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VOL. 33 NO. 98
BRECKENRIDGE, TEXAS—THURSDAY, MAT 21, 1953
PRICE 3 CENTS PER COPT
Ireek Golfers
Invited To Try
To Boat Boros
Breckenridge golfers who like to
defeat a national champion will be
offered an opportunity to do so,
either Saturday- or before Satur-
day.
This was the information re-
ceived today from Breckenridge
Golf Pro George Hannon.
The play will be the nation ag-
ainst Julius Boros, national open
champion. To sum
•hell, you pay your
champion. To sum it up in a nut
•hell, you pay your dolla
fire away. The money will be e«j-
ir and you
ually divided between the U. S. O.
and the National Golf Ass'n fund.
Boros will fire his round on the
Oakmont Country Club course at
Pittsburgh, Hannon said. If a
Breckenridge man or woman golfer
can beat his score a medal will be
awarded.
Men golfers will be given the
club handicap, and lady golfers will
be given their handicap, plus seven.
The handicaps have been posted at
the Golf Club. *
Saturday has been designated as
National Golf Day, but if there is
a local golfer who cannot play
Saturday, he can play it Thursday
afternoon, or Fridi^-.
Last year the nation's golfers
played against Ben Hogan.
Hannon urges local golfers to
enter the tournament. The money
goes for n good cause, and some
one her-; might beat the national
champion.
High Living Ends
For Hot Checkers
OKLAHOMA CfTY. May 21 'U.B
—A y ar of hisrh living was at an
nd Thursday for a former Iowa
school teacher and her husband,
who. polio ,«aid. hare cashed so
many hot checks around th* coun-
try they can't remember them at
all.
The rnuple wan identified ms Ja-
mes Cart Schneider of Wichita,
Knn., and Mrs. Harriet Elaine Seh-
nt-'der. 24. the former Harriet Ov-
fatt "f Woodbine, Iowa. Police laid
she formerly was director of s|iec-
ial •■duration at Missouri Valley,
Police said they bav« bulletins
indicating the Schneiders a«*> wan-
ted for questioning at Los Angeles
and Brawlej. Calif.; El Paso. San
Antonio" and Port Worth, Tex.;
New Orleans, La.; Mobile, Ala.;
Pensacola and Jacksonville, Fla.;
Savannah. Go.. Charleston, S. C.,
and Woodbine.
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Auto Strikes Idle
56,000 Workers
DETROIT. May •_'! <rB>—Mush-
rooming auto strikes idled more
than 5*,0 W> auto workers in the
Midwest Thursday, including 37,-
500 in the Detroit area.
Ford Motor Co.. with 7,900 at-
readv idled, said 85.000 of its 128,-
mm hourly-rated employes across
the country would be laid off by
Monday.
A strike at Ford's Canton, Ohio,
forgings plant would force a shut-
down of all but one of its 18 as-
sembly plants throughout the na-
tion.
The 8S,ooo Ford workers facing
layoffs included 55,000 in the De-
troit area alone, 43,100 of them at
Ford's giant River Rouge plant in
suburban Dearborn.
The 58.000 industry workers al-
ready Idled, all of them members
of the CIO United Auto Workers
Union, included 37,500 at Detroit;
J.40O at Canton; 4,000 at Cleve-
land; 8.500 at Toledo; 3,500 at Ke-
nosha, Wis., and 2,500 at Danville,
II.
SEEN or HEARD
By C. M. H.
www
Summer blossomed out today
and air conditioning servicing
which had a resipte during the
cool spell got back in high. Jack
Merrill stated Got that copy
of "Thoughts From Texas," writ-
ten by Dtna Knudsen, and it is a
neat volume.
LEAVES HOSPITAL—Babe Didrickson Zaharias, right, is assisted
by golfing friend Betty Dodd as she leaves hospital in Beaumont.
Babe underwent a major operation 41 days ago. Betty has stayed
with the famed woman athlete since she entered the hospital.
(NEA Telephoto)
Little League Play
To Open On Monday
The baseball season for I95.i
will officially open at Guinn
Park Monday afternoon with a
twin hill. The first game will start
at 5:15 p. m. featuring the Breck-
enridge American Buffs and the
Warren Petroleum Oilers.
