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By George C. Fall
THE FIFTIES always haw
been Golden Years, m history
books will testify. It «w in 175.2
that Hen Franklin eonducted hi*
Momentous experiment on the
flow of electricity. In the early
IMO's rick deposit of
gold were being withdrawn from
California ground which started
a new era la tke United Stste*
and world trade. And it is posai-
Mr that tke ItSfs can bring
itea greater achievements to s
■•rid filled witk Peace, Proa-
y aad Contestaent. Already
great ecieatkrt aad mathe-
tkiaa, Albert Biasteia, fam-
fe*bis theory on relativity,
s new discovery,
of gravity sad elec-
¡sai. which he hopes
to prove a formula for. This is
mrl of beyoad mr bat I under-
■land that it will be a grrat
Mathematical snd scientific for-
rard stop if tbe theory is proved,
fbta can aad may happen in
lilt, as other great accomplish-
sent can be taade. Ho, looking
fsrward ta the good yesr of
iteeteea hundred aad fifty, it is
mr kaartfelt greetings sad beat
vwhes ta yací for a happy and
WE HAVE come a long way in
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past 150 yesr* s* thm little
Wi may point out. It i* aid thst
lout thst long sgo (««urge W h-
fton's physician* warned him
at if stage coaches stepped up
*ir spoed to fifteen mile* per
ur "blood would rush t>> the
jwengers' hen«K arid they would
The fsther of hi count! y
toi't believe thst, and progress in
ws* made. Not ao many,
year* ago. it was thought
t wsy to cure s sick
was to drain blood out of
ws* called "bleeding"
I. Many people were bled
in those day*. Medien!
was mistaken. Today, as
« well know, blood ia added to
at ream of aick people. The
oces is celled "blood transfu-
Ves, we havo come s long
iy in ISO yes ra and I hope we can
•P en going in th«" right diroc-
a.
e
THE FEDERA!. Government
• «pending more this year thsn
kg combiaed wages of a million
laaafaetaring workers for
rWBNTY YEARS.
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I HAVE the following letter thia
*k from Mr. snd Mrn. Oak Mr-
wale of the McKenxie-Bnldwin
¡tineas College of Rrysn whit h
r Mr. Fall: Mrs. McKenxia
I wish to express our apprecia-
of the splendid editorial on
t spending, written by
issue of your paper of
mber 28, 1841 . A few-
had another that wss
ht provoking, to my
> least.
Wt believe are are two of several
litem American citisen* who arc
nuinely alarmed over the finan-
li sttuatlon our country la in, and
the apparent Indifference
^ioaa in authority to the peril,
i volea la raised, he is Immodi-
My callad a "reactionary" or
and howled down, liut un-
it patriotic citizens do something
Mop the skidding down the road
bankruptcy, we will go the way
>11 the natlona of the past who
Ml to att their cake and have It
•¿Tore power to you. Yours Irti-
Oak McKensie.
FOR TEN years I have been
rritlng agalnat tbe terrific
teadlng of tke American Gov-
trnaieat. The only time I let wp
tbe gnblsct was during tke
tkal lime we kad to
tads of Kinney to get
Njw It is lime lo
least alow np. and I
it, from wkal I have
nbeerved In Ike past
Ike people of this
•entry ara beginning lo believe
hat, too. For the same period of
¡kf I have fought Ihe rise of
■Mamunism and socialism in
taerlaa and It needs fighting
N more fighting because, as I
said bofnre, It creeps upon
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Tha NEWS la Publiahsd
In Tha latereat Of
Caldwell aad
Coast
AND THE BURLESON COUNTY LEDGER
VOLUME LXIII—No, 22
CALDWELL, TEXAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1949 Subscription price: $2.00 t y?, in Burleson Ok—4150 on! of Cfc
Is Killed
Haldain Grove*, 26-year-old
trandseaaof Mrs. Msry Deutsch
of Caldwell, wss killed Satur-
day, December i7, while working
on oil machinery in the Phillips
Petroleum Company refinery st
Hay City, Texas. Funeral service
was held Moaday afternoon. De-
cember 19.
