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1.J CLius came downtown Saturday morninq with a bla'it of
ol Gjnd. He drove down Walker street, then startf.i distributing
Scott McCali To
Join Others In
Bowl Festival
Garbage Schedules To Be
Changed During Holidays
BRECKENRIDGE AMERICAN—SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18. 1960
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER77
Eight Newcomer
Families Given
Breck Welcome
newcomer families receiv-
ed tht' official Breckenridge wel-
come during the past three weeks
as follows:
Mr. and Mis. T. E. Hunt. De-
lores 1H. Wanda 13. Douglas I!'.
and Tommy G. live at 1211 West
Kim. They are from Hamlin. Mr.
11 unt is employed by J. II. Rai'flier
and Baptist is their church pref-
erenei.
S-'ii Aiil'cIo is the former address
of Mr. and Mrs. Marion C. Hall of
112 East Sixth Street. Their child-
ren are Tamzinna, 12, Michael 10.
John 9, Frank 7, Peggy 6. Joyce
I and Carol 3. Mr. Hall is self em- .... ...
ployed as a painter and Baptist ln Breckenridge Fridaj to plan loi
is iheir church preference. ground breaking ceremonies inr the
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Vann are Hubbard Creek Dam. Dr. Ituper
from Cisco, where Mr. Vann was "'chardson in Abilene announced
employed as a policeman. They '"s committee to assist in selecting
live at 501 A. West Sixth and Bap- a nan|e for the lane and asks the
tist is their church preference. public to assist the committee.
Mr. and Mrs. A. 11. Cox live at Dr. Richardson, president — em-
2oti East First. Mr. Cox is a re- eritus ol Hardin-Simmons Univer-
tired farmer and Methodist is sity, named three editors on the 1
their church prelerence. committee to recommend names i
Moving to Breckenridge from one of w hich the board ol directors 1
Olden. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Beld- ol the West Central Texas Munici-
in8. Ronnie 3. and Will 1. live at pal Water District may select for
fil3 N. Parks. Mr. Belding is em- the lake. This name will be an- i
ployed bv I .one Star Gas Co. and nounced at the ground breaking
Mcthodrst i.s their church pref- ceremonies. The editors are John
ereiice. McGaughey, Albany News: Ed
Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Dugan are Sprowls. Anson Western Observe!
from Carbon and live at 703 S. and Charlie Hall Breckenricl-e
PRICE DAILY S CENTS
SUNDAY 10 CENTS
NEA Newsphoto Ser\ice
FOR START OF DAM WORK
Name For Lake
Is Now Sought
By Committee
While
a committee was ineelitig
■iuaiin. Bret ken ridge City mas Holidays, followed short I v bv
Rose. Mr. Dugan is employed by
Eugene Barton and Baptist is
During the Cotton Howl Fi-
Week. immbeis ot tin- l'tlui
fooolball team ami fbeii wives
be guests o| honor in eelcbi aling
Itie Stlvei i'imivi'1 v„,\ u| i;„. CiiIIoh
Howl linme. This team pi*} id in
the first bowl game Uirr,
Scott MeCall ol lircckriiriiige will
join with lua teammates for this
two • (lay celebration. Others on
that team were "Ki Aldrii h Sam
Baugh, Mac ilest l.ennon Black -
man. Clifton Cowan. Drew El!is
Johnnie Hall Bob 11,i111 -1 (ni-
ton" Harrison, Ruv-ell HeiiM'h,
Solon Holt. Bob Joulan Forrest
Kline Awhies Linne Charles Ma-
hry, Mason tlavnc. ilaiohl Y Mc
( lure. I. I). Mayer, V:e Montgo-
mery, Charlie .Need haw David
O'Brien. Walter Roach. "Donkey '
ItotM-rts. Gb.'in O Rogei . Jae*
Tittle \l>" Walker W>l; e Walls.
Allle White. War.I Wilkinson. Geo-
r.v Dunli.p Paul Snow ' lieu"
James ,
Coaches of that team were Dutch
Meyer, How aril Cliuhbs and Mike
llnimbelow ltc\ McFall and Al-
bert Smith were manager and
trainer.
Anions events pl'inneil for tin
t I bere icgarding ac'ivitv ol Ihe city aiton awaj from our labors
will t'cpariments in addition to other
mutter ot < it> impottance.
' 1' is no) long until the Christ-
Brush Dozing
Increases As
Ground Dries i
Brush control is starting to pick
up in the l.owcr Clear Fork Sob '
Conservation District billowing the
recent rains.
W. if. I'ccKs i.s chaining
ai ics of mesmiite and post oak on hack to the schedule much sooner
his ranch in the Ilarpersville com-
munity .
It M Nixon is also do/in
American.
And here are the rules:
Anyone maj suggest a name tor
the lake.
Suggestions should be in writing,
including "a brief but adequate
summary." Dr. Richardson says.
Jo :
Manager. makes the following hob- New Years, al which tinip we all their chinch preference.
n il «•'> reininrlcrs lor the residents Iook forward to a few days relax- With their children Ray II and
with Linda Kay 11. Mr. and Mrs. Jim
the chance to visit relatives and Thompson live at 508 N. Court.
friends and to make ourselves sick They are Irom Haskell. Mr.
on an abundance ol rich food. Thompson is employed by Fletcher
"City emplojes, too, will have a Oil Company and Baptist is their supporting each nomination,
few days oil, including the gar- church preference. Suggestions may be given to anv
riage sanitation crews who will be Mr. and Mrs. George Callarman. member of the committee but
oil their routes one and one-half Cindy 7 and Sandra 6 months, live need not be "iven to all four
working da>s for Christmas and « 1203 East Elm. They are from Un a d .te m ' L i' ?,,'/, ,.
one and one-hall wot king days on Cisco, Mr. Callarman is selp em- ........ Ih' i" mid-Jan-
V'« Years. ployed as Callarman Roofing Com- \ L L t d " ,m'et
"Normal garbage schedules will pany. Methoidst and Baptist is : "
be disrupted for probably over a their church preference.
week, even though some extra help o
will he used. Please bear with the
city during this period as Ihe quan-
tities of waste will be doubled in C L.
(Id11ion to the crew s being olf. I rOIll" WCn dlDQSII
Save some large cardboard box- AUSTIN .V - A Missouri Paci-
.. several in This "will' helu^ e'lt J' rrew's''■ rJ ,r;un hit a picKup truck w ho had contributed in a stgnlfl-
at oak on ITaekMo th^lctd'ulf Lieh^sl^ « at a crossing cant w ay to the cause of mimiei-
on tn«. cit> s vest side late Friday, pal water supplies tor anv or all
K Hubbard°Crcek"projeel Zj? ^
a, of'Austin ^t^S^ ^ cat.ce,
Two Killed In
all the nomina-
Neither the water board, nor Dr.
Richardson's commitee is olfering
any suggested names. It is suggest-
ed. however .that these possible
sources may be considered by the
public:
Any . individual living or (lead.
CASHES 1923 VUUCHER-Mrs- W. W. ivicion. Ranqor. ,s shown here
presenting Sears-Roebuck refund voucher for 19 cents, dai 1923
to Bob McGmnis. who "happily" cashed it. Mrs. Norton fcund the
she had stored away.
voucher in some thm^
sever-
al acres of post oak and mesquite
un his ranch in the Ilarpersville
Community. The brush control
work is being done with cost share
undei the Al l' program.
town by trees, shrubs, hedges, fen-
ces etc. These corners are a haz-
ard. particularly in summer when
leaves are thick. If you own a cor-
Church Program
Planned Sunday
By Methodists
Texas Electric Service Company ner lot. look il over carefully to
team members rue Texas Hall - 'if has placed a beautiful and infor- see il >ou have something growing
Fame luncheon an inform.>1
brum h and the New Year's Eve
party,
Clinias nf IUi- Fes'ival We«*k
will lie the spectacular Cotton'Bow I
Parade in downtown Dallas Satur-
da>, Deeemliet 31 Itoi iit el
marelitng bands and elaborate
fltiats will lie featured along vvlih
the Cotton Bo I Queen from the
rnl\er..it\ of \rk. lisas and her lien has alread> started.
princesses rrpr> sentlns.* the other \ ininil i.s under construction on
Southwest Conference schools and 'he Joe Hood ranch in the (iun
Duke University.
Seen or Heard
by C. M. H.
dm ml ••••#••••••• •••
The,'" rokl ni'lhts and Sunshiny
rUys should make (or better heaith
and hacoineis . Mavbe you can
nam? the lake— v*e wd be h o,jy
to have reoole here send us their
soqqi'.tionv tell the.r rMi'nj why,
and we wd! take them to the com-
mittee meetina — see roles else-
where on this pane . . Cer. iratu-
laticn5 to the Browrwood Lions
ntaiivr display in the hall of Ihe that could Ih- trimmed or possibly
Court House. The display shows transplanted You might save a
the good results obtained from eon- life. The Police Department has
seival on, farming anil ranching, instructions to see that corners are
the display will remain in the court kept open for clear, safe visibility,
house here until about Wednesday "Pedcsti ain walkways and sidc-
and then will he taken to Graham, walks behind curbs on public
letter Clark completed a pond strccls arc being blocked with
on the I ipton ranch this week. A no- trucks, cars .and litter ot various
Ui. i pond was staked and construe- kinds on some streets. Pedestrain
walkways and sidewalk areas, w he-
ther there is an acutal sidewalk or
not are supposed to be open and
siuht community. Th,. pond being safe for foot traffic day and night,
cost shared under the AC I' pro- it you have personal properly on
am. | Hie street right-ol-wav, please
All farm and ranch ponds con- move it back ou vour own property.
structed under either program are 'o—
constructed for livestock w ater and __ 0* ■
bHter distribution of livestock ' WllllCireil KO VCl
grazing
Thirty-NineJTears Of JVork Completed
MISS LESPIE RATLIFF HAS
DONE GREAT SCHOOL WORK
Life-Long City
Resident Dies
| At Home Friday
Calvin Glen I'hariss, 2G lile-loug
resident of Breckenndge, died at
6 p. ill. Friday at his home on tlie
Former Resident
Father Of Twins
Tickets To Show
Merchants Council of Ihe
The
Ey JO ROBERTS
American Stat Writer
About tturtj nine veuis ago, the
IliecKenridge imiependent school
Uisiiict acquired some new teach-
ers, among inem wei'c Air. and
Ali.s. Joiin r'. Bailey anu Miss Lej-
pie 'billic Katliii.
'i hey liked it here, and so they
stayed - teaching students in trie
tugit school, pbincipaling in corn-
muniiy aciiv^cy and niaking a
warm place lor themselves in the
iiearts ol Uieekenridge folks.
Anss Katult rcureu last year,
leaving Uic scnool 8} s ie m she
loved, the students she cherished.
A custom, long established by the
Methodist Churches of Texas and
.New Mexico, is tile observance ol
I the white Christmas program and
pageant. This w ill be presented I Ivan Star Ifoute. He had been in
this evening December 18. at 7:30 111 health for two years, a victim of
o clock in the sanctuary ol The cancer. He had been hospitalized in
j l iist Methodist Church. ; the M. D. Anderson clinic in llous-
lrue to tradition every child and ton and in Stephens Memorial llos-
young person in Ihe entire church pital here. His condition had been
in Breckenndge lor they have w l participate in the event. [critical since November lf>
| been unusually good to her. She cit This year, under the direction of: |j0rn in Breckenridge on Novem-
ed so many instances when their the teachers in each department, bcr 18 19,'M he attended public
kindness and |i iendlv gestures have ;i|hI elaborate and ambitious pro- j school here He was married to
been extended to her. and she said gram has been planned. i the former Yvonne Davidson of
that she would like to tell every- At this season of the year every Anson in 1954. The couple had liv-
one here just how much she ap- 1 department of The First Methodist eti here all of their married life ' Breckenridge, are eliaru-
I predates their interest in her and j Church brings their gifts to help He was a roughneck for Fletcher r<l wilh ,hp burglary of the Milto-i
w hat it has meant to her. "This finance the operation of The Me-. Oil and Gas Companv 1 home, and Garv In^r.M l
is an unusual community." she , thodist Home, located in Waco, Funeral services will be held at l'h;,l'8et' v''"' ,he burglary of
said, "the people here arc so won- Texas, where some four hundred 2 p in Sunday in the Bates Chap l)eel' P,ate 01 ri- N. George.
dcrful in so many ways." orphaned boys and girls arc given j el of the First Baptist Church. Rev. _ — °
Lespic ftatlif Hives a quiet life care and the true comforts of hoiBC. | Lloyd Scott will officiate, assisted TwA Arf> ArlmS4trrl
,in nor retirement enjoying her lit- lo thai end the following program hv Rev Ffl^ar lonr s nistnr 1 v rni V MMiIIIKIvm
tie home with its comfortable fur- will hr presented 1 - * " ' I>dSl(,r
Dinner Music,
Speaking Are
In The Making
By CHARLIE HALL
American Editor
I lie cities ol Abilene, Albaue,
Anson and BrecKonridge are plann-
ing a gala event here in connection
with the ground breaking ceremon-
ies that will start work on the Hub-
bard Creek dam.
This was revealed in a meeting
of nineteen representatives of
Chambers of Commerce, mayor;,
and newspaper representatives of
the lour cities here Friday morn-
ing. I ne meeting was presided uvt-f
bv George Winter. Mayor ot Abi-
lene. chairman of the ground bieak.
iirj committee.
No soccilic date was set for Mi-
ground breaking. Hip exact time
In depend upon the convenience of
the speaker secured for the occa-
sion, but it was decided lliat it w ill
be either the last week in .lam ary
or the first week in Februar. .
Il was pointed out that Ihe c 're-
monies will herald the start of
work for a lake I or a till.v-vear w ; -
li'r supply, and the most oul.-t tid-
ing speaker available is to be se-
cured.
Invitations are to be sent ou' In
a iimnher of representaiives of lb"
various water districts in this see-
lion of the state to the two sia'e
senators and four state represci! .-
f lives tsl the area and other VIPs to
be ~ilests for the ceremonies. The
invitations are to be printed and
mailed in Breckenridge. Anoiln r
eontribiit.ion of Breckenriilue will
be music for the (lay. which n i
peeled to be the high school band.
A caterer will be secured lo si"-
vo the hundreds expected lo ait' iul.
the luncheon to be served at lln-
site of the dam if the wealla r
js favorable, otherwise insitio
i.1 Breckenridge Ihe armory bei i '
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 4.
Four Rndicted
By Grand Jury
The Stephen Ceirnfy grand j'J'y
in session Friday returned indie.-
ements against four persons three
lor burglary and one for assiiall.
Wilber I.ouis Booth. Bieikie-
ridge. is charged with aggravated
assault with intent to nni.tie; in
connection with the shooting' of
Walter Shelton.
II. B. Meredith and Oliver l >"
Keuremcnt lor Miss liallitl was
Chamber of Commerce the first of not easy, she Bated giving up tne stcis 'she"loves
the week will distribute to all grade associations vv itn Hie tcacncrs witn
schools and the junior High School wliom sne had worked .so long, and
free tickets to a show at the I'alace she misses the wann rciationbip
Theatre beginninjc at 10 a. m. with tne young men and women 10
Thursday. December 22. This is an whom she had dedicated her pro-
annual feature of the Christmas lessional life.
As hnghsh teacher here, she
ether thmris they kept the title m been named NVillard"bean'and R^ ' opportuntty to shop while their taught so many youngsters t'nat it
. .1 children
nishings. She does a hit of teach-
ing w hen someone needs to be a-
vvay from school lor a day or two.
and this keeps her with the young-
Invocation: Tom Anderson
Reader: Harry I.edbettcr
Featured in the pageant will be
Julie Everett, as Mary and Tommy
Ford as Joseph.
To Local Hospital
Mr and Mrs, I'at MeXallen of
Mission arc the parents of twin
bo> s horn Friday December IS.
in a Mission Hospital.
now 3A stat* champions- among 'at bi'Ah "ind'Yhey ?h ve P,-uKr m deigned «" 8>v«? parents
the distric.. bojt Dale
Mr and Mrs. U \ McNallen of
(.ions i !■ !> hud loi flu?if pi* .. .ui! Breckenridge are paternal grand*
K i nitty a t. |>c 'erf fdin.4 } !aye<l parents, and Rev. and Mrs. Robert
il the j «ldre>is of Bih Bui ke to the \« ^Iker of Grose beck are maternal
Christian Church
Choirs To Sing
ol
the First Baptist Church. Burial
will be in the Hart Cemetery under,
the direction of Mellon Funeral Stephens Memorial Hospital i<
Home. ported two admissions anil Hue
Survivors include his wife of the dismissals at mid-morning Saliu
home; two sons. Jimmy. 5'j and day.
The choirs of the First Christian
<'(' here ln plaved In Hub
llniisel Hoy.il Ai ch Masons will
not meet Momlav (till Hliuk
has hist a ring with six keys with
a dcsignon the rit.g lhat reads
"Cieneva" The sidewalks were
lined with shoppers Saturda)
moriilJiis
Nap Thorn ■. Hrun was entered
, througb a back door Fnda" mgtit,
about $?5 in monc« taken, and
some things lorn up . . . Bon Pitjer
reported to have resed well Friday
right and srmewhat improved
•Saturday . . . I'.adore Cohen can
walk abcut the hou^e some b it is
in for a len t rei*. Mrs. Cohen said.
Friday afternoon firemen ex-
tinguished a blaze in the cat ot
( I) Fi rhess. and earh Saturdav
a m were called to a fire in car
of D 0 Ground* -Ii one mile
out on Graham road considerable
damage to Grounds car Winter
comes at L' 27 p.m Wednesday
, chances are if w ill lie less like
winter than -ome weather we have
alreadv had , . And, see you
Just before w infer sets In.
grandpa rents,
Less Cost—A Better Deal—When
you finance your Automobile with
BLAKE JOHNSON
INSURANCE AGENCY
Phone HI 9-4477
to Woodson and Moran Schools.
When you finance your car at the
First National Bank its financed
with low bank interest rates.—Adv.
159 Farmers In Stephens County
Take Part in ASC1960 Program
The Stephens County ASC Ofifc
reports thai during the l!i60 pro-
gram year that $13 Hit of ACT
cost-sharing was furnished to 1J9
farmers on 153 farms in Stephens
Count.v With thi- amount of cost-
share being furnished means that
tht e tat) farmers and ranchers
have furnished aproximately the
same amount of money in accomp-
lishing tins conservation work. In
addition to the ACI* I'rocrmn ac-
complishments, there have been ferred grazing 2 farms. 161 acres,
several thousands of dollars worth 5. Controlling mesquite oak.
. Thniinh, For hr Moment' whrn ('l®SOT',li"'1 vv,,,k carried out prickly pear and Other shrubs 122
I Thought For he Moment. When, uhf,r(l t|)<. f.irnu.r or r>ncher paid I farms. 2l).3«!> acres.
all tie- cost or received help under _ fi. Drilling livestock water wells,
the Great Plains Program,
The local ASC Committee com*
are attending a tree is impossible to guess the number.
movie. Wayne Webb, owner of The She had the dramatic department,
Palace Theatre, promised this year ,0,,. tnrough which she brought Church, under the direction of I!o-
a full-two hours of entertainment many Hours of pleasure to students j ^)Crt k. Poer. w ill present a Christ-
wilh a full length feature and short and to Breckenridge residents in ,nas Choral Service on Sunday.'
comedies Parents with pre-school- addition to the many honors won j December 18, at 4:15 p. in. in the
aged children may secure tickets for the school by the students she sanctuary of the church. Both the i
at Ihe Chamber ol Commerce of- coached. j adult and junior choirs will sing in
fiee. Tickets will also be distributed She worked with senior home lh's service.
rooms serving as program chair-I , The adult choir w ill present
man lor home room meeting with Christmas selections including Kan-
iVtrs. Bailey for many years. She | Thompson's "Alleluia" and
coached the students in their "Salvation Is Created." a Russian
speeches for football banquets and Orthodox selection by Tschesnokov.
other public appearances, too. Selections to be presented by the
Born in DeLeon. she was one of junior choir will include traditional
five children. Her mother and fa- Christinas carols including the En-
ther moved to Texas Irom their S'(sh "Wassail Song," "Grenslcev-
nanve state of Alabama a short C!; . "Silent Night and Nile's "I
time before her birth and she Wonder, I Wander."
grew up there j There will lie some congrega- j
"She worked' for her education, dona! singing, and the public is;
and rucelvcd a BA degree from cordially invited to join with mem-
West Texas State College MA de- i bcl"s of the church in this special
gree from North Texas State Col- event of the Christmas season
lege in Denton, and she has done ~ -
some work at the University of
Texas, too.
In 1U5&-57, she was named "Tca-
<i..„ i i i "'her Of The Year,"' receiving the
ing in sand to pre- p)aqUc presented bv the Rotary
fi farms, D4 acres. aub sht, has h,.en actjvc |n hcr
church — The First Baptist —
and in work of the Woman's Forum
and the Woman's Club.
She believes that the most warm
hearted people in the world live
Ihe above young people are In Daryl. 15 months: his parents Mr. I Charles Dollins and .I M Donald,
the Senior Department under the and Mrs. G. W. Phariss ol Brecken-' son were patients admitted,
direction ot Mis B. M, Stanley. | ridge: one brother. Donald Ray of Dismissals were Dennis Hill
Other senior Department mem- Magnolia. Arkansas; one sister, W. Fitzhugh and Mrs. B. J. Shael-
iCONTINUED ON PAGE 4> Mrs. Jerry K. Harvey of Ranger. and baby.
BRECK TEENAGERS OF WEEK
for individual requests.
Listed below are the needed con-
servation practices which were
carried out in Stephens County un-
der the ACP Program.
1. Seeding cropland lo grass 5
farms, 97 acres.
2. Stripcroppin
vent erosion
3. Pasture Improvement by seed
ing grass. 3 farms, 367 acres.
4. Pasture Improvement bv de
I die I want to have on rrw temb- I
stone: "See I tc'H ou I was sick.'
— Henry Van Dyke.
wi^'ToiTfinrr^%"ouV"cVr"*^he posed.of Richard Wood. Ed Ford
First National Bank you may place
your insurance with tha agent of
Seven Killed
vour choice. « •
Adv.
ROME iIF* — Two trains, one load-
ed wilh workers returning home
3 farms, 3 wells
7. Constructing livestock water
, dams 10 farms. 11 dams.
and Coleman Brown ore the Ste- 8. Constructing field terraces, 7 fore the Christmas holidays crash-
phens Co mty ranchers who have ■ farms 35.779 lin, feet. ed near Brescia. Italy Saturday. At
the responsibility of reviewing and ' 9. Constructing field terraces, 2 least seen persons are dead and i
approving government cost-share farms, 2.Q26 Un. feet. soma <0 injured. '
BILL BLACK
INSURANCE
104 N. Court Phone HI 9-4434
PRESENTS
THE WEATHER
Fair Saturday night and thru
Sunday. A little warmer Sun-
day. Low prediction for Satur-
day night 28 to 35. High Sunday
58 to 63. Low Saturday morn-
ing 26, high Friday 52. Light
variable winds to become south-
erly Sunday 10 to IS miles per
hour.
■m
WILLAM WIMBERLY (see story Inside)
LINDA ELLIOTT
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