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Helen C. Hedden, '43A Mailed by the Alumni members of the Associati alumni in the Armed For< on file in the Alumni Offi< REUNION Before 1900 Edward Caleb Coker, '94A, pro fessor of %uathematics a..id astrono my at the University, who has been away, at Blowing Rock and Hender sonville, N. C., for the past year, has resumed his teaching at Caro lina. Professor Coker returned to the campus during the summer, and taught in the second summer ses sion. As chairman of the faculty committee on grounds and buildings and as an active member of the committee on the alumni-sponsored botanical garden, the arboretum, he has devoted much time and thought through the years to beau tifying the campus he loves. Pro fessor Coker is the father of Ed ward Caleb (Ned) Coker, Jr., '28A, now assistant professor of mathe matics at Clemson College. 1900 - 1919 Hugh 0. Hanna, '15A, '16G, '20L, Hampton attorney and University trustee, has been elected chairman of the advisory council to the South Carolina Unemployment Compensa tion Commission. Other alumni members of the 12-man council, representing workers, employers. and the public, are: James Uzell Watts, '32A, '34L, Darlington, and Frank Abraham Cook, '34E, of Slater. Claude H. Gresham, '09Sp., of Ware Shoals, is a member of the commission. James Julian Bush, '10A, '14L, of Barnwell, is general cwuiel, and Clemson Mayer Wil son, '16G, '29G, of Newberry and Columbia, is executive director. 1920 - 1929 Edward Melton Fersner, '29C, of Orangeburg, has received an honor able discharge from the Navy, and has returned to his business at Orangeburg. lie is addressed at 11-15 West Russell street, Orange burg. Mr. Fersner held the rank of lieutenant at the time of his dis charge. Lieut. (jg) Henry Chester Walk er, Jr., '29A, '45L, of Ridgeland, serving as armed guard officer aboard a United States merchant ship, is now in the Mediterranean theater, and is addressed through the Fleet Post Office, New York, N. Y. Maj. Joseph Means McFadden, '26L, of Chester, arrived recently at the Army Air Forces Redistribution Station No. 2 in Miami Beach, Fla., for reassignment after completing a tour of duty as intelligence officer in North Africa, Sicily, and F.ng landl. Louise Jones DuBose, '20A, '43G, pen-nanmed Nancy Telfair, who is nwteaching sociology and F.ng-I 1ish at Carolina, is readying hert first book of collected poems for p)ublication this year. Thle mnajority of the poems to be included in the volume already have beeni printed and reprinted in newspapers andl magazines. Her work has appeared in many anthologies, and several of her poems have beeni set to mnus:e. She has had published histories, book reviews and one-act plays as well as poems. Mrs. DuB3ose b-ri been state director of South C:aro lina's WVriters' project, editor of the South Carolina State Guidle anJ South Carolina Folk Tales, an:l has authored many radio scripts and recorded folklore programs for the Library of Congress. The tith of 1her forthcoming hook, "Wind-Star"', was suggested, Mrs. D)uBose re calls, when she was teaching navi gation to pre-flight students at the University. She used it as the title of one of her favorite poems and later for the title of the book itself. 1930 -1939 Lieut. (jg) Rudolph Counts Barnes, '37A, '40L, of Columbia, who is navigator on a Navy PB32Y transport, is now stationed on the West Coast. He is addressed at NATS, Squadron 2, Naval Air Sta tion, Alameda, Calif. Sgt. Berley Metta Havird, '31A, '34L, of Taylor's, is on dluty with a casual company inl the China Blurma-India theater, iIe is ad dressed through the Postnmaste'r, New York, N. Y. Capt. Jasper Cox Moore, '39C, of Simpsonville, who is on duty with the Army Air Corps, is now ad dressed at Squadron T, A PA AB, Avon Park Fla. Lieut. Wallie Bernard Jones, '39C, of