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City Park Funds ‘Unlikely';
Bond Issue in F all Talked —
Ry EARLE WALKER
Reporter-News Staff Writer
Streets will require so much re-
pair for rebuilding due to flood
damage that there is slim chance
of any capital Improvement funds
for parks in next year's budg-
et, City Manager Henry B. Na-
bers told the Park and Public
Recreation Board Thursday night.
He made his comments at a
dinner meeting for the City Com-
mission and himself, hosted by
the peak panel in the Recreation
Building at Fair Park.
President Oscar Rose of the
park board had asked about the
possibility of getting a capital im-
provement allotment in the next
budget.
Rose said such an outlay to need-
ed to develop existing parks and
buy land for others.
Commission members praised a
project on which Grover Nelson,
park board member, has been
working several months-the plan
to build a park in a day at Lake
Fort Phantom Hill. Nelson said to when another park bond issue,
the Pork and Recreation Commit-should be submitted to the voters,
toe of Abilene Chamber of Com-He said his board has thought
merce has adopted the idee “and about next fall. No recommenda-
plans to put on the project this tions were made by those present,
fall. Nabers promised the city will
Nabers promised the city will
in the park-in a-day program, provide the engineering free for
labor and equipment will be do-
nated by the public
Rose asked for suggestions as
HILDY
(Continued from Pg. 1-4)
1958 when the courts there ruled
Hildy, whom they took as their
own when ate was 10 days old.
should beput in a Catholic found-
ling home for adoption within the
Catholic faith.
The child’s natural mother, Mar-
jorie McCoy Doherty, is a Catho-
lic. After she learned Hildy went
to a Jewish couple she tried to
revoke her consent to the adoption.
Collins said while he respects
the rights of a natural mother to
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THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Abilene, Texas, Friday Morning, May 24, 1957
WEST TEXAS RAINS
WINDS
(Continued treat Pg. 1-A)
ing thunderstorms.
At Marshall. Dr. Thomas Kem-
per said be saw the tornado move
over Highway 80 and dip near the
east city limits. It uprooted a
large pine tree and dropped it
over telephone and power lines.
Service was knocked out in the
east part of town. Other trees
were uprooted, but there were no
injuries.
Dallas downtown workers
watched with concern as the boil-
ing black clouds, more ominous
looking than those in the twister
that killed 10 April 2, turned day
into darkness.
Fully 30 minutes elapsed after
semi-darkness enveloped the city
before the wind began playing
havoc
At Waxahachie a 1.45-inch rain
fell in 35 minutes from clouds so
dark that car and street lights
were turned on. It was clearing
late in the day.
The heavy rains were touched
off over the state by a collision of
warm moist air from the Gulf with
cool air from a front that has
hovered over west and north Tex-
as since Monday.
Weatherford got a 1.40-inch
morning' rain in 45 minutes and
another storm swept through
about noon.
The 6.83-inch overnight rain at
Ennis, south of Dallas, was the
largest ever officially recorded
there.
Rain in the area ranged up to
4.80 inches.
Northbound Southern Pacific
trains were delayed 2% hours by
high water over a trestle north of
Corsicana. Rains ranged up to 5.7
inches north of Corsicana but
blowing continued in the south and
northeast parts of the county.
LEGISLATURE
(Continued from Pg. 1-A)
widely extend many state services
without new taxes.
Speaker Waggoner Carr lauded
House members for what be called
their prompt, decisive action in
dealing with a bribery case and
said they had done a good job
in restoring public confidence in
state government.
The session approved dozens of
measures urged by Gov. Daniel
including public school and college
teacher pay raises, further plug-
ging of insurance law loopholes,
a code of ethical conduct for law-
makers, end state officials and
employes, stricter narcotics laws
and many other measures dealing
with the welfare of wards of the
state.
Redistricting Move /
The lawmakers abolished the
job of congressman-at-large, giv-
ing the state its first congressional
redistricting since 1933, set the
stage for complete constitutional
revision and for a thorough study
of the tax structure for future
revenues.
