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BRECKENRIDGE. TEXAS—SI NDAY. Jl'LY 21, 1957
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Boy Scouts On
Way Home From
Valley Forge
RrerWenndge Boy Scout
ing from the hiJambore
ley h*>(ge iirc to arr.ve
Worth Monday, some to
there inil be met by parents,
others to detrain later at Brown-
wood. Those making the trip from
here ate Gerald Machen, I>avni
Kuperman. raid it- Clark, Ross M •
rill, I-irry Kimberlin, Mackie Me
A rron. Jimmy Fix. David Clark:
and Scoutmaster James Fox.
Account received indicates the
boys really had what they have;
termed a wonderful time.
Congressman O. C. Fisher and |
'his secretary, Joe H. Swanner, met
the special train as it arrived in
Washington five hours late Mon-
day evening July 8. The Congress-
man met the group again Tuesday
morning at the Capitol building
a id v siti^l with them for a whil"
and for pictures.
In Washington the group visited
the Capitol, White House, Arling-
ton National Cemetery, Lincoln
an^l Jefferson Memorials.
Troop 111 of the Comanche Trail
C uncil, also visited New York
City on July II. While in the big
city they attended a three-hour
show at Radio City Music Mall and
also witnessed the te|e\ ision rti the j
show "Today." They also had tours
of the I'nited Nations and Rocke-
feller Center including a visit to!
the 70-story Observation Tower j
atop the center. One of the high-
lights of the New York trip was
a visit aboard the replica of the i
Mayflower that recently made the I
trip across the Atlantic from Plym-
outh, England. The Scouts met the
ciew that made the voyage anil:
tri<-d some "swapping" w ith them I
but had little luck.
On the night of July 12 the Co-
manche Trail Scouts marched with j
&II.IKKI other Scouts to the big j
arena to hear Vice-President Nixon |
speak and see the Valley Forge j
l'ageant. Also they sat through I
an hour long 'fireworks display. j
. Making the trip with the con-
tingent are thtee Scouts from the
Council on their way to the Jubilee
Jamboree in Fngland. They are: j residue management and utilixa-
Tom ''ody (,rave* of Goldthwaite tjon is one of the most important
Petit Jury List
Drawn With 23
Names Of Women
<1 Mi A
tin- past two weeks at
s in the (iirls Summer
s in action. Mrs. Robin
Marie Tipton. Others,
innel
<;|RLS ACADEMY SOAK
tunes has pies, nt-d busy .m-
Academy undei way. \bove
Rominger, :nstrictor, is !• "
left to tight, are Teddy Jane Hrown, Sheila McConnell, Aitie Frances
C«'X. and l.ouann Feirel, with l>ian Rills peeping'from behind. Those
farther behind could not be identified.
SUMER ACADEMY FOR GIRLS
DECLARED MOST SDCCESSflL
Bv
MKRLK HOIRKRT
Am erica n Staff
In r**cMunition thp ru'^H *
special summer activities for girl
(iirl's Summer Ac;nit*mv has
Returning Crop
Residue To Soil
Held Important
The bond of supervisors of the
louver Clear Fork Soil Conserva-
tion District remind the farmers
in this district of the importance |
of crop residue management. Crop]
Hint Clinton Arthur and Larry
Jones of Stephenville. Also rep-
resenting the Council are Dr. T. C.
Craves of Goldthwaite who is sen
ing as assistant Health Ixxige Su-
pervisor in Section -- and Dabney
Kennedy who is serving on the
Order of the Arrow Service Corps
at Ceneral Headquarters.
leaders of the Comanche Trail
Contingent a<e: Sam R. Ktter of
BrownwiHMi as Scoutmaster; O. E.
Winebrenner of Brownwood and
James V. Fox < <" Breckenridge as
Assistant Scoutmasters.
Names For Grand
Jury Are Drawn
Sixteen names have been drawm
ironi which to select a Stephens
1'iinty grami jury. Those diawn,
I ho ar- to report Friday, are as
(follows:
Mrs. Charles Groseclose, Nap
Thomas, C. W. Waller, R. D. Smith,
Mrs. T. P. Mohley, H. R. Key,
Roger C. Carey, J. B. Rickels, W.
M Emmons. Paul F. Flynn, T. E.
