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EMPIRE VoL M, No. 84—TRIBUNE Vol. U, No. M.
STKPHKNVILLR, ERATH GO
MPROVEMENTS
AT SANTA FE
DEPOT TO START
Shortage of Materials
Only Delay. Bays
Supt. A. B. Clements.
Improvement* at the Santa Fe
depot will be delayed no longer
than materials shortages cause,
said Superintendent A. B. Clem-
ents in Stepheaville last week.
Purchasing agents of the company
have been seeking to locate these
materials for tite past several
months and it is the opinion of
Clements that everything will be
ready for actual construction.
“We promised Stephenville ship-
pers that we would provide better
facilities and that is what we plan
to do,” Clements said. “And we
want to do the Job right,” he con-
tinned.
. Big Aid To Nnf»ery«fn
Primarily, the improvements
have been planned in an effort to
give protection to ehipmenta of
perishables such as produce and
nursery stock. Outgoing shipments
that leave Stephenville in large
quantities during the winter
months do not have the protection
from weather that is needad. {n
freeling temperatures nursery
stock left In the open is frequently
rendered worthless. When the con-
templated Improvements ere made
all shipments will have adequate
protection. ._ .
Present plane are to construct
an addition to the passenger depot
directly north of the express and
mail room. Its dimensions have pot
been announced but the building
will be large enough to take care
of all demands.
Gray Jewelry Co.
In New Quarters
On Washington St
Gray Jewelry Company, located
in the second floor of the Steph-
enville State Bank Building since
it opened here early in the year,
moved the past week to its new
location on East Washington St.
in a building recently completed by
Taylor Bros, between the Bellow
Insurance Agency and Perry Home
Eauipment Store.
The com]
Radio Station for
Stephenville May
Soon Be Granted
D. E. Cullop,
lication
Fort Worth, hat
made application to the National
Radio Commission for authority to
operate a radio station in Steph-
enville.
No details of the plan of opera-
jtion have been released nor has
the authority bean granted.
Complete plana will be announc-
ed after official sanction has been
authorised.
F. D. Hicks, Bluff Dele druggist,
was among the group leaving Ste-
phenville Saturday on a Santa Fa
special for Brady to attend the
Tarleton-Schreiner football game.
His son, Wm. Hicks, is a member
of the Plowboy squad.
Conduct Revival
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P$|r
W.
E. Coffman, pastor of
i of Christ, will conduct
the
_ . . ee*
at his church, be-
Church
vivsl services
ginning Sunday, Oct 27, and con-
tinuing through Nov. 3.
Song Director
features a wide
every type
mpany
of Jewelry of
nakes a specialty of
selection o:
and also mi
pair work.
“Although our quartan are not
as large as we would prefer we
believe we will be in much better
position to serve our patrons in
our down stain location," Mr. Gny
aaid Monday. Friends and patrons
have been extended s welcome by
Mr. Gray to visit the new store.
Grassburr Editor Named
Mrs. C. R. Stevens, one
2 women veterans attending
Tarleton College, under the
Bill of Rights, was recently named
editor of the Grassburr. college
yearbook. Her husband, C. R. Stev-
ens, also e veteran was selected
athletic editor of the same publica-
tion. A former WAVE, Mn. Stev-
ens has a straight A avenge, end -
her husband has a B average for 1'|ce*
their work last year.
DAY, OCTOBER 86, 1846
SIXTEEN PAGES. Vol. 76. No. 44
PROPOSED NEW SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
Architect’s drawing of propeood new senior fcigh school building that is contemplated. Taxpay-
ers of the local district will vote on the proposu Friday, November lat. The Board of Education
is asking for authority to iaaua $800,000 in boads to build the structure and to refinance several
other issues that are now outstanding. •
Big Bend Tour To Leave
Stephenville October 31st
with THE beginning of spring,
TT 1947, the city of Stephenville
should have nine deep wells on
production and on the basis of us-
ual calculations those nine wells
will produce three million gallons
of water every twenty-four hours.
That supply will undoubtedly take
cere of all demands for the season,
although if the city continues its
growth and expansion it will be
none too much. All of which leads
up to the question — when will the
time come when towns like Steph-
enville will be forced to build eur-
feee reservoirs for the purpose of
storing up water in flood stages
for the dry periods that always fol-
low? The late spring and summer
months are always ary and hot In
this country, with a faw exceptions.
