Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, October 16, 1964 Page: 1 of 14
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Co11ogo Library XXX
Ta riot on Station* City
^tepljenuilte lEmpitt-(tribune
ERATH COUNTY
AT THE TOP or PMOOCHO
or oimamD cnon
DAISIES * CATOJK
EMPIRE ESTABLISHED 1870—TRIBUNE E8TABT.I8HED 18
-CONSOLIDATED 1880
VOL. 84. NO. 44
* Bom* of Torioton State College A
8TEPHENVILLE. ERATH COUNTY. TEXA8, 78401 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1864
14 PAGES
By RUFUS F. HIGGS
By GEORGE A. LBB
With this issue of the Empire-
Tribune, the column “I'll Toll
the World", written by our be-
loved publisher, Rufus F. Higgs,
will appear no mors. For more
than 40 years his column has
bean read and admired by count-
less thousands for the wise coun-
sel, down to earth philosophy snd
occasional pathos. Used to ex-
press his innermost feeling oi^
items of public interest, morel,
economic end political, the col-
umn has bean widely quoted
throughout the country.
worlo "J«»
Report on urimng
Haring served
18 years of
Mr.
Higgs the writer has learned
la admire the many great qual-
ities that he pnsceaaad. Geaer
eas ta a fault, painstakiag ia
all Ms mriurtahtaga. always
'houghtfsi of others aad a
glad aad hcnevaleat caagleycr.
he was a mam that yea felt
ta hava aa a Mead. *
We at the office know that
men of hie calibre are few and
Jar between. We also kn*w that
am will miss the guiding hand
that has steered this newspaper
aa a successful career. We can
snly hope that we can take up
Us torch where he left It, try
to keep the newspaper up to the
standard that he art, keeping in
mind always the precept and ex-
ample he gave us to follow.
No wqrds of mine can ever ex-
press that deep sense of loss
that me. the employees feeL.ln
toeing tide great aad geed man
amloet not sn employer but as
understanding friend, a awn that
always reedy to lend a fce*-
Stephenville Mayor Welter Cook the idea st the time in lieu of the
told the City Council Tuesday night, fact that the Chamber of Com-
merce is currently working on a
comumnity development project
which coincides with the discussed
city program in many respects.
In the other business the coun-
cil accepted the bid from the Ste-
phenvile ,State Bank to handle the
ed that “everything is going fine” co®in* I™’* d*P°,iu *nd fund»
and accepted plats presented by
that drilling ia down approximate-
ly 270-feet on the first test hole
at the proposed water well field
on the Alexander Road.
Drilling started last week on the
first exploration, and it is repo ri-
ll. C. Bills and Kingland Homes
for dedication of streets and addi-
tional lots West of Safeway.
Sexton Named
County Member
On Draft Board
_ AUSTIN — Jesse M. Sexton of
Stephenville has been appointed a
member) of local draft board No.
41 at stephenville to represent
Erath County. ••
Sexton Wap appointed by Presi-
dent Johnson after being recom-
mended by Governor John Connel-
ly. He was advised of his appoint-1
ment by Colonel Morris S. Sch-
warts, state director of Selective
Service.
“I am sure your membership on
this board will reflect great cre-
dit to yourself and the Selective j
Service System of Texas,” Colonel
Schwarts wrote Sexton.
Local board No. 41 has juriadic-'
tion over Erath and Bosque coun-1
ties.
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
FOR RUFUS F. HI66S, 69
on the project. Texas Water Well
Co. of Houston has the contract
for the drilling and it ia under-
itood that definite results of the
testing should be ready in about
two weeks.
