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BRECKENRIDGK, TEXAS—TUESDAY. MAY 6, 1958
Jobless Pay, Labor Bill
Worked On By Senators
WIN AWARDS Winners of awards in the public relations course held here last week are shown above.
Shrill Oilman, extreme left, and James Hart, center, won as youngest couole attending; Mrs. Nellie
Wyatt and R V Meador. to nqht of Hart, won oldest couple award: and Mrs. Virginia Boyd and B.
B Harwell won door prizes. Third from left is E. A Willeford. lecturer.
Former Resilient
Is Returned For
Burial In Breck
The IxkIv « ( Bobbv Rav l-nven.
2* former resident who died Mon-
day morning In Ft Worth. uas re-
turned hi-ii' for burial Tuesday aft-
ernoon
Loven was at first l>ellevcd to
have drowned when his car dived
into the river off White Settlement
Him'I near t'restw«xid. bo I autopsy
revealed lh.it hi* dealh was due to
a broken blood vessel which otcur-
red hefoie the accident
l/oven hail lived in Breckenridge
until he wa* II years old. the past
fourteen years in Ft Worth where
be was employed a a machinist.
Funeral service wa* held Tues-
day afternoon at 4 o'clock in Sat-
terwhite Chapel. Robert Oglesby,
imnnitcr nf the Church of Christ,
officiating Burial was in Brecken-
rid;;e Cemetery.
.Survivors are his parents, one
brother ami one sister ol the im-
mediate family 'Hie parents are
Mr and Mrs F F. I^oven, Ft.
Woith. the brother is James A.
Lovcn and the sister. Mrs Wanda
la-noi a (ioodwin both of Ft. Worth.
\ grandmother, Mrs. Nora Molt.
Breckeiiridge .also survives.
Nine Admitted To
Local Hospital
Weekend admissions to Stephens'
Memorial Hospital included nine
person* Medical patient* admitted!
were Mi* Ralph File. Mrs l^tura {
Chancy. Mis J W Stine. Roy Cov-
ington. Mrs O B I'hartss. and |
H D Kennedy Only surgical;
patient w.is W C Browning. Accl-I
dent victims admitted were Mrs. j
Bovd McKov and Mrs Bill Taylor !
Dismissals were: Anita Morgan,
Mrs .1 B Karl. Mrs. Alton Gos-|
wick and baby. Marilyn Jamison,'
Mrs Sam Petty. Mrs Mary Karl.
II It llelemtn. Mrs J A. Cantt. j
Mrs Bovd McKoy, Mrs J B Rob-
ertson and baby, and Judy Ann St. j
John. 'infant daughter of Mr and'
.Mis W II St JohU^vwvvw
Seen Or Heard '
by C. M. H. 1
Piling time closed tast night for'
democrats seckmg offices and
• they're oW--ocaT races showed
no additional names, it was said'
at the office of Chairman Ross
Elliott todiy Understand all
three 4 H teams won in Wichita.
Fal's crrteit Saturday, but county
agents not available today for de-,
tails No fire runs.
iBy ASSOCIATED PRESS)
The Senate Democratic leader,
Lyndon Johnson, of Texas, is re-
ported ready to support the job-
less pay bill approved by the ad-
ministration and passed by the
Mouse. If Johnson takes such a
stand, a move made by liberal
Stroke Fatal To
Breck Resident
While Visiting
Mrs. Stella Lancaster. firerken-
ridge resident since 1926, died at
11:10 p m Saturday in the Ste-
phens Memorial Hospital She
had been visiting her son in Cali-
fornia when she sutfered a stroke
April 14
The family returned her to
Breckinridge, where she was hos-
pitalized Saturday.
