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Thelma Ann Reynolds
Mailed by the Alumni
members of the Associat
alumni in the Armed For
on file in the Alumni 01
Reunion
1900-1919
Richard Henry Halle, 'ISSp, of
West Columbia, master electrician
of the Haile Electric Company, re
cently was elected a board member
of the Certified Electricians of Co
lumbia.
William K. (Casey) Beckham,
'18A, '21CE, of Columbia, recently
was elected commander of Rich
land Post Number 6 of the Ameri
can Legion. Mr. Beckham is state
maintenance engineer of the South
Carolina highway department. Dur
Ing the First World War he served
as an enlisted man and as an of
ficer in the infantry, and later held
the rank of captain in the Officers
Reserve. Mr. Beckman makes his
home at 505 Saluda avenue, Colum
bia.
1920-1929
Eugene Brown King, '23A, and
Mrs. Ring (Helen Boland), '25A,
'27G, formerly of McBee, now make
their home at 1818 Columbia Col
lege drive, Columbia. Mr. Cing
operates a drug store at College
Place and Mrs. King is registrar
at Columbia College.
Gladys Irene Sampson, '27Ed, 'S1G,
of Columbia, works in the patent
office, Scientific Library, Washing
ton, D. C. She makes her home at
2012 0 street, N. W., Washington.
Chevis Steven Britton, '27A, of
Chesterfield, is co-editor of The
Chesterfield Advertiser.
Mary Elizabeth Coleman, '24A. of
Union, is now engaged in govern
ment work in Greenville. She
makes her home at 401 Buncombe
street, Greenville.
Mrs. Thomas Quares Cogburn
(Kathleen Schley Cleckley), '28G.
of Swansea, is serving as principal
of the Norway grammar school at
Norway, S. C. Sho is addressed at
Norway.
Hubert Earl Nolin, '29C, '32L, of
Greenville, recently was elected
president of the South Carolina
Elks Association. He is addressed
at 304 Masonic Building, Green
ville.
The Rev. Osborne Lamar Schum
pert, '27'E, of Philadelplhia, form
erly of Columbia, recently received
the degree of Doctor of Sacred
Theology from Temple University.
He makes his home at 318 North
63rd street, Philadelphia.
Capt. Francis Burt Fitch, Jr.,
'28CE, of Columbia, and Mrs. Fitch
(Daisy Pearce Towill), '34G, now
makc their home at Fisher's Is
land, N. Y., where Captain Fitch
is stationed at Fort H. G. Wright
as engineer for Fort Wright and
several other islands.
The Rev. Wynne C. Bollek, '24G,
pastor of the Lutheran Church of
the Reformation, dlelivered the com
mencement address to the grad
uating class of nurses from the Co
lumbia hospital, at exercises held
recently at Washington Street
Methodist church. The Re.v. Mr.
Boliek makes his home at 1118
Union street, Columhia.
Lleut. Col. George T. McCutchen,
'29A, of Columbia, is serving as
chief of the surgical service at the
Fort McClellan Regional hospital,
Fort McClellan, Ala.
Maj. Willianm Dale Tlnsley, '29!,
of Greenwood, has returned to the
States after having served over
seas in the claims section of the
Judge Advocate General's depart
ment in the European theater of
operations, lie is hospitalized, at
present, in New York.
T-5 Harold Horace Hentz, '27Ed,
of Pomaria, who is serving over
seas with a field artillery group,
is assisting with the army eduz
cation program in the European
theater. At present he is hospi
talized in Paris where he is re
covering from a recent illness. Be
fore entering the service, he .was
instructor in modern languages and
dean of men at Friends Academy,
Locust Valley, N. Y. lie is ad
dressed through the postmaster,
New York, N. Y.
Lleut. Cmdr. Wilbur C. ZAelgler,
'28A, '290, of Columbia, recently
spent a leave at home, before going
to Berkeley, Calif., to assume his
duties at the University of Cali
fornia, Commander Zeigler return
ed from overseas duty in January,
and since that time has been an
instructor at Northwestern Univer
sity, Chicago.
