Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, May 27, 1949 Page: 1 of 20
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SCHOLARSHIPS
FOB FOOTBALL
MEN PLANNED
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’ Finance Jobs For at
Least Tea Students
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If plans formulated by
Club at a breakfast held
Tarleton College dining hall Tues-
day morning are carried out there
will be 10 football - scholarships
awarded at the time of the opening
of the fall session at the local
institution.
Arranged by a number of foot-
ball-minded young
men of
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city the
tendance of about 40 Stephenville
business men. Joseph Chandler
Tarleton Ex and prominent at-
torney, presided at the meeting.
Talks were made by Mr. Chand-
ler, Hugh Wolfe, Willie Zapalac,
Prof. Charley Hale, H. M. Everett
Jr., and Cecil Ballow. If the scholar
ship plan goes thru it was re-
ported that at least ten men of
playing ability would be added to
the football squad this fall. All
scholarships offered will re-
quire working ttme during tim<
off from studies. In his talk Zaps
lac said that the athletic depart-
ment would probably be unable
attract outstanding high school
rs of known ability, yet it was
opinion that there was much
talent available that could be se-
cured under the scholarship plan.
Everett Named Chairman
Under the terms of the organi-
zation plan H. M. Everett Jr. was
named Chairman and R. N. Pitt-
man secretary-treasurer. The dir-
ectors are Joseph Chandler, J.
Lewis Evans, R. E. Martin Sr.,
Hugh Wolfe, Tommy King Roger
Gideon and* Dan D’Arcy. This
group will work in close contact
with college officials and the ath
letic department.
Pledges signed at the breakfast
Tueady morning and other offers
of aid totaled about $2,260.00.
The amount sought will be $4,-
500.00 Committies now at work
hope to reach this goal within
the next few days. Friends of the
athletic department at Tarleton,
including all business people of
the city, will have the propoe-
intion submitted to them.
During recent years Tarleton
has sacrificed much of its foot-
ball talent because of the lack of
scholarships. " Jhe large univer-
sities and many of the smaljer
schools listed in 'the class with
Tarleton have' been offering
scholarships for sometime. The re-
sult has been that many games on
the Tarleton schedule hsve been
lost, because of the lack of
serves of playing talent.
The new $100,000 stadium that
all ex students of Tarleton and
citizens of Stephenville believe
will be ready when the I960 foot-
ball season opens, coupled with the
scholarship plan will, in the opin-
ion of fans, revive intrest and
enthusiasm in the outcome of col-
lege games played by the Plow-
boys,
%AR VETERANS
FADING FROM
SCHOOL SCENE
World War II veterans ss a
student, in gradually but definitely,
fading out of the schools of Stc-
phenville, both at Tarleton State
. and the public schools.
Jn Stephenville High School’*
graduating class of 76 candidates,
not a veteran is found.
"We have just about got the
veterans through high school—
those who needed it—and now they
arc In college,” Superintendent
J. B- Merrill said Thursday morn-
ing.----- -- --:--- ,
According to Tarleton State Col-
lege Registrar records the number
of veterans in college is likewise
passing from the picture. Of the
88 candidates for the class of 1949
only • 20 are veterans.
Even a less number is expected
next year. Most of the veteran* who
started here after the end of the
war who sought to complete their
educations are now in senior col-
leges. Most of them have been
out of the service long enough to
complete the first two years of
work.
STEPHENVILLE, ERATH COUNTY. TEXAS. FRIDAY. MAY 27, 1949
TWENTY PAGES. VoL 711. No. SI
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County To Ask Redistribution
Of Funds In Special Election
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Wilson-Thornton Wholesale
Grocery Sold To Kay Kim bell
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Hooker Enjoys Reunion
W. F. Hooker was in Hico Tues-
day to attend the annual reunion
of class members of the years
1898 and 1800 from the high school
In.that city. The reunion has been
an' annual affair for aeveral years'.
Graduates from early dav classea
are in attendance from ail sections
of Texas. ‘ 1 -
Open House .Sunday
All members and friends of the
Presbyterian Church arc invited to
an open house to be held at the
manse Sunday afternoon, May 29,
from 4 to 8 p. m.
