The Nolan County News (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 3, 1952 Page: 4 of 4
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Th* Nolan County Newt, Sweetwater, Texat, Thur., January 3, 1952
Catch - All ^ Jewel Marsh ★ ★ ★
THAT LOVELY LULL
You can almost measure your years by how you feel
about the alleged “lull” that comes after Christmas Day.
Me_1 Love It! When they make a post-Christmas lull
with more lull than this lull has, THAT’S the lull I want.
CHRISTMAS EVE MEMOR-
IES' The mystic air of “waiting”
all over our little town . . our
around-the-courthouse lights
glov ing in their last pre-Christ-
mas beauty for this year with
uui3* the deserted square and
passing through tourists to see
Christmas lights every-
where on in full glory,
people gathered in living
rooms, cars c lustered in front of
ho ises . . . The long lines of
<ars at the Wetsel open house,
where cedar and candlelight and
the greetings of many former
residents home for Christmas
made meniment and cheer . . .
Lights a glow at St. Stephen’s
Episcopal Church and Holy Fam-
ily Catholic, churches for their
midnight services . . . The Cate-
Spencer nativity scene re-creat-
ing what the shepherds saw so
many Christmas Eves ago.
* * *
THIS AND THAT
MRS. .1. \V. YOUNG SR. agree-
ing with me that the day after
a holiday ought to be abolished
MRS." LOUIE HARTGRAVES
savi-.g that the -10-foot trailer-
' 3 in which her sister-in-law,
y HAROLD HARTGRAVES,
three sons live while Mr.
Harriet is in Okinawa is some-
tide to see.
"Sweet” is a word that was
coined for people like MRS. \V.
E. PONDER.
HENRY) BEALL, played with
as a little girl.
WILL SCOTT was doing a last
service for his first school teach-
er, out at Mulberry Canyon years
ago, when he was among pall-
hearers for MRS. E. E. SMITH,
one of the .1. K. EIDSON daugh-
ters, on Thursday afternoon.
* » *
Not Quite Heaven
Though the world as a whole
is nearer to heaven at Christmas
time than at any other season of
the year, it is still “of the earth
earthy,” and therefore the darker
things of living do not abate just
because it’s Christmas.
Your state newspapers brought
a score of heartbreaking stories
on Christmas morning itself, and
the number grew in the days af-
ter Christmas.
Unless you knew the people in-
volved those were just stories
in type that didn’t hit where you
live", no matter how sorry or
shocked vou were about them.
But here in Sweetwater we
had our own pain and heart-
break, things which hit home be-
cause they were so near or hit
people we knew so well.
There was the young mother of
three, MRS. BERRY WILKINS,
the former VELTA MAY BASH-
AM of Nolan, who died on Christ-
mas Eve morning.
, . .. , There was the death of MRS.
T pie who ve seen it say that K K SMITH one of the .). K
m. eu ai pori building, the line j j/jdson daughters, who kept
'.'■ini Ioungi and offices and worrying about the Christmas
thini's. is going to be something ! (ypjjgy ail(j wanting to live
to be added to our civic pride through Christmas, only to die
i as Christinas Day waned.
DI BILLY KNAPP, who sent There was the fatal illness of
out ( hristmas cards to his canine Tom Wade,
patients . . Which reminds me There was the heart-sickening
•I1.1t there - a ilug-owner in north accident which claimed the right
Sweetwater who hires a sitter hand of 14-year-old NICKIE
for his (log when the animal CLECKI.ER out Wastella way
must he left alone in the house just two days after Christmas.
—on account of because the dog There was the mishap which
howls when left alone! |sent MRS. F. I.. SHAW JR. to an
j Abilene specialist with a severe-
Tomorrow Is i ly wounded eye the day after
A New Day Christmas.
A Sweetwater woman tells this1 All these “darker thiqgs” saw
one with a straight face and the light of print on one small
backs it with her reputation as newspapei serving one “small
a truthful speaker: A tramp came j town.” Only God knows how
to her hack door and, while manv others there were in
munching her handout, told her! Sweetwater and Nolan County
that down the street he had en-[alone.
countered the town’s hardest-
hearted housewife. When he in-
sisted to her that he was hungry
enough ti • eat a how! of cold
rice,” the housewife replied in all
seriousness. "Well, then, come
hack tomorrow. My idee is still
hot, today.”
t * *
s’.i VTTF.UlSCiSi
Little SUSAN RUSSELL’S vo-
cabulary is broadening itself
rapidly these days—but not al-
ysinth. 1 nof dignified with Mn‘Ind"Mrs“ of
expression that her parents Snvri
would covet for her. When Papa 1 y
Claytonville News
Mrs. W. M. Teague
CLAYTONVILLE—Mr. and Mrs.!
