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STEPHENVILLE, ERATH COUNTY, TEXAS. ■ Home of Tarletoh State College ■ FRIDAY, SEPT. 17, 1964
FOURTEEN PAGES
Vol. 84. No. 87
Ray and
■pent the
and Bessie
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rs. P. A.
| Wed to the
-iday al-
and treat-
lu tomatic.
Maytag*
It u red.
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The World...
By Rufus P. Hiooa
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FRIENDLY feeling of
neighborliaess that exists between
all the towns in the Heart of
Comanche, De Lee*.
I, Eastland, Hico and
« all had large dele-
in the stands each night,
ville pyhaps had more to
do With the success of the annual
evdht than any other town. And
that’* natural. Besides being no
mAte thaii 11 miles from the areas
Dublin and Stephenville are in the
same county and have had many
business ties for a long number
of years. However, none ef this
takes anything away from the
energetic preparations Everett Col-
~ ■ Lea-
________Dublin, made before the
show opened. Final atUndance fisc-
urea revealed that 30,000 persons
saw the four events. That's quite
a lot of people in any man’s coun-
try.
HOME AGAIN J- Eugene Hart, 11, receives a playful
spanking from his mother Tuesday after he returned to New
YWrk from Europe aboard the liner United States. With 17
■ cents in his pockets, Eugene left his Brooklyn home Sept-
movieji Manhattan. Getting out of the subway he
others In Dublin, made before the stro
IN the local
60 students
enrollment
high school stands
higher now than it wsa last year.
Actually, there are about 440 in
the senior institution. Total pub-
lic school enrollment stands above
1,600 and probably will approxi-
mate 1,600 before the end of the
gchoo year. Under normal condi-
tions school men believe the in-
crease would have baqn even
greater. Four years of drought
and a complete crop failure in
1954 is just a little bit too much
for very much expansion hi any
line of endeavor in this county.
One of these days this land of
the blessed is going to get all it
needs and we will climb back to
favorable conditions mighty quick.
Meanwhie. things are much better
than they are in some other porta
of Texas. It’s always been that
way, by Jacks.
THE CHANCER for a new city
'barter are favorable at this time,
although it will require at least
twelve months and maybe longer
all the details worked out
submitted to
propery owning
taxpayers.,The proposed changes
are badly, needed and seoner or
to get all the details
and the proposition i
s vote of the prop
er that we are
- '««*--amt' that.
:y government « _
ilon* on theii own steam,
ling and sound management
ry undertaking is a necessity.
.. . past we have done wonder-
fully well, yet there Is room for
improvement. Pressing needs at
this time are added sewer facili-
ties in the western section of town
—and it is no* at all improbable
that an entirely new disposal plant
way have to’be built.. A* always,
the need for new and larger water
mains will remain with us for-
ever.
TARLETON COLLEGfTinay
end it* career as a junior
this should come to
institution will graduate
r senior col-
soon, end i
college. If
pas$ the if
ints a full four-yeai
lege—something that many think
should have mate1 ialized years ago.
Tarleton has the facilities, the
1 location and in many
e faculty for the stand-
will seek for it. Lab-
geographical location and in mans
instances the
ing citizens
the Legislature to do about the
proposed change except the me-
chanics of the legislation required
for So doing. The only hindrance
right now, if there is any. rests
in the hands of Stephenville citi-
zens. Their wholehearted support
is an absolute necessity. If this
is forthcoming there is a Iwtter
than even chance that the change
will be made. It will be a great
dpy for Stophenville and certain-
ly np outstanding achievement for
Tarston and ite friends when the
school reaches senior college sta-
tu*. v, .
lied down t6"No»+h Rivet pier where he boarded ship to
look around. When he returned on deck he was at sea. Eugene
is three pounds lighter from seasickness but is determined
“to be a sailor when 1 grow up.
MAYOR CLARK GIVES WARNING
ABOUT CITY'S WATER SUPPLY
New Armory Is Planned
For Local National Guard
Initial Request!
Gains Approval
Centennial Committees LWLw.!i
n I r \\n- n I" PULL WKAIH
Ready tor Big Push 0FLAW(?)
The chairmen and co-chairmen tures., guns, etc. that the com-
of the nine committees of the Cen- mittee has accumulated. Anyone
tennial mat with the General having anything that they think
Chairman of the Centennial and might be of interest to the publi-
Fair Association Clito Cox, Thurs-i cation along this line are urged
day and Friday, Sept. 9* and 10,1 to notify thirf committee before
to report on the progress of their i Oct. 18 if they have not already
Mayor Clark, speaking to mem-
bers of the Erath County Real
Estate Board in their monthly
meeting Tuesday, said irrigation
projects underway in areas sur-
rounding Stephenville were alarm-
ing and that the; time was ripe
to start the ball rolling on Steph-
envilles’ own project.
