The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 147, Ed. 2 Thursday, November 15, 1951 Page: 13 of 26
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Can’t Judge
Man by Looks,
Kiwanis Told
“As Lives Intertwine” was the
topic that Dr James L. Sullivan,
pastor of the First Baptist Church,
chose for his speech to the Ki-
wanis Club at its luncheon Wed-
nesday.
He spoke in connection with the
day’s program sponsored by the
inter-club relations committee
He gave the group three thoughts
which he said he deemed neces-
sary Tor people to live together.
They are (1) to know people (2)
to love people, and (3) to serve
people.
"Prejudices and pre-conceived
notions mar our outlook on man."
he said.
"Too often, we accept the out-
ward appearance of a man rather
than getting to know the individ-
ual,'* he said.
Dr. Sullivan reminded the group
that circumstances can also
change a situation considerably.
“The love we have for others de-
pends on us as the lovers. Dif-
ferences in the color of skin, edu-
cational achievements, or profes-
sional success shouldn’t determine
our attitute to and for others. We
all have the same basic problems
and needs
"Our love and affection for oth-
ers must be so deep that service'
will result," Dr. Sullivan declared.
Ben Gray served as program
chairman for the day.
Tom Wagley, member of the in-
ter-club relations committee re-
ported that since Jan. 1, 1951, a
total of 1.932 miles had been tra-
veled by groups totaling 111 Kiwan-
ians in 10 trips to visit other clubs.
Guests at the meeting were Bill
Steen and Ray Smith, both of
Houston; Bill Newton. Bob Robin-
son, and Kelly Martin.
KEEPING TAB ON SERVICEMEN
Cpl Howard Markley McMahon
of the Air Force, son of Mr and
Mrs. Howard McMahon. 1349 High-
land, has been ordered overseas
to Wheelus Field in Tripoli where
he will serve in the weather serv-
ice department for that field.
He has been spending a furlough
in Abilene before reporting to
Camp Kilmer, N J on Nov 28.
From Camp Kilmer he will be
sent overseas.
Cpl McMahon has been at San
Marcos Air Force Base for the
past eight months.
Pvt. Alfred D Moore, 19, son
of A. E Moore, 2318 Burger St.,
is completing his Air Force basic
airmen indoctrination course at
Lackland Air Force Base, San An-
tonio.
Pfc. Aaron Jones, 742 Plum St.,
recently was awarded the Combat
Infantryman Badge for excellent
performance of duty in combat
with the 7th Infantry Division in
Korea
Jones, a rifleman, wears, the
Korean Service Ribbon with one
campaign star He entered the
Army in April this year and
reached Korea in August.
Pvt. William E Akins recently
graduated from the radio mainte-
nance course at the Infantry
School, Maj Gen John H.
Church, commandant, announced.
Akins is the son of M. L. Akins,
1402 Graham St.
This course trains selected en-
listed men as radio repairmen for
infantry units
CPL. MARKLEY MCMAHON
. . . ordered overseas
received his BBA degree from the
PAGE ONE
Bases for accepting renditions of
University of Texas in January,! property for tax purposes ranged
1950, and entered Naval cadet from 55 per cent of total valuation
training shortly afterward. here to 75 per cent at San Angelo.
Brazilian Student
To Talk-fo Rotary
International relations
Abilene Reporter~J2ews
ABILENE, TEXAS, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, 1951
City's Budgel Walker Freed
In Line With On Tax Charges
Other Towns un lax unarges
Abilene’s municipal budget for
the fiscal year 1951-52 is about in
line with that of cities of compar-
able population, a survey of five
towns reveals
Budgets of Lubbock, Odessa. San
Angelo, and Tyler were surveyed
in addition to Abilene's.
They ranged from $4,872,070 at
Lubbock to $1,886,856 at Odessa
By DICK TARPLEY
Reporter-News Staff Writer
BRECKENRIDGE, Nov 15 —
Horace Walker ex-collector of de-
linquen* taxes for Eastland Coun-
ty was freed of embezzlement
charges Wednesday by a 90th Dis-
trict Court jury.
