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i-jRECK EN RIDGE A MKHICAX—'I'LESUAV, DEC. ti, 1953
BRECKENRIDGE AMERICAN
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THE OBSERVER
By CHARLIE HALL
Winter bowed iti Monday, n >t a full day of it, but today it
opened up on full time—ami how!
People coming to town around 7 o'clock this morning
were experiencing alxiut 2t> degrees. This already had been
equaled on December 13, as the two coldest days of the fait
and new winter, but within a few hours the wind came howl-
ing through the-peach orchard, and it was winter time sure
enough.
Incidentally, Monday was the shortest day of the year.
From now on the days will start gradually lengthening sc
that by summer people will have time to mow their lawns
after they get home from work.
Couldn't jump right into weekend football this morning.
It was so disappointing. That wide margin iiig Spring was
supposed to win by got thrown into reverse, knocking the
Buckaroos out of being state co-champions.
And the one-sided defeat of Cooper Bobbins' Odessa
Broncs left Ballinger and Ranger to uphold West Texas' pres-
tige in football. Those boys in South Texas must really have
had something on the ball Itesides mud last Saturday. We
hope Ranger and Ballinger show that West Texans are not to
lw> entirely outdone. But knowing no more about the teams
than we do, we are keeping our furlined bathtub anchored
in the house. Else hard rain might wash it away.
However, there was some solace in the Bij Spring defeat.
Port Neches is coached by Glenn McCullom, former Hardin-
Simmons gridster who hails from West Texas.
Approximately 4,260 pounds of potential Parlor dyna-
mite, mothers darlings, dads hopefuls, and oftimes the bane
of those wishing quiet around the house and stray cats were
lireesnted in one bundle at the First Christian Church Sun-
day evening and made such good music in such orderly fash-
ion that doting parents and friends did not need much imagi-
nation to vision little halos over their heads.
It was the Boys Choir of Breckenridge. Another youth
organization of which Breckenridge is proud. It has gone far
this year, even to TV, and a world of credit goes to their
instructors and those who with time and money have made
the organization possible.
We enjoyed their music, but had little feeling of wonder-
ing if those imagined halos indicated that lx ys were growing
sissy. Then, we went down into the basement where they
vi'ere being served sandwiches.
People, they have not gone sissy. There we found just
aJtmit all the noise and display of energy one would naturally
expect from 71 boys. And. we went away feeling better than
ever alxiut what we had seen and heard.
Another feature of the Christmas holidays was enjoyed
Monday evening when Mr, and Mrs. C. M. Bender filled their
home with dinner guests.
The guests were served in the lavish Bender manner, the
difference this year in this party, which has become sort of
an institution in Breckenridge being that there was not the
usual visit of Santa Claus to Bender employes, But there
was the same warmth of hospitality, enjoyed by the large
number present.
On November IK. 1922. '"r'fii
Kt r m-th Whiting, piloting a patv
Iilatie. mail-' the first catapult
launching from th>- carrier 1 Ss'
lanirley.
On November 25, 1!)I8, the NC-1
took off from Rock.tway Beach
with 51 persona aboard establishing
a li'-w record for persons carried in
flight.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TCSAY
N'. S. Holland, city school sup-
erintendent, declined a lucrative
and high state position Friday.
Mr. Holland was called on the
telephone of State Superintendent
L. A. Woods of Austin last Mon-
day and offered the position of
manager of the Text Rook Depart-
ment and director of Curriculum
it the state Department of Educa-
tion.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Forhess are
the parents of a 'seven and one-
half pound boy born this morning.
Mrs. Forhcss is the former Miss
Ij-uUi Walker, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. C. O. Walker.
Mrs. Jesse R. Smith entertained
Wednesday evening with a dinner
party honoring Miss Lcspie Rat
liff and Shelton Caton.
The guests included Misses
Ratliff, Floy Branum, Edrine Ty-
sop anil Vina Craddock. Mrs. Al-
verta Allison, Lowell Jones, Ed-
win Miller and Mr. Caton.
Roger Hamblett and daughter.
Tommy Lou, of Crane, were visi-
tors in the city Friday. Mr. Ham-
blett is a former Breckenridge
business man.
Mrs. Kenneth Pope of George-
town arrived Thursday evening to
visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.
W. Sayle.
Mrs. C. H. Brown and son. Char-
lea, are leaving today for St. John,
Kansas to spend ten days with
Mrs. Brown's mother and brothers.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Veale and
laughter. Miss Frances Veale,
went to Abilene today to visit re-
atives.
