Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, October 12, 1962 Page: 2 of 16
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and- reverent set vice.
STEPHENVILLE
FUNERAL
HOME
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, mag
Lecil Tidwell, Sunday. " i Linda visited My. and Mrs. H. W.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rogers of; Hare and the Wells family Thurs-
Granbury visited Mr. and Mrs. > day.
Lecil Tidwell over the weekend Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hate visited
! and Mr. ana Mrs. T. J. Wells on her parents, Mr. ahd Mrs. Guy
I Sunday evening. Woods over the weekend
Marie Chisum of Stephenville
visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Wells, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Stray Reed and
children of Axle visited his par-
ents, Mr. ahd Mrs. Mae Reed over
the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Wells and
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Wells went to
Councils Have
Panel Meeting
Twenty-eight Student Council
Bills Jai
weekend
Owens, 82, died Monday
morning in the Stephenville Hos
pital where he had been'a patient
for the past three weeks.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternooh at 2:30 from
the Graham Street Ckureh of
Christ with Minister Dali Anders
conducting the services.
Born April 19, 1886 in Erath
County, Mr. Owens had lived in
and near 8tephenvi!le ail of his
life. He was a member of the
have gotten two and one j Graham Street Church of Christ
Mr. and Mrs. Billy /ack Hare
and children had a few days off ih
Fort Worth and visited Mr. and
Mrs. jack Hare. Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Hare went fishing last
i .
Mrs. N. E. McGuire ws hostess
to the Clairette Home Demonstra-
Arts, formally opened with a Gala, jde> t0 use international com- '
Concert and a full week of out- munications for peace. Jdinow Mrs. McGuire directed the re-
standing orchestral festivities. So- saW „We were the firit t» ladnch j creation, a word contest won by
an idea into space, and ideas out-1 Mrs. Golightly.
loists from opera and concert field
added color and brilliance to the;
inaugural programs
magnificent edifice.
in this hew,
half inches of rain. , and had served as an Elder for
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Wells and several years.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Elston had: He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
supper Sunday evening with Mr. i Casaie Owens; two sons, Herman
and Mrs. Dun Biiui.
The New York Philharmonic
Orchestra will occupy the 2,646
seat hall as its seasons require.
Unusual design features include
138 reflective acoustical panels
of Stephenville and Rex j suspended from the ceiling. These
live men. Holl call was naswered with
j The first transatlantic telecasts] “Why I Am at Club Today.’
j via the TeUtar Satellite, he said, i Following the report of the sec-
signaled an immediate need for retary, Mrs. Johnson reported the
the television industry ip this \ council meeting
countfy to establish a working re-
lationship with European brp#d-
casters.--—-
. Owens_____r___r______ ___
Mr. «nd Mrs. Rudolph Elston Owens of Fort Worth; two step-j are referred to as “Clouds,” which
and children of Shamrock visited 8ong( Wayne Fenner of Stephen-: can be “turned” to assure an al-
Mr. and Mrs. Don Sims Sunday. ville and Robert Fenner of Fort most perfect acoustical setting for
Mr. W. C. Huffman of Fort Worth- one step-daughter, Mrs | the various performances.
and luncheon.
Mrs. Golightly explained the 14
amendments to be voted on Nov.
a. also gave a program en Fail
Flower Arrangements.
Refresehments were Served by
the hostess to Mines. H. K. Self,
“The magnificent success” of
the first live international tele-
vision program relayed by Telitar
.will undoubtedly inspire greater) Chance Sterling, Frank Johnson,
cooperation and a continued J Arthur Auveymann, J, O. Edwards,
search for new ways to work tc- j John Golightly, George Leden, II.
gether. 1 G. Wolfe, and John WiUis.
Oil Belt 12th Annual Convention Mrs. Wells.
at Abilene High School, Abilene, j -
Texas, Saturday, October 6. David j _ , . —, .
Cook, president of the Stephen- Ogt. ullUth 1 &K0S
HUCKABAY
j ville High School Student Council, » « ,« ,
presided at the meeting. The j .rVlTlDnlDlOllS
Training
By MRS. DON LAWSON
We are glad to report a fine
rain which fall in these parts Sun-
day night and Monday to the
amount of seven inches. The farm-
theme of the convention was “It j
Can Be Done.” In the morning
session.Dr. John C. §tevens, As-
sistant President of “Abilene Chris-
Interment was in the West
Rockefeller 111 were hosts to Mrs.
