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February 1962
The North Texan
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Rounding Up NTSU Ex-Students: 1929-1961
MYRTLE WHITESIDE (B.S.
'29) chosen "Teacher of the
Year" by faculty members of the
Alpine schools. She is head of the
social studies department of Al-
pine High School.
R. A. LIPSCOMB (B.S. '30) —
of Odessa spoke at the 20th anni-
versary ceremony at the Friona
Lions Club in October. A native of
Burns City, Lipscomb is a mem-
ber of the Lions International
Board of Directors^ ■
EARL ADKINS (1931) — died
in early October after' having; been
in ill health for about 2M  .years.
He played his collegiate football
at NTSU and coached at Irving
High School for 11 years and at
North Dallas High School for 16
years
DR. EDWIN HAYES (B.S. '29,
M.A. '31) —• is dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences at Lamar
Tech, in Beaumont. He was recent-
ly named district, director of the
Cancer Society in 10 southeast
" Texas counties.
SEN. DAVID RATLIFF (1934)
— spoke at the annual Extension 3
4-H Gold Star Banquet sponsored
by West Texas Utilities Dec. 1 in
Lubbock. Sen. Ratliff of Stamford
- is-* native of Decatur.
CAROLYN McMULLAN (1935)
— passed away at the Presbyte-
rian Home in Quitman, Ga., in Sep-
tember. She was a member of the
School of Education staff from Jan-
uary, 1926, to June, 1955* -
S. E. BUTTRILL XB.S. '40) —
became vice-president of produc-
tion and labor relations for the
New Y.
fall. Formerly he Was vice-presi-
dent of production and distribu-
tion for the Houston Post.
 ARTHUR VXCK (1941) —, kilied
in a car-train collision in Miami,
Fla., in September. Mrs. Vick was
the former Mary Crouch of Den-
ton.
J. D. LANDES (B.S .'38, M.S.
'41) — named acting director'of
the School of Business Administra-
tion at Lamar Tech.
RALPH DANIEL (B.M. '40,
M M. '42) is in London on a 15-
month- Guggenheim fellowship
where he is transcribing into mod-
ern notation a set of choir part-
books dating from 1547-48. Dir.
Daniel is on leave from the School
of Music at Indiana University. He
formerly taught at NTSU. His
wife is MRS. GENIEVE BARR
DANIEL (B.S. '41). His first piano
and organ teacher, Mrs. Gladys
Kelso Storrs,. who was for many
years on the music faculty here,
visited the Daniels in October. One
of Mrs. Storrs' pupils was Voncille
Cadenhead, now MRS. DAVID
STREETMAN (B.M. '59, M.M.
'61). She and her husband, DAVID
STREETMAN *B.S. '59) are
teaching at the Junior College in
Boise, Idaho.
MRS. KATHERINE SNOW
HARREL (B.S. '47) — president
of the Texaai City Business and
Professional Women's Club. She is
also" first vice-president of the
city's j American Association of
University Women chapter and has
taught school at Texas City since
1944.
DR. CHARLES G. ^SKINNER
(B.S. !43, M.S. '47) — spoke to a
Central Texas section meeting of
the American Chemical Society in
the fall. He has been a research
scientist in the University of Tex-
as' Clayton Foundation Bio-Chemi-
ical Institute since 1953.
DR. OSCAR HTTjENTZ (B.S.
*46, M.A. '48) — promoted to rank
of associate professor of econom-
ics at Colorado School of Mines.
He received his Ph.D. from the
University of Texas in 1955 and
began teaching at Mines in 1957.
BILL MENEFEE (M.S. '48) —
succeeded Bill Henderson as head
basketball coach at Baylor Univer-
sity.
CHARLES B. HAMILTON (B.S.
'42, M.E. '49) — spoke recently to
the Mireabeau B. Lamar Chapter
of the Student National Education
Association at San Antonio. He is
state consultant for the Texas Stu-
. dent Education Association Ond
also a field representative for the
Texas State Teachers Association.
•GEORGE HENDERSON JR.
(M.M. '49) —received a Ph.D. in
r
physics from University of Texas
last fall. He is a graduate of Paris
High School, Paris Junior College
ami/received his bachelor's degree
from the University of Texas.
JAMES M. BREWER (1950) —
appointed manager for Southwest-
ern Bell Telephone Company in
Marfa. He is in charge of the com-
pany's business office operations in
Alpine, Big Bend National Park,
Crane, Fort Davis, Marfa, Mara-
thon, Presidio, Sanderson and Fort
Stockton.
