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EMPIRE ESTABLISHED 1870. TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1890.
STEPHENVILLE, ERATH COUNTY, TEXAS, ■ Home of Tarleton State College ■ FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1955
TWELVE PAGES
VOL. 86—NO. 86
I’LL TELL
THE WORLD
Bv Rwus F. Rmgs
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Again we hear rumblings about
the municipal airport and why it
never did receive the necessary
improvements for air line service.
That’s a long, sad story, mates—
one that this department had much
to say about eight or nine years
ago. Stephenville citizens — the
property owners—approved a $26,-
000 bond issue which at that time
could have had an equal amount of
matching dollars from the CAA.
That is proof of the local interest.
But for some reason we never
could understand the airport pro-
ject went by the boards. Yes, we
know that the time is here when
all progressive towns have such
facilities and we regret that they
they are not available here. But
some other agency will have to
rarry the ball. We certainly failed
lo. arouse the proper amount of
enthusiasm — at the right* place.
Anyhow, thanks for the several in-
quiries that have been received
during the past two or three weeks.
7th Annual Huckabay
Dairy Show Plans Set
2 County Schools
To Start Monday
Opening of Lingleville and ho will be joined by Mrs. Nellie
Huckabay schools has been set f Graham, Mrs. Frankie McDonald,
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Another Texas newspaper has
failed to meet the demands of
present day operating costs and is
going out of business. The Brady
Herald has been sold to it* com-
petitor, the Brady Standard. News-
wise, the Herald'was a very good
publication and to some extent it
received a fair amount of adver-
tising support from Brady mer-
chants. But with two of them in
the). field the volume of business
was simply not sufficient to sup-
port both adequately. Messrs.
Smith and Reed who own the Stan-
dard will now be in position to
render a higher type service and
maintain a better balanced staff.
Operating costs itr-^he average
newspaper these days is terrific—
and continuing upward.
The Junior Chamber of Com-
merce is doing a wonderful job in
Stephenville, especially with the
youth center that is to he located
at the Legion Hall. Could be that
ever Humb^Tf “Le^pSicU in SAVINGS-LOAN OFFICES, BUILDING - Shown above, left to right, are Prea. H. T. Latham,
th. city Unu haaa-iaU* at-.Ua l . u <arl <
hands of the oldsters. If. a dead vlUo Swings and Loan Assodaflon. piclufetfMrt the bottom photo;-Which will have He formal
opening Monday afternoon. ‘ Photos of the other directors and office personnel of the asso-
ciation can be found elsewhere in this edition.
moral certainty that one of these
days the present crop of young
men is going th be in charge of thf
affairs of this town, ss they will in
all others. Sometimes we wonder
if the time for such a transforma-
tion is not right now.
We salute the members of the
P-TA as they prepare to get start-
ed on another school year. It would
be hard to evaluate the benefita
that come from this worthy orga-
nisation and what it means to the
successful operation of our schools.
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FIRE DESTROYS
BIU. DRVIS HOME
NEAR HUCKABAY
The farm home of Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Davis, about seven miles north
of Stephenville and just off the
Huckpbay Highway to the west,
wus a total loss after a fire swept
the structure Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Davis were getting
ready to leave for church about
7:46 p.m. Sunday when Mr. Davii
detected the smell of smoke. Ha
couldn’t locate the source inside
the house and went outside for a
look when he noticed the roof in
flames.
They were able th save only
one piece of furniture, a bureau,
as smoke prevented their re-en*
tering the frame building.
Mrs. Davis related Monday that
they had been living in the same
house 22 years. They ha‘ie two
children, Mrs. Lela Mae Gordon
of Stephenville and Billy Eugene
Davis of Jacksboro. • j
Mr. Davis stated that he plans
to rebuild on the site as soon as
[possible.
Savings, Loan Firm Has
Formal Opening Monday
The formal opening of the Ste-
phenville Savings and Loan Asso-
ciation was held f-om 2-9 p.m.
Monday, according to an announce-
ment made by officers of the cor-
poration.
