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150 Workers to Push
Boy Scout Fund Drive
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jfB c out fund campaign
work.^U^W strong, will assem-
ble al tile Central Hotel at 7:00
*. m. Tuesday to launch the
annual drive Don Atkina, gen-
eral c Barman, has formed a
'lMtetfa organisation, six local
eRna assisting him In secur-
ing workers for the one-day
solicitation. Breakfast arrange-
ments have been made by
Frankie Berryman and a num-
ber of other* special workers,
who have already been pushing
special gifts, will attend.
Worker will hear brief talks
outlining the need for raising
the annual budget for the
Concho Valley Council.
The Ballinger Lions Club Is
furUkaititg 30 workers In five
tean^ Thirty Rotarlan.i will
make the drive and members
of the American Legion post
and Jaycees will provide 30
each. The American Lpglon
Auxiliary and the Fannie
Stephens Study Club will have
smaller crews to make up the
150 who will take cards and call
on prospects.
All workers will meet again
at 5:00 p. in. Tuesday to report
on their progress. It Is expected
that there will be a few pros-
pects who cannot be contacted
and a special committee will
take these cards and make calls
later In the week. The commit-
tee In charge of listing pros-
pects expects to have about 700
cards to hand to workers Tues-
day morning Mr Atkins said
he hoped no Individual worker
would have more than 5 per-
sons to contact. If two people
wish to work as a team they
will luive 8 to 10 cards.
W O Wullace, special gifts
chairman, had a number of
solicitors nutklng calls last week
and this phase of the drive will
be completed before Tuesday
Most of the special gifts rails
were on business houses
The Concho Valley council
covers 231* West Texas counties
and a total of $75,894 Is being
.sought to take care of antici-
pated expenses In 1955
Tusk of Prehistoric Animal
Found in Gravel Pit Here
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Dan Bradley and others,
working at a gravel pit west of
Inger. recently uncovered
believed to be a tusk of
prehistoric animal The
find was made last week and
during the week-end a large
number of people viewed the
tusk In the ground No effort
has been made to move It and
It will be left as Is until the
Information has been passed
on to schools of the state to see
If their archaelogy classes want
to try to get the find out of
the ground In one piece.
So far 11 feet and 6 Inches
of the tusk has been uncovered
and a curve goes Into the
ground for some distance
which has not been measured
Archaeologists of this section
believe It Is a tusk of a prehis-
toric elephant Professors at
the University of Texas have
been udvtsed and It Is possible
they will sent a crew here to
j Inspect the remains and try to
save them.
The tusk Ls In one piece at
the present time and the large
end ls some eight to ten Inches
thick and It slopes gradually to
the curve that Ls still In the
ground.
Several years ago Mr. Bradley
found a similar tusk but In
attempting to get It out of the
ground, It was broken In sev-
eral pieces He still has the
pieces at his home here und
they will be examined to see
If they could be from the same
animal. The discovery was
made at a gravel pit on the
Ernest Ay cock place west of
Ballinger on the river road
Three Wildcats
Will be Drilled
In County Soon
Sheardy A Lamb, of 8un
Angelo, has staked an EHen-
burger wildcat to be drilled as
his No 1-Theresa Cook Hie
location Is eight miles north-
west of Ballinger and IS mllea
southwest of the two-well Tyree
multi-pay field The project Is
to be drilled with rotary equip-
ment to 4.800 feet and opera-
tions will be started at once
Robert, King it Ford, of Abi-
lene. have filed an application
for a permit to reenter a wild-
cat failure, two miles northeast
of Norton It will be known as
their No 1-Lilly Heirs and will
be cleaned out to 4,800 feet
The hole was originally drilled
In 1948 and was abandoned on
June 9 of that year. Tours will
start when the permit Is Issued
Paul E Berry and James K
Anderson, of Sun Angelo, have
filed an application for a permit
to drill a 4.000-foot rotary wild-
cat, eight miles northwest of
BulUnger on the Mrs Dora M
Stokes place The prospector Ls
located one mile south of pro-
duction In the Ltndemnnn
multi-pay field and 13» miles
southeast of production In the
Ashton 'Dig Betid • held.
