Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 107, Ed. 1 Monday, May 5, 1952 Page: 2 of 6
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BRECKENRIOGE AMERICAN
Published Daily
l:rvckenridre American Publishing Co. 114 K. Kim, Bn-ckenriUge.
Te*a«. WALTEK MUKKAY. Publisher.
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u.. lter uruler the Act of Oonirr -ss. March :t, 1H7'J.
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J". <H ; ,'i months $2.00; 1 month h.'.c.
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• ►nth H5c
fl!< • • I!IU
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Any erroneous reflection upon the character, lUMuting or reputatioi.
«.l ..t.> person, firm, or corporation which may appear iti the column!
ol I In* Hreckenridjje American will be t?la«liy corrected upon it b«-
mir brouic'it to the attention of the rt,:ui..i;*iiient.
)emo
I'nntinurd From Page 1
■ > o.-tit k>anting Mid to edu-
. 1 his is rightfully a function
' *>• states and |ovvt>r govern.
• ! Unlit-* and fhould not b<
1.II..I with by the Federal Go*,
j.•lit. History of dictatorship
-shown that one of the first
' I" 'he hiss of- freedom is by
i"! • the i^inds of the children
ov nation.
i.pns. <1 tn the indiscriminate
i in which -price controls are
>• ilmimstrred; that this con-
! it (eels the manner in which
l<: ce controls as being admin-
• •I. are in violation of the
iitution of the United State.,
ii1-'- o£ tile fact that all labor
•• >1 irtre-i me iMit consfdetv-it
• ijtial bases.
I hat the delegates to the County
• nt ion from this precinct be
I.rt, d to vote im a unit.
Woman
Csntin ini Trom
r'atte I
y:i
ago
•' >i' y .'I "n th - I-itm.-i •• ir
• r<li to earn • ii >tigh money to
ittend the Stcnutype lastrtuti of
Bostie. • • x* S«"pteiTiht ; - Janet, the
Voungi/t, at'.-il l.i y.-a'-s, a
llBt at IVeting h.;m KchooJ.
Unemployment
Continued 1- rom Pa^c 1
a. a result of all this, unein-
iloymeue in Kuuiyw is rising stcod-
ly. In a few months it has gone up
• y in Britain, in
litium, ijo.inui- in Holland, Italy
has two million job:- s>, W.-st li. r-
niany I,8iH),otm. Kmu-marnerit has
iccentua'.ed th ■ um :nployinent by
Ranger
• onlimied From Page 1
$4
:>* residence, i-t for two party
ile-H'e, and $3.25 for four party
•d< ice.
' 'v, April H the Ranger City Com-
ion if ranted the telephone
tny ; n increase in rates that
■ n lit the rate'-, charged in tin.-
ii those in Cisco and Kastland.
„<*VmPl'ss'< •' d'termineti
t the pn sent rates were too low
return the conip :ny a profit.
ie new rates were not effective
t.l tho M ,y billing Th<v wen?
for a one party bik.iness
i4.(Mi for one party resi-
• . $3.25 for two party reni
and 42.7j for four paity
■nl> kv service. They amended
.1 Jw-titlon to inclifde this raise
■ •pi<"«trng the. injuncti' n.
At hi# death, twefv
.she was uft with a family of
eight children to <. fo'y and
educate.
Mrs. (ioon hei has had no
formal education of any kind. IV-
spite this she ha- accomplish'-d a
remarkable feat in the education
of her eight children. 11. p. rsonat
participation in civic affairs was
limitr-d because f hei continuous
dutie in her laundry and her
home. As her cnildi) n trie . up
they helped! their Mother in the
laundry. They were taught and -n-
coutaged constantly to participati
in worthwhile civic prt.jict - of all,
k.rid-. Mrs. (ioon willingly took j ^
over then duties t > ! • -.r thern foi
.such partieipr.lion. !-. . n h. fore tin
chridr.-n were big enough to help
in thi laundry mmicy was efced
out so that t-W-y could purchase
Wat Bonds.
Mrs. <;<■• Children nr.- :i high
tribute to hw training. Carroll, age
2S, in a doctor in. Salt ' City,
l"tah; Richard, 2K, is the owner of
• i television ,-tni. in I,vim. Mass..