Bill Pearce of Lamesa were Christ- j
mas Eve gut aia <>f ibe C. M.
Hodges family. Mr. and Mrs. j
Hodges and family and Mr. and
Mrs. Pearce visited Christmas Day
New Plymouth To
Be Displayed At
Dealers, Jan. 4
The new Plymouth for 1952 will
go on display in dealer showrooms
throughout the United States, Fri-
day, Jan 4.
A long list of improvements—46
in all—has been incorporated in
the engine, the brakes, the electric-
al system, the chassis, and to the
inside and outside of the body.
The new car, according to D. S.
Eddins, president of Plymouth, has
been improved and refined to pro-
vide “the most gentle ride, the
smoothest engine performance and
the greatest safety ever built in a
car for the lowest price field.”
Exceptional engine smoothness is
produced through a newly design-
ed combustion chamber; brakes are
stronger and longer-lasting; Plym-
outh’s famous Safety-Flow ride has
been made even more comfortable
by improvements in the springing
and to the Oriflow shock absorb-
ers; and the car’s beauty is enhanc-
ed by numerous styling refine-
ments
The Plymouth has a road-hug-
ging, sweeping appearance, accent-
ed by changes in the external
adornment. A new luxurious stan-
dard for interiors is attained with
the high quality upholstery fabrics
in harmonious colors which blend
boautifullv with the instrument and
door panels.
The smart hardtop club coupe,
the Belvedere, Is the pace-setter In
the lowest price field with its new
concepts in styling and beauty. The
car has glistening, lively two-tone
colors which set it apart and give
it the continental look. The col-
or used on the roof follows the Bel-
vedere’s streamlined contours
around the spacious rear
window and down over the rear
deck. Sparkling chrome molding
outlines the top and carries back to
separate the two colors at their
junction at the rear quarter-panel
Interior of the Belvedere Is luxuri-
ous, with colorful quality fabrics
and vinyl blended in perfect har-
mony with the shades used on the
exterior. Long-wearing carpeting
—also in complementary colors—
rounds out the ensemble. The fol-
lowing color combinations are
available for the Belvedere: Suede
Tan with Sable Bronze top; Bel-
mont Blue Polychromatic with
Sterling Grey top; Mint Green with
Black top.
There are 10 body types in the
new Plymouth line, available in
an array ol eight regular, and two
special sparkling new colors. The
traditional interior roominess and
the many “high-priced car” fea-
tures for which Plymouth has been
distinctive have been
throughout the new line.
Blackwell News Briefs
By Mrs. Charles Ragsdale
BLACKWELL — Mr. and Mrs
Andy McLendon had as their
guests during the Christmas hol-
idays, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cole
and sons of Cooledge, and Mr. and
Mrs. A. J. McLendon of San An-
tonio.
The Rev. and Mrs. R. L. Cook-
sey and children visited relatives
in Spearman during the holidays
. . . Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Thorn
had as their guests during the hol-
idays, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Petty
and children of Fullton, Mr. and
Mrs. Douglas Thorn and daugh-
ter of Maryneal, Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford Thorn and sons of Win-
ters, the Rev. and Mrs. Milton
Burnett and sons of Lyford, Mr
and Mrs. Raymond Fulwood and
children of Roscoe.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sanders had
all of her brothers and sisters and
families as their guests Christmas
Day: Mr. and Mrs. Tonto Cole-
man and children of Atlanta, Ga.,
Mr. and Mrs. Ancie Reece and
family and Mrs. Bettye Karne-
gay of Roscoe; Mr. and Mrs. Har-
ry Coleman and children of Coa-
homa; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Cole-
man and children of Big Spring;
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Coleman and
children of McAllen; Mr. and Mrs.
Walker Coleman and children of
San Antonio; and Mrs. Lolise
Short and David of San Angelo.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Evans and
daughter and Jack Roberts of San
Antonio, Mrs. Ora Jo Evans and
daughter of Fort Sill, Okla., and
Mrs. Jewel Ogden and children of
San Angelo visited Mrs. S. M. Ev-
ans Sunday and Monday.