The second game will start at
4 p. m. with the league sponsored
Giants facing the Hub Tigers.
This begins a full season of ten
weeks of baseball in Breckenridge.
«ix days of each week. Monday
over
start
Sheriff Tom Offield said the
grand jnry will meet Monday and
if there be any me with anything
to bring before it to present H
Said he has several matters
to present Jimmy Williams
sweating this morning with worry
^getting hi* air conditioning
R. I. McArron returned from
buying trip to Dallas to go home
to bed with throat infection
Norman York, thought much bet-
ter. became ill downtown yester-
day and was taken to hospital
Grady Slaughter shooting "Ida
Red" will be here June 10.
Jodie Baker adviaes that all
beys wishing to play on the
American Legion team should see
him immediately and meat birth
certificates .... Mrs. Pnal Pfeser
remarked they caught W «f
nod water at the ranch And,
be sore to vote Saturday.
Thought For The Moment: That
man is richest whoso pleasures are
the cheapest—Thowau.
Grand And Petit
Jurors Brawn To
Report May
A list of 60 prospective jurors
has been drawn to report Monday
morning at 10 o'clock, and a list
of sixteen nomes drawn from
>vhich to select a grand jury.
Setting show one civil suit, that
of Oil Field Salvage Company vs.
Castle.
Those drawn for jury service are
as follows:
Petit Jurors
Ray Rogers, Cleve (randy, C. M.
Wright, Jack N. McClure, Ralph
L. Hamil, Bill Pttgh. Chas. Weath-
erby, Deane G. Peifrey. R. F. Led-
better. C. L. Bridges, Don Myrick,
W. C. Maner, J. H. Perry. Sam
Ball, J. T. Scarlett, H. F. Alexan-
der. Dave McCarthy. W. C. Cravev.
G. W. Bratton. J. H. Payne, Wil-
liam H. Blodgett, Tom B. Ward.
L. E. Isbell, Jake Skinner, W. N.
Crtidgington. O. A. Grlmore. J. C.
Price, K. D. Gibson, V. A. Ridley,
C. J. Atchison.
Marvin Socal, B. F. Peacock, R.
L. Cant well, A. H. Miller, F. I.
Earney. E. C. Rike, C. C. Keith.
W. H. Dakin. C. M. Knox, J. W.
Wharton, Eugene Thompson, Dew-
ey Hames, E. B. Oxford, W. J.
Rhodes. E. D. Morgan, Eugene W.
MK George Hannon. H. H. Me-
haffev, Roy White, A. C. Andrews.
Don Melton. J. E. Hobson. Marvin
Spoon, J. Socol. Gerald Tiner, M.
E. Sawver. B. E. Holder, T. F. De-
la ner, T. A. Floumoy. Jr. Geo. S.
Martin.
Grand Jury
Hop Sullivan. T. C. Fambro. O.
Tomlin, Oliver Wesley. W. D. Gen-
try, I. Cohen. Samuel G. Ball, Mon-
roe Veale, H. G. Dye. J. H. Gra-
-•ey. Coy L. Bargstev, R. W. Stone,
O. A. Bonney. W. T. Dupree, Nap
Thomas, and R. L. Rominger.
Ike To Moot With
Churchill. Mayer
WASHINGTON, May 21 <U.R>—
President Eisenhower announced
Thursday he soon will hold a cold
war conference with British Prime
Minister Winston Churchill and
French Premier Rene Mayer, pro-
bably at Bermuda.
The date has not yet been set.
But indications are that the meet-
ing win take place the latter part
of June.
In a special statement released
by White House Ptress Secretary
James C. Hagerty, President Eis-
enhower said:
"The government of the United
States, France, arid Britain have
been in consultation with the view
of holding an informal high-level
meeting.
Davidson b Out
f%§ ifc.ins.
wT ■onion wow
DALLAS, May 21 «JJ6—U. S.
District Judge T. Whitfield David-
son. who was accused by attorney?
for Las Vegas, Nev_, gambler Ben-
ny Binion of bias and prejudice
unexpectedly withdrew from the
Binion income tax evasion case.
