Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 168, Ed. 1 Monday, July 19, 1954 Page: 1 of 8
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Drive Carefully
The Life You Save
May Be Your Own
^ut^tiuatrr Stejrorter
Dedicated To The Welfare Of Sweetwater And Surrounding Area
57th Year Number 168
Full Leased United Press Wire Service
SWEETWATER, TEXAS, MONDAY, JULY 19, 1954
NEA Telepholo Service
Weather
Partly Cloudy, Hot
Price Daily 5c, Sunday 10c
Joy Pace Wins
Oak Creek Lake
Beauty Contest
By MURRAY FORSVALL
Joy Pace, a slim, well-tanned
beauty with a winning smile, walk-
ed away with the "Miss Oak Creek
Lake" title to climax Sweetwater
J ycee activities at the lake Sun-
afternoon.
A throng of 2,500 persons lined
the shore of Oak Creek Lake in the
broiling 102 degree temperature
to watch the races and the beauty
contest.
Deannie Montgomery of Corsi-
cana won six first places to carry
off top honors in the boat racing
competition which was marred by
a crack-up between two boats and
two flipovers.
Raymond Jefferys of Lefors,
d.- 'Ver boat number 79T, sustained
minor bruises when his boat and
number 188 driven by Bob Almon-
role of New Mexico collided as they
rounded the West turn on the sec-
ond lap of the final heat of the day.
Jeffreys was taken to Sweet-
water Hospital, where he was
treated for minor bruises and was
released.
Almonrole was thrown out of his
boat and was uninjured. Bill Hol-
land of Cleburne and Pete Yancey
Q J Fort Worth both flipped their
boats but neither was hurt. How-
ever, damage to Holland's boat
and motor was estimated at over
$300.
In the beauty competition, Miss
Pace won over a field of eleven
entries from Sweetwater and sur-
rounding areas. Runner-up in the
contest was Margaret Sealy and
third place went to Kay Alston. All
of the top three are from Sweet-
w \ter.
' iliss Pace, a 17-year old light
brown-haired lass, will be a senior
at Newman High where she is a
cheer leader. Her parents are Mr.
and Mrs. Dill Pace of 704 Silas.
Joy represented Russell's Depart-
ment Store.
Miss Sealy attends McMurry Col-
lege where she is a sophomore
student and a majorette. She is the
19-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Sealy of 1104 East 12th.
I ,ss Sealy represented the Sweet-
vffter Ready Mix Co
Miss Alston was entered in the
contest by the M&M Men's Store.
She is a May graduate of Newman
High and is the 18-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Alston
of 1601 SanM Fe Ave.
In the boat racing Montgomery
won exactly half of the twelve
heats to far outclass his nearest
rivals. The 22-year-old youngster
won' one heat in Class A Runabout,
both heats in class B Runabout,
both heats in Class A Hydroplane,
and one heat in Class B Hydro-
plane.
In the feature event, the Class D
Hydroplane, Raymond Owen of Ft.
Worth came fast through the line
at the start to win the first heat.
He is the reigning national cham-
pion in this event.
However, in the second heat
Owen was upset by Robert Julien
of Celina. Julien was leading the
race when the red flag went out to
stop the contest when Jerrerys and
Almonrole smashed together on the
second lap.
The race was started again but
Julien was not to be denied as he
once more gained the edge on Ow-
en and held it.
Holland managed to get on first
place in one heat of the Class A
Runabout and second in the first
heat of the Class A Hydroplane be-
fore he flipped on the first turn of
the sixth race.
Jefferys got two first places by
wininng both heats in the Class D
Runabout and Henry Satterfield of
Fort Worth copped first in one heat
of Class B Hydroplane.
There were six divisions with two
See CONTEST Page 8
French Ready To Give Up
North Half Of Viet Nam
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FAITH RISES OVER FLOOD—A tiny chapel is all that can be seen
of the flooded village of Aicha, Germany, stricken by the record
flood of the Danube river and its tributaries, which has left thousands
of people homeless. The United States is rushing typhoid vaccine
to stricken areas where hundreds of dead animals pose a health
threat in spots where flood waters have receeded. (NEA Telephoto)
French Troops Push
Reds Back Near Hanoi
OIL
ROUND-UP
By ALLEN BAKER
No. 1 C. M. Rogers test in sec-
tion 30 three miles northeast of
Blackwell is reported to have
struck the Ellenburger with good
showings at 5,800 feet.
