The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 237, Ed. 1 Friday, May 24, 1957 Page: 6 of 40
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THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Abilene, Texas, Friday Morning, May 24, 1957
TOWN NEWS
It’s End of School Today
For 12,000 Abilene Youths
Approximately 12.000 youngsters The letters told property owners
in the Abilene public school sys- that If proposed assessments
torn will take leave of the three aren't satisfactory to them, they
R’s and classroom activities Fri- may protest the action by an ap
day for another three months as peal to the Board of Equaliza-
summer vacation starts. tion.
Talks to Reunite
Arabs Disclosed
BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 23 0-
Foreign Minister Charles Malik
disclosed today efforts are being
made to bring leaders of quarrel-
ling Arab countries together soon
to patch up their differences.
West camp, leaving Egypt and synagogue oa a collective settle-
Syria isolated in a pro-Soviet ment on the border of the Gara
Main declined to say bow much
progress has been made to getting
President Nasser of Egypt and
Syria's leftist government to agree
to such a meeting or where it
would be held
Ancient Synagogue
Discovered Ir Gaza
ment on the border of the Gara
Abilene High School seniors at- Intention of appeal must be reg-
tended their last classes Wednes- istered with the tax office within
The recent Jordan government
crisis during which King Hussein
kicked the pro-Egyptian, pro-Com-
munist ruling clique out of power
split Arab countries into two
camps. Jordan joined Saudi Ara-
bia Lebanon and Iraq in a pro- day the discovery of an ancient
Strip
The synagogue was uncovered
accidentally by tractor drivers
working oa the farm settlement
and is one of the largest ever dis-
covered in the Holy Land. Coins
found on the site belong to the
reign of Justinian I (527 to 565
A.D.) and the reign of Tiberius
II (580 to 581 A.D.).
Government antiquities experts
said the synagogue indicates the
JERUSALEM, Israeli Sector.
May 23 (—The Israeli Depart-existence of a prosperous Jewish
ment of Antiquities announced to-community in the ancient town of
Maon in Gaza district.
EOM Sale!
rapery Department
KEEP
ON SEI
day, but all other students will
check in their books and clear
their records Friday afternoon.
Year-end report cards will be
issued to all of the 12,596 students
in the public school system at 1:30
p.m. Monday.
Most of the more than 500 facul-
ty members of the school system
will be beginning their summer
vacations also. Principals will con-
tinue the job of winding up the
records for this school year and
getting ready for resumption of
classes in the fall while a handful
of teachers will remain on the job
to teach summer school courses.
Tax Hearings Set
City Tax Assessor-Collector John
Latham said Thursday that
June 4 and 5 have been set by
the city's Board of Equalisation
for additional interviews with prop-
erty owners on proposed assessed
valuations for 1957.
The hearings will begin at 8:30
a.m. and continue as long as nec-
essary, Latham said.
istered with the tax office within
A total of 1,500 notices to tax-
payers have been mailed out by
10 days from date of the postmark
on the notice sent out.
Persons receiving this week's
1,500 notices are owners of those
pieces of real estate upon which
the tax department plans to raise
the assessed values above 1956
and people owning property annex-
ed to the city since last tax year
‘Last Roundup’
The "Last Roundup." a skit com-
paring the dancing and dress of
the east and west, will highlight
the final assembly program at Lin-
coin Junior High School which will
be held at 3:15 p.m. Friday in the
school auditorium.
Highlights of the skit include a
group presenting folk dances rep-
resenting the west and another
group doing the somba, a popular
eastern dance. Also three girls will
model popular western style clothes
while another trio will show clothes
worn in the east.
A boys trio and a girls quartet
will sing numbers popular in both
sections of the nation.
The Lincoln cheer leaders will
comfort you've wished for . .
. - J lead two school yells accompanied
the City Tax Department this week, by the stage band. The band will
play the school song prior to final
dismissal of school for the year.
informing them of assessed val-
ues the office planned to put on
the properties for this year.
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Seniors Due
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Police Panel Named
An interviewing and investigat-
ing panel, composed of the po-
lice chief and three other officers
has been appointed to interview all
future applicants for policemen
jobs in Abilene.
City Manager Henry B. Nabers
Thursday morning appointed Capt.
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Twenty-nine seniors at Carter G. with Chief W. B. McDonald as the
Woodson High School will receive
diplomas at commencement exer-
cises which will be held at 8 p.m.
Friday in the school auditorium, cently by the Civil Service Commix
according to Principal D. W. Por-
ter.
panel members.
The four-man board is a result
of a report made to the city re-
sion which recommended the for-
mation of such a board within the
police department. A recent probe
of the department by the civil serv-
Valedictorian for the class is
Eva Neil James, 17, daughter of -
Mrs Georgia James. 425 N. 8th ice unit revealed that policemen
St. She compiled a 3.58 point aver- 4 4
age based on a possible average
of 4.
Howard Carver, 17, son of Mrs.
Marie Carver, 609 Ash St., is salu-
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average.
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police force interview board which
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bad not always operated as a
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The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 237, Ed. 1 Friday, May 24, 1957, newspaper, May 24, 1957; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1654471/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.