Material Arrives
For New Building
Planned by KSTV
The local radio station, KSTV,
received some of the fixtures for
ite new building going up out at
the transmitter.
The material received Fri-
day was a new Gates console, two
new console magnecorder (tape
recorders), new power supply, and
a new amplifyer.
later will be adopted. Stephenville
just ran along < ■Rfe *
phen ville from a job as program
director with station KALT ip At-
lanta, Texas.
PArrONFARM
COPS JERSEY
SHOW HONORS
Pavton Jersey Farm, located on
the Dublin Highway, copped sev-
eral honors at the Cleburne Jersey
Show, Friday ,Sept. 10.
In the junior bull calf division
they won second place; in the jun-
ior yearling bull calf division they
won first, place. The senior calf
(heifer) from the Payton farm
won fourth (dace, and the junior
yearling heifer won first and sec-
ond places.
The Payton senior yearling won
third place; the two-vear-oN cow
won first place; the three-year-old
cow won first place, and the aged
cow won first, second and third
place*.
In' the groups of stock, the junior
get of sire won first place, and the
Payton Farm had the senior cham-
pion cow and grand champion cow
and the three best females of the
show. ■'
A. B. Copeland of Huckabay won
second place on senior bull and
third place on senior yearling bull.
Leaders Closely Grouped
AS RACE ENTERS HOME STRETCH
In The DAILY EMPIRE'S
PRIZE SUBSCRIPTION CONTEST
Contaniahli are listed below In the order of their stand-
ing with votes cast for publication through Saturday, Sept.
11th.
THESE SIX CONTESTANTS ARE NOW
yit&v,,~:V“IN THE PRIZE MONEY’’ -- $r ; "‘-T-
Mrs. Antis McMahan, 1011 Sloan, City
Mrs. V. B. Tate. 802 W. Long, City.....
5X
Mra. Blanche Lewis, Rt. 4, City............,t.......
Joe “Bee" Hancock. Jr., CM*
- {*«& »e * • *1
tville.
.».20I,760
....... 3,198,410
.........2,887,100
--------2,821,840
.1,845,500
*.1,691,200
ljy,V,NC TOR
...4. ..............1,093,400
.................. 912,800
.................. 788,809
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The mayor said there was no
immediate danger to the local wa-
ter supply, which comes from 14
wells, and that there has been
no need to install a rationing sys-
tem.
However, Mayor Clark warned,
he had been advised by experts
that the local weila would begin
to loae their current level in six
to eight years.
“In order for us to be safe and
to be in position > to invite new
industries, we must think of the
future,” he said.
Clark outlined a plan which calls
for the purchase of 1900 acres of
land near Stephenville to be used
for a city lake. Once this land ia
purchased it is understood that the
U. S. government will sponsor con-
struction ef a 1700,000 dam, thus
solving the Stephenville irriga-
tion problem.
However, in order to purchase
M imyi?1- Mjy<?r Clark yld
« wmild poftfcbly becSffie Tftfea-
aary to raiae a bond issue.
In other business before the
board meeting President Roy B.
Mefferd appointed a three-man
committee to make nominations
for new officers. The committee,
consisting of Chairman O. H. Den-
man, D. R. Barbee and Dean Cox,
will submit a report at the Octo-
ber meeting with elections in No-
vember an4 installation in
cember.
various committees and prepare
for the "big push*’ to wind up the
affairs for the Centennial and
Ppir.
The committees concerned with
• Fair division of the event
met with Cox Monday, Sept. 13,
to report on their progress. All
of the meetings have been and
will continue to be in the Frey
Room of the Farmers First Na-
tional Bank.
The publicity committee chair-
man and co-chairman, Galen Gil-
bert and Dick Sptadley, met at
9 o’clock Thursday morning to re-
port that plans have been lain
and that they are ready to be-
gin work on their extensive pub-
licity program. Various letters
have been written to dignitaries
in the state requesting their pres-
enee for the Centennial. The work
of this committee Is just now be-
ginning.
■ Zane Carter and Vern Pendle-
ton, chairman and co-chairman
of the .concessio corpmitt report
that they have received 1C re-
quests from differet clubs and or-
ganizations for concession booths
during the Centennial. The \ re-
quests have been granted.
