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By RUFUS P. HIGGS
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What Does It Mean
There are many * things that
rontribute to the economy of our
town. But undoubtedly the great-
est of these is Tarleton College.
As little as we might think about
it, what does 12,000 visitors each
year mean to our economy. How
many rooms are rented in our
hotels and motels; how many meals
are bought or how much fuel for
motor cars is bought and paid for.
During the spring season when
high school students are in the
rity from far and near attending
judging contests at the College
Farm we see many of them spend-
ing the night. Whety they do they
naturally spend extra money—the
movies, the eating places and in
many other places.
The district meeting of the
Interact!olaatie League (Judging
contests) is another affair that
attracts hundreds. However,
these all are included in the
Mtimates given us by the col-
lege Wednesday. One of' the lat-
est additions to the program of
activitiea at Tarleton is the poul-
try laboratory which is serving
virtually all of Wsat Texas. Wa
are told that visitors are seeing
the plant by the hundreds every
month. Maybe there are more
than this. In every way of look-
ing at this department it is some-
thing big.J '—
James H. Kiker
Last Rites Held
THE TROUBLE with etock
speculation is that you either
sell too soon or too late. (Evan
Eaar)
Tarleton Progress
One of our prominent citixene
asked the question this week if
there had been any serious think-
ing on the part of local business
and civic leaders about what the
nior college program at Tarleton
kould mean to Stephenville. -
\lt is a good question. Indeed It
isV and one that deserves more
kn passing attention and cer-
inly close appraisal. One of the
officials of a Urge educational in-
stitution in Texas made the state-
ment recently that in his opinion
Tarleton would have an enroll-
ment of at least 2000 within the
next five years and could go as
high as 2600. Those are figures
that seem to be agreed on by au-
thorities in all lines of business
and in many sections of the state,
especially in tlfe cities where peo-
ple are accustomed to projecting
their thinking into the future.
And as the prominent citiien
of our tewa inquired. Just what
does this growth and expansion
mesa. What will M do to our
churches and all the other activi-
ties of the city. It could mean
much to our service institutions
such aa lights, water, gas and
telephones. Their connections
could soam upward in the fore-
seeable future. That, of coarse,
would mean a bigger population.
But answering the question of
the PC (Prominent Citizen) we
>#ould like to point out a few things
that are already taking place. We
refer specifically to the large num-
ber of visitors that oome to Sta-
phenville every year by reason of
any number of programs that are
organised and carried out at Tar-
leton. Would you be surprised to
know that this number will range
between 12 and 15,009 perspas?
One of the top Tarleton officials
hurriedly made that estimate but
he was firm in the belief that he
could qualify the number by actual
tabulations.
James H. Kiker, Erath County
native and prominent in church, j
school and civic affairs in the coin- I
munlty that was established by
his forebears, was found dead
Tuesday at the farm home of his
eon, Leander Kiker. He was 87
years of age and had lived in and
around the Kikers Gin community
alt of his life.
Funeral services were ar-
ranged by Page Harrell at the Har-
rell Funeral Borne in Dublin Wed-
nesday morning. Services were
held at the Green Creek Meth-
odist Church at 2 o’clock Thursday
afternoon and burial followed
in the Upper Green Creek ceme-
tery where most of his relatives
He. 'T
Survivors include two "sons,
Leander of Green Creek and J. W.
of Abernathy; three daughters,
Mrs. Vernon Pair, Dublin; Mrs.
Claudia Owens, Gainesville; Mrs.
Billie Dudley, Comanche; two sis-
ter*, Mrs. Vernon Lee, Roby, and
Mrs. Lizzie Whitfield, Stephen-
ville.
Grover Kiker and Mrs. Cal
Campbell, both of Green Creek, are
cousins. There are a number of
other relatives including several
grandchildren.
Family'Name Prominent
" In the early days of the settle-
ment of Erath County the name
Kiker was a legend in this coun-
try. The Kikers originated in the
Old South, Alabama, and migrated
west, after the Civil War. Many of
them owned and operated farms
in the Green Creek and Kikers Gin
communities. James H. Kiker es-
tablished a cotton gin in hia home
community and operated it for
many years. The gin played a
prominent role in the affairs of all
that section of the county" when
cotton was the big crop in this
section of Texas. At times the gin
processed as many as 2000 bales
per season. Mr. Kiker, like his for-
bears, was a Methodist-and had a j
leading part in the religious pro-
gram of his home community.
