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Helen C. Hedden, '43A Mailed by the Alumn members of the Associot alumni in the Armed For on file in the Alumni Offi REUNION Before 1900 Edward Caleb Coker, '94A, pro fessor of wathematics ..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-sponsorect 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, '18G, '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 counsel, and Clemson Mayer Wil son, '18G, '29G, of Newberry and Columbia, is executive director. 1920 - 1929 Edward Melton Feasner, '29C, of Orangeburg, has received an honor able discharge from the Navy, and has returned to his business at Orangeburg. He is addressed at 11-15 \Vest 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, '28L, 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 Eng land. Louise Jones DuBose, '20A, '430, pen-nanmed Nancy Telfair, who is now teaching sociology and Eng lish at Carolina, is readying her first book of collected poems for publication this year. The majority of the poems to be included in the volume already have been printe'd .and reprinted in newvspapers andl magazines. Her work has appeared in many anthologies, and several of her poems have been set to muine. She has had published histories, book reviews and one-act plays as well as poems. Mrs. DuBose has been state director of South Caro lina's Writers' project, editor of the South Carolina State Guide anJ South Carolina Folk Tales, an:l has authored many radio scripts and recorded folklore programs for the Library of Congress. The title of her forthcoming book, "Wind-Star", was suggested, Mrs. DulBose re calls, wvhen she was teaching navi gation to pre-f light 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 Coluimbia, who is navigator on a Navy PB2Y transport, is now stationed on the West Coast. He is addressed at NATS, Squadron 2, Naval Air Sta tion, Alameda, Calif. Sgt. Berley Metts Havird, '31A, '34L, of TJaylor's, is on duty with a casual company ini the China.. Burma-India theater. Ile is ad dressed through the Postmastvr, New York, N. Y. Capt. Jasper Cox Moore, '39C, of Simpsonville, wvho is on duty with the Army Air Corps, is now ad dressed at Squadron T, APAAB, 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. vioushy was stationed ini the lIa waiian Islands and the Southi 'a cific. Before entering the Army, he was employed by the Post Office Department. Asst. Editor Association Office to on and to non-member :es whose addresses r .re 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 De 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 com 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. He is addressed at 2726 Cleburne street, Houston. Lieut. James Robert Gibson, Jr., '35A, of Inman, has been awarded the Silver Star for gailantry in action, when he saved the life of a wounded soldier at the risk of his own. He has received also the Pur ple 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 vasions on the Normandy coast and in the August invasion on the coast of Southern France, recently spent a leave in Columbia. He is assist ant executive officer of a boat (as. sault boat) crew aboard a trans port, and it is his job to get troops ashore during a landing. During operations in Europe, Lieutenant Childs' ship carried French Moroc can, Italian, Polish, and Japanese American troops on shuttle trips from Africa to southern France. Up on leaving Columbia Lieutenant Childs reported to Boston, where he will remain for a short time. Mrs. Childs (Betty Carlisle), '36A, ac comnpaniedl him. Lieut. Col. Howard Wilson Wil liams, '39A, of Columbia, has ibeen transferred to the 213thtl AA A B U, Freeman Field, Seymour, Inod. IHe formerly was dlirector of trainiu.g at Stuttgart, Ark., Arnmy Air Field. Mrs. Williams (Sara Louise Harri son), '39A, is making her home at Seymour. Lieut. Emery David H arper, '33A, of Columbia, who received his com