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BRECK EN RIDGE, TEXAS—SUNDAY, MARCH 24. 1957
PRICE DAILY S CENTS SUNDAY 16 CENTS
TOP GIRL S('OI'T COOKIE SALESMEN—Above are pictured ten Girl Scouts and one Brownie, who
sold 4H or more boxea of cookies in the recent sale. They ar--. left to rijjht, bottom row, Cathy Draper
(Brownie), Denise Wood, Trudy Thomas, Sandra Funderburp, Wanda Richardson, Joyce Coats. Top
row, Charlotte Garrett, Jan Hart, Mary Anr Sil ver, Carol Caudle and Judy Warren, all from Troop 4.
★ ★ ★
Breck Purchased
3*254 Cookies In
Girl Scouts Sale
The Girl Scout* of Breckenridge
wish to thank the townspeople for
their cooperation during the
fourth annual cookie sale.' com-
pleted March ft. The sale was held
throughout the Heart of Texas
Girl Scout Council and enjoyed
(Treat success.
Through this sale, the girls
learned how to carry out a simple
business transaction as well as
practice in "living" their premise
and laws. Mrs. O. H. Iteaugh,
Cookie Chairman, announced that
the people of Breckenridge bought
a total of .'{,-'>4 boxes of cookies
during the nine day sale. The
troops in the community will keep
approximately 25'/« of the proceeds
and the remainder will be used for
widening the camping facilities at
Camp Wood Lake, the Council's
established camp at Lake Brown-
wood. By means of this sale, more
and better cartip.ng will be avail-
able for moie girls than ever be
fore. . . «■
Troops 4, 9, 12 and 14 received
their Troop A«aid for averaging
16 boxes per g<rl. These awards
were made available through the
Council's Central Cookie Commit-
tee.
Troop 4, under the leadership of
Mrs. Lay Wotxl ami Mrs. A. L.
Silvers sold 72# boxes.
Rodeo Association
Sets Show Dates
The Stephens County Rodeo As-
sociation met Friday night, elected
officers, and set the dates for the
1957 rodeo as June 13, 14 and 15.
Truman Robertson was elected
president, succeeding himself; Wel-
don and Joe Rogers, vice presi-
dents; James G. H. Harrell, secre-
tary; and, Hob F'adgett treasurer.
Directors eK other than those
already mentioTK.*^ were J. R. Coo-
dy Jr., D. D. Doty, Alex Fambro,
Billy Sam Fambro, A. H. Miller,
Harris Veale, Monroe VraJe, At-
kins Wright and D. R. Wright.
Seen or Heerd
By C. M. H.
We thought the wind was blow-
ing hard here Saturday until we
saw that gusts reached H3 miles
an hoar in New Mexico and the
Panhandle No change in Red
(><** figures Saturday—fund still
not at halfway mark We are
still wondering if we will have the
legendary "Easter Spell."
Mrs. C. B. Geldmeier, Nacogdoch-
es, sister of Mrs. Grady Day of
Breckenridge, won a Buick automo-
bile in a newspaper contest there
....Francis Dunnigan said "if you
have to quote me, I will nay Hire
ki ni have a better1 football team
t year" No fires, no arrests.
The Jay Thompsons art to leave
Sunday, for. Marlin. where. Mr.
• Thompson will be connected with
radio station KMLW A dog
With license tag Not 328 has been
picked up by the city and will be
held for owner until Tuesday
Mrs. H. H. McBride, here Saturday,
remarked she came back to get
a permanent.
W. A. Corkrell will address Ro-
tarians here Tuesday on "The Mak-
ing of a Man" R. I. McArron
returned from Arlington with a
parking ticket—they do not give
courtesy tickets there Rufus
Thurmon, U. S. Bonds sales city
, chairman, and yours truly will go
> to the annual district meeting tn
Abilene Wednesday evening—Ste-
phens county exceeding its quota..
. .And, one still never knows what
* a day will bring forth.
