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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 1900-1919 Herman Patrick Johnson, '04A, '08A, formerly of Columbia, is now addressed at Box 1164, University Station, Charlottesville, Va. Chaplain Henry Lide Reaves, '18A, of Alcolu, is now attached to a hospital ship complement in Char leston. His address is on file at the Alumni Office. 1920-1929 Capt. William Dale Tinsley, '29L, of Greenwood, is serving with an army claims team in the European theater. lie is addressed through the Postnaster, New York, N. Y. Mrs. Tinsley, the former Margaret Bailey, makes her home at Green wood. Edward Grant (Bud) Baker, '29A, has been elected municipal judge at Staten 'Island, N. Y., where he now makes his home. He is ad dressed at 118 Overlook Terrace, Grasmere, Staten Island, N. Y. Lieut. LeRoy D. Leppard, Chap lain's Corps, USNR, '23Sp., form erly pastor of\ churches in Green ville and latta, has been in the Pacific theater for several months. His daughter, Helen Elizabeth, is a sophotore at Carolina. Lieutenant Leppard is a brother of James E. Leppard, '21L, president of the Alumni Association. Lieut. (jg) Eugene Middleton Baker, '24A, formerly of Augusta, Ga., is serving with the Navy in the Pacific ahoard a Landing Craft, In fantry. Before entering the service Lieutenant Baker was manager of the wholesale department of R. L. Bryan Company in Columbia. 1930-1939 John Maxwell Anderson, Jr., '35C, formerly of Columbia, makes his home at Summitt avenue, Granite. Md. lie and MI rs. Anderson liavc a daughter, Ada Louise, who was a year old in Fcbruary. T/Sgt. Charles H. DeLoache, '34E, of Camden, is serving in the European theater with an ordnance conpany. lie is addressed through the Postmaster, New York, N. V. Capt. Charles Robert Craig, '31CE, of Salem, is on duty over seas with a coilat engineer group. lie is addressed through the I'ost nmaiter, New York, N. Y. Lieut. Charles Lucas Cain, '32CE, of Pinopols, wvho is serving w%ith tie Army in Europe, is starting his sccond year in the ETO. lie is ad dressed through the -Postmaster, New York, N. Y. M/Sgt. James Clyde Blalock, '36A, of Union, recently spent a :3r-dayi leave at his homte after hav in g comnpletedi 30 mtonthis' (lut y in the South I 'acific with a station hios pitfal. Sergtanmt Ilalock hias returnedl to his out fit, w*.here another alum nue, M/Sgt. William Ray Hedden, '43A, of \\'alIhallat, is also statined. Maj. William Cuttino McNulty, '38A, of Cohunhia, now stationed at C'amp ILejeune, N. C'., after :to mont11h s' service w i the Marines in the P acific, ha-, been a wardled his (-col decoraton, the lIron ze Star, for hieroismn last Septe-mbher on P'ele 1lieu. lLis preyvious mnedal was for gallan:try at Cape G loucester. Major M Ic Nnly is ino add((1re5ssedl at If and S Co., lni. 'Tr. Reg't, TVent Camp, Camup Le(jeunei, N. C. Capt. Henry Manning Bauknight, '36A, of C Ilomibia, hias completed theaterc, whee h e is ser ving withl an inftanitryv daii. lIe is addressed throm:hel the lost master, New York, Pfc. James Bryson Wessinger, '35C, of l'ialeietinie. is sers ing in the Euiiropean thieater- ithi am infanutry dlivi-ion oif the >eethl .\rmyv. He is no0w at tarhed'' to Iilca(hl'ar ters ais a crical wvorker in thle office of the Adjutant. lie is addressedl through the P'ostmiaster, Newv York, N. Y. Pefore enmterinug the service Private First Class \\'essinger w as in the insuria nce Ibusiness in (Coliiumbiia. Lieut. William Ignatius Latham, '32J, formerly of (,r'eenv*ille, is now on dtys with ani infanttry un)it over seas. lie is addrressed through the Postmaster, Newv York, N. Y. Lieutenant Lat ham, comlmissionted in lie Arizona National Gutard in 19140, w"as City Editor of the El Paso, (Texas) 'Times when ordlered to dutty in December, 1943. Mrs. L~atham and( tIme L athams' three daughters are making