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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 0 Re 1930-1939 First Lieut. Thomas D. Hopkins, Jr., '37A, of Hopkins, who is serving with the navy in the Pacitic was recently awarded the coveted Navy Cross for participation in battle at Iwo Jima and the Volcano Islands. A brother, Lieut. Col. Porcher Pal mner Hopkins, '39A, is serving in the Pacific with the U. S. Marines. Lieut. Charles Law Early, '89Ed., of Florence, is at home on leave after having been a prisoner of the German government for 17 months. Lieutenant Early who served with the AAF as pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress, was shot down over Ger many in December, 1943, and was immediately taken prisoner. lie was released early in May, 1945, by the Russian army. lie is wearer of the Air Medal, the Purple Heart, and the European theater ribbon. Cpl. Sarah Adele Taylor, WAC, '35A, '36G, of Gaffney, formerly ad dressed at Camp Myles Standish. Mass., Is now addressed at Cedar Mountain, N. C. T-Sgt. John C. (Munch) DuPre, '32A, of Columbia, stationed at Dal las, Texas, since his return from overseas duty several months ago, is now spending a leave at home. Capt. Marion Burnside Hook, '38A, of Columbia, was recently awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service In connection with military operations in France, Luxembourg. The Netherlands and Germany. lie is addressed through the Post master, New York, N. Y. Mannie Pinckney (Fritz) Turner, '.7Ed, former Carolina grid star, has been named to the coaching staff of Carolina's football team. Turner has served on the coaching staff at The Citadel, as physical director and head coach at Brook land-Cayce high school and has been a physical training director at Carolina for two years. lie makpR his home at 415 Cedar Terrace, Co lumbia. Capt. John McGill Pratt, '34A, of Hickory Grove, N. C., is serving overseas with a station hospital unit. Before entering the service. Captain Pratt served as a member of the medical staff of the S. C. State hospital. He is addressed through the Postmaster. New York, N. Y. Robert Hamer Duke, '32J, of Bly thewood, Is now employed at the Columbia post office. te makes his home at 1001 Florence street, Co lumbia, 28. Edwin Leslie Ifutto, '37E. of Co lumbia, is employed as a drafts man with the Clinton Engineer Works, Oak Ridge, Tenn. Ile makes his home at 107 Thelma road, Oak Ridge. Samuel Edward St illwell, '39A, Is princip)al and coach at the North Augusta high school, North Au gusta. Lleut. Allie M. McD)ougall, '34C, of Columbia, former Carolina foot ball star, is now serving with the navy in the Pacifie, and is on duty aboard a ship with one thousand Japanese prisoners. Lieutenant Mc Dougall is in charge of guarding and exercising these prisoners. Hie is addressed through the Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, Calif. Sgt. Albert Rufus Morgan, Jr., '37A, of Charleston, is now serving in the C-B-I theater as squad leadl er with an engineer battalion, lie is addressed through the Post master. New York, N. Y. Capt. Ernest M. (Mike) Powell, '80CE, of Columbia, recently spent a leave -t home after having served at utilities officer at a B-17 bomber base in England. with the Eighth Air Force. Before entering the ser v'ice, he was connected willh the USDA Soil Conservation Service in Abbeville. Dorothy VirginIa Platt, '38A, of Sumter, recently assumed her duties as executive secretary of the Sum ter Red Cross unit. She succeeds Mrs. John ClInton Brogdon (Nancy Murray), '41A, who has resigned. Lieut. Giles Henry Rioberts, '37C, of Marion, Is serving with the navy somewhere In the Pacific. lie is addressed through the Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, Calif. Lieut. John WIllIs (Chick) Brown, '88A, of Columbia, is serving with the navy in the Pacific, and is ad dressed through the Fleet Post Of fice, San Francisco. Calif. WillIam C. Ouzts, '88A, '351,, of Columbia, has been named