Final Washington approval was
received recently from the federal
agency handling the guaranty and
officials completed necessary or-
ganization procedures for the for-
ma) opening.
Each aogunt handled is insured
up to $10,000 by a branch of the
federal government and the asso-
ciation’s current dividend rate is
three percent per annum com-
pounded semi-annually.
The association is chartered un-
der the regulation of the State
Banking Commission with a capital
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Telephone Co.
Begins Work on
Directory
Art Anderson, Stephenville man-
ager of the Gulf States Telephone
Co., announced Saturday that the
company has engaged Jack Martin
to compile data for the 1966-66
telephone directories.
Anderson stated that <anyone
wishing to change or correct a tele-
phone listing could do so by call-'
ing the businesa office of the com-
pany. .
structure of $76,000 and a surplus
of $18,760.
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Officials say the association whs ■ with completely new furnishings, .
organized for a two-fold purpose: Capita) stock in the association 1
To pay a dividend on savings and was sold throughout the 50-miles
to encourage thrift in home owner* [.radius and a t tal of 54 persons
ship by makingjoans for the pur-
chase, con*tructiohr*efinancing, re-
modeling and repair of himes.
in home ownership by making
loans for the purchase, construc-
tion, refinancing, remodeling and
repair of homes.
The state charter authorizes the
association to make loans within
a 50-airline mile radius of Stephen-
ville and provides for the accept-
ance of savings accounts from any
locality.
First steps were taken a year
ago this month to oiganize the
association and the officials have
spent the year in completing pro-
cedures for the formal approval
from Washington.
The association was organized
by the seven directors, who include
FTes. H. f, Latham, Vice-Pies.
Brad Thompson, Sec.-Tteas. Carl
Crimmins, Dale W. Harbin, Dr.
Phillip L. Price, Joe W. Autry and
Dl*. Carl A. Jordan. All of the
directors and officers are Steph-
enville residents except Dr. Jordan,
who makes his home in Dublin.
Latham will be the general man-
ager of the association and Mias
Bobbye Brock will be the office
secretary. ,
Offices of the association are lo-
cated on the south side of the
square in Stephenville in a com-
pletely modernized and remodeled
structure. The office is equipped
hgjd stock in the corporation.
for Monday, according to an an-
nouncement made by E. C. John-
son, Erath County school super-
intendent. The remaining five
county common schools under his
jurisdiction will have openings on
Sept. 6 to coincide with the Step
henville and Dubliq school sys-
tems.
The faculty of the Huckabay
school has been set foi the com-
ing year with the selection of Bill
Duvall, formerly of Parker Coun-
ty, as superintendent to succeed
Forbes White, who resigned due to
ill health .
Other members of the Huckabay
faculty and staff will include W.
D. Tate as principal and teacher
in the high school, Mrs. Leona
Morris, Miss Wil'ie Shelby. Ruy-
born Foster, Mrs. Ruth Copeland,
Mrs. Blanche Jones, Mrs. Louise
Woolley and C. L. Brennan.
Two vacancies exist on the I
Lingleville faculty with the re-
cent resignations of H. Reed Pack
and Mrs. Rosellen Davis. Mrs.
Davis, resigned to accept a posi • j
tion as home economics teacher in
the Hico School system.
J. B. Etheredge returns as the
superintendent at Lingleville and
Farm Bureau Sets
Talent Show at
Queen Judging
It was announced Tueeda.v that
a Talent Show will be held in con-
j nection with the Texas Farm Btt-
j reau Queen Contest Tuesday night,
J Aug. 30, at the City Recreation
j Hall at 8 p.m.
Everyone interested is urged to
enter this talent show. The winner
will go to Abilene to participate
as part of the program in selecting
the District Queen of the Farm Bu-
reau. Anyone is eligible to enter.
Those wishing to enter the tal-
ent contest should contact either
Mrs. E. C. Johnson or Mrs. Hasten
Walker at Dublin; Mrs. John Go-
lightly at Clairette or Mrs. Geo.
Holladay near Hico.
Entries for the talent contest
must«be in by Aug. 27.