Knights of Pythias elected the
following officers for the semi-an-
nual term beginning January 1,
ia:!4 at their meeting Thursday
•veiling. W. W. Byers was elected
•hancellor commander; T. J. Pow-
ell, vice chancellor, Carl Morton,
prelate; O. R. Walton, master of
works, and J. F« Chastain, repre-
sentative to Grand Lodge.
Teacher Raise
Of $402 To Be
Offered In Jan.
Holidays In Hollywood As Dizzy As
Rest Of Year; Decorations Astound
Light
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from Brownsville. Tex., to Morgan
City, ! ., forecasting northerly
winds 25 to :ili miles per hour.
Forecaster Robert O. Bland at
Carter Field said "this is the first
real blue Texas norther we've had
this year" in describing the front,
which had reached down to Tyler,
Waco, San Angelo and southwest
to the Big Bend country by 8 a. m.
T uesday.
Light Snow in Panhandle
Some light snow fell over the
Panhandle during the night and
was reported early Tuesday morn-
ing in the Big Bend-Marfa area.
Forecasters said the freezing
weather would remain in the state
for several days, promising Tex-
ans a cold, but perhaps "white"
Christmas.
Freezing temperatures were re-
corded early Tuesday morning in
the northern part of the state
where the front had passed thro-
ugh. Dalhart had a tow of 15 de-
grees.
Others below the freezing mark
were Amarillo 18. Lubbock 2.1,
Childress 25. Wichita Falls 26,
Fort Worth'27, Dallas and Abi
lene 28, Marfa 29, Mineral Wells,
Midland and Tyler -".0, and Salt
Flat :<2.
Overnight temperatures through-
out the rest of the state included
Waco, Junction, and Texarkana 'X
Austin and Lufkin 37, El Paso :i8,
Presidio 4.'', Del Rio 45, San An-
tonia 45, Laredo 49, Victoria 48,
Palacios 49. Houston 47, Galves-
ton 50-and Beaumont 47.
The only precipitation measured
in the 24-hour period ending at
B:30 a. m. Tuesday was .01 inch
of rain at Brownsville and a trace
of snow over the Panhandle.
By O. LLOYD JR.
• AUSTIN, Dec. 22 ur.K> —A spe-
cial subcommittee studying the
teacher's pay problem will propose
a compromise plan on Jan. 13
which would give teachers a raise
f «4(>2 a year.
The group agreed on the plan
Sunday in broad legislative propo-
ial sharply revamping the state's
present educational program.
The recommendation will be
made to a 25-member committee
named by Gov. Allan Shivers and
the Texas State Teachers Associa-
tion to study the teacher pay is-
sue. If the committee accepts, the
plan then will he taken to the go-
vernor and to the TSTA.
Acceptance by the governor and
the TSTA would presumably open
a way for Shivers to call a spe-
cial session of the legislature to
enact the program.
Favored by Mont
Before they recommended the
plan, subcommittee members poll-
ed administrators of more than
2.00 local school districts. Favor-
able reaction ran almost 9 to 1.
Under the compromise plan, lo-
•." ! school districts will pay 20
per cent of the cost of the mini-
mum foundation fund, which is the
fund from which teachers are paid
under the Gilmer-Aikin program.
At present' local district contri-
bute a flat $45 million to the fund.
The governor has criticized the
flat rate, and districts have op-
posed plans which might increase
their contribution.
While local districts will pay
more than the $45 million under
the 20 per cent plan, much of this
would he made up to them under
another provision of the compro-
mise.
Allow Credits
The committee suggests that
the state allow local school dis-
tricts $100 credit against the per-
centage cost for each teacher. If
the district had five teachers, the
state would give that district $500
credit against the percentage cost
for each teacher. If the district
had five teachers, the state would
give that district $500 credit ag-
ainst the amount the school would
pay as its contribution to the min-
imum foundation fund.
In a few instances, the credit
will exceed the local assessment,
now levied by the state. In that
case, the local district would pay
nothing.
Shivers Will Not Reveal Future
Political Plans In Questioning
AUSTIN, Dee. 22 lU.Rt-The poli-
litical plans of Gov. Allan Shivers
remained a well-shrouded mystery
Tuesday, after he told a news con-
ference he'd make an announce-
ment after the first of the year.
"1 wouldn't say how lung after."
Shivers added Monday when p < s-
sed for a :r.' definite date.
The possibilities ranged from a
Okay, Son, You're On Now!''
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try for an unpiecedneted third el-
ective term as governor, a cam-
paign for the U. S. Senate seat
now held by Lyndon Johnson co 1-9-
! rement from politics.
'Knows Nothing' About Others
Shivers tidd the newsmen he
knew nothing about the plans of
lour other politicians who have
been eyeing the governorship with
varying degrees of interest.