Rev. Ernest Dimalinc', pastor of
the church, with his wife and little
daughter, wants each one to feel
that he has a personal invitation
to attend.
The Colossi of Raineses II in
Northern Egypt were erected as
a monument to the gods lot the
sun about 1270 B.C.
This is the architect’s conception | when completed on the 100 acre jurday at 5 p. m. Ex-students, prom-
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which will seat more than 40,000 ceremony will be held in Waco Sat- been invited to attend.
of the entrance to the new $1,600,-1 tract in Waco, home of the Baptist inent Baptists, and friends of Bay-
000 Baylor 'University Stadium Institution. The ground-breaking | lor from all parts of Texas have
School Board Asking Voters
To Approve $345,000 Issue
I’ll Tell The
World
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kvroi F. Hioaa
What school officials say is one
of the most important elections
held in Stephenville in years will
be the one that has been ordered
for Saturday when property own-
ing tax payers of the Stephenville
Independent School district will
gaturday will be an important day
for the Stephenville Indepen-
dent School district. It is the time
when property owning tax payers
will say yes or no on the proposition
of a bond issue totaling $346,000 for
a new senior high school bi tiding
and making improvements to faiM-
itiea now being used. As we’"see it
there should be no great amount
of opposition to the proposal. Ste-
phenville, and surrounding area,
has benefitted greatly from the
schools in the past. There can be
no denial of that. Real esta'e val-
ues have been stabilized over a long
period of years by reason of Tar-
leton State College being located
in our midst—and with no local
tax levy supporting it. The public
school system, with whatever
faults or shortcomings it may have
been charged with, is still some-
thing that has meant much to our
well being. City property and *dja-
cent farm and ranch property has
found buyers from all parts of the I
State over a long period of years—
and at better than average prices
—largely because of our education-
al advantages.*
£Jrowded conditions in the school
system make it necessary that
something be done. Stephenv lie no
longer is the sleepy, complacent
town It was twenty or thirty years
ago. It is a growing, expanding
metropolitan small city that must
keep abreast of the times and
supply its public institutions with
adequate finances along,sound and
reasonable appraisals. I.amesa, lit-
tle or probably no larger than Ste-
phenville, is now spending one mil-
lion dollars on its public schools.
Coming nearer home we find
Breckenridge, Mineral Wells, Wea-
therford, Brownwood, Brady and
other school systems in the Heart
of Texas providing needed cash
' their sehoois far beyond the
amount now being sought here. No-
body is going to be hurt if the
bonds are voted. The district has
,been enlarged and the coat to each
individual will be comparatively
small. If this town wants to hold
its own and go forward the schools
must be taken care of. If all pro-
perty owners vote as a matter of
judgment and are not influenced
iy prejudice and ill-advised opposi-
ion our guess is that the bonds will
be authorized. To say the least,
every property owner should look
at the proposition with an open
mind-«and then vote: A large, re-
presentative vote is desirable re-
gardless of how the results may
turn out.
pMood waters two weeka ago des-
troyed 70 small culverts and
bridges in the rural sections of
Erath county, several of them
wide spana. These must be re-
paired and rebuilt in some way
so that traffic over the roads
ran be resumed. The fear com-
missioners have estimated that
an emergency fond of $60,000
Is needed. They Ho not have this
cash svsilsble and an election
will soon be ordered to take card
of the needs. At a meeting held
in Um court house last Saturday
the proposition of asking pro-
perty owners to allow the court
to reallocate jury and perms
(Continued on page two)
CALENDAR
of
COMING EVENTS
May 26 • American Legion,
8:00 p jr., Legion Hall.
May 26 - Junior High School
Graduation, Ward School Audi-
torium, 8:00 p. m.
May 26 - Athletic Banquet,
Tarleton Dining Hall, 6:30 p. m.
May 27 - High School Gradua-
tion, Recreation Hall, 8:00 p. m.
May 28 - 17th District Conven-
tion, American Legion, Sweet-
water.
