The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 17, 1947 Page: 1 of 18
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The Olney Enterprise
THIS IS YOUR TOWN—THIS IS MY TOWN—IF WE ALL SUPPORT IT ONE HUNDRED PER CENT. IT WILL BE A ONE HUNDRED PER CENT TOWN
VOLUME XXXVII
ONE HUNDRED PER CENT FOR OLNEY
OLNEY ENTERPRISE THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1947
BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN YOUNG CO
NUMBER 10
School Board Urges
Vote For Bond Issue
At Friday Election
On the eve of the voting, the
Olney School Board Thursday urg-
ed citizens to support the proposed
$100,000 bond issue for enlarge-
ment of Olney Grade School and
to authorize a necessary increase
in tax rate to handle it.
Olney School District qualified
voters who also are property own-
ers will ballot on the two propo-
sitions in an election to be held
Friday.
The election, to be held in the
City Hall, will open at 8 a. m.
and the polls will be open until
7 p. m.
The school board’s statement to
Voters set out the following four
points:
“THE NEED — The scholastic
^ population of the District has been
growing steadily. The present
building was never intended to ac-
commodate more than 600 pupils
and we now have 745 enrolled,
with more than 600 in the first
six grades alone. Indications are
that the situation will get worse
instead of better due to the in-
creased birth rate and to the
growth of Olney.
“2. THE PLAN — We plan to
build a small auditorium, a cafe-
teria-Study hall, a kitchen, and a
library in the form of a center
wing between the two wings • of
the present building; two class-
rooms at the south end of the
present west wing; three class-
rooms of the space now devoted
struction costs are high, but the
District is in good financial shape,
and our bonds can be sold at two
and one-fourth and two and one-
half percent and can be retired
over a period of 15 years. This
makes the debt service for the
proposed bond issue run very low
—less than $20,000. By way of
comparison, the $75,000 bond issue
of 1926 at 5 percent for 40 years
will have cost the District over
$110,000 in interest alone before
it is retired. In other words, due to
the better financial shape of the
District and to cheaper interest
rates, we have:
Total cost of use of $75,000 bor-
rowed in 1926 will be more than
$185,000;
Total cost of use of $100,000 bor-
rowed in 1947 would be less than
$120,000.
“4. TAX RATE—We are now
using 30c of our present $1.00 tax
rate for interest and sinking funds.
If the proposed bonds are voted,
we shall need 40c for interest and
sinking funds. This cannot be done
with the present $1.00 rate, since
we would not have sufficient funds
to take care of teachers’ salaries
and other operating expenses. In
order to handle the bonds, it will
be necessary to have an increased
tax rate. You are not voting on a
proposition that will automatically
set a tax rate of $1.50, but to give
the School Board authority to set
). i
. the tax rate to meet the needs
to the kitchen and study hall. The! of the school from year to year
auditorium, seating 350, will be j u pto $1.50. The apparent needs
equipped for visual education and; of our schools for next year indi-
vvill be used also for music, j cate tax rate for next year would
speech, assemblise, programs, etc.: be about $1.10 provided the Legis-
The auditorium, kitchen< and cafe-'lature does not require local dis-
'teria will be ample in size to take tricts to show more than 50c of
'care of future needs. The five the local maintenance tax for sal-
additional classrooms will take ary aid to teachers; this increase
-care of our needs in that respect in local support does not appear
Tor the present. j likely at this time. Many school
‘3. THE COST—The total cost. districts in our vicinity have al-
to make the new construction,; ready voted tax rates in excess of Hnvsi
along with some needed repairs, one dollar. These districts include OllLLUIIIUO llclc
will be approximately $100,000, ac- Seymour, Burkbumett, Bowie,
cording to the best estimates we Wichita Falls, Electra, Vernon,
have been able to secure. Con- j Quanah, Brcekenridge, Stamford.”
HE'LL JUDGE—Head judge of
animals in next Thursday’s
Olney Dairy Day Show will be
G. G. Gibson, Extension Ser-
vice dairy husbandman. He
also will give a talk, on some
phase of dairying, at 11 a. m.
that morning.
Two Posts Plan
For Memorial
Service May 17
Committees of the American
Legion and Veterans of Foreign
War posts here met Tuesday night,
at the Legion hall, to plan for the
May 17 memorial program at
which high Army officers are to
be guest speakers.
Details of the program will be
announced in the near future, it
was reported afterward.
