NEWS OF THE ALUMNI bu '04 The
class of 1904 held their fiftieth
reunion party during Tech's Homecoming, celebrating with a dinner party at the Tech Dining Hall on the night of October 22. Those in attendance were: Bryan M. Blackburn, F. B. Davenport, Walter Estes, George A. Harbour, Sr., C. A, Jones, C. W. Matthews, I. H. Reid, Harry M. Strauss, N. H. Strickland, Charles H. Strong, and Henry F. Whitner. '(\y Lester Bradwell Mann, CE, died March 27, 1954. His wife lives at 344 N. Radcliffe Way, Hinsdale, 111. No further information was available at this writing. William E. Wood, of Richmond, Va., has retired as executive vice president of the Virginia Electric and Power Co. and has assumed duties as chairman of the RichmondPetersburg Turnpike Authority. / 1 M A class dinner in the Tech Dining Hall served as the fortieth reunion celebration for the class of 1914. The affair was held on the evening of October 22 during Tech's Homecoming. Among those attending were: Roscoe T. Anthony, W. Elliott Dunwody, Jr., D. C. Jones, Jr., Thomas A. Gibson, C. J. Gillette, F. B. Kreider, R. P. Kytle, R. S. Howell, F. L. Shackleford, J. A. Logan and E. E. Williams. / I F Brig. Gen. Joseph Jones Twitty, ME, has been appointed commander at Camp Carson, Colo. He has been chief of staff of the Fifth Army at Chicago since 1952. During World War II he was asst. chief of staff for intelligence at the Hdqrs. of Adm. Nimitz. Gen. Twitty commanded the 2nd Engr. Special Brigade which went from Ft. Worden, Washington to Korea in 1950. ' 1 7 William Moore, Sr., ME., of Toledo, Ohio, formerly of Atlanta, died October 20 in Toledo following an illness of one month. Mr. Moore was associated with Allis-Chalmers at the time of his death. He is survived by two sons, Dr. William Moore, Jr., Atlanta, and Cpl. H. Douglas Moore, USMC, Parris Island, S. C ; daughter, Miss Dorothy Moore of Toledo, and several brothers and sisters. ' 1 8 James Burney Hinkle, 775 Yorkshire Rd., N. E., Atlanta, died Sept. 27 of a heart attack. He was en route to Florida at the time of his death. Mr. Hinkle was a government engineer with the Corps of Engineers, a position he had held about 15 years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Annie Hinkle; daughter Mrs. Ann McGhee, and one sister. ' 1 9 F o r t h e i r thirty-fifth reunion party the class of 1919 held a class dinner at the Capital City Club on October 22. A good crowd turned out to attend this party and the other Homecoming festivities scheduled for the weekend. Among those attending were: L. G. Alexander, F. Sibley Bryan, Lewis Crook, A. C. Crymble, T. R. Curtis, H. G. Dickson, Cecil Fife, J. S. Frankel, G. C. Griffin, Julian Hightower, Albert B. Hill, George P. Howard, Jr., H. H. Lewin, W. W. McCrea, Alden McLellan III, Morgan McNeel, Jr., H. Moise, 24
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P. H. Nichols, Frank C. Owens, W. A. Parker, George B. Raine, Paul Prather, John Rogers, M. T. Salter, Jr., Preston Stevens, A. D. Teague, M. A. Tucker, L. E. Wallis, Willis S. Wells, Warren G. Young, and E. E. Zacharias. ")f\ I- M. Sheffield, Jr., chairman of the board of directors of the Life Ins. Co. of Ga., is the 1954-55 president of the Better Business Bureau of Atlanta, Inc. "11. Robert L. Maynard, CE, of Orlando, Fla., died Sept. 13. He was head of the Orlando Building Inspection Dept. at the time of his death. ' 5 3 George H. Brodnax, Jr., vice president and Atlanta Division manager of Georgia Power Co. and Alumni Association trustee, is in Piedmont Hospital recovering from a heart attack. His condition is listed as "good," but he is not allowed to have visitors. Mr. Brodnax's home address is 3680 Peachtree Rd., N. E., Apt. A-l, Atlanta, Ga. Jesse Embree Means died suddenly Oct. 15 in an Alexandria, Va., hospital. He had been a civil engineer with the U. S. Dept. of the Navy for the past 15 years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mildred Hunt Means; son, Jimmy, daughter, Marcia, all of 523 Tennessee Ave., Alexandria, and several brothers. "yn George Owen Sheffield, secretary of the Life Ins. Co. of Ga., died Oct. 13 of a heart attack at his home, 2570 Woodward Way, Atlanta. Mr. Sheffield became agent for the Life of Ga., of which his father was co-founder, in 1925. He was made special agent in 1928. In 1930 he became asst. secy, and had been secy, since 1945. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Fay Sheffield; daughter, Mrs. Barnett Howell; brother, I. M. Sheffield, Jr.. and sister, Mrs. Alfred E. Thompson. James H. Taylor, Jr., president of the J. H. Taylor & Co., Atlanta insurance and real estate firm, has been elected president of the Atlanta Assoc, of Ins. Agents. The Class of 1924 held their thirtieth reunion party at the Biltmore immediately after the Tech-Kentucky game. Among those attending were: John P. Baum, W. O. Britt, Oscar Betts, G. Reeves Cary, E. P. Cauldwell, John O. Chiles, Alton Costley. J. J. Cox, Perry Crawford, James Daniel, Jr., Bill DeBardeleben, C. H. Denicke, George Dowman, William Fenn, Jr., S. Edwin Fincher, Ira Hardin, W. Don Hartford, Dick Hendley, Elliott Heath, James Holmes, Harvey Howell, J. Wade Linder, W. L. Keenan, E. G. Merritt, John A. Miller, Jr.. John P. Morgan, George Newton, C. S. Northern, John O'Neill, Jr., R. J. Reynolds, Allen W. Ripley, Jr., D. D. Robertson, Louis Rosenberg, J. Earle Smith, John C. Staton, W. C. Stevens, Freeman Strickland, James H. Taylor, Jr., Frank O. Walsh, Jr., Homer Weber, R. F. Willingham, Ted H. Yon, Sr. # ÂŤ C Joseph B. Elliott, ME, has been elected president of Schiek, Inc. He has served as a director for the company for the last four years. Mr. Elliott's address is 1313 Morris Rd., Wynnewood, Pa. "!.(% W' E ' "Bil1" Williams, TE, superintendent of Avondale Mills in Sylaeauga,
Ala., died suddenly of a heart attack at his home. No further information was availab'e at this writing. "yo Col. Ervin L. Keener, Comm, was recently named commander of the Tokyo Quartermaster Depot in Japan. His wife. Bernice Ruth, lives at 2105 Arthur St., Eugene. Oregon. Hazard Reeves, EE, president of Reeves Sound Studios, N. Y. City, was recently awarded "Fellow Membership" in the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers. Mr. Reeves is also president of Reeves Soundcraft Corp., developer of the magna-stripe process used in the Cinemascope process. He was cited for his contribution to the betterment of motion picture and television industries. ' 2 9 John W. Cooke, CE, asst. superintendent at the Atlanta Gas Light Co., died Oct. 9 in an Atlanta hospital. He had been iil for the past two years. Surviving are his wife, daughters, Susan, Mary and Barbara, all of 2300 Memorial Dr., SE, Atlanta; parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Cooke, Pensacola. Fla., and brother, Kendrick Cooke, also of Pensacola. Albert C. Gable, EE, has been appointed manager of product planning for the subdepartments new marketing section at G. E. He joined the company in 1929 and has held various engineering assignments prior to his recent appointment. John N. Neal, CE, has- been named superintendent of the Atlanta Division of the N. C. & St. L. Railway. He was formerly superintendent of terminals for the railway here. Mr. Neal joined the company in 1926 in connection with his co-op work here at Tech. The "Silver Anniversary" party of the class of 1929 was held at the Biltmore immediately following the Homecoming game.
Edward D. O'Brien, '25, is now president of the Lathrop Vandewater Paper Company with offices in New York City, Washington. D. C . and Baltimore, Md. Mr. O'Brien's home address is 23 East 74th Street in New York City. He was formerly president of the Vandewater Paper Company and is a member of the Bankers Club of America, the Southampton Yacht Club, the Irish Historical Society and the Southern Society. THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS