The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 118, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 18, 1960 Page: 1 of 6
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THE EVENING NEWS AND THE MORNING TELEGRAM CONSOLIDATED IN 1918. ABSORBED THE DAILY GAZETTE IN 1924.
VOL. 82.—NO. 118.
SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS,WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1960
6 PAGES —6 CENTS MEMBER ASSOCIATED
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Secrecy Cloaks
Oil Information
On Deep Test
Pan American Petroleum Company was report-
ed to have thrown a cloak of secrecy over testing on
its No. 1 McKee Smackover exploration between
Arbala and Yantis Wednesday. Visitors to the loca-
tion said the rig area was ropped off and that no in-
formation was being given to anybody,
It was assumed that core
drilling in the Smackover for-
I.
mation and testing of findings
were being continued.
Interest in the discovery was
described as extremely high.
Royalty Prica* Soar
One Sulphur Springs man
who spent considerable time in
the area Tuesday said traffic
on the approach road to the
site was almost as heavy as
that on nearby SlKlt Highway
154.
He reported he had been
stopped by several men carry-
ing Tyler oil company office
identification cards and asking
how to get to the test.
Leasing and royalty trading
interest in the area also was
described as brisk.
A local man whose family
owns land nearby said one-half
shares of royalty had jumped
from $60 to $200 for property
up to two miles north of the
well site.
Pan American hit the Smack-
over lime during the week-end
at 12,765, drilled five feet far-
ther, took an unsuccessful drill-
stem test and then brought out
a 24-foot core. A second drill-
stem test was scheduled for
completion Tuesday afternoon.
Paluxy Ta»* to 4,130
Showings of gas and distil-
late were reported during the
week-end operations.
In northeastern Hopkins
County, drilling was reported
progressing below 4,130 feet
Wednesday morning on Ardis
and Leggett’s No. 1 D.F. Pierce
wildcat Psluxy test northeast
of Nelta.
The Pierce is scheduled to be
drilled to around 5,000 feet.
Highway 19
Overpass Nay
Open Soon
The State Highway 19 over-
pass across Interstate Highway
30 at the southwest edge of
Sulphur Springs will be opened
to traffic by the end of the
week if favorable weather
holds.
G. L. Stapleton, resident en-
gineer for the Texas Highway
Department, said asphalt sur-
facing of the re-built stretch of
Highway 19 is in progress and
that new highway signs are be-
ing prepared for the intersec-
tion.
Dr. Stirling
Due io Receive
Second Diploma
New Orleans — Dr. Earl
Stirling of Sulphur Springs
will receive a second diploma
in honor of his 50th gradua-
tion anniversary from Tulane
University during the univer-
sity’s annual commencement
exercises at 9:30 a.m. May 30
at Tulane.
Dr. Stirling, a graduate of
the Tulane medical school, will
ba one of 59 members of U»e
class of 1910 who will receive
golden anniversary diplomas.
The diplomas will be present-
ed by Dr. Maxwell E. Lapham,
acting Tulane president, follow-
ing presentation of degrees to
members of the 1960 graduat-
ing class.
During the exercises, the 50-
year graduates will be seated
A $200 donation raised the in a special section. At noon,
fund raising drive for the Joe they will be guests of the Tu-
Tom Wood Memorial Health Inn* Alumni Association at a
Lod„ W to 9744 Monday,
$200 Added
To Scout Fund
Red Premier Denounces
President Eisenhower
LOU ALICE WITHROW
MARY RUTH PARISH
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PEGGY GOLDSMITH
HONOR GRADUATES
JANEY LAWSON
North Hopkins Girls
Prove Smart, Too
Three all - State basketball honors with a 97.58-average,
players ranked slightly behind I She is the daughter of Mr.
L(>u Alice Withrow, valedicto-
rian, among the honor gradu-
ates of North Hopkins High
School.
Supt. W. S. Long announc-
ed that Miss Withrow, also a
basketball player, won the top
and Mrs. Merl Withrow.
Salutatorian is Mary Ann
Public Hearing
On Highway
Sated Friday
The Texas Highway Depart-
ment will hold a pre-construc-
tion meeting Friday at 10 a.m.
in the district courtroom here
on plans for the extension of
F-M Highway 1567 from Reilly
Springs to a connection with
State Highway 11 two miles
west of Como.