Robertson, Mrs. Dan O. Trigg, J.
A. Bryant, Mrs. I). L. Jenkins,
Rev. Nathaniel Foster, and Gra-
ford Wolfe.
practices in the 'farming opera-
tions.
The proper utilization of crop
residues is one of man's ways of
returning hack some of the plant
foods he has taken from the soil.
Most farmers in this district re
port that they get the best results
by leaving the rrop residues in the
upper five inches of the soil's spr-
|'."ace rather than turning it com-
i p'etely under.
The crop residue left on top of
| the soil or in the top few inches
acts as a harrier against the winds,
and helps to keep the soil particles
from blowing. It also helps to pre-
vent water erosion.
Crop residues on or near the
surface helps break up the beating
and packing effect of falling ram-
protect the. soil
Phone HI 9-4421 for Oxygen
Equipped ambulance serrlce.
StIUrvlilU Funeral H
1 conducted on an experimental basis
the past two weeks, under the
•f ' auspices of the Breckinridge Boy's
s, | ( hoir Board of Directors. The re-
11 | stilts were overwhelming, with over
;mi girls in attendance, trom < to lo
| years of age.
The three local ladies who con-
tributed time and talent in work-
| ing with the girls, were Mrs. Ben
J. Dean, Jr., director of the Boy's
Choii, Mrs. W. R. Black, president
of the Boys' Choir Board of Direc-
tors. and Mrs. R. L. Rominger,
last year's president of that organ-
ization.
Forty-minute classes were con-
ducted 'from 8::t0 to 11:50 each
morning five days a week, for two
weeks. Music classes, including
singing and sketches of musical
history, were taught by Mrs. Dean.
The central personality chosen for
study was Johann Sebastian Bach.
Mrs. Dean discussed interesting
highlights of the composer's life,
in order that the girls could better
understand his music which they
sang.
Speech Classes Too
Speech classes were taught by
M rs. Black who assisted'each girl
in correcting speech defects and
faulty pronunciation. The girls
were instructed in choral speaking,
pantomiming, and story telling.
The group wrote original poeni3
which they read in class. Also in-
cluded in this phase of study, were
lessons in good manners.
Mrs. Rominger taught art and
modeling classes. In art work the
girls were given lessons in pre-
spective and were shown prints of
great artists' works. They were
given art supplies with which they
made their own still life and char-
sketches. During the
A list of sixty names, twenty-
three < r them women, has been j
drawn for petit jury service, those
selected to report for service on j
Monday, July 3.
Settings in the 90th District j
Court show fifteen persons charg
ed, with burglar leading the in-
dictments.
The cases and charges are a-
gainst Jim Boh Weatherford. theft;
Henry Cretsinger, attempt at bur-1
glary and th>'. t; I,ee Adams, at-
tempt at burglary and theft;
Aaron Notgrass, forgery and at-1
tempt, three counts; Alfred Bait-|
ley Jr., burglary; Joe Jay Weaver, |
burglary; L. H. Turner, swindling;
Clinton Ray Harley, murder; Sid- j
ney Scantling, fraud; Robeit ,
(ieorge Wilson. failure to support
minors; Leroy Roberts, burglary;
Frank Dale Rice, burglary, three
counts; Alton Lewis Lancaster,
theft; Marion F. Welch and Bobby
Curtis Welch, burglary.
Those called for jury service are
as follows:
Mrs. H. S. Beeler, H. O. Flynn,
Don C. Berry, II. L. Bleeker, Wm,
M. Boa.se, L. P. Boyle, Alfred J.
Jenson, Mrs. Norman Brewer,
Floyd Bullock, K. A. Cain, P. W.
Pitzer, Jr., Don B. Crenshaw, Henry
J. Dodd, Jr.. Bob Elliott, '
Coleman Blown, Jack Ellis, J. F.
Fddleman, G. W. Ewing, Jr., Sam
Fambrough, J. H. Feriel. D. M.
Stanford, E. V. Green, Ann Har-
rell. Mrs. Sidney Hughes. A. H.
Davis, Mrs. A. R. Knight, Mrs.