West-Tex Drilling Co. of Abi-
lene. has filed an application
for a permit to d r 111 its No
1A-A. C. Mlnzenmayer In the
Norton, North. < lower Fry'
held. Tile application specifies a
4.800-foot hole, to be started as
soon as the permit Ls granted
’{jood Food, Laughs Feature
C. C. Membership Banquet
The annual Ballinger Cham- detail of the chamber banquet
ber of Commerce membershipJ several years and the tables are
banquet held Friday night at always pleasingly appointed
the junior high school cafeteria 1 Kxjires.sions of thanks w e i e
was one of the best In recent. extended to the cafeteria staff,
years and a full house enjoyed ' the program committee and
the program Good food, good others who assisted with the
entertainment and s 1 d e-spllt-j banquet By far the largest
ting humor were the main delegation at the banquet came
features of the 1955 program from Abilene These included
The member* and visitors chamber of commerce officials,
assembled In the elementaryj bankers, business and school
school for the Invocation and .men, newspaper reporters and
arnouncements and then went :l photographer In the group
lunch room to be served . I were Jack Rudd. R J Hawk
After the meal. E B Underwood,1 »nd Oeorge Rtowe. formerly of
toastmaster, presented the out- j Ballinger
of-town guests who Included] P-esldent Ayers will meet
delegations from Abilene, Cole-: »'lth board of directors
man. Brownwuod, Brady and! Monday night to launch pro
San Angelo. | Jects for the new year He urges
R E Ruble, retiring presi-|,lwt a“ mpmbprs of ,he bo:,r<1
dent, extended thanks to the jb' l,r'^
directors und committee mem- %n*w imii ■ i, wii vuv
brrs who have worked with him Bill, iiy to I It \M i
during the past year Those'
who retired from the boanli
were Introduced by Mr Ruble j „ . _
. . . . ___. ,, , pane from New York Sunday
nnd asked to stand He also |;
for France where they w 111 join
Major Fowler, who ls stationed
there for a three-year tour of
Mrs Robert 11 Fowler nnd
12-year-old son. Rob. left by
Jt;
duty He is stationed at the
Toul-R a si« r e s A F II, Nancy.
France, and has been there
several months Mu Fowler Is
the former M a i> r 1 n e H x t t s.
Introduced IMck Ayers, new
president, who called upon all
members for their support und
Introduced officers and direct-
ors who will serve this year
The Key City Four, an Abl-
-,e barber-shop harmony
Quartet, started the program 0,1 * daughter of Mr and Mrs B
1U merry wav with songs lnjM
,*♦ vV <whli i £rmbodr
appreciates tTic uuurAA 'irsi*
eluded a slior? program and was
recalled time and again The
leader extended an Invitation
to local people to attend the
convention and p r o g r a m of
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I.OVMiNoK M NhS \\ I III
Tax Reallocation
Election in County
To be February 26
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A tax reallocation election Ls
to be held In Runnels county
on February 20 Regular voting
hours will rule for this election
and all voting boxes In the
county will tie open and staffed
ThLs election Is necessary
every six years In order to per-
mit the commissioners' court to
allocate the amount of tax
money to each fund necessary
The state constitution > e t s
the county tax rate at 80 cents
on the $100 and It is divided 15
cents to the road and bridge
fund. 15 cents to the jury fund.
35 cents to the general fund
and 15 cents to the county
Improvement fund
In order to change the above
formula citizens of the county
must vote every six years and
authorize the commissioners'
court to change It Failure to
do this would make It neces-
sary for the court to set ihe
tax rate at 80 cents anti set
aside the amounts shown above
for eaeh account, which would
be to<» much In some and not
enough In others
At present the rountv govern
ment Is bring operated tin a
72-rent tax on the $100 and the
division of this 72 rents puts :’4
eent.s In the mail and bridge
fund. 11.. cents In the Jury fund.
