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EMPIRE ESTABLISHED 1870—TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1880— CONSOLIDATED 1880
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BETTER LIVING
NURSERIES • MANUFACTURING
VOL. 89. NO. 44
I’Ll, 1ELL THE . . .
WORLD
By RUFUS F. HIGGS
MARRIAGE ... A un'.on la
which man la the thermometer
and woman the temperatare,
with the thermometer alwaya
subject to change* of tempera-
ture. (Eran Eaar.)
HEART TROUBLE ... Do you
want to develop heart trouble and
have a coronary, attack? II eo, the
Heart Diieaae Control Section of
the SUU Board of Health lieta
come ways in which you may pro-
mote such an attack. The require-
ments are:
(I) Your job comes first; per-
sonal considerations are secondary.
(2) Go to the office evenings, Sat-
urdays, Sundays and holidays. (3)
Take a brief caae home on the
evenings when you do not go to
the office. This provides an op-
portunity to review eompleUly all
the troubles and worries "of the
day.
(4) Never say NO to a request
•—always say YES. (5) Accept all
inviUtions to mootings, banquets,
committees, etc. (6) do not eat a
restful, relaxing meal — alwaya
plan a conference for the meal
hours. (7) Fishing and hunting
are a waste of time and money—
you never bring back enough fish
or game to justify the expense.
(8) It is a poor policy to take
ell the vacation time which la
provided for you. (9) Golf, pool,
Hillards, cards, gardening, ate., are
a waste of time. (10) Never dele-
gate responsibility to others —
carry the whole load at all times.
(II) If your work calls for
traveling, work all day and drive
all night to make your appoint-
ment for the next morning. (12)
Never visit your physician for a
periodic examination — you’re
feeling O. K. (18) Pay no atten-
tion to dlaeomfort under your
breast bone—it'e only indigestion.
(14) Don’t think you’re losing
four figure—why it’s getting big-
ger every day.
FRIENDLY AID K ♦' « all
towns and cities in Texas treated
the Latin Americans like wa do In
Stephsnville, the relations between
our government and Mexico mould
be far more cordial. An instance
of our friendly feeling toward
these people came to light Monday
when a home occupied by a Mexi-
can worker and his family was
badly damaged by fire—and three
of the children seriously burned,
It is believed they will recover.
However, they are going to have
to have very close attention and
sround-the-clcrk- nursing. The lo-
rd chapter of the Red Cross, with
the help of individual citiaena,
took over at the local hospital
Monday afternoon when it became
rvident that outaide help wa* bad-
ly needed. Many volunteered to
extend k helping hand. About 18
years ago a bus lend of Latins
from Ran Antonio had a wreck
near Stephenville and many of
them were severely burned. Oar
town helped them, ten. It seems
characteristic for everybody in th«
city wants to render aid when it
is needed, especially to our un-
fortunates. The family involved in
the Monday fire lost most of their
household furniture. Immediately,
they were given the privilege of
moving into another residence-
rent free.
GOOD PUBLICITY . . . Al-
though the program of improve-
ments at the municipal airport are
not yet complete, the news is get-
ting around that we ere going to
have a good landing field. In fact,
. we already have these facilities.
A large plane from Dallas came in
Monday so that a group of busi-
ness executives from that city
could attend the funeral of Mrs.
Frit* in Dublin. More and more
we are going to feel the benefits
of this modem facility. The field
will serve a large territory in
every direction from Stephenville
now without acceptable airport fa-
cilities. The news of the improve-
ments here is being spread all
over the southwest by those en-
gaged in this important industry.
Rescuers
Seek Help
For Kids
Joe Piper, 18* Stephenville high
school senidr whom firemen credit
with saving the lives of two child-
ren of Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Garza
by breathing into their mouths
when they were burned, was out
with his friend Grady Russell, 17,
also a Stephenville High senior,
knocking on doors Tuesday morn-
ing asking for contribution! to a
hospital fund for the three small
Garza children who are in critical
condition in the 8tephenville Hos-
pital from bums suffered when
the Garza residence caught fire
Monday morning.
