Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, July 4, 1952 Page: 4 of 12
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Friday, July 1 IMS I
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USOA SPOT-CHECK ON TEXAS CROP P91- ^ Pal(ner Learns It
SITUATION SNOWS NEED OF RAIN Can Really Rain in Korea
AUSTIN, July I. Ul—Here’i tbs
latent Texas crop rundown, from
the Crop Reporting Service of the
U. 8. Deportment of Agriculture:
Growing crop, and posture* ore
suffering lock of moiatura over
practically the eotire state. Week
end scattered shower* temporarily
eased droughty conditions in some
areas, especially the Trans-Pecos,
moat Central and Northern High
Plains and some Central Texas
counties, but the southern counties
on High Plains continued extreme-
ly dry.
Wheat — In the Central High
Plains counties, practieally all
grain was harvested, snd harvest
was well past the half-way mark
in the Northern High Plains coun-
ties. .
Late Cotton Hurt
Cotton—Crop in Southern high
and low rollfnk Plains wsx sub-
jected to week of hot winds and
blowing sand whichfVs* especially
damaging to late.-plantings. Acre-
sge losses in some sreas were
heavy and rain was needed badly
to prevent more losses. Weekend
showers over northern part of
Southern High Plains were bene-
ficial and Central and East Texas
crop* made good growth.
(•rain Sorghums — Only small
acreage planted in northwest due
to lack of moisture, in other
areas crops made very little
growth and in some sections leaves
were curling from the heat. Rain
is urgently needed early sorghums
in southern low rolling plains were
specially hard-hit by hot dry winds.
Corn—Crop throughout the state
, deteriorating under hot dry weath-
Hay — Harvess making good
porgress.
Broom Corn—Harvest active in
southern counties.
Peanuts Making Progress
Peanuts—Made fairly good prog-
ress despite need of moisture in
•II areas.
Rice—Continued to develop sat-
isfactorily.
Vegetables— M uch - need moi st ure
in form of light to moderate show-
ers recieved in central and eastern
commercial vegetable areas. Rains
helped ranteloupes snd watermel-
ons materially, but were too late
for tomatoes.
The rains have come to Koran
and. according to Sgt. Ed Palm-
ar’s moit recent letter to the Em-
pire's editorial staff, they must
be typical guDM
Ranges- Strong winds and tha
hot sun continued to take heavy
toll ef Texas range feed. Pas-
tures in East and North Texas
continued to supply adequate feed
but rain is needed to maintain I washers,
carrying capacity. Local rains High The former Em-
Plain* and West Texas arena pire reporter also
brought temporary relief last writes of Korean
week but more moisture needed to corps,
bring pastures along. Pasture feed I Here's the lettei
again getting short in low rolling I the way the Ste-
plains and some cattle are being | phenville sergeant
moved from this area. Except for wrote it from
scattered showers moisture is | “Somewhere I n
short Tn Central and South Texas
where pastures are getting dry
and feed supplies are rapidly be-
ing consumed.
June1
Korea” on
IB:— Ed Palmer
The rains have come! And don’t
let anyone kid you, it rains all
over this country. Here in the
north the average fail U not as
great as in the south. But it rains
enough for the whole place up
here. As the summer moves along
the rain will increase until August.
The Huekabay H. D. Club met I Then, it will drop off until cold
June 2d, at 2 o'clock in the home | weather in November or December.
HUCKABAY H. D.
CLUB MEETS IN
PARTEN HOME
Mrs. Alice Killion
Buried Saturday
At Indian Creek
Funeral services were conducted
Saturday afternoon for Mrs. Alice
Killion, mother of Mrs. Manon
Crews, Route 3, Stephenville, who
passed away Friday afternoon at
her daughter’s home.
Interment wns in the Indian
Creek Cemetcry with the Stephen-
ville Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements. The Rev. Krnest
Rippetoe, pastor of the Washing
ton Street Baptist Church, offici-
ated at the lust rites, conducted
in the sanctuary of the church
where Mrs. Killion had been a
member for many years.
The widow of W. F. Killion,
whom she had married in 1893,
Mrs. Killion would have been 8(
year* of age on August 19. She
was born in Searcy, Arkansas, and
had come to Hamilton County
when she wgs a girl of 12. She hail
been a resident of Kiath County
since 1910.