Capt. Merrick Kershaw Walsh,
*24A, '25G, of Columbia, is now
stationed at the United States A;iny
Convalescent hospital, Camp But
netr, N. C., as clinical psychologist,
to assist with the work with re
turned convalescent soldiers. Cap
tain Walsh, formerly professor of
psychology at the University, has
been stationed at Fort Jackson for
three years, with the Fourth Ser
eine Command.
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ieut. Eugene M. Baker, '24A, of
Columbia, is at home on leave, after
having served for more than two
years as commander of a LST in
the Pacific. Lieutenant Baker, who
entered the Navy in 1942, was first
assigned to an oiler, but later Was
transferred to the LST. le has
participated in numerous Pacific
battles, including Saipan, Guam,
Truk, New Georgia, Bougainville
and Okinawa. In August he will
report to Charleston for reassign
ment.
Thomas I. Dowling, '24A, '25G, of
Saluda, recently was appointed
head of the department of educa
tion at Newberry College. Mr.
Dowling has published articles in
various educational and scientific
magazines, and prepared The
Syllabus in Science for the Elemen
ary School, published by the S. C.
State Department of Education.
Charles Edgerton Jackson, '21L,
of Washington, D. C., formerly of
Columbia, rccently resigned his
position as assistant director of
the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
and as assistant deputy coordina
tor of the fisheries in the United
States and will become general
manager of the National Fisheries
Institute, Inc. Mr. Jackson served
for 11 years as secretary to the
late Ellison D. Smith.
Col. Melvin H. Purvis, '25F., of
Florence, who is serving overseas,
is connected with War Crimes
JAI-7T'%. an ::; :; C arge of
apprehension and prosecution of
certain war criminals in Germany.
Colonel Purvis also has been made
n memher of the French Foreign
Legion. He is addressed through
the Postmaster, New York, N. Y.
1930-1939
Lieut. William Maxwell (Buster)
Walker, '37A, of Columbia, was as
sistant gunnery and torpedo officer
aboard the submarine Barb, and was
making his first submarine patrol
when that ship made a daring sur
face attack on -i Japanese convoy
mentioned in Associated Press dis
patches recently. The Barb made its
atack in a Japanese harbor, de
stroying shipping and supplies. Bez
fore entering the service, Lieuten
ant Walker was employed by the
testing laboratory of the State
Highway Department and later by
the Riverton Lime and Stone com
pany of Riverfon, Va., as sales en
gineer.
Lieut. Laurin Currie McArthur,
Jr., '39A, '42G, of Bennettsville, is
now on detached service as liaison
officer aboard a British ship in the
Pacific. Recently lhe was awarded'
the Bronze Star for action in the
second battle of the Philippine Sea.
ient. (jg) Dlaild Hopkins Renm
hert, '30E, of Columbia, former Uni
versity hasketball star, is nowv serv
ing as an Armed Guard commander'
in thle Navy. Before entering the
service lhe was connected with
David HI. Rembert and Company,
soap manufacturers, in Columbia.
Hie is addlressed at the Armed Guard
Center, New Orleans, La.
Lient. Col. Edward Hood Daw
son, '3610, of Chester, formerly con
nected wvith the Coast Artlllery and
the army, has been released fronm
active duty, and will resume part
nership with his father in the
wholesale hardware business at
Chester. Colonel D)awson's military
service included two years in Pan
ama with tho Coast Artillery, oper
ations officer of the Atlantic Bri
gade, and service with an anti-air
craft unit. in North Carolina and
Tex'as.
Lieut. James Hi. Price, ,Jr., '891.,
of Grednville, is now addressedt at
Tbh. Supply Department, Puget
Sound Navy Yard, Brmerton,
Wash.
First Lieut. WillIam S. Arrants,
'38A, of flopkins, who is servini;
wvith an anti-tank company of the
infantry overseas, has been award
ed the Bronze Star for service on
the Western Front before V-E Day.
He is addressed through the Post
master, New York, N. Y.
James A. Ackerman, '87Ed, of
St. Stephen, who has served more
than four years in the army, has
been honorably discharged under
the point system, and is addressed
at Box 444, St. Stephen.
Clarence Edwin Eadon, MM 2-e,
'84A, of Manning, is now addressed
a' Industrial Command, Navy Re
pair Base, DI)vlsion 10-I, San Diego,
Calif.