Judge Davidson filed an order
with the federal clerk Wednesday
turning over the Binion case to
U. S. District Judge Ben H. Rice
Jr., of Waco, Tex
through Saturday with double
headers on Monday. Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday. There will
be one week of intermission—Ro-
deo and Boy Scout week June 8
through the 13.
Starting in training camp in
April about 160 boys began prac-
tice ami on May 1 team selections
were" roade. All of this month
each team has been working out
daily under the supervision of
their managers. Last week prac-
tice was called off due to rain
and wet grounds, hut managers
report that their hoys are coming
along fine and real team spirit is
developing.
Work Done on Field
Wednesday night work on the
fi ld was practically completeo
«rtd with painting of the seats,
fences, and final touchup on the
grounds today and Friday, the
field should1 be ready for the
steady play that will follow next
week.
The schedule for next week's
play is as follows:
Monday—Oilers vs Buffs*; Giants
vs Tigers.
Tuesday—Cards vs. Yanks; Cubs
vs Eagles*.
Wednesday—Red Sox vs. Cubs*;
Yanks Vs Red So*.
Friday—Giants vs Cubs: Eagles
vs Oilers*.
Saturday—Tigers vs Cards.
•Denotes 5:15 game:?.
The umpires for the season are
expected to be the same as last
year. Pooch Pearson, Clarence
"Heavy" Pottoff, French, and
Bunkiey. They worked all of the
games last year and turned in a
professional job of officiating.
Crowds Expected
Last year crowds of from 600 to
1,000 witnessed Little League play
at Guinn Park, and this year
plans have been made and stands
are being prepared to handle even
larger crowds.
The Jaycees will have a conces-
sion stand, and will have all of the
flavor of baseball with every item
from peanuts to hot dogs.
When the lights go on Monday
night and the umpires call 'Play
Ball'—there will be a real active
summer season under way for the
vouth of Breckenridge, Aaron
Kuperman. president, said.
Chinese Accuse
UN Of Atrocities
MUNSAN, May 21 iCJf>_Red
China and a Communist news ag-
ency accused the U. S. Air Force
Thursday of flooding 70 North Ko-
rean villages and drowning 800
North Koreans in the "atrocity"
bombing of two big dams south of
Pyongyang.
Radio Peiping. voice of Com-
munist China, additional demanded
that the United Nations end the
Korean war "by abandoning its
absurd" war prisoner proposal
when truce talks resume next
Monday.
The radio broadcast said the
bombings occurred from May 13
to May 18, destroyed both reser-
voir dams and flooded miles of
farmland with a "great number"
of peasants reported drowned or
missing.
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WVWWMMmWAMMMAW
Throe Conlvibnlofi
Raise Storm Stricken
AM Fnd To $321.60
The Chamber of Commerce to-
day has received three more con-
tributions for the Waco and San
Angelo flood sufferers.
Those contributing are Mrs.
Bobby Turner, Irvin Jolly, and
James W. Miller.
This makes a grand total of
$321.60 renorted contributed by
Breckenridge.
This amount is divided into
$171.60 from 21 persons and two
places of business; and $150 con-
tributed by the First Christian
Church.
Heart Attack Is
Fatal While At
Meeting Of Elks
Claude C. Dodds, 45, a native of
Breckenridge, died shortly after
8 o'clock Wednesday evening, the
victim of a sudden heart attack.
Mr. Dodds, aparently in good
health, had gone to the meeting
of the Elks Lodge. He was seated
along with other3 on the west
side of the building. Shortly after
the opening ceremonies he collaps-
ed in his seat.
An ambulance was called im-
mediately and atempts made to re-
vive him, but all efforts failed. It
was said he was dead on arrival at
the hospital. On learning of his
death the lodge abandoned all fur-
ther meeting activities.
Dodds was an employe of RAG
Drilling Co.. and had been working
near Woodson. He was born to
Breckenridge September 2, 1907,
and had lived here alt his life.
Funeral services have been set
for a p. m. Friday at the Pente-
costal Church with Rev. E. W.
