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SUMO
Army 9
Duke 19
! Iowa St. 10 Arkansas 3
Minn. 27
Pitt 20
Texas T. 35
!Texas 12
Ga. Tech 14
A&MO
Syracuse 6
Navy 10
Oklahoma 6 Rice 0
i |
Iowa 10
Notre D 13
Tuiane 21
| Baylor 7
|Tenn. 7
Colorado 6
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Leased ASSOC1ATKU I'UKSS V\ ire
Old Fashion
Fun Found At
Adams Ranch
B, JO ROBERTS
American Stiff Writer
Yon oni> have to drive about IB
milt's southwest of Breckenridge on
the tit.st I oj eat h month to
spend ai, t .eiuog of old-fashioned
i'in ami comradshtp that is remini-
ii'tit of 'da.s gone by."
Iti u rustic setting atop a hill.
hundreds of luUs gather Irom far
and .vide i< spend the evening to-
gether vetting eating. making
music. singing or just listening
Early in the afternoon, the lues
■itc built under a coup le of wash
puts and numerous dutch ovens
and skillets As the coffee begins
hi InhI in one ot the pots and the
potolues begin to try in another.
folks tititig tn their food and a stea,-
d\ stream of cars climb the steep
toil to the VIum* Ranch While the
women folk fr> unlimited amounts
of chicken, others busy themselves
with laying out the covered dishes
on the long tables in the ranch
v aid.
While the kids race around the
hillside and the hound dogs bay in
flte distance the iiddlers start to
"tune tip'* m the living room of
the old ranch house which was built
moie than 30 years ago.
As folks began to fill their plates
Loin the tables which are literally
gi*oaniug .with uood fix id .the full
moon begins to show over the hill-
side, and one almost yets the feel-
ing of being transported back
through a halt century to the early i
pioneer day*.
So«m alter supper the musicians
• ather i'i 'be house and begin to
" tune up," There are musicians in
the living room, musicians in the
lied room and musicians in 'he kit-
then ami Mil, sit around in every
corner of •■very room to hear their
favorite musicians play their favor-
ite tunes
After a while, everyone gather-!
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 3i
Church To Hold
Service Series
The K.rst Christian Church will
hold a series of services, beginning
Sunday evening Nov 13 and con-
tinuing through Nov IT. with Rev.
Amos Mvers the preacher, Rev.
Alan Lynch announces Itev Mr
Mevers was pastor of the local
church for over a decade, and will
l>e remembered bv his many
mends as an outstanding preacher.
Seen or Heard
by C. M. H. ^
The Buckaroos staged and excit-
ing battle against Vernon and gave
a good account of themselves, al-
though forced to bow . . . Thev now
have BrownwcoJ a'nd Mineral Wells
left, and the Buckaroos could put
a feather in their cap tr/ defeating
the district leader, Brownwood . . .
Marchants in Breckenridge Satur-
- were heard to express them-
■■elvc-, as happy over the 'colder
weather — in fact some said they
could use some overcoat sales
weather.
Tickets for the Brownwood game
/ill go on sale at the court house
I uesday morning — we think
IW ow ti'.vood has defeated the Ruck-
aioos about once in the last 2fi
vears we have been here . . Mrs.
Kern Brown has found her dog.
ami Mrs K I! Mossholder her post
iiflice Key — it pays to advertise
in the Breckenridge American
| he Possum Kingdom Association
V III meet at a "feed" Tuesday
at 7 3u at l 7 S. Oakwood, all mem-
bers invited.
Sis Clark is m need of three m -
t'esses one rurpese being to "get
a mother and thre chi.'iren off
the floor." , The next Big job
facing Breckenridge — besides vot-
ing Tuesday — is to rally around
Murphy Root and shove the United
fund to go.il . . ■ William Casey
of Ranger -caught a 46-lb. yellow
cat Lake Daniel Friday night on
a perch.
Mrs Jimmy Ferrel reported gra-
ilaiillv improving but still in pain
ai times No fire-run. no arrest
Iiv early Saturday afternoon .
Twrnu - four have nominated by
the 11 committee lor directors 12
to be elected —the list will be pre-
sented at directors meeting Wed-
nesdav Breckenridge has a po-
tential) vote of 3.500, Irvan Lewis
estimates, and every one of them
should vote Tuesday.
