Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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" Helen C. Hedden, '43A Mailed by the Alumni members of the Associat alumni in the Armed Forn on file in the Alumni Offi Dear Ralph; I want to thank t and other interesting I'm always Since those condo I have traveled t We finally landed on a many more, since those we have had plenty of and %; &).. It was rumored on some The were " maybe sometime in the Reunion 1900-1919 Henry A. Wise, '11G, of Craddock ville, Va., who is superintendant of schools in Accomack county, Va., writes of Patterson Wardlaw, '26S, '40H: "One of his frequent remind ers to his students was to 'keep in touch with a master mind', so all through the years since I left Car olina, I have kept in touch with Doctor Wardlaw." C. Wilmot Brown, '09A, of Co Jumhia, recently was elected presi dent of the Columbia Real Estate Board, to take office June 1. Mr. Brown heads his own real estate firm at 1226 Washington street, Co0 lutmbhia. '.ed t.ee Mobley, 'I30E, forner ly of Birmingham, where he was con nlected wvith the Southern Railroad, is now addressedt at Box 1604, Pres cot.t A rii. 1920- 1929 Charles llammond Gecrald, Sr., '231., originally of G reenville, hats b)een elected executive secretary of lie South Carolina State Employee * retirement program. Mr. G;erald. Who resigns his post as secretary of the Santee-Cooper project to take the new jotb, wiill act as gen eral manager of the program. En acted by the 19415 legislature, the retirement plan goes into effec't July 1. Mr. Gerald has been con nected with the Santee-Cooper sinice its inception ten years ago. Calhoun Thomas, '24A, '26i,, of Beaufort, member of the S. C. H-ouse of Representatives from Beaufort, is only 42 years of age, but of all the members of the lHouse, as now constituted, he has had the longest cont inutous serv ice in the I louse. le' tias been a member~i withut Iiinterrulptijon sintce q 1929. No ot her present nmenmber was In the Ilouse that year and has re mained there ever since. Mr. Thomas has long been chairman of the judiciary committee. Mrs. Thomas is the former Thelma Pen land, '24A, '27G. Oscar D. Collins, '29C, formierly of Mullins, is now addressed at the Reynolds Office building, Win ston-Salem, N. C. Robert Charles Thompson, '20A, formerly of 1,aurens, is state di rector of vocational rehabilitation of the Marylandl State Department of Education. lIeI makes his home at 513 Park avenue, Towson 4. Mrd. Harry I.ee Shaw, '?xG, of Sum ter, for fifteen yeat s on Ite En g lish faculty of New Yoi k t'niver sit y, is the aut hor of ani English textbook as well as contributor to many national magazines. Mr. Shaw is now editorIal manager of Cowles Magazines, Inc, - - - Asst. Editor Association Oftice to on and to non-member :es whose addresses are :e t+;ay '4 e Alumni Association for the -. aublications from school. When they ese rful days at by tropical and I have days. They are all the same, for or Occasionally, we find some And ' - whi ch a is that the natives wo.ld but they were n't as Hollywood hao pictured them, future, we will meet In Print 1930-1939 W-O Otto Furman Buzhardt, '31A, of Greenv ood, is now serving with the Navy in the Pacific. Mrs. Buz hardt (Mary Emerson), '29Ed, is making her home at 621 Dock streel, Wilmington, N. C., where she is acting Home Service secre tary for the Wilmington chapter of the American Red Cross. The Buzhardts have two sons, Horace Emerson Buzhardt, seven, and Jos eph Furman Buzhardt, four. Majotr D)aniei IWebster Mlillsaps above In a penceii sketcht madeSI by a invasion, is now serving with the Ii Hearing that his b)rothler, Richard '46P', was also on Okinawa with th a visit, accidentally visiting the Ji brother's unit. In