The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 74, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 23, 1952 Page: 2 of 24
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Dies Says Stevenson Must
Rid U. S. Payroll of Reds
STORK NEWS
By The Associated Press
Martin Dies said Wednesday
night he wouldn't work for Steven-
son until he was assured Stevenson
would cooperate in ridding the fed-
eral payroll of Communists.
The Texarkana Gazette, tradi-
tionally independent Democratie,
came out for Dwight Eisenhower
fo rpresident.
Dies, a former Democratic con-
gressman, and nominee for con-
gressman - at - large of both the
Democratic and Republican par-
ties in Texas this year, hadn't said
anything about whom he would
support for president until Wednes-
day night.
He prepared a statewide broad-
cast, originating from Houston,
saying Sam Rayburn, chief of the
Stevenson campaign in Texas, had
asked him to work for the Demo-
cratic nominee.
“Before answering." Dies said,
“I think I am entitled to ask him.
sincerely and enthusiastically with
me and other Democrats in Con-
gress in ridding the federal pay-
roll of Communists, socialist and
other people who do not believe in
the American form of government,
or in the American form of free
enterprise."
He said when he got the answer,
he's let Rayburn know what he
would do.
The State Democrats for Eisen-
hower are handling the East Texas
campaign tour Friday of John
Roosevelt, youngest son of Frank-
lin D. Roosevelt.
State headquarters of Democrats
for Stevenson got out a press re-
lease from its Dallas headquarters
saying state Attorney General
Price Daniel had sought to implant
false impressions in his speech of
Tuesday night.
Four babies were born in Abi-
lene hospitals, Wednesday.
In Hendrick Memorial:
A boy to Mr. and Mrs. John
Boyd, Route 1, Trent, at 5:37 p.m.
A boy to Mr. and Mrs. Hayle
Randolph, 728 Grape St., at 4:01
p.m.
A girl to Mr and Mrs. Victor
Womack, Jr., of 2526 North 18th
St at 7:07 a.m.
In St Ann Hospital:
A girl to Mr. and Mrs. Grady
Walker, 1542 South Sixth St., at
3:08 p.m.
Defendant Wins
Gov. Stevenson and Sen. Spark- Compensation Suit
man a question which is of the
utmost important to this country. A. U. S. District Court jury re-
I the Democratic Party is victor- turned a verdict Tuesday in favor
of General Accident Fire and Life
Insurance Co., Ltd., defendant in
a suit filed by J. R. Head of Cal-
lahan County for workmen's com-
pensation.
The Reporter-News erroneously
listed the verdict as being in favor
of Head in the Wednesday morn-
ing edition of the newspaper.
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SWEETWATER. Oct. 22. (RNS)
Some 300 persons crowded the
Bluebonnet Hotel here Wednesday
night to attend the annual Texas
Electric Service Co. presentation
dinner honoring Quarter Century
members, who have been with the
company 25 years or more.
One new member was added to
the club. He was Roy E. Fergu-
son, sub-station operator at Esko-
ta, who was presented a watch in
recognition of his 25 years service
which he completed Aug. 1. J. B.
Thomas, president and general
manager of the Texas Electric Co.,
made the presentation.
Dr. James W. Fifield, Jr., pastor
of the First Congressional Church
in Los Angeles, Calif., spoke on
“What Can I Do to Help Save
Freedom."
“We have ignored God and sat
back and said it can't happen here,
but it has happened here,” Dr. Fi-
field said. "We have betrayed our
fighting men, who won the war
seven years ago, through misman-
agement that has created hatred
and distrust on the part of other
countries outside the iron curtain."
“The threat of communism is
very realistic and America all but
stands alone,” Dr. Fifield com-
mented. “Russia has announced its
blueprint and its schedule and has
thus far kept its schedule," he
said. “Unless the people of Ameri-
ea awake, this country will suffer
the same fate that has befallen
China and other countries,” he
added.
