Calling the Roll of Sooner Classes-1910-

NEWBY-RAY : Miss Jessie Dimple Newby,'106a, '25ma, and Louis B . Ray, both of Edmond,were married in Oklahoma City on August 4 .Mrs. Ray, who holds a doctor's degree from theUniversity of Iowa at Iowa City, is head of thedepartment of classical languages at Central StateCollege at Edmond . She is a member of Phi BetaKappa scholastic fraternity. Professor Ray, agraduate of the University of Indiana at Bloom-ington and George Peabody College at Nashville,Tennessee, is head of the department of educationat Central State College. The couple are makingtheir home in Edmond .

-1912-Edwin D . Minteer, '126a, Norman, resigned

recently as managing editor of the Rocky Moun-tain News, Denver, Colorado, to become executiveeditor of the Albuquerque journal, Albuquerque,New Mexico .

-1915-Eugene D. McMahon, '156a, formerly of Law-

ton, died on July 6 in San Antonio, Texas, at theage of 50 . A native of Kansas, Mr . McMahonmoved to Lawton at the age of six . After grad-uating from O.U. he became business manager ofthe Lawton News, a position he held until thefirst World War. During the war he attained therank of lieutenant, serving as an aerial observer.He later became an oil broker in San Antonio,where he lived until the time of his death .Mr. McMahon was a member of Sigma AlphaEpsilon fraternity and Sigma Delta Chi honoraryfraternity for men in journalism . Survivors in-clude his mother, Mrs . Louise D. McMahon, SanAntonio, with whom in 1940 Mr . McMahonformed the McMahon Foundation at Lawton, acharitable institution founded as a memorial tohis father, E . P . McMahon, who died in 1936 .

-1919-John Burks, '18-'19, has resigned his position

as vice president and treasurer of the First Fed-eral Savings and Loan Association of Shawnee tobecome vice president of the Classen Real EstateCompany in Oklahoma City . Before joining theShawnee firm in 1927, Mr . Burks was a bankerin Weatherford .

- 1920-Helen Zenor, '206m, died in a Henryetta hos-

pital on July 28 following a long illness . She was65 years old . Miss Zenor was formerly super-visor of music in the Henryetta schools . At onetime she taught music at Central State College inAda and at Missouri Normal College in War-rensburg . Miss Zenor studied music at theBeethoven Conservatory in St. Louis, Missouri, andmade several tours as an operatic singer in Mis-souri before coming to the University .

1923ENGELL-FRANCE : Mrs . Margherita Goodrum

Engell, Algiers, Algeria, and Charles E . France,'23law, Oklahoma City, were married on July26 in New York . Mrs . France, originally fromCopenhagen, Denmark, was living in Paris atthe time of the German conquest of France andmoved from there to Algiers . She arrived inNew York aboard the Sagittair two days beforeher marriage. Mr . France, president of the Okla-homa Bar Association, was formerly a lieutenantcolonel stationed in Algiers as chief judge advo-cate of the 12th Air Service Command . Thecouple are making their home in Oklahoma City .

Miss Jamie Louise Revelle, '23ed, OklahomaCity music teacher, died on July 7 in OklahomaCity after a short illness . She was 63 years old .Miss Revelle had taught music at Culbertson

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School in Oklahoma City since 1922 . Previouslyshe taught at Classen High School there, Hugo,and Purcell . Survivors include her mother, Mrs .I. K . Revelle, Oklahoma City, and a brother,Harry H . Revelle, '24ba, Ardmore.

-1924-Mrs . Margaret Moore Swann, '24he, formerly

of Purcell, died at her home in Tucson, Arizona,on July 7 . Before moving to Tucson in December,1929, Mrs . Swann taught school at Driftwood,Oklahoma, Fairfax and Manford, Oklahoma . She

On Shrivenham FacultyDr. Harvey A . Andruss, '24ba, president of

Bloomsburg State Teachers College at Bloomsburg,Pennsylvania, has been appointed professor ofaccounting and allied subjects at the Army's Uni-versity Study Center at Shrivenham, England,which opened in July . The Study Center offerscourses of study patterned after regular universitysummer school courses to Army personnel in theEuropean theater not engaged in full-time mili-tary duties .Dr. Andruss, who joined the Bloomsburg facul-

ty in 1930, organized the department of busi-ness education there . In September, 1939, he wasnamed dean of instruction and acting head of thecollege, and in January, 1941, he was appointedpresident . Before going to Bloomsburg, Dr . An-(truss was superintendent of schools at PoncaCity and served on the faculty of Indiana StateTeachers College. He holds M.A . and Ph.D de-grees from Northwestern University, Evanston,Illinois .

was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority,Delta Psi Kappa honorary athletic sorority andOikonomia home economics organization . Sur-vivors include a sister, Mrs . C. B . Memminger(Ruth Moore, '20bm, '26ba), Atoka .