their home at El Paso. Lieut. Arthur N. B. (Robbie) Rob ertson, '30A, of Raleigh, N. C., is serving with a Marine amphibious grouip in the Pacific area. He is ad dressed throtughi the Fleet Post Of fice, San Francisco, Calif. Lieut. (jg) Boyd Allen Correll, '32A, of York, is now serving with an armed guard unit in the Atlantic, He is addressed through the Fleet Post Office, New York, N. Y. I " . " Asst. Editor I Association Office to ion and to non-member ces whose addresses are Ce. IN PRINT Lieut. (jg) William Forrest Keels, '32L, formerly of Lynchburg, is stationed with the Navy in the Pacific theater, according to a letter from his brother, Maj. Lucius Brainerd (Bo) Keels, '31A, who is stationed at the Army Service and Ground Forces Redistribution Sta tion, Medical Section, Asheville, N. C. Capt. Harold Bailey Prince, '39A, '410, of Easley, who was promoted to his present rank in October, 1944, is now in France as communi cations officer of a troop carrier squadron. lie writes that his outfit has taken part in all the invasions, transporting paratroopers, glider borne infantry, and supplies. lie is addressed through the Postmaster, New York, N. Y. Captain Prince, who was prominent in student ac tivities at Carolina, was a reporter for The State, and a teacher at FId munds High School, Sumter, before entering the service. Lieut. William Francis (Moon) Mullen, 30A, '35L, of Westbury, N. Y., is now serving with a quar termaster unit in France. lie is ad dressed through the Postmaster, New York, N. Y. Capt. Fred Casetta Craft, '37A, of Columbia, is now serving with the infantry in France. In the same out fit is Pfc. Capers McCullough Gam brell, '36A, of Greenwood. Another alumnus, Capt. Harold Lawton Cothran, '39A, of Timmonsville, is stationed nearby, and is Captain Craft's frequent visitor. Before en tering the service, Captain Craft was physical education instructor at Hand Junior High School, Colum bia. T/Sgt. John Homer McNeill, '38A, of Bennettsville, is now serv ing with the Air Forces in the Cen tral Pacific area, where he is at tached to a boniher squadron. Tech nical Sergeant .lcNeill w\ ho hohl the Air Medal and the Di-sting;uiahed Flying Cross won in the Asiatte theater, is gnter on a combat crent . lie is addressed through the Is t master, San Francioco, Calii. William Bagot Scarson, Jr., '39A, n i egget ts, is now citei t. d with the U. S. Department of Co,tInnerce. Bureau of the (cen--, ;i hici Clerk, diNtrict four of Smith (ar, lina. le forutnerl. held a p4ition with the )eparttent of .li-ti c in Washington, I). C., and did I S. government 'work in .\lab.ia. lie 5now addresed at Jlenet t. T/5 Ellison Capers Jenkins, '36A, of Yonuges ILlantd, hats ettut nedI to tIhe States after ha~vin~g st-he :2. months in the .southuts st I 'ai ic theater. I-' fse ente cing thI e c vice, Mr. Jenkins was inetrntti at l'.r lie is now arirr'e'ed at the A\( and SI' icdtititions >sti.i Mi amni, Flat. Lieut. Cmdr. Abrahami I. Fogel, '35C, of G eoirget,.wni, is oni attise dutty withs the Navy int the I'acific, having served withl the :aplthbious forces in Ne Guineaht aid it the Phlilipines for the psast 1; monithls. He is addressed thriouigh the Flet-c Post Office, Sant Francisco, Calif. Maj. Joseph Hlarlee Powell, '38A, of Florence, recently returned to thte States after having scived -Il monthIs ini the Central P aci fic th ea ter. Major Powell has b)een pilot and operatiotns officer with a fighter group I~since May, I N1 , whten lhis overseas service btegan. lie was gradtuated froms ll andolph Fiel d, 'Texas, in 19-Il. In Septeimbhei, t9l1 lie was miarried to NIliss NI arilynt i ndeberg of lIIonoltili. Capt. Lewis Carroll Ellis, '39C, of Columbia, no0w stat ionedl somlt leher in IBelgitssn, is IumrchItasinig andtt Coi. tracting Officer, qutarte rmlast er corps, withl an in fanst ry ivision. lic, writes that his positiont