BRECKENRIDGE AMERICAN-SUNDAY. NOV. 6. I960
NORTH CENTRAL 1EXAS COMMUNITY" NEWSPAPER"
PRICE DAILY 5 CENTS SUNDAY 10 CENTS
NEA N'ewsphoto Service
r
Road Projects KENNEDY. NIXON BUOYED
tor Two Years
TOBE BOLES, in string be* tie is seen .urrcundcd by some of his
frie .'s. at the monthly Hunter's Dinner he.a each first Friday night
at Adams Ranch House.
Buckaroos Drop Exciting
Battle To Vernon Lions
iBy BOB McCATHREN
American Sports Writer
The record 01 the Breckenridge
Buckaroos now stands at one win,
one tie and one loss, alter their
contest with the Vernon Lions, in
Vernon. Friday night, when the
Lions bested the Buckaroos by a
score ol 30 to 2\ Both teams made
the same number of touchdowns
in a truly exciting game, but the
clincher for Vernon was in making
3 out of t tries for extra points.
The Lions won the toss and elect-
ed receive. Vernon wasted no time
In mat ching 8(1 yards irom their
own 20 to secure the first score of
Lengthy Illness
Proves Fatal
To Aged Woman
Mrs. Lottie E. Cox Handley 8".
passed awav Saturday afternoon at
5:15 at the home ot her daughter
Mrs. D.L. Jennins. following a
lengthy illness She came here
from Brownwood a month ago.
Mrs, Handley was born in Kear-
ney, Missouri, on the 28tii ot .Jan-
uary 1873. I- uneral Serivce will
be held in the Rising Star Church
of Christ, with Hersnel McDantel
pastor ol the Cross Plains Church
ot Christ ir. charge. Time ot tne
funeral was to be announced later.
Mrs. Handley is survived fey
three sons, W F, llandley of Jack-
sonville, II. G Handley of Aledo
and A J Handley of Seaside Cali-
fornia. lour daughters, Mrs, A. J.
Folkner of Brownwood. Mrs. W T
Hill of Seminole Mrs. Mattie M r-
rit of Ranger and Mrs, D. L. Jen-
kins of Breckenridge. Mrs. Hand-
ley had nineteen grand children and
twenty-live great grand children
Pallbearers will he. Gerald
Handley of Ft. Worth David Hand-
ley of Dallas. Tommy Merritt of
Hanger, Roland Snipes of Dallas,
Jack Jenkin., of Ft. Worth. II. C.
Stapleton of Lubbock. John Merritt
of Midland and Oran W. Snipes ol
Abilene
Satterwhite Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
the game. Butch Luedtke raced
around left end to gain B yards and
t> points. I his first try tor extra
points was the onlv one that tailed,
lnis left i. 4a in the fust period,
Vernon kicked off to the Bucks,
but the Green could not go. Start-
ing at their own 2n, the Buckaroos
made 2 yards and nad to punt.
Game Statistics
j Breckenridge Vernon
13 First Downs 22
2.ii> Rushing Yardage 368
73 Passing Yardage 26
2 of 5 Passes Completed 2 of 6
2 Passes Intercepted by 0
i 2 for 38.5 Puts. Average 1 for 42
1 tor 13 Penalties. Yard 4 for 40
I Fumbles Lost 1
In their second go with the ball,
Vei non startoi on their own 33 and
drove to the Buck 40. where Troy
Kenned} intercepted a Glenn Bax-
I ter pass.
The Bucks started a drive on
their own 34 and cashed in for six
points. W> yards later, off of a Bud-
1 die Landlord jaunt around right
end Buddie tried the riuht side
ol the line tor the extra two. but
failed With 2H seconds left in the
first period, it was 6 and ti.
Vernon's first play from scrim-
mage atter the kickolf resulted in
ii fumble, upon which Charlie Cre-
dicott promptly pounced Here the
Bucks drove Irom the Vernon 37 to
the Vernon 28 and could go no
further. The quarter changed and
so did the possession of the ball.
(I O.N JIM ED ON i\V,E 3_>
Hospital Reports
Seven Admissions
Stephens Memorial Hospital re-
ported seven admissions and five
dismissals up to noon Saturday.
Admissions were Patricia Ann
Cray. Mrs Joe W. Perry. Lynn
Ray Faremr Mrs. M. F Funder-
burg. Mrs .1 K Bobbins. Susan
Adams and Mrs. Doyle Thompson.
Dismissals included B. J. Furr,
Mrs. Fred Johnson. .Mrs. Dora
Mav Odom R L. Stanch and Mrs.
Max Harrison.
When you finance your car at the
First National Bank ycu may place
your insurance wiih the aq3nt of
ycur choice. Adv.