Copeland officiating. Burial wilt
be in Breckenridge Cemetery,
graveside services to be conduct-
ed by the Elks Lodge. Kiker Fun-
eral Home has charge of arrange-
ments.
Survivor are his wife, Jannie, a
son, Ray Dodds, and an adopted
son, David Dodds, both of Brecken-
ridge, his father Carroll Dodds of
Breckenridge; two brothers. John
Dodds of Breckenridge and Ernest
Dodds of Uvalde; five sisters,
Mrs. I. McKee. Mrs. Clyde Corley
and Mrs. C. E. Snowden. all of
Breckenridge, Mrs. E. C. N'iebuhr
of Freer, and Mrs. Clyde Dixon of
Snyder; and one grandson.
Pallbearers will be Ray Joe
Knight, Guy Ewing, Jr.. Rex
Brown, C. C. Keith, Bill Holder,
and Carl Sanders.
Four Patients To
Local Hospitals
Calls to the local hospitals nam-
pd the following four patients ad-
mitted during the past 24 hours:
Breckenridge Clinical—N. S.
York, medical.
Stephens Memorial—Date Allen
Kjith, medical and Mrs. Leana Ball
and Miss Sandra Garren, surgical.'
Dismissals included Johnny Dye.
75 FAMILIES DRIVEN OUT OF
HOMES WHfN LEVEE BREAKS
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Raging Sabine
River In Homes
At Deweyville
Youths Arrested
Hare Confess 2
Thefts Of tars
Throwing contents from a car
allegedly stolen along the roadside
at Caddo Wednesday afternoon led
to the arrest of two youths from
Oklahoma and confession from
them that the car they were driv-
ing was stolen, also that they had
stolen another Oklahoma car.
Sheriff Tom Offield reports.
George Dean, 18, and John Al-
len Talley of Ponca City were
arrested last night by Sheriff Of-
field and Policeman Bob Whitley
while seated in a car answering
a description of a car telephoned
from Caddo from which it was
said papers, a radio and a spot-
light had been thrown.
The call from Caddo was receiv-
ed about 7 o'clock and led by the
car description and the papers
found the youths were spotted a-
bout 8 o'clock.
Offield said they made a state-
ment that they had stolen a 1948
Dodge to Tonkawa, Oklahoma, and
had driven it to Ponca City. Then
they took a 1948 Plymouth and
came to Texas. '
The' two waived extradition to
Oklahoma and are being held in
jail for Oklahoma authorities, who
will return them to Newkirk.
Oklahoma, county seat of the
county in which the Tonkawa cat
wa3 stolen.
Scouts To Hike
Boy Scout Troop 17, sponsored
by the First Christian Church, will
leave Saturday morning 5 o'clock
from the Church for Possum King-
dom Lake where they will go on
a long hike and enjoy scouting ac-
tivities, Alvin Alexander, scout-
master said today.
Members of the troop are remin-
ded to make plans to attend this
outing.
TITO TO STICK TO NEST
REGARDLESS OF RUSSIA
,r?
By HELEN FISHER
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, May
21 (C.R>—President Tito Thursday
said Yugoslavia would stick with
the West regardless of what the
Soviet Union may do with its peace
offensive.
"We do want good relations with
the Soviet Union but we will never
forget the help which our Allies—
America and England—gave us in
the darkest hours of our history,"
Tito said.
Tito addressed diplomatic mis-
sions and air attaches from coun-
tries except those in the Soviet
bloc in the highlight of a ceremony
at Batajnica military airport on
the 10th anniversary of the Yugos-
lav Air Force.
"Relations between us and the
Soviet Union and certain countries
under its influence have not
up until today improved at a]
Tito said.
•Still Shoot At u r
"They are still shooting rifles at
as," he said. "They are still mis-
treating our people. Their press is
still attacking us. . .
"Furthermore, I declare that
ven should the Soviet Union mod-
erate its propaganda campaign ag-
ainst us, this would not be enough
to cause us to change our position
overnight.
"We cannot have any confidence
in them as long as they do not
change thir attitude and policy to-
ward us. . ."
Tito said Yugoslavia desired nor-
mal relations with the Soviet Un-
ion and "our neighboring count-
ries and we are unashamed to say
this to anyone."