33 cent* In the general fund
4'.- rents In the Improvement
fund anti 9 rents in a debt ser-
vice fund
Failure of citizens to authoi-
ire the reallocation v.-ould male
it necessary to Increase the tax
rate 8 cents and the amount
set a tde for the Jury fund
would far exceed the needs
The last election on tax reallo-
cation was held in 1940 anti the
time limit will be In March of
this year
All qualified citizens are eli-
gible •«» cast ballots and County
Judge W H Rampy will be
glad to explain the need for the
election to anyone -eeking the
information
I IMI'RI 11. t \Tv» s FI. AC I
TIM’S 1\ rr WORTH SHOW
BALLINGER, TEXAA, TRUK8DAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1955
NO. U
AIRPORT FOR ANYWHERE—F$4 Thunderjet is first plane
to be hurled into a new era of military aviation from bed of a
specially designed truck near Baltimoir, Md With assist from
a booster-jet bottle «een hanging beneath tail, plane, with engine
at full throttle, is boosted to the 120-mph-plus take-off speed
in a few feet, rather than the elght-thousand-foot-plus runway
usually needed. Highly mobile te< hr.iqur was developed through
Joint efforts of the U S Air Force ur.il Glenn L. Martin Company
and may someday make long fighter airstrips obsolete.
Grand Jury Indictments
Drawn Against 26 Here
County's 116 Oil Fields Produce
10,994,107 Barrels in Past Year
Bogus Check Cases
Demand Attention
Of Local Officers!
♦ Runnels county's 118 desig-
nated oil fields with upproxi-
\ mutely 1.200 producing wells
I had a total production In 1954
!of 10,994,107 barrels These flg-
] ures were released this week by
the Ban Angelo office of the
state railroad commission
During 1954 a number of new
Officers arrested two Juve- fields were designated In this
nllcs and four young men ' county as additional production
Tuesday night and filed was found Some of the new
charges o f attempted arson
against them The urrestscame
after a number of fires had
been started recently near
buildings or houses
Two were released Wednes-
day on bonds of $500 each, two
were still In jail Wednesday
night, one Juvenile was tried
and probated to his parents 6.593
fields are In areas that already
had production, but pay came
from new depths and other
sands and limes.
Following are Uie fields and
the number of barrels of oil
produced In 1954
Aldridge. 101.455
Aldridge. (uj*per Oardnen,
FOR HOY SCOI'T FI \0
Cal Adair, publicity chairman
for the annual Boy Hrout fin-
ance campaign received a tclr-
barber-shop quaru-U at Abilene Wednesday from Gov
on March 28 Allan Shivers, addressed to the
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Ah»ene. and one of the most ^ S™”** nt America
popular banquet speakers In '* “ wondrrful organization,
thta section, opened his t a 1 k ] ??**** ,cl
with humor and for the greater "" .......... “
part kept his audience in
laughter His stories, many of
VfeatUch were original, were faat
rr. po and before one laugh
i 4 #ver another punch line
was delivered In closing he
spoke more seriously and urged
people to be true to themselves,
to others and to Ood
The banquet hall and tables
were beautifully decorated by
the Ctvle-Oarden Club This
group has attended to this
tng to your youngsters and
emphasising service to Ood and
country I hope each of you
will keep this In mind during
the srout drlvr for funds, that
you will be grnerou* In your
glfta and that you will help
them to be prepared ”
Hugh Campbell went to Fort
Worth Saturday to be present
at the Itveatork Judging In the
Hereford division «f the Hnuth-
western Exposition and Fat
Block Show
Three Hereford calv
by Mark and Hugh Campbell at
the Flirt Worth livestock show
placed well In the junior divi-
sion Judges placed the animals
7th, lot It and 11th In the Junior
exhibit and In the breeding
division one was given the
championship Second place was
taken In the group of three fed
by «»ne boy
One of the ralvea will be sold
In the auction and two will be
brought back to Ballinger These
two and the calf which was
grand champion In the Run-
nels county show will be taken
to Hon Antonio later this month
The Runnels county grande-
Jury was in session here Tues-
day morning to complete work
begun last week After a short
time 26 indictments were
returned to Judge O L. Parish,
of 119th district court
As soon as the grand Jury
c o m p 1 e t e d Its work, court
opened and seven pleas of
guilty were heard Tuesday
afternoon
H D Thompson entered a
plea of guilty to forgery and
passing and was sentenced to
3 years In the state peniten-
tiary On a second charge he1
also received a prison term of
3 years Both cases were for
passing worthless checks at
stores In BallUngcr
Johnnie Alton C a s s a d y
received two years in the peni-
tentiary on a theft charge
E H Peel was given a 2-year
term In the penitentiary on a
theft charge
A'bert Perez, charged with
removing mortgaged property,
received a 2 - y e a r suspended
sentence
Pat Barron, charged with
assault with Intent to murder
was assessed a 5-year adult
parole
T Z Hollis received a 2-year
adult parole on a worthless
check case.
