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CL.EBURNE, TEXAS. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1950
YEAR. NO. 67
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The half o’winter’s to tome and
hog
American variation
merely an
praise of the black-eyed peas produced in ills stato.
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and
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worked
out the day yesterday.
Southwest, at the
lallas, Jan. 29 through
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ohnson County Conservation
Program Will Get Assistance
Cleburne Motorist Gets First
Set of '50 Automobile Plates
Walls Finn to
Display Goods
In Public Here
Burleson Swine
Breeder Honored
3,500 Qualify
As City Voters;
School Issue Up
7 Believed Dead
In Plane Wreck
Heavy Snowfall
Slows Searchers
Johnson County
Friend of the Family"
IS A
through-
without
• that breaks the. fall of
ndrops, checks the water
iat more of it soaks into
wanted Skinny on their side,
when they played baseball, or
football or anything else for
that matter. Why should they
Fams Against
ussianSubs
Southwestern
» Exhibition,
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Bright oh
without at
tazpeyetg
ING WE
suites, H<
honor of
Andgom ouzbt to A
to tan sneg a bat
teacher would give out a spell-
ing word such as, room, and
Mary would spell it out tyrhsi,
or some other equally unusual
combination of letters.
The school nurse was called
Beth Jackson To
Former Position
Mrs. Beth Jackson, former sec-
round, and hold* the land so
imt it isn't washed away.
At the same time, a good pas-
ire provides additional forage for
restock. When properly manag-
the
so
the
AMBITIOUS, ANTWAY
SPRINGFIELD, Masa. Fob. 2 (UJD
Copies of Charter
Will Be Mailed Out
judge, a position formerly filled by
Miss Patsy Wilsoo,
Mhss Wilson resigned her post as
secretary Feb. 1.
vice-chairman, the good pas-
means better feed for more
i tock.
i at rain
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of its
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a chan
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rive.
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Make Little Headway
Ljnemen for both electric com-
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Shivers said “a* emergency ex-
ists."
Warmer Temperatures Strip Ice
From Damage-Ridden Cleburne
will be in lino with
' Commerce Eutab-
TOO MUCH TELEVISION
PROVIDENCE, R. I. (U.P — Too
much television and not enough
sleep is becming a school room
problem, according to president Lu-
cius A. Whipple of the Rhode Is-
land College of Education. "Tele-
snoozing." he calls it when video-
weary children fall asleep In class.
ichines, purchased
M, county wuperin-
publle, thutruetlon
sed the machines
astro cost to the
• cut corners on
• "w* w* ■ w V- a
of my car," one w
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Hospital
Aelandha dsandhz.
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Shivers summoned t
into special session
the first extraordinar
10 years, to Heal wi
tals. Public health ol
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Men's A ppi
held in Di
Feb. 1.
The display 1
a Chamber of
Increasing
lure land.
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The two tat
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/ILY GROUNDHOG FAILS TO SEE
HADOW.. .IS SPRING AT HAND?
mmhhe
woadrmazpeeanttn
at tbs men and moman aMbs.
casion. He would go out on the
creek some piece and ponder
the abuses of the cuel warld."..
Strictly anti-sockal, or so it
seemed, until the school nurse
came along with her hearing
machine.
City to Purchase
Meters, Fire Hose
City counetimen voted to pur-
chase 45 new parking meters and
550 feet of two-inch fire hose. at
a special session yesterday, Mayor
T. S Moon announced today.
The extra meters will be used to
replace old meters in downtown
alleys.
■Weather F w. u n. «
mm and VCOTK: Mostiy cloudy
eanna
correctly, provided the words
were given in the proper tone
of voice, slowly and repeated
several tmes. f
H probably will take the skill
of specialists to cdhrect Mary's
hearing defect. This too is
possible through the new school
program.
Oivks clubs, doctors, dentists
and others give freely of their
time, knowiedge ano money to
further the outetandine Ro-
gram. Local civic chibs buy
many pairs at gimsses, phy for
operations and other needed •
-gevieem if the child to from
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needy family, d „
Visual and hearing tests haye
been completed. . . A tow tom
words wMen in the report at
thereounirsehoe mure peeked
Extensive In Johnson Sectors
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Rising temperature last night dissipated a two-day
ice storm, which left extensive damage to property in
the Cleburne area.