Operators are drilling on to test
Os, Cambrian.
No. 1 R. L. Sanders test, just
north of the east Blackwell field
brought in by the Kirk well, is re-
ported setting casing around 6,280
feet after finding the Ellenburger.
No. 1 R. C. Watts well, about half
way between Blackwell and Hyl-
ton in section 203, is drilling around
6,160 feet.
AJnion Oil Company was still
wfrking Monday for completion of
No. 2-74 T. D. Young well west of
Lake Trammell. It will make a well
more or less similar to the No. 1-
74 which discovered the Strawn in
this section.
Seaboard has recompleted its No.
1-C-TXL well in section 63 in North
Dora. Cambrian was found too low
to produce, more than 100 feet low
by comparison with Boyd B-8 one
location north and Chicago Corpor-
alion's latest well one location to
ti«x east.
However deepening improved the
the well as an Ellenburger produc-
er.
Jt was finaled on a 12-64th inch
choke to make 112 barrels of oil in
24 hours. Railroad commission al-
lowable in this field is only 102
barrels a day for 16 days and Sea-
board's completions are throttled
to conserve the wells.
Mrs. Z. C. Sfeakley,
Civic Leader, Dies
After Long Illness
Death came Sunday evening in
Dallas to Mrs. Z. C. Steakley Sr.,
66, of Sweetwater, ending an ill-
ness which 10 years ago halted a
career of active leadership in
Sweetwater's church, club, and
civic affairs.
The Steakley home here is at
910 Josephine. Mrs. Steakley had
been hospitalized in Dallas for
several years. She died at 9:20 Sun-
day evening.
Funeral services are set for 10
a. m. Tuesday in First Baptist
Church. A former pastor, Dr. E.
D. Dunlap, now of Waco, and the
present pastor, the Rev. George R.
Wilson, with officiate.
Cate-Spencer Funeral Home will
direct interment in Sweetwater
Cemetery. Pallbearers will be C.
R. Simmons, John Aycock, Davis
Clark Jr., J. N. Dulaney, Thos.
Whittenburg, P. L. Ullom, Carl
Murrell of Hamlin, and Earl Webb.
Mrs. Steakley was horn Frances
Elizabeth McGtasson in Troy, Tex-
i as, on Oct. 8, 1887. She married
Mr. Steakiey at Waco 011 June 23,
1907. They moved to Sweetwater
from DeLeon in 1926. Mr. Steakley
| was for years Chevrolet dealer
J here.
During her active years, Mrs.
! Steakley was an outstanding teach-
er in First Baptist Sunday School.
I She was also a leader in women's
work of the church. She was active
in Parent-Teacher work while her
sons were in school. She belonged
to the Athenaeum Study Club, and
also to the Eastern Star.
Three sons survive in addition to
the husband. The sons are Zollie
1 Steakley Jr., Austin lawyer; Dan
L. Steakley of Knox City; and Dr.
H. J. Steakley, Colorado City den-
tist.
Other survivors are three broth-
ers—D. E. McGlasson of Amarillo,
C. C. McGlasson of Plainview, and
John McGlasson of Waco; three
listers—Mrs. F. E. Woodmansee
and Mrs. A. L. Ilarlan of Dallas,
Mrs. C. R. Pennington of Abilene.
There are four grandchildren.
HANOI, July 19 —UP—A force
of 5,000 French Union troops
pushed back Communists moving
in on the Red River delta defense
pocket near Vinh Yen, 24 miles
northwest of Hanoi, the French
high command disclosed Monday.
French infantry, supported by
heavy tanks, fanned out north of
route No. 2 which runs northwest
from Hanoi through Phuc Yen and
Yuong Canh to Vinh Yen.
A high command spokesman said
Both Sides Reported
Near Truce Agreement
GENEVA, July 19 —(UP)— High French sources said
Monday France has agreed to surrender to the Reds all nor-
thern Viet Nam above the 17th parallel—including Hanoi
and eventually the port of Haiphong—in a final bid to win
an Indo-China peace by Tuesday's French-imposed deadline.
The reported concessions mean that France has given
up all hope of holding Haiphong.
Previously the Reds had demanded the 14th Parallel
and the French originally insisted upon the 18th.
The new French offer would cut
1 to orators declaim against split-
j ting their country into two parts.
There was no sign of anti-French
I propaganda, which French author-
| ities had feared. Speakers unani-
mously denounced Ho's Commu-1
j nist Viet Minh as the "eternal en-
emy of the Viet Namese people."