- 1929-RUDDER-BICKEL: Miss Clara Alice Rudderand Dewey Bickel, '29ma, both of Enid, weremarried there on June 30 . Mrs . Bickel holdsbachelor's and master's degrees from Phillips Uni-versity, Enid, and had done additional studyingat Columbia University, New York City. She isemployed as librarian at Longfellow Junior HighSchool in Enid . Mr . Bickel, who also attendedPhillips University, was graduated from CentralState College at Edmond . He is a history teacherat Longfellow Junior High School . The coupleare living in Enid .

-1930-Mrs. Jewell Crouch Adams, '30m.ed, Shawnee,

is a Red Cross assistant field director with ageneral hospital unit in the South Pacific .

-1931-Dick Pearce, '31ba, member of the editorial

staff of the San Francisco Examiner, is the authorof a serial which ran recently in the SaturdayEvening Post entitled "Outpost." The story dealswith warfare between whites and Indians in theyears following the Civil War.

Charles Tant, '29, and Mrs . Tant (ChristineJames, '31fa) have moved from Norman toRanches of Taos, New Mexico, where they havean adobe home in the mountains . Mr . Tant, for-mer superintendent of the Journalism Press, In-corporated, at the University, planned to devotefull time to painting. He is a member of theSangre de Cristo art group which is centered inTaos .

-1932-Rev . Luman T . Cockerill, '32ba, and Mrs.

Cockerill (Geraldine Speyers, '34ba) have chosenthe name Robert Michael for their son bornJuly 30 at Wynnewood .

Lt. John H . Frederickson, Jr ., '32eng, Okla-homa City, and Mrs. Frederickson are the parentsof a son, Christopher John, born on August 1 atthe Naval Hospital at Norman .The leading role in Arch Oboler's play Great

Day, broadcast over the Mutual Broadcasting Sys-tem August 2 commemorating the 38th anniver-sary of the United States Army Air Forces, wastaken by Van Heflin, '32ba, Hollywood star re-cently released from Army duty . The play con-cerned an Air Force lieutenant assigned to dutyat Potsdam during the recent Big Three conferencethere.KLOVER-MILLER : Miss Avis Lorna Mover,

Abilene, Kansas, lieutenant in the WAC, and Lt .Charles R . Miller, '30-'32, Tulsa, were marriedJune 23 in Montgomery, Alabama . Mrs . Millerwas stationed at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aber-deen, Maryland . Lieutenant Miller, who also at-tended Tulsa University, was stationed at Mont-gomery with the Transportation Corps of theArmy .MORRISON-ROURKE : Miss Mary Herndon

Morrison, '32ba, Oklahoma City, and Clifford S .Rourke, Dallas, Texas, were married August6 in Oklahoma City . Mrs . Rourke, who also at-tended Oklahoma City University and SweetBriar College at Sweet Briar, Virginia, is amember of Chi Omega sorority . Mr. Rourke isassociated with the American Transfer andStorage Company in Dallas, where the coupleare living.

1934-FORTSON-CUMMINGS : Mrs . Louise Kayser

Fortson, '34ba, Chickasha, and Lt . Col . LincolnM . Cummings, Fayetteville, Arkansas, were mar-ried July 11 at Chickasha . Mrs . Cummings is amember of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority . ColonelCummings, a graduate of the University of Ark-ansas at Fayetteville, returned recently after serv-ing for 18 months in Europe and was stationedat Fort Jackson, South Carolina . ]'he couple planto make their home in Fayetteville after the war .Dr . Margaret Kaeiser, '34bs, '36ms, formerly of

McAlester and now on the faculty of St . JosephCollege in West Hartford, Connecticut, has beenmade a fellow of the American Association forthe Advancement of Science . Holder of a doc-tor's degree from the University of Illinois, Dr .Kaeiser has spent two summers as research assis-tant in the department of genetics of the CarnegieInstitute in Washington, D.C. Last summer shewas director of a museum of the Palisades Inter-state Park Commission at Bear Mountain, NewYork . Dr. Kaeiser is a member of Sigma Xi hon-orary research fraternity, Phi Sigma biology frater-nity, Sigma Delta Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, theConnecticut Valley Society of Bacteriologists andthe Oklahoma and Illinois Academies of Science .