JOSEPH FRANKLIN SPECHT
(B.S. '47, M.S. '50) — was awarded
his doctor of education degree by
New York Uniyersity^in October.
He is associate professor in busi-
ness administration at Georgia
State Qollege for Women, having
taught there since 1949. Before
that he held positions at Texas
Woman's University, NTSU and
NYU.
J. H. ROGERS III (B.S. '50) —
accepted a place with the Chrysler
Motor Corp., Dodge Division, in the
San Antonio District.in November.
For the past 11 years he was asso-
ciated with his father in the
Rogers Motor Sales firm at Mart.
~ MILTON MACLIN (B.B.A. '50)
— manager of special promotions
for the Florida Citrus Commission
in Lakeland, Fla. Address is 2913
Willow Ave., Lakeland, Fla.
ALEXANDER BOGGS RYAfJ
(M .M. '51) — attending the* Unfc
versity of Michigan as a candidate
for the A. Mus. D. degree with a
performance major in organ. He
formerly taught at East Texas
State College.
MARION J. BURCH (B.S. '47,
M.E. '53) — appointed chief librar-
ian of the Newton, Iowa, Public
Library. He formerly was county
librarian and county superintend-
ent of schools at Marietta, Okla.,
head librarian at Lisbon, Ohio, and
research librarian with the armed
forces library.
JAMES R. CHAMBLEE JR.
(B.A. '53) — is minister of the
First United Presbyterian Church,
Woodward, Okla. Mrs. Chamblee
is the former MARY LOUISE
HOLTER (B.S. '54, M.H.P.E. &
R., *57).
DR. ANNIE JO DEUPRfiE [li(
(B.S. *50, M.H.P.E. 4 R. '53) — is
employed as 'assistant professor
of health and physical education at
Southern Connecticut State Col-
lege, New Haven.
in
Marriages, new jobs and rodeos
are some of the activities involv-
ing past and "present faculty mem-
bers and students of the library
service department.
The former Mary Jo McKinney
was married during the summer to
David Grubbs. She is librarian of
Ascher Silberstein Elementary
School in Dallas. Their address is
4130 Hawthorn, Apt. 6, Dallas.
Wedding bells also rang for
Patsy Lou Prestridge in Dallas
last summer, when she married Ar-
thur Jennings Woodard. Mr. and
Mrs. Woodard are at home at 1909
 ouge, 
where he is on the faculty at Lou-
isiana State University as a re-
search chemist and she is employed
in the library.—
Paramount Buys
McMurtry Novel
' Larry J. McMurtry (B.A. '58) is
the author of "Horseman, Pass
bought by Paramount Pictures and
will be made into a movie some-
where in West Texas starting in
May.
Paul , Newman is expected to
play one of the leading roles.
"Horseman, Pass By" deals.with
ranch life in a northwest Texas
area simitar to Archer'City, where
McMurtry was born and attended
high school. The hate-love rela-
tionship of a rancher and his step-
son is the central theme.
Written first as a short story, it
was later expanded into the novel.
It was published by Harper and is
reported in the running for sev-
eral literary prizes for 1961.-
McMurtry was elected to the
Texas Society of Arts and Letters
after the book was published. He
holds the M.A. degree from Rice.
Before joining the Texas Chris-
tian University English staff last
fall, he held the Wallace E. Steg-
ner Fiction Fellowship at Stanford
University.
Peacock Announces
As House Candidate
Dan Peacock (B.S. '43) of Min-
eola has filed with the Republican
county chairman of Wood, Upshur
and Camp Counties to be on the
party's ballot in the May primary
election as a candidate for State
Representative, District 12.
A native of Wood County, Pea-
cock was born in Hawkins in 1924.
He was an instructor in chemistry
at Texas A&M College and Tarle-
ton State College before serving
with the Navy for three years in
World War II.
He was elected to the Mineola
City Council in 1949, and re-elected
in 1960. He is a director of the First
National Bank of Mineola, the
Chamber of Commerce, the Com-
munity Chest, the city's Youth
Foundation and the Chisholm Trail
Girl Scout Council.
The NTSU graduate was named
Mineola's "Man of the Year" in
1960.
Dorothy Bridges Rice, librarian
at the U.S. Army Board for Avia-
tion Accident Research
(USABAAR) at Fort Rucker, Ala.,
in which Nora Wilmer (B.S. in
L.S., 1951) was serving as librar-
ian. Miss Wilmer is on leave from
her .position as librarian of Mission
Senior High School while serving
as overseas -librarian.