Increasing numbers of those who
would not survive a Communist
occupation should negotiators at
Geneva award Hanoi to the Reds
fled Hanoi
Some 400 priests and seminary
the offensive, third mounted j students arrived in Saigon Sunday
against the Reds in the delta in the !
last week, was "progressing fav- j
orably."
Other offensives had struck at
the lndo - Chinese Communism in
the Son Tay region west of Hanoi
and around Phu Lang Tuong along
the northern edge of the pocket.
In Hanoi, anti - Communist Indo-
Chinese citizens demonstrated
against any peace pact at Geneva
that would partition their country
between the Communists and
French.
Ten thousand citizens staged the
demonstration without disorder or
aboard a French aircraft carrier
and said a large section of the
Catholic population left behind now
in Jhe Red River delta was on the
move.
fore the Hanoi theater
drat:
Absentee Voting
May Reach 200
Probably 2U: or more votes will
be cast in Nolan County by Tues-
day's closing time for absentee bal-
lots, it was indicated Monday.
Absentee voting ends on July 20.
Viet Nam in half 25 miles north
of the railway center of Kang Tri,
and just below the narrow waist of
the state. It would hold for the
French the big air base at Tou-
rane, the only one in southeast Asia
capable of handling atom bombers.
French sources said the Commu-
nists are not content with the 17th
Parallel offer, but that the two
sides now are so near agreement
that final cease-fire agreement
could be reached "in 30 minutes."
These sources said that Haiphong
would be retained by the French,
under the latest offer, only long
enough to permit safe evacuation
of French and loyal Viet - Namese
who do not want to live under
cwmmunism. The Reds are under-
stood to have suggested a 230 days
limit on French control of the port.
The French concessions were
said by a high western source to
have greatly brightened prospects
for agreement before the ex-
piration of French Premier
Pierre Mendes - France's "peace
or resign" deadline which expires
at midnight Tuesday.
ABSOLUTELY
NO SENSE
OF HUMOR
NAHARIAY, Israel, July 19—
UP—A vacationist said Monday
he got his black eye after
shooting some pictures of a
pretty girl in a two-piece swim
suit.
The young lady became en-
raged when she discovered he
had no film in the camera.
Accidental Potion
Of lye Water Proves
Fatal To Local Tot
Carolyn Sue Eggleston, 14-month
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
C. Eggleston, 408 E. 15th Street,
died Monday morning at Sweetwat-
er Hospital after the tot had acci-
dentally swallowed a solution of
ped | The total ballot cast is considered j at h°me of her grandmoth
Skelly's No. 8-B Cambrian is un-
't/icially reported as a big pro-
ducer as is the Chicago Corpora-
tion's new well in section 62. Final
potential figures have not been re
leased.
Seaboard Oil Co. No. A-17 test In
section 28 as a twin to one of the
Strawn reef wells on the Billie
Hanks lease is down to 3,910 feet in
a try for the Canyon reef.
General Crude No. 1 Mrs. Sara
E. Porter, northeast of Nolan, was
lttt reported drilling below 3,630
feet in sand and lime.
No. 1 Wimberly deep test by
Choya Drilling Co., Just west of
Highland High school on the Ros-
coe-Maryneal highway, will drill
ahead to the Cambrian, now ex-
pected around 7,700 feet, it was an-
nounced over the weekend.
On a drillstem test between
See OIL Pa&e 8
Rash Of Minor
Auto Accidents
Reported Here
A number of minor traffic acci-
dents occurred here over the week-
end.
Among the accidents reported by
police were:
Collision at Hailey and James
Street at 11:54 p.m. Sunday, 1941
Pontiac driven by John L. Long of
304 Bowie Street and a 1951 Nash
driven by James A. Cupp Jr. of
906 Runnels street. No one was in-
jured; damage to the Pontiac was
estimated at $100 and to the Nash,
$250.
Collision of 1951 Ford truck driv-
en by Damuel Ray Buyer of Abi-
lene, Route three, and 1949 Chev-
rolet driven by Jesus Valdez of
1201 West Alabama, Saturday at 4
p.m., at Pecan and West Fifth.
Damage to the Chevrolet was esti-
mated at $200.