At the meeting to map plans
for the event were Bernard Lunn,
post commander, Joe Seward and
Ralph Woolsey, representing the
American Legion; Leon McCrack-
en, post commander, Pete Huey
and Horace Botkin, representing
the VFW, and Manager Worth
Coffey and Projects Director W.
S. Whaley o fthe Olney Chamber
of Commerce.
Nis Hansen,
To Heart Ailment
Program Is Ready For
Dairy Show Next Week
Olney Woman Sale In
Texas City Explosion
* Miss Mary Jo Simmons of Olney
j and Texas City was among those
escaping injury in the blast Wed-
nesday, relatives here were told
i by telephone Thursday.
Miss Simmons, daughter of Mrs.
Sudie Simmons, is an employe of
the Pan American Oil Company,
_____ __ __ ____________ _ whose offices are among those in
Olney, died in a hospital at Dallas 1 ^e explosion area.
Monday, after a long illness. Fun- her landlady, in a phone
* Funeral for Kin
Of Mrs. Robertson
^ Joe Harrison of Dallas, brother-
in-law of Mrs. J. C. Robertson of
eral services were held Tuesday
and Mr. and Mrs. Robertson at-
tended. Also present were their
daughter and her husband, Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Hill of LaHabra,
Calif., and the latter returned to
conversation, said Miss Simmons
was unhurt, and was with rescue
workers Thursday attempting to
give all assistance to the stricken.
A former Olney and Megargel
man and his family also live in
Olney to visit the Robertsons this Texas City—Mr. and Mrs. Leslie
week. Hayley and their young-son. Hay-
ley is employed on the Texas
City staff of the Community Pub-
lic Service Co., the firm for whom
he once worked in Olney. No word
had been received by that com-
pany here as to Hayley Thursday
B. J. SELFS ARE
PARENTS OF BOY
Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Self of
Throckmorton are parents of a
baby boy, born Monday at the : morning.
Hamilton Hospital. He has been! -———-■—.
named Billy Ray. j Try an Enterprise Want Ad.
Weather Slows Some Area Drilling;
Worthington Awaits Pump; Dunagan
At 3,794; Paul Atchley Stakes Two
Oil activity was spotted in the
Olney area this week as bad
weather closed in and shut down
operations on several tests while
others' were able to go ahead.
Among highlights of the reports was reported good.
north one-half of TEL Survey No.
1809.
The J. P. Dunagan well being
drilled southwest of Olney was at
3,794 feet Wednesday. Showing
Paul Worthington No. 3, on the
John Boley place south of the
Olney airport, was standing 800
feet in oil and at midweek was
waiting on pumping equipment.
Worthington No. 5 was shut
Wednesday were:
One of two new tests for which
Paul Atchley staked locations the
first of the week was spudded
in and down to 1,007 feet when
weather caused drilling to be shut
down.
It is Paul Atchley No. 1 G. H. down> on the lime.
r and Katherine Hamilton Atchley,! Mudge Oil Company’s test two
1050 east and 870 feet south of miles south of Olney on the Clark
northwest corner of the south one-! land was feeling for the Messissippi
half of TE & L Survey 1810, to | lime.
be an 1,100-foot rotary test, and! From Proffitt, it was reported
■A was shut down Monday. Atchley : the test on the C. L. Griffin ranch
also staked location for test 1-B had been drilling since last Fri-
well, 750 feet north and 450 east day and was nearing showdown
of the southwest corner of the stage.
Nis Hansen, who came to this
country and to Young County
from his native Denmark when
he was a young man to go to be-
come a Texas oilman, died here
Sunday afternoon of a heart ail-
ment. •
Hansen, resident of the Orth
community south of here for 17
years, had moved temporarily in-
to town for treatment. He had
only recently recovered from penu.
monia.
Born in Lugonkloster, Denmark,
on February 17, 1900, he lived in
that country until the close of
World War I. As a boy 14 years
old he had been mustered into
the Danish army with the out-
break of war, though he never ac-
tually saw action on account of
his youth.
He came to Texas after the war
and became an oilfield worker.
He acquired his own lease in the
Orth community and also had
charge of several nearby leases.
He married Miss Alice Warren,
survives him, on February 20,
1927.
Funeral services were held here
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock ,at
the Methodist Church, with the
rites conducted by a close friend
of the family, Rev. Johnny Barrett
of Newcastle Baptist Church, as-
sisted by Rev. Mr. Brown, Metho-
dist pastor at True.
Burial was in Olney New Ceme-
tery, under charge of Lunn Fun-
eral Home.
