Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 228, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 28, 1954 Page: 1 of 8
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SWEETWATER, TEXAS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1954
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SURVIVORS—Several of the few survivors of the overturned ferry boat Toya Maru are given first aid
treatment in Tokyo Monday. A vicious typhoon ripped northern Japan with unexpected fury Sunday
causing one of the worst maritime disasters in history. Among its victims was the queen of the Japan-
ese ferry fleet with 1,140 persons aboard. Almost 1,0 00 persons drowned when ship overturned and
caught fire in Tsugaru Straits. (NEA Telephoto)
ILL-FATED MARU—Aerial view shows capsized ferry boat Toya
Maru in the Tsugaru Straits between Honshu and Hokkaido Islands.
Ship was carrying 1,042 passengers and 111 crewmen when it moved
into teeth of typhoon which was lashing northern Japan. A wave
smashed into the ship, flooding the engine room and generators.
Pushed by winds into the open sea, listing at 35 degrees, tha ship
overturned and caught fire. Close to 1,000 persons were drowned.
(NEA Telephoto)
OIL
ROUND-UP
■v ALLEN BAKER
Sec. Wilson Denies
Favoritism For GM
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28—UP-
Defense Secretary Charles E. Wil-
SAAR ISSUE RAISED
France Blocks
Rearmament
Of Germany
LONDON, Sept. 28—UP—France
tossed a new obstacle Tuesday in
the way of restoring German sov-
ereignly and rearmament.
French Premier Pierre Mendes-
France seized the initiative at the
opening session of the nine-nation
conference which seeks to unify
West European defenses by pre-
senting a "package plan" that
would link both the explosive Saar
issue and strict controls on arma-
ments to a final German settle-
ment.
The coal-rich, 900-square - mile
Saar area has been a chief bone
of contention between Germany
and France since the end of World
War II. Controlled by Germany be-
fore the war, it now is controlled
economically by France, which al-
so dictates its foreign policy.
West Germany has accused
France of trying to take over the
area completely and has demanded
that, at the least, it be internation-
alized.
His plan also would write in
strict and detailed restrictions on
German rearmament under the
Brussels pact — details which the
j United States and Britain and
I NATO commander Gen. Alfred M
I Gruenther believe are not neces-
: sary.
2g l At one point in Mcndes-France's
,. i speech, Wez' German Chancellor
—UP—Authorities Tuesday listed . Conrad Adenauer interrupted to
1,743 dead and missing, including j pledge dramatically that the new
57 Americans, from the typhoon ! Germany will voluntarily limit her
which hit the two northern islands1 armament, once the Allies end
Ihetr occupation and restore sover-
of Japan on Sunday. j ejgnty. ,
With reports still not received j Despite the French premier's un-
from small coastal villages of expected move, delegates felt that
northern Honshu and southern j the conference had gotten off to
Hokkaido, the toll was 1.567 dead j a very £ood start.
. . i The speech of Mendes France
and 17b missing. , — whose country has been most
The Americans died wheft the stubbornly opposed to German re-
passenger ferry Toya Maru was I armament — was described by one
sunk in the 75-mile-wide Tsugaru j delegate as "very conciliatory."
strait between Honshu and Hok- i Adenauer assured the French
kaido. There was a total of 265 j premier that Germany would keep
counted dead from the Toya Maru, her armies within the 12-division
899 missing and 171 rescued. ' limit which would have been set by
U.S. Arm} headquarters in *hf European Defense Community
Tokyo, meanwhile, issued a j treaty killed by France.
revised breakdown on the Ameri-1 The German chancellor said
can dead and disclosed that two West Germany would agree to any
passencrers on the original list armaments controls that do not
survived. They are Mrs. Charles discriminate against her.
Plans For Bond Election
Outlined By School Board
VOTE IS THREE TO ONE
Commission Approves
New Dog Ordinance
V Death
Toll Includes
57 Americans
HAKODATE, Japan, Sept.
A new and strict dog ordinance
was read and approved by the
Sweetwater City Commission Mon-
day night, with Mayor Don Smith
in a dramatic move, removing
himself from the chair in order to
make the motion that the ordi-
nance be passed.
