Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 40, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 25, 1960 Page: 1 of 6
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BRECKENRIDGE AMERICAN —TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25. I960
"north central texas community newspaper"
PRICE DAILY 5 CENTS SUNDAY 10 CENTS
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UNITED FUND CAMPAI6N
DRIVE OPENS IN BRECK
Quarter Horse
Show Appears
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tiirl Scouts
Have Rally
The Girl Scout Sssociafion Kick-
ofj ra.ly was held Saluruay, Octob-
1 r •*' In© • i ''ii i, Ubard Ar-
roflf) wiih I... intermedia ies, Brow*
o.e, aijit witu n aue. s p.iruCipaiWg.
In.' da - iii <v11y la gan-ai noon
k( '"i opening iia^ ceremony pct-
ii.imi.'.i i,. in. tiitH'is hi iii.etnie-
■ tiaie tri>p im from East vt a rd
>li - ( h.n ics l*im|.* is ipMiji leader.
M«• niin■ ihi Hie line. mediate
I'mop. |.i from South Ward under
I - .v.i i.-isnip o| \ii- 1 at Aren-
dall aii'I v|:, llrnn Wilson laugnt
■«'i • > ■> ai-fjuainted James af-
ter whic h i>■«• >nulls lormed .i big
Cin 1. lor lunch
Each mil brought a "nosebag"
luiicn an.i ilie com urinks were ser-
ved li\ the (iiri Scout VsMiciatinn
South Ward s Brownie troop y.
nil by Mi, Dean Kadtkc was in
cha.'^e Ml the ,n up sinking 01
•Inn,,ay \ppie ei<l an outdoor
gr a< e Oltcn Use.! b\ ihe (ill I
.-stout, throughout ihe nation
\ "ii tele followed, led l>y
;>i i vi .ii . . hail m hi : i I ,est< r
Cl.uk \ potato i' i race climaxed
the da.v "s activilles
\ward ribbons wen Liven each
member u( t h< teams winning
lift seennd ar.il thud places, and
1 .i( , vi.is mi; by the i.ioup The
i 'ili.i , uere retired and the
.11 oilfield ,i ulent He was former-
It 'IN MM | | us I-
li ee entei tainmenl
the people of Sle-
n'v on Saturday. October
:i il. o aiena '{he second
s;,'l'hen.s County Quarter
iiow will have some ol the
■'iter Horses of the world
in the show.
.it.viius will begin at 10 a
■ 'Ii ihe judging ol 15 halter
i , for all ayes of horses lioin
a, i(> the aged There will
ioups of horses also showing
in awards tor their s.re or
mediately tol!fwing these
es tneie will be seven per-
: Hi..n. e i I iss.is. These classes
i In divided as io the junior and
■hum' horses except the barrel
ne which will be judged on time
lie "'lie! < 'asses thai horses wili
". 1- in beside, the barrel race
■ catting. roping and reining.
Koo I will be available on the
•1 id, a ii'I w ill be prepared by
members ol the Home Demon-
■' mis Clubs All proceeds will go
, tin .11 and Rural Center in Mil-
t Park
Approximately five hundred en-
try blanks and programs have been
mailed out to the Quarter Horse
men from several states as well as
in 'I ex'vs.
C W. Wulfjen. Jr.. is superinten-
dent ol the show, and Mrs. Wulfjen
i- secretary.
Scholarship Won
By Caddo Youth
Kenneth Mitchell, son of Kllis E.
Mitchell of Caddo, has received a ]
S50 scholarship from the Penny
\rt Fund Scholarship program
sponsored by the Texas Federation j
of Women's Clubs He is the grand- |
son of Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Copeland '
of Caddo.
A junior student at Hardin-Sini-
mons Cniversity, Mitchell is major-
ing in art and minoring in educa-
tion.
A graduate of Breekenrldge High
School he attendnl Ranger Junior
College before enrolling in Hardin 1
Simmons. He plans to teach art
in the secondary schools and to
study further at Parsons School ol
Design in New York City after gra-
duating from H-SU.