Surviving besides the widow are
a son, Leonard Hansen of Olney;
his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Hansen
and a sister, Mrs. Annie Schroder,
both of whom live in Denmark,
and a brother, Boye Hansen, who
lives in Sweden. Seven nieces and
nephews also survive.
CANCER CONTROL—Governor Jester signs his proclamation
naming this Cancer Control Month, while Dana Bible (left), Uni-
versity cf Texas football coach and member of the Travis County
committee of the Texas Division, American Cancer Society, and
Dr. Henry Hilgartner, chairman of the Travis County committee,
look on.
“Because cancer will kill more than 180,000 Amercians in 1947
alone, it is imperative that all of us awaken to the menace of
cancer,” the proclamation reads, “and unite in attempting to eradi-
cate this dread disease ... it is my request that the people of
support to the fullest the American Cancer Society in its cam-
paign of education, research and service.”
Olney Sends 100 Boxes of Food,
Clothing, Bedding to Storm Area
2 New Officers
Are Selected By
Olney 4-H Club
Tommy Gene Harris was named
president, and Jerry Ben Andrews
vice president by the Olney 4-H
Boys Club at its meeting last
week. The posts had to be filled
anew because the boys formerly
occupying them are moving.
Present at the meeting were
Tommy Gene Harris, Earnest
Hughes, Benny Mac Davis, Bob
Vance, Charley Reeves, Harvey
Gene Andrews, Robert Lee Caugh-
ron, Raymond William McLeland,
Grady Duane Oldham, Jackie Don-
ald Hampton Jr., Dale Wood, M.
H. Simmons and Jimmy Garnell,
besides Assistant County Agent
‘ Warren Liner.
A quantity of the goods tak- <
en up for the storm-hit area
was diverted to Texas City
from Olney Thursday, on in-
structions from Amarillo Red
Cross headquarters. Worth Cof-
fey reported.
Responding to a Red Cross ap-
peal, Olney groups and individuals,
under general charge of the Cham-
ber of Commerce, this week sent
100 boxes of food, bedclothing,
clothing and cooking utensils to
the torinadofstricken Texas-Okla-
homa area.
The goods were taken by truck,
furnished by the Shell Oil Com-
pany, and went from here to
Amarillo to go out from that Pan-
handle city through relief chan-
nels.
“Clubs, pastors, teachers and
pupils of the Olney schools, the
local VFW and Amercian Legion
posts, the Boy Scouts and many
individuals, joined hands in the
fine response Olney made to the
appeal,” said a statement from
President Ray Horany and Mana-
ger Worth Coffey of the cham-
ber.
“The Chamber of Comiperce
wishes to thank each and all of
them for their part in the speedy,
effective local campaign.”
Circulars calling for participa-
tion in the relief goods drive were
put out over Olney by Boy Scouts.
In the committee that had gen-
eral charge of the drive for the
chamber were Horany, Bill Coop-
er, Harry Bettis, Dick Dailey, C.
G. Nixon, Travis Edwards, L. C.
Boyd, B. M. Nelson and Joe Weav-
er.
F. ft Baker Will
Head Lions Club
4s President
F. R. Baker, principal of Olney
Grade School, was chosen by the
Lions Club as its new president,
at balloting Tuesday noon when
the club selected from among three
nominees.
Runner-up in the balloting was
Leon McCracken and third was
Lloyd Elam.
Other officers elected were: M.
J. Weaver, first vice president;
Elmer Strealey, second vice presi-
dent; H. H. Duggan, third vice
president; L. E. Robinson, secre-
tary; Horace Botkin, assistant sec-
retary; E. H. Griffin, Lion tamer
and D. Hoyt Davis, tail-twister.
Loy Mitchell was program chair
man and he presented Mrs. Robert
Herring of Breckenridge, Austral-
ian war bride. Mrs. Herring, wife
of the mayor of Breckenridge, and
a fomer resident of Sydney, dis-
cussed differences and comparisons
of America and her native country.
Presented by Mitchell as club
guests were Mr. and Mrs. Clark,
Breckenridge couple who accom-
pjanied Mrs. Herring on her visit
here.
Methodists Will
Join Presbyterians
To Hear New Pastor
As an act of friendship and
courtesy to the new pastor of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
Rev. Thomas Forester, and to his
congregation, the Methodist Church
will dismiss its own Sunday even-
ing worship service and the Meth-
odists meet with the Presbyter-
ians for evening services.
Announcement of the plan was
made this week by the Methodist
pastor, Rev. Cecil Ellis.