She was twi n in 1883 in Tennes-
see and came to Texas with her
family as a child. Funeral service
was held Monday at 2 p. m. in the
Rose Ave. Baptist Church with the
Rev 1'al Everett, pastor, officiat-
ing Burial was in Newcastle Ceme-
tery tinder direction of Satterwhite
Funeral Home
Survivors include one son, Ver-
non of Santa Monica, Calif.; two
grandchildren, four great-grand-
children and one brother, Sam Gat-
es of San Angelo
Bethany Baptist
Revival Ended
The Bethany Baptist Church clos-
ed Sunday night what the pastor.
Francis M DuBose, termed a suc-
cessful revival The Evangelist was
Dr. frank Weedon of the Depart-
ment of Evangelism of the Bap-
tist General Convention of Texas.
There were sixteen additions to
the Church, nine coming lor bap-
tism There were other conversions
which were not additions for bap-
tism Three surrendered to preach
and one surrendered for foreign
mission service.
Sunday School and Training Un-
ion records were broken The Sun-
day School fell one short of its goal
of 140 with 139 which was the en-
rollment The Training Union went
over its ijoal with 116 attendance,
the goal 110 which was the enroll-
ment
democrats to broaden terms of the
bill is likely to meet defeat.
Under the terms of the measure
passed by the Mouse there would
be an extension of the period of
unemployment benefits to those
who exhaust such benefits before
April 1. 1359. But Senate Demo-
crats who like to be classed as
liberals want to go lurther. Under
their plan, the federal government
would pay for the extension of
benefits to workers not covered by
Insurance, as well as those who
are An extra 16 weeks of benefits
would be provided, at a cost esti-
mated al one and one-hail billion
dollars.
President Eisenhower is expected
to review the legislation at his reg-
ular meetuig today,with Republi-
can congressional leaders. In ad-
vance ol the meeting, the Repub-
lican leader of the Senate. William
Knowland of Calitornia. said he
is confident the Senate will go
along with the Mouse in approving
the administration bill.
The Senate subcommittee con-
sidering a labor reform lull is
hearing from two Republican Sen-
ators today. Alexander Smith of
New Jersey and Carl Curtis ol Ne-
braska. Shiith is presenting White
Mouse labor recommendations and
Curtis is submitting proposals to
tighten a legal ban on secondary
boycotts.
In advance of the hearing. Dem-
ocratic Senator John Kennedy of
Massachusetts said he thinks the
hearings already have helped de-
termine the final lorm the legisla-
tion will take He told newsmen
the measure will cover about 11
areas in the complex labor-manage-
ment relations field. He predicted
the bill likely will cover union
elections, union finances, trustee-
ships, provisions for strikers to
vole in bargaining elections, elim-
ination of the non-Communist af-
fidavit and secondary boycotts.
Senator Knowland warned in a
separate interview (hat il the com-
mittee brings out an innocuous
bill, there will he enough votes in
the Senate to put some teeth in the
provisions.
Local Area May
Get More Rains
Later In Week
(By ASSOCIATED PRESS)
l.iuht showers have been skip-
pirn: around the Texas Panhandle.
Amarillo had a trace of rain be-
fore dawn. Another early morning
shower was occurring west of Chil-
dress in the lower portion of the
Texas 1 anhandle.
However. Ihe U. S. Weather Bu-
reau said the shower activity is
expected to decrease and disap-
pear entirely as the morning goes
on No special frontal system or
low pressure is causing the light
rains, jti-.t an upslope of moist
southeasterly bieezes onto higher
altitudes.
But there is a major low pres-
.ure system in southern California
'hat should push eastward into
Texas. This means a return of
thunderstorm activity late in the
week.
Yesterday, the Lower R i o
Grande Valley had hail and rain
that damaged cotton, tomato and
sorghum crops.
Cool and wet weather prevailed
in wide areas in the eastern half
of the country today but it was
fairly mild and mostly dry in wes-
tern sections.
Rain continued lo plague the
eastern part of the country, with
light falls in most places. One rain
belt extended from Missouri and
Arkansas east, northeastward
through Pennsylvaia and the Vir-
ginias.
