The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 26, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 30, 1957 Page: 4 of 12
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EDITORIAL FAGI THt ORANGE LEAPED WEDNESDAY, JANUAKY 30, 1957
VTE CAN HOPE, CANT WE?
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Across t/»e
Editor's Desk
Bf J. CULLEN BROWNING
It has row heen Tjefinitely es-
tablished that the three-part track
discussed herd Mondav is » part of
the original Old‘Spanish Trail.
The next question is:!. What can
be done to prfeservi this remnant
of history from further ravages bv
erosion and possible destruction
in the course of industrial or reai-
dential development Of Orange
County'’ T
Boyl* Writai:
Public's Sudden
Interest Amazes
Star of 'Baby Doll'
By SAUL PETT M
For HBIBoyl*
NEW YORK (AP)—Carroll Bak-
er, star of “Baby Doll,” had flat
come in from shopping.
SPFXun loaded two huge bags of
groceries on the kitchen table, cast
County? . * -1 ■-■’ • tired glince over the scjtfterad
It's s miracle that even s short evidences of baby formula, sighed,
strip of the famous OST still-r*—, brushed bafck a loose hair, moved
>.t- ! into the living room, collapsed in
j chair and reached for a cigarette
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YOUR NEW
. \:«*CRETAev ARRIVED
TO'REPUACi ME, *
( 5* s—
r W6Ul!^S
600PBYE,
PvT STACK,
i ILL MISS YOU
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BEETLE BAILEY
K SURE TO TiLL TH1
NEW SECRETARY THB
PROCEDURE HERE
HOW I LIKE THINS6
PONE.'
READY FOR
YOUR TgN O'CLOCK.
DICTATION,
SIR?
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Moment of Meditation
therefore under the mighty
m*v exalt you in due time
Humble yourselves
hand of God. that He
1 Peter Srfi.
A1.
Hospital Issue Is Teapot Tempest ,
There does not seem to be any justification for criti-
cism of snv ^member of the Orange city government or
its hospital staff over the fact that the cash balance of .
the Hospital today is somewhat less than it was on Dec. 3.
Neither doe* there seem to be any justification for
criticism of any member" of the Orange City Commis-
sion if it accepts the offer of the Orange Memorial
Hospital Corp for the purchase of certain of the city
hospital assets. —- -
A question concerning the hospital’s cash balance ,
as it relates to the.corporation^ offer cam* up two days
ago during a meeting of City Commission. Unfortunate*
lv. the figures needed to ciarifv the point raised were
' not available to the mayor and the councilmen at the
time ■* <
Thf Lef her . Abralned' ttTFseyTtfureg' and published
I Hem yesterday They show conclusively that there is
nn reason’'for Concern over the" hospital cash balance at
Shis time. It's a normal operating-, situation_ Jhat his
Jseen experienced over and over again at this time of
the vear.
Some weeks ago, City Commisaion. in a written state-
ment of policy, agreed' to a contribution to the costs ac-
crued by a legal entity in opening and operating the
new hospital up to a matching basis.
At that time the cash balance of the hospital was
about $87,000. Since then, the balance has drooped to a
point where it’probablv will be between *75.000 and
*80.000 by Fob 1 the date on which CHyXommission
has agreed to lease the Orange Ci’v Hospital to the
Drarge Memorial Hospital Corporation.
But it must be borne in mind that the corporation
is no? asking for a contrioution in the amount of anv-
whr - e close 'to a matching be-is The corporation is
raisine from biminess and industrial so,”'ces a jnW*H»t«f
•pf *100 000 for the hospital opening and operating fund.
i It is proposing to- buv from the citv government the
/ accounts receivable ard expendable applies of its hos-
pital 8' of *i e taken-. < r date The consideration would
be *5.000 of the cosh out uo bv bu«:res< and industrv
and the assumption of'the accounts pavabje a* of Feb. 1.