Columbia, and Timmonsville, has been designated an adjutant in the 40th infantry division with which he is serving on New Britain. Over seas since October, 1943, he pre viously was stationed in the l ia waiian Islandls and the South P'a cific. Before entering the Army, he was employed by the P'ost Office Department. - - Asst. Editor Association Ottice to on and to non-member :es whose addresses are :e IN PRINT Lieut, Roy Singleton Powell, '34CE, of Columbia, who is serving with the Navy Sea Bees, is now sta tioned at Arlington, Va. His ad dress in Arlington is: 4201 N. Pershing drive. Pfc. Francis Lee May, '30J, formerly of Prosperity, who made his home at Eau Claire, Wis., be fore entering the service, is now serving with a postal unit in the China-Burma-India theater. Leland Maitland DeLoach, '38C, of Columbia, has been promoted to the rank of captain somewhere in France, where he is serving with the Army Air Forces. Captain )e Loach has been overseas for a year. Before entering the service in 1942 he was connected with the office of the New York Life Insurance con pany in Columbia. Lieut. (jg) Marvin Douglas Arm strong, '38A, of Columbia, who has been on leave in Columbia, was pilot on a Navy bomber in the Pa cific, taking part in raids on Truk and other objectives in that area. Lieu tenant Armstrong is now visiting in New York before reporting for duty. Curran Philpot Hughey, '32A, formerly of Columbia, now holds a position as credit manager for a business firm of Houston, Texas. le is addressed at 2726 Clehurne street, Houston. Lieut. James Robert Gibson, Jr., '35A, of Inman, has been awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action, when he saved the life of a wounded soldier at the risk of his own. He has received also the Pur pke Heart for wounds received in action in the European theater. Be fore entering the service, Lieutenant Gibson taught in the Parker dis trict schools in Greenville. Lieut. (jg) David Augustus Childs, USNR, '35A, of Columbia, who participated in the June 6 in easions on the Normandy coast and in the August invasion on the coast >f Southern France, recently spent t leave in Columbia. le is assist mt executive officer of a boat (as sault boat) crew aboard a trans >ort, and it is his job to get troops ishore during a landing. During )perations in E.urope, Lieutenant hilds' ship carried French Moroc :an, italian, Polish, and Japanese mnerican troops on shuttle trips rom Africa to southern France. Up m leaving Columbia 1.ieutenant hilds reported to Boston, where he cill remain for a short time. Mrs. Thilds (Betty Carlisle), '36A, ac -olimpanied hiimi. Lieut. Col. Howard Wilson Wil iams, '39A, of Cohumibia, has bieen ransferred to the 2139thi A AA B U, reemian Field, Seymour, Inud. HeI ormerly was dlirector of trainim..I at stuttgamrt. Ark., Army Air Field. W1rs. Williams (Sara Louise Harri on), '39A, is miakinig her hmome at >ey'mou r. Lieut. Emery David H arper, '33A, >f Columbia, who received his com iission on Armistice Day, has re iorted for dutty at I Teadqutarters, \SFTC, Camp L.ee, Va.. after a cave spent in Columbia. Mrs. Har >er (Ophelia Broome), '40A, and laughter, Sharon, miade their home it 2312: W ihuont acvenue, Columbia, >efore joining 1 .ieutenant Iliarper Lt Ca mp L,ee. Capt. James Benjamin (Benjoe) Millianms, III, USMAC, '39C, of harleston, has been awarded the \ir Medal "for meritorious achieve nent against the enemy" with Ma ine aviation last Dec. 23t, near Ra >atul, where he shot down two Jap deros. Presentation was madle at anta Ana, Calif., Marine Corps Air ;tamtion, where Captain Williams is mn instructor. Before entering the Wtarine Air Corps in July, 1941, he vas athletic director at Orangehbtrg -igh School. S/Sgt. Morris James Purvis, '35A, >f Columbia, an aerial gumnner in lie 13Ith Air Force's fa med " I.ong