HUNDNEPS of ALUMNI took part in June weddings . Two who played an
active role were Lt . and Mrs . William G . Paul . Mrs . Paul is the former
Mary Lynn Cross, daughter of President and Mrs . George L. Cross. Paul,
;52ba, a law student from Pauls Valley, is now on active duty with Marines .
Wedding was held June 3 in Norman's McFarlin Methodist Church .
The human drama-the events that mean happiness or sorrow, a beginning or an ending
-are present when the Sooner begins its
Roll Call
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Errctt R. Newby, '07music, '08ma,
Oklahoma City oilman, was elected
president of the Oklahoma City Symphony society for the 1952-53 season .
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Dr . R . H . Riley, '09ba, '13med, Baltimore, Maryland, director of the Maryland State Department of Health, recently returned from England where he was a delegate representing the American Association of
State and Territorial Health Officers at the Royal
Sanitary Institute .
Everett Lee DeGolycr, 'llba, Dallas, a
noted geologist, was awarded an honorary doctor of science degree from
Washington University, St . Louis, Missouri, on
June 11 .
Richard A . Conkling, 'llba, Oklahoma City,
nationally known petroleum geologist, died June
21 in his home . He was a charter member of
Sigma Chi, social fraternity, at the University and
also played baseball and football . In his geology
work, Conkling pioneered many Oklahoma and
Texas oilfields . He operated his own firm as a consulting geologist since the early 1920's, but at the
time of his death had been in semi-retirement for
the past two years .
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Ray H . Hann, '12ba, New York City,
manager of the sales development department of This Week magazine, recently visited the campus .
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Oliver Hott, '17eng, Medford, former
football star at the University, died
June 28 in his hotel room from a selfinflicted shotgun wound . Hott had been in poor
health for about a month . He and his brothers were
stars on Bennie Owens' Sooner football teams of
1913-14-15, and were known at "Them Hotts."
After college Hott took up farming but retired
about 10 years ago because of failing health . He is
survived by two brothers, Orville, Wichita, Kansas,
and Willis, '176s, Buffalo, New York .
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Joe Looney, '206a, '22Law, Wewoka,
recently completed an official visit to
Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii for
the International Order of Odd Fellows, of which
he is the sovereign grand master .
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Mrs . Marie Goodman, '216a, Yukon,
Oklahoma, died June 23 in her home
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following an illness of one year . She
was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, social
sorority, at the University . Mrs . Goodman is survived by her husband, Dr . Leroy Goodman, of the
home, her mother, Mrs. O . V . Mulvey, Yukon, and
three brothers.
2
Erdice R . Brockway, '23, Shreveport,
Louisiana, died July 1 following a
heart attack. He was employed by va
rious oil companies before becoming an independent consulting geologist in 1947 . Brockway
was a member of the American Association of
Petroleum Geologists . He is survived by a sister,
Mrs . Edna Muldrow, '186a, '27ma, Weatherford .
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Subert Turbyfill, '25ba, '26ba, '32ma,
and Mrs . Turbyfill, the former Blodwen
Richards, '31mus, Balboa, Canal Zone,
recently made an ocean trip to New York City and
Tanglewood, Massachusetts, to hear their son Dick,
who is a tenor soloist, perform at the Berkshire
Music Festival given by the Boston Symphony
Orchestra .
J . Bart Aldridge, '25ba, '25Law, Wewoka attorney, was elected national president of Phi Kappa
Psi, social fraternity, at the national convention
held in June in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania .
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Leonard Good, '276a, former art professor at the University, was recently appointed head of the art department at
Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa . Prior to accepting this position, Good was a member of the
department of art education at the University of
Wisconsin, Madison .
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Mary B . Dalton, '28ba, was recently
named assistant professor of elementary education at the University of
Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Judge A . P. Murrah, '28Law, Oklahoma City,
recently received an honorary membership in the
University chapter of the Order of the Coif, national honorary legal fraternity .
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Sim C . Wright, '29eng, Oklahoma
City, has been elected to Eta Kappa
Nu, honor society of electrical engi
neers . Wright, who is senior engineer for the
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, was selected as a representative of industry .
John F. Curran, '29Law, Enid, has resigned as
Superior Judge of Garfield County to accept a position in the legal department of Sunray Oil Company in Tulsa.
Dr . E. Bert McCollum, '29ba, '30bs, '32med,
and Mrs. McCollum, Grosse Point Farms, Michigan, chose the name James Milton for their son
born June 16 . The McCollums have one other
son, 5 .
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Col . Ralph H . Schaller, '30Law, Oklahoma City, USAF, graduated June 19
from the Industrial College of the
Armed Forces . Under the direction of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, the Industrial College prepares
selected senior Army, Navy, Marine, and Airforce
officers for important command, staff and planning assignments in the Department of Defense.
Col . Schaller has been assigned to duty overseas
with the Airforce in Europe .
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George Dinkler, '33pharm, and Mrs .
Dinkler, Hennessey, announced the
birth of a daughter born May 5 . The
baby was named Joan Carole .
Mrs. J . F. Crawford, the former Louise Holmberg, '336a, Norman, was elected first vice-president of Kappa Alpha Theta, social sorority, at the
recent national convention in Sun Valley, Idaho .
B . Walter Weber, '33m .ed, was recently employed as a commerce teacher in the school system
at Putnam City.
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. William P . Longmire, Jr., '34ba,
Dr
Sapulpa, is spnding four months in
Germany where he will teach at the
University of Berlin .
Lt . Col. Wallace C . Wardner, '31-'34, Oklahoma
City, graduated June 27 from the Army Command
and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas . Wardner is now on duty with the U . S . Army
Element in Paris, France .
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Jim Demopolos, '37ba, '39Law, was
recently named judge of Oklahoma
City's new municipal traffic court.
Mr . and Mrs . Floyd R . Denham, the
former Mabel Smith, '38ed, announced
the adoption of a son, Douglas Ran
dolph, 8 months. The Denhams also have a daughter, Charlotte Kathleen, 7 .
Lt . Col. Bill W. Paden, '38ba, graduated June
27 from the Army Command and General Staff
College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Paden, a veteran of nearly 12 years service in the Army as an
artillery officer, is now on duty with Headquarters,
Fourth Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Major Gordon R . Cubbison, '38, has been assigned to duty at Fort Sill. Prior to this assignment,
Major Cubbison was in Letterman Army Hospital,
San Francisco, California, recuperating from
wounds received in Korea . He had been wounded
four times while serving with the 187th Airborne
Regimental Combat Team .
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Vincent R . Stephens, '39bus, and Mrs .
Stephens, Santa Monica, California,
chose the name Vincent R ., Jr., for
their son born May 31 in St . Johns Hospital in
Santa Monica .
W . Perry Dornaus, '39Law, Tulsa, was recently
named attorney for the Kewanee Oil Company in
Tulsa. Formerly he was employed in the legal department of Stanolind Oil and Gas Company's general office, Tulsa .
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Henry Todd Bingham, '40eng, was
awarded a master of science degree in
geophysics from St . Louis University
on July 27 .
William A . Berry, '40Law, Oklahoma City attorney, has been named convention chairman for
the former Prisoners of War national convention
which will be held in Oklahoma City in 1953 .
Leonard W. Cox, '40m .ed, Oklahoma City, is a
candidate for the doctor of education degree at
the University.
Robert O . Mitchell, '40geol, has been named
assistant division geologist in the Stanolind Oil
and Gas Company's Canadian Division office, Calgary, Alberta, Canada . He was formerly division
geophysical co-ordinator at the Canadian Division
office .
Elwood Arthur Kretsinger, '41ma, was
awarded a doctor of philosophy degree
from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, on June 14 .