Trees, utility poles and wires, heavily-laden with
the ice coating last night, were completely freed of the
extra weight today, after the mercury had remained at
a steady 34 degrees all night. The mercury continued to
climb this morning until at noon, downtown thermome-
ters registered 40 degrees.
Electric "power and telephone installations were
hardest hit by the icy spell. Emergency line crews, call-
ed in to aid local telephone and electric power crews, be-
gan to arrive in Cleburne early yesterday morning. Four
such crews arrived to assist five crews of Johnson Coun-
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two-inch film of Im.
"I couldn't even open IM* door
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Pert JACKIE 1
she has taken up
an avpcation, ho
have you , . . Ar
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The House Revenu* *44 20
committee schedule* Man
day and tomorrow to MW
pltai budget and toBMMi
arsgsjKfS®
The hoaringu were en-
Gov, Allan Shivmat '
session of the.legtalat
emergency tax-aisini
must be met "adequaf
PROPER LOCALE , EM
wamudiepanae '.
a grave yenterday Tnatm- 1 '
bled in. dead of « heart attack. I
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By Clyde Hood
None of the fifth graders
of the storm.
More than 300 day laborers and
farm hands In the area were
without funds and apndled to
the public for "food money”
Bonham was without lights
- _ Jee. "Emergencytoa
were completed between Cle-
burne and neighboring cities in
regular nightly run.
Local Reserves
Offered Studies -
All members of the 862nd Re-
placement Company, Cleburne’s un-
it of the Organfed Reserve Corps,
will be given an opportunity to
take part in a two-day period of
active duty training at the ORC
Armory in Fort Worth, March 11
and 12. Leut. John S. Purcell, com-
manding officer of the unit an-
nounced today.
The tour will include brush-up
lectures on all basic subjects and
technical courses in every arm of
the service.
In last nights meeting at the V.
F. W. Hall, Regular Army instruc-
tor Harry L. Ramsey narrated two
training films for the locals who
had a 100 per cent attendance.
There still exists In the ORC op-
enings for enlisted personnel of
all ranks. Former Servicemen may
enlist with the same rank they
held when they were discharged
from the service. Enlistments may
be made with Lieut. Purcell.
secretary to the county
fell since Tuesday
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livestock can be turned in
spring and held
fall. In short, says
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2—(U.R-- You have the word of a senator:
' Virginians are biguer and huskier than Txu"is because Vir-
ginia womenfolk know how to cook black-eyed peas
Sen. A Willis Robertson of Lexington stood up. drummed hia
chest. and submitted himseif as a towering example The Democrat
from Virginia is six feet 2% inches tall and said that his son is the
same height and weighs more than 200 pounds
Robertson was the host in what was logged as the "wocond round
of the black-eyed peas battle." On Jan 19, Rep Lindley Beckworth
of Gladewater. Tex., pitched a luncheon and served. as a side dish,
Texas black-eyed peas flown from the Lone Star State. Beekworth
at the tune pronounced his peas "unexcelled—of course "
Yesterday, Robertson replied in kind with a luncheon for Beck-
worth and Senator Tom Connally, D. Tex.
Il was listed as a "contest" but there was no decision.
Robertson said his peas were furnished by Henry Taylor of Walk-
jerton, Vu , "one of the best pea-growers in the natfon"
The big, graying gentleman from Virginia wasn't bashful In his
Hope Fade* for
Giant Airliner
Lost in Arctic
texas black-eyed pea cookers Destruction From Ice Coat Is
CHALLENGED BY VIRGINIA SOLON- " - - "i—
agent, has returned to her old job.
County Judge H. O. Littiefair an-
nounced today. Mrs. Jackson is
the former Beth Reed
Mrs. Betty Cooke, secretary to
the county agent, for more than a
yesr resigned her post to accept a
t-Eleetrie Cooperative Association restore electric.ser-
— kyice to customers along their 1,040 miles of rural electric
and wellbeing of students
Johnny Third Grade is a good
example of how thia works.
Johnny had been considered
just plain dumb by teachers
and classmates alike. The teach -
____er hedsautionedhim. over and
over to pay attention in class.
---but wkew eke asked Jehnwy s
question he would always an-
• ewer "Mem?" or " don’ hnow."