They raised appropriations for
public schools and state-supported
colleges, the mental hospitals, and
the prison system.
The House today approved a
conference committee report on
insurance commission reorganiza-
tion 111-30 and the Senate went
along, 31-8. That means the meas-
ure backed by the governor as
vital to insurance reform will go
into effect as soon as Daniel signs
it.
the one-day park building project
at the lake.
The city manager said a new
subdivision ordinance being pre-
pared may help provide land for
additional parks. He explained
that developers may be required
to give the city a certain per-
centage of the land in each new
subdivision or cash equal to that
Mrs. Guy Caldwell, park board
member, suggested using water
funds in development of the parks
at Lake Fort Phantom Hill.
Another park panel member,
0. P Beebe, didn’t think much
water money could go for parks.
Commissioner Garvin Beau-________.__.______
champ said about 25 student or- sachusetts petition requesting ex-
ganizations at Abilene Christian
College, where he is a faculty
member, would be glad to furnish
manpower for building the lake
have the child reared in her faith,
“It must yield to more fundamen-
tal rights.
"The great and good God of all
of us, regardless of faith, grants
to every child to be born first the
right to be wanted and secondly
the right to be loved. Hildy’s moth-
er denied both of those rights to
her. ...
“It was the Ellises in truth and
in fact who have been the persons
through whom God has assured
to Hildy these first two rights as
one of his children."
park in a day.
Commissioner Felix Rosser said
it is a "shame" the recent park
bond issue was defeated, but that
such cooperative efforts as the
lake park construction would help
to awaken citizens to approving
the next bond issue proposal.
Nelson urged the city to acquire
park sites adjacent- to each new
school location.
Mrs. Duncan Frame, park board
member, said that if all would
participate in the park program
they would learn about it.
Park Supt. Scott Fikes said
much progress on parks has been
made during his nearly seven
years here, “but we've only
scratched the surface.”
Ex-Breckenridge
Resident Dies
The governor also found flaws
with the legal aspects of the Mas-
tradition.
(Continued from Pg. 1-A)
poles. (See picture, page 1-B>.
Injured when the doghouse,
which was noc bolted to the der-
rick floor, was blown over were
J. A. Criswell and Bobby Black,
both of Ballinger. Criswell was
treated for minor cuts and bruises
and for shock. Black suffered a
bone-deep cut on his left hand.
Both men were released after
treatment at City Hospital in Win-
ters.
The broken poles were the prop-
no flood was expected in the
area, Autis McMahan reported.
Stephenville had 1.80 inches of rain
but two miles west 2.85 was report-
ed Huckaby, 10 miles north, re-
ported 2.40 inches.
In some sections of Erath Coun-
ty the rain was accompanied by
light hail but no damage was re-
ported.
Bridge Washed Out
At Sweetwater only .23 inch was
reported but in other parts of No-
lan County up to 1.70 was record-
ed. Lake Sweetwater rose a half-
erty of Southwestern States Tele-foot Thursday but was still four
phone Co. Both the broken poles
and the damaged doghouse were in
an area five miles west of Win-
LAKES
(Continued from Pg. 1-A)
and Fort Phantom Hill.
Although the overflow ranged
around six inches deep over the
four lake outlets, City Water Su-
perintendent A. Bill Haneman Jr.,
said Thursday afternoon that from
report! to his office, the water
going over the spillways was no-
where near as high as that of the
recent high water which forced
spillway runoffs to record levels
at Lakes Abilene and Fort Phan-
tom Hill.
Shortly after 4 p.m. Thursday,
spillway levels at the three city
lakes were as follows: Fort Phan-
tom Hill, about six inches deep,
to the record level of 33 inches of
two weeks ago.
At Lake Lytle a torrent of
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Collins' decision was unexpected-
ly swift. He heard testimony at
the morning bearing—something
be always before delegated to an
assistant-and gave his decision
shortly before 5 p.m.