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BIGGEST DAM —Work has
started at Oroville Dam,
which will store water from
the Feather River for trana-
mission 600 miles to San
Diego and southern Califor-
nia. The 735-foot-high dam
(20 feet higher than Hoover
Dam) will cost about $490
million. When finished in
1968, it will be the highest
earth-fill dam in the world
and store enough water to
meet San Diego County’s
needs for the next 18 years.
Seagraves Property Oil,
Gas Tests Draws Interest
The bit was nearing the 4.000-
foot point Wednesday morning at
the oil test being sunk by the Toto
Gas Co. of Oklahoma City on the
Seagraves land at a location 25,-
000 feet northeast of the Erath
County courthouse, according to
leports in Stephenville.
8ince the location of the test
is near a major highway the oil
test is causing more excitement in
Btaphcnvflla than If It were being
drilled In a mare remote location.
Authentic information concern-
ing oil and gas tests in the county
is hard to come by in 8tephenville
aa there 1* no sourca for reliable
drilling information in the city.
Plenty of rumors genJtsdly are
available however.
The report on tne present drill-
ing depth at the Toto test probably
is close to being accurate but the
depth atone in an oil test doesn’t
Earl Monroe, 72
Brother of Loral
Man, Services Sunday
GRANBURY — Earl Monroe,
72, retired section foreman for the
Fort Worth and Denver Railway
was killed Friday when a tractor
overturned on him in a field ne
was terracing.
He is the brother of Sam Mon-
roe of Stephenville.
Funeral service were held
Sunday afternoon in the Temple
Hall Church at 4 pan. Burial will
be in the Long Creek Cemetery.
Munore was a veteran of World
War 1 and a Mason. Other survi-
vors include Glen and Curtis Mon-,
ore of Fort Wprth and one dsugh~
ter, of Mrs. R. C. Gary all of Fort
Worth. . *•
Oil and Gas Test
Planned at Duf f au
Another oil and ran test is
to be drilled In the Duffau area
of Erath County, according to
an announcement which came oat
of Fort Worth Wednesday morn-
lag.
The report from Fort Worth
wee that Darts D. Feagaaa of
lease where the test is being drill-
ed is in the name of the Humble
Oil A Refining Co. Humble holds
leases on some 10,000 acres in the
area northeast of Stephenville.
Since the lease is held by Hum-
ble it is a good indication that
i Toto is sinking the test on a ‘‘farm
out" deal. This 7s a deal whereby
the holder of a large, or fairly
large, block of leases in an area
will trade off some of thoee leases
to another oil company to get that
Deaton baa staked a location forr company to drift dim or more teat*
a 3,999-foot conglomerate wild
cat 725 feet from the south and
1,535 feet from the weat lines of
the N. P. Browning survey on
the J. D. Calvin tract.
The location la two miles
northwest of fohffau.
The Next Move
In a recap of all the above ad-
vantages the question arises, quite
naturally, - what is the next move
—for Stephenville, that is. If we
are going to meet this challenge
as we are taking care of the Unit-
ed Fund then we are not going
to get very far. Our forward
movement must be more aggres-
sive and better organized.
Stephenvilel has as msny op-
portunities as any small city in jf
all the Southwest. The facta men-
tioned above prove that. More
proof could be pdded hut It prob-
ably Is not necessary. Or per*
haps it Is not appropriate.
What we are trying to do is to
arouse the proper leadership and
ths needed enthusiasm *o that we
can keep forging ahead with what
we already have — not something
that we are looking for in the
future.
Much has been done in the past.
However, a great deal more can be '
done In the future If we establish ’
the goals high enough and strive
hard enough to reach them. I
tell much unless other information
is available.
Generally speaking the most im-
portant information concerning a
wildcat oil or gas test if-erhether
or not the bit is gnng injd given
formations at a hMphipcbr lower
level than previously drilled tests
in a given area hit the same for-
mation. As a general rule, if the
bit is hitting formations at a high-
er level than was encountered in
previously drilled testa in the gen-
eral area it it considered a fairly
good sign.
Going into formations at a high-
er level than was encountered in
previously grilled testa in the area
by no means is a guarantee that
oil or gaa will be found in paying
quantities but it does mean there
it a better chanee of finding it than
if the drilling log was running
low. — #' <
A sign at the Toto test now be-
ing drov'd four and a.half miles
northeast of Stephenville forbids
entrance to the drilling area ex-
cept by. authorised personnel -i-
which doesn’t mean a thing one
way or the other as to the pros-
pects for paying oil or gas produc-
tion at the test.
Records in the office of County
Clerk Elmo White show that ths
in the area where' the leases are
held.
There Is s report that Toto’e
farm out deal with Humble calls
for Toto to drill two teats to at
least 5,000 feet unless the Ellen-
burger formation is encountered at
a higher level. Accuracy of the re-
port certainly can't be guaranteed
by any sources of information in
Stephenville.