Scattered fhundershowers were
the outlook along the eastern sea-
hoard. spreading westward into
the Ohio Valley, Tennessee and
Alabama. Thunderstorms developed
yesterday along the boundary be-
tween warm and cool air across
Tennessee and Kentucky to Vir-
ginia and North Carolina and others
broke out southward to the gulf.
Rain pelted northern and Cen-
tral Florida.
The cool air extended across
northern area from the Northern
Plains, upper Mississippi Valley
and through the Great I>akes re-
gion. with some of it dipping into
the Ohio Valley and lower Great
Lakes region It was exported to
reach along the eastern seaboard
during the day.
It was below: freezing again in
some areas in the Lake Superior
region, the lowest marks' in the
cool zone. A little warming was
indicated in the Great Lakes Re-
gion and the middle and upper
Mississippi Valleys.
PRICE DAILY 8 CENTS SUNDAY 10 CENTS
LINES OF BATTLE DRAWN
FOR TEXAS DEMO RACES
Time For Filing
Is Reached With
Mother Of Year
Is Announced At
New York Meet
NEW YORK i/Tt—- Mrs. May Rop-
er Coker of Hartsville, South Caro-
lina, was named today as the "A-
meriean Mother of 1958".
Her selection was announced in
New Y'ork by Mrs. Daniel Poling,
president of the American Mothers
committee, incorporated, at the
opening of the annual Mother's con-
ference at Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Mrs. Coker was chosen from a-
mong nominees of state groups
throughout the country.
She is to be honored at the Mo-
thers committee annual awards
luncheon at the Waldorf on Friday,
along with motheis of the year
from each state.
On May 11th she and Mrs. George
Abel Senior, the American Mother
of 1957, will leave on a plane trip
to Europe to see the Brussels World
Fair, meet Queen Juliana of the
Netherlands and then go lo France
to attend functions planned by the
French Mothers committee.
Mrs. Coker at 24 married David
Coker. She reared 8 children, in-
cluding 5 of Coker's by a previous
marriage. Coker was a specialist
in progressive scientific farming
whose work at Hartsville drew vis
itors from all parts of the world.
Mrs. Coker was lauded for her
work in assisting her husband while
rearing the large family and also
for taking a wide interest in civic
affairs in Hartsville.
Texas Airman Is
One Of 3 Killed
ANCHORAGE — A Texas air-
man was one of three killed yester-
day when an Air Force helicopter
crashed while on a search flight
in,-Alaska. A fourth man was in-
jured.
The Texan was 31-year-old Tech
Sergeant Everett Culver of Devine,
Texas. His widow and two sons
live at Elmendorf Air Force Base,
Anchorage, Alaska
History Of Program Is Interesting
BRECK TO OBSERVE CLEAN-UP
PROGRAM BEGINNING SUNDAY
, - - -
Phone HI 9-4421 for Oxygen
Equipped ambulance service.
Satterwhite Funeral Home.
For peare of Mind - - - See
TRAMMELL-SW ANSON
INSURANCE AGENCY Ad*.
Will of M E. Daniel probated:
her<> vesterdav. but County Clerk,
Ben Grant said all inventories not
in There will be a meeting of
Chamber of Commerce directors at
York's tonight at 6 30— several
matters to tie voted on J. S. j
Ttmmoiis. Woodson, recently In-
dicted here for swindling by cheek, i
reported arrested and placed'
under $1 .WW bond
A i -
Congratulations to Karen Wright
for xvinnino second in shorthand at
state meet Saturday Also, to
■ David Kuoerman for winning sec-
ond m Jaycees Road-E-O at Jecks-
boro- this makes him an alternate
for the state meeting Jaycees
storeroom at Little League ha
been burglariied twice, so a guard
will be placed there tonight.
B C. Hainncr Jr.. technician,
USN. returned recently to San!
Diego after 8-month* cruise In,
Western Pacific Truman Rob-;
ertson Jr.. senior majoring in ani-j
mat husbandry at Texas Tech cited
b -tentative distinguished Af
roTC" student .. Crappie biting
best at night at P. K. Lake —
And, we told you we would see
you again today.