has! given hims ani oppor tinity to tria el ext ensively in Englanid, Irantece, lIe I giunm, and( HoIcllandt., Lieut. Reid Hood Montgomery, '380, formerly assistant supivn tenidanit of thle Stssier c-ity schl and a director of the State lIIigh School Press Association, i, now stationed at the Marinie Air Statioin, Cherry P'oinit, N. C., with the Ninths Marine Aircraft Wing. Mrs. Hume Talcott Stith, Jr., (Edith Fontaine Wilson), '39C, is living at "Whispering Piines", La.ke Shore dIrive, Columbia, whIiile her hu tsbanid, Ensign Hume Talcott Stith, Jr., '38C, is on active dutty with the Navy in the P ac ific area. Lieut. Robert Osler Couch, '330, of Eashey, formerly assistant to the warden at the Federal Prison in Atlanta, is nowy stationed in the Philippines. Ilhe was graduated from officer candlidate school at Fort W~'ashington, M d., in I )eeembler, 1949. O7yt Issued by the U RALPH LE' Col. Charles Edward Johnson, Jr., r33 obove, at the instant he entered the A shown being greeted by Alumni Secretor Colonel Johnson, winner of the Legior Guerre with Palm, has been with the T Charged with guard duties at the "un tered Messina with General Patton and Son of Mr:. C. E. Johnson of 1951 graduates of the University, in the armt now with the Eighth army headquarters Bridgeport, Conn.; and James LeRoy J< A fourth brother, S/Sgt. Paul Dexter Colonel Johnson, now on the West Cc Johnson had not met when the picture Licut. Ernest Gideon Jones, III, 39A. of C'olumit a, is no0w a(ddressed ct r(round Scchool, J,aughlm i clhl, Lieut. Charles Fred Davis, USN (CB), '37CE, of Dunn, N. C.. who >iing with the Sea lees inl the SetI;Il I'a cifil, wa.s recC ntly pro it,ted( to ls pree-Ot ratik, and 1tiae t t ' a \ otmt t llttnder in his hat Lieut. (ig) Henry Rurbage kdams, USNR. '33Ed, of Conway, i,n duty in the Atlantic theater Aith the Nae". lie is addressed hr'i::;h tIle Ilect l'urt Office, New Maj. William Flinn Gilland, '38A, ,i -lumn ia. u h was recently pro nottedl t. lis present rank, has been N ld tihe .\i- Medal for his par itilatiot, as * aldttrlflorrn exccutivc of i lr, in numtt rt ts strike sorties. ii., ir Gilat.md. formcerly assistant egi.-trar ;at th'e l~1iver-sity, has beent e nin n th his li-:!1 group in the 'a na forli the p'ast 17 months. Maj. William 0. Farnam, Jr., !3E, of Colomblia, ad Mrs. Farnam Edna Lucille Rice), '40A, are ma1k ng theI ir h1me at Apt. 1:11-C, lildg. ., luanig I TraC Apt. , Alex 1940-1949 T/Sgt. Samuel Lionel Boylston, 4-A, of Sprinugfield, is serv ing with t::tht Ait-rForce tuntit in the l'acific tea. l Ie is add ressedl thirotugh the 'ii,.taster, Sant Fratncisco, Calif. T/Sgt. Marion Eugene Milam, 43A, of Lauccrens, is addressed at S M.\(' AG5:, .\l CA A1F, Congarcee ichh, Co'lumbhia. Norman Everett Baum, '43A, of ~amdoen, is addlressedl care of 11. Hatt andli com1panty, New York (itton F.xchelange building, I lanover guare,tC New Yorak 4, N. Y. Lieut. James Knox Ewart, '44C, >f C'oltumbia, is oni dutty iln India, bing the "htumtp" intto China with lie .\nuyll Air Forces, lIe is ad I re- wed throutgh thte l 'ostmtaster, New York, N. Y. Pfc. Charles Perry Ewart, '47A, f Cilombtia, is. serving ini G.erm1any witha thte Seentth Atmy. lie ae -enly 1r(ve theO Comb1lat Ifan ryuman's lBadge. P rivate First Class K wart has a tw~ itt brot her, niow miss ntg int;l t liint w ith thte Naval Air V orps. fh ithI are thle birothers ol Mdrs. William A. B. Addison (Loit Rwart), '44Ed, wvho is making her mmeIlt at route tharee, Columbtia. and Lieut. James Knox Ewart, '44C, Mary Bridget Kane, '46A, of D)uc W\est, is niow addressed at 820 S. Norantdic street, I ,os Angeles 5, Ca lif. Pfc. Stanley Edward Brose, '42A if New Yoirk, N. Y., is back on1 duit) witht his intfanttry division in Italy after haavintg sp)ent a 30o-day leavt int tile States. lie completed 3( mnthts' overseas service before re itrnting