" 1935-BAIRD-BIERMAN : Miss Dorothy Marion Baird,

'35fa, Oklahoma City, and Norman M . Bierman,Milwaukee, Wisconsin, were married July 9 inOklahoma City. Mrs . Bierman, a member ofGamma Phi Beta sorority and El Modjii art fra-ternity, also attended Monticello College, Alton,Illinois . She has been employed as an art teacherat Britton High School for several years . Thecouple have established a home in Oklahoma City,where Mr . Bierman is in the dental supply busi-ness .

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1936-Richard A, Billups, Oklahoma City attorney

and father of five alumni, died at his home onAugust 6 following a heart attack . He was 67years old . Mr . Billups, a law graduate of Cum-berland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, was theauthor of Oklahoma's prohibition law. He waselected to the state senate in 1907 . Mr. Billupsserved in the first World War, holding the rankof major. Survivors include Mrs . Billups, twosons, Richard A . Billups, Jr ., '25, and WilliamT . Billups, '361aw, both Oklahoma City attorneys,and three daughters, Mrs . J . B . Greene (VirginiaBillups, '28fa), and Mrs . Roy W. Hann (IreneBillups, '30ed), both of Oklahoma City, andMrs . Joe Coley (Sarah Billups, '37ed), Bethesda,Maryland .

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1937-James Kenneth Davis, '36-'37, Oklahoma City,who returned to the United States last Aprilafter being liberated from a German prison campby the Russians, has been appointed a govern-ment representative with the United Nations Re-lief and Rehabilitation Authority . Formerly alieutenant in the Paratroops, Mr . Davis receivedan honorable discharge from the Army . In hisnew position he expected to return to Europe withan U.N.R .R .A . commission.

Glenn A . Williams, '34-'37, former Enid news-paperman, has been assigned to overseas dutywith the Associated Press . Mr . Williams joinedthe A .P . staff at Jefferson City, Missouri, in 1941,and since then has worked for the A .P . in KansasCity, Missouri, and Wichita, Kansas . He had pre-viously been employed with radio station KCRCat Enid and later was reporter and deskman onthe Enid News and Eagle . Mr . Williams wasworking with the A.P . in Jefferson City when hereceived his overseas assignment.

-1938-ETHERIDGE-COLLINS : Miss Peggy June

Etheridge and Lt. Foley D . Collins, '37-'38, bothof Oklahoma City, were married July 2 in Okla-homa City . Lieutenant Collins, who returned re-cently from two years of overseas service, was apatient in McCloskey General Hospital, Temple,Texas, before being re-assigned to duty .CROCKER-ROEHRIG : Miss Martha Crocker,

'37-'38, Tulsa, and Maj . William I) . Roehrigwere married June 30 in Kansas City, Missouri .Mrs . Rochrig, a member of Kappa Kappa Gam-ma sorority, is a graduate of Duke University,Durham, North Carolina . She returned recentlyafter serving for 15 months in the Pacific area asa secretary in the American Red Cross militarywelfare service . Major Rochrig, who also re-cently returned from service in the Pacific, wasattending Command and General Staff School atFort Leavenworth, Kansas .

Private rites were held in Norman on AugustI for Kenneth L . Dougal, Jr., four-day-old sonof Tech . Sgt . Kenneth L. Dougal and Mrs.Dougal (Alfreda Sloan, '38he) . Sergeant Dougalwas stationed in the South Pacific with a B-29squadron .Edwin Schilde, '386a, former band director at

Marlow and Fox, has been named director of theNorman High School band . Mr . Schilde hasrecently been employed at the Douglas Aircraftplant in Oklahoma City . Under Mr . Schilde'sdirection, the Marlow band won several districtcontests in marching and playing and took topprizes at the Tri-State meet in Enid . Mr . Schildeplayed in the O.U . band throughout his Universitycareer, and in 1937-38 was awarded a silvertrophy as the best all-around band member .

-1939-SMITH-BLACK : Miss Annabelle Smith and

Lt . Samuel C . Black, Jr ., '37-'39, both of Okla-homa City, were married on July 12 at Quantico,Virginia . Lieutenant Black served overseas withthe Marine Corps for two and one-half yearsbefore being assigned to duty at Quantico. Thecouple established a home in Alexandria, Virginia .