mission on Armistice D)ay, has re portedl for duty at Headquarters, AS FTC, Camp Lee, Va., after a leav'e spent in Columbia. Mrs. Har per (Ophelia Broome), ''40A, and (laughter, Sharon, made their home at 232:3 Wihnuont avenmue, Columbia, bef ore joining L.ieuutenant Iliarper at Camp Le.cc Capt. James Benjamin (Benjoe) Williams, III, USMAC, '39C, of Charleston, has been awarded the Air Medal "for meritorious achieve ment against the enemy" wvith Ma rine aviation last Dec. 23, near Ra baul, where lie shot down twvo Jap Zeros. Presentation was made at Santa Ana, Calif., Miarine Corps Air Station, where Captain Williams is an instructor. Before entering the Marine Air Corps in July, .1941, he wvas athletic director at Orangeburg High School. S/Sgt. Morris James Purvis, '35A, of Columbia, an aerial gunner in tIhe 13;th Air Force's famed "L ong Rangers" out fit, has been a warded the Air NI edal at an advanced L.iber ator base ini the Southwest 1Pacific. Sergeant l'urvis is a veteran of 33: combat missions against the Japs, including raids on Truk, Yap, Wo leai, and Palatu, the Halamahera Islands, and the Netherlands East Indlies. Before entering the service Sergeant Purvis was employed by the S. C. State Highway D)epart ment. Capt. John R. Amato, M.C., AUS, '36A, of Newark, N. .J., whlio has been on dutty for several months in the European theater, is now ha'rk in the Stat es, and is flight sureco' of thle Station I lo-pital at I )ove'.s Army Air Field, I)over, l)ela. P rior to entering the service Captain Amato was with the St. James H-os nital in Nearke, N. J Issued by the Uni RALPH LEWIS The Sage Of This picture of Pfc. James H. taken in the combat zone in the tropi evacuated with malaria-or an unnan that I look like an old man," writes made, I've been :iving in the lap of my usual kiddish self." John Lever White, '32A, of Co lumbia, now addressed at 34 Albe marle drive, Charleston 50 is pastor of Ashley River Baptist Church, Charleston. The church. organized 18 months ago by Rev. Mr. White, is said to he the fastest growing church of the Southern Baptist Cott vention, with 400 members, 5610 Sunday school members, an average of 95 per cent. regular attendance, and a budget of $18,000. Since leav ing Carolina, Mr. White has serveqt as assistant pastor of \Vood'awn Baptist Church, Chicago, and pastor of six churches in South Carolina. Prior to organizing the Ashley River Baptist Church, \ir. White was associate pastor of Citadel Square Baptist Church, Charleston. 1940 -1948 Enoch Smith, Jr., S1/c, '44EE, of Columbia, who entered the Navy last month after his graduation from the University, is now addressed at USNTC, Co. 45;62, 3ks. "430L, 3ain bridge, NM d. 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 many would soon be over prior to landing in Ilolland, but has changed his mind. "Har(l fightig is going on in tis sector, andl J erry still has plenty of Punch left." he wrote to Mrs. Addison (Lois Ewart), '44Ed, wvho is making her home in Colum bia. Alajor Addison fought the Ger mans at Sicily, Salerno. andI Anzio in nine nmonths of combat. D)uring that time he made three combat jumps and a beach landing as regi mental supply officer for a para troop outfit. The captain's bars which Mrs. Addison sewedl on her husband's jumnp suit 19 months ago, when the Major left for foreign, service, are still on the suit, which Major Addison sent recently to his I1-monuths-old son. Lieut. Johnny Ward Kirby, '40A, of Conlumbia,, has j us completed training in medical adlimiistration, receiving his commission in thle Medical Administrative Corps of the Army. Albert I. Cohen, Jr., '47A, of Co Itumbia, has beeni engaged to play with Jack Treagarden's orchestra, and has left to join the bandleader on tour. Formerly with Melvin Hiemphill and Clarence Brazzell, lhe was playing with H-enry Suydami's orchestra whben he left Carolina. SK2/c, Edwin William (Billy) Rogers, '43A, of Sumter, has beeni