Then, maybe there would be
some dieri lesion among John-
ny's ctugemates, at noon or
recem, about whe t took pice
in elMs, but Johnny . . . Didn’t
remember. Yes, Johnny was
dumb and none of the kids
wanted to have anything to do
norther blew into the
drizzle continued before d
p
Visual and hearing tests ore
given to all students in the 17
Johnson County schools every
year and Skinny's ease is Just
one at many similar problems
solved by the service.
Mrs. Bernice Stevens. county
school rmurse, recentty complete -
vices of, the nurse are made
possible through Gilmer-Aikm
legisiatlon. To make the teste,
Mra Stevens brings into use
ration election will be the first
chance the voters will have to test
their voting strength. Although the
two elections willbeheld eeprat
ly, both or them wil be held on
the same day, March 28.
Mayor Moon called the special
school election, after a petition
signed by over 500 citizens had
been presented to him requesting
such action.
DMterent Ballots
Separate ballots and ballot boxes
will be provided for the two elec-
tions. School directors are expected
to provide their own election Judg-
es and other workers. The school
election will decide whether the
schools will be separated from the
city government or remain under
the same set-up.
If the voters decide in favor of
separation. Cleburne schools will
be placed In an independent school
district, which will provide many
advantages, not possible under the
present set-up.
Copies of the charter are being
prepared now and will be mailed
out to qualified voters Just as soon
as the city tax collectors office
completes the poll list.
Suu th western Bell
hear sH the tones, but the nurse
wasn’t satisfied. Mrs. Stevens
took the girl off to herself and
had a little salk with her. The
nurse had noticed Mary be-
came panicky when the teacher
gave out the words in the spell-
ing cisuu.
Further tests revealed Mary
had a peculiar and very rate
detect at hearing. Words spok-
en rapidisandatadiatance he- _
come jumhled to the hearing
of the g The school num
Approximately 200 manufactur-
ers participated In the show. The
merchandise exhibited by the lo-
cal clothing manufacturer will be
in to check Mary's hearing. It
“ Hearing tests i-evesled John- ~ seemed to be alright. She could
Cleburne by Walls Manufacturing
Co. was viewed by more than
4,500 merchants from over the
Cleburne TIMES-REVIEW
Merchandise manufactured
TSTEI EXPLAINED
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla a.p —
ank Breen, assistant city engi-
er, was amazed when the rain
uge registered three inches, for
hadn't rained the night before,
pork department employe finally
Imitted sloshing art excess of
ater on the lawn near the gauge.
ted since the very infancy of
our race
The superstiton was brought
to America by German settlers
Their celebration of theholi-
aay had two pcoverbial express-
ions: (1) A shepherd had rather
see a wolf enter his stable on
. this day than the sun: and (2)
the badger peops out of his hole
and if he sees the sun he draws
, back. The” badger Was " little
known east of the Mississippi,
and the legend was transferred
to the w oodchuck or "ground
hog "
A Scottish rhyme carries out
th* idea:
"If Candiemass day be dry and
panies and
Telephone Co.
ers in Grandview, Godley
Cresson.
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It is fortunate that the beat , The Agricultural Conservation
needy unites, the a
the feeble-minded
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Approximately 3,500 Cleburne
citizens qualified themselves as vo-
ters in forthcoming city elections
by paying city poll taxes or receiv-
ing exemption certificates. it was
reported today.
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manufactured by other local firms
will be displayed in a similar
manner throughout the year.
Claud Parsons is chairman of
the Established Industries Com-
mittee.
Holmes Sullivan, Cleburne sales-
man, was elected president of
the Southwest Men's Apparel
Club during the market showing
in Dallas.
iarsl Club
and an emergency generator was
used to pump water from, a tank
which holds 150,000 gallons.
Many Bonham motorltts found
their automobiles coveted with a
the acreage of pas-
power lines.
Line crews from Hillsboro, Dal-
le* and Brownwood arrived in
Cleburne today to assist Texas
Power & Light Co. crews to re-
store electric service to custom-
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Applicants must take last
year's license receipts and Tex-
as certificate of title to present
when they purchase the 1950
tags All license plates must
be purchased in the county
where the applicant resides.