Visitors in the Roy Sanderson
home during the holidays were
the Rev. and Mrs. R. D. Harris
and children, Mrs. Frank Youree
and Jack of Snyder, and Mr. and
Mrs. Harvey Glass and son of
Sterling City.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Raney and
daughter, Mrs. Arnie Card and
son of San Angelo and Mr. and
Mrs. Sy Odom of Killeen visited
Mrs. J. W. Raney during the hol-
idays . . . Nancy Ingram, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ingram,
is ill in the Sweetwater Hospital.
The G. B. Hendersons also visit-
ed her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
E. Lackey and the Grays visited
the Delos Alsups.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ware and
Jerry visited in Odessa last week
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Smith
and daughter and George Sweet
of Midland and Dixie Smith, stu-
dent of Texas Tech, visited in the
C. B. Smith home.
Mr and Mrs. Burl Bryant of
Abilene visited her parents, Mi-
ami Ms. Ed Smith Christmas Day
Mrs. John Harmon underwent
surgery in the Winters Hospital
Tuesday.
Mrs. Letha Ware is ill in the
Bronte Hospital . . . Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Hyatt and children spent
the holidays with relatives in Lub-
bock.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Shamblin
had as their guests during Christ-
mas, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hamil-
ton and sons of Dallas, Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Ware and son of Am-
arillo, Mrs. Pauline Wadlay and
daughter of San Antonio, Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Hamilton of Blackwell.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Montgom-
ery and daughters spent Christmas
Day with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. T. P. Griggin, at Winters.
Christmas holidays came to a
close for the junior and senior
classes of Blackwell High School
on New Year's Eve, when they
were given a party by room moth-
ers, Mrs. Roy Sanderson. Mrs. C.
L. Lofland, Mrs. Ed Kinard and
Mrs. W. L. Waggoner in the San-
derson home.
Those attending were: Guen I-of-
iand, Bob Henderson, Chas. Boyd,
Bob Sanderson, Jannie Herron, An-
na Bell Hurt, Tom Franks, Burl
Bartee, Jay White, Harley Wag-
goner, and visitors Emma Hipp.
Burl Holland, James Ware of
Blackwell, Tom Copeland of A&M,
Bob Ragsdale of Eldorado Teach-
ers, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Cole-
man, James Pearson, Oscar Dor-
sey, Mary Dee Swendell and Bet-
tye Sanderson.
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Whitehead
had as their Christmas guests,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Taylor
Engineers Testing For
Underpass Foundations
The State Highway engineering department has opened
an office here in the municipal building as headquarters
for the Lamar Street underpass and the Roscoe West U. S.
80 highway projects.
R. W. Domann. resident engin-
eer for Nolan and Taylor Coun-
ties, said Saturday “we’ll tie here
in force now for a good' many
months on these two jobs.”
Preliminary work now in pro-
gress testing for foundations on
the underpass is expected to be
completed by about Jan. 10. Then
tlie information obtained will he
used in designing the big under-
pass structure. Work on con-
struction will probably not get
started until well up in the
spring, it is believed.
Borings are going down some
40 feet, Domann said.
He said that there is a solid
sandstone underneath the sur-
McKeown Infant's
Rites Are Held
Graveside rites for Catherine
Ann McKeown, infant daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Guy McKeown
of 1007 Bristol Drive, were held
at 3 p.m. Saturday in Sweetwa-
ter Cemetery. Tommy Bonner
officiated.
Patterson Funeral Home di-
rected burial.
The infant died at birth in
Sweetwater Hospital at 5 p.m.
Friday. Surviving are the par-
ents; a sister, Betty Lou; and a
face of the earth hut at a depth brother, Daniel Edwin,
of about 17 feel a great deal of Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
water was encountered. The wa- Guy McKeown Sr. of Snyder and
ter is believed to have accumu- Mr. and Mrs. Wiley HoRelle of
luted from rain water and drain-1 Sweetwater
age so that it stands on top of j --
the sandstone base.
“This is going to call for drain-
age and will lie the underpas
structure more complicated and
more expensive,” he said.
GLENN RUSSELL had won a
point over Susan in some matter
of behaviour the other day, Su-
san later went into the kitchen
and confided to her mother,
“Daddy's been pushing me
around.”