Rangers"' ouitfit, has been a warded he Air MIedal at an ad vancedl ,i ber itor base in the Sotuthiwest Pacific. sergeant I 'urvis is a veteran oif 33: :otmbiat mnissionms against the Japs, ncluding raidls on Truk, Yap, Wo eai, and Palau, the Halamahera islands, and the Netherlands East ind(ies. Before entering the service Sergeant Purvis was employed by he S. C. State Highway D)epart Inen lt. Capt. John R. Amato, M.C., A US, 36A, of Newark, N. J., who has been on duty for several months in he FEuropean theater, is now ba' i ni the States, andl is flight surge,o', >f the Station H ospcital at D) ime Army Air Field, D)over, Dela,. P'rior to entering the service Captaini Amato was with the St. James IHos )ital in Newark, N. J. on 54L Issued by the Ui RALPH LEW The Sage 0 This picture of Pfc. James H. taken in the combat zone in the trol evacuated with malaria-or an unna that I look like an old man," write made, I've been :iving in the lap o my usual kiddish self." John Lever White, '32A, of Co lumhia. now addressed at :14 Alhe marle drive. Charleston 50 is pastor of Ashley River laptist Church, Charleston. The church, organized Is months ago by Rev. Mr. White, is said to he the fastest growing church of the Southern Baptist Con vention, with 4I00 members, 560 Sunday school members, an average of 95 per cent. regular attendance, and a budget of $18,000. Since leav ing Carolina, Mr. \Vhite has serve,t as assistant pastor of \\'ood'awn liaptist Church, Chicago, and pastor of six churches in South Carolina. Prior to organizing the Ashley lRiver Baptist Church, Mr. \Vhite was associate pastor of Citadel Square Baptist Church. Charleston. 1940- 1948 Enoch Smith, Jr., Si/c, '44EE, of Columbia, who entered the Navy last month after his graduation from the University, is now addressed at Us:.T.C, Co. -1562, Bks. -130L, Bain bridge, Md. Maj. William Avory Bland Addi son, '42A, of Columbia, after jump ing into Holland with the paratroop ers, has written home that the Ger mans are still a tough enemy, that he had believed the war with Ger umany, would soon he over prior to landing in HI.olland, but has eb'anged his mind. "l ard fighting is going on in this sect or, and1( J erry still has plenty of punch left,"' he w rote to Mrs. Addison (Lois Ewart), '44Ed, who is making her home in Column hia. MIajor Addison fought the Ger malns at Sicily, Salerno, and A nzio in nine umont hs of combiat. Dunring that time he made three comnbat inmps andl a beach landing as regi mental supp)ly officer for a para troop) outfit. The captain's lhars wvhich Mirs. Addison sewed on hecr husband's jump suit 19 months ago, when the Major left for foreign service, are still on the suit, which Major Addison sent recent ly to hiis Lieut. Johnny Ward Kirby, '40A, of C'olumibia, has jus.t comnplet ed training ini medical admiinistrat ion, receiving his commission in thle Medical Admiinistrative Corpis of the Army. Albert I. Cohen, Jr., '47A, of (Co lunmbia, has bieen engagedl to play with Jack Treagarden's orchestra, andl has left to join the bandleader on tour. Formerly with Melvin Hiemphill and Clarence Brazzell, lhe was playing with H-enry Suydam's orchestra when he left Carolina. SK2/c, Edwin William (Billy) Rogers, '43A, of Sumter, has bieen rverseas since June, 19431, andI is nowv on dluty in the Pacific. lie is ad dressed care of the Fleet Post Of fice, San Francisco, Calif. Henry Aimar Brandt, V-12 (MC), '44V- 12, of Charleston, is now sta tionedl at the Medical College of South Carolina, and is addressed at i l Smith street, Charleston. Cpl. Joseph Francis Munnerlyn, '43A, of Columbia, is now on duty with an artillery unit overseas, lHe is add(ressed through the Post master, New York, N. Y. Pfc. Steve Stavrake Stavron, '43A, of Columbia, who is serving with an infantry company in the F.uropean theater, has becen awarded the