Drivers of out-of-state and
new cars must first pay regis-
tration fees for two months re-
maining for 1949 plates, before
applying for a Texas title. How-
ever, 1950 plates may be pur-
chased at the same time the
registration fees are paid. All
Texas titles are mailed from
Austin after the registration
fees have been paid. The 1949
license plates now in use are
good until April 1.
making any great progress. Lines
were breaking faster than the
workmen could repair them. Tele-
phone linemen, checking a line
from Cleburne to Glen Rose yes-
terday. found three breaks in the
line on the first trip and 25
breaks during the second inspec-
tion.
to Candlemass Day is
W S. (Dub) Walker, co-owner of
world famous Bar-Walk Farm. Bur-
leson, was re-elected president of
the Texas Swine Breeders Associa-
tion. at a meeting in Fort Worth
Tuesday.
Walker is a breeder of fine Hamp-
shire hogs, which he ships to sev-
eral foreign countries and just
about every state in the union. He
raises the swine on a model hog
ranch on the Fort Worth highway,
between Burleson and Joahua.
Bar-Walk Farm got its start of
the fine Hampshires when Walker
purchased a trailer load of the
striped swine as a reegular First
Monday, Trade's Day, transaction a
few years ago
From this start. Bar-Walk Farm
has become known as dRe of the
most-outstanding hog ranches in
America.
Program through assistance to
farmers in the use of lime and
phosphate and other fertilisers,
the vice-chairman explains, has
done much to help the farmers
of Johnson County. The result for
many farmers has been better
and more pasture often without
a round-about manner.
Talephono crows from West
Texas were enroute to the strick-
en area today. All lines inside
the city limits were expected to
be. repaired by late this after-
noon.
All three local utility managers
would not venfure an estimate on
the total damage until further
surveys could be mads.
Work Overtime
City street crews worked over-
time in their efforts to keep
treets In Cleburne clear of bro-
ken limbs. Many ancient shade
trees were split in half by the
heavy coating of ice. The limbo
created a traffic hazard, which
continued to harass motorists last
night and today.
West Texas escaped the brunt
of the ley coating, unofficial re-
ports received here revealed.
A slate of emergency was de-
clared as dozens of small Texas
communities gripped by the icy
norther appealed for help In oth-
er areas, however. Some were
without water.
Hundreds of workmen trying to
repair fallen power and telephone
lines admitted they were waging
a losing battle.
“Lines are breaking and poles
are snapping faster than we can
make repairs," one trouble shoot-
er said.
C. R. Smith of the Texas Tele-
phone Co. described the ice
storm as “the worst I've seen in
31 years as e telephone men.
“The whole North Central Tex-
as region is knocked out.”
Smith said It was impossible to
tell how long it would take to
repair damaged telephone circuits.
Ha said temporary long distance
lines would not be strung up for
at least three days.
Texas "lee Box"
The Texas “Ice box" extended
from Wichita Falls eastward to
Paris and southward to the Dal-
las-Fort Worth area where heavy
rains had sent creeks over their
benks to flood three highways.
Bonham felt the Iciest impact
if Cadlemass day be wet and
foul.
Tiee half o’winter’ gone at
Yule. ’
This Lssociation of the ground
Cresson, Tolar, Granbury and
Bluffdale were luolatod today as
A result of.theice.demage..AP-
proximately 200 telephone lines
were down inside the city limit*
hire. Circuits to Waco, Dallas and
at the tradition, long wide-
spread in the Christian world,
that sunny Candlemass pre-
sages a cold spring.
The legend of Mr Groundhog
has become a permanent part of
American folklore and it la re-
garded everywhere a* a day
for weather prognosticians.
ny had tost most of his hearing
He waa senT to a doctor for fur-
. ther examination and to see
what could be done to correct
the defect. Johnny had enlarged
tonsils. They were removed end
his hearing Was restored to nor-
mal. Now Johnny is one at the
top students in his class. Toved
and respected by his teacher
and fellow students. He doesn't
_fplay hookey any more, enjoys
with him. 4 going to school and he is any-
---- Honnnywunted »rquirsehoot", Oring But anti-soclal stif---a
He was abeent ovary Uma he Mary Fourth Grado cbuddn"
IL Mu couldn’t even opeh
gyet whe veemed to be Anzs
“ent enough olherwine. Her
on display in the lobby of the
Cleburne Chamber at Commerce
next Saturday.