Thought For The Moment: Lose
mm hoar in the MMrnfng and you
will be all day hunting fir "
How To Pby Safe During
Tornadoes Told To Lions
Tornado forecasting .'ind what to
do in ease of an approaching storm
was the information brought to the
Breckenridge Lions Club Friday
noon by C. E. Sitchler, meteorolo-
gist in charge ofthe weather bu-
reau at Abilene.
Sitchler stated that frame houses
appear safer than masonry, but un-
less a householder can go into a
storm cellar, which is the safest
of all refuges, windows and doors
County Growers
Planting Clover
And Terracing
Conservation activities for the past
week within the Lower Clear fork
.Soil Conservation District have
consisted largely of the seeding of
Madrid Clover and native grasses.
Native grasses and Madrid clover
should be planted by April 1.
Eugene Tipton is having ter-
races constructed on his ranch
15 miles northwest of Brecken-
ridge. He is building level ridge
terraces with the ends left open.
This type of terrace will help to
hold moisture on the land where
it falls, as well as helping to pre
vent erosion. Mr. Tipton is also
building a diversion above the
field to keep outside water off the
field.
Now is a good time to terrace
fields that are not seeded to small
grains, soil conservation agents
said. Barney Holder, who farms
in the Oakley Community, has
sede dthirty acres of native grass-
es.
J. Q. Corbett is bulldozing sev-
eral hundred acres of brush on
his ranch north of Caddo. Corbett
is seeding native grasses in the
holes where the trees have been
grubbed out. He plans to defer
the pastures during the spring and
summer months to allow the
grasses to seed and spread to sur-
rounding areas.,
—Vote for Martin Dies, pd-pol—
Texas Solon Dies
Pf Heart Attach
AUSTIN (AP)—State Represen-
tative Charles Bietman Jr., of
Nacogdoches collapsed at his desk
in the House Chamber Saturday
morning and died at a hospital a
few minutes later.
The 55-year-old state lawmaker
was given oxygen soon after he
slumped at his desk in the nearly-
deserted house chamber. The Legis-
lature was in recess.
Heitman's doctor said a heart
attack was the cause of death.
Representative Bill Cline Jr., of
Wharton, working at a nearby
desk, called an ambulance when
he saw that hi« fellow lawmaker
had collapsed.
Hcftman was married and had
an Pfliar-old son. His family was
at home in Nacogdoches. He was
serving his second term in the
House of representatives.
of any building should be thrown
open on the opposite side of the
house from which the storm is .ap-
proaching. when a storm warning
fcs received.
A basement under the house is
usually a safe place during a storm,
but there may be a danger there
from a broken gas line. If the
householder has time th*> water
and gas should be cut off before
going into a basement cellar.
Of all things, the bathtub was
said to be the next safe place. How-
ever, this will be safe only for
about one person so the sides rrvty
offer protection from falling debris.
Otherwise, the advice was to go
to the southwest corner of the
building and lie down against the
basement board. In answer to a
question. Sitchler said a Gar is not
a very safe place. He said in this
case to turn and drive at right ang-
les to the approaching storm as
soon as possible.
Prior to 1950 the weather bu-
reaus' had no system of giving
warnings of storms. Nowadays ra-
dar, radio, citizens, and highway
patrolman are used to gather the
information upon which a warning
is based. When a citizen telephones
the weather bureau that a tor-
nado funnel has been seen, or it is
seen on radar, highway patrolmen
are alerted to secure further in-
formation. This then is given to ra-
dio stations which broadcast the
warning.
Tornadoes come both with and
without rain, and only steel rein-
forced buildings seem able to stand
against them.
The speaker showed a number of
slides of pictures taken of torna-
does, which emphasized the fact
that they may occur anywhere.
Sitchler said it is hoped to hold
a meeting here to organize Breck-
enridge for tornado alerts .is has
been the case in other areas. He
was introduced by Phil McCandlies,
program chairman, Howard Swan-
son, president presiding.