Mitchell is a member of Kappa
Pi National Honorary Art Frater-
nitv on the university campus
Mitchell was one of three students
designated by the H-SU scholarship
committee to receive a portion of
the Z'iD granted by the Penny Art
Fund for scholarships.
The other- two recipients are
"s .sanne Ha con sophomore from
Houston, and Roland Miller, senior
from Kansas City. Mo.
Workers Take To The Streets Brush Control
To Raise $28*300 For '60 Budget Programs Start
Following Rain
An enthusiastic group of United
Fund Workers assembled at the
V. AI C A. lor the Kick-olf Break-
last Monday morning, signaling the
beginning of the I960 United Fund
drive in Breckenridge to benefit
eleven agencies, with an added
fund lor Activities Expansion (his
year.
I r.e woi iters took to the streets
immediately after tne breakfast
to make contacts in behalf ot the
tund,
Everyone in Breckenridge will
be asked to give a greater share
'his year. Murphy Hoot, drive
chairman, said tnal an extra S3.000
is being solicited this year. 'In-
sufficient support of the local Unit-
ed Fund agencies has resulted in
the case ol the Y. M. C. A., the Lit-
; tie League, the Teen Canteen and
tne Library of needed improve-
ments and program enlargements
icing postponed or going hy the I
board." Root said. He added." In |
the case of the Boy and Girl
Scouts, it has resulted in these pro- j
grams receiving barely enough for 1
. their National dues. To correct
i this situation and enable these
agencies to provide the types of
programs Breckenridge expects
and would be entitled to, this addi-
tional fund has been added to our
1%0 goal."
At the breakfast Monday, Root
i said. "Breckenridge is going tor-
i ward now as it has never gone lor-
! ward before. In the past year, new
i u'hi ol bu .'ings have been erected
I for the three elementary schools
I here, provision has been made to
I insure future water supplies, fine
! new recreational facilities have
been built and an Industrial Foun-
j datum has been organized. The pro-
spective industries look to the psy-
cological climate of a community
I which includes some of the things
j mentioned above as well as the
budget of a community for adoles-
cent recreational facilities That is
your United Fund
The agencies and budgets are
listed as follows:
Y.M.C.A. — S5.825
Year round youth activities of
Breckenridge center in the Y.
which offers facilities for swim-
ming. basketball, volley hall and
other indoor sports and is used
hy such activities as the Teen Can-
teen. the Boys' Choir, the Public
Library and others. Attainment of
this year's goal will make possible
the expansion of Its activities.
YOUTH ACTIVITIEES — $3,400
Rv far. the largest part of the
work done hy agencies of the Unit-
ed Fund is volunteer. However, for
a continuing program some paid
personnel is needed, and this fund
provides the few essential, in-the-
field employees. There are no local !
"xecutive salaries in any Brecken- j
ridge United Fund agency.
GIRL SCOUTS — SI.450
Girl Scouting is open to all girls
from seven to eighteen and is adap-
ted to three age groups through the
Brownie Scout, Intermediate and
Senior Programs. Girl Scouts re-
present all races, creeds, and na-
i tional heritiages. Approximately
140 girls participate in Girl Scout
Programs.
BOY SCOUT — S2.750
I The Boy Scouts of America is a
j nation-wide youth organization lot-
boys of eight years of age and
&bove, regardless of color, creed,
or nationality. It seks to build char-
acter. train for citizenship and de-
velop mental and physical health.
More than 200 hoys are Brecken-
ridge members of Cutis, Boy Scouts
and Explorer Troops.
LITTLE LEAGUE — $2,100
In 1959 a total of 271 boys, consist-
ing of 175 Little League, 60 Babe
Ruth League and 16 college stu-
dents participated in this program.
The total cost of the program was
S4.862 87 of which S2 100 came from
the United Fund. The balance was
obtained from sponsors, button sal-
es, booth at 4th of July carnival and
concessions. The only paid em-
ployee was a caretaker. Plans for
expansion depend on attaining the
goal for the fund.