Karen Block, freshman library
service major who has been living
in Morocco the past several years,
was a pupil in the Morocco school
attended the Military Librarians'
Workshop at the Air ForceTAcad^
brings, Colo., in
October. This fall USABAAR is
sending her to Naples, Italy, as
one of six representatives at an
air safety seminar.
Travis Tyer has moved from the
high school library at Seminole to
the young adults department of
the Dallas Public Library.
Margo Miller has left her posi-
tion as Wilbarge^ Cbunty librarian
to become high school librarian at
Vernon. She is replacing Mildred
Anderson Wall while the latter is
on maternity leave. -
iams has resigned as
librarian of the ^asadena Public
Library to become librarian at the
.new San Jacinto Juniot pollege.
Paul Vagt, formerly librarian of
Howard County Junior College at
Big Spring, is now librarian of
Odessa Junior College.
Anita Savage, librarian at the
Chinle Boarding School, recently
attended rodeos, Indian Pow-wows,
ceremonials, squaw dances and the
Navajo Tribdl Fair. Her address is
General Delivery, Chinl«?, Ariz.
Jack Ward, a 1961 graduate, is
director of the Camp Wolters Post
Miss Knobel to Ireland
On Rotary Fellowship
"" Miss Norma Lynn Knobel (B.S.
'60), a Richardsofi ^High School
history teacher, has been awarded
a Rotary Foundation Fellowship
for study abroad.
Miss Knobel plans to attend the
National University of Ireland in
Dublin next fall on her fellowship.
She is one of 135 men and women
in 34 countries to receive fellow-
ships' from the Rotary Interna-
tional this year.
Four were awarded in Texas.
Miss Knobel got the. only" fellow-
ship awarded to a woman in" the
state. *
While at NTSU, Miss Knobel
was listed in "Who's Who Among
Students in American Universities
and Colleges." - . '
3 Exes at SWT
Three NTSU exes are among 17
new members of the Southwest
Texas State College faculty for-the
1961-62 school year  
Joining the San Marcos school's
faculty are Marshall Hughes (B.S.
'41, M.S. '46), assistant professor
of health and physical education
for men; James B.: Datis (B.A. '49,
M.A. |61), instructor in music;
and Wiley John Williams (B.M.
'58, M.M. '61), instructor in mu-
Library near Mineral Wells.4'
The following is a fall listing of
the location of several exes.
Sarah Ayers and Dana Smith,
catalog department, and Mary
Beth Fleischer, librarian at the
Baker History Center, all .of the
University of Texas; Willa Ben-
nett, senior high library, McAllen;
Pearlie Bryant, Devonian Elemen-
tary School library, Andrews; and
Robert. Cooper, Southwestern Jun-
ior College librarian, Keene.
Working in Dallas are Margaret
Cox, W. W. Bushman Elementary
School; MarjTHardy, John H. Rea-
gan Elementary School; Jane Pool,
science research library; Estelle
Richardson, Obadiah Knight Ele-
mentary School; and Azalee San-
ders, James Madison High School.
Others are Linda Chevea and
Harriet Coburn, both at Southwest-
ern Library at Georgetown; Mary
Cox, Northwest School librarian at
Justin; Frank Gafford, Amarillo
College assistant librarian; Allen
D. Griffin, Boswell High School at
Saginaw-Eagle Mountain; and
Christine Parks, San Saba High
School.
Snow Named
TSTA Agent
' Billy E.. Snow (B.S. '51, M.S.
'52) was recently named field rep-
resentative in the .Texas State"
Teachers Association's Division of
Field Service.
Snow joined the state associa-
tion from Arlington, where he had
been principal of the Carter Jun-
ior High School three years. Prior
to that time he served in the Den-
ton and Haskell school systems as
elementary teacher and principal.
The new field man has just com-
pleted a year as president of TSTA
District V. He formerly was a dis-
trict committee chairman and
president of the Arlington local
unit <!>f TSTA, J.
He served four years in the
armed forces after graduation from
Valley Vie^r High School in Wich-
ita, County. He is married and has
two daughters, ages 9 and. 4.
Lawrence Is Pro
For Houston Club
Palmer Lawrence, captain of the
Eagles' NCAA championship golf
team in 1949 under the late Fred
Cobb, was named golf pro at West-
wood Country Club in Houston ef-
fective Jan. 1.
