Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 228, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 2, 1958 Page: 3 of 12
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MRS. POLLOCK IS INTRODUCED
AT MORNING COFFEE AT FORUM
Roses Bloom on Winter
Blouse for. Holidays
Mrs R K I-ee and Mr*. J B
Crutch field were hostesses (or a
morning coffee on November 22 at
the Woman's Forum to introduce
Mr*. Lee's sister, Mrs. Owen Pol-
lock who is visiting here from
Denver. Colorado Calling hours
were from 9 30 until 11 a. m
Guests were greeted by Mrs. R
were conucopia filled with fruits
and vegetable*. Chrysanthemums
in fall colors decorated the recep-
tion rooms.
Mrs. Robert Dickson presided at
the silver coffee service.
Coffee, miniature cinnamon rolls
jand pineapple tidbits were served
to the more than fifty guests who
called during the morning.
A
round
town
•y JO ROBERTS
When you are considerinc the
purchase of a major appliance, an
automobile or a home for your
family what are the questions you
task the dealor or representative
who is handling the product you
•re interested in purchasing? Do
you take his word for the quality
of hi? product Do you merely buy
without finding out if lhat product
will serve the needs of your par-
ticular family situation': Do you
ask the price' Do you investigate
the sort of workmanship that is
into the thing you are buying'.'
If you make a major purchase
without asking any questions, then
you should feel free to stay home
Thursday night from the meeting _ _ _
witch is being held in regard iO|n<it costing more than 59 cents.
Harpersville Club
Makes Candy At
Recent Meeting
The Harpersville Home fcmon-
stration Club met in the Com-
munity building on Thursday at 2
P m.
The meeting was called to order
by Mrs. Haul Roberts, club pres-
ident Roll call was answered by
naming "our favorite Christmas
Candy." The minutes of the last
meeting were read by the club
secretary. Mrs. Jesse Garrett.
Mrs. C. W. Wulfjen. Jr. gaVe a
report of the last Council meeting,
as well as the Safe Driving meet-
ing which was held at the Y. M.
C. A. during November.
The club voted to help with the
county-wide Christmas party to be
held at the Y. M. C. A. on Decem-
ber 10 at 2 p. m. Each lady is {
to take a homemade gift or one:
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1 - ieKINtlD0g AMIRICAN-I
urged to attend.
The public meeting called by
the School Planning Committee
will be held at 7 p. m. Thursday
in the High School Auditorium.
All. citizens of the community who
are interested in the school build-
ing program of the community are
urged to attend to hear the plans
fully explained.
THURSDAY-FRIDAY
The Assembly of God Women's
Missionary Council will have a
rummage sale in the old Safeway
builing on West Walker Street
Thursday and Friday. Hours are
from 9 a. m. until S p. m. each
day.
New items will be for sale in-
cluding pillow cases, tea towels
and aprons, and homemade candy
will also be offered.
the purchase of school buildings
for your community, your child-
ren But. if you are one of thofp
fair-minded people who wants to
know what is being purchased with
your money, then you have the
opportunity to ask some questions
about the quality of the product.
the workmanship which will go in-
to it. the tacts about the school
which will house your children. __ ^
your neighbors children, the school ] fJiiowing members'
The Harpersville club will have
their party and Christmas tree in
the Community building on De-
cember 18 at 2 p. m.
Mrs C. C. Keith gave a dem-
onstration of Christmas candy,
making pecan roll. She served can-
{dy using the pecan roll recipe
with cocoanut substituted in one
kind instead of pecans. She passed
out the candy recipe books to the
■mm bloom In the winter on this cotton warp print blouse
by Jady Bond. Empire line is marked by contour belt buckled
la the front It's designed to be worn over a slim skirt—By
G/ULE DUGAS. NBA Women's Editor.
which will reflect the kind of com-
munity pride which we have. You
are obligated to attend the pub-
lic meeting, to be informed on a
major purchase which will affect
you and me and your friends and
neighbors You don't take your
friends word on what kind of a car
you buy. so don't take your neigh-
bors' word on what kind of schools
will be bought for the community.
