Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, October 12, 1962 Page: 1 of 16
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VOL. 92. NO. 42
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Harvey Belcher, Civic
Leader, Buried Saturday
Funeral services were held Sat
urday afternoon from the First
Baptist Church for Harvey Bun-
yan Belcher, 59, Stephenville civic
end political leader who died Fri-
day in the Stephenville Hospital.
Mr. Belcher had been in ill health
for the paat year. He was taken
to the Stephenville Hospital for
.emergency treatment Friday morn-
ing.
Mr. Belcher, the son of Henry
Belcher, Stephenville wholesale oil
dealer, was bom Dec. 12, 1902 in
the Scarboroagh Community in
Erath County. He n^ved to Ste-
phenville in 1916 where he had
lived since that time.
He was associated with his fath-
er in the wholesale oil and gas
business in the early 1920s. He be-
came secretary of former Senator
Carl Hardin in 1926 and lived in
Austin until the early 1940s.
Belcher was prominently identified
with several trade organizations
as special legislative represents-
fiv» fni* a mimhflr nf yparg. He WHS
also associated with Clint Small
in two unsuccessful bids for the
Democratic gubernatorial nomina-
tion.
Belcher has been in Stephenville
since the early 1940s except for
one year of service with the Air
Force during World War II. Since
World War II he has been with
the Humble Oil Co. in Stephen-
ville.
Active Legionnaire
Mr. Belcher was also active in
the American Legion having serv-
ed two terms as commander of
the local post. He was also active
in Erath County Democratic Par-
ty affairs. Mr. Belcher was also a
Mason.
He was married in 1951 to Miss
Hannah Nabors who is presently
a home economist for the Erath
County Rural Electric Coopera-
tive.
the last rites for the Erath County
native.
Besides his widow and father he
is survived by one brother, Ernest
Belcher of Austin; two half-sis-
ters, Miss Norma Ruth Belcher
and Mrs. W. C. Davis of Stephen-
ville and two half-brothers, John
Dewey Belcher of Stephenville and
Orville D. Belcher of Arlington
and his step-mother, Mrs. Henry
Belcher.
Interment was in the West End
Cemetery under the direction of
the Stephenville Funeral Home.
Hundreds of relatives and fri-
ends from every section of Texas
were at the last rites for Mr.
Belcher.
A prominent Stephenville busi-
ness leader praised the unselfish
service of Belcher to his commun-
ity and county, “Harvey Belcher
was always willing to give up him-
self to any project that would help
Stephenville and Erath County.
Rev. Emil V. Becker, pastor of I He will certainly be missed in our
First Baptist Church, conducted 1 community.”
Commissioners Blast
Trial de Nova Proposal
A blast was taken by the Erath
County commissioners court Mon-
day against the proposed "trial de
nova” amendment to the state
constitution which will be voted on
by Texas voters Nov. 6.
Adoption of the amendment
very easily could lead to the end,
for all practical purposes, of any
authority by commissioners
courts, city councils and school
^ boards, Commissioner Roy Fallin
declared. The commissioner said
commissioners courts in all s«
tions of Texas are opposing adop-
tion of the amendment and that
he hag been told city councils over
the state also are joining in the
fight on the amendment.
The strong opposition of the
commissioners court is expressed
in a resolution adopted by the
court. The resolution, less the us-
ual preamble, reads as follows:
“Under this amendment, which
appears as No. 14 on the ballot,
thc legislature would have un-
limited authority to make a mock-
ery of nil orders of our commis
sioners court* by allowing appeals
from them to the courts. Even
though an order was purely ad-
ministrative in nature and an ex-
ecutive function of government,
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Damage Suit
- Filed in 29th
Court Tuesday
A $14, 035 workman’s compen-
sation suit was filed at the office
of District Clerk Grady Daniels
in which W'ayne Eldon Hill of
Brown County is seeking payment
in a lum sum of $35 per week for
401 weeks by the Fidelity & Cas-
ualty Co. of New York for injuries
claimed suffered by Hill when he
was working on a job in Erath
County for the S. A. McHorse
Plumbing & H e a t i n g Co. of
Brown wood.
The suit was filed by Tom Webb
of the Abilene law firm of Webb,
Schulz A Stockes.