Survivors include four daugh-
ters, Mrs. lla Brookshire, Phoenix,
Aris., Mrs. Dora Bryant and Mrs,
Willie Wooten, both of Ft. Worth,
and Mrs. Crews; nine granchild-
ren; five great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers for the service were
Hersrhe! Brookshire. Robert
Brookshire, Klyce Bryant, Kay
Crews, Paul Hooks, Carlie Tudor.
of Mrs. L. F. Parten with the
I.ingleville Club members as
guests and Mrs. J. C. Terrell of
Stephenville as guest speaker. Her
talk was made very interesting of
I er trip of the foreign countries
and the pictures were very edu-
cational.
Mi*. Parten’* home was decorat-
ed throughout with lovely Flowers.
I-amts Merreil gave some piano | sounds like
numbers.
A salad plate was served to the
following guests and Club mem-
bers: Mines. J. C. Terrell, Steph-
envitle, A. L. lyeatherwood, V. W.
Bromley, W. A. Knox, E. B. Hie-
In the Autum this country is
supposed to be even more colorful
than home, but it just can’t be.
Nothing could be mors vividly
beautiful than Texas in the fall.
Well, I’m afraid Jack and I will
be here to see it. "Well let you
know.
Commends Bee Program
Say, the summer's rec program
a real fine deal. Ya
know, Bill, seems like folks at
home get behind civic projects
such us this one. That’s what
makes a town like oups something
to he proud of. Suppose other
places are like that, too, but it
key, M. L. Blegharm, R. .V. Scott, 1 just don't seem like it.
Lingleville, Elsie 8hort co-agent, ’Course, home is always the most
Hannah Belcher, Jack Henderson, | progressive. Well, anway, the
Autry Merreil, Louise Woolley,
Mary Winn, I-anita and Autie Mae
Merreil, Ronald Woolley, Steph-
enville, Mrs. O. A. Kelton of Mid-
way, Texas and the following club
members. Mmes. 0. T. Cline, J. O.
Jones, W. S. Davis, Carter Davis,
F. H. Gentry, Walter I-owe, Brann
Pipes and Mrs. J. O. Jones, report-
Fills Trench Silo
With June Com
Ed Leatherwood, son of Clarence
I.eatherwood of Dublin, has just
filled his 160-foot Jong trench silo
with June corn.
The trench is about 6V4 feet
Wright Brothers
Reunion Held
Here June 29
About 60 relatives and guests
attended the Wright Brothers re-
union at the City Park in Steph-
enville on Sunday, June 20.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Wright were
host for the occasion.
Those attending the picnic din-
ner and reunion were: Mr. and
Mrs. Whitehead, Carlton; Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Wright, Fort Worth;
Mrs. Millie Turney, Purves; Mr.
and Mrs. J. D. Richards, Stephen-
deep. 10 feet wide at the bottom Mr *nd Mrs. E. L. Fowler,
and 12 feet wide at the top. The Stephenville; Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
1-eatherwoods estimate there will Collins, Stephenville; Mr. and Mri.
be WJ twaa of silage in the trench. Landes *"<1
AMaankinch rain Monday after- Mrs. Corky Lee
hit the Leatherwood Ranch ®*n Antonio; Mr. and Mrs. Dan
near Dublin just as they had I Bankel, Mrs. Hankel, Mr. and Mrs-
finished putting in enough water I W, R. Wright, Jr., and children,
for silage. I all of Fort Worth; Mr. and Mrs.
The father and son ranch team dean Clark and children of Fort
are planning to cover the trench Worth; Rev. and Mrs. Bill John-
with dirt so as to keep more of I ®on °f Fort Worth; Mr. and Mrs.
the top in good shape. The trench Marchel and child, of Fort Worth;
was dug by the Fleming & Hardy Mr- “nd Mrs. Van Meter and chil-
Construction Co. of Stephenville. dren of Mobile, Ala.; Mr. and Mrs.
G. C. Wright ,of Hico; Mr. and
summer rac program is something
the whole county can take part tn
•nd be proud of. Glad to see it.
More to brag about over here.