—Vote for Martin Dies, pd-pol—
Fire Breaks Out
After Earthquake
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
San Francisco and the bay area
were buffeted again early today by
sharp aftershock of Friday's big
earthquakes.
A three-alarm fire in midtown
San Francisco followed the Tremor,
which jolted many residents out of
their sleep shortly after midnight,
west coast time. But fire officials
said the blaze was probably not
caused by the quake. Fifty persons
were routed and three suffered
slight injuries in the fire.
The aftershock was followed by
several less severe tremors. Fri-
day's Quakes jolted San Francisco
and the Bay area, injuring 30 per-
sons and causing minor but wide-
spread damage.
Phone HI 9-4421 for Oxygen
Equipped ambulance service.
Satterwhite Funeral Home.
National Guard Seeks Sweetheart
The local National Guard unit,
Battery B, is looking for the pret-
tiest girl in Breckenridge to be
their sweetheart, and to represent
the company in the Miss 49th Di-
vision contest. The contest will be
in the new armory building Fri-
day, April 5, at fi:00 p. m., and
the contestants will be in formats.
Qualifications are that the girl
must be single, between 17 and
24 years old, and sponsored and
entered by a member of the 49th
Armored Division. She must be
eligible to travel to North Fort
Hood for the crowning ceremonies
if chosen 49th Division Sweetheart.
The winner here wilt he selected
by a team of five local judges and
will receive a winner's cop. Two
rummv-op will receive console-
tion prizes. The winner's picture
will be submitted for judging in
the battery contest, and the win-
ner of the Battery will be entered
in the division contests. The di-
vision sweetheart is to be crown-
ed during summer camp, June 8.
at North Fort Hood.
Alton Roan conducting the
Buckaroo Stage Band will enter-
tain at the contest and will also
play for the teen canteen dance
following the beauty contest in the
armory hall. Alt adults and teen
agers are invited to stay for the
dance.
Those * seeking further informa-
tion are asked to call Tom Seely
at the high school, HI 9-3077, or
Sgt Ray Alexander at the Na-
tional Guard Armory, HJ 9-4021.
Plans Complete
For Convention
Of Legionnaires
Plans have been completed here
for the spring convention of the
17th District, American Legion,
G. A. Bills, Bernice Coles Post
commander, announces. The dates
are April 13-14, inclusive, meet-
ings to be held at Legion Hall.
Registration will begin at 1:00
p. m., Saturday, April 13, at the
Legion Home, 611 East Walker
Street. ,
A Stag Party with plenty of re-
freshments will be held Saturday
afternoon at the Legion 'Home
from 3:00 to 5:30 p. m.
There will be a dance in the
Legion Auditorium Saturday night
—This you can't afford to miss.
Sunday morning registration
will begin at 8:00 a. m. There will
be a joint meeting of the Auxil-
iary and Legion starting promtply
at 10:00 a. m. We have secured
the Honorable Drew S. Clifton of
Fort Worth, who will speak on
our most pressing problems of to-
day. He will bring us facts that
will astound most of us and im-
press everyone of our most urgent
present day problems.
Lunch will be served at 12:15
p. m., and we assure you the food
will be good, the quantity unlim-
ited, and refreshments too.
The Convention business session
will be called by Commander Cyrus
B. Cathey immediately after lunch.
Election of new district officers
is scheduled to be held at this
time.
A letter sent out to the legion-
naires states "hotel and motel fa-
cilities are adequate. We are ex-
pecting a large representation."
—Vote for Martin Dies, pd-pol—
Policeman Hurt
Taking In Dog
Will C. Poston, city dog catcher,
was reported to be improving Sat-
urday after a tussle with a dog
last Tuesday. Police Chief Bob
Whitley said that Poston was us-
ing his own car last Tuesday while
He had picked up a big black dog
and put the dog in the back seat
of the Buick and stopped to check
on calls with the dispatcher at the
fire station.
When fofltim returned to his car,
the dog had jumped into the front
seat and as he opened the door, the
dog jumped at him trying to es-
cape. Poston was knocked to the
ground and wrenched his left knee.