TEEN CANTEEN — S600
Every Friday night from January
through August teenagers of Ste-
phens County and their friends from
surrounding towns gather at the Y ,
for an evening of dancing, table
tennis, checkers, dominoes and fel- |
, low-ship. Average attendance is 50.
GOODFELLOWS — SI,400
A Christmas giving of food, toys,
i and essentials to the underprivileg-
, ed families, aged and children.
This fund is supplemented by spee-
I ial gifts of perhaps equal monetary
| value by service clubs, church or-
i ganizations, etc. All are screened
hy the Breckenridge Chapter of the
! Red Cross
T B ASSOCIATION — $100
I This fund provides the T B Asso-
ciation necessary supplies for patch
(CONTINUED ON PA'.E i>
Former Resident
Father Of Girl
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Womble of
Arlington are the parents of a baby-
girl born at 12:05 a. m., October
25. She weighed 7 lbs 11 oz, and
has been named Sharon.
Mr. and Mrs. Womble have two
other children, Jerrell Wayne 7,
and Bobby Lynn 3.
Paternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. G. L. Womble of Breck-
enridge. and maternal grandpar-
ents are Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gill
of Arlington.
With the recent rains I.minis
and ranchers of the Lower I'le.n
Fork Soil Conservation District an
starting brush control piograms
again. Mi's. Minnie Keith is having
several acres rootplovved on lici
farm about nine miles soiuh ul
Breckenridge. Bob Stelle is treat-
ing about 160 acres of mesqiute
brush treated with kerosene on In-
ranch in the Frankell community.
This is applying kerosene to the
base of the tree to kill the bud
zone. Cooperators treating nies-
quite in this manner should renicm
ber that the bud zone of the mes-
quite tree is usually from 12 to 14
inches under the ground. The kero-
sene must be put on heavy enough
to get down to this bud zone.
J. H. liarrcll is having several
of mesquite treated with kerosene
and chained. Mitt Crowley is hav-
ing about two hundred fifty acres
of mesquite grubbed with a bulldoz
er on his place in the Necessity
community.
Several cooperators are still
building ponds, terraces and diver-
sion terraces.
Oliver Ledbetter is constructing
a diversion terrace to enlarge the
drainage area to a pond on hi>
ranch in the Frankell community
O. E. Austin, who farms and
ranches in the Wayland community.
1 recently completed a pond and a
diversion terrace.
A pond is under construction on
tht. Zelma Herrington place in the
i above mentioned practices are be-
LaCasa community. Most of the
ing done with cost share under the
AO' program.
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LAGLE SCOUT Mrs. En Gcrhai
Chai lea, .is i:.s f.itiKr toe1- s en
M. M. Machon Saturday ni ' it at
a day's ac.m'v of Cubs ind Boy
Little Leayue bascbill field.
cli oins the E i-j!n badge on her s^r,
rr~> ■I ■ aA/iird was made b/
the Court o, lienor wh.ch climaxed
ScO'j'.'j m the parking lot behind ths
Scouts Court 01 Honor
Is Termed "Successful'
Brcckcnridg"
Scouts ;'iitl ih".
■icouitng parlit ip
lonor Saturday
;ave excellent .
Boy Scouts, Cub
se in teres tec! in
a ted in a C ourt of
when Id -ill Scouts
ie in Mist rat ions ol
W. D. Lau Dies
Early Today
Walter Dewey Lau.
"mploye of Sinclair
died at 7:20 a.m. today
Memorial Hospital of a
dition. He had been in failing
health since last March, and he
was hospitalized in Temple or in
the local hospital most of the time
since then.
A veteran of World War II, he
served three years in the Army in
France. He came to Texas in 1919
from Kansas as an employe of the
Sinclair Pipe Line Company, and
he worked in Ranger, Wichita
Falls and in Oklahoma before com- ll1t' Scouts
Scouting skills, Indian dancing and
i Court ol Honor.