Mrs. Mary Sittun, Rex Stephens,
L. R. Higginbotham and Mrs.
Thelma Higginbotham.
Johnson' recently named R. I,.
Wall to the post of county school
supervisor, replacing Dr. E. C.
Dodd, who resigned to accept a
position in West Texas. Wall will
make his home in Dublin.
Two other vacancies exist in
the common school districts after
the resignation of R. Lewis Hill
at Morgan Mill to accept the posi-
tion of elementary principal at
Hico and the resignation of Mrs.
Jeannette Boren at Selden to join j
the English faculty at Tarleton
State College.
The Alexander School District
was incorporated into the Stephen-
ville and Dublin districts with Mrs.
Mary Jo Clendinin, who was the
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with him by 9 a.m. the morning of
the judging.
The show will have an added
feature this year, Copeland states,
with the addition of a butterfat
production class. Purpose of this
group is to encourage better pro
duction records in the dairy herds
of the county.
The judging will be on a classi-
fication basis, putting each animal
against the ideal of the breed
rather than against individual en
tries. The highest scoring male and
female of each breed will be award-
Smith Named Concert
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Association Director
Dr. Dick Smith, head cf the Soc- off at a dinner to be held in Min-
ml Science Department at Tarle-, eral Wells Monday night, Sept. 12.
ton State College, announced today j Top goal of the membeiship drive
that he bas accepted a post as a \ will bo ],000 members.
director of a community concert
association which will De compriS'
The tn-city group has booked
Alec Templeton, outstanding na-
ed of Mineral Wells, Welters Air tional pianist, for the initial con-
Force Base, Stephenville and Wea- cert. The concerts will be held at
the Convention Hall in Mineral
Wells, a building which has a seat-
ing capacity of around 4.000. At
least two more nationally-known
artists, possibly three, will be hook-
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STATE SCS BOARD OFFICER
Spencer Reviews Upstream Flood
Protection Plan at Lions Meet
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Carl S|>encer, executive secre-. ville work unit conservationist of
tat y of the State Board of Soil Co- the Soil Const; rynjiop Service. in,
n servation District Supervisor*. (the absence of program chairman
reviewed the upstream watershed E. C. Johnson, who handled the ar-
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protection program as It spplles to
the proposed Bosque River plan at
lire weekly luncheon meeting of
the Stephenville Lions Club in the
Tarleton State College Dining Hall
Friday.
Th# program was under the dir-
.petion of Marlon Porter, Stephen-
rangements t
C. II. Caraway of DeLeon, chair-
man of lire State Board of Soil Con-
servation District Supervisors, in-
troduced the speaker; /
Spencer stated that the Green
Creek program is being handled
under a different law than would
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the Bosque project *f it gain? ap-
proval. The Green Creek program
is a pilot t/pe project that was ap-
proved to find out what type of
prdtf*ems would be encountered and
to determine the benefits to be de-
rived. 5
The Besqque project would come
under a new law that requires a lo-
cal sponsoring group to make an
applicationjfor the plan and this
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therford.
Dr. Smith will set up an organ-
ization in Stephenville to promote
the membership campaign for the
Association which will be conduct-
ed Sept 12-17, and wili.be kicked
KELLEY NAMED
SCHOLARSHIP
One Stephenville youth is on the
list of nine additional scholarships
announced Wednesday by Tarleton
State College officials.
The names of 13 other scholar-
ship recipients were anncunced
late last month.
Ray Kelley, son of Mrs. R. P.
Kelley of 720 North Belknap SL,
Is the receiver of one pf the scholar-
ships. His brother, Jimmy, will b«
a second year student at Tarleton
this fall-
Other recipients include Eloisl
Bothell of Olney, Tommy Barton
of Monahans, Jimmy M. Humph-
rey of Clarksville, Jack Drummond
of Hamlin, Mary Goeaett of Odes-
sa, Ada Nell Long of Goldthwaite,
Edna Spangler of Kermit, and
Warretv jPlson of Avoca.
The student* were selected upon
recommendatiap of the Tarietou
Scholarship Cotumitte and approv-
ed by President E. J. Howell.