A* for crops over here, seems
they grew just about everything
we do at home with the excep-
tion of peanut* and livestock. Soy
beans, wheat, corn, maize, barley—
all are (or should I say were) ma-
jor crops in the northern region,
while rice and soy beans are the
main crops In the south.
A bo vs the 38th is not consider-
ed to have been a major agricul-
tural area: The southern portion
wa^ less populated and more culti-
vated before the war, whereas the
north was primarily an industrial
and lumbering area. Korea’s main
heavy industy—established by the
Japanese during their 40-odd
years of occupation here—waa cen-
tered in the north-central and
northeastern sections. The pro-
ducts—just about everything were
for export to Japan's borne mar-
kets, while in the south, the pro-
ducts were for home consumption
primarily.
There is a physical reason for
this division. As I’ve mentioned
before, the terrain is comparative-
ly flat in the south, inductive to
agriculture. North of the 38th the
real mountains open up, making
this area more of an industrial
area because of good power sour-
ces. We’ve seen s number of large
power plants. These were supplied
by thousands of streams and waa
instituted by the Japanese, prov-
ing their industrial, agricultural
and planning ability.
Had another letter from Jack
just today. He tried to make it
over here but was unsuccessful. He
also tells me Wendle Dunn is in
this general area. He’s also in the
field artillery. Sure hope we can
all get together. What a reunion
that would be! Well, maybe soon
we’ll be able to see each, other.
Jack said to give his regards to the
folks back home, and I’m sure
Wendle would want the same.
Well, pard, guess that’s about
—30—far now. Don’t forget us on
Sunday, and be sure to have the
lights bright. And, Bill, you might
say a word for peace. —Sincerely,
Ed.
Dr. E. H. Hereford
New Governor of
Rotary District
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to At ftiilM)
ARLINGTON, July 3. — New
governor of Rotary District No.
188, of which tha Rotary Club of
Staphanviile ia a member, is Dr.
Ernest H. Hereford, preeident of
Arlington SUte College.
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Formed at Huekabay
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar H. Davis and
children, Melvin, Naneli, ami Den-
ise, of Maple, visited last week-end
with relatives at Huekabay, Mor-
gan Mill, and Stephenville. Mrs.
Davis and children have remained
(or a longer stay with her par-
ents, Mr. and Mr*. Ernest Harris
of Morgan Mjtl, Mr. Davis return-
ed to Sudan where he is working
during the summer months' with
the Southwestern Public Service
Co.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our appre-
ciation to our many friend* for
their every kindness shown us dur-
ing the illness and death of our
father.
May God richly Ideas each of
vou. — The R. M. Bulman family.
OBITUARY
ROBERT N. BULMAN
Robert N. Bulman, aged 92,
__ ^ ____ pasaod away Monday evening,
children of OuTfailm 23, at the home of his daugh-
ter.- and childM*Mfl *«r, * Era. Lack Denver, in Bluff
Dale.
Funeral services were held Wed-
nesday afternoon, June 26, in the
Bluff Dale Methodist Church with
the pastor, the Rev. Bob Robert-
son, officiating. Interment was in
Wesley Chapel Cemetery with the
Smith Bros. Funeral Home of
Lipan in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Bulman’s wife had passed
away in 1934.
Coming to Texas in 1883 he had
lived in Erath County since 1884
where he was among the few
pioneers left in this area at the
time of his passing.
He was an active member of
his church and in ail civic affairs
until two year* ago when his
health failed him. He had been a
member of the Methodist Church
and the Masonic Lodge for many
years. : .;::_
The high esteem in which Mr,
JJulman was held by fellow citizens
throughout the county and neigh-
boring counties was shown in the
attendance at the last rites. Three
daughters, Mrs. Deaver, and Mrs.
C. C. Davis <^f Denton, and Mrs.
M. W. Adams/ Jr., of Taos, N. M.,
survive their father as do seven
grandchildren and two great-
grandchildren.
A native West Texas from Tow
and a charge lay leader in the
Methodist Church, the Rotary exe-
cutive is a graduate of Southwest-
ern University and holds a Ph.D.
degree from the University of
Texas. . ..
Dr. Hereford has been public
school superintendent at Llano and
Corpus Christ! and a college teach-
er at Southwestern University,
University of Texas, North Texas
State College and Texas State Col-
lege for Women.
