The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 14, 1965 Page: 1 of 17
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Game With
Anson Friday
Kickoff time is 7:30
p.m. Friday in Bearcat
Stadium, when the
Bearcats host the Ti-
gers from Anson in the
second District 5-AA
game to be played by
the local team this
year. .
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Around
Town
By Mr*. Ellen Ferry
SSallmner Sebger
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Shopping
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VOL. 79. No. 17
No. 2367 Ballinger, Texas, 76821, Thursday, October 14. 1965
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These next two days are
crucial ones for the city of
Bellinger . . . days whert it is
hoped that every woman, el-
igible to work and who would
like to work, will come down
to the Chamber of Commerce
office for an interview with
representatives of a garment
jnanufacturing company . . .
these men are in earnest
about wanting to put up a
factory here . . . our business
men have been working hard
for sorhething like this for
months and months ... so
now won't you come down
•nd talk to these men . . .
it just might be the means of
bringing something to Bal-
linger that would mean a
good regular pay roll . . . em-
ployment for lots and lots of
people who would like to work
but do not have jobs . .
Women from all over the
county are asked to come in
for an interview ... in these
days of good all-weather
roads everywhere, women liv-
ing in rural areas, in sur-
rounding communities have
just as good a chance of
Working in town as those who
live here ... R is hoped that
geveral hundred women will
tome to town Friday and
■atutday ——
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Ballinger Community Chest
got off to a good start Tues-
day morning with a break-
fast at Texas Grill . . from
reports I've heard, there
teems to be more interest
this year than in previous
thants in town have been out
gears . . . these busy mer-
•11 week with their envelopes
with names to call on . .
many are responding in a
fine way . . . this is one pro-
ject that every citizen in
Ballinger can have a part in
k , give your fair share to
help take care of the needs
t»f those less fortunate than
you . . . there are a number
of groups that will be served
included in the chest funds
again this year Be ready
when someone calls onyou.
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Went out to Ballinger Mem-
orial Hospital Wednesday
morning . . . was in a hurry
as always on the day we go
to press . . . and when I
walked into that hospital
with everything so quiet, so
pretty and so Inviting. I for-
got all about how tired I was
and the hurry I was in
and when I left I just won-
dered if we people here in
Ballinger who have been for-
tunate enough to have been
well and not needed the serv-
ices of the hospital, really
appreciate what we have
here. ... About a year ago
I was passing through a town
where one of my friends was
hospitalized and I stopped by
to see her . . this hospital
has been one of the best in
the area and has one of the
finest staffs of doctors to be
found anywhere, but when I
went In it was all dark and
dismal looking . . . the nar-
row halls were painted tan
and brown . . . the floors were
dark . . . the nurse’s stands
on the two floors were just
little holes in the wall and
the reception area was on the
second floor . . . everything
was Immaculately clean but
there was nothing cheerful
and bright looking about it
, . . quite a contrast from our
lovely place here . . . it's so
pretty out there with artistic
arrangements of seasonal
flowgrs and pleasant atmos-
phere, it just makes folks
feel better as soon as they
walk into the hospital.
Public Meeting 7:30 Tonight
At High School Will Expl lain
Reason Behind School Elect
A special called meeting
for the general public has
been set for tonight, Thurs-
day, October 14. at 7:30 p.m.
at the high school auditorium,
annoupbed Allen Davis, chair-
man of the Citizens Com-
mittee.
“This meeting is to give
everyone arV^opportunity to
find out the facts concerning
the school bond election that
They
to a
. “If we are to have a school
system adequate for our chil-
dren, then we can expect to
pay for it. and that is exact-
ly what we are asking the
taxpayers to' do." Davis said.
Following are questions and
answers concerning the bond
election:
Question: How long has the
School Board spent in looking
into the need Ipr a uew lufh
school board has to do some-
thing now. and we should
support them." he said
In talking to the board of
directors of the local cham-
ber of commerce Monday af-
ternoon he brought out the
fact that the present high
school building was built for
180 students, but they now
have 369 in this building that
was built 40 years ago.
will be held October 30th,”
said Davis.
The Citizen's Committee Is
a group of some 30 people
that met last week and or-
ganized in order to get all
the information to the people
in the Ballinger Independent
School district concerning the
bond election. This group,
which Allen Davis heads,
has been divided into com-
school plant?
Answer: For over a year a
four-man Committee has
looked into every aspect of
our existing schools, and what
is needed to bring them up to
modern-day standards.
Question: Hoes our present
high school building measure
up to what is needed today?
Answer: Definitely not. The
present building was con-
st meted 40 years ago. at a
time when “Model T” was
gradually replacing the horse
and buggy. It just doeant
fill the need for education in
the space age of today.
Question: Is there enough
space in our present high
school building?
Answer: Again, definitely
pot. The present structure
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mlttees to handle different
phases of this undertaking.
The speakers group met
Monday night and will be
available to any group at any
time to give Information and
to answer questions,
have already talked
number of clubs.
“We now face a crisis in
our school district,” said
Davis. /'We know that the
Interviews For Factory Work
Set Friday And Saturday At
Ballinger Chamber Commerce
Friday and Saturday. Octo-
ber 15 and 16, are the days
for applications to be turned
in for work in the garment
manufacturing factory that
plans to locate in Ballinger.
Everything has been arrang-
ed at the Ballinger Chamber
office to handle those that
apply.
Three representatives of
this concern will be on hand
to personally interview each
person. The applications
taken on these days will be
used in the hiring of their
workers.
Cliff Cook, manager of the
chamber of commerce states
that the securing of this fac-
tory depends on whether the
representatives receive enough
applications- from women
workers to justify the firm
moving here Every effort is
being made to get ’every
woman between the ages of
18 and 50 that wants work to
go and applj’ this week end.