Harold Huneke, '41ma, has been promoted from
lecturer to assistant professor of mathematics at the
University of Wichita, Wichita, Kansas . Huneke
has been doing research mathematics work in
aeronautics for the School of Engineering at Wichita . Huneke and his wife have two children .
William A . Stubbs, '416a, '41Law, and Mrs .
Stubbs, Billings, Montana, chose the name Randall
Arthur for their son born June 10 in Billings. The
Stubbs have three other children, Sara Margaret,
7, Jane Ellen, 4, and Fell Lightburn, 16 months.
Mr . and Mrs . Richard W . Taylor, the former
Mary McLaury, '41bus, Wichita, Kansas, chose the
name Jane Ann for their daughter born June 17th .
The Taylors have two other daughters, Martha,
2, Priscilla, 1 . Finley McLaury, '16Law, and Mrs .
McLaury, the former Neola Jarrett, '18, Snyder, are
the material grandparents of the children.
Oliver C . Brown, '40-'41, and Mrs . Brown,
Oklahoma City, chose the name Laura Lee for their
daughter born May 25 in St . Anthony hospital in
Oklahoma City . The Browns have another daughter Marianne, 4.
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Dr. Hugh W . Randel, '42bs, formerly
4of Ponca City, who is a major in the
Airforce Medical Corps, was recently
graduated from the Harvard School of Public
Health, Boston, Massachusetts, with a public health
specialist degree . Randel is now assigned to the
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Major George T . Ross, '35med, Enid,
who has been the commanding officer
of the 325th Hospital Train in Hoechst,
Germany, for the past two years, returned to the
U . S . recently for release from active Army service .
Leslie M . Boring, '35bus, and Mrs . Boring, the
former Mary Lee Verser, '38ba, Quanah, Texas,
chose the name Nina Rena for their (laughter born
May 23 . The Borings have two other children,
Nancy, 7, and Leslie M ., Jr ., 10 .
John W. Ryle, '35Law, Norman attorney, was
recently appointed by Governor Johnston Murray
as judge of Norman's new city court .
Lt. Col Mahlon D . Hickman, '31-'35, Oklahoma
City, was recently graduated from the Army Com(nand and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas . Hickman is now stationed with the
595th Field Artillery Battalion, Fort Sill .
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John Oliver Hall, '366a, resigned his
position as city manager of Pueblo,
Colorado, in April, in order to accept
appointment as Public Administration Consultant
and Program Officer in the Institute of InterAmerican Affairs in Quito, Equador . His wife and
(laughter, Clem, 9, are accompanying him to Quito.
Lt . Col . John F . Taylor, '36ba, '39Law, was recently assigned for duty in the office of the Army
Staff Judge Advocate Headquarters, USA in the
Caribbean, Fort Amador, Canal Zone .
SEPTEMBER, 1952
Tmn :j, NEW SOONERS were
born to M . L. Penn, '37-'40,
and Mrs . Penn in the
spring . Son Melvin Lee has
reason to appear camera
shy as he poses with his
new brothers and sister .
The Penns live in Wagoner .
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'24ba, McCARL ALBERT,
Alester, takes the speakers stand at the
Democrats' National Convention in Chicago
in late July to place U . S . Senator Bob Kerr's
name in nomination for president of the U . S .
CONGRESSMAN
recently named commander of the 45th Infantry
Division's 120th Medical Battalion in western
Korea .
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Mr . and Mrs . James F . Temple, the
former Jane Adams, '46ba, Albuquerque, New Mexico, chose the name
Judith Ann for their daughter born May 31 . The
Temples have two other children, Jeff, 8, and
Jean, 5 .
John M. Cummings, '46eng, was recently employed in the producing department of Stanolind
Oil and Gas Company, Ellinwood, Kansas .
staff of the Airforce School of Aviation Medicine,
Gunter Airforce Base, Montgomery, Alabama .
Lydia R . Welch, '426s, is living in Byars, Texas,
where she is employed as a teacher in the junior
highschool .
Ruby Vesta Martz, '42ba, has been employed as
librarian in the Putnam City school system .
Thomas William Lally, Jr., '42phys.ed, recently
was awarded his master's degree in education at
the University of Southern California, Los Angeles,
California .
Capt . J . Richard Hall, '42pharm, formerly of
Tulsa, is stationed at Brooks Airforce Base, San
Antonio, Texas . Mrs . Hall, the former Hazel
Kathryn Rowley, '39-'42, and their two sons are
with Capt. Hall in San Antonio .
Ben T. Head, '42bus, '481.aw, Oklahoma City,
former assistant county attorney for Oklahoma
County and special assistant United States attorney for western and eastern districts of Oklahoma,
is now associated with the firm of Felix, Douglass
and Griffin in Oklahoma City.
STOEHRER-CLYMER : Mrs . Annelica Kammuller Stoehrer, Munich, Germany, and Dr . John
H . Clymer, '426s, '42ba, '44med, Oklahoma City,
were married May 31 in the home of the bridegroom's parents . The couple has established a home
in Oklahoma City .
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Webster M . Sawyer, Jr ., '43chem .
Orinda, California research chemist
with Shell Development Company, is
on a one-year special assignment at Shell Oil Company's refinery at Wood River, Illinois .
Lt . Toland Dwight Mitchell, Jr., '436a, and Mrs .
Mitchell, formerly of Lawton, announced the birth
of a son born June 1 . The baby was named Mark
David . The Mitchells have another son, Brian
Park . Lieutenant Mitchell has been assigned to
duty in Germany.
Fred A . Ridley, Jr ., '43, and Mrs . Ridley, Okla1
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homa City, announced the birth of a son, Clay
Kent, born June 9 in St . Anthonys hospital in
Oklahoma City . The Ridleys have another son,
Allen, 5, and a daughter, Drue, 2 .
Robert W. Danielson, '436us, and Mrs . Danielson, the former Barbara Ewing, '43phys .ed, are
living in Greenwich, Connecticut, where Danielson
is assistant to the vice-president of Bulova Watch
Company of New York . Danielson was recently
elected president of the New York Alumni club .
The Danielsons have three children, Peggy, 5,
Douglas, 2, and Carol, 7 months .
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Major James F . Hohl, '44ba, '44med,
U. S . Marine Corps, has been awarded
the Bronze Star Medal for distinguished
service in Korea . Major Hohl served as company
corntnander and regimental surgeon .
Wilbert M. Schneider, '44mba, was awarded the
doctor of philosophy degree at the June 14 commencement exercises at the University of Southern
California .
Dan C . Hamilton, Jr ., '44eng, and Mrs . Hamilton, Fort Worth, Texas, chose the name Melinda
for their (laughter born May 31 in the Harris hospital in Fort Worth . The Hamiltons have two
other daughters, Cynthia, 3, and Mary Clare, 13
months .
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WATSON-WHITE : Miss Myra Lou
Watson and Buford William White,
'44-'45, both of Seminole, were married
June 14 in the First Christian Church in Seminole.
White was affiliated with Pi Kappa Alpha, social
fraternity, at the University . The couple is living
in Seminole .
Lt . Earl W . Gray, Jr ., '45eng, and Mrs . Gray,
Pearl City, Hawaii, chose the name Sarah Elizabeth for their daughter born June 7 . The Grays
have another (laughter, Mary Ellen, 2 .
Major Jack L. Gregston, '45med, Marlow, was
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Paul C . Laird, '471ned, Perry, has been
promoted to the rank of captain while
serving with the 45th Infantry Division
in Korea . Laird organized and is in charge of the
Medical Course in the division's School of Standards, which was set up to train replacements for
specific jobs in the division .
Stanley J. Okerson, '47eng, is now employed by
Stanolind Oil and Gas Company's general office,
Tulsa, as a mechanical engineer . He was formerly
employed in their district office, Longview, Texas.