The knee swelled and the doctor or-
dered him to bed.
The dog didn't get away, though.
Poston got a grip on his ears and
held on until some of the firemen
came to help him.
ANNUAL SENION CAREEN
NAY SUTEN WEDNESDAY
Two len Given
Pen Sentences
In Local Court
M. L. Owens and Clyde Dean
Hodges were tried in District Court
Friday morning and received sen-
tences of two years and five years
probated respectively. Both plead-
ed guilty before Judge Floyd Jones.
Owens, 20, who was returned
from the prison system at Hunts-
ville for trial. Testimony introduc-
ed by District Attorney E. H. Grif-
fin of Olney showed that Owens
cashed a check for merchandise
and cash for the balance to Jess
Chaney at W. T. Dupree's service
station December 31, 1956. The
check was in the amount of $21.50
made payable to Owens and signed
"j. E. Cox, Jr." Payment on the
check was refused at the bank be-
cause of an unauthorized signa-
ture, and the grand jury subse-
quently charged Owens with for-
gery and of knowingly passing a
forged instrument in writing. The
defendent signed a waiver of ap-
peal and was sentenced to serve
two yerxrs in the penintentiary.
Clyde Hodges, 26. was charged
with the burglary of Park-In-Gro-
cery on the night of December 29,
1956. Testimony at the trial was
to the effect that Hodges and Ho-
ward Coy (Joe) Knight entered
the bock of the grocery and were
seen by the night watchman Elton
Jones as they were leaving with
merchandise in their aims. Jones
gave chase and Hodges fell in a
pit or cistern behind the Breck
Ice Company, up to his neck and
was taken.
Defendent took the stand and
stated that he had never been
charged or convicted of a felony
before, and that he had served three
and a half years in the combat en-
gineers. Judge Jones found him
guilty and assessed the punishment
at five years- in the penitentiary.
However, the Judge probated the
sentence and delivered a lengthy
warning to Hodges to stay out of
trouble or have his probation re-
voked.
A case set for Friday charging
Aaron Kenneth Notgrass with three
indictments for forgery and at-
tempting to pass a false instru-
ment in writing was postponed by
Judge Jones until April 8.
Two Meetings Called In Short Prefer
LITTLE LEAME ACTIVITIES
TO IE WE TINS NEK
Breckenridge Little League pro-
gram and plans will be revealed
this week to all boys between the
ages of eight and twelve years of
age, when President Tom Seely and
player's agent, O. P. Parrish, visit
the schools to hand out registration
cards.
This year will mark the beginn-
ing of the eighth year of Little
League play in Breckenridge, and
Thursday night there will be a
meeting of all boys and their par-
ents, managers, coaches nd umpires
at Legion Hall in prepartion for
Spring Trining Camp w^iich will
begin Monday April 1. All boys who
wish to begin playing in Little
League as well as those who al-
ready belong to teams are requested
to be at this meeting where new-
rules and other plans will be dis-
cussed.
Tuesday night at the Y. M. C. A.
at 7:30 there w-ilt be a called meet-
ing for all managers coaches, um-
pires and officers to complete the
plans for the season. The following
are the managers and coaches an-
nounced by Richard Wood, vice-
president in charge of managers:
Joe Knight and Toby Tolbert, Red
Sox; B. Strong and Clyde Edwards,
Missions, Biliie Sam Fambro, Gi-
ants; N. H. Bryant and Ray Caudle,
Sports; Carl McMahan, Graford
Wolfe and John Hogan, Yankees;
HrOner Bell, Cats; Floyd Byrd and
Teamster Union
Probe Is Ended
(By ASSOCIATED PRESS)
tn Washington, the Senate rack-
ets committee has wound up for
the time geing its hearings on
activities of Teamster Union of-
ficials on the West Coast. During
the two weeks of the hearings,
the committee heard testimony
linking some West Coast officials
of the union with alleged efforts
to take over vice profits in Port-
land, Oregon. There also were
charges that some of these offi-
cials dipped into union funds to
pay for their homes, racing stables
and other personal items. At the
windup of the hearings. Commit-
tee Chairman John McClellan list-
ed more than J700,000 in Team-
ster Union funds which he said
were either lost, misappropriated,
unaccounted for, or
O. H. Reaugh, Cardinals; H. L.
Gunlook, Eagles; J. T. Pack and I.