Also at Tuesday’s short raeet-
.ng, the council received and ap-
proved the audit for 1962-68 which
was prepared by a Fort Worth
iuditing firm. Cook requested that
Cart Crimnrtns of Stephenville be
engaged for the 1988-64 audit
Councilman Lee Orbison report-
ed on a proposed project to eon- . . ._■
vert the atairitnnt Cornelia and 5- The Soil Conservation Ser- gency spillway and borrew
Survey Crews
Stake Dam Site
' The detail staking of upstream' dam. It is also aaad to core thra
flood prevention sites in the Up-, rock formations on the site,
per Bosque River Watershed has I The power auger it feed to ob-
been completed on Sites 18, 14,1 tain soil samples from the emer-
G raves Negro school into a com-
munity center. Orbison noted that
dans are being made to enlarge
he building for the center. The
center will be under the direction
of the Parke and Recreation De-
partment.
A delegation from the Graham
Street Church of Christ appeared
efore the council offering to lease
the lot at the corner of Graham
and Green to the city for public
miking and Cook appointed a
ommittee to study the offer.
At the council’s lest meeting in
September the subject of under-
aking a study of a comprehensive
ity plan was taken up. Tuesday
night the council decided to drop
vice field crew from Brown wood,
under the direction of construc-
tion engineer Weber MeNeese, is
currently detailing Site 4. Site 4
is located on the Odd Boucher,
Ben Drennan, Vernon Orr, S. E.
Evans Heirs, and Bird Heirs prop-
erty. This crew will move to Site
18 on Indian Creak when they
complete the field work on Site 4.
The foundation investigations
are continuing on 8ite 18 of the
Upper Bosque Watershed. These
investigations, under the direction
of Ray Cunningham, SCS Geolog-
ist of Brownwood are being made
with a power auger and core rig.
The core rig is used to obtain
undisturbed soil samples from the
foundation under the proposed
Our hearts are eaiMeued this
Bay, hut we haw to the will of
the Almighty who gave him
with an In-
fer above the average.
Mm with lava aad
for Mo fellow maa.
gava him a great aad abidiag
faith ia He who controls our
that will aurely re-
al with his beloved
who hoe mostly
And so at the end of e long
eyd honorable career in his chos-
en profession, we can only use
the symbol “SO” at the heed of
thip column which in newspaper
parlance means “The
to eay with tear*
*ad a void in our lives
Rufus'..
te End” and,.'
ia our eyes
lives, ‘S’long
\
EIGHT CITY
STUDENTS
IN BAND
Eight students from Stephen
villa are members of the Tarleto
Texan Band at the College th
year, including the drum maj<
and three majorettes.
Names of band members for th
1964-86 academic year were ar,
nounced this Week by Mr. HUmai
E. Wagner, band director and as-
sistant professor of instrument*
music.
Herman Alsup, a sophomor
music major, is drum major fo
the Texan band. He is the eon o
Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Alsup of lilt
N. Neblett.
The three majorettes from Ste
phenville are.
Pam Kuniehige, a Junior major-
ing in homo economics, the dough
ter of Mr. end Mrs. Tek Kunishlg<
of 1088 W. Frey;
Sonja Peterson, a junior math
major, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Peterson of 960 N.
Stephens; and
Kay Pilcher, a sophomore ma-
joring in music, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jeeee D. Pilcher of
1870 W. Pecan.
t Other bend members from Ste-
phenville aiu: / f
Barbara Boren, a freshman lib-
eral arts major, the^daughter of.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Bom of Box
206, Rt 8;
Terry Stephend, freshman lib-
eral arts major, son of Mr. and
Mis. E. L. Stephens of 174 S. Me-
Ilhaney; aad i,
David Kineaqpum, a freshman
majoring in history, the eon of
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Griffin of Rt
a.
Bank Deposits Show '
Slight Gain in Area
Figures compiled from 18 area banks lest week showed that the
publicised business boom in Texas has reached into the West Cross
Timbers section of the state.
Erath County’s four financial institutions showed an increase in
both deposits and loans. Total deposits were 828,603,806.68 compered
to $28,462,832.78 at the last bank call July 1. Loans totaled $19,596,-
698.66 over the $19,114,628.28 recorded three months ago.