Through this transaction .the corporation hopes to
acouirg, additional asset* amounting ta.about KftfHKML
. ffnwever, the city's ‘contribution" won't be anything
like that figure v . * _
One reason is that the accounts receivable will be
jvnrth much more to the corporation as a going concern
ihan to the citv as the owner of assets of a closed-down
hospital /
A scfii>'G :s tba* ’He citv would have to take
a huge loss on t-e expendab’e supp’,rs if they are put
UP for gale after its hosnita! is closed
Another factor fo- the members o' City Commission
to keep in mind is that their plans for using the c»ah
surplus remaining over from their hosoit*! ooerstion
for street paving purposes offers**he possrMiitv of .cpti-
ciam and controvert on the grounds that the benefits
would be more.widespread if this money were spent
for some r’her civic purpose
Sti'l another consideration is thp fact that the city
i# coming out of it* ho*o,tH operation With something
like S2S0,00O in assets wb>ch have accVued to it without ,
taxation and to which individuals and busine*c and m-
dus’risl concerns throughout the county have contrib-
uted
These things produce a conclusion that the matter
of the.dec' ne in the hotnital’s cash balance is a terfipest
tri » teapot. •
Thev a’so produce a cmfrluaion that it would be verv
pnfair to th*> six men who have .worked so hard *o oet
.Jh£_nuibii.rofit rru porat’nn set up sn4-to-fhe contribntora -
iff the minimum *100^00 fund thev are raising ^rom
Business and industrial sources to ask that the corpora-
tion dm inn. the businr*s-irdrstr- *und *or more than
*5.hoc for *he 'r'urpo«e nf eorfnbutjhf t© the cost of pav
jng ci’v r»ret’s'
Consid»”,ng »H» asRapi it has accumulated through
the oucratioi) of the c,id hoapjt?! and *Jie benefits that
A-il! peenm- m everV citizen nf Orange through operation
of the new hospital hv.the non-profit corporation, the
git'"* proposed ror’ributior ubder the terms of the offer
looks small indeed. j , ’ , ' ’
main* and it would be heartbreak-
init to itiideni* of. history to see it
disappear." - '
T. J. Chapman,, a lomitini.e resi-
dent who lives at 1115 Du Pont
Dr,, confirmed that the track I* a
part of the OST. Heean remember
traveling the route as a vouth and
cror' nc the West ,Bluff;hJibh!gttfS
Bluff ferry which spanned the
Sabine River at that time.
Chanman said the last boerator
of the ferry wa* Thateris Taylor,
skho died many years ago and
whips*--widow, Mrs., Ullie Taylor,
expired at Echo within the past
few days. . 4
And he added *n ihferntiii*
fentnote to Mondav1* description
of the terrain where *hc ()ST
remmnt sti’l remains: A
of pCrnles In th* arm were left
there bv per«ons dJRn'”" fo- trea-
sure which S’*!*1 hsd be*>n
buried there hv Jean Lrfitte. the
no’orious pircte. end others.
Chapman sa'd that ?s far as
he knows nobody ever found anv
treasure And he could not account
for the two rows r? limestone boul-
ders. i . ,
Charlie Taytori'- an Orange busi-
nessman and a nephew of the late
Thgieris Taylor, added another
whenjthe baby cried.
“I’m sorry/’ said the brown-
haired, biue-eyed actress, return-
ing to the livinc ropm. "jU’.s'.the
bhhy . nurse's day off. Mai<|? 1
have one in fot’only eght hours
a week. But now. maybe we can
talk. That is if the phone doesn’t
ring.
, Can t Afford(
?Tt's been ringing like'mad since
the. premiere and all the fuss. 1
need a secretary but can’t afford
one People call all the time sug-
gestinit this; asking that; wonder
ing if I’d be interested in many
things Most of theKtime I don’t
know what they're talking about,
or I don’t know who to be n;c<* to.
So l iust pretend I'm Miss Bak-
er's secretary and promise to call
hack. Then I talk it over with my
agent."
No butlers, nn swimming pools,
ro hanging gardens or garage*
crammed with long cars/
“No, just this apartment which
were only beginning to be able,
to pay for. I’m afraid most people i
have the wrong idea of what it’s j
like to become a movie star these!
T
WML E- MOUR oaugwters Tilling
out THE ARPLCATION. ILL fC _ ..
OLAP TO ANSWER yX/R CUCSTIONI OC THIS
ABQLrr Tl-C POCK SiR /
l«TONE/
TUISTME
W57
EPITION
, l WAVE A LETTER WERE
yes \rtaoM your agency
WHY? /SAYING TMAT THIS GIRL,
'PBWSL^iWNJ
TTkA^SIMTOSSISLE'’
WE NEVER COME RIGHT
CXIT ANP GAY....ER....I,
MEAN.'. SOU MUST BE
mistaken/.. WMO
ARE YOU. ANYWAY? .
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THE JACKSON TWINS
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WHO 15
you® date:
tonight;
OEAC1
fawra
I.,;'
foe note There is an old cemetery ‘dayl. The money I now make im-
m the-vitmitv where iie buried the
remains pf four or five pioneerr.
He does not know fhe identity of
any of the«e neon'e and it is to he
Honed thaf somebodv will come
forward wj;h more information on
tha* point. ":'-T,y
Th» Old Spanish Trail was Wared
abovt JOft vears aeo bv earlv ex-
plorers of that nation Later on. it
»as used by thousands of settlers
coming into Texas and by people.
ieavina this state for one reason
or another.
The final form of the trail result-
ed from fthe movement of thous-
ands of cattle in drove* from Texas
to markets further east, these
cartie beat out a path about 5(1 feet
wide, and a few feet away from
the central trail on both sides were
other and narrower n>th* beaten ,
out by the horses and vehicles of
the cattle herders and other travel-
er'.
The trail ha* not been u»ed for
many year* but by *ome miracle
of nature a (trio of it remains In
- almost the original form through
several hundred yard* of wood-
ed land at Echo, about four
mile* north of Orange.
These woods lie iust across the
Southern Pacific Railrwd from the
new cement work* and ir ii quite
possible that some industrial con-
cern may buv it up for u*e as a
plant location, ’or that the area
might be set up as a npw housing
development.