Piper and Russell are the ones
who reported the fire. They said
Tuesday morning the Red Cross
and United Fund are taking care
of the food and housing needs of
the fhmily but the hospital ex-
penses remain to be paid. They
said they had gotten good results
from their door-to-door campaign,
but more is needed .
SIXTEEN PAGER
TEXAS PATRIARCH—Dr. Charley Hale who celebrated his 90th
birthday last week has been receiving well wishes from friends
and acquaintances in all sections of the country—many of them
former students at Hudubay Academy, Tarleton State College
and a few other places where he taught. Dr. Hale is enjoying the
best of hsalth and makes frequent visits to the down town business
district where he renews acquaintancs with a wide circle of done
intimates. »
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fishing, golf, tennis, game hunting,
horseback riding, field triala, tar-
get, trap and skeep shooting.
Adi Us About This Reliable Low
Cost Coverage,
ZANE CARTER
Phone: Bos *-3488. Rea. L-3847
Rteohenville. TV***
Santa Days Friday Will
Usher Christmas Season
Dispatcher
has ANXIOUS
MOMENTS
Sometimes the cost of doing
one’s duty com?* high.
Mrs. Hatt'» Lookingbill, dis-
patcher at ihe Stephenville police
station, w s on the job at 8:40 a.m.
Monday when Joe Piper and Grady
Russell came to the station and re-
ported a fire in the 500 block of S.
Minter but got away before the
exact number could be learned.
Mrs. Lookinbill lives at 841 S.
Minter. A call came over the pol’co
radio from firemen at the blaze
saying there were casualties and
to send ambulances. Mrs. Looking;
bill knew her girls were at home,
but there was on one else at the
poliee station to answer the con-
stantly ringing two telephones
and transmit vital radio messages.
It was a tense few minutes until
finally the girls themselves walk-
ed Into the police station and
Mrs. Lookingbill learned It was
not her home that was burning.
Transmitting the radio mes-
sages and answering the phones
was a job somebody had to do.
Mrs. Lookinbill did it. That’s
poliee work for you.
Pvt James Read
Completes Army
Dental School
FT. SAM HOUSTON (SpM —
Pvt James C. Reed, 19, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Edgar L. Read, Rt It
Dublin recently completed th*
eight-week dental assistant course
at Brooks Army Medical Center
here.
Read was trained to assist
dental officers in the examination,
care and treatment of teeth, and
in the operation, care and main-
tenance of dental equipment
He entered the army in June,
1089 and Vas graduated from
gftt £
Dublin Hignt School in 1958.
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The 1969 Christmas season will *t
be ushered in officially Friday id
Stephenville with band music, the
arrival of Santa Claus, a free
picture show for the children, and
the distribution of a total of 2800
worth of free gifts.
Gene Wright, chairman of the
Stephenville Chamber of Com-
merce Santa Days committee, said
a total of 63 Stephenville mer-
chants will give away free prizes
valued at from $3.50 to $10 each.
AU of the gifts will bo in show
windows by Friday morning and
each gift will have an easy-to-
rand number on it. The distribu-
tion of free numbered tickets will
start from a booth on the square
10 a.m. Persona whose ticket
numbers match the numbers on the
gifts in the show windows will
Ret the gifts,
A public address system will
be set up on the square to be used
making announcements and calling
attention to the various events on
the program for the day. Band
music will start filling the air at
10 a.m. Children will bo particular-
ly Interested in the fine picture
show being given for them at the
Majestic Theater starting at 10:30
a.m.
The big event of the day for the
small fry sot will bo the arrival of
Santa Claus at 1:30 p.m. riding a
Stephenville fire truck. There will
be plenty of free' candy for the
youngsters.
Countless hours of work and
planning have gone Into making
the Friday Santa Day a day which
will be enjoyed thoroughly by both
children and adults, Wright said.