The ordinance makes it a mis-
deameanor to allow a dog to run
at large within the city limits of
Sweetwater, and provides for the
impounding of such dogs, and pro-
viding for impounding of dogs who
have bitten any person and provid-
ing a penalty for violations of the
ordinance.
The first reading ot the ordi-
nance. read by City Attorney Char-
les Griggs, was approved, three
votes to one, with a second reading
scheduled at the next meeting of
the commission, Oct. 11.
Mayor Smith gave up his chair
to Mayor Pro Tem Hez Hawley Jr.,
and made the motion that the ordi-
nance be read and accepted. E. B.
Ellis seconded the motion, with
commissioners Smith, Ellis, and
all dogs be vaccinated against ra-
bies. Dogs will be picked up by
the city pound man and impounded.
Owners of dogs that are marked
with identifying tags or other mar-
kings will be notified, and the dogs
may be retrieved from the city |
pound.
In other business transacted,
three contracts concerning erection
of the radar station at the munici-
pal airport were approved. Acre-
age at the airport will be leased to
the government at a cost of $1 per
—See COMMISSION Page 8
$300,000 Building Program
Possible Without Tax Hike
A $300,000 bond election, to finance new construction
and to renovate present buildings, was approved by the
Sweetwater Independent School District board of trustees
at a called meeting Monday night.
The election, which will be called by the school board
at its next regular meeting on Oct. 13, will probably be
held Nov. 2 or 3, superintendent Olaf South announced.
The meeting, held at the National Bank of Sweetwater,
was presided over by board chairman Wade Forester. South
gave a summary of receipts and expenditures of the schools
system, and a break-down of its bonded indebtedness.
At the meeting South and For-, -
ester both emphasized that the j jf the bond issue ls vote(j are the
new bond issue would not increase ! f0nowjng:
the present school taxes due to the New j p Cowen build-
fact that the bonded indebtedness! jng and' equjpment $186,000
is decreasing each year and prop- Renovating old high
erty valuations have been increas- j sch00| building
ing.
Slated for building and repairing
Evelyn Cox No. 11 oil test by
Skelly Oil Co., in the West Lake
41 Trammell field flowed at the rate
™ of 1,026 barrels a day through
three-quarter-inch choke on first
tests Monday.
During a three hour potential of
the well bisection 90. block 22. T&P
survey, the well gauged 133.90 bar-
rels of 39.6 gravity oil.
Tubing pressure was 195 pounds
from perforations between 5,353-85
feet.
Re-entry into No. 1-B Nina Whee-
* ler wildcat failure eight miles
northeast of Eskota will be made
by Sid Kitz of Abilene.
The project, originally drilled by
J. W. Wheeler Jr.. and abandoned
Nov. 18, 1948 at 4.631 feet will be
deepened with rotary to 5.000 feet.
Elevation is 1,875 feet.
Location is 330 feet from the
north and cast lines of 221-George
Crealh survey, 2'<2 miles northeast
of the Eskota field.
^ No. 1 Mrs. J. Eetta Causseaux,
® Nolan County Caddo discovery that
Champagne, Japanese wife of an
Army sergeant, and Pfc. Frank
Goedken, 21, of Dubuque, Iowa.
However, 55 American citizens,
including the Japanese wife of an-
other soldier, are missing and be-
lieved dead. This group included
49 military, three Army civilian
school tcachers, one Army depart-
ment civilian employe, one wife
and one child.
Not on the Army list were two
other missing American pas-
sengers, cosmetics representative
Thomas N. West and YMCA work-
er Dean Leeper.
Five ships operated by the Na-
tional Railways corporation includ-
ing the Toya Maru, were lost in
the storm with a grand total of
1,455 dead or missing.
Besides the 1.743 dead and miss-
ing in the storm, national police
son has denied a charge by Sen. headquarters said there were 1,135
Henry M. Jackson D-Wash.1 that persons injured.
Pentagon procurement policies fa-1 Tentative damage was listed as
vor General Motors Corp. ] 676 ships sunk, 620 ships washed
The charge, Wilson said, was | away, 2,811 ships damaged and
based on either misinformation or j 26,285 houses damaged or de-
misrepresentation of the facts. | stroyed, with additional reports
Wilson named no names in his I still to come.
statement issued late Tuesday but j .
he was clearly hitting at Jackson. U/CATHCP
The Washington Democrat had VV CM I rlCi\
charged that defense buying poli- WEST TEXAS — Partly cloudy
cies are helping to drive inde- Tuesday night and Wcdncsday.