B. D. Chism, senior resident
engineer at Emory who is in
charge of the project for the
department, explained the pur-
pose of the session is to facili-
tate cooperation between that
agency, the contractor and law
enforcement agencies regard-
ing traffic control and regula-
tion on construction projects.
Represented at the meeting
will be the highway depart-
ment, Joe Davidson of Terrell,
contractor for the project; the
Texas Department of Public
Safety and news agencies.
LINDA KELLUM
according to district scout ex-
ecutive James Griffin. Local
workers need about $400 more
to complete their goal for con-
tributions to the Camp Glover
development.
The current drive, which is
to raise the needed funds for
the completion of the lodge, is
seeking to raise a total of
$1,100 as a part of a three-
year program to finance the
building of the lodge. Previous
drives in 1958 and 1959 raised
approximately $4,600 for the
project.
Griffin said about 50 cards
have not been turned in by
fund raisers. When these cards
are handed in, the campaign is
expected to approach its in-
tended goal.
Griffin urged interested citi-
zens, who have not been con-
tacted during the current drive,
to notify community chairman
Harold Morris if they wish to
contribute to the Camp Glover
fund.
During the luncheon, cutting
and serving of the golden an-
niversary cake will be fea-
tured.
Tyler Passes
50,000 Level
Tyler, May 18 UP — Tyler
in East Texas moved into the
50,000-population class today.
A preliminary census figure
of 51,082 represents a gain of
more than 31 per cent over
the 1950 figure of 38,968.
Smith County is counted at
85,766 compared with 74,701
in 1950.
Tyler’s advance estimates
turned out to be considerably
more accurate than many oth-
ers in Texas. Estimates had
ranged between 56,000 and
58,000, only about five to
seven thousand low.
Banker Resigns
Here to Take
New Position
Billy B. Payne, assistant
cashier at Sulphur Springs
State Bank, has accepted a po-
sition as loan officer of the
Fresno main office of the Se-
curity First National Bank of
Los Angeles, Cal.
,, Gerald Prim, vice president
of the local bank, announced
Payne’s resignation, which was
effective May 14.
Payne will assume his new
Parish, daughter of Mr. and duties on June 16. He and
Mrs. F. J. Parish, with an av- his family will move to Cali-
EXERCISES SET
Sulphur Bluff Picks
Top Honor Students
Charles (Kim) Waller, son Supt. Roy Herman reported
of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wall-i that Waller’s four-year aver-
er, and Linda Kellum, daugh- age was 93.51 Jo Miss Kellum’s
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kel-j 92.94.
lum, have been named valedic-
torian and salutatorian, respec-
tively, of the graduating sen-
iors at Sulphur Bluff High
School.
erage of 93,29. Peggy Gold-
smith, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. L. E. Goldsmith, and
Janey Lawson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd I.awson,
had averages of 92.91 and 91.
respectively. AH three of
these girls were all-state per-
formers on the state cham-
pionship team.
Top ranking boy at North
Hopkins is Kenneth Paul Cock-
rum with an average of 89.
The following school clos-
ing activities are planned at
City’s New Worth
Shows Increase
The official net worth of
the city of Sulphur Springs as
a municipality increased to
$3,451,270.02 during the year
ending last March 31.
This was among the statisti-
cal information certified by
James P. Williams, Jr., Dallas
accountant, in the annual au-
dit of the city’s records.
Copies of the audit were re-
ceived here Wednesday.
The city’s net worth a year
previously had been calculated
at $3,288,919.23.
The increase was attributed
largely to public improve?
moots completed during the
interval, including the new
municipal girport.
$984,780 in Bonds
The city finished its fiscal
year with a total of $90,660.09
in cash in its general and wa-
ter department accounts. An-
other $68,032.35 was being
held for bond sinking fund
purposes.
Bonded indebtedness total-
ed $954,750, of which $430,-
750 were general tax obliga-
tions and $524,000 was in
self • supporting water and
sewer department bonds.
The city’s income for the
year totaled $477,626.15, as
compared to a budget estimate
of $427,265.80.
Total expenditures were
$472,869.37, as compared to
a budget estimate of $414,-
787.75. ,
Record* PraUad
Williams reported the city’s
books and records were in
“very good condition,” reflect-
ing improvement and conscien-
tious work.”