The historical publication com-
granted.
lDlication
committee chairman and co-chair-
man, Roger Gideon and Kwwll
Jones, reported that the historical
publication ia completed and is on
sale. The publication can be bought
at the Chamber of Commerce and
also at several drug stores, sev-
eral cafes here in town.
The historic dtsplay_committee
. under-the diraettMrwfr
and Harvey Belcher will begin
making their window displays
Monday, Nov. 1. Any store that
wantf to use either or all of its
show windows for their own dis-
play of something of historical in-
terest, may do so. They are ask-
ed to notify Mr. White or Mr.
Belcher as soon as possible if they
intend to do so.
The purpose of this notification
done so.
The law, order, and safety
committee, headed by Police Chief
W. L. Moore, Sheriff R. E.
George, and Lynn Cornell dis-
cussed tiie parking night watch-
ing, *ml firp problems that will
arise during the Centennial and
Fair., They decided that for 'the
protection of the persons using the
CHy Park there will be no park-
ing of cars on the inside of the
grounds during the period of the
activities. The dealers who will
deliver such items as drinks, ice,
feed and other needed articles
make their deliveries between the
hours of 7 a.m.' and 9 a.m. and
4 p.m. and 6 p.m.
The commercial exhibits com-
mittee chairman and co-chairman,
Byron Singleton and Garland Lou-
ilermilk. reported that the booths
are progressing nicely and that
they have only 16 booths left.
Anyon desiring the use of a booth
to display should contact them
as soon as possible.
Miss May Jones and E. L.
Stephens, chairman and co-chair-
man of the pageant committee
reported that the pageant plans
are complete. The stage and other
props will be constructed near
around Oct. 1; in order that they
will be ready for the reheavsals
to be held during the month of
October. There will be 750 reserv-
ed seats for the pageant and
3,600 general admission seats. The
referred seat tickets will be on
sale fir $1.25 and general admis-
sion will $1.00. The tickets fol-
ly two weeki fho pag-
eant will recta the history of
Stephenville from Its infancy, it
WHI bs approxinw.tey two houn
long and with a east of approxi-
mately 600 people.
The program committee headed
by chairman Burette Stone and
co-chairman Jack Arthur have
their work well planned and well
underway. The feature shows
Mayor Henry Clark, Jack Arthur,
Oscar McCoy and Commissioner
Bob Allen will face the fury of Law
West of the Bosque Saturday af-
ternoon when High Judge Arch
Evans convenes court on, the square
in Stephenville.
According to Persecuting Attor-
ney Roger Gideon, Mayor Clark
will be charged with attempted
manslaughter. Gideon stated that
the Mayor ran a stop sign and
nearly hit Sheriff Roy Garrison.
Jack Arthur will face charges of
operating a burlesque shov' and
bootleggin without a license. Oscar
McCoy will appear before the court
for passing a hot check on the
purchase of a cow from Carl Phil-
lips (now deceased), and Commis-
sioner Bob Alien will be brought
Chances for funds lo be soon granted for construction
of a new permanent typg National Guard Armory in Ste-
phenville appears near the reality stage.
This was the feeling expressed Tuesday by Melvin Coley,
commander of the Turnhow-Higgs American Legion Post
No. 24ft upon receipt of a reply from Major General Carl L.
Phinne.v, Comanding General of the 36th Infantry Division
of the Texas National Guard.
Commander Coley staled an unanimously adopted resolu-
tion, calling for such construction, developed from floor dis-
cussion during the August 12 meeting of the local post.
A copy of the resolution was
mailed to General phinney on Sept.
4. The general replied that he had
taken step!) to request funds for a
new armory in Stephenville while
he was in Washington August 22
— and that his initial request, with
to trial for eatin’ chittlins out of ! the consent of General Ainswo-th,
season.
Persecuting Attorney Gideon in-
dicated he would seek the maxi-
mum penalty for all four cases,
and stated that he felt sure High
Judge Arch Evans and the jury
would find the defenants guilty, as
they have in all preceding cases.
Chairman of the Texas National
Guard Armory Board, to permit an
armory to be built in Stephenville
out of the current fiscal year
funds, had been approved by the
National Guard Bureau.