MARIE HILL, it is relayed,
■vas trying to urge "breathing
from the diaphragm" on all of
her choral students when one boy
remarked in exhausted tones.
“I’ve been diagramming all day!”
Under the Christmas tree at
the JAMES HENRY BEALL
r re for little JL’DY BEALL,
. Beall's granddaughter from
Ode-sa, w ere pieces of miniature
e r tu.r which her grandmoth-
i"- MINNIE LEE (MRS. JAMES
Cpl. Thomas Pearce spent last
week visiting with relatives here.
Mr.
sane. fiei i in Nolan County
miles south of Sweetwater.
The projected 6-100-foot test
and Mrs. Charlie Pearce, u^,1 J* f*] feet from the north
Cpl. Thomas Pearce of El Paso, !:!"•'p w<jf = hrw tn
Mr and Mrs. Ed Ogden and Dar-| r&- ' U,1 due to stalt Jan’ '•
lene, Ruby Joyce McCain and Mrs. j The Union discovery, C S\\ ,
L. E Pearce visited Christmas Day ■ •'•W 33-X-T&P, was finaled for a
with Mr. and Mrs. O. A Glass of * hour flow of 118.14 barrells of
Sweetwater. | 42.5 gravity oil plus 1.92 barrels
of basic sediment through a ciuar-1
gery in the Winters Hospital re
cently . . . A. T. Johnson, who
has been ill in the Winters Hos-
pital, is home again, but is still
confined to his bed.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Patterson
and children of Clovis, N. M., vis-
ited Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Sander-
son . . . Guests in the Sam Smith ,
home during the holidays were Mr.
retained 1 ancl Mrs. Jofln Linn and son of
Sweetwater and Mr. and Mrs. Joe
_ Smith and Jerry of Balmorhea.
| Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Lofland had
as their guests during the holidays, j
Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Putnam and
children of Hamlin . . . Mrs. Nan- [
I cy Bagley is visiting a daughter,
[ Mrs. Charles Cavin, at Memphis.
IVortolulu Oil Oorjcr. i i a vx jtuUctl Ttnn,
location for a south offset to Un- j visiting in the Jim Wilson home
ion of California No. 1 TXL, [ during the holidays were Mr. and j
cently completed opener of the Mrs. Charles Wilson and son of!
South Lake Trammell (Canyon Big SprinB and Mr. and Mrs. Cur- j
40 | tis Wilson and children of Artes-
ia, N. M.
Mrs. Daisey Henderson and sons
had as their guests, Mr. and Mrs.
J. G. Snow and children of L |
Clif! Perry, Nolan
Resident, Announces
For Commissioner
Cliff Perry, resident of Nolan,
today announces his candidacy for
Commissioner of Precinct 3, Nolan
County.
In making the announcement,
Mr. Perry stated that he had lived
in the Nolan Community approx-
imately 45 years, and believes he
is fully qualified to conduct the
affairs of the office in an efficient
I and business-like manner,
j 1 shall greatly appreciate the
and j support of the people of the coun-
daughter of Grand Prairie. Mr. j ty in helping elect me as Commis-
Clayton Caraway underwent sur- and Mrs w E cage and ehil-1 sioner of Precinct 3.
„t._. « dren 0f San Angelo, Mr. and Mrs. * Cliff Perry
Maxwell Holder and daughter of I Candidate for Commissioner
Nolan. 1 Precinct 3, Nolan County
W. L. Adams Host
At Yule Party,
Family Reunion 1
The W. 1,. Adams apartment in
Rqscue was the scene of a hap-
py reunion and holiday festivi-
ties Christmas Eve. A huge tree
stood in tin front of the big hall.
It was bedecked with a hundred
or more lights and holiday decor-
ations.
Gifts were exchanged and
some 300 to 400 slides of various
places and events were shown
by Gene Witherspoon, U. S. N.
A snack of cakes, pieces and cof-
fee was served.
Those attending and calling
through the event were Mr. and
Mis. T. N. Bankhead, Mr. and
Mrs. E. li. Barlow, Mrs. Otho M.
Eakin and little daughter,
Adrian, all of Longview; Mr. and
Mrs. Gene Witherspoon and Joe
L. Snead of San Diego, Calif.; Mr.
and Mrs. Don Witherspoon of
Corpus Cliristi; Mrs. Joe L.
Snead of Mertzon (where she is
living while her husband, Joe L.
