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1903Hugh Roberts, 'O8ex, county commissioner of

Cleveland County, has announced as a candidatefor sheriff . He has resided in the county 49 years .

1910Carl B . Haun, 'I flex, Blackwell, is a member

of the new advisory committee n aviation for theOklahoma Commission of Public Safety .

1911Mrs. Earl W. Armstrong (Hazel Neldn, '11

ex) died early in April at the home of her fatherin Oklahoma City . She suffered a paralytic strokefour years ago while n a visit to Oklahoma fromher hone in New York . She had never been ableto return . Her husband is a New York linotypeoperator .

1914John Rogers, '14law, Tulsa attorney, spoke n

the problems of denwu'acy at a conference ncitizenship and government at Dallas, Texas,in March .

1915J. M. Gentry, '15, of Enid, has been appointed

a member of the new aviation advisory committeefor the Oklahoma Commission of Public Safety .

1916A teacher in Muskogee, Oklahoma, schools since

1915, Mary- S . Cook, '16ex, died last month ofpneumococcic meningitis . She had fived in Mus-kogee since childhood when her parents movedthere from her birthplace, Warrenton, North Car-olina . Besides the University of Oklahoma, she at-tended the University of Colorado and North-eastern State College at Tahlequah, Oklahoma,where she received her bachelor of arts degree .

1920Wayne W. Bayless, '20law, chief justice of the

State Supreme court, spoke n the problems ofdemocracy at a cnference n citizenship andgovernment at Dallas, Texas, March 20, 21 and 22 .

Heber P . Battles, '20, will spend the next six oreight months n a trip around the world . Hiseast-to-west itinerary of about 45,000 miles willmiss the European battlegrounds as well as themore dangerous seas. Mr. Battles, president andowner of the Metropolitan School Supply Com-pany in Muskogee, sailed from Los Angeles earlyin April . He went first to Japan, then to Shanghaiand Hngkng. The rest of his trip will take himto the Dutch East Indies, Australia, Singapore,Calcutta, Bombay, coastal Africa, Capetown, NewYork, and then back to Muskogee .

1922Dr. H. V . Thornton, '22, '29ma, professor of

government in the University, spoke at a confer-ence n citizenship and government at Dallas,Texas, March 20, 21 and 22 .

1924Robert L . Minton, '24ex, Sayre lawyer, has

announced his candidacy for the office of countyattorney of Beckham county . He is a member ofthe executive council of the State Supreme Court .

1925"Beautiful and interesting beyond the wildest

dreams" is the way Thelma M . Bills, '25, '27ed,describes the island of Puerto Rico . She is teachingin the Luis Munoz Rivera Escuela, Catano, whichis across the San Juan Harbor from her home inthe city of San Juan. In addition, she is taking afull course at the University of Puerto Rico .

R . L . Clifton, '25ma, presented a paper n in-vertebrate faunas from the Blaine and Dog Creekformations of the Leonard series and another nthe San Andres group in Oklahoma at a meetingbof the American Association of Petroleum Geolo-gists, April 10, H and 12 in Chicago . He is em-ployed by the Champlin Refining Company ofEnid .

R . B . McCabe, '25law, has been installed aspresident of the Oklahoma City Optimists club .

Roll CallBy Peggy Clay

1926George E . McKinnis, '26ex, president of the

First Building and Loan Association of Shawnee,has been named vice chairman of the board ofdirectors of the Federal Home Loan Bank at To-peka . Kansas .Aubrey Moses, '26, '28law, and Mrs . Moses are

the parents of a son, Charles Gabriel, born AprilI in Norman . Mr. Moses is Cleveland countyjudge .Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Shaw (Marguerite Van

Dyke, '20) are the parents of a daughter, MarianFrances, horn in March . They live in New YorkCity .

A special container for truck drivers' logs hasbeen patented by Denver Smith, '26, and his busi-ness partner . It has been taken ovcr for manu-facturing by the American Trucking Association .

1927DAVENPORT-HUTCHINS : Miss Murray Da-venport and Joe W . Hutchins, '27ex, were mar-ried in March . They live in Ardmore, where he isengaged in business .

Joe Thompson, '27law, state senator from Ard-more, is a member of the new advisory committeeon aviation, organized to advise the OklahomaCommission of Public Safety .

1928The Norman Rotary Club last month elected T .

