The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 38, Ed. 1 Monday, December 18, 1967 Page: 1 of 10
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An internationally recog
hired authority on birth
These defects-'destroy a
half million lives each year
before birth They kijl
another 60 000 children
and adults
Basic Research Depart
ment. The National Foun-
dation March of Dimes,
describes the problem and
progress toward its solu
tion in a five part series
In simple language. Dr
Apgar discusses:
V Prenatal Care and Birth
Defects
V LSD. other drugs and
Birth Defects
V The Father’s Role in
Transmitting Birth De
fects
V Triumphs of Birth De
fects Research
V Repairing the Ravages
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Contest
Entries
Named
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Two Car
Wrecks
out Potindup
Thursday
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So You Want New Industry! January 9
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research
report
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be for mem
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the u.giicultural
land
p.i t' intlu
Buy for theChildren—Not the Parents
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schooler
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with
2
3
Moore saw
first
piu
should lit a child's
a child is n<>1 nearly
Schools throughout the area
ere closed Friday as a result
heavy sleet and ice which
iveied the ground. the trees,
and
a ge
driven by Pete Garcia at the in
tersection of Eighth Street and
Kitching. because from it.
learn roles They identify
their parents, the police
on the corner, with the
Elena
a nd
• 5 <>ung
mg large
velopmcnt
907
and
203
ui
einpl
our
Reuorih
done on a
but your
consider it
1K
iven some
difficulty
and everything in sight, like a
blanket Thursday night
Some damage was reported
to trees in Ballinger, but the
damage, was not widespread
West T>$as Utilities Company
re|x>rted a 'loss of service to a
few houses on the outer edge of
Ballinger, but service was re'-
stored without much delay. In
this WTU area. Miles lost elec
trical servic/- during Thursday
for cattle.
swine just
Stock Show
task ot coni-
which
Tfrtirs-
II road
driven
Friday will
the Christ-
scheduled
Richey
for developing large muscles
using the hands ami iinai illative
to the
kcniH'l
Mdhr
And this data must
t h when the pocqwet
the
these
dur
This
and
i at
was with toll lines. Friday morn-
ing only one toll line was operat-
ing — that one to San Angela.
Indications were that similar
difficulties were being encount-
ered throughout this general
v
area.
in .let'll
. w tf,<
When th* blue research and
i.ilvsis has lufcn done vou
til have an ,u'c-irate pictuie
ind
Armendariz.
Third, inside
from
office
Forkner Heads
WTCC s Agri.,.
Ranch Committee
Southwestern Exposi-
Fat Stock Show. PO
Fort Worth Texas
San Angelo
will l>c the
in your town In this
you will tie .noidmg a
. hit or miss method of
new industry in favor
rifle, or targeted ap
prere
th<<
Brass Program'
i Presented Lions
child a _
smjgcsts
KOI Xi»l I' -
I'l'lasl.illo ;i|
The Burris vehicle was travel
ing east on Railroad, and re
portedly Ixcause of impaiied
vision caused by ice on the win
dows. failed to see the other ve
hide and collided
No injttrii s were se tamed.
tol the
I proach.
utc But
■sfanll.ird'fol phy sica1 and men
.tnl development
For example many nm«Jjani
< al toys may be ton' mtriclMa
for children under foul year'
labor
not a n
olti
ice. it
Roy Forkner veteran cotton
grower and gin owner of Lub-
bock has been named vice-chair-
man of the '.criculture-Ranch-
.1'.” fomtnittee of the West Tex-
•is thambi'- of Commerce, SC-
cording to Bon Wootun, Abilene,
president of WTCC.
Forkner is a past president
of the Plains Cotton Growers
Association, and of the TexR3
Ginhers Association. He is al-
so chairman of the Texas StStje
Unit of the National Cottop
'■eimcjl, and trustee of Cotton
Producers Institute.
B.dlmger Young Farmers will
their annual Steak Supfier
siwake Steak /House Tues
evening. December If* at
m according to Bob Fren
i experience It II a
I that the
■ should tic
morning.
l ocal lines
trouble, but
r not
Counts
Mrs.
overall
Mrs
overall
Mrs
Hutchings
.side tree.
Bill Clark 907 Fifth, overall
outside.
James Midgley,
overall outside.
Mrs Tunnell, 911
all outside.
E B. Davidson,
overall outside.
Dean Smith. 1002
all outside, inside tree.
Sylvia Henderson, 503
Seventh, door and window, in-
side tree.
Joe
door,
tree.
Mrs
Hutchings
tree
Entries may be made by call
ing the Ballinger Chamber of
t (■mmerce at 2.7»-7l»
will have a valuable tool for
1 analysis ot your nrospeefing
| program This means matching
! what your community has to
offer with what different types
of industries are looking for
\ breakdown of the s;>ecific
I tu'ed' and requirement of in
dustries can be obtained from
| tile Tcxa, Industrial Comnus
| l<Xl.
When this matching principle
has been carried out you will
; have a list of candidate in
1 dustries' those manufacturing
firms whose needs match what
I your community has to offer.
