The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 315, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 1, 1955 Page: 25 of 90
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E. C. TINSLEY OF BALLINGER
... William-Five-Sugar-Mike-King
RELAYS INFORMATION
Ballinger ‘Ham’ Helpir
Others Throug
is Radio
By MARY SUE COTTELLE
Reporter-News Correspondent
BALLINGER, April 16 (RNS) -
Groceryman E. C. Tinsley finds
fun for himself and happiness for
others in his “ham" radio.
When he is not busy operating
his store, he is running his radio
station. His call signal is "Wil-
liam - Five - Sugar - Mike - King”
(W5SMK).
Messages come and go each day
an his radio, but the ones most
important to Tinsley are the ones
which help folks who are in
medical centers.
One recent case was that of E.
C. Grimm of Ballinger. Grimm
was a patient at M. D. Anderson
Hospital in Houston. An Almeda
“ham" operator, W5ZPD, would
call Mrs. Crimm each day to es on his station, and has received
check on her husband’s condition.
The radio operator would send the
message on to Tinsley. ,
Relayed to Relatives
34
From Tinsley, relatives of Mr.
Grimm were kept informed on the
man's daily condition. These rela-
tives included a daughter in Bal-
linger, Mrs. Doyle Riley; a son in
Austin, and another daughter in
Alexandria, La. Other relatives
and friends posted by the radio
network were scattered as far as
the West Coast.
Similar messages have been
handled by Tinsley for many other
residents. Traffic for one month
included the receiving of 45 mes-
sages. Since the first of the year,
Tinsley has originated 91 messag-
Tinsley became interested in ra-
dio* in 1918. Until 1951, he con-
fined himself to short-wave “lis-
tening.” In 1951, he became a li-
censed operator, one of 150,000 in
the world.
Mrs. Tinsley is interested also in
amateur radio work, but has not
applied for her license. She as-
sists her husband in picking up
and relaying messages which
coms through the station.
Others interested in the Ballin-
ger “ham” network are A. E.
(Dutch) Graham (W5CHS); Wil-
Hamlin, Lamesa
Students Awarded
Business Prizes
Two McMurry College students
have been given special recognition
for achievement in the college’s
business administration depart-
ment.
They are E. L. (Jackie) Moss
Jr. of Lamesa, who received the
annual Wall Street Journal Award,
and Alton Kite of Hamlin, named
as the outstanding student in class-
room discussions. .
The recognitions were made by
Dr. Andrew C. Rockover, depart-
ment chairman. Moas and Kite
were selected for the honors by
Dr. Rockover and other profes-
sors of the department.
Moss will receive the bachelor
of science degree in May 23 com-
mencement exercises.
A 1951 graduate of Lumesa High
School, Moss has had two brothers
to precede him as McMurry stu-
dents. Perry and Doyle, At Mc-
Murry, he has been active in in-
tramural sports, IHR men’s social
club, and other student activities
He has also been employed part
time as a bookkeeper-accountant
in the college's business office.
Kite, s junior, is a graduate of
Hamlin High School. He partici-
pated in football, basketball, and
baseball there. Before coming to
McMurry, he attended Cisco Jun-
ior College and served two years
in the Army. He was discharged
in September, 1953, as a second
lieutenant. Kite is majoring in busi-
ness sod minoring to government
st McMarry.
Seasonal Economy
HARTFORD, Conn. @A mild
winter saved Hartford taxpayers
1100,000. Only about 120,000 of the
1120.000 set aside for snow remov-
al was spent
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THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Abilene. Texas, Sunday Mornine. Mar >. 1958
E. L. (JACKIE) MOSS
...Wall Street Journal
ALTON KITE
...class discussion
liam C. (Dub) Kelley, (W5UXU);
Baylis Fletcher (W5ANN); Bob.
Dickinson (W5VLQ); Mart Gor
man (W5TXEI; and Gilbert G.
Ocker (W5DMD).
Busy Solons Tackled State
Tax, Park, Vet Problems -
By KATHARYN DUFF
Reporter-News Austin Bureau
AUSTIN, April 10—Taxes, courts,
parks and veterans were main
topics in the Legislature during
the weak just closing, one of the
busiest weeks of the session.
The House finished the tax pro-
gram and shoveled it over to sen-
ators. /
Both houses concerned them-
selves with courts, creating or ex-
tending district tribunals—an in-
dication that for another session
general judicial redistricting is out
of the picture.
Eastland, Scurry
For West Texas, new courts for
Midland and Lubbock were ap-
proved by both houses The lower
body, through a lengthy local and
uncontested calendar, approved or
extended courts for the Reeves-
Haskell Set
For 2d Round
Of Polio Shots
HASKELL April 30. (RNSV-The
first of s series of three Salk polio
vaccine shots have been given all
first and second graders la Has-
kell County schools with the excep-
tion of seven children who were
lU, according to Mrs. W. P. Trice,
county school nurse.
