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VOL. 41 NO 184
"NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER"
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BRECKENRIDGE AMERICAN—THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1961
County Resilient
Since 1905 Dies
At Gunsight
ficary Alexander 'Dick' Shaw,
K."j. Innu-lime county lo.ipnt. died
11:45 p.m. Wednesday al his
home in the fiunsicht Community
Me hari been in failing health of
eleven years, coniined to hi* bed
since October. Mr. Shaw was suf-
lerint; from a brain minor
Born November H. 18!>5. in Belch-
civille. Montacue County, he came
to Stcimens County in 1^)5 where
he has lived since that time He
i" f" "ieH ;jrwl ranched in the
CfiniMyht Community all ot his
rt • l IJI I litC
Hp was m; nii l tt> flip furinfM*
Annie 1 ee Holes in Stephens Coun-
ty in March, in.'!!).
A veteran of World War I during
which lie erved with th> Army
overseas, he was a member of the
newly organized World War I Bar-
racks No. 2.'iS.)
funeral services will he held at
2 p m. Friday in the Gunsight
( hurch Don Melton, an elder in
the First Christian Church, will of-
ficiate. Burial will follow in the
(iiinsight Cemetery under the di-
rection of Melton Funeral Home.
Nephews will bp pallbearers
Survivois include the wile, one
•laughter. Judith K of ine home;
cne step-son. Billy Cooper of Kast-
land. one sister. Mrs. G Wom-
ble of Breckenridge; one brother.
Bernice Shaw of the Gunsight Com-
munity, and one step-granddaugh-
tcr.
PRICE DAILY S CENTS SUNDAY 10 CENTS
FIVE RUSSIAN OFFICERS
IN AVIATION CRASH
Crash Described
As Catastrophe
By Newspaper
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l LACROSSE MISSILE—This Lacrir,sc ou.ded missile troo. Fort Sill. Okla.. will be on diSDlay here Satur-
day. taking part in observance of Armed Forces Day. Located on the south side of the Court House,
the officer and s'* enlisted men accomoanvin-j the missile will put it through a simulated firing every
hour on the hour during the day, following the band concert at 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The missile is 9\ 2"
long, 20 ' in diameter and weighs 2360 pounds. It take, five minutes to out it into olace and fii
re.
Armed Forces
Day Observance
Slated Saturday
Ff|tlipmenf of the local National
Guard unit will he joined with a
lacrosse Trainer Guided Missile
from Fort SHI. Oklahoma, and a
flv-over by H-.VJ planes from Cat.s-
>ve!l Air Force Base and Air Vi
ftnnal Guard planes from Dallas to
make the local observance of
Armed Forces Day one of the out-
standing events of the year
Sponsored bv the Military Af-
fairs Committee of the Chamhet ol
Comiiiprie. plans have he«>n made
to ha* - some event taking place
almost ^|| i|ay
Beginning with a band concert at
III a m the outstanding e\ent oi
the morning will be erwninc of
the National Guard Sweetheart.
Miss Jane Uillifnrd, hv Sgt Otto
J Mall I t Fred Cross. Battery
Grid Coaches Of Area To
Meet Here In Golf Play
Presbyterians To
Hear Dr. Sarles
The Rev. Dr. Ilarry Sarles, min-
ister of Central Presbylei ian
Church in Abilene, will preach at
the 11 a. m. worship service in
First Presbyterian Church here
this Sunday. Dr. Sarles will be
preaching on the topic. "God's
Spirit and Today's World." His
appearance is part of a Prcsby-
t tery-wide pullpit exchange bet-:
ween churches in this area. The .
minister of First Presbyterian
i Church, Rev. Jerry GJjfaI|w^j*i|li
! preach in Central CmTrcnTffltlene
at the 8.30 a. m
DAY CAMP TRAINING—Girl Scout leaders in Breckenridje participated in on-site Day Camp training
Wednesday at Miller Park in preoaration for the Girl Scout Day Camp which will be held here the first
week after -,chool is out. Pictured here from left to right are Mrs. Tom Ward, Mrs. Fred Gray, camp
nurse, Mrs. Jerry Pinkley. Mrs. Wavne Holland of Brcwnwood, district advisor, Mrs. Bill Pester, Mrs.
Ruby Kinjht, Mrs. Bob Pester, Camp director, Mrs. Carroll Ford, business manager, Mrs. Charle-i
Bode. Mrs. Don Thomas. Mrs. John Clark, program coordmarotr. Mrs. Glyn Murphy and Mrs. Don
Radtke. Mrs. Carroll Magers, also attending the training, was not pictured.