V. Alexander, Cubs; Aaron Me-
haffey and Jody Howard, Buffs;
Robin Romminger, Tigers; Oilers to
be announced after meeting.
Sponsors for the Little League
teams this year are:
Red Sox. Lions Club; Giants, Pop-
ular Store; Yankees, First National
Bank; Cubs, Ewing Christian Hdwe.
Co.; Cardinals, Warren Petroleum
Co.; and Tigers, Bowen Drug Co.;
Missions, Quarterback Club; Sports,
Elks Club; Cats, United Pipe and
Metal; Eagles, Breckenridge Insur-
ance Exchange; Buffs, Brecken-
ridge American; and Oilers, Baum's
Fashion Shop.
H-SU Group To
Be Heard Here
The Life Service Band of Hard-
in-Simmons University will con-
duct both worship services at the
First Baptist Church, Sunday. The
speaker for the morning service
will be Dab Pierce, Hobbs, New
Mexico. The speaker for the even-
ing service will be Dave Fillpot,
Dodson, Texas. Orvil Gray, Carls-
bad, New Mexico, will direct the
song service and Miss Gail Pat-
rick, Denton, will be pianist. At
the organ will be Chan Edmon-
ston, Comanche, Texas. Testimony
will be by Carolyn Cox, McCamey,
Texas. Trie young people will fill
the chair for both services. There
will be a seminar discussion dur-
ing Training Union. Fellowship
supper for all young people of the
church will be served at 5:30 by
the Youth Activities Committee.
BILL BLACK
nrsmtANci
1M N. Court Phone HI 9-4434
PRESENTS
Partly deadly and colder Sat-
urday night. Sunday fair and
colder. Lowest Saturday night
30 to 4* la this area. Law Sat-
urday morning 39, High Friday
77.
TWO CAREER DAY FIGURES—Bill Pitzer, left, is chairman of
the Chamber of Commerce Education Committee, which with school
officials, is sponsoring the Career Day here for seniors Wednesday,
and John Whitcomb, right, Ft. Worth, will speak to the gathering
at the First Christian Church Wednesday morning.
Christian Church
To Have Dinner
Program Monday
The entire membership of the
First Christian Church is invited
to attend the pot luck supper Mon-
day evening at 7 o'clock when a
pot luck dinner will be served
and the program "Capital for
Kingdom Building presented." The
dinner will be served by the ladies
of the church, the program spon-
sored by the Christian Men's Fel-
lowship."
Speaker for the occasion will be
Dr. George Davis, pastor of the
First Christian Church of Wichita
Falls, an outstanding figure of the
denomination who probably has
often been heard on the air bring-
ing the Sunday morning devotional
in Wichita Falls.
"Capital For Kingdom Building"
is a brotherhood program to aid
in missionary work over and a-
bove that furnished by the denomi-
nation and the local group has democratic convention."
GOP Candidate
Declares For
State Rights
Candidate for U. S. Senator,
Thad Hutchenson, met with local
supporters, press and a number of
citizens in the Burch Hotel Fri-
day afternoon and answered ques-
tions and described his campaign
viewpoints. He was flanked by
Mrs. Ross Elliott who introduced
him, and Mrs. Alice Morrison, the
assistant county republican chair-
man.
Prior to the meeting an Ameri-
can reporter asked Mr. Hutcheson
about the statement by one of his
apponents that he was in favor of
centralized government. Mr. Hut-
cheson replied, "It isn't so, and he
knows it. I worked on the Republi-
can platform committee at the Na-
tional Convention for planks in that
platform acceptable to the south.
I believe Martin Diss didn't lift
a finger for states rights at the
pledged a contribution over a pe-
riod of three years.