Jr., is stationed at San Diego);
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Witherspoon,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe L. Snead Sr.,
Mr. and Mis. T. A. Singleton, Mr.
and Mrs. S. F. Kollar, Winona
Adams. Ruby I.eGros, Mr. and
Mis. Harold Duval and W. L.
Adams, the host, all of Roscoe;
Mr . Welch of Sweetwater, Mr.
DECKER Decker community | und Mrs, l„ O. Hopkins of Colo-
held a Christmas tree supper '11The happy occasion concluded
and exchange of gifts at the a dinner on Christmas Day.
Methodist Church Saturday _
night.. The pastor, the Rev. j
Richard Payne, read I he scrip-
ture story of Christmas.
The program included; “Holy
Night,” by Doyle Blankenship;
“Away in a Manger," sung by
Sue Crain and Bonnie Saunders;
“Can't Make a Speech,” by Rudy
Lanier: "Christmas Shopping"
by Fredia Cotton; “An Earnest
Endeavor," by Lynda Hill;
"Mistress Mary.” by Sug Crain;
“My Wishes,” by
"Silent Night’
Claus Is
Sandra Alexander on the accor-
dion; song, “Star of the East,”
Christmas Program
Given At Decker
Infant Child Found
Dead In Bed Here
Benito Ornelas, 0-month-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Or-
nelas who live on Tom Green
Street, was found dead in bed
at the Ornelas home Sunday
Authorities who investigated
[said that the child, which had
Rnhhv I anier been ill, apparently (hod of mal-
and “Santa imtrition between 8:30 and 9 o’-
Coming to I own, V Funeral services were held at 4
p.m. Monday at the Immaculate
Heart of Mary Catholic Church
sung by Mrs. J. E. Alexander, With Father Henry Monger officiat-
accompanicd by her daughter, j ing. Interment was in Sweetwater
Neva Mae. Cemetery
Honolulu Oil To
Offset TXL No. 1
Longworth are moving to this area. .
The Rev. Hubert Austin and --'s “
family were dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Leo Jones and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Mack Jones of
Roby are moving to this commu-
nity.
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Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Pearce of ___. . ._____, ,,____ . .
ter inch choke and three sets of
perforations between 5,-
158 and 5.288 feet which had been
treated with 1,000 gallons of acid.
No. 1-A Hanks
Seaboard No. 1-A Billie Hanks
I of San Angelo, second producer
, „ _ . in the Hylton (Strawn) field in
Mr; and Mrs. Charlie Pearce vis- southeastern Nolan County, was
ited in the home of Mr. and Mrs. | swabbed in through casing per-
Mack Jones of Roby Sunday. j forations at 5,44-57 feet. In early
Vernon Henderson of Fort Sill, [ testing through a quarter inch
j Okla.. J. W. Henderson of Snyder.' choke it averaged 9.66 barrels of
Mr. and Mrs. Lon Henderson and oil hourly. The weil is in the C
family of Roby were Christmas vis- SW NE 28-Z-T&P, west offset to
tors of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Hen- i No. 1 Hanks, the discovery, 6V4
derson.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W.
“How many gallons you guys
want”
You'll think you are “seeing dou-
ble” when you watch our fast and
ronplete auto service.
Ohienbusch Oil Co.
1710 E. Bdwy. Phone 4214
We Pick Up
DEAD ANIMALS
ihev are a valuable source
of waste fat needed to mrke
needed items. Don’t let
them go to waste.
Cows — Horses
Mules—Hogs, etc.
REMOVED FREE
Call Collect
Phone 4123
Sweelwafer
Rendering Co.
Glass of
Sweetwater, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Og-
den, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Pearce
af Longworth, Joe Walton of Sny-
der visited Mr. and Mrs. Boyd
Blythe Sunday.
Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs.
Homer Rucker were: Mr. and Mrs.
VV. C. Hodges and family of Hobbs,
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Baugh and fam-
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Fomby
Mrs. Rachel Hodges, Mr. and Mrs.
Cook Hodges, and Mr. and Mrs. C.
M. Hodges and family.
The Rev. Hubert Austin and
family were recent supper guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Rucker.
Mr and Mrs. W. M. Teague and
'amily visited in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. David Andrews of Long-
worth Christmas.
