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Fish, Jos
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The Archer County News
VOLUME 41
PUBLISHED ON THURSDAYS
ARCHER CITY, TEXAS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1655
NUMBER 39
Northwest Texas Scouting Shows
Much Growth lu Last Five Years
Q-B Club Gets
Fund Raising
Move Under Wav
Tuesday night’s Quarterback
Club meet was consumed primar-
ily with business that consisted of
figuring ways and means to con-
duct a membership drive and a
drive for funds with which to de-
fray the club’s $2500 indebtedness.
Mrs. Bud Bledsoe was named as
chairman of a fund committee com-
posed of Coe Ellis, Butter Haigood,
Hefty Morris and QB Prexy John-
ny Linscott, which committee
doubtlessly has already descended
on the average business house to
sell advertising to be placed on
this year’s home game Wildcat
football programs. The programs
will be given away at the four
home games.
Plans were also formulated to
organize a Wildcat Boosters Club
(which is also already in being)
with any and all persons eligible
to become members with contri
butiqns toward the building fund
(that’s what the indebtedness is
for—the building to bouse squad
dressing rooms and public rest
rooms at the local footbjdl stadium-
rodeo arena). Any contribution
will be gratefully accepted by any
member of the QB Club. Member-
ship now stands at 50 persons,
with a goal of at least 100 mem-
bers in the offing.
Mrs. Bledsoe has tentative plans
under way for an intensive Boost-
er drive within the near future.
She will enlist the aid of other
women of the town. Contributions
may be in any amount
Additional QB Club members
since last week’apubUcation in The
News follow: A1 Brothers, Jeff
Seay, Don Heard, McWhorter *
Sons, A. J. Morris, Shorty Maxwell,
Buck Berry, Coe Ellis, Bobby Rod-
erick, Charlie Lee Martin, Sam
Yeager, Tommy Patrick and Shorty
Hickman.
Remember, any contribution to-
ward the fund will be graciously
accepted.
The condition of Mrs. Lottie
Kirkland is improved in the Olney
Hospital- oyer that of the past
week-end. - _ «_
Mrs. Kirkland is being Treaty
for injuries sustained in an auto
mishap south of Anarene Sept. 3.
Her injuries included four broken
ribs, a collapsed lung and multiple
bruises. She was thought to be con-
valescing nicely until last Thurs-
day evening when her condition
took a turn for the worse. She is
thought to again be improving at
this writing, Thursday.
At their mother’s bedside have
been Mrs. Clara Krahenbuhl of
Baltimore, Md.; Mrs. L. V. (Jewel
Kirkland) Montalbano, of Belport,
Long Island, N. Y.; John Kirkland
and family of Sterling, Colo.; R.
C. Kirkland of Throckmorton; Mrs.
Billy Muldrow of Monahans; a
grandson, Johnny Miller, and fam-
ily, of Elk City, Okla.; and locals
to include Luke and Joy Kirkland.
Mrs. Luke Kirkland was driver
of the car involved in the accident
and sustained a back injury and
multiple bruises. The latter’s
daughter, Leann, escaped serious
injury in the mishap. Mrs. Luke is
convalescing fairly welL
School Tax Rolls
Are Now Complete
Ves Morris, tax assessor-collect-
or for Archer City and its schools,
reported Wednesday that he and
his helper, Mrs. Charlie Sullivan,
last week completed compilation of
tax rolls for the school and now
are in a recipient mood.
Total valuation this year is $8,-
713,440 which means a tax of $130,-
701.60 for 1955. Last year the tax
amounted to $138,806.20 and Mor-
ris Reports around 100 per cent
collection.
The decrease of a little more
than eight thousand dollars is due
to the loss of the railroad, a slight
tax reduction given the pipelines
and to the fact that there has not
been enough new oil production in
the county to offset the natural
decrease in old oil production.
Ordinarily, Morris says, the added
production of oil balances the ex-
pected loss on old wells.
♦ Scouting in the Northwest Texas
Council has grown by leaps and
bounds in the last five years, Dr.
Raymond Hander, district chairman
and member of executive board,
said yesterday. The Boy Scouts is
a worthwhile organization in our
community supported by indepen-
dent finance campaigns.
“We are looking forward to a
record year in 1956,” Dr. Hander
added. “In 1950 we had 4549 boys
in Scouting locally, this year the
average number has been 5017.“
This healthy growth in Scouting
was achieved through the fine
work of many volunteer workers
in churches and other organizations
sponsoring Scout units, the Scout
executive said.