Others indicted by the grand
Jury were:
Cecil Huddleston, driving
w hlle Intoxicated second
offense
Howard Talliaferri forgery
and passing
S t r v <• Ray. removing mort-
gaged pro|*erty
Leo t ha Roberson, removing
mortgaged property
O L Cooper, removing mort-
gaged property
John D Lewis, assault with
intent to murder
Carl II Morris, removing
mortgaged property
Nip Burkett, removing mort-
gaged property
Jesse Harvey Lloyd, posses-
sion of narcotics
F-arl Franklin Rogers, posses-
sion of narcotics
George If Fitzpatrick, posses-
sion of narcotics
Ten were Indicted on swlndl-
< lup-r* 7hcv v. • r • I 1!
*'"**'[Cecil Cook, Jim Parker. James
Dance Tomorrow
Evening Benefit
For Polio Quota
Oeorge Newby, chairman for
the March of Dimes, has
announced a benefit danc*
tomorrow night at the Ameri-
can Legion h a 1 1, Bruee Field
The entertainment will start ut
9 00 p m and will be con-
cluded when dancers have
enough
The committee looking after
arrangements stated that a
good orchestra would be
secured, a floor show provided,
the hall will be decorated and
everything possible will be done
to show the customers a good
time Admission to the dance
will be $1 per person
The committee In charge of
entertainment stated the floor
show would start ut 10 00 p m
and would be a short but excel
lent program A check room
will be operated for coats and
hats and a full crew will be
on duty to handle the crowd
The 1955 March of Dime
fund Ls lagging behind previous
years und the dance was added
by the committee In the hope
of boosting the total up to the
local quota All Halllngerlt>-
are urged to attend
e
Countv’s Teachers
To Hear T. S. T. A.
President in Talk
and the other Juvenile ls to be
tried today
A fire was started at the
rear of the Home Furniture Co
building Sunday night and
another was set off on Seventh
Street Monday night
Officers are also Investigat-
ing recent vandalism Someone
broke Into Junior high school
and threw bottles of Ink
against walls and did other
damage At the Boy Scout
troop 42 house, 1 I o o d 11 g h t s
were broken out and the
glasses In the scout bus shat-
tered Sheriff Don Atkins
stated that 1 n v e s t i g a 11 o ns
would be continued
Arrested Tuesday night and
Ami <Jennings sand*. 8,141
Ashton 1 Dog Bend), 8,832
Ashton 'lower Gardner!.
10.306
Ballinger. 3 060
Ballinger 'Palo Pinto), 50,979
Ballinger West King', 2.370
Ballinger. West 1 Morris sand l.
2.641
Bays 'Fry sand'. 83.125
Bays <Goen lime, 51.635
Beddo. 19.959
Beddo 'Dankworth lime»,
2.808
Beddo. East. 'Serratt sand).