He listed three recommen-
dations. They were having the
mayor sign all vouchers to in-
dicate council approval of
bllla, a more,careful analysis
and distribution of street de-
partment income and possible
consideration of additional ex-
pense allowance for the city
manager.
Pet Peeves
Washington, May 18 I.V—
A housewives’ forum in
Washington had plenty of
good things to say to the
folks that package foods, but
also plenty of suggestions. North Hopkins:
They’d like screw tops on all j May 20 — An operetta,
jars, spout dispensers for! “The Sleeping Beauty,” will
cereal package*, inside labels bo presented by the grade
on froaen foods so they can sehool students at 8 p. m.
j - 1 May 22 — Baccalaureate
services, with the Rev. Boyd I.
DeVore speaking at 8 p. in. in
the school auditorium.
May 24—Senior class pro-
gram \c ill be held at 8:15 p.m.
May 25—H. Clay Cheek of
Commerce will speak at grade
school commencement exer-
cises.
May 27—High school com-
mencement, with Dr. Jackson
of KTSC faculty as speaker.
The program will begin at
8:15 p. m. It will close with
the traditional candle lighting
service.
fornia in early June.
The young banker had been
connected with Sulphur Springs
State Bank for the last seven
years. He is a graduate of
Texas A & M College and the
Wisconsin School of Banking.
Payne is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Payne. His wife is
the former Ann Bridges,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. F.
Bridges, Jr.
be identified once unwrap-
ped.
Among the peeve*: tall
and »kinny oliva jar*, and
chee*e package* that need
ra-wrapping once they re
opened.
Hopkins County
Students Win
College Honors
Two Hopkins County stu-
dents at East Texas State Col-
lege, Commerce, have been
named among the honor grad-
uates.
They are Donald Eugene
Petty, with a chemistry-math
major, of Sulphur Springs, and
Charles William Carothers,
math-physics major, of Cumby.
They are a m o n g the 273
scheduled to receive degrees
Sunday.
Others from Hopkins Coun-
ty scheduled to receive degrees
are George W. Callan, Cumby;
Virginia Craig, Route 1, Ridge-
way; Marjorie Bradshaw, Paul
Cain, Betty France, James
Moore Guthrie, Billie Mae Har-
ry, Lucy L. McLaughlin and
Marilyn Nance, according to a
release from the college’s pub-
licity department.
Liquor Count
Costs $100
County Judge W. B. Kitts
fined a local man $100 plus
court coat* Monday, after he
pleaded guilty to charges of
illegally selling alcoholic bev-
erages. %
Sheriff’s officers arrested
the man Monday in Sulphur
Springs.
Top Democrats
Back President
Washington, May 18 UP
Screenwriter
Faces Charge
In Bomb Scare
Wichita Falls, May 18 UP—A
California screenw r i t e r has
been released at Wichita Falls
under $500 bond on a FBI
charge that he made a false
bomb report.
The 41-year-old motion pic-
ture script writer, Samson
Gielgud, was arrested by FBI
agents at a motel at the North
Texas city.
Gielgud was arraigned be-
fore the Wichita Falls U. S.
Commissioner, Don Baxter.
The FBI earlier announced
at Washington that Gielgud
had been arrested fot telling
a stewardess when he board-
ed an American Airlines plane
at Los Angeles that there were
The eighth grade honor stu-
dents are Corlette Chester,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Billy
Chester, and P a t sy Tubbs,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Tubbs. Their averages were
85.3 and 82.56, respectively.
Joint commencemnet exer-
cises for the high school and
grade school students will be
held at 8 p. m. Friday at the
Sulphur Springs auditorium.
Speaker will be Cameron Mc-
Kinney of Cooper, recently
nominated as district attorney.
The commencement services
were held st Sulphur Bluff
Methodist Church last Sunday
night, with the Rev. H. M. Self,
pastor of t h e Sulphur Bluff
Baptist Church, the speaker.
Mrs. Dozier Durham will
play the music for the exer-
cises Friday.