'Normal Relations* Wanted
"But what we want is normal re-
lations with every country . . . be-
cause this means an important con-
tribution to the maintenance of
peace."
Tito said Yugoslavia waa not a
"changeable" nation.
"It not a country which shifts
its policy according to where it
o. rue best Plot its," he said.
"This is proved by the entire his-
tory of our country. We never be-
trayed our true Allies."
Tito assailed the Italian presa for
"lies" about disputed Trieste.
The president also referred to an
American newspaper editorial
which had warned that the United
States sided with Italy in the dis-
pute over ownership of Trieste.
Faith In Anprica
"I believe leading personalities
in America are anxious to see cor-
•VOICE' NEWSMAN RESIGNS
NEW YORK, May 21 <K —Ra-
dio news commentator Raymond
Swing has resigned as chief poli-
tical anaylst of the Voice of Am-
erica charging it haa been "crip-
pled, perhaps beyond recovery, by
slanderous attacks on its integrity"
and the "spineless failure" of the
State Department to defend its
staff.
rect relations between nations and
that these relations are necessary
to world peace," he said.
"We highly value the American
people not just because they are
giving us aid but because during
the war they plunged in and help-
ed rescue humanity.
"The same goes for the British
people. .. We do not want to chan-
ge our present standpoint."
Stephens Nell
Is Completed
Five miles south of Caddo in the
regular field, G. B. Butte rfield, Ol-
ney, No. 3 Stuard, Section 27,
Block 6, TAP Survey, was comple-
ted
Daily potential was 95 barrels of
41 gravity oil, flowing through a
20-64-inch choke with 425 pounds
casing and 150 pounds tubing pres-
sures. Production is from four per-
forations per foot at 2492-2,218
feet. Operator set the casing at 2,-
243 feet white the hole is bottom-
ed at 2,247 feet. Gas-oil ratio was
460-1.
H. L. Ratliff, et al, of Brecken-
ridge No. 3 C. H. Belding was
spotted three mites northeast of
Brad in the Beldtog-Strawn-Fleld.
Site for the 1,950-foot rotary
project is 750 feet from the south
and 250 feet from the east lines of
the west-half in Section 11, Btock
3, TAP Survey.
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LoForce GuHty
Of Mixing Poison
LOS ANGELES, May 21 <U.fS_
An embittered Richard LaForce,
convicted of mixing poison with
food and drink, Thursday faced a
possible sentence of from one to 10
years in prison.
LaForce, whose sensational trial
included his testimony that he car-
ried on a love affair with the
friend's pretty young wife, was ac-
quitted of more serious charges of
attempted murder and poisoning.
The jury of eight women and
four men found the young defen-
dant innocent of two counts of at-
tempted murder and of one count
of poisoning in returnig their ver-
dict Wedesday.
CHILDREN FOUND—Mrs. Clifton Bradford whose 2-year-otd son
and 13-month-old daughter were found safe in New York after dis-
appearing from their Washington. D. C. home Friday night, looks at
newspictures of the children. The photo at upper right is of Barbara
Grimm, 24, who is in custody as the alleged kidnapper of the
youngsters. fNEA Telephoto)
Jaycees To Push
Seotehlite Sales
At The Weekend
Breckenridge Jaycees, heartened
by the wonderful response of their
"Seotehlite for Safety" campaign
last Saturday, are renewing their
drive to put the reflector tape on
the back bumper of every car in
the city.
The Jaycees believe the applica-
tion Of this tape on the rear bump-
ers or vehicles wilt do much to re-
duce the number of accidents which
occur after dark on the streets.
On Thursday and Friday night /
this week, Jaycees will be at the
local drive-in theatres cleaning
windshields of each car that ent-
ers and applying tape to car bum-
pers of those so desiring.
Saturday morning, Jaycees will
be stationed at a barricade across
the street from A&P food store
for the purpose of selling the tape
to people desiring- it. The tane sells
for $1 per bumper and funds from
. this project will go toward re-
pairing and painting street mark-
ers of Breckenridge, which were
erected by the Jaycees in recent
years as a project of the organiza-
tion.