Dallasite Shoots
Man And His Wife
And Flees Police
By BOB McCATHREN
American Sports Writer
The sports-lovers of Brecken
rirlge are in loi another treat in
Mild Weather
Follows Hail
Storm In West
i the athletic field of contests. Coach
Zack Henderson has stated the first
I coaches invitation golf tournament
I o'i Breckenridge. Henderson stated
| that it started out as a fairly small
get-to-cether of some of the coach-
es in towns surrounding Brecken-
ridgp but that interest has grown
to such heights that the tourna
By Associated Press
Generally fail weather pie vailed
over Texas tnis morning after an-
other stormy night in areas of
West Texas.
Hardest hit bv hail and
services. Dr. Sarles is one of the
outstanding Presbyterian minist-
ers in Texas and has pastored
many of Texas' larger churches.
Churchill Is ill
At His Home
DALLAS —A 50-year-old Dallas
truck driver leaped from a second
ry window early today to escape
and" 10:50,""a ^rrT P°''Ce after a burst of gunfire left
J wife and another
his estranged
man wounded.
Patrolmen J. R. Roberts ar.i N.
E. Pace said they found the truck
drivei, James Kendrick. choking
his wounded wife on the floor of
their southeast Dallas home.
The 13-year-old woman had been
shnt in the lower right side and
i nvrwiKj „ , twice in the right hand. Nearby
l-OMXJN - It was disclosed w*s 59-vear-oM C. R. Matkin, who
1?. ., a* ,ha' Winston was wounded in t'ne left shoulder.
ment is mushrooming at a great J-hurchtll is ill and is in bed at his Police said that when they tried
raj£- h"me The condition of the 8fi-vear- to arrest Kendrick, he dashed up-
The tournament is scheduled to "'d statesman is described as not stairs and leaped from a bathroom
start with the first tee-off at 8 a. serious. Churchill was to have re- window. He .sufferr.l a fractured
in. Saturday May 27 Invitations ceived President Bourgiiiba of Tun- foot and an injured back in the
have been' sent to every High j ,s'a but 'he visit was cancelled. 20-foot plunge.
School and College in a 70 or 80 '__ _
SPECIAL TRAINING COURSE
last night was the aiea around
70 or 80
miles radius of Breckenridge and
blanket invitations have been print,
ed in the Fort Worth. Wichita Falls
and Abilene papers.
. | As of. this writing, acceptances
rain have been received from Grant
('omtnandrr will be master of Hoby Ham measuring 3.20 inches
reremot .r* at this portion of the fr|| ,,n a larm 24 mU,M wes, of
Hoby. A motorist in that area
said hail the size of ben's eggs
his wn •Ishielil.
l'i <>i;i am
Beginning at II :io and rontinu
in- all dav tides uill he given broke
to the children on one of the 155
in til H'>wif/ers of the local Nation-
al Guard
The N'ationl Guard equipment,
led by the local Police Department
will cenvov down in t>arade stvie
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Hail
tn the Hobos
some area
Early tixl
two inches deep piled
community tn
up
IN BUSINESS PLANNED HERE
The market for consumer goods
Seen or Heard
C. M. H.
by
We have beev mi*sinq out on
ram. May usually a b«g month, but
we hope we do not get rain with
ha'l, as some have had . . Dist-
rict Governor D. L.. Ligon will add-
ress members of the Breckenridge
Lions Club Friday on plans for big
Lions convention here in June . . .
No fire run, no -■ ret., reports said.
TeaH, Hershall Kimhrell. Joe Bill
Fox of McMurray College in Abi- . •
lene. Don Williams. Grady Graves- indicates this country will have a
Bob Rex Rode of Olnev High MG.OOO.OOO economy by 1961 One
School. John Howie eft Anson High I hundred seventy million people will
School, Murray Evans and Rip 1 |?.ave nppds and wants to be satis-
Ripley representing Athletic Sup- "'d. Taking these two predictions
ply of Abilene Ace Prescott of ®n'° account, a 17 per cent increase
.... ...... , R nger High School Carl McMil- : ln sales 's forecast for the next
Kai ly t.Klay lightning was vis-; ian of Graham High School. Gerald \'rars
ibu at wimita halls and thunder- of Cjscf) High school. I-arry I Wll> w'p get our share? These
Wardes of Stamford High School. I were the words of the Merchants
Bill Carter from Iowa Park High , Council and the Retail Merchants ;
School. Rarton Massey, Bob Baker Association when they announced
of Bowie High School, Sam War*- a special training program tor
er. Ed Cheek. Jerry English of Breckenridge businessmen. The
Winters High School, Sandy Sande- j University of Texas will offer 'he !