Edward, age 2 I. is a graduate of
M. I. T., si now teaching and fork-
ing for his I'll. It. at I{enss< ieai
l'o:ytechnic Institn'e; Albert, 24
years old. is attending Boston t'di-
versity, specializing m accounting
and will b.- graduated in .June,
1! .">2; Jo«. |jhim*. 22. is working1 for
I . S. ( overnment, in Washington,!
I). <'.; Arthur. 20 years of age. was-
planning to attend the University
of Ma ine when he went into the
I . S. Navy. He is now attending
I". S. Naval School, Washington
I'. IJoris, age IK, has graduated
from I leering High School and is
uih- , indust... es.
The Europtans tend to put tin
whole blame on n annmiii iu ami
on American tariff inconsistencies.
But ill.- fact is a lot of the trouble"
still i.; strictly ef Euixipiov. n
making. For < xampie, the unem-
pl <yi!ieiu c<'ti 1*1 ■ \ • d a little
by mor- Ire. labor rtligration.
There are shortages of labor for
armament factories in some coun-
tries that could he filled by work-
ers who are job'<-.-s in other coun-
tries, but the old five migra; ion
• >f labor that prevailed in Western
Europe before 1935 doesn't exist
anymore. .
Likewise, the ••• still is a lot of
resistance to a s.-nsible and sound
tax reform in all European coun-
tries, plus a lot of' r< sistance to
the Schuman I'lan for merging
western Europe coal and iron in-
dustries and to aji schemes for
levelling harriers and pet riittint;
a freer and more flexible"-economy
.n-idii- Europe.
E " '
indust
serve its own lit'le vested interest
against change that might help
Europe as a whole. Everyone fears
\ng sacrificed.
AH this not only causes unem-
ployment, it is causing tremendous
lack of confidence in the future,
: and the turn-nci.-.f «.f the western
European countries are weakened
by this fear.
viae r.urope.
E'.jry;little national segment of
liustry fights desperately to pre-
Johnson
([ 33e, rntuj panunuo.o
.dNitsmo anvs
\ spejes
u!W
ANNOUNCING
THE REOPENING
OF
BRECKENRIDGE
TRIM SHOP
at
.105 WEST ySECOND
All Types of Automobile
l'pholstering
SEE US NOW!
TAILOIt MADE
SEAT COVERS
Complete Selection Of
Fabrics and Colors
PAINT AND BODY SHOP
Tree Estimates—No Obligation
M. A. Noylor Pontiac
Phone 287
•We Specialize In A Plate Lunch Every Day.
Fresh VeRetahles. Drink ;ind Desert
Phone us for information!
If You Are Hungry For Sea Food!
We Serve Eighteen Varieties of Fish
WE CATER TO PARTIES
YORK'S
CARS CARS CARS
AT BARGAIN PRICES
M51 Ford Victoria Loaded $1905.00
1950 Ford 4 door Maroon II $1195.00
1M0 Ford-Crest liner. Everything
,930 Ford 2 door R A il $1450.00
19? Ford 'i Ion pickup $ 995.00
IMtilw*. CC R & II $1195.00
1949 Fgrd 2 door R & H $1095.00
1949 Fartl 4 door Black R A II $1095.00
1949 f«vi 4i door C.reen RAH $1195.00
1949 Ford 2 door Maroon R&ll Ol) $10."0.r0
THE EASIEST TERMS IN TOWN
1AVIS MOTORS
f.0A E. Walker Phone 1121
fr'-^i which he nev'i recovered.
After takir.if II .Johnson panned
12 and l.'f. ami birdied 14 to make
him four up. On 14 Helfinghausen
went out of bounds, twice f„r four
stroke worth pi Kilties from
which he couldn't 'mover, despite
i 15 foot putt. Dn thirteen, (also
f , Ji hnson roll d toward the out-
of-bounds fence and all but went
out again, saving factor being a
ridge along the fence that caused
his ball to roll back i airain.
In other final matches played
.Sunday Tillie Smith became the
•nampiiei ol the iadies tournament
1 defeating Gertrude Whitman,
up in I !> holes.
Ross Ellutt won championship of
he mfTi's first fli>jhw by nu>0hing
A'inter Wood. 8 and 7. O-orge
Dickey, Jr..' defeated Bob I'ltzer 8
rind 7 to win the second flight.
Political
Announcements
The American is authorized to
announce the following candidates
for office subject, to the Democrat-
ic Party Primary in July.