Howard Swanson, of the publi-
city committee, feels Seotehlite is
a real advantage in cutting down
the number of local accidents, and
urges those who have not applied
the tape to their car bumper to do
so this week.
Mr. and Mrs, R. G. Little of
Woodson are the parents of a new
daughter, born at 7:15 p. m. Wed-
nesday evening at the Stephens
Memorial Hospital. The oaby,
which has not been named yet,
weighed six pounds.
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BWj your sent covers at the
White Auto Stun.
King Shocked At
Divorce Action
NEWARK, N. J., May 21 <U.RJ—
Sheppard (Abdullah) King III said
Thursday he wants his divorce-
seeking wife. Egyptian belly dan-
cer Samia Gamal, to come home
and have babies after they have
cleared up her "sources of irrita-
tion."
King, depressed and bewildered
as he stepped off an airliner here
enroute to Cairo, told newsmen he
was dumbfounded because Samia
wants to end it all.
"I want her back," he said, "but
if she reallv wants a divorce she
can have it."
King said Samia cried when she
left their Houston honeymoon es-
tate to fly hack to Egynt for a
brief visit wit. the homefolks. He
■•aid she sent two postcards from
Gander, Newfoundland, and Ciaor.
inked with words of endearment.
ROKs Defeat Reds
In Tough Battle
By ROBERT ITMCK
SEOUL, May 21 «'.P>—South
Koreans regained an eastern front
outpost Thursday in a 12-hour pit-
ched battle that proved the once
poorly organized ROKs had be-
come first class fighting men.
About 500 Red Chinese drove the
South Koreans away from their
position near Christmas Hill shor-
tly before midnight. The ROKs
counter-attacked within two hours,
only to be repulsed.
The South Koreans picked up
re-inforcements and hit the Chin-
ese position again without success.
On the third try the stubborn
ROKs forced the Chinese to flee
<md Eighth Armv headquarter* an-
nounced that "friendly forces re-
occupied al) positions at 10 o'clock
with sporadic small arms and au-
tomatic weapons fire still contin-
uing."
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Guyton's Jewelry, your authoriz-
ed Keepsake IHessond, Haeilton,
Omega an* *oa*iaa Watch ~
Summer School
Work Explained;
To Open May 27
Examinations still were on Thurs-
day on school hill, but those in
charge are beginning to look to-
ward the end of school.
Principal John Culwell said
Thursday the list of High School
graduates appears to carry about
81. He was to make a further
check. *
Summer school will open May 27.
Mrs. E. R. Maxwell and Mrs. Neil
Cates will be in charge. Work can
both be made up and new subjects
taken in High School.
In Junior High, however, no new
subjects can be taken up, only sub-
jects in which the students are
weak in. Promotion for summer
work can be had only on recom-
mendation of the principal and
Mrs. Jodie Baker, who with Mr.
Baker will have charge of summer
work in Junior High.
Those interested should see eith-
er Mrs. Maxwell or Mrs. Baker,
Culwell said.
The Baccalaureate sermon will
be preached Sunday night in the
High School auditorium, beginning
at 8:30 o'clock, Hugh Boydston the
minister.
Graduation exercises will be at
the same place, same hour on
Tuesday evening.
Juior High graduation exer-
cises will be held Monday night.
Culwell said the number of Junior
High grads has not been deter-
mined.
Mrs. .tack Jarvis
Now Recuperating
Mrs. Jack V. Jarvis, daughter
of Mrs. A. F. Jones. 511 N.
Breckenridge Ave., is presently re-
covering from surgery in Walter
Reed Army Hospital, Washington,
O. C. Mrs. Jarvis has been in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil for the past 18
months where her husband i3 on
duty with the Joint Brazil-United
States Military Commission and
was sent to Walter Reed Army
Hospital for emergency surgery on
May I. After recovery she expects
to return to Brazil to join her hus-
band and children.
DEWEYVILLE, Tex., May 21
(U.R)—The main levee protecting
Deweyville from the rampaging
Sabine River broke early Thursday
and between 50 and 75 families
were chased from their homes to
higher ground.
Sheriff Curtis Humphries of
Newton county said the main levee
had "four big breaks and one small
one" in its half-mile length.
