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alumni turned out t o hear Robert Stiemke, director of the Tech Engineering Experiment Station, at the November 9 meeting of the Birmingham Georgia Tech Club. During the meeting, four precious tickets to the Tech-Alabama game were given as the door prize. Stiemke discussed research at Georgia Tech and the relationship of the academic program to the departmental and station research programs. New officers elected were Hunter Price, Jr., president; Charles Bradley, first vice president; Frank Lindstrom, second vice president; Charles Person, treasurer; and Harold Roberts, secretary. The new board of directors includes Charles Brasfield, Jerry Abbott, Heran Bullard, F . L. Carothers, Mack Gibbs, Frank Murray, Frank Newton, Jr., Steve Russo, Don Ricketts, John Vines, John Hall, and William J. White (immediate past president). CINCINNATI,
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Goodloe of the Athletic Association was the keynote speaker at the November 13 meeting of the Southwest Georgia Tech ( S O W E G A ) Alumni Club held at the Radium Country Club near Albany. Goodloe, a Valdosta native, told the alumni about Tech's football program and predicted that despite the tie by LSU, Tech had a good chance to beat Alabama on November 17. President Richard V . Richard presided over the business meeting and read a letter from Tech President E. D. Harrison, praising the club for its excellent academic scholarship program. Lamar Reese gave a report on this program stating that 11 of the 14 boys that the club had sent to Tech on academic scholarships had done very well in school. Goodloe narrated the Tech-Florida game films to close out the meeting.
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Joseph Roscoe Spence, EE, of Camilla, Georgia, died November 14,
1962. I f l P Harvey H. Sims, CE, retired real U U estate broker, died November 12 at his home, 2510 Tanglewood Road, Decatur, Georgia. The 1907 class held their 55th reunion October 26 in the O D K Room at the Brittain Dining Hall. Those who attended were: Clifton Corley, E. Dickey, Jesse Draper, L. A. Emerson, Edward Epstein, George O. Hodgson, William V. Kingdon, Hugh H. Leech, George T. Marchmont, Clyde F. Murray, Charles W. Pittard, A. V. Polak, Albert A. Simonton, George M. Stout, John M. Trapnell and Caspar S. Whitner.
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^r' and Mrs. J. Eckard Crane, Arch, spent the summer touring England,
The Class of 1907 returns for its 55th reunion in the O D K room of the Brittain Dining Hall on Friday evening, October 26.
Scotland and Southern France. They live at 333 Cumberland Avenue, Asheville, North Carolina. The 1912 class held their 50th reunion October 26 at the Piedmont Driving Club. Those in attendance were: Otis A. Barge, Marion H. Burnett, Carl I. Collins, Eugene D. Drummond, W. A. Emerson, J. G. Gilliam, C. P. Goree, B. M. Halt, Jr., David W. Harris, R. M. Harris, George M. Hope, Jr., Edward H. Hubert, William K. Jenkins, George S. Jones, Jr., Carl L. Kimbell, J. D. McCarty, J. Kirby McDonough, Roy D. McGaughey, Sr., J. N. M6*ore, Jr., H. Wayne Patterson, H. Norris Pye, Ralph Ragan, W. B. Simmons, C. Carl Sloan, Paul Smith, N. N. Teague, Elwyn W. Tomlinson and Audley O. Williams.
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' 1 Ej w- Roscoe Tucker, C h E , of Dawson13 ville, Georgia, died November 4 after a long illness. M "1 The 1917 class held their 45th rel I union October 26 at the Piedmont Driving Club. Those in attendance were: William H. Aubrey, George R. Barker, Raymond T. Cole, J. Sidney Crane, E. H. Crawley, John M. Flanigen, J. McCrea French, Michael E. Girard, Henry H. Harris, Sam E. Levy, Douglas E. Morrison, Patrick E. Seawright, Morris L. Shadburn, John M. Slaton, Jr., Clyde M. Watson, Frank M. White, William C. Woodall, George W. Woodruff. William D- Jerger of Tampa, Florida, died November 4, 1962.
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Club of Cincinnati held its fall meeting on October 6. Fifty-six members and wives turned out to have a buffet luncheon and to watch the nationally televised LSUTech football game on a teleprompter screen. MACON, GEORGIA — Tech's chief recruiter, Spec Landrum, talked to over 30 members of the Macon, Georgia Tech Club on October 16. Landrum told the members of the problems involved in recruiting top-flight athletes who are good enough students to survive Tech's academic program. The club plans to hold a winter meeting in January or February. RALEIGH, N O R T H CAROLINA —
On the eve-
ning before the Tech-Duke game, Dean George Griffin talked to the Raleigh Georgia Tech Club. Dean George, in his usual rare form, reminisced about the old Tech and brought the members up-to-date on the school today. DECEMBER 1962
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