In either case, the last known
vestige of one of the nation’s his-
toric rentes would disappear.
And even if neither of :: these
things happens, there is the proba-
„4wfoj^.~»hofr--.lumbu pig ■ operstmnv -
and the ravat’es of erosion will ^
destroy this landmark within the’
next few years. ,
Erosion already has been at
work for * long t rr.e^-ever rnce
the (tail and the nearbv ferry were
abandoned and a road and a new
ferrv came into -use a few miles
further south at Orange.
It is amazing that the old track
sti'l so Hoselv resembles the form
it had when it-ws* abandoned but
the odds are against its remaining
4* it is for verv long
Before anything happens. It
would seem very much In order
for consideration to be given to
making the area a countv or
state park Uflth arrangements for
preservation of the OST remnant
and the old cemetery.
There wouldn't be much money
involved in creating such a park
and the county would gain a price-
!e« historical showpiece.
PAY YOUR POLL TAX /D
LEGISLATION FOR STUDENTS
COLUMBUS. Ohio <AP)-A bill
introduced into the State Legisla-
ture would prohibit teachers from
making pupils miss a ride on the
school bus by'keeping them after
school. • L
KETT
presses alt my relatives. It is, of
course, staggering cortiparfed to ETTA
;he dav* jus’ two or three years!
ago when Jack (Jack Garfeln.
husband and stage director) and
I w e r e living on macaroni and
cheese, . j
Too Little
“But the money quickly become*;
too little. For examble. I’m pobfr
to the Cos't this spring for another
picture. Veil h I v e’To Ra-e el
house, nurse, cook and car to get
to the studio. I don’t know how
fe’lT pay for it.’’
Miss Baker has learned to live
with the controversy surrounding
her movie. As a star, she enjoys i
the billin': and the opportunity star-1
dom presents’for future roles But IAC D*i aav*
a* * star, she ha* not yet learned J0E pALOOKA
to live with public curiosity/
WELL, I'M
CHANGING
H’S FLIGHT
Time.
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Mi
FCOM NOW ON,
S5E THAT he TAKES OFF
AT MIDNI6HTV
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fiUlT IT, POP..YOU KNOW
IT'S MORE IMPORTANT FOR
A &RL TO SPEND HER
SPAR* TIME IMPROVING
NtMatF/
OVING w-
AND iOU teTTER
GET UHO K>
THS MUSIC -
'CAUSE t
LIKE IT.*
AT LEAST YA CAN TURN
IT DOWN A BIT..,I’M
EXPECTIN'STEVE PAL0CKA-
Wf’RE SONNA DISCUSS
some blueprints .'that
MUST BE HIM NOW ' ««
1
MM...SHES SWITCHED TO
AiEnEa TYPE MUSIC
NOW...WHAT'S SHE UP
TOfHMM
i/SOI
JEEPERS.THE MAKING
ON TMAT PONY SU(f
POBS LOOK LIKE
AN “R".
Missile Plans
Are Unveiled
NEW YORK (AP'—The armed,
sc-vices shed new- light oli' their’
missile program yesterdaV bv an-
nouncing hitherto unidentified
project* and showing motion pic-
ture* of some of them publicly for;
the first time.
The disclosure occurred at the
anmial meeting of the Institute of
the Aeronautical Sciences.
Maj. Gen. B A. Sdiriever. head
of the U S. ballistic program, said RUSTY RILEY
the proaram was “begftmine to
pay dividends ’—end that the Thor
1,500-mile Intermediate Range
Waiiirt,-,. *ii~-jim 1
flight test phase, while the ’ Atlas1
and Titan 5.000-mile Inter-Conti-
nental Ballistic Missile programs!
had met “major milestones on
schedule ’’
Schriever anr,c..:nCed the exist-
ence of, and showed films about,!
two research vehicles, the Lock-
heed X17 and the North American!
XI0.
Lt. Gen. James M, Gayin. chief
of Army research and develop-’
ment announced — and showed'
films of — * new Army “field
a'rtillery guided missile,” the La-
crosse
Gavin said.; the Lacrosse was “a
deadly accurate missile for clftse
tactical support of ground troon*
in the field"
UH-MUH, AND THAT'S
BOM* COWBOY IN
TM! SADDLE.
aiPDA*/ Hl-XO,
f iLV BR /•». AW,
COME ON/..
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GlDDAP/
’mat little gov want*
TO GALLOP.. GUT THi
PONIES ARE TIM NED,
TO <50 Glow.
^ 'YA.’.'lW
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PLANE STEERING EASED
FARMINGDALE. N. Y - A,
twin system of control, usmg me-,
chanical muscle* like power steer-'
inn in automobiles, has been de-
veloped for jet aircraft by a plane
manufacturer here Tne two sets
of controls work tosether automa-
tically whrn a pilot moves the i
stick, but if one' system is dam-1
aged — such as in battle — the.,
other takes over the whole job
without anv change in the feel or
effect of ike stick ________—
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Browning, J. Cullen. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 26, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 30, 1957, newspaper, January 30, 1957; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth557770/m1/4/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.