Nine other men besides Fergu-
son compose the Quarter Century
Club in the Sweetwater area which
includes Scurry, Nolan, Mitchell
Counties and part of Fisher Coun-
ty. They are Chilton Ayers, Miss
E. Cordell, Miss N. P. Hemby, H.
L. Simonton, and L. H. Sloan, all
of Sweetwater: J. E. Blakey and
E. C. Eiland, both of Snyder; M.
M. Gideon and A. L McSpaden,
both of Colorado City.
L. L. Ziegler, manager of the
Sweetwater area, served as master
of ceremonies at the dinner
The dinner was held at 7 p.m.
followed by the address by Dr. Fi-
field and dancing.
TEXAS WATER
(Continued from Page 1-A)
Farmer Troy Kern watched his
dairy cattle nosing thirstily around
two dry, earthen tanks. He got
Lowell Mitchell, a neighbor, to
help and ran pipe from the Sulphur
River to his tanks. A pump in the
river pushed water 3,640 feet u-
hill and filled the barn pools. Kern
shook his head. It would have ta-
ken a whopper rain to do that job.
Maybe several.
river pushed water 3,640 feet up-
In West Texas, San Angelo has
been using well water to supple-
ment its normal river supply for
more than a month now. San An-
gelo is in perhaps the driest see-
tion of Texas, and the weather
forecaster says October is one of
those extra-dry months that occur
only once in four years. Wednes-
day was the city's 26th straight
day without a trace of rain.
Wills Point, 50 miles east of Dal-
las, gets water from a small mu-
nicipal lake. It was down to a 44-
day supply last weekend. The little
city banned water-wasting, ran a
pipe to a nearby Texas & Pacific
railroad reservoir, and hoped hard
for rain.
At Corsicana, 300,000 gallons of
well water is being added to Lake
Halbert every day, but the water
level dropped another three inches
last week. The city had to aban-
don plans to add water from one
old well to the lake. It had oil in
it, a reminder of the days when
Corsicana was an oil boom town.
In the West Texas plains around
Lamesa, water wildcatters are
sinking wells on a gamble for a
producer or a dry hole the way
the old-time oil boomers used to
operate. It looks as if the farmers
are winning. A bare dozen irriga-
tion wells once dotted the plains.
Now there are at least 85, and they
are flowing.
H-SU Trustees
roved, Exes
Pledge Gifts at Convention
5 A THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
A Abilene, Texas, Thursday Morning, Oct. 23, 1952
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WINCHESTER, 30-30 ..................
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$ 88.35
120.45
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69.00
109.00
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Tax Official
Dies at Cisco
Cisco, Oct. 22. (RNS)—Funeral
will be held here Thursday for
Leon G. McPherson, 63, deputy
city tax collector for Cisco. He
died Tuesday in a Cisco hospital
of a paralytic stroke.
City Hall will be closed for the
funeral.
Mr. McPherson, who came to
Cisco 23 years ago, was stricken
at his job Oct. 3 and was removed
to the hospital.
Dr. H. M. Ward, Baptist pastor,
will officiate at the funeral at 4
p.m. at the First Baptist Church.
The Rev. Ralph T. Wootton of
Hamilton, former pastor, will as-
sist. Burial will be in Oakwood
CEMENT
(Continued from Page 1-A)
cials of both companies and a
large group of Sweetwater busi-
ness men were conducted through
the virtually dust-free Maryneal
plant. They saw the plant in actual
operation and were shown over the
massive plant area and grounds.
At 6, the Sweetwater Board of
Community Development, through
the Sweetwater Chuck Wagon
group, sponsored a barbecue sup-
per for all of the visiting digni-
taries and guests.
Officials of Lone Star Cement
who were in Sweetwater for the
meeting included, Hummel; Th.
Avnsoe, vice chairman of the
board of directors and member of
the executive committee: Presi-
dent H. A. Sawyer, Erie V. Dave-
ler, chairman of the executive com-
mittee and director; all of New
York; Rosser J. Coke, Dallas, vice
president and director; Henry J.
Wolfe, director and member of the
executive committee, New York:
J. C. Rovensky, director and
member of the executive commit-
tee. New York, L. P. Sperry Wat |
erbury. Conn., director: R. G.
Stone, Boston, director; C. E.
Clark, New York, director.