The petition claims Hill was in-
jured Jan. 30, 1960 and the In-
ductrial Accident Board of Texas
ordered Sept. 21, 1962 that Hill be
paid $35 per week for 107 weeks
and $17.50 per week for 93 weeks.
The plaintiff’s petition claims
Hill was making $125 per week at
the time of the accident. He asks
that the award by the board be set
aside and that he be paid $35 per
week for 401 weeks in a lump sum.
A jury trial is requested.
Slight Damage
Reported at
Martin Home
Damage was described by fire-
men as being slight when a fire
started around 8:15 a.m. Tuesday
in the bathroom of the C. E.
Martin residence at 839 W. Shir-
leg.. . , ')
A general fire alarm was sound-
ed and firemen managed to ex-
tunguisb the blase before much
damage could be done.
not legislative or judicial, such an | other level of local government, is
appeal could wipe the slate clean, | perfect. Solution of its problems,
completely erasing the order of
the commissioners court and cast-
ing the entire matter into a law-
suit in the courts.
“Not only counties, but all local
self-government, long cherished as
indispensable to our freedom,
could suffer the same grim fate.
For instance, our cities could come
under control of the state courts
rather than locally elected coun-
cils.
“Every school child knows that
our historic system of checks and
balances, the division of govern-
ment into three separate branch-
es — executive, ' legislative and
judicial — has been* vital to pre-
servation of freedom for the in-
dividual in America. Our present
state constitution clearly directs
this separation of powers.
"The “trial de nova” amend-
ment would change all this. The
legislature then could provide that
even a simplest action or ordei
by a commissioners court would
never be final but could be subject
to lengthy litigation in the courts.
"Certainly none of us contend
that county government, or any
however, does not lie in uprooting
and destroying the one principle
in our constitution which has done
most to protect our freedom.”
Discussion and passage of the
resolution constituted the prin-
ciple business of the court for
the day. The court session got off
to a late start as Commissioners
Bob Allen and Drew Mauldin were
delayed getting to Stephenville be-
cause of the heavy rains.
The commissioners had one vis-
itor during the day from far away
West Bengal. The visitor wae Roy
Chowdhury who will spend 11
months in Erath County working
as an assistant county agent. He
was introduced to the court by
County Agent Richard Gary and
Mrs. Helen Pugh, county home de-
monstration agent. Gary explain-
ed to the court that when Chowd-
hury first came to the United
States he held a job in his country
equivalent to the job held here by
District Agent R. G. Burwell.
Since then he has received promo-
tion to a job roughly equivalent
to that of assistant state director
of the Extension Service in Texas.
LOANS
ROY CHOWDHURY
New Agent
Arrives
For Study
Roy Chowdhury of West Be/i
gal, a former province of India, is
due to start work Monday in
Erath County as assistant county
agent under County Agent Ric-
hard Gary and will be in the coun-
ty some 11 months working with
Gary.
Chowdhury is spending a year
in the United States under the
sponsorship of Agency for Inter-
national Development, an agency
in the Department of Agriculture
Gary went to College Station Fri
day to meet the visitor from West
Bengal and was to bring the vis-
itor to Stephenville Saturday.
Erath County is the one county of
the 254 counties in Texas chosen
ns the best place for Chowdhury
to receive the training he need.:
to carry on his agricultural work
in West Bengal.
Chowdhury, 42, speaks excel-
lent EngHah. H* received his
Bachelor of Science degree from
the University of Dacca in 1941
and his Bachelor of Agriculture
degree from the Bengal Agricul-
tural Institute in 1944.
While he is in Erath County
Chowdhury will pay particular at-
tention to such things as the or-
ganization and work of 4-H Club.-
and the community improvement
programs. He will use the infor-
mation he obtains to go back to
West Bengal and train agricultur-
al workers to go into the village*
and pass on the training at the
village level.
County Begins Cleanup
After Shower Damages
Huckabay Area
Gets 5-Inches
Deposits Up Over
3-Month Period
Statements made by 17 state
and national banks in the Ste-
phenville area the past week ir
response to state and national
bank calls furnish solid evidence
that by no stretch of the imagi-
nation can the Stephenville areu
be referred to as a distressed and
depressed area.