Earlier, a sub-dike at the west
end of the main levee broke before
the river's onslaught.
Meanwhile, an official at Or-
ange, downstream, said the mass
of water moving toward it would
"put water in downtown Orange."
and alt agencies were being mobil-
ized there to brace for the flood.
The crest was expected Saturday-
John W. Simmons, president of
the Sabine River Authority at Or-
ange, said 100,000 additional sand-
bags were being flown there and
that Navy personnel already had
begun the long task of raising the
level of levees.
Water Enters More Homes
Sheriff Humphries said the new
break sent water into about 10
homes to the main section of Dew-
eyville itself. When the sub-dike
broke, some 50 homes at the south
and east edges of the town were
flooded with water as much as four
feet deep.
More ^han half the town was
covered with water, he said, and
the rampaging river was still ris-
ing.
Many of the refugee families
moved what belongings they could
take with them into the school
house where the Red Cross, the
Salvation Array and other agenc-
ies set up relief beadfjuarters.
Others found refuge with friends
and neighbors whose homes were
on higher ground.
Little To Be Done
Sheriff Humphries said there was
little that could be done now to
protect the town and said whether
any more homes would be flooded
depended solely on whether the riv-
er continued to rise.
"About all we can do now is
watch it here and start working at
Orange to protect them as much
as possible" he said. "It's still
gaining here."
Col. Houghton Hallock, district
Army engineer at Fort Worth, was
flying to Orange and a meeting
was called for I p. m. Thursday
when city officials there will plan
protection for the Gulf Coast city
Simmons said the weather bu-
reau at Lake Charles, La., has re-
vised its crest estimate for the riv-
er to 9 to 9.5 feet Saturday morn-
ing. Earlier, a crest of 7.5 to 8
feet had been predicted.
Simmons said he and other cit7
officials planned to go over topo-
graphical maps of the city to de-
termine what sections would need
the most protection.
'Orange to Be Hit Hard'
"Orange will be hit hard," he
3aid.
At Deweyville, the river approa-
ched 19.5 feet, one foot higher
than the crest predicted earlier in
the week.
The main levee crumpled before
the flood after the sub-dike broke
and the 350 or more volunteers
working in the area had to aban-
don their posts because water was
pouring in behind them.
The muddy water tore across all
roads in the area despite hastily
built dikes put up along highways
by highway department crews. On-
ly State Highway 235 was open
Thursday and it was covered in
spots with water floorboard deep
on automobiles and still rising.
Two Industries Pictured As Vital
Parts Of City In Ninning Essay
By BETTY SMITH
Recently, I discovered that two
sites in our little city of Brecken-
ridge are more than just buildings
to he referred to as Dunigan Tool
and Supply Company and Boss
Manufacturing Company or, as
they are more commonly called,
"Dttnigan's" and "the glove fact-
ory." This startling realization
came about during a tour which
our class took through these es-
tablishments.
First of all, I found that these
"buildings" house two industries
that produce items which, directly
or indirectly, are vital to the wel-
fare of our city and county. Many
people may not know that Dunigan
Tool and Supply Company handles
all types of oil field equipment to
addition to making any special or-
ders for this same general type of
material. I learned that Boss Man-
ufacturing Company is one of two
plants to the state of Texas that,
along with twelve others located
throughout the United States, pro-
duces various types of work glov-
es.
Offer Employment
Next, I learned that these busi-
nesses are doing much to offer em-
ployment to residents of Brecken-
ridge and Stephens county. Togeth-
er they offer full-time employ-
ment to approximately 120 per-
sona. These people in turn offer
employment to their allied indus-
tries, such as suppliers of their
raw materials along with the con-
sumers and distributors of their
products.
In the third place, I found that
these establishments contribute
much to the economic welfare of
this area. Together they paid a to-
tal of $2,802.75 worth of taxes
within our county last year. By
closer examination, it was found
that $831.75 was paid in school
taxes; $1,489, in ctty taxes; and
$502, to county taxes. Atong with
these taxes paid by the organiza-
tions mentioned, a large amount of
city, county, and school revenue i«
obtained from the taxes levied on
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