**»•*»« k.™*, » op.™,.
of Trewitt-Reed Funeral Home.
FORT HOOD, TEX. (AHTNC)
— Army Sgt., Kenneth E. G.
■ Visitors in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Lowe recently were
all their children. They are Mr.
and Mrs. Bcbby Lowe of Arling-; ... ,. ,
Wanda Bradford and' *roup* *h,ch e"abled t*em
Dean, Leonard i “■* ^ck nfw, ,dea* * usfd
World War One
Auxiliary Plans
For Convention
night. Our. First Lady looked r
beautiful and regal in a dramatic
evening gown, with .jet beaded
bodice of black velvet, and a bell-
shaped skirt of apricot satin.
ton, Mrs
Ut-s won’t have to want for stock! F^WorthTnd > * their stud«nt councUa’
tian College, gave an informative | Smith> whose wife Ruth liv#g jn
talk in keeping with the theme.! giuff Dale, Tex., recently complef-1
After his address the students at-| ^ tw0 wee^s 0f amphibious train vvar 1 vexerans met luesu»J »»'■ t realization or a moaern ana ex-
mg lWith other members of the 2d! jjjj. nidSt | Artl™* f°r ^
held inspection of membership Newton N. Minow, Chairman of
tended varied student discussion
| The towering travertine col-
| umns of Philharmonic Hall are
The Ladies Auxiliary of the j giving New Yorkers and visitors
Stephenville Barracks of World | from all over the world, a visual
War I Veterans me$. Tuesday eve- {realization of a modern and ex-
water new for awhile. A
ig .with
Armored Division st Little Creek
Va.
Sergeant Smith was trained in
In the
ESI*' = ISu SSI I
several schools entertained. The
rain was badly needed here. Some, - , , _
few bridges were washed out and :son- Jam,;s of Dallas-
the highways were impaksable for j Donna White, who is attending
some time Monday. We don’t know j college in Fort Worth was home
the extend of damages but hope
not too bad.
Mrs. W. J. Lowe had as visitors
aver the weekend her son and
family. Mr. and Mrs. James Lowe,
Daymond and Danice of Arling-
ton. and her great-grandson Mike !
over the weekend with her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Forbes White.
She attended services at the
Church of Christ Sunday. An-
other visitor at the church was
Mrs. Roy Tate.
The Future Homemakers and
Blum of Fort Worth. He also vis-I Future Farmers enjoyed a trip to
ited his grandparents, Mr .and I the Dallas Fair Saturday, Oct. 6.
Mrs. J. T. Philips. j Mrs. W. C. Nix. Mrs. Ruth
Visitors in the home of Mr. and [ Copeland, Mrs. Jim Boothe and
Mrs. Mike Smith recently were j Mr. Prentice Jones of Stephenville
their daughter and family, Mr. ‘ went to Zephyr School Oct. 8 as a
and Mrs. Dean Richey and child- 1 part of the Small School Project,
ren of Fort Worth. I Mr. Jones had a part on the pro-
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Blake of! gram.
Henrietta were visitors of Mr. School is progressing nicely at
and Mrs. Don Lawson last Fri- ! present according to Miss Nancy-
day and Saturday. Mrs. Blake is I Smith and Miss Linda Tate, the
an aunt of Mr. Lawson'S. | Halloween carnival will be Oct.
Cyndia and Teddy Johnston en- 26. Candidates for queen have not
kertained a number of their little I been chosen yet.
friends last Saturday night with I The first basket ball game will
a slumber party. For some reason 1 be Oct., 16 here with Carlton. The
their little eyes would not stay girls ahd boys are working out
open all day Sunday, but they fine, there have been eleven girls
■till want another slumber party, working out and 14 boys.
warfare, including shipboard
. . „ , , ... Tt. , | drills, an orientation to life aboaid
!VI" °m ?‘ep. enV!U.! .I!'*h| and . tactical landing exer-
cise.
Smith, a truckmaster in Com-
pany A in the division’s 2d Quai*
termaster Battalion Whieh is reg-
ularly stationed at Fort Hood
Tex., entered the Army in Febru-
ary 1953, completed basic training
at Fort Rucker, Ala., and arrived
overseas in August 1956.
He attended Rankin (Tex.) j
J
JNb. 12730
Federal Reserve District No. 11
Report of Condition
The Farmers-First National Bank
of Stephenville, Erath County, Texas, at the close of busi-
ness on September 28, 1962.