Puer ple Uc lart for wounds received in action. Ile is addressed thlroughi thle Postmaster, New York, N. Y. Lieut. Mart Gary Smith, Jr., '45A, o,f N<avenel, [lying [Fortrews homui Ibard ier, ha;is bceen a wardede the Air Medal "for meritorious achieve ment" on comb~at nmissions over ene my Europe e ..At[um I vv vr tiversity of South Carolina A IS,.'29, Executive Secretary and. A f Tenement 10 Reti McKinney, Jr., USMCR, '42J, was )ics three days before McKinney was med ailment. "You'll probably notice s McKinney. "Since the picture was f luxury, so to speak, and now look Cpl. Homer Doyle Norman, '44A, of iake View, who was wounded in France Sept. 12, is now in a lospital in England, but is expected to return to duty soon. Corporal Norman was evacuated to .ngland by plane, and was awarded the Purple Heart. lie is addressed through the l'ost! aster, New York N. Y. Pvt. John Conlon Harper, '47A, of St. Stephen, is on duty with the Marines, and is addressed through the Fleet Post Office, New York, N. V. Harold Lee Cobb, '42A, of Clin ton, has been promoted to the rank of major in France, where he is comnmanding officer of the Varga 1oys' fighter squadron. Alajor Cobb's squadron was the first to be operational on a French airfield and it also flew the first combat mission by fighter planes on D-Day. Major Cobb has flown 112 combat mis sions, most of thei in his P-47 Thunderbolt. lie w\ears the Air Medal with 20 clusters. Cpl. Harry Kaplan, '44E, of Blackville, is now serving in the .uropean theater, and is addressed through the Postmaster, New York, N. V. Dick Dysart Mahaffey, AMM2/c, '47 V-12, of )e i.anI, Fla., is now onl dutly with a B1-'. I ( Il.; 4 ) --quad rmn, anud is addressedh through tile Fleet IPorst Office, New York, N. Y. Capt. Daniel Webster Millsaps, Jr., '40A, of D)arlington, who is serv inig with thle Army in the Central P'acific, writes fromh a b)eachhleadi recent ly in the news: "I1 land(ed on 'A' D)ay . . . and have beeni wet ever since. Th'le Japs are p)esky... tIle flies swarm, cobras show them selves, natives abound, and cannled food tastes worse every' day, but spirits are high andl victory' great Lieut. Clyde Elton Pugh, USNR, '41A, of Prosperity, hlas, b)een tas ferred recently and( is now addressed at:( Conunllissionling Detail, UiSN, N eville I shand, Pitt sburght, Pa. Pvt. Joseph Walton Leech, '43A, of Fau Claire, wvho visited in Co. Inumbia andi at tend(ed tile Carolina Clemson football game last mnonth, is add(ressedl at Squadron B-i, 807th .1 U, hiergstroml Field, Austin, Tie xas. Sgt. James Thomson WIldg, Jr., '49C, of Columbia, who has been stationed in Newfoundland almor.i two years as a weather ob)server with the Army Air Forces, recently spent a short furlough in the St'ates, lie visitedl the Alumni Office Sept. 29. Prior to entering the service, Sergeant Wilds worked in Grecu ville as an accountanut and audito r, andI later was connected with th'e state organiuzation of the OP'A. lie ha. returnled to his' station ini New. fo,un dhlnd. ;'\hnove is plict ured a watercolor po'rrtit of Se(rgeatt WVilds, which wa's patintedi ini New fon nr(itand. d jront lumni Association lumni Editor irns Stateside By TINA CANNON, '43A The "sage of tenement 10" and former editor of the Gamecock, Marine Pfc. James H. (Jim) Mc Kinney, Jr., '42J, of Belton, has recently returned to the States after two years Down Under. But it was very unexciting he says, merely mentioning a few times he was un der Jap aerial bombardment, and the time he was on a Liberty ship when Japanese planes attacked itl McKinney held down the job of First Marine division picture editor in the public relations section, a job entailing the classifying, sorting and captioning of hundreds of photos. In this, he worked with both combat correspondents and combat photog raphers, and on the side, he wrote some