The Massachusetts' spokesman
who came here to plead for the
return of the Ellises, J. Blake
Thaxter Jr., assistant district at-
torney of Norfolk County, Mass.,
showed no emotion at the gover-
nor's decision.
“No comment," was Thaxter's
response to all questions.
Hildy is an exceptional student
in the private school she attends
at Miami and is head of her first
grade class, Mrs. Ellis said, and
the child is proud of the fact that
"she is adopted."
The Ellises have filed a petition
in Florida courts to adopt Hildy,
she said, and they plan to be per- Thursday:
manent residents of the state.
They gave up their home and
ters.
High winds in the area also
disrupted telephone service in the
Wingate area for five hours
when the lines between Wingate
and Winters were blown down by
the winds.
High winds also disrupted tele-
phone service to Cross Plains.
Heavy hail about the size of “ben
eggs" inflicted heavy damage on
gardens and wheat crops in the
Potosi area. Roscoe Benson, a
farmer who lives two miles north
of Potosi, said his wheat crop was
damaged about one-third by the
heavy hail which accompanied 160
inches of rain. A heavy wind also
buffeted the area.
Lytle creek was running bankful
following the heavy downpour but
no flooding was reported in the
area. Mrs. B. A. Zachry, Reporter-
News correspondent, reported. A
few limbs were broken off there
by the high winds, she added.
Winds up to 40 miles an hour buf-
feted Albany about 11 a.m. Thurs-
day but no damage was reported.
Albany received .84 inch of rain-
fall but no hail was reported.
Coleman, Brown and Runnels
counties had the heaviest rainfall
business in Massachusetts and
spent most of their savings in
their fight to keep the child, Mrs.
Ellis reported.
At Santa Anna nearly 3 inches
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One surprise witness at the
BRECKENRIDGE, May
(RNS) — Mrs. Effie Reatherford, hearing was John J. Sullivan Jr.,
75, a former Breckenridge resi-
dent, died in Indio, Calif., at 1 p.m.
Monday.
Born Aug. 3. 1831, in Palo Pinto
she had been a resident of Palo
Ashley Honored
The Senate named Carlos Ash-
ley of Llano as its between-ses-
sions president pro-tem — putting
him third in line to succession for
the governorship
The 55th session in many re-
spects wrote a record of real prog
ress on legislation affecting every
home and business in the state.
It passed new laws designed to
help the totally disabled, the men-
tally ill, alcoholics, prisoners pa-
reled and in need of trained guid-
ance and supervision, and old age Thomas of Eastland officiating
pensioners , Burial will be in the Brecken-
The session also made history ridge Cernetery under direction of
by proposing to the voters that Nelson Funeral Home.
they adopt a constitutional change Pallbearers will be W A. Greg-
under which the legislature would
have annual meetings, with annual
salaries of 37.503 a year for mem
Boston attorney who represented
Marjorie McCoy Doherty—Hildy’s
natural mother—in civil proceed-
ings in Massachusetts.
He asked the governor to protect
her “right" to keep her child in
Pinto and Stephens Counties for
61 years. She moved to California the Catholic Church in the interest
13 years ago. of freedom of religion.
Funeral was held at 11 a m Sullivan and Thaxter said Mrs.
Wednesday in Indio The body was Doherty, who was married after
brought to Breckenridge where the birth of Hildy, has tried to get
service will be held Friday at 2 Hildy away from the Ellis couple
p.m in the Rose Avenue Baptist
Church with the Rev. Howard
ever since she learned they were
not Catholics a few weeks after
the child's birth.
ory, R V. Meador, Adrian Wes-
ley. Wallace Reed. Walter Bur-
Robertson Okayed
For State Board
AUSTIN, May 23 @ — The
Senate today confirmed these
appointments by Gov. Daniel:
_____--------- rows and W. J. Reynolds. appointments by Gov. Daniel:
bers. This was designed to in- Survivors include four sons, C C. Prison Board, six year terms to
---leaiclasime affiniana and 8 E Reatherford, both of In- expire Feb. 2, 1963: Lewis Nor
dio, Calif., T. L. and W. J. Reath- dyke of Amarillo.