At the present time, there are
165,000 members in the Scouting
movement in Texas. Statisticady,
this amounts to one of every 4.7
boys of Scouting age, Boy Scout
figures show.
In 1956, the Boy Scouts hope to
reach more youngsters in Texas.
“Every Texas boy wanting to be-
come a Scout must be enabled to
do so, our whole effort must be
vastly expanded. We must give
more help to churches and other
sponsors of units. Likewise, our
camping facilities must be expand-
ed. It is always good to remember
that all these young Texans are
helping themselves develop physic-
al fitness, skill, self reliance, cour-
age and high ideals of service to
God and country.” Dr. Hander
said. Your contributions to the Boy
Scout independent campaign will
help us reach our goal.”
Some of the budget raised in the
13 counties will go toward the up-
keep of Camp Perkins where hun-
dreds of local youngsters enjoy
summer camp each year. Last year
more than 780 camper weeks were
spent there by youngsters getting
the thrills of their lives.
Camp Perkins is well developed
and has facilities to take care of
most o*itdo<Nkjpctivities At a ret
sonable cost, youngrters can en-
joy swimming, boatmfcf, canoeing,
handicraft and camping, all under
the guidance of experts.
Scout executives say that in
1956 they plan to greatly increase
the number of boys attending
camp. Present plans call for every
Scout to take at least one hike
each month and to spend at least
ten days in camp.
Other funds will be used to
supply things that no boy, leader
or institution can supply. The
money will help maintain the basic
Scout program, training for lead-
ers, program material, a service
station for supplies and records,
advancement standards and awards
and professional leadership and
guidance.
“Scouting is not for any select
group. It takes in all future Tex-
ans. It is for boys of every race,
religion and economic background.
Contributions to your local finance
campaign will help this fine pro-
gram move ahead,” Dr. Hander
concluded.
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Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jagers of
Altus, Okla., were week-end visit-
ors here with their respective home
folk. Henry was wearing a cast on
his left leg and perambulating the
streets on crutches. Henry, a brake-
man on the Katy railroad, sustain-
ed a broken leg late in August
when he stepped off a locomotive
and into a hole that he did not
see.
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NUMEROUS BUREAU MEMBERS
ATTEND MEETING AT VERNON
NEW DISTRICT JUDGE
GRAHAM PURCELL, JR.
Former Holliday
ResidentSuccumbs
Fred M. Corbitt of Pampa, Tex.,
died in a Dallas sanitarium Mon-
day morning following an illness
of several months.
He was an employe of The Texas
Company having recently received
his 30-year award, a gold wrist
watch. He would have retired in
February 1956. Corbitt was sta-
tioned in Holliday for a number
of years and had many friends in
this vicinity.
He was a Catholic and a mem-
ber of the Knights of Columbus.
Funeral arrangements are under
direction of Crane-Longley Funeral
Home in Dallas. Rosary will be
said there at 8 p. m. Monday and
funeral mass will be in Dallas.
Survivors include his wife, Ag-
nes, and one son, Fred M., Jr.
and three grandchildren.
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NEW DATES SET FOR
AUTOMOBILE INSPECTION
AUSTIN, Texas. — Col. Hornet
Garrison, Jr., director of the Texas
Department of Public Safety, an-
nounced today that the Public
Safety Commission has set Septem-
ber 15, 1955, through April 15,
1956, as the new Motor Vehicle
Inspection period for state motor-
ists.
Garrison pointed out that this
will give Texas car owners a full
seven months to report to one of
the more than 4,000 licensed in
spection stations in the state for a
safety check of their vehicles.
Cats Re-Assigned
To New District
Effective Next Yr.
Some twenty Archer County
Farm Bureau members and fami-
lies attended the district Farm
Bureau Queen contest, held Tues-
day night in the Wilbarger Memor-
ial Auditorium in Vernon.
Miss Berta Lou Schroeder, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sch-
roeder of Windthorst, was selected
Archer County Farm Bureau
Queen August 29 and she was one
of nine candidates for the title
of district queen.
Min Janice Keck, Baylor Farm
Bureau Queen, won the coveted
honor and will compete with
other district queens at the State
meet at a later date.
Berta Lou was accompanied by
her parents. Others in attendance
included the Archer Bureau presi-
dent, Jeff Seay, H. D. Agent Peat la
Coffman and County Agent C. W.