BYNUM-RIGGS : Miss Patricia Bynum, '4765,
'51ms, Henryetta, and Carl D . Riggs, Norinan,
were married June 1 in the First Baptist Church
in Henryetta . At the University, Mrs . Riggs served
as president of AWS, YWCA, Delta Gamma, social
sorority, member of Mortar Board, and recipient of
the Dad's Award for outstanding woman student in
the University . The couple is living at the University Biological Station, Lake Texoma, where Riggs
is serving as director. They will establish a home
in Norman this fall where Riggs will continue
his work as assistant professor of zoology .
Major Neal W . Harris, '476a, '50Law, Fort
Worth, Texas, has been named commanding officer of the 45th Division's 171st Field Artillery
Battalion in Korea.
James A . Trapp, '47eng, formerly of Minneapolis, Minnesota, is now living in Long Beach, California, where he is employed as a research engineer by North American Aviation.
Gerald A . Talbert, '476a, '50Law, formerly of
Kansas City, Missouri, is now living in Denver,
Colorado, where he is bond manager for O'Rourke
and Daniels, Inc ., General Insurance Agents .
Mitchell M . Lundy, '45-'47, and Mrs . Lundy,
the former Hildegarde Keneman, '47phys .ed,
Clarksdale, Mississippi, announced the birth of a
(laughter born July 16 . The baby was named
Elizabeth Diane .
John Rex Baker, '476us, and Mrs . Baker, Oklahoma City, announced the birth of a son born
May 26 in St . Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City .
The baby was named John Rex III.
Clayton E. Lee, '47geol, was recently employed
by the Sinclair Oil Company, Ardmore . Prior to
this position he was employed by the Brack Oil
Company, Wichita, Kansas .
Lewis H . Bond, Jr ., '47eng, Fort Worth, Texas,
recently resigned his position as head of Stanolind
Oil and Gas Company's North Texas-New Mexico
division proration section to accept an appointment
on the staff of the Fort Worth National Bank's oil
loan division .
Bill Ingler, '476a, '49ma, and Mrs . Ingler, the
former Marilyn Davis, '436a, are living in Washington, D . C., where Ingler is associated with the
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Council of State Governments . Ingler has been
working towards a doctor's degree at Northwestern
University for the past year .
Oscar E. Martin, '47eng, and Mrs . Martin, the
former Donna Livingston, '47ba, Dewey, Oklahoma, announced the birth of a son, Denis Eugene,
born May 31 in the Clinic hospital in Nowata .
Dr . James L . Green, '47nied, and Mrs . Green,
Ada, chose the name James Lanis III for their son
born June 10 in Valley View hospital in Ada.
Bill Clarke, '476a, formerly of Albuquerque,
New Mexico, was recently employed as television
sales manager for KGNC-'1'V in Amarillo, Texas .
Mr . and Mrs . Clarke have a 2-year-old daughter.
Capt . Clayton B . Turpin, '40-'43, '46'47, and Mrs . Turpin, the former June
Farley, '48bs, are now living in Salt
Lake City, Utah, where Turpin is an ROTC instructor at the University of Utah . Captain Turpin
recently returned to the U . S . after serving 14
months in Korea . The Turpins have one daughter, 2 .
Bill Green, '486s, has been employed by Stanolind Oil and Gas Company in the exploration land
department, Midland, Texas .
Dorothy Walters, '48ba, '51Lib .sci, has been
employed by Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, as a librarian .
Charles J . Cansler, '48ma, has been employed as
English and history teacher in the school system of
Elk City .
Robert Dwight White, '486us, and Mrs . White,
the former Anne Solliday, '48ba, Wichita Falls,
Texas, chose the name Dee Anne for their daughter born July 2 . White is employed as a landman
with Continental Oil Company in Wichita Falls.
Louis G. Belvedere, '48geol, and Mrs . Belvedere,
Abilene, Texas, announced the birth of a son born
June 6 in the Hendrick Memorial Hospital in Abilene. The baby was named Steven Louis .
Dr . Melvin Hess, '48zoo1, has been appointed instructor in anatomy at Emory University, Atlanta,
Georgia .
Burton Detning, '486s, '50m .ed, has been employed in the speech correction department of the
Wichita, Kansas, school system .
Elizabeth Clarkson, '48m .ed, was recently employed as an English teacher in the Putnam City
school system .
Dick Ratliff, '48journ, '50ma, who is public relations director at Southern State College, Magnolia, Arkansas, has been elected director of district
IX of the American College Public Relations Association .
Arthur T. Freeman, '48Law, and Mrs . Freeman,
the former Dorothy I . Dial, '43ed, formerly of
Wichita, Kansas, are now living in Shreveport,
Louisiana, where Freeman is district manager of
the land department of Louisiana and Arkansas
area of The Atlantic Refining Company . The
Freeinans have two children, Mary Ann and
Michael Arthur .
Thomas G . White, '486s, Springfield, Missouri,
was awarded a public health specialist degree from
the Harvard School of Public Healtli, Boston,
Massachusetts, on June 19 . White is a laboratory
technician with the Missouri Division of Health .
Jodie C . Smith, '48ms, '50ph .d, was recently
named
counselor of men at the University . Smith
had
been on military leave from the University
since 1950 .
Gene H . Thomas, '48ba, '501,aw, prominent
Woodward attorney, drowned June 8 in Fort Supply Lake, after his boat capsized . Thomas was
affiliated with Sigma Alpha Epsilon, social fraternity, at the University . He was a member of the
Oklahoma Bar Association, chairman of the Woodward County Republican committee, and a veteran
of World War II . He is survived by his parents,
Mr . and Mrs . Walter H . Thomas, Woodward .
SEPTEMBER, 1952
John Howard Morledge, '48ba, formerly of
Oklahoma City, was recently awarded his doctor
of medicine degree from Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio . Dr. Morledge will interne at
Duke Hospital, Durham, North Carolina.
Jack Stanley Goldstein, '48ms, Ithaca, New
York, has been awarded a Fulbright grant for
study of astrophysics at Kings College, University
of Cambridge, England .
Bobby Lee Morrison, '48Law, El Reno, who recently resigned as assistant county attorney of Canadian County, has opened an office for general
practice of law.
Edward D . Clements, '48eng, an employee of
Stanolind Oil and Gas Company in Midland,
Texas, has been transferred to Lubbock, Texas, and
named area geologist in the company's exploration
office.
. Lloyd L . Smith, Jr ., '496us, Battlesville, is stationed at Kwangkung, Korea,
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where he is commanding officer of a
detachment of engineers from the 81Ith A . E. Battalion .
Kenneth Oscar Adwan, '496s, graduated June 2
from the Southwestern Medical College of the University of Texas, Dallas, Texas . He will interne at
University Hospitals, Oklahoma City.
PA'I"TERSON-PRESLEY : Miss Gloria Patterson,
'48-'49, Ponca City, and Robert Presley II, '49eng,
Wichita Falls, Texas, were married in May in the
First Presbyterian Church in Ponca City . At the
University, Mrs . Presley, was a member of Alpha
Chi Oinega, social sorority, Racket Club, and
YWCA . Presley was affiliated with Sigma Tau and
Tau Beta Pi, honorary engineering fraternities,
Alpha Chi Sigma professional chemistry fraternity,
and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers,
The couple is living in Wichita Falls, Texas .
Joe E . Pierce, '49bs, is living in Bloomington, Indiana, where he is working toward a Ph . D . in anthropology at Indiana University .
Nat F. White, '49mus.ed, '52m .mus .ed, has
been named mustic director in the school system
in Noble .