Visitors are expected to begin
arriving in Stephenville early from
all points in this trade area for
the gala day, and they are ex-
pected to stay late. Stephenville
merchant* will have special
Christmas merchandise. No doubt
many parents will take the op-
portunity to visit the stores while
their children are attending the
free picture show.
Johnson State Headquarters
Set Up by Speaker Sam Rayburn
______ ..ii'if&at.
Announcement of the forma-
tion of a state-wide Executive
Committee fo# the “Johnson-for-
President” Club* with Speaker
Sam RaVburn and Governor Price
Daniel aa honorary co-chairmen
was made today by Democratic
National Committeeman Byron
SkOlton of Temple and State Dem-
ocratic Chairman J. Ed Conn ally
of Abilene. \ ’
Mr. Skelton and Mr. Connelly
will serve as co-chairmea of the
committee. Other members are:
Ben Wooten of Dellas, banker
and businessman. -
State Senator Charlea Herring,
Austin attorney and former Fed-
eral District Attorney.
Judge St. John Gorwaad, of
Austin, prominent jurist and re-
tired Associate Justice of the
Texaa Supreme Court.
Jake Jacobscp, Austin attorney
and Secretary of the State Demo-
cratic Executive Committee.
Mrs. W. A, Griffis, San Angelo,
member of the State Democratic
Executive Committee and long
time Mend and supporter of Sen-
ator Lyndon Johnson.
Tbe state-wide office will be
located in Austin in the Little-
field Building and will be opened
In a Mr days.
All twenty-one of the Demo-
cratic . member* of the Texas
House Delegation have endorsed
th* Johnaon-for-Presidrnt move-
ment. The Executive Committee
will urge the formation of ad-
ditional "Johneon-fo ('President*'
dubs In the twenty-two. Congres-
sional districts of Teams.
Representative Omar Burleson
In a telegram to Speaker Ray-
burn said, "Wholeheartedly sup-
port Lyndon B. Johnson fir Presi-
dent, I join you and our colleagues
In enthusiastic efforts.
Connelly and Skelton said that
Speaker Rayburn And Governor
Daniel had approved the appoint-
ment of the Committee and agreed
to serve as honorary co-chairmen.
They said they felt the Executive
Committee represented the unity
of Texas Democrats behind Sena-
tor Lyndon B. Johnson.
"In accordance with the state-
menu which have been made by
Speaker Rayburn and Governor
Daniel and the official action of
the State Democratic Convention
in Sap Antonio, we fee1 that Sen-
ator Lyndon B. Johnson should
receive solid support of Texas
Democrats for the Presidential
nomination. Chairman af the Tex-
aa delegation, and that he should
be the Democratic nominee in Los
Angeles and the choice ef the
American people for President
"Skelton and Connelly said in a
joint statement.
“The Executive Committee rep-
resents this viewpoint and has
bean selected on that basis."
Connelly and Skelton have bee*
assisting in the formation of
Johnson-for-President Clubs
throughout Texas.
in iU.naw
place on business in the Dawson
Building on the south side ef the
square, Lum’s Factory Outlet
Store is celebrating this weekend
with a big sale. Many spec'al
prices will prevail throughout the
big store and a number of free
prizes will be awarded.
Lum’s Store, is one of the few
of its kind west of Fort Worth.
It has been located in Stephenville
for the past four years and has
enjoyed a handsome volume of
business. The new location Will
provide greater floor space and
also a larger stock to choose from.
Thomas B. Lumsden, owner, has
expended a personal inviUtion to
all the people of the Stephenville
territory to Uke advantage of the
bargains that are being offered.
Mr. and Mr*. A. H. Downing and
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Wood spent
last weekend. Ashing below Glen
Rose. They report a good catch.
2 Local
Youths
Praised
JACK SPERRY, who plays the part of the attorney in "The
Passing of Chow Chow’’, gives friendly advice to Danny
Swafford and Kay Smith who play husband and wife in the
Jubilee production which appeara here Dec. 8.
