PHI GAMMA DELTA AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI J ISSOURIAN Vol. XXVIII COLTJMRIA, MISSOURI MARCH, 1964 No. 2 Fiji Alumni Fill State's Top Offices BB85 W/ Reprcsenlative James Trimbell Governor John Dalton James G. Trimble (Westminsler '501 is a Democratic caiiflidale for Attorney Genera! of Missouri in the 1961 election. John M. Dalton ('22) was elected the 41th governor of Missouri in He has represented Giav Gounlv for four terms in the General As sembly and in the last two sessions was elected Democratic Majority Floor Leader in the House of f{ei)re- Speaker Thomas Graham 1960 with a total of over one mil lion votes, the largest ever given a Missouri gubernatorial Thomas D. Graham has been a member of the Missouri General Assembly as representative from Cole County for seven terms. He candidate. was first elected in 1950, and in His term of office will end this year due to the state law which limits a governor to one four-year term. 1961 and 1963 was elected Speaker of the House. He will he seeking re election in November. A native of Jefferson City, Brother He sponsored the legislation that for the first time fully financed the Graham and his wife, Christine, state's school foundation program (Ka])i)a Alpha Theta, Missouri) have A Marine Corps veteran of Korea. and promoted programs in mental one son, Christopher, age eighteen. sentatiyes. He also seryed as chair man of the rules committee. Brother Trimble is an attorney and health and higher education. His Chris is now attending Lawrenceville operates a livestock farm where he lives at Rt. 1, Kearney, Mo., near Kansas City. He is married and has achievements School three children. Brother Trimble received his BA from William Jewell and was award ed his law degree from the Univer sity of Kansas City Law School. Brother Trimble is engaged in the general practice of law with the firm of James, McFarland and virtually were received with unanimous editorial ap plause throughout the state. Governor Dalton also led the suc cessful statewide cam|)aign for im proving the state highway system and providing financial aid to county roads and city streets, en dorsed by the ])eople of Missouri by 4-to-l in special election. Industrial development has been Trimble in North Kansas City, Mis a field of inten.se interest to Gover souri. He is Commandant of the nor Dalton. He obtained a revamping in Jersey, and Lawrenceville, plans to New enter the University this fall. Mr. Graham was in the United States Army during World War II and has been a practicing attorney in Jefferson City since 1949. At the present time he is a member of the law firm of Graham and Hawkins. Mr. Graham, a member of the First Christian Church of Jefferson City, has long been active in church and community affairs. He is a Missouri Department, Marine Corjis of the state agency in this field, re member of the Missouri Bar As League; a member of the Board of named it Commerce and Industrial sociation, the St. Louis Bar As- Trustees of the Law Alumni Found- Development, and led large teams {Continued on page 4. column 3) sociatio-n, and a member and past [Continued on page 4, column 2) iCoiUinued on page 4, column 2) \r\nFIJI Deindorfer 'Fights'" Way to Journalistic Fame SAeei Our Housemother Since October 22, Mrs. C. C. Cod- MARCH, 1964 MISSOUBIAN Who, hut a Fiji from Mizzou, dington, Bowling Green, Mo., has would made the Fiji house her home. Mrs. Coddington says she enjoys Lewis for a magazine article? This is probably a question that being "in college" again although things have changed a hit since she attended Christian College. "We could go to town only on Wednesday and Thursday after Brother Robert Deindorfer ('44) is noons and even then we wore hat and gloves. We could talk to a hoy only one minute or walk with him box two rounds with Joe still asking himself. He got the story but also suffered a broken nose! The chain of events which led him to the boxing ring started when he accepted a job as sportswriter for United Press in New He taught an evening course in successful magazine writing at New York Universitv for one semester. When the more popular national magazines began disappearing, such as Collier's, Coronet and some of his other normal markets. Bob became magazine manager at the New York Stock Exchange: a post he still holds. He still does free-lance