Melvin Tower, '49Law, has resigned as Dewey
County Attorney to become associated with Raymond Plumlec, '33Law, in general practice of
law in- Cordell .
DARROUGH-TRAVIS : Miss Margaret Anne
Darrough, '496a, and Thomas Kyle Travis, '46-'51,
both of Oklahoma City, were married June 27 in
the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in
Oklahoma City . At the University, Mrs . Travis
was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, social sorority, Mortar Board, Ducks Club, and Spanish
Club. She was president of YWCA, a meinber of AWS executive council, was named a
BWOC, "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges" and received the
silver Letzeiser award . Travis was affiliated with
Theta Kappa Phi, social fraternity . The couple liar
established a home in Julesburg, Colorado.
Thomas C . Lout, '49pharm, and Mrs . Lout,
Oklahoma City, announced the birth of a son,
Thomas Mark, born June 5 in Wesley Hospital in
Oklalionia City. The Louts also have two daughters, Vicki Lynn, 4, and Becky Sue, 2 .
William C . McGehee, '496a, Bristow, was
awarded his bachelor of laws degree from Yale
University, New Haven, Connecticut, on June 9 .
Mr. and Mrs . Earl H . Furrey, Jr., the former
Carol Lee Willard, '49ba, formerly of Colorado
Springs, Colorado, have established a home in
Wichita, Kansas. The Furrcys have one son
Michael, 1 .
William D . Lund, '496us, '49Law, and Mrs .
Lund, the former Pat Hannan, '44drania, formerly
of Tulsa, have established a home in Oklahoma
City . The Lunds have two sons, Joe, 2, and Bill,
5 months .
Bob L . Cochran, '49bus, and Mrs . Cochran, the
former Carolyn Dice, '45-'48, formerly of Garden
City, Kansas, have established a home in Oktahoitaa
City . The Cochrans have one son, John Lee, 1 .
CAPES-BURGESS : Miss Elizabeth Capes, Great
Bend, Kansas, and Jinunie Burgess, '496us, Purcell,
were married June 22 in the First Presbyterian
Church in Great Bend . At the University, Burgess
was a member of Phi Eta Sigma, freshman honor
society, Beta Gamma Sigma, business fraternity,
and Kappa Kappa Psi, national hand organization .
The couple is living in Midland, Texas, where
Burgess is employed by the Sunray Oil Company .
J . Robert Andrews, '496us, Norman, has been
promoted to the rank of captain while serving
with the 45th Infantry Division in Korea . Captain
Andrews is an adjutant in the 120th Medical flattalion .
BOOTII-BLACK : Miss Shirley Marie Booth,
Tabor, Iowa, and F. Warren Black, '49hus, Kansas City, Missouri, were married February 16 in
the First Church of the Nazarene in Kansas City .
The couple is living in Kansas City where Black is
head accountant of the Nazarene Publishing House .
Henry L . Bowman, '49eng, Norman, was elected
vice commander of the 5th District of the American Legion at the district meeting at Bethany,
Oklahoma, on June 29 .
George A . Naifch, '496a, and Mrs . Naifeh,
1912 : Nothing Sacred
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amplings from . the Sooner Yearbook's
Lampoon section of 1912 .
An "advertisement" sold the campus paper in fine fashion. "Subscribe for the
Umpire. Our Motto: Last Week's News,
Week after Next . Published by : The last
of the Famous Lincoln County Editors and
Ray Homer Hustling Hann . Ably Assisted
by : `The Child Mayor' and a Not-able
Assistant Manager."
The Lampoon offered a year's subscription to anyone who could answer one of
the following questions:
Where did De Loss Walker?
Does Raymond Courtright?
Why did Louis Salter?
The Alumni notes section of the Lampoon offered the following intelligence :
R. E. Jaskson left this morning for Washington, 1) . C ., where he has a position as
sporting editor of the Congressional
Record .
We were pleased to note the appointment of judge Diamond-an old grad of
'12-to the enviable position of city lamppost inspector.
The Lampoon was a modest sheet. The
editors informed their readers that the
Lampoon would be "Published spasinodically as occasion demands. . ." Though
modest, the editors were on their promotional toes . To sell their product, they announced, "With each new subscription The
Lampoon will give a solid pine toothpick."
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the United States from Korea under the Army's rotation plan . Captain Wilson served as a member of
the Classification and Assignment Section.
Evelyn Elledge, '506a, is living in Hobbs, New
Mexico, where she was recently employed in the
elementary department of the Hobb's school system .
Hope Roach, '50ba, '52ma, has been employed
as a speech teacher at Southeast Highschool in
Oklahoma City.
Doris Radford, '506a, Norman, has been named
assistant editor of the college text division of McGraw Hill Book Company, New York City. During
the past year, Miss Radford attended the University on the Press fellowship which provides training and experience in various phases of publishing as a career .
Bruce W. Bowman, '50Law, has resigned his
position as legal and regulatory representative for
Prentice-Hall, Inc . to become industrial relations
analyst with the wage stabilization board in Dallas,
Texas .
FORMER Gov . Roy J . TURNER, FCC Chairman Paul Walker, '12Law, John Dunn, director of educational broadcasting services (Radio-TV) at O .U ., and John Woodworth, Oklahoma A&M
director of radio and TV services, appeared at an open legislative council meeting July 29 in
Oklahoma City to discuss the desirability of obtaining educational television for Oklahoma .
Tehran, Iran, chose the name Steven Woodward
for their son born June 19 in the British Nursing
Home in Tehran . Naifeh joined the U . S . Foreign
Service in 1951 and is now assigned as radio officer for Iran.
Ralph A . Myers, Jr., '49Law, El Reno, has resigned as county attorney of Canadian County .
Myers has opened an office for general practice of
law .
Warren Chrisman, '49Law, Lawton, was recently elected president of the Lawton Junior Chamber
of Commerce .
Roger K . Allen, '49Law, Stilwell, has been appointed assistant U . S . attorney for the eastern
Oklahoma District .
O
Onan Hill, '50ma, has been employed
in the English department of the El
Reno school system .
F . Dale Smith, '50eng, formerly of New Orleans, Louisiana, is living in Jackson, Mississippi,
where he is employed as structural engineer in the
consulting engineering firm of Mallett and Associates .
Russell Winston Hall, Jr ., '50ms, Houston,
Texas, is a candidate for the degree of doctor of
philosophy at the University .
Dexter H . Brown, '46-'50, recently returned to
the U . S . from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where he
had served two years with CINC Pacific Fleet Intelligence. Mrs . Brown and their daughter, Debra
Ann, 19 months, have also returned to the states
from Hawaii where they had established a home
during Brown's overseas assignment .
Lt . Norman DeGraffenreid, '50geol, '52ms, and
Mrs . DeGraffenreid, Oklahoma City, announced the
birth of a daughter born May 29 in St. Anthonys
hospital in Oklahoma City .
S. Sgt. Kenneth W . McCharen, '50ed, '51m .ed,
Norman, has been released from active duty with
the airforce . He had been on duty in the information and education office of the 118th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Shaw Airforce Base, South
Carolina .
Ensign Jordan C . Schreiber, '50bus, is on duty
aboard the USS Alcona, a navy cargo ship, in
Caribbean waters .
Lt . Jack R. Mills, '50arch, and Mrs . Mills, the
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former Earleen Simon, '49fa, formerly of San Antonio, Texas, have established a home in Oklahoma
City. Lt . Mills recently completed his tour of duty
with the airforce .
SMITH-TOLSON : Miss Virginia Appleby
Smith, '506a, Tulsa, and Ralph Meredith Tolson,
'50eng, Pawhuska, were married in June in the
First Methodist Church in Tulsa . At the University, Mrs . Tolson was a member of Kappa Kappa
Gamma, social sorority . Tolson was affiliated with
Beta Theta Pi, social fraternity .