Others included John Mathis,
vice president and secretary, of
New York; and J. Bryan Oldham,
vice president, Dallas: L. J. Wheel-
er, general superintendent, Dallas;
Bill J. Stevens, district manager.
FORT WORTH, Oct. 22 —
Students and staff members of
Hardin-Simmons University " took
an active part in the program of
the Baptist General convention
of Texas Wednesday.
The Hardin-Simmons a cappella
choir sang three times before the
convention, a reunion breakfast
was held. President Rupert N.
Richardson made an educational
report on H-SU to the convention,
and 12 were elected to the board
of trustees.
Kenneth Hill, executive seere-
tary of the alumni association,
directed a display booth which in-
eluded the first showing of a mo-
tion picture of life at H SU.
The 55-voice choir, directed by
Euell Porter, sang Wednesday
morning immediately prior to the
convention service given by the
Rev. Perry Webb, San Antonio.
Earlier the choir had joined with
singers from Corpus Christi, How-
ard Payne, and Wayland College
in a mass choir. Wednesday night
the group sang on the special
program, “Texas Baptist Winning
Texas for Christ."
One-third of the board of trus-
tees was formally approved by
the convention. The group includ-
ed: George S. Anderson, Abilene:
Mrs. W. J. Behrens, Abilene: Otis
E. English, Lubbock; Solon R.
Featherston, Wichita Falls; M. A.
Jenkens, Abilene, John J. Kelter,
Throckmorton; Tate May, Hamlin;
P. D. O'Brien, Big Spring: T. A.
Patterson, Beaumont; J. D. Sand-
efer, Jr. Breckenridge; George T.
Wilson, San Angelo; and Hall Wal-
ker. Ranger.
President Richardson reviewed
the year at H-SU, using slide films
as supplementary material for his
address. Scenes of the buildings,
class rooms, and religious activit-
ies were used. Dr. Richardson not-
ed the school's progress during
the past year, but remarked that
continued support of the denom-
ination was needed.
More than 125 persons attended
the Hardin - Simmons breakfast
Wednesday morning. The Rev. Ver-
non Yearby, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, Midland was the
speaker. He reminded his listeners
"What Hardin-Simmons Has Done
for You,”' and proudly claimed
that “we can speak of H-SU as
THE school.”
Churches have the responsibility,
he said, of sending their best stu-
dents to denominational schools.
“Denominational schools, such as
Hardin-Simmons make vital contri-
butions in the spiritual and intel-
lectual life of individuals in ways
that state schools cannot contri-
bute,” he said.
Nine members of the H-SU fac-
ulty and administrative staff were
introduced. They included Prasi-
dent Richardson, Vice President
Frank Junell, Dr. W. O. Beazley
Kenneth Hill, Profs. Leon Marsh,
Lindell Harris, Eugene Schooley,
J. D. Adair, and W. C. Ribble.
Truett Sheriff and Euell Porter
were in attendance at the conven-
tion.
Invocation at the breakfast was
given by the Rev. Lee Hemphill,
Littlefield. The Rev. Fred Swank,
pastor of the Sagamore Hill Bap-
tist Church, spoke in behalf of the
Fort Worth alumni of H-SU.
Friends of the university at the
breakfast pledged an additional
$30,000 to the endowment program
of the university. “Shares'' pledg-
ed represent a $40.00 annual gift.
Eastland Residents'
Kin Asphyxiated
EASTLAND, Oct. 22 (RNS)-
Mrs. Alma Ward, a resident of El
Paso for 21 years, died Oct. 17 of
asphyxiation when a fire broke out
in her apartment.
Mrs. Ward was the daughter of |
Mrs. Tince Davenport, 602 South
Walnut, and the late R. L Daven- |
port, Eastland pioneers.
She is survived by her mother. |
a daughter, Mrs. Jack DeKoster of
New York City, N. Y.: a son. Guy
J. Ward of El Paso: three sisters,
Elizabeth Davenport, Eastland:
Mrs. Charles Sutton of Alamogor-
do, N. M. and Mrs. R. L. Crutch-
er of Beaumont and two brothers.
Bill Davenport of Eastland and
Ben Davenport of Dallas.