Pe dent auto. makers^ o^'^^aU Widely scattered thundershowers
mostly in Panhandle, Colder Pan-
handle Wednesday.
by concentrating orders in General
Motors.
"I personally deplore public
statements that are based on mis-
understanding or misrepresen-
tation of facts when they affect
the essential defense of our coun-
try which should be above and
said.
Replying to the charge that pres-
ent military buying policies are a
"startling reversal" of previous
Democratic programs. Wilson said
the contracts reached with Gener-
al Motors over the last 18 months
actually were negotiated or ar-
ranged through "letters of intent"
during the previous administration.
Mendes - France made his speech
as soon as British Foreign Secre-
tary Anthony Eden finished wel-
coming the foreign ministers with
a statement reminding them that
McCarthy To
Anti-Censure
Make
Fight
Cafeteria, music room
and offices
Renovating Field house
Equipment for high school
and architects fees
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28— UP—
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy and his
supporters mapped plans Tuesday
Roy DeBusk voting for the motion. fiehtin? anti rensure ram
Commissioner Robert Horton voted I 'or. * 4"S „,™T.
against the motion, and acting 'S
mayor Hawley abstained.
The action culminated several
weeks oi discussion and debate on
the matter, with a majority of the
commissioners, including Mayor
S"li'H. favoring positive action
against the many dogs roaming the
city streets and residential yards.
Horton strongly opposed the ordi-
nance, stating that it was legisla-
tion against the city's dog lovers,
the Senate into one of the angriest
debates in recent history.
As part of the strategy, sources
close to McCarthy said censure
resolutions may be filed against
some other senators when the
Senate returns Nov. 8 to consider
the censure recommendation
against the Wisconsin Republican.
The sources declined to name
any possible targets. But they said
but other commissioners said dog I the resolutions probably would be
lovers would see that their dogs aimed at senators who have been
would be kept up. particularly critical of McCarthy.
'Vulgar and Base' Comments
A six-man Senate committee
'Ninety per cent of complaints
coming to the Commission have
the unity and possible survival of (been concerning dogs running j unanimously recommended Mon-
the free world hinges upon the de- loose,'' one commissioner said. j day that the Senate formally cen-
cisions made here. The ordinance also provides that 1 sure McCarthy for his "contemp-
| tuous" treatment of an elections
subcommittee in 1951-52, his "vul-
gar" and "base" comments about
a subcommittee members—Sen.
Robert C. Hendrickson (R-N.J.),
and his "reprehensible" abuse of
Brig. Gen. Ralph W. Zwicker dur-
ing a hearing Feb. 18.
The group criticized McCarthy
one of the Senate's most influen-
tial members, said he feels "rea-
sonably sure" the Senate will sus-
Foreign Sale Of Farm Surplus
Draws Criticism Of Australia
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28— UP—! are to be sold abroad for bargain
The Eisenhower administration's i pi-ices " he said
plan to sell surplus farm products j successful ways can be
abroad is causing strained rcla- _
tions with Australia, a leading Pa- ! devised for pulling together, we
cilic ally. ! stand in some danger of lapsing
Sir Arthur Fadeen, top Austral-1 into the economic isolationism
ian representative on the World
Bank and Fund, bluntly brought up
what he called the "ugly spectre
of subsidized exports" of U. S.
farm surpluses at the twin interna-
tional organizations' ninth annual
meeting Monday.
He said such exports, combined
with U. S. trade restrictions, may
force Australia and other food-ex-
economic
which proved so disastrous in the
pre-war years."
Selling part of the huge farm
surpluses on the world market, as
well as including them in the for-
eign program, is a key part of
the administration's new farm pro-
grain of lower, flexible price sup-
. 45,000
70,000
25,000
50,000
Total 5376,000
Currently the school system has
a surplus of approximately $95,000
on hand. This, plus the $300,000 will
give the board ample funds with
which to build its new building
and renovate the others.