Wilhoit
H. E. Overstreet of Weatherford
and Bowie, 80-year-old father of
Mrs. Bud Bledsoe of this city, un-
derwent brain surgery Wednesday
morning in Dallas. Mrs. Bledsoe
and other family members drove
to Dallas today, Thursday, to be at
his bedside.
School Superintendent J. F. Ger-
ron informed us this morning that,
effective next year, 1956, Archer
City’s Wildcats will no longer com-
pete in district 9-A but will be as-
signed to district 11-A However,
they will compete with the same
schools except Chillicothe and Hen-
rietta. Henrietta was transferred
to district 12-A but it is not known
what disposition was made of Chil-
licothe.
The powers that be down at Aus-
tin have installed a new system
that will assign schools to their
districts rather than allowing them
to be voted in or out of a district
by competing schools. Schools in
Class A will consist of those with a
high school enrollment of from
120 to 200.
Archer Gty Boy
Victim of Polio
Johnny Blackman, 20-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Black-
man of this city, is victim of a light
case of polio. Archer County’s sec-
ond case reported this year.
Hospitalized Sunday in the isola-
tion ward in the Wichita Falls
General Hospital, young Black-
man’s case seems thuafar to be the
non-paralytic type disease and. as
his temperature has receded the
past few days, it is hoped he will
suffer no ill effects. His doctor,
Melvin Horany, reports that John-
ny is getting along splendidly.
We don’t happen to be well
enough up-to-date on our horti-
culture to know whether they are
last season’s late or next season’s
early—but Herman Adams brought
in a bouquet of peach blooms for
exhibition Wednesday. The blooms
were gathered from trees in his
orchard.
Shivers Appoints
G. B. Purcell, Jr.
89th Court Judge
By FRED BUCKLES
—Wichita Daily Times, Sept. 10.
Gov. Allan Shivers lata Thursday
afternoon named Graham B. Pur-
cell, Jr., young Wichita Falls at-
torney, as judge of 89th District
Court, succeeding the late John
Davenport
The appointment was effective
immediately but Pair tell said
Thursday night he may require
some time to conclude matters in
his private practice before assum-
ing his duties.
Purcell, 39-year-old member of
the law firm of Allen, Johnson and
Purcell, was picked to complete a
four-year term which will expire
Jan. 1, 1957.
Judge Alan B. Haley was elected
to the term but resigned in the
late summer of 1954. Judge Daven-
port was apjwinted to finish the
unexpired term and took the oath
of office Oct. 16, 1954.
# Previous Service
Judge Davenport suffered a cer-
ebral hemorrhage August 27 and
died Monday night-
Purcell served as acting judge
of 89th District Court for three
months during the summer of 1954
while Judge Haley was a candidate
for the Court of Criminal Appeals.
Judge Haley won a place in the
Democratic runoff but withdrew.
Governor Shivers’ telegram oi
notification to Purcell said: “I am
happy to announce your appoint-
ment as judge of the 89th Judicial
District Court effective immediate-
ly to succeed the late Judge John
Davenport. Further information
and instructions for qualifying will
be sent you. Congratulations and
best wishes. Allan Shivers, Govern-
or of Texas.”
Ay bh —»
AM By nwilwlsu
Purcell, said Frihe would
not take t Vi oath ti office Friday
and wouUf.not he able to serve
during the week c court
jury trials! stabe-
cause of the neces.-lty of complet-
ing matters in his private prac-
tice.
Judge Louis Holland of Mon-
tague, judge of the 97th District
Court, is expected to come here to
assist Judge Arthur Tipps of 30th
District Court and Judge Temple
Shell of 78th District Court if his
trial docket is cleared in time next
week.
Commenting on his appointment,
Purcell said, “I consider it an hon-
or to any person in my profession
and I appreciate it. I will do my
utmost at all times to uphold the
cause of justice in Wichita County
and in Texas.”
As a district judge, Purcell will
receive $9,000 salary per year and,
in addition, will be paid $1,200 an
nually for service on the board of
juvenile judges.
Besides his service as acting
judge of 89th District Court in the
summer of 1954, Purcell had serv
ed several other brief periods as
acting judge of the court.
Purcell, a native of Archer City,
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Graham
B. Purcell, Sr., of Archer City. He
was graduated from Archer City
High School in 1937 and in 1941
received a degree from Texas A.
k M. College in agriculture and
animal husbandry. After a tour of
duty in the Army in World War
H, Purcell received his law de-
gree from Baylor University at
Waco in 1949.