A 1954 Dodge pick-up driven by
Jas. A. Wright of Rt. 2 Snyder and
a 1953 Oldsmobile driven by Trice
Leon Morse of 1105 East 13th St.,
were involved in an accident at
Broadway and Ash Saturday. Dam-
age to the pickup was estimated
at $50 and to the Oldsmobile, 9175.
with Viet Nam, French, American, | unusually good for a non-presiden-
British and Indian flags — to listen ! tial election year.
Farmers Say Wetbacks Forced
To Pay Fare For Deportation
MCALLEN, Tex., July 19—UP—
The Border Patrol is taking "fare"
from 11,000 wetbacks it has round-
ed up in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley to take them to El Paso—
600 miles away—for deportation.
Most of the wetbacks live on the
Mexican side of the Lower Rio
Grande Valley, only a few miles
from where they were rounded up.
But the Border Patrol is taking
them 600 miles to deport them and
is charging them "fare" for the
bus trip.
One farmer told a Valley news-
paper that border patrolmen took
all but $1 from one wetback who
was working on his farm to pay
his "fare" for the 600-mile ride to
El Paso.
Harlon Carter, chief of the bor-
der patrol, said the law provides
for charging the aliens fare. He
said it is coming out of the wages
they made in the United States.
Long Round Trip
The Border Patrol is taking the
wetbacks so far away to deport
them to make it harder for them
to coins back. But the Mexican
government c,nnovnced it would
take all thj deported wetlvo'cs
back ta their homes in Mex.co at
government expense.
This will mean that wetbacks
who live on the Mexican side of
the Lower Rio Grande Valley will
be taken 600 miles on the northern
side of the Rio Grande for deporta-
tion, then brought back by Mex-
ican authorities to their homes only
a few miles away on the southern
side.
Four newspapers In the Rio
Grande Valley reported they have
received "dozens" of telephone
calls from angry farmers who said
the wetbacks were "separated"
from their money. They refused to
permit use of their names for fear
of reprisals, the McAllen Monitor
said.
Other papers reporting the inci-
dents were the Edinburg Review,
Brownsville Herald, and Haflingen
Star. Carter would not say how
much the aliens were charged for
the 600 miles ride from the Valley
to El Paso.
Goes Into Second Phase
But Carter announced the patrol
was preparing to go into its "sec-
ond phase" of Operation Wetback,"
even though the first phase isn't
over.
Carter explained that the first
phase consists of clearing the Val-
ley of wetbacks by deportation. The
second phase is preventing them
from returning after they are
cleared out.
He hinted of a new plan to keep
the wetbacks — so called because
they get their backs wet crossing
the Rio Grande — out of the United
States.
The plan involves the use of
"mobile self - sufficient, highly
mechanized units" to patrol the
river and already is working in
California.
er, Mrs. Arthur Eggleston, 1411
I Birch Street, Sunday morning,
j The baby had crawled into the
J kitchen and opened a kitchen cabi-
net, where she found a can of lye,
a member of the family stated.
Very little of the lye had been left
in the can, but there was enough
water and lye in the can to enable
the child to drink a portion of it.
The child crawled back out of
the kitchen, with the can still in
her hand when members of the
family saw her and rushed her di-
rectly to Sweetwater Hospital at
9:20 a. m. Sunday.
A 20-hour fight to save her life
ended at 5 a. m. Monday.
Funeral services will be held at
2:30 p. m. Tuesday at the Evan-
gelical Methodist Church with the
Rev. Seay officiating. Patterson
Funeral Home will direct inter-
ment in Sweetwater cemetery.
Surviving are the parents; the
grandparents, Mrs. Arthur Eggle-
ston and Mr. and Mrs. Milton Tay-
lor, all of Sweetwater; two great-
grandmothers, Mrs. Will Graham
and Mrs. J. F. Black of Sweetwat-
er.
Gov. Shivers Brands
Young Demo Group
Tidelands Stealers
PROVIDENCE, R. I., July 19—
UP—Texas Gov. Allan Shivers has
charged his opponents with using
"thought control tactics" to seat
a rival group of delegates to the
national convention oft he Young
Democratic Clubs of America.
"The same group that tried to
steal our tidelands" refused to seat
the "duly - chosen Texas delega-
tion," Gov. Shivers said when he
learned the national committee had
voted 61-0 against his followers.
The pro - Eisenhower Democratic
governor did not attend the three-
day gathering here.
Rivalry among Texans all but
overshadowed the convention's ap-
proval of a resolution urging that
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.)
be stripped by the Senate of his
chairmanship of the permanent in-
vestigating committee.