Most bank officials, especially in the Western section of the area,
reported e very favorable economic elimate. A large peanut harvest
in that area is anticipated which should give the last quarter of 1864
e sixeable monetary injection.
' Bank" with slight drops weren't too concerned, ss tbs heavy rains
n September temporarily slowed business activity. A drop in cattle
<rices also hurt a little in some areas. Again however, the rains
ihould make for economic gains in the last part of tbs year.
The bank call came from the Comptroller of Currency, Federal
deposit Insurance Commission Faderal Reserve and State Banking
Commission.
Statements of condition and comparative figures from 1$ ares
anks are listed below:
areas. Information obtained issued
to determine construction require-
ments and to find out what type
of soil material is available for
construction. ,»
Usually, tha soil materials for
construction comes from the sedi- I
ment or permanent pool and the
emergency spillway cut. Taut data
of soils sampled during the inves-.
ti(rations are need to check com-
paction requirements of the soil to
be used in the building of the dam.
It also provides the potential bid-
ders on the construction contracts
of information which they need in
preparing thier bids.
All detailing of sites for this
years construction schedule should
be complete in shout five more
weeks. The foundation investiga-
tions will take five in she weeks,
each site.
HE,
'
Publisher and Civic
Leader Dies Sunday
Br ELYSON TAYLOR
Funeral services were held at 2:30 PJB. Tuesday in (Be First
Methodist Church for Rufus F. Higgs, 69. publisher ed the
Stephenville Daily Empire and Empire-Tribune; who died at
0:64 p.m. Sunday in the Stephenville HooprtaL Raw. J. V.
Ellison, pastor of the church, officiated.
He had been admitted to the hospital leas than an hear
before his death after having suffered n
home across the street from the huapBal
Rufus Fielding Higgs was hern-
Jan. 18. 1886, in LmgtevilW. the < ml pm . ----mi
son' of the late Mr. aad Mia. Mar- Club, a J"
iou F. Higgs.
Started la Talar
He later lived in Tolar, where
he gained hie first experience hi
the newspaper field as a cartiar-
saleaman for the Fort Worth Star-
Telegram and later worked on the
Tolar Standard. He also served
on newspapers in Hamilton Brady.
Knoxville, Terra., and Post before
moving to Stephenville in 1828
In May, 1820, he formed a part-
nership wjth J. W. Clements fat
purchasing the old Stephenville
Tribune from C. R. Coulter. The
two con turned operation of that
publication until 1890 when they
purchased their next door neigh-
bor far the 800 block of Went
ville Empire, from the hfal^R
Hawkins, combining the twe
perm into the Emphe-Tribane.
Higgs bought out the uterwt ef
I Clements in the
1367,
Rev. Oliver
To Observe
50th Year
Rev. Jerry Oliver, 77, preach-
ed hie 50th anniversary ser-
mon Sunday night at the Stephen-
ville First Methodist Church. , ,, _ ___
Soil and Crop Sciences at Texas
ARM University, will do the in-
structing in the course. He is
headquartered at Texas A AT M
University.
Nix holds a B. S. degree in Ag- j
Pasture SluftJCourse
Ungleville Next Weeksa***
A pasture abort course for adult -whare
farmers trill be held Oct. 18-22,
under the sponsorship of the Lin.
gieviile High School Vocational
Agriculture Department, accord-
ing to Gamer Rice, Superinten-
dent, and W Inford Parr teacher
of vocational agriculture .
Phillip Nix, pasture specialist
with the Vocational Agriculture
ERATH COUNTY
Current
Current
July 1, 1864
Deposits
Loans
Deposits
ermer’e-Fint
Nat’l __ 9,482,463.86
Stephenville
6,808,707.68
9,607349.19
1 State ---- 6,666,070.41
i’villc Savings
3,170,493.88
6,438,089.08
4 Loan .. „ 7.984,419.68
Dublin Firet
7,698,837.89
7,941,029.24
Natl _ _u_ 4,681,86839
i 1
2328,668.81
4376,167.27
Loans
3,118,516.48
7,487,488.38
2,400,864.40
would be “The Good fight.
