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Page 2, Taylor Daily Press, Monday, December 11, 1961
Only car with the best features
of big cars and compacts
The beautiful balance between big cars and compacts
Longer than compacts ... shorter than big cars
HANDLES LIKE A COMPACT... ROOMY AS A BIG CAR!
EQUALS THE ROOM in most big cars.
A six-passenger car without qualifi-
cation. The vacation-size trunk (31.5
cu. ft.) actually tops some big cars.
TURNS, PARKS, HANDLES like a com-
pact. Turning radius is: 19% ft.
Wheelbase: 116% inches. Over-all
length: 203.8 inches. Yet inside it . . .
PRICED LIKE A COMPACT... LUXURIES OF A BIG CAR!
DE LUXE APPOINTMENTS, even the driv-
ing convenience of an ammeter and
oil-pressur'e gauge. Power steering
and power brakes are also available.
LOW INITIAL PRICE like compacts—
actually below several. Yet the new
Meteor is quality-built throughout,
so luxurious in every detail, it has ...
SAVES LIKE A COMPACT... PERFORMS LIKE A BIG CAR!
TWO THRIFTY ENGINES to choose from. A BEAUTIFUL BALANCE between power
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Keep Stores Safe
Fire Marshal Urges
Retail merchants can keep | To permit rapid evacuation il
their stores fire safe and avoid
possibility of costly damage to
their stocks and buildings by fol
lowing a few safety lips this hoii
day season.
Fire Marshal Johnnie Haemik
points out that the National Board
of Fire Underwriters states that
the fire potential of a store may-
be sharply reduced by disposing
cf shipping cartons as soot as
goods are unpacked.
Back rooms and upstairs stor-
age should be cleared of such
materials daily.
Here are a few other important
rules:
Smoking should be permitted
only in specially designated areas
(this applies both to the public
and employees).
Bartlett OES
Holds Yule Party
BARTLETT, Dec. 11 (Spl) —
OES members of the local organi-
zation held their annual Christ-
mas party and observed the gold-
en anniversary in the Masonic-
Hall Monday night with Mrs.
Pat Patterson, Mrs. Bena Braun
and, Miss Martha Schrock in
charge of the decorations, Mrs.
Z. R. Rannals and Mrs. Ethel
Lynn, refreshments.
At the entrance of .the hall was
a table decorated with holly, mis-
tletoe and a large Santa.
The u-shaped table was high
lighted with a gold flower cake
centered with a gold' taper, mis-
tletoe was placed at intervals.
The Christmas tree was trim-
med with gold bells, balls and
gold lights. Mrs. Ethel Lynn dis-
tributed the gifts.
Miss Martha Schrock gave a
history of the organization.
fire strikes, aisles and exits should
be kept clear.
A plan should be drawn on
what to do if fire strikes. Clerks
should be instructed, on how to
handle fire extinguishers and oth-
er equipment that may be used
for the control of small fires.
However ,every employee should
be instructed to call the fire de-
partment the moment a fire
starts, no matter hew small it
may be.
Only _ non-flamable decorations
or at least slow-burning materials
should be used in retail establish-
ments, and decorations should be
kept away from electric light
bulbs.
And new wiring installed’ in con-
nection with decorations should be
done by qualified electricians.
When extra electric lights are
added in connection with Christ-
mas decorating make certain
that the electric circuits are not
overloaded.
If you are using a metal Christ-
mas tree this year, the National
Board of Fire Underwriters rec-
ommends that you use off-the-
tree lighting with colored lights
to give a softer and more beau-
tiful illumination.
Placing strings of Christmas
lights upon any metal tree sets
up the possibility of electric
shock if the ccrd becomes frayed
or the interior of a light socket
comes in contact with the tree.
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Sharp School
Slates Holidays
PROMOTED— The Department
of Air Science at Southwest
Texas State College announces
the promotion of Cadet Howard
E. Teichelman to the rank of
Cadet A/3C in the Air Force
ROTC.
Day by Day
Area Pupils
Scholarship
Candidates
SHARP, Dec. 11 (Spl) — The
Christmas holidays for the Sharp
School will begin when classes are
dismissed Wednesday Dec. 20,
and students will return to class-
es Jan. 2.
TOP BUY
OF f HI W1IIC
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WAFFLE SYRUP
24 OZ. BOTTLE
(Limit11 with other Purchase)
CLIP THIS AD AND REDEEM FOR
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GOOD THROUGH SATURDAY, DEC. 16th
LOUIE MUELLER
COMPLETE FOOD STORE
TAYLOR
Monday '
7:30 p.m. Ladies Auxiliary
VFW will have regular monthly-
meeting at VFW Home.
