenant Ax on participated in intramural foot all and basketball as a student at .arolina. A. B. Rogers Writes From Jap Prison Austin Bull Rogers, '36, of Flor tice, reported by the war depart tent as missing after the fall of the hilippines, and later reported a prisoner of the Japanese", has been card from. A card in printed form, with lanks filled in with a typewriter, ceeived by Sergeant Rogers' tother, Mrs. Harry G. Charles, lorence, brings the first news rc eived from Rogers since April, 94t2. On one side of the card is ergeant Rogers' name and rank nd the name of the prison camp :here the alumnus is held. "Austin 'ull Rogers" is signed in ink in Jlumnus Rogers' own handwriting. A half-brother, Second Lieut. larry Gardner Charles, Jr., '44E, ~eently received his wings, being radluated as a pilot, and is nowv tationedl at Tullahonma, T1enn. aGrolina Hero low Missing Tech. Sgt. John K. Farnam, '39A, on of Mrs. W. 0. Farnan of 8:15 awana roadl, Columbhia, who par cipated in the first bombing of tonmc and who has received five ecorations for heroic service, has een reported missing in action in lie Middle Eastern theater of war ince August 16, the adjutant geni ral's department informed M rs. ~arnam this wveek. ON T1IIE ALUMNI FRONT of tily 30) carriedl a storv on Sergeant ~arnami's receiving the Air Medal in recognii tion of meritorious c'hievemnent while participating ini erial fight in the Middle East heatre." Sergeant Farnanm has three broth rs, all alunni. Th'ley are Herbert N'illis Farnam, '33J, 2100 Fleet treet. I.ouisville, Ky.; Capt. Wil iam Orrin Farnam, Jr., '33E, Staff nd( Faut, Engineer School, Ft. telvoir, V'a.; and Lieut. Thomas surry Farnam, '37C, 39001 MIeridlian v' nuie, .\iaLmi Beachi. Fla. Proud Papa David Visits Little David First Lieut. James K. David, '40E, >f Salters w ho has c ompheted a otal of 5t missionis across enemv rrritory on the North African front, s happier over hisi new daughter, say (Carolyn Kelley) than the dis iiguishedl flybig cross for which lhe mas been recommiiendedl. Reaching u itchell Field in New York, J uly x, e hiur ried through details to reach taeford, N. C., and join Mrs. David, lie former MIiss Carolyn Mel,.eani f that city, and viewed for the ,rst time hiis daullghter, who arin ived whilie her dad was piloting is ly ing Fort ress an111d droppinig loimbs on Ge'arma~ins and Italians romi a North A frican base. I ,ieulteniant Davidh is now in the tnit-e a iJron1 imni Association ii John Amayer May, '34L, military secretary to Gov. Olin D. Johnston, '23G, 24L, his been promoted to captain. As military secretary to the governor, he holds the rank of colonel by virtue of South Carolina I law. Before volunteering his ser vices, Captain May was an attorney 1 at Aiken. He is a former member I of the house of representatives and 1 a past district governor of the South I Carolina Lions clubs. J. E. Leppard Heads Study of Medical Education -In S. C. Alumni Pres. James Ernest Lep pard, '21L, of Chesterfield, was this week elected chairman of a special joint coimmittee to investigate "medical education and medical ser vices in South Carolina." The investigation which grew out of the.alleged shortage of physicians in the State. was ordered in a joint re:olution of the 19-13 General As semb1y. Besides President Leppard, inem hers of the investigating committee are: Sen. 1). S. McCall of \larlboro, Sen. 0. W. Wallace of Charleston, Rep. J. Claude Fort, '13A, '15L, of Cherokee, Rep. James B. Morrison, '29A, '32L, of G eorgctown, Dr. Walter R. \lead of FIlorence and 1)r. W. R. Wallace of Chester. J. Gordon Hughes Dies At Union John Gordon I fUnghes, '97A. 