Go to the meeting. Find out for
yourself what is being planned
Make up your OWN mind with the
facts that you hear for yourself.
Ask the questions that you per-
sonally want answered then go
home to make your decision from
these facts, not from hearsay. We
Ore morally obligated to fill the
Mrs. Ben Whiteside. Mrs. Buel
Whiteside. Mrs. C. W. Wulfjen,
Jr.. Mrs. Jesse Garrett, Mrs. C.
C. Keith. Lorene and Irene Mc-
Clenny, Mrs. Paul Roberts, Pat
Frazier and Myrtle Conner.
Den 4, Pack 17
Visits Bus Station
The Cuh Scouts of Den 4. Pack 20.
met on Monday. December 1, in the
home of their den mother, Mrs.
Cleve Gandy.
Refreshments of doughnuts, cook,
ies. punch and bubble gum were
served by Jay Ray Dover.
Social
Calendar
and the program will be presented
by the children of the members of
the club.
After the opening ceremony, a
high school auditorium to capacity short business meeting was held
Thursday night. Go to the meet-
ing'
W. Chapman.
The table and mantle decorations
TEXAS ELECTRIC
SERVICE COMPANY
DIVIDEND ON $4 56
FtEFEMED STOCK
The regular quarteilv dni
deed of II 14 per hare on 14
Preferred Stock outstanding
va* declared by the Board of
Direct on Nov 20. patahle Ian.
2, 1959. to stockholder* of rec-
ord at the close of business Dec.
13. 193B.
R. M Htsira
Set rnary
The group then made a trip to
the bus station where Mrs. Irvin
Jolly told them about prices and
bus trips. It was a very enjoyable
trip.
Those present were Gary Bowett
James Callahan. Garland Gandy,
Doyle Raglin. Jimmy Overton. Ben
Smith. Carl Lee Smith. Jay Ray
Dover. Donna Gandy and three vis-
itors. Mrs. J. T. Dover, Linda and
Marty Joe
Garland Gandy. reporter
Ice Cold Beer
TUESDAY
The AfcM Mothers Club will
meet in the home oi Mrs. A. J
Buchanan on Tuesday. December
2. at 7:30 p. m. for the annual
Christmas Party. Each member
is requested to bring a gift which
will be auctioned oil for the bene-
fit of the College.
The Royal Neighbors Camp will
have a regular meeting on Thurs-
day evening at 7 o'clock at the
1. O. O. F. Hall.
All officers and members
Pack 20 Will Meet
At Legion Hall
Tuesday Night
Cub Scouts of Pack 20 will meet
Tuesday, December 2, at 7 o'colck
at the American Legion Hall. Each
Cub Scout and his mother or fath-
er is asked to please attend. Year
pins, arrow points, badges and
chaps will be awarded. No Cub
Scout will receive his award un-
less one of his parents attends the
meeting.
Cubinaster Jack Eden will call
Gleaners SS Class
Has Meet Tuesday
The Gleaners Sunday School
Class of Bethany Baptist Church
met at the church on November
25 for their monthly business meet-
ing.
Mrs. Hubert Johnson opened the
meeting with a prayer.
Mrs. Jack Crayton presided over
the meeting. The group discussed
their class project and planned a
social for December.
Mrs. Ralph Ball closed the meet-
ing with prayer.
Refreshments were served to
Mesdames Roy Brooks. Hubert
Johnson, Jack Crayton, Harvey
Lindsey and Ralph Ball.
o
Dear
Canta:
Dear Santa:
I am seven years old. I want
Schwinn Sorvette bicycle, an
erector set, football and football
helmet.
Tom Flynn
Dear Santa:
luuinajm (H, v_„ I am four years old. t want
the names of the boys who are lo big girl s bicycle, a baby doll and
receive awards and one of his par
ents must accompany him to the
stage to receive the award.