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Abilene:
R. R McBride, Maryneal super-
intendent; W. H. Henson, Mary-
neal assistant superintendent: W.
A. Staton, Abilene, assistant to the
district manager; Lee Dodge, chief
chemist, Maryneal: and L. E. Arn-
old, chief clerk, Maryneal.
Santa Fe's officials included Gur-
ley: C. R. Tucker, Chicago, vice
president, operating; Gerald E.
Duffy, Chicago, vice president,
traffic; J. P. Reinhold, assistant
to the president, Chicago: Dr. J.
R. Winston, Temple, medical diree-
tor of the Santa Fe system; J. P.
Cowley, Galveston, vice president.
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe; G. R.
Buchanan, Amarillo, vice president
of the Panhandle & Santa Fe.
E. P. Dudley, Amarillo, assist-
ant general manager of the P&SF
Ry. O. H. Osborn, assistant gen-
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He was born Nov. 6. 1889 in ton; Clark Davis, Galveston, freight
Temple, Ga. He came to Cisco traffice manager of the GCASF Ry.;
from Ranger in 1929. He had been H. C. Vincent, traffice manager
employed by the city for the past P&SF Ry. Amarillo: W. J. Rod-
five years. He was a veteran of gers, passenger traffic manager.
World War I. GC&SF Ry., Galveston:
Survivors melude his wife, the H. R. Dietiker, general freight |
former Mattie Pevehouse, whom agent, P&SF Ry., Amarillo; J. A.
he married in Fort Worth in 1927;
a son, Dick MePherson stationed
with the U. S. Coast Guard in
Oregon: a sister, Mrs. L. T. Sum-
mers of Dallas; two brothers, H.
J. of San Fernando, Calif., and
Nelson •MePberson of Lawton,
Okla., and his mother, Mrs. w N.
MePherson of Lawton.
Thomas Funeral Home will
direct burial.
GC&SF Ry., Galveston:
H. R. Dietiker, general freight
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Dana, general freight agent GC&-
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general passenger agent, P&SF Ry.
Amarillo: J. A. Noble, chief engi-
neer, P&SF Ry., Amarillo: W. T.
Donoho, chief engineer GCASF,
Galveston; A. B. Clements, super-
intendent GC&SF Ry. Temple: H.
O. Wagner superintendent P&SF
Ry., Slaton;
L J. Cassell, special represen-
tative GC&SF Ry. Galveston; R. W.
Ater, special representative P&SF
Ry. Amarillo; E. A Tusha, divi-
sion freight and passenger agent
San Angelo: W. P. Dahl, industrial |
agent, Galveston: R. E. Knapp,
trainmaster. Temple: C. W. Her-
bert, trainmaster, San Angelo; A.
L. Boyd, advertising agent, Galves-
ton; C. W Sheppard, traveling
EASTLAND o 2 freight agent, San Angelo; J. F.
EASTLAND, Oct. 32.The an- Gilbert, agent, Sweetwater: J. N.
nual barbecue and executive meet-Hamilton agent Maryneal: Dr
ing of the Eastland County Live- % A Frees
stock Raisers Association is to be 4.5.5 peysician,
held Thursday evening in Eastland weetwater 1
City Park.
The program is to begin at 6:30
Eastland County
Stock Men Meet
Thursday Night
MACKEY HAS A COMPLETE STOCK OF ALL
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AND SCOPES
MACKEY’S
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p.m., and indications point to an 1
attendance of approximately 600
persons
D. S. Buchanan, Stephenville
who spent more than 12 months
in Europe and Africa as livestock
specialist under the Marshall Plan
is to be the main speaker, giving |
some observations of farm and
livestock practices in the countries 1
visited.
At the business session a report |
is to be heard from the nominating 1
committee, which group has Indi-
eated it will recommend the re
election of all present officers.
They are S. P. Crofts, Cisco, presi-
dent: Johnny Aaron, vice presi-
dent: T. D. Wheat, seeretar and
C. M. McCain, treasurer, all of
Eastland.
While nomination is virtually tan-
tamount to election, others may be i
nominated before the vote is
taken.
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