on leave, lie is addressc<l throuigh thte l'ostmlaster, New York N. Y. Cpl. James Ernest Scoggins, Jr. 42P, of Smyrna, is on dtuty wit|1 t station hlosptital overseas. Hle it addressed through the 'Postmaster Ncew York, N. Y. e.fumi niversity of South Carolina A WIS, '29, Executive Secretory and C, of Columbia, now on 30-day leave froi lumni Office for a brief visit back on the y Ralph Lewis. of Merit, the Bronze Star with three Oal hird division, Seventh army, through the coi onditional surrender" conference, he rode i oenerol Truscott as they formally accepetd Wateree Avenue, Columbia, and the late d forces or in civilian war work. They a in the Pacific theatre; Theodore Borron Jo hnson, '38A, of 860 N. Kentucky street, Johnson, '41A, was killed in air action ovei ost with Mrs. Johnson and their three-ye< ibove was taken) is expected to return to Sgt. David Gaillard Traylor, '40C, of Ridgcway, is on (luty with an ordnance outfit in the Central l'a cific theater. I fc is addressed through the Postniaster, New York, N. Y. Ensign Dewey Stevens Landon, '45 V-12, of Sidney, N. Y., is now on amphibious dcfty in the I'acifie. lie was graduated from imcidshipo man's school at Colimbia l'ni v ersity in 19I. Ens. James Middleton Ravenel, '43E, of ColumbiA, is on duty. with the Navy in the J'acific. lIe is ad dressed through tte Fleet I'ost Of fire, San Franc is , Calif. Cpl. Richard nry Haile, Jr., '45E, of Columbia, is serving with a signal service unit in the I'acific theater. lie is addressed throughi the I'ostnaster, an Francisco, Calif. Cpl. Joseph Black Bogle, III, '45Ei, of Cohiblia, is ser vinig in the same hattalion with1 Cpl. Richard H1. Haile, '45E, ini the Pacific thea ter, althlotigh they are in dlifferenlt comlpanies. C.orporal Ilogle is ad dlressedl through the P ost master, San Francisco, Calif. Cpl. Laurens Ragsdale Graham, '45E, of Columibia, writes from "somewhere in France"' that while be was stationed in F.ngland he was able to visit L.ondoni, lIristol, Him a ingha m, anad Shrewsbuary. Hie is serving with ani Army corps in a signal .service uniit. Pvt. Artie Arnold Hleape, '47A, of Columbia, is now addrressed at Co. A, Cp. ::27-A, R~eceptionu Center, Fort Bragg, N. C., wvhere he will be reassignedl. Lieut. Ernest James Clay, Jr., '45E, of Columnbia, is now on duty in the Pacific area with a medium boiiber unit, lie is addressedl through the P'ostmaster, San Fran cisco, Calif. Flora Dinkins, '440, of Columbia, formerly inustruictor of mathematics at Carolina, is now ad1dressedl at lioomi II, College H ouse, 5747 Uni v'ersity avenue, Chicago, Ill. Lieut. Marion Ellison Wilds, '42C, of Columbia, is serving in the South l'acific theater with the Army Air Forces. lieI writes that lhe recently saw in the Philippines Lieut. James Byrd Anderson, Jr., '41A, of Coluamt hia, and that they had a brief but in teresting talk about 01(1 times. Lieut. (jg) William Jarvis Hen drick, '43A, of Columbia, is landing signal officer ab)oard an aircraft car rier in the Pacific area. lHe wvas re cently lenit b)y his ownu ship to an other liig carrier to instruct its men in landing signals. He was pictured on the cover of "Naval Aviation News" signalling a Navy fighter to a safe landinig on the flat-top, Lieu tenant Hfend(rick is addressed through the Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, Calif. Lieut. John Devlin Clark, '43A, of Columbia, is now lead bombar dier at a 11-24 base in England. lie writes that he has miet several Carolina alumni since arriving over seas, Richard Tyson Goalwin, '40E, formerly of Columbia, is nowv ad dressed at 2t19 East 12th street, Newv York 3, N_ V, Sfiront lumni Association Mumni Editor n the wars in Europe, is ;-ictured right campus, Thursday of lost week. He is Leaf Clusters, and the French Croix de npaigns in Africa, Sicily, Italy, and France. eith the President at Casablanca. He