'O0G, '001., of Union, promninent attorney, long-tiine trustee of the I'niversity and formerly state senator from Union county, died 'Monday after noon at the Wallace ''hoinpson hos pital, Union. II e had been in dlecli ning health for several years, buit his conditioiin did not become grav~e nntil recently. MIr. HTughes held three degrees from thme 'uiversity (A.B., 1897; MlA., t1900; I.., 1900). As a stn dent lie edlitedl Carol ia's hrst ani nual, the Garnmet an iiiIlack of 18S99. lHe was edli tor oif Thel (Caroli niani in 18S9X-99i, ma nager' o f th e baseball team in 1899, and( a imember of tIhe F,nph radiani literary socie ity. Hie w'as pre4sidlent (of the Alumni Associationm in 1920-''I, and iintil his deiathi wa s one of thle orgaiiat.ioni's mhtst initcerest ed, active an dev (c oted mmembmlers. le had served as trustee oif the I 'iversity3 since 1 922. in. IInoghes served as a miembuer oif the South (Carolina Il..'u>e of Rep'lresen Ita(tives from'n 19tI to 19110, I and1( was stamte seniator from 1911 to , 1 918. lIe' was na toional lead of I 'i to 1917. It 114' n,as piast ma-teri of his lodge of Aincient Free NIlasonis, Past ex-i alt ed ruler and former presiden'it of lie state ansocijat ion of 1Elks, anmd a memberiii oif bothi Omicron I )elta: Kappai and( Blu e 1Key, niationial hion - orIary' leadershmil fraternities. Ile was aliilia ted with the Kiwmanis e -ilbs, the S.A.R., and the Unmior. I I Pur assoicia tion. lie was a umembler I of the Ep iiscopal chuirch, in whiebi lie had servedh as an officer. IHe is survived by a siste, Misu Ruth I, DeLoach" '39, Assistant Editor 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 Lieut. Raymond Daniel Davis, 41A, of Central, is now a pilot of a ?lying Fortress somewhere in Lng and, according to word received re ently. The Alumni Office has not een in touch with Lieutenant Davis ince February 26, and would ap )reciatc information that would ielp to get mail to him. At Caro ina Lieutenant Davis was a mem >er of KSK and publicity manager f the Glee Club. Future Alumni Linda Stoddard Harter, born April 29 to Edward A. ("X") Hart !r, Jr., '37A, '39L, and Mrs. Harter (Peggy Stoddard), '37A, in Coluni aia. Pamela Ann Ilayes, born Janu try 24 to Paul Robert IHayes and Mrs. Hayes (Theola Briggs). '36A, n Augusta, Ga. John Harry Scherer. born july 2 o Irving I. Scherer and Mrs. 3cherer (Marianne Marscher), '42C, it the Naval Hospital, Parris Is and. Mary Warren Roher ts. born August 13 to Carlisle Roberts and Mrs. Roberts (Hamilton Warren), 36A. Jeannie Baker McT.ain, born to Lieut. William Campbell McLain. Fr., '36s, and Irs. lcl.ain in unter. .lizabeth1 Allen Prevost, born fly .31 to Stephen Prevost, Jr., 25A, and Irs. Prevost in Wilming on. N. C. Jill 'Thain Archer, born August 4 o I.ieut. Victor P. Archer and Mrs. krcher (Elinor Thain), '44C. A daughter, born August- 2t to 3enry Watson Asbill, '30A, and Mrs. Asbill (Eleanor Hart), '27s. Donald Woods McT.can, Jr., born \ugust 17 to Donald W. A cLean mid Mrs. McLean (Frances Mor an), '38A. Mlary Jean D)errick and Virginia oan Derrick, horn Aug;ust 30 to J. V. D)errick and Mrs. Derrick (Vir tinia Strickler Tinimons), '36Ed. Carol L.eGrande Stuckey, horn \tugust 15 to Capt. Charles L. tuckey, '36A, and .\rs. Stuckey. \ddie I lughies of U'nion andI onec rothier, Henry Wise Hughes, '09, >f Portland, Oregoni. li s wvife, the ormer NIliss Mlargaret Sims of ;part anhurg dlied several years ago. President J. Rion MicKissick, '05, md( nmembers of the board of trus ces of the University were honor ry pallbearers. "Gjordon Ilughes was one of the niost loyal, most dlevoted alumni of mr University that I have ever miown", 1PresidIent AIc Kissick said his wveek. "The U.niversity has lost one of ier strongest supporters who never altered in her behalf. As citizen, egisla tor antd tru stee lie ava iledI iiiiselfI of every opport unity to aid "lie was5 ine oif the two senior lect ive trustees ini point of service. Ide wZs one~ of the two vic'e-chiair nen1 of the Itoard. As a trus'tee lie vas auth or of thle reslhu t ion requir ug t hat students~ he instruct ed in he history anid traditions of the niiversity. i s soimd juidgtnenit, 'ijc ex jetrience. and love for Caro na admnirabily ttted him for ot taninug service as a inembe oft ur or ernt ing board. "Such were hiis poise. goodi mm nor, tanii equtable teimperamient hat a South t arolinmian whlo is now national ligure oncee said that lie ((ould rather have himi as a vaca ion comipanin thant anyblodiy else. "Mlr. Ilhughes was the first pres lient of the .