Oliver started hie ministerial
career half-a-century ago at
Hucakaby and he spent most of
hie preaching days with the Cen-
tral Texas Methodist Conference.
Although-ho retired 11 years
ago, Oliver noted recently that he > rieultural Education from Texas
still preaches quite a bit In fact, ARM University, and has cora-
Sunday night’s sermon will be 1 plated work «t A R M toward an
his third this, month. He was a M. S. degree. He has also done
full-time preacher for 87% years. 1 work in Agronomy. He has had
A reception honering Oliver fol- nineteen years of field experience
lowed the sermon. | aa a county ' agricultural agent,
A. J. Spangler, Retired
TSC Ag Director Dies
of- tha. emphasis was
u sMesua ef World War
I. having served tram June. 1817.
to July, 1818. with the 96th In-
’•ntry Dlv, wife
oa pasture production.
“Many pasture short courses in
various porta of the state havej 'u
been taught by Nix and all have After coming to Stephenville he
met with outstanding success,” ac married the former Mbs Johnnie
cording to Mr. J. B. Payne, area ’uIHvan of Comanche on June 21.
supervisor of vocational agricuL 18*1, and they bacaaro the panaft
tare, Stephenville. Arrangement* d two sous. John Fielding Higgs,
far adult education short courses who arms killed to a bombing iuM
are -wur Germany during World War
n aad Rufus F. (Bud) Higgs Jr .
nresident and managing editor of
Mrs. Higr^preoded him to
in pasture and in other fMds
made through Payne’s office.
The short course at Ungleville
is scheduled to begin Oct. 18 a
8:00 pan. in the vocational agri-
culture building. Other meeting
in the series of four will he bek
Oct. 20-22. During the dates tlx
short course is in progress, Ni
will be available to assist farmer
with individual problems and t>
provide au-the-fann instruction
according to Parr.
Farmers interested in attendirq
the abort source should write o
sail the superintendent of schoolr
Rico or the teacher of vocatiowi
agriculture. Parr. An entry fee o
$2.00 Will be charged. Pastor'
Short Course Certificates are tr
be presented to each enrobe wh
attends Ml fee training srsaimts
Ho held a ha* Bat of civic aad
Ledges York Rite, Erath
County Shrine CM, Knights of
Pythias, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, Tfambow-Higgs Post |60
rt the Americas Legion. Stephan
ville Rotary Club end the First
Higgs was » charter
erne
of the
4,777,164.78 1,484,786.14 6,686,619.32 1,562,674.01
COMANCHE COUNTY
omanebe
Natl „
Comancfc*
State ____8,969,787.89 1,019,606-24 8,996,297.89 1,110,871.64
De Leon Farmers _
R Merch.---43*2,064.03 2,744,672.64 4,606,674.06 2,680,899.76
PALO PINTO COUNTY
Gordon First
Net*! ____
1,841,296.26
481398-51
1378,187.78
Graford. First
Nat’l ___
66838039
828386.76
666,608.48
Mineral Wells
City Nat’l „ ...
8,049301.08
8.968,424.68
7,981,680.82
Mineral Wells
First Nat’l _
9384,46237
6360310.14
First Nat’l
Santo _ __
1,018461.79
618.910.30
1,021,669.30
Strawn First
Netl - _
1,68838531
1,000,888.20
1,628360.70
491386.41
215.401.41
493388.99
952,661.75
2,48*367.23 1,776,467.64 2,099,061.88 1,040,022.34
HAMILTON COUNTY
Hico First
Nat’l .. ,
Hamilton .
Nat’l .. - 4307,41231 *458,247.27 4334,400.64 2,171,16034
Hamilton Fhrry .