personality feature stories too. Like many others of the boys who spent long months in the tropical climate, he collected his share of mosquito bites, subsequently fol lowed by malaria, and was evacu ated and hospitalized at Treasure Island, just off the California coas'. A funny thing happened the other day, while McKinney was helping to sort mail at the Treasure Island and .Marine post office. Out of the piles of missiles there, what should he run across but a copy of the Gamecock. It was addressed to "Pfc. Mack Dr... . M. B. Trea...., San Fr. . . ." and the rest was torn out, making it impossible to know whom the paper was for. So Jim appropriated the Gamecock, knowing that his copy was probably thousands of miles away, beating around FPO's and APO's galore. "Poor Mack, he's gonna miss an issue, wherever he is out yonder," wrote McKinney. "... I'll keep this copy in case you can reconstruct the name and address from your files. If so, just give me the word, and I'll send the paper on." (F,di tor's note: A check in the Alumni Office has revealed that the muti lated Gamecock was intended for Pfc. Mack Breeden Lewis, '45C, with the Marines in the Pacific, and a brand new copy of the missing issue has been sent by air mail to Private Lewis). In pre-war days, back in the fall of 1941, Jim was elected editor of the Gamecock. He served in this capacity for about a month, but resigned when his ideas about free dom of the press didn't coincide with the Board of Publication's. Several months later he tossed aside his battered ole felt hat, a trade mark around the camipus, departed from tenement 10 and joined the Marine corps reserve. Soon after, he managed to catch the b)oat for the South Pacific, dragging his type writer fulIly loaded behind him, and. like htundreds of other Carolina men, has been dloing a bang-uap job over seas. McKinney has just beeni trains ferred fromt Treasture Island to WVard F, US Naval Convalescent Hospital, Yosemite National Park, Calif. Fromi his National Park hosnital wardl, Private Jim wvrites: ''Since nmy ailmnt is a very ,h Mcure-and( as yet unnamed-- dis ease, I've been plagumed by nnumer ous Navy doctors, ranging fromt J1. G. to Captain, and each one wvith: a differenit idlea-all of which wer.' dumly tried out on my protesting cat cass. Personally, I prefer ovecrseas duty." Capt. James Tribble Pearce, '42A, who has been serv'ing with the Marines in the Pacific for the p)ast two years, arrived iu Columbia Thanksgiving D)ay to spendl a 30 (lay leave, lHe was stationed iln Australia and tIhe Solomons. With the First Marines, he took part ir, thme battles of Pelelieu in the P'alat: Islands andl Cape Gloucester and Tales(ch, both in New Britain. Clarence Welborn Walker, CCM, who is on1 duty wvitha the Sea IBees, is now stationedl iln the Alaskanm theater, whecre lhe writes ". . . one takes an ice piick to draw a bucket of water ,. - " lie is addressed throuigh thae Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, Calif. Sgt. Norman Lee (Hloss) WII liams, '49A, of Kingstree, who is attached, to a tank dlestroyer unit, has beeun serving in the F.uropean theater for several months. IHe is add(ressedl through the Postmaster, New York, N. Y. Grover Cleveland Kirby, Jr., '42C, of Columbia, has been promotedl to thme rank of lietutenant, senior grade, in the F.uroipeana theater where he is serving wvith the Navy. Sent over seas to serve on tIe staff of a group co)immander during thme Normandy invasion, lie is now assigned to a ,Landingr Ship,. Tank. Annie Lee Young, '25A, Men and women of Cat graduates are requested their changing addresse University Campus, Colu They Promised Meta Sherrie Sompayrac, '44A, of Society Hill, and Maj. Robert Lee DuBose of Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 11 at Maxton, N. C. They will make their home at Maxton. Sara