They were House Speaker Reu-
ben E. Senterfitt, only announced
andidate; Agriculture Commissio-
ner John C. White; Rep. Lloyd
M. Bentsen, anil Houston Mayor
Roy Hofheinz.
White has been tagged as a pos-
sible choice of the so-called liber-
al faction, since he was the only
.state candidate last year who did
not accept cross-filing by the Re-
publicans, and Bentsen announced
fast week he woidd not seek re-
election to Congress.
Hofheinz has said he would not
run for governor if Shivers wants
to be re-elected, hut has made no
positive statement about running.
Praises Subcommittee
Shivers also:
1. Praised a subcommittee
which has drawn up a plan for a
$402 raise for schoolteachers, but
•aid plans for a special session of
the legislature would depend on
'other results." Thjsse include the
fate of a U. S. Supreme Court
By ALINE MOSBY
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 22 —
The Yule tide season is supposed I
to herald peace and quiet on earth, j
but the holidays in Hollywood are
as dizzy as the rest of the year.
Decorations, for example, in-
clude a mink Christmas tree. This
item stands in a store. Bullock's
Wilshire, and is made of 350
Brown Ranch mink skins worth
$25,000. Later it will be made into
five coats, and no other Christmas
tree can make that statement.
Eva Gabor plans to sprinkle se-
quins on her tree. Lou Costello
a as put up his annual decoration
if a huge Santa climbing down
his chimney. On the roof is a
"Merry Christmas" electric sign
so bright the neighbors complain
they can't sleep.
A former high class upholstered
saloon now features a nine-foot
lighted Madonna. The owner of the
old Trocadero, elo.-.cd for years,,
said he put up the shrine outside
the empty club to bring a bit of
cheer to the gaudy Sunset strip.
Movietowners go in for some
gifts that could be described as
uit attacking Texas' $14 millinn-
a-year natural gas tax and views
of the legislators.
2. Criticized those who said the
Texas tidelands weren't worth
much. He pointed out a recent
lease sale netted more than $32
million in bonus payments and
said the tidelandn were "worth
schools, the state and everybody
else."
3. Revealed Galveston County
Justice Ted Robinson and former
State Sen. W. T. Stone of Galves-
ton were leading contenders—
from recommendations received—
for the district judgeship which
Charles G. Dihrell has resigned.
He will make an announcement
"in the next few days."
Weather Report
rrom rioiwff
Visibility 15 miles
8,000 feet overcast
Temperature 33
Dewpoint 16
North Wind 25 mph
Barometers 2994
A La Carte
Answer to Previous Puxxl#
Former Quizzed
SINTON. Tex.,-Dec. 22
Authorities said Tuesday tin v
wanted to question a '15-year-oid
transient farm worker about the
murder of a man whose head was
smashed in Friday night on a farm
near Odem, Tex.
The victim was identified only .is
Manuel" by fellow workers.
Deputy Sheriff H. R. Edwards
said the suspect was last seen after
he hitched a ride 011 a truck headed
toward Robsto-.vn, Tex.
unusual. Actor Lance Fuller a ten-
der momento to actress Kathleen
Hughes—a white mouse. Kath-
leen wears the critter in a little
cage that hangs from her waist.
Somebody sent actor Wendell
Corey a box of angleworms for his
organic garden. Mrs. Corey dis-
covered same when the wet moss
inside the box dissolved the paper
wrapping and her living room had
1 carpet of worms.
Beauteous Debra Paget bought
her mother a white-faced monkey
for Christmas. Debbie also insists
"she's gifting her sister, actress
Lisa Gayle, with a boa. constrictor,
and don't anybody teli me again
Hollywood is a normal, small town
with square citizens.
One gift shop in Beverly Hills
sells hand-pain ted bathroom seats
at $12.95; an antique place is uf-
I'ering a genuine shrunken head at
If 100.
Bob Hope bought $12,0011 in
dried fruits Tor his small army of
acquaintances. Roy Rogers ship
ped 108 cowboy suits to the Boys'
Ranch at Amarillo, Tex.
Movie stars send acres of Christ-
mas cards to each other ami to
the press. 1 am the recipient so
far of greeting cards from such
luminaries as Jet'fery Hunter, Rock
Hudson, Bob Cummings, Kathryn
Grayson, "Gene Autry— most of
whom I have never even met. Joan
Shawlee's card features her pin-up
picture.
My most supercolossal Christ-
mas Card is from Dean Martin
and Jerry Lewis. Ii is cut in the
shape of their faces and says,
"Merry Christ urns. A gift in your
name has been sent to King Fa
i rouk."
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