From 1949 until mid-1951, Pur-
cell was associated with the law
firm of Coffee, Coffee and Gilli-
land, oil and gas attorneys, at Big
Spring. In 1951, he came to Wichi-
ta Falls and was associated with
the firm of Allen. Locke and
Crampton, which in 1952 was
changed to Alien, Crampton, John-
son and Purcell, and in 1954 to
Alien, Johnson and Purcell.
Upon graduation from Texas A
k M. College in 1941, Purcell was
commissioned a second lieutenant
in the cavalry. He was on active
duty in the cavalry and infantry
until February, 1946, when he was
discharged with the rank of major.
He served two years in Italy and
Africa in World War H, from Jan-
uary, 1944 until November, 1945.
Civic Worker
Purcell is a member of the
American Bar Association, the
State Bar of Texas, the Wichita
County Bar Association which he
served in 1954 as treasurer, and is
president of the Blackstone Club,
a Widrita Falls organization at
young attorneys.
He is state director of the Junior
Bar Association of Texas in the
13th Congressional District, presi-
dent of the Texas A. A M. Ex-Stu-
dents Association of Wichita Falls,
and a deacon in Fain Memorial
Presbyterian Church where he has
Mrs. Martin’s
Mother Dies
In Henrietta
The grim reaper struck again at
our wife’s family, this time claim-
ing the life of her aged mother,
Mrs. C. A. Woodward, at about
10:50 Saturday morning in the
Clay County Memorial Hospital at
Henrietta, after hospitalization
since the previous Wednesday. She
was a victim of cancer with which
she had been afflicted for approxi
mately two years. She was 82
years of age.
A native of Illinois, she was
born Sarah Malena Brown on No
vember 7, 1872, at Litchfield, and
moved with her family when three
years of age to Texas, when the
family settled in Clay County and
where she lived the major portion
of her life. She was married to
Charlie Allen Woodward October
22, 1893, who preceded her in
death on June 13, 1939. To this
union six daughters were born, one
of whom died at birth. Two others
of the children have also departed
this life, Allan Woodward on April
18, 1951, an<t~ Mrs. Walter Smith
on April 15, 1955. A grandson,
Gene Robert Smith, lost his life
in an automobile accident April
12, 1953.
She was a member of the Bap-
tist Church in which she and her
husband were converted and bap-
tized two years before their mar-
riage.
Funeral services were conducted
Monday morning at the First Bap-
tist Church in Henrietta with Rev.
Weldon Wright, pastor, officiating.
Rev. Mr. Wright spoke in deserved-
ly eloquent words of the goodness
of this woman; her devotion to her
loved ones, her friends and her
church. The writer, as a son-in-law,
did things we know she did not
condone but neither did she con-
demn. That was her way, her phil-
osophy of life. If she had nothing
good to say she had nothing at all
to say. And for this and countless
other reasons she was loved by all
who knew Wfr. Truly a wonderful
woman and mother has passed this
way and stopped and lived among
us, and surely the world was made
a better place by her having lived
in it
Burial, under direction of the
Hawkins Funeral Home, was in
Hope Cemetery at Henrietta.
Survivors are three daughters,
Mrs. Andrew Smith and Mrs. A. J.
Chambers, both of Henrietta, and
Mrs. Chas. Martin, of Archer City;
two sisters, Mrs. Della B. Walker,
Wichita Falls; and Mrs. W. A.
Thrash, Amarillo; one brother, R.
A. Brown, of Clay County; five
grandchildren, Andrew Smith, Jr.,
Pampa; Mrs. Jack Hilgenfeld, An-
drews, Tex.; Mrs. Bud Townsend,
Nocona; Misses Malena and Dianne
Martin, Archer City, and one great
grandson, Bill Townsend, Nocona.
Archer City friends who attend-
ed final rites included Mesdames
Jewel Childs, Travis Ikard, J. W.
Heard, Ben Page, Graham Purcell,
Virgil Seay, R. L. Hancock, George
Abercrombie, Roger Hart, Bruce
Ferrell, Elvin Haigood, E. R. Pri-
deaux, Verda Powell and C. B.
Knox.
Wildcats Lose
Season Opener
To Decatur 32-12
Coach Coe took his Archer City
Wildcats to Decatur last Friday
night for the season opener against
the Class Double AA Decatur team
and the Wildcats came off second
best by the score of 32 to 12.