service offIcer of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of South Carolina. Recently discharged from the navy for dis ab)ilitles, he served as a gunnery officer In charge of armed guard aboard cargo vessels, lHe makes his home 'qt 421 Bonham road, Colutm bIt, 34. Hugh Cook Brown, '3I0, of Mc CormIck, recently was installed as first vIce-president of the McCor mick Lions Club for 1945-46. Asst. Editor Association Office to ion and to non-member ces whose addresses are fice. union In Pri mrs. J. W. Riehardson, Jr. (Mar garet Lillian Sampson, M. D.) '36A, of Columbia, has flown from New York with her husband, the Rev. J. W. Richardson, and. their small daughter, Margaret, to Lagos Nige ria, West Africa. In West Africa they are assigned to missionary work under the auspices of the Southern Baptist church. Lieut. Hope Henry Lumpkin, Jr., '36A, '391, of Columbia, recently spent a leave at home after having served for a year as commander of a LST in the Pacific. Prior to his service in the Pacific, he was on duty for two years aboard a de stroyer escort. le has reported to Washington, 1). C., for reassign ment. Maj. Oliver J. Wolfe, '39c, of Co. lumbia, recently returned to the States after having served for 25 months with the 1ith Air Force in the Southwest Pacific. During Major Wolfe's tour of duty in the Pacific, Mrs. Wolfe (Marie Ulmer), '41A, has been making her home at 2430 Ifeyward street, Columbia. Pfe. Edwin Woodrow Callison, '37A, of Georgetown, is serving in the European theater with an en gineer battalion. le Is addressed through the Postmaster, New York, N. Y. In a recent letter to the Alumni office, he enclosed the offi cial 12th Corps newspaper in which he had published an original poem dedicated to the men of his bat talion. Capt. Henry Flinn Dargan, Jr., '39A, '411., of Florence, serving with the AAF in the Pacific, writes that another alumnus, Capt. Leslie Me Laurin, Jr., '40G, is stationed on the same island. Captain Dargan is ad dressed through the Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif. First Lcut. Arthur J. Gariek, Jr., '35A, of Columbia, who is serving in the Iuropean theater with the army engineers, is wearer of the European theater ribbon, African Middle Eastern campaign ribbon, and a bronze service star for par ticipation in the Rhineland cam paign. lie is addressed through the Postmaster, New York, N. Y. T-3 .J. ). Jones, '391, of Chester field. is o duty somewhere in the Pacific% with o hospital init. Ile is add ressed through the Postimastel, San Frai-isco. Calif. Lieut. (jg) John Bration Dais, '38A, '401, of Columbia, is at home on leale after having served over seas for two years, as aide to Com modore Mlecleary, island command er of the New lebrides. Lieutenant Danvis was a recent visitor at the Alumni office. Lieut. Chamrles B. Whitaker, '39A, of Columbia. is at home on leave after having served overseas with a medlical detc(hment of thct 87th Idivision. Lieutenant WVhitaker took part in the Allied offensive in bo0th France and1( Germatny, as a part of General Pat ton's ThirdI army. 1940-1949 Capt. James Thomas Riggs, '40A, of San Antonio, Texas, is serving as an instructor with the AAF, Brooks Field. Texas. lt(e makes hIs home at 240:) A lexandet, Waco, Texas. Fir~st llieut. William R. Snit hey, '45A, of Columbia, is serving in the Pacific with a fighter squadron of the United States Marine Air Corps. Pilot of a Corsair, he has scored numerous hits against the Japa nese, having taken part in 85 missions on New Britain. New ire. landl, Mindanao, and Okinawa. Ie. Edgar Garris Keels, ,Jr., RdM., 2-e, '42A, of Timmonsville,. a survivor of the Yorktown disastet, is serving with thle navy anod is ad dressed at. CVE Pool. Naval liks., Tacoma., Wash. Maj. Theodore Hlayne Black, '40A, of Columbia, recently was awardedl the Bronze Star for military service overseas, lie had just completed ten months duty as executive officer with the Third army in France, Lutxembtourg, Germnany' and