1.978
Benoit 'Serratt', 878
Bernard < lower O a r d n e r •,
2.206
Briley 'Morris), 2.545
Briley, SE 'Gardner', 1.330
Clayton. 84
<_'rce-Stephens 'lower Frv',
5 642
EVirt Chadbourne, West. 92,041
Fort Chadbourne. West, (Cam-
brian). 2.098
Fort Chadbourne. West,
(Gardner), 4.296
Fort Chadbourne, Weat,
(Gardner), 2.731
Fort Chadbourne (Guen
Lime), 27.456
Hall nipper Gardner', 61,44)0
Hays-Watts (Serratt), 3.290
Hull Dibbn 'Gardner), 616,120
Hull-Dobbs. North, (Fry),8,020
Hull Dobbs (Gray sand),
1,002
Hull-D>bb« 'Morris sand),
34,150
jean Burk (Ooen lime), 2,434
Jim Adams (Capps), 171
Jim Adam* (Fry). 84,119
Jim Adams 'Htrawn), 11,013
Jim Burt. 17.831
Jim Burt K?uddo>. 61.722
Jim Burt (Goen limn, 33,017
Jim Burt 'Palo Pintoi. 1.690
Jim Burt (McMillan sand),
226
Jlni Burt. South, (upper Gard-
ner). 3.083
Lee-Humphrey (lower Caddo),
18.418
Leonard, 9.310
Lindemann (Oardneri. 25,800
Lindemann 'Jennings'. 18.048
Lindemann 'Morris). 12.644
Lindemann 'upper O&rdner),
1,963
Lindemann 'McMillan), 255,-
070
Lloyd. 55.149
Dive, 5.255
Maverick. North, (Crosscut),
17.377
Messenger (Oardner), 11,417
Messenger (Palo Pintoi, 10.6P4
Nora (Oardner). 96.229
Nora iGoen lime). 3.400
Norton (Crosscut), 71,648
N< irton West (Crosscut *. 22,727
Norton, North (lower Fry),
8.156
Norton West, (lower Fry),
Cree-Sykc.s Last Fry ', 962
Cree-Sykes 'lower Oardner i “/"v,
PWC 'Serratt) 38.247
Pace 'Fry 183 786
Ray Atkinson. |, 290535"‘ ~
David Atkin n, El win Clark Cree-Sykes M-rrLs 1. 4 402
Buddy Davis and Mike Warren | Cree-Sykes East, Morris)
Wednesday morning were J 11 1113 477
Cur bo, J, »*,. v iikinmn ! Cree-Sykes 'upper Oardnen
’ 3 825
A Norton building was entered j' ,
South. 1 Dog Creek',
South. 'Jrnnlnp s*.
South. 'King sand'.
Tuesday night and officers 1555
sja-nt much of Wednesday) Crew*
checking leads on the case The ! 8.130
building w.ls occupied by the , *
McDaniel Drug Store and ixist- Crews South. 1 up)n r Oard-
office Postal inspectors here ner 322,791
Wednesday said no government1 Crews South, 'lowr Fry,
projKTty was stolen A radio .set "
and cigarette lighters were
stolen from the store
A car wxs stolen at Wingate
but recovered later on the
Butterfield Trail
laical law enforcement efli-
cers had a fairly quiet week-
end mostly routine work, and
I
West 5 092
Crews. West. 'King'. 4 371
Davis 'Pal . Pinto', 14 527
Davis 'Oardnen, 2.444
Don ' Fry ■ 823
Elm Creek -Oray 12.383
FJm Creek '17110 Pinto'. 2.512'
13m Creek Serratt'. 922
Elm Crct k South 'McMillan',
707
„ ... . , Enoch Johnson 'Morris'.'
few Investigations which art <>•> t.ia
" Florence. 25.072
Fort Chadbourne
Fort Chadbourne
26 89)
Fort Chadbourne
49 914
Fort Charbourne
966
5 196 314
'Oardnen
'Orav sand 1
Northeast.