Wildcat partisans who made the
trip to the County Seat of Wise,
were highly enthused by what they
saw in the future for the Cats un-
der their new head coach.
Hometown fans will get their
first look at the Wildcats here Fri-
day night of next week in another
practice game with the Newcastle
Bobcats, winners last week over
Henrietta, furnishing the opposi-
tion. Game time is 8 o’clock.
Lack of time today forbids our
publishing the names of this year’s
Wildcat personnel but we’ll at-
tempt to make amends by next
week.
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Mrs. L. H. Haigood is convalesc-
ing nicely after tongue surgery
Wednesday of last week in Olney.
A report from the pathologist on
on the condition of the growth tak-
en from Mrs. Haigood’s tongue
came this afternoon and showed
it clear of malignancy.
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Mr. W. H. Taylor is convalescing
satisfactorily at his home here
from major surgery nearly three
months ago in New Orleans, La.
With his wife as an able chauf-
feur, “Mr. Will” has been able to
come to town for necessary hair-
cuts, shaves and banking business.
Holliday Eagles
Under Brand New
Coaching Staff
90 New Boxes
At Local P. 0.
For the first time since the
1920’s, new post office mail boxes
were received and installed in the
local post office last Thursday p.
m.
The 90 boxes, ordered by Ex-
Postmaster Z. T. Burkett in June,
1954, brings the total to 585. Post-
master Bud Bledsoe and staff in-
stalled them immediately upon re-
ceipt and many are already in use.
There were over 90 names on the
waiting list.
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Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Wayne Hog-
gins of this city and Mr. and Mrs.
James Wilhoit and little daughter.
Ruth Ann, of Wichita Falls spent
a recent delightful week-end at Hot
Springs, Ark.
been active in men’s work of the
church. He also is chairman of a
committee for Cub Scout activities
in the church. Purcell is a member
of the Liois Club and the Toast-
masters Club and is presently in-
structing a course in commercial
law for Wichita Fills bank em-
ployees.
Purcell married the former Bet-
sy Smith of Tucson, Aril., whose
father, Chester H. Smith, is a law
professor at the University of Ari-
zona. The Purcells reside at 1824
Kealer in Wichita Falls with their
three children, Blaine, 7, Kirk, 5,
d Jannie, 21.
HOLLIDAY, Texas, Sept. 15-
Assistant Coach Dan Owen comes
to Holliday from Burkburnett
where in his high school days be
was an outstanding player on the
track, baseball and basketball
teams. He comes to Holliday direct-
ly from Howard Payne College
where he worked with the fresh-
man squad. While attending col-
lege there, he was an outstanding
athlete and ran in the Drake Relay
Races at Des Moine. Iowa. He is
not married and will live at the
I. A. Smith residence
Another assistant football coach
is Grady Allen who comes to Hol-
liday from Rule. Texas, his home-
town where he was assistant coach.
He was a three-year letterman at
West Texas State College in foot-
ball. He was on the championship
team that played in the Sun Bowl
in El Paso. He has recently mar-
ried and moved to Holliday.
Head coach is Bill Cofer who was
football* coach at Archer City the
past two years. He has had five
years coaching experience, the
first three being at Grandfield.
Okla. Cofer played football at Cam-
eron Junior College at Lawton,
Okla., and played on the champion-
ship team that played in the Rose
Bowl in 1949. After graduating
from Cameron, Cofer attended
Central State College at Edmond,
Okla., and played on the state
championship team.
Cofer received his Master’s De-
gree last summer at Western State
College at Gunnison. Colo. Mr. and
Mrs. Cofer have a two and one-
half-year-old son, Steve, and a one-
year-old daughter, Carol Ann. and
live at Holliday at 529 Olive St.
Football Schodulo
Burkburnett will be here on Fri-
day, Sept. 16. for the opening
game of the season. The following
two Friday nights will find the
Eagles at Valley View and New-
castle.
Sept. 16—Burkburnett. here
Sept. 23—Valley View, there.
Sept. 30—Newcastle, there.
Oct. 7—Lockett, there.
Oct 14—Crowell, here.
Oct. 21—Archer City, there.
Oct. 28—Paducah, here.
Nov. 4—Iowa Park, there.
Nov. 11—Henrietta, here.
Nov. 18—Chillicothe, there.