May 30 - Graduation, Tarle-
ton State College, 8:00 p. m.
College Auditorium.
May 30 • Meeting of all softball
managers at Junior Ball Room,
City Recreation Hall, 8:00 p. m.
May 30 - Senior Class Break-
fast, College Dining Halt, 7:00
a. m. -
May 30 to June 10 - Vacation
Bible School, Church of the Naz-
arene.
June 1 - Summer Recreation
Program,-City Park.
June 3 through 10 • Vacation
Bible Sahool, First Baptist
Church, f.
June 10 - Commencement ex-
ercises fox Vacation Bible School,
First Baptist’Church, 8:00 p. m.
June 14 - Heart of Texas Dairy
Show, City Park.
ballot on the proposition of a $846,-
000 bond issue.
The election will be held at the
city hall with Bose Reader as pre-
siding judge. The polls will open
at 7 o-’clock and will close at 6 in
the evening. Bogrd of Education
members and other school officials
have said that they prefer a repre-
sentative vote and it is believed
that this will bq true. Some esti-
mates place the vote at 1000, while
others have said that it may go
even higher.
High School Planned
Of the $d46.4MMl that will be
voted On a sum of at least $300,000
is proposed for a new senior high
school building. If the issue is
authorized the present high school
be used
structure will
for junior
high grades from 6 to 8 inclusive.
All buildings on the site of the
present Central Ward and Junior
Higli schools will he placed to the
exclusive use of the grade school
students.
School officials have pointed out
that crowded conditions are such
that relief in the form of added
school rooms is a necessity. A de-
tailed plan of the proposed improve-
ments will be found on on adver-
tisement on page 9 of thj/i^dition
of the Empire-Tribune.
Commencement at
Huckabay School
President E. J. Howell of Tar-
leton State College will deliver
the commencement address to the
graduating class of Huckabay Hig
School Friday evening May 27,
at 8 o'clock.
The exercises will be held in
the auditorium of he school, ac-
cording to F. L. White, super-
intendent.
Home-Coming At Comya
June 5 hen been set aside as
home-coming day at the Comyn
Baptist Church. All former mem-
bers of the church and friends of
the congregation are invited to at-
tend this celebration.
One of the major butinasi trans-
actions of this area was closed
the past week when the Wilson-
Thornton Wholesale Grocery sold
its business to the Kay Kimball
Company, with headquarters in
Fort Worth. The coiy iteration was
not announced but it Is known to
have involved a large cash sum.
The Kimball Company will take
charge Saturday.
Simaltaneously with the announ-
cement of the transaction it wlfs
also reported that the Kimball
Company branoh at Dublin would
be closed and consolidated with
the Stephenville store. S. L. Trice,
manager of the Kimball interests
in Dublin for the past several
years will continue in the same
capacity here.
B. J. Wilson, president of Wil-
aon-Thornton Company, und W. B.
Thornton, secretary-treasurer, both
said Wednesday they would pro-
bably move to Fort Worth in the
near future. Several other employ-
ees of the company will also move
to other towns. Just how many
people with the Kimbull Company
in Dublin to be movod here was
not known Wednesday.
Opened Here in 1946
The Wilson-Thornton Company
opened ' for buainets in Stephen-
ville in the spring of 1046 and since
that time had enjoyed a satisfac-
tory business from the gregers in
this territory. Located on North
Graham Street near the Santa Fe
crossing the firm occupjed quar-
ters owned by Higginbotham Bros.
& Company where both, track and
dock facilities are adequate. The
Kimball Company has assumed the
lease held by the retiring firm
and will operate from the same
quarters.
The Kimball Company 1* on* of
the largest of its kind in the south-
west and for a long' period of
years has been successful In the
operation of wholesala grocery
stores. Only a few years ago they
acquired the 4>uslnaas of Walker-
Smith Company of Brownwood
and In the same -transaction pur-
chased the DuhliCiirUich of that
company.
Both Messrs Wilson and Thorn-
ton announced they had been Well
pleased with their business opera-
tions in Stephenville.
