The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 28, Ed. 2 Thursday, July 14, 1949 Page: 3 of 22
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Firsi Baptist Church to Buy
Apartment House for $25,000
Members of the First Baptist
Church, meeting in conference
last night, voted unanimously to
purchase the Oldham Flats apart-
ment house at 1324-30 North Sec-
ond St. from Dr. W. V. Ramsey
at a total price of $25,000.
The property lies immediately
west of the present church audi-
torium Members stated the prop-
erty will be needed in the expan-
sion program of the church, plans
for which were started several
months ago.
Six members of the church had
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THEN THE CHICKENS WERE BROILED—Pretty 18-year-
old Ann Robins, hostess at the National Chicken Cooking
Contest at Salisbury, Md., holds two of the broilers which
were used in the competition. Mrs Albert L. Karlik, Salis-
bury, Md., was crowned national champion after more than
500 pounds of chicken were cooked for the judges to sam-
ple. (AP Wirephoto)
Chiang in Canton
To Rally Nationalists
CANTON. China. July 14. (UP)
—Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek
flew into this Nationalist capital
today to help prepare what re-
mains of Nationalist China for a
fight to the finish against the
Communists.
The secret of his coming was
so well kept that only four persons
were at the airport to greet him.
among them his son. Chiang
Ching-uo. and Right-wing Leader
Gen Chen Li-fu.
Home Exhibit
On July 24,25
Home Beautiful, an exhibit de-
signed to show ways of beautifying
the home, has been rescheduled
July 24 and 25.
The show will be in the Wom-
an’s Building at Fair Park. Doors
will be open from 2 to 7 p.m. Sun-
day, July 24, and from 5 to 10:30
p.m Monday, July 25.
The exhibit is free to the public.
The Abilene Real Estate Board,
sponsor, has invited all local mer-
chants to participate in the show.
On request, each merchant will be
alloted a 12-by-15-foot space for an
exhibit.
Show space also is free. Mer-
chants who want to present a dis-
play are asked to contact Jimmy
Parker, C. R. Pennington or Tom
Wagley.
bought the property from Dr. Ram-
sey. subject to the approval of the
entire group Handling the deal
for the church were W. W.
Haynes, E. A Shepperd, George
S. Anderson, Leroy Jennings, C.
M Caldwell, and 0. D. Dilling-
ham.
The church now owns a maca-
damized parking lot that borders
the apartment house on the north
No announcement was made of
any plans to raze the structure
It was indicated that no decision
will be made until expansion plans
are further along.
The Baptist church now owns
all of the block bounded by North
Second St., Hickory St., North
Third St., and Orange, St., with
ception of a quarter block own-
ed by the Episcolap Church of
Heavenly Rest, on the corner of
North Third and Orange.
Abilene ....3.66
Aspermont ...None
Anson .......None
Albany ......Sprinkle
Winters .........20
Breckenridge .Showers
Ballinger ....Light shower
Bronte ......About .25
Colorado City . Showers
Coleman .......25
Clyde .......2.75
Eastland ....About .60
Haskell ....None
Hobbs ......1.5
Lake Abilene .61
Longworth ... 66
Ovalo .......1.5
Roby ...... .50
Robert Lee ...About 1.5
Rotan .......75
Sweetwater ..Heavy
Throckmorton .Sprinkle
Tuscola ......70
Baird ...........50
FLOOD
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ed in about an inch of water cov-
ering the floor. Several homes In
the southeast part of Abilene were
partially inundated and the fam-
ilies evacuated. A trailer house in
the 600 block on South 15th St. was
washed off its base.
The inundated houses were in a
low-lying area between South 12th
; and South 15th Sts. and from China
to Oak Sts.
BOLT STRIKES MAN
Richard Dicus, 2325 Shelton St.,
started to get in a car at 326 High.
land St. Dicus’s arm waa report-
ed injured.
Jim Pomeroy, 1133 Blair St .
saw lightning strike the Wooten
Hotel No damage was reported
Crackling lightning also was re-
ported to have hit the Country
Club without damage
KWKC was almost isolated dur-
ing the storm Water secping into
telephone cables caused the sta-
tion’s wire service to go out.
The Blue Sox-Borger game could
not be received, one of the sta-
ion’s teletype machines died. Mu-
tual Broadcasting Co. programs
could not be presented, the tele-
phone quit and finally the clock
went “off the air." Program Di-
rector Len Johnson said.
At Longview, where six inches
of rain fell yesterday, a furniture
store’s roof caved in when drain
pipes clogged, causing an esti-
mated damage of $65,000.
Highway Parolman Earl Elliott
said 10 inches of rain fell in the
hilly country between Longview
and Hallsville. Flash floods roll-
ed out of creeks and covered U.
S. Highway 80 in two places.
A Shreveport-to-Dallas bus
stalled in a flooded railroad un-
derpass.