An attendance flag will be
awarded to the den who has the
most members and parents at-
tending.
Den 3. Mrs. Oneta Strong, Den
Mother, will present the opening
and closing ceremony. Mrs. Fran-
ces Phillips' Den S has the pro-
gram. Refreshments will be
served by Den 1, Mrs. Betty Per-
rie. Den Mother.
"Help your boy to be a better
Scout by attending all of his pack
meetings." Eden said. "He needs
your support, and you need the
participation in Scouting with
are him."
doll play pen and a trunk.
With love.
Jan Flynn
1 have been a pretty good girl.
My name is Jolene McCullum, and
I have a little brother who is five
Will you please bring me a Tiny
Tears doll with a basket and two
handles. I also would like a doll
dressing table, a can-can petticoat
houses hoes, and a pretty purse.
If you will bring what you think
best for me I will be happy.
Thanks.
Jolene McCouum
800 West Lindsey
P. S. Please don't forget the rest
or the little boys and girls especial-
ly my little brother.
WEDNESDAY
The Wednesday Study Club will
meet on Wednesday, December 3,
at the Woman's Forum at 3:45 p.
m.
The program for the day will
be Safety. Mrs. Henry Nahm will
speak on "Salety Precautions In
The Home During The Hobdays."
Mrs .Edwin Pace will talk about
"Safety On The Highway."
School Planing Commmittee Recommendations To
School Board
THURSDAY
The Methodist Church Woman's
Society of Christian Servicewill
have their annual Bazaar and Tur-
key dinner in the Fellowship Hall
of the church on Thursday, Decem-
ber 4. Dinner will be serverd from
11:15 until 1:30. The price is SI
for adults and 50 cente for children.
Bazaar doors will open at 10 a. m.
Coffee will be served throughout
the morning hours. All sorts of Ba-
zaar items will be offered, and the
public is cordially invited.
to BO
BRECK ICE &
' STORAGE
401 E. WALKER
The Anna Frank Artist Club will!
meet on Thursday, December 4. at
the Breekenridge Woman's Forum
. at 3:30 p. m. for the Children's I
Christmas Party. Mrs. Custer Knox|
is program chairman for the day,
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BRECKINRIDGE, TEXAS
Mr. R. I. McArron. President
Board of Education
Breekenridge, Texas
Dear Mr. McArron:
On October 23 a group of citi-
zens composed of ranchers, farm-
ers. Merchants, oil operators,
teachers, and mothers from all
areas of the school district was
requested to counsel with your
board as a School Planning Com-
mittee.
In a month long study the Cen-
tral Committee has held three dis-
cussion meetings. Two sub-commit-
tees. com posed of groups from the
Central Committee, held two ad-
ditional meetings each. The Fin-
ance Committee secured factual
data from two reputable bond buy-
ers. The Building Sub-Committee
conferred with architects and en-
gineers representing three out-
standing architectural firms, name-
ely: Hedrick & Stanley, Fort
Worth; F. C. Olds. Abilene, and
Smith & Warder, Grand Prairie.
All three of the above firms as-
sured your commitee that sepa-
rately and independently of each
other they had made a thorough
inspection of all three ward schools
and their combined findings are
listed in this report.
After prolonged discussion based
on indisputable evidence, the com-
mittee lias whole-heartedly recom-
mended a three point program
which we believe will take care of
ad building needs except constant
maintenance for many years to
come.
The first issue based on the seem-
ingly will of the patrons, is to
maintain all three ward schools at
their present sites with comparable
buildings and facilities.
The second point discussed was
cost and since this depends entire-
ly on main issue (an adequate
physical plant to serve the needs
of the district! these two items
aro more fully presented together.
First we present the building needs
and afterwards the financial pic-
ture.