The Texas Highway Department
will spend approximately $773,000
for State and U. S. Highway con-
struction and reconstruction in
Shackelford and Stephens County
dining the 1961-19H2 calendar year.
K M Pritchard. District Engineer,
ol District 23. has announced.
The State Highway Commission
at its last meeting alloted S4.181.000
tor District 23's nine counties for
construction on the ASC System
of Highways, which includes all
State and C. S. Highways. This
system does not include Interstate
Highways or Farm to Market
Roads. These funds will be spent to
provide the right-of-way neces-
sary and the construction costs on
certain highways in the system .
which are not up to the State High-
way Department standards for the
tratfic voiumes being carried.
Earlier this year the Commis-
sion approved funds for the Advan-
ced Planning on many of these pro- ;
jects and on some the preliminary
surveying and right of way work is
advanced to the point where detail-1
ed plans can be completed, and the \
actual right of way purchasing be-
gun.
The project for Shackelford and
Stephens eounties is:
V. S. Hvvy. 180 from Shackel-
ford County line. east, for 6.7 miles
of reconstruction, grading, struc-
tures and surfacing.
C. S. Hwy. 180 Irom Stephens
County line, west for 0.6 miles of
reconstruction, grading, structures
and surfacing.
West Central Texas Municipal Au-
thority will furnish S725.000 toge- i
ther with certain right-of-way for
the construction of the project. !
making a total estimated cost of
SI,500,000 for the adjustment and
reconstruction to U. S. 180.
Tenttaive plans call for a 3.750 j
ft. bridge at Big Sandy Creek.
Bids will be taken and the pro- ]
ject placed under contract when I
the additional right-of-way needed
for reconstrution is secured and
detail plans are completed. 1
Ministerial Ass'n
To Meet Monday
The regular monthly meeting of
the Breckenridge Ministerial Al-
liance will be held Monday Novem-
ber 7. at 9:30 a. m. in the First
Presbyterian Church. Rev. Jerry
G. Walker will be host pastor.
This is a very important plann-
ing meeting, and all members are
urged to attend.
BY ENCOURAGING REPORTS
Insurance Cost
Through Fraud
Pictured Lions
Members of the Breckenridge
Lions Club Friday noon were told
of crooks that attempt to defraud
insurance companies, and of hon-
est men and women on juries that
return verdicts ot unreasonable
awards.
The speaker was Hugh Larimer,
Abilene, insurance representative,
introduced by Blake Johnson Jr.,
program chairman.
Cost of insurance is influenced
somewhat by inflation, hut more so
by professional crooks, and jurors
who It Uieir sympathies sway
them, Lorimer declared, to add
that this cost is passed on to the
buyers of insurance when the price
is based on amounts paid out.
The speaker told of professional
crooks who permit themselves to
be mutilated in order to attempt to
collect fraudulent claims. He recit-
ed a number of actual cases. An
example of jurors' sympathy was
cited as an elevator operator being
awarded S106.000 because an eleva-
tor accident changed him to a
brooding crank.
To prevent lrauds the insurance
companies have organized a claims
bureau manned by former FBI
agents who investigate claims. This
bureau has uncovered 1.500 fraud-
lent claims and has an index of ten
million names who have filed
claims in the past decade. When a
name appears more than once very
close scrutiny is given, with the re-
sult that many have been forced to
admit frauds and sent to prison.
Two helpful remedies were advo-
cated. One that proper information
be given those investigating by the
public, and another that sound bus-
iness men serve on juries.
The meeting was presided over
by Albert Tuck president. In the
business part of the session Tom
Ward called attention to a zone
meeting that will be held in the
Burch Hotel Monday evening which
local Lions are invited to attend.
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IN DEER STAND—Ike Abernathy of Mesquite is shown above on
his deer stand atop a centuries-o.d ccdar tree during the recent . eer
hunt cf archers on the Pete Kcl.ey Wa.king Cane Ranch near Caddo.
He killed a 7-pcint buck, pictured Cct. 23 in Breckenridge AmsriCJn.
Abernathy is a member of the National Archcry Executive Committee.
HUNTING WITH BOW* ARROW
IN THIS COUNTY DESCRIBES
Nixon Or Kennedy
Decision Is Yours
Oil Workers Union Blasts
Jack's Stand; Back Nixon
Thought For The Moment: Where
♦towers Regenerate man cannot
|,ve _ Napoleon.