Accurate information as to the
success, partial success, or failure
of the test sunk by Toto more than
likely wont be available in Steph-
enville until several days after
drilling is halted at the test. The
vast oil and gas business is like
that.
Survey Shows That
TSC Students Come
From Wide Area
A recent survey by the regis-
trar’s office revealed that 128
counties in Texas are represented
at Tarleton.---------------
Erath County showed the heav-
iest enrollment with 412 students.
Hamilton, Tarrant, Dallas, Coman-
che, Brown, Bosque, McLennan,
and Coleman counties also showed
large enrollments. . The survey
showed that 49.72 per cent of the
enrollment at Tarleton came from
within a 60 mile radius of Stephen-
ville, and 75.il per cent from a 100
mile radius.
The survey also showed that
there were 16 students from ten
other states, and 36 foreign stu-
dents from 11 countries.
Soil Bank
Program
Is Closed
All good things must end!
No more five-year contracts ar*
being signed under the Depart-
ment of Agriculture's conservation
reserve, or soil bank, program,
Barton McPherson, manager of the
Agricultural Stabilization a n d
Conservation office in Stephen-
ville, has announced. ..
This is the plan whereby land
owners would take crop land out
of production and plant it in a soil
conservation cover crop. The land
could not be grazed or planted in
any kind of commercial crop dur-
ing the time of the contract.
Here in Erath County iomt 140
landowners took advantage of the
prgram and the ASC office has
just completed paying them for
this year’s participation in the
program and the A8C office has
$121,009 went to the landowners
for this 'year’s participation. That
■ epresepts an average payment of
some $865 per farm. The payments
averaged around $U per acre for
land taken out of production.
McPherson said 30 of the soil
bank contracts are expiring this
year. Payments will continue to
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Uw next 30 days. South will share in East's cooler weather.
Kiwanis Make Plans for
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Public Pancake Supper
Get thosi tickets sold was the hooking up six hot plate type
battle cry at the Tuesday night stoves, setting up tables to seat
meeting of the Kiwanis Club of 300 people at one time, getting
Stephenville held at Mel’s Cafe. j tickets sold and getting the troops
Toby .Stone heard reports from j out The 30 man club has to call on
all committees for the forthcom- I the wives of the members to pro-
ing Kiwanis Pancake Supper which
will be held Saturday night at the
City Rec Hall.
Bringing together the loose ends
duce its one fund raising project.
Tickets for the annual pancake
supper which helps sponsor most
of the youth activities, are 60
cents. President Stone remarked at
of gathering all the supplies neces-
sary to take the pancake supper' Tuesday's meeting "its the great-
had all members going at fail wt thing in the work! to beat in-
Maat Dation.” He wus reffering to mot-
Stone announced the practice to of the supper all you can eat
run would be held Friday night at | for 60 cents,
be made on other contracts until .*6:30 at the recreation hall.
the contracts expire.
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Some of the details involved are
ffetritrCounty Casa
Moved to 29th Court
The murder trial of Dickie Don
Wood, 26, of Wichita Falls may be
held in Stephenville as the result
of the defendant being given a
change of venue in 89th district
court at Wichita Falls Monday.
Wood is charged with the
strangulation death of Patricia
Peaster, 25, a divorcee, jn her car
Aug. 11. When the trial opened
in Wichita Falls Monday the de-
fense offered some two hours of
testimony to back up the claim
that a fair trial could not be ob-
tained in Wichita Falls because of
the unusual amount of publicity
\ generated'by the case.
District Judge W. J. Oxford of
the 29th district court told The
Daily Empire Tuesday morning
that District Judge Arthur Tipps
of Wichita Falls telephoned him
Monday and asked him about
transferring the case to 2!>th dis-
trict court. Judge Oxford told him
he would try the case if Judge
Tipps would try some civil cases
for Judge Oxford and Judge Tipps
agreed.
The Stephenville judge told The
Emipre he will try the case either
at Pal* Pinto or in Stephenville.
He said he is leaning toward try-
ing the case in Stephenville but
hasn't made up his mind definitely
as yet.
The case created a sensation in
Wichita Falls when the body of
the young divorcee was discovered
in her car. District Attorney Stan-
ley Kirk of Wichita Falls and
police later arrested' Wood because
of circumstantial evidence. Since
the arrest Wood has continued to
declare he is innocent.
Entertainment for the banquet
will be furnished by a group cf
Stephenville High School students,
it will include s
ringing grimpa. '
On the menu will be Aur.t
Jemiah pancakes, coffee, milk apd
bacon.