Tuesday
9 a.m. Mary Circle to meet
with Mrs. M. H. Teggeman.
9:30 a.m. Circle VII, First Meth-
odist Church, to meet with Mrs.
Jack Sorenson.
11 a.m. Circle No. 1 of the
First Presbyterian Church will
meet at the church for a lunch-
eon with Mrs. I. A. Shepherd as
hostesses.
11 a.m. Circle No. 2 of the
First Presbyterian Church will
meet at the church for a lunch-
eon with Mrs. Fred Tschirgi as
hostess.
3 p.m. Circle 2, First Methodist
Church, meets with Mr s. Lee
Lawrence Sr.
6:30 p.m. Circle No. 4 of the
First Presbyterian Chirch will
meet for a Christmas dinner with
Mrs. Joe Burruss as hostess.
7 p.m. Circle VI, First Metho-
dist Church, to hold Christmas
dinner in J. V.. Stiles home.
7 p.m. Ruth Circle to meet with
Mrs. Albert Richter Jr.
7 p.m. Rebecca and' Priscilla
Circles to hold family night at
St. Paul Lutheran Center.
7 p.m. Hannah Circle to meet
with Mrs. Marvin Stoll.
7 p.m. Sunday School staff of
St. Paul Lutheran Church to be
honored at supper at Rudy’s Cafe.
7:30 p.m. A&M Mothers Club
Christmas party in Van Slagle
home.
Wednesday
9:15 a.m. Martha Circle tc
meet with Mrs. R. W. Sherley
9:30 a.m .Circle V, First Metho-
dist Church, to meet with Mrs.
Leo Livingston:
9:30 a.m. Circle V, First Metho-
dist Church, to meet with Mrs.
John Allen.
4 p.m .Wednesday Music Club
meets in First Methodist Church.
6:30 p.m. Junior choir of St.
Paul Lutheran Church to meet.
7:30 p.m. Senior choir of St.
Paul Lutheran Church to meet.
7:30 p.m. Boy Scouts of St.
Paul Lutheran Church to meet.
Thursday
2:45 p.m. Coffee hour for West
End PTA.
3:10 p.m. West End PTA meets
in school lunch room.
7 p.m. Christmas party in Amer-
Two graduating seniors Iron
Thrall High School and one Iron
Thorndale High School are com
peting this year with 18 othei
irea students for the $2,500 A1
:oa Foundation Scholarship, ac-
cording to H. D. Maxwell, Milam
County Superintendent of Schools.
Those two from Thrall art
Harry Caesar, son of Mr. anc'
Mrs. Fred A. Caesar; and Harvey
Kaase, son of Mr. and Mrs
Edmond II. Kaase.
From Thorndale is Sandra Tow
ery, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
R. M. Towery.
Maxwell is chairman of the
Selection Board, made up of
school superintendents from local
high schools, who select the stu-
dent winning the coveted four
year award.
The 21 students competing foi
the scholarship met last Thurs-
day night to fill out applications
for the scholastic .aptitude test
which they will take January 13
at The University of Texas.
Other students in the running
for the scholarship are: Pal
Curtis, Evelyn LeQuire, Collier
Perry, Rob Peterson, John Frank
lin, Faye Holliman, Larry Smith,
and Linda Williams, all of Rock-
dale.
Dan Wesley Brashear, Frances
Marie Jackson, Lanette Elaine
Laffere, Joyce Ann Terry, Doris
Ruth Terry, and Gwendolyn Jo
Zawadzke, all of Cameron.
Kenneth Tharp of Caldwell;
Linda Ray Cotten of Milano; Ro-
bert Rowland, Jr. of Lexington,
and Sammie Koudelka of Dime
Box.
The winner of the Alcoa Foun-
dation Scholarship will be named
by the board next spring after
results of the January tests are
received, Maxwell said. Students
are judged on scholastic achieve-
ment and promise and such per-
sonal qualities as character and
leadership, and results of the col-
lege entrance tests.
Lights to Shine Thursday
To Open Yule Door Event
Young Artists
Display Work
Lights go on for the annual
Christmas door contest spnsorea
by the Taylor Garden Club at 6
).m. Thursday of this week, and
everyone is invited to drive oul
md see the 1961 version of the
contest.
Entries have come in slowly,
hut this is true to the pattern
rf other years, a number due tc
come in Monday and Tuesday
cf this week.
2 Local Men
Study Farming
Two officials of the Austin Pro-
duction Assn., David Gault of Ma-
nor and Andrew P. Prude of
Georgetown, have been appointed
to the “Blackland Committee,” a
group of leaders in agriculture
and allied industries named by
Texas A&M College’s School of
Agriculture to study ways to ele-
vate agricultural economy in the
blacklands area of Texas.