A comparison of the statements
issued thc past week, which were
statements of condition as of at
the close of business Sept. 28, with
the statements issued last year as
of at the close of business Sept.
27, 1961, show deposits well over
the figures for last year.
Here in Erath County with three
banks in the eounty the total of
deposits is up more than $1,500,-
000 over last year, up $1,532,917.36
to be exact.
Palo Pinto County’s six banks
show a total gain of $1,969,637.10
in deposits over the Sept. 27, 1961,
figure. The three banks in Coman-
che County racked up a total in-
crease in deposits of $1,873,437.27
over the deposits of a year ago.
Hamilton County, also with three
banks, showed a gain of $1,100,-
481.05 in deposits over a year ago.
Somervell County showed a slight
drop in deposits under those of a
year ago but the drop was less
than $60,000.
The bank statement figures are
an indication that while the past
year may not have been the beat
business year in history for the
Stephenville area, still it was a
good year business-wise.
Listed below are the deposit and
loan figures of the banks as of the
close of business Sept. 28 com-
pared with the figures of Sept. 27,
1961.
ERATH COUNTY — DEPOSITS
Sept. 28, 1962
Farmers First National $8,092,079.75
Stephenville State 5,737,758.46
Dublin National 4,202,805.69
Stephenville Savings & Loan 5,763,061.63
Rain began pounding down on Erath County sometime after
midnight Sunday and continued to pound down most of the day
Monday sending water over highways in places to halt traffic
for a time and washing out some bridges on county roads.
By 8:15 a.m. Monday 2.82 inches
of rain had fallen in Stephenville
and another 1.88 inches fell until
8 a.m. Tueaday to bring the total
fall in the city to 4,20 inches, ac-
cording to rainfall records kept at
the Farmers First National Bank
by Vernon Bromley.
The heaviest fall reported to
The Empire wae at Morgan Mill
where 7.35 inches had fallen un-
til 8:80 a-m. Tuesday and rain was
starting to fall again. Morgan
Mill reported a bridge washed out
at Sap Oak.
The three highway patrolmen
stationed in Stephenville — high-
way Patrol Sergeant A. A. Eggen
and Highway. Patrolmen Mike
Roach, Other
Officers Take
Bank Robber
Texas Ranger George Roach of
Stenhanville. Sheriff C. F. Stub-
blefield of Mills County and other
officers in the Goldthwaite area
captured a 19-year-old youth
Tuesday in a pasture five miles
southwest of Goldthwaite who is
accused of robbing the Mills Coun-
ty State Bank at Goldthwaite
Monday. *
Charges of armed robbery have
been filed against Eldon. G. Comer
ot Abilene. ; f
Officers said Corner, whs armed
with a .22 cal. Ruger automatic
and some eight shots were ex-
changed with Comer before he
was captured. t 1
W. P. Duren, president of the
bank, said some $400 in cash and seven hours
$2,000 in checks wens recovered rick, nuriitb
Watkins and Dhvid Coffee —- were
out bn the' highways during thc
day and intg the night keeping a
closa eye on danger spots
motorists and keying fflbi
posted on travel conditions.
Traffic on Highway 108 north
of Huckabay was blocked for some
and Joe Dei
C.D.Woods,
91, Services
In Dublin
DUBIJN (Spl.) — Carey Dar-
lington (Uncle Hun) Woods form-
er Purves community rancher died
Thursday in the Golden Age
Rest Home here.
Mr. Woods had lived in. and
near the Purves Community for
the past 71 years and was beleived
to be the community's oldest resi-
dent.
Born November 3, 1869 in Co-
manche County he had been en-
gaged in ranching and cattle buy-
ing until his retirement several
year8 *8°- His wife preceded him
in death in 1961.
Funeral services for the Erath
County pioneer will be held Friday
afternoon at 2 o’clock frpm the
home here,
survived by five
A. C. WooiI-
He, Elmer and
Dublin/. C. D.
; two daughters,
igsworth of Ste-
phenville and Mrs. Avis Mr Gann
of Odessa; 19 grandchildren; S3
great-grandchildren and 2 great-
great grandchildren.