overseas since June, 19431, and is now on duty in the Pacifie. Hie 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 tioned( at the NI edical College of South Carolina, and is addressed at i i Smiith 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 Columibia, who is serving with ani infantry company in the F.urop)ean theater, has bieen awarded the Pur ph.e1Ilcart for wounds received in act ion. lie is add(ressedl throngh lhe Postmaster, New York, N. V. Lieut. Mart Gary Smith, Jr., '45A, IhardIier, has b'een a wa rded( the A ir NI edal "for meritorious achieve ment " on combat inissions over ene my Euiron, Atum versity of South Carolina Al ,.'29, Executive Secretary and Al Tenement 10 Retu McKinney, Jr., USMCR, '42J, was cs three days before McKinney was ied ailment. "You'll probably notice McKinney. "Since the picture was luxury, so to speak, and now look Cpl. Homer Doyle Norman, '44A, of Lake View, who was wounded in France Sept. 12, is now in a hospital in England, but is expected to return to duty soon. Corporal Norman was evacuated to England by plane, and was awarded the Purple Heart. lie is addressed through the Postmaster, 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. Y. Harold Lee Cobb, '42A, of Clin tont, has been promoted to the rank of major in France, where he is commanding officer of the Varga Boys' fighter squadron. Major 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 Co h as flown 112 combat mis sions, most of the'n in his P-47 itinderbolt. Ie wears the Air Medal with 20 clusters. Cpl. Harry Kaplan, '44E, of Blackville, is now serving in- the European theater, and is addressed through the Postmaster, New York, N. Y. Dick Dysart Mahaffey, AMM2/c, '47 V-12, of De l.and, Fla., is now on duty with a L- -;1 I ( Pt. 1 Y) ..quad ron., and( i.s add(ressedl through the Fleet Post Office. New York, N. Y. Capt. Daniel Webster Millsaps, Jr., '40A, of D)arlington, who is serv ing with the Army in the Central Pacific, writes from a beachhead recent ly in the news: ''I landed on 'A' D)ay . . . and have been wet ever since. Thel Japs are pesky... the flies swarm, cobras showv them selves, natives abound, and cainned food tastes worse every day, b)ut sp)irits are high and victory great Lieut. Clyde Elton Pugh, USNR, '41A, of Prosperity, has. been trans ferred recently and is now addressed at : Coinmiissioing D)etail, U SN, Neville Island, Pittsbuirgh,. P'. Pvt. Joseph Walton Leech, '43A, of Eau Claire, who visited in Co lumibia andl at tendled the Carolina Clemson football game last month, is add(ressedl at Squadron B-i, 807th .H U, Bergstrom Field, Austin, Tfex as. Sg.JmsToso'id,J. spet aesr Thromghon thedg Strte HeC viste theluni woffice Set 29. P'rior to entering the service, Sergeant Wilds worked in Green ville as an accountant and audito r, and( later was connected wvith th'e state orga nizat ion of the OP'A. lie h'as retuirned to~ his stationi in New. fun mdla~n'l. ;\ hove is p'ictuired a watercolor po(rtrait of Sergeant WVilds, which was painted in New fotundland. U iront umni Association amni Editor rns 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, Ile collcld II share of mosquito bites, subsequently fol lowed by malaria, and was evacu ated and hospitalized at Treasure Island, just off the California cons'. A funny thing happened the other (lay, 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 Br..... 