Gault is a director of the Aus-
tin Credit Assn, and is president
of the Mid-Tex Milk Producers
Association of Austin. Prude is
manager of the Georgetown of-
fice of the home-owned and oper-
ated agricultural credit organiza-
tion.
The blacklands committee will
supervise a long range program
entitled ‘‘Operation Blackland In-
come Growth,” in Which they will
seek various ways and methods
of raising agricultural income in
the 40-county blackland area.
Committee activities will include
a revision of the committee’s
Deadline for mailing the entries
s noon, Tuesday, because a full
list of the entries is to be pub-
lished' in the Taylor Daily Press
Thursday afternoon. This list
will include addresses.
The doors will be judged by
out of town judges, who are ra-
ted highly in the Garden Club
flower show judges groups. •
The point system MU be used,
divided among carrying out ot
the theme; balance; lighting, and
general beauty.
The theme is determined by the
type of door selected, whether
traditional, religious, or modem.
Blue ribbons will be awarded in
each of the categories.
Mrs, Roy Kirkpatrick, chairman
for this year, has said that
everything is in readiness for the
judging and hopes for a large
number of entries to be posted,
but no later than noon Tuesday.
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Yule Door Entry
Deadline Tuesday
Round Rock Man y
Gets Promotion
Tuesday noon is the deadline
for posting entries in the annual
Christmas door contest, judging
to be done Thursday, starting at
6 p.m.
The entries are to be mailed
to Box 406 at the post office,
and should tell the name and ad-
dress of the contestants plus the
category in which the door is to
be judged.
Three categories for blue rib-
bons are listed: traditional, reli
gious. and modern.
Young artists of Taylor held
their first exhibit of this semes-
ter at the Robertson Studio, 1319
Grace Avenue, on Dec. 7.
These students are broadening
their range of appreciation of
beauty and seeeking enjoyment
in the development of ''creative
expressions at a time when they
are most receptive.
Featured in the Christmas door
paintings were nine students whe
created door - size and hald door-
size seasonal expressions from
madonnas to snow men, in enam-
el paint.
These students are Johnny Lee
Bartek, Connie Cutchei1, Debbie
Daniel, Jessica Harkins, Susan
Schwenker, Susan Sutton, Debra
Sue Stem, Jeanette Fails and La-
na Sue Cain.
There were 33 oil paintings
shown and those working in this
media were Debbie Daniel, Susan
Schwenker, Susan Sutton, Connie
Cutcher, Johnny Lee Bartek, Jea-
nette Fails, Joyce Daniel, Susan
Stem, Lana Sue Cain, Jessica
Harkins, Douglas Minzenmayer,
Cynthia Mares, and Betty Carol
Mares, Bill Wylie, Clare Elaine
Wylie, and Ray Robertson who
placed two panels on burnished
copper.
Lana Sue Cain and Debbie Dan-
iel placed aquantints and Clevia
Hays showed a water color and
ompera.
Members of all casses had the
study of Gothic and; stained win-
dows. These were done in wa-
ter color and tempera, showing-
design and related colors.
Many charcoals were exhibit-
ed from all of the classes, also
hand-decorated Christmas wrap-
FORT BLISS, Tex. — Roberto
Torres, whose wife, Angela, and
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pablo Tor-
res, live at 505 Burnet St., Round
Rock, Tex., recently was promo-
ted to sergeant at Fort Bliss,
Tex., where he is a member of
the 261st‘Signal Company.
A pole lineman in the company,
Sergeant Torres entered the Ar-
my in January 1959 and completed
basic training at Fort Chaffee,
Ark.
The 22-year-old soldier attended
Round Rock High School, arid was
employed by the Round Rock
White Lime Company before en-
tering the Army.
HD Club Holds
Christmas Party
TRACCY, Dec. 11 (Spl) — Mtsj
Ralph Caffey was hostess f
the Tracy-Duncan Home Demon
stration Club’s Christmas part,-
Wednesday. Mrs. Lenza Caffey.
shared hostess duties.
A tall pine Christmas tree high-
lighted the decorations. Other dec-,
orations were in keeping with the
holiday season.
Mrs. Joe Brown directed the
game period and gifts were ex-
changed..
Refreshments were served.
m
SEEKS APPEALS POST
TYLER (ff> — Dist. Judge Otis
Dunagan said Saturday he will
be a candidate for the Court of
Criminal Appeals.
pings, free-brush cards, and exam-
ples of spatter painting.
ican Legion Hall.
7:30 p.m. WSCS Circle III of
the Tenth Street Methodist Church
will meet with Mrs. T. W. Holm-
strom.
Saturday
9 a.m. Junior confirmation of
St. Paul Lutheran Church.