Jeff McMahan, M rs. Marvin New-
berry, Mrs. J. O. Pate. Mrs. Albert
Reck,
Mrs. Ray Spradling, Mrs. Tom-
my H. Rhenstrom, Mrs. J. M. Lut-
terell, Mrs. Rae Socol, Mrs. Annie
L. Stoker, J. F. Taylor, Mrs. H.
R. Shackelford, F. M. Ritchie, W.
W. Wood, Sidney Wright, E. G.
Foster, J. J. Jammerson, Anios
Davenport, J. R. Rickels,
Edith Allison, Mrs. A. C. An-
drews, Mis.* Tommie Askew, Mrs.
W. W. Bantau, Mrs. W. R. Black,
Mrs. C. L. Garlitz, Mrs. L. P.
Boyle, Wendell Brewster, Ted
Brown, Mrs. Glen A. Doty, Mort
Ewing. Reed S. G.bbens, H. L.
Gunlock. Bill S. Evanoff, Sid Fos-
ter, Earl Billups.
INCREASE IN WATER USE
SHOWN LOW FLOW CAUSE
lrops. It helps t
against evaporation, and helps to | gtudv
keep the soil cool during the hot
dry months. ... .1 taught "the girls the proper way-
One ii the greatest benefits ob- : {o sjti gtand and walk. They took
tained by the proper use of crop | pXprris,.s parh morning to improve
cool during the noi : mn]t|jn^ classes, Ml*!. Rominger
residues is that it adds valuable
organic mater to the soil, and
helps to keep it loose and open
to the free movement of air and
water.
Several farmers report that they
still can tell, by increased yields,
where old straw stacks once stood
Seen Or Heard
by C. M. H.
j their posture.
Program On Friday
On Friday morning the parents
of the girls were invited to a
I program in the YMCA where the
classes were held. At this time
I awards were given to the two pos-
, ... , ture queens of the Girl's Summer
When they used stationary thresh- j Arade'my. Winning the award in
ing machines. Now almost all small | th,. y,H1I1RPr Rroup was Katlly
Webb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne Webb. In the older group
the award was made to Connie
Meeks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Three Killed In
South Texas Crash
SAN ANTONIO iJV Three Hous-
ton residents were killed and two
were injured in a grinding car
crash Saturday morning.
Killed were Mrs. Winnie S. Mor-
gan and her two sons. Allen Gor-
don Morgan and Gary Morgan.
They were from Houston.
The dead woman's husband,
Madisijn Morgan Jr., and another
son, Mike, were seriously injured.
The crash occurred on Highway
90 about nine miles west of Sequin
at the Santa Clara Creek bridge.
Mrs. C. E. Martin
Dies Following
Lengthy Illness
Mrs. Clarence E. Martin, S'i.
died Saturday morning at 6:55
o'clock in the Breckenridge Con-
valescent Hospital following con-
finement there for many years.
Mrs. Martin fell and broke her
hip. and Sunday would have been
exactly S'-j years ago, that she was
taken "to the hospital. She fell in
Januaiy <K that year.
Funeral service will be held in
the F irst Methodist Church Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev.
Leroy Brown, pastor, officiating
followed by burial in Brecken-
ridge Cemetery.
Pall bearers will be Dr. W. B.
Guinn, R. E. Padgett, 0. A. Gill-
more, T. 0. Gracey, R. I. McArron,
Paul Williams, Custer Knox and
B. H. Trammell.
Mrs. Martin, a native Texan, was
born October 26, 1870, and, as the
former Mary Lee Cowling of
Bridgeport, was married to Mr.
Martin in Electra in 1901. Mr.
Martin preceded her in death in
October of 1947.
The couple moved to Brecken-
ridge from Decatur in 1919 and
for 27 years Mr. Mai tin was vice
president df the First National
Bank. Mrs. Martin was a member
of the First Methodist Church.
Surviving is a daughter, Mrs.
C. W. Wulfjen Jr., a grandson,
Charles, and a granddaughter,
Carol. A brother, E. P. Cowling of
Bridgeport also survives.
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Texas Is Facing
Hot Day Sunday
( By ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Texas seems to be in for another
hot weekend-
The forecast- does not promise
much chinge, although there is
a chance of widely scattered thun
dershowers which may bring tem-
porary relief from the heat.