Severe Weather
Zone Spreads
To Dallas Area
Paris, May 18 (AP) —
Soviet Premier Khrush-
chev held a farewell news
conference in Paris today
at which he denounced
President Eisenhower and
threatened new efforts to
squeeze the Western powers out
of Western Berlin. He said that
when Moscow signs a separate
peace treaty with East Ger-
many, the West will lose its
rights to maintain troops in
Berlin. The Soviet leader said
the treaty will be signed when
the Soviets consider the time
is ripe.
Khrushchev tried to throw
full blame on the United States
for the collapse of the summit
conference. He said Eisenhow-
er’s assurance that there will
be no more U.S. spy flights
over the Soviet Union applies
only to Eisenhower’s remaining
months in office.
The^d leader added, “It is
impossible to negotiate with
the United States if agreements
made by one person become in-
valid when he is po longer in
office.”
Khrushchev angrily accused
Eisenhower of deceit and liken-
ed him to a thief in aerial spy-
ing on Russia. Khrushchev call-
ed Eisenhower a “fishy friend.”
He said that when they met at
Camp David, Md., the Presi-
dent knew of spy flights over
Russia, and Khrushchev also
knew of them.
Khrushchev said that in
planning to sign a separate
peace treaty with East Ger-
many, he was planning to do
what the United States did with
Japan. He said the Soviets
fought in the war against Japan
and the U.S. signed a treaty
with Japan but the Soviets
didn’t. He did not mention that
Moscow had the opportunity to
share in the treaty with Japan
but rejected it.
The news conference itself
was a stormy session for the
Red leader. He was alternately
booed and cheered. One burst
of booing came when be
launched into criticism of West
German Chancellor Adenauer.
Khrushchev said his govern-
ment. regrets the collapse of
the summit conference. He said
the Soviets prepared the con-
ference well, but it had been
torpedoed by those he describ-
ed as certain hotheads in the
U.S.
The Russian accused Eisen-
hower of deceit in announcing
there wouid be no more re-
connaissance flights over the
to leave the plane while his lug-
gag w a s searched. No bomb
wasmngxon, may “T Tjwas found.
Four top Democrats have back- c>ug|lt another night
cd President Eisenhower s to WicMu Falls by way
hand at the abortive summit
conference in a cablegram. In ln
the cablegram, they asked Ei-
Showers and thunderstorms
at los nngema «»* w«- were breaking out over various, s<)v}et Unio„ And Khrushchev
explosives in his baggage. The,parts of Texas Wednesday as , h . . . tirade aeainst
FB, I , Ik4 »» fye-1SSE, £ gVShtf F™~
senhower to give Soviet Pre-
mier Khrushchev their view
that the premier should recon-
sider his suggestion for post-
ponement of the conference
until after the U.S. elections.
The cablegram had the signa-
tures of House Speaker Sam
Rayburn, Senate Majority
Leader Lyndon Johnson, Adlai
Stevenson and Senate Foreign
Relations Chairman J. William
Fulbright
In a telephone call from
Wichita Falls to the Associat-
ed Press, Gielgud last night
denied the FBI charge.
Gielgud said the airliner’s
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the daily severe weather lore- j president Ue Gaulle of France
cast zone move^e^t^Tf.to, (continued on oage six)
cover Dallas and Fort Worth, i __
The U. S, Weather Bureau j _ _____
said severe thunderstorms \\f fj* \ T | ’XJ
were expected to develop in the VV Jl>aV A A JL Jus JlV
South Plains by midafternoon
*nd move eastward this eve-
ning, producing tornadoes,
large hail and damaging sur-
face winds.
The warning was issued for
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION
Dairy Festival
Plans Mapped
Creation of a permanent or-
ganization to conduct the af-
fairs of the Hopkins County
Dairy Festival on a year-
around basis was voted Tues-
day afternoon by the festival
steering committee.
A nomin a t i n g committee
composed of J. W. Branscomc,
Billy Conner, Mrs. Wayne Mel-
ton, Mrs. F, G. Rogers and Jess
Orr \vasw*appointed by Cecil
Tucker, steering group chair-
man, to select candidates for
permanent directors.
The change was voted after
an extensive discussion of var-
ious problems that had arisen
during the recent festival and
of the need for definite policies
to be followed in conducting
the annual events.
One pf the principal areas,
of complaint cited revolved
around the method of selecting
a festival queen through a cor-
onation pageant tickets sales
contest.