HIGHT-WHEATLEY : Miss Donelda Hight,
Oklahoma City, and John Edgar Wheatley, '50
Law, Yukon, Oklahoma, were married June 14 in
the First Christian Church in Oklahoma City . At
the University, Wheatley was affiliated with Delta
Tau Delta, social fraternity, Phi Alpha Delta, legal
fraternity, and Delta Sigma Pi, business fraternity.
The couple has established a home in Oklahoma
City .
James R . Bigham, '506s, and Mrs . Bigham, the
former June Brodell, '50fa, chose the name Jana
Lynn for their daughter born June 4 in Wesley
hospital in Oklahoma City . The Bighams also have
a son, James Riley II, 2 .
Dee Eldridge Renshaw, '50arch, and Mrs . Renshaw, the former Mary Ellen Gresham, '49ba,
Wichita, Kansas, chose the name Dee Eldridge, Jr.,
for their son born June 14 in Wichita. The Greshams have another son, Bill, 1 .
HYDE-FORTNER : Miss Anne Louise Hyde, '50
ba, Durant, and Charles Henry Fortner III, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, were married June 11 in
the First Methodist Church in Durant. At the University, Mrs . Fortner was a member of Delta Delta
Delta, social sorority. The couple has established
a home in Harlingen, Texas .
Morton G . Cohen, '50bus, Tulsa, has been promoted to the rank of first lieutenant while serving in the military procurement section of Fourteenth Airforce Headquarters, Robins Airforce
Base, Georgia.
Robert J . Primo, '50geol, formerly of Midland,
Texas, has been named intermediate geologist in
Stanolind Oil and Gas Company's district office at
Lubbock, Texas .
Capt. Woodrow Wilson, '50geo1, Madill, a member of the 25th Infantry Division, has returned to
Airman 2/C Lou Sirota, '51ba, is stationed in Bellefontaine, Ohio, where he
is doing public information work for
the U . S . Airforce. Sirota has a radio show each
Saturday on WOHP in Bellefontaine and does rewrite stories for the Bellefontaine Examiner.
Norman McNabb, '516us, and Mrs. McNabb,
the former Betty Sue Neal, '49fa, Norman, announced the birth of a daughtter, Susan Carole,
born May 28 . The McNabbs also have a son, James
Neal.
ENG-WONG : Miss Lou Ellen Eng, '51ba, Bartlesville, became the bride of Stanley Henry Wong,
Olds, Alberta, Canada, recently in St . Luke's Episcopal Church in Bartlesville.
MILLER-HYDE : Miss Priscilla Robin Miller,
Baltimore, Maryland, became the bride of Herbert
Kenneth Hyde, Jr ., '49-'51, Oklahoma City, June
7 in the Methodist Church in Dundalk, Maryland .
Hyde was affiliated with Sigma Chi, social fraternity, at the University . The couple is living in Baltimore.
McCAUGHEY-WAUGH : Miss Mary McCaughey, '516a, Oklahoma City, and John Turner
Waugh, '50bus, Norman, were married June 7 in
the First Christian Church in Oklahoma City .
Waugh was a member of Sigma Chi, social fraternity, at the University . The couple has established a home in Norman .
ARLINE-SHIRLEY : Miss Amy Arline, Washington, D . C . and Lt . Jack Shirley, '51geo1, Oklahoma City, were married recently in the Mount
Vernon Place Methodist Church in Washington,
D . C . At the University, Lieutenant Shirley served
as president of his social fraternity, Delta Chi . The
couple is living in Dothan, Alabama, where Lieutenant Shirley is stationed with the army.
William M. Thomas, Jr ., '516a, '52Law, Pryor,
has been appointed Mayes County Attorney .
Edmond Lewis, '51m .ed, was recently named
principal and science teacher in the school system
in Beggs .
Jack Venable, '51ed, has been named coach at
the Amarillo, Texas, junior highschool . Formerly
he was coach at Broken Bow, Oklahoma, highschool .
HORSTMEIER-VANCE : Miss Geneva Horstmeier, '51ed, and Pvt . Leland Stanford Vance, Jr .,
'526us, both of Oklahoma City, were married June
20 in All Souls Episcopal Church in Oklahoma
City . At the University, Mrs . Vance was a member of Chi Omega, social sorority . Vance was affiliated with Sigma Alpha Epsilon, social fraternity .
The couple has established a home in San Antonio,
Texas, where Pvt. Vance is stationed at Fort Sam
Houston .
James Peabody, '516a, Oklahoma City, has been
appointed as one of the 10 graduate students in the
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United States to serve on the professor and graduate student summer seminar on foreign affairs
which is sponsored by the state department in
Washington, D . C .
KEATING-LEFFEL : Miss Patsy Ann Keating
and M . L . Leffel, Jr ., '51bus, both of San Angelo,
Texas, were married June 14 in the First Methodist Church in San Angelo . Leffel was affiliated
with Sigma Nu, social fraternity, at the University.
The couple is living in San Angelo .
ANDREWS-DONOVAN : Miss Ruth Elinor
Andrews, '51phys .ed, and Lt . James Clayburn Donovan, both of Oklahoma City, were married June
29 in Westminster Presbyterian Church in Oklahoma City . At the University, Mrs . Donovan was
affiliated with Kappa Alpha Theta, social sorority .
The couple has established a home at Fort Leonard
Wood, Missouri, where Lieutenant Donovan is
stationed .
ELLISON-SIMMONS : Miss Marilyn Sue Ellison,
'48-'52, Norman, and Lt. Robert Day Simmons,
'4R-'51, Oklahoma City, were married June 27 in
the First Christian Church in Norman . At the University, Mrs . Simmons was a member of Pi Beta
Phi, social sorority, associate editor of Sooner Yearbook, and a member of the Publications Board . Lt .
Simmons was affiliated with Sigma No, social fraternity . The couple is living in San Angelo, Texas,
where Lieutenant Simmons is stationed at Goodfellow Airforce Base .
HAZELWOOD-JOHNSON : Miss Norma Lee
Hazelwood, '51phys .ed, Oklahoma City, and John
Walker Johnson, Jr ., '51bs, Shawnee, were married
June 14 in Crown Heights Methodist Church in
Oklahoma City . At the University, Mrs . Johnson
was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta, social sorority. Johnson was affiliated with Phi Delta Theta,
social fraternity, and Phi Beta Pi, medical fraternity . The couple is living in Oklahoma City where
Johnson is a student in medical school.
WALTER-ALLEY : Marilyn Walter, '516a, Webster Groves, Missouri, and Bill Alley, '51bus, Tulsa,
were married June 6 in the Presbyterian Church
in Webster Groves . Mrs . Alley served as president
of Chi Omega, social sorority, while at the University . Alley was a member of the Interfraternity
Council and of Phi Kappa Sigma . The couple has
established a residence in Norman where Alley will
continue his law studies .
James Baxter, '51pharm, and Mrs . Baxter, Friona, Texas, chose the name Roger Alan for their
son born May 24.
STOCKTON-PSILLAS : Miss Betty Ruth Stockton, '51ed, Oklahoma City, and Harry C . Psillas,
'51eng, New York City, were married recently in
the First Baptist Church in Albuquerque, New
Mexico. At the University, Mrs . Psillas, was a member of Kappa Delta Phi, honorary education fraternity, the Student Senate, and League of Young Democrats . Psillas was affiliated with Phi Eta Sigma,
national honorary scholarship fraternity, and Phi
Tau Sigma, honorary mechanical engineering fraternity . The couple is living in Albuquerque .
