The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, September 07, 1945, Page Page Eight, Image 8
Thelma Ann Reynolds
Mailed by the Alumn
members of the Associal
alumni in the Armed For
on file in the Alumni 0
Reunion
BEFORE 1900
Edwin G. Selbels, '85A, nationally
known insurance executive, chair
man of the University's board of
trustees, donor of the Melton Ob
servatory to the University and of
his art collection to the Columbia
Art Association, past president of
the Alumni Association, has re
ceived the South Carolina Ameri
can Legion's 1945 plaque for distin
guished service. The inscription on
the plaque, which has place for
only four words, sums up Mr. Sel
bels' contributions as follows: "Ex
ecutive, benefactor, devoted citizen."
The Legion's Distinguished Service
Award Committee are: Alan M.
Paul, '14A, Beaufort; Dr. Wilmot
L. McCutcheon, '99A, Sumter; John
Osborne Reed, '22CE, Lexington;
W. Archie Schiffley, '13A, Orange
burg; R R. Mellette, Aiken; J. Buist
Rivers, Charleston, and James C.
Bush, North Augusta. The presen
tation was made by Doctor Mc
Cutchen at the Legion's state con
vention Aug. 29.
1900-1919
Gadsden E. Shand, Jr., 18A,
0CE, of Columbia, recently re
signed his position as district pro
duction manager of the War Pro
duction Board in Columbia. He
makes -his home at 306 Southwood
drive, Columbia.
Colonel E. DeTreville Ellh, '10A,
*11CE, of Columbia, is on duty in
the office of the Quartermaster
General, War Department, Wash
ington, D. C. Colonel Ellis, who
served overseas in the European
theater of operations, is deputy di
rector for contract adjustment, and
has supervision over the renego
tiation, contract termination, and
cost and price analysis activities of
the Quartermaster Corps.
Charles Mills Galloway, '07L, of
Washington, D. C., formerly of Co
lumbia, was recently retired from
his position as counsel to the Comp
troller General of the United
States. He had served in this ca
pacity for the past 16 years. Prior
to his appointment to this position
in 1929, Mr. Galloway had engaged
in private law practice in Washing
eew for ten years, and had also
served as United States Civil Seiv
ice Commissioner from 1913 to 1919,
having been appointed to this po
sition by the late President Wood
row Wilson. He went to Washing
ton In 1909 as secretary to the late
Senator Ellison D. Smith. Before
going to Washington, he was en
gaged in newspaper work on The
State In Columbia, and also served
as clerk of the Southi Carolina
State Senate Committees on Edu
cation and Railroads. Mr G;allowvay
expects to resume private law prac
tice in Washington at an early date.
1920- 1929
William Wallace Altman, CRT,
27A, of Johnsonville, is serving as
a radar technician with the Navy
in the Pacific. He is wvearer of the
American theater ribbon, the Pa
cific theater ribbon with five bat
tle stars, the Philippine liberation
wibbon with one battle star, and the
good conduct medal, lHe is addressed
through the Fleet Post Office, San
Francisco, Calif.
Mrs. Marcel Mauduit (Mary
Catherine Floyd), '25A, of Detroit,
Mich., is a member of the staff of
the. American library in Paris,
France, and does special work for
the army. Mrs. Mauduit has lived
in France for many years, having
been given French citizenship af
ter her marriage to the late Mr.
Mauduit. She is addressed at 9 Rue
de Ia Croix du Val, Meudon (S. et
0.), Paris, France.
Lieut. Cmdr. Joseph L,. Bull, Jr.,
25CE, of Georgetown, is command
lng officer of a task group under
the Operational Training Command
Atlantic Fleet, He has been in
command of the Minecraft Training
Center, Little Creek, Va.
Oscar Chappell Lemmion, '20A,
'410, of Wlnnsboro, is connected
with the Latta Motor Sales Com
pany of Latta, and is engaged in
extensive farming, lie formerly
served as superintendent of the
Pinewood schools for more than
15 years.