South Texas missed the cooling
rains. Temperatues were generally
high in that area.
Presidio, in the Big Bend, re-
ported a 106 degree maximum. It
was 102 at Laredo and 100 at
Alice and Junction.
Sweetwater, in West Texas. re-
ceived a heavy rain, then light
mist. North of Lubbock two inches
of rain fell. Lubbock itself had a
.60-inch shower.
Jefferson, 18 miles north of Mar-
shall in East Texas, reported 2.10
inches. Karnack, on Caddo Lake
got 2.08 inches.
The weatherman said widely
scattered showers forecast for
North Texas today should keep
temperatures down.
THE ABILENE, TEXAS, REPORTER-NEWS 3.
Abilene, Texas, Thursday Evening, July 14, 1949
NEW LEGION OFFICERS—Neil Mogford, left, has been
named commander of the local American Legion Parra-
more Post No. 57. Frank Meyers, right, is the new first
vice commander of the Abilene post. (Staff Photos)
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TRUMAN
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expenditures, we will increase un-
employment. cut down investment.!
weaken our defenses, and injure
our efforts for peace.”
Sen. McClellan (D - Ark), chief
sponsor of an economy resolution
directing the President to slash ap-
propriations. commented thst there
are certain contemplated expendi-
tures for public works "that would
of course stimulate our economy,"
but he added:
’ There are other savings that
can and should be made, and it
is the duty of the President and
the Congress jointly to bring about
such economies.”
Republicans let loose with hotter
criticism Said House Minority
Leader Martin of Massachusetts:
"Every day the Democratic 81st
Congress is in session makes the
Republican 8'xi Congress look bet-
ter. The President may be fooling
himself. But he isn’t fooling many
other people.
"If cutting taxes last year was
such an awful blunder. I don’t
know why the President isn’t
JOE C. JAMES
James Joins
WTUC Staff
Joe C. James, research director
of the West Texas Chamber of
Commerce for three years, has as-
sumed duties with a Territorial
Development Department of the
West Texas Utilities Co.
Price Campbell, WTUC presi-
dent. announced James’ appoint-
ment Wednesday. James’ duties
include industrial research and
community economic planing.
James is a native of Hill County
and attended Hillsboro public
schools and Hillsboro Junior Col- 1
lege. He also attended Texas
Christian University. James is a
World War II veteran.
James gnd his family live at 1141
Matador St.
standing by his original request for
a $4 billion tax increase."
Sen. Wherry of Nebraska, the 1
Senate Repulican leader, put it
this way:
"The Truman administration is
the crowd that is leading us into
the ditch. The administration is |
taking us right down the avenue of 1
deficit spending, and I don't know
how we could go into the ditch any
faster or deeper."
But one Republican who voted
for the tax reduction said he now
regards it as "a mistake — one of
the very few the 80th Congress
made " Sen. Flanders of Vermont,
noting Mr. Truman's criticism, of
the cut, remarked:
"He’s got us there all right I
voted for it, knew I was doing
wrong at the time, and have re-
gretted it every since.''
Texas Farm Acreage
Highest Since 1937
AUSTIN. July 14 (P—Texans
planted more acreage this year
than in any season since 1937, and
better than average yields per acre
are expected.
This crop outlook as of July 1
was announced today by the U.
S. Department of Agriculture.
Outstanding Values in Quality Merchandise...
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in MINTER'S July Clearance Sale.
MINTER'S Fine Quality
name
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Retired Farmer's
Funeral at Bronte
SWEETWATER. July 14 (RNS)
—Funeral was held Wednesday aft-
ernoon at the Bronte Baptist
Church for Lotus M Stephenson,
74. retired farmer of Coke and No-
lan Counties.
He died Tuesday night in Sweet-
water Hospital after suffering a
heart attack Sunday night.
A native of Louisiana, Mr. Ste-
phenson moved to Coke County in
1915 from Comanche County, and
in 1942 moved to Nolan County, set-
tling in the Champion community.
He moved to Sweetwater last Jan-
uary.
Mr. Stephenson was married in
1895 to Eula Young in Coryell Coun-
ty. She died in 193S. and in 1942
Mr. Stephenson married Edna Wof-
ford, who aurvives him.
The Rev Bud Denton officiated
for the funeral service. Masons had
charge of graveside rites. Burial
was in the Bronte Cemetery with
Wells Funeral Home in charge
Surviving are Mrs Stephenson;
five sons — Hilton Stephenson,
I Sweetwater: Young and Scott Ste-
phenson of San Angelo: O. B Ste-
phenson of Los Angeles, Calif.,
and Raymond Stephenson of Crane;
and a daughter, Mrs. Jim Bowden
of Big Spring.
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The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 28, Ed. 2 Thursday, July 14, 1949, newspaper, July 14, 1949; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1647032/m1/3/?q=%22~1~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.