Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 243, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 1, 1954 Page: 4 of 6
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♦—BRECKINRIDGE AMERICAN—W KPN ESP AY, DKC. i, 1954
■aid Of Cotton To Get Glamorous
Assignment When Chosen On Jan. 4
^.P"* his 1 55 (food-will
repreientative in ceremonies here
Jan. 4, and the lovely, lucky winner
on one of the most
glamorous assignments any girl
**w dreamed of.
Each of the 20 beauties partici-
E*1!1* '•?, J*® "Maid of Cotton"
finals will be from a cotton-grow-
uig state, and entries come from as
tar apart as California and Geor-
gm.
Here are some of the awards for
tna winner:
seven-month social whirl a-
woad and in this country, where
? X • me*t more dignataries and
celebrities thna a movie estar.
Two Wardrobes Included
A complete *ummer-and-wihter
CHILDREN 10VI'EM!
View-Matter
3-D pictures
^thrill children
hours on end —
Space Cadet,
Robin Hood and other
•xcitiB* (objects /or boy. and firU.
STIRKOSCOPE
3-0 PICTURE REELS
3 FOR f|00
PEELER'S
Your Christmas Store
wardrobe made especially for her
by top designers in New York and
Paris. All will he cotton of course.
Lessons in the finer points of
poise and modeling from beauty
expert Candy Jones of New York.
And a roomful of gifts including
a new car.
Despite its glamor, the Maid's
job is a serious one—to sell the
world on cotton.
She is the official representative
of the 13 million members of the
cotton industry.
The finalists, were chosen in
state-wide contests and by judges
of the National Cotton Council,
one of the sponsoring organiza-
tions.
Typical Maid candidate is Delois
Faulkner, a blue-eyed blonde of
Oklahoma.
The daughter of a cattle ranch-
er, Miss Faulkner says she can
"talk a lot about cows," doesn't
know too much about cotton. But
she'll learn if she is the winner.
She's Strong Contender
Miss Faulkner comes from a cot-
ton-producing state, she's never
been married, she's lVs inches over
the minimum height of five feet,
five-inches and is 20 years old.
Miss Faulkner's friendly per-
sonality and easy-going manner
will make her a strong contender.
The Maid must be able to meet
people, a quality the judges will be
looking for in thei
and
leir two days of in-
chats with contest-
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terviows
ants.
Another strong contender is
! Patsy Hett of Columbus, chosen
i Georgia's Maid of Cotton. Patsy,
j whose real name is Patricia Sue, is
j a brown-eyed brunette. She is five-
feet, 9l/s inches, a nice height for
i modeling clothes.
I The Maid 'will succeed Beverly
! Pack of El Paso. Texas since 1948
' has had four of its beauties singled
out as King Cotton emissary.
your paper at home...
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DELIVERY
Circulation Dept. PHONE 302
ders to other subjects while I'm
doing the number—everything from
poetry to other songs."
Daniels, whose tortured facial
expressions and body contortions
are as much a part of his act as
his singing, first crooned "Black
Magic" at the Harlem Club in At-
lantic City about 10 years ago.
"I started singing it like every-
one else," he explained. "Then I
gaged it up with finger snapping
and throwing my arms around. The
crowd liked it so well I had to take
it serious. So I sang it the same
way the very next night.
"I didn't realize it at the time,
but 'Black Magic' was changing
my whole act. The change was
gradual at first, but after a few
months I was doing every number
along those lines.
"It's just one of those happy
things. I've done that song oil
more shows than any other artist
has ever done any one song. I'm
sure of it I keep throwing in little
twists to keep it up to date, and,
like I said, to keep from going
crazy."
The world may owe you a liv-
ing, but by the time you collect
you'll be an old man.
STARTING YOUNG—Seven -year-old Tommy Frisbie, ot For-
reston. 111., leads his Shorthorn steer into Chicago's International
Amphitheater. Tommy, so far, is the youngest exhibitor at the
55th International Livestock Shew.
Litterbugger Is
Sent To Jail And
To Pick Up Cans
By BARMAN W. NICHOLS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (13)—A
man in California was found guilty
of "ittlerbugging." That is throw-
ing things out of his car and mess-
ing up the countryside. In his case,
it was empty beer cans.
The untidy character was sen-
tenced to: 1—pick up all beer cans
along a quarter mile of highway
and 2—and sit in the jailhouse for
28 davs.
That is the sort of thing that
prompted a lot of folks, including
the American Automobile Associa-
tion, state legislatures, and offi-
cials to form keep America Beau-
tiful, Inc.
Boy Scouts have gotten into the
act. They have adopted a creed:
"I will treat the great outdoors
as a heritage to be improved for
our greater enjoyment."
The Girl Scouts have gone along
with this, too, and pledge them-
selves to keep trash and garbage
out of America's waters, fieids,
and roadways.
The "litterbug" thus came into
being and is being distributed
around the country. It is a water-
BEWARE!
