The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 13, 1955 Page: 7 of 10
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THE BALUNUEK tEIKil
Telephone *iZZ
Rowena workers are prepar-
ing for the 1955 Boy Scout fund
.... .. . drive, to be conducted on t>cto-
U U U* paying time again No Koal has been set
«d even, citizen la reminded, much lnl,r,,t ha, been
that n«t year is election year wlth the forming of the
^r“"**d* first tn»p During the summer
receipt About half the precinct ^ recelvea excellent
county and district ofTlcers will trulnlIIB enjoyed overnight out
enter the Democratic prlmar.ee ' ^ ^ ^
and in addition theie w troop some ready for advance- |the barbecue
•Late and national candidates.
Several other important elec-
tions probably will be called
it will be
over 100 were signed the first
day The campaign will be con-
tinued through October and It
is hoped to secure at least 300
members The annual barbecue,
when all members and their
families will assemble, is sched-
uled November 8 Committees
arc cleaning up the livestock
lull barn which will be the site of
An addition to the
ment Preliminary work h a s ; barn was started last week, the
been done for the finance cam- ! a hoc l a 11 o n furnishing the
putgn and each solicitor will be material and the work being
I furnished with prospect cards, {done by volunteer labor
qualified to imp*, to complete the
^ hob
In one day
Miles Future
More than 125 firemen from
8 towns .tsBrmbled at Conun
on their county and state taxes Jurln« the *:ho01 >ear
If paid during October All three; Included In the list were the
• district and state meetings.
! puis, F H A Week and Duddy-
durtng the year and
• One time to be
•xpresH your opinions on
Issues subnutted Thus*- who j
Wtah to save some money will; ■'1Jl'‘*s Future Homemakers che last week for the semi-
fee given a 3 per cent discount , iu*'t 10 Plal' special ttllMuai meeting of the North
Central Texas Firemen's Asso
elation The program was hlgh-
___collecting offices in Ballin- j iulu *1 ** 1'' panted by pumper races In
•w are open and accepting i>ay I P*1** * 11 ■' Wei-k and l»addy- abich the Lhibiin team took
ments on the current rolls *** Nl*ht x,*r ,helr buM-
uess session the girls were
**>"0* ) Joined by the F‘ F A chapter
More and more iK'uple are members for a panel discussion
feeconumf interested in a large
water supply with perhaps. Th<‘. yvinura Livestock Aa»»-
•nough for irrigation of land in|clatkm lU.;. h,.j ,u 1954 mem-
thls vicliUty Several months , ^ : 1 v e la.-t week and
•go the legislature authorized |
the Ruiiiieis County w a ter con
•ervatlon district One provision j Lv w.ih those 1:1 neighboring ' bond issue last week by
is that It will be governed bv ,-iti« a; ! p r a t ; a 1 1 y every count of 5 to 1 The issue was
nine directors, two each from j ■* ,rt:.wn..- mar m ist h ive
the county commissioners pre- . nes t-> t.. realised In
cinets and one at large Name* : 111 : ■ are salaries rent pool There wer*
have been submitted u> the ut. puot :fi e supplies against the bonds and 58 in
gwvenuT for these p, .1- out ;liid ■•■•ular xp«; *.** that favor I'he city council .-alltvl
until now he has not made the ever ■ - ' .us in it ;»ra the election after two groups
appointments As -sm .u. the , th 1 wrve free bat h 1 hied petltioi; asking for
governing board 1. established tt - rf >t he wl.at 1 ibrnlst,. 1. f the issue A prt-
pions can be made and govern- <:.■ .gh gaiety -owned i»* 1 ha been
money in the chamber s bank
account to carry on all phases
II you are not a member and
believe :r. a better Ballinger
first honors and the Mineral
Wells team second After the
races the firemen were Joined
by Comanche citizens for a
banquet at the veterans' build-
ing An entertainment program
featured amateur talent In
three numbers
Coleman citizens rejected a
issue last week bv the
1 able to answer these let-
ters. The questionnaire being
submitted to ranchmen will get
information on places that will
be leased for hunting. Including
the rates by the season, month,
week or day or by the number
of guns W’lth this data in hand,
requests for information can be
answered and hunters told how-
to get to the various places
The Lions Club barbecue held
in Lee I’fluger park at FI d e n
last week attracted 1,000 people
and netted the club $500 Hits
was much less thun the $1 000
netted on the 195-4 barbecue und
carnival The annual affair is
held to raise money for the
club to be used In aiding tin*
The county program Is being
conducted again this year und
Is open to all F FA and i-H
boys In the county Those who
have already seeured th ir
stock have weighed them in tor
tile progrum and a i 1- g u 1 a r
weighing schedule will Ik* - *1
up to keep track of the gain of
each animal
The Paint Rock Piuenf
Teacher Association has sot
October '.’9 as the date for the
annual Hallowe'en carnival and
committees have been named
to make plans for the big pro
gram The school library lies
been designated as the main
project for the association this
year and all efforts will be
crippled children's camp at I devoted to improvement of fins
Kerrville and in park Improve- department ol the school 1 lie