He is a former president of Del
Mar College at Corpus Christi and
an ex-daan. of Hnrk*H*y School for
Girls in Dallas. He has been presi-
dent of Arlington State College
since 1940.
The new governor is the father
of two children and has three
grandchildren. His Rotary Ann is
the former Ruth Barnett of Llano.
The couple waa married in 1910.
A Rotarian of 20 years experi-
ence, Dr, Hereford is noted for
a keen sense of humor and a dis-
like for long speeches. When he
pays his official visit to the Ste-
phenville club, members can be
assured they will hear an address
that will not wear them out.
The new governor announces
that goals for the district this
year will be four-fold: (1) Better
Rotary education for local clubs;
(2) more Rotary members and
more new clubs in the district;
(3) special stress on vocational
and international services; and (4)
100 per cent participation in the
Paul Harris Foundation fund.
Meeting in the school library
Friday night, Huekabay farm folks
heard Vocational Ag Instructor
Billy H. Hailey explain plana for
a year-round educational program
for adults.
Halley told of studies he has
mads in other Texas communities.
Ha said tha community council
which is a representative group,
elected by the people of the com-
munity should take the lead In
community activities. He listed
home improvements cotton spray-
ing, fly control, soil conservation,
erops and livestock, purchase of
hay and fertilizers, marketing of
erops, canning and fraccing foods,
and the Huekabay dairy show as
some of the projects to work out.
The plan presented by Hailey
was unanimously adopted and the
group of farmers and their wives
went to work to select a temporary
council. Marvin Dale Carr, A. B.
Copeland, Ben Chambers, Frame
White, Coy Wall and Mrs. Dale
Carr were elected. Wall was select-
ed as chairman and Mrs. Carr was
apponited to head the recreation
and refreshment committee.
A “community night,” once each
month to discuss community prob-
lems, to hear a farm specialist or
see a moving picture on some
phase of agriculture or farm life
and to have some recreation and
refreshments, is the plan of the
council.
|Friday night, July 25 was set as
the date for the next meeting. Mr.
Foster, who will replace Hailey as
Voc. Ag Instructor, will be here
that time according to Superin-
tendent Forbes White.
“We want everybody in the com-
munity to take part in this pro-
gram," Wall said. “The council
will work with the vocational ag
taaeher to provide a speaker or
film that will be worthwhile. And
there will be some recreation and
refreshments planned for each
meeting. It won’t coat anyone to
come and it will give us a chance
to gef together with our neighbors
and thrash out community prob-
lems aa wall as visit with out
friends.”
HOUSTON SITE
OF POLIO TEST
IN EXPERIMENT
Dr united PBias
Houston and Harris County have
been chosen as the site for test-
ing a possible method of eliminat-
ing paralysis in polio. Some 86,-
000 children from the ages of
one to six were given injections,
for the test beginning Wednesday.
Houston has been hardest hit
in the nation by polio since June
1st. .
The announcement of the experi-
ment waa made by Dr. William
McDowell Hammoi, professor of
epidemiology at the University of
Pittsburgh, who will conduct the
study.
Made in Utah Last Year
Similar injections of the blood
fraction were carried out last year
in Provo, Utah, but Dr. Hammon
said the teste were too small to bs
conclusive. However, he said lab-
oratory tests conducted by Uni-
versity of Pittsburgh teams hava
indicated the blood fraction in-
jections may be a means of elimi-
nating the paralytic effect of the
disease.
Tha
extended
loan program for naw on-the-fa
storage facilities for grain and.
other storable crops.
'The original loan program was
established in June of 1949 to help
get bumper crops off tha ground
and into storage. It was first
scheduled so expire last year.
It was extended through this
June and today’s action, coming
whils the current wheat crop is .1 ,
flooding commercial terminals, * \
E. B. Palmer and children, of
Denver, Colorado, visited here
as guests in tne home of his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Palmer
of North Cain.
will keep It alive until Jana 80,
1963.
The department says that K will
loan up to 80 per cent of the cost
of the storage structure.
Loans bear four per cent interest
rates and are payable in four an-
nual installments, the first due 12
months after the loan is made.
Unde Sam Big
Help in Feeding
School Children
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WASHINGTON, July 8. Wt —
The Agriculture Department re-
ports facts and figures on school
lunch programs.