The resolution accused McCarthy
of creating "fear and suspicion"
by his hunt for Communists and
of trying to alienate friendly west-
ern nations. He further was ac-
cused of "abusing" scientists in his
investigations.
The resolution was passed after
a night-long stormy debate over
the delegation issue.
Neal Smith, president of the
clubs, said he felt the national com-
mittee did the right thing in recog-
nizing the Maverick anti-Shivers
group of delegates.
He was vigorously opposed by
James W. McCormick Jr.. of Wich-
ita Falls, Tex., leader of the pro-
Shivers contingent, who said that
the 61-0 vote was "dictatorial, il-
legal and undemocratic."
The pro-Shivers group claimed a
following of some 5,000 members to
1,500 for the opposition.
In Texas, the governor charged
the action was "another example
of thought control tactics."
"They refused to seat this group
simply because it did not agree
with them and refused to do the
bidding of the pinko - left wing
fringe," he said.
,%
JOY AT VERDICT—Society dentist Dr. Kenneth B, Small is em-
braced by his mother, Mrs. Jacob Small, after an Allegan, Mich.,
jury found the doctor "not guilty" by reason of insanity for the
muder of his wife's alleged lover. New York air condit.c*.;n<3 execu-
tive Jules Lac" Dr. Small's father is at left. (NEA Telephoto)
HEAT WAVE CONTINUES
No Relief In Sight
For Parched Texans
BOTH MEN CONFIDENT
Bitter Shivers - Yarborough
Campaign Enters Final Week
By UNITED PRESS
Gubernatorial candidates Ralph
Yarborough and incumbent Allan
Shivers were the picture of confi-
dence Monday as they stepped up
their campaign pace for the Sat-
urday vote showdown.
Shivers confidently predicted ov-
erwhelming victory over Yarbo-
rough, whom he defeated in 1952.
Speaking in the Rio Grande Valley
Monday, he said former Yarbo-
rough campaign men were swing-
ing to his side, and he predicted
some counties which voted for his
opponent in 1952 would be in the
Shivers column this time.
Yarborough was in Austin Mon-
day after a swing through Houston
and Granger. He expressed confi-
dence that the people of Texas
would dischard what he termed a
scandal - ridden administration.
Two other candidates, J. J.
Holmes and Arlon (Cyclone) Da-
vis, were also in the race, but
most observers predicted the show-
down would be between Shivers
and Yarborough, with votes for the
other two men possibly forcing a
runoff.
Over the weekend, there were
I theke other developments in the
| all-out bid for votes.
1. Byron Skelton of Temple,
j chairman of the State Democratic
Executive committee's .'.dvisory
council, chargedt hat the JOP na-
tional committee was ha\ ing Jack
Porter, Republican national com-
mitteeman from Houston, cam-
paign for Shivers. He charged that
| the Republicans the past two years
"have run the Democratic party
in Texas out of the law office of
Alvin Lane and Wallace Savage,
law partners in Dallas." Savage
recently resigned as chairman of
the state Democratic party and
Lane was chairman of the state
Republican party.
"Republicans controlled both
parties through Lane with approv-
al and consent of Shivers," Skelton
charged.
2. Former Gov. Miriam A. (Ma>
Ferguson, the only woman ever to
hold the office in Texas, announced
her support for Shivers, declaring
"this is no time to experiment."
| She said "we need cool, deliberate,
courageous leadership and Gov.
| Shivers has demonstrated that he
I has it."
3. Shivers again charged that
j Yarborough has not made a stand
i on segregation and the Supreme
| Court decision. Yarborough replied
! that he is in favor of separate but
equal school facilities. Yarborough
drew cheers in East Texas when
he said: "I am not in favor of the
forced mingling of children where
they don't want to go."
4. Yarborough, hitting back at
Shivers' charge that left - wingers
were behind the Austin attorney's
campaign, said the Legislature had
passed a law allowing prosecution
of Communists in Texas if they
don't register within five days. He
said none had registered, and none
had been prosecuted.
5. Shivers charged Yarborough
was supported by Negro groups,
including The Informer, Houston
Negro newspaper. Yarborough
charged the governor was waging
a "hate campaign" that would stir
up racial trouble.
In the Lower Rio Grande Val-
ley, Shivers was busily campaign-
ing Monday, with stops set at
Brownsville, Port Isabel, Los Fres-
nos, San Benito, Harlingen, Lafer-
(See BITTER Page 8
By UNITED PRESS
Forecasters predicted more hot
weather for Texas and perhaps a
repetition of the scattered showers
that brought some relief from heat
and drouth in West Texas Sunday.