R. Benedum, '28law, attorney, as president forthe cfub year beginning July 1 . He was also nameddelegate to the Rotary Internationaf Conventionat Havana, Cuba .

Walter L . Metcalfe, '28eng, is a partner withLloyd L . Bloom in the Audiophone Company ofOklahoma, with office in Oklahoma City. Thefirm is distributor for hearing aids manufacturedby the Western Electric Company .

1929Francis Burke, '29, '36ms, has been named as-

sistant director of the United States Railway Re-tirement Board .

Ben Carmichael, '29ms, has been elected super-intendent of schools at Knawa.CONWAY -STRICKLER : Miss Genevieve Cn-

way, '29ex, of Enid, and Robert L . Strickler weremarried April 3 . 'They live at Pensacola, Florida,where he is a lieutenant in the United States navalair service.

RICE - HIATT : Miss Ruby Mae Rice, '29ex,and Merle K . Hiatt were married in March atHammon. They live n a farm near Strong City .Death ended the two-year illness of Carl A .

Shumate, Jr., '29ex, of Pauls Valley, March 23 . Hehad been associated with his father, a pioneer Ok-lahoma merchant, in the Shumate and Sons store .All of the 32 years of his life were spent in resi-dence at Pauls Valley. He graduated from highschool there and attended both Oklahoma CityUniversity and O .U. He is survived by his wifeand two small daughters, Sandra, six, and ZulaAnn, four .SILBERSTEEN-FINK: Miss Sybif Silbersteen and

Max Fink, '29ex, were married April 2 . She at-tended the University of Southern California .They live at Malibu Beach, California, where heis practicing law .

Robert H . Tharpe, '29, '33ed .m, has accepted aposition as superintendent of schools at Davis .

1930BAYLESS-AURBACH : Miss Margaret Bayless

and Irvin Aurbacb, '30ex, were married February24 at Madill . They live at Marietta, where he isemployed by the Catlins Department Store .

Pneumonia resulted in the death March 26 ofMrs. Gladys Whittet Bloodworth, '30ed .m, veteranstate scbool teacher . Mrs. Bloodworth had taughtin Oklahoma City, Norman and Ada, and hadserved as count\, superintendent in Pottawatomiecounty . She had also served one term in the statelegislature . At the time of her death she was re-

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siding at McLoud . Surviving her are her husband,Luther Bloodworth, four brothers and one sister .

Carlos M . Ferguson, '30eng, and Mrs. Ferguson(Anita Banks, '33h .ec) are the parents of a son,Don Carlos Mose, horn March 19 . They live atKermit, Texas .GIROLAMO-LOVE : Miss Clara di Girolamo

and Early C. Love, Jr ., '30bus, were marriedMarch 7 . He is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilonfraternity . They live in Washington, D.C ., wherehe is chief budget officer for the National YouthAdministration .Mrs. Garrets F . Lambrecht (Cleo Kerley, '30

h .ec) is living in Hollywood, California, whereshe is employed in the home service departmentof the Southern California Gas Company. She andMr. Lambrecht have just moved into a new homethat they built .

1931W. Leon Brown, '3lex, has been re-elected su-

perintendent of the public schools at Yeager .Formerly associated with the Texas State Net-

worth, Inc ., at Fort Worth, Texas, Benson Fer-guson, '31, has joined the staff of the Campbell-Mithun advertising agency at Minneapolis, Minne-sota . Mrs . Ferguson is the former Maxine Brown,'32ex .Lutie Mae Hoffman, '3led, was elected second

vice president of the American Association ofUniversity Women at the annual state conventionApril 6 .RAILEY-BURNS : Miss Anne Railey, '38nurse,

and Paul Burns, '31ex, were married February10 in Tulsa . They live in Norman, where he isemployed by the Transcript Press .

Virginia Richardson, '31, has announced herengagement and approaching marriage to Dr .Clarence Minnema, a graduate of the Universityof Chicago. After their marriage April 27, theyplan to live in Chicago, where he is practicinglaw .SMALL-CARLOCK: Miss Ruth Small and J .Hoyle Carlock, '31, were married April 2 . Sheattended William Woods College . He is a memberof Phi Delta Theta fraternity . They live in Ard-more, where he is engaged in medical practice .