Ministers Plan
the
TM Stephenville Ml
lianee will sponsor
Community Thanksgiving Service
Wednesday Nov. 25 at 7:39 pan.
from th* First Baptist Church.
Rev. Raymond M. Burton, vice-
president of the allianre and pas-
tor of the First Methodist Church,
will bring the message.
Others participating in the ser-
vice* wiir be the Call to Worship
by Rev. Emil Becker; Responsive
Readings led by Rev. Hubert
Crain; Scripture Lesson by Rev.
Garland Shell; The ThankagfvhHf
Prayer by Rev. L. Russell Clapp.
Special music will be provided by
the Stephenville Music Club
Chorus under the direction of Mrs.
Rufus ttlgr*. Jr. Rev Howard
Lester will give the benediction.
Bill Ferguson, education and music
director of the host church will be
the song leader and hit wife will
be the organist.
A frapwill offering in the ser-
vice will be given and will be ad-
ministered by the Ministerial Al-
for remoaunitywide religi-
ous purposes. v,
Rev. ARM Riston of Valley
Grave Baptist Church is .president
of the > alliance. Rev. Burton is
vice-president. Re- Bill Bella, dir-
ector of the Baptist Student Cen-
ter is secretary, and Rev. E.
Frank Leach, Methodist Student
Center is treasurer.
Other members include;
Rev. Becker, Rev. Letter, Rev.
Clapp. Rev. J. B. Cole. Rev. Hub-
ert Crain, Levi N. Ray Harrell,
Rev, Ernest Rippetoe, Rev. Co yea
Pollard, Rev. Dan Williams, Rev.
Tom M. White, Rev. Garland Shall,
Rev. Harvey Booher, Rev. C. R.
Bridges, Rev. Grady Guyton, Rev.
A. Hayes and Rev. Powell, sojourn-
er.
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Mr. and Mrs. Willi* Shelton of
Fort Worth wef* weekend visitors
in the home of her mother, Mrs.
W. T. Darby.
Ruthe Giddens Selected Rodeo Queen
Girl Seaut Program
Helped by UF Drive
On of the 13 agencies participat-
ing in the Stephenvillo United
Fund campaign is the Girl Scout
organisation. Local Girl Scout
Madera point out that the Staph-
enville Girl. Scoot Association is
under the supervision of the Heart
of Texas Girl Scout Council.
Being a member of the count- il
give* the lock! association direct
services In the way of professional
training anjl guidance, training
courses, workshops, and additional
services provided by tha council of-
fice. The council also provides and
Safeguards a program of camping.
The Girl Scout program is
available to all girls between the
ages of seven ahQ 17. There are
three program levels in. scouting.
The Brownie 8coute are for girls
between seven and 10. Intermedi-
ate scouts are between the ages of
10 and 14, and Senior Scouts era
for girls from 14 to 17.
The girls are given the oppor-
tunity in the Girl Scout program
to progress from simple projectf
carriau out by the Brownie Scouts
to ranks and badges of the Idler-
mediate Scouts to service aida and
trail hlaaer programs Of the Senior
Scouts.
At alt age levels girls have tho
opportunity of camping.
Tho Girl Scout organization pro-
bably could not exist In Stephen-
ville without the help it gets from
the United Fun&
W'JSfeSik
Cowboys Have Rodeo
Queen, Rodeo or Not
, The TSC Rodeo Club announced
last week that Ruthe Ann Gid-
dens, Tarleton coed from Blum,
Texas, has been chosen Rodeo
Queen for the 1959-1960 rodeo
season. v A
Miss Giddens, a sophomore an-
imal husbandry student, acquired
her interest in rodeos while liv-
ing on a ranch near Rio Vista for
seven years and working with
horses during that time. She hss
won considerable acclaim as a
horsewoman. •
At the mention of the fact that
a woman animal • husbandry stu-
dent is somewhat unusual, the
horsewoman explained tho pheno-
menon with a love for horses. She
has loveo working with livestock,
and especially horses, “ever since I
can remember."