work dur a block. Of course all of our dates York City after his separation from ing the evening or weekends and has were approved ahead of time by the college and we didn't set foot in a the service. Boh had been a sports- had articles in the recent issues of writer for two years when he re ceived, in the„ same mail, two dif car." Since changing her address to 704 ferent magazine checks for free College, she has come to the firm lance assignments and decided that conclusion that, "the Phi Gams are greater prosperity lay elsewhere. The next eight years found him the best house and the best hoys on writing for aWariety of magazines. campus." He has traveled across half the world writing on subjects such as politics, espionage, sports, person ality profiles and Africa. His travels have taken him to Europe, and the Middle East. A trip from the top to the bottom of Africa even included two weeks in Timbuktu 1 Bob's articles have appeared in Redbook, Good Housekeejjing and Ladies Home Journal. Bob was a bachelor these long years until he married in May, 196.1. He and his wife enjoy trout fish ing here and abroad and follow West Point football games. Much of their time is spent in Washington. D. C. He is a magazine consultant to the Peace Corps and serves active ly in Democratic politics in New York and on a national level, having been a member of the writers group for Adali Stevenson in 19.52 and as Life, Look, 1956 and for John Kennedy in 1960. day's Health and a number of others. In a recent letter Bob mentioned that from time to time he sees such Chi Mu brothers as John magazines such Reader's Digest, Saturday Evening He is a member of the National Post, Good Housekeeping, True, Press Club in Washington D. C., the Cosmopolitan, This Week, Parade, Overseas Press Club and the Society American Legion, American Weekly, of Magazine Writers in New York Elk's Argosy, Pageant, Sport, To City. He is author of three books. The first was a novel which he describes Mrs. C. C. Coddington Mrs. Coddington was raised in Pike Co., Mo. and has lived in Japan two years. She returned to Bowling Green from Bradford, Pa., in 1960. In Bowling Green she was staff organist at the Mudd Funeral Home as well as president of the Bowling Green Garden Club and secretary of the Louisiana, Mo., club. She is a member of the Christian Church. Mrs. Coddington enjoys doing needlepoint and knitting, the finish ed product usually being for her two grandchildren ages 6 and 9. Her son and daughter-in-law live in St. Lagemann, Pollard Wreath, Bob Dawson, Ron Hoff and Leroi as, "a bloody bad one" and the second, a book on espionage. The most recent is a book on pro foot ball written with George Ratterman. Dixon. It ran in condensed form in Sat at 323 East 51st St., New York 22. urday Evening Post. New York. Brother Deindorfer now resides BROTHER WREATH PROMOTED TO V.P. The Fiji Missourian Brother Pollard Wreath ('47) has been elected Vice President of the Hodes-Daniel Vol. XXVlll, No. 2 Dale (Harris, Editor Company, Inc., of Mount Verncen, New York, a direct mail advertising and sales promo tion firm. Brother Wreath has been with Contributors Bob Benell Tom Erank luen Bob Curry Burke the firm since June, 1960. Before graduation from the Uni versity in 1947, he served in WWII Published by Chi Mu Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta at the University of Missouri for its Louis where Bill is connected with as a 1st Lieutenant and was re Graduate Members and Friends. the Sears Roebuck Co. Chi Mu was indeed fortunate to called to the infantry in 1950-.51 Please send news and changes of find such a gracious housemother who is doing an excellent job in perpetuating the traditions of "Fiji hospitality" and fine food. for Korean combat. Remaining a bachelor, Brother Wreath lives at 1420 York Ave., New York, N. Y. address to the Editor at 704 Col lege, Columbia, Mo. \r\nFIJI MARCH, 1964 ftllSSOUBIAN Brother Currie on Staff NORRIS PIG DINNER PLANS OUTLINED of New York College Brother Scott Serrill, Pig Dinner chairman, has announced April 26. as the date of the dinner. A cocktail party will be held Saturday evening and the dinner at 12:30 Sunday. Featured at tire dinner will he two class reunion Bill Haw ('61) from Bonne Terre, Mo. was elected Purple Legionaire this fall to fill a vacancy left by Queens College of the University of