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Sooners at Home and Abroad LOUIS A . LEDBETTER, '12 law, Wewoka, last month became ad- jutant general of the Oklahoma National Guard . Mr . Ledbetter, a colonel in the National Guard organization, was ap- pointed by Governor Leon Phillips, '16 law, to succeed Charles F. Barrett . Mr . Barrett had held the position for the last twenty years . Mr . Ledbetter is an attorney at We- woka . As a student in the University, he was a member of Kappa Sigma social fraternity, and Phi Delta Phi law frater- nity . His other activities included Ames Club Court ; chief justice, '09 ; secretary- treasurer of law class ; treasurer of Legis- lative committee ; member of Panhellenic . After leaving the University, Mr . Led- better became a member of the law firm, Ledbetter and Ross, at Idabel . He served as city attorney there and for a time as United States attorney . He later moved to Oklahoma City and then to Wewoka . Mr . Ledbetter is a brother of Eugene P. Ledbetter, '141aw, Oklahoma City at- torney, who is president of the Univer- sity of Oklahoma Board of Regents . Governor Phillips announced that the appointment of Louis Ledbetter to the National Guard position would preclude the reapointment of Eugene Ledbetter to the Board of Regents when his term expires next spring, because of the gov- ernor's policy against two members of the same family holding state office . The governor stated, according to United Press, that he would not ask for Mr . Ledbetter's resignation from the Board of Regents pending expiration of his term . Meeting at Effingham Graduates and former students of O. U. now living in central and southern 16 Louis A. Ledbetter, '12law, new adjutant Charles Orr, '14, new secretary of the general of the Oklahoma National Guard Interstate Oil Compact Commission Illinois held a fish fry Saturday night, August 26, at Effingham . Arrangements were made by the Mat- toon Advisory Council of the University of Oklahoma Association, of which Mrs. Paul A. Duffield is chairman . Other members are Thomas E. Grace, Raymond Sloan, Samuel Coleman and John Fos- ness, all of Mattoon . Jap Haskell, assistant Sooner coach, and King G. Price, Norman insurance man who is former assistant athletic di- rector, were special guests and spoke on the football outlook for the new season . Moving pictures of three Sooner games of last year were displayed . A number of Sooner football players who had been working in the Illinois oil field during the summer were intro- duced to the crowd . Carl Albert, '31, Mattoon attorney, pre- sided . Approximately one hundred persons attended the meeting. Those who reg- istered are : Mr . and Mrs . Irl Rhynes, Mr . and Mrs. C . G. Herrington, Mr . and Mrs. R . K . Wolf, Mr . and Mrs. John I, . Cook, Mr . and Mrs. Paul E . Ro- mine, Mr. and Mrs. Paul A . Duffield, Messrs . Thomas E . Grace, John Fosness, Raymond Sloan, Carl Albert, Clark T . Snider, Paul Hull, Christy Russell, Robert A . Hefner, Jr., and Alonzo Church, all of Mattoon, Mr. and Mrs . John Mc- Kittrick, Mr . and Mrs . A . M . Sullivan, Mr. and Mrs . C . k:. Brehtn, Miss Glenna McDuffee, Messrs . J . N. Hackman, Earle Wright, Jr ., and Clifton Bell of Effingham,, Miss Anna Mae Holder, Messrs . Walter D . Hart, Peter Howard and James Sinquefield of Vandalia ; Mr. and Mrs . "Doc" Cook, Mr. and Mrs . Peter Hines, Messrs. Emery Swanson, Clark Day, S . A . Sayers, E . E . Bartolino, O . Hutson and C . B . Holder of St. Elmo, Mr. and Mrs . Bruce R . Miller, Mr . and Mrs . C . Jensen, Miss Mary Hoover and John Ed Cooper of Salem, Mr . and Mrs. David Wise and Ray Moore of Mt. Vernon, C . M. Wilbanks of Altamont, Mr . and Mrs. C . C . Ludwick and Mr . and Mrs . H . M . Thralls of Carmi, Thurman Conrey of Centralia, Dr. and Mrs . J . H . Price of Robinson, Milam Walk- er of Evansville, Indiana, S . Hoover of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Mr . and Mrs . Roy Keller of St. Louis, Miss Elsie Thornburg of Springfield, Mis- souri, Mr. and Mrs . M . M. Hines of Big Springs, Texas, Mrs. Lelia McNeily of New