R. 0. Flippen
Is Victim Of
Highway Crash
Funeral Service la Held
From Local Home With
Interment Near Birch
Mrs. McLean Senior
Suffers Broken Hip
in Fall Off Steps
Mr* B. O. McLean Sr. suf-
fered a painful ¡wjury last Friday
night which cut short her Christ-
mas festivitids as abe wait leaving
Church where annual Yuletide ser-
vire had just been completed. Mrs
Mrto-an, an «he cautiously walked
down the step of the church,
raught the heel of her left shoe
in a step snd whs thrown to the
ground.
Medical aid wan summoned and
Mrs. McLean was removed to Scott
and White Hospital in Temple
where it was verified that her left
leg had been fractured just be-
low the hy>. The accident occur rod
about 9 o'clock Friday night.
The following Monday Mrs. Mc-
lean underwent an operation and
the fracture was pinned together
with stoel and at press time this
week Mr*. McLean wan renting
an well an could he expected under
the circumstances. It was not
known how long she would have to
remain in the hospital.
Harvey Implement Co
In Formal Opening At
New Place Next Week
Celebration of the moving '>f
Harvey Implement Company from
their old location to the new and
remodeled building on Buck Street
will take place on January 10 when
officials of the eqj^ipnny have in-
vited their friend* and customers
to come in for a dinner and picture
show. The occasion is to add two
higa days into one, formal opening
of the npw location and another big
John Deere Day. The entertainment
and the show are free to everyone.
According to Moody Jones, man-
ager, the dinner will be served at
noon followed by a free show at
the Matsonian Theatre at 2 o'clock
in the afternoon. There will be
several big prises awarded to vis-
itors plus "What's New In John
Deere Farm Equipment."
The entertainment feature pic-
ture is titled "Roots In the Soil."
Jones wishes to point out that ev-
erything is free and everybody ia
invited and urged to attend.
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CROP Program Is
Given Extension
The 1040 collection campaign
period for the Christian Rural
Overseas Program (CROP) mi
Texas has been o tended until
January 81, lOfiO.
In making the announcement,
Daniel Russell of College Station,
chairman of the Texas CROP Com-
mittee, said that It was being ex-
tended by National CROP to al-
low all states ample time to com-
plete their campaigns.
Reuben Oliver Flippen, 77-year
old farmer of the Dennville area,
was killed early last Sunday morn
ing when the car in which he was
riding was in colliaion with a pick-
up truck near the underpass un
Highway 36 about half a mile south
of Caldwell. It was said that Mr.
Flippen died soon after the acci-
dent occurred. The car in which the
victim was riding waa driven by
Leonard Wolff of Deanville, whose
auto struck the pick-up driven by
Isaak Jiminez of Chriesman.
According to information furn-
ished by Deputy Sheriff John
Reeves, the car driven by Wolff
was on the wrong side of the high-
way. Other reports stated tHat
Highway Patrolmen B. G. Marsh
and O. L. Luther who investigated
the uccident/filed D. W. I. charges
against Wolff in Burleson County
a day following the accident.
Both Wolff and .hminer, were
confined to a Bryan Hospital with
severe injurien. The accident was
investigated, besides Patrolman
Marsh, by Burleson County Sheriff
Cleve Bates und Police Chief Jim
Broaddus.
Funeral services 'or the 77-year-
old accident victim were held from
the Harvey-Schiller Funeral Home
Monday afternoon, December l¿fl,
at 2 o'clock with the Rev. A. S.
Broaddus officiating. Interment
was made in the old Marek-Mills
Cemetery near the Birch commu-
nity.
Pall bearers were Billy Wayne
Kreuger, Granval Beard, Roy
Dworaky, Joe Bartek, Frank Bar-
tek arid John Poehl.
Former Caldwell Mar
Soon To Be President
Of Seattle Association
Luthci C. Mclver, it member of
the personnel of the Puget Sound
Power and Light Co. of Seattle,
Washington, for more than twenty-
five yearn and First Vice President
of the Purchasing Agents Associa
tion of Washington State, was giv-
en a nurprise birthday cake at the
annual meeting of that organisa-
tion on the night of Deceml>er 8
when honor was paid all members
who had reached or passed the
(puirter-century mark of member-
ship .
Mr. Mclver, son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. John F. Mclver of this
city and brother of Mrs. John C.