More than 30 people present at
the meeting Monday night repre-
.... —- , sented a cross section of the city,
tain the committee. A few other! and al' weie highlj in tavor of go-
senators said they personally I ing ahead at this time with the
would vote for censure. But most j $300,000 bond issue.
of the lawmakers—including the, Plans for new construction.
Republican and Democratic lead-1 which have been discussed at
ers—withheld their views pending I length through several meetings
a full study of the findings. ! by the trustees, call for en .tting a
There was some speculation that 14-room elementary Sctw*??'the
the report wouhl be used exten-> site of the present 3 1*? Cowen
sively in the congresisonal elec- J west side school. The present build-
tion campaign. But two key GOP j ing will be torn down, and the new
strategists said privately Tuesday i structure attached to the cafetor-
that they do not expect it to have 1 jum, which will be used.
much effect one way or the other. new building will be a one-
McCarthy was in seclusion with l store brick and tile structure of
an inflamed sinus, but his attor- oi' contemporary design, employ-
ney, Edward Bennett Williams, ; jng tbe latest advancements In
said the senator would wage an all- schooi design.
A vocational high school build-
! ing will also be on the site of the
old high school building, immedi-
i ately west of Newman High
; School. It will house all vocation-
i al classrooms and shops, tor both
j industrial and agricultural cours-
es.
Tentative plans also call for the
j homemaking department, a cafe-
! teria and administration offices to
Louis Jackson Tackett, 74, long- j be boused in the new building.
time Denton County resident who 0]d building, a portion of
out fight on the Senate floor.
Louis Tackett, 74,
Brother Of Local
Woman, Dies Here
for "highly improper" references | bad made his home here from time ; which is now being used, will be
tn Cnn Dnlnk T PI nnHnro in ' ' i - - . . . . , ! L L:_ ...
to Sen. Ralph E. Flanders, an "im-
proper" appeal for government in-
formation and "irresponsible"
handling of some FBI information.
But for various reasons, it ruled
these things should not be
grounds for censure.
Reaction from senators around
to time in recent years with his , razed to its foundation,
sister, Mrs. K. M. Anderson, and
Mir. Anderson at 1010 James, died
in Young Medical Center at 2:45
a. m. Tuesday. He had been ill
about 10 days, undergoing surgery
last week.
A memorial service was to be
the country made it clear Tuesday I beld at the Lamar Street Church of
that there will be a pitched battle | Christ here at 4 p. m. Tuesday
over the committee report when j with Minister Guy Caskey officiat-
the Senate opens debate on it after jng Early Wednesday the body
the November elections. It was not j wjn be taken by Patterson Funeral
clear, however, how the final vote
Government's Stand
On Livestock Issue
Blasted By Official
DENVER, Sept. 28 —UP—James
is likely to go.
Sen. Walter F. George (D-Ga ),
Prisoner Turned
Over To FBI
Randall Horace Conklin of Ala-
may extend White Flat field north- i medo, Calif., arrested near here
east, has set 5Vfe-inch casing and is ] recently on charges of theft over
waiting on cement.
Casing is set at 5,700 feet. The
project topped the Cado at 5.499
feet on derrick floor elevation of
1,955 feet.
It flowed oil on a drillstom test
between 5,508-35 feet. Flow was un-
estlmated. Recovery was 360 feet
of oil.
! Operator will ask for discovery
allowable.
No. 1-B Nina Whpeler well, to be
deepened by Sid Katz and others,
is three-quarters of a mile south-
east of Humble Oil & Refining Co.,
No. 1 Touchstone-Maberry, section
1, block 19, T&P survey, prospec-
tive reef discovery a mile and a
half north of the Eskota pool. The
Touchstone-Maberry well is con-
—See OIL Page 8
$5, was turned over to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation at Abilene
Monday by Highway Patrolman
Herman Scale.
Conklin is wanted in connection
with carrying a stolen automobile
over stale lines. lie and three com-
panions were arrested here last
week in connection with theft. They
were charged with having driven
away from the O. B. Lee service
station on Broadway without pay-
ing a $5.10 bill of gasoline.