WATER AND plenty of It has
T been a big problem all over
this country for a long time. It
could become critical. Water levels,
•o the experts tell us, are going
down throughout the western sec-
tion of the' state. That means that
aa production demands go uo the
source from wells could easily go
down. It Is from every angle a ser-
ious problem even though some
sro'f at the thought that the time
will ever come, the situation could
become critical. One thing,Is cer-
tain — every town, large or small,
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Howard Carter, of Woodward,
Okla., will conduct the song ser-
the Church of Christ re-
vival meeting
and otherwise ass
ing.
beginning Sunday,
assiat in the meqt-
Church of Christ
To Start Gospel
Meeting Oct. 27tJi
A full Wbih of gospel meeting to
start at the Graham Street Church
of Christ Sunday, October 27, has
been announced by W. E. Coffman,
evangelist, who will have charge
of the service*. Howard Carter has
been engaged to lead the song ser-
vices. The meeting will continue
throughout the week end close on
Sunday night, November 8rd.
Services will be held in the main
auditorium of the church each ev-
ading and an invitation to .all mem-
bers and the public 14 being ex-
tended.
CITY MAKES FAST
PROGRESS FOR
NEEDED WATER
Two Wells Complete And
Contracts Awarded For
Others; Supply Doubled.
In a determined effort to give
Stephenville an adequate water
supply for both domestic and in-
dustrial needs, the city council
has been making fast progress dur-
ing the past four weeks. One new
well has been drilled in and pro-
duction turned into use while an-
other is being finished this week.
The latest well will be ready for
use just as quickly as a new 60
h ». electrie motjr is received. All
other equipment is available and
is now on the ground. Water Com-
missioner Reecie Jor.es said Tues-
day that he had been assured by
manufacturers that the needed mo-
tor would be hare soon.
Last Tear’s Supply Doubled
The council has entered into con-
tract with Lee Burne. an exper
;enred drilling contractor from Ft
Worth, for two other deep walls
and they will be started aoon. The
completion of theae two new holes
will give the city four new sources
•*f supply and it la expected that
the production of last year will be
doubled, or a total daily output of
three million gallons.
When the present program la
completed, and this is expected be-
fore the beginning of the
demands in the spring t
of 1947, the city will
wells on pump.
Storage capacity at the present
Hme totals 925,000 gallons, but
75,000 gallons of this storage is
on the Tarleton College campus.
The main underground storage
takea care of 750,000 gallons while
the elevated tank at tne city plant
will hold 100,000 gallons. The stor-
age on the Tarleton campus be-
longs to the state.
Cost of each new well will ap-
proximate eight to ten thousand
dollars. Cost for drilling, including
labor only la $5.00 per foot.
heavy
and summer
■have nine
Gee Manager Iai proving
C. M. Shroyer, district manager
of the Southwest Natural Gas
Company, is making steady im-
provement at the Stephenville Hos-
pital following an attack of rheu-
matism. Ha expects to return to
his duties aoon.
Local Students at TCU
Among the 650 boarding stu-
dents at TCU are three young peo-
ple from Stephenville. They are
Miss Dorothy Jean Stigler, at Fos-
ter Hall; Ernest Zimmerman and
t. R. Smith at Clark Hall. All are
former students Iff the high school
her* and John Tarleton College.
Tom Henry Offers
Plea of Self Defense
When Tom Henry took the stand
in his own behalf Wednesday on a
charge of murder the highlight of
his testimony was that he snot A.
B. McCarty because he believed
that his physical condition would
not stand a “stomping" that Mc-
Carty had threateaen in 1946.
McCarty was fatally shot on a
Dublin business . street February
20, 1946, and subsequently Henry
was charged with assault with in-
tent to murder. These charges were
changed to murder with malice af-
ter McCarty’s death following a
lingering lllneae of 87 day*.
A special venire of 100 Erath
men was called for Monday and
following exhaustive examination
the jury was completed lata Tues-
day afternoon. First evidence was
offered by tha State Wednesday
morning. District Attorney Sam
Cleveland is handling the prosecu-
tion with the assistance of County
Attorney G. H. Williamson.
The defense ia being handled by
Otis Rogers, Fort Worth; Joseph
Chandler and C. O. McMillan, both
of Stephenville.
Defense Asks Suspended Sentence
Trial of Henry, delayed on two
occasions by raason of pronounced
physical disability, has attractsd
wida attention from many sections
of the county, particularly In the
Dublin area where both the dofen-
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v The Big Bend Trail Association,
which ia urging the extension of
U. S. Highway 67 to Chihuahua
City, Chihuabtaa, and thsnce to the
Pacific Coast, will sponsor a bus-
railroad trip to that Mexican city
for its members and friends, start
ing Oct. 81, R. M. Clift of Dal-
las, secretary-treasurer, announced
Saturday.