10 a.m. Christmas program
practice at St. Paul Lutheran
Church.
10:15 a.m. Senior confirmation
at St. Paul Lutheran Church.
guidelines document, the produc-
tion of program aids, a familiar-
ization program for agricultural
workers and other key leaders on
a county-wide basis and the ex-
pansion and development of new
action programs.
Other Production Credit Asso-
ciation representatives serving on
the committee include Lin War-
than, general manager of the Cor-
sicana Production Credit Asso-
ciation, Fred Shaw of Ferris and
Roy Scudday of Fort Worth, state
PCA public relations director.
Heading the committee activi-
ties is R. E. Patterson, dean of
agriculture at Texas A&M.
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ATTLEE IMPROVES
LONDON CP)— Doctors report-
ed today that the former British
Premier Earl Attlee continues to
improve after grave stomach
trouble and a heart attack last
week.
BUSINESS AND FARM REVIEW
0.1. Johnson lire Service Can Handle
Vulcanizing of Largest Size Tires
0. E, Johnson Tire Service,
200 West. Third, now offers com-
plete and expert vulcanizing ser-
vice for all sizes of tires.
The firm is now able to handle
everything from the smallest pas-
senger ear tires, including those
of the compacts to the largest
tractor tires, including diesel
tractor tires and road maintain-
mce tires.
With their new Vulcan Mach-
ines imported from Canada O.E.
Phnson Tire Service can handle
Rent, Hire, Sell
with
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four larger tire sizes than they
have ever been able to handle
before. The new machines will
expertly vulcanize tires with
cross sections up to 18% inches.
O. E. Johnson is proud of the
new machines and invites every-
one from throughout the area
with tire repair problems to take
advantage of their on-the-farm
service, or to bring their tires
to their spacious building at 20C
West Third Street in Taylor.
The Taylor firm can repair in-
nertubes on the farm. They loan
farmers tires when it’s necessary
to bring theirs in for repairs. Or
they will trade for new tires on
the farm.
Wheel balancing is another spe-
cialty of O. E. Johnson Tire
Service. The firm offers expert
service for all passenger cars, in-
cluding the compacts.
O. E. Johnson also has a com-
plete stock of nylon reliners for
tractor tires, another part of the
firm’s on-the-farm service, if de-
sired.
See O. E. Johnson Tire Service
for complete vulcanizing and
wheel balancing and any other
tire needs.
TELEPHONE
TALK
by C L Carson, Manager
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Just 12 more days to Christmas. Are you ready?..
It seems like every one in Taylor is busier than
ever this year with holiday plans.
Each year people discover new ways to ex-
press the way they feel at Christmas. It’s a wonder-
ful and exciting time when folks everywhere add
new expressions of good will to the traditional Spirit
of Christmas.
Yet, over the years, nothing has ever quite
replaced the satisfaction of personally exchanging
greetings with loved ones and friends at Christmas.
This helps explain the growth of a modern-day
Christmas tradition: the Long Distance phone call.
Beginning on Christmas Eve, and throughout Christ-
mas day, some 16 million people exchange greet-
ings by Long Distance.
In making holiday calls, here’s an idea that will
help you extend the joy of Christmas over the en-
tire holiday season. Place your Long Distance calls
station-to-station instead of person-to-person. This
way you can make almost three calls for the price
of two. You save even more when you call on Sun-
days or after 6 p.m. on weekdays. And, if you space
your calls over the whole Christmas season, you’ll
find that each one seems to renew your holiday
spirit and pleasure.
Whenever you call, your call will go through
faster when you use the area code number for the
out-of-town phone you wish to reach. These num-
bers are listed in the telephone directory.
TIP FOR LAST MINUTE SHOPPERS
If you’re still looking for an extra special sur-
prise for that favorite person on your Christmas
list, I suggest you call our office and ask about
our Phoneland suggestions.
You’ll find a host of telephone services that are
sure to please . . . extension phones in color for
any room in the house. Wall phones' for the kitchen
or den . . . table models and the handsome Prin-
cess phone for bedrooms and living areas of the
home. Mother, wife or daughter will be delighted
with such a thoughtful and personal surprise. So
will the men.
With each order for a Christmas phone, you’ll
receive a miniature toy phone in an attractive box
to place under the tree.' Why not stop by or call
our business office this week and let us help you
make just the .right selection?
HOLIDAY GREETINGS
I’d like to take this opportunity, on behalf of
all of us here at the telephone company, to extend
our very best wishes to you and each member of
your family for this holiday season. Have a MERRY
CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Call by number. twice at fast.
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY
(Offer not valid where lotteries are prohibited by state Or local regulations.)
H.A. WILSON MOTOR COMPANY
421 TAL-ROT STREET
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