"We are grateful to the mer-
chants of this section of Texas for
the support and good business they
have given us, and We shall evei
treasure the memory of our plea-
sant dealings with the trade here
Twister L
Damage ii
Leave*
in Bluff
Dale and Tolar
HEART OF TEXAS
JERSEY SHOW
DATES ARE SET
Twelve County District
To Stage Wide-Open
Event June 14lh
The Heart of. Texas Jersey Show
Association mat Tuesday at the Co-
manche court house at 8 p. m. with
President W. L. Peyton of Steph- Kund 25c, Jury Fund 0*', Road
l6nvtils presiding. Business ot the Bridsg Ft%l 16c P*mhnan«
coming Heart of Texas Show was provrfmintTund 25c. Nond of t
A twister at an early hour
Sunday night, which almost reach-
ed the power of a tornado, left con-
siderable damage in Its wake at
Bluff Dale and Tolar. The cloud,
seen Jjy many in Stephenville and
other sections of Erath county,
seemingly developed about 100
miles northwest of the city but
quickly circled to the northeast.
In Bluff Dale the roof of the
rtore of P. J. Fallin was torn away.
The Lon Stemnridge’leed mill and
Watson Garage nearby were ulso
damaged. Other property owners
reporting losses were Harry Deav-
er, Everett Miller, a portion of
the Santa Fe depot anil the seed
housd of the Kigh gin. Numerous
trees were uprooted.
At Toler where the storm seem-
ed to have hit after leaving Bluff
Dale, there was also some damage.
People watching, the storm clouds
all over this area were quirk to
sense its dangers and scores spent
the night in cellars.
T. J. Williams, general manager
of Higginbotham Bros. & Com-
pany, with headquarters in Coman-
che, was in Stephenville Wednes-
day, on business in connection with
the operation of the local store.
While here he also visited his
brother, Lee Williams, shoe de-
partment manager here.
dlscussad. This show will b« hold at-
Stephenville City park June 14,
starting at 9:30 a. m.
The premium list will 'cover
about 223 different classes of Jer-
sey cattle, including two added
classes for the Youth Jerseys.
There will also be a class for the
Jerseys put out by Sears Roebuck
Co. ht this show. Ribbons and mon-
ey for the'Seara Roebuck claaaas
will be furnished by that company.
The ribbons und money for the
other classes in the show have been
arranged for by business and pro-
fessional men of Stephenville.
Judge of the show will be J. W.
Bradley, former resident of Dub-
lin and now county agent of Colo-
rado county. Mr. Bradley jyp from a
now county ugi
inty. Mr. Bradley
noted family of Jersey breeders of
the Dublin area and has made a
study of this great milking breed.
The new officers elected for the
coming year ure president, W. L.
Payton, Stephenville; vice-presi-
dent,, Mark Stephens, De Leon;
secretary, W. W. Reed, Stephen-
ville.
It was decided not to have • a
closed show for the 12 counties but
leave it open to anyone from any
section of Texas that cared to show
at this time. It was held at Coman-
che last year with many entries
and it is hoped bp President Pay-
ton thst the coming show at Ste-
phenville will be even greater.
Thiq event has always attracted
soma of the outstanding Jersey
breeders in this section of Texas.
Flood Damage Brings Loss in
Excess of $90,000; 70 Bridges Out
ocating certain runds or the co
to highway and road purposes
be submitted to a vote of the
At a meeting held in ’.he Erath
couhty court house Saturday morn-
ing or last work between members
of the Commissioners Court and
citizens, an agreement was reached
whereby the proposition of reall-
ocating certain funds of the county
• will
the peo-
ple.
Another issue discussed at. the
same time wad the matter Of a
special road and bridge tax of 16
cents on the one hundred dollars
valuation, .ZfanYwra of the Court
were not i rftslj'llil* would he sub-
mitted. It probably will not be.
Property owners from all' sec-
tions of tha county were present
at the meeting when emergency
items brought about by recant
flood waters wars discussed.
County Judge Dale Harbin pre-
sided. Commissioners Boyd, pre-
cinct 1; LaBuume, precinct two;
Fallin, precinct three and Comp-
ton precinct four were present.