Before nny additional steps are
taken this request must also be
However, Defense Attorney J. j approved by- the Reserve Force
Louis Evans announced that he was | Facility Committee of the Depart-
highly confident of acquittals on ment of Defense,
the cases scheduled for Saturday { General Phinney states that he
afternoon. Evans, commonly known has every reason to believe that
as the Earl of Erath, stated that this request will he granted and
the office of. Mayor of Stephen- ! that he is hopeful work on the new
v:lle carried immunity from any a-mory can commence within the
such charges us shown on the | next few nionths.
present docket, and that it was j The resolution adopted by the
the Mayor’s privilege to run a j Turnbow-Higgs Post reads as fol-
stop sign any time he pleased. i lows:
“Besides, our community would- “WHEREAS Company I) 142nd
be better off if the Mayor had , infantry Regiment, 36th Infantrv
run over Sheriff Garrison,” Evans | revision of the Texas National
greatly to t ie welfare and safe-
guagdtnj^tof our state and nation,
andl-
WHEREAS the t aining and
functioning of this unit has al-
ways been on the highest level, ev-
en though building facilities have
beert inadequate, and
WHEREAS a large percent of
the members of Post No. 240 are
former members of Company D
who served in all ranks and rates
during World War II, and
WHEREAS all the members of
Post No. 240, especially those with
National Guard training, know
that adequate and necessary faci-
lities for training and storage ar«
essential to the proper trained
man, now
THEREFORE IT BE RESOLV
ED that the members of Turnbow-
Higgs American Legion Post No
240, Stephenville, Texas do urg«
the National Guard Armory Board
of Texas to allocate funds for th«
construction of a new permanent
type armory building for Companj
D at Stephenville, Texas.”
Commander Coley said the local
is assumed that the new armorj
would be constiucted near the air.
_ . ia in order that this committee will - have been secured for all night
D®*know which store wihdows are! Performances. They are now try-
g< inp to be available for the pic- (See Centennial. Page 8)
Salute the Pioneers
Road Improvement Rates
High With Charlie Hickey
retail*iLSjiy-y-,—~~ ... , . •>-fTuard vras*organized hr SteplWtr-1 post wotrtd keep thfe public advised
, j*n* sal,< ,that Carl vufe, Texas in 1821 and Has es- on progress of the resolution. It
Phillips (now deceased) had given | ,ab|ishe{1 a Ionjf and enviable re
Wm the hot check written by Oscar i cord of achievements and accom
McCoy in payment for his 1«**1 j pfjshments, and has contributed port,
advice, and it would necessary to I
keep McCoy out of jail in order I
to collect the money on the check. |
In regard to the charges against 1
Jack Arthur, Evans pointed out j
that this was just a simple case
of giving the people what they j
want. “It has always been the !
policy of my client to please the j
paying public,” Evans remarked.
“This is another case of Sheriff j
Garrison and Persecuting Attor-
Tax Report Discloses Big
Increase for Erath County
The 1954 tax roll for Erath j
County has been completed and I
shows a substantial increase over I
ney Gideon trying to bolster their j lust y e a r, despite continued j
position at the expense of one | drought conditions and crops fai-1
of our most successful anil respect- lures.
ed citizens.” | This announcement was made by
Questioned in regards to the
charges against Boh Allen for
Pti®
.....
m
By ELYSON TAYLOR
Improvement of the transporta-
tion system, particularly the pav-
ing and maintaining of the roads,
is credited with being the most
important thing ip the history of
Stephenville by Charlie Hickey,
Erath pioneer who came to Erath
from Collin County with his pa-
rents, the late Mr. and Mr*, J. C.
Hickey, in October of 1876.
Bom hi Arkansas on April 19,
1873» he and his family moved to
Collin County the following year
before taking up residence in the
old Hickey community in the west-
ern edge of Erath County in
1876. The community was named
for t cousin of the older Mr.
Hickey Who had- come here earlipr.
The area is' now known as Oak
Grove and is located five miles
west of the city.
His father fanned after first
moving to the county and the fam-
ily was much surprised to find
the cousin here before them.
( MR. HICKEY continued Jiving
on the farm until after marrying
the foriper Mias Tine Dansby in
1893, moving to Stephenville in
1902 with the first residence be-
ing established one block east of
his present home at 947 West Van-
derbilt. He. has lived in the same
home the past 49 years. ,
He had three children, two of
whom ape still living. One daugh-
ter, Ivy, died at the age of three
or four years and the two other
children are Mias Fayne Hickey
of the home of Mra. John Wyiie
of LinglevllV He has two grand-
children.
After moving to .the city he
was engaged in the grocery busi
ness for 25 years
ed himself in
ness, which
ing into
ly.
HU first
.eery
iMHHH
ns*, i
eatin’ chittlins out of season, the
Earl of Erath was highly ’indig-
nant. “There ain't no such thing
as eatin chittlins out of season—
my client has been eatin chittlins
and cold coon and corn bread every
since the day he was bom,” Evans
stated, and indicated he would ask
the High Judge to throw the case
out before it ever comes to trial.