Sept. 27, 1961
$6,928,364.70
5,086,777.69
3,976,041.23
5,514,699.26
(March 26, 1962)
COMANCHE COUNTY — DEPOSITS
Comanche National 3,782,288.96 3,083,642.62
State National, Comanche 3,187,989.64 2,486,148.50
Farmers & Merchants, DeLeon 3,466,006.26 2,600,316.62
SOMERVELL COUNTY — DEPOSITS
First National. Glen Rose 1,754,987.33 1,800,720.77
PALO PINTO COUNTY — DEPOSITS
First National, Mineral Wells 8,998,880.72 7,654,686.33
City National, Mineral Wells 6,718,521.26 6.134.074.42
First National, Gordon 1,473,961.52 1,607,189.54
First National, Graford 531,304.79 628.286.28
First National, Santo 760,756.54 733,171.24
First Strawn National 1,382,689.55 1,344,069.47
HAMILTON COUNTY — DEPOSITS
First National, Hico 1,896.923.66 1,830,429.27
Hamilton National 3,815,169.44 3,233,929.32
Perry National, Hamilton 3,622,580.62 3,163,834.07
HOOD COUNTY — DEPOSITS
First National, Lipan 646,697.27 654,027.67
KRATH COUNTY — LOANS
Farmers First National 4,139,482.92 3,300,696.39
Stephenville State 2,274,962.84 , 2,224,374.37
Dublin Natitnal 1,848,961.78 1,616,489.39
COMANCHE COUNTY — LOANS
Comanche National 1,107,966.52 933,523.59
State National, Comanche 754,509.41 687,030.63
Farmers & Merchants, DeLeon 1,246,793.95 1,125,623.82
SOMERVELL COUNTY — LOANS
First National, Glen Rose 516,714.84 523,633.32
PALO PINTO COUNTY — LOANS
First National, Mineral Wells 4,226,728.93 3,787.678.92
City National Mineral Wells 2,677,276.63 2,696,672.84
First National, Gordon 394,621.93 372,663.57
First National, Graford 270,615.68 268,456.27
First National, Santo 412,643.84 344.019.17
First Strawn National 781,624.63 660,712.67
HAMILTON COUNTY — LOANS
First National, Hico 884,742.42 776,271.77
Hamilton National 1,588,574.08 1,607,217.06
Perry National, Hamilton 1,293,650.61 1,238,657.73
HOOD COUNTY — LOANS
First National, Lipan 238,136.02 233,665.69
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SCREWWORM ERADICATION WEEK — The week of October
14 20 has been designated Screwworm Eradication Week by Gover-
nor Price Daniel. This week climaxes the efforts of Southwestern
livestock producers and sportsmen to raise $14 million to be used
to rid Texas and the Southwest of this costly livestock pest that
does an estimated annual damage of $100 million. The program en-
tails the production and release of sterile screwworm flies over
infested areas, yrhich results in infertile eggs and eventual eradi-
cation. Mr. Charles Neblett, Jr., is the Erath County chairman of
the animal health committee, which is spearheading the local drive.
SCREWWORM PROGRAM
Erath Stockmen Asked
.#*
To Support Eradication
“A screwworm-free Southwest
will cost an estimated $12 mil-
lion,” Mr. Charles Neblett, Jr.,,
chairman of the county animal
health committee, reported this
week.
Of this, livestock producers and
sportsmen will raise $3 million
and the rest will come from State
and Federal sources, Mr. Neblett
said.
The Screwworm Eradication
Program entails the release of
sterile screwworm flies by air-
planes. Thc sterile male flies mate
with naturally-occurring females,
thus producing infertile eggs. The
program is a cooperative venture
of the U. S. Department’ of Agri-
culture, the Texas Animal Health
Commission, the Southwest Ani-
mal Health Research Foundation
and agencies in other Southwest-
ern States.
Mr. Neblett outlined the expen-
ditures that Hre required to wipe
out the livestock pest that does
an estimated annual damage of
$100 million. From February 14,
1962 — when thc first sterile
screwworm flies were released in
Texas — until July 1,- a total of
$1,850,000 was spent.