Rain fell at various places late
I Friday and during th night. Kil-
i gore had one inch, Lamesa .85,
I Beaumont .74, Big Spring .42 ind
Van Horn .4J. Smaller amounts
fell at Longview, Wink, Texar-
kana, Alpine, El P/tso, Salt Flat,
I San Angelo and Lubbock.
Fridays high temperature was
105 degrees at E'igle Pass, while
I Laredo and Cotulla recorded 104.
Lions Club Told Of Juvenile Delinquincy
grain* arr cut with a combine, ]
givinff an vrn distribution of crop i
rpBtdufj* nvrr the entire field. Ren- |
irlut's shniiM nev^r b«i burned or |
removed from the
oiV in addfd yi *ld.
low.
field. They pay | A ,, 'Mw.ks.
in years to lol-
Wow ; that 104 Friday was hot—
it wan thv record of year. 103 be- i
ing recorded as the highrat prior lo i
that Tar pot ablaze in alley j
between Sager Hotel and glove
farttfry rolled up black smoke Sat-
urday morning, but only damage !
dorTk" was nearby window frame*
The Frank Horn men have"
bought the former residence of Jeff j
McMahan.
Southerners Feel
Victory In Store
WASHINGTON — Southern
opponents of the civil rights bill
are scenting victory in their efforts
to erase what they call the most
vicious part of the measure. This
is section .'t of the House-approv-
ed version. Southern Senators con-
Four out of-state girls who were
in Breckenridge to visit relatives,
attended the Academy. They were:
Sharon and Barbara Wilder of
Idaho, nieces of Mrs. Mort Ewing;
Pat Locke of California, a cousin
of Mi's. Bernard Clogg; and Dottie
Broyles of Florida, a guest of Mis.
N. W. Tolle.
Five Dismissed At
Local Hospital
Glad t
in offir
see Mrs. Irvin Jolly back
company.
tend it could be used to 'force racial I
..integration in schools and other Stephens Memorial Hospital re-
if bus company. . Mrs. public places. Supporters of the ports no admissions. There were
Marie Clark has lost her green par- measure have split on attempts to five dismissals: Mrs. Chas. Pieice,
iikeet and offers reward for its re- I write a compromise amendment. A | Mrs. I.udie Dickie, R. A. T.asker,
turn phone 9-.'l528 .. . Card from showdown vote now appears likely Mrs. Sammy Newcomb and baby
the Jack Merrills at Valley Forge early next week. and C. F. Rudder.
carried note of b.ippy time—to go .7.7
on to New York.
I'nderstand Dr. Joe Provenxa to;
be appointed member of advisory |
committee to Stale Board of Op- j
lometrists by Rep. Truetl Wilson
. Lions Club contributed $25 to
band fund Friday and presented D.
T. Bowles with key and plaque for
35 years sc*r\ife . . . Brann Garner
said friend in telling strangVr how
to identify him on street aaid "if
he is in a group tr«* will be the one
doing the talking."
Necessity Church To Stage Revival
Little Spot Collins, former Buck
aroo star, here on visit.... Post
card at Chamber of Commerce
shows Boh Housels going strong on
vacation in Penn....Some one re
mnrlfrd that Larry Munnerlyn is
going to O. U„ but could not .'heck
to verify immediately .... And, it
will soon be football time agnin,
probably quicker than you realixe.
Thought For The Moment: Phy-
sical bravery ia an animal instincts
moral bravery ia a much higher
Mi inter courage—Wewlell
rump* _ .
brush
IMMIIHtll
arbor
IIEAKMMI OF HOMES CAUSE
OF ROYS III lEFONATOMES
Rev. Leroy Brown pastor of, for Jesus and manifesting it in
the First Methodist Church, who' daily life .and conduct.
came here from Gatesville address- H— To develop a continuous
ed members of the Rreckenridge1 Christ-like character.
Lions Club Friday on "Juvenile j 4—A disposition to participate
Delinquency, to draw the corvlu-' in the building of a social order
sion that hoys in the state reform-
atory are no different in type
from other boys, only in degree of
a graduated scale downward.
The minister, introduced by Paul
Williams, program chairman, stat-
ed that the background of the
breakdown of boys in the reforma-
tory is found in the homes from
which they came.
The development of young peo
pie to proper maturity depends up- Christian living.
of the fatherhood of God, ,and the
brotherhood of man.