Police were called and sounded
Ihe alarm. Patrolman Scale picked
up Ihe radio call and stopped the
car near the Lake Sweetwater cut-
off road from Highway 80.
The four were tried in county
court and sentenced to five days
each in jail here. Conklin will be
investigated by the FBI.
DIVIDED HIGHWAY PLANNED
Judge Boothe Reviews
County's Road Program
Providing rig!-t - M' - way for aito-market road north (it later be-
divided-type highway on U.S. 8^came 10 miles) to the Louis Hall
from the overpass west of Sw eet- [ store at Claytonville.
water to the R. E. Graccy barn ! "In 1953 three miles of road were
near Roscoe is contemplated in No- : built to Lake Trammell from High-
Ian County commissioners' court way 70 and a four mile road was
budget plans for 1955, County Ju- built from Highway 70 to Lake
dge Lea Boothe said in a talk at Sweetwater.
Ihe Sweetwater Rotary Club lunch-] "At the same time the state high-
eon Monday. way department took over mainte-
The highway department will j nance of two and a half miles of
complete plans on this segment of road through the lake property, re-
the highway and turn the routing : lieving the city of this.
"We now have 13 miles of high-
way under contract and workmen
will be on this job to the 'Y' south
porting nations "to reconsider their | ports.
whole international position." Fadden also sharply criticized
"We cannot compete on equal the administration for not lowering
terms if U. S. domestic surpluses | import tariffs and for not putting
other more liberal world trade pol-
icies into effect.
Congress last summer turned
President Eisenhower's request for
such authority.
Fadden said there never has
been any doubt that Mr. Eisen-
hower's "head and heart were in
the right plade." But, Fadden add-
ed, "as practical men. . .we are
obliged to focus not upon words
and hopes but on capacity and
deeds."
His remarks drew applause from
the 57-nation meeting.
over to the county to acquire right-
of-way. Boothe said. The new route
will follow the present road except
for elimination of two dangerous
curves.
"What they will do about bring-
ing the highway through Sweet-
water from the overpass west of
town depends on when the city of
Sweetwater buys the right-of-way
for Ihe new route," Judge Boothe
said the county has been told.
The super-highway stops east of
town at the overpass near the U.S.
Gypsum Company and when the
new project is built, it will start
again west of town at the overpass
across the T&P railroad.
In reviewing road work in the
county. Judge Boothe recalled that
the state built an eight mile farm-
Rev. Robert Butler
Will Be Methodist
Speaker Tonight
Rev. Robert N. Butler, a super-
annuate with the Methodist Church,
will be the speaker tonight at the
First Methodist Church, which is
observing Christian Education
Week with services each night
this week.
Butler, who lives in Sweetwater,
replaces Dr. Jordan Grooms, of
Home" to" Denton" where the Jack G. Patton. president of the Na-
Schmidt Funeral Home will take tional Farmers Union, charged
over for services at 4 p. m. Wed- Tuesday that drouth-plagued stock-
nesdav in the Welch Street Church men want aid instead of sympathy
of Christ. Denton. from the administration, but are
Interment will be in the Rose 1 not likely to get it.
Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery at Patton, whose politically power-
j Denton. j ful organization has been a prime
Mr. Tacket was born Dec. 31. foe of Secretary of Agriculture
i 1880, in Weatherford. He was a Ezra T Benson's farm policies,
j horticulturist most of his life made public a letter from Presi-
I Surviving are several brothers dent Eisenhower, rejecting the
and sisters; three daughters—Mrs. farmers union request for live-
O. S. Barrow and Mrs. Stephen stock price supports.
Taylor of Dallas, Mrs. Ben Green am deeply disappointed in
of Austin; three sons Louis E. PresK|cnt Eisenhower's refusal to
Tackett of San Angelo, Henry A
Tackett of Garland, Charles A
Tackett of Fort Worth: 12 grand ^ ralluu Bai„ „ „ „K1P_
children: and his wife Mrs. Leuna j jhat livestock producers can expect
recognize the seriousness of t h e
livestock industry's economic cri-
sis," Patton said. "It's apparent
Tackett of Fort Worth.
After the service this afternoon,
the body will lie in state at Pat- j
US Embassy Official
Optimistic For Release
Of Two US Soldiers
FRANKFURT. Germany, Sept.