Lient. Cmdr. Thomas Wesley
Crouch, '27I0, of Columbia, recently
received his present promotion in
the Navy. He recently reported for
active duty at the Naval Air Sta
tion, Jacksonville, Fla. Prior to en
tering the service, he was a prac
ticing attorl.4y in Coluambia. A
brother, Lient. Cmdr. Carroll Mar
Ion Crouch, '40A, is serving in the
Pacific as executive officer and
navigator of the destroyer escort,
Neuendorf. He is addressed through
the Fleet Post Office, San Fran
disco. Calif.
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William Joseph Thomas, Jr., '27A,
originally of Beaufort, is addressed
L.t 120 East 10th street, New York,
3, N.Y.
Lieut. Herman Dewey McCarley,
'20A, of Columbia, recently spent
a leave at home after having served
for 18 months with the Navy in
the Pacific. During his tour of over
seas duty, Lieutenant McCarley
was assistant to Rear Admiral C.
H. Cotter, director of the Pacific
division of the bureau ofFards and
docks and commander o construc
tion battalion forces in the Pacific
area. He served as liaison officer
between the office and all supplies
of the 14th Naval District which
supplied the Seabees. Prior to en
tering the service, Lieutenant Mc
Carley was connected with the
John C. B. Smith, real estate agen
cy in Columbia.
Mrs. DeWitt Brunson (Mary Wil
lis Osteen), '26S, of Sumter, recent
ly assumed her duties as assistant
to Edward Watson Rushton, '40G,
of Columbia, director of the 12
year program for public schools
and supervisor of high schools.
Mrs. Brunson has served as a
teacher, principal, and superintend
ent in school district number one
in Sumter county, and as superin
tendent of Instruction in the ele
mentary schools of the county. She
has also served on the summer
school faculty at Peabody college.
Nashville, Tenn.
Mrs. Chariton L. Talbert (Opal
Cooper), '28Ed, recently returned
to Columbia after having made her
home in- San Francisco, Calif.,
where Mr. Talbert was stationed
with the Fourth Service Command.
She is now making her home with
her parents while Mr. Talbert is
on duty in the Pacific area.
Wade Edwin Eargle, '29EE, of
Wilkinsburg, Pa., was recently ap
pointed divisional budget adminis
trator of the Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturing Company. Prior
to this appointment, Mr. Eargle
was associated with the Time and
Motion Study activity of the Trans
portation and Generator Division
of Westinghouse, and more recently
has served as supervisor of Time
anc Motion Study.
Eugene Ryan Crow, '24G, of Co
lumbia, recently resigned his posi
tion as principal of Columbia high
school, and has accepted the posi
tion of superintendent of the Sum
ter city schools. Mr. Crow has
served in the educational field of
South Carolina for many years,
and was president of the South
Carolina Education Association in
1940-1941. HIe also actedi as state
high school supervisor from 1942
to 1944, and since 1941 has been a
member of the South Carolina state
board of edlucat ion.
Johnz Frederick (Jack) Alliston,
'261A, '280, of Columbia, p)rincipal of
Wardlaw Junior high school, has
been namedl to succeed Eugene
Ryan Crow, '24G, as p)rincipal of
Columbia high school, lie has
taught in the Columbia City schools
for a number of years, and has
served as p)rincipal at Wardilaw
since 1943.
Guy L. Varn, '420, of Columbia,
has been appointed dlirector of the
newly created position of director
of pupil-teacher p)ersonnel of the
Columbia City schools. Mr. Van
will deal with problems arising In
teacher education, certification,
guidlance, promotion and placement
of students. Mr. Van has served
as principal of Schneider school for
nine years, and is active in ,educa
tional and community activities in
Columbia. He makes his home at
826 King street, Columbia.
1930- 1939
Lleut. Bernard B. Clark, '89A, of
Columbia, formerly stationed at
Fort Belvoir, Va., recently spent
a leave at home, lie is now ad
drlessedl at A. S. F". Personnel Re
placement. Depot, Camp~ Beale,
Calif.