It says the government sub-
sidised a record ons-and-one-half-
billion noon-day lunches for school-
children during the school year
just ended.
Fifty-six-thousand grade and
high schools participated in the
>83-million program, and served
200-million pounds of food to 9,-
400,000 children.
State and local governments
paid a larger shard of the cost of
the luneh program than the fed-
eral government. For every dollar
received from the government,
the states contributed at least
$1.50. Many of the states contri-
buted more. , ' -
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“Cave Canum”
ef the dog.”
means "Beware
Mr*. K. J. Wright of Rochester;
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Wright of
Hico; Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow
Wright of Fort Worth; Mr. and
Mrs. Birbyee and daughter of
Hico; Mrs. Opal Belcher and chil-
dren of Stephenville.
BARGAIN DAY FEATURES
SALE OF
MEN'S OXFORDS
• Values to $11.95
• Rand—Fortune—Crosby Square
* Odds and Ends but all good shoes
First Monday
Special.......................
$4.95
PRICES SLASHED ON
SHEER 600DS
49«
pair
Monday
Only................................
• Tissue Ginghams
• Bern berg Sheers
• Powder Puff Muslin
• Values to $1.49 yard
yard
M. I, NOVIT'S DEPT. STORE
South Side Square
July Month for
School Transfers
July 1 wa* the first day for
school students who wish to trans-
fer to another school district to
file the proper application with
the county school superintendent's
office.
The transfers must be filed be-
fore August 1. Those students liv-
ing in one school district who want
to attend another district must
file a transfer application at the
office of the county superinten-
dent.
A new transfer application must
be filed each year, according to
taw. Even if a transfer was filed
the past year, another transfer
must be filed this year.
The transfers are passed on by
the county school boarjl, which is
scheduled to meet soon after Aug-
ust 1.
The transfer application does
not apply to ward school students
who wish to transfer from one
ward school to another within the
city public school system.
Thos. B. Collins
Begins Armored
ROTC Training
FORT KNOX, Ky., July 3.
Cadet Thomas B. Collins 1330
West McNeil, Stephenville, Texas,
arrived heer last week to begin
six weeks of Armor ROTC sum-
mer training. Cadet Collins is a
senior ROTC student at Texas A
AM College.
Here at the Armored.Center, the
cadets, who came from 20 colleges
anduniveraities, are getting tech-
nical training in the Armored
School in use and maintenance of
small arms, tank guns, radio and
wire communications. Much train-
ing will involve company lew!
field problems, facilities for which
•re not available on college camp-
uses.
The cadets will spend the sixth
week of their training in the field
on bivouac. This training will pre-
pare each cadet to assume the re-
sponsibilities of a commissioned
officer. ,
Bombay duck is an Indian dish
of fried fish.
Ellis Article on
Insurance Given
Wide Circulation
An article authored by Oren H.
Ellis, 8tephenville insurance man,
Is getting wide circulation In In-
surance trade publications.
The article, “Set Yourself a
Gogl,” first appeared in the May
Bulletin of the State Life Insur-
ance Co. Recently the editors of
that publication have received a
request for another insurance peri-
odical, “Courant,” for republica-
tion rights.
Wrotq the Bulletin editor, “In-
surance men all over the country
always are anxious to learn the
motivating Ideas to which leading
representatives like Ellia attri-
bute their success.”
Ellis owner of the Ellis Insur-
ance Agency in Stephenville, is a
perennial member of 8tate Life’s
Big Ten"—honor group composed
of the 10 top salesmen of tha
y«r. \
Shop at Cawyer’s
BARGAIN MONDAY
Specials for July 7th
ST. JOSEPH ASPIRIN
50c bottle of 100 tableta for
KLEENEX
20c box 200 sheets for.....____
JAN SUNTAN LOTION
59c bottle for .........................
JERGENS LOTION
50c bottle only ........
JERGENS SHAMPOO
25e bottle ..............................
DRYAD DEODORANT
29c jar for _______________________
TOOTH PASTE
50c Size Listerine___________
ELECTRIC PAN
Wcstinghouse. 12.95 value
...................a.............
We give and redeem K-K Trading Stamps
4
rAW..... 1
h DRUG STORE.
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