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TOKYO. Feb. 2—<U.R>—Russia has
> at 70 submarines operating in
a Western Pacific. Adm. Forrest
Sherman, U. S. chief of Naval
verations, said' today.
Steerftean made the announcement
ortly after he disclosed that the
niud States plans to build its
■vai strength in the area
"Russia has 270 to 280 subma-
nes, and about one fourth of
em are in the Pacific, we be-
ive," Sherman told a Navy press
n fere nce
(The Russians recently have been
ported building up a Far East
nmarine fleet Japanese prisoners
[ war being repatriated from Sov-
t areas have placed the number
I subs at about 18.1
Asked to comment on reports
1st the Russians were shipping
arts overland and assembling the
bs at Vladivostok. Sherman re-
ied, "Il to possible."
Earlier, at a press conference
nd by all four members of the
I S Joint Chiefs of Staff, Sher-
an said the history of two world
ars shows the submarine threat
"very real."
[At this conference, Sherman said
e United States planned to H*
emee the number of carriers in
e Western Pacific to two and to
vert a "half dozen" destroyers
pm the Atlantic.
In .many instances, according to
the vice-chairman, the carrying
capacity of pastures has been
increased $0-100 per cent andihe
pasture season lengthened sever-
al weeks. This has meant more
and better food for consumersand
also has served consumers by pro-
tecting the soil and water re-
sources of the country.
The 1950 Agricultural Conserva-
tion Program, says the vice-chair-
man. will continue to encourage
and assist farmers in carrying out
pasture improvement practices.
Information on the 1950 program
can be obtained from county and
community production and mar-
keting committeemen and from
the county PMA office at Cle-
burne. in the basement of the
courthouse.
N. L. East us, 412 West Fourth
Street, purchased the first set
of 1950 car tags issued by the
county tax collectors office
here.
Eastus and Pat Murphy, 702
South Main Street, were on hand
when the tax office opened for
business, Wednesday, Feb. 1.
the first day new tags were of-
fered for sale. Murphy received
the second set of the auto li-
cense plates. Eastus received
plates number CB6750.
E. V. Poynter, Venus, purchas-
ed the first truck license tags,
number MJ 9300. The tags this
year are black with gold num-
erals. Fifty seta of the plates
were sold yesterday.
Uris, not by toe use
numnchinebuim
i pelle very wood
daucdutrcic desbas
migg.
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themnelves - than no chote* a-203
tually exista."
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called Texas’ hospitals as-thewort aa
In the nation.
Astures usually do the best job
■ conserving the soil, says Wel-
Burn Diekeson, vice-chairman of
i* Johnson' County PMA- com-
ittee.
As the vice-chairman explains,
por pasture provides little pro-
otive cover for the land, leav:
g it subject to sheet erosion and
LUyOh*. On .the other hand, good
hslure prvides a proteetive cov-
iracajad after
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tax-raising program'
"adequately angqule-
within two hours after J
spoke, seven epptoptie
were introduced — for
House and three in th*
Three House bills won
the state cigaret to* M
pack to four rante, roM
bus tax 15 per cent ad
*25 tax on divores.Be
-^•s sinS:
cuutdin cotcfr s hot ground sktn-
ner or even a stow roller, ’way
out tn center netd
All of tis was Before Skinny .
took ant at those routine visual
testa, given to all children in
the rural and Independent
mehools in Johnson County. Now.
Shnny has had th* vision de-
fect corrected and he can crack
Me "ole" bal out for a three-
bagger or home run just about
ed a newapaper holp wanted ad-
vertisement for a "delinquent and
ambitious gir," officials at Stoek
Trond Service reported today.
The gdvertisemnt they said,
should have road "aniget and
ambitious gin."
WHITEHORSE. Y T. Feb 2 —(U.w
—A host of feint clues faded out
today as weather started, closing In
on th* mammoth search for a C-54
U. S. trahsport, missiny for a week
in th* Canadian sub-retic.
Snow began falling last night
after six days of good flying wea-
ther allowed an average of 30
planes daily to take to the air.
Aircraft had been ordered to prac-
Moe ground controlled approach
lundinus yesterday in anticipation
of low ceilings and bad weather
conditions.
Base officials said a column of
"smoke" sighted by a radio range
station 85 miles northwest of Ft
Nelson, B. C. proved to be steam
rising from an ice fissure.