CONGRESS
17th DISTRICT
Jack Cox
STATE LEGISLATURE
75th DISTRICT
Mark -Allison
DISTRICT JUDGE
90th DISTRICT
Floyd Jones (re-election)
COUNTY JUDGE
STEPHENS COrXTY
J. W. Morrow (re-election)
SHERIFF
STEPHEN'S COI NTY
Tom Offield (re-election)
Ollle Jackson
tax assessor &
STEPHENS COINTY
Robert E. Hood (re-election)
county clerk
STEPHENS COUNTY
Ben (irant (re-election)
county attorney
STEPHENS COI NTY
Joe' Cracey (re-election)
district attorney
E H. firiffin (re-election)
district c lerk
STEPHENS COI NTY
Waller B. ("lift (re-electif )
county commissioner
PRECINCT NO. I
J. A. (James) Bryant
(re-election)
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
PREClNtT NO. 2
I. I.. (Doc) (Griffith
(re-election)
county commissioner
PRECINCT NO. .1
I- J. (Joe) Ansel (re-election)
S. L. (Sam) Jones
county commissioner
PRECINCT NO. 4
Mm. Ceo. I.. K el ley
(re-election)
C. A. (Claude) Squyres
county treasurer
STEPHENS COUNTY
Clyde Speer (re-election)
justice of the peace
PRECIMT ONE
I- T. Womlall (re-election)
constable"""
PRECINtT NO. 1
C. F. (Frltat) Rudder
(re-election)
county school
superintendent
MRS. T. M. James
(for iineipired tcrtn)
_T. *h.- ti.ii.1 flight H ii tei, i
I'.l • !V edged Doug ,-\mlel Soil 1 up |
iii .- hot contest,
M'-n's twisulations we.it as fol
!' v : championship flight, Walker
Casttera: n over Paul Smith, 1 Uf
in z'l holt .. first flight. Bill Pitxes
beat jim (iracey, 1 up in 11 holes;
• •contl flight. Joe fate over Jame*
Corley, 7 tnd third fight, J
Re.-.. .. beat Ken Kirkland, 4 and
In dies first flight Start h;.
Corley be ' Lillie Walker, 1 uu
and se "iid flight Jan Brooks
wi'i ov.- Ruth lletiurh i up.
Bea W ilton won th.' champion-
ship if the ladle; c.iriaolatioi
matches: in first flight cousolatUi
Sara DeBtrl. beat liaisey Carter
5 and ::: nui in th ■ third fligti
V'iigutia Kaltentii rger won (i and
4 '-••••! .Mad" Boyle.
The awards were made :it a din-
ner ;ii th" Woman's Club Sunda;
evening.
L.-acue meeting cam? from one
man, and if it is ever voted on
again it will not be until next
spring .... John L. Bridges, re-
servist for two years, has been
•alled-to repoit to Lackland base
.. . Marvin Nuylor and Alex K-ime
ook the Shrine in Slosleh Temple
it the weekend .... Members of
he First Christian are electing
heir " Mother of the Year" who
. ill be announced at the fellowship
linner Thui-sday evening .... Mrs.
Heihert Emery, Dallas, to hi- heard
n Book revciw at Woman's Forum
...night .... Breckeiiridge Clinic
i ports the admission of two med-
cal patients, J. T. Harris and Mrs.
Ray Wofford .... Memorial hos-
pital dismissed Roger Dale Vau-
ghn, Mrs. Irma We..dull, and Ray-
i. . n.i L Binstt . ... Fir. d.-p ut-
ment tvpoits.no acti'. ity over the
weekend . . Hilly Gtvittt Ward
of Newcastle, was filed .el for sec-
ond offense driving while iutoxicat-
dand boad set i.t -51.000, return-
able to the grattii jury .... In
lust ice of, the I'.ace Court - one
local and one-out-of-tov ti man were
I'int'd SI4 on chntges of being
i'unk; and mioiher man was fined
$11 ell a charge of following too
.aosely in a lu.nor aut.. acciilent
.... In Ci* '"art: one local mar,
cus fined on :• chaige of
diunkertn' sr Ejjiother local man
was fined >'15 for havii.g no driver's
licence I.ci Wtikerton, voca-
tional teacher at the high school,
back from state judg-.og meet in
Austin, reports his poultry judg-
ir; ■; te m n..t among the five first
placer.; some SO teams entered ....