Auastria. and has recentliy ret urned to the states. Staff Sgt. ,James T. Maty. '4A, of Columbia, is serving overseas with the armed forces, and is a member of a company which recently was awarded the Merit orious Service Unit Plaqute. Capt. Robert Hake Rohbison, '401., .of Columbia, rec'ently spent a leave at home after having served 31 months in Italy. Early in Autgutst hr- assumed his new dutlies In the law deliartmnent at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Mary Dtorothy Grigshy, '45A, of Asheville, N. C.. is now serving as an officer in the Huncornbe county .Juvenile Delinquency and Domes tic Relations court. She makes her home at 441) Monlford avenue, Ashe ville. on i Issued by the Un RALPH LEV int Staff Sgt. Edward M. Parler, '42A, of Cheraw, is serving overseas with the Eightl, Air Force, and is as signed to the stock control section of the supply division of a station where fighter planes are recondi tioned for the war on Japan. He Is addressed through the Postmaster, New York, N. Y. Lieut. Louis LeMaire Lesesne, '421, of Greeleyville, who served for some time as executive officer on a destroyer in the Atlantic, re cently spent a leave at home. lie is now addressed through the Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, Calif. Capt. Samuel McCoy Belk, '41A, of Darlington, who formerly served with the AAF in the Pacific, is now stationed in Iowa. Cpl. Samuel Thomas (Sam) Roach, '44A, of Bishopville, is at home on leave after having served overseas with the Eighth Air Force in England. Laura Glenn McCants, '41A, of Winnsboro. is serving as a staff assistant with the American Red Cross ,and is stationed at the AAF Redistribution Stat;on, Camp Davis, N. C. Prior to her appointment with the Red Cross, Miss McCants was connected with the South Carolina Department of Education in Colum bia. Staff Sgt.. Stephen Nettles, '43A, of Columbia, was cited recently for "meritol ions achievement while participating in aerial flights" in the Southwest Pacific area, and has been awarded the Air medal. lie is addressed through the Postmaster, San Francisco; Calif. Pfc. Joseph W. Leech, :43A, of Eatu Claire, is assigned as a pro peller specialist in line engineering at Brgstron Field, Texas, where crews are trained tu operate and fly the C-46 plane. Recently he was awarded the Good Conduct ribbon. Lieut. Donald Clement Davls,'40A, of Columbia, who was injured in a glider crash in 1944 at San An tonio. Texas, recently spent a short leave at home. le is now hospi talized at the AAF Convalescent hospital, Pawling, N. Y. Lieut. John Henry (Jack) John son, '42A, of Allendale recently re reived his commission in the regu lar army, and is addressed at Fifth Co., First S. T. R.. Fort Benning, Ga. Ile is the son of Judge John hIenry Johnson,. '091., of Allendale, and a brother of Mrs. Donald F. Baltus (Ida Dorls Johnson), '38A, of I East Gordon street, Savannah, Ga. Mrs. Baltus is a membei- of the re portorial staff of The Savannah Morning ress. Lileut. Sam Beard KIng, Jr.., '43A, of Columbia, wsho is a pilot in a Marine Corps aviation unit, is at home on leatve blefore reporting for dtuty in the Pacific Itheater. Lacy Keith Hacks, Y' 2-c, 415 V-12, of Aynor, wh'lo is serving withi the navy in the Pacific, writePs, in a letter to t he alu mni office, that he recently saws hlis cousin. Pfe. Wil 11am (rier Hucks, Jr., '45C, of Cali vant s tFerry, who is at tachedi to tihe Sixth Mar ies in the Pacific. They bothi are add(ressed thlrougth the Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, Calif. Staff Sgt. Otto F". Hogan, Jlr., '45P, of Gc;ieville, is serving as a crew chief of a tactical air conmmunica-. tion team somewhere in the Pa cific. lie is addtressed through tihe Post master, Satn Francisco, Calif. Ensign Jesse WVoodrow Evatts, '45A, of Pageland, who is onl duty in the Pacific, writes: "Dr. Ward law's letter was inde'ed a master piece and expressed the se'ntiments of all true Carolina men and womn en." Ensign Evans is