If enough women want jobs,
then a Tush will be on tn «et
the new building built and
work, started. Chamber offi-
cials have already secured
under option fivelocations so
that factory officials will have
a choice of where they want
to locate.
The goal of this company
is to employ 200 people as
fast as they can be trained.
A number of skilled workers
would be brought to Ballin-
ger immediately.
To fully estimate the eco-
nomic value of this manu-
facturing factory to Ballinger
the following information was
released in 1960 by the United
States Chamber of Commerce
based on 100 factory workers
instead of the over 200 plan-
ned -by the company that
would locate here:
296 more people
112 more households.
51 more school children.
$590,000 more personal in-
come.
$270,000 more deposits.
107 more passenger cars.
174 more workers employed.
$360,000 more retail sales
per year.
Because of this great eco-
nomic impact, the local in-
dustrial committee has been
working to do everything pos-
sible to secure this factory.
“Every business man and
individual interested in Bal-
lin'.’er is .asked to encourage
every eligible person that can
work to go to the chamber
office and make application
this Friday and Saturday.”
said Francis Perry, chairman
of ’he industrial committee
cl t he local chamber.
Fall Mission Festival
Sunday for
The annual Fall Mission
Festival of Bethel Lutheran
Church. Ballinger, will be
held at *^15 a in. Sunday,
with the Rev Harold A. Hem
of Fort Worth as speaker
Subject of Rev Hem's ad-
dress-will be () .r Real Mis-
sion Needs." based ' on the
words of St. Matthew's gos-
pel, Chapter 20. Versts JO-
34.
■ The spe tker will also ad-
dress Sunday School cl.is.si s
_at a m.
Rev. Hein has served as
pastor at Christ Lutheran
Church, Fort Worth, since
Lutherans
March of this year. Previous-
ly he had served 12 years
in Nigeria, West Africa, as
Dean and President of the
Evangelical Lutheran Semi-
in afv. Ofxtf Idim, Uyo Pro-
vince Eastern Nigeria. He
also directed Lutheran Hour
choirs m the Efig and I bo
l.mcuages.
7 he public will be welcome
'<• hear the missionary at the
n .’dur worship service and
timing ..the Sunday School
hour.
Bet lie! Lutheran Church is
located at 1701 Broadway in
Ballinger.
Rev. Harold A. Hein
. . . speaks here Sunday
Chest Drive Off
To Good Start
Collected and pledged
funds to the 1965-66
Ballinger Chest stood
just under $4,000 at
noon Wednesday.
A report from Clyde
Gabbert, fund drive
c h a i r m a n, indicated
that collections and
pledges totaled $3,928.
The drive got under-
way Tuesday, and is
expected to he com-
pleted within one week,
Gabbert said.
Dr. James Basden
. . . Baptist Speaker
Ballinger Firemen, Ladies
Attend Del Rio Convention
Runnels Baptists Meet
Monday in Winters
First Baptist Church, Win-
ters will host the annual
meeting of the Runnels Bap-
tist Association starting at
2:30 p.m. Monday. October
18.
Featured speakers for the
afternoon session will be Dr.
James Basden, secretary of
the Human Welfare Commis-
sion of the Baptist General
Convention of Texas, and Dr.
E. L. Carnett of Brownwood.
Dr. Basden assumed ad-
ministrative leadership of the
15-member Human Welfare
Commission in August 1960.
In .an advisory capacity, he
works with the administra-
tors of the four children’s
homes and Hght hospitals
owned and operated by Texas
Baptists.
Basden received his AB
Degree from Union Univer-
sity in Jackson, Tennessee,
in 1938. Other degrees in-
clude the Th M and Th D
degrees from Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary
in Fort Worth.
He formerlv was pastor of
First Baptist Churches in
Belton and Brownwood
Dr Carnett. now retired
was president of Buckner
Benevolences in Dallas. He
also had served as pastor of
Travis Ave Baptist. Church
in Fort Worth.
Evening session of the meet-
ing will feature the annual
report of the Area Missions
Secretary, and the annuul
sermon.
Rev J H Hallford has
served as Area Missions Se-
cretary for the Brady-Cole-
man-Runnels Baptist area for
almost two years
The Rev Ferris Akins, pas-
tor of First Baptist Church.
Ballinger, .will deliver the
sermon.
Ten couples represented
the Balinger Volunteer Fire
Department at the fall meet-
ing of the Hill Country Fire-
men’s Association held last
•Saturday in Del Rio.
Some 14 member depart-
ments attended.
Ballinger Fin' Chief Charles
Webb is president of the as-
sociation and was in charge
01 the business meeting.
Next meeting of the group
Auxiliary members from
Ballinger took first place in
the ladies nozzle race, second
•place in ladies, water polo,
and second place in six-man
pumper race.
Attending from Ballinger
were Mr and Mrs. Jack Lee,
Vickie Lee and Vickie Prince,
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Green-
wood, Mr. and Mrs. Alex
Kvapil, Mr. and’FMrs. Bill
Selby. Mr. and Mrs Stanley
Kvapil, Mr and Mrs. Bob
Bartlett, Mr. and Mrs. Mal-
colm Davis, Mr. and Mrs.
Winton Milhff, Mr. and Mrs.
Lynn Candler, and Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Webb.
will be in Brady in April. The
association holds meetings
twice each year.
The Auxiliary attended a
luncheon and business meet-
ing. and was entertained with
a style show.
In races conducted follow-
ing the business meeting. Bal-
linger captured the first place
trophy for six-man pumper
race. aQd tpqk second place
in the men’s water polo.
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