Thought For Tbe Moment; I am
a pert of that I have met—Ten ny-
fML _
Multi-Million Dollar Memorial Is
Planned For Agricultural Greats
KANSAS CITY About 150
farm leaders from 26 slates agreed
Monday to build a multi million
dollar memorial to those who have
made great contributions to agricul-
ture.
Howard Cowden of Kansas City,
head of the consumers cooperative
association was elected president.
He told the group, meeting in
Kansas City:
"While we are building an agri-
cultural hall of fame we might
very well be building a new spirit
of unity among all the organiza-
tions that represent and serve
farmers."
The group approved a list of
45 men and one woman on the
board of governors presented by
a nominating committee headed by
Dr. Oliver Willham, president of
Oklahoma State University. Will-
ham said the board would be In-
creased to about 100 members la-
ter.
Besides naming Cowden presi-
dent, the beard elected Willham as
vice president; Charles Marshall
of Lincoln, Nebraska, head of the
Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation,
lecrvtgsy, and James l lelfc, Prair-
ie Village. Kansas. Treasurer
The farm leaders visited former
President Harry Truman as his Li-
brary in Independence. Missouri
and received his endorsement of
their plans He said the hall of
fame would be a great help in sel-
ling the Democratic idea to future
generations. Said Truman:
"These Democracies are the eas-
iest of all governments to over-
throw. The young generation must
be shown what we have lo offer
and this can best be done by such
projects as the Agricultural Hall of
Fame."
Cowden said a committee would
be appointed next month to select
a site.
Claude Wickard of Camden. In-
diana. a former Secretary of Agri-
culture. said the shrine will dram-
atize the revolution that has taken
place in agriculture.
Support of the National Grange
was pledged by Ray Teagarden of
Lacygne, Kansas, executive com-
mitteeman, who said the National
Grange was shelving pli ns for Its
own Hall of Fame to join the new
movement .
Clean Lip-Paint Up-Fix l'p. by
now should be very familar words
to the readers of the Breckinridge
American, will be staged here May
11-17.
This program ol civic better-
ment and beautification is now 46
years old?
To all who are participating in
the cit.vs efforts, it is believed the
story of the birth of the Clean Up
program should be not only inter-
esting but inspirational.
The founder of the National Clean
Up-Paint-Up-Fix Up Bureau was
the late Allen W. Clark of St. Louis.
Few men have taken keener pride
in the achievement and progress
of their home communities than Mr.
Clark. Successively a school teach-
er, newspaper editor, merchant
and publisher, he was ever eager
to give freely of his time and ef-
fort to further any worthy public
cause for community benefit and he
w as obsessed with Ihe idea of being
a good citizen and a good neighbor.
Mis intense interest in community
welfare plus a storv about Venus
de Milo are credited with inspiring
Mr. Clark to establish the Clean Up
-Paint Up-Fix Up movement in 19-
12
The inspirational story goes
something like this:
In a tenement district lived a
family surrounded by filth and dirt.
The whole atmosphere of the lit-
tle room which they called home
was one of hopeless depression and
squalor To prove the power of
suggestion, a good woman placed
on the table a miniature statue of
Venus de Milo. Against this grimy
background of dirt and wretched-
ness. the Venus shone out in all her
whitness and purity, elevating and
brightening her strange surround-
ings. The good woman called a
week later and found that the place
had been straightened up. the dirt
had been washed away, and a
pathetic but sincere attempt at de-
coration had been made, the sub-
tle influence was effective.
From this story Mr. Clark reason-
ed that the reconditioning and beau-
tification of a single property In
Well Is Staked
In Bowar Field
A Bowar Field location was stak-
ed 13 miles north of Breckenridge
It is Wright. Clark & Senkal. Inc..
of Graham No. 4 Weldon Powers.
Drllistte Is 381 feet from north
and 360 feet east of the north-
west corner of J. W. Shaw Sur-
vey, but in J. W. DeGraffenreid
Survey.