5—Active participation in church
work.
6— The development of Christian
interpretation of the life of the
universe.
7—The assimilation of the best
religious experiences of the human
race, preeminently recorded in the
Bible as effectual guidance in
BEV. HFBPING
An old fashioned
revival is scheduled to begin Mon-
day. July 22, at Necessity Baptist
Church. The meeting will continue
through August 4.
Evangelist for the meeting is i
Rev. Carroll Herring, pastor of the j
Olden Baptist Church. Joe Cahill
of Breckenridge will be in charge
of the music.
Services are to be held at 10 a.
m. and 8 p. m. daily, except Sat-
urdays when no morning services
will be held. The public has been
invited to attend tne revival.
Each evening during the revival
a prayer service will he held 'from
7::i0 until 8 o'clock which the
members are asked to take part in.
Rev. H. K. Neely is pastor of the
Necessity church of about 110
members. Rev. Herring who has
been at Necessity over a year is a
graduate of H-SU and ia attend-
ing the Southwestern Baptist The-
ological Seminary at Ft. Wortjv
>n the home, the school, and the
church, with that of the home by
farm the most impoitant because of
the limitations of the other two.
A main r.iuse of juvenile these
days is that so many of the tasks
of today are done outside the
home, the minister said. This
brings so many contributions to
the development of character from
outside sources. The home has
become complex today, when two
generations ago the family tasks
were most all in the home, that
were mostly rural and under guid-
ance of the parents.
To bring children to useful ma-
turity, Rev. Brown offered seven
points:
1—To develop a consciousness of
The meeting was presided over
by Claude Peeler, president.
Knight Is Given
6 Years In Pen
Howard Coy Knigh';, Brecken
ridge, charged by indictment with
the burglary of "the grocery store
of Paul Abramson. pleaded guilty
before Judge Floyd Jones Friday
and was given six years in the
penitentiary.
Knight was found guilty of the
burglary of the same place on a
God aVd"a"*nse"of personal rela- i Previous date, and was given fou.
tionship to him. vears- Jones said the appeal
•>- - To develop an appreciation Wiisf '?"d tel? ypars ac'
' 1 cepted. the two terms to run con-
currently.
President Spends
Weekend at Home
WASHINGTON — President
Eisenhower is enjoying the role
of weekend country gentleman at
his Gettysburg farm. Friday night
he helped his son and daughter-in-
law, Major and Mrs. John Eisen-
hower. move into their new home
on a comer of the 500-acre estate.
Saturday more golf is on tap, and
also a try-out of some new outdoor
cooking equipment he's acquired.
The President plans to return to
Washington either Sunday night or
Mood*y morning.
REV. EDW ARD LAI X REV. MART HARDIN
Ll'EDERS CAMP DIRECTORS—Rev. Ed LaUx, pastor of Pioneer
Baptist Church, Abilene, will be a conference leader, and Rev. Mart
Hardin of O'Brien will be recreation director at the Youth Camp
that opens at Lueders Monday.
* * *
Annual Lueders
Youth Camp To
Open Tomorrow
Third annual youth camp for
District 17, Baptist General Con-
vention of Texas, opens Monday,
July 22, at Lueders Baptist En-
campment grounds.
Boys and girls between 14 and
17 years of age will attend. Rev.
M. D. Rexrode pastor of the First
Baptist Church at Haskell, will
be director of the camp.
Rev. Ehvin Skiles, pastor of the
First Baptist Church of Abilene,
.will be camp pastor and his assist-
ant pastor, Rev. Jim Graves, will
be one of the conference leaders.
Rev. Ed Laux, pastor o'f Pioneer
Drive Raptist Church, Abilene, and
Dr. Bill Norman, pastor at Quanah,
will be conference leaders.
George Graham, executive as-
sistant to the president of Hardin-
Simmons University, Abilene, will
direct the phase on Christian Edu-
cation and Mrs. Graham, who is
district WMU president, will be
one of the girls' conference leaders.
Missionary speaker will be Dr.
Lindell Harris of the Bible depart-
ment of Hardin-Simmons, who was
formerly a missionary to Hawaii.
Rev. Mart Hardin of O'Brien will
be recreation director. Recreation
will include swimming, volley ball,
baseball, ping pong, shuffleboard
and other activties.