However, sentiment against Al-
len is already rising among the
Jilted Joes. Some of the oldsters j
recalled today that the State Leg-
islature passed * law in 1898 pro-
hibiting the eatin’ of chittlins dur-
ing all months except those that
start with a **C”. Feeling is run-
ning so high now that some fear
mob action will probably take
place if Allen is not convicted.
High Judge Arch Evans was
in\Enimemere on business today,
and could not be contacted for an
unofficial opinion on the case.
■ Collector-Assessor Alhift Gjag-
well Wednesday. The total values
for the current year are $13,(117,-
760, or about $700,000 above the
rendition of 1953.
The County Tax Rate of 80
rents still stands the same as' it
has been for the past several
years. The State rate is 42 cents,
thus making a total of $1.22.
However, there are some special
tax asA-ssanients such as 30c in
Road District No. 2, comprising the
west half of Erath County.
Following is a break down of
the rendition as submitted by Col-
lector Cragwall:
Personal '$2. .151.120
City X / 3,216,090
Acreage
Intangibles
Telegraph. Tele.
Pipe Lines
Banka
Railroads
Totals
5,176,300
478,610
132,400
73.3,120
419,280
509,860
$13,017,760
In commenting on the rendition
County Judge. Dale Harbin expres-
sed deep satisfaction. Judge Har-
bin said £)iat the county at this
time owed only about $100 thous-
and dollars, a comparatively small
amount for county affairs in Tex-
as. He also said that mII this would
be paid by 1958, or before, unless
some unforseen emergency arose.
Tax collections for the year will
start October 1 when a three per-
cent discount will be allowed for
a period of one month. November
discounts wil be two percent and
the final discounty of one percent
will be allowed in December.
"Tour old
i ptenwmt on a new
AYS * CO.
ill Jjfo
TOM SPENCER
CRASH VICTIM
AT FORT BRAGG
Tom Spencer, son of Audrey and
Mrs. lela Spencer of Dublin, was
fatally injured Saturday night
when his car collided with a motor-
cycle at Ft. Bragg, N. C., where he
•had been station with the Army.
The accident occurcd about 9:00
p.m. Saturday evening. Young
Spencer was rushed to a nearby
hospital, but died aSout noon the
following day.
Tom was well known in Dublin
and Stephenville. He graduated
from Dublin High School had alee
frdm Tarleton College.
The body was expected to ar-
rive in Dublin via train later ia
the week. .
Wesley Foundation Makes
Program for School Year ,
In a planning retreat last week- ning worship, another “powerful”
j end, the officers of the local Wes- 1 hour will be spent at T.N.T.—“The
I ley Foundation set lip the program , Neighborly Time.” This is a period
j for th# fail term of the school! of fellowship a no directed and un-
J year. , | directed recreation at the Center,
i Duane Powell, president, an-i Every Friday linn 6:00 until
| nounced that at the annual Church ! 7 30 p.m. has t eon set aside &S
j Night Open house Party at 7:30, j Fun Night. Various games and re-
| Thursday, Sept. 16, calendars would j fresh ment s make up the program
f
You can get top trade in allow-
ances for your old furniture and
appliances at J. T. MAYS A CO.
be available for each student at-
tending that would show him all
the activities of this semester.
At the top of the list is vespers.
This 30 minute service of worship
consist of singing, prayers, scrip-
ture, and directed meditations
planned and presented by students
themselves. It will be every Tues-
day and Thursday from 0:00 until
6:30 p.m.
The Sunday schedule is one of
the most interesting. Church
School class at the First Method-
ist Church will be at 9:46. At 11:00
the group will participate in the
Sunday morning worship hour. At
5:00, Dine-a-mite will be the fea-
ture. This will be a well rounded
meal served for coat and Is open
for Jill studnts. Dine-a-mite will
be at the Methodist Student Can-
tea, as are ell the activities except
Church School and morning and
(adv) ' evening worship. Following eve-
on these evenings.
Other activities are explained
in detail on the calendar, but the
council and the Wesley Fecunda-
tion Director Rev. D. Orval Strong
have extended a cordial ipvitation
to all students to take advantage
of the Student Center, the stzb-
dent’s “home away from home.”
They ere invited to come by at any
time for leisure moments of ping-
pong, badminton, croquet, horse-
shoes, table games, radio, phono-
repb, magazines. Looks, newspa-
pers, conuseltr.g er other activi-
ties. •
The director is offering two cre-
dit courses in the Bible this semes-
ter: Introduction to the New Tee-
tament (three credit hours) and the
Life and Letters of Paul (one cre-
dit hour).-
Open house Thursday evening
together.
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