L. W. Phillips, manager of the
Stephenville Chamber of Com-
merce, announced last Tuesday
that arrangements had been com-
pleted to run a Continental (Bow-
en) bus from Stephenville to the
city of Presido. From the border
the remainder of the trip will be
made by rail.
Many Frem Hera Going
Tha special bus wil leave Ste-
phenville eAly Thursday morning,
Oct 81, With all aeata filled. Ste-
phenville people planning to make
the trip are: Mrs. Irene Long, W.
N. Brown, L. W. Phillips, Mr*. L.
W. Phillips, Mrsl Ruth Blakenqy,
F. B. Shannon, Mrs. F. B. Shan-
non, A. C. Robbins, Mrs. A. C.
Robbins, C. W. Bryant, Joe B.
Frey, Miss Margaret Lamkin, Mrs.
Elbert Hunter, H. Grady Perry,
Mrs. H. Grady Perry, V. O. Pen-
dleton, Mrs. V. O. Pendleton,- J.
A. Hart, U. GiUolt, Henry Clark,
Mrs. Henry Clark, Mn. Rnfus
Higgs, Mrs. H. A. Mothershead, J.
W. Heaton, O. H. Ellis, Mrs. O.
H. Ellis. Geo. J. Shiels, Mn.
Geo. J. Shiels, Mn. W. P. Newsom,
W. J. Raley, Mr. and Mn. A. C.
Evans. Dr. and Mn. J. C. Terrell
and Dr. and Mrs. G. G. Smith of
Dublin will travel by auto to Pre-
sidio where they will join the group
for the train trip to Chihuahua
City.
Highway 67 Important
N«w Mexico interests are at-
tempting to get the road to eonnect
with a route that would taka tour-
ists and commerce up through that
state and Arisons instead of Tex-
as. Twenty-three other U. S. High-
ways in Texas intersect No. 67,
proving ita importance as an ar-
tery to the Big Bend National
Park and to Mexico. ,
The party will spend November 1
in the Rig Bend country around Al-
pine With the Davis Mountains, In-
dian Lodge, Lympic Canyon, Mitra
Cathedral, Pisano Peak and other
points of interest to be pointed
out and explained by guides.
That night the Big Bend Asso-
ciation will hold a meeting which
will be followed by a dance. The
115 MILES NEW
UNES PLANNED
BY LOCAL CO-OP.
Bids For Construction
To Be Opened Thursday
November 7th.
Bids will be opened in the offices
r the Erath County Co-Op. As-
sociation in Stephenville Thursday,
November 7th, for 115 miles or
new power lines. G. A. Tunnell,
manager, mad* this announcement
the past week. Actually, 688 miles
has bean approved for new lines
but no more than the above mile-
age is contemplated at this time.
The territory in which the new
lines will be built is in Hood, Som-
ervel, Bosque and Erath coun-
ties. Contracts will he accented for
the labor. The Co-Op. will supply
all materials.
Joe L.' Ward Company, engineers
at Wichita Falla, handled ail plana
and specifications.
Materials Causing Delay
A regulation issued recently re-
quires that no Co-Op. can contract
new mileage until at least 95 per
cent of materials are on the
ground. To e large extent this has
caused continued delaye in plan-
ning new contracts all because of
the acute shortage in materials of
ell types. Manager Tunnell be-
lieves, however, that the time ia
not far distant whan all approved
lines can be built and new service
connections made to a long line
of patrons who have been waiting
for rural electrification;
When contracts are awarded ac-
tual construction of tha 116 miles
of lines is expected to start im-
mediately.
Vernon Bramblett
Named Manager of
Bottling Firm
Harry Parks, head of Whlstle-
Ves* Bottling Company that will
start operations in Stephenvi 11s
soon after tha first of the year, an-
nounced the past week that Vernon
Bramblett had bean engaged as
manager of the plant. Bramblett
will begin his dutfaa November lat
and during the time before actual
>perations start ha wiU make a
lose study of tha bottling buainosa.
Tha Whistle-Vets Company will
introduce a new beverage In West
Central Texas, although tha drink
is ana that has long bean a popular
sellar In the North and many parts
of the South.