Hreekenridge Tigers and Stamford
Bluejays fought to a standstill in
ball game Sunday, called on i>c-
count of darkness at l.'l innings,
score Tigers to play Eastland
here next Sunday .... And that is
ibout the crop we find after look-
.iif; arour.d.
irifean Battling
CattSe Disease
I.ONDON, May 5 iU.R:~Authorf-
t 'es have halted the movement of
cattle over half i f Britain i'.l an
efioit to prevent the worst out-
break of hoof and mtiuth disease in
J-l vest's.
Ministry of Agriculture officials
fe; r the slaughter of cattle infect-
ed with the rapidly spreading dis-
ense may restrict milk and meat
supplies which already are at kjw %
levels under British auiterity.
The government says*the i - V
mediate cause of the stand-still or-
der which went into effect littt
mid'.iight was a herd of cows which
became infected while moving to
Scotland from Somerset. Officials
are trying to trace (MM) animals
which came into contact with the
infected herd.
Ministry officirJs say the dfst
is spreading twice a*? fast al_
month ago. There were 10 fresh
outbreak.-' yesterday.
OBSERVER
Conti"iie«l l-'rum Face 1
better to fight them. At one time
-ypntili" inil gonorrhea were a-
miHiji, these but mere light and the :
"mirvie drugs" have about
brought tfi' ;under control.
Besides mentael disease we re-
fer particularly to cancer and al-
coholism. Mental diseases, cancer
and a'coholis u : re diseases like
any ether disease, jot to be hid-
den, feared or ashamed of. They
are di ases that can and should
be cured. They evi be t be cured
by approaching them in a iaite
FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS
fLARD SMITH wuem [ f.'v /
ARE YOU OON6 TO N VJF'<3WTS
REDOCe? VOU ACTCAUY I PERFECT-
ecr FATTER EVERy DAY.' / AND ILL
and sensible manner,
with a hush-hush that
the sup rstitious.
instead
borderlitu
INFLATION, HERE FROM
several can ; s, two of which are
the ever spirulll'.ig wage increase
and government spending, the lat-
ter vith accompanying increased
taxati on, are known but probably
not fully realized. Just how far
inflation h: s gi ie was brought
hone rath el- forcibly in a descrip-
tion heard from Jack Cox of an
exhibit at the Searcy Forum he re-
cently attended. On two table;
were placed what $3.50 would buy
in groceries in !!);!; ; nd 1115
Here they are: • —vw
ltt:i!)—seven oranges, three large
grapefruit, two pounds of coffee
i.',i" pound of butter, two loaves o
bread. Six pounds ol ham, six Coca
Colas and three No. 2 cans of
pea;'.
1952 one lo: f of bread, one
half a pound of butter, two pounds
of ham, tv\o No. 1 cans of peas,
and three oranges.
THOl CUT F()P. THE MOMENT:
Pa.-sion is universal humanity.
Without it i ligion, history, ro-
mance ar.il art would be useless.
— Balzac.
SEEN OR HEARD:Today is Cinco
de Mayo — Mexico's Independence
Da\ .... Now that that is off our
chePt lets' take a look around—we
find that Jtetty Smith placed fifth
:n typing at Austin making two
out of three from here that showed,
iind Dale Flournoy has only had
one year .... Glenn Doggett, heli-
copter pilot, has written from Ko-
rea that he may be ferrying offic-
ers to truce talks soon I. F.
Bailey said the spring training
argument at the Interscholastic
big boot —Jean Pierre Toury,
5. tries on an outsize model of a
new sportsman's boot at the an-
nual sports and camping show-
in Pans. The shoe is permeable
to air, impermeable to water, is
^ ideal for long trips. (NEA)
• BARBS
BY HAL COCHRAN
rTHE price of gas, tires, oil and
repairs makes going broke a
very short trip by auto. '
— o « _
U xcon't be long until the
bathing bcaehes wil* look like a
bunch of magazine covers.
" ~ ti e e
There is a law against the mis-
representation of furs, which has
nothing lo- do vyith animal
tliinned.
« « s
Comr June, if collrgr cracZs
icill hunt for join instead of po-
sitions they'll have better luck.
(i 0
People are starting to tramr
through the woods—and the will
flv.vers areaiikily to ge; vyilcl..-.
Ber "thatchart is
wackv
—- according to IT. i
OUGHTA BE SIX. INCHES
TALLER/
WELL JUST PERFECT.'