1932Merl Freeland, '32, concert pianist,has com-

pleted a tour in Florida and has returned to Ann-ville, Pennsylvania, where he teaches piano .

Richard Gurley, '32, '34law, of Blackwell, hasresigned from his position as legal assistant toJustice Thurman S . Hurst of the State SupremeCourt. Ill health caused his resignation .Mrs . R. B . Holtzendorff (Jane Burton, '32), has

been named treasurer of the junior League ofOklahoma City .

Dessie Teague, '32, '38ed .m, died March 7 atPawhuska, where she was teaching in the publicschools . Funeral services were held at Vinson,March 10 .Jim Thompson, '32eng, has been promoted

from planning engineer to district engineer ofoperations for the Works Project Administration,with headquarters at Hobart .

1933ADAMS-BRYANT: Miss Elizabeth Adams and

Richard Augustus Bryant, '33, '351aw, were mar-ried in March . She attended the University ofMissouri and is a member of Kappa Kappa

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'33, and Samuel Earl Johnson were marriedMarch 17. They live in Los Angeles, California,where he is connected with the Columbia FilmExchange .

Margaret Hanna, '33ex, is vice president of theOklahoma City chapter of the junior League .

Bill Holloway, '33ex, is secretary-treasurer ofthe Washington, 1) . C., club of Oklahoma YoungDemocrats . Mrs . Mansur Stewart, '33, is vice presi-dent.

Thurston Nicklas, '33, '381aw, and Mrs . Nick-las (Georgia Mac Beasley, '34bus) are the parentsof a daughter, Lyntha Ann . They live in Norman .PLASTER-BUCHANAN : Miss Elizabeth Plas-

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were married in February at Pauls Valley . She isa member of Delta Gamma sorority and he is amember of Delta Tan Delta fraternity . They livein Oklahoma City, where he is connected with theUnited States Geological Survey .SWIGERT-BUCHANEN : Miss Vera Frances

Swigert, '33, and W. T . Buchanen were marriedin February . They live in Enid .

John B. Turner, '33ed .m, Davis, has beenchosen superintendent of schools at Wilson .WATSON-BOESCHE : Miss Martha Eleanor

Watson, '33, and Fenelon Boesche, '34law, weremarried in March . She is a member of Pi BetaPhi sorority and he is a member of Delta Upsilonfraternity . They live in Tulsa, where he is en-gaged in law practice .

1934BICKFORD-SAYAN : Miss Mildred Lee Bick-

ford, '34ex, and Raul Godoy Sayan were marriedFebruary 3 . They live in Havana, Cuba, wherehe is engaged in business and she is teachingEnglish in the Havana public schools .

James Lee Bledsoe, '34ex, has been employedas pilot for the Great Silver Fleet of the EasternAir Lines and is stationed at Miami, Florida . Heis a second lieutenant in the United States ArmyAir Corps Reserve .William H. Bollinger, '34eng, is employed by

the Water Conditioning Company at Santa Mon-ica, California .W. H. Dawson, '34eng, is employed by an oil

company in Shreveport, Louisiana .Homer Lynn, '34bus, and Mrs. Lynn (Mary

Catherine Clark, '30bus) have announced thebirth of a daughter . The baby was born March29. They live in Meridian, Mississippi .

George Metzel, '34ma, and Mrs . Metzel (MaryAllgood, '35), have announced the birth of a son,George. The baby was born March 8 in Ada,where they are now residing .

Joe A . Smalley, '34, '37law, and Mrs . Smalfey(Virginia Coleman, '34) are the parents of adaughter, Sarah Louise, born March 10 . Theylive in Norman .Donald Suggs, '34eng, has been appointed as-

sistant engineer in the bureau of sanitation, Okla-homa State Health Department . Mr . Suggs hasbeen employed for the last two years with Holwayand Neuffer, consulting engineers for the GrandRiver Dam Project and previously taught civil en-gineering at Kansas State College, Manhattan .

1935BEST-BOYD : Miss Mary Sue Best and Robert

Boyd, '35ex, were married in March at Pauls Val-ley . They live in Independence, Kansas, where heis practicing osteopathy .

Blanche Garner, '35, '39ma, is fifth district su-pervisor of thc Oklahoma Works Projects Admin-istration music project . Her headquarters are inMcAlester .

Odes J . Harwood, '35ex, is superintendent ofschools at Grant.