Orleans, Louisiana, Mr . and Mrs . `Jap" Haskell, Mr. and Mrs. King Price and Mr . and Mrs . Richard Favor of Norman, Oklahoma . Huff highest in examination Richard Maurice Huff, '37, '391aw, re- ceived the highest grade in the July State Bar examinations, according to announce- ment of the examining board made in August . Stewart Mark, '37, '391aw, Ok- lahoma City, and Glenn R. Watson, '39 law, Ada, tied for second . Orr secretary of commission Charles Orr, '141aw, last month was appointed secretary of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission by Governor Leon C. Phillips, '161aw . Mr . Orr, formerly attorney for the com- mission, was moved up to replace Art Walker who resigned as secretary because of ill health . The governor indicated that he might not name a successor to Mr . Orr, leaving the new secretary to handle the duties of both offices . Mr . Orr practiced law at Holdenville for many years . He served overseas in the World War and has been active in the American Legion, having served as first post commander at Ada and later as commander in the Holdenville Post . He has also served as vice commander of the state Legion, and as a member of the Soldiers' Relief Commission . As a student in the University, Mr . Orr was a member of Kappa Sigma and Phi Delta Phi . He was a member of the varsity baseball team for four years THE SOONER MAGAZINE
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LOUIS A . LEDBETTER, '12law, Wewoka, last month became ad-jutant general of the Oklahoma NationalGuard . Mr . Ledbetter, a colonel in theNational Guard organization, was ap-pointed by Governor Leon Phillips, '16law, to succeed Charles F. Barrett . Mr .Barrett had held the position for the lasttwenty years.Mr . Ledbetter is an attorney at We-
woka . As a student in the University,he was a member of Kappa Sigma socialfraternity, and Phi Delta Phi law frater-nity . His other activities included AmesClub Court ; chief justice, '09; secretary-treasurer of law class ; treasurer of Legis-lative committee; member of Panhellenic .
After leaving the University, Mr . Led-better became a member of the law firm,Ledbetter and Ross, at Idabel . He servedas city attorney there and for a time asUnited States attorney . He later movedto Oklahoma City and then to Wewoka .Mr . Ledbetter is a brother of Eugene P.Ledbetter, '141aw, Oklahoma City at-torney, who is president of the Univer-sity of Oklahoma Board of Regents.Governor Phillips announced that the
appointment of Louis Ledbetter to theNational Guard position would precludethe reapointment of Eugene Ledbetterto the Board of Regents when his termexpires next spring, because of the gov-ernor's policy against two members ofthe same family holding state office . Thegovernor stated, according to UnitedPress, that he would not ask for Mr .Ledbetter's resignation from the Boardof Regents pending expiration of his term .
Meeting at EffinghamGraduates and former students of O.
U. now living in central and southern
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Louis A. Ledbetter, '12law, new adjutant
Charles Orr, '14, new secretary of thegeneral of the Oklahoma National Guard
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Illinois held a fish fry Saturday night,August 26, at Effingham .Arrangements were made by the Mat-
toon Advisory Council of the Universityof Oklahoma Association, of which Mrs.Paul A. Duffield is chairman . Othermembers are Thomas E. Grace, RaymondSloan, Samuel Coleman and John Fos-ness, all of Mattoon.
Jap Haskell, assistant Sooner coach,and King G. Price, Norman insuranceman who is former assistant athletic di-rector, were special guests and spoke onthe football outlook for the new season .Moving pictures of three Sooner gamesof last year were displayed .A number of Sooner football players
who had been working in the Illinoisoil field during the summer were intro-duced to the crowd .
Carl Albert, '31, Mattoon attorney, pre-sided.
Approximately one hundred personsattended the meeting. Those who reg-istered are :Mr . and Mrs . Irl Rhynes, Mr . and Mrs. C . G.