Broaddus and E. W. Mclver, Sr.,
also of Caldwell, Beted us program
chairman on the occasion and w-s
given considerable credit for the
success of the meeting. Mr. Mi-
Ivcr will, by virtue of his office
with the association now, auto-
matically become president of the
assocfation in May, 1050. The as-
sociation has a membership of
over 400.
Director
Gibb Gilchrist, Chancellor of
the Texas A. ft M. College Sys-
tem and widely known engineer
and educator, will serve as state
campaign director for the 1950
membership and fund raising
campaign of the American Can-
cer Society, Texas Division.
BAUSON'S Authentic Statement
General Business:
National Income:
Farm Income:
Bituminous Coal:
Anthracite:
Crude Oil Products:
Steel Output:
Off B'.fc
Off 16%
Up 6%
Off 16%
1950 IN A NUTSHELL
Off 6% Automobile manufac-
tures:
Building and
construction: Off 7%
Natural Gas: Up 6%
Foreign trade: No change
Airline passenger miles Up 5%
Military activities
including aircraft: Up 20%
Off
Up
Off
5%
5%
5%
Retail Trade ($ Volume) : Off 3% to 10%
Business and Financial Outlook For 1950
By ROGER W. BABSON
Burleson County
Old-Age Residents
Get $1200 Monthly
"Time is money to social securi-
ty applicants," James B. Farley,
mannger of the Austin office of
the Social Security Administration
said today. As an example, Marley
cited the case of Mr. Phil B, Grubbe
>f Kyle, Texas. Mr. Grubbs gave
his permission to have his experi-
ence made public. "1 would like to
do all I can to prevent others from
suffering the same loss 1 did," Mr
(•rubbs informed the social securi-
ty' representative who helped him
develop his claim. Mr. Grubbs told
the following story: "Due to a
physical disability, 1 was forced to
retire when I was 64 years old.
When my 66th birthday came, 1
didn't contact a social security
field office simply because I didn't
know I w„N entitled to the benefit
payments. When I finally filed my
claim this year, '. found that I had
lost $120(1.00 because I had not
filed promptly on attainment of
age lift."
"Fortunately," Marley stated,
losses of the size that Mr. Grubbs
ilfered are not frequent but loss
of a few months benefits is a com-
mon occurrence, despite our con-
stant efforts to publicise the fact
that people who have worked in
covered employment should check
with us when they reach tf5." He
said that in the 21 county area
serviced by the Austin social secur-
ity office 3,843 persons are being
paid 968,787 each month. Residents
of Burleson 'county are r.reiving
91200 monthly in old-age and sur-
vivor's insurance payment .
1. The total volume of business
for 1960 will be less than that of
1949, due primarily to the unfor-
tunate labor conflicts. Considering
that the innocent consumer will be
the chief sufferer and will be ob-
liged to pay the bills, it seems too
bad that labor troubles should up-
set the applecart.
LABOR OUTLOOK
2. Even with all the- threats,
there will be few wage increases
during 1960. On the other hand, t.11
labor, negotiations take the minds
of both the employees and the
management off their regular busi-
ness. However these negotiations
come out, they result in a loss from
the standpoint of the country as a
whole.
8. There will be fewer strikes in
1960 than in 1949, but there will
not be fewer extended negotiations
which are very expensive in them
selves.
4. The Taft-Hartley Law will con-
tinue to stand throughout 1950,
although many schemes for detour-
ing this'law will be devised.
6. The great drive against the
big companies will be for pensions
and-or for sick and other benefits.
These will probably be helpful to
the wageworkei-8 and may aid in
ironing out the business cycle, but
they will be paid for by consum-
ers.
6. It is hoped that all parties
will begüi to realise during 1950
that the real road to national pro-
gress is through increasing pro-
duction and greater efficiency. This
is the bright light we see in the
labor situation.
COMMODITY PRICES
7. Movements in commodity
prices during 1950 will vary with
different groups of industries and
of products, but altogether there
will be a general lowering during
1960.
8. We, therefore, advise going
easy on inventories. I960 is a time
to get out of debt and stay out of
debt. Speculation in commodities
should be discouraged in 1960.