en the surrender of that city. Mr. Johnson, he has three brothers, all re: Capt. John Randolph Johnson, '34C, hnson, '36A, of 75 Roger Williams rood, Arlington, Va. Germany last September 9. ir-old daughter, Patricia, (whom Colonel his post after his leave. Lieut. Carl Robert Hughes, '41A, of Norwich, N. Y.. spent several days and nights behind enemy lines diuring the t eirman bre iktirough near l"astoene, but escaclp capttire, reaching the Anerican lines unob served. H e is again on active duty with his tnit, and is addressed through the 'ostmaster, New York, N. V. Pvt. Calvin Betts McLaughlin, '44C, of North l\ ilkesboro, N. C., is now stationed in the Central 1'a'cific with a medical unit. ie is addressed throught tihe P'ostmaster, San Francisc". Calif. Ens. Coy Wilmot Brickle, '44C, of West Colunlbia, has been on duty aboard a destroyer in the I'acific for the past seven mtlonIths. Ile is ad dressed through the Ileet Post Of fice, San 1ract'irco. (.alif. Ensign James Harvey DuBose, '43A, of F lorecei, is oni <htt y in the P aci fic aboard a (ot or Torpedlo l1oa t, and is addree thS ( irough thle Fleet P ost Office, San Francisco, Calif. Maj. Lco Alexander Erlon, '410, of Peoria, Ill., is servi ng withI the Army' Air Forces in the F.uropean theater. lIhe is addh(ressedl throutgh the P ostmaster, New York, N. Y. Lieut. Luther Oliver McCutchen, II, '43A, of P,ishiopville, is now ad dhressed at Sec. i f, Class 2:35, Box 11417, CAAF, Couirtlanid, Ala. Sgt. Angelo James Demos, '45A, of Chlarheston, is servimg overseas with the Army Air Forces, le is addressedl through the Postmaster, New York, N. Y. Lieut. Ralph Edwin Lee, USNR, '40C, of Asheville, N. C., has been promoted to his present rank while On dhuty itn the Atlantic theater, lHe is adldressedl through the Fleet Post Office. New York, N. Y. Andrew Wendell Ba lle t ine, SK2/c, '46J, of L.ittle Mlountain, is on duty with the Navy in the Pa cific area, where, lie writes, "we've been in a good hit of action and thting s are still poppig."' Harris Lanier Williarms, HA 1/c, '46A, of Swansea, is serving with the Navy' in thie Atlantic theater. lie is adldressedh throu'gh the Fleet P'ost Office, New York, N. Y. Pvt. William Joseph Hankinson, '43A, of Coluimbia, is nuow some whe re in I elgiumi withI the Army F.ngineers. lie is addressed through the Postmaster, New York, N. Y. Sgt. William Luther Rhodes, Jr., '42L, of F.still, is on duty with the A rmv Air Forces in thle China Burma-India theater, Hie is ad dressed through the P'ostmuaster, New York, N. Y. Pvt. John Roy (Jack) Fant, Jr., '40A, of I.ockhiart, is attached to a mobile radio sqtuadron in the Euro pean theater. Private Fant's broth er, Maj. Murray Gibbes Fant, '40A, us now on dutty with a bomber squtadroin overseas, andl is adldressed through the P'ostmiaster, New York, N. Y. Lieut. (jg) Jack William Scharpf, '44E, of WVest Columbia, has bieen promoted to that rank in the Pa cific theater, where lie is oni dutty with the Navy.' lie is addressed through the Fleet P'ost Office, San I:raneisen a-if. Annie Lee Young, '25A, Men and women of Car graduates are requested their changing addresses University Campus, Colur They Promised Jean Francis Elmore, '46C, of Sumter, and Lieut. William Edward Kohl, Jr., of Cleveland, Ohio, March 13 at Sumter. They will make their home at Valdosta, Ga. Ruth Helen Allen, '37G, of Dillon, and Dr. Robert Lide Reaves, of Floydale, March 10 at Dillon. They ,will make their home at Floydale. Carolyn Purvis Jones, '43C, of Timmonsville, and S/Sgt. Rogers Wallace Tomlinson, USMC, of Olanta and Quantico, Va., March 17 at Timnonsville. Marian Smith o' Beaufort and Ensign Alban Edward Samuel, '45 V-12, of Beaufort, March 7 at Beau fort. Ensign Samuel is now on ac tive duty, and Mrs. Samuel is at Furman University, where she is a member of the senior class. Patricia Gale Thompson