Missionaries have been sent into
the field greatly handicapped many
times by limited support which
does not always provide a place
to live, hospital facilities, church
buildings, missionary schools,
equipment for the work, and re-
pair of existent facilities. This
additional capital will furnsh tools
for the task, it was explained.
—Vote for Martin Dies, pd-pol—
Howling Storm
Hits Panhandle
(By ASSOCIATED PRESS)
A Howling snowstorm blanketed
most of the Panhandle Saturday
and caused highway traffic pile-
ups at a number of points.
Ice-slicked roads were blamed
for a traffic jam between Adrian
and the New Mexico state line
where at one time approximately
70 cars were reported stalled.
Highway patriomen said the jam
was caused when several cars
skidded off and across the ice-
slicked pavement holding up cars
in both directions.
Similar pile-ups were reported
on the highway leading to Clayton,
New Mexico, State Highway 136
between Amarillo and Fritch, U. S.
Highway 287 between Amarillo
and Claude and on U. S. Highway
66 east of Amarillo.
Four inches of snow had fal-
len at mid-morning at "pearman
and 2 inches at Dalhart. At Tex-
homa at the northern edge of the
Panhandle snow drifts from 12 to
18 inches had piled up in city
streets.
Howling winds that btew in
gusts up to 40 miles an hour whip-
ped the snow and cut visibility to
zero at some points in the Pan-
handle.
Temperatures generally were
just below the freezing mark. Dal-
hart at mid-morning had 30 de-
grees and Amarillo 31.
While snow covered the Pan-
handle, dust, hail and rain spread
over other sections of the state.
East Ward 4 H
Has Game Meet
hy LESTER KCPERMAN
The East Ward Yellow Jacket
4-.H Club met Friday at 1:50 p.
m. on the East Ward Playground.
Instead of the regular meeting,
we played games. The games were
as follows: "Chase the Bear,"
"Kangaroo and Elephant" and
"Dog and Squirrel."
Meeting was dismissed.
licit to honesty, ^
TraaMwQ-Swanson Insurance
In answer to a question by Bob
Housel. Hutcheson said that he
was against federal aid to educa-
tion. He was firm in his stand to
vote to reorganize the senate and
work for conservative republican
eontrol of committees.
Commissioner C. D. Dofflemyer
asked the candidate, "If elected,
what are you cping.to do about all
this spending? The reply was that
he would vote to support Sen. Brid-
ges' plan to cut three billion dollars
from the proposed budget.
Mr. Hutcheson left Breckenridge
to meet with supporters in Weath-
erford and continue to Fort Worth
Friday night.
—Vote for Martin Dies, pd-pol—
Charles N. Raney
Makes Honor List
Charles Nolan Raney, son of Mr.
and Mrs. D. B. Raney has made
Dean W. R. Wootrich's Honor list
in the College of Engineering at
the University of Texas for the
1956-57 fall semester. Raney's rat-
ing on the honor list was "Amphi
Cum Laude" which is a notch or
two above the Cum Laude group.
Students Will
Meet Here Fran
Cities Of Area
Wednesday morning beginning
at 9:45 o'clock the third annual
Breckenridge Career Day will be
staged here.
This is a movement staged here
annually to permit students to leant
first hand about careers they are
contemplating taking up, and is
held here to prevent their having
to go to similar courses offered
by colleges.
Career Day is sponsored by the
education committee of the Cham-
ber of Commerce and school of-
ficials and is for Breckenridge
seniors and those of surrounding
towns and cities. Last year 150
came from neighboring places, and
that many, or more, are expected
Wednesday, Eighty-three seniors
here have selected two conferences
they will attend to determine if
they are right in what they wish
to do, each student being required
to attend two as first and second
choice. The conferences are con-
ducted by men of the profession
they wish to learn about, these to
be in various places about town.
Before opening the conferences
all will gather at the First Chris-
tian Church for an opening pro-
grams. At this gathering main ad-
dress will be by John Whitcomb,
Ft. Worth, division superintendent
of Southwestern Bell telephone
company.