The coed’s attitude toward
rodeos is explanatory of her mem-
bership in the TSC Rodeo Club, of
which she is the secretaty-treasur-
er. In giving her reasons for join-
ing the organisation. Miss Giddens
explained rodeo participation as a
•port, just as football and baseball
are sports to many people. Upon
(Completing college, she plans to go
into ranching and raise horses.
At Rio Vista High School. Miss
Giddens was editor of the school
yearbook, she graduated third in
her class, aha was an FHA officer
for two years( and she was a
member of the girls' basketball
team. She la th* daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Roy R. Giddens of Route
Three small children of Mr. anJ
Mrs. Manuel Gama were still
clinging tenaciously to life under
oxygen tents in Stephenville Hos-
pital Tuesday morning following
their rescue from a burning re-
sidence at 582 S. Minter Monday
morning.
The children are alary Ann, 1,
Richard, 2, and Renne, 3.
The three children were alone
in the home when the fire, caused
by electrical wiring, broke out.
Joe Piper and Grady Russell saw
the fire as they were on tlieir way
to school. They sped to the police
station and reported the fire.
The mother was next door when
the blaze broke out. When the
mother saw the fire she ran
screaming from the neighbors
house and rescued Mary Ann from
the residence. Fire Marshall
Ermer Ferguson, Billy Dickerson
and Phillip Hale rescued Richard
and Renne. Meanwhille firemen
had radioed a call for ambulances
back to the police station. Both
Trewitt and Stephenville Funeral
Home ambulances sped to thr
scene of the blase.
Piper Saves Tw*
Piper is credited with saving th«
lives of two of the children. Tha
first two children were placed on
the porch of the Gene Lookingbill
Jr. home across tha street from
the burning residence. Piper re-
turned from reporting the fire *8
the police station and begatt
BteatKlng Me mto Wafy Ann. A**
toy she was placed in an ambdB
sure Rennie waa brought out Pip.
er plated him In an ambulance and
breathed life into him a* the am-
bulance aped to the hospital.
All three of the children suf-
fered second degree burns, smoke
inhalation, and shock.
A fourth chlttt. Manuel Jr., A
was in school when his sister and
two brothers were trapped in the
burning house. The father wa*
working on a construction job at
Eastland and the mother had gon*
next door.
Church Helps
Members of the Riverside Bap
list Church lost no time comint
to the aid of tha stricken family.
They rented a house at 1080 W,
Tarleton for th* family and were
gathering donations of household
goods Tuesday morning to put in
tha house.
The burned house waa owned by
Mrs. Nina Hendrickson. The loos
was partially covered by insur-
Alice. Firemen said the interior or
the house was burned badly and
there wa* much smoke and water
damage. The firemen searched th*
place after the blase wa* exting-
uished for the causa of the blaxe
and determined it was caused from
an overloaded electrical circuit.
NewCosden
Station to
Open Friday
One of the most modern oil and
gas service stations in the city
is to open Friday under the man-
agement of Sonny Williams. Tho
station which will offer Cosden’s
powerful gasolines and all-weather
10 W 39 motor oil. Thera products
have long been popular among tho
motoring public in West Texas, and
other sections of the state.
The station is located at the
corner of the Huckabey Road and
the Lingleville Highway — on
North Graham Street. It is ac-
cessible from both directions
where there is ample room for
drive-in privileges. Designed by
Cosden officials who long made a
study of the best arrangement for
such facilities, the station offer*
all that 1$ modern in service sta-
tion conveniences.
When the station opens Friday
there will bo free suckers for th*
children, a free X-Cel battery, five
free lubrication jobs and one set
of Mansfield tires, free.
Mr. Williams will appreciate an
opportunity of extending a wel-
come hand to the motoring public
of Stephenville and Ereth County
Friday and Saturday on tha oc-
casion of the opening of his new
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