Lawrence, who 'played on the
same team with professionals Don
January, Billy Maxwell, Joe Con-
rad and Gene Towry, had served
as professional at Longview's Pine-
-vjew Country Club for the past five
years.  
A native of Arlington, Lawrence
served as assistant pro at Colonial
and Rivercrest in Fort Worth and
Oak Cliff Country Club in Dallas
before becoming head pro at the
Longview club. He is a member of
the Professional Golf Association
and regional director of the Te^ks
Turf Grais Association. - '
GENE ALLBEE (1953) is
manager of the parts department
for Courtesy Chevrolet in Houston.
REV. JIMMIE D. HOOTEN
(B.S. '54) — and MRS. HOOTEN
(B.B.A. '54) appointed missionar-
ies to East Africa by the Southern
Baptist Foreign Mission Board. He
has been pastor of tfhe East Cisco
Baptist Church of Cisco. •
JOEL HORTON (B.A. '54) —
received' the Editor of the Year
Award given by the Dallas Indus-
trial Editors Association in No-
vember. Horton is editor of the
Lone Star Gas Co. employee pub-
ication. Blue Blaze. The award is
based on editorial qualifications
find performance. <
D. L. ELLIS (B.A. '56) — newly v
appointed manager of the Eastland
Chamber of Commerce. Ellis has -
served as state chairman of public
relations for the Texas Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
RAY F. LUPpt (M.M. '57) —
joined the faculty of William -Car-
ey College in- Hattiesburg, Miss.,
in the' fall as associate professor of •
voice in the fine , arts department.
Luper has served as minister of
music at churches in Quanah,
White Deer, Lefo'rs and Denton.
JAMES W. SERUR (B.B.A. '56,
M.B.A. '58) — and CAROLYN
WELCH (1961) were married
Thanksgiving Day in Tyler. Serur
is a former member of the faculty
and is working on his doctor's de-
gree at the University of Oklaho-
ma.' His wife was a member of Chi
Omega social sorority and the As-
sociation for Childhood Education
and
LLOYD GALDE (B.S. '58)
teaches sixth grade at Page, Ariz.,
where wife, MRS- L. E. GALDE
(1959) teaches the seventh grade.
Their new address is P.O. Box 235,
Page, Ariz.
GLADYS PHILLIPS (M.B.E.
'59) — is a business instructor at
Navarro Junior College and spon-
sor of Phi- Beta Lambda, profes-
sional business fraternity.
C. A. MAXWELL (M.Ed. '59)
— succeeded Lee G. Knox of the
NTSU geography department as
president of the Texas Council of
Geography Teachers. Maxwell was
elected during an October meeting
held in conjunction with the Texas
State Teachers Association conven-
tion in Houston.
SYLVIA WINGO (B.A. '59) —
now 'Mrs. Tommie J. Hackabee *ef *.
301 N.W. 11th St. in Andrews, an-
ndtaced the arrival of their first
child, Tir
14.
Timothy Michael, born Nov.
TRAVIS TYER (B.S. '59) —
head of the young adult depart-
ment of the Dallas Public Library,
spoke at the District III meeting
of the Texas Library Association
at the .Abilene Public Library in
October. *
JUANITA G. GILLEN (M.B.E.
'59) — has joined the business fac-f
ulty at Navarro Junior College in
Corsicana.
JUDITH LYNN BAKER (B.B.A.
'60) *— married Charles Byron
Barry of Texarkana. For the past
two years she has been employed
by the St. Louis public school
system. Her husband is a senior
student at Washington University
School of Dentistry in St. Louis.
JOHN M. LEE (B.B.A. '60> —
related experiences since gradua-
tion as an auditor in New York
City for Price-Waterhouse national
accounting firm in a letter to Tom
Rose of the accounting faculty.
RICHARD ELLIS (B.B1A. '54,
M.B.A. '60) — has been appointed
chairman "of tKe Republics ek'ecwP-^
tive committee for Harrisdn Coun-
ty. He is an official of the Marshall
Pottery Co.
MARGARET WALLIS McGIN-
LEY (B.S. '61) — is a recreation
specialist for social activities with
the Army Special Services pro-
gram. During her two-year as-
signment she will, be stationed in
Germany, Italy and France,
" MARY ANN PRIDDY (B.S. '57,
M.S. '61) — appointed assistant
county home demonstration agent
for Dallas County. She was prer-
viously head of the home econom-
ics department in the Texas City
High School two years and was on
the teaching staff there three
years. \