Coach Cofer announces the fol-
lowing lettermen returning: Her-
schel Wortham. Jack Erwin. Tom-
my Thomas. Billie Paul Price,
Harold Adams. Duard Stone, Roy
Lee Stone, Jimmie Heller, Van
Hubbard, Kenneth Knowles, George
Jacobs, Leon Walker, James Ren-
ner, Wayne Eckstine and Connie
Duckworth. Other Eagles on the
squad include Jimmy Butts, Don
Erwin, Bob Mooneyham, Leonard
Sebring, Norman Pautsky, Wendell
Wilson, John Tice, Walter Laven-
der and Don Tiger.
Holliday Resident
For 43 Years
Died Last Week
Death claimed Mrs. J. A. Howard,
88, Wednesday morning of last
week at her home in Holliday
where she had been a resident
since 1912. She was the mother of
Mrs. R. B. Lyles of this city.
Other survivors are five other
daughters, Mrs. Milo Connelly,
Wichita Falls; Mrs. Cecil Mankins,
Mankins; Mrs. Geneva Anderson,
Salt Lake City, Utah; Mrs. Irene
Norris, San Antonio, and Mrs. J.
E. Campbell, Dallas; one son, R.
L. Howard, Wichita Falls; two
nieces, Mrs. Dora Fondren and Mrs.
H. L. McIntyre, both of Rockwall,
Tex.; 21 grandchildren; 32 great-
grandchildren and one great-great
grandchild.
Funeral services were conducted
Thursday at 16 a. m. at the First
Methodist Church in Holliday with
Rev. A. M. Davenport, pastor, of-
ficiating.
Burial was in the Holliday Cem-
etery. Grandsons of the deceased
served as pallbearers.
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WINDTHORST GAINS PLACE
IN FINALS OF OIL BELT
LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
The Windthorst team of the Oil
Belt league won a place in the
playoff finals last Sunday by tak-
ing the opening round playoffs
from Midway in two straight wins.
Sunday's score was Windthorst 13,
Midway 12. Windthorst outhit Mid-
way by 17 to 16 with errors even
at four each.
Meurer, Veitenheimer mid
Schroeder formed the winning b*t 4
tery while Cameilus, Eray, Jack-
son and Pollard worked for the los-
ers. Vincent Schenk hit a homer
while Bill Schroeder accounted for
a pair of two-baaers. E. Schroeder,
W. Jackson and George Veiteo
heimer also added a two-base hit
each to the winners’ attack.
The Windthorst team betting av-
erage for the two gaaaes against
Midway is a lusty .379.
Windthorst will meet the Wich-
ita Falls All-Stars in the first
game of the finals Sunday after-
noon at Burkburnett.
93-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
IN GRAVE CONDITION
AT ARCHER HOSPITAL
The condition of Mrs. W. C. Har-
ris. who celebrated her 93th birth-
day last May 30, is very grave at
the Archer Hospital to where she
was rushed after a severe stroke
of paralysis early last Thursday
morning. The aged woman had
broken her back in a fall early last
spring but had recuperated amas-
ingly well for her age.
All of her children are at her
bedside and include Mrs. A. Tan-
ner. who has taken care of her
mother for several years; Sam Har-
ris of this city; Mrs. Dora Goldman
of Hill County; Lee Harris of
Hillsboro, and Dewey Harris of
Markley.
Re-Oorganization
Scout Meeting
Slated Sept 29
All parents and their sons of
Cub Scout age, 8, 9 and 10 years,
are urged to attend a re-organiza-
tion meet scheduled for Thursday
night. Sept. 29. 7:30 in the Lions
building.
Louis Schwoerke of Seymour,
district Scout executive, will be
present to assist in the re-organi
zation of Cub Pack 100 and It is
hoped that all boys of those ages
will attend.
Bud Bledsoe is retiring as Cub-
master. therefore it will be neces-
sary to select a new one. Also
needed are several new Den Moth-
ers and so, if you have a son of
age or are interested in furthering
Scouting, be present to offer your
services.
.9 Inch of Rain
Fell HereSaturday
Archer City and ■
area received the first rainfall at
moment late Saturday afternoon
when a fall of .9 of an inch was
Icaught in gauges in the south part
of the city. Only 4-tenths of an inch
fell over that part of Roger Hart*
pre-emption covered by his rail
luge two blocks north af Tin
the heels of a severe
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The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 15, 1955, newspaper, September 15, 1955; Archer City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth708934/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Archer Public Library.