Martha Fogle, '396a, former librarian at Cen-

One of Broadway's Newest and Loveliest Young Stars

Frances Heflin, '37-'38, has returned to thecast of I Remember Mama, one of Broadway'stop-ranking hits, after leaving it temporarily toplay Miranda in Margaret Webster's revival ofThe Tempest . Miss Heflin has the part of Christinein I Remember Manta, a John Van Druten playstarring Mady Christians and Oscar Homolka.Since making her debut as a maid in Charley'sAunt in 1940, Miss Heflin has appeared in TheWalrus and the Carpenter, All in Favor, TheWorld's Full of Girls, Sheppy and The Skin of

tral High School in Bartlesville, is employed assecretary of the First Presbyterian Church there .

Kenneth Harris, '39ba, and Webster L. Benham,Jr ., '436a, staff members of radio station KOMAin Oklahoma City, are in charge of the KOMANews, a four-page paper containing news oflocal and national radio affairs . Mr . Harris isdirector of publicity at KOMA and Mr . Benhamis sales promotion manager .PATTON-DuBOIS : Miss Elizabeth Patton,

'39fa, Chickasha, and Rene Edward DuBois, WestSomerville, Massachusetts, were married June 3in Manila, Philippine Islands . Mrs . DuBois, amember of Alpha Chi Omega sorority, belongedto Thalian speech club, El Modjii, and Phi ZetaKappa national religious fraternity while at-tending O.U . She has been serving with the RedCross in Australia and the Philippines as a clubdirector and assistant field director . Mr . DuBois,who was graduated from the Massachusetts Insti-tute of Technology at Cambridge, is serving withthe Military Intelligence department in the Philip-pines .

-1940-Henry M. Black, '40eng, formerly of Oklahoma

City, and Mrs . Black (Virginia Sutherland,'39soc .wk) are the parents of a son born May 4in Memphis, Tennessee .DODSON-ST . ONGE : Miss Ruth Dodson,

'38-'40, Willow, and Capt. Arthur P . St . Onge,Sioux City, Iowa, were married June 28 in Okla-homa City . Mrs . St. Onge, a graduate of Okla-homa College for Women at Chickasha, has beenemployed with American Airlines in New YorkCity and Tucson, Arizona . Captain St. Onge, agraduate of Trinity College in Sioux City, re-turned to the United States recently after servingfor 34 months overseas .

Our Teeth, in which she made her first big hitwith critics and audiences . In it she played thepart of Gladys Antrobus, Frederic March'sdaughter . Miss Heflin entered the theater by wayof radio, appearing on such programs as Auntjenny, Cavalcade, Words at War, Big Sister andColumbia Workshop. The sister of Hollywoodactor Van Heflin, '326a, Miss Heflin in privatelife is Mrs . Sidney Kaufman . Her husband is alieutenant in the Navy .

PETERS-EVINS : Miss Juanita Peters, McAlester,and Fort Worth, Texas, and Staff Sgt . StephenL . Evins, '32-'40, Wilburton, were married June 8in Fort Worth . Mrs. Evins was formerly employedwith the Treasury Department in San Francisco,California, and Fort Worth . Sergeant Evins wasstationed at Kelly Field, Texas . The couple wereliving near there in San Antonio .SCHWAB-HUNT : Miss Jacqueline Schwab and

Lt . Albert C. Hunt, Jr ., '38-'40, both of Okla-homa City, were married there on August 15 .Mrs . Hunt is a graduate of Lindenwood Collegeat St . Charles, Missouri . Lieutenant Hunt, amember of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, at-tended Oklahoma Military Academy at Claremoreas well as the University . He recently returned tothe United States after serving for two and ahalf years with the 12th Air Force in Africa,Sicily and Italy . He was to report for duty atGoldsboro, North Carolina .REBIERE-KEESTER: KEESTER: Miss Jacqueline Rebicre,Digne, France, and Capt . John F . Keester, '35-'40,were married early in June in Marseille, France .Captain Keester was stationed in southern Ger-many with the 101st Airborne division . Servingas best man at the wedding was Lt . Col . JohnCooper, '36ba, Wewoka .MOORMAN-BARTON : Miss LaMerne Moor-

man, '40phys .ed, Tulsa, and W . D . Barton, '41,Norman, chief pharmacist's mate in the Navy,were married July 8 at Norman . Mrs . Bartonteaches physical education in the Tulsa publicschools . Mr . Barton was home on leave after24 months of service in the Pacific area.

Robert Murphy, '40ma, Tyrone, has been em-ployed to teach physics and mathematics atNorthern Oklahoma Junior College at Tonkawathis year . Mr . Murphy, who received the bachelorof science degree from Panhandle A . and M.