Lucille Coggins, '38A, of Co lumbia, and Cpl. Jack Martin Wil helm of Buffalo, N. Y., and Fort Jackson, Nov. 18 in Columbia. They will make their home at 2914 Ker shaw street, Columbia. Elaine Efird of Greenville and Cecil Robertbon Cowan, Jr., '44P. of Columbia, Nov. 1:3 in Columbia They will make their home in Co lumbia. Edith Hay of Locust Valley, L. I., and Lieut. James Byrd Anderson. '41A, of Columbia, Nov. 23 at Locust Valley. They will make their home temporarily at Tallahassee, Fla., where Lieutenant Anderson is stationed. Frances Becker, formerly man ager of the Baptist Book Store, Co lumbia, and the Rev. John Lever White, '32A, pastor of the Ash!ey River Baptist Church, Charleston, July 16, 1941. Mr. and Mrs. White are addressed at :34 Albermarle drive, Charleston, 0. S/'Sgt. Welbourne Eugene Thomp son, '44C, of Columbia, has success fully flown his 50th combat mission. Tail gunner on a 11-17 Flying For tress in the Mediterranean theater of operations, he flew his "golden" mission in an attack on the indus. trial section of Munich, Germany. in September, 1914. His group, one of the oldest heavy bombardment groups in the theater, has flo'> n over :150 combat missions. Serge:nt Thompson's first high altitude ra'd was on March 4 when the Forts at tacked the submarinc pens at Tou lon. He has been awarded the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Chus ters, and the Purple Heart for wounds received in action over Italy. Irene Thomas LaBorde, WAC, '413, of Columbia, has been pro moted to the rank of captain at Hendlricks Field, Fla., wvhere she is commanding officer of the WAC detachment. Captain L,alordle, daughter of Pierre Fabian LaBorde, '14A, '15L, '30Sp., enlisted in the WAC in Jutly, 19412, and was com missioned at D)es Mloines, Ia., in October, 19-12. She w~as assignedl to the WAC Basic Training Station at D)aytona BeachLl, FIl, as e-xecutive officer ofi a training company. In April, 19-l::, she was promoted t first lieutenant, and soon after was transferred to her present assign ment at lIIendlricks Field. Captain LalBorde has two brothers serving with the Navy overseas: Lieut. (jg) Hasell Thomas LaBorde, '42A, an execuitive officer on a sub-chaser in the Southwest l'acific, and Lieut. Pierre Fabian LaBorde, Jr., M.C., '38A, a flight surgeon wvith a Mtarine flying squadron in the Marshall Islands. Ensign Leroy Walker Robinson, USNAC, '44E, of Columbia, is spendhing a leave at home after hav ing served with the Naval Air Corps in the Pacific for several months. Thbe young IIelicat pilot was at tachied to Fighting Squadr,on Two, which was ceditedl willh de stroying a total1 of 506; Jap pl-me ~6 01 Ithem in aerial combl at . En sign R obinsonm has been officihally3 credited w'ith shooting dOwni theL first Zero over Guam, b)oosting his' personal score to fiv'e con)firm)ed and( two( probables. Three of the dlestroyed planes were fighters an-I two were torpedo bombers. D)uring~ the first (lay over Gtuam, his squa(l ron accoutnteud for a totagl of :: ont of a total of 54 Japs shot downi Ensign Robinson wears the Dis. tinguishedi Flying Cross and theu Air Medal for a total nunnber of J ap planes sh)ot downi ini theC d..r'.)g Guam an BlIonin Islands actions ,Clifford Henslee Hardy, S2/c, 46A, of D)illonm, is at presenlt a pa tient im the Naval h)osp)ital at Baini bridge, hid., where his address is: Ward 828, UISN hospital, U1SNTC, Bainbridg, Md. '38G - - Asst. Editor olina, graduates and non to send alumni news and s to the Alumni Office, mbia, South Carolina. Future Alumni A daughter, Mary Susan Chappel!, to Maj. Buford - Souter Chappell, '39A, and Mrs. Chappell (Marjorie Cooper), '42J, of Columbia, Oct. 11 at Fort F. .. Warren, Wyoming. Mlajor Chapped is in the nedical corps of the Army, stationed at Fort Warren. A son, John Ralston Pate, Jr., to John Ralston