Christmas guests with Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Baugh were: Mr. and
Mrs. M. Fomby of Sweetwater, Mr
and Mrs. Harold Fomby. Mr. and
Mrs. Homer Ruekner, and George
Ogden. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hodges
and family were supper guests of
the Baugh family.
Visiting In the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Blythe during Christmas
vere: Leo Blythe of Abilene, Cecil
A’alker and Mrs. Angie Cavitt of
Sweetwater.
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
W. M. Teague and family were Mr.
and Mrs. P. A. Martin and A B
Martin of Sardis.
Virginia Cortez
Funeral services for Virginia
Cortez, four-and-a-half-month-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pedro
Cortez, was held at the graveside
in Sweetwater Cemetery Satur-
day morning at 10 o’clock with
Father Monger of Immaculate
Heart of Mary Catholic Church
officiating.
The infant died Friday after-
noon at Young Medical Center.
The father works on a ranch
south of Roscoe. Johnston Fun
eral Home had charge of ar-
rangements.
miles northeast of Blackwell
Continental No. 1-211, Mrs.
Floyd C. Earwood, east offset to
Seaboard No. 1 Hanks, was drill-
ing at 825 feet in shale.
Drilling & Exploration Co. Inc.
Malco Refineries, Inc., and oth-
ers No. 1 Joe Larry of San An-
gelo, southeastern Nolan County
wildcat, was plugged and aban-
doned at .5680 feet. It was in the
C NE SW 194-64-H&TC, one mile
northwest of Hylton.
Building Totals
$2,131,104 For
Year Just Ended
Sweetwater’s 1931 building totals
ran S2,131.104, compared with
1950’s record total of $2.323.767.
The school work and public hous-
ing helped to swell last year’s total
but there were 162 new homes and
apartments started during the
year amounting to S807.450.
Not included in the building to-
tals was the Sweetwater Cotton
Oil Mill’s extensive rebuilding
program, the new’ 40-acre cotton
yard and the $100,000 seed house
outside of the city limits. Also
not included were several build-
ings replacing fire damage, exten-
sive street paying, water, sewer,
electric and telephone construc-
tion jobs.
The totals on new homes in re-
cent years have been:
1951—162 houses and apart-
ments; 1950 . 289; 1949 — 156;
1948 — 120 — total of 697 includ-
ing apartments as one unit in the
total but varying from two to 34
dwelling units.
Paso, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Clem-
ents and son of Kermit, Mr. and
Mrs. G. B. Henderson and daugh-
ter of Carlsbad, N. M., Mr. and
Mrs. Dwight Gray of Deming, N.
279 Accidents
On Streets In
Citv Last Year
Sweetwater streets had 279 traf-
fic accidents in 1951. slightly fewer
than in 1950, but considerably
above the average from 1949 back,
records of the police department
show.
Traffic has been considerably
heavier during the past two years j
and police had been tightening up
on enforcement of traffic laws as
much as possible with the number
of police on duty. Heavier fines
are being applied in the concerted j
effort to protect lives and prop- j
erty.
Last year there were five pedes- ,
trians hurt by cars, 27 persons
W'ere hurt in automobile collisions. |
one was hurt by a train, one by j
a scooter, one by a collision with I
an animal and five hurt when cars i
hit posts and other fixed objects. [
There was only one traffic death j
in the city limits, although the
toll on highways near here ran j
extremely high.
In 1950 there were two traffic
deaths on city streets. There were
four pedestrians hurt and 25 oth-
ers hurt in traffic collisions. There
was one motor scooter operator
hurt.
The traffic death in the city last
year was T. C. Goodman, fatally
hurt in a collision on West Ala-
bama. In 1950 one death was a
pedestrian and the other a bicycle
rider.
TUCK HIM INTO THE
WARMTH OF ELECTRIC
SOFT, SLEEPY
BED COVERING
Mrv. R. O. Fuqua returned
home Sunday from Hamilton,
where she was called C’hristma-
Day by the sudden ami serious
llness of her mother. Mrs. L. E.
Pierson. She left Mrs. Pierson
much improved. Dr. Fuqua’s sis-
’er, Mrs. Marsh Belsher of Ham-
ilton, came home with Mrs. Fu-
qua.
BURTON-LINGO
COMPANY
BUILDING SUPPLIES
PAINTS
WALLPAPERS
110 Lamar
Dial 4651
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The Nolan County News (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 3, 1952, newspaper, January 3, 1952; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth560207/m1/4/?q=music: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.