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College at Goodwell, has been an instructor in theArmy program at the University for the lastyear. He has taught in the public schools of Texasand Beaver Counties anti was superintendent ofschools at Hooker for four years .Runge Nease, '406a, Lawton, former pastor of

the Methodist Church at Canton, Texas, willenter Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts,this month to finish his doctor's degree in sociol-ogy. Mr . Nease received a bachelor's degree intheology at Southern Methodist University, Dallas,Texas, last year .W . Harold Netherton, '40law, Oklahoma City

attorney, has been appointed state veterans' assis-tant officer on the Oklahoma Post-war PlanningCommission . Formerly on the faculty of CentralHigh Schol in Oklahoma City, Mr. Nethertonserved for two years in the Air Force TechnicalTraining Command, holding the rank of captainat the time of his discharge .

Cpl . Clifford H . Burton and Mrs . Burton (Thel-ma Kenyon, '41he) are the parents of a daughter,Carol Ann, born October 10, 1944 . Mrs . Burtonwas making her home in Lawton while CorporalBurton was stationed at Laredo, Texas .DARENDINGER-FOS'T'ER : Miss Ima Jean Da-

rendinger and Lt . Jack R. Foster, '41, both ofChickasha, were married July 12 at Chickasha .Mrs . Foster, a graduate of Oklahoma Collegefor Women at Chickasha, was employed in thepublic relations office of Borden Army GeneralHospital there . Lieutenant Foster, a member ofSigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, was recently re-leased from a German prison camp . He reportedat Miami, Florida, for re-assignment .

Lt. W . M . Hively, '41, and Mrs . Hively havechosen the name Dennis Maurice for their sonborn July 31 in Clovis, New Mexico .WEETH-HOOVER : Miss Kathryn Wceth, Ver-

non, Texas, and Capt . John H . Hoover, '41eng,Clinton, were married June 23 at Vernon . Mrs .Hoover attended the University of Colorado atBoulder, and was graduated from Texas Tech-nological College at Lubbock . Captain Hoover,who also attended Southwestern Institute of Tech-nology at Weatherford, was stationed at the ArmyAir Field at Midland, Texas .GARDNER-MESCH : Miss Nancy Gardner, La

Junta, Colorado, and Warrant Officer MarvinMesch, '41bus, Enid, were married July 15 in LaJunta . Mrs . Mesch attended Western ColoradoState College at Gunnison . Mr . Mesch, memberof Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and an outstand-ing athlete at the University, was stationed at theArmy Air Field at La Junta . Before entering theservice he was a member of the Phillips Oilerschampionship basketball team .

Jeanne Mullman, '41lib .sci, Oklahoma City, hasreturned to her position on the staff of the Car-negie Library there after attending NorthwesternUniversity, Evanston, Illinois, during a leave ofabsence.

Lt. Robert E . Richter, '40-'41, and Mrs . Richterhave chosen the name Sally Nan for their daugh-ter born August I at the Navy Hospital at Nor-man . Mrs . Richter has been living in OklahomaCity while Lieutenant Richter was stationed atthe Marine air base at El Centro, California .

-1942-OPEL-BOWMAN: Miss Marion Estelle Opel,'39-'41, and Rev . Harwood C . Bowman, Jr .,'42letters, both of Oklahoma City, were marriedAugust 1 in Oklahoma City . Mrs . Bowman, amember of Gamma Phi Beta sorority, also attended Christian College, Columbia, Missouri . Mr.Bowman, a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity,attended Sewance Military Academy, Sewanee,Tennessee, and North Carolina State College atRaleigh . He received his bachelor of divinity de-gree at Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexan-dria, Virginia, and was ordained to the priest-hood at St . Paul's Episcopal Cathedral in Okla-homa City .Capt . T . Hillas Eskridge, '38-'42, and Mrs .

Eskridge (Martha Speer, '43) are the parents ofa daughter, Judith Louise, born on July 21 at

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Splits $5,000 Prize

Dale Byrd, '44arch, formerly of El Reno, wonthe first prize of $5,000 in a professional archi-tectural competition sponsored by General MotorsCorporation in collaboration with Robert Coolidge .Mr . Byrd received a degree as master of archi-tecture from Harvard University, Cambridge,Massachusetts, this spring . Mr . Coolidge was alsoa Harvard student.The competition design was of a retail sales

building for passenger ears large enough to handle750 new cars and 1,500 used cars a year. Thebuilding included a garage large enough to service75 cars during an eight-hour day and a partsand accessories department. Approximately 200competitors from all over the United States en-tered the contest.