Sam Marsh, '35ms, is operator of a geophysicalcrew for the Carter Oil Company . He is stationedat Ardmore .ROADS-ALLEN : Miss Roberta Roads, '35lib .

sci, and James B . Allen, Jr ., were married inMarch. She is a member of Alpha Phi sorority .He attended the University of Texas . They live inSalem, Illinois, where he is employed by the Hap-py Belting Company .RUTLEDGE-GRIGSBY : Miss Julia Cecil Rut-

ledge, '35, '36lib .sci, and William Ballard Grigs-by were married Easter Sunday in Norman . Heattended Texas Technological College. They livein Amarillo, Texas .

1936Mr. and Mrs . C. W. Kruse (Adele Reeburgh,

'36fa) are living in Cambridge, Massachusetts,where he is working toward a master's degree atHarvard .LAFAYETTE-SHOOT: Miss Dorothy Woodrow

Lafayette, '36ex, and Wallace Homer Shoot, Jr .,were married Easter Sunday . They live in Okla-homa City, where he is president of the Shoot In-vestment Company .

Nedra McCormack, '36ed, of El Reno, has beenelected to teach in the commercial department ofthe Anadarko High SchooL

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George Miskovsky, '36law, incumbent candidatefor the State Legislature from Oklahoma County,has advanced a proposal to decrease the penaltyfor drunk driving to a misdemeanor and make ashort jail sentence mandatory . He contends thatthe present felony rating given drunk drivingmakes conviction of first offenders difficult .Vivian Nemecek, '36, and Mrs . Nemecek, Bar-

tlesville, are the parents of a son born April I inNorman .Tom Stephens, '36law, Shawnee, has been

elected president of the Oklahoma Council ofJuvenile protection . lie is count judge of Potta-watomie county.

1937ARNOLD-HILL : Miss Jane Arnold, '37ex, and

Lonnie Clifton Hill were married in October atNowata. They live in Enid .Maurice L. Clancy, '37, and Mrs . Clancy (Lu-

cille MacKenzie, '37journ) have moved to Pali-sades Park, New Jersey, where he is associatedwith the firm of Melchior, Armstrong and Dessau,refrigerator supply firm of New York City .DAVENPORT-BLANKENSHIP : Miss Faustine

Davenport, '39ma, and Ollie J . Blankenship, '37,'39law, were married in March in Norman . Sheis a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority . Theylive in Oklahoma City .DORNBLASER-NOTHSTEIN : Miss JeanneDornblaser and Charles Lewis Nothstein, '37ex,were married in April . She attended Texas StateCollege for Women . They live at Fort Riley, Kan-sas, where lie is stationed with the First Observa-tion Squadron of the United States Army AirCorps.

Lloyd Dorsett, '37eng, is working in Ardmoreas assistant to the operator of a geophysical crewfor the Carter Oil Company.

J . C . Forbis, '37ex, former district engineer forthe Works Projects Administration in the Hobartdistrict, has been transferred to the WPA officesin Tulsa .GRAY-SHADWICK : Miss Maxine Gray, '37ex,

and Harold C. Shadwick were married March 21in Norman . She is a member of Gamma Phi Betasorority . They live in Pampa, Texas, where he isengaged in business .Lemuel D. Groom, Jr., '37ex, has joined the

staff of the News at Springdale, Arkansas, as ad-vertising salesman and reporter . He was formerlyemployed on the Bristow Shopper.Chapman E. Hough, '37ed .m, has taken a po-

sition as superintendent of schools at Centrahoma .Wallace C . Kidd, '37journ, has been promoted

from the position as advertising manager of theAnadarko Daily News to the post of assistantmanager.

Alfred R . Loeblich, '37, '38ms, has been of-fered an instructorship in micro-paleontology, in-vertebrate paleontology and historical geology atTulane University, New Orleans. He and Mrs.Loeblich (Helen Tappan, '37, '39ms), will moveto New Orleans after receiving doctors' degreesfrom the University of Chicago this spring .

John McCammon, '37ex, who majored in geol-ogy at the University, is working as a geodetictechnician in Istanbul, Turkey.NESBITT-ROBINSON : Miss Sue Nelle Nesbitt,'37, and John F . Robinson, '38bus, were marriedMarch 29 . She is a member of Kappa Alpha Thetasorority and he is a member of Sigma No frater-nity . They live at Miami, Oklahoma, where he isassociated with his father in business .