still underway
Morris W Fortrsque a.1
arrested Sunday night a n d
chargr.s of disturbing the [icaco
were filed against him Mon-
day
1. C Williams was arrested
Saturday at Brady for local
officer-, and will be brought
here to face charges of theft
He ls accused of stealing a pis
tail here
Albert Perez was arrested at
Hereford the past week-end for
local officers on a charge of
removing mortgaged property
H J Alexander was filed on j The mothers' march for th<
for w nulling and a warrant March of Dimes was held her*
lor hi urre .t wa. • <-nt to S.e Monday night and prompt):
Antonio 17 ()0 p m sirens were sour
Truman Creek was filed on I in all parts o! Ballinger
Saturday for worthier ehe< k within a matter of ininutr
Patsy, 19 838
Poe .Ooen' 28.243
Poe King' 4.137
P<»e Reef I 48 939
1 Hanford (Fry), 11.866
Saxon 1 Serratt>, 42 049
Seitz 'Fry, 2,077
Service 'Crosscut), 8 808
Spill Palo Pinto) 1.140
Suei.se 'Fry). 449,655
Sykes 'Morris' 38 905
Sykes West 'Morris). 16,721-
Torn Bob (*r(»fcseut t, 7 373
Valley Creek 1 Caddo 1, 734
Vanderlaao Freedman, 3.213
W.i: Vl’har Morris'. « )?o
Winters 'Caddo'. (41.376
Winter* 'Cisco 1, 6426
Winters 1 Jennings), 51095
Winters 'Palo Pinto), 16 648
Winter*. North. 71 853
Winters 'Gardner). 3,802
Winters. North, (Oardner),
89 901
Winters (Ooen), 14.144
Winters, North. (Ooen'. 66.631
Winters (Serratt), 15 860
Winter* South. (McMillan),
16 635
Winters South 's|w-cial naiu'),
2 363
Winters (Strawiu, 21426
Winters. West, (Canyon),
56.526
Mothers Take in $891;
Ballinger Total $3,500
Rev and Mrs A O Rue left
this w*eek for rort Worth to
attend y Christian Education
Institute While away they will
also visit their son-in-law and
dauahter. Dr and Mrs Erwin
Pink, at Frtaro They will return
home Saturday
Runnels county teacher- w
banquet heir tomorrow Frl [
day nlgllt and then h'ar the I
president of the Tcxa Stall ;
T r a c h e r s' Association O I-
(Tommy) Thompson of Kcr-
mlt 'Du- Runnels county unit |
of the TSTA Is cm j* ini d "! '
all schools In the rountv and !
this is their one big meeting "f
the year where a banquet is!
served
Mr Thump' li ha a w ide
professional experience, having
taught for two ye. r In el 1
ln - 'I ■ ' u'
| a teacher and com h In high
school
distant i
Inc
Ivan Ben
worthless i
Snvder
Mr * W
on for wo:
has not be
T 7 llu
Wa:
rkini
I nmt her
; d-.r on
the ter:
stopped
< .rh b!i
th"
As
1 r
community except Ballinger to
he reported
it | The drive In the northern
led section of the county Is hc.-.y
dn ! din-ch-d from Winters by lloirm
! Hudgln* chairman lost wro
id !< ver tl ?(*' had been collectet
i Mile: Row na and other cor
muMty groups will have IhG
it* eon pletr bv February 15
i
but
te I
lie
jihix county" authorities- "t
I $3 500 Tue dn
iv mor
viith ;•
Ctsru und will 1m- returned her*
j numlx r "t o
Umt f
vmt>
to face a charge of felony
field this u< <
fee
(lu-cklng
Balling* r J
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A warrant ha" been receiver!