While a student in the University School ofArchitecture, Mr . Byrd won a number of prizesand honors . He won the Interiors Magazine com-petition, the faculty prize for outstanding work indesign, and during the year 1942-43 had morework published in national student architecturalcompetitions than any other student in the coun-try.On the strength of that record Mr. Byrd was

awarded a graduate scholarship at Harvard, wherehe studied extensively under the German architect,Walter Gropius . He is now associated with theNew York architectural firm of Ketchum, Ginaand Sharp as a designer .

Fort Leavenworth, Kansas . Captain Eskridge wasattending Command and General Staff Schoolthere.KING-FISCHER : Miss Jo Ruth King, '42ed,

Oklahoma City, and Capt . John F. Fischcr,Apache, were married July 11 in Oklahoma City .Mrs . Fischcr was employed with the FentrissSound Equipment Company in Oklahoma City .Captain Fischcr, who attended Cameron JuniorCollege at Lawton and Oklahoma A . and M .College at Stillwater, returned to this countryrecently after serving for three years in the Pa-cific . He reported shortly after his marriage toCamp Chaffee, Arkansas .MARTIN-MORRILL : Miss Jeanette Martin,

'42fa, Oklahoma City, and W. R . Morrill, SantaRosa, California, seaman first class in the Navy,were married July 19 in Memphis, Tennessee.Mrs . Morrill, who taught school one year atOkmulgee, was employed with the Federal Re-serve Bank in Oklahoma City before her mar-riage . Mr . Morrill returned to the United Statesafter serving at sea for 16 months .

Capt . R . T . Morgan, '40-'42, and Mrs . Mor-gan (Lillian Tarlton, '42ba) are the parents of

a son, Robert Tarlton, born July 14 in Dallas .Captain Morgan was stationed there at Love Field .POOLOS-DUNN : Miss Helen Poolos, '42fa,

Pampa, Texas, and William Dunn, Portsmouth,Ohio, were married July 8 in New York City .Mrs . Dunn was a member of El Modjii, Mu PhiEpsilon honorary art fraternity, and the Univer-sity Symphony at the University . Mr . Dunn at-tended the University of Ohio at Athens . BothMr. and Mrs . Dunn are members of the EddieStone orchestra.

Margaret Prock, '42he, Oklahoma City, hasbeen assigned to the Red Cross staff of a newrest and recreation center for Army Air Force en-listed personnel in the Pacific area, one of fiveset up on Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands . Beforejoining the Red Cross, Miss Prock was employedas a statistician at Tinker Field, Oklahoma City .SETLIFF-SEWELL : Miss Aletha Setliff, Altus,

and Elvie Lee Sewell, '42law, Duncan, weremarried on July 22 at Altus . Mrs . Sewell attendedAltus Junior College and Christian College inAbilene, Texas . The couple are living in Dun-can, where Mr . Sewell is employed .AUTRY-STAFFORD : Miss Peggy Marie Autry

and Lt. James W . Stafford, Jr., '41-'42, both ofMarietta, were married June 30 at Marietta . Mrs .Stafford was formerly employed with the LoveCounty rationing board . Lieutenant Stafford re-turned recently after serving for II months inthe South Pacific. Shortly after their marriage,the couple left for Miami, Florida, where Lieu-tenant Stafford was to report for rc-assignment .M . L . D . Stone, '42m.ed, former Seminole

teacher, has been elected president of the juniorAgricultural College of Central Arkansas atBeebe . In addition to his administrative duties,Mr . Stone is teaching two classes in educationand one in speech .BACON-TRAVIS : Miss Mary Garland Bacon,

Oklahoma City, and Ensign Carl Travis, '41-'42,Chickasha, were married July 11 in New Orleans.Mrs . Travis, who attended Oklahoma College forWomen at Chickasha, is employed with theMaryland Casualty Company in Chickasha . En-sign Travis attended Abilene Christian College,Abilene, Texas, and was recently graduated fromthe United States Naval Academy, Annapolis,Maryland . . He reported shortly after his mar-riage to the west coast for assignment .HAWTHORN-WARD : Miss Shirley Ann Haw-

thorn and Lt . Charles W . Ward, Jr ., '42, loth ofTulsa, were married there on July 30 . Mrs . Ward,a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority, attended theUniversity of Arkansas at Fayetteville . LieutenantWard, a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity,returned recently from the European theater,where he served for 18 months with the ThirdArmy . He holds the Purple Heart, the BronzeStar, a Combat Infantryman's Badge and aEuropean theater ribbon with five battle stars .Lieutenant Ward reported to Camp Campbell,Kentucky, for re-assignment.