I or in other words those com
1 panics who can operate at a
| profit
1 manner
!<•«* Gon/ale's. and David Epting. The
i i- being held in order to acquaint non-
wit'i liie nrt'L’r.inis and activities of the
Young Farmers Supper
At Lowake Steak House
f<>i t'lo u<vks Piter The pr<
pert mav have
• ■ ■ -a rs 1 >• •. i«11 and
ifv- next two
• min’ that Tour
nalycis must be done now
the very first of your 1 I). Pro
t a m
Th.
figures
Remember. any industry
and foremost mu»t makat a
fit
Th.r.for., to the industrialist
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Today
outside, yard piece.
Cal Adair. 507 Tenth,
outside, inside tree.
George Barta, 309
outside trie
Nellie Armendariz,
overall outside.
for themjelve
been shown
six cialist on
employ er
commission
iger vvHI have Red i
t comix'ting in the 1:
estern Exposition
ock Show, January
ebruary 4
With entry closing
irses. sheep and
1st. Fort Worth
HciaJs started the
iting ISMits entries
Poultry, rabbit
ifiibitors have until January
i to submit their entries.
Maxi order tickets for the ‘fix
ort Worth Rixleo are available
ttie
and
IMi.
-t th. InduVriMiM.
jh < I mii’t ha v a I he
Donkey Ball
Game Due
muscles soi lal lie
such as store s dra
s parties and trip'
and coordinating fine muscl's
such'as arts and craft''
• Older elemei'fary I'.aiU' de
velopmcnt such a> leflm q»'il'.
acquiring skills through hobbies
painting music, swimming and
individual and social develop
ment
litis lills a primary
quislte for a child's gift
nerd
Tile toy should give the
feelmg of adequacy.
Jennie Kitching. Extension fnmi
ly life specialist. Give him some
thing he can do and something
which sc4j the appropriate
dual' difference'-, says Miss
Kitching and develop them in
a child with hobbies, musical
toys, toys for dramatic plays
such as puptx'ts and dolls
science toys for school
y oungsters
Children love role playing
puppets dolls, dress-up clothes,
housekeeping kits and other e
quipment This dramatic play
is im|>ortant to the child, says
Miss
they
with
man
shop keejicr
It is especially good for brtya,
who need to iderttify with jnen
nnd men’s occupations, accord-
ing to the specialist Boys don’t
know what Daddy does tckl^y.
He leaves the house and goes
to an office unlike past years
when the «on followed his father
Ed Burna tn, 914 Fifth,
overall outside, inside
they shuuiil al-o seek assi>
I.•lie fiom one or more rd (tie
-evciai ag< uci< s in Texas
a hu h <>tf< i assistance m this
Industrial
Dad sits on the floor filleting
track* and thumbing switches,
niuneuycrmg the cleilric
around, the Jiving loom
sl's " ’l,<
Recognize this st < ne ’ It
often a common one
Parents tend to buy <
mas presents
father than for then chll'd They
buy what they want for status
or Io impress others says
I ucillg Moore. Extension' ll
< rention s|>ecialist nt Texas A A-
M I mversity The child is be-
ing cheated when the toy is for
Uie parent
Toy gifts
needs, and
as hard to
lieve, Miss
TTie activity iQjtjgjjttd by the
toy should meet the needs of
each group. The recreation spe-
cialist recommends
Entries in home decorations
will be accepted by the Ballin
ger Chamber of Commerce un-
til 5 p m today
Prizes totaling $55 will be
awarded m various categories
in the contest. Judging will take
place on Tuesday. Wednesday
and Thursday nights, with win
tiers to be announced Friday
morning.
Entries received until
day Friday include
Mrs. Jean Canada. 101
Avenue, overall outside.
Mrs J B Nunn, 202 Sharp
Averse, inside tree.
Jan
Ninth
inside
this .crU'4 U Could be tie
with the mo>t attractive
Street or lib ncat>
school' that gets
dustrv but in any
Ri t.vil in Balling' r
lx < u ask. 1 b; the R. tail
chants Committee of the Ballin |
ger Chamber of Commerce to
stay o|wn until 7 p ni on Him - I
dav Friday, and Salurdav. De. 1
ccml.H't 2J 22, #»'><! 23
The extra -hopping horns ate
being asked tn ordri to give|
Christmas shoppr'fs two extia
hours to complete their V ulc j
tide shopping before Christmas |
Eve.
and was familiar with wha* Dad
did *
MdM important, the toy should
be safe. The National Safety
Council recommends that par-
ents coiisider-the ■following safe-
ty factors
Good construction with no
items wlych can«be pulled off
and swallowed, broken off,
leaving sharp edges to cut.
Non-toxic paint and strings
of a non conducting material
such as cotton However, any
string will carry electricity
when wet
Securely fastened handles on
hammers and mallets and
wht'Cls <>> wixxlen toys, fast
cued preferably with screws.