ILeut. Robert Linley F"ripp, '82L,
of Columbia, Is now on the UISS
Admiral Hugh I. Redman.
Lindsay D). Robinson, '86(1, of Clo
ver, is project engineer at Patuxent
River, Md.
Floyd D). Rogers, Jr., '85J, of Co
lumbia, recently returned to the
States after having served for two
years as assocIate professor of jour
nalism in Chungklng, China. Prior
to his appointment in China, Mr.
Rodgers served as director of pub
lic Lelations and teacher of jour
nalism at Carolina, and as program
director at radio station WIS in
Columbia. He expects to return to
China at an early date, and Is sched
uled to remain there for another
year. He is addressed at 39 West
67th street, New York, N. t.
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RALPH LEW1
In the picture above Annie I
corder, shows Aluni Pres. Edw
Alumni Office tries to keep in to
rapidly moving alumni. Both are
Young, in approximately 500 cler
addresses of 106 "Fighting Gamec(
First Lieut. Harry Duff Riddle,
'38A, of Columbia, is now addressed
at Lovell Gerferal Hospital, Fort
Devens, Mass.
Lieut. Basil Lee Whitener, '35A,
'37L, of Ninety Six, is serving with
the Navy in the Office of Port Di
rector, 17 Battery Place, New York,
4, N. Y. le holds the Navy Com
mendation ribbon, the American
theater ribbon, and the European
North African ribbon with two bat
tle stars.
Norbert F. Coggins, '30Ed, of
Campobello, is a mathematician in
the Navy Research department,
Washington, D. C. le makes his
Iome at 5404 Taylor road, River
dale, Md.
Wilburn C. Clary, '37C, of Win
ston-Salem, N. C., athletic director
and principal at Children's Home,
Winston-Salem, was recently named
executive secretary of the North
State Officials association. He is
addressed at Children's Home, Win
ston-Salem, N. C.
Sgt. James DuBose Smith, '36A,
of Lykesland, is now stationed at
Kelly Field, Texas. Sergeant Smith
has been in service for four years,
and has spent 30 months with the
Signal Corps in the Pacific.
Lieut. (jg) Hume Talcott Stith,
Jr., '38C, of Columbia, is serving in
the Pacific as disbursing officer for
a division of Landing Ship Tanks.
lHe is addressed through the Fleet
Post Office, San Francisco, Calif.
Lieut. Col. William 0. Callahan,
'33A, of Columbia, was recently
awarded the Bronze Star medal for
"meritorious achievement in the
performance of duty in the postal
service with the Allied Air forces
in the Mediterranean Theater."
Prior to entering the service, Col
onel Callahan was employed at the
Columbia post office. In addition to
the Bronze Star, Colonel Callahan
wears the Legion of Merit medal
and the European theater ribbhon
with six battle stars. HeI is ad
d resssed through the Postmaster,
New York, N. Y.
Maj. Hlaisteadi T. Anderson, '31C,
of Summerton, has returned to the
States on terminal leave, after hav
ing served overseas for 26 months
with the AAF in the China-Burma
India theater of operations. He is
wearer of the American Defense
ribbon, Middle Eastern-European
ribbon, and Asiatic-Pacific theater
ribbon, together with the Bronze
Star for the Burma campaign. Ma
jor Anderson will resume his duties
as an off icial of the Bankers Health
and Life Insurance company in Ma
con, Ga.