Conferences will concern such
subjects as Dedication of my life,
my loyalty to my church, Plan-
ning my home, Planning my voca-
tion. Missions, state, home and
foreign and separate conferences
just for boys and just for girls.
— o
President Backs
Foreign Trials
WASHINGTON — President
Eisenhower has again stated that
he strongly opposes any legislation
that could bar trials of American
soldiers in foreign courts. Eisen-
hower stated his position in reply-
to a letter from House Republican
leader Joseph Martin of Massa-
chusetts. The President told Martin
that the passage of any such legis
lation would threaten U. S. Se-
curity alienate our friends and give
lid and comfort to those who want
to destroy our way of life.
Pending in the House is .a reso-
lution by Republican Representee
Frank Bow of OHo which would
have the President revise or rt-
nounce the status of forces agr-*e-
foreign courts are given jurisdic-
tion over servicemen accused of
some off duty crimes.
Bow's resolution has not been
acted upon, but Wednesday the
Houes defeated a modified virsion
by Democratic Representative 0
mar Burleson of Texas. It w.as de
feated by a tie vote, 134 to 134.
It would have asked rather than
directed, the President to revise
the .agreements.
BILL BLACK
INSURANCE
104 N. Court Phone HI 9-4444
PRESENTS
TEE WEATHER
Partly cloudy Sunday with iso-
lated afternoon and evening
thtindersHowvrs. Not much
changes in temperatures. Low
Saturday night in upper 70s,
high Snnday near 100. Low Fri-
day night 75, high Frfday 104.
Light southerly winds Sunday,
except gusty in vicinity of show*
era
Band Seeks Fund
To Make Music
In South Texas
The Stage Band of the Brecken-
ridge High School has been invited
to play again in Kerrville and at
the Warm Springs Foundation, the
invitation accepted as a compli-
ment, and now the members have
set about to raise funds to keep the
appointments.
Band Director Alton Roan said
the Corral Drive-In has offered to
help out with proceeds from a
midnight show, and because of the
cause, Mr.- Roan aska public sup-
port.
The midnight show will be staged
Tuesday night with "I Died 1,000
Times" in color and cinemascope,
starring Jack Palance and Shelly
Winters, to be offered. Band mem-
bers are offering tickets to the
show.
Mr. Roan said eighteen members
will make the trip. They will play
return engagements in Kerrville at
the Lions Crippled Children's
Camp and the Veterans Tubercular
Hospital on the evening of July 25.
The Warm Springs engagement
will be filled on the evening of
either July 24 or July 26.
The stage band played there last
summer and received warm recep-
tions. The trip cost $125 last year,
which did not include all the meals.
Mr. Roan stated that contribu-
tions from individuals or groups
will be appreciated.
Verdict Awaited
In Clinton Case
fBy ASSOCIATED PRESS)
All the testimony has been heard
in the Clinton segregation trial.
The opposing attorneys will pre-
sent final arguments Monday-
morning to the all-white jury in L.
S. District Court at Knoxvillc,
Tennessee. Observers say their
closing statements may hold far
more importance in this case than
in the usual trial.
Tremendous national issues are
involved. On trial are 10 men and
one woman accused of conspiring
to keep Negro students out of
Clinton, Tennessee high school last
fall. Beyond the guilt or innocence
of the defendants, however, is the
issue of enforcing the Supreme
Court ruling that public schools
should be desegregated with all
possible speed and the possible ef-
fect of this case on future civil
rights suits.
Dulles To Speak
To Nation Monday
WASHINGTON iff) — Secretary
if State Dulles will make a state-
ment on U. S. disarmament policy
Monday night over nationwide ra-
dio and TV networks.
Dulles is said to he prepared to
strike back at Russian criticism
of American arms control propos-
als in the East-West negotiations
in London. State Department offi-
cials emphasized that the speech
does not mean that Dulles thinks
the negotiations are blowing up.
However, it was learned that the
State Department is concerned over
the increasingly critical line which
Soviet Propaganda bat bean tak-
ing.
For peace of Mind . . . See
TRAMMELL - SWANSON
INSURANCE AGENCY Adv.