I both of Ranger: seven
crease legislative efficiency.
-------: — -----— Kirby, about eight inches deep,
feet below the spillway. Most of and Abilene, about six inches
Nolan and Fisher counties bad .25
inch of rain during the day.
Moran had 1.70 inch of rain
which was accompanied by high
winds and some hail. The heavy
deluge washed out a bridge on
Farm-to-Market Road 576 west of
Moran when Hubbard Creek got
out of its banks temporarily. All
of the water was reported receding
Thursday night.
fell in two heavy showers. The
first shower, which started at 8
a.m., measured one inch while
the second shower, a two-hour de-
luge starting at 10 a.m., was gaug-
ed a fraction under 2 inches. A
considerable amount of hail fell
during both rains but no damage
A. A. Criswell,
Pumper, Dies
BIG SPRING, May 23 (RNS) —
Argus A. Criswell, 57, died at 10:20
a m Thursday unexpectedly while
working for the Plymouth Oil Co.
at its work camp south of here.
He suffered a heart attack.
Born Aug. 22. 1899, in Carmen,
Tex., he had lived in Big Spring
since Jan. 1, 1957, moving here
from Texon, Tex. He was a pump-
er for Plymouth Oil Co., working
with that company for 33 years.
Funeral will be held at 3 p.m.
Friday at the Rising Star Method-
ist Church with burial in the Ris-
ing Star Cemetery under direction
of River Funeral Home of Big
Spring.
The Rev. R. A. Brooks Jr.,
pastor, will officiate. The Masonic
Lodge of Big Lake will conduct
deep.
At midafternoon, creeks feed-
ing Lake Abilene were reported
almost dry with little water pour-
ing into the already overflowing
lake. A small amount of runoff
from the morning rains was tric-
kling in bat was not expected to
change the lake level
At Lake Fort Phantom Hill,
where water was pouring over the
spillway at a depth of six inches,
the runoff from the lake was ex-
pected to rise a bit more but not
muddy waters was roaring sev-
eral inches deep over the spillway
Thursday night.
Haneman said Thursday's water
did not undo any of the major
repair work which the city just
completed in the spillway area at
Lake Abilene. The city has been
busy since Sunday repairing spill-
way area damage resulting from
the torrential rains the last few
weeks.
The city completed pouring a
134-foot, concrete earth-reinforcing
barrier along the north side of the
spillway area where the water has
eroded the bank along the runoff
area. On the south side, the
rock sill wall was reinforced in
several spots. The last bit of con-
crete was poured at 10 p.m.
Wednesday.
At Buffalo Gap, water flooding
down Elm Creek temporarily rose
in several spots. Bob Cooke, Re-
porter-News farm editor, was in
the area Thursday afternoon and
reported that the high water crest-
ed about 11 a.m. Before that time
the water had risen several inches
over the bridge just west of Buf-
falo Gap below the railroad. FM
613, the main road between Buf-
falo Gap and Abilene, was tempo-
rarily flooded in a couple of spots.
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Survivors include his wife; one
daughter, Mrs. J. F. Sawyer of
Rankin; two sons, A. D. of Fort
Worth and Donald of Dallas; four
was reported.
No flooding was reported in San- grandchildren; five brothers, A. O.
ta Anna although Santa branch got of Sundown, 0. A. of Rising Star,
out of its banks in the area and T. V. of Monahans, R. G. of
flooded some farm land. The Monahans and Vernon of Grand
branch was dropping fast Thurs- Falls; three sisters.. Mrs. S. O.
day night
of
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Elders of Grand Falls, Mrs. Ar-
thur Turner of Grand Falls and
Lake Brownwood High
Brownwood had only .60 inch of Mrs. Art>e Lindley of San Angelo.