fer representing Wilson Sporting sa''s training course entitled "Dy-1
Goods of Stephenville. Bill Scott of , namics of Selling" at the cafetor-
Hardin-Simmons University rt, Abi- j iam 'n {he North Ward Elementary
lene. Russell Coffee of the Uni-1 School beginning at 7:15 p. m. on
versify of Texas along with T. Monday, May 22. and continuing
Jones and Mike Campbell. Cy Eld-1 through Friday May 2fi. The ten
ridge. K. V. Owens of Brady. Ac- hour course is designed to help
ceptances are expected from San P*®P'« who sell do a better job.
showers were indicted in the
Bridgeport area northwest of Fort
Woi th
Early this morning temperatures
ranged torn .">3 degrees at Dalhart
to i degrees at Corpus Chnsti.
Considerable cloudiness and
widely scattered thundershowers
are forecast through tomorrow.
Snvder police said Ihev received
two unconfirmed reports of two
torn •'oes in the Hoby area
The thunderstorm struck during
a severe weather alert tn at listed
from I p.m until 10 p.m. It cov-
ered a 100-mile wide strip from
northwest of Abilene into
home.
Satterwhite was to takp Mrs.
Jim Crpagh to an Abilene hospital
f'idav Mr and Mrs. Then May
ha^ cone to Idahelle. Okla.. rail
ed In the illness i,'i the father of
Mr Mav . . There will be an im-
portant meeting, with dinner, of
the American legion tonight, be.
ginning at fi 30 o'clock.
Funeral services for W. F. Sir
rtti, uncle of Bob Harrison who
died Li Wichita Falls, was to be
held there today . . . D «e 'or the
orenmg ot the Swimming pool has
been set for May 30 when the Elks
Club will be host to the kiddoes for
a free swim . . . The military Af
fain committee of the Chamber of
Commerce requtds that all places
of business fly flag* her# Satur-
day.
The name of the coaches
golf tournament planned here May
27 has been named the "Crying
Towel Golf Tournament" • ■ . The
short period between signtl light
changes is to be returned to nor-
mal as soon as the timer can be
repaired . . . And. see you again
tomorrow.
Angelo High School, Sweetwater
High School, Hamlin High School.
Okla- Weatherford High School and the
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FRED CROSS, County Agent
During the tour-day program dis-
cussions will be held on how to se-
cure and hold the customers* at-
tention. how to satisfy the custo-
mers' wants and needs through the
use of proper job knowledge, and
finally, how to help fhe customer
make the proper buying decision.
Francis A. Flynn, the instructor
from University of Texas Distribu-
tive Education Department, has
had extensive experience in retail-
Tonker Collides
With Three Barges
PORT ARTHUR W — A tanker i - ....
colllided with three barges early' nT HI 3-4461.
today at Missouri Bend one-half
Thought for T h t Moment:
filtnct 1$ cm grait «rt 0* Mfltir-
By J. FRED CROSS | year. This insec pest can be con-
County Agent trolled by timely application of
Radioactive fallout is dangerous thP proper insecticide. The worm
In the event of nuclear attack, fall- or larvae stage must be sprayed
out would be a serious threat to the between the time of hatching from
! eopte of Stephens County. A the egg and before it enters the
meeting on Civil Defense was held nut. This limits spraying time to
last Friday at fhe I.aCasa Com- only about five days for effective
munlty Center TherP were 2* pre-: control. The most often made er-
sent to learn more about how to ror is spraying too early. It is n,"e Trom the Texaco docks on
survive Tfallout. The family fallout ! still too early to spray for Pecan ' t'le Neches Ship Channel. One
shelter is fhe best way to protect Nut Case bearer in Stephens Coun- bar*e sanl1 and other was sinking, j
vour family from fhese dangers, ty. I win publicize the proper time. I 5L° '"Juries or fire were reported.
Today you may feel that you need Grasshoppers are getting plenty
no protection, but tomorrow may thick all around the county If
he too late. For if an attack should more than 15 Grasshoppers per
'ome. there would not be ample square yard are found it would
time to build a shelter before fall- be beat to consider control. A spray
out would begin. I of Dieldrtn. Aldrtn. Toxaphene. or.
The Harpersville 4-H Club also a bait containing these insectici-
met last Friday night. There were des can be used.