Herrington, Mr . and Mrs. R . K . Wolf, Mr . andMrs. John I, . Cook, Mr . and Mrs. Paul E . Ro-mine, Mr. and Mrs. Paul A . Duffield, Messrs .Thomas E . Grace, John Fosness, Raymond Sloan,Carl Albert, Clark T . Snider, Paul Hull, ChristyRussell, Robert A . Hefner, Jr., and AlonzoChurch, all of Mattoon, Mr. and Mrs . John Mc-Kittrick, Mr . and Mrs . A . M . Sullivan, Mr. andMrs . C . k: . Brehtn, Miss Glenna McDuffee,Messrs . J . N. Hackman, Earle Wright, Jr ., andClifton Bell of Effingham,, Miss Anna MaeHolder, Messrs . Walter D . Hart, Peter Howardand James Sinquefield of Vandalia ;Mr. and Mrs . "Doc" Cook, Mr. and Mrs .
Peter Hines, Messrs. Emery Swanson, Clark Day,S . A . Sayers, E . E . Bartolino, O . Hutson andC . B . Holder of St. Elmo, Mr. and Mrs . BruceR . Miller, Mr . and Mrs . C . Jensen, Miss MaryHoover and John Ed Cooper of Salem, Mr . andMrs. David Wise and Ray Moore of Mt. Vernon,C . M. Wilbanks of Altamont, Mr . and Mrs. C .C . Ludwick and Mr . and Mrs . H . M . Thralls
of Carmi, Thurman Conrey of Centralia, Dr.and Mrs . J . H . Price of Robinson, Milam Walk-er of Evansville, Indiana, S . Hoover of Tulsa,Oklahoma, Mr . and Mrs . Roy Keller of St.Louis, Miss Elsie Thornburg of Springfield, Mis-souri, Mr. and Mrs . M . M. Hines of Big Springs,Texas, Mrs. Lelia McNeily of New Orleans,Louisiana, Mr . and Mrs . `Jap" Haskell, Mr. andMrs. King Price and Mr . and Mrs . RichardFavor of Norman, Oklahoma .
Huff highest in examinationRichard Maurice Huff, '37, '391aw, re-
ceived the highest grade in the July StateBar examinations, according to announce-ment of the examining board made inAugust . Stewart Mark, '37, '391aw, Ok-lahoma City, and Glenn R. Watson, '39law, Ada, tied for second .
Orr secretary of commissionCharles Orr, '141aw, last month was
appointed secretary of the Interstate OilCompact Commission by Governor LeonC. Phillips, '161aw .Mr . Orr, formerly attorney for the com-
mission, was moved up to replace ArtWalker who resigned as secretary becauseof ill health . The governor indicatedthat he might not name a successor toMr . Orr, leaving the new secretary tohandle the duties of both offices .Mr . Orr practiced law at Holdenville
for many years. He served overseas inthe World War and has been active inthe American Legion, having served asfirst post commander at Ada and lateras commander in the Holdenville Post .He has also served as vice commanderof the state Legion, and as a member ofthe Soldiers' Relief Commission .As a student in the University, Mr.
Orr was a member of Kappa Sigma andPhi Delta Phi . He was a member ofthe varsity baseball team for four years
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A large proportion of the special edi-torial material for the anniversary editionwas prepared by Howard Van Dyke, '33,city editor of the Transcript .
Lee to be keynoter?The syndicated newspaper column,
Washington Merry-Go-Round, by DrewPearson and Robert S. Allen, stated re-cently that President Roosevelt alreadyhas picked Senator Josh Lee, '17, of Ok-lahoma, as the man he wants to deliverthe keynote speech at the Democratic Na-tional Convention next year .
Senator Lee was one of the first to an-nounce definitely his support of Presi-dent Roosevelt for a third term .
Fraker goes to MangumElmer Fraker, '20, '38ma, has left his
position as principal of Chickasha HighSchool in order to become superintendentof schools at Mangum .Mr. Fraker is a member-at-large of the
Executive Board of the University of Ok-lahoma Association, has served as chair-man of the Alumni Advisory Council forGrady County, and is a Life Member ofthe Association .
He is former department commander ofthe American Legion, president of theChickasha Rotary Club and twice presi-dent of the Mid-State High School Con-ference .
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He worked on newspapers in Decatur,Indiana, and at Duncan and OklahomaCity, before going to the University ofWashington where he studied meteorologyin the Graduate School . He completedthis work last year and joined the Al-buquerque weather bureau staff last De-cember .
The expedition is to start from Bostonin October . It will be under auspices ofthe United States government and theintention is to lay claim to land in theAntarctic that might be used by foreignpowers as military bases .
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