add(ressed through tihe Fleet Post Office. San Frcaneiseo, Calif. Sgt. Htenry 11. Rtandolph, '46A, of Saluda. tias been promoted to his present rank at his stat ion in the Pacific. Ilie has1 servedt 16 monthls with the AAF overseas, and is ad dressed through the Post master, Satn Francisco, Calif. Jeraldine Wooley, '4SA, '45G, of Colutmbia, . executive secretary of the Triavelers' Air Society, is at tending a special institute at the New York School of Social Work, Columbia University. Miss Wool'sy has servedl as case worker with the Travelers' Aid since 194.3, and was elected execultive secretary in April, 1945. D)outgas Liles, S l-c', 't6 V-.12, of Cornersville, Tenn., is now serving abloardl a destroer' in thle Atlantic fleet. iIe is addressed th rough the Fleet Post Office. New York, N. Y. Mrs. ID. W. Canady (Betty ,Jo Reinhardt), '45A, formerly of Navy Yard. S. C., is now employed ais a claims adjuster with the Liberty Mutual Insurance company In At lanta, Ga. She makes her home at 690 Amsterdam avenute, N. E.. At lanta. I t41 Wr ;jAof 4 ru m rg F iversity of South Carolina A VIS, '29, Executive Secretary and EDWIN R. JETER Lleut. Gwyn W. Bell, '46E, of St. George, is serving with the AAF overseas, as pilot of a P-51 Mustang fighter plne. Ileut. Johnnie T. Epting, '43C, of Lykesland, is on dtlly with hIlie general engineer district in Ma nila, and is assigned as paymaster in the fiscal section. lie is addresed through the Postmaster, San Fran cisco, Calif. Sgt. Laurens Ragsdale Graliaim, '45E, of Columbia, is assisting In opwrating a repeater station In a German telephone company. Ile has been on duty with the 12th Army Group in Verdun, France, and Wiesbaden, with the Third army In Luxembourg and with the Seventh army in Augsburg. le is add-esed through Ihe Post mast er, New York, N. Y. First I.lelt. Wynldlhm M. 31:m. ning, Jr., '45A, of Columbia, and Mrs. mianning (Susan Simrill), '46C. recently spent a short leave in Co lumbia. Lieutenant Manning, who leturned to the States last year, afler having served for 15 months with the AAF in China. wns re cently stationed at Charleston. At present he is assigned to Camp Lubbock, Texas, where he is tak ing a special training course. LIent. (jg) John I. M. (Jack) Toblas, '13A, of Columbia, recently returned to the States after having M1%iud for 26 months with the navy in the Pacific. During Lieutenant Tobias' tour of duty in tle Pacific. Mrm. Toblas (Louisa Norwood El Itrhe), '45Ed, has been makin.g her home at :109 South Coit street, Flor ence. CPI. Robert I.. Lumpkin, '13A, of Columbia, who is serving overseas with a field artillery group, was a member of a combat crew which destro(ed hi'rve Geriman tanks inl 15. minutes (luring the Allied of fensive in It al.E iIe is add(ressedt t brough t he Post mast et , New York. N. Y. Sgt. Andrew inardl Courtney, '45E, of Co)t,lumia, is att hiome on futrioughI after having served for a year with the army eniginiers overseas. After t he expiration of his leave, he will report ho Fort B3elvoir., Va. L.leut. (jg) William Roy Cook, '42A, of Columbia, is at home for reassignment after having been sta tioned for 13 months in thle Panama Canal Zone'. P'O Chtarles E. Dlukes, Jr.., '44C, of Columbia, is now in a hospital in San F"rancisco, afterc having served on a (arrier in the Pacific. After his ditsmiseral from the hospi tal, he willl spend a leave at home. Margaret Ireneit CurtIs, '4150, of SumUgt, is now employedl as a stenographer at thle rail t ransp)orta tion buildin-g, Shawv Field. She makes her home at 331 WVest I lampi ton avenue, Sumter. Football Tikets En velopas for t he mai lling of 1945 foot ball ticket appIli(nt ion forms and the 1945 schedule have b(leenI addri''esd b)y the Alumn.i Office' to alumni whose nanmes iandl up-t o-dtte addresses are4 on file ina thle Alumni Of Tickets for football I are. bing handled by thle Foot boll Ticket Office, not by thle Alumni Of fice. To sendl applications to'the Alumni Office would only cause dlelay