Pate, '27E, '27G, and Mrs. Pate Oct. 10 at Louisville, Ky., where the Pates now make their home. A daughter, Suzanne Claxton Davant, to Fleetwood Davant and Mrs. Davant (Carol Humbert), '45A, Nov. 7 at the Columbia Hos pital. A son, Henry Gray Thomas. to Floyd Wilson Thomas, Jr., '33C, '42G, of 13ennettsville, and hi rs. Thomas Oct. 1:; in Columbia. A daughter. Ruth i.ecil Cushman, to Capt. Edward Charles Cushman, Jr., '42L, and Mrs. Cushman, Nov. :t in Columbia. Captain Cushman, whose home is in Aiken, has re turned to the South Pacific. A son, Johnson \'ilden Blackwell, Jr., to Johnson Wilden Blackwell, 'iSA, '320, and Mrs. Blackwell Oct. 9 at l,ehanon, 'Tenn., where NIr. Bllackwell is head of the Modern L.anguage Department of CastIc heights Iilitary Academy. A daughter. Charlotte lIarnwell1 A\cCutchen, to Lieut. James Mal colm McCutchen, '36EE, and Mrs. McCutchen (Emily Strother Duno vant), ':IGA, Nov. 1 at \loorehead City, N. C. Lieutenant \icCutchen is on active military duty at AMoore head City. A daughter, Sally Pride lc Donald, to Capt. James Edwin (Ned) McDonald, Jr., '39L, of Chester, and Mrs. Alc)onald Aug. :to at Chester. Captain \Icl)onald is now serving with an infantry unit in the European theater. A son, Richard Thacker Osteen, II[, to Licutt. Richard Thacker Os teen, Jr., and Mrs. Osteen (Helen Rhetta Yobs), '45A, Oct. 19 in Co lumbia. A daughter, Diane Lloyd Morccr, to Lieut. Jack Willis Mercer, '41CE, and Mrs. Mercer (Ann Dixon), '44A, Oct. 19 in Columbia. Lieu tenant Mercer, son of Prof. Charles Franklin Mercer, '26G, of the Uni versity, and Mrs. Mercer, is now stationed at the Army Air Base, Victoria, Kans. A son, Carlile Courtenay. 1lT, to Carlile Courtenay, Jr., '32C, and Mrs. Courtenay (Nellie Brockman), '36A, Oct. 17 at Mlarietta, Ga. Air. Cou rtenay, fornmerly of Columbia, is nowv connectedl with the Bell Air craft corporation at hlarie.tta. A son, James Reynoldls. 11T, to Lieut. James Reynolds, Jr., '39A, of Columbia, andl Al rs. Reynolds Oct. 19 in Miinneapolis, NIlinn. Lieu tenant Reynolds is on (duty' with the Navy in the Pacific. A son, WVilson Osbourne Weldon, Jr., to Wiluon Osbourne Weldon, '31A, and Mirs. Weldon Oct. 31 at High Point, N. C.. where Mir. Wel dIon is pastor of the First Methodist Church. Alfred A. Bretz, '40A, of Spartan.' burg, has been promoted to the rank of first lieutenant at uckley Field, Col,.lie is range officer on the short range at the Army Air Forces TIra ininig Conimnanmd instalIlationi there. lieutenant lBretz makes his honme at 9:to Downing street, D)en vecr, Colo. Sgt. Lewis William Houck Shuler, '41C, of Cameron, has servedl :.7 months overseas with the infantry, andl is now stationedl in the Enuro pean the(ater. lie is add(ressed h ro:ugh t lie P'ostijma ster, Ne w York, N. Y. Capt. George Stone Saussy, Jr. '43E, of Columibia, bias ret urnc<d from 21 mont hs' service in thme Pa cific toi 51pend a :0-day' leave at his home olNI Marioni street. Capta in .Saumssy was stationed.o iii New Zea anmd, and( was ini COlmba~t with the T'hirdlN .\lrie% On lhougainville. anid with tihe Th'lird Amp)h)ibiohus 'or'ps mit ,nuiaim an111 dPelijeu. l)urintg the last two bat t les, lie was an air ob server. 'That was a lot easier than being in the lBougainville campaign, lie saidl. Mrs. Sffussy is the former Jennie Parker, '4A, of Sumter, Capt. James Nixon McDill, '41A, af Columbia, who is an instructor in adlvaned( instrument training at Roseerans Field, St. Joseph, Mo. is at present taking furtiner traini ng at Ilimesteadl, FIa., after wvhichm lie will return to Rosecrans Fiehi [or reassignment. He wears tihe Air Mledal, awarded f(or taking part iln lie first delivery of combmhat airplanes * in thle SouthI Pacific in NI ay andI Junme, 2942. Captain NicD)ill's wi'fe und smaill daughter are making their iome in Columbia while he is at Ifnmesa