Mrs. Johns Conway Heniry (Eliza.
beth Rhea Preston), '87A, of Colum
ba., recently received her Doctor
of Medicine degree from George
Washington University, Washing
ton, D. C. She makes her home at
396 North WashIngton street, Falls
Church, Va.
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RALPH LEW
Mrs. Rosamonde Ramsay Wim
berly, '33A, '34G, of Columbia, re
ceived the degree of Doctor of Phil
osophy at the 93rd commencement
of Duke Unixersity, on May 26. Dur
ing 1933-34, she served as graduate
assistant in the sociology depart
ment at Carolina, and was instruc
tor in sociology from 1934 to 1936.
She is now associate professor of
sociology and history at Converse
College.
Maj. John M. Coulter, '38A, of Co
lumbia, is serving with the AAF at
Headquarters, Second Air Force,
Colorado Springs, Colo. He and Mrs.
Coulter (Louisa Ann Ferguson),
'35C, '36G, make their home at 601
North Union boulevard, Colorado
Springs. They have one son, John,
Jr.
Capt. William M. (Monk) Shand,
'331,, of Columbia, is now serving as
commanding officer of a headquar
ters squadron, Marine Air group in
the Pacific. lie is addressed through
the Fleet Post Office, San Fran
cisco, Calif.
Maj. Walter Brown Miller, '38L,
of Spartanburg, is addressed at
Headquarters. Military District of
Washington, Room 5B-511, The Pen
tagon, Washington, 25, D. C.
Lieut. Edmond E. Tiller, '39A,
serving with the AAF, and Capt.
Harry C. Tiller, '37A, serving with
an Engineer Corps Battalion, sons
of Phillip Murray Tiller, '09A, and
Mrs. Tiller, of Mayesville, were re
cently stationed in England where
they had frequent reunions. They
have been moved recently. and are
both addresed through the Post
master, New York. N. Y.
Cpl. Jack N. Nathans, '361,, of
Charleston, is serving with the
armed forces overseas, in the Rome
arca. Recently he was visited by
Senator Burnet R. Maybank during
the senator's tour of that area.
Sgt. Maynard Carrere Salley, '34A,
of St. Matthews, is serving with a
fighter group of the AAF in the Pa
cific. He is addressed through the
Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif.
Thomas Vincent Dails, '31W, of
Columbia, has been appointed spe
cial agent for the Liberty Life In
surance Company in Columbia.
Prior to this appointment, he was
connected with the same company
in Greenville, and he has alsa held
positions with the South Carolina
National Bank and General Motors
Acceptance Corporation in Colum
bia.
Maj. James Bryson McCord, '33C,
of Manning. is nov addressed at
4015 AAF BU, Patterson Field, Fair
field, Ohio. Before entering the serv
ice, he was superintendent of per
sonnel for the ileslep and Thomas
son Construction Company of Co
lumblia.
Soule Calvin Chandler, '37A, of
Wedigefield, is principal at the
schools at Loris.
Walton James (Stumpy) McLeod,
Jr., '30L, of Walterboro, is serving
as Air Combat Intelligence officer
aboard an aircraft carrier in the
Pacific. He is addressed through
the Fleet Post Office. San Fran
cisco, Calif.
Maj. William R. Geddings, '33J1, of
Columbia. is special assistant to
General Robert E. Nowland, com
manding general of the Air Trans
port Command ferrying division.
lie supervises the public relations
of all ferrying division bases in the
United States, and is addressed at
Headquarters, Ferrying Division,
ATC, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Genieviev'e Reynolds, '33J, of La
mar, recently was elected president
of the American Newspaperwomen's
Club. She has serv'ed for several
year's on the staff of the Washing
ton Post, where she is now club
editor. She is addressed in care of
the Washington Post, Washington,
D). C.
First JLeut. Walter Reedy David,
'36J, of Salters, is in charge of cer
tain activities at a P. 0. WV. camp.
Leesburg, FIa. lls brot her, Lieut.
Monroe Spears David, '43C, of the
AAF, recently returned to the
States, after having been~ a ptrison
er of the German gov'ernment, and
is spending a leave at home before
being reassignedl.
Mrs. Joseph J. Hoke (Margaret
Elizabeth Moore), '33A, formerly of
Olanta, is now enshier and book
keeper for the Noland company, Co
lumbia. She makes her home at
1128 Belt Line blvd., Columbia.
Torace Malcolm Nelson, '88G, of
Greenville, is principal of the Par
ker high school, Greenville. lie
makes his home at 400 Jones ave
nute, Greenville.
Liheut. Col. Charles Gibson Cooper,
'36s, of Columbia. who served as
commander of a 65th infantry divi
sion in Germany, recently was
awarded the Silver Star for gallan
try in action, Hie is now a patient
al Kennedy General hospital, Mem
phis, Ta.
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IS, '29, Executive Secretary and A
Edgar Eron Crow, Jr., '82C, for
merly of Fair Forest, is now ser
ving as an assistant soil technolo
gist with the USDA Soil Conserva
tion Service company at Batnberg.
He is addressed at North street.
Bamberg.
Lieut. William Rankin Bruce, '37C,
of Sea Girt, N. J., was graduated
recently from the officer c.andidate
school, Fort Monmouth, N. J. He is
now ad&:essed at B. . T. G., Com
pany A, 36th Traning Bn., Bks. T
1304, Camp Crowder, Mo.
Capt. Ralph Olin Bowden, Jr.,
'SA, of Savannah, Ga., is attached
to the medical corps, AUS, and Is
serving at the Moore General hos
pital, Swannanoa, N. C.
First Lieut. George B. Bundrick,
Jr., '38A, of Columbia, is now ad
dressed at AAF Station hospital,
Hall Field, OATSC, Ogden, Utah.
Sgt. Carter Thomas Holder, '38C,
of State Park, is now serving as a
radio operator on a B-29 Super
fortress. He is addressed at CL
6-17, Topeka Army Air field, To
peka, Kans.
Sgt. Charles Paul Meggs, '32A, of
Marion, is now rddressed at Co. C,
First Bn., U. S. Army Convalescent
hospital, Camp Butner, N. C. Prev
lously he served with the armed
forces overseas, and is wearer of
the ETO ribbon' with four bronze
stars, the Good Conduct medal, and
the Purple Heart and four oak leaf
clusters.
Tech. Sgt. Moultrie Buchanan
Paulling, '39J, of Batesburg, is at
home on furlough after having
served for 18 months with the Ma
rine Air Corps overseas.. He was
served in the Gilberts and Marshall
islands, and in Hawaii.
William' Jennings Stubbs, Jr., '33C,
of Columbia, recently was award
ed certificate to practice as a cer
tified public accountant in South
Carolina. He makes his home at
4711 Forest drive, Columbia.
Lieut. Cmdr. R. Beverly Herbert,
Jr., '89A, '41L, of Columbia, is spend
ing a leave in Columbia and Vir
ginia, after having served for 40
months with the navy in the Pa
cific. Prior to his service with the
navy, he was associated with the
law firm, Herhert and Dial, Colum
bia.
Lieut. Col. Lucius Gaston Fish
burne, '381, of Walterboro, recently
was awarded the Bronze Star medal
for outstanding service in action.
Commander of the 30th AAA group
located in Munich, Germany. Col
onel Fishburne has also served as
operations and training officer of
an anti-aircraft artillery brigade
which was responsible for the pro
tect ion of a vital port against enemy
robot attacks. Hei is addressed
through the Postmaster, Newv York,
N. Y.
Ensign Theron, D. Clark, '34C, of
Columbia, is serving as (conmmunica
ion watch officer at an adlvancedl
base in the Pacific. Prior, to en
tering the service, Ensign Clark
wvas connected wvith the Concrete
Consti-uction and Supply company
of Columbia. lie is addressed
through the Fleet Post Office, San
Francisco, Calif.
Lee Maxwell Sherer, '30G, of Sha
ion, was appointed recentlyv to serve
as superintendent of education for
York county. Mr. Sherer formerly
was a teacher in the Kannapolis,
N. C., schools, and for the past six
years has served as a school super
intendent in York county. Hie makes
his home at R. F. D. 1, Sharon.