ASSETS
4
Cash, balances with other banks, and cash items
in procesi of collection $1,430,303.11
United States Government obligations, direct and
guaranteed 2,043,059.54
Obligations of States and political subdivisions 930.510.93
Other bonds, notes, and debentures (including
$299,875.1*0 securities of Federal agencies and
corporations not guaranteed by U.S.) ... 399,875.00
Corporate stocks (including $12,000.00 stock of
Federal Reserve bank) ----------------—.............. 12,000.00
Loans and discounts (including $14,551.85 over-
drafts) .................................-............... ..............- 3,991,134.54
Bank premises owned $25,203.34, furniture and
fixtures $35,081.84 ..... 60,235.18
Real estate owned other than bank premises . .. 12,000.00
Other assets ....... 41,2^16.55
School were in the hit of that part
of program.
The group wag accompanied to
Abilene by Mrs. Emma Kate Jack-
son and Mr. Paul Wilkerson, stu-
dent council sponsors.
Three Way HD
Club Learns
About Plastics
The Thre<f Wit AHrfome Demon-
stration Club mflPT’uesday, Oct.
2. The Prayer and Pledge were
led by Mrs. Jesse Adams.
Mrs. L. B. Parham was in charge
of the recreation. Fish stories
were told by Mrs. Ken Lesley
Mrs. Fred Shannon, Mrs. M. C.
Lowery and Mrs. Ollie Roach. A
relay race passing an apple from
chin to chin was played, .JEafh
1 member was given a book, for a
few minutes, then she tried to re-
member as many things about the
Kook as she could.
Roll call was “Why T’m Here
Today.” Minutes were read.
It was decided each member
j would donate a dollar toward a
coffee maker.
Mrs. Ollie Roach read the coun-
cil report.
Mrs. Bernice Christopher was
welcomed as a visitor.
Mrs. C. G. Carter showed mem-
bers how to make flowers out of
plastic and-cleaner bags, held to-
gether by pipe cleaners and she
then showed the members how to
spray them.
Refreshments were served to the
12 members present.
TOTAL ASSETS
_________$8,920,364.85
LIABILITIES
Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships,
and corporations __________________--------------------- 5,555,735.55
Time and savings deposits of individuals, part-
nerships, and corporations ............................. 1,702,112.59
Deposits of United States Government ............. 120,668.69
Deposits of States and political subdivisions _____ 636.639.32
Deposits of banks .... .....-.......—..........- 44,686.70
Certified and officers’ checks, etc ........................... 33,237.00
Total Deposits ..................................$8,092,079.75
Total demand deposits ______________ $6,351,467.16
Total time end savings deposits —$1,740,612.59
TOTAL LIABILITIES .......-....................$8,092,079.76
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capital: Common Stock, total par value -------------$ 100,000.00
(hfcnthn ______________________________________________________300,000.00
Undivided profits _ 428,275.10
Total Capital Accounts _______________________________ 828,275.10
Total Liabilities and Capital Accounts _____$8,920,364.85
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MEMORANDUM
AMets pledged or assigned to secure liabilities
•ad fer other purposes.........................V . 1,813,196.88
I, Ralph Jones, Asst. Vice-President, of the above-named
bank do hereby declare that this report of condition is true
' and coffee* to the best of my knowledge and belief.
HARRINGTON
RETURNS FOR
REVIVAL
Dr. William Harrington of
Gainsville, Florida, is preaching 'n
revival services this week in the
Church of the Nazarene. Dr. Har-
rington has preached in camp
meetings and revivals in many
j parts of the East and South. He
has many standing engagements
to return to the same churches
annually. This is the second cam-
paign in the Stephenville church.
Besides his work as pastor and
evangelist Dr. Herrington has al-
so served as visiting chaplain to
a state penitentiary. He draws
largely from his experiences in
illustrating his messages.
The church is located at the
corner of Elm and McCart streets.
Services begin each evening at
7:30. The public is invited.
cards.