-1943-Elizabeth G . Brown, '43soc .wk, Webster, was

recently appointed executive of the East TexasCamp Fire Girls Area Council with headquartersin Longview . Miss Brown has been field workerfor the organization in Waco, Texas, for the lasttwo )ears . She attended a special group leadershipcourse at Texas State College for Women atDenton this summer.

Marilyn Grcy, '41-'43, who was formerly em-ployed with the Douglas Aircraft Company inOklahoma City, is a technical illustrator withthe Conners-Joyce Company in Chicago, Illinois .

Capt. Deverc W . Leo and Mrs . Leo (LavoniaMcArthur, '43bus), Seattle, Washington, are theparents of a son, Charles Waldemar, born July 18 .HAYES-PARKER : Miss Yvonne Hayes and Lt .

William M . Parker, '40-'43, both of OklahomaCity, were married July 21 in Oklahoma City .Mrs. Parker attended Monticello College, Godfrey,Illinois, and Newcomb College, Tulane Univer-sity, New Orleans, Louisiana . Lieutenant Parker, amember of Beta Theta Pi fraternity, was stationed

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at Fort Knox, Kentucky.Pfc . George W. Steckel, Jr ., '436a, and Mrs .

Steckel (Rosa Jarrett, '43ba) are the parents ofa daughter, Sara Theresa, born July 4 at We-tumka . Private Steckel was stationed in the Ha-waiian Islands .WOODS-BARNER : Miss DeEtte Woods, '43biol,

Verden, and Charles S . Barner, Huntington Park,California, were married June 17 at Pasadena,California . Mrs . Barner, who served her interne-ship at the Huntington Memorial Hospital inPasadena, is medical technician for the Santa FeRailway Company at their Central Hospital inLos Angeles . Mr . Barner, who attended the Uni-versity of Southern California, Los Angeles, is acommercial printer at Huntington Park .BOWDLE-WYATT : Miss Dorothy Bowdle,

'426a, Wichita Falls, Texas, and Lt. (jg) RalphWyatt, '43eng, Oklahoma City, were marriedJuly 8 in Oklahoma City . Mrs . Wyatt was for-merly employed as secretary to the city engineerof Wichita Falls. Lieutenant Wyatt, who had beenstationed in the Pacific area for 18 months, re-turned to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, shortly after hismarriage .

BURNS-MONK : Miss Margaret Louise Burns,'44bus, Oklahoma City, and Ensign Wilfred J.Monk, Anaconda, Montana, were married August5 in Oklahoma City . Mrs . Monk, a member ofGamma Phi Beta sorority, also attended MaryvilleCollege, St . Louis, Missouri . Ensign Monk, aninstructor in the Naval Air Corps, was stationedat the Norman Naval Air Station .EDWARDS-TONKIN : Miss Mary Ann Ed-

wards, '44bs, Okmulgec, and William M. Tonkin,Lexington, Kentucky, were married on July 28at Okmulgee . Mrs . Tonkin, who also attendedHockaday Junior College in Dallas, Texas, is amember of Pi Beta Phi sorority. Mr. Tonkin, amember of Kappa Alpha fraternity, is a student ofchemical engineering at the University .

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Dorothy Kirk Hamilton, '43-'44, OklahomaCity, instructor of piano and organ at OklahomaBaptist University, Shawnee, recently was electedprovince president of Sigma Alpha Iota nationalmusic fraternity . Mrs . Hamilton, a graduate ofOklahoma Baptist University, was initiated intothe fraternity in 1932 and is now head of thegroup for Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas . Sherecently attended the national board meeting inChicago .HANNAN-LUNN : Miss Patricia Hannan, '44fa,

Madill, and Lt . William D . Lunn, '41-'43, Okla-homa City, were married May 24 at Madill . Mrs .Lunn, a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma soror-ity, also attended Texas State College for Womenat Denton . Lieutenant Lunn, a member of DeltaTau Delta fraternity, received his commission atFort Benning, Georgia, in January .