Capt. Hugh T. Stoddard, URMC,
'30A, '37G, of Columbia, is now as
sistant to Colonel Mel)ermond in
the DependlentIs Welfare Sect Ion of
the Special Service D)ivision. Cap
tain Stoddard's re'sidlence address
is 4713 Columbia Pike, Arlington,
Va. A brother, Robert J. Stoddijrd,
'200E, ,f Columbia, hlas been l or
r'owed by the government from the
Amerienn' Hoist and Derrick com
pany of St. Paul, Minn., and is on
a special misgon In Europe. Mrs.
Stoddard (Harriet Baker), '28A,
'200, and the two children arc at
home at 675 Sumner street, St.
Paul, Minn.
First Lieut. Samuel Russell Floyd,
Jr., '85[L, of Olanta, is serving as a
press censor, Berlin Press Camp,
in the European theater. Overseas
sInce 1943, Lieutenant Floyd holds
five battle participation star$ for
action from Normandy to the Elbe.
Hie i. addressed through the Post
master, New York, N. Y.
umf
iversity of South Carolina Al
S, '29, Executive Secretary and Al
.ee Young, '254, '38G, alumni re
in R. Jeter, '14A, '16G, how the
ach with Carolina's far-flung and
pleased over the fact that Miss
Ical operations, has just changed
)cks" who are on their way home!
Maj. Robert N. Cooper, '83C, of
Columbia, who Is stationed at
Brookley Field, Mobile, Ala., recent
ly spent a short leave at home.
Major Cooper is serving as head of
the finance department at Brook
ley Fiald.
Maj. James Ernest McConnell,
'39C, of Anderson, is on duty at
the Great Bend, Kansas, Army Air
Field, after graduation from an air
staff course at the Command and
General Staff School, Fort Leaven
worth, Kans. He Is serving as staff
bombardier of the B-29 operational
training base. Prior to his appoint
ment at South Bend, he served with
an air bombardment group in Italy,
and is wearer of the Distinguished
Flying Cross with one oak leaf
cluster, the Air Medal with four
oak leaf clusters, the African-Eu
ropean.-Middle Eastern theater rib
bon with five battle stars, and the
Presidential Unit Citation badge.
Sgt. Joe Parrish Boyd, '39Ed, of
York, was recently promoted to his
present rank at an Eighth Air Force
Station in England. Sergeant Boyd,
a fighter squadron administrative
specialist, was one of a group com
mended by Lieut. Gen. James H1.
Doolittle for "impressive achieve
ments in a record 119 German air
craft blasted in an afternoon's
st rafing near Munich." lie is ad
dressed through the Postmaster,
New York, N. Y.
IJeut. Walter Bernard (Bernie.)
Cormack, Jr., '39iA, of Columbia, who
is serving with an army unit in the
Pacific, recently spent some time
with Lieut. (jg) Thomas Marion
D)avis, '40A, of Columbia, who is
stationed in that area with the
First Marines.
Joseph Kelly Blum, '87G, of Co
lumbia, for several years connected
with the Columbia city schools, was
recently appointed principal of
Wardlaw Junior High school, Co
lumbia. Before coming to Columbia.
Mr. Blum, formerly of Reidsville,
N. C., served as chemist at t he
state experimental station in Texas
and as instructor of chemistry at
Texas A. and M. lie has also served
as head of the Columbia Teachers'
Council and as a member of the
executive committee of the South
Carolina Classroom Teachers As
sociation.
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at helping your Alumni Office
to keep up with your' fellow
alumni in the armed forces.
Can you help us to b)ring up
to-date the addresses for the
"Fighting Gamecocks" li.sted
b(lowV? Your c'oope'rat ion will be
aipprciat ed.
ALUMNI OFFICE STAFF
lBarager, Robert Lester, 47W-12
Cathcart, John Sloan, '41C
Clarke, Robert Sidney, '40A.