City Situation
Is Analyzed By
Mgr. Glen Doty
Smaller flows of water found at
times by Breckenridge users is
due to the great increase of the use
of water here in the past 'few
years, and to so many using water
in the same periods of time, and
not to lack of pressure in the
mains, City Manager Glen Doty
explained Saturday. The pressure
in the mains actually is higher than
at any time during the past three
years.
Continuing Mr. Doty analyzed
the situation from the year 1954 as
follows:
In July. 1954, the City Commis-
sion passed an ordinance proclaim-
ing the necessity for the rationing
of water for lawn and shrubbery
watering purposes. At the time this
ordinance was passed Lake Daniel
had an abundance of water in it
being less than two 'feet below
spillway level..
Pumping Once Low
However, the rationing was
necesssary because of inadequate
pumping facilities throughout the
city. At that time the City Com-
mission had on order a pump which
was of large capacity being a 100
h. p. pumping unit which would
deliver 1000 g.p.m. (gallons per
minute) at 100 pounds pressure.
Prior to that arrival and installa-
tion of this pump in August of
1954 (at which time the rationing
was lifted) the largest pumping
unit at the water plant was a 75
h.p. unit which delivers 1000 g.p.m.
at 85 pounds pressure plus one
other similar unit of slightly smal-
ler capacity.
After the installation and very
little difficulty was encountered in
supplying the community with an
abundant supply of water through-
out the remainder of that summer
and 1955.
New Pumps Purchased
However, during the summer of
1956 the demand grew to such an
extent that it was necessary for the
City Commission to purchase an-
other new pumping unit, this unit
having a capacity of 1200 g.p.m. at
105 pounds pressure. This pump
was installed during the late sum-
mer of 195*5 but was used only
briefly during the summer of its
installation. It has been in service
constantly during the cuirent sum-
mer and NT the demand continues
to increase from year to year as it
has in the past, our presnet water
production establishment will be
hard-pressed to keep pace with the
demand by the summer of 1959.
At present, we are producing water
at a rate that goes up to 1800
g.p.m. on a 24-hour basis. If this
rate continues, our present water
production and pumping installa-
tion will not be able to maintain
the necessary pressure at the water
plant to supply all of the city
adequately. We find that during
the high ttseage periods of the
day that it. is necessary for us to
pump water at a pressure of 110
pounds in order to supply the city
reasonably well, and even at thi3
elevated pressure we are not able
to get the amount of volume and
pressure to some areas c'x the city
that we would like.
The above account of the istalla-
tions at the main water plant give
an idea of what our water situa-
tion has grown to be in the past
few years. However, we feel that
a brief discussion of what has
been necessary at our raw water
pumping installation tells even
more graphically the percentage of
increase our water system has been
called upon to withstand. In 1954
the raw water pumps from the
take to the water plant consisted
ai two 10 h. p. electric pumps
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A copy of the minutes of the. Municipal Water District wish to
meeting of the West Central Muni- express their heartfelt apprecia-
cipal Water District of July 15 has tion for the conscientious and able
been received, and a resolution a- work performed by M. E. Daniel;
dopted by the board, praises the' NOW THEREFORE BE IT RE-
work of Milton Daniel, recentlv re-1 SOLVED RY THE BOARD OF
signed as president o fthe bo.ird be- DIRECTORS OF THE WEST
cause of ill health. The resolution
as adopted follows:
WHEREAS, M. E. Daniel has
performed invaluable services to
the West Central Texas Municipal
Water District; and
WHEREAS, the services M. E.
Daniel performed on behalf of such
district commenced prior to the
creation of said water district; and
WHEREAS, M. E. Daniel was
elected president of the West Cen-
tral Texas Municipal Water Dis-
trict on February 28, 1956, and
served with distinction in that of-
fice; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Di-
ftcttnri <4 Weft Cwtnl Tmn
CENTRAL TEXAS MUNICIPAL
WATER DISTRICT:
Section 1: That M. E. Daniel
receive our heartfelt commendation
and gr.atitude for his diligent, con-
scientious, and ablp services.
Section 2: That copies of this
resolution be spread upon the min-
utes of the organization, be provid-
ed to members of the press, be
provided to the governing bodies of
all member Cities, and that copies
be provided to Mr. M. E. Daniel.
PASSED AND APPROVED thil
the 15th diy of July, 1957.
Signed
Andrew M.
President
Howalay
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