In all. 527 pupils received first
shots. Vaccine for the seven chil-
dren ill and absent from school
will be saved and administered
later, ahe laid
Acceptance of the polio immu-
nization is indicated in the fact
that 100 per cent sign-up of parents
of first and second graders was
reported in Haskell, Weinert, and
Sagerton schools
Second shots will be given two
weeks from the date of the first
inoculation. Mrs Trice announced,
and again will be under the su-
pervision of Dr. E M Kimbrough,
county health officer.
This means the lame schedule
will be followed beginning Tues-
day. May I. provided the second
shipment of vaccine arrives on
time. In event ot any delay, the
second shots will be started just
as soon as the vaccine is received.
Helping physicians and the
school nurse in giving the shots in
Haskell schools were Mrs. Buster
Gholson and Mrs Monte Frierson
M nurse aides: and Mesdames
Leon Burson, Clifton Cobb, J A.
Bynum and W 0 Holden.
Honest Face Pays
Far Houston Lady
- HOUSTON, Toe UR- Mrs A A
Cavada, owner of a liquor store,
told a holdup man she had exactly
$0 in the house.
“is that all you have?" he sked
The man turned around and as
he went out the door said, ‘You
have an honest a face as I have
sein. I trust you."
Crane area, the Uvalde-Kerrville
area, the Eastland-Stephens area
and for Scurry County.
The House put in much of two
days debating parks boost! bonds
and finally gave them tenta-
tive approval.
Both decided they would sub-
mit to voters a constitutional
amendment which would call for
another $100 million for the veter-
ans land protram.
Big news of the week upcoming
should be made in the Senate as
it begins work on the tax program.
The Legislators might get word
this week from the conference
committee which has been rewrit-
ing the major appropriations bill
which both houses passed earlier in
different form The conference re-
port must so back to both bounce
for approval. .
Here's the way West Texans
voted on various measures during
the week just ended:
The Voting
I LABOR—The House put its ten
tative approval on the ''Ford bill" |
| which would ban unemployment
i benefits for Texas workers idled
by strikes, a bill handled by Rep |
1 Joe Burkett Voting for the bill
as it passed to third reading were: i
Reps. Allison of Mineral Wells,
Anderson of Midland, Armor of
Sweetwater, Bishop of Winters,
Briscoe of Uvalde, Burkett of
Kerrville. Cloud of Rule. Cobb of
Seminole, Kelly of Afton, Kirklin
of Odessa, Patterson of Snyder,
Slack of Pecos, Stroman of San
Angelo and Thurmond of Del Rio.
Voting no were Brashear of Cis-
co. Chambers of May and Lati-
mer of Abilene.
Park Bonds
PARK BONDS—The House ad-
vanced to third reading a bill vali-
dating bonds for state park Im-
provements. Two West Texans,
Latimer and foreman, helped fight
the bill which, opponents, a aid,
would pledge income of all state
parks, whether or not they shared
in bond money. Only West Texans |
voting for the bill were Briscoe,
Chambers, Kelly, Patterson and
Thurmond
VETERANS LAND—Both Senate
and House this week approved a
constitutional amendment which
would put another 1100 million into
the veterans land program. All
senators from West Texas ap-i
proved it
Only West Texas House mem
hers voting against it were Ar
mor, Briscoe, Burkett and Stro-
man.
General Measure
TAXES-The House finally pass-
ed the general tax measure and
handed * over to the Senate
One of the severest fights was
over a levy on chewing tobacco
and snuff-but the tax which had
been voted a week earlier stayed
on. Voting to remove k were Alli-
son. Bishop, Brashear, Burkett,
Chambers, Cobb, Latimer, Pat-
terson.
Voting against removing it were
Anderson, Armor, Cloud, Kirklin,
Stroman and Thurmond.
On finel passage of the tax
bill, Armor, Bishop, Brashear, Bur-
kett, Kelly and Stroman voted
“no" Other West Texans support
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT - The
Senate reorganized the youth de-
velopment program, moving work
of the Youth Development Coun-
cil under the State Department of
Public Welfare All West Texas
senators voted “yes.”
NINES
Dry Goods
225 CHESTNUT
MEN'S DRESS
PANTS
4.95.9.95
CHILDREN’S
TENNIS
OXFORDS
red or blue 1.98
BIG STOCK OF
ALL KINDS OF
STRAW
HATS
DRISS TYPE . . .
1.50 .2.98
DRISS WESTERNS . . .
1.98 *3.95
WORK TYPE . . .
.98,1.49
NICE SELECTION OF
GIFTS FOR
MOTHER’S DAY
William B. Adamson, M. D.
Announces the removal of his office
and laboratories to
1434 N. 4th St.
Phone 3-1282
Pearl Shell Value
Up; Tahitians Glad
PAPEETE, Tahiti in — A new
diving season is filled with hope
for the divers. Not long ago, the
change of fashion, which substitut-
ed plastic buttons for mother-of-
pearl foreshadowed the passing of
the pearl shell from the world’s
market places.
But the mother-of-pearl has be-
come a vital ingredient in the
manufacture of certain war mater-
ials. Once again prices are high,
compensating for a loss in revenue
because of a fall in the price of
copra (dried coconut meat from
which coconut oil is pressed out.)
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GIFTS FOR MOTHER'S DAY
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