The three-day trial ended after
the 12-man jury had deliberated
only 45 minutes. The case went
Day., then Eastland County tax
collector $1,000 by check in a Fort
Worth hote lobby in settlement of
the $970 Allen account and an-
SECTION B.
COMPARATIVE DATA
CITY POPULATION BUDGET
71,390 $4,872,070
to the jury at 5:45 p. m. Wednes-
day, and the jury signified it was
ready to return a verdict at 6:30.
Walker, who was charged with
embezzling funds from Eastland
County delinquent tax collections.
other $30 for an error on an ac-
count of Mrs. B. Blowers of Waco.
Day testified early Wednesday
he remembered receiving the
check from Walker and that he
cashed the check, but although Day
went out of office at the end of
1950 he still has the money be-
cause Walker had only specified
that it covered several errors and
with !
Lubbock
Abilene
San Angelo
Tyler
Odessa
45,570
..52,093
38 864
29.437
2,792.952
2,475.592
2,238 857
1,886,856
sat forward on the front of his
chair with his hands clasped on
a big courtroom desk as he
awaited the jury’s return.
Four other indictments are still
pending against Walker in
special emphasis on United States i ABILENE'S 1951
and Latin American friendship, S 7T s A
will be the theme of a talk at the TRAFFIC SCORE
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$392 Contributed
For Goza Family
A fund being raised by members
of the Abilene Odd Fellows
Lodge for the family of Glen Goza,
15. Wednesday night had reached
a total of $392,72.
J. L. Causbie, secretary of
I 0.0 F. No. 274 said donations to
the fund have been received
through the mail and in about 110
jars that have been placed in
stores throughout the city.
The Odd Fellows Lodge has as-
sumed responsibility of assisting
the boy's family since he was in-
jured in a car-motorcycle collision
Oct. 27. He is now under treat-
ment at Hendrick Memorial Hos-
pital and has had one leg ampu-
tated below the knee.
Causbie said the money is being
used to pay medical expenses and
- to assist with family needs.
Naval Cadet George H Swinney,
Jr., USN, son of Mr. and Mrs.
George H Swinney, 1201 Sayles
Blvd., has reported to the U. S.
Naval Air Station at Corpus Chris-
ti for advanced training in multi-
engine aircraft in Advanced Train-
ing Unit Twelve
He completed instruction in
basic and pre-flight training at the
Naval Air Station at Pensacola,
Fla
Swinney was graduated from
Abilene High School in 1947. He
luncheon of the Rotary Club in the |
Windsor Hotel Friday. Fatalities in 1951
Laiz Lessa, Hardin - Simmons Consecutive deathless days
University student from Rio de Accidents Wednesday
Janerio, Brazil, who has spoken Accidents in 1951 ......
before numerous Rotary Clubs,
will be the speaker He started at-
tending H SU last fall after being
in North Carolina for some time. !
Injured Wednesday .....
Injured in 1951 .......
GOOD CITIZENS
Wendell Foreman will be song 1
leader; invocation will be by Vic- W
tor Shiflett; and John Deffeback &
will introduce guests The chair- 1
man for the day is Harley Sadler.
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County Court Gives 650 Days
In Jail Terms During October
Taylor County Court during Oc-
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tences totaling 650 days, fines of
$3,815 and court costs of $622.70.
For November to date the court
has meted out fines of $435 with
added court costs of $128 80. as well
as giving a 10-day jail sentence
Check swindling complaints led
the list of criminal cases filed in
, County Court for October. They
— numbered 10. Driving while intoxi-
cated was second with seven filings.
, Two each were filed for vagrancy.
A possession of whisky, assault and
battery, and three for possession of
beer, one each for speeding, reck-
less driving, traffic violation, car-
rying a concealed weapon and driv-
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• Stephens County A fifth indict-
ment was recently returned
against him in U. S. District Court
in Fort Worth. There is some pos-
sibility that the latter trial will be
in U. S Court at Abilene in Jan-
uary
The five Eastland district court
indictments were transferred to
Stephens County, and the first was
tried in 90th District Court before
Judge Floyd Jones this week.
