The Groom News (Groom, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 1957 Page: 2 of 8
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THE GROOM NEWS, GROOM, CARSON COUNTY, TEXAS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1957.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One year subscription (in Carson and adjoining counties)... .$2.00
One year elsewhere in the United States
$2.50
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FOR COOKING
Telephone 2661
Groom, Texas
remember the child learns best by
Wheeler-Evans Grain Company
GRAIN MERCHANTS
Federally Licensed
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Come In And Get Acquainted
for an overall water conservation
program in Texas. So said speak-
H. M. MARTIN
Gulf Distributor
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GOODRICH TIRES & TUBES
Fishing tackle and vacaton equipment
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Groom, Texas
Phone 3161
Phone 2281
Groom, Tex.
P.O. BOX 1251
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WHEELER-EVANS
GRAIN COMPANY
WE SOLICIT THE PATRONAGE OF
THE PRODUCERS OF THIS AREA
You can’t find a more satisfactory fuel
than Natural Gas! It’s clean! It’s econo-
mical! It’s dependable!
Combine this three-star service in your
home and see why we boast of our long
list of satisfied users!
FIRE THREATENS CHILDREN
DURING HOLIDAY SEASON
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organizations and associations.
“Each day’s mail brings addi-
tional support from local cham-
bers of commerce and other civic
organizations, as well as private
citizens interested in the welfare
of Texas, the governor added.
Rod and Gun Statistics . . .
Safety Check List” is available
through your local fire depart-
ment. Your fireman is an expert
on fire prevention and he is al-
ways willing to advise you.
4. Know the right way to escape
from any building in an emergen-
cy; and train your child to be as
ready to do the same.
5. Think twice about the cor-
rect and quickest way to call the
fire department so that you will
be able to contact them before the
fire has a chance to spread.
6. Be ready to understand and
your example.
3. Keep the child’s home free of
fire hazards by cleaning out cel-
lars, attics and closets frequently;
by avoiding the use of flammable
liquids for cleaning, by not over-
loading electrical outlets and by
promptly replacing worn cords;
and by being careful with matches
MEMBER PANHANDLE PRESS ASSOCIATION
AND THE TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
FOR HEATING
FOR REFRIGERATION
We Give Frontier Thrift Stamps
AL’S TEXACO
Service Station
Wholesale Oils And Greases
AL HOMER, Proprietor
DON'T WAIT UNTIL BAD WEATHER—
Have the radiator of your car cleaned and flushed before in-
stalling anti-freeze. We ARE EQUIPPED to reverse flush radi-
ators and promise excellent results. Reasonable service charge.
Anti-Freeze and WINTER Thermostats for all cars
Nov. 5 ballot, has received the en- i careless. So train your children to
dorsement of the state’s leading be careful in the presence of open
Selective! save you, and to save your chil-
l dren from fire.
Your Patronage Appreciated
PRODUCERS UTILITIES
CORPORATION
J. L. CASE, GROOM MANAGER
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Mac MeCLISH
KILLS TERMITE!
State Pest Control Co
AUSTIN —• State Fire Marshal
William A. Harrison today urged
parents to use extreme caution to
make sure their children are safe
from fire during the approaching
holiday season.
“During the period from Hallo-
ween through Christmas we re-
ceive frequent reports of children
being burned to death when flam-
mable costumes and party decora-
tions catch fire,” Harrison said.
Parents should insist that cos-
tumes decorations be fire-resist-
ant and should not use candles
at children’s parties.
Remember your child’s clothing
can bum, so know what he’s
wearing, Harrison cautioned. Po
not dress your child in such fast
burning materials as sheer, fuzzy,
long-napped materials, or filmy
nets and filmy nets and gauze.
Safer materials are wools, and
medium and heavy weight smooth
fabrics.
Remember that just about any
clothing will burn if the wearer is
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cases doubled in a week, accord-
ing to the State Health Depart-
ment, bringing the total of flu-like
illnesses to 62,319.
A number of schools had to
close after absences skyrocketed.
flames, heaters, stoves and other
sources of ignition.
Children’s clothing is most fre-
quently burned while playing with
matches, playing around stoves
heaters and too close to outdoor
fires. Parents should provide a
metal box for matches and keep
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Many others canceled
Governor Daniel recommended
a water plan to take care of needs'
up to the year 2000. “We can go
forward,” he said, “and guarantee
the future growth and prosperity
of our state, or do nothing and
face economic stagnation.”
Water Amendment ...
Governor Daniel has expressed
great pleasure over the widespread
interest in passage of the Consti-
tutional Amendment for water
development. He pointed out that
the measure, which is third on the
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games, band concerts and other ; per cent protection from fire,
special events. j 2. Teach the older child to re-
Cotton Forecast Up ... spect fire and how to use it safely;
Texas’ 1957 cotton crop will be ..... * *-----h-- *—
83 per cent of normal, says the
U.S. Dept, of Agriculture. Octob-
er estimate is for 4,100,000 bales
—a half million bales more than
was expected in September.