Clerand, Joel Samuel, '3'/C
Gonziales, Narcisco, '370
Ilartzog, Clarence Everett, '30A
King, Russell Calvin, '370
Manning, Malcolm McDowell,
'37A
Moorehead, Arthur Eugene,
'34C
Sayers, John Gordon, Jr., '42CE
Smith, Pau( Wesley, 47 V-12
Stokes, George Long, '29A
Taylor, Harry Conrad, '3.3E
Thompson, Jordan, '46A
Webster, Benjamin Allan, I46A
White, Kermit C., '41C
Wilkinson, John Jones, '27A
Wright .John La.e 47 U.12
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umni Association
umni Editor
1940-1949
Pfe. Talley F. Kelley, '46C, of Co
lumbia, has returned to the States
after having served overseas with
the 87th division, a part of the
Third army. His division is training
at Fort Benning, Ga.
Arthur Talley Calvo, Y 3-c, '42A,
of Columbia, is serving aboard a
destroyer escort of the Atlantic
fleet, and performs clerical duties
in the ship's office. He is wearer
of the American theater ribbon, the
European-African-Middle Eastern
theater ribbon, and the Good Con
duct medal. He is addressed through
the Fleet Post Office, New York,
N. Y.
Wilbur Lester Shealey, ARM 2-c,
'46E, of Columbia, recently returned
to the States, after having served
for ten months as radioman and
gunner on a navy landbased Libera
tor search plane. He was a mentber
of a group reported to have parti
cipated in sinking 14 Nazi Y-boats,
probably destroying .two more, and
damaging 16.
Capt. Marion Neal Hunt, WAC,
'40A, of Columbia, recently com
pleted special training at the Wom
en's Army Corps school for person
nel administration at Purdue Uni
versity. She is stationed at Boll
ing Field, Washington, D. C., where
she is commanding officer of the
WAC detachment.
Tracey Carlisle Jolmson, CEM,
'41A, of Wagener, recently received
an honorable discharge from the
navy, after having served for over
six years with that branch of serv
ice. He served overseas for 41
months. He holds the Good Conduct
Medal, the Navy American Defense
Service ribbon with a bronze star,
American theater ribbon, Asiatic
Pacific ribbon with seven stars, and
the Presidential Unit Citation.
Lieut. (g) (Chaplain) Walter
Paul Baldwin, Jr., '41A, of Colum
bia, recently spent a leave at home
before reporting to the Pacific
coast for an overseas assignment.
Ile was previously stationed at the
Naval Air Technical Training Cen
ter, Memphis, Tenn.
Lieut. Hazel Chaplin Beasley,
'41S, of Lamar, was graduated re
cently from the Basic Training Cen
ter for Army Nurses, Camp Rucker,
Ala., and is now on duty at Camp
Blanding, Fla.
F-O Wade F. Franklin, Jr., '44C.,
of Columbia, is serving as a flight
engineer on a B-29 Superfortress.
At present he is stationed at Ran
dolph Field, Texas, where he is
taking transitional training. He is
addressed at Box 750, Unit PO 1,
Randolph Field, Texas.
First Lieut. Hugh 1H. Wells, M.
1)., '43 A, of IIolly Hill, has assumed
his duties as an interne at the Co
lumbia Hospital, Columbia. Lieuten
ant Wells is serv'ing under the war
time program of interneship. lie is
addressed at the Columbia Hlospi
tal, Columbia, 39.
Capt. Theodore Stark Hfemingwvay,
I, '42A, of Kingstree, recently
completed a special cour~se of in
struction at Fort Knox, Ky.
William Robertson Rabh, SKID
3-c, '46C, of Winnsboro, is serving
with the navy in the Pacific, and
i.s stationed somewhere in the Phil
ippines. lie is addressed through
the Fleet Post Office, San Francis
co, Calif.
T-Sgt. Howard Normn Schofield,
'41A, of Mullins, is serving with a
Marine Air Base Squadron in the
Pacific. Hie is adldressed through the
Fleet Post Office, San Francisco,
Calif.
Warren Cullen Sharpe, S 2-c, '44P,
of Greenville, is now addressed at
Ward 6-B, Room 687. U. S. Naval
Hospital, Palm Beach, Fla.