. . v * f, /* s,n - ".0 'b*
'5 ft fain 155 lb*
• 'ff* J'n -'.£1 ! '
2
CMEC<Y0UR
WEIGHT
according
fo ygur
height '
Ry Michael O'Mallev and Raloh La*.
VH h FLIiN I
DOM'T SE POWISW-CAKTEC
IT I5N'T EVERV AMJRP6K-
SZ WHO CAN 5AV HE
vVAS CAUGHT Sy OAMtfl
BOONS! ANt7 THANKS
FOK KEVEALN© THE
HI17IN© PLACE OP YOUR
- 6WAS/
1?.'eueiN<& TH^T VIC IS SON!?, KAIL BREAKS
HIS PD5S, ANC7 SeAffS "THE JEWELS HE HAS
h 'WEN. asi!7 THEN
FZC'A POCLIN&
HIS PCZSUSZ KAIL 5
T?C< 9iV\FL>' £<\
VIC AM CEAy
frvvo
Sn A PES^-ieWTE ATTEMFn- TO AVQip
CAtnueE, KAIL TO5ES AS Tl-E WAV. I7U«
W OF HIMSELF WHILE VIC SEARCHES
FOR Hrtt
ITS ALL OVER
VAXC7S
' ;W TM;S
i p-u-.vvvy
c e*
iSAVG
i
ALLEY OOP
i don't just
know whese
NB will GO
BUT..
I'LL GO t-'ICK Ur OUK
GOt-D AN'GEAk...
THFN 'TEND TO GET-
TIN' HIM OUT Of1
HERE...
WELL, THAT D0E5 FOR DEAR Ou OO"
MARlON'5 KNOCKED MM FOR A UJOY
NOW I NEED NO LONGER DREAD
THAT HE THIS AMAZON
, WILL WED'
^ ~^GlT'
ik
%
a
KERRY DRAKE
it here, \ ( ccr cur.' can r] j— i kj;
t' take j 1 you 5^2 mo-.v pull m
^ _HIKJS5 AKE ^Ethisfi
"\ ^
5
OU, no YOU PONT.'
Ml/SK HIM. SAMPy.'
Afire*
A****
ow1. so I LL
V tSEAH OUJA
. ,n.^ FlPOLE CO.SE
■"7 AH' OO RIGHl T
WORK '
^ 1 WAS SENT
cop-man
CARE O' yuH
Alonc
in mis
rooms,
pkake
answers
tm£ poor
buzzer
to face
a mv5-
teriou5
CALLtB
WITH I-' -- ?
a
0/-3LINO* 5hh' i know what
what IP you ItPC'JBLI
i ^tbonglv xdvi5e
AGA1HST 1t.mr.dbake
— but ir you insist
on going home
V/HEK
normal
WHERE
I
I
mary worth's family
^ 'i'm 6lire it 1)
would be wise- - '
until v0ur
better
adjusted
ME?- • I THINK. IT'S SWELL,FOLKS.'
I'D LIK.E. TO SLUSH IN AND 5AV'."BLES5
yCU,MYCHh0R£N-!- - AND MM V0UR
SECOND CHILDHOOD BE AS FULL 0
JOY AS YOUR PIRST "
• BUT YOU'LL KET
TH'S • - • THIS MARRIAGE
FRO JEST- - A SECRET
BETWEEN THE TWO
0? us. EH 1
as companion to
a young artist,
tiii lacrosse
mary views liN-
easily the grow-
ing interest of
her employer, _
^aaowooo
in his0uest!
and drum's son
junior,has just
overheard an
easily misinter-
preted c0nver
5ati0n !
HUMPH'. SHOULD'v'E
KNOWN I COULDN'T FOOL
you ABOUT WHAT WAS
ON MY MIND. •
MRS. WORTH
we are free,sane and21--and
we're not wasting anymore golden
days!- • this afternoon we take a
drive across the state line
study church architecture*
I ll hold you tight, inca
you swoon from shock!
be8e ba&v- DAD IS GOING TO
MARRY MRS.WORTH' i ear
tapped a little confab
between them this
sst! • - can you play
hookey from this garden
of buddin6 geniuses?-•
i've got page-one
news'
then--he
we el have some
body to take
care of heem
amd we
EETFES THE RESTING TI me
FOR THE M0DELE, JUNIOR:
we walk. IN THE
PATIO. HUH
mcp.ning
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