Permit depth applied for ii 4,300
feet with rotary.
| a dingy environment would stand
I out in such sharp contrast with its
i neighbors that others would soon
reflect the same good example.
| Mr. Clark's first intention was
to call the movement just the
. "Clean Up Campaign" The "Paint
Up" was added at the suggestion
| of Harold S. Buttenheim, Editor
I of the American City Magazine in
| New York, on the ground that mere-
i ly cleaning up would in many cas-
' es achieve only shabby respectabil-
| ity, and that property should not
be clean, but beautiful enough to
I inspire respect and subsequent pre-
(Continued On Page Four)
iThree States
jVoting Today
(By ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Primary elections in three states
| today involve contests for nomina-
tions ranging from governor to
township offices. Ohio and Ala-
bama are choosing candidates for
governor, and in Indiana nominees
for Congress and state and local
offices will be picked.
Price interest in the Ohio elec-
tions is the Democratic races for
governorship nominations. The Re-
publicans have a two-way choice
for their nominee, but the Demo-
crats have seven men in the race.
A heavy vote is expected In
Alabama where 14 candidates are
seeking the democratic nomina-
tion for governor, which is equiva-
lent to election. School segregation
is the chief issue. All 14 candidates
favor a continuation of segrega-
tion but they differ as to degree
and methods.
Two Congressmen face a fight in
the Indiana primaries. The two.
Republicans Cecil Marden and
Charles Brownson, ran into tough
opposition in their campaigns.
BILL BLACK
INSURANCE
104 N. Court Phone HI 9-4434
PRESENTS
THE WEATHER
Generally fair tonight, partly
cloudy Wednesday with widely
scattered thundershowers i n
northwest portion. Mild tempera-
tures. Low last night 46, high
yesterday 77. Low tonight a-
round SO, high tomorrow in lo h
80s. Winds to become southerly
et 15 to 20 miles per hour.
30-YEAR MAN—Fisher Miller, left above. Breckenridqe manager
for Community Public Service Company since 1942. is shown receiving
a specially designed ring symbolizing completion of 30 years with
the firm, from R. L. Bowen of Fort Worth, CPS president. Miller
was one of four employees from this area honored at a dinner in
the CPS employee ledge on Pcssum Kingdom Lake recently. His
entire 30 years service with the company has been in Breckenridge.
Red Sox Defeat
Cardinals For
Third In Row
The Red Sox made it three in a
row, by downing the Cardinals
Monday night by a score of 6 to 3.
The Red Sox scored two runs in
each of the first fwo innings and
a single run in the third and fourth,
while the Cardinals scored one run
in each of the first three innings.
Game was called at the end of the
fifth on time.
Sloan and Raglin were the winn-
ing pitchers, Boyles, Maner and
Beauchamp pitched for the Cardi-
nals. The Sox collected six hits,
while the Cards could only muster
three.
In Minor League play the Mis-
sions continued on their way to an
undefeated record by beating the
Eagles hv a score of 16 to 8.
Officials for the afternoon were.
Potthoff at the plate. Carter at
first and second, with Bellah at
third.
Minor League
W L
Missions 3 0
Cats 2 0
Oilers 1 1
Buffs 0 1
Eagles 0 2
Sports 0 2
Major League
W L
Red Sox , 3 0
Yankees 2 1
Giants 1 1
Cubs 1 1
Cards 0 2
Tigers ° 0 2
TUESDAY'S GAMESS
Buffs vs. Oilers 5:30
Cubs vs. Tigers 7:30
Special Service
At Local Church
In observance of National Chris-
tian Family Week St. Paul's Meth-
odist Church will have a special
mid-week service Wednesday even-
ing beginning at 6 10.
The first event will be an all-
church dinner at which time all
members who have united with the
church during the year will be
honored. A family will act as spon-
sor of each new member of the
occasion.