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." (Edi 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 domn 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 campus, departed from tenement it) andl joined the Marine corps reserve. Soon after, he managed to catch the boat for the South Pacific, dragging his type writer fully loaded behindc him, and. like hundlreds of other Carolina men, has been doing a bang-up job over seas. McNKinnmey has just been trans ferred from Tfreasure I sland to Wardl F, US Naval Convalescent Hospital, Yosemite National Park, Calif. From his National Park hosnital ward, Private Jim writes: "Since my ailment isa- veryo scutre-anid as yet unnamed-- dis ease, IPre- been plagued by numer ous Nav'y dloctors, ranging from J. 0. to Captain, and each one with: a dlifferenit iden-all of which we'r. dluly tried out onl my protesting car cass. -Personally, I prefer overseas duty." Capt. James Tribble Pearce, '42A, who has been serving with th~e Marines in the Pacific for thme plast two years, arrived in Columbia Tlhanksgiving Day to spend a 30-* dlay leave. He was stationed in Australia and the Solomons. With the First Marines, he took part in the battles of Pelelieu in the Palai Islands and Cape Gloucester and Tlaleseh, both in New Britain. Clarence Welborn Walker, CCM, who is on duty with the Sea Blees, is now stationed in tihe Alaskan theater, where he writes ''. . . one takes an ice pick to draw a bucket of water . - .' lie is addressed through thme Flect Post Office, San Francisco, Calif. Sgt. Norman Lee (Hoss) Wil liams, '42A, of Kingstree, who is attached to a tank destroyer unit, has been serving in the European theater for several months. He is addressed through the Postmaster, New York, N. Y. Grover Cleveland Kirby, Jr., '42C, of Cohnnhia, has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant, senior grade, inl thle F.uropeanm theater where he is serving with thme Navy. Sent over seas to serve onl the staff of a group commander during the Normandy invasion, lie is now assigned to a Landing 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 male 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. Thcy will make their home at 2911 Ker shaw street, Columbia. Elaine Efird of Greenville and Cecil Roberthon Cowan, Jr., '44P. of Columbia, Nov. 13 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, formierly 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. 1944. Mr. and Mrs. White are addressed at 34 Albermarle drive, Charleston, 50. 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 inthns. trial section of Munich, Germany. in September, 1944. His group, one of the oldest heavy bombardment groups in the theater, has flo'% n over 350 combat missions. Sergeint Thompson's first high altitude ra'd was on March 4 when the Forts al tacked the submarine pens at ''ou lon. He has been awarded the Air Medal with three Oak .'f Clus ters, and the Purple Heart for wounds received in action over Italy. Irene Thomas LaBorde, WAC, '41J, of Columbia, has b)een p)ro nmoted to the rank of captain at HIend(ricks Field, Fla., wvhere she is commanding officer of the WAC dletachment. Captain LaHIordle, dlaughter of Pierre Fabian LaBorde, '14A, '15L, '30Sp., enlisted in the WAC in July, 1942, and was comn missioned at D)es Moines, Ia., in October, 19.12. She was assigned to the WAC Basic Training Station at D)aytona Beach, Fla., as e'xecutiv'e officer of a training company. In April, 19-131, she was promoted to first lieutenant, and soon after was transferred to her present assign ment at H endricks Field. Captain L,alordle has two brothers serving with the Navy overseas: Lieut. (jg) Hasell Thomas LaBorde, '42A, an executive officer on a sub-chaser in the Southwest Pacific, and Lieut. Pierre Fabian LaBorde, Jr., M.C., '38A, a flight suirgeon with a Mtarine flying squadron in the Marshall Islands. Ensign Leroy Walker Robinson, USNAC, '44E, of Coltumbia, is spending a leave at home after hav' ing served with the Naval Air Corps in the l'acific for several months. The young H ellcat pilot was at tachled to Fighting Squad ronm Two, which was credited with de stroying a total of 5016 .Jap tphm,er 261 of thlem in aerial combI at. lin sign iRobinsoni has been officially credlitedl with shooting dlown the first Zero over Guami, boosting his personal score to five confirmed and two probables. Three of the destroyed planes were fighters anz] two were torpedo bombers. D)uring the first day