ELLIOTTXAMED
JACKET BOOSTER
CLUB PRESIDENT
Jess EHiott was elected presi-
dent and Carroll Barham was
named secretary-treasurer of the
Stephenville Yellow Jackets Boost-
er Club at a meeting of the group
in the Frey Room of the Farmers-
First National Bank Tuesday
night. <*
Elliott succeeded Sam Cleveland
as head of the club and stated
Wednesday morning that the group
is planning several phases of ac-
tivities to promote the Yellow
Jackets during the coming school
year.
Included in the planning to date
is the showing of a movie of the
previous football game each week
that will be accompanied by the
coaches' discussion of different
phases of the game.
The group has slated the next
meeting for Tuesday morning at
7:30 with the site yet to be
selected. J. C. Helm was appointed
to secure a meeting site and will
announce the place later this week.
Elliott is urging alt those inter- , Square Garden, Dublin Rodeo,
ested in boosting the bellow Jack,- I Top billing of specialty acts go!
ets this year to become members of j ------ ----------------I
the club. Duos for business firms Take advantage of the Big Sa"-i
are $5 per year and for individu- ings on Home Furnisjiings during
als $2 per year. A membership our Big August Sale at J. T. MAYS
drive will be conducted later. ' Company.
‘Toughest’ Stock Set
For 16th Dublin Rodeo
DUBLIN, (Spl.)—Top cowhands
of the country will once more con-
verge on Dublin August 31 -Sept-
ember 1, 2, 1, in w! ' '"■< mises,J,o
be the "biggest and the heat” in
the 16-year history of the World
Championship, 1’re - Madison
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RAY WOODS
VISIT STAR
IN FT. WORTH
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Woods were
in Fort Worth Saturday to meet
their friend, Audie Murphy, who
was making a personal appear-
ance at the theatre showing of
his latest movie, “To Hell and
Back.’’ This picture to the story
of his exploits in World War II
that won for him the distinction
of being named “The Most Deco-
rated Soldier in World War II.”
Mr. and Mrs. Woods were
happy to present their young
friends, the Misses Lou Jo and
Jill Wolfe who Were aloe in Fort
Worth that day, to Mr. Murphy.
The young ladies were quite
thrilled, naturally, to have a talk
Vith such an outstanding hero
and to redelve from him his
autographed picture.
Mr. and Mrs. Woods purchas-
ed the Hugh Wolfe hdiril on the
Dublin Road last year and with
their children, Helen Ray, 8u#
Ann, Judy and Linda — and
Rusty — are at home there now.
District 8 4-H Dress
Revue Set at Tarleton
Ypung ladies from 12 Central. dress division; Eastland County,
Texas counties will participate in j Rosemary Berry of Carbon, school
a District Eight 4-H Dress Revue dress division; Falls County, Betty
at Tarleton State College Tuesday.
The revue will be held in the col-
lege's air conditioned auditorium
in the Agriculture Building, begin-
ning at 2 'fr.m., Miss Anie Lucy
Lane, district home demonstration
ngent, has announced.
Winners will compete in the
State 4-H Dress Revue at Dallas
Oct. 16. The occasion will be Rural
Youth Day at the State Fair of
Texas.
Judges at the District Revue will
be Dr. Graham Hard, clothing spe-
cialist of the Agricultural Exten-
sion Service at Texas A&M Col-
lege; Mrs Alice Hughes, Milam
County home demonstration agent:
and Miss Marie Vuillemin. Burnet
County home demonstration agent.
Young ladies entered include:
Bell County, Wilma Denver of Lit-
tle River, school dress division;
Bosque County Karen Jean Lind-
berg of Cranfills Gap, school dress
division; Brown County, Raby
Jean Beakley of Rt I, Wincheli,
best dress division; Burnet County.