USDA also reported that mild
fall weather was helping farmers
in many areas. Scattered showers
brought up winter wheat on the
plains and encouraged volunteer
oats and other pasturage for cat-
tle over wide areas. .Weather also
was favorable for harvesting pea-
nuts, rice and sweet potatoes.
Texas News Briefs . . .
People in Brazos County, home
of Texas A&M College, are unhap-
two and under—in sight and in
football mind all the time; they need 100
children and away from the heat
of the stove. With the approach
of cold weather, parents should
have the complete home heating
unit checked, and should always
carefully supervise outdoor fires.
“Youngsters are s o curious
about everything they see that
they seem to expose themselves to
every possible fire hazard,” Har-
rison said.
Last year over 4,000 children in
the United States under 14 years
of age burned to death, and each
year in Texas over 300 children
fall victim to fire. Of the 800,000
building fires which occur in the
U. S. each year 29,900 are caused
by children and matches.
Fire Marshal Harrison outlined
six points for parents to remem-
ber in keeping their children safe
from fire and in training them to
be fire prevention conscious.
1. Keep very young children—
Texans spend twice as much pit in a spot out of the reach of
money to hunt and fish as they do
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tor an overall water conservation Texans leaving the Armed, cooperate with your fire depart-
program in Texas. So said speak- Forces in September was more! ment in all its fire safety activi-
ers at the Texas Water Conserva- than double the number entering ties—make it easier for them to
tion Association meeting where service,, reports State Selective! save you, and to save your chil-
water problems confronting the Service Headquarters. j dren from fire.
py. Their county was assigned
auto license plates with the prefix
letters TU. That, to Aggies,
sounds too much like the initials
of their arch-rival, the University
of Texas. What they don’t know
is that tags with AM letters now
are appearing on Austin cars.
AUSTIN—There’s talk now of
not just one, but two special ses-
sions of the Legislature.
East Texas House members
who served as'a tightly-knit team
in pushing pro-segregation laws
last spring, are asking Gov. Price
Daniel for a chance to put through
some more. -
Texas needs laws to prevent the
kind of trouble that developed in
Little Rock, say the East Texans.
Specifically, they propose (1) a
law to allow local boards to close
schools in case of riots or occupa-
tion by troops and (2) a measure
directing the Attorney General to
assist local school systems involv-
ed in federal suits to enforce inte-
gration.
Daniel said, “It may be we
should take some further action.”
But he said he thought the East
Texans were wise in not suggest-
ing the segregation issues be add-
ed to the agenda of the session
which opened Monday. It was
called to work on lobby registra-
tion, regulation of practice before
state agencies, water conservation
and crime study. Most observers
think thrashing out all the details
on these will take a full 30 days.
Four Indicted ...
Travis County Courts, which
serve as the arena in which state
officials are taken to task, are due
many more months of statewide
attention.
After four months of studying
the history of the ICT Insurance
Co., a Travis grand jury returned
perjury indictments against form-
er Insurance Commissioners Gar-
" land A. Smith and J. Byron Saun-
ders. It also indicted ICT’s one-
time manager, BenJack Cage, on
charges of bribing the commis-
sioners. Also Smith’s son-in-law,
Max Wayne Rychlik, on perjury
charges.
Jurors recommended state laws
be strengthened, particularly in
regard to liabilities and responsi-
bilities of company officers and
board members.
There wasn’t time to go into
legislative lobbying, said the
weary jury. But it urged a law
requiring registration and expense
reports by lobbyists.
Water Preview . . .
Sectional rivalries and lack of
money have hobbled past efforts
for admission to all football, base-
ball and basketball games, plus
all other spectator sports, plus all
the movies and other theatrical
attractions combined. So said L.
A. Wilke of the Texas Game and
Fish Commission at a Rotary
Club luncheon in Austin.
Here are some of the facts with
which Wilke surprised the Austin
Rotarians: Anglers and hunters
outnmber golfers 9 to 1. They also
spend more on hunting and fishing
than all Texans spend on medical
and dental care and hospitaliza-
tion insurance.
Flu Cases Pile Up ...
“That foreign flu” is getting
familiar to Texans. Reported
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special legislative session were
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State Water Board Chairman R.
M. Dixon said his department
has never had enough money to
carry out its assigned duties. He
asked for more money to gather:
data and pay salaries comparable;
with other state departments.
House Speaker Waggoner Carr
pointed out that legislators have
had trouble getting together on a
water program because they re-
flect the conflicting ideas of their
constituents, said Carr. He urged
cooperation.
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Edited and published by MAX and HELEN WADE
Office Phone No. 3311—Residence Phone No. 3541
Entered as second class mail at the Post Office at Groom, Carson
County, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
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Wade, Max & Wade, Helen. The Groom News (Groom, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 1957, newspaper, October 17, 1957; Groom, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1487407/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carson County Library.