the City of New York. He re ceived his doctorate in education from Columbia University and is presently doing post doctoral rvork speakers and a guest speaker. in the area Reservation forms and other informatio-n will be in the mail this month. higher education. In addition to his teaching and of administration of administrative duties. Brother Cur rie is editor of the Journal of the Ne\v York State Speech Association CHI MU CARDINAL SIGNS CONTRACT Bill Haw Dr. Fergus G. Currie ('53) is serving as director of forensics at and holds the office of Executive- Secretary of the New York State Brother Charley .James ('59) signed a contract with the St. Louis in a number of other professional Cardinals for the 1964 season Feb- organizations including the Speech ruarv 24. He is hoping to step into the regular berth r;acated by the retired Stan Musial. Last season he maintained a bat Debate Association. He is active Association American of America and the Forensic Association. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Second Pres ting average of .268 which was above his major league average of is chairman of the Board of Trus English literature, Bill served two .263. tees of the Alexander Robertson years in the Army at Fort Hood, Charley was an electrical en gineering instructor at Washington University during the tvinter and School of New York City. Brother Currie has maintained an interest in the role of social fra ternities but since there is no chap ter of Phi Gamma Delta at Queens Howard Scott. After graduating with a BA in Texas. He is now back in Columbia doing graduate work in personnel and labor relations. Bill and his wife, Bea, reside at 1711 Caniff lives at 2421 Bremerton. Rock Hill. Mo. Circle. "COMING ATTRACTIONS" As an undergraduate. Bill was president of the chapter, director of High School Rush Savitar Frolics, and voted outstand ing member in 1961. He attended High School Rush the Ekklesia in Washington. D.C. in 1961. As Purple Legionaire, Bill is especially interested in the rushing program and the financial aspects of the chapter. Weekend April 4 Weekend April 18 Norris Pig Dinner .... April 26 Parents Day May 3 Fiji Island Party May 9 High School Rush Weekend May 16 NO LEGEND AFTER ALL! In the last issue of the "Fiji Missourian" there was an article asking who could explain the legend of the greek letters over our fire place. Webster defines "legend" as "an event in authentic history, of doubtful certainty, but believed to be true." Thanks to Brother W. G. Rule ('14) we have established the certainty of the origin of the carv ing, thus disqualifying it as a legend. When the chapter house was be ing planned in 1949, Burdett "Burr" Green the Producers. walnut in the finish of the house and persuaded the memlters of his organization to furnish the wood. New York. FIJI HAPPENINGS Brother Steve Beimdeik III (63) and his wife, Kitty, have from Wichita, Kansas to ial Heights, Virginia, Steve is serving in the moved Colon where Army at Fort Lee. Our congratulations to Brother C. Rogler Elliot ('38) on his elec tion to president of the Kansas City Graduate Chapter. Germany. them. A design was submitted, heartily Lumber Department of Speech, Flushing 67, ment of the greek letters, and if everyone approved, he would carve approved, "Burr" did his carving, Naturally "Burr" was anxious to use visor to the Queens chapter of Phi Epsilon Pi. His address is Queens College, (Westminster '60) is doing graduate work in banking and Executive Walnut was College he is serving as faculty ad tion meeting at which "Burr" and architect Wesley Wedemeyer were discussing some decoration for the face of the chimney. Brother Green's hobby is woodcarving and his wife is an artist, so "Burr" suggested that Mrs. Green might design an irregular arrange Secretary of the National Association of ('18) After the living room ceiling had been installed there was an inspec byterian Church of New York and and there are our letters. It was a happy solution but no "legend". Brotlier Green is now president of Kev Construction Co. Brother Tom Baumgardner finance at the University. He was released from active duty in January after serving two years as an Army officer in News has reached the Fiji house of the monthly luncheon club formed by St. Louis Chi Mu's such as Ed Lips ('59), Skip Caray ('61), Mickey Rose ('61), Spencer