Keys of toys which do nut
revolve v^ien the toy is work-
ing-
If ever in question about
youngster's toy, buy him a
book, says Miss Kitching.
and Nonic Smith.
St . overall outside
tree.
Joe Stephenson,
Eighth, overall outside
Richard Perry, 1309 Eighth,
Ralph Godfrey s I overall
which yen luwiv jp|x>inted re
u-anh sjxcialisla van bx-gui
("mpuii >: data the public li
Shopping
Due
Tvvn traffic accidents occur
red in Ballinger Thursday, but
until,noon Friday, non had been
reported by local police.
In the first accident,
hot't>ene<|b*V 12:15 p m
dav at thj intersection of
w ay and .Muri ell a-car
by Linda Darlene Clark ’
portedly hit from behind I ■. a
car driven by Domingo Cortez
Garcia f
Offices^, issued a ticket to Gar- ’
cia for failure M maintain con-1
trol of vehicle to avoid accident
Garcia received minor in |
juries in the accident
At 5.7'1 p m. Thursday , a car
driven by Vonda Jean Burns
Ballinger Jaycecs will spon
i ir s Hotkey HarWrtbaf*' gi/mc
here on Tuesday. January 9, at
the Ballinger Community Con
ter Proceeds of the game will
benefit the Ballinger Civil De-
fense Unit
Animals for the game will be >
furnished by
Donkeys from Crescent. Okla
honia, a firm wKh 35 years ex
jxricnce in the donkey
game business.
Admission tor the fame
lx- 73 cents for adults. 50 cents
for students, and 25 cents Lor
children under 12 — if bought in
advance Ticket sales at the
door will be 25 cents higher on
each group, Jaycee s[xjkc*men
said
Funds from the game will be
used by Civil Defense unit here
for the purchase of an emer
gency warning system.
representative of
■ National Bank
sjxaker
The meeting will
bers of the Vising Farmer or
, gaiu/ation v»uly
night, but most was back in scr
vice by FrMay morning.
Minor tTwible was reported
by WTU at Santa Anna and Tai
pa and Valera.
Closing of schools
have no effect on
mas holidays as
SujH'rintehdent Dick
sani Friday morning
He indicated that 176 school
days were scheduled for the I
1967 68 school year, and 175 days'
of classes are required by the j
state
Any additional days missed'
because of bad weather would
have to be made up at a later
date. Richey said.
Telephone cqmpany lines suf
“Seven Brass Players” en-
tertained members of the Bal-
linger I ions Club at their noop
meeting Thursday. E. C. Grind-
staff was program chairman.
,1. W'eidon Moore, director of
the Ballinger, Rearcat Band,
presented seven players of brass
instrum^Ls in a varied musical
program.
Participating were Mary Hoff-
man. Donna Tounget, John
Green. Gary Flanagan, Sharon
Vflcrbxck Carol Hoffman,
Wyman Dixon.
Numbers played included
‘Georgia Girl,” ’ Laum’s
Theme,’’ "Christmas in Brass,”
and “Spirit of Christmas.”
Moore also gave an explana*
tion of the procedures followed
by band members in attaining
membership in the All-Diltriet,
All Region. All Area, -and All-
State Rands.
Visitors at the meeting includ-
ed Film Henson of Dallas and
I md>ev B:.k> r of BroWnWOOfl.
A new member D. W Turner
Jr. "as introduced.
PuBLIiHkU HONDA* ANO THURSDAY AT 711 HUTCHINGS AVENUE. BALLINGER. TEXAS SUBSCRIPTION RATI SA PER YEAR tN RUNNELS COUNTY *5 PER YEAR ELSEWHERE
Ballinger, Texas 76A?1, Monday, December IS, 1967
and pigeon
communiK.i-’flffght . (1I
uorthvvIuLe to pay _
complete economic |
research and analysis
made bv pr<4essionals
AA. M and the University
as have Hie resources
-ponsil'ilitv ot
ports in certain
it Ft. Worth
Gordon.Hays of-Ro^te 2. Bal
Angus cat
11^8 -South-
and Fat
26 throtujh-
A toy should he complicated
enough,to intrigue and interest,
vet not J(ui ((implicated to bore
or discourage
Give toys which are not t(x>
restrictive, advises Miss Kitch-
ing. and toys with several uses.
Hus encourages the child to use
his imagination and to be crea-
tive
The two socialists recom-
mertd building blocks clay,
paints, bixdls And puzzles.' Big
crayons arc easier for the
youngster to manipulate. They
prefer opaque paint because, it
Ls more colorful than water
colors.
AboVe f»H, recognize indivl-
Main
• nd
U» 'new m
cave it will
er procedures
today at t!<
,-cout-; 'It ft
of Tex
to do
the nece^arj facts and a'* admirable job •*' *• relative
.ilxml your (omnium!-.
ij n sjx ( die indiv idual' I
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becoming ts
areas of infer j nf ’. out ( ommuilify in tact
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Perry, Richard H. The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 38, Ed. 1 Monday, December 18, 1967, newspaper, December 18, 1967; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1184343/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.