Delyse Smith of Burnet, tailored
dress division; Comanche County,
Reta Richmon of DeLeon, tailored
dress division; Coryell County, El-
ian Ann Moore of Clifton, school
Shop
Bargain Annex for
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better j>uyz in good used furniture
T. MAYS Co.
Vogel of Otto, best dress division;
Hamilton County, Linda Ednjjston
of Rt.. 3, Hamilton, tailored dress
division; Hill County, Dorothy
Hlavaty of Abbott, tailored dress
division; McLennan County, Jayne
Huntsinger of I.orena. tailored
dress division; and Williamson
County, Janice Ford of Hutto, best
di-ess division.
George, Miller
Appointed to TSC
Security Patrol
Two new appointments as campus
security officers at Tarleton State
College were announced today by
President E. J. Howell.
Replacing George. C. Murrey
who is retiring after 28 years ol
service at Tarleton. will be Milton
L. George. Murray will retire Aug.
31. George will be a day officer.
He is a native of Rotan, having
formerly been in the furniture
business in Stephenville.
James E. Miller, who has worked
two years at the Tarleton Power
Plant, is the other addition to the
security force. He will be a night
officer. '
Both appointment! become ef-
fective Sept. 1,
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'Erath County Classic' to
Be Held Friday,. Sept. 9
Plans were completed this week for the seventh annual
Huckabay Community Dairy Show, according to the general
chairman, A. B. Copeland, Sr., who stated that the show, ac-
claimed by most of the area dairymen as the dairy classic of
Erath County, would be held at the Huckabay Community
Tabernacle on Friday, Sept. 9.
Copeland released a list of committees who have been work-
ing and will serve through the show and expressed his thanks
to the committee members ahd to the merchants who are mak-
ing prizes in the various divisions possible.
Judge for the show, which will get underway at 10 a.m., will
be Samm|r Skiles, Erath County native and presently vocational
agriculture instructor at Weatherford High School.
Rayburn Foster, vocational agriculture instructor at the
Huckabay High School, will he the secretary for the show and
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BOARD APPROVES
SECOND NEGRO
SCHOOL TEACHER
The Stephenville Independent
School Board of Trustees authoriz-
ed the superintendent. J. C. Helm,
to secure an additional teacher to
ed a purple rosette with individual I serve as instructor of the high
breeds to be classed one of six • school students at the (ornelia
classes and awarded ribbons ac- I Craves School, at a meeting last
eordingly. • j night in the Home Economics Cot-
Breeds to be judged in the show faff* at the high school. '
are Ayrshire, Brown Sw iss, Guern- ! T,ie school budget was adopted
sey, Holstein, Milking Shorthorn ! «« presented for the 1955-56 school
and Jersey. i year, with a totrl outlay of approx-
There will be ten classes in each j imately $400,000.
breed division including Class One, | The school board and administ-
Bulls; Class Two. Females; Class j relive policies weie completed in
Three, Get of Sire; Class Four, a written form and will be avail-
produce of Dam; Class Five, Breed- able in the very near future lot
ers Trophy; Class Eight, Sire and , those desiring a copy, Helm report*
Progeny; Class Nine, Showman- | ed.
ship, and Class Ten, the new class j The meeting was a special called
lor butterfat production. j session and the next regular meet-
Committees named for the show it.g of the hoard has beer, set for
(Continued on Page 6) Sept. ■> at the high school.
to the Harris County Sheriff’s
Posse, which will be brought back
to this show by populai demand.
They will present their famous
“Torch Ride" at each performance
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PLEASANT HILL
METHODISTS SET
REVIVAL SUNDAY
The Pleasant Hill Methodist
Church will conduct an eight-day
revival beginning Sunday. Aug. 28,
and running through Sept. 4, of-
ficial* of the church have an-
nounced.
Rev.'" .John W Syiios, pastor of
Faith Methodist Chbrch in Hamlin,
will preach at the services. Morn-
ing worship will he at 10 a.m. each
day and the evening services will
get underway with a prayer meet-
ing at 7:30 each night. The even-
ing worship wrli start at 8 p.m. \
Officials of the church say Rev-
erend Syrios is a dynamic young
evangelist who featlesly preaches
the Bible. He has conducted several
outstanding revivals in West
Texas.
The public has been invited to
attend any or all of the services.
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