ment. The program Included an ! association is
auction 01 cakes and pies, the
cakes bringing about $7 each
Part of the work on highway
70 from Blackw ell to Sweetwuter
Is nearing completion The con-
tract on the first 13 miles south
of Sweetwater Is scheduled for
opening to traffic within a few
days Highway maintenance
crews have begun erecting signs
also making a
drive for members and Is urg-
j ing every school patron to join
; this month The secretary and |
j membership chairman reported
that 100 members had been
secured for the war already
nnd that many other s were ]
needed
The seventh annual clinic for
high school bands was held on
along the route and will com-Ith'' c;,,nPUs of Howard Payne
plete thLs work In a few days ! follege. Brownwood Saturday
The southern tuilf of the road
to Blai'kwell will be under con-
struction the remainder of the
winter and final surfacing Is
About 20 bands (Kirtlclpoted and
the highlight of the day's pro-
gram wax a parade of bands
through downtown iirownw.NKl
due In the spring A slight delay Saturday afteniooli I>r James
NleLson. band dirts'tor at the
Unlveristy of Oklah>>ma was in
cluirge of tlu* clinic
In tlie first contract was exprr
lenced because of floo»l damage
The Sterling City city council
has art O'tobcr 31 as election
day on a bond issue for $25o
GUO The money, if bonds are
for $a0 GUO U> t»* 'l>et!t In the ■ approved, will be spent on a
construction of a w 1 m m 1 n g { muniuiKi! wat**r unurovi nu-nt ,,r'klnal letu-rs of admlnistra
tlon U[K>n the Kstatc of 0 C
31. v o t e s |p r o g r a m and sewerage 7h< o..,___ ^________. ______ ___________
election was first set for IX'to-
tvr Zi but the dale was changed
to meet legal formalities Th>-
Notice lo Creditors of the ixlale
of II C Sykrn. Ileersoetl
Notice Ls hereby given that
ment agencies -ontacted that
might build or i-si..t in build-
ing a dam on the C* o 1 *> r a d o
Rivei which would .me ample
water
■!» 'ilted at Coleman s e v e r a 1
Sykes, diveaseil. were granted
to ns. the undersigned on the
1st day of Augiid. 1955. by the
County C iurl r.f Runnels
.... . Countv Texas All i» rsons hav-
electlon will climax a senes of (-,alnu again.*! -aid estate
evcnWi which started with lnror an* hereby required to present
poration of tlx- city last nionUi the same to u% within the time
Ftnglneerliig estimates have b»-en l'n ** ritKx! by *aw iXir l*>sl-
y.ar. b.t importers of the received on the water and sew Halims'TeVi* 'nie rS.ld.nee
proixi.vd wanted a larger [*»>i erage plans which w ill offer ..f mils c syke- is Fl'rt Hum-
i:.der v. . :pill operatic! .service to all pnqierty own. rs n«-r is Ha, a Counts New Mex
for local consumption for : anils r ai.d .v« *.«>ur rite KtephenvUie city council ...... . is.,..., ,» •••<* -uut the rexldene. of Ifcibbv
many ««U • ;
, . . : . . SKVwitSr
as a hrm check up on the go tor improvement and ex;mn-
eral thousand acres of land All
local civic groups have endorsed
this program and are giving full
support
The Ballinger Chamber of
Commerce has employed a ioca.
man as manager and directors
and committees are -triving U>
amount you give annually and
sc-- if it cal’, be mcreasei!
Recent rains luive been the
first general fall moisture in
this srvti, n for a numb-T of
years It has done much for the
range and already grass n
get a full and well balanced green and providing onslder-
progTam underway which wll! 1 able ;r«zm - w-ed- are growing
help every citizen The -hambet and i.l ma.l gra.n that was
is limitesl in its work * a..** of Ipianti- *.». : ■ »k: Tlvere
a budget which does not cover
normal expense.. It a wide-
awake chamber is to carry on
hate it must have more mem
ken and a bigger budge! Con
trltoulions are small in lanpar-
Is an abundance of water in
kwrfacr tanas and >i:eanu and
farmer* arid ranchmen are
tuiping that the underground
s e a s o n > ^ufTlcient for a
bumper rrop year
ion of the sewer system Date
of the election 1.x, not b-*--n set
pending engineer reports „n 1
tile project Plans call fur th*- ;
erection of .1 pumping plant and |
a number of new lines which
would furnish sewerage to new 1
additions Another action of
the council wx* to set the tax 1
rate #t $1 50 on the $100
T h e M>*nard C h a m b t r f
Commerce is contacting ail 1
ranchmen in the area to secure I
information oti deer and the;
imsing of ranches for hunting j
Each year the chamber receives
many requests for this informa-
tion ant in the ;>ast lias not
M clvi n FNiture
America have l> e e 11 making
trips for tin* put several wts k.*
looking f-*r lambs and calves to AdrtJInlsUaUira of tin* FlstaU* of
start In thetr feeding projects 0 *■' Sykes Ucc.lksI 6
Salute to Oilmen
This week we ere sled to join oil-
men everywhere in observing Oil Progien
Week. We think it's • good time to take
our hets off to Americe'* oilmen for their
continuous, faithful service to ell people.
The First National Bank
Of Ballinger
Since 1886
Member F. D. I. C.
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The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 13, 1955, newspaper, October 13, 1955; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1160766/m1/7/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.