<1> South Ward:
This building has deteriorated to
the danger point and is considered
unsafe for present use. It is neith-
er feasible nor economically sound
to spend money repairing it. A
new building was recommended by
all three architects and their av-
erage estimated coat, after using
salvage material and equipment
from old buildings, was approxima-
tely S240.000.00. This would be a
one-story building containing eleven
or twelve eU— teems, cafeterium
and stage, office, nurse and teach-
ers' lounge, dressing rooms, li-
brary. storage spam, and rest
room facilities.
<2> North Ward:
All three architects agreed that
the top floor should be removed
and first floor repaired and mod-
ernized. A wing would be added
to the present building, and the
structure would contain ten class
rooms as well as all other service
rooms enumerated for the South
Ward School. Although estimates
varlet" on the cost of this program,
this committee is of the opinion
this can be done for approximately
S130.000.00. One architect also sug-
gested that this building be re-
placed in its entirety, but admitted
that a good, serviceable building
could be had by carrying out our
recommendations as set out above
and ftor a great financial saving.
<3 East Ward:
All three architects agreed that
this building is structurally sound
and at this time from a safety
standpoint a new building is not
needed. This building is more than
M years old. Heating facilities,
plumbing, and lighting are obsolete
and cafeteria space is wholly in-
adequate. This building contains a
sub-basement and two stories and
is not fire-proof. The location of
the auditorium on the top floor is
not suitable for use by small chil-
dren or parents who attend var-
ious functions. The top floor could
be removed, a one-story wing add-
ed. and the sub-basement and first
floor could be modernized. This
program would include ten class
rooms, and all the service rooms
enumerated for North Ward and
South Ward Schools. It would be
comparable with the other ward
schools and could be done at a
cost some what less than estimate
for North Ward School.
<4> Booker T. Washington School:
The main building of this school
is in good condition, class rooms
are adequate and most of the furn-
ishings are new. The open type gas
heaters are dangerous and inade-
quate, and rest room facilities are
far below standard. We recom-
mend the needs of this school be
ascertained by the School Board
and their facilities made compar-
able with the other schools of
Breekenridge. One solution that
would enlarge the play ground
would be to add one large room
to the main building to be used as
a combination cafeteria and home-
making room. This room would
replace the inadequate, small buil-
ding now being used for that pur-
pose.
Conclusions:
It is the findings of this commit-
tee that the needs of all four
schools can be met at an approxi-
mate cost of S500.000.00. This should
be financed with a bond issue of
S485.000.00 which, with the approx-
imately S50.000.00 now on hand,
would give a safety factor of five
per cent or S25,000.00 over our esti-
mate.
Due to the extreme emergency
confronting both South Ward and
North Ward we recommend that
the building needs of these schools
be completed if at all possible by
September, 1959, at an approxi-
mate cost of S375.000.00. We also
recommend that if this bond issue
is approved that SV30.000.00 in
bonds be sold and the remaining
cost paid out of building funds
now on hand. We further recom-
mend that the program for both
East Ward and Booker T. Wash-
ington Schools be completed by
September, 1960. and financed out
of any remaining funds left in the
building program after completion
of North Ward and "<outh Ward
Schools, plus what ever is needed
from the S125,000.00 in unsold bonds
which would be designated for
East Ward and Booker T. Washing-
ton Schools and made available
only after contract is let for these
two schools.
Financing:
Factual data presented by the
bonding companies show conclus-
ively an additional tax never to
cxceed 17c above the present $1.50
rate would service this issue while
a rate of 14c would suffice the first
year until the remaining bonds
were sold, it is recommended that
valuation should remain at the
present 30 per cent of actual value,
and this issue serviced with a lim-
ited increase in tax rate as out-
lined above. It is the considered
Judgment of this committee that
this program will adequately serve
the school district and in the long
run be moat favorable to the tax
payer whose position we have fully
considered at all times.
We respectfully approve and sub-
mit these findings to your board
for their consideration.
Sincerely yours.
ET:id The School Planning
Committee
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C. R. Anthony Company
Sears Roebuck & Company
Naylor's Firestone Dealer Store
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