total of $133
on n
Koat
weight
by Ihe sheriff* office from
I guessing Thu
gnat
V. ,l>
won bv
Hrvan for the arrest of W.illi-i
■ Burk l uric rw
N)(l (||
n n
correct
M Bailey on n <hnrgi of child 1
I guess TTt- i"
mt ha'
:i pr*
* viousl v
deirr tlon
brought $2(41
nt a
Jft \Tt
'c auc*
Harold D Thompson v i
lion, making
over J
>400
for th*
am -ted at Helton and will b»-
March "t Dl
m e ■
in t
i»f two
brought here to fare :i forgery i
events
charge
111|z i] scnoo
1 sludi
rnt*
turned
Anderson Mat hue*. E i m r r ,rh,v’1 four yr,,rs a
Eugene Paxton. Archie I. Math h,rmrl|>“1 ‘”’r '* •“ ”
ues B J Alexander. O W superintendent and six years
.Stewart and Jack Scoggins superintendent
^ i celebrated his
He recently
20th anniversary
' O'* POLL TAX RFC! ITTS
Kt'NNELH COI NTI'3 TOTAL
Poll Lix paymertls tabulated
Tuesday morning totaled 2.050
Dalton Crockett, tax asaeaaor-
collector, stated that a few more
might be added In letters
received from a distance which
were mailed before the close of
business January 31
The 1*53 receipts which were
good for rotlng In 1954 totalled
3.Q41 and the 1953 receipts, for
rotlng In IMS. totalled 1 943
Payments of other county and
state taxes will aggregate a
little above normal this year
The exact percentage has not
been figured but It is over 95
per cent
with the Krrmlt schools, of
which he Lx superintendent
With exception of three year*
during World War II. when he
was given a leave of absence,
he has been with the Hermit
schpol system since 1934
ABA degree wa* earned
from Trinity University, a mas-
ter's degree from the Univers-
ity of Texas and he has com-
pleted some work toward a
doctorate at Texas Technologi-
cal College. Lubbock In addi-
tion to his educational activi-
ties. he has been prominent in
civic project*
Musical numbers will be sung
by the gills' ncxtrt of Balling":
high school
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Te- o H ( handler and F M
Pearce are again .serving a*
chairmen for the Anu-rlenn
Heart A.s.x<H-latlon In this area
Mrs Jay Garrett solicitation
chairman will secure workers
to make the calls In the buxi-
ne#.* district
Cttlaens who desire to help In
the work of the association may
send contributions either to Dr
Chandler or Mr Pearce The
The fund drive Is scheduled
here this month and It Is hoped
to complete solicitations by
February 14
Mr and Mr.* H E Fulcher
left Wednesday for Uvalde to
be With their son. Herbert Ful-
cher. who will undergo major
surgery today They were
(55 from the
balloon
'.i'll ■
will N ri Mimed next Kj.turday
The ladles' goll club remitted
$306 from admissions to th<
variety show last week and sta
tlon KRUN ha* turned In over
$300 from a request program
und radio aurtlon with more tat
be collected
A March of Dime:, dance will
be held tomorrow ' Friday i night
at the American Legion hall, all
the proceeds to go to the March
of Dimes
In addition, donations are still
being received from the letter#
mailed out and more than $400
has already been counted from
this source Coin containers In I
local stores are yet to be col-
lected and the contents counted |
Local March of Dimes work- !
Scout Troop TO
Takes District
i First Aid Event
Bov .‘Voul troop 30. sponsored
t bv th< Ballinger Rotary Club,
j too), fir.'* place in the ftr*t oi<1
i ' ni corftest* at Robert Lee
Mi i day right T7ie Inral lir-t
il.l t< am. c ' m p o • r d of Mise
; Harnett Billy Witter. Paul Price,
.1 • lie White ley and Stephen
jit:<>wn M-ored a total of *99
i (mint* out of a |svodble 650 to
, (like top honors
T’larlre ctifl with 562 rag nt*
!' a 1 r on p 61 of Robert D«
Third wa: troop 46, of Bllv* i,
ml fi .rth went to trorrp 52 <•(
| Bronte
The contest was directed by
Jerry Hampton, district IteadJi
and solely chairman He ws
assisted by John P u r! f < |
recorder W H Rampy, doctu
D K Olenn, timekeeper and I
E Stevens R M Andrews <
F Bruton. A P Ball. B I
Unsell. Oene HeidenhrHner. I
R Ayers. Alvin Holbrook and O.
IK Reynolds. Judges
The district will be represented
: by the troop 30 team In a eon-
test against seven other dlatrict
teams for rounrU honors al
Honors February 8.
Mr and Mrs
Tfamp By
ler left
Friday of last week for
ers expect to reach $4 000 In
accompanied to Uvalde by Mrs | Ballinger this week {Missouri, to attend the wed-
Wexiey nww who will visit her j The Norton committee ha siding of a grandson, Wendell
sister. Mr* Joe William* j turned In $80 74 and Is the only Byter.
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