28—UP—A United States embassy
official in Prague said Tuesday he
was "fairly optimistic" about ob-
__ _ taining the release of two Ameri-
of Nine-Mile-Mountain soon. This! can soldiers seized by Communist
Is the first segment of the road to I Czech border guards 11 days ago
no effective aid from this admin-
istration."
Big Spring, the scheduled speaker, j terson ~Funeral Home until early I 'Face Liquidation'
who was unable to fill his engage-1 Wednesday Pallbearers for the I "The administrations argument
ment. | service here were to be Move j that things are no worse than they
Speaking Wednesday night will smith Jeff Davis. J. S. Stewart. I were a year ago is of little comtort
be Dr. Marshall Rhew, superin-['Paul Comolli. Oran Browning, and ! to the rancher who faces liquida-
Blackwell
"The 16-foot slab on Highway 70
will be widened to 24 feet. The pre-
sent right-of-way will be widened
to 120 feet, giving 10 feet on either
side for building fire lanes to pro-
tect fields.
"The 1955 program is composed
chiefly of agreements by the cou-
nty for roads in the south part of
the county with a highway planned
from Blackwell toward Hylton.
"We had a $50,000 fund set up for
the right-of-way from here to
Blackwell and the first 13 miles
cost us $26,000.
The officials said, however, there
had been no new developments in
negotiations with the Czechs to free
1st Lt. Richard H. Dries, of St.
Albans, N. Y., and Pfc. George M.
Pisk of Austin, Tex.
Czechoslovakia charged the men
were on a spying mission in Com-
munist territory when picked up
by the border guards. The U.S.
Army maintained the men were on
the western side of the border and
were on a "routine" mission.
The U.S. and Czechoslovakia
have exchanged protest notes over
the incident.
tendent of the Stamford district
of the Methodist Church. Dr. Rhew,
who was scheduled to speak Mon-
day night, will be heard Wednes-
day instead.
Replacing Dr. Rhew was Dr. E.
D. Landreth, pastor of St. Paul's
Methodist Church of Abilene, orig-
inally scheduled to speak Wednes-
day night.
Week night services will begin at
7:30 p. m., with the exception of
Friday night, when services will
begin at 6:50 p. m., in order that
members of the congregation may
attend the Sweetwater-San Angelo
football game. Rev. Gerald P. Mc-
Collum, First Methodist Church
pastor, stated.
Other speakers scheduled this
week include Dr. Marvin Boyd,
Boyd, pastor, First Methodist
Church, Abilene, Friday; Dr. Hu-
bert Thomas, Abilene district su-
perintendent, Saturday and Dr. J.
E. Shewbert, Lubbock district su-
perintendent, Sunday morning.
Ken Newton
tion of his herd at disaster prices.
I believe America's livestock pro-
ducers are fed up with pious ex-
pressions of sympathy when what
they need is direct action."
Obviously renewing his attack
upon Secretary benson, Patton rec-
ommended to Mr. Eisenhower that
he "secure new agricultural ad-
I visers."
"Especially, 1 would recommend
. . . that the President secure advisers
were injured Monday night when who flre ,ess caHous ,0 the drpres.
22 Killed As Train
Crashes Into River
HYDERABAD, India, Sept. 28
—UP— At least 22 persons were
killed, 35 were missing and 45
part of a crowded passenger train
was swept into the Alerr River by
torrential flood waters.
The missing included 27 soldiers _
who were passengers aboard the OOtlrO i*e InCOme UTOpS
train. Rescue workers said they
feared the missing may have been
swept away by the roaring river.
The leading coaches of the seven-
car train were caught by the flood
waters and rolled into the river.
Railway authorities said more
than 600 persons were crowded
aboard the train at the time.
sion in America's livestock indus-
try," Patton said.
TOPEKA, Kan.. Sept. 28 —UP—
The Santa Fe's net income for the
first eight months of 1954 totaled
$37,344, Fred G. Gurley, president
of the railroad, reported Tuesday.
The income compared with $51,-
463,459 net In the same January
through August period of 1953.
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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 228, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 28, 1954, newspaper, September 28, 1954; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth284245/m1/1/?q=music: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.