Maj. Thomas Butler Pearce, Jr.,
'38A, of Columbia, has been award
ed the Silver Star for "conspiucous
gallantry and intrepidity against
the emeny." Having served with
the Marine Corps since 1941, Major
Pearce has seen action both as a
paraitroopjer and an infantryman,
and recently' served in the Iwo
Jima (ampaign. lHe is now at a rest
camp in the South Pacific.
iJeut. Ashury Hilliard Salienger,
'39A, o,f Florence, figured promi
nently in the navy's last attacks
against German Ui-boat activity in
Atlantic. Described as "the At
lantic fleet's first U-boat ace," Lieu
tenant Salienger either sank or
took part in the sinking of four,
and possibly five, German subs. He
is the wearer of the coveted Navy
Cross, the Silver Star, the Distin
guished Flying Cross, and also
holds a letter of commendation for
his outstanding work.
Cpi. James William Bynum, '37C,
of Columbia, ,who served with a
field artillery battalion in the Euro
pean theater of operations, is now
spending a furlough in England.
He is addressed through the Post
master, New York, N. Y.
Lieut. (Jg) 'James Durham Wait
ers, '34C. '87L, of Columbia, recent ly
retur'nedi to the West Coast after
having spent a leave at home. Lieu
tenant Waiters formerly served
aboard the USS Wyandot, survivor
of numeronm :Japanese eatk.
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Capt. Sam Rhea Haskell, '37A,
'40L, of Columbia, recently returned
to the States eAter having served
as company commander of the fa
mous 808th Tank Destroyer Bat
talion which took a prominent part
in the battle of Italy. Captain Has
kell is a former member of the
South Carolina House -of Represen
tatives from Richland county and
has also served with the 118th in
fantry (Palmetto regiment) of the
30th Infantry Division.
Arthur Stokes, '33G, of Cassatt,
recently assumed his duties as
superintendent of education for
Kershaw county, succeeding Mrs.
Kathleen B. Watts, '05s, who served
in that capacity for 16 years. Prior
to his appointment, Mr. Stokes
taught school for 12 years, and
more recently served with the arm
ed forces.
Capt. Eddie R. Elkins, '38A, of
Columbia, pilot of a C-47 plane of
the 83rd Squadron, U. S. Troop Car
rier Forces, recently was awarded
the third oak leaf cluster to the Air
medal. Captain Elkins' group took
a pIominent part in resupplying
and transporting troops in the
European theater. Ile is addressed
through the Postmaster, New York,
N. Y.
Carlile Courtenay, Jr., '82C, of Co
lumbia, is a tooling engineer at the
Bell Aircraft Corporation, Marietta,
Ga. He makes his home at 604 Sec
ond street, Apt. 5, Marietta.
Julins B. (Bubba) Ness, '38C, '40L,
of Bamberg, recently received an
honorable discharge from the army,
aftcr having served with the armed
forces for several years. lie was
wounded in the Italian campaign
and underwent treatment at the
TAMA d'ZonrnI ,e~ Ia1..ea#
Ga. lie is making his home at Bam
berg, where he has resumed his
law practice.
1940-1949
Ensign William Henry Gooding,
'45V-12, of Hampton, is now serving
in the Pacific theater with the
amphibious forces. He is addressed
through the Fleet Post Office, San
Francisco, Calif.
MaJ. Stanley B: Morse, '40CE, of
Columbia, is now serving as adju
tant at the 178th General Hospital
in RlimS, France. He is addressed
through the Postmpster, New York,
N. Y.
Leut. Joseph Young Cooley. '43Ed,
of Swansea, is a B-17 Flying Fort
ress pilot, and was recently pro.
moted to the rank of first lieuten
ant. ie is addressed through the
Postmaster, New York, N. Y.
Marion Wiles Trotti, '4?A, of West
Columbia, recently was graduated
from West Point where lhe was
commissioned a second lieutenant
in the field artillery. He is now sia
tioned at Fort Belvoir. Va.
ILeut. Julian Herbert Hlymson,
'4iC, of Columbia. is now a. squad
ron engineering officer ini the 442nd
Troop Carrier Group in Europe. lHe
is addressed through the Post mas
ter. New York, N. Y.