Immediately following the din-
ner and fellowship hour a worship
service will be held In the church
sanctuary. Rev. William Horick,
pastor, will preach on the topic,
"The Church In Your House," af-
ter which the sacrament of the
Lord's Supper will be observed.
All members and friends are in-
vited to these activities.
Berserk Frisco
Janitor Wounds
Nine In Shooting
SAN FRANCISCO 'Jfi— A berserk
janitor poured shotgun fire into a
neighbor's crowded San Francisco
apartment last night, wounding 3
adults and six children. One of the
children was hurt crit'callv.
The 37-year-old janitor. William
Breeze, fled the scene immediate-
ly after the shooting. But 45 minu-
tes later he called police to come
and get him in another part of the
city and offered no resistance when
they did. Police quoted him as say-
ing:
"I was out of my mind. I didn't
mean to do it, but they vexed me
so bad."
Police booked Breeze for investi-
gation on a charge of assault with
intent to commit murder.
The shooting climaxed a long-
standing neighborhood feud in the!
Potero Hill Negro housing develop-
ment.
Police racing to the scene found !
Breeze's wife, 29-year-old M a r y.
I weeping in her apartment. Witness-
; es said she held a revolver at one'
| window of the apartment of Mrs. I
Aline Herbert while Breeze fired
a 12 gauge automatic shotgun I
four times through another win-|
dovv. 1
Mrs. Breeze, questioned but. not I
held, told police the Herberts had
been bothering her family of five
boys and a girl for months and
"it went too far."
Officers, after preliminary inves-
tigation. said she apparently didn't
fire the pistol.
Congratulations
To Two Couples
Mr. and Mrs. Alton Goswick of
I Monahans are parents of a baby
] boy born May 4 in Stephens Me-
, morial Hospital. Named Terry
j Mack, the bahv weighed six
I pounds, three 'and a half ounces.
5 For Governor
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
The familiar sharply-drawn issue
between conservative and liberal
Democrats is assured in the !9.">3
Governor's race in Texas.
The last to file is a San Antonio
Liberal, State Senator Henry ft
Gonzales. He is the first Texan of
Mexican descent to seek m; jor
state office In morern political his-
tory. He said he recognizes -hi-;
will be a barrier, but that it wr uirt
be foolish for him to make hts ap-
pear to minorities and hope to un
on that alone. Gonzales filibustered
segregation bills in the last le :is-
lature.
Also in the Governor's Rare, ->yl
element of the party in Tex.is. ire
incumbent Price Daniel and W. :,r
O'Daniel. The other three c.i idi-
dales for state chief executive hav-
en't made major elective rat"; be-
fore. and their political view; are
not known.
Gonzales was accompanied h - a
3-man guitar orchestra that pla.-rd
Mexican folk music when he j -nd
his filing fee in Austin. He ami >ir-
ed he would put on a streiiiMiis
statewide campaign even if he ha;,
lo hitch-hike.
O'Daniel's campaign headqrar-
tcrs in Dallas also promise a r it d
fought campaign that will se" hr;
so-called "victory bus" of musi-
cians and aides visiting every cor-
ner of the state.
The three lesser known cand'iint-
es are Alvis Vandygriff. attorney
and veteran state worker; i)nn
3ooker. an Insurance man at Hi-
ange; and a Dallas Insurance ir.an.
Joe Irwin.
The race for the Democratic n m-
ination to the U. S. Senate will lie
a 2-man affair.
Challenging the incumbent. R; Iph
Yarborough, is a former U. S ^,-vi-
ator. William Blakle.v of Dal'.as.
Biakley is a conservative wrie
Yarborough is termed a libt al-
labor candidate.
Biakley plans his first campaign
tour tomorrow—an overnight sv. ing
from Dallas to Wichita Kalis - ikI
back, with hand-shaking stops in
between .
The Lieutenant Governor. H'-n
Ramsey, will be opposed lor w-
election by George Nokes ol W, < .
The Attornev General. Will Wilson,
apparently has no opponent.