All reported heavy looses during
the period of excessive rains and
swollen streams.
Bond Issue Discussed
In presenting the problem fac-
ing all members of tha court at
the i time of the opening of the
meeting Judge Harbin said that
there were several plana open
for consideration whereby relief
could be had. Bridges and small
culverts In every precinct were
either destroyed or made impass-
able. Judge Harbin said that mem-
bers of the court agreed on an
emergency sum ot $50,000 to $60,-
000 as necessary to rebuild and re-
pair the most important structures
destroyed. Looses on roads and
bridges were estimated at $90,000.
•trillions whon emergencies arose
involving small amounts. The pro-
po»itioii|Wt)f reallocating, or rodia-
trihutiigr the funds, will mean
i( unproved — that tha court will
take six cent* from the jury fund
and four cents from the permanent
improvement fund. Those two spins
will bn used for the purpose of
financing capital In the amount
of nt least $60,000, all of which
will be used on the washed out
bridge and those in need of re-
pair. Tho proposition will carry
the privilege of raising the jury
fund te its full 16c statutatory
limit.
The merits of a bond issue wits
discussed st some length but most
of those present Were of the opin-
ion that voters would frown on
such a proposal.
Many Want permanent Structure*
Many ideas were expressed und
numerous proposals suggested dur-
ing the almost two hours of the
meeting. It wus evident that most
of the crowd of about 60 property
owners favored permanent im-
provements, even if it meant ar-
rangements for a larger sum of
cash. The direct question of whttt
the cost would be for permanent
strut lures ivss asked two or thrfe
times. The Commissioner.! were
frank to admit that they bail no
idea of the sum that would be re-
quired for such an undertaking
but did say that it would reach
a high figure. ------------
For the past several year* the
road and bridge tax levy of 16
cents has been badly overdrawn
and will reinsirCko for some time
in the future. That tax is leyed
and collected under the terms of
the constitution ot Texas and is
general over the Stata. Bonds and
At the present time tha county warrant* can be issued against
has s tax rata of 74 ognto. It »Hint tax
distributed as follows: General
and
Im-
provemiilt'Fund 25c. None or these
funds can be transferred to other
purpose* than for which they are
levied because of statutatory lira*
litationa, although it was brought
out at tha meeting that most
counties of the State had at on#
time or another violated these re-
Plans for Summer
Activities, City
Park, Outlined
Tempo of Legislative Activity Speeds Up As End Nears
By H. G. I’EitRY
Writing these weekly letters is
somewhat like the habit of going
to Sunday School after one misses
one or two times, ho gets out of
the habit and doean’t find time, or
thinks he doesn’t have time. About
three weeks ago work got so
heavy I didn’t get around to writ-
ing and it has continued that way
since, and I appreciate the fact
that a number have written me
that thcjNhad noticed the emission.
The house has been working
many hours «r.ch day and much and if court lights result, which
of It I* merely “skidding the
wheels,” as bills are- atill being
introduced, which have no pos-
sible chance of passing, and many
that have been in the hopper for
months have recently been pass-
ed and sent to the Senate, which
has been rather inactive the past
few weeks, but so much publicity
has been given to their idleness
that this ’’club 31” or “House of
Lards 2, as they are frequently
referred to, has started work and
this week passed the Judiciary and
Departmental bills, which msy
come up in a free conference this
week or next.
Lot* of politics has been in
evidence the past few days. Much
of the friendliness of earlier days
has disappeared aa members find
they have been double crossed by
others, and are not getting their
pet bill* passed. A rumor
here while Lt ' Gov. Shivt,.
in Washington, he was trying
to trade the tide lands to th« Ad-
ministration for "the appointment
of Gov. Jester as Ambassador to
Mexico, then rumor hot it, Shivers
would become Governor. Then,the
Gilmer-Aikeii bills got lost/and
there waa a lot of exicement about
that and now I understand that 116
and 117 have reached the Gover-
nor’s office and amendments are
being prepared for 116. This pro-
gram is so far reaching in its
■cope that it is likely there will be
a seriouH interruption in the state’s
educational processes this year
is very likely, there could be a
complete breakdown in our public
school system. I hope this does
not happen, hut it is certainly not
beyond the rclmn of possibility.