The federal indictment against
• the Dallas lawyer-tax collector is
on a charge of using the mails to
defraud, in connection with his
The court gave a total of 260
days jail sentences, $520 in fines
and $274.10 court costs in driving
while intoxicated convictions.
On possession of beer for pur-
pose of sale 360 days of jail sen-
tence were administered, $1,350 in
fines and $88.45 in court costs.
For possession of whisky, fines
totaled $1,800, with added court
costs of $57.60. One defendant con-
victed of contributing to the delin-
quency of a minor was also given
a 30 - day jail sentence.
November to date shows two con-
victions on check swindling with
fines of $35 and court costs of
$84.80. One DWI and one beer pos-
session fine totaling $400 with
court costs of $24. were imposed.
Eastland County tax dealings.
Walker was charged with re-
taining $970 out of $1,200 paid to
him in settlement of delinquent
taxes on four tracts of land owned
by 1, J. Allen of Corpus Christi.
Allen paid $230 in settlement of
those taxes March 14. 1950. Walker
had testified, and that sum ap-
peared on the tax payment roll
for May. 1950.
Walker testified that he found
the error in the Allen suit while
cleaning out his desk late in April.
1950. It was transposition of the
figures, he said, that caused the
error The $230 paid had been
listed in the taxes column while
$970 had been listed in the court
costs column, which was retained
by Walker. They should have been
reversed. Walker said.
The defendant said he paid Neal
2 AbI Co-eds III;
Kingsville 'Fogged'
KINGSVILLE. Nov 15. m —
there had been no court order
changing the original Alien judg-
ment.
A van load of records sub-
poenaed for the trial by the de-
fense was sent back to Eastland
unused.
Under a ruling by Judge Jones,
no testimony could be introduced
except that which specifically dealt
with the I. J. Allen account. This
shortened the trial probably as
much as a week or more from that
originally predicted.
The Eastland County Commis-
sioners Court hired special prose-
cutor Frank Sparks of Eastland
for $5,000 to represent the county
in all of the Walker legal entangle-
ments, including a $101,000 civil
action brought by the county
against the delinquent tax col-
lector.
Sparks Wednesday urged the
jury to give Walker the maximum
punishment: 10 years.
Eastland District Attorney Elzo
Been and Stephens County Attor-
ney Joe Gracey, assisted Sparks
on the case.
Defense attorneys were Ivan Ir-
win and Jimmy Martin of Dallas
and Ben J. Dean, Sr., of Breck-
enridge.
*,
GET ME OUT!—Harold Wayne Bell, 19 months old, howls
for his grandmother, Mrs. George Bell, 826 Plum St, to
get him out of the tub. Harold Wayne fell into the tub head
first Tuesday when it was full of “smoking” water. His
grandmother got him out then. Now he’s afraid of the tub,
period. (Staff photo by Clint Kapus).
HE FELL INTO HOT ONE
Quick First Aid Prevents Burns
But Wash Tubs Still Scare Lad
By TRACY TOTHILL
Little Harold Wayne Bell fell
head first into a big tub of “smok-
ing" water Tuesday but his gran-
ny “first aided" him so good he
didn’t even blister.
Kingsville had been fogged with in-
secticide today after two College
of Arts and Industries co-eds were boy, called the Reporter - News
stricken with spinal meningitis, Wednesday to say that her grand-
Mrs. George Bell. 826 Plum St.,
grandmother of the 19-months-old
son was playing “just as normal"
after the mishap.
This we had to see.
And sho' nuff, that little plump
butterball of a baby didn't look
any the worse for wear.
His grandmother said the acci-
dent occurred when her daughter.
Mrs. Sammy Joe Fields, was be-
ginning to wash.
“I told her I’d help her carry
the tub. I turned my back a min-
ute and Harold Wayne fell in. That
water came right out of the hot
water beater and it was smoking,”
said Mrs. Bell.
"I raised eight of my own and
never had them fall in a tub of
cold water much less hot water
see BELL, Page 14-8, col. s
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