The Agriculture Commissii r>- ••
,lohn White, will be opposed bv
Tom Griffin of Bastrop and CJionu
Kothmann of San Antonio
The State Land Comm,-sirir. i-.
Bill Allcorn, will be opposed In I,.
J. Dimmitt of Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Robertson of
| 811 N. Court are parents of a baby
! boy born May 6 at 12:01 a. m.
weighing seven i ounds and one
ounce. He has been named Jimmy
Murel.
Two Places Here
Are Broken Into
Police today were searching for
burglars who raided two local plac-
es of business, Sunday night. A
number of articles were taken
from Ruth Motor Co. on East Walk-
er were yeggs gained entrance by
a rear window. Stolen goods in-
cluded a suitcase, an electric drill,
a box of spark plugs. 12 gallons
of gasoline, a fuel pump and some
piston rings.
The Davis Motor Co. on East
Walker was also broken into
through a rear window and the
cash register was torn up in an
apparent search for cash, but regis-
ter was empty. Nothing else was
mi# e4. ... .
Retired School
Teacher Dies
Mrs. Ida Pierson, 80-vear old i
tired school teacher, died at i t..
m. in a local rest home. Monrv.
She had been in ill health the pa •
two years, critically ill the pas: ici
days.
Mrs. Pierson was born .I.-iiiht •
14. 1878 in Tempson. Te\a- Sh"
moved from Madisonvillc to ftn ik-
enridge in July of 1956
She held a BS degree from South-
west Texas State Teachers ('<>ivg
in San Marcos. She affiliated ;i i
the home economics department of
the Texas Public School System in !
had taught for 50 years when : I •
retired in 1951. Her last teat I in:.:
position was at Priddy, Tex Sh«
was a member of the First Mi tlio-
dist Church.
Funeral services were lent.vive-
ly set for 1:30 p. m. Thursdav in
Brookshire. Melton Funeral I.,"tip
had charge of arrangement 1 ><«.
Survivors include a daur;!-,:er.
Mrs. Lilly B. Wood of Breck< ni. L-
and a son. J. B. Wood of Madi on-
ville.
Boys Choir Elects Officers Afbr
Presenting Play Sunday Afternoo
By MRS JOE HANNA
A large crowd came, saw and ap-
preciated the dramatic and musi-
cal efforts of the Breckenridge
Boys Choir production. "Hansel and
Gretel," at the High School Audi-
torium Sunday afternoon.
Under the direction of Mrs. Ben
J. Dean, Jr.. the choir, accompan-
ied by Miss Janice Bryant, sang
the musical background to the fairy
tale of the children who are lost in
the woods and threatened by the
wicked witch.
The black-robed, putty-nosed wit-
ch, played effectively by Judith
Hanna. cackled, cajoled the fright-
ened children, and rode her broom
in approved witch fashion.
The children, played by Mike
Gallagher and Jo Beth Paine, and
the parents, Harry Ledbetter. and
Connie Wood, were believeable in
costume and character.
Other acton were the sandman
, Jerry Wiggins, the dawn fair-- F.'-
len Dean, and the gingerbread chil-
dren. who were suspiciously a'iva
as they peeked from behind the
'gingerbread fence, played bv lit-
tle tots Pat McNallen. Pamela
Pearson. Linda Ford. Mark Hanna,
and Elaine Cox.
The fourteen angels were C',nrv
Bowen, Thomas Eden, Mitchell"
Harris. Scott Harris, Sidney Holt.
Mike Lanier, Mike Leveri-lee,
Steve Leveridge, John Mehaffey.
Virgil Riley. Mike Robert. Jcrrv
Toland. Chet Wesley, and Bill
White.
Mrs. Bill Black, president, wel-
comed the audience, and reco-'ni/-
ed all old choir members, who were
special guests at the program
A short business meeting after
the play resulted in the election < f
Mrs. Bob Whitman, Mrs Don v. hit-
taker, and Richard Wood to the
board of the choir.
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Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 89, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 6, 1958, newspaper, May 6, 1958; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth135814/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.