Scouting officials of this area
kii iicipa'ing were Judge Harold
.varfi.rd, Jody Baker, Jack Wcatli-
erford. Jack Merrill, Joe Gal-
luaifh of Brown wood and Bob
Slaughter of Eastland. '
The afternoon activity began a-
hout four o'clock Saturday after-
noon when local troops set up
.nodcl camp sites, monkey bridge.,
ind other exhibits.
Ross Merrill. Jr., assistant Scout-
master of Troop 99, presented a
cocking .lemonstraiion, preparing
a menu ot fried ciuckt-n, not rolls, >
tianana delight and peach cobbler.
| His rlemoiisiration included foil and
64. retired dutch oven cooKeiy. Members cl
Pipe l ine, ether troops clso demonstrated
in Stephens 1 Coffee Can Casserole cxking and
heart con- j dutch oven cobblers.
An estimated i.Su boys enjoyed
the weiiiei roast, food for which
was donati.l by Stewart and l eeks
Grocer... L. S. Sullivan and Good
Eats Bakery.
Koss Met rill was master of cere-
monies of the camptire. Dick
Carey and his Indian dancers pre-
sented two different Indian dances (
tor the entertainment of a large
group of parents and friends of
An Editorial
Congratulations
Mr and Mrs. J
1026 South Smitf
enfs rf a bahv mil
Stouhens Memorial
10 05 a nr.
weighed fi !b:
October
10
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are the par-
born at the
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snowed np lot me
t k > a t than took pa it
.solicitations.
yoj finance your car at tti«
•irtf National b?nk you may plact
oar miufinit with th auent o
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Correction
Troy Kennedy was iniH^ertan-
t!/ mrntion^d as Larry Kennr-!y
in th. stOi% cf *he B jckarr>o-Gra-
ham football game in Sunday's
American.
Tlie satisfaction of knowing that
we have done our part in giving to
help the less fortunate always mak-
es a person feel good Every resi-
dent in the Breckenridge area
can feid good the next week, when
workers for the Breckenridgy Unit-
ed Fund contact you. hy giving a
generous contribution.
To feel sorrow for those that
sillier from a disaster that comes
to their community is one thing,
tint we should do more than feel
sorrow we should help And
we can hy taking an active part in
'•'■ In' i the final day fo
rill. , i > ' e i V ,-itlon.', for the li-ifl.
suppei which w ill l'l' served to I v-
Student' at:d lliiekaroo K in . Fri-
iii\ pi • i • ding ttie football uaim-
I iai' , :>i .i" each l iar.-
A nn i n .in I ,i li n Hall Make I e •• r-
\ .''ion -. 11;i .N'irti a Jean Kui-j.
phone !i-;i2r« Eves (rom as fat
aw .iv a - K.ni,' .i • Nebraska Mexico
and all n- i i the state, l ocal I \e
hav e a respim ability to also be
present to help ill a ke these folks
feel at Il l-He Won't you call lot
n servations?
the United Fund.
In this day of Juvenile delinquen-
, ey in most areas, we can help do
our part in stamping it out. Vhe
question probably in most minds is
"how can I help in stamping out
delinquency among the young peo-
ple'.'" The answer is simple. When
we give to the United Fund we
help such organizations as the Boy
Scouts, the Girl Scouts, the Teen
Canteen. Library and the Little
League. All these are worthy of
your support. When a person fails
to give, they arc failing our young
people.
ing to Stephens County from Cole-
man in 1949. He received a 40
year service pin from the comp-
any before his retirement on April
1. 19fiO.
Born in Harrisburg. Pa. on No-
vember 24. 1895, he was married
to the former Wilma Estella Rhoda
of Ir.liana in Breckenridge on
February 7, 1922.
HP was a member of the First
Christian Church and the Dynamo
Bible Class. He was also a mem-
ber of the VFW.
Funeral arrangements are pend-
ing at the Melton Funeral Home.