9. We believe that the cost of
living index has turned down for
the present. The average for 1960
will be less than for 1949.
10. Practically ail retail prices
will average less in i960 than in
194j, notwithstanding the excess
of money mentioned under 27-28
and 29 below.
FARM OUTLOOK
11. The total farm income for
1950 should be less than that of
1949, which means lower prices on
the average for wheat, corn, pork,
poultry, eggs and certain dairy
products. Farmers should diversify
more in 1960, get out of debt and
put their surplus money into sav-
ings, in preparation for the next
crop failure.
12. The supply of certain canned
vegetables and fruits (except cit-
rus) should be greater during 1960
than at the same time during 1949.
(Continued on last pago)
J. Ayres Knocked Off
Pavement On Hi-way
While Driving Wagon
A near tragedy was enacted on
highway 36 about half a mile from
town Wednesday afternoon when
another wagon was sides wiped.
During the course of the past fif-
teen years since highway 86 and
21 have paved the way through
Burleson County, many wagons
have been knocked from the pave-
ment. The best precaution nowa-
days would be for horse-drawn
wagons to keep off the pavement
and drive along the shoulder of
the highway, wherever possible.
Wednesday afternoon J. R. Ayres,
whose wagon has been knocked off
the roadway on other occaaions,
was riding home with a load of
feed. His entire wagon, all four
wheels, was onthe highway. A
truck, driven by Lawrence A.*
Vavra, was almost on top of the
wagon before he saw it. Vavra
pulled out, but failed to do so
soon enough and sideswiped the
outfit. Little damage was done
and luckily neither one involved
in the accident was hurt.
Background of Roger W. Babson
American business has no mor
inspiring personality than Roger
VV. Bahson, internationally-known
Presbyterians Hold
Christmas Tree
Navasotian Named
Outstanding Scout
Sam Houston Area Council cov-
ering llnrris County nnd fourteen
surrounding counties has made its
selection of the outstanding Ex
ploror Scout in the Council to make
its annual report to the State Cap
itol, and nomination to make the
Region 9 report to the nation at
Washington, D. C„ during Scout
Week of 1960.
This singular honor goes to Ex-
plorer Scout Homer L. Stewart >f
Navasota. Homer has an out-
standing record of achievements in
his school, church and civh1 actlvi-
ties, as well an In Scouting. He is
sixteen years of age and a memli -r
of Troop 861 and holds rank of
Ragle Scout with bronao and gold
palm.
The annual Christmas progrum
and tree was held Friday night
December 23, at the Presbyterian
Church, where, on this occasion an
offering was taken for the Pres-
byterian Orphan's Home in Itasra.
Rev. T. Gordon WBtts, pastor
gave a talk and children of the
Sunday School presented a program
under direction of Mrs. John C.
Broaddus. Underneath a beautiful
Christmas tree there were gifts
for everyone and the gifts were ex
changed.
PTA Monthly Meeting
Scheduled January 5
Regular meeting of the Caldwrl
Parent- Teacher Association will
I , held at the main school build-
ing at 7:30 in the evening on Jan
6, it was stated Wednesday by
Miss Semilla Smith, reporter.
Miss Smith Haiti that a well-
rounded program is in store for
the group, the attendance of which
has been exceptional since the new
drive for membership and open
ing of school in September.
business commentator and invest-
ment adviser. An outstanding fea
ture of his philosophy has been hi
life-long insistence on the import
anee of religion in business.
Horn in 1875, reared in an old
fashioned atmosphere of hard work
and hustle on a farm In Gloucester
Mr. Babson wont to the Massachu
setts Institute of Technology, Up-
on graduating in 1898, he turned
instinctively to financial and busi-
ness activities.
His exertions, however, under-
mined his health; he contracted
tuberculosis and he was sent West
"as good as dead"! It was while
he was convalescing from this
dread malady that he worked out
some of the possibilities and prob-
lems of business statistics.
That was more- than forty-five
years ago. Today his weekly statis
tical and financial reports arc read
by thousands of businessmen and
his research work is carried on by
a large staff of workers.
Mr. Babson founded Babson In-
stitute for men; and, in coopera
tion with Mrs. Babson, developed
Webber College for women,
both nationally-known educational
institutions. Here young men and
women may concentrate more in
the fundamentals and less on the
frills of business.