Reginald C . Macready, '44journ, '45ma, hasaccepted a position as instructor in English, his-tory and journalism at the Oklahoma School forthe Deaf at Sulphur. While attending the Uni-versity, Mr . Macready was employed as a linotypeoperator with the journalism Press, Incorporated .SAWYER-STEBBINS: Miss Billie Aileen Sawyerand Cpl. Edward L . Stebbins, '43-'44, both ofSeminole, were married there on July 8 . Mrs .Stebbins attended Oklahoma A. and M . Collegeat Stillwater . Corporal Stebbins returned recentlyto the United States after serving for sevenmonths in the European theater .UNDERWOOD-ROUSEK : Miss Anita Louise

Underwood, '44ed, Fairview and Fresno, Califor-nia, and Lt . Edwin J. Rousek, Burwell, Nebraska,were married in July at Camp Pinedale, Califor-nia. Mrs . Rousek is a member of Alpha ChiOmega sorority. The couple established a homein Fresno near Camp Pinedale, where lieutenantRousek was stationed as a member of the Medi-cal Administrative Corps .-1945-HAWKINS-ALLEN : Miss Rena E . Hawkins

and Forest W . Allen, Jr ., '45bus, both of ElReno, were married July 7 at El Reno . Mrs . Allen

attended Oklahoma College for Women, Chicka-sha . Mr . Allen is employed in the accounting de-partment of Skelly Oil Company in Tulsa, wherethe couple established a home.DEVARY-BAKER : Miss Wanda Marylin De-

vary, '44-'45, Okmulgee, and Thomas L . Baker,'45, Muskogee, were married June 24 at Okmul-gee . Mr . Baker was recently discharged fromthe Army after serving for 21 months in theSouth Pacific . The couple established a home inMuskogee .COOK-BURCKHALTER : Miss Betty Ruth

Cook, '45fa, Wichita Falls, Texas, and AviationCadet Hoyt Burckhaltcr, Wirt, were married onJuly 21 at Tucson, Arizona . In addition to theUniversity Mrs . Burckhaltcr attended OklahomaCollege for Women at Chickasha . Mr . Burckhal-tcr, veteran of the European war with 30 mis-sions to his credit, holds a Distinguished FlyingCross, a Presidential Unit Citation and an AirMedal with five Oak Leaf Clusters . The coupleestablished a home in Tucson .O . W . Davison, '38-'40, '44-'45, superintendent

of schools at Chandler for the last ten years, hasbeen named superintendent of schools at Durantsucceeding G . T . Stubbs, who resigned . Mr .Davison was formerly principal of the ChandlerHigh School and athletic coach at Quay . Heholds a B.A . degree from Central State Collegeat Edmond and an M.S. degree from OklahomaA . and M . College at Stillwater .FREEMAN-FELLOWS : Miss Harriet Freeman,

'43-'45, Oklahoma City, and Ensign McClellandR . Fellows, '45, Dayton, Ohio, were marriedJuly 27 in Oklahoma City . Ensign Fellows re-cently received his commission from theN.R.O .T .C . at the University . Mrs . Fellows, amember of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, plannedto enter Oklahoma A . and M . College at Still-water, this month . Ensign Fellows is attendingthe Japanese language school there .DRUMMER-STEWART : Miss Dorothy Norine

Grummer, '43-'45, Okarche, and William G .Stewart, '45, Naples, Texas, seaman first class inthe Navy, were married June 18 at Texarkana,Arkansas . Mr . Stewart also attended North TexasA . and M. College and Columbia University inNew York . He reported shortly after his mar-riage to Great Lakes, Illinois, for assignment .KIRKPATRICK-CHESEBROUGH : Miss Ruth

Kirkpatrick, '45, Oklahoma City, and Phillip G .Chesebrough, '43-'45, Stockton, California, weremarried on July 28 at Great Lakes, Illinois . Mr .Chesebrough, a former member of the Navy V-12unit at the University, was in training at GreatLakes . The couple established a ]Ionic there tem-porarily .

Three Deans Re-appointedThe Board of Regents has announced the re-

appointment of three deans for additional periodsof one year . They are Dr . Arthur B . Adams, deanof the College of Business Administration, LewisS. Salter, dean of the College of Fine Arts,and D . B . R . Johnson, dean of the School ofPharmacy .Dr . V. E . Monnett, dean of the Graduate Col-

lege, was appointed last year for a two-yearperiod . William H . Carson, dean of the Collegeof Engineering, will complete a four-year termin 1946 . Dr . E . D . Meacham, (lean of the Col-lege of Arts and Sciences, is serving a five-yearappointment which runs until 1947 . Dr . John G.Hervey, dean of the Law School, will completea five-year term in 1946 .

Monroney in LondonMike Monroncy, '246a, Oklahoma's fifth dis-

trict congressman, represented the House Bank-ing and Currency Committee at the United Na-tions Relief and Rehabilitation conference in Lon-don last month .

After the London meetings Mr . Monroneyplanned to make a trip to the continent withE . A . Evans, chief editorial writer for Scripps-Howard newspapers, to study conditions there .He did not plan to go as part of a Congressionaldelegation .

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