\hnni A ssoc ia tion fteyr time first World War. Th'le re 'ival of alumnni enithiam, loyaltv ndt spirit unde'r his ;uhniisitr,ition das unparalleledl ini the historv of inur Alhuia I at er. \i, reover, it was len that the ii''ociatjion haid it's r't paid secretary ai stalf and 'ubilishied its first ahnnii magazine. "I'ortyv-one reai s ago he aind I tiet for the first time whlen we wvere Edward Waring Parker, '86A, of Columibia, retired July 1 after hav ing spent more than 58 years in the fire insurance and real estate busi. ness. le is 78 years old. As a stu dent at the University in the nine ties, Mr. Parker' walked from his home in the country to meet classes. le resides now at 1710 Bull street, Columbia. t They Promised Elizabeth Catherine Colburn and Lieut. Thurman 0. Mims, '41C, July 25 at Florence. Margaret Ann Pate and Wade Frederick Franklin, Jr., '44C, August 7 at Tuscaloosa, Ala. They will live at 1209 Tenth Street, Tus caloosa. Lucille Goodw in and Cpl. Sydney Faison McDaniel, Jr., '43A, April 25 at Macon, Ga. They re side at 1402 Vineville Avenue, Macon. Chloe Rowell Martin, '45A, and Lieut. Roger Pinckney, Jr., '45A, * August :1 at Beaufort. Rachel Mower and Lieut. William H. Spivey, '39A, August 14 at Pen sacola, Vla. Sara Hamer Scarborough, '42A, and Lieut. Robert Luther Morse, August 21 at I.astover. Lorraine Spates Carlisle and James Devore McNair, '38A, Augu t 18 at Hlartsville. They will live at Kitchings Mill. Wilhelmina Rice, '36A. and L,ieuc. George Smith Foster, Jr., August 15 in Colunl,ia. I.eslie Lane and Jacob L. Karesh, '31A, 1uly 6 in San Francisco, Calif. Myrtle .llelen (:arraway and James Francis Powell, '34A, August 15 at Georgetown. Alumni Obituaries Crump, '41A Charles Douglass Crump, '41A, of Newberry, was killed in action in the North A frican area Junly 15, ac cordling to the war department. 11e went to Fort penning for his basic training, and( receivedl his commiis sion as a first lieut enan t in the in. fantry at Fort D)evens, Mass., hav ing advanced from private to first lieuitenant within a year. Prior to entering the service Lieutenant Crump was a salesman for National Biscuit comipany. Bradham, '14 Furman Randolph B radhanm. '14, died att his residlence in Cohntnbnia August 12. Fotneit' executive oif ricer of Mc l.esson-M urray' cottipany, Mr. lBrad(ham retired fromt business~ in J1anuia ry, 19412, h)erau se of ill healIthI. At one itime he wats vice president of McKResson -Robbins5 company,ttv atnd( itn l9:t was tmadle chief( exceutive of MIc Kessoni-Mur ray IDrug coimipany I. Du ring the last war Mrl Bilradhlamt wa;s emloyed in lie tax dii ision of the federal gov ernmtent in Coduluia. Amiong the surv ivors is L ietut. F armuan Rant dolpIh IBrad hamt, Jra., '; 9C, '40G, of the I.. S. naval reserv e. Hogan, '44A Second Lieut. Thos. Pressly Ho. gan, Jr., '44A, wsas accidentally killed I nt i 19'in a fall Ifromu atn upper Story of an apatment building at D)ay tiina~ I each. Fla. Lieu tenant Hogan, doI was an army tran sport p)ilot, wi as s tt ioned att D.unnielon Field, Hla-, antd wa;s otn leave when his a tal atccidetnt occurred. Hie voluti Vtred fo r setrvice on Jutne 20, 1911, mtd receivedl his wings at Columbitus, \I iss., September 6, t1912. }le is sur'-' vivedl by his widow, MIrs. Frances IBruton H ogant. formerly of A\tlanta; is parenits, lTis. P'ressly I logan, I19, andt( Mrs. IIltgitni of Columbtith md1( one sister, MIiss . Janet IIlogan, '44A. otb all vi cry over (clettuset. l.'ron hat dlay firwsard he was one of mty '(,rtditItn liuges wsas a prince men u tt~I. espec iallIy Carolitta