WATCH OUT FOR THE FAST
TALKING SALESMAN
Every year about this time, out-of-town salesmen make their appearance in this
territory. Any reputable lumber dealer can tell you what happens next! People
complain about being charged outrageous prices . . . complain about inferior
materials and poor workmanship. So we issue this friendly warning: BE ON
YOUR GUARD AGAINST HIT-AND-RUN SELLING TACTICS . . . DON'T BE
HIGH-PRESSURED INTO BUYING A ROOF OR A SIDING JOB AT DOUBLE
REGULAR PRICES . .. ABOVE ALL, G E T A QUOTATION FROM YOUR
LOCAL LUMBER DEALER .. . BEFORE YOU BUY. Any reliable lumber yard
will be happy to give you an estimate without cost or obligation.
THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD PAY /
ROOFING:
Roofing is sold by the bundle or by the
square. It takes three bundles or one square
to cover an area 10 * 10 feet. An average
sise roof, completely applied, should cost
about $0.39 Per Month.
SIDING:
Asbestos cement siding is the most popu-
lar type. This is also sold by the square. An
average home, can be resided, Including all
labor charges for as little as $11.19 Per
Month. This includes insulation.
THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD GET
No. 1 quality 215 ponnd shingles. The
latest colors and patterns (no discontinued
lines or factory seconds.) Applied by local
workmen and sold by local merchants, who
will be right here to back np • guarantee or
complete satisfaction
First Grade Asbestos Siding. All siding
looks good when it is first applied. But it
takes first quality materials, skillfully ap-
plied, to hold up year after year. Because
we are here in town to stay, we take pains
to see that everything's okay. We want you
to be a satisfied customer for years to
come.
LUMBER COMPANIES FOR ESTIMATES OF YOUR JOB !
SEE ONE OF THESE Reliable Hometown
MECKENRIDGE LUMBER COMPANY
700 E. WALKER PHONE 270
CLAY BUILDING MATERIALS COMPANY
203 N. ROSE PHONE 281
HIGGINBOTHAM - BARTLETT COMPANY
10) W. WILLIAMS PHONE 200
ROCKWELL BROS. & COMPANY
402 N. BRECKENRIDGE PHONE 177
proof little sack, distributed bv the
AAA and others. The first one I
saw came from the Inland Auto-
mobile Association, which -distrib-
uted it in co-operation with the
Spokane, Wash., Daily Chronicle.
There is a big sign on the out-
side of the waxed bag. It says:
"This is your trash bag. Please
use it as a container for your
waste paper, tin cans, bottles and
othe.r debris."
There is some other literature.
It suggests that if you are travel-
ing you can deposit the bag in gar-
bage cans when you stop for lunch
along the highways. Or find a con
where it can be dumped at motels
—or gas stations.
A lot of communities already
have joined the drive.
Newspapers, like the Los Ange-
les Mirror and others have printed
editorials charging that "litterbugs
are messing up the roads again."
The New York Herald Tribune
titled its piece "for a cleaner
America."
Singer Daniels
Sings His Song
10,000th Time
By VERNON SCOTT
LAS VEGAS, Nev., Dec. 1
Singer Billy Daniels was presented
with a cuke this week comemorat-
ing the 10,000th time he's sung
"That Old Black Magic"—a ditty
he's parayed into a million-dollar
career.
It's not that Bill's kept track of
the number of times he's belted
out the song that made him fa-
mous. The vocalist leaves the coun-
try soon, and the El Rancho Vegas
Hotel thought it would be nice to
give him a combination sroing-
away and "Black Magic" party.
"Lord knows how many times
I've sung that song," Billy says.
"But it seems like a million.
Everywhere I go people yell for it.
"It's gotten so I can't stand the
song. I have more than 10 differ-
ent arrangements • of it—just to
br.eak the monotony. My mind wan-
ROCKET - Dr. Uichi.u W.
Porter is the new president of
the American Rocket Society.
He is general manager o£ the
General Electric Company's
juicied missiles department i.i
Schenectady, N. V.
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Football Crowds
Show 6.28 Gain
NEW YORK, Dec. 1 (EE)—Col-
lege football attendance showed an
increase of 6.28 per cent this sea-
son with the biagest gains in the
Rocky Mountains, the Southwest
and the East, the annual United
Press survey revealed Wednes-
day.
The tabulation of home crowds
from 122 colleges showed a total
of 13.749.667 fans attended 599
games in th« 1954 campaign as
■ayafiMfififi
against 12.937,124 fans who turned
out tor 598 games in the 1953 sea-
san.
Every section showed an in-
crease except the Midlands area' !
where crowds wei'e off 3.60 per
cent. In the Rockies when* inter-
est had reached a new peak there
was an increase of 17.66 ppr cent;
in attendance, in the Southwest it \
was up 12.33 per cent am I*in the
East 10.67 per cent. The Far West
showed an upswing of 5.83 per;
cent, the Midwest 5.69 per cent,,
and the South 2.34 per cent.
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Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 243, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 1, 1954, newspaper, December 1, 1954; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth134945/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.