Charles Hubert potter, '37ex, has been granteda $4,500 judgment for injuries received in a busaccident when he was on a trip with the Univer-sity band in December, 1934 . The suit was di-rected against the bus owner and insurance com-pany .

John Runyan, '37ex, has been placed in chargeof the southeast district of the NEA Service, Inc .,with headquarters at Atlanta, Georgia . He wasformerly employed on newspapers in Oklahoma .SAUER-HEDGE : Miss Virginia Eileen Sauer

and EImer Jerome Hedge, Jr. ., '37ex, were mar-ried February 25 in Sapulpa

. She attended Blackwood-Davis Business College . They live in Okla-homa City .SCHWAB-McBee : Miss Dorothy CarolineSchwab and Alvis Jack McBee, '37ex, were mar-

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tied in March. He is a member of Kappa Alphafraternity . They live in Oklahoma City, wherehe is associated with White-McBee, Inc.

Harriet Slemmer, '37, who completed in Marchher course in nurses' training at the UniversityHospital, Oklahoma City, has been stationed atTri-State Hospital, Shreveport, Louisiana .

William A . Sorge, '37eng, is assistant to theoperator of a geophysical crew for the Carter OilCompany. He is stationed at Ardmore .

Dr. Orville H . Tackett, '37, '39med, in Janu-ary became a first lieutenant in the 120th Medi-cal Regiment of the Oklahoma National Guard .

Thonias Wiancko, '37eng, is in Pasadena, Cali-fornia, where he is employed by the United Geo-physical Corporation .

1938Arnold E . Allemand, '38ex, is an aviation

cadet at the naval air station at Pensacola, Florida.The training course, which he entered Novemberl, requires four years for completion .

Martha Arnold, '38ed, has been teaching in theprimary grades at Enid since January.

Rex Bartlett, '38, completed a month's elimina-tion flight training at the naval aviation base inKansas City and began a six-months' course at themarine air base in Pensacola, Florida, March 1 .BIBB-LEUGEMORS : Miss Laveta Bibb and Paul

Leugemors, '38eng, were married August 1, 1939,at Norman . They live at Wichita Falls, Texas,where he is employed by W . H . Metzner.

Kestner P . Graham, '38eng, is assistant to theoperator of a seisniograph crew of the Carter OilCompany, and is stationed at Forest, Mississippi .GREEN-SELKO : Miss Mildred Green, '38ex,

and Lyle Fredrick Selko were married April 6 .He attended the University of Nebraska . Theylive in Oklahoma City, where he is director offederal aid for the Oklahoma Game and Fish Dc-partment .

Marye Kathryne Grimes, '38, is engaged in so-cial case work in Enid .HAM-STANFORD : Miss Ernestine Ham, '38

ex, and William Harris Stanford were marriedMarch 10 in Maysville She is a member of AlphaXi Delta sorority . They will live in Dallas, Texas .

Russell M . Hart, '38ex, has joined the staff ofthe Cornier-Journal at Louisville, Kentucky, wherehe will do general assignment reporting and fea-ture writing .

JEFFRIES - KOEHNE: Miss Lois Jeffries andGeorge H. Koehne, Jr., '38ex, were married Feb-ruary 23 . They live at France Field in the PanamaCanal Zone, where he is stationed with the UnitedStates Air Corps .MUELLER-BEGGS : Miss Margaret Mueller, '38

ex, and George Beggs, Jr ., were married March20 at Princeton, New Jersey . She was secretary toJoseph . A . Brandt, director of the Princeton Press .They live in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, and Mr .Beggs is employed in the research department ofJohn A . Roebling's Sons and Company in Trenton,New Jersey .

Sue Rainbolt, '38journ, has joined the staff ofthe News at Ponca City . She has been employedon papers at Brownwood, Texas, and at Norman .ROYSTER-DOOLEY : Miss Estelle Royster and

Dale Dooley, '38ex, were married in March . Sheattended Northwestern University . They live inKansas City, where he is employed .RUTHERFORD-SELMAN : Miss Ruth Ruther-

ford, senior at the University, and James ClarkeSelman, '38bus, were married during the Easterseason. She is a member of Kappa Alpha Thetasorority and lie is a member of Sigma Alpha Ep-silon fraternity. Mr. Selman has been studyingaviation at Kelly Field, Texas .