1!> oresenf for the program on sel- i A brush control demonstration
ecfing and wearing of clothing, has recently been established on
Films were shown on boys clothing Dule Stanford's place near La-
and girls clothing. The program casa. Mesquitea were treated with
wis entoyed by those attending. Z.4VT tar baaal spray. The plot
The Pecan Nut Case bearer caus- win be observed to
ei heavy joi e« of pec««a net! of &if tett,
FRANCIS A. FLVNN
ing and has conducted simular
programs for the University during
fhe past three years. A survpy of
local merchants indicates that a
large number of sales people in-
cluding store owners are planning
fo attend Any interested individ-
ual or tnerrhanf who has not al-
ready been contacted by either the
Chamher of Commerce or the Re-
tail Merchants may secure further
information by calling either HI
June Livestock
Survey Will Be
Made By Mail
Postmaster Claude Thompson
reminds rural patrons iii the Breck-
enridge Post Office to be on the
lookout for June Livestock Survey
cards. Next week, mail carriers
will leave survey cards in a sam-
ple of boxes along their routes.
"USDA bases livestock and poul-
try estimates on replies to this sur-
vey," Mr. Thompson explains. 'It's
important for everyone who gets
a card to fill it out and return It
to the carrier. This way, USDA
gets a true sample of the area's
livestock and poultry holdings."
Carriers assisting with the sur-
vey are: Robert E. Mehafley Jr.,
Rt. 1; C. N. Hartsfield, Rt. 2: and
Mrs. Olive Spencer — Ivan Rf...
Survey cards will be forwarded
to Cary D Palmer. State Agri-
cultural Statistician in Austin. Af-
ter adding and analyzing these
cards, USDA statisticians are able
to estimate the State's milk pro-
duction. calf and pig crops and
fhe number rit hens and pullets.
Information from this survey
will guide livestock and poultry
producers in making important
business decisions," Mr. Thomp-
son concludes.
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Porks Service
Set For Friday
Funeral services for Robert
Edward Parks. 64. will be held
Friday at 2 p. m. in the Necessity
Baptist Church. Rev. Richard Le-
wis, pastor, will officiate. Buriat
will follow in the Necessity Ceme-
tery under direction of Satterwhite
Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Jack and
Warren Parks, uoth of Fort Worth;
Jimmie McNabb of Odessa. Char-
lie McNabb of Grand Falls. Alton
Gant of Winters. J. M. McNabb <m
Kenedy. James Holt, and B. O.
Langford. both of Breckenridge.
Mr. Parks was pronounced dead
on arrival af. a Fort Worth Hospital
Tuesday night after he was found
unconcious in his pickup truck near
the home of his brother in Fort
Worth.
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LONDON 'If) - The Soviet News
Agency says 5 high-ranking offi-
cers of the Russian Armed forces
havp died in what is described as
an aviation Catastiophe. Ta^.
tjuotin^ the Soviet Defense minis-
try, says the five died while on
active duty. There are no other de-
tails.
, One of the five was identified as
General Vladimir Kolpakchi. He
was 62 and a staff member tff the
ministry of defense. He was a ve-
tema of fhe Bolshevik forces in
the revolutionary fighting of 1918
to '20. He held various commands
during World War 2 and led the
Soviet 69th Army in the final at-
tack on Berlin He was appointed
to the defense staff in 1936.
Although Tass provded no details
o'i the accident, it seemed possible,
if not likely, fhat a number of oth-
er persons were killed. An air-
craft with so many high-rankking
officers ahoard likely would be
carrying a number of their aides
as well as the flight creyv.
The other victims were identified
as Colonel-General S. N. Perevert-
kin, Licutenant-General of artillery
V. I. Goffe; Major-Genera! A. P.
Morozov and Colonel V. V. Khfch-
lovsky. Available reference books
Sive no clues to their identity or
background
The terse announcement touched
oif speculation that the accident
may have had to do with Soviet
i space exploits.
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Heart Attack
Proves Fatal
To L. M. Crowley Oil Allowable
Hike Ordered
w the re«u)t«
The biP was believed to be the
Texaco Tanker South Caroline.
The Port Arthur Fire Depart-
ment was called to the scene when
a chemical, believed to be Ethyl
Hexanol, from the barge began
drifting across the water toward
Sabine Pass.
The department said the chemi-
cal was highly inflamable
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PRESENTS
THE WEATHEE
Partly cloudy this afternoon
thru Fridr/. Scattered thunder-
storms north this afternoon and
tonight. No important tempera-
ture chanues. Low tonight 65-
75, high tomorrow 86-93. Low
last night 6S, high yesterday 90,
Wfrtd southerly 10 to 15 milef
par hour.
Senator Speaks
For Nine Hours
AUSTIN '*1—Senator Jep Fuller
of Port Arthur filibustered 9 hours
yesfei.lay before quitting last night
at 11 o'clock. He was making an
effort to persuade fellow senators
to take Orange County out of his
district.