Edward Pendleton Klatte, S 1-c,
'42 V-12, of Mt. Dora, Fla., is serv
ing aboarC an aircraft carrier in
the Pacific. HeI participated in op
eratIons supporting the invasion of
the Rlyukyus.
Madeleine Elizabeth (Betty) Fish.
burne, '44A, of Columbia, is study
ing this summer at Columbia Uni
versity. She will teach music in the
Spartanburg City Schools next ses
sion.
irl Marjorie Jlones, '44C, of Co
lumbia, has joined the staff of the
Richland County Department of
Public WVelfare. She recently assum
ed her dluties as city visitor for the
department.
Sgt. John J. Stlnson, '41P', of
WVoodlruff, who is attached to a
medlicul supply platoon in the
Philippines, wvrites that he has seen
several fellow alumni there. iHe is
addressed through the Postmaster,
San Francisco, Calif.
Sgt. MarIon DeLeoni Singletary,
'450, of Bishopville, is on duty with
an AAF bomber squadron in Italy,
instructing in gunnery school. In
the same bombardjment group is
Lieut. Alex Scott Fant, '45E, of
Lockhart, pilot of a bomber.
Lieut. Goodwyn Murray HNane,
'42A, of Columbia, recently return
ed to the States after having served
22 months as a platoon leader in
the European theater. IHe wears
four battle stars on his theater
rlbhon. lie is nowv addressed at AG
and SF Redist. Sta., Miami Beach,
Fla.
Ensign Ernest Vail Broom, '43E,
of Alma 1ll., has been serving in
the South Pacific since November,
1944. Hec is addressed through the
Fleet Post -Office, San Francisco,
Calif.
Jack Ernest Brownt, Y 3-c, '40Ed.,
of Cayce, is on duty wit h the Navy
overseas, and is addressed through
the Fleet Post Office, New York,
N.J Y.
Annie Lee Young, '25A,
Men and women of Car
graduates, pre requested
their changing addresses
University Campus, Colu
Future Alumni
A son, John Lee Porter, to
Maj. Carter Clayton Porter, '40A,
and Mrs. Porter, July 3 at Osborn,
Ohio. Major Porter is stationed at
Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio.
A son, Jan Curtin Younginer, to
the Rev. John Madison Younginer,
'30A, and Mrs. Younginer, July 15
in Columbia. The Rev. Mr. Youn
giner is pastor of Wesley Memorial
Methodist church, Columbia.
A daughter, Doris June Ricken
backer, to Carroll Rickenbacker and
Mrs. Rickenbacker (Doris Stokes),
'SSA, June 4 at Orangeburg. The
Rickenbackers make their home at
Holly 11111.
A son, Joseph Michael Saye, to
Capt. Wilburn Earle Saye, Jr., '42A,
and Mrs. Saye, July 13 in Columbia.
Captain Saye is stationed at Golds
boro, N. C.
A son, Philip Gendron Palmer, to
Robert duBose Palmer, '33A, and
Mrs. Palmer, July 1 at Sumter.
A daughter, Rose Virginia Brown,
to Ensign Henry Arthur Brown, Jr.,
'43C, and Mrs. Brown, June 28 at
Avenel, N. J. Ensign Brown is on
duty in the Pacific.
A daughter. Margaret Perrin Kil
gore, to Capt. Carey Rogers Kilgore,
Jr., '40C, and Mrs. Kilgore, June 19
at Florence. Mrs. Kilgore Is mak
ing her home at Bishopville, while
Captain Kilgore is serving as pilot
of a B-29 Superfortress in the Pa
cific.
A son, Pufus Dixon Stuckey, Jr.,
to Staff Sgt. Rufus Dixon Stuckey,
'28A, and Mrs. Stuckey. July 12 in
Columbia. Sergeant Stuckey is ser
ving with the AAF at Lincoln Army
Air Field. Lincoln. Nebr.
A daughter, Ansel Bruce Iluskey,
to Freeman Edward Huskey, '35C,
and Mrs. Iuskey, July 17 in Co
lumbia. The Huskeys make their
home at West Columbia.