Staples ('60), George Clements ('61), and others, PERGE! ( Continued on pafte 4. column 1 1 \r\nFIJI Happenings {Con, from page 3) Brother Bill Spencer C61) has returned to Columbia and is do Trimble (Con. from page I) ation of the University of Missouri at Kansas City; a member of the ing graduate work in the School Board of Business and Public Adminis tration. Jewell College Alumni Association; past president of the Young Bemo- Brother Sam Cornelius C63) and Miss Carolyn Dixon, Gamma Phi Beta, Jennings, Mo., were married in the Third Baptist cratic Clubs of Missouri; and a mem Church of St. Louis January 26. Sam is a second-semester fresh man in the University School of Medicine. They reside at Crestvale Trailer Court. Brother Harry Ferguson ('25) is a national reporter for United of Governors of William ber of the Masonic Lodge, Aarat Shrine and Baptist Church of Kear ney. A third generation Fiji at Wil liam Jewell, Brother Trimble has maintained an active interest in Phi Gamma Belta. The Brothers of Chi Mu wish Brother Trimbel success in the November election. Press International in Washing ton B.C. His business address is National Press Bldg., Washing ton 4, B.C. Brother George Clements C61) and his wife, Mary Ann, reside at 700 St. Bernard's Lane, St. Louis, 10, Mo. George is con nected with Clements and Machinery Corp. Brother ('60), Robert Highway MARCH. 1964 MISSOURIAN Balton (Con. from page 1) of Missourians to East and West Coasts on industrial growth. The governor received the "Missouri Salesman of the Year" award for this effort. The Balton's family home is at Kennett, Mo., and they have two children—John H. Balton, a practic ing attorney at Kennett, and Mrs. John W. Hyland of Ballas. Texas. Governor Balton is an active cot ton farmer in Southeast Missouri and was senior member of the law firm of Balton, Treasure & Balton when he was first elected to state office, as attorney general in 1952. Governor Balton is a member of Graham (Con. from page 1) the American College of Trial Law yers, the International Association president of the Cole County Bar Association. Other' important civic activities include the presidency of of Insurance Counsel, the American Bar Association (former member of the University of Missouri Alumni Association of Cole County, member its House of Belegates), and past president of the National Attorneys General Association. Welding ship on the board of directors of In 1959, Mr. Balton was presented Clatterbuck the Jefferson City Chamber of Com merce, and on the board of trustees the Wyman Memorial Award, given annually by the National Attorneys 131, Bellevue, of the Memorial Community Hos])ital. Neb., is in the customer secur ities department of the Omaha General Association to the outstand ing attorney general. In 1961, he was sessions awarded honorary LL.B. degrees by Representative Graham was chair Brother Barre Barrett ('61) is man of the important Judiciary a professor at Ottawa University Committee, and as speaker he is in Ottav/a, Kansas. He is also the ex officio member of all standing director of the Mammel Art committees of the House. In addition, Center there. The Art Center re cently featured an exhibition of he is a member of the permanent Committee on Legislative Research, Barre's paintings. Brury College, S|)ringfield, and Wil liam Jewell C]ollege, Liberty. For three legislative National Bank. Brother Larre Barrett ('60) has a member of the Joint Interim Com "As to my future plans", says Gov. Balton, I really haven't come to a decision. The greatest likelihood is that I shall return to the practice of law and continue to reside in Jefferson City." Brother Balton has, on numerous mittee on Tourist Trade, and ex of occasions, taken time from his busy ficio member of the state Reorganiz tral sales in Chicago. Larre and ation Commission, popularly known schedule to actively participate in as "Little Hoover Commission" and is vice-chairman of the MissouriNew York World's Fair Commission. at Missouri are proud to applaud the been named manager of sales service for NBC-TV network cen his wife, Lou Ann (Tri Belta), live in Wheaton, ID and have a ten-month-old son, Parker. PHI GAMMA DELTA 704 College Avenue Columbia, Missouri William the activities of Chi Mu. The Fijis outstanding accomplishments of one of the most dynamic governors in Missouri history.