Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, May 25, 1951 Page: 5 of 16
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heavier hr ieu« at the Maze
coving so fast that ail hoawe-
hoM -items and clothes were
buraed. The colored section of
the city la made up of a group
that Stephenville ran well be
proud of and the King la one
of them. Mrs. Frey deserves
commendation for this act of
kindness.
manhood ahd in a way that is
not only pleasing to his parents
but also to bis friends.- He has
many good traits but the one that
we like and have observed is htl
respect for his elders. More than
that he has perfect manners and
mighty good behaviour. Drop in
some day Sonny; we’ll arrange to
split a bottle of Whistle Vess with
you.
and standing In the business
world. The latest instance comes
to the attention of this depart-
ment from Homer Stephen who
gives information about his nep-
hew, Dr. Weldon W. Stephen, who
was born at Duffau. His dad was
the late Dr. E. M. F. Stephen,
remembered kindly by 'many of
the old timers at the time he lived
in this county. The young doctor
is now at Sesley Hospital in Gal-
veston where he had the honor of
performing surgery under televi-
sion last month befors a large
group of physicians and surgeons
who were in that city attending
the convention of th?tState Medi-
cal Society. Millions of people
saw the operation, perhaps one of
the first TV showing of this kind
ever made. It was a distinction
for the talented and capable young
maa. He is a grandson of Mrs.
Mattie M. Stephen.
Bunyan country is now in the
process of drilling the cement
plug, whatever that is, and hopes
to be in petition to acidize Tues-
day. ThtA-e is no doubt about the
hole having oil in it—bnt how
much still remains the sixty-four
dollar question. Dublin, Stephen-
ville and all of Grand Old Erath
for that matter has room for all
the oil people we can get. What
would be most pleasing to every-
body would be conditions that
would bring them here as perma-
nent citizens. A new oil field will
fetch ’em in.
rest. If all the property in and
around the city was kept as well
as the two tracts mentioned above
Stephenville would Be five talk
of the whole country. Most suc-
cessful people keep up their prem-
ises, paint their houses at reg-
ular intervals and otherwise meas-
ure up to standards of good citi-
zenship and thrift. All the good
qualities of our “Good Neighbor
Policy” are not confined to the
operations of the government.
Thank goodness that we have so
much of it here in our own back-
yard.
]y|KS. W. H. Frey is taking tha
lead in a moat worthy under-
taking, asking a few of her
friends and acquaintances to
contribute to a fund far building
a house for Archie Clark, one
of the old time colored men of
the city. His home was destroyed
by fire last week, the loss being
THE upper Bosque may have
three or four small laksa
within the next year er two. Loula
Merrell, director of coil conserva-
tion in this area, said last week
that a survey of thj water ahead
had been competed and forwarded
to Washington whore it had re-
ceived fevereble consideration at
the hands of officials in that city.
It is now in the hands of the De-
partment of Agriculture and if
approved by that group will then
go to the hall of Congress for
action. The lakes are designed
primarily for soil conservation
and flood control. However, they
will provide very fins fishing and
recreational fartlitiea. The aixe of
'J'HIS department ia proud of its
aquaintance with Sonny Ellis, a
highly deserving young man we
have known all hi* life. Next year
he will be a. senior at Tarleton
State, but after that hia future
for the next two or three years
will be uncertain all because of
the^.emergency the country faces
UnuvV. However, all that ia anoth-
erJrtPIX What off are trying to
Co-op (REA) is one at the
largest in the country. General
Manager Ben Templeton reports
operations highly successful in
all departments. The system will
he expanded from time to time
as funds and materials become
available. The record of pay-
ment on the part of patrons ia
___ ^__r_____I almost WO percent, Mr. Temple-
f«l very kindly toward t.yim tam aatd the peat week. The
Hassler and others in the organ- Co-op is one ef the moat alte-
rnation of the district office of ceaaful institutions located ia
the 8tate Highway Department, the city and keeps a fairly large
located directly north of the ceme- number of people ei its pey roll,
very. The premises of the de- * * * .
partment are ktfpt neat and JJUBLIN ia overcrowded with oi
turroundings , at the peaceful ap- men this week end, some ol
pearing spot among a cluster of them being forced to seek hote
oaks where so many- people of accommodations- in 8tephenvilie
the city and county are now at The Whitfield tept well in th<
COMYN HOMECOMING SET
.. The first Sunday in June has
been set as the day for the Comyn
Baptist Church homecoming. The
Rev. Harley Hughes is to bring the
II a.m. sermon. George Caraway
say is that Sonny ia measuring up t wiA he tyi charge of sThgihg inThe
to all the high standards of young evening.
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homes would feel any sort of a
tax on the proposition. The large
property owners would pay just
like they have been paying in
the past Briefly this sums up the
issue. Our position is that since
we have most of our main high-
ways paved, a fairly good mileage
of farm-to-market roads—all built
r*nd maintained by the State
'Highway Department, that it
would be ill advised to stop the
program of improving and build-
ing up our roads in the rural
sections. In recent years Erath
County has made much progress.
It has a dairy program that is
growing by leaps and bounds. It
has many other accomplishments
to its credit. Let’s keep the good
work up. Stephenville should by
al) jnfMULgi¥.« the ejef tipn a top
heavy vote at we see it. In any
event, get yourself informed and
vote regardless of how you may
feel about the merits of the plan
• • •
yHERE seems to be a never end-
ing chain to the prominence
that Erath County natives attain
We find them everywhere—many
occupying positions of high honor
Friday, May 25; 1951 t % &U*h*nvllle Empire-Trlbuae—S
Barber and Beauty
Shops Included in
OPS Regulations
Office of Price Stablization
regulations were extended last
week to commercial and personal
service businesses.
” Businesses in this category in-
clude barber shops, beauty parlors,
auto repair shops, laundries, dry
cleaners, plumbing service calls
and many others of a like nature,”
said Ellis H. Boyd, Fort Worth
District OPS Director.
Although this regulation is not
expected to reduce service prices,
it will establish oeilings above
each lake will probably be about
25 or 30 acres—bigger than the
lake at the country club. After
all, maybe we can have a place
to fish without traveling to the
Colorado, - Sen Saha, Leon—or
Possum Kingdom.
— —— --ek.—£ ■ . ..—..——— _.... m , .
which they may not rise, according
to OPS.
Here are the four things serv-
ice organisations must do to aam-
ply:
1. File a statement by June 15
of prices in effect during the base
period December 19, 1950 to Jan-
uary 25, 1951. This will be the
telling price.
2. If pricing is done from a
manual—as in the ease of some
auto repair shops or any other
type business—the title and edi-
tion of the manual must be given.
If pricing ia dohe from a printed
list, the date of the list must he
given, as well as its origin.
8. By June 10, ceiling prices
must be posted, clearly visible to
the customer. *
4. A duplicate copy of the report
must be kept hy the person making
the report.
Forty-two per cent of laat year's
.motor vehicle accidents involving
injuries happened in the dark.
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Higgs, Rufus F. Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, May 25, 1951, newspaper, May 25, 1951; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1133122/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dublin Public Library.