When you finance your car at the
First National Bank its financed
vith low bank interest rate*.—/dv.
The International Union of Oper-
ating Engineers. Local ,C>1, came
out strongly this past week in Bor-
ger against Senator Jonn Ken-
nedy's stand on uepietion I he un-
ion, is a paid political ad. is quoted
as standing against tampering with
the tax structure of the (ill indus-
try, "to lower the 21'^ percent de-
piction allowance wotil deliminate
thousands of oil industry emplo-
yes.*
Kepublican candidate Hichard Ni-
xon has said flatly he favors re-
taining the allowance which oil
men contend is necessary to return
their capital and finance wildcat-
ting. The Democratic nominee has
refused to take a stand on the sub-
ject and has said he favors a re-
examination of all such allowances.
J. C. Phillips, editor of the Bor-
ger News-Herald, said the Union's
advertisement via* "an unusual
and important departure."
Phillips added, "We are not sur-
prised to find this evidence ol prac-
tical and conservative thinkings on
the pail of lalior and their leaders
in this area. All ol us should be
grateful for this thoughtful and far-
sighieu contribution 10 the study of
one of the most vital factors about
which we are thinking just prior to
our national election."
He said, "Coming at this parti-
cular time, this factual statement
is particularly appreciated by all
Americans who deplore Kennedy's
opposition to the continuance of this
depletion allowance and are grate-
ful for Nixon's pledge to maintain
it."
An Editorial
The decision is yours. Whether
you vote "Republican" or whether
you vote "Democratic" is up to
you. the voter! No man or no wo-
man has the right to make your de-
cision or cast your ballot. You are
a free American citizen. The impor.
tant thing is that you exercise your
right and your duty at the polls.
Vote, and vote as you please.
The following pages of this paper
are covered with poitical advertise-
ments. Each side is deserving of
the voters' considerating. After
such study the questions each in-
dividual must answer for himself
seem to be these:
'l1 Which man, Nixon or Ken-
nedy. is better trained and qualifi-
ed to lead our nation in the years
just ahead?
'21 Which man is best to see
that our country is defended, that
its people may hold up their heads
as proud and free Americans' and
which man is less likely to plunge
us into a war which will destroy
our youth and bring misery and
sorrow to our people?
'31 Which man can give us the
best government with the least re-
gimentation and control? No na-
tion. from the time of Julius Ceasar
BILL BLACK
INSURANCE
104 N. Court Phone HI 94434
PRESENTS
THE WEATHER
Sunday partly cloudy and not
quite so cool. Rainfall predicted
only in southern portion of state.
Low Sunday morning 40 to S0i
high Sunday 62 to 72. Low Fri-
day night 44, high Friday SO,
Winds northerly 15 to 2S miles
per hour.
j down through the days or Hitler.
Mussolini, or Khrushchev, has suc-
ceeded in giving up its economic
and educational freedom without
becoming enslaved.
14> Thousands of our elder citi-
zens throughout this nation live on
! pensions, anauiites. and meager
| savings. The greatest enemy of
I these. aS' well as millions of fixed-
income citizens is inflation. Any-
| thing which inflates costs and des-
troys the buying power of the dol-
lar steals from the livelihood of our
! citizens. Which candidate is best
able to prevent runaway inflation
and keep additional heavy burdens
of taxes oft of our people?
j <51 Tidelands, which have placed
, approximately #65.000,000 into our !
state school funds, are an issue. !
Depletion allowances for oil and
gas, upon which thousands of Tex-1
ans are both directly and indirect- j
ly dependent for a livelihood, seem
to be a major issue. Who then, on
these issues, is best for Texas?
You have heard both sides and
you. the voter, must decide as you
I go to the polls on Tuesday Your '
vote is important. You must decide |
what is best for Texas and the na-
tion, what is best for you. and what
is best for the future of your child-
ren and their children
We should each give prayerful
and sincere thought to these and !
every issue involved: and. as we
vote let us be thankful that we
live in America. Let us l>(. thankfu !
that we live in a nation where we
do have a choice and where the
voter and his conscience alone have
the right to decide: "Who will it
be —
Nixon or Kennedy?"
WVWWW/i'JVWdWrt'ArA
Less Cost—A Better Deal—When
you finance your Automobile wit!