over Guam, his squad. ron accounted for a total of :ga ouit of a total of 54 Japs shot down Ensign lRobinson wears the D)is. tinishedl Flying Cross and tl'e Air Medal for a total number of J ap planes shot dowvn in the dar.ig Guam and Bonin Islands actions. Clifford Henslee Hardy, S2/c, '46A, of D)illon, is at present a pa tient in the Naval hosp)ital at Bain bridge, Mid., where his address is: Ward 828, UISN Hospital, U'SNTC, Rainbrdge. M. ' '38G - - Asst. Editor olino, 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. F. Warren, Wyoming. Major Chapped is in the medical 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 Mlrs. Thomas Oct. 1:; in Columbia. A daughter, Ruth I.ecil Cushma n, to Capt. Edward Charles Cushman. Jr., '42L, and Mrs. Cushman. Nov. :1 in Columbia. Captain Cushman, i whose home is in Aiken, has re turned to the South Pacific. A son, Johnson Wilden Blackwell, Jr., to Johnson Wilden Blackwell, '18A, '32G, and \Irs. llackwell Oct. 9 at L,ehanon, Tcnn., where AIr. llackwell is head of the Modern Language Department of Castle 1leights AMilitary Academy. A daughter, Charlotte I-arnwell AMcCutchen, to Lieut. James Mal colm McCutchen, '36EE, and Mrs. McCutchen (Emily Strother Duno vant), '36A, Nov. 1 at Aloorehead City, N. C. Lieutenant McCutchen is on active military duty at M oore !ad City. A daughter, Saiiv Pride \Ic )onald, to Capt. James Edwin (Ned) McDonald, Jr., '39L, of Chester, and Mrs. AlcDonald Aug. :0 at Chester. Captain \Ic)onald is s now serving with an infantry unit in the F.uropean theater. A son, Richard Thacker Osteen, III, to Lient. Richard Thacker Os teen, Jr., and Mrs. Osteen (Helen Rhetta Yobs), '45A, Oct. 19 in Co lumbia. A daughter, Diane Lloyd Morcer, 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, Carlilc Courtenay. 11T, to Carlile Courtenay, Jr., '32C, and " Mrs. Courtenay (Nellie Brockman), '36A, Oct. 17 at AMarietta, Ga. Mir, Courtenay, formerly of Coluimbia, is now connected with thme Bell Air craft corporation at Miarietta. A son, James Reynolds, l11, to Lieut. James Reynolds, Jr., '39A, of Columbia, andl NIrs. Reynolds Oct. tt in Miinneapolis, Miinn. lieu tenant Reynolds is on duty with the Navy in the Pacific. A son, W\ilson Osbourne Weldon, Jr., to Wilson Osbourne Weldon, '31A, andl Mrs. Weldon Oct. 31i at High Point, N. C., where Mir. W\eI ,(donl is pastor of tihe First Miethodist Church. Alfred A. Bretz, '40A, of Spartan burg, has beeni promoted to the rank off first 1lieu tenant at lIuckley Field, Col,.lie is range officer onI the short range. at the Army Air Forces TIraining Comlman mii installation there. .ieultenant Bretz miakes his home at 9:10 l)owning street, Deni ver, Colo. Sgt. Lewis William Houck Shuler, '41C, of Cameron, hiasse rved 27 months overseas with the infantry, and is niow stationed in the Furo pean theater. HeI is addressedl hrougha the P ostmaster, Newv York, 1N. Y. ,Capt. George Stone Saussy, Jr., '43E, of Colunbia, has returnled from 21 mon11 ts' ser vice iln tIhe Pa cific to spIend a :30-diay leave at his home otnI Aa rionl street. Capta in Satussy was stationedl iln New Zea land, anid was in cotmbiat with thme ThmirdlN lar ines on hg vll n with tihe Third Amtpibioums corps 'on (,uat anild l'eelietu. D)uring the i:ast two bat tIes, hie was all air oh. server. That was a lot easier tihan beinig inl tihe longainvile IcCampaign, lie saidl. Mirs. S:ftssy is the former Jennie Parker, '45A, of Sumter. Capt. James Nixon McDill, '41A, of Columbia, whlo is an instructor ini adlvaned( instrument training at Rosecratns Fieild, St. Joseph, Mo., is at present taking fturcter train ing at H omnestead, Fia., after whicht he will retuirn to Rosecrans Fiell for reassignment. lHe wears the Air Mledal, awardedl for taking part ini the first delivery of comblat airplatnes * mi tile Soth l'aicific in Miay and Jnnte, 1942. Captain Micil's wife atnd small daughter are making their home in Columbia while he is at