Program officials expect ex-
penditures of $4,700,000 during
the year July I,= 1962 to June 30,
1963. Broken down, this amounts
to nearly $1 million for meat,
blood and honey to raise the
sterile screwworm flies at Mis-
sion, Texas; $550,000 for fly dis-
persal- $2,050,000 for salaries end
travel; and $1,100,000 for plant
i maintenance, utilities and other
services. ... . ...... i
After July 1, 1963^ officials an-
ticipate a cost of $5,450,000 for
final eradication and establishing
of a barrier zone which will keep
files from entering the United
States from Mexico.
Mr. Neblett said that if pro-
ducers contribute on a basis of 50
cents for each head of dairy and
beef animal and 10 cents per head
of swine, sheep and goats, the
remainder can easily be raised.
Those who have supported the
program to date are:
Farmers First National Bank,
Geo. L. Martin, E. L. Rhoadee, Jr,
H. S. Foster, Charles Neblett, Jr.,
J. O. Huffman, C. C. Sewell, Por-
ter Farms, Jack English, R. L.
Kenny, Rex Stephens, Henry Bel-
cher, C-Bar Ranch, G. D. Everett
A Sons, Simon Jorgenson, Cecil
G. Ford, Hugh McCleskey, W. L.
(Continued On Page Eight)
World War 1 Veterans
; H.-. f to **., - •«..*
Plan Convention Here
World War I veterans and their
wives from 14 counties are due
to start arriving in Stephenville
Saturday afternoon for the Dis-
trict 17 convention of the Vet-
erans of World War I to be held
in the city recreation building
Saturday night and Sunday. Ste-
phenville's Barracks No. 588 and
the auxiliary will be the hosts for
the convention. ^
The Saturday night session will
open at 7:30 p.m. with Homer
Fidler, barracks commander, ex-
tending greetings to the visitors.
Tommy Lochridge, manager of
the Stephenville Chamber \ of
Commerce, will extend greetings
from the citizens of Stephenville.
Following the brief ' welcomes
there will be a sing-song and am-
htaur bour. Race
trict chaplain, George T. McBeth
of Rotan will conduct the memor-
ial service. At the end of the
morning session those registered
will have dinner in the dining
room of Mel'e Cafe.
The afternoon session will in-
clude talks by District Judge W.
J. Oxford of Stephenville and
John Sagray of San Antohio, state
commander. The program also
will include musical numbers
selected by C. V. Head.
Counties in the 17th district are
Callahan, Comanche, Eastland,
Erath, Fisher, Hamilton, Jones.
Nolan Palo Pinto, Parkar, Scurry,
Shackleford, Stephens and Taylor.
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COMPLETES BASIC
Kenneth Ray Hook, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charle. Hook of 1*90 N.
Race recently completed basic
training at thc NSNTC, San
Diego, Calif., as a hospltol appren-
Island
SBiwnyp
United Fund Will Start
Town Area Solictitation
With the advance gifts
out-of-town divisions of the Ste-
phenville United Fund campaign
to raise $10,860 for 11 ageneies
to carry on their work dnring
the next year well launched plans
are now being made for the email
buaineee and professional division
phase of the campaign to bo
launched Monday,'Oct. 15, Byron
Singleton, campaign chairman,
said Saturday.
The campaign chairman said
within a short time banners and
placards will start appaaring In
show windows of the city point-
ing out that uthe time is nigh.”
Those responsible for distribut-
ing and placing the placards ere
Garland Loudermilk, Elton La-
tham, Don Couraey and Thurman
Fitzgerald.
The Stephenville Junior .Cham-
ber of Commerce wiU put the us-
ual enthusiasm of
work by erecting a
metar on the square
show the
professional division
ssrss1
camnaiffrt in
I n nn iMwf
ployees. He will be assisted by
Ewell Jones, T. B. Lumaden and
i wfcl
and be assisted by E. M. Anderson,
Harlan Huey, James Andersoi.,
Arlie Brown, W. N. Brown, Art
Anderson, Gene Portar, Wilbert
I
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being' made
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TOP FFA AWARD — Ralph
Moser Stephenville High vocat-
ional ag. teacher and President
of Texas FFA Teacher. Assoc-
iation. WiU receive the A
Fanner Award hi
City at National
tion. John Hampton,
dont will accompany 1
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