A faint radio signal on the dis-
tress frequency, intercepted in the
Smith River area of Northeastern
British Columbia. centered the
search in thet area yesterday. Air
Commodore Martin Costello, RCAF
search coordinator, said he was
"doubtful" the call came from the
missing plane.
No Reports
Additional concentration of air-
craft was sent over ths area where
the signal waa picked up, but only
negative reporta came back from air
searchers.
—Costello said the wesk rudlorstu:
nal was of very short duratorand
not coded as it would have heen
if it had coma from an automatic
“odbnon Girt" type emergency ra-
dio transmitter.
Wing Commander Donald R. MII-
ter of the RCAF mid the distress
signal "could have been from a
small fishing vessel far away."
“It was one of 50 we had received
and, of course, we must check
thoroughly," OosteHo said.
Mounting mechanical failures
among the search planes were cut-
ting into the rescue force as hope
faded for the safety at the 44
aboard the C-54. including a preg-
nant mother and her 20-month-old
son.
treasury deficits and tax .
es." . •
"But. whan the only all
is to close our state hd*pM
turn out tit* helpless las*
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Many Saved From
Giant Avalanche
PETROS, Tenn., Feb. 2 (U.m —
More than 750 prisoners were saved
from a possible flood early today
when trustles blocked a gigantic
avalanche before It reached a rain-
swollen creek near • the Brushy
Mountain Blate prison camp.
The lands’’ le of dirt and “buried
junk” burst from atop Brushy Moun-
tain ridge. Destroying two coal
mine Incline*, It tumbled a half-
mile down the steep slope toward
the camp, its vital power plant
and the creek before volunteers
stopped it with hastily built "lev-
The creek was bulging from al-
most a solid mouth of rain. Had
the mass of earth and old tim-
bers ploughed Into the creek, It
might have dammed It and sent
Million* of gallons of water sweep-
ing through the camp.
Chamber Names
Highway Group
Names of the members of a new
Chamber of Commerce highway
committee were announced today.
The 11-man committee will work
with state, county and city offi-
cial* for the Improvement of exist-
ing highways and the development
of new roads.
The committee membership will
consist of the following: O. T.
Smyth, chairman; J. W. Steakley,
G. W. Hyde, John Clack, Bill San-
ders, Taylor George and J. Lambert
Lain.
By Betty J* Donovan
I Beware married men • ? !
The little wife will be out
shiaaung lux new spring ap.
parel are long . . and with
good ''reason, too.
I Mr. Groundhog came to Cle-
burne today in search of his
shadow, but overcast skies
were too much for both the
aunand-the ■ seeker- —- -
Yea. spring is just around
the cornkr if one is to believe
the folklore tale about Mr
Groundhog
it is a universal superstition
throughout Christendom that it
the furry annual peeps out of
its burrow after its winter
slumbe: and sees the sun. he
draws back—as six more weeks
of winter are yet to come On
the other hand, should there be
no sun to cast a shadow, the
Marmota Money, as it is referr-
ed to scientifically, remains out
of its cold-weather haven—as
spring is on its way.
The Feb 2 observance of
Groundhog Day originated with
the early celebration at Can-
dlemass in Rome This was the
Festival of Purification of the
Virgin and is still a holiday
of the Church of England in
the British Isles. Feb 2 is also
regarded «s "The Wives' Feast”
and "Christ's Presentation at
bring out other had a chance, and sometimes
a 345;m0
■ostax cam" to •• for bebde
the Temple "
Candlemass was a religious
observation, celebrated by
blessing of candles for sacred
use It is, no doubt, derived
from pagan times and has exi-
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Feb
2 (U.P A twin-engined Royal
Dutch Airlines (KLM) mail-freight
plane with seven persons aboard
crashed in flames early today into
the North Sea between Holland and
England
All were believed killed, includ-
ing a stewardess. Five of those
aboard were crew members, with
two other KLM employes riding aa
extra co-pliota.
Six of the crew members were
believed to be Dutch and the mv-
entt. man was “probably British,"
KLM officials said.
The plane, carrying 1,000 pounds
of mail and freight, left mster-
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Proctor, Jack. Cleburne Times-Review (Cleburne, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 67, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 2, 1950, newspaper, February 2, 1950; Cleburne, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1563074/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Johnson County Historical Collective.