of St. Louis, Mo., and Capt. Frank Boyd Gary, Jr., USNR, '28L, of Columbia, March 17 in New York, N. Y. They will make their home at 2540 Massa chusetts avenue, Washington, D. C. Captain Gary is now stationed in Washington in the office of the chief of naval operations. Elizabeth Anne DoBruhl of Cam den and Matthew Murdic Rabon, '47A, of Cayce, Feb. 27 at Camden. Mr. Rabon is associate pastor of the First Baptist Church at Camden. Lieut. Thomas \-amilton Wil liamson, Jr., '43A, ci Aiken, is fly ing a 13-26 Marauder bomber in France. le is addressed through the Postmaster, New York, N. Y. Marion Ward Culp, Jr., Cox'n, '45J, of Columbia, is serving as a Navy diver in the Central Pacific. lie is addressed through the Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, Calif. Lieut. Robert Murray Disbro, AAF, '45C, of Villoughby, Ohio, Carolina fighter pilot previously re ported missing in action, has turned up safely in the European theater. Shot down over France, Lieutenant Disbro returned to the American lines 10 days later. After five months' hospitalization, lie rejoined his unit, and vas promoted to the rank of first lieutenant Jan. 31. lie wears the Purple Heart medal, and is a member of the Caterpillar Club, composed of fliers who have been forced to bail out. Lieutenant Dis bro is now addressed through the Pos':mnaster, New York, N. Y. Cpl. Albert William Watson, '43A, of Columbia, has been serving in the European theater for the past 14 months with a weather squadron. He is add(ressedl through the Po:,t master, New York, N. Y. Lieut. (jg) John Charles Law rence, '43A, of F.ffinighami, is serv ing ini the Pacific with the Navy. Hec is addressed through the Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, Calif. Pfc. Lynwood Clark Stuck, '45E, of Little Mountain, is now in Ger many with ani artille, y unit, lie is adldressedl through the P'ostmnaster, Newv York, N. Y. F/O Wade Frederick Franklin, Jr., '44C, of Columbia, is now ad dlressedl at Box 236, Sebuan Field, Monroe, La. Ensign Carl Eugene Dowdey, '45E, of Columbia, is serving with the Navy in the Pacific aboard a Landing Craft, Infantry, Hie is ad dIressed through the Fleet Post Of fice, San Francisco, Calif. Maj. William A. B. Addison, '42A, of Columbia, who is now in thie European theater with the p)ara chute infantry, writes: "Just b'efore the German offensive I wais in ILe Hiarve and ran into (Maj.) Walter S. Monteith ('37L, Columbia). Ini Reims I saw Bert Flowers (Lieut. Albert L. Flowers, '41C, Darling ton). Two weeks ago I wvas in Paris on a two (lay pass and( ran intb an old pal-(Lieut. Otto Laier, '41A, Columbia), wvho, too, is a para troo[per. W e went to the Follies Bergere together -oo-ha-lal Otto has a big circus trainer musa~tce ...The goinig has been tough here in Belgium what with bliz zards and Germans, and still is tough . . .' Major Addison was awardhed the IBronze Star Medal for activities in Hlolland last September 17. Francis Lanier Shuler, A/S, '46Ed, of H olly Hill, is now ad dressed at Co. 3i657, liks. :26t, USNTC, Rainbridge, Md. Capt. William T. Brooker, '42C, of Cohmnthi-,, was promoted to his present rank recenitly in India, where lie has beeni serving with the Air Transport Commnandl for the past six months. Serving at a nearby base is Capt. Alexis (Lex) Durham, '42A, of Savaninah, C,a. Lieut. (jg) Garette Ertel Lockee, '43C, of Charleston, writes from th<i Pacific area that lhe becamie the first lieut enant to serve aboard his shiip, a dhestroyer, when lie was promaoted '38G - - Asst. Editor Aina, graduates and non to send alumni news and to the Alumni Office, nbio, South Carolina. Future Alumni A daughter, Flora Coker, to Wil liam Caleb Coker, '23CE, and Mrs. Coker (Louise Williams), 'e8A, Feb. 20 at Suffolk, Va. The Cokers are making their home at Franklin, Va. A son, Ralph Shepard Rustin, Jr., to Ralph Shepard