"I'm not tired one bit," he told
senators when he was through,
"but I know you are.'*
Fuller read eycerpts of editorials
from Texas newspapers most of
the time arguing that an inequit-
able re-districting might lead the
U. S. Supreme Court to intervene
in Texas legislative districts.
Louis Milton «Mitt Crowley. 71). I
died at 6:15 a. m. today in Naz-i
areth Hospital in Mineral Wells I
where he had been hospitalized a |
little more than a month. He had |
su'ifered a heart attack .
Born September 23, 1881, in Palo
Pinto, he came to Stephens County
when he was nine years old.
Mr. Crowley had ranched three
miles northeast of Breckenridge
most of his life.
Funeral services will be held at
10 a_ m. Saturday in the Satter-
white Funeral Home Chapel. Rev.
Edgar Jones, pastor of the First
Baptist Church here, will officiate.
Burial will follow in the Necessity
Cemetery
Survivors include one son. War-
ren. of Dallas; two daughters.
Miss Thora Crowley and Mrs.
Reba Chapman, both of Abilene;
two brothers, Jim of Breckenridge
and Paul o'i Atoka. Oklahoma; one
sister. Miss Stella Crowley of Wes-
laco; and two grandchildren.
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Record Speed Of
3,400 MPH Sought
EDWARD AFB W—Space Agen
ny test pilot Joe Walker was sched
ulctl to try today for a record
speed of 3,400 miles an hour in t'ne
X15 rocket ship at Edwards Air
Force Base. California. The space-
ship will be carried to an altitude
of 45.000 feet by a B52 bomber.
There it will be released and will
shoot upward for the attempt to
reach a speed five times faster
than sound.
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AUSTIN —The Texas Railroad
Commission today ordered an in-
crease in Texas oil allowable by
48.013 barrels a day.
The new flow rate amounts to
2.702,699 barrels per day and rep-
resents a continuation of the cur-
rent 8-day prc>1ucing pattern.
The Bureau of Mines forecast of
market demand for the Texas
crude during June was for 2.540.000
barrels per day, up 15,000 over its
May estimate.
Purchaser nominations totaled
2,489,545 barrels, an increase of
16.547 barrels a day ovev their in-
dicated needs • luring May.
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Hospital Reports
One Admission
Stephens Memorial Hospital re-
ported one admission and one dis-
missal during the past 24 hours.
Mrs. J. C. Denman was admitt-
ed. and Miss Lespie Batliff was
dismissed.
Fisher Sings
LAS VEGAS. Nev. 'Jp— ErMie
Fisher is performing at a Las
Vegas hotel, his first singing en-
gagement in 18 months. His wife.
Elizabeth Taylor, was among those
at last night's opening.
When you finance your car at the
*irst National Bank Hi financed
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American Price
Raised Slightly
Th# price for home delivery of
the Breckenridge American will
be increased ten cents per week,
or 35c weekly, effective the first
of June. Monthy home delivery
will be 51.50 per month.
News stand prices will be in-
creased to ten cents effective
with the issue of Tuesday, May
23rd.
increased cost of production
has caused this slight increate in
the American. Every effort is
being made to bring you a bitter
local paoer, one you the rMder
and the ci y can be prow) of.
Plans are being made to bring
you more home town news and
Pictures along with the news
events of the state, nation and
world.
This is the first circulation in-
crease in fifteen years.
J. B. Thomas Becomes Chairman Of
Board Of Texas Electric Serviee
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rORT WORTH 'Spl — J B.
Thomas, president and general
manager of Texas Electric Service
Company since 1941, today was
elected chairman of the board of
directors of the company.
Beeman Fisher, who since 1938
has been successively assistant to
the president and vice president
and executive vice president, was
elected to succeed "Hiomas as pre-
sident and general manager of the
company and its chief executive
officer.
Company directors were reelect-
ed at tbe meeting of stockholders.
They are W. K. Stripling, W. P.
8aBW, J. P. King. Jr.. R. X.
Hanger. J. A. Gooch, Fort Worth;
Joe S. Brtdwell, Wichita Falls; J
L Rhoades, Odessa; Charles C.
Thompson, Colorado City; John P.
Bullet. Midland; G. L. MacGre-
gor. Dallas, Thomas and iFsber.
Other company officers are Han-
ger. W. P. Portwood and Perry
Davis, vice presidents; F. W. Ro-
gers vice president and treaaurer;
R. M. Hester, secretary H. L. Bab-
tie. assistant treasurer, and T W.
Cook, assistant secretary, all of
Fort Worth.
Mr. Thomas who was elected
chairman dt the board la brother
of Mrs. D. T. Bowles, and Harold
Thomts of Breckraridgt.
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