Among the important bills re-
cently considered arc: The state
office building program—propos-
ing to build two large office build-
ings At a cost of about 6 million
dollars, on land owned by the state
just in front of the Capitol Build-
ing, on Congress Ave. If the state
is to continue its enlarged func-
tions, these buildings are a neces-
sity and will save thuch money
for the tax .payers eventually, as
the rentals for housing boards and
department*, outside the state
owned buildings now amount to
fnor* than $176,000 annually. The
cost of these buildings will be li-
quidated by Moving* in renta|a in
•taxteiUjjibout 14 years. Several eotisti-
ra w*aTTutH>n4l amendments will be voted
on next Sept. Among them, one
one to provide for annual sessions
of the legislature, one to raise
the ceiling on old age assistance
and others that I will mention la-
ter with sqme explanation of their
purposes.
A bill to create an F.Ieemosinary
Board of 9 members has been pass-
ed and will likely be signed by the
Governor this week. This takes
the operation of the State Hos-
pitals, or insane asyidms, and the
various institutions such as the
school for the deaf, school for the
blind, school for the.fccblc mind-
ed, etc , from the Board of Con-
trol, which has managed them fOr
about 25 years. I think thia is one
additional board that has become
necessity on acouht of the en-
larged program for handling these
unfortunate people.
I spent one afternoon last week
going thru a part of the State
Hospital here with one of the
doctor*. It was certainly a revela-
tion to me. More than 15,000 un-
fortunates are housed in buildings
built to take care of les* thSn
half that number. I measured sev-
eral of -the overcrowded rooms—
one example js typical of many.
44 inmates were sleeping in a room
30x36 ft. with only one window
in the north and two in the south,
opening into a hall. Most of these
buildings are nAt fireproof and
the danger of fire is always pre- .........................._______
sent, with consequent loss of indeed you can’t blame tne legia-
mnny lives. I saw many shock
treatments given—these . electric
to allow women to serve on jaries, treatments are proving highly *IK-
Istures that created-them. The peo-
ple demand them and when you
(Continued on page two)
H. H. Hasslor, recreational di-
rector for the summer program
which start* at the City Park June
1 has released a complete and com-
prehensive outline of the activities
to be enjoyed during the summer
months. Ml** Gwin Williams is the
assistant director and another
young lady will be named later.
Each morning from 8:80 toll :30
free swimming lessons for liegin-
ners and intcriftodiates will be
given. Afternoon programs from 2
to 6 include soft ball, volley ball,
touch football, badminton, table
tennis, washers, horseshoe* and
■wfmmirig.
Softball games will be scheduled
after a meeting of all team man-
agers in tho junior ball room at the
you. 1
City Park Monday night, May 30,
at 8 o’clock. Hardball managers
who want to use the park are asked
to attend this meeting. Those plan-
ning to have a team are asked to
send a representative. . —-
Monday nights, party games and
other entertainment will be pro-
vided for boys and girls 8 through
13. Tuesday night is teenage night.
Dancing may be enjoyed from 8 to
10 o’clock.
Thursday night* trout 8 to 10:30
heel’n toe dancing will hold the
spotlight as well as square dancing
for alt ages. If the art of square
dancing is on your summer agenda
there will be instructors to teach
Friday nights will be for adulta
only. All types of dancing, old and
new, will be enjoyed then.
oa.
Since the constitutional, 16c road
and bridge levy is overdrawn for
several years in advance the only
cash available for rural road main-
tenance hae been from the sale
of -automobile license plates. For
several years the snm has approxi-
mated a snm aggregating between
$80,000 and $90,000, annually plac-
ing in the hands of each commis-
sioner his proportionate share of
this fund. The distribution of cash
received from this source give* the
county the first $50,000 collected.
After that the amount paid in is
divided between the County and
the State Highway Department.