Survivors include his wife; one
step-son. -Louis J. Rhoda of Cali-
fornia : one brother. Bert, of West
Plains, Mo.: two grandchildren.
lllHlllilililllimimMiinil|iimi>..i. miM lil
/tfhen you finance your car at th«
First National Bank its financac
•Ilk Kaffir '■•tM *dv
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Joe Galbraith was in charge of
the song service, and Bob Slaugh-
ter was in charge ot the Court of
IK nor .iming winch time awards
were made and merit badges pre-
sented to Boy Scouts and Cub
Nine Admitted To
Local Hospital
Scout t,
'I tie highlight of the evening wrs
the presi ntDt'-:n of th° EaE'°
Award t-i Charles Gerhardt, son of
Mr. and Mis. hd Gerhardt. iVl. 1*1.
M.iehen made the presentation
'ating that the Eagle was the
hi.ne. t a war-1 in Scouting ai I
coinmende l young Gerhardt for h'3
work in achieving this covet-
award.
More than (18 Bov Scouts par-
ticipated in the campfire activities,
and a spokesman for the group
said that a large group ot adul ■;
enjoyed the evening with perfect
weather prevailing.
James I!. Duval! is Court of
Honor chairman, and lie was as-
sisted by M. 'I. Gilbert in prcpa -
ing this unusual event which vt ?
the lirst ot its kind to be h{ 1
here in several years.
The location, adjacent to t'
l.ittie League Park, was terimi
"Ideal" for this activity, and a
spokesman said that many other
such ou.'oor events will hp pr--
ser.led as long as the weather is
favorable.
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BRECK !
DOINGS <1
Tuesday
B::-,v!ing League 7 p.m.
High Football, in Grahata
American
I fospita I
and six
noon.
iViurray
ihe Stephens Mj.,iorial
reports nine admissions
dismissals since Saturday
Those admitted were
Mcrrison, Mrs. U. \. Blavlock
Betty Deglate, Mrs. J. II. v\ood-
rum, Shena Kay Gibson, Bob H.
Harbison, M. G. Dawson. Mrs.
Floyd Waits, and Alr.s. G II. Gray.
Dism.ssed weie Jimmy Martin,
j'a ill Austin, Airs. Leona..l Hay
Tolbert and baby. Mrs. .1 K. Wnit-
ley ami baby. Danny Potts, and
Airs. Josephine Kriinki-r.
Servi
Junior
t( nigh..
Company L Meeting
Legion. H p.m.
.Masons .Meet tonight. 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday
Industrial Bowling League 7 p.Pi.
Thursday
Optimist Club, riazier's Restau-
rant. at noon.
I idies Bowling League, 9 a.m.
Gotuolus Luncheon Club.
Breck Lanes.
U.N'l Bowling League, 7:30
_e * Cost--A better deal—Whf>n
«ou finance /our Automobile witti
SLAKfc JOHNbGN
INSURANCE AGENCY
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noon,
p.m.
Melton Funeral Home ambulance
returned Dick Shaw fiom Veteran's
Hospital in Dallas Monday.
Leonard O. T'tomas. former
Breckenridge resident, died Mon
dav in Fort ^^orKan. Colorado, in
(CONTINUED ON PACE 3}
BILL BLACK
104 N. Court Phone HI 9-4434
insurance
PRESENTS
THE WEATHE3
cloudy with widely
OiKL SCOUT RALLY Mrs. Lester Clark is ',how i dS
in singnq -The Little White Duck Wuh Feathers On Its
at the Girl Scout picnic rally held at the National Guard
I37 youngsters participating.
sr.e ieaos a gioup or Oiri s,^ol . ano urcwnies
Back" as a part of the entertainment Saturday
Armory from noon until 2 p.m. There wfrt
Partly cloudy with widely scat-
tered thundershowers southeast-
ern portion. A little cooler Wed-
nesday. Low tonight lower 50's.
high Wednesday, 72. Low last
night. 57. High yesterday 82.
Winds southerly 20 miles per
hour, becoming northerly Wed-
nasday.
MONKEY BR IDGE—Werner Bendorf. rii-ht. is sho.vn with a jrcur cf Bey Sco-.it sa:id Cub Scouts as
they exrmine the monkey bridge which members cf eondorf's troop erected at the Scout display
and Court of Honor Saturday night. Other Scouting skills were demonstrated, and awards wer#
presented.
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