rain but up to 2.20 inches was re-
corded at Byrd's Store on the up- Missing Airman’s
per end of Lake Brownwood, Lake 259 •
Brownwood, which was running Checks Turn Up
over the spillway about one-hall
IT TAKES TALENT, DAD . . . says 9 year old Judy
Bandy, as she captures the title of Student of the Week
foot before the rains started rose PALM BEACH, Fla., May 23 for Caldwell Music Studios last Tuesday night. Judy is
two-and-a-half feet Thursday after-1® ~ Palm Beach Police Chief the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H Bandy of 1249 Park
noon and was still rising late Eddie Longosaid today, twol St. She attends 3rd grade at Fannin School and is a stu-
Thursday night. it was running checks signed by a Texas, airman dent on the Scandalli Accordion at Caldwell Music Co.
three feet over the spillway at 5:30 missing since Saturday were1
cashed after his reported disap-
p.m.
Lake Leon, near Eastland, had pearance. ,
a one-foot rise Friday and water
Longo said the checks, bearing
the signature of T-Sgt. Edwin
Coy Inman Riles
Set Here Saturday
Funeral will be held at M a.m.
Saturday to the Laughter-North
Memorial Chapel for Coy T. In-
man, 55, of 1550 Marshall St., who
died at 3:31 p.m. Wednesday at
St Ann Hospital following an ill-
ness of about two weeks.
The Rev. Sidney Cox, pastor of
Immanuel Baptist Church, will of-
ficiate and burial will be in Elm-
wood Memorial Cemetery under di-
rection of Laughter-North Funeral
Home.
It was the first in many years dro, Caur., ,. L. ana w. J. neau-ja----a---
to successfully tackle the delicate erford, both of Ranger; seven Board of Hospitals and Special
political job of congressional re- grandchildren; 13 great-grandchil- Schools, six year terms to expire
districting Without making many dren; three brothers, Edwin Wes-Feb. 15, 1963. George W Pirtle
major changes statewide, it gave ley of Tulia, Alvin of Racket and of Tyler, French Robertson of
the extra congressman to Harris Boo Wesley of Arkansas Abilene.
County, -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Abilene.
was going 18 inches over the spill-
way. The lake is expected to con- Campbell, 38. of <2116 21st St.)
tinue to rise Friday morning. The Lubbock, Tex., were reported
Leon River was running about worthless by a bank here.
bankful. ------------------------------------
under the direction of Lilliam Sweeten. Judy began her
accordion lessons March 26, 1956 at Caldwell Music Co.
Music instruments are furnished at no extra charge for
beginners. Why not enroll your child today. Call OR
,4-8587 for complete details.
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West Texans Vole
Against Water Plan
AUSTIN, May 33 - The consti-
tufional amendment to set up a
$100,0000,000 program for conserva- |
don water storage failed 79-49,
short of the 100 votes needed for
submission.
For it were Reps. Anderson,
Bristow, Burkett, Lee and Sud-
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derth. Against it were Reps. Ar
Born March 13, 1902, at May, derth. Against it were Reps. Ar
Tex., he had lived in Abilene for mor. Bishop. Cloud. Kelly. Kenne
the past 30 years. He was a bar-
ber during that period, owning his
own shop at S. 7th and Butternut
Sts. for the past five years.
Survivors include his wife; two
daughters, Mina Fay Inman, and
Mrs. J. W Wayte of Abilene; two
brothers, W. A. of Norton and Ira
Inman of Pomona, Calif.; one sis-
ter, Mrs. Ed Rolland of ES 11th
St.; and two grandchildren
Pallbearers will be Edwin *
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6. R Braddock, J. 0. Webb, Sam
Daniels.
dy, Latimer, Patterson, Roberts,
Stroman, Thurmond and Wilson,
Reps. Drashear and Slack were
absent at the time of the vote.
The House killed 33-73 Midland
Rep. Louis Anderson’s bill raising
the highway speed limit for all ve-
hicles to 65 miles per hour.
For it were Reps. Anderson, Lee,
Roberts and Thurmond. Against it
were Reps. Armor, Bishop, Burk-
ett, Cloud, Kennedy, Latimer, Stro-
man and Wilson. Reps. Sudderth,
Slack and Brashear were absent at
the time of the vote
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