Each commissioner has been re-
ceiving about $16,000 each year
finm the sale of .auto and other
motor vehicle license tags.
The terms of the election will
be outlined in an order that will
tie published by the court Tho
date of the election will also be
announced. No action can be taken
by the Court except on the regular
monthly meeting time.
cessful, but only a small percen-
tage of the inmates^ will ever be
returned to society, so the doctor
tells me. I talked with many of
the inmates and when you think
that only the imbeciles and here-
ditary weaklings are confined there
you are badly mistaken. I talked
with a graduate of Yale University
sod one from Priceton. Both had
been outstanding students. Also ■
boy who had made the highest
grade in higher mathemtices in
his senior year at the University
of Texas, with the Pearson boy
who killed his mother, and his
father, the late Judge Pearson of
the Supreme Court, who was my
friend for many year* before hi*
death. It just gives you a feeling
you can’t describe, but you come
away with no doubt but that they
should not be heeded together like
so many wild animal* and that
although they are the forgotten
men and women, we in a civilized
land, must care for them and
salvage as many as possible. Un-
(lei the circumstance*, the doc- 8 by 12ifeet. Mr. Haad accompsn-
tors in chvrge and the many at- ied her to asaist with scaffolding
tendants are doing a remarkable
work.
Our state government has grown
like a great octopus and most of
this growth has been due to de-
mands by the people for enlarged
services. You can’t blame the office
holders and state employees and
Mrs. F. G. Head
Commissioned to
Paint Baptistry
(Strawn Tribune)
Mr*. F. G. Head, accompanied by
her hpshand, left Wednesday for
-San Antonio where she will paint a
baptistry picture in the beautiful
new Beacon Hill Baptist Church,
612 Fredericksburg Road.
Mrs'Wead’s painting In the $100,-
000 edifice will occupy an area of
and other details.1
, The Strawn artist plans to com-
plete the wot-k in about 10 days.
She painted her first baptistry at
the Church of Christ in Ranger 15
year* ago, and completed her larg-
est mural, 15 by 19 feet, at the
First Baptist Church, Ranger, a
decade ago. T~. v—
She painted the beautiful bap-
tistry scene at the Strawn Church
of Christ five y^ars ago.
PUBLIC UNDULY
ALARMED OVER
DDT HAZARDS
A number of statements huv*
l>«en published during the last sev-
eral days which have misled und
alarmed the public concerning the
hazard* of using DDT as mi in-
secticide, according to T. K. Moore,
manager of the local Higgin-
botham Bros. Lumber Yard. This
concern supplies IVslroy, a 25 per-
cent content DDT insecticide msnu-
fgetured by the Sherwtn-Wtttimn*
company.
quoted a ataleim-.nt. re.
leased by the Federal Security
Agency and the Department of
Agriculture, made following a
meeting of the principal govern-
ment agencies concerned with the
utilization of I>l>T in rational and
international health and economy,
as follows:
Will Not Cause Illness
"DDT is a very valuable insect-
icide which has contributed mat- -
erially to the general welfare «f
the world. It ha* Ireon used with
marked surresx in both the control-
aniT prevention at- such'
borne diseases a* malaria and ty-
phus and of insects which ure des-
tructive to crops and injurious to
livestock and infest homes. ,
“It is well recognized that DDT,
like other insecticides, is a poison.
This fuet has been given full con-
sideration in makiit recommenda-
tions for its use. There is no evi-
dence that the use of DDT ip' ac-
cordance with tho gueoni inunda-
tion* of various federal agencies
has ever caused human sickness
due to the DDT itself. . )■
"Statements that DDT is res-
ponsible for causing so-called
‘virus X disease’ of man and ‘X
disease’ of cattle is totally with-
out foundation. Both of these dis-
eases were recognized before the
utilization of DDT as an inageti-
cide. There is no justification for
public alarm a* to the aufetg I
milk supplies from the stamlpoil
of DDT contamination.”
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Higgs, Rufus F. Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, May 27, 1949, newspaper, May 27, 1949; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1131135/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dublin Public Library.