Burdette C . Smith, '38law, is practicing law inTulsa, with offices in the Beacon Building .SMITH-SHUMARD : Miss Joy Wadean Smith

and Marion Rush Shumard, '38ex, were marriedDecember 29. She attended the College of Em-poria . They live in Sapulpa where he is engagedin business .

Margaret Ruth Stalder, '38fa, is teaching musicin Lincoln School at Enid .STRUNK-HARNED : Miss Georgiana Strunk,

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SWIFT-FAIR : Miss Margaret Jane Swift, '38,and Harry Fair, '39eng, were married in March .She is a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority andhe is a member of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity .They live in Kansas City, Missouri, where he isemployed as a chemical engineer for the PhillipsPetroleum Company .

Frank Van Lew, '38, has sailed for Europe asa correspondent of Hoy, an illustrated magazinepublished in Mexico City . He will travel f rst inItaly, then in the Balkan states . Mr . Van Lew hasbeen in Mexico and South America for two years .

1939ADAMS-GIBBS : Miss lone Adams, '39ed .m,

and Gene Gibbs were married October 1, 1939, inClinton . She has been teaching in the publicschools at Anadarko . They will make their homein Oklahoma City .

John R . Davis, '39ms, and Mrs . Davis (GladysMoody, '38ed) are the parents of a daughter,Sandra Ann, born April 4 .

Mary Lee Hughes, '39eng, is in Borger, Texas,where she is technical secretary for a gasolineplant of the Phillips Petroleum Company .

Fred Jimerson, '39ed .m, has been reappointedfor another year as superintendent of schools atAfton .

JONES-NORRIS : Miss Nellie Jones, '39ex, andGeorge Norris, '39eng, were married March 25 .They live at Grayville, Illinois, where he is em-ployed with the Illinois National Supply Company.MAHONE-McCOY: Miss Mary Gene Mahone,

'39ex, and Jack McCoy were married March 14 .He attended East Central State College, Ada . Theylive in Hobart, where he is employed by the Ho-bart Lumber Company .

Lawrence Malvern ,'39ma, has been made anassociate member of Sigma Xi, national honoraryscientific research fraternity. He is an instructorin science and mathematics at Clinton HighSchool .

Thomas McCrary, '39eng, Lawton, is employedby the Southwest Products Company and is di-recting the production of vitalgo, said to be theonly plant food of its type in southwest Oklahoma .V. Glenn Mclninch, '39eng, graduate assistant

in physics at the University, has accepted a sum-mer job in the plant of the Eastman Kodak Com-pany at Chicago, Illinois . He will return to O .U .in September to complete the work for a master'sdegree and will continue as a graduate assistant inphysics.

Bob McWilliams, '39journ, left Norman April1 to join the news staff of radio station KTULat Tulsa . For the last one and one-half years hehad been employed as University correspondentfor the Daily Oklahoman and Oklahoma CityTimes .MOORE-ABITZ : Miss Vida Ruth Moore and

Harold Eugene Abitz, '39eng, were marriedMarch 23 . She attended Enid Business College .He was a member of Delta Chi fraternity at theUniversity . They live at Decatur, Texas, where heis associated with the Indian Territory Illuminat-ing Oil Company.

Colonel Nelson, '39journ, has resigned his po-sition in the circufation department of the studentnewspaper at the University to accept a position inthe circulation department of the Oklahoma Pub-lishing Company .NOWLIN-GROSS: Miss Annie Laurie Nowlin,'39ex, and James Gross were married March 3 inSulphur. They live in Brownwood, Texas, wherehe is employed with the McLellan Company .PENNINGTON-HIGGINBOTHAM : Miss Viola

Pennington and Harve E . Higginbotham, '39eng,were married in February. She attended North-western State College . They live in Sweeny, Tex-as, where he is employed by the Harrison-Aber crombie Oil Company.

Harold Sanders, '39ex, principal of FrancesWillard grade school in Hobart, has given up hisposition there to enter medical school in Okla-homa City .

Joe Sears, '39, has accepted a position withWell Surveys, Inc ., in Tulsa.

Mary Adelaide Snider, '39h .ec, is dietitian atthe General Hospital in Muskogee .

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