Chaplain Ruby Whitefield offer
ed special prayer for the sick of
the Auxiliary, making specia1
mention of Mrs. Lucy Ingley, who
the Federal Communications Com- j
mission, in an address to the In-!
ternntional Radio and Television j
Society of New York, gave cred- .
ence to the net works who are,
was seriously injured in an auto i planning and presenting more j
accident at Fort Hood as she was j educational and worthwhile pro-,
enroute to Temple to bring her grams for children,
husband home from a VA hos-j Chairman Minow discussed the!
pital. She is a patient at Scott and j great responsibilities of world-
White Hospital at Temple. j wide tftlevisioh. He told the Amefi- |
Effie Mathis led the Pledge of j can broadcasters and executives, j
Allegiance to the flag. The new [ "It is time to make plans now. J
flag was used for the first time.
Reports and communications were
High School "and whs'employed by i r<?“d b>' )'eu ^0X’ P'a,‘* h“r’d»”
were completed for the District
j Convention to be held in Stephen-
ville, Saturday and Sunday, Oct
! 13-14. The meeting will be held
in the recreation building of the
park.
Cards were signed to be sent
to those who are ill and refresh-
ments were served.
Ford Theater before entering the
Army.
His mother, Mrs. I.eola M.
Smith lives on Route 3, Hemp-
stead.
PONY CREEK
By MRS. W. J. HOWARD
Mr. Frank Driskill passed away
in the Stephenville hospital early
Wednesday morning after a long j
illness. Most every one attended
lii» funeral at the Stephenville |
Funeral Home Thursday after-1
noon. He was our oldest citizen !
and will be missed by everyone, as I
Time to recognize the great trust
that, the nation will place in your
DUBLIN
Insurance Law
Discussed by
Jaycee Board
The possibilities of a
-I
he had lived here all of his lift-, , , ,
We extend sympathy to all his ■ p'jlsory >■" for
com-
motor-
famil I 's*'s ’n ^exas was 1°P*C °f dis-
T and Mrs. Jack Cox. from i^ssion Monday night when rnern^
Anthony. N. M. visited during the I ^rs “f bhe “fet? ^mmittee of
week in the Robbie Hansom home.'the Stephenv.lle Jun.or Chamber
STORES!
ROBBED
Two Dublin business concerns
were hit by burglars sometime
Wednesday night and they entered
both business places through the
roof. The two places hit by the
Mrs. Earnestine Walker of Dai-
of Commerce met with Highway : burglars were the Robbins Feed 4-
Patrol Sergeant A. A. Eggen, Grocery Store and the Baxter’* j
las spent the week in the home of i Riacic> resident engineer. Dry Goods Store.
her sister, Mrs. Jessie Adams and
family
We had nearly seven inches of
rain Sunday night and Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Howard at-
tended church at Cadar Point
Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. John Phears of
in the Stephenville office of the | Texas Ranger George Roach
Texas Highway Department, and Sheriff J. D. Thomas and Deputy
Oren Ellis and James Anderson, Sheriff David Hale were in Dub,
local insurance agents. lin Thursday morning working
Marvin Sanders is the director I with Dublin City Marshall Greg
in charge of the Jaycee safety, ory on the case,
committee. Members of the com-! Shortly before noon Thursday
Stephenville visited Sunday with | f"** "e": Remand | the officers were.tillinvestlgat
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. T. o Elliott,| ing seeking to determ.ne the «-
Shook and Virginia Doug Davis ahd Marion Porter. tent of the loss in the burglaries.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Howard, Bat-
bie and Billie of Johnsville spent
Sunday with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Howard. Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Howard and Bill Dotson at-
tended the rodeo at Hico Saturday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Driskill vis-
ited Friday night with Mr. and
Mrs. Jess Frost at Sisk.
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Car Loadings
Total carloads moved over Sants ;
Fe System Lines for the week end-
ing October 6, 1962, were 35,818
compared with 37,623 for the same j
week a year ago. On-line loadings
were 28,172 compared with 24,873
for the corresponding week last
year. Cara received from connec-
tions totaled 12,646 compared with
12,650 for the same week a year
ago. Santa Fe handled a total of
96,086 carloads in the preceding
week this year.
SfcpIjentriU* Cnpire-Clrflnmf
Interwl M mad matter at the Port Office In Stephenrflw, Texaa, l»*ar
act of Coacrma of Marab t, 1I7B.
Rurua F. Higgs, Sk.
Rums F. Higgs, J*._
Georgs A. Ln____
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RALPH JONES
--------Owner-Publisher
__President and General Manages
.. . Business and Advertising Manager
John H. FlemisUr____________City Editor
Mrs. Louis* Darby______________News and Society Edits,
Miss Alice McCombs Cashier and Classified Advertising Manager
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