in getting orders in to the Football Ticket Office. Reserve seat tickets for all home gaines this year sell for $2.40 eacti, except tickets for' the Clemson game, whi chi sell for' $2.60 ('elh. Look over the( schedule, pick your' ganmes, and1( make your plans to (come hack to Carolina to see for yourself what thte '45 Gamecocks wvill do. Addrs you53(11r orders fo; tic kets to The Footbhall 'ticket Office tinlversity of South Carolina ColumbIa 19,, S. C. 0 jl ront hmni Association Alumni Editor E. R.Jet4 Alumni ( By Alun Lieut. Artllur M. Spalding, '42J, of DeLand, Fla., and Mrs. Spalding (Eleanor Stith), '41A, recently spent a short leave in Columbia.Lieu tenant Spalding has just returned to the States, after having served with the U. S. Marine Corps on Oki nawa. Sara Rushton, '420, of Columbia, is serving in France as a staff as-. sistant with the American Red Cross. Prior to her appointment with the Red Cross. she was em ployed by the General Arts and Rothberg Manufacturing company. Columbia. She is addressed through the Postmaster. New York. N. Y. Pauline Carr (Polly) Fillingin, '45A, of Columbia. is taking a spe cial course at the Parson School of Design, New York City. Sarah Boykin Holmes, '43A, of Co lumbia, formerly of Edisto Island, is now employed as technician in the laboratory of the South Caro lina State Department of Health. She makes her home at 510 King street, Columbia, 52. Lieut. John Allard Gasque, '411, of Florence, is serving in the Euro pean theater with the armed forces, and is stationed at the Disciplinary Training Centcr where he is one of tle officers in 0'arge of re habilitatling American prisoners who have been convicted by gen eral courts martial. Before enter ing the service in 1944, Lieutenant Gasque was vice-consul in charge of the consulate in Coatzacoolcos, Mexico. lie is now addressed through the Postmaster, New York, N. Y. - I'V. Edwin Josep)h Shuler, '44CE, of Columbia, is serving overseas with an infantry division, and is addressed through the Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif. Lient. Fred Louis Cormack, '430, of Columbia. has returned to the Atates after havifig served overseas with the AAF. Veteran of 70 mis sions, Lieutenant Cormack has par ticipated in aerial assaults over Italy, Yugoslavia, and Austria, and is wearer of the Distinguished Fly ing Cross, Air medal with seven oak leaf ciusters, three battle parti cipation stars, and also holds the Presidential Unit citation. A broth er, First Lieut. Walter B. Cormnaek, Jr., '39A, is commiandling officer of a photography squadron in thle Pa cific. SgI. Orville Van Pliayer', Jr., '40C, of liorence, formerly of Sumteri, was one of a group of men selected from his camp to meet General Eisenhower in WVashington when the general visited the capitol recently. Serge'ant Player rode in the parade willh high ranking mem bers of General Eisenhowell's staff. iIe is stationed at the 338th Ser' vi(ce Cotmmand PUli, New Cumber land, Pa. Opl. Raymaond Saxby Joyne'r, '450. of Ward, is serving overseas as an observer in an anti-aircraft artil lery gun battalion in the Pacific. lHe is addressed through the Post master, Sane Francisco, Calif. Elinor Flinn, '42A, of Columbia, is serving overseas as a staff as sistant with the American Red Cross. Prior to her appointment with the Red Cross, Miss Flinn was dlist ributivye education coordinator at Olympia high school, and was department manager and buyer at Cullum's department store In Co lumasbin. ieut. (jg) Collis Melvin Steele, .Jr., '45E,X of Columbia, was recent ly promoted to his present rank at his stat ion somewhere in the Pa iific. Overseas since February, 1944, Lieutenant Steele has servedl at Pearl I larbor, and for several months5 has been stationed at Guam, with duties in the commander-in. chief's office lIe is addressed through the Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, Calif. Capt. Edward K. Turnbull, '4IP, of Graniteville, is serving overseas in the chemical section