JOHN-NELSON : Miss Janice L. John, '51ed,
Oklahoma City, and Bob J . Nelson, '516us, Chickasha, were married June 14 in Wee Kirk O'The
Heather, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale,
California . The couple is living in Anaheim, California .
Lt. James W. Andrews, '51, Kingfisher, stationed
with the U . S . Airforce in Nagoya, Japan, was
killed in a street accident .
Carrol Franklin Coates, '51ba, Oklahoma City,
has been awarded a Fulbright scholarship for study
in France during the school year 1952-53 . Coates
plans to attend the University of Toulouse where
he will study French language and literature .
Lt. Everette G . McGhee, Jr., '51eng, Oklahoma
SrPTEMBER, 1952
Sooner Sketch :
Walter B. Emery
thin man, filled with the youthfulness
that comes from purpose, sat across
the desk from the alumni assistant executive secretary, chatting about his days at
O .U ., and waiting for the Sooner Magazine
photographer .
Walter B . Emery, '34Law, was paying
Oklahoma a late July visit in a capacity that was new to him, to education and
to the TV industry . In mid-July Emery resigned his position with the Federal Communications Commission to accept a position as special consultant for the joint Committee on Educational Television .
Part of Emery's work involves providing
assistance to educational groups interested
in filing applications for non-commercial
educational stations . Oklahoma was interested in such a plan and Emery was signalled to attend a state education leaders'
meeting.
In summing up the reasons why Emery
was selected for the important role in helping establish educational TV, the chairman
of the Joint Committees said :
"He is an educator, with thirteen years
of university teaching experience . He is an
attorney, licensed to practice before the
District of Columbia Courts and the United
States Supreme Court . During the past nine
years, he has had an opportunity (with
FCC) to observe at close range the rapid
development of television in this country ."
Emery was born in Howe, Oklahoma, in
1907 . He attended elementary and secondary schools in Shawnee and took a B . A .
from Oklahoma Baptist University in 1929 .
He attended O .U.'s Law School and graduated in 1934 . Graduate work at Northwestern and Wisconsin earned him a Ph .D .
from the latter institution in 1939 .
Two hitches of teaching at O .U. in
speech and radio speech (1929-33 while
getting his LL .B . and again in 1938-40)
were sandwiched around two years as director of University radio station WNAD
and three years as speech instructor at Wisconsin while he worked for his Ph .D . From
1940 until 1943 he was director of the Ohio
Speech League and then began his association with FCC . Emery is married and has
three children . He lives in Chevy Chase,
Maryland .
WALTER EMERY, '34Law, Washington, D . C . receives a cup of coffee from Faculty Club Hostess
Mrs. Carroll Davidson during recent campus visit . Emery was in Oklahoma to talk with state
leaders about educational TV. With hum are long-time speech associates, John Dunn, director of educational broadcasting services, and Dr . Carl Ritzman, associate professor of speech .
City, is serving as assistant operations officer with
the 73rd Engineer Combat Battalion, 8th Army in
Korea .
Lt . Robert D . Allen, '51ba, Oklahoma City, who
recently completed the course at the Provost Marshal General's School, Camp Gordon, Georgia, is
now stationed in Korea .
Mr . and Mrs . Henry Washenfedler, the former
Lesa lowana Price, '51ed, are living in Casper,
Wyoming, where Washenfedler is employed as an
accountant by Stanolind Oil and Gas Company .
Leonard A . Weakley, Jr., '51phys .ed, and Mrs .
Weakley, the former Dorothy Strate, '49journ, are
living in Kansas City, Kansas . The Weakleys have
one son, Wade Paul, 11 months .
George A . Hall, '51ed, has been employed as an
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LT. ROBERT L. DONAHO, '51, Tucsson, Ariz ., is congratulated by X Corps Artillery Commander
Gen . Kenneth S . Sweany after receiving; the Air Medal during ceremonies in Korea . Donaho was
cited for meritorious achievement while serving as an aerial observer for an artillery battalion .
elementary teacher in the school system of Oklahoma City for the fall term .
Doris F. Stewart, '51Law, is living in Chickasha,
where she is employed as an English and speech
teacher for the fall school year.
MORRIS-WHITAKER : Miss Janet Carolyn
Morris, '51h.ec, Norman, and Gerald Bradford
Whitaker, '46-'50, Okmulgee, were married May
24 in the First Baptist Church in Norman. At the
University, Mrs . Whitaker was a member of Oikonomia, home economics organization, women's
choral group, and Pi Zeta Kappa . The couple is living in Camp Polk, Louisiana, where Whitaker is
stationed with the army.
GLANDER-LOOPER : Miss Joanne R . Glander,
'51music, Norman, and Robert B . Looper, '50-'52,
Oklahoma City, were married May 29 in the First
Christian Church in Norman . At the University,
Mrs . Looper was a member of Delta Gamma, social
sorority, Sigma Alpha Iota, music fraternity, Alpha
Lambda Delta, honorory freshmen society, Duck's
Club, and choral club . Looper is affiliated with
Sigma Phi Epsilon, social fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Alpha Delta, legal fraternity, and is editorin-chief of Oklahoma Law Review . The couple is
living in Norman where Looper is a senior in law
school .
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GREGORY-PORTER : Miss Marilyn
Jean Gregory, '52bs, and Ensign Asa
Stanley Porter, '51eng, '52m .eng, both
of Oklahoma City, were married June 12 . At the
University, Mrs . Porter was a member of Mortar
Board, Alpha Epsilon Delta, honorary pre-medical
fraternity, Phi Sigma, honorary biological fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa, and Pi Zeta Kappa, religious
organization . Porter was a member of Alpha Phi
Omega, service fraternity, St. Pat's Council, Tau
Omega, and Engineers Club . The couple established a home temporarily in Norfolk, Virginia,
until Ensign Porter has to report for active duty
aboard the USS Mississippi .
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WOODS-REICH : Miss Juana Sue Woods, '526a,
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and Charles W. Reich, '52bs, both of Oklahoma
City, were married recently in the Christ Church
in Oklahoma City . The couple is living in Aberdeen, Maryland .
MOUSER-STINNETT : Miss Joan Helen Mouser,
'526a, Perry, and Allan J. Stinnett, '52bus, Billings,
were married recently in St . Rose of Lima Church
in Perry . The couple is living in Wichita, Kansas,
where Stinnett is employed in the land department
of Stanolind Oil and Gas Company .
REINTHAL-IRBY : Miss Wilma Reinthal,'526a,
Norman, and Thomas Stuart Irby, '51ba, Shawnee, were married in June on the "Bride and
Groom" television program in New York City. At
the University, Mrs . Irby was a member of Delta
Phi Alpha, German Club, and Kappa Gamma
Epsilon . Irby is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, social fraternity, Delta Phi Alpha, and Phi
Eta Sigma . The couple is living in Stamford,
Connecticut.
James E . Osgood, '526us, and Mrs . Osgood,
Oklahoma City, chose the name Darcey Ann for
their daughter born June 7 in St. Anthonys hospital in Oklahoma Citty . The Osgoods also have a
son, Craig, 2 .
LITTLE-KARNES : Miss Jeannine Margaret Little, '52bs, Knowles, and William Ernest Karnes,
Jr ., '52bs, Oklahoma City, were married recently
in the First Presbyterian Church in Beaver . The
couple has established a home in Oklahoma City .
FULLER-ERDMANN :
'52bus, and William M .
June 14 in Norman . The
man where Erdmann is a
Miss Sally Ann Fuller,
Erdmann were married
couple is living in Norsenior in the University .
Anthony L. Wilkowski, '52eng, was recently
employed in the producing department of Stanolind Oil and Gas Company in Duncan .