Stone also expressed the thanks
of the Kiwanis Club for the
splendid cooperation i from local
merchants who helped the club put
on the supper.
One veteran member of the Ki-
wanis Club who had battled
through all teven of the previous
suppers said, “It always looks like
we want make it, but somehow
we do. It’s hard on the feet, but
when the time comes it is always
lota of fun.”
Doors for the pancake supper
will open at 5 p.m. Saturday.
Santa's Visit
Will Kick
Off Season
The official opening of the 1941
Christmas season in Stephenville
is only a little more than four
weeks off and the downtown sec-
tion will be better decorated for
the season than ever before.
The merchants activities com-
mittee of the Stephenville Cham-
ber of Commerce has set Friday,
Nov. 24, at the official date for the
opening of the Christmas season
in Stephenville. The date is the day
following Thanksgiving.
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Lyle Hunt, chairman of the com-
mittee, said since the day follow-
ing Thanksgiving will be a school
holiday Santa Claua will arrive in
the city at 19 a.m. to viait and talk
with children of this area and
hear tnem tell of their wants for
Christmas. There will be other
Santa days between the opening
of the Yule season and Christmas
Day, Hunt said.
Gene Wright and Jack Harding
have been appointed as members
of a committee to extend an invita-
tion to Santa to visit Stephenville
and see that he gets here. Roy
Swain Jr. and Wilbur Baker have
been named to see that Santa has
plenty of candy to give his child
friends. Telefus Cawyer and E. M.
Anderson have been named mem-
besr of the advertising committee
to see that the word gets out ta
children in all this area that Santa
orchestra Stall*111 ,B ****"«'*■
r This year Christmas lights will
Criminal Docket
Finished in
Comanche Cbunty
District Judge Wi J. Oxford of
29th district court finished up for
the time being Monday afternoon
hearing criminal cases in district
court at Comanche.
• District Judge Truman Roberts
of Hamilton it a new judge for
the judicial district and is former
district attorney of the district.
He disqualified himself as judge
in those cases he had worked on
as district attorney. Byrpn Me- Watkins and Coffee arc looking
for the heavy weekend traffic
condition* to continue through
ison.
Colonel Curtis Harrell
New Radiology Child
Colonel Curtis Harrell. MC, mand and as chief, Radiology Ser- i ci.itaid‘of G.tasriUe to the new
USA, has been named the new i Vice, Tokyo Army Hospital. j.. --------------------*—*— --------
chief of Radiology Service. Walter 1 ^RESIDENT SENDS j f-»»U
Reed General Hospital, Washing- .saisUn; chief> RJ/ioIo(ry service, GREETINGS TO
ton, D. C., succeeding Colonel John’ Brooke Army Medical Center, Ft.! irprt QTUPIIIi’M
A. I,hrrwood. who retired from Sam Houston, Texas, and in 1957 j ®1 fkX HEiiX
military service this month. j was assigned to Tripler General! Mrs. Mattie Cose Stephen.
A veteran medical officer. Col-1 W"TUI; Honolulu, a. Radiology | pioneer Erath County resident
onel Harrell received his medical 'h^^ nbere he remaiiud in that
degree in 193.7 from the Medical1 assignment to
Branch of the University of Tex-1 * .pr . „ '
aa, Galveston. He served hi. in-1 Colonel Harrell hold, theLegton
ternship at St. Mary’s Infirmary,"/ «•**,*• **?.. "** Osk
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vfttvfiwn, ana returnen to tneum* . ,.... , , . *
verslty for two years of specia- i He“rt, ,n addition *• h>" °,h<'r
. r . * aurnnrld nn/1 <4 n.m 111 t I..P
lized training in radiology.
Highway Patrol
Reports No
Weekend Wrecks
Highway Patrolmen Mike
Watkins and David Coffee were
happy to report Monday that
not a single highway traffic
accident on the through high-
ways passing through Erath
County was reported to them
Saturday or Sunday although
the traffic on the highways was
unusually heavy at time*.
The annually heavy traffic
was attributed to the large nnm-
ber of motorist* going to week-
end football games.
The highway patrolmen said
that, by far, most of the moto-
rists seemed to be driving with
reasonable rare and caution.
Fire Department
Prevents Damage
A fire truck was sent from the
.Stephenville fire station at 11:30
p.M. Monday to answer an alarm
from 268 N. Clinton where some
electrical wiring had started smpk-
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Firemen arrived at the scene be-
fore the hot wiring could start a
fire. The only damage was to the
wiring.
he taan on business street)! which
have never seen them before. The
square section of the city will be
decorated with the new semi-
permanent type polished alumi-
num decorations which have been
purchased. The Christmas lights
which formerly have been used de-
corating the square will be used
on streets leading into the square,
which will give the city a much
larger decorated area.