A son, Paul Kibler Lown, to CWO
Grover Edison Low,''40C, and Mrs.
Lown (Mary Alice Swygert), '43J,
June 7 at Irmo. Mrs. Lown is mak
ing her home at "Greenacres," Irmo.
while 1vir. LOwn is serving in the
armed forces in Puerto Rico.
A son, Wade Aiken Green, to
Francis L. G and Mrs. Green
(Mary Hazel Alken), '39A, July 4 in
Columbia.
Lieut. Col. Sylvan Davis Hand,
'4lCE, of Columbia, is at home on
leave after having been a prisoner
of the German government for 15
months. le served with the 13th
Air Force in the European Theater
of Operations.
CWO Benjamin CurtiN Welch,
'400, of Columbia, tecently was
asligned to duty as assistant air in
spector~ (technical) in the Mediter
ranean theater. In civilian life WVar
rant~Officer Welch was a salesman
for' the P. Lorillard Tobacco com
pany.
John Conidon Conwvay, SKV 3-e,
'45V-32,. of Charleston, is nowv onI
duty at an aviation supply depot
somewhere in the Philippines. lHe i.;
addressed throu5 the Fleet Past
Office, San Francisco, Calif.
.Pvt. Jacob Frederick Upinig, Jr.,
'47A, of Spartanburg, is now- at
tachcd to a replacemcnt cotmpany
in southern Italy. Hie is addressed
th"ough the Postmnster, New York,
N. Y.
John Livingston McGowan, QM
2-c, '43A, of Timmionsville, writes
from the Pacific, w' ere he is serv
ing aboard an LST, that lhe saw En
sign John Henry Mullin, '43A, of
WVimington, Del., when Mullin's
LST dlocked next to McGowvan's at
ani unidentified port.
lileul. Behnnette Eutgenje Ge'er, Jr.,
'4010, of Greenv'ille, is now attached
to a civilian petrsonnel office in the
Pacific, and is adldren:ed t hrough
the Fleet Past Office, San Fran
c'isco, Calif.
Ensignt Josepht William Hirbek,
'440E, of lig !and Fall;, N. Y.. is
servintg with the Seabees in the
Pacific. lHe writes that before' leav
ing the States he saw Ensign Rich
ard Hyllon Larkins, 'I5A, of Chevy
(Hony') Gleason, S-1e, '45V-12, of
Nashville, Tenn.
Mrs. Perry fiugnall Hascom
(Kathryn Dawson), '4fCC, is nowv
making hetr home at 3447 Blossom
street, Columbia.
Staff Sgt. Ned 'Leon Threatt, '440,
of Kershaw, writes that he is ser'v
ing in a 12th Army Group head
quarters unit in Germany with an
other alumnus, Lleut. Daniel Sul
lvan Henderson, Jr., '40A, '421,, of
Columbia.
Opi. DavId Wolfe Watlitan, '43A,
of Camden, is now addressed at Sq.
F, 121st AA' BU,, Bradley Field,!
Cotnn.
Harold S. (Jack) Reese, S l-e,
'41A, '43f0, of Columbia, is now ad
dressed at the Naval Altr StatIon,
Navy Yard A, . C.
July 27, 194}
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olina, graduates and non
to send alumni news and
to the Alumni Office,
mbia, South Caroline.
They Promised
Lillian Doris McLeod, '45C, of
Camden, and Ensign Robert Lock.
wood Bleakley, '44C, of Columbia,
June 7 at Camden.
Jean Newman Mehrtens, of Char
leston, and Ramsay Garrison Lati.
ruer, M. D., '43A, of West Columbia,
June 16 in Charleston. They will
make their home in Newark, N. J.,
where Doctor Latimer is serving as
an interne. C
Leonie Weeks Stewart, of San
Mateo, Calif., and Lieut. Carl W.
Hartness, '40A, of Columbia, June 29
at, San Mateo. Lieutenant Hartness
has just returned from duty in the
Pacific, where he was in command
Df a LCI.
Catherlue Moseley Barber, '44A,
Df Columbia, and Lieut. Qg) Eugene
Pendleton Danks, of Bristol, Tenn.,
lune 28 in Columbia.
Ethel May Harwell, '43A, of Co
lumbia, and Maj. James Lee Flana
gan of Meridian, Miss., June 2 in
Columbia.
Renee Frances Kopriva, of Powell,
Wyo., and Lieut. Samuel Leard Hug
gins, Jr., '41C, of Columbia, June 14
at Allentown, Pa. Lieutenant Hug
gins recently returned to the States,
after having served with the 15th
Air Force in Italy.
Ella Whilden Lockwood, of Char
leston, and Lieut. James Cuthbert
Shecut, '41A, of Orangeburg and
Hattiesburg, Miss., July 2 in Char
leston. They will make their home
in Hattiesburg, where Lieutenant
Shecut is stationed.
Bernice (Bunny; Reynolds, of
West Columbia, and Pvt. George
Davis Eienzer, Jr., '46E, uf Coi
bia, June 20 at West Columbia. Pri
vate Eleazer is stationed with the
Army Air Corps at Mountain Home,
Idaho.
Mary Sue Troublefleld, '47A, ' v
Columbia, and Pvt. Dante Cicchi
nelli, of Aidmore, Pa., June 16 in
Columbia.
Carolyn Ellizabeth Williams, '44A,
of Charlotte, N. C., formerly of C
lumbia, and Lieut. Earl C. Stevens,
'41E. of New Orleans, La., July 12
in Charlotte. Lieutenant Stevens re
cently returned to the States after
having served overseas with the
Eighth Air Force.
Wyarian Castine, '47A, of Ridge
wvy, and Aubrey Law Atkinson, Jr.,
'46E, of Orangeburg, June 30 at
Jlifdgeway.
Virginia LeGette Jackson, '41A,
of Sumter and Columbia, and First
Lieut. George Walter Austin, Jr.,
AAF, of Binghampton, N. Y., July
11 in Columbia. They are making
their home at Kirkland Field,
Albuquerque, N. M., where Lieu
tenant Austin is stationled. Mrs,
Austin has been serving as assist
ant field dlirector of the American
Red Cross at Avon Park Army Air
Field, Avon Park, Fla.
Frances Rebecca Owens, '46C, of
Colurmbia, and Hlenry Grady Turn
er, Jr., '47C, of Columbia, formerly
of Charlotte, N. C.. July 12 in Co
lumbia. They are making their
homne at 318 South IIarden street,
C:olumbia.
Mary Lou Curry, of Europa, Miss,
and Francis Willard Simpsonr, '4IA,
fo G;reenville and Columbia. July
I at Europa. They are making their
home at Furman University, Green
ville, where Mr. Simpson is as.
sistant librarian.
Capt. Mary Drauighan Wieeoff,
'31A, '35G, of Florence, and First
Lieut. Archibald Johnson Sampson,
of Santa Barhara. Calif., July at
l(anuga Lake, N. C. Mrs. Samp
son is serving as library officer
and hostess counsxellor of the AAI"
Convalesenut Ilospital. Fort Thonm
as, l<y.. arnd Lieutenarnt Samipson
is serving, as an irnstructor at the
Field Artillery School, Fort Sill,
Ol;la.
B3esse I ludson of WValhalla and
Staff Sgt. George Blishop Lee, '33A,
of Conway, June 27 In Columbia.
Sergeant Lee, who wvas released
I ronm a Gernman prison (eamp e
cently returned to the Slates after
having served overseas with the
AAF. Mrs. Lee is serving as a
dietiliarn with the Navy unit at
the Ulniversity. They arre making
heir home in Columbia untIl Au
gusi 15, when Sergeant Lee wvill re
port to Miami, Fla., for reassign.
men t.
.Jeamn Cothr.in of Pickens, and En.
alga Barnweli Rhett Myers,
'44A, of Ridge Spring, June 9 in
Miami, F"la. They are making their
home in Miami, where Ensign
Myers is stationed al the Naval
'raining Center.
E'dith W~ilhelmiine Struckey' of
Bishopviile, and Johmn Emory Holler,
M- D., '3Si, of C'olunmbia, June 29
at. Bishopv~ille. Tlhey are making
their home in Columbia where Doe
tor Holler is a practicing physician~
and sun,.