First Lieut. Jullan M. Marchant,
'48A, of Columbia, who served in
the European theater with the Sev
enth Army, saw intensive action in
France, Schei nfurt, Blamberg. Nurn
bhurg, Augsburg, Munich, Berchtes.
gadlen and Salzburg. One of his du
ties was to help patrol the Alps on
btorseb)ack. lIeI is now st ationedl near
Salzburig.
Cadet Mld'n. Join We.sley Dowdle,
Jr., '47E, of Coulunbia, recently con
pleted( six monthIs training a&boardl
a cargo ship carrying ammunition
to E'urope, and abioardl a tanker
carrying gasoline to Europe. le I,
addressed at t h- U. S. Merchiant
Marines Academy, Rm. 6431, Jones
Illali, Kings Point, *long Island,
N. Y.
Staff Sgt. WVillam Graham Seig
ber, '42A, of Ninety Six, is serving
overseas with a bomb group of thc
AAF. His group recently received
a Presidential citation.
Sgt. Reed S. Sailley, Jr., 'W6A, of
Columbia, radio operator and tail
gunner on a B-25, recently returnedl
to the States after having served
for more thon a year in Italy.
Pvt. Christopher F. Allison, '48A,
of Columbia, Is now addressed at
Company B, Bn. 8, Camp Wheeler,
Ga.
Annie Lee Young, '25A,
Men and women of Car
graduates, are requested
their changing addresses
University Campus, Colu
Future Alumni
A son, Thomas Roy Burriss, to
Luther Joseph Burriss and Mrs.
Burriss (Annelle Morton), '34G,
July 23 in Columbia. The Burrisses
make their home at 712 Abelia road,
Columbia.
A son, John Robert Fallaw, Jr.,
to John Robert Fallaw and Mrs.
Fallaw (Juliet Conniffe), '37A, July
27 in Columbia. The Fallaws make
their home at 1102 Princeton street,
Columbia.
A son, James Morris Lyles, III,
to Lieut. James Morris Lyles, Jr.,
and Mrs. Lyles .(Sally McCaw),
'42A, August 8 in Columbia. Mrs.
Lyles is making her home at 1015
Barnwell street, Columbia, while
Lieutenant Lyles is serving with
the armed forces overseas.
A daughter, Katherine Ramsey
Goodman, to Lieut. Leonard J.
Goodman and Mrs. Goodman (Mary
Fay "Mimi" Nininger), '42A, Au
gust 4 in Columbia. The Goodmans
make their home at 418 Maple
street, Columbia.
A son, John Allen Bloodworth,
Jr., to Staff Sgt. John Allen Blood
worth, '41A, and Mrs. Bloodworth,
June 7 in Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Blood
worth is making her home in
Greensboro, Ga., while Sergeant
Bloodworth is serving with a to
pography battalion in the Pacific.
A son, James Nelson Delerlein,
Jr., to Lieut. James Nelson Deier
lein and Mrs. Deferlein (Sarah Car
olyn "Sally" Hodges), '46A, August
4 in Columbia.
A son, William Herbert Spivey,
III, to William Herbert Spivey, Jr.,
'39E, and Mrs. Spivey, August 9 in
Columbia.
A son, Fred William Ortmann,
III, to Pfc. Fred William Ortmann,
Jr., '38A, and Mrs. Ortmann, Au
gust 7 at Sumlor. Private Ortmann
is now stationed in Spokane, Wash.
A daughter, Ellen Michael Miller,
to Lieut. Mitch W. Miller, and Mrs.
Miller (Adele Moses), '42A, July 24
at Madison, Indiana. The Millers
make their home at 207 South Jef
ferson street, Madison.
A daughter, Rosellen Hilton, to
Capt. H. B. Hilton, and Mrs. Hilton
(Rosa Wilder), '37A, August 9 at
Sumter.