Equipment for the plant will
probably be arriving and ready for
Installation in December. Quarters
ere to be the old ice plant located
at the north end of Race street
along aide tha Santa Fa tracks.
Bramblett, the manager, has been
back from war service for the past
eighteen months end during that
time ha* held a responsible position
with another firm. He Is wall
known in the Stephenville territory
where he lived before entering the
service.
________•
Bob Havens, News
Editor, Resigns
For Kilgore Job
Bob Havens, news editor of the
Empire-Tribune eine* January let,
end a popular chureh and dvio
leader in Stephenville, resigned his
position last weak to accept a simi-
lar position with the Kilgore Daily
Herald. Mrs. Havens, also employ-
ed as society editor, leave* a vacan-
cy on the staff of the local paper.
With a brilliant war record be-
hind him in the Naval Air Corps,
Mr. Havana came to Stephenville
during the 1946 Christmas holidays
and immediately aligned himself
with a group of other war veterans
in an effort to promote an extensive
athletic and recreation program
here. He had been active for seve-
ral months in the organization of a
modern golf course In tha city.
Mr. and Mrs. Havens moved
to Stephenville from Brown wood
whore both were active In college
and social circles. They are gradu-
ates of Howard Payne.
Aside from general news report-
ing Mr. Havens will devote much
of hie time to sports news on the
Kilgore paper.
Lawrence Gray, who hold* a
responsible position in Fort Worth
es an electrician, was in Stephen-
ville last week end visiting friends.
The Grays formsrly made their
home hare.
PARADE WILL BE
FEATURE OF NOV.
4TH HORSE SHOW
Larg* Number Entries
Dated Ftor Annual
Dveatock Event
Many entries are being mad* for
the Erath Horse, Mule, end Jaek
Show to be hold at 8t*phenviUe
City Park on Monday, November 4,
beginning at 9:00 a.m. Thera will
be a parade at 11:80 a.m.
Thar* will be eash prlsaa for all
of tha classea of horses, mules, end
jacks. The first, prise will be riven
$8.00; second prise $2.00: end the
third prise wUl be $1.00. Cham-
pions will also be swarded $6.00
prises. There will be six classes
In each of tha breads of horses,
Draft horses, American
party then will leave in a five car
special train in modem Santa Fe
loaned equipment over the Mexican
Orient lines for Chihuahua, where
they will be guests of the state for
four days.
Mrs. Clara Henslea and sons,
Boyce end Gerald of Odessa earns
In last week end are spending sev-
eral days with relatives in the Lin-
gleville country.
A. & P. OPENING
PLANNED SOON
Opening of the new Atlantic A
Pacific Super Food Store and Mar-
ket Is planned for an early date,
perhaps in mid November. A new
60x100 foot building now under
construction will soon be complet-
ed, contractor Cecil Darby aaid on
Monday.
“Our plana ara to have this
building completed by November
let,” Derby said. “W* may be de
layed on the south side parking lot
where a concrete space is to be run
but otherwise the building wUl be
ready for occupancy soon,” said
Darby.
A. A P. officials said recently
that the Stephenville store would
be one of the finest in this ares,
“the beet we can make It,” so they
reported. The store will be located
ion mv
opposl
building.
nd Coin:
pppelte
t
m the comer of Mason
''ia streets, directly
Gulf States telephone I
The company, which Operated a
'tore her* for fifteen yean, closed
during the war years, but at that
ime made a definite committment
’o return here when poet war con-
ditions would permit
^t
Electric Rates Go
Down 16 Per Cent
At Erath Co-Op.
G. A. Tunnell, manager of
Erath County Co-Op, operators
REA throughout the Stephenville
area, announced a rat* reduction
of 16,per cent Monday. Benefit* of
the rat* reduction will apply on
the current monthly bills as of
October 20th.
The reduction ia one of the lar-
gest granted REA patrons in some
time end will involve a substantial
saving to all consumers of the
system.
John M. Oxford. Ill in the Steph-
enville Hospital for the past two
weeks, was reported showing some
improvement Wednesday. His two
daughters, Mrs. A. R. Miller, of
Fabena, and Mrs. Ruby Chenoweth,
of Dallas, hav# been here attend-
ing the bedside of their father.
They have also been visiting in
th home of their brother, Sol Ox-
ford, who has been 111 for a period
of several years.
Mrs. Jean Smith of Los Angeles,
Calif., has been in Stephenville tits
past weak with her friend, Mrs
E. B. Beaman.
NOW CAN SEE . . . Totally blind
two years age, Jaek
U, of Verona, *#., b
op Iff last time by sightseeing.