The new type decorations will
be put up on the square and are
of a type which show, up equally
well in the day time or night. The
ruffled polished aluminum stripe
reflect the rays of the sun and a*
the- wind blows moving the strips
they give out a musical sound.
“The approaching Christmas sea-
ion will be the brightest in the
history of Stephenville,” Hunt pro-
dieted.
ATTEND DUBLIN FUNERAL
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Bagwell
and son Bill returned home Mon-
day after attending the funeral
of Mr. Bagwells mother in Dublin,
they also visited in the home of
Mrs. Bagwells Mother, Mrs. Mont
Young.
United Fund Drive
Collects $3,469
nho observed Vr 95th birthday
October 1 ,at a party at hejr
home on W. Sloan received
greetings frm President John
F. Kennedy.
The greetings was from Fred-
erick L. Ilolborn, opccial assist-
awards and decorations. He is a
member of the Radiological So-
ciety of North America, and a fel-
Ibw in the American College of
Radiology.
A native of Stephenville, Texas,
the colonel resides with his wife,
ed as chief,' Radiology Service1 the former Elizabeth Deonier, of
Army and Navy General Hospital, i Commence, Texas, at Apt. 2,
Hot Springs, Ark. Subsequently ha Bldg. 12, Main Drive, Walter Reed
served as theater consultant In Army Medical Center, Washing-
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'County Tax Office
Reports Increase
In Poll Payments
A total of poll tax i scripts
had been issued at the office of
Albert Cragwau, county tux as-
sessor-collector, through Friday.
Tax office officials are ex-
pecting the poll tax payments
to show a decided gain ns the
During World War II, the col-
onel served as Operations Officer
for the Surgeon, Headquarters,
81xth U. 8. Army, Southwest Paci-
fie. From 1046-1960 he waa assign
ant to the President, it said. I. new year approaches with many
''Upon learning that you recent-
ly observed your 95th birthday
October 1st, the President ask-
ed me to send you the enclosed
personal card as his belated
greeting fur this special oc-
casion ...”
Mrs. Stephen who has lived
most of her life in Erath Coun-
ty to a member of one of the
piona*r families of Texas.
hot election* to be held during
the year.
The race for governor next
year should be a hot one and
there are likely to be some ex-
citing races at the county level.
“Taken all in all, 1962 should
be one year that a citizen would-
n’t want to he witWrat a valid
poll tax receipt,” Cragwall de-
clared.
Contribution* in the 1961 Unit-
ed Fund campaign in Stephenville
had reached a total of $3,469 by
Saturday morning which repre-
sented slightly over 22 per cent
of the $15,314 goal in the cam-
paign.
Most of the contribution* to
date have come from the advanced
the Stephenville United Fund
campaign actually there are par-
ticipating agencies in the UF
whfrh sre as of much interest to
runt I citizens as to Stephenville
citizens.
Among the participating agen-
cies of interest to rural citizens
are the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts,
gift* divtjrion of the campaign, j Future Farmers of America, 4-H
headed by Fred McCleskey and J. “ *
W. Clements, and the out of town
gifts division, of which Rufus
Higgs is chairman.
The small business division
phaqc of the campaign started last
\jondny and the gifts frpm thj*
division are starting to come in.
Telefus Cawyer is chairman of
this division. , __
The next phase of the campaign
to be launched will be the em-
ployees division. Lyle Hunt, divi-
sion chairman, will launch hia divi-
sion's campaign Oct. 31.
One of the most effective phases
of the annual campaign to the
Mothers March. Mr*. Glenn Adams
heads this phase of the campaign
which will he held Nov. 6.
L. B. Howard js chairman of
thu rural gifts division o( (the
campaign. Howard pointed oat
that while the campaign to called
Clubs and, to a certain extent,
other agencies.
The Stephenville Chamber of
Commerce sponsored organisation
of the UF in Stephenville in 1968
in an effort to cut down on the
multiplicity of fund-raising cam-
paign* which had been conducted
in the city. Sixteen agencies now
participate in the UF, which means
that just one fund-raising cam-
paign is being conducted now in-
stead of 16 fund-raising campaigns
which were conducted formerly.
Roy Swain JrH general chair-
man of the UF campaign, pointed
out Saturday that citisens of Ste-
phenville, and the Stephenville
area, do not have to wait on some
volunteer campaign worker to call
6n them for gifts, before making
a gift GlfU can be mailed to, or
left at, the Chamber of Conrmerte
office.
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