of an air bsorne division, and Is addressed through the Postmaster, New York, N. Y. T-Sgt. Johna Hlarold George, '45A, of Colutmbia, Is at home on leave after having served overseas as a turret gunner with the 12th ms& force. sergeant George has flown 30o combat missions ab)oard a B-25 plane in the Mediterranean area, and took part in frequent offensive attac~ks in the Brenner pass. lie wear's the Eutopean-Middle East Africian theater r,hhon with two battle atarr. Annie Lee Young, '25A, Men and women of Car graduates, are requested their changing addresses University Campus, Colu :r Heads )fficers I m Ma Joint Meeting of Nc Councils to Forniul Edwin R. Jeter, '14A, '16G, I was elected 1945-46 president the second mail balloting ever c He succeeds Sen. James E. LE Dr. Patterson Wardlaw, '4C committee, announced that Mr row margin over V. Rene Syrr yer, after the committee had coi A joint meeting of the new% pected to be called soon to rev and formulate a program for Jeter and other officers are at The new alumni president re and an M. A. in 1916 from the the University of Caen, Franc, long been active in affairs of He has served as alumni coui vice-president. He is'a past pre Association of South Carolina, was editor of The Gamecock, Literary Society, senior editor a member of the debating tear Regular alumni members al in the b!!eilig. Many ballots were received from alumni overse:s. Thv election was truly a global affair. Four counciiors-at-large were elected for a t wo-yeai; term, as fot lows: Ames IHaltiwanger. '05A, Colum bia; L. W. (Luke) Hlilt, '15A, '16CE, Tarboro, N. C.; James E. Leppard, '21L, Chesterfield; and Marion A. Wright, '19L, Conway. One vice-president was elected from each of the state's 14 judicial circuits. The vice presidents are: First circuit, Edwar(I M. Fersner, '29C, Orangeburg; second circuit, Mrs. R. M. Jefferies, Jr. (Fmflv Brown), '42C, Barnwell; third ce cuit, James McBride Dabbs, '16A, Mayesville; fourth circuit, John 11. Martin, '18A, Hartsville; fifth cir clit, Mrs. David G. Ellison, Jr. (Cornelia Jackson), '36A. Columbia; sixth circuit, Robert B. Stewart, '26C, '36G. Lancaster; seventh cir cuit, L. W. (Buck) Perrin, '08A, Spartanburg; eighth circuit, W. 11. (Billy) Nicholson, Jr., '38A, '43, Greenwood ; in thI circuit, C. B. williams, '25J, '26G, Charleston; tenth circuit, George P. Watson, '29EE, Pelzer'; eleventh circuit, '2flE, '36G, Lexington; twelfth circuit, J. J. (JTim) Clemmons, '22A, Florence; thirteenthI circuit, Etlison S. McKis Ensign Charles Lamar SkInner, '47 V-12, of Griffin, Ga., is under going training for duities aboard a destroyer of the Atlantic fleet. At present he is attached to the Offi cer's' School. Pfc. J1. C. Bradford, '46J,, of Mc Colt, has returned to the slates af ter' having served overseas for 11 months, six of which were spent as a prisoner of the German govern ment. lie is now a patient at the Stark General Hospital, Charleston. Sgt. Walter P'ringle Lee, '42P, of Columbia, recently spent a leave at home after having served for 26 months with the Eighth Air Force overseas. Before entering the serv ice in 1942, Sergeant Lee wvas em ployed by McKesson and Robbins, Augusta, Ga. ('p). Ernest Johnson Ezell, '441, of Newherry, Is serving in the Pit cific with the AAF, and is ad drtessed through the Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif. WIllIam Ieonard Gantt, ARIM 8-e, '450, of Columbia, has retut ned to the States on leave after having served in the Caribbean area. Setr geant Ganit, who is attached to a navy patrtol bomb)Ing squadrion, serve'd as radioman and gunner of a Ventura search plane, and patrti cipated in several combat patrols. Sgt. WIlmot Martin Trutuck, '42C, of Olanta, ae'rial e inlaeer on a B1 26 plane, recently seat a leave at home. HIe Is addressed at 440th AAF Ba., Santa Maria, Calif. Pft. Elvin G. Hlenson, '45J, of llartsville, is serving overseas witht a hospital untit, and Is adldressed( through the Postmaster, New Yor'k, N. Y. EdwIn