It is believed that be Is the Brat
parses on record *f corneal grafts
performed on both eyes snoeeee-
felly.
USO Lags In All
Parts of County
signed
I U80
Although the quota aasl
Erath county for th# 1946
drive ia 80 per cent below laet
year’s figures, little interest ap-
pears and amounts subscribed ere
far below the expectations of those
in charge of the drive.
P. C. Stacey, Stephenville’* city
chairman, and Claud W. Bryant,
county chairman, both expressed
disappointment at tha success of
the drive at a meeting held here
Tuesday morning.
The actual quota for the county
is $1,760 and so far Bluff Dels is
the only district in the county that
has mot its quota. Tha amount re-
quested in Stephenville ig $860. t v
4 0 \
Hoeplal Needs Heavy
USO leaden have pointed out
that there are now 1,500,000 men
in the service of this country end
300,000 of these ere hospital pat-
ients for treatment. Since the U80
is devoting most of its efforts to-
ward aiding men in th* hospitals
th* needs cannot be overly empha-
sised. *
Both Messrs Stacey and Bryant
are urging everybody to have a
part In th* drive so that Erath
county can maintain ita one hun-
dred per cent record of success on
all past efforts that were design:
ad to help tha men In service.
hone. Thoroughbreds, Fsiaminos,
and Quarter horses. There wiU be
two classes In th* Jack Division
and four elaasoa in tha Mule Divi-
sion with tha Champion Jaek re-
ceiving $e.oo and tha Champion
Mule $6.00.
Entry Fees Nominal
Ribbons will bo awarded down to
the fourth place with a ribbon for
each champion.
A small entry faa of $1.00 per
animal in each class will be charg-
ed. This entry fee will be divided
among th* winners in that clasi—
60. par cant to first place; 26 par
cent to second place; 15 per cent to
third place and 10 par cant to
fourth place. Entry fee will be
collected on th* grounds th* day
Of the show.
/Competent judge* have been em-
ployed for the show and their
names will be given later.
Businessmen of StephenviU* end
possible with liberal contributions.
Erath county ara making the show
Honor Students
At High School
Are Announced
Collin B. Jonas, senior high
school principal, has listed the fol-
lowing students who ere on th*
honor roll for th* first six weeks of
the present term: ^
Senior*—Harvey Earn, Robert
Cox, McKee Jane Taylor, Mary
Teague.
Juniors—Naomi Starnes.
Sophomores Darlene LnttrsD.
Freshmen—Martha Braeuer and
David Newman.
Two Hundred Board
Santa Fe Special
For Football Game
Two hundred Tarleton College
students, Including the cadet band
end a "prinking of local citizens,
were aboard the Santa Fa special
train that left Stephenville Sat-
urday for Brady. Dean E. J. How-
ell led the contingent.
On arival atBrady in tha after-
noon th* group was met by Mayor
Earl Rudder, of Brady, and scores
of other citisens. The gem* was at-
tended by e sell-out crowd whkh
was won by Scretnar 6 to 0.
, The train arrived back in Ste-
phen villa at an early hour Sunday
morning.
Dr. Pepper Bottling
Co. to Remain Under
Lyons Ownership
Mrs. Ted Lyona, who has been
identified with her father, th* lat*
S. H. Prim, in th* management of
the Dr. Pepper Bottling Company,
of Dublin, was In Stephenville on
Tuesday and aafd that ownership
would continue In tha family.
Mrs. Lyona said there would be
no change* In the policies of the
company other than an effort to
bring about more production eo
that dealers In the five counties
being served would be In better
position to take car* of their
position to take car# of their pat-
ron*. Sugar la th* vital problem
facing all bottlers.
Sal* of Dr.
been
villa has
years.
Pepper
heavy
in Stepben-
for many
46 and $ Meeting
Th* Forty and Eight of the
American Legion will have a meet-
ing In Eastland Saturday, October
26, with a party-dance that night
es one of the features. Th* meet-
ing I* open to all member* of th*
Legion and its auxiliaries.
Effle Nee tilery Home Sold
The home of Mrs. Effle Neathery,
located on West Jones street end
considered on* of th* most modern
in that section of the city, was sold
laet week to Burette Stone who will
soon occupy it es his permanent
residence.
Mere on Doan’s List
Edwin Jasper Mays, eon of Mr.
end Mrs. James T. Mays, has made
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