Natl--43883*7.67 1,72132847 4,062322.08 1348366.46
HOOD COUNTY
Oraabury
First Natl . *307386.47 700,776.86
Llpaa
Nat’l - ---- 6*6,666.17 *7*31146 68*369.08 « 8*046036
80MEBVBLL COUNTY
s / ■■
68*3743* 137130437 61*361.16
Glen Rose
First Mail
Funeral was held at 10 a.1
Monday at First Methodist Church
for Adolph James Spangler, 78,
former director of the division of
agriculture at Tarleton State Col-
lege, who died Sunday.
Spangler originated the first
FFA judging contest, now in its
36th year at Tarleton, end in 1936
initiated the annual meat identifi-
cation and judging contest in Fort
Worth.
Spangler, a native at Kansas,
joined Tarleton in 1928 as area
supervisor of vocational agricul-
ture, In 1986 he became Professor
and Head of the Division of Agri-
culture. He served in that position
Pat Deavenport
Dorm Officer at
North Texas St
DENTON — (Spl) — Patricia
leavenport of Stephenville has
peso elected vice-president of
Crumley Hall, women’s dormitory
at North Texas State Univarsity.
A senior elementary education
major, Mias Deavenport ia the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack T.
Deavenport 1889 Wildwood. She
it a member of Association for
Childhood Education and Kappa
Delta Pi, education honor society, |
i / r
until 1961 when
modified service. _
in 1866.
He received hie L. L. B degree
from University oi mhuh In 1810
and his A. B. degree from the
University of Kansas in 1918.
Spangler received his B. S. degree
in 1923 and hie M. 8. in 19*4 (ran
Colorado ARM College.
Through Spangler’s efforts, the
Works Progress Administration
in 1946 built a livestock pavillion,
two agriculture engineering shops,
poultry laboratory, and a horti-
culture laboratory on the Tarleton
campus. The two-year terminal
general vocational agriculture
curriculum designed “to keep the
farm hoy* on the farm and the
farm in the family,” was other
project of Spangler’s which is an
accomplished fact.
, . 4 |
Spangler waa one of the first
organisers of FFA chapters in
the state end, in 1986, compiled
the official handbook of the Texas
Association of FFA, “Handbook
of MeaU for Future Farm era.”
He was a Mettiodist, member of
Moelah 6Mn+ Temple and past
president of StophenviUe Lions
Chib.
Burrivora include his wife and
sister, Mies Irma Spangler of
Mourners From Wide
Area for Higgs Service
PHILLIP NIX
FFA Cattle Judging
Team Wins Third
At Waco Fair
8tophenvtlle FFA took third
place honors Saturday in the
dairy cattle judging contest at Urn
Heart of Texas Fair at Waco.
The contest was held In the Joe
Freeman Coliseum where 20 teams
participated.
Members of the Stephenville
team wore Rcy Green, Bowls
Wooley, Larry Lane and Darrell
Roberta*, t----“T----TJ-----
Ralph
At beat 26 cities were
| presented in the overflow
attending the funeral
I OaOy Emipre and
wabUsher Rufus F.
| First Methodist
I afternoon or paid their respects
| the family earlier.
Among those from
i present were:
I Reuben R-
rill,. Willard
Reil, Mr. and
Ted Malloy.
Mr. and Mrs.
Mrs. Joe Dacus aad Mrs. John
Long, all of Dallas;
Frank Overby, Charles C. Imp
don, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. (Boh)
Sherrill. Staley McBrayer, Bee-
man Fisher. Walter R. Humphrey,
editor of the Fort Worth Prose. R.
Wright Armstrong, CoHte W. Oli-
ver, Walter H. Clarke. BUI Farris,
■re. Qopita Davie and Judge and
Mrs. Jack C. Langdon. all at Feet
Worth; . ......j-j ’ ,
Mr. and Mras. Harman OMp-
Xra. A. p. Cox. aB of Co-
3. F.
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