HILL-GAMBILL : Miss Patricia Ruth Hill, '50'52, Durant, and Bruce Warren Gambill, '52ed,
Tulsa, were married June 4 in the First Methodist
Church in Durant . At the University, Mrs . Gambill
was a member of Theta Sigma Phi, honorary jour-
nalisin fraternity, Gamma Alpha Chi, professional
advertising fraternity, Sigma Tau Delta, English
literary fraternity, and Delta Delta Delta, social
sorority. Gambill was affiliated with Alpha Phi
Omega, service frateernity, Scabbard and Blade,
honorary military fraternity, and Lambda Chi
Alpha, social fraternity. The couple is living in
Lawton where Gambill is on duty as a lieutenant
in the army at Fort Sill .
KROUTIL-WRIGHT : Miss KathrynRae Kroutil,
'52mus .ed, and Clarence Rankin Wright, Jr ., both
of Yukon, were married June 6 in the First Methodist Church in Yukon . At the University, Mrs .
Wright was a member of Chi Omega, social sorority, Sigma Alpha Iota, music fraternity, and Women's Choral Club . The couple is living in Yukon .
David M. Clary, '52eng, has been employed in
the producing department of Stanolind Oil and
Gas Company, Alvin, Texas .
HARTMAN-NELSON : Miss Ann Frances Hartman, '52drama, Oklahoma City, and Elmer Cole
Nelson, '52bus, Duncan, were married June 1
in the First Baptist Church in Oklahoma City . At
the University, Mrs . Nelson was a member of Alpha
Phi, social sorority, and the University Players . Nelson was affiliated with Pi Kappa Alpha, social fraternity.
MATLOCK-BILLINGSLEY : Miss Nancy May
Matlock, '52ed, and James G . Billingsley, Jr ., '52
bs, both of Norman, were married May 31 in McFarlin Memorial Methodist Church in Norman . At
the University, Mrs . Billingsley was a member of
Delta Delta Delta, social sorority, Kappa Phi, Mcth-
1922 : Unusual Minutes
E
ditors of the SoonerYearbook provoked
a number of chuckles by their unusual
presentation of minutes of fraternity and
sorority meetings in 1922 . Samples:
"Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Meeting called to
order by Emperor Edmondson. Roll Call
answered by squads . Music by Sigma Epsilon Saxaphone Four . Talk, "Why I ain't
a Sigma Chi" by Ed Ligon. Wendell Long
excused to lower price of dance halls . . ."
"Sigma Chi. Meeting called to order by
Neal Sullivan at La Bushwa . . . Motion
made that we pledge Ed Ligon right away
so that some of the other brothers will have
a chance to use Bro. Sullivan's car . . . Motion made by Sullivan to remove motion
relative to pledging of Ligon from the
books as he was just pledged by Sig Alph
. . . Resolution pass that we didn't want
Ligon anyway . . . Charles P. Collins,
Scribe ."
"Phi Delta Theta . Meeting called to order by L. Hagy . Minutes illegible on account of intoxication of secretary last meeting. Bills allowed : on grocery and meat bill
$5 . Haskell fined for spitting tobacco juice
on the floor. Moved and passed that we
pledge next six agreeable men who make
letters in football . Moved that we ask Bro.
McDermott to help us get more athletic
letters . Carried . . . Ivan Lehrer awarded
chapter popularity cup for first semester . . .
Clifford Bowles, Scribe ."
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odist girls sorority, and PEO Sisterhood . Billingsley
is affiliated with Acacia, social fraternity, and Phi
Chi, medical fraternity . The couple is living in
Oklahoma City, where Billingsley is a sophomore
in medical school .
LYNN-ESKRIDGE : Miss Barbara Jean Lynn,
'52mus .ed, Medford, and Edward Allen Eskridge,
'51bus, Oklahoma City, were married June 22 in
the Methodist Church in Medford. At the University, Mrs . Eskridge was a member of Alpha Chi
Omega, social sorority. Eskridge served as presi(lent of Kappa Sigma, social fraternity . The couple
is living in Oklahoma City .
GOODMAN-LANGSAM : Miss Dorothy Goodman, '48-'52, Oklahoma City, and Herbert Langsam, '52pharm, New York City, were married recently in Emanuel synagogue in Oklahoma City .
GREEN-DURRETT : Miss Barbara Jean Green,
'52ed, Seminole, and William E . Durrett, '526us,
Oklahoma City, were married June 12 in the First
Methodist Church in Seminole . At the University,
Mrs . Durrett was a member of Alpha Chi Omega,
social sorority, varsity cheerleader, and Kappa Delta
Pi, honorary educational fraternity . Durrett was a
member of Kappa Sigma, social fraternity.
PECKENPAUGH-ALEXANDER : Miss Rosalie
Carter Peckenpaugh, '526a, Muskogee, and Lindsay
Lee Alexander, '526a, Guyman, were married June
14 in Grace Episcopal Church in Muskogee. At the
University, Mrs. Alexander was a member of Pi
Beta Phi, social sorority. Alexander was affiliated
with Sigma Alpha Epsilon, social fraternity . The
Project Icicle . .
dip, the depth decreasing to 11,500 . The last couple of days the wind has been NW and
we are backing off again. We are most anxious to know what we are coming upon .
We took a sounding at the pole and got 14,000 . We are starting now to lay out detectors
the length of the island (about 10 miles) for some refraction shots. A plane from Alaska
will come out and drop 500 lb . bombs for us when we are ready. We necessarily started
out on a shoestring but fortunately we had meteorological equipment, current measuring
equipment, surveying equipment, some oceanograpic gear and seismic equipment. I am
coming out in June to get a marine biologist, oceanographer and cryologist . Yesterday
Craig and I made a trip around the perimeter (31 miles) . On the east end we found a
line of boulders two miles long, some of which weigh tons . It looks to me like New
England granite-like they put on the front of a bank . Thin layers of dirt lie every
few feet in the ice for as deep as we have cored (about 25 ft .) . The general elevation above
sea level is 30' to 35'. W have a Frost gravity meter which indicates a bobbing period of
about 40 sec. From that you can make your own guess about the thickness. I suspect that
numerous fresh water lakes are trapped in the ice . One such lake near the camp we use
for a water supply . It is 11' deep and lies under 8' of ice.
We are all having great fun now that the temperatures are comfortable . We have seen
bear tracks twice and fox signs twice but no living thing. I am planning to go sit by a
lead one day soon and try to find a seal .
Please give my best to our mutual friends. . .
Cordially yours, Joe
(Lt. Col . J. O. Fletcher, '41bs)
1n a letter to President G. L. Cross, Dr . Schriever gives a thumbnail sketch of
Lt . Col. f . O. Fletcher, '41 bs .
Dear President Cross:
Radio's Menace in 1932
F
reshmen information for the school
year 1932-33 included : The freshman
uniform this year will be red cap, red
sweater and white trousers . Freshmen are
supposed to wear these uniforms to football games. The entire uniform costs $4 .35 .
No one dreamed of a TV ruckus in football . Radio was the enemy of the gate 20
years ago. The Sooner Magazine noted the
controversy : "Big Six football games will
be broadcast this year as in the past, although there was some opposition to doing
so at a meeting of the various athletic directors in Kansas City . . ."
The Sooner for October, 1932, had words
of praise of the football team . "One of the
most outstanding and colorful players ever
to grace Oklahoma's gridiron is Paul
Young, Norman . Fans who have watched
the University's pig-skin heroes for years
have rated Young as one of the greatest
centers of all time, along with Roy Campbell, '08, Roy Spears, '1l, Dow Ham, '2'.1,
and Pollack "Polly" Wallace, '26."
A marriage of note took place October 4,
1932 . Miss Margaret Monroney, '31ba, and
Dr. Frank Harbison were married in Oklahoma City .
