COMING IN FEBRUARY Backstage of a Drama-Tech production goes freshman photographer Blake Hawkins to bring you the operations of Tech's top-notch dramatic group. Named by the National Theatre Arts Council of New York as one of America's top 100 amateur theatrical groups, Drama-Tech is year-in, year-out bringing top drama to the Tech campus. The first production of the 1954-55 season is Harvey. Look for the behind-the-scenes action of this humorous success in the February issue of
THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS News by Classes with the 502nd Airborne Inf. Reg. at Ft. Jackson, S. C. . . . Joseph Franklin Mole, Jr., Ch.E., to Miss Annette Kinard, Oct. 15. Mr. Mole is associated with the Shell Chemical Corp. in Houston, Texas. . . . Lt. Alvah Nelson Smith, USAF, IM, to Miss Tabitha Gaye Linder. The wedding took place in the fall. Lt. Smith is stationed at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas. . . . Don Swartwout, IE, to Miss Martha Duval, Sept. 4, in Washington, D. C. Their address is 29 Second St., Hamden, Conn. . . . John C. Webster, IM to Miss Evelyn Gayle Cox. The wedding took place Nov. 13 in Arlington, Va. The couple reside in Atlanta where Mr. Webster is associated with the Simmons Co. ENGAGED: Frederick Bell Law, Jr., IM, to Miss Mitzi Kiser. The wedding date will be announced later. Mr. Law is with DuPont in Parlin, N. J. . . . ENGAGED: Ens. Jack Donald McAllister, AE, to Miss Bobbie Jean Callahan. The wedding will take place Dec. 20. Ens. McAllister is in flight training at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla. . . . Ens. Harold Lee Prescott, Jr., IE, to Miss Sylvia June Sayre. The wedding will take place Dec. 11. Mr. Prescott's address is 804 So. Main, Sylvania, Ga.
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BORN TO: Rocco Cotroneo, IE, and Mrs. Cotroneo, a daughter, Nancy Susan, Sept. 15. Their address is 2753 Seymour Ave., Bronx, N. Y. Aviation Cadet Albert Sidney Edmondson III, AE, was killed last July when two planes collided at Webb AFB, Big Springs, Texas. Cadet Edmondson was one of four killed in the crash. He joined the Air Force in Oct. of 1952 and received his early training at Lackland AFB. He had been stationed at Webb AFB since last May. A brother, J. Gordon Edmondson, is a member of the same Jet pilot training class at Webb. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Edmondson, Jr., 1346 Avalon PI., N. E., Atlanta; brothers, J. Gordon and Frank, and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Edmondson, Sr., Eatonton, Ga. Rodney J. Field, Ch.E., has joined the staff of DuPont's Polychemicals Dept. Laboratory at the Experimental Station, Wilmington, Dela. Edward S. McPhail, Jr., IM, is with Provident Mutual Life Ins. Co. His mailing address is Room 101, 805 Peachtree St., N. E., Atlanta. Army PFC Jerome M. Stein, IM, is serving in Korea with the 7th Inf. Div. His permanent address is 503 E. Jersey St., Elizabeth, N. J. C. A. Truitt, Jr., IM, died Nov. 9 at Emory Hospital in Atlanta of leukemia. At the time of his death he was associated with the
On July 2, the Gibbs Corporation of Jacksonville, Florida, celebrated the completion of the world's largest mobile electric plant — the VEP-10. This plant was converted by Gibbs for the Navy's Bureau of Yards & Docks from the cargo ship, Coastal Racer. Rear Admiral J. R. Perry, chief of the bureau, came to Jacksonville to dedicate the floating power plant. 1,000 Gibbs e m ployees and their families along with 500 guests enjoyed the yard party after the ceremonies. George W. Gibbs, Sr., ME '08, was founder of the company, and Geo. W. Gibbs, Jr., ME '37, is president and treasurer of the company. George W., Ill, entered Tech this Fall.
Sewell Mfg. Co. in Bremen, Ga. Survivors include his wife; parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Truitt, Sr., Temple, Ga., and grandmother, Mrs. O. D. Parrish.
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