A daughter, Julia Pinckney Wal
ter, to Lieut. Sam Tompkins Wal
ter, '32C, and Mrs. Walter (Alma
Elizabeth Bunch), '35A, August 13
in Columbia. Lieutenant Walter,
USNR, recently returned to sea
duty after having spent a leave
at home.
A son, James Gerdine Burke, to
James Cobb Burke, and Mrs. Burke
(Josephine Griffin), '34J, August 17
in Columbia. Mrs. Burke is making
her home at 1720 Senate street, Co
lumbia, while Mr. Burke is serving
as a war correspondent in China.
A daughter, Marion Elizabeth
Dahney, to Capt. Frank C. Dabney,
and Mrs. D)abney (Rachel Colby
Fishburne), '4 IA, August 6 at Em
ory, Ga.
A son, Joseph Nathaniel Burton,
Jr.,, to Joseph Nathaniel Burton,
'33A, '350, and Mr's. Burton, Au
gust 9 at Batesburg.
A daughter, Margaret Taylor
Moise, to Marion Molse, '291., and
Mrs. Moise, at Sumter.
A son, Paul Everett Hareman, to
Harry Odelle Hlarman, '29A, '36G,
and Mrs. Hareman, August 15 in
Columbia. Mr. Harman, superin
tend of schools at Lexington, was
recently re-elected vice-president
of the Alumni Association for the
Eleventh Judicial circuit.
A dlaughter, Camilla Boyce Brice,
to .Samuel McDonald Brice, Jr.,
'29A, and Mrs. Brice, August 7 at
Woodward.
A son, Edward Earl Bailey, Jr.,
to Capt. Edward Earl Baniley, and
Mrs. IBailey (Mary 9ereven Simp
soni), '42A%, uigust 25 in Columbia.
WValter~ I. Miller, .Jr., RiT S-c, '47A,
of Columbia, is serving with the
navy in the Pacific, and is adl
dressed through the Fleet Post Of
fI(f, San iFrancisco, Calif.
Sgt. Mariuis Hlughey Wells, '46A,
of holly 11ill, is serving with a hos
p)ital unit in the Pacilie, lHe is ad
dIressed through the Postmaster,
San Francisco, Calif.
*lit. (,ig) Othnlel 11. Wienges,
Jr., '45A, of St. Matthews, has been
promoted to his present rank at his
station somewhere in the Pacific.
lie is serving aboard a landing craft
as an executive. officer, navigator,
first lieutenant and gunnery officer.
lIe is addressedl through the Fleet
Post Ofiice, San Francisco, Calif.
ILeut. Herbert M. Moody, '42C, of
Columbia, recently spent a leave at
home after having served for 22
months in England and France. tIe
has reported to the Sixth Naval dis
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olina, graduates and non
to send alumni news and .
to the Alumni Office,
mbia, South Carolina.
They Promised
Betty Jean Huntington, of Sao
lina, Kans., and Capt. Richard J.
Ham, '32 A, of Columbia, August 5
at Salina. Captain Ham recently
returned to the States after having
served for a year and a half as a
B-29 pilot in the Pacific. After the
expiration of a leave, he will report
to San Antonio, Texas, for reas.
signgment.
Irma Dell Floyd Kennedy, of An.
drews, and Pfc. Rufus Edwin Med
lin, Jr., '43A, of Columbia, June 17
at Conway. Private Medlin is study.
Ing at the Medical College of South
Carolina, Charleston.
Isla Lucille Myers, of Pamplico,
and James Mallory Graham, '45A,
of Olanta, July 25 at Pamplico. Mr.
Graham was recently discharged
from the Navy after having served
for two and a half years overseas,
including duty with the Fleet Ma
rines on Guadalcanal and Saipan.
Hazel Carolyn Byrd, '40A, of Pine
wood, and Lieut. William J. Curry,
of Philadelphia, Pa., June 4 at Pine.
wood. They are making their home
at Ozark," Ala., where Lieutenant
Curry is stationed at Camp Ruck.
er.
Edna Cook, '4SA, of Lexington,
and Capt. Robert Odell Holcombe,
of Fountain Inn, August 5 at Lex
4QgWton. They are making their home
at Camp Walters, Texas, where
Captain Holcombe is stationed.
Sophia Mae Peterson, '41A, '42G,
of Columbia, and First Lieut.
George Van Swearingen, '43E, of
Columbia, August 4 in Columbia.
They are making their home in
Tampa, Fla., where Lieutenant
Swearingen is stationed at MeDilli
Field.
Virginia Ann Godshall, '148C, of
Columbia and. rfc. Thomas Roy
Scott, Jr., '46E, of Columbia, Au
gust 13 in Columbia. They are mak
ing their home at Fort Benning,
Ga., where Private Scott is stationed
after having served with the armed
forces in the European theater.
Margaret Dial Calhoun, '46A, of
Columbia and Capt. Robert Mur
ray Dun, of Festus, Mo., August
22 in Columbia. They are making
their home in Columbia.
Pvt. Helen Harris Adams, WAC,
of Tampa, Fla., and First Lieut.
Charles L. Outen, Jr., '43E, of Co
lumbia, July 9 in Tampa. Lieuten
ant Outen has served overseas with
the AAF, as pilot of a B-17, and is
now an instructor pilot at 'McDill
Field, Fla. lie holds the Air Medal,
Distinguished Flying Cross, and
the'Presidential Unit citation.
Olive Carrol Brown, '450, of
Winnshoro, and Sgt. William Lind
say Castles, of Winnsboro, August
9 at Winnsboro.
Eleanor Miller, of Los Angeles,
Calif., and Lieut. James Harold
Glenn, '43E, of Columbia, August
6,lin Columbia. Lieutenant Glenn re
cently returned to the States after
having served as a fighter pilot
with the U. S. Marine Corps, and
is now stationed at Congaree Air
base as an instructor.
Ililda Garnett Tuten, of Furman,
and Norman (I. Rvntz, '23S, of
Varnville, August 9 at Furman. Mr.
Rentz is county administrative of
ficer of the AAA of Hlampton coun- *
ty.
Ruby Cathermne Mttrrell, of John
ston, and Onpt. Rtalliha Henderson
Profitt, '88A, of Laurens, July 24
at Spatrtanburg. They are making
their home at 143 Hall street, Spar.
tanburg. Captain Profitt recently
returned to the States after having
served for three years with the
armed forces in the South Pacific.
Catherine Emily I(irbay. '45C, of
Columbia, and Staff Sgt. Samuel
James Vanuch, of Lakewood, Ohio,
August 3 in Columbia. They are
making their home at 409 South
Edisto avenue, Columbia.
Sarah P'errln Hpe'ncer, '87Sp., of
Columbia, and I .ieut. Richardl Mor.
tinmer Gramling, of Robert Lee, 4
Texas, August 18 In Columbia. They
are matking their home at Turner
Field, Albany, Ga., where Lieuten
ant. Gramling is stationed.
Ellen Cunt.y HIolme, 'MIGA, of Co.
lumba, formerly of Edisto IslandI,
andl Samuel Ernest Wright of
Rocky Motunt, N. C., and ColumbIa,
August 11 In Columbia. They are
mak ing their home at 3727 D)uncan
street, Columbia.
Capt. NathanIel S. (Nat) Burgess,
'420, of Gaffney, former C.arolina
football star, has returned to the
States after hav'ing served with t
AAF In the European theater. D
wears the Distinguished Flying
Cross and the Air Medal.
* Willie Roe Avirett, Y-S-e, '17 V.l2,
of H avana, Fla., is now add ressed at...,e
CUB 17, AB3ATU, Lido Bleach, Long
IslndNnew, Yor.