BLAKE JOHNSON
INSURANCE AGENCY
Phone HI 9-4477
By MARY KATHERINE SLOAN
1'he sport ol huniing Indian style
.with a now and arrow has been re-
vived in a big way across the na-
tion. In the uav ot the red man In-
dian families followed the nomadic
wanderings ol the tribe in search
ot game: likewise, tne wives and
cnuuren ol tne present day arcn-
ers travel and camp witn tneir
bowmen. L'nlike the work weary
squaws however, a great number
oi meae attractive women go a-
Iit oi share vneir nusoanu s inter-
est in bow and arrow hunting while
other wives enjoy remaining in
camp to visit witn old Iriends and
to watch tne chuuren playing
games. •
Recently such a group of 75 en-
thusiastic people, known as the
Panther C4iy Archery Club of
Fort Worth. Texas, leased a 2.000
acre pasture for deer hunting on
Pete Kelley 's Walking Cane Ranch,
located a iew mues east ut Lauuo.
Texas.
This ranch where a convenient
cainp grouiio has been provided,
has one of the highest concentration
of whitetail deer in the Possum
Kingdom area. Pete Kellev has so
endeared himself with his "friendli-
ness and his interest in the arcn-
ers that the club presented him a
gold plaque, inscribed, "To the
archer's uest Iriend."
V\nh ihe large amount of modern
camping equipment now ottered lo
tne outuoor minued person, camp-
ing out is no longer a enure. Es-
pecially tarsigrueu to tne require-
ments of an easy ouung was tne A.
Al. Met.ready tanuiy oi Cleburne,
'lexas, who nad converted a scnooi
bus into a luxurious abode. Com-
pletely equipped with refrigerator,
running water, built-in stove, sink,
and bunks, the bus was a favorite
gathering place tor drinking cotfee
and exchanging hunting yarns.
Mrs. AicCready was a most gra-
cious hostess when she was not
hunting with her husband and two
teen-age sons. She said that the
bus had been both adequate and
comfortable through many hunting
expeditions to the western U. S. A.
(CONTINUED ON PAGE i;
Former Residents |
Parents Of Boy
Mr. and Mrs. Cotten uavidson
are the parents of a baby girl born
Friday in Dallas.
Maternal grandparents are Mr.
and Airs, veil Ataoery til bi'eckeii-
lidge. I
Both Sides Are
Claiming Edge
En New York
3y ASSOC IAATE D PRESS'
Both presidential candidates arp
reported buoyed up by late repot is
on how their campaigns are goin
Vice President Nixon Saturday, was
making a homestretch drive in Iih
home state ot California, Senator
John Kennedy made another inten-
sive pitch in New York City,
In California, Republican stan-
dard bearer Nixon got cheering i"-
poits trout his a-les on his pn
pects tor carrying new York and
California Some politicians in both
parties have been giving Senator
Kennedy the decided edge in New-
York.
But Nixon's aides said Ne '
York's Governor Rockefeller tele-
phoned that during the previous
four days there has been a sens
tional swing to Nixon in the battle
for New York's biggest - in - the
nation block of 45 electoral vote
Nixon also is reported impres
ed with the tumultous reception l
gol Friday night in Fresno. Calit-
ornia, a traditionally Demoeia* c
i stronghold. And he's said to I y
convinced now he'll take Cali.foi n a
I 32 votes,
Nixon has decided f' beef up h s
campaign program for Monday,
the uiuil day. He's expeted to in-
clude a speech in Madison. Wi,.
cousin and possibly a Chicago area
visit in his eleventh-hour drive.
Senator Kennedy was greeted
by a wildly cheering throng o| thou,
sands in New York. So great was
the crush of grand concourse at
Fordham Roatl tne Bronx bo -
ouch's busiest intersect ion. th it
Democratic party officials had to
plead with the crowd to stop push-
ing, lest some one lie hurl. •
When Kennedy mentioned tin-
name of his opponent, the crov d
drowned him out with chants of
"down with Nixon."
When Kennedy finished .,peakin •
teen-agers in the crowd managed
to sweep past the police barriers.
They overran the section reservr.l
for newsmen, standing on tables
and knocking over telephones, in an
attempt to get close to the senator.
BRECK
Sunday
BYCM. meets at First Christian
Church at 5:30 p. ni.
Stephens Co. Signing Convention
at court house 2 to 4,
Monday
Quarterbac'k Club to meet at 7 p.
m.
Night Owl Ladies League ho t Is
at
Monday Nighters bowl at 8 30
TEENAGERS OF THE WEEK
SEE STORY INSIDE
BUDDIE LAM.FORD
LINDA TRUESOELL
Be Sure To Go To The Polk Next Tuesday And Vote
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