Whitcomb directs Southwestern
Bell Telephone Company's com-
mercial department operations in
the firms large Northwest Division,
covering almost 100 citfes and
towns throughout West Texas and
the Panhandle.
He was born in England but
grew up in the midwest and is a
graduate of Topeka High School,
Topeka, Kansas.
He attended Washburn College
and tne LTnited States Military
Academy. His degree fs from Wash-
burn College.
The program at the Church, will
be presided over by Robt. Housel
of the Chamber of Commerce; the
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FARM POPULATION DROPS
25% IN 15 YEARS
U. S. farm population, which
stood at 30 millions in 1940, was
estimated at only 22 millions last
year. But today's farms on the
average are larger, with more ma-
chinery and much greater produc-
tive capacity.
To buy or sell farm machinery,
order an American Classified Ad.
Phone HI 9-4412.
Lengthy Illness
Proves Fatal
Claybourne Corvin Clifton, 73,"
died at his home, 410 W. Fourth,
Saturday morning at 1:15, after a
three-year illness. He moved here
from Farmersville about three
years ago. but had lived in Breck-
enridge intermittently for the
past twenty years.
He is survived by his wife,
Myrtle Era, and five sons. The
sons are James of Snyder, George
of Breckenridge, Kenneth of Stam-
ford, Hollis of Point Reyes, Calif.,
and Johnny A. Clifton of Dallas.
Seven daughters also survive: Mrs.
Alice Wooten, Mrs. Tabitha Baker;
Miss Jennie Clifton, Mrs. Ivy Bell
O'Brian, all of Dallas; Mrs. Jewell
Lindley of Levelland, Mrs. Joyce
Miller of Arcadia, and Mrs. Sadie
Andrews of Lamesa; and one step-
daughter, Frances Rogers of Okla-
homa City.
Arrangements are pending at the
Satterwhite Funeral Home.
One Admitted To
Local Hospital
Stephens Memorial Hospital re-
ports one admission: Mrs. D. D.
Odell, medical.
Dismissals included Edna Mae
Rodgers, Mrs. Cecil Sutton, Mrs.
Myrtle Taylor, Mrs. T. L,. Potts,
Charlie Taylor, Glen Whitaker,
Mrs. Glen Whitaker and baby, Mrs.
Glenn Robinson and baby.
Homeowners 01 City Warned Against
Spring Rackets Deal Dy Local C-C
Robert E. Housel, secretary of
the Breckenridge Chamber of Com-
merce, today alerts residents of
Breckenridge against spring rock-
ets which plague homeowners.
Citing a bulletin from the Na-
tional Better Business Bureau, with
which the Chamber is affiliated,
Housei stated that a small group
of questionable operators take ad-
vantage of spring weather to perpe-
trate various hoaxes on the unsus-
pecting public. These gyps who
constitute only small minority of
the various trades and industries
in which they engage, have long
been a persistent source of public
complaint, according to Mr."
Phony "tree surgeons," f
fake "humus" or lawn
bogus "termite experts" and
"roofing experts" are the types
of itinerant swindlers who
*fyrv$efr tfe* bcupe ewoey
spring, Mr. Housel. Stated.
The Chamber of Commerce would
like espeCrilly to call to the atten-
tion local homeowners a new City
Ordinance in effect since January
rendering it unlawful to pursue-
certain occupations within the cor-
porate limits of the City of Breck-
enridge without first obtaining a
license. This license covers prac-
tically every occupation and the
homeowners should become accus-
tomed to asking to see this license.
Housel also warned against of-
fers of combination storm windows
and doors at extremely tow prices.
A minority of unscrupulous firms'
in tfie field. Mr. Housel stated, use
these otters as "baft" and then
try to jgwitch theJwJineoaaCT to a
offers for flowers and bulbs hav«
rrninii fin hn n ,
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Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 59, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 24, 1957, newspaper, March 24, 1957; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth135528/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.