Rustin, '40A, and Mrs. Rustin, March 5 in Columbia. The Rustins make their home at 108 South \Waccamaw avenue, Co lumbia. A daughter, Susan Betsy Wall nau, to Pvt. David Wolfe Wallnau, " '43E, formerly of Camden, and Mrs. Wallnau, Feb. 26 at New Haven, Conn. A son, Charles Blackwood Pace, to Maj. Charles Mills Pace, '35L, formerly of Spartanburg, and Mrs. Pace, Feb. 5 at Charleston. A daughter, Susan Newton Shy, to laj. Villia.n Shy and Mrs. Shy (Ada Newton), '44A, Nov. 13, 1944 in Chicago, il. Mrs. Shy is ad dressed at 511 Roscoe street, Chi cago. A daughter, Alice Hopkins. to Lieut. Col. Porcher Palmer Hop kins, '37A, and Mrs. Hopkins, March 10 in Columbia. Colonel Hopkins is now assigned to the Marine Corps Staff Command school, Quantico, Va. The Hop kinses have a son, Christie Benet lopkins, aged four years. A daughter, 'Mary Montez Rion, to O/C Holbrook (Happy) Rion, '45C, and Ars. Rion, March 22 in Columbia. The little girl is to be called "T:zc". Candidate Rion is now stationed at the infantry school at Fort Benning, Ga. A son, John Vinson Nicholson, Jr., to John Vinson Nicholson, '34E, and Mirs. Nicholson, of Ridgeway, M arch 7 at Winnsboro. Lieut. (jg) Howard Weimar Reeves, '40A, of Branchville, is serv ing with the Navy in the Pacific, where his ship has participated in natny major engagements. A partial list includes action in the Solomons, Gilbert, and Marshall Islands, the Marianas, Luzon, Aianilla, and I.evte in the Philippines, and in the China Sea. Lieutenant Reeves is address"d through the Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, Calif. Sgt. Philip Reese McCown. '43U, of Florence, who has served in the South Pacific for the past 21 months, is now hospitalized in Au stralia. ic is addressed through the Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif. Hyman Fetcher, SM 2/c, '44A, of Charleston, is serving in the Eu ropean theater with the Navy arny phibiouas forces, Hie is addressed through the Fleet Post Office, New York, N. Y. S/Sgt. Wade Albert Deares, '46A, of AMcColl, is on duty with a bomb er sfluadrou overseas, HIe is ad dlressedl through the Postmaster, New York, N. Y. Cpl. Frank Blackwell Cooper, '42A, of C2lumbia, is serving with a field artillery unit in thle Pacific area. lie is addcressed through the Postm,ster, San Francisco, Calif. Edgar Eugene Robinson, Sp. (A) 3/c, '40A, of Chester, is a physical instructor at the Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Jacksonville, Fla. His complete address is: NAS, Cecil Field, Athletic Dept., Jacksonville, VIa. Pfc. William Weston Dixon, '45E, of Columbia, is now serving wvithi an infantry unit on the Euro peani front, lIe is addressed through the Postmaster, New York, N. Y. Sgt. Warren Carlton Dixon, '44A, of Coumbhia, has been awarded the Air Mledal for his participation in hombling missions over Germany. Se rgeatnt D)ixon is with a heavy b)omb er group. Ensign James Middleton Ravenel, '43E, of Columbia, writes from the Pacific, where he is serving aboard a dlestroye,, that Lieut. (jg) Garette Ertel Lockee, '43C, of Columbia, is his shuipmnate. Othier alumni wh'lom lie has seen recently are: Lieut. (jg) Derial Sanders Jackson, '43A, of Columblia., a carrier pilot; Lieut. (jg) William Jarvis (Skip) Hen drick, '43A, of Columibia, landing signal officer on the same carrier; Lieut. (jg) Samuel Felder Reynolds, Jr., '40Ed, of Greenwood, 'of the Mlotor Torpedo Boats; and Ensign Cheves Berkeley Powell, '42A, of IFlorence, serving aboard a cruiser. lisign, Ravenel writes that hie and his~ shipmtates have participated in attion in the Philippine area, Arthur Haun (Art) Roberts, '43A, formierly of Columbia, has sent from Station KIDO in Doise, Idaho, an account of the Powder Bowl gamie on hMelton Field March 24, wh Iich he broadcast on the sports round-up over that station. The ae count was teletyped over United I'rcs.