More recently he founded "Uto-
pia College" for men, located in
Eureka, Kansas, the center of Mr,
Babson's "Magic Circle." He
also reviving an interest in Sir
Thomas More who-—400 years ago
—outlined in his "Utopia" the only
solution to our problems. Only this
year he has been active In the es
tablishment of still unothcr rnedi
um of service to the public, the
Gravity Research Foundation, lo
cated at New Boston, New Hamp
shire.
To millions of newspaper read-
ers, Mr. Habson is best known by
his familiar weekly stories on busi-
ness which appear in more than 420
papers throughout North America.
Of unbounded energy, Roger '.V.
Babson has probably done more
than any other man to bring sta-
tistics to life, to instill a broader
vision in businessmen, and to
publicise the ups-and-downs of the
business cycle.
Hoodlums Wreck
Home, Steal Presents
Of Ex-Caldwell Man
Bryan Furniture Store
To Change Name
The Clayton Furniture Com-
pany in Bryan will be known as
the Coronet Furniture Company
after January 1, according to an-
nouncement by J. E. Bethancourt,
manager; Mr. Bethancourt stated
that the contest which was held
recently to select a new name for
the store was won by Mrs. J. W.
Dyer of 614 East 80th in Bryan
and Mrs. Dyer wan presented with
a 6 foot de luxe Hotpoint re
frigerator.
Bob Moorman Better
After Two Attacks
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Moorman of
Chriesman spent the Christmas
holidays in the home of their son
and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Moorman, and children, in
Bryan, while Mr. Bob was recuper-
ating from a recent illness.
Mr. Moorman was taken to St.
Francis Hospital, Brenham, at two
different times December 5 and
on December H following sudden
heart attacks. Friends of the Moor-
mans will be glad to know that
Mr. Bob is able to be up and ia
getting along nicely.
Christmaa was turned into a
night-mare at the home of Harold
M. Reeves in Houston, former
Caldwell resident, who has rela-
tives here. The Reeves had decorat-
ed a beautiful tree in their home al
2007 Vaugh and had gone riding
with their children. When they re-
turned home about 7 o'clock in the
evening a couple of nights before
Christmas they found that burg-
lars and hoodlums had broken a
back window, entered their hone
and completely wrecked ita con-
tents. According to word receiv d
here by Mrs. J. W. Ragsdale, a
wrist watch and pistol upre stolen
as were many other presents thu
were placed beside the tree, 'rk
had been poured all over a new
rug in the living room, beds were
torn to shreds, chenille bed sprea's
were ripped to pieces, the Christ-
mas tree destroyed and the ho ne
generally wrecked inside.
Houston officers were called to
the scene and are still working on
the case but no arrests have yet
been made, it was said.
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Little Town of Gause
Receives Fine Tribute
It may be oñly~"a wide bend in
the road" to most people, but
Gause, the tiny hamlet that Texas
forgot, received a tribute that any
city in Texas would have wel-
comed. Ralph Widman, sports di-
rector of Radio Station WFAA, in
an evening broadcast of Decem-
ber 20 said, "A city is not meaaured
by the size of its buildings but by
the quality of ita people. The big-
gest city in the world is Gauae,
Texas, U. S. A."
In Gause originated, this year,
the Annual Milk Bowl, a bowl
game for Pee Wees, sponsored on
a permanent baais by the Cameron
Chamber of Commerce and promot-
ed by Radio Station WFAA.
"Thanks should be given at thia
time," says Eugene C. Weafer,
athletic director at Gause, "for the
cooperation of The CaldwaU Newa
and by repreaentative citiaens of
Caldwell. That city, too, haa shown
a bigness of heart In helping to
promote a worthwhile venture of
Milam county."
Hornets Play Bryan
Here Tuesday Night
There will be two basketball
games played at the Oaldweli High
School Gym. Tuesday night, Jan.
8. The Hornet A and B teama wiH
meet the Bryan Bronehoa in a ps*
of gamae. Tha first contest *U>
start at 7 o'clock, followed bar,he
A game at eight o'clook.
gamea in Brym last w
Hornet A'a lost and the f* f®n*
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