Misunderstanding*
Misunderstandings were re-
ported on several details con-
nected with the contest, which
ended in a tie and the conse-
quent crowning of two queens.
Tucker observed the com-
mittee had run into trouble as
a result of too much informa-
tion on the contest being di-
vulged ahead of schedule.
Another area of unexpected
difficulty was the scarcity of
convertible model cars for use
of Dairy Princesses and Duch-
esses in the parade, Sufficient
cars of this type to accommo-
date the girls in this area could
not be found, despite efforts
made in Dallas.
"Convertibles are becoming
a thing of the past,” one
member of the committee ob-
(Continued on Page Six)
briefcase around and he told
her “to he careful that there
are sensitives instruments in
there.” Gielgud added, “That’s
all 1 said.”
He related that his briefcase
contained such articles as a
stopwatch, film, camera equip-
ment and a portable tape re-
corder.
(continued on page six)
Slight Boost
In Crude Oil
Set for June
Austin, May 18 UP — The
Texas Railroad Commission
has kept the eight-day oil pro-
duction pattern for June.
Meeting in Austin today, the
commission fixed the state-
wide oil allowable at slightly
more than 2 *4 million barrels
a day—2,643,516.
The eight * day producing
pattern for June represents
an increase over May inas-
much as there is an extra day-
in June. This means the state
will be allowed to produce
47,108 mere barrels in June.
Of 12 major oil companies
submitting nominations to tba
commission, six asked for nine
days of production and the
others were split evenly be-
tween seven and eight days.
Independents were Believed in
favot of continuing the eight-
day allowable.
a line from 60 miles southwest
of Abilene to 30 miles north
of Dallas between 3 and 9 p.m.
The alerted zone is bounded
by a line from Gainesville to
Terrell to Menard to Colorado
City to Nocona and along the
Red River to Gainesville,
(continued on page six)
EAST TEXAS — Partly cloudy and
wtttm through Thurstiay. Scattered
thunder>U rm* north port»on tonight.
an<i Thursday otherwia# widely •ens-
ured thurdrrshewer*. Lowest 66 to
74 tonight. Hi>rh«*t W to 90 Thurs-
day .
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS — Part-
ly clcudy and warm through Thunday
with wkkiy wtttend thundcrahowrra.
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS Coa-
atdrrahlr oloudinea* with ucattrrrd
thunder-term, through Thursday.
Thunderstorms locally sever- Red Riv-
er Valley tonight.
NORTHWEST TEXAS Partly
rk'udy lhnugh Thursday with scatter-
ed t hunderstorms.
SOUTHWEST TEXAS — Partly
cloudy and warm through Thursday.
Widely scattered afternoon and night-
time thunderstorms from Pecs* Valley
eastward.
Council Okays
Line Extension
A sewer line extension to
serve an area on the Commerce
highway was authorized by the
city commissioners at a meet-
ing Tuesday night.
Nine of the 12 property
owners in the area have sign-
and Mrs. Homer Mahaffey also
were in attendance at the meet-
ing to support the project.
Strddt* Diacuaawd
Henderson reviewed discus-
sions with members of the
school board concerning pro-
ed an agreement to participate posed street improvements
ip the program, which will cost around the new high school
approximately $5,000, accord-
ing to City Manager Jack
Henderson. ,
The city manager said that
engineering problems must be
studied before plans for the
project are prepared. The proj-
ect may call for a relocation
of a lift station to handle the
sewage.
Henderson said that it would
require about three weeks to
complete the engineering study
before plans for the extension
can be prepared.
Emory (Pete) Wright, rep-
resenting the property owners,
appeared as a spokesman to re-
quest the improvement. Mr.
site. He said approximately
4,500 feet of work is involved
on Lee, Bell and League
streets.
The commissioners gave ap-
proval of the tentative plans
subject to the participation of
the property owners in the
ar«R.
The council is another ac-
tion approved a resolution to
the highway department re-
questing a grade separation in
the vicinity of Texas and/or
League street*. The new reso-
lution is similar to one mpprov
ed by the Hopkins County
Commissioners’ Ceurt.
(Continued on Page Six)
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Frailey, F. W. & Woosley, Joe. The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 118, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 18, 1960, newspaper, May 18, 1960; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth829206/m1/1/?q=MISSOURI%20CITY: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.