For the Sunday morning service,
Rev. Mr. Ellis will take “Weighed
in the Balance of God’s Scales” as
his sermon topic, and he infited
Entries Come
In for Annual
Livestock Event
Livestock raisers of this city and
area this week put their attention
one week ahead, to next Thurs-
day, April 24, and the* 1947 Olney
Dairy Day Show.
Forecast that approximately 100
dairy animals will be shown, equal-
ing the record of ast year’s event
that won praise as one of the
state’s standout dairy shows, was
made.
County Agent R. O. Dunkle said
Thursday he believed the entry
list would hit around 100, and
Manager Worth Coffey . of the
Chamber of Commerce, which
sponsors the show, said response
was good to the cards that have
been mailed to prospective exhibi-
tors.
$200 Preimium List
Around $200 in awards is offered
prize winners.
Entries not only from Young
County but from Jack, Archer and
Throckmorton counties have been
predicted by those in charge of
the show.
Besides the premiums offered in
the various classes — the dairy
cattle are to be judged on a classi-
fication basis, placed as “excell-
ent,” “good,” etc.—merchandise
special prizes are being offered by
some Olney businessmen.
Dunkle and Assistant County
Agent Warren Liner were in Ol-
ney Wednesday and details of the
coming show were discussed.
Program for Day
The day’s program for April 24
was announced as follows:
10 a. m.—Judging contest. All
anmials in the show must be ready
by this hour, as judging will start
promptly on the hour. The con-
test is open to all adults and boys
and girls attending the show. Each
boy and girl attending school will
be competing in the Junior Class,
and all adults will be competing
in the Senior Class of contestants.
Score - cards will be provided for
anyone who wishes to enter the
contest and match his or her
judgment against others interested
in dairy cattle.
11 a. m.—Talks by a group of
visiting dairy experts. They in-
clude G. G. Gibson, dairy hus-
bandman of the Extension Ser-
vice; J. G. Davis of the Extension
Service; Mr. Davison of Fort
Worth, representing the newly-
formed American Dairy Associa-
tion; Dr. Noyes of the State Live-
stock Sanitary Commission.
Noon—Recess for lundh.
1:00 p. m.—Judging ' of all dairy
classes will begin. Judges are
scheduled to be Gibson, head
judge, assisted by E. A. Burleson,
assistant dairy husbandman, and
D. T. Simonds of Fort Worth, sec-
retary of the Texas Jersey Cattle
Club.
Try an Enterprise Want Ad.
Jr. Class Play Is
Postponed, Will
Be Given April 25
The Junior Class play, “Brides
to Burn,” has been re-set for the
night of April 25, it was reported
this week by Mrs. Pete Huey,
one of the play’s directors.
The play will be presented that
evening at 8 o’clock in the Olney
High School auditorium. It was
postponed from this week because
of conflict with the regional In-
terscholastic League meet
Subscribe for the Enterprise.
NATIONAL GUARD INSPECTION
HERE SET FOR NEXT MONDAY
Captain J. O. Franklin, com- hours duration. At the last xneet-
manding officer of the local Na-j ing members were shown a film
tional Guard unit, has been noti-j on universial military training,
fied by the adjutant general that The following have so far en-
the Olney unit will be inspected listed in the unit: Foster Rieh-
for federal recognition next Mon-J mond, Kenneth Hankins, Harrell
day. The local unit is to be desig-lFord, Benny Baker, Wallace White,
nated as Battery B, 645th Armored ley, Arthur Sprinkles Gatlin Jones,
Field Artillery Battalion, 49th Arm- Leon Higgins, Philip Larimore,
ored Division. Battalion Head-
quartres is located in Wichita Falls.
Pay for members of the unit
will begin on the night of federal
inspection, Franklin announced. Pay
rages from $2.50 per night for
meetings for privates to $5.50 per
night for master sergeants. Meet
not only the church membership ings are held each Monday night
but the general public to come'at 7:30 p. m. in the second _ floor
and hear the message.
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1 of the City Hall and are of two Phil Larimore.
Billy Earl Gilbert, Robert Lee Vin-
cent, Fred Chidress, and Bill Bob
Lewis.
Jack Botkin and Frank Childress
are awaiting release from the U.
S. Naval Reserve to accept com-
missions with the battery, Frank-
lin said.
Those interested in enlisting in
the unit should see Franklin or
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Evans, Alfred. The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 17, 1947, newspaper, April 17, 1947; Olney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1132646/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Olney Community Library.