A strong wind, possibly a tor-
nado, ripped through Tatum, Tex.,
near Henderson, Sunday night in
the only storm in the state that
wasn't in West Texas.
Several houses were unroofed,
trees uprooted and the power was
cut off. No one was injured. Deputy
Sheriff Grady Ash said the Tatum
high school gymnasium was de-
stroyed.
Some rain fell at Livingston and
Longview.
The showers in West Texas were
measured at .33 inch at Amarillo.
.30 at Dalhart, and .03 at El Paso
and Lubbock. Meteorologists said
there was also some in the Pecos
Valley and the Davis Mountains.
All Texas was cloudy to partly
cloudy Monday and forecast-
ers said there was a possibility
of some scattered showers over ail
the state Monday night.
But the rain will not be enough
to break the heat wave, and tem-
peratures over 100 were forecast
for the central and northeastern
parts of the state.
Sunday night was the hottest
night in Fort Worth since 1947. The
low temperature was 83 degrees.
A low of 83—described by a weath-
erman as a "real, real high mini-
mum"—was also reported at Dal-
las and Fort Worth
Other low temperatures ranged
upward from 64 at Dalhart. Amar-
illo had 69. Midland 71. El Paso.
Lubbock and Lufkin 73. Abilene
and San Angelo 75, Austin, San
Antonio, Laredo. Brownsville and
Houston 76, Del Rio, Presidio and
Tyler 77. Texarkana 78. Corpus
Christi 79 and Galveston 81.
High temperatures Sun-
day ranged from 106 degrees at
Mineral Wells to 89 at Galveston
Other highs included Fort Worth
and Wichita Falls 105, Dallas 104.
Tyler 102, Waco. Lufkin and Abi-
lene 101, Austin 100. Laredo 99.
El Paso, Del Rio, San Antonio and
San Angelo 98, Midland 97, Hous-
ton 96, Corpus Christi and Amarillo
94 and Beaumont and Brownsville
93.
THE WEATHER
SWEETWATER — Temperature,
high, 102 degrees; low. 76 degrees
Barometric pressure. 30.02, falling
slightly. Relative humidity. 45 per
cent. Instrument reading, clear to
partly cloudy, continued hot.
WEST TEXAS — Partly cloudy
and warm through Tuesday with
widely scattered showers and
thundershowers.
Heat Wave Brings
Water Rationing
To Cities In Texas
By UNITED PRESS
Water was being rationed all
over Texas Monday as one of the
worst heat waves in history con
tinued unabated.
About 5 per cent of the homes oi
high ground in Fort Worth had low
pressure or no water at all.
At Haltom City, a Fort Worth
suburb, Mayor Virgil E. Goodman
said the water was turned off from
1 to 4 p. m. Sunday for the entire
community because there had been
so many violations of a waterinp
ordinance. The temperature reach
ed 105 degrees Sunday afternoo.i
at Fort Worth
Unpopular Action
"As long as people keep water
ing their lawns illegally, somethin.
must be done," he said. "It prob
ably is going to be an unpopuiai
thing but we'll shut off the watei
in the afternoons as long as it it
necessary."
Dallas city officials discussed a;>
enforcement of an every-other-da>
| lawn sprinkling ordinance if volun
tary conservation methods don 't
; keep the reservoirs high.
Brady city councilmen aske^
1 residents to quit watering betweei
9 a. m. and 6 p. m. Residents al
ready are on an every-other-da>
basis for lawn sprinkling.
Irving Wells Going Dry
Irving found its wells going dr?
and officials asked that waterin
I of lawns cease until three well
trom which the city draws its watei
i can be deepened.
Mexia's city commission order
ed all watering of flowers and
shrubs halted after residents failed
to co-operate on a voluntary basis
j Consumption averaged 200,000 gal
[ Ions a day more than the city well.-)
[ could produce.
A new well was being drilled
Temple city commissioners eas
; ed water restrictions on the city';
north side after residents in that
area co-operated to keep the level
up. The) can lawn sprinkle every
1 other day
Groesbeck adopted the every
other-day technique also.
Arlington has banned all outside
> watering until further notice.
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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 168, Ed. 1 Monday, July 19, 1954, newspaper, July 19, 1954; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth284185/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.