Parking was no problem for students in
the depression year. Auto permits were
granted to 72 students by the members of
the University car committee that year .
SEPTEMBER,
1952
I am sure you often wish for interesting news concerning graduates of O.U . I have
a letter from the North Pole which, I believe, will be of interest to you. . . He (Colonel
Fletcher) completed A.F . meteorology training and then fighter pilot training . He served
in meteorological research for the A.F . during and since the war. In January 1950 he
visited in my home with his bride; he was on his way to Fairbanks, Alaska, to command
the squadron which flies to the North Pole and back and to Tokyo and back, every
few days .
These men located the floating ice islands in the Arctic Ocean on their flights. The
largest is T-3 (about 9 x 7 miles) ; Joe got the A.F . to approve his expedition . He and
two other men flew from Greenland to T-3 and landed on it and set up housekeeping
and observations last spring-it was 55 ° below zero F. at that time . At least three different stories in Life, with pictures, have appeared since last January ; two concerned T-3.
The weather station on T-3 is Joe's idea and he deserves a lot of credit for getting the
Air Force to provide the necessary men and equipment .
Needless to say I am proud of Joe. Sincerely yours, William Schriever.
(Ed's Note : Dr . Schriever is chairman of the Physics Department .)
couple is living in Petersburg, Virginia, where Alexander is stationed at Fort Lee.
MARSHALL-WALKING STICK : Miss Jerry
Marshall, '52ed, Chandler, and Benjamin Thacker
Walkingstick, '526us, Tulsa, were married June 10
in the Manvel Avenue Christian Church in
Chandler .
HESSE-CUNNINGHAM : Miss Angelyn Frances
Hesse, Purcell, and Joseph Alfred Cunningham, '52
ed, Norman, were married May 2 in Henrietta,
Texas . Cunningham was a member of Delta Epsilon and the "O" Club at the University.
BULLARD-GOERKE : Miss Melba Bullard, Edmond, and Earl R . Goerke, '52Law, Watonga,
were married recently in the Y Chapel of Song in
Ethnond . At the University, Goerke was affiliated
with Phi Alpha Delta, legal fraternity . The couple
has established a home in Louisville, Kentucky .
JOHNSON-STAUFFER : Miss Joan Johnson, '52
ba, and Dale Eugene Stauffer, '52eng, both of
Chickasha, were married June 7 in the First Baptist
Church in Chickasha . At the University, Mrs. Stauffer was a member of Chi Omega, social sorority .
Stauffer is affiliated with Delta Tau Delta, social
fraternity, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Tau, Pi Tau Sigma,
and Scabbard and Blade .
Dick Mayes, '526us, has been named assistant
manager of the Oklahoma City Safety council .
KING-BOECKMAN : Miss Mary Linn King,'50'51, Norman and Charles Henry Boeckman, '52
geol, Okeene, were married June 7 in St . Joseph
Catholic Church in Norman . At the University,
Mrs. Boeckman was a member of Gamma Phi Beta,
social sorority, and the Newman club . Boeckman
was affiliated with Theta Kappa Phi, social fraternity. The couple is living in Okccne .
Howard G . Wilshire, '526a, Oklahoma City, recently sailed from New York City for a five-month
tour of Europe .
PA'T'RICK-HANDY : Miss Deirdre Cathleen Patrick, '52ba, Shawnee, and William John Handy,
'476a, '49ma, formerly of Springfield, Massa-
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chusetts, were married June 14 in the home of
the bride's parents . At the University, Mrs. Handy
was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, social sorority . The couple is living in Norman where Handy
is working as a graduate assistant in the English
department while completing work on his Ph . D .
Mrs . W . Dale Davies, the former Thelma Perdue, '51ba, '52m .ed, formerly of Ponca City, has
been employed by the YWCA in Oklahoma Citty.
William S . Spence, '526s, and Mrs . Spence, the
former Mildred Youngblood, '40ed, arc now living in Rochester, New York, where Spence is cm-
INSURANCE
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King G. Price Agency
118 N. Peters
Norman
48
Oklahoma 1892-1942 .
Clark Cleaners
Hal Muldrow, .1r .
'28
Insurance of all Kinds
Bonds
Security National Bank Bldg .
Norman
Keep a Roof Over Your Head
SELLERS
ROOFING CO .
Roofers of Cleveland County homes and
businesses for 18 years .
Norman
Phone 354
War signs were everywhere. "Under a
new plan proposed by the Office of Civilian
Defense, the University has been selected
. . . to hold a Civilian Camouflage Institute . . . ... Sooner news item .
The only three executive secretaries that
had ever served the Alumni Association
were all in service. Ted Beaird, '21ba, deceased, had just been granted a leave of absence and Richard Cloyd, '19ba, '28Law,
and Frank Cleckler, '21ba, were already in
service.
A listing of army rank in September,
1942, showed alumni serving as brigadier
generals (1), colonels (8), lieutenant colonels (32), majors (112), captains (364),
lieutenants (1,370), aviation cadets (160),
sergeants (72), corporals (70), privates
(131) . Total, 2,320 .
The sports outlook in '42 was beginning
to take on a dark hue. War was draining
the manpower that in following years
diminished the sparkle of intercollegiate
athletics.
FOOD DISTRIBUTORS SINCE 1879
BUILDING MATERIALS
Of All Kinds
Long-Bell Lumber Co .
227 W . Main
Phone 51
Norman
WELCOME NEW SOONERS
We Appreciate Your Patronage
FIRST
BANK
NATIONAL
Phil C . Kidd, President
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA
HIRSCH-SWAN CORPORATION
Carrier Air Conditioning
Oklahoma City
Phone 2-6133
2 N . W . 6th
SOME OF OUR LINES :
Libby's Fruits-Vegetables-Meats-Pickles
Moon Rose Foods
Nu Crest Foods
Peacock Flour
Mrs . Tucker's Shortening
Crystal Preserves & Jellies
French's Extracts and Spices
Welch's Preserves & Jellies
Potts Red River Chili
The Latest . . . .
WHOLESALE GROCERS
Norman, Phone 117
Oklahoma City, Phone 7-3716
Norman, Pauls Valley, Ardmore, Oklahoma
Ft . Worth and Gainesville, Texas
10 West Grand
TYLER & SIMPSON CO.
919
mentary teacher in the Dallas school system .
Robert C . Hager, '52bus, an employee in the
Oklahoma City marketing division of Continental
Oil Company, has been promoted from merchandiser in training to marketing clerk.
Mrs. Martha McGowcn, '526a, is living in Tonkawa, where she has been employed as a social
science teacher in the highschool for the fall term .
Anniversary and War in '42
eptember, 1942 . A 9-month old war and
a 50th anniversary . Both were having
their effect on the Universitty .
Much was being written and said about
the University's first 50 years. Many people were dabbling in predictions of the
glories ahead in the second half century.
Dr . Goy Gittinger, '02ba, had just published his new book, The University of
PHONE
129 W. Rich
ployed by Eastman Kodak Company .
James B . Corey, '52m .ed, was recently employed
as a ninth grade teacher in the Wichita, Kansas,
school system .
Beverly Goudelock, '52fa, has been employed as
a service representative by the Southwestern Bell
Telephone Company in Oklahoma City.
Virginia Hilliard, '52m .ed, is living in Fort
Smith, Arkansas, where she has been employed as
a teacher for the fall term .
Sylvia D . Nedow, '52mus .ed, is living in Dallas,
Texas, where she was recently employed as an ele-
IN HOME FURNISHINGS
Let us furnish your new home with the highest quality
furniture . . at prices to fit your budget . When in Oklahoma
City, come in and see our complete line of home furnishings .
Monroney's
Doc & Bill Furniture Co.
Oklahoma City
Phone 3-1401
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