The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 8, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 16, 1945 Page: 4 of 4
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PAGE FOUR
THE J-TAC
JANUARY 16. 1945
Dean Davis Gels
Letter From Time
Concerning Contest
Dean J. Thomas Davis recently
received the following letter from
Time Magazine, the subject of
which was the Current Affairs
Contest to be held here in Febru-
ary.
"I was delighted to have your
acceptance- of our Current Affairs
Contest' invitation, and to ; know
that Tarleton is to take part in
1945. I hope it will be a real
success, and that you and your
students will find the project fun_
as well as worthwhile.
"I will be sending you further
directions at the time the tests
go out, with a list of suggested
prizes, but in the meantime, if
you have any comments or ques-
tions, do get in touch with me
about them."
Sergeant Harmon T.
Allen Helps Build
Ledo Road in Burma
(This information is furnished
by the Public Relations Office,
Headquarters, Services of Supply,
India-Burma Theater.)
ALONG THE LEDO ROAD.—
A member of an Ordnance outfit
at work on the vehicles that trav-
el the Ledo Road in Northern
Burma, Harmon T. .Allen, whose
wife, Frances, lives at P. 0. Box
249 in Gilmer, was promoted to
the rank of staff sergeant.
S-Sgt. Allen has taken part in
Miller Cleaners
Phone 84 695 Tarleton
"Wear Clean Clothes"
College Tailors
For Quality Cleaning
Phone 449
Stephenville Floral
Company
Flowers for All Occasions
Phone 141
M. I. NOVIT'S
"WE STRIVE TO
PLEASE YOU"
Meet Me Al
STONE'S PLACE
Eats and Drinks
LONG HOTEL
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Long
STEPHENVILLE
PRINTING
COMPANY,
Club Printing a Specialty
Just Phone 91
the building of one of the great-
est military engineering projects
of all times. The Ledo Road, forg-
ed over the precipitous Patkai
Mountains of northern Burma and
through the treacherous Hukawng
and Mogaung valleys where Amer-
ican and Chinese combat troops
ousted the Japs, will soon link up
with the Burma Road to provide
a vital land supply line to belea-
guered China. Service forces
under the command of Brig. Gener-
al Lewis A. Pick have worked
through the worst weather and
over the toughest terrain in the
world in pushing the Ledo Road
toward its goal.
Prior to entering the Armed
Forces, S-Sgt. Allen was employ-
ed by the Works Projects. Admin-
istration in Marshall. He has
been in the Army since April, 1942,
and he served at the Aberdeen
Proving Grounds, Md. and Camp
Bowie,. Texas, before leaving for
overseas duty. Allen has been
serving for the past 22 months
in the India Burma Theater, and
is entitled to wear the "Asiatic-
Pacific Campaign Ribbon, with a
Bronze Star, and the Good Con-
duct Medal.
The Gilmer soldier is an alumus
of John Tarleton Agricultural-
College in Stephenville, Class of
1933.
College Has Highest Increase
Tarleton has received a report
from the State Board of Education
on the comparative enrollments of
all the state colleges of Texas.
John Tarleton College ha§ an in-
crease in enrollment of 57.71%. The
College of Mines is the next in line
with an increase of 27.09%.
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The original copy of the De-
claration of Independence is now
in a marble and bronze shrine in
the Congressional Library in
Washington, D. C.
Indiana was organized territori-
ally July 4, 1800. The State was
admitted to the Union December
11, 1816.
The first steamboat on the Great
Lakes was named Walk-on-the-
Water.
• The Island of Madagascar has
a belt of forest 20 miles deep
which completely encircles it.
The crater of the extinct vol-
cano Punch Bowl in Honolulu is
large enough to accomodate a
baseball game with 60,000 specta-
tors.
Europe's largest lake, Ladoga,
is frozen over about 120 days each
year.
The Turkish beekeeper stacks his
hives.
And then there was the cannibal's
daughter who liked the boys best
when they were stewed.—-Rice Owl.
Former Studend Awarded DFC
For Missions in Germany.
Robert S. Mitchell of Granbury
recently received the Distinguished
Flying Cross for the bombing of
oil refineries in Germany. In ad-
dition to the DFC Robert has also
received the three Oak Leaf Clus-
ters and the Air Medal. He has
been flying in England, and re-
turned to the States shortly before
Christmas after completing 33
bombing missions.
Robert attended Tarleton from
1937-'38 and majored in agricul-
ture. He is the brother of Jan Mit-
chell, a present business adminis-
tration student.
Three Alumni Enter ASTP Units
Jack Anderson, who was a Tar-
leton student from '43 until the
Compliments of
Majestic
Barber Shop
THE STEPHENVILLE STATE BANK
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
It's great to be here... Have a Coca-Cola
*..or helping a soldier feel at home
When he's back on furlough, three words, Have a Coke, bring a
soldier's old life back to mind. • • his days after school or after
work, with the gang and with his girl. Ice-cold Coca-Cola holds a
friendly place in American life. It should have a place in your family
icebox. Wherever Americans go, Coca-Cola stands for the pause
that refreshes,—his become a symbol of our friendly way of life.
BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY
TEXAS COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO.
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It's natural for popular names
to acquire friendly abbrevia-*
tions. That's why you hear
' Coca-Cola called Coke.
fall of '44, has written his family
and friend's in Stephenville that he
Jias been accepted for ASTP train-
ing. Jack was one of the six who
were chosen for this special train-
ing out of two battalions at Camp
Hood, and , three of the six are
former Tarleton students. Jack and
Carlson! have gone to Oregon State
College tq train, for advanced civil
engineering. Kight Lane has en-
tered New York University to
study electrical engineering. All
three boys will be remembered by
many of the students here now, and
it is really a fine record they have
made for Tarleton.
Trimester Plan-
quickly for governmental and de-
fense jobs which require technical
training."
The department of Military
Science and Tactics will continue
to operate through the summer,
which will be another advantage
to boys Entering Tarleton. A re-
cent check indicated boys who have
entered the armed forces in recent
months, directed from two years
of accelerated training at Tarle-
ton, have outstripped other train-
ees in their training regiments.
This change of policy will make
some changes in the dates for the
Spring semester, stated Dean Da-
vis. The previously announced re-
gistration date was January '29.
Local students may register any
time after January 15. Regular
registration will be January 26 and
27, and classes will begin on Jan.
29. The Spring trimester will close
May 19, 1945.
The
Sto
re
Serving
Tarleton
Students
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