WIlllarm Rogers, SK I-c, '48A, of Sumter. is now serving with a supplly division of the navy In the Pacific. lie writes that he has setrved for a year with Lient. (jg) Vilckle Breeden John, '45E?, of Ben nettsville. They are both addressed hrough the Fleet Post Office, Sanj FrannIco, Ca. '38G . . . Asst. Editor Mina, graduates and non to send alumni news and to the Alumni Office, rnbia, South Carolina. Alumn"i, Elected Ballot w and Retiring ite '45.'46 Program lock Hill insurance executive, of the Alumni Association in onducted by the organization. ppard, '21L, Chesterfield. H, chairman of the tallying Jeter was elected by a nar mes, '15L, St. Matthews law inted the ballots August 10. and retiring officers is ex ew progress of the past year the 1945-4,6 year. President work on the new program. ceivedi an A. B. degree in1914 University. He also attended 2, and Carnegie Tech. He has the University and the state. icilor-at-large and as alumni .ident of the Citizen's Library As a student at Carolina lie president of the Clarisophic of the Garnet and Black, and l. I over the world participated sick, '14A, Greenvilie; fourteenih circuit, Randolph (Buster NI daugh, '36A, '38L, Varnville. A nominating committee was ap pointed by President Leppard upon authorization by the Alumni Coun cil, after the council had voted to conduct the second wartime cec tion by mail. Meeting in a half-day session, the committee nominatod Iwo alumni for each position to he filled. Ballots were mailed to alum ni members by the Alumni Office staff. Members of the nominating com mittee were: Mrs. J. Rion McKissick (Caroline Dick), '40s, Chairman; Robert TT. Atkinson, '32L, Slater; Christie Benet, 'OOA, Columbia; Mrs. C. II. Bistline (Marjorie Foster), '35Ed, Columbia; Mrs. D. C. Bomar (MIJ dred Cone), '29A, Ridge Sprin,.; Lil Boulware, '42A, Winnsboro and Columbia; Lt. Comdr. W. C. (Crip) Boyd, '29L, Columbia; Robert R. Coker', '28A, Hlartsville; Mr.s. Roy C. Cobb (Dorothy Pont), '29A, Gaff ney; Betty Comstock, '38J, Lake Murray and Columbia; Betty V. Crews, '43A, Columbia; Robert M. Crooks, '37Ph, Clinton; Bennett Da: venport, '14A, Columbia; David ( , Ellison, Jr'., '34C, Columbia; James S. Farr, Jr., '28C, '29G, Columbia; A Eugene Geer, '15 A, Charleston; Judge E. H1. HIendlerson, '08L, Bami herg; Richard M. Jefferies, '10A, Walterboro; John D). Lee, '09A, '111, Sumter; Col. LeRoy Lee, '98L~, Kingstree; Russell D. Miller, '191, Ben net tsville; Milledge Thomas Pitts, '42A, '44L, Saluda and Colum bia; Sam J. Royall, '14L, Florence; W. Frank Taylor, Jr., '30C, Colu,i- 0 bin; Mrs. Roderick Turnbull (Lela H-ughs), '42A, Walhalla; Mayor E:. Edward Wehman, Jr., '14A, Char leston, and 0. H1. Wienges, 17A, St. Matthews; and the four hold-ov'er counci lors-at-large, whose terms (10 not expIre until 1946: David A. Gas ton, '24A, '26G, '26L, Chester: Claude R. McMillan, '22CE, Colum. bia and Mullins; John J. Seibels, '90A, Columbia and New York, and R. Milo Smith, '24A, '28L, Lexing ton. Retiring members of the council are E. Smylhie Gambrell, '15A, At lanta, Ga.; John A. Henry, 25L, Greenville; the Re'v. Wilson 0. wel don, '31A, liigh Point, N. C.; W. Rene Symmes, '15A, St. Matthews; W. L. McCutchen, DD)S, '99A, Sum ter; Robert R. Coker', '28A, Ilarts ville; liarold M. DeLorme, '25A, Co lumbia; J. Roy Fant, '06A, L.o(k hart; 'Mrs. S. S. Seideman (Ethel Ann McLure), '27A, Charleston; Ru fus M. Newton, '32A, '35L, Ander son; the Rev. C. D. Bearley, TI7A, '2.3G, Myrtle Beach; L. P. Hlollis, '05A, Greenville; and Osborne 11. Rhode.s, '40L, Walterboro. In add(ition to Doctor Wardlaw, members who servedl on the tally ing committee were: Mrs. Sol Blatlt, Jr. (Carolyn Gay dena, '44C; Dr. FrancIs W. Bradley' '07A, 'O090; Mrs. FrancIs C. Clark (Theodosla Dargan Brownet, '43A; Bennett Davenport, '14A; liarol M. DeL~orme, '25C; George A. 114. low, '47 V-12, president of the tIni versity Student Body; Mrs. G;eorgg - S. King. Jr. (Anna Peeples Danvin, '.'4Ed; and Mrs. W. Frank Tayloe