addition to his C'laudius Easley, Major Milisaps ei paper, Deadeye D)ispatch. T-Sgt. John Hamer McNeill, '38A, of Tatumi, is serving overseas with an AAF hombardmient squadron. lie is add(ressed through the Post masteri. San F*rancisco. (Ca it. Lester Fred Bradshaw,. '38A, of Parksvi lie, who has been serving wvit h the Navy, has received an hionorable# di scharge, and is now ad dires.sed aj Parksv'ille. MIr. Briad shaw spent 26 montIh's overseas in bo0th the Atlantic and( the Pacific Itheatei s. Miaj. Hlenry HIaynse Crum, '301, of lienmiark, is now on duty overseas with the First Army. lie is ad dressed through the Postmaster, New York. N. Y. Issued by the Uni RALPH LE\ For entertains S arrive, the same littl See / a se The (. an old red seen we are having each A few mon kv_ rild who played re delicious. the Japs He received a to those that %a were v but trey didn't be I hopet a different s Henry Dorroh Foster, '33ChE, who has been making his home in Wilmington, Del., wnere he was connected with the duPont com pany as chemist, is now addressed at 316 East 211th street, Euclid 19, Ohio. Lient. William E. Crisp, '36A, of Mountville, recently reported for duty at headquarters of the San Francisco Port of Embarkation, where he has been assigned as transport chaplain. Lieutenant Crisp was a Congregational min ister before he entered military service last November. Jr., '40A, of D)arlington, shown soldler-artist during the Philippine 6th Infantary divlision on Okinawa. IEdwin ("ick") Milisaps, HAl.c, e Marines, Maj. Milisaps paid Dick ap lines as well while hunting his duties as aide-de-camip to General lts and published a fox-hole news. Lieut. Frederick Francis W1ii4 llams, '88J, of Columbia, has re t urned to the States after serv'ing in the Pacific with the Navy Air lTransport Service, and is now ad dretssed at Air Transport Squadron Fike, NAS, Seattle, Wash. (Col. William Whitfild Culp, 'SOA, of (Chester. is niowt on dty wtith Armiy headtquart ers somewhere in the l'hiilitpines. lIe has been~ over seas nearlyv three years. Opi. Albert Rufus Morgan, *Jr., '8"lA, of (Char lest on, is now on duty qereseas wi'th the First Army. He is addressed through the Postmas ter, New York, N. Y. >/tumr iversity of South Carolina Al 'IS, '29, Executive Secretary and 4 O ent, we play '4~ jad eachr e path to the has been improved, for ju /4 aandered in from the jtn the ago, I met Major ' at school. He and now, it's Lt. Col. know him it's still , ery proud of the this a n t^ry in The team w Cpl. Albert Rufus Morgan, Jr., '37A, of Charleston, is now on duty with an aviation engineer unit in China. He is addressed through the Postmaster, New York, N. Y. Maj. Ira Farnum Willard, '33A, of Union and Alexandria, Va., re cently was admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court of South Caro lina, and is planning to practice law in South Carolina upon his re lease from the army. Before re porting for active duty in May. 1941, Major Willard held a position as attorney for the General Ac counting Office. Since his assign ment to Camp Lee, Va., as camp adjutant, he has appeared as fea ture speaker at numerous patriotic exercises throughout Virginia and has headed sevetrai "South Carolina Booster" groups in the camp. Capt. Joh.n Ranadolph Johnson, '34C, of Columbia, is serving in the Philippines on the staff of Lieut. Geni. Robert L. Eicheiberger'. Before going to the Pacific theater ini Au gust, 1944., Captain Johnson served as an instructor at thle military in t elligence training center and with the Bermuda Base Command. Be fore entering the armed forces, he worked as an auditor and engineer itt Los Angeles. Calif. Captain John son was promoted to his p-resent rank in February. Capt. Walter Herlot Slame, '30A, '32L, was promoted to his present rank recently. He is in the judge advocate general's office in Wash ington. Before going into the serv ice he was with the department of justice in Columbia. Mrs. Sims is the forner Rannah Heywsard, '40A, of Columbia. Francis Trenhoim Bradley, '36iEd, of Columbia, was recently pr'omot ed to the rank of major while on dtity as communications officer of a Liberator bomber group in the Mediterranean theater. Major Brad ley holds the Soldier's Medal for heroism, in recognition of his part in t he Iescuie of t wo t raipped ei ew men from a buIrninog i-24l. Li.eut. (jg) Josepht t itRp(on Nee'(se, 'S4P,. 'S9A, of Rocky Mount. N. C. is now addressed at Harbor E'n tranc'e Control Post. Fot tW~ads worth. N. Y. Lieutenant Neese has served in the Pacific, but has been attending Nary schools in the states for the past year. Lie.ut. lemutel G;eorge Benjamin, Jr.. '323A, of l)iatlington. has been awardled the Silver Star for gal Iantry int atction atgainlst thle etnemy on Sept. 8 and 9. 1944. near Btrest, F'ranice. lie is a former. member)(' of he L.egislature from Darlington county arnd served as state i nsur anere comnmissioner in 1942. Ii.' has biieen overseas wsit h t he First A rmy since Apr ii, 1944. . .Tl-5 Johnm Saimuel Taylor. '82C, of Columbia, is now serving overseas with a quartermaster unit, and Is addressed through the Post master, New York. N. Y. i ilront umni Association Alumni Editor When ight, ae walk SI thi broug sure at last week gle and now. everyo , Henaen E aas teen giving P. S. Hansen, but year, although , it was as R ED H 0 iT. Lieut. John L. Bowden, '33L, of Hampton, has returned from duty in the Southwest Pacific, where he! served as a platan leader for 11 months. He is now at the Army ground forces redistribution sta tion at Miami Beach. Fla.. awaiting reassignment. Lieutenant Bowden practiced law in Hampton before entering the service. Edward H. Ninestein, St-C, '30A, '32L, of Walhalla, formerly of Blackville, is now addressed at the Naval Training Center, Storekeep ers' School, Draft 988, Sampson, N. Y. A W1arrior, lawyer, b)anker, church man, eivie leadIer and puhilic sei linagst ree, fasmiliar figure about sho4wnt above witht his walking (can, ntizable to ahiamni of thle Pee lie visited himt at Kingst ree, Born in l.ee, after finishing In law at the 1 in the Spanish-American war, an Kingstree, where he has lived cont the Exchange Bank of Kingstree until 'January of last year, when lie was on the staff of the late Gov nmately 20 yer he served as alto Agnecs Crawford, '38C, of Column baa, as hahiarian of the Fifth Service Command withI head<quarters in Coi lumbus, Ohio. Becfore going to her pr-esenit post, she spent three andl one hialf years as l ibralIian of I he Antilles department, l'nited Slates Army, and made her home in San Jluan, Puerto Rico. 11er wvork there coveredl a terrlitory comipri sed of a number of islands tad parte of SthI America, wht:ich she uisu:atty visited by pliant'. Miss Craawford,(I w ho wears five service St ripes for her' overseas duty,v sItudied library work at Pratt Institute, and wsas cotunty librarian at the Richiand County Public Library. Annie Lee Young, '25A, Men and women of Con graduates are requested their changing addresses University Campus, Colur Che ear is won, we will be k, it's wonderful the way the Alumn it Carolina to so many of it's men i Lt's deeply appreciated. [ must close for it's getting >ne is Sincerely y Samuel L. B Tech. Serge WHAT'S THIS ABOT - wz 1940-1949 Capt. Oscar William W lie, '43A, of Rock Hill, is operations officer of a P-47 Thunderbolt squadron which took part in the wai against Germany. Captain Wylie recently was credited with damaging a Ger man ME-41O, 'chen his squadron destroyed one and damaged three Messerschmidts in a strafing and dive hombing attack. Pvt. William Edward Caughman, '44C, of Columbia, is now address ed at 3505 AAF BU, K, Bks. 723, Scott Field, Ill. man, organizer, farmer, business vant, Col. LeRoy Lee, '98L, of Williamsburg's county seat, is amid surroundIngs easily recog. and to mainy others who have Ia rendion couttity in 1875, C'olonel *niversity, v'olunteered for servie I upon his discharge, located at inuously since 1898. lie organized in 1982, a.nd was its president he voluntarlyv retired as it head. .Thomas G. McL,eod. For approxi., ney of Williamsburg county. 1i eut. Francis Alexander Cloan inger, '43A. ef L.s kesland, has been liberated from a German prison (amp. lie is now in a hospital in Fiance. I.iettenant C'loaninger. a p)ilot of a 11-24. was shot down Ati gust 22. 19441. ovir G ermany. llis base station was in Italy. lilis whole (ctew was re'por ted saved, lie has been overseals for 13 mont hs. Enisigni Richaird Aubrey Griswold, '460 1'?. of Chiarlotte. N. C.. recentlyv cerciveud hiis commn~ission in the Na val Reserve at Columbia U'niversity, New York, N. Y., and Is now on leave before reporting for active rduty. 38G - Asst. Editor )lina, graduates and non o send alumni news and to the Alumni Office, nbia, South Carolina. L Association has the field and I'm and )urs, Dylston mat. AND THE Mrs. William Francis Smith, Jr., (Frances Childs). '43A, of 2115 Wheat street, Columbia. has re ceived word that her husband. Lieu tenant Smith, has been liberated from a German prison camp. The Smiths have a son, William Francis Smith, III, born while Lieutenant Smitn was a pr!soner. Pfc. Alan Jay Reyner, '45C, of Co lumbia. was liberated from a prison camp in Germany April 23. He was reported missing Dec. 16, 1944. Pri vate Reyner's home address is 107 Edisto avenue, Columbia. Dominic Anthony Fusci, S 1-c, '45A, of New York, N. Y., who is serving in the Pacific with the Navy'. writes: "On onc of the tar pedoes I put 'From the Gamecocks to To.'o'. That's one gift I know Toio :s gong to get. . .Marion Ul drick (Marion Baskin Uldrick, S I-c, '46A, of WVilhiamston) is on hoard w'ithi me.cW have halt the crew going down to Carolina to school They claim it must be Heav en I: m the way we talk. .. ('apt. James William Davis, '41A, of Columbia, who recently returned from foreign duty is now addressed at Officers' Mail Section, AAFNS, SMAAI". San Marco. Texas. '43A. of Ridge Spring :s now~ on duty w;t h t he Naval Air Corps in the Pacific. Hie is addressed through the Fleet Post Office. San Francisco Calif Pfc. Herbert DuPre MtcMahan, '46P, of Belton, is now addressed at Fox 37S. "0" 1E, CCD-AAB. Rapid City. S D). Ensign James Benjamin (Buddy) Black. Jr.. '45C, of Lake City, is serving In the Pacific as navigator on a Landing Ship, Tank. He writes that he has seen Ensign Watson Lee D)orn, '44A, of Greenwood, who is communications officer on a Lannding Craft, Infantry': Lieut. Jonathan l,ucas t.Johnny) DIeter, 43C, of Columbia, gunnery offi cer aboard another ship; Lient (jg) Jlohn Charles L.awrence, '48A, of Effingham: Ensign Alfred G. Smith, '48., of Columbia, gunnery officer aboai'd a Landing Ship, Tank; and Ensign Albert Seitz Pfaff, '46V-12, of Abon. N. . Ensign William Sloan Bradford, '44A, of Columbia, who is gunnery officer' aboard a Landing Ship. Tank. writes from the Pacific that he has seen Carolinians EnsIgn Ar mand Francis Bodie, '44A, of Co lunmbia, communications officer aboard another LST, and Ensign Cecil Scott MIller, '44E, of Sumter, supply officer of an LST. Lieut. (jg) Andrew Jackson (